DECEMBER 18, 1875.] 
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that some new iga in the hot-water tanks of the 
- affected pit j had been painted with lamp-black and 
oil ; x itis believed b tho ugh apparently E 
when h eat came to applied some  poisonou 
iis were given “off, just as the bracts were 
EDs? ] 
— — Wh atever good service SMALL BIRDS may 
| deners find that the sparrows and the bull- 
branches of a tree are mms an es crece cand 
. end are difficult le blossoming i 
ent horticaltaral 
UE, Prof of Arbori- 
culture to the Horticultural U Society of Finir eee 
ventures v ues the efficacy of the invention. 
Some fiftee lt яше nme ioe Явы ed а di йде rable 
number E Post tre ~ to his father’s property, several 
m Cher trees 
state. 
em a visit, and had 
ong by devouring | тэр 
garden ted, 
the 
"throughout its кч jett; by a rivulet which supplied 
ла 20, he found, 
| pleas n,a Pear ee » ey Chats та part 
E оле pen buds had disappeared under the beaks 
_ 6f sparrows, with org ae neighbourhood abounds. 
{ м уе ошу а s from the Pear tree in 
(E | Question there is an artificial basin of water, in which 
id s s come to bathe and drink, It is 
not, therefore, because they are thirsty that the birds 
flo o wing how to prevent 
the complete destruction of the e remaining buds, M. 
lx pee а the idea of protecting them by 
рн us substance which would do 
ini 
psc he 
but did not dare 
| whose branches almost touched te 
| poe did not open a ge "blossom, оор it had 
_ ben covered at the o with an innumerable 
94 of flower-bnds. 
ET Correspondent, 
осоо and South 
ve be 
question at issue 
o ethe que more concern 
the local than for the horticultural Fellows, and on 
king round room I must say I was surprised to 
es of i nt. 
quently had I attempted. to advocate the cause 
depa the Society 
approbation given by the meeting, 
feeling of Mà local fellows), 
pens ай 
e and deter- 
p the реви garden for "heir own use 
i e horticultur. . a 
Secondary consideration, or, I may say, having no 
Said ion fo for it atall. Shallhorticulturists remain 
ve, and see a society which was at one time kic 
useful degenerate into an aristocra 
: not raise their € > = еч 
Unjustifiable a perversion of its duties and its ti 
y Let hort best 
by stren a efforts 
a di t unfoi- 
and thus regain that ens oe ow iret 
cultural Society once enjoyed t and 
broad. Lord едг рч ша, as ign рое. * that 
the Society had t e 
revenue, and a gen 
y the President s й 
Royal Agric alc 
fatai ant of En ngland : that the reet of this 
Society have simnl increased i bs m$ and im- 
ortance is notorious, and a he Misión of 
the Society, held on {эк йе á it was — c 
their fund "i 
and a most encouraging account was given m the 
Society's prospects, and an excellent programme put 
forth for its future operations . Or take the Smithfield 
Club Cattle Show: this, from the humblest begini 
at the Dolphin Yard, Smithfield, in 1799, n the 
admission money for the three days parte ОУ to 
dred tho 
t would be absurd to suppose that horticulture is o 
lower level than agriculture, and it is humiliating to 
think e magnificent prospects and Vo 
should have been 
nce itself almost reris 
pe РЫ byi ignorance on the part of those who 
ntrusted with its aay ceux of the most 
mies ве a of business. G. 
The Climate and perite quini Formation of 
North Devon.—Wou of your correspondents 
dur acquainted) obligingly favour a stranger with 
emt and geological formation 
e- the district he PN ойи у, ixt O 
ton and Bude, pa tied ta in the neighbourhood 
Holsworthy " T it re th to fruit culture k 
Pears, &c.), a the agricultural rotati 
crops ‘most ома followed ? An Old Subscriber. 
rat 
o 
2.3 gs 
The Seedling Briar.—I should be glad to hear 
grow the seedling 
method of culti- 
y advise working it? W. 5. Ellis, 
Scutellaria РСА —Тһіѕ, I consider, is - 
of the finest of autumn and winter flowering plants w 
possess ; but, eit "^ because it is getting old, or is Ы 
easily cultivated, it is not eer alf so much as it 
deserves, Е he pl ave do owering, 
have he ~ эса times they are liable to, but one 
which can easily be avoided with proper attention. 
