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THE GARDENERS. CHRONICLE. [Jury 18, 1874, 
each time at the full of the moon, 
et down by way of information y we 
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The follow 
wing | (Pyrus Aria) grows, though I only noticed it in this one 
the way of compost for | place. The ledge of rocks I have adverted to , but whose 
rubbish, one barrowful ; | situation I shall not e xactly indicate, when I ‘ais visited 
$ ea quarter | Llandudno, was abundantly fringed on the top with 
g (mark the distinction) | the Cotoneaster, and there I have seen it 
light earth, is good for | flower ruit th of spoliating (I 
such arrant nonsens ear lady) ts have entirely stripped the ledge, 
via honest horticultural skill 
The Three Earliest Peaches. — Your 
Thows 
Early Rivers Peach 
ripeni This od ye 
these varieties, ve pekt 
i pen the earliest, 
tanis i 
can sufficiently | so that last year, after several careful hunts, I Ta 
on 
rocks, and 
ere long the Cotoneaster Mies no longer be found as a 
i for w the plant as acceptable 
to visitors, and to gain a á fiw pence have pulled it w 
> š up 
experience with | wherever they could see it. Mr. Robinson says that 
Early | hedo oes not blame visitors, but I think their selfish 
e Nature c 
ge so good not trusted to increase the store, for she rather 
gt it swage colours than of curi 
O best in pots, often reaching lovely flowers, and it is gta annoying to journey to 
is local 
hence invaluable for aà gp P were earn known to grow 
a dish or two early in April for the dessert. ‘The Early | an nd them Srreenetly go gon hen, as is now 
Louise I have f ike Mr. Bréhaut, to ripen about ~~ often the case. ns encouraged for 
a week or eight days later than the Early Rivers, and iary gain to root e rare ptk and all the 
I agree with him it is the best three Fens that can be found about a place are ruthlessly 
ieties for size and flavo Since the above three : i A 
_Plants of Llandudno 
Head Mr, Robinson's - 
oO 
and the 
in their | should be contented with one or tw 
se 
e A botanist, in the case of a rare ng local nage 
ecime 
should sternly discountenance the holasa pieadói 
* | of plants r Irna profit. When I was last at 
t | Cheddar, I my friends were beset with a host of 
importunate Ape irls and boys to buy the Cheddar Pink 
e | (Dianthus czesius), which they had rooted up from 
every stainable spot, and thus no specimen could be 
d ti 
Great Orme’s gathered fs om the cliffs without incurring risk of mis- 
aceourt adventure. If visitors would not buy, but search for 
gege ng ree arg themselves, then ight be hat local p 
induces | offer som ementary remarks that | WOuld not be quite exterminated, as many will probably 
=e, Gana a few slants © suppleme has omitted, as well be if the system that I reprobate continues to be carried 
note the ci etation 
on and is encouraged. Several good Orchids are yet to 
ae of cultivation BNE ika e spread of Keme be found about Llandudno, as Epipactis R 
visited Lland 
ie a 
j ago, is we was onlya a dwelli 
ach, and the little scattered 
mediate between the bay and 
DAA, : 
a it : ~ for when I 
many old Te Ah ma trunks 
Scattered about 
, or 1 
anglicum), 
not far distant, the silvery-] 
( 
I 
: 
- bitants of sandy shores grew 
Henbane ( Hyoscyamus a al 
time 
7 = ea prs 
ee : b to 
He abundant o 
(Menyanthes trifoliat ta) reaching the top of the craig, I found that some ente 
as well as the nage wering be 
galis), in some 
was appa 
first etploret t 
eaved White 
the ground 
considerable size lay 
whether purposely 
ng ves i 
r mass of precipitous gers masses of soft rose being in beautiful 
Beam tr th 
n the Head in an 
Gymnadenia conopsea, and Or pyramidalis. 
September, too, the fragrant Lady’s Tresses (Spi rates 
be se 
oo ger alis) may seen abundantly on the turf, by 
harea lay Tos path towards the ruins of Gogarth Abbey. An 
gar’ 
hie insthnce of the change in vegetation through human 
ature, and : ert 
i 
ess o! 
may be noticed Dig: t 
thar mene yy S ü coas s Conwa is an isolated hill of 
A trap ea solitude rei 
(Honckenya p peos), untouched by cultivation, and the cl ere adorned 
at pl Toniga ¢ while the with the i (Disathe atchfly (Silene nutans), the 
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where I have wandered 
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e such a descent and o oociipution that it was 
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care than slightly shinning  i : the autumn it will 
i 
danas upon ; it ore: a ray maaiy constitution, 
though when it does: well it is seminal effecti 
Thos, Hutt, Corley Rock, near Coventry. 
Bedding Pansies.—We have a variety at Bath, 
wn 
no effect on i s for a single bloom, I 
is splendid. R Sh 
Staking Trees.—The best method for staking ,or — 
pone bes gisi transplanted trees I have practised *is ” 
which was adopted and strictly enforced by 
the most, is only sacrifici cing a few “iy of the branches 
oe are tied to the stake, and is soon remedied by 
the branches above them growing over them, or other 
ittle play on every side. Three stakes will dò. for 
ising Taffy ha 
ote the ae with his pitchfork, and the site of the donjon of the 
| has banish these Ss Saee etisiek pase round by a fringe of dead thorns in the 
if indeed any o E the =a Welsh fashion. a any one wishes to see 
= 
on cultivated groun ae ae is the country to 
. go tor for there I have often o served them 
rock | pa scarcely 
Sedum Telephiam. pig Lees, FL, 
— Worces 
eing in 
e tender shades of the delicate tarquolse-htn aS 
most small trees and shrubs, but eight will not be too 
many, nor a waste of re if a wet. tree is to be 
staked. Henry Mills, Eny. 
Multum in Parvo Pea.—I bought 1 peck of a 
uiting s Multum in Parvo Peas of Messrs. Nutting 
ring of sx 
& Sons in the sp AE a, ar 
574 ees of good ih s from the I peck 
sown. Surely this is tint | in little”. aE onlý 
about 12 inches in height, and of g avour, 
Henry Adamthwaite, = Foin Street, Woodfield Road, 
Harrow Road, Padding 
Forestry. 
EATMENT OF TAP-ROOTS,—The treatment of the a 
tap- rote of seedlings depends entirely on the pecu- 
in which the seedlings are to into trees, and on 
the description of labour available i for the handling of 
the during the different manipulations of 
wil 
planting. Some species l stand the tap-roots e a 
being cut i 
others ae a 
present, Teak seems A bilag y "te ie bok ria 
Experiments were made on this subject years ago in 
Burmah, if Iam not mistaken. At Bamunpaokri I 
ane ai 
oe of f tap-roots ajap 
inclined to gA e 
= 
Myosotis (Forget- -me- mee which inits turn is beautifyl 
in close proximity to the pale ee aaa ed Limnan 
cannot 
say much for it ; but in a mass, or for pot culture, it 
ackell, 
