~ GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
OCTOBER 16, 1875. 
500 ZHE 
as the days shorten, and the power of the sun declines. 
Attend well to the autumn fruiters, by way of rm 
ing up the roots from time to time wit 
post, previously ; fumigate whenever NOH 
, keep the evaporating troughs regularly charged, 
t be chary in the use of t fro: forth. 
lear out dung-heated pits and frames, t ke room 
for winter sal d the like. Thomas Simpson 
Chelmsford, Oct. 12.—P.S. We registered 3° of frost 
this morning. 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
The gathering in of fruit generally may now be 
as ible, except in the case of 
will be found. especially to apply to very late varieties 
of Appl Pears, Of the latter those grown 
ids or bushes have generally done well, the 
fruit of many kinds being equal to those on the walls, 
; g to the advant on all 
1 e su r in fla n ens of moderate 
Pears, 
extent this gum of growing Apples, 
Plums should opted instead of, as in too many 
which only 
serious detriment of the und: ing crops of veget- 
ables, хс, A fine coll of pyramidal trees here 
has supplied an ity of fruit, many 
of the trees from 1 to 2% bushels 
each ; these, planted | now 10 to 12 
feet in height, a 4 iameter at the base. 
I propose shortly to give a brief list of the kinds 
I have found best aee acid for m" style of кү 
Where ne now be made 
pre 
- pruning, p" this opemtion is Е 
uce the 
of heat 
e ce ; and where trees o 
require this treatment, or are intended to be removed 
to other situations, no should be lost in com- 
g. In li ed trees, which have 
wards carefully forking out the soil, so the 
roots as they d bare, without bruising. If root- 
ing only is intended, and no indications of tap- 
p] 
SUE 
if the soil а sags or crude of a lighter texture 
should be placed about their рн» to induce the 
formation of fresh rootlets. И, Cox 
Variorum. 
GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE,—At the meetin 
of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, hel 
on 28th ult, the re interesting 
series of ten unpublished letters, written by Gilbert 
orfolk, ed by 
the Rev. H. P. Marsham, -grandson of th 
' which are ated between August н 
13, 1790, and June 15, 1793, are mir nel 
of Gilbert White's delightfull discursive чуе бе: yle, their 
ас Apes ofa very Vitied wi ture, 
to тае Ж. were addressed, was a eat green 
ents on 
shi acuit growing 
to the Royal Society ; the Tind and great size of 
the timber at Stratton. bear Mar Bow at present 
day to his judgment and successful As 
might be i a large 
portion is devoted to forest 
trees, for which was shared in an al 
equal d both correspondents, 'The **Indica- 
tions of Spring," of which Mr. Marsham left such 
remarkable register, and whi ve been continu 
by his family, with one slight interruption, fro: 
year 1736 to the present t sophical Trans- 
, an i 
as 
па] ; but ost valuable part of 
the correspondence is the дођу about birds, some of 
ж is very gr е ctober 30, 
Оп © 
arsh e: “ My man has just 
ELA me a bird which was soon Be out my house ; I 
am confident I have €— ts likeness before." 
о Willoughby, bé declares it to be 
-catcher," and 
k, by that painful and бтен 
Robert Marsham, Esq.,’”—a prophecy which, after 
an interval of 82 years, will at length be у жун 
early а whole letter is ове to an extract from 
unpublished e » Hist 
White’s brother, Ariy 
many years on cage "Roc a E this it is моет а 
ану оар MM went to reside there in 
epit (Cotyle торент) ‘to be 
in, for which it w as then 
habits, and t th irundo h , from its great 
abundance at Gibraltar in the winter months. 
last letter of the series, dated June 15, 1793, : 
t- 
oom i isto profession, and published, in 1763, $c 
Botanists’ and Gardeners’ New Dictionary. i 
inning of the — century, 
er ninety years of a Ia 
Brompton Park Nursery, 
= that — aes] rs Wheeler must have been 
ere child. 
TE N Use ee ciam iri 
n the part of ladies 2 e ES helpe 
brief record. A Miss 
d 
few who 
spend an wagen month at marine "Iocalities neglect 
— o gather габ әле e them; but to 
ir ornamen is, 
—at Mesi, а now, we have 
ffort of the kind. It is not easy to 
ad 
m 
ing. Som m the Dm 
etimes add 
е а shes It ode нча of fashion would 
ortwo she might introduce a new апа 
very л mode of employing айсы doing a large 
оа 
trocious 
— of d стоун mcd (a in order to 
о ans of decor ho adopts and 
spinti that evil wm ice shou Ач it difficult to 
be selected as a wife. Art Journ 
Answers to Correspondents. 