T. 
The Mistleto in Perthshire. —I observe i in the 
Gard. icle th dist. that: hG,” 
Murray’s Royal Institution, Perth, clai eh 
f having ry ed th pppoe to into Perthshire, an 
abús in the gardens of. Gordon Castle, in 
charge of your esteemed колата gi Mr. Ae э и 
who, I eph em the first t 
to introduce 
orayshire y years ago. The. Mistleto. nis 
largely in id o every year. A. M., Elgin, 
Dec 
in last week's impression of v 
--—— | obser 
сы лені, € 722, “J. Св” article 
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nd it is now growing in the 
gardens of three of the tenant-farmers on this estate, 
one of them having sev 
different stages of growth. The oldest plant here was 
probably the first t north of the 
Gram had the curiosity to cep it ran 
large, - | to-day by passing а tape-line through 
dimensions were from tip to tip of its branches 
Although this was the first 
ruit 
of the y; ad woe fruited it one year in son 
of m hi an imported plant, grow 
a. a mee i Мои Ash. F. Webster, redet 
Cas 
arge Holly.—I should like to know if any one 
me of a larger Holly than t 
ich are :— 
tr 
ground it is 3. - II inches in circumfere 
roweliff, gr. to С. E. Farvisy Esg., Doddington P 
near bite De. 
s Peas.—Mr. зла. the re and 
pa зетя raiser of new s, has been singularly 
fortunate in the work to b ug he has so niu sly 
devoted dine, and P the acknowledgment of 
thanks from every grower, as well as the more public 
recognition са x ош: оп the Royal Horticul- 
ural Society, w rivilege it is, or should be, to 
reward hor ана merit. T confess that a few years 
pow our collection eas 
h the very E PE were hardly 
w 
exten 
has taught us how much every g Pens co: 
d, how and fine flavour 
how large pods and abundant production could be 
accomplished, how delicacy of flavour could be added 
without the coarse, thick ski in, and as small medium- 
sized P. Marrowfat 
I have thought nm fortunate Es possessing a Pea 
so prolific and llent am 
Advancer er; and in iim 
onderful in its 
q 
ll-filled pods 
thought-of excellences ha 
but in comm ith other 
creased r 
cre eason 
further improvemen 
Laxton. I ha x bns of growin 
Dr. Hogg, Sup and Ws Xp: ur last y 
they all More Pass and hig 
The first-named, Unique, is PI Arai early, very 
Mr. TM "ur Een us in this Pea 
mere w vil root se Pot them off as soon especially wanted— EE даво 
they are sufficiently rooted, and grow them Е quality and producti Dr. Hogg we also 
in any ordinary stove or Cucumber-house, and they have an early prolific $m of rather low habit of 
will make nice flowering by autumn—a time owth, sweet, green, and of aan quality. Sup- 
when their gay colour is very acceptable. have | planter has a "stiff ong haulm, produces broad fine 
always found them to do best in a Cucumber-house, as | P Ws and koci in a fortnight later than the fore- 
they x guy in plenty of moisture during their season | goi Connoisseur free growing, lat 
of gro Pinching must be ы adhered to at | Ei excelent quali y. thout disputing the merits of 
the commencement to form nice bush plants, or they old favourites, I may still venture to say t 
soon draw become unsightly—a fault that I pc kind and quality and degree of excellence of 
to be found in the selection named abov 
m ve 
raised by Mr. Laxton. William Ingram, Belvoir. 
Rooks, Walnuts, and Rookeries, — In the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle during the last DN. weeks have 
L7 eben many le net се. on the CU veg 
Walnuts. To-day, 
сау doubts the fact mp TE ks betas E U jac "force 
open Walnuts, and another wants to know 
o the latter I may say, T 
in the adjoining field; some rooks 
food: in wo rooks came and Pailt i in the Elm 
trees, each Гы 
this year I had thirty; the rooks have become so 
tame that they come every eerie | for bread, and 
feed not 6 feet from my window. І have, theref 
i are 
*approaching to sublimity,” Fortei ely for 
= roci І have a Walnut tre the lawn fronting 
y window; this year it bi^ n eme e 
Walnuts, and I am pleased to say the rooks ha 
a nice feed on them ; still m rci left plenty sx my 
family, many the garden shells of 
