682 LEE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 27, 1875, 
on, at the same time that they present a perfect 
tion as the culture of trop He vi 
Duke de Lauragais, who said that he had n 
been able to eat any ripe fruit i Tio land except baked 
Apples. Hem de his park at Mu a perfect illus- 
tration of the natural style of landscape gardenin 
He rendered an ortant service by pu 
and the various trials п made ; t 
ued. 
handy, sterile district of Germany 
arkable parks, he 
ut feared, like 
entrusted to the care of one 
of the most eminent landscape gardeners of Germany, 
M. Pet rcely had he ret h 
journey than he set to work to improve another of his 
estates, in Si ач re eve м had 
to be begu Son d the beginning : 
and the park of Branitz worthy of the repu- 
tation of its proprietor, According he Prince, 
the art of i ists in the composi- 
і i endered poetical by 
pictures, т 
X surroundings of natural scenery. The roadways 
re dealt with as if they were invisible threads, 
destined to “conduct the visitor from T to: 
picture without let E Man see that he ided ; 
they should never be rfluous nor codi each 
ea definite 
not only justified but necessary by the 
mstances of the case. The Prince also laid 
stress on the desirability of availing oneself 
of any distant objects of interest, and ich, he 
should be made to appear if part of the 
Hon wh real should be concealed. 
jhtly objects, walls, and | ould 
e pai attention to the arrange- 
ments of water; with Re serie he MA water - 
ispensable to a park as the o the 
ет should, in his opinion, give er plantations light 
Tife. He gives excellent advice as mode of 
king those abrupt curves which contribute = — 
t of surprise in the arrangemen: : 
and he ege planting on ialande, OR on the Асена of 
eces of water. re | an eee 
knowledge oft M: he arranged them in groups so as 
to make them all contribute to the general effect, 
practice of Sckell 
UN its rs де апа 
s Prince advised Же et = of plantations 
February 4 1871 Prince Puckler died. Thepark 
ен was finish ** When the house is finished 
eath en y Türkish 
eath, the Prince did а wish to be separated X 
a 
d 
а 
t 
the middle of the vast irn a — structure: : 
there he wished to rest. There reposes in 
the midst of his work, and en tomb of the first land- 
ci bbe architect t of o nded as it is by 
es of h is skill and buts тезен to Бе the 
јр af! саи eo 
x FRUIT CULTURE IN KENT. 
E in other counties ; and then proceeded t 
the greatly increased attention which the 
sent ime new fruit A 
able; fruit growing e prominently 
ong the Бн — of the kingdom, and 
the question must s rise, whether the cónsump- 
tion of our increasing opaa will keep pace with 
the supp rded fi 5 arg 
lanted 1 his year has probably been the best 
for many years past to test the question, for the crop 
of all kinds, more e rries, has been 
dim districts. From 
returns of 1874 the fruit oy hi England = stated "i 
occupying, excluding gardens, 145, 622 
counties which contribute the largest тен ате 
Devon, 24, 312 ; Hereford, 21 1534 5 Somerset, 19,857 ; 
rare ster, 13,390 ; Glouces 11,152: Ken 
‚186; Cornwall, 4180. No oia county has 4000 
acres 
ee 
~ 
ebb then observed that we cannot be sur- 
pri vised at the werk - resigned the ice be 
pleasure or pro and more att the 
attention of our уена: for the. жени шеша 
oits culture never ceases 
of the year unreprese sented by some fresh source of 
delight or ned but ab from the purely pleasur- 
able asso — to show that good 
returns pee who have spared 
neither pains the е CUlivation of their 
fruit land. Before pakir of fruit plantations he 
would say a few words about the preparation required 
in making fresh ones, for айі depended upon а 
good start, The first thing to was to select 
the land ll low-lying lands or valleys should 
voided, for valleys catch the frost most, an 
choi ade of the ету lands, 
ees e ux w 
the better, r the ornin "m 
ese. comes dually on the bloom; 
falls suddenly on t valle e 
to A ked instance of this 
in the severe frost of May, 187r. One 
orchard lay in a valley, with rising E to — 
west, and the b only 
e trees were so daui that vem vm 
three years t 3 whi e lan о 
I2 feet higher the frost took. T much 1 
Shelter on the south-west was ve esirable, either 
by means of a ick edge, or a о 
а good, high 
Larch, as ae a igh, qi do much injury to both 
fruit snd tr 
а then be dee i 
and trenchi iy 
thoug The field dd should 
then be amd squared a set out ; the holes for 
tandard tr be rown out "(n ot less m 
feet over by 2 feet deep, for which about 4s. per 
was paid), and, if possible, thet should be plebe 
by Decem suited was, say, from 
6to'9inches, Young trees should al ways be carefully 
watched. during the summer after г planting. Rus 
B, 
ES, 
Bm 
B 
ployed ; or, wherethis cannot bedoneeasily, somer не 
farmyard dung should be put round the trees to keep 
situati or where M 
six old d ipped z les or Miles, 
bos Сй» v piter of in A ping T de rad e 
a good guard ; or against sheep or rabbits, 
cat from com wire netti 
T 
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n these points rest future success or disappointment, 
e questions of soil, e 
description of fruit best ad о them, must be 
deeply weighed and considered ; and, after all this is 
done, „there still remai ther difficult con- 
y, Covent Garden Market. We 
must please our must pace with 
A: about 100 - above the sea мба 
- and two years out of t wes 
flavouted , but at - increased altitude rr 300 ч the 
me чеч no better ip. 
as to c ind of the market, 
Th 
due ONGA "engaged the attention of the ae 
OWer were 
but fine lis, 
d' Eté, ай Gratioli, the dealers шеге, little for, 
useful A early Apple, the Kes odlin, formerly 
sold well, but now, from beings » "plentiful, it hardly 
pays the expenses 0 of sale. 
The different т à = fruit — were then 
divided, for convenie of treatment, under three 
eadings, viz, I, Or pude planted entirely with 
m renis -es the bottom by 
shee 
half- Standards, phy 
berries, im. c. ; 3, Fruit plantations 
which grow bush fruit, such as Gooseberries 
Currants only. 
: Orchards саа perhaps, the most desirable, for 
ey bour, and | 
то yards (or, where the p is very strong, 12 yards) 
m as an intermediate plant, 
,as it 
to о 400 feet E but 
of a crop is 
The Reread an 
indeed, the latter might be planted as a 
sent to market forty an 
seid a а -— what is quite 
Webb has k tree at Mi nr 
ИЕН stag ter. ANM а иа ае а M NEM 
twenty si over’ 
as a rule, where they thrive. 
hoe plan of selling the fruit on the trees b 
an one for the grower, 
they found the trees fairly taken care 
erries Was 
«ийй 
whole 
coming up. 
ines for 
"Mr. Webb stated at the commencement of his 
puer tub he е ома 
to Kent, because he had seen very little of the | an 
