DECEMBER 11, 1875.] 
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and o injuri 
y even the inoue paulo n ан 
oval. 
2, The be symmetric ally grown a 
well balanced, and r$ branches upon it more numer. 
ous than large. The of the stem should a 
bear a proper sce to its height, which is Piece 
to consist of as nches pet rth a little above the 
swell of the roo sit measures feet in fade 
with othe 
n my experience ent 
| proved а со 
Tree E A edm every species grown in cl 
enerate when removed to dry and better soil, and 
on examination th y 
ck t 
ee be perd too high than too low in the 
ground, БА for appearance sake and the health of 
tree. 
e removal of all t 
f placed by a bruise or stroke when the sap is in 
circulation than in the dead of winter when compara- 
lively inacti 
6. It is of. very decided ен» d to the tree to 
_ lighten ы {ор а Е Man. ммм transplanted, The tree 
n the head, strains and 
existing roots, fecti uprooting the 
E a few w years after фикири a large tree, 
it би some artificial m of anchorage, for 
_ Which purpose a few Mgr чони lai not to 
ctly over the roots answers 
eeping the tree steady and encourag- 
ut it. 
here choice of t 
trees for successful transplanting 
tan be had I make the follow Li 
wing :—The Lime, Syca- 
as that in which they grew. C. Y. Mic 
House, Cullen, Nov. 30. 
Natural 180: 
 Toaps.—The toa 1 thing in a 
en. I had a plant делай rra with wood- 
near him or the plant, 
n it—‘‘ You are тше!” 
2, 
ween one evening so 
a a perder peque, | ё in agens to do their E 
it appea ed t 
d go on the erga and the other stay outside, 
the Box edging between them; and so so they did 
they t : 
em from the window e. I wish 
could all act with good feeling towards such useful 
much but I 
me — 
. being the йор dere ene ain pu? in van 
can best 
— 
Rotices of Books, 
Timber and Timber es, Native and 
Foreign. By Thomas "Аа ‘Macmillan & Co. 
The title and sub-title above quoted may be taken 
to — зебр: ill-defined manner 
w 
at 
eq to i3 egal that the mathe did not 
secure the со-орега 
е without notice in ч ue of t cel 
lence of the ther portions of the work, but as they 
are errors which might involve practical сро 
to foresters, or to co ans mers of timber, it becomes a 
duty to point them Itis q ite clear, f ini what 
the або ѕауѕ а , that he has but a ve n- 
^ the way in whic 
sed and — — as to 
mber grow: he woody layers when first formed 
sie full of sap, p they change and ie tae A become 
solidified by the compression of each bsequent 
; obvious, that as seas zone is 
hat one of them | p 
oes not inform us himself up 
botanical details given are often, especially in the 
of foreign woods, as inaccurate as > оа 
explanations, but we forbear to ae Noter illustra- 
tions, thou Kai every chapter furnishes them, 
and pass on to the more grateful ых. of commending 
the more e prast tical portions of the w 
The agg on the defects at "rk, including 
heart 
words, 
author att нро these defects, and especially cup- 
sh ake, “Чо defici ency of cohesive matters between the 
woody layers," a deficiency ''resu ps ing from sudden 
жул of temperature, from roots passing 
through a peculiar vein of - cid even from frosts ; 
violent and sudden n wind and storms may 
also he ré А 
=ч ome our author to the nature of 
—Ó em his sige aero Ун of the 
prin and in ate as gi vpn 
and pee e statements perm are, 
of growth, an interruption to the process of solidifica- 
tion, might be productive ot коте "era ve 
tioned, and might and do кайн, 
according as eas mstances are Favourite or the 
reverse. r alternation gives rise to that 
A sim 
phenomenon Va "dabe d by the author at 
4:— 
**Tt would seem that the fine trees € е forests 
and elsewhere, whether it be natural to t ка 
straight stems or curved ones, have not alw ways been 
fair- pa or so symmetrically shaped as 
when fan age a and size fit for felling, but “that i m гу 
ог, it may be, unsightly appearance, which w 2n 
improved upon as they attained to greater El rie and 
approached ma rity This supposition Е, hink, 
be readily all any one who has ha 
ару ог maiden forest, іп search of a mens t sapling 
ing-sti -— — the difficulty of 
pu one suitable for the purpose.’ 
"= 
Po 
5 xus а , 
а spiral turn of 
the tog which the prac 
defects hidden beyond he possibility x 
aps, his best-looking tesi ould, 
mam m ч obviously unsafe to subject mi any- 
thing like the strain ком ihe ascertained NE 
strength of the E tested would seem to warrant 
charging them т 
“ [nstances of weaknes ess, both transversely and ten- 
silely, similar to {е which ar 
not unf 
arts of any construction according to the 
m ин зілі strength of any timber to be 
The 2: са to = resistance offered b 
timber of v s kinds to a crushing A applied 
great 
me n various forei emit —€—— the Aus- 
cid medi and a lates m s from 
all parts of the world зз ni jd only 
direct the Thug тт of readers interested in 
such topics, th p we may avail ourselves 
of the author 
etails 
referen ce we m 
the copious botanical e ague 
holy art рн а ение pers |. diferte its 
ages. 
—— Whilst the country is being flooded with so 
ноч pm E the s of cheap е for the 
oung, i leasure to announce the 
Intended publidation in January next of Whitaker s 
Fournal. Mr. Whitaker, whose A/manac is so wel 
Ао intends to make his m magazine quite as enter- 
aining as the “‘ penny dreadfuls,” while at the same 
time i be so carefully Wi that parents 
очар д place it in the hands of their sons and 
aughters, We heartily wish [o^ success, 
Annales des C ences 
y ed attention ; on the R. 
tion of Plants, by MM. Mayer and De Wolkoft ; 
on the lene: of New 
M. Brongniart ; a: àv age ee Structure of 
the Leaves of aie by M. Duval Jou 
— Dr. J. C. wn, formerl ent 
Botanist at the Cape of Good Hope, is preparing a 
епу S. King & Co. 
are to he the publishers. 
M to the "nen fe » бе for e 
present onth is an ‘Outline 
sex," by Mr „В. е е Bor чя 
ts known to be wild in the county 
to ver drainage. 
— The Florist and Pomologist for December 
contains a coloured plate of eoru аи а cross 
between В. arkii 2 
flowers are bright orange-red, the ‘habit may so {һа 
altogether s е. hine gg sa to a one of the finest it 
e tubero Begonias, and Messrs. Veitch 
may be congratulated on on M introduction The other 
colou plat uise Bonne 
d'Avranches (alias a Jerse) iii whose ao 
colouring add. до taa he other good qualities of 
this favourite Pear. 
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