24 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE- AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jaxvanr 12, 1861, 
yon the same table. ы Another са сазе of ps is re- | which runs through my property very fov ЖОШ 
corded in our Home Correspondence dh to- day and ааа гей lo digo Es all I can de. 
th eir in ti n 
hearer, gardener tothe Marquis of Tweedd ale, at | 
сс 
|n" d. The BIG? саша. I imagine, is the 
[s 
to Mr. S 
Yester, who publishe ed drawiugs making his system por 
fectly nos а copy of which I received from 
FRESH-WATER FISH. а г, which I suspec ct are far more pias тш 
wn than 
The pike I can destr оу, but how to get rid. of "ic gel 
"|I know ees the barbel 
i т d I have attempted peret m of 9 
: і i bly sti to hen I hads Js and on 
s lied to the gods of it will Lena: stimulate many one roches * capital spa 
-—— In^ фе сом oe oseribe two чыр d fsh- кре. n it may be of eg int ls hem (me in 1854, by Glo тЫ че теи Dues 
methods I have applied here for this purpose. rehand which sorts are the bes " a h andis, I turn ed 800 fish ou yes 
The first case is that of a Vinery 35 feet long ipit p though an қия аар I shall here or; "ol since that n да never beo ФЕ to pe 
t i ject in a co cial ure any good spawn; hereabouts I have no 
etas uy weakly in April, and showed but The fish adapted for breeding stock should be P tunity Ру; оз fish in spawn. А neighbo oppor. 
little fruit in May; and on the 8th of June, when in Sa к rear, y in growth, and good t By |a mpted to supply m Ma ut I ui К e th 
od the ho ith a tarpaulin, | “good to eat” I d properly impregnated, for nof 
full epy I shade ouso Witli w tarpaulin; Бо perior dinner, but as pleasant to the x а ьа: ova hatched. About two years ago [айу E 
Mi took up the roots of the Vines, which were all in | satisfying to the — with such cheap condiments | the Field and in two Hampshire pue З 
an outside border, and placed them in fresh soil. The | оп]у аз salt, cayenne, and butter. To begin with the|spawn (provided it was supplied legitimats r 
leaves all flagged but I kept the house warm and worst—barbel are scarcely eatable, often unwholesome. | sources, ie, by no aiu © bak; I ruk e A 
moist. The thick sha: айыы obviated tlie пе cessity for Chub, dace, roach, and bream, when broiled within single feste prol my applica 
| giving апу s en the end of a w £1 are tolerable, but within| Т feel ious to giv Publi icity to ue е attempt] 
\ to turn heads puc of “heels up." І withdrew - 12 hours the flesh эе soft and tast e ks Sr je mide on this 
1 i Ў i ake wW 
and n 
pipes in м рст th, was necessarily 
very бкр, € that this w M ен be а draw- 
back to its s general adop tion. Ба ch, however, is no 
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IN common wit take а int t by in the 
I 
" yeh 
ish; at 
ес аы оа the old roots. They в j^ What over, they are slow of growth. Eel аге brought І have a little rill in my park in which I hatched 
bunches were on them, and swelled them off in per- from Holland cheaper than we can catch them here, | trout above-men ntioned; this пе "e 
except in re gre 
ion. 1 1 Е n E 
In 1856 the Vines were started in February, and destroyers of spawn. arp require costly ede erY.| but its virtues are lost to me at ent, for 
produced over 20010. of Grapes that were ripe in July ; cw Kitchiner—noi an extravagant man—says, “ Lay it | obtain no spawn. I could hatch millions of үе 
in 1857 they were started in January, and were ripe | їп a stew-pan with half a pint ruis or port wine, annually could Il 
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| e -— They were then started in Octoberof the EU а qua uarb of good gravy. is at once puts ће and a Jos ab a Ee how procure e it; tio doubt 
ear, and the first dish of тат was us fro f court as a trade es Mr. Boceius speaks | ther any gentlemen be sides myself who labour 
; 
them = a е lóth of April 1858. Тһе e again highly'of a €: species, but 16 is not eim haee under thesamè плата: погдо е 
tarted as usual in October of this season, “Dut the | here. Tench are good, but in this country blis бий 
1 
арпа being very "ооа and backward in 9, I was | though De Hue deseri es them as ea ormed similar to that reported to 
not able to cut Grapes from them till the ld p May, | cultivated in China. Probably our climate is з (оо xc m 
and this determined me to apply heat by some means | They might succeed, lil gol селе 
to their roots. The house is one of a range of three D Lies T eated by the waste steam of our factories 
Vineries all intended for early forcing, and in which urbot, referred to by your correspendents, is MROPUDSLAC eue м 
were pits for Pines. The roots all being in an outside н PU but not olia Although not ап EXTRACTS FROM MR. J. G. VEITCH'S LETTER 
border, to effect my object I removed the Pine-pits, | anglers fish and seldom taken by {һе net; it is ON J "ens 
and laid a double row of 4-inch pipes along the bottom | never €— e ears ago, when liv 
whieh persons ean be suppl lied with. i iR ; 
fish of all species to almost any amount. Higford Bum, | 
inued from p. 1126, 1860.) 