WALKS : (Oy: eh. 468): W. Break up stone (not too 
small), o avel, save only the large or coarser 
parts lay "his down on the e path, and ram it hard to 
the requi shape or form. tak 
hot e and sift it well over (completely 
hiding th d ; with a fine rose waterpot gently 
sprinkle over -— thelime has become of the substance 
m; the ee wellinto агр а — M crevice, 
nd again gi d a sprink- 
ling of fine gravel За the sandy, iy ре nd d rol all well 
together. en dry no rain will w: a %.. away, and 
it is far cheaper than asphalte, W. 
ALOCASIAS : Ag beh West — md -— 
not state w e alludes 
There are very M es of plants dot 
so different in its nature to grow them in as do nr 
sias. А. Veitchii 
[mus d 
e peat, with all the earthy m 5 EG or “sifted 
in lumps as ке: m Dont: eggs, with one- 
tbird chopped sphagnum, part с or 
crocks broken in half-inch bits, s with a good sprinkling 
ome d 
E то? in the da uring 
y rise in the night from 70° to 75°, ані к 108 “higher 
int the day MO me all shading 
the sun, but are much benefited by bei 
in a good ght h , asin such the leaves are stouter, 
and not so susceptible to injury from any cause. They 
едите a t use of the syringe to keep them 
clear especially 
sun shone strongly 
upon the estt or the effects of insects, such as thrips 
or ee aines. 
SE. К. я s Tropical Voli tcu is the only 
work we can think of that is à ly to be useful. — 
W.G. H. 'The following would ood selection 1 
Oliver’s Elementary Lessons in | Thomson's Han ook of th 
Botany (Macmillan) Flower Garden lace d) 
Thompson's Gardener's Assist- | Kemp's out а 
ant {Blackie Ga | Garden E br o.). 
EE о: of “ү Garden, | How Crops Grow Macmillan), 
s. (Blackwood Sutherland’s Herba- 
Hawe Fruit Manual (171, ceous and yos Plants 
ee 
(Blackwood). 
Lindley's үс. (дус апа Prattle 
growers Manual ; and Select 
of Horticulture оным Ferns (Williams). 
Treasury of Bot 2 vols. | Baltet's The Art of Grafting 
(Longmans). Ге Budding (Robinson). 
10390 суда ædia of W. Paul's Rose Garden (Kent 
Plants (Longmans). |. &Co. 
Loudon's Encyclopædia of | Lindley’s Vegetable Kingdom 
- and Shrubs (Long-| (Bradbury & Co.). 
ns). | Robinson's Subtr opical Garden 
Hooker s Student's Flora(Mac- | (Murray). 
Rc jf gama Alpine Flowers 
eet Forester (Blackwood). Murra 
Thomson’s The Grape Vine Du PBreuls Science and. Pra 
(Blackwoo od). | tice of Pruning Fruit Trees 
Thomson’s Тһе  Pine-apple Kent & Co. 
(Blackwood). ‚ And a good Dictionary. 
BROCKWORTH PARK PEAR : box, which, 
we pres , contained aa specimen of this Pear, &c., 
ost-office, in consequence of 
the postage not having Ads mer prepaid. 
the husks in 
ы аіг, апа pinse the 
Your other 
» Metheringham, 
o Mr. Voice. 
which am bes 
ditions are favourable, plant inside теа 
- ample рута for the 
roots to extend into the pe е borde 
NAMES OF FRUITS.—AR. H. P 
W. Francis. Apples: 1, Beauty of Ken 
more Prolific ; ; 3, Reinette Vert rte ; ; 4, Reine s ad 
eli 
in 
nethan Pippin ; 6, Costard.— ue CLE 
Rd 2, Brown Beurré ; ar sels Bergamot ; 
4 osc ; 5, Crassane ; ё small Jersey Gratioli. 
make an excep- 
Valoradia plumba aginoi chat Н. Solanu 
—H. K. Possibly a small jest of Drimys ушен, but 
be certain.— —Little 
sure without fruit ; 6, Т. 
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