560 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[October 31, 1874, k 
fifteen years ago, where it filled a large panel in the 
stove division of the grand conservatory. It is most 
effective if allowed to rie as it does here, amon 
Laj blooms of the ‘Stigmaphylhum 
o 
o ou 
tions, but the border should be well ed. Af 
ing, this plant should be kept moderately dry 
till og when tas tarted into 
growth b ing with tepid water, 
having previously pe prined out ‘the old flowering bears 
as the bloo the young wood i 
umbels of aos ee is five. 7. Sheppard, akan: 
stone Park, 
The Old Walls at Kew: Ligustrum j japonicum, 
south of London. ould lea one 
pi isa me q pat better ni ne that nort th N 
Lon a: ia ag Such, however, is far 
from Hag aig the s beautiful shrub is much 
ac eraan T it succeeds well without 
In the North 
on the contrary, does not 
a fine object for the oromtion of the cool, conser- 
oR fr alah A aint a 
plants i open = tete 
collection of Hollies behind the winter annda, and 
the other in the y$ hou 
oth are seen oni specimen: seem merely to 
e however, ‘tris ve and 
antage 
uable paper who, like 
me, know nothing of G 
Pot Vine Growing at Grimston.—I ha 
te ag ang ought) on a, horticul- 
the place 
j recently been (as 
o 
resol 
at, as they are grown in large pots, and deserve 
all the room they have "les es 
by the score, struck from eyes at the en ebruary 
last, e now at least 16 feet long, with 
- foliage as stiff as card- board, wood as hard as bon 
and plump buds giving f full she of what they 
intend to do in ming s ayton 
= his plants at aes in light Potton heat, aes 
rooted y ar 
filling pots, which are arranged, 
mediately over the a 
and others on planks in front of 
of which do equally well, so that 
in a compost of yellow fellow loam on! 
obtain pa sg tere ; and the only feeding 
a 
cut back to 10 feet, snk iow ed t 
each bun Sas tha 
present appearance of the Vines, would av e fro: 
ro ia eave 
= a sig 
matter or z 
suckers it is a bouiro ribet the Toots haye 
a ia contact with 
oes om anges arig mt oa 
out by the e aa 
i connection with reno. 
soil, - or other vegetable 
admixture ; and- l when they begin to emit | 
seve’ 
vating old trees, he appears to have avoided all use 
of the latter in the formation of his Peach border, and 
e loam— 
too freely. insteae f , bei : 
generally brought on by the quantity and quality of 
the food the a rl ia or vegetable exists on or consumes, 
and if ay gorge to repietion, it is at the expense of 
health ape opgerig itis, Sesto re, better to be 
on the 
t side than to kill of plethora. 
Anyhow, ‘t ite er to err on we side of poverty 
in the fo ny of stone-fruit than 
is to allow any manurial or other vegetable matter 
to become incorporated with the soil ; an 
witches’ cauldron. I hold zA m opinion that in addi- 
tion to all stone-fruit borders being made . ab 
sound spac aan t they ens be made as eon 
possible, s far as digging rw sho iii 
disturbed, ere’ the firmer they are the better, especially 
in the case of Peach trees, for instead of th 
ing a few strong roots that ell rus a 
d 
the flavour as ce of the equinoctial 
gales or the Gulf-stream pass That outdoor Peaches 
indisputable, and arises from the full 
fluence of the sun and air ava fruit so Situated receive, 
thereby i Po tery juices in 
matter. Were i 
+ +h + 
take of crop their fruit ers, for, independently 
of a large portion of the surface roots being destroyed 
in the process of digging, border is robbed of its 
moisture just at the time the s require it to swell 
fruit, and the re an abund 
n, too, rank stimulating manure 
is used to suit e a: o. or, worse still, 
} a quantity of 
es, resulting i in a prolific crop 
atel ihesi non st the 
d dunging is not in moh 
that prince of fruit tree cultivators, Mr. f 
Sawbridgeworth, ma; gleaned from his abie 
works, and from ee follewing Ma anan letter he did 
me the favour of sending, and as so much to the 
p prepare. I trust he will pardon ae for giving it pub- 
icity 
ber 15. 
be thẹ last Our experience has taught 
that this is decidedly the best Nayar and that stone 
fruit th uch better- when e surface is hard.— 
We are, &c., THOMAS RIVERS & Son 
| Digging and danging a barren ae tree ie lead to 
soem eoe br but a profitable result so far 
a crop is we may always ptr the 
teaching of the 3; and al i the above 
boo 
= re to on another meaning it would hold 
te in which it was spoken, and was 
as doubt “the practice of cultivators there, or the 
simile would not have been u Him who always 
pone wisely, Z. Sheppard, Woolverstone Park. 
Ilex = ee ah a, ho the article on the 
Old Walls at Kew, in the g paragraph, p. oe 
October 24, this fine but little known variety is 
out $ 
tioned. At this place, planted 
Vendé Black Muscat oe e. Lies is gratii 
to learn that Mr. Ven bs last disposed of ing 
fine ienc en 
= 
hie aving seen and tasted it s€veral times “ia 
last four years, i can safely say it has all es 
qualities of ws s eee: 
fiel ourt, without their defects, 
constitution, shows, sets, an he 
fruit under Hamburgh treatment, b 
ght later in ripening than t 
> 
an nce of, or or LEA 
will be c biderdi incomplete with k 
acquisition Ne our black Grapes. W. Coleman, s Eater 
THE FARM. 
Prize Roors,—Our library table is at this moment E 
literally covered wit 
se 
reference to root crops in the gross—such, for 
as ‘*for the best 5 acres of Mangel Wurzel,” “the 
sree 5 acres of Swedes,” without reference to manure, 
seed, or modes of culture. Another class of these 
will be ‘for the best 5 acres of Mangels or Swedes 
grown from seed supplied by Mr. A.,” or “ for the 
best 5 acres of Mangels or Swedes grown from manure 
” These are usually j 
pose, who will duly inspect the crop, then 
topped-and-tailed roots from a perch ol 
so multiply for the acre. 
Now this, though a rough way of esinaine 
= Crops, is yet = best that can be done under 
d as a mode of encouraging the í 
aes of roots heie can be no doubt it has done a 
very great deal of good. At the same time a h 
may be made highly instructive, and, 
bitors and visitors have an opportuni 
roots a a distance, and of seeing 
i > attained to, 
ut perhaps the greatest good that such € 
do is to be found i in the fact that the roots 
introduction of new y 
should be offered for any n ew sort of róot, OF 
of a ieme. plant r oe 