ing (Conti cr en 
ff the space previously occupied by the Pine-pits, and | near Trent, experienced angler asked| Мо, VIII.— Youkuhama near b 
our feet below the general surface level the per ecd а vou t A prouve one for him to put іп а | 1860,—1п my last dated September 22nd, I informel 
ength of UM three houses. To these pipes, 200 fee need scarcely say laca ix роке be deemed you of my being al to start коб 1 
length, I attached а small boiler, р req wired. to а The char , but, alas ! even in its | most northernly open port іп Japan. -This T did on 
laced below the level of the boiler that ab gives exi favourite d Lake—is by no|24th, and much regret the short stay of the ve 
i n tiful. i e (8 8 obliged etura 
A. mM omit m eh O 
р! 
ace heat in the pi pel p i , 
eec of old brickbats, laid as loose |7 ounces in weight. The potted fish sold under this | keep my appointment to visit Mr. 
Over $ placed a layer of turf Ыы tsm unes; title are often small trout—a ve good substitute. I found here trees and shr 
s, and on this 3 feet of soil in ikes are prolific and tolerable eating, but so voracious [only three or four species o? Coni 
of two of the Vineries, the Vines in which а m that — will "NY рау to keep where the better | namely, to 
in 1855, pulling fi vill anals and meres they may be cul- | dolabrata, Taxus species 
conveniently t be got hold of, and laying th itl —probably ne 
the new soil inside ouse. Т заа here vs е AR now ERES the list to salmon, trout, and | and Abies and 
that Шо front of the Bonses ia on arches and that ling—all excellent eating, prolific, and from the |" 
the stems of the Vines were inside, SR € of their от, ац ен by which рго- 
their roots were all outside at the date n now referred Imayh ark, about: М 
кшн emo iy two olitaryones 
y: commission is now | øf trees, pres found on т о solitary 
uiri into oils subject, an vill 
кн 60° to 80°, by keeping a slow fire at the zi devisé E 8 : тойи the. E ce seme tay inm ig 
boiler for two days in the fortnight. But to return to | interests, Amongst the shrubs are 
the house referred toin the beginuing of these remarks, | m the meantime there is ample scope for all in trout | three s а of Aralia, а 
I was anxious to have the benefit of bottom heat at | and grayling, two of the best of British fishes, and pos- | MCN seed афо 
instead | sessing alsó this valuable quality, that the former is in | four or five ferns. 
1 h igust, and the latter from | meria japonica are certainly t 
| | August 5 veia thus мыкы : " ; : 
started ouse g the table all the ear | met with. The'former (Sciadopitys, 
| the month of ( X sgg ооа. = Т think, the саты should a e бата: шек» yet Rand bat 
of October 1859 as in 1858; but f =: ; ^ i se А 
' difference, I was able in- i i neighbourhood.. 1t assumes 
à mes - weigh mu mig Seis account of those see 
Et. m iry зба ча аі vei wilo a nem; ; due of E та гесе 17 ounces. | All situations е нт soils appea: 
they were е4 [Mark this !] ounces, and his S. difta FECE T 265 СА ее ао OAM 
bottom hea 
Free pn $ үчне € Vives in the usual way, elder. End fish, is diferenco h х 
-foünd that a reat 
su 
to bem adis pae wood, and I wo 
Baa, era Ras S AM ‹ circumstances, and до | ореп situations, 
of erii lA it, as | ereak "vid clear Poss а тшу rd d breed E ex Mosi Es xui d t c 
еу ot & mit- | quantità of t; li merel; hich in the distance have 
= the n x ae natural or айа, , from the n main strena PY y fuc | e ad s н 
es burst into leaf, and showed 120 buuches, all of SOLER ы с ааа геси Ми iudi буе ог 
which | on 186 of this month | reside 
term “the old lining," I 8, 
from the stems had 
i 
THE 
t 
| ў Wc ‚ for my empl 8 do 
BE. | order у judge of their quali blic E 
| .— Teend you a bunch of them, witu foliage stachel prs "E аренат and пайыш y supplied out анас. 
V ; жөк Е Е. 
n^i 
es allowed, that where proper I have read with interest 
disp ашу be m the whol -— sioe err "S. Es T Jetter in to e. sent lim: Mr. A. h 
E MAE Par X, Jan oe JUNE б M 
DELE ; I am going to bé s 
: g h him in i I а; b kien ie g Hati 
: new, Grapes о оз were of fi e "ure y experience, 
реч - H] eden o ай шанчаш eg in thi line, e nd 
"and i Tady Downs? лор was of wes quality. E Ido not think much will ever e done i A Erg and = until ome for = Majes Z à Peera 
et : has certainly а that А in r4 ue i en , Aoier uen E elor will be the Р 
January old and new Grapes may be placed generally speaking, а! I continue to find-the lower ани 
с р together | capital trouting Steam, but in that part of the river 3 ceedingly polite and kind, and wi 
