Мах 18, 1861. THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 457 
и Р t be put under И v take care to have the soil firmly fixed bel ч 
ешоуа] of large trees. But in Ше , absence ot яву [x — each end, and secured with earth all rou ид. The | ball all round, to mo sinking ee ern e нр the 
representation of tl эмы rts between the ball and the sides of the hole may also | the water has à applied ; next remove the rack рї peni 
stand ite its exact natare. "w eare now, however, enabled withdrawn, — e plant ought now to stand by itself. The | binding ropes, Vos and canvas, loosen out all the roots and 
uce from the Scottish Farmer and Horti rti- | ne ext operation ч to lay two strong planks, one on each side of | fill in wia Ser wii soil, taking care to adjust the roots in & 
fi zontal ms 
саата. with the permission n of the present Mr, м ege A d perfec - ni 
a d of the machine which fully exp The machine bei: hand, remove the back binding bar and | with summer transplan . Aiter the branches have been 
со the two rollers, then run the — E Ре 9 til the | loosened down, syringe freely if the weather be dry, and cover 
It E ; that in a recent extension of the Edin- MÀ us шасын» be zr the plant 
h Botanic Garden it became necessary to trans- siones E LA чч» a pisos e 
a ve 
caused the working powers of the machine to be con- ар the ends of th 
€ alter A ооа facilitating the Duo MM WU. Tue Я i E brought - ai 
raising of a 
be done e: 
h 
the aid of Dir ii men бт» were formerly required. always г «5 centre of the Th thon ta ko it ота $ the REPORT or THE CURATOR 
“The merit of the machine is, that a shrub or tree whero of Aud pesa for йш work Ls - e EL — 
ФАЙ fon 1 ИШИ АНУ АБЫ кайрар олу supplied with suitable strings fo BOTANIC GARDEN, GLASNEVIN, 
be ccm d conveyed, and planted witbout being S the purpose. R АП the ropes being sir mr dr sted, th ü THE TRÀ 
possi! read moval. 
^ ату: АИЙ e т bs y d ipe accomplished with two п men, m but be di ras and —— Е 
p remo requires more ; io m pu рик ре - ili на алау Р 
shrubs ens: Are 
eigh sized 
autumn months. Last year numerous were M: or 18 ewt., can easily be lifted with four зи men, but if larger mmn бан Vased s qu t gr od as тран) 
removed with it during the months of | віх or eight Ad img eni (o steady te кс: where bt тч 
, June, and July . — it Lr A pes io Po pa by deaths, &c. Formerly, еу were chiefiy useful to the 
9 we te words w^. Mr. M'Nab Мше, wio mision. "0А ar ia provided with cose mhacled ЖИЫ | general pia ofa botante garden £ but тет ance кога 
i the i an — ^ Ите examinations took place, they are daily visited 
B ft d iron levers а the | Competitive m p I 
е udine | gy бир Pues A dud iue hem tio рах + easily wound up, both i baak end | eui other | E numbers me rm 2 
Mei front at the same time. The strong crank catches at each en 
rar T e Mr dont, end tec. vede un baok, erre eir d uu of the inner rollers prevent the possibility of the plant running | City, Line rendering it noc cessary to have them as perfect as 
ged that they may be taken off, to Hardy Trees and Shrubs.—In like manner, the taste for 
má vx ornamental e and shrubs las greatly in- 
plant to n. Toshow how this d in Ireland within the last twenty years, and 
method ting is performed, ^" арр! has шж ye pe e eed with the demand; hence we 
to follow ít throughout all the stages, we be Mere а врасе, їп рл. this extensive 
shall take, for example, a shrub 18 feet in Garden, for plan sorts as they are introduced. 
height, and the а зин, 16 or 18 feet in cir- е the о adjoining portion of оа offered to че Society M 
е first operation is to tie in taken, ld have enabled u enlarge the 
all the branches with а рі of soft н ана во аз to afford room for the many y interesting pianta 
or ar to keep them as close as possible, such a public na as this vr surely ought to possess, that 
thus prevent them interfering with the at a verv small additional expense. 
ks w It is necessary, Donat and emat ond of Plants,—The total 
before t; up. mark on the best p d ear 1860 is 670 рша; е and of 
side of the shrub, or what is intended to be seeds, 686 kinds. The "аг m plants given from 
į by v er dum will the Garden is 420 species of seeds, seven pack: 
вате а good after the plant has ts for Lectw School of Art.—Good в 
been lowered into the pit for its of flowers and plants, for assisting to illustrate 
e machine is of taking economic livered by Dr. Harvey at the Museum of 
in with roots 4 long, 3 feet Irish Industry, were dul dg ben they were uired ; 
4 inches wid d 3 or more feet deep. In d also e lectures оп structural botany delivered in the 
every case, i to be careful not eatre of the al Dublin Society. For the lect: on 
to exceed this width, making allowance for | Systematic botany, н: "i me: Botanie Garden, the table 
the thickness of canvas and staves to be was well furnished with 1а a qoe: at а lecture, ав 
employed round the roots. The opening up well as cut flowers, The 
| j Botany at the Royal 
College of Surgeons, and at us qe ed Medical Schoo! — 
iced, 
as to secure all the roots which lect accordin, they were required. egul нт чеч f 
ur beyond the line of the intended pla чс е i e sent, on two days in each week, to the 
Г Ae 4 to be removed ача = al Dublin — d for the u: MR hi 
roots three or four-pronged puri studying ани, — ее — they were wan 
taking care keep the ball of earth iie Visitors.—Notwithstanding xceeding wetness of the last 
season, the decrease in ге ea "ot ates ta who visited the 
Garden is not so great аы мы) ud have been expected, though 
ар I At so great a distance from. Узун сїбу, апа 
o 
conveyance it cn ааа о 
an Ел. cxi 
depth, and pro іу rounded and uprig| visitors тошо more o m than ipie, eas 
such roots as will not bend may be cut od The total n тро of study ti and addresses 
close to the earth. Surround the ball with ж the Visitors” Book during [Hym ear 1860 is 39,000,443. Total 
оо io DAE E EE OE the pr pers md atten tended mms -: the y 
caution of having the doubled portion ot "te Pom vm rig gi 
canvas here but at the sides. „After ——— 
take а doute - sco of ft (xe 
50 yarn 
and surround th Hb ibis e MIO vag Correspondenc 
de eir iieri y Es Transplanting a large Yew Tree. xe e md 
ball again abcub $ АШ | been еп; engaged i i ены а remarkabl fine en 
inches from the io Between the soft ropo of the common Yew, I have been induced ғ л e you 
S А a a umberot barrel some account of its size, with a эы of rtaini: 
eere эйе X7 m ^ этең about whether or not it is the largest the kind on 
бог 6 inches of each po pe according to the т n jailed, Tho gre cm 
heh uie ан soil composing the - as follows :—Cireumference о t3 
trenne alaaa irem r7. m ^ e grou ind аро pev ^ 
the machine. The object Of thesoft торе or yarn is to Каор th? | boue addu BHL wisi dei eet 1 nch; Anda t from ditto, 5 feet 9 inches. 
repe ка de DOR ое PM UE With this e] After the SiS А аке Вчера] cloar ar | The t t the height of 1 vea eie 
ear e I part Ty e ee са the bottom ot uj км -— lovers can г ree на Ve 9 E - four branches, the irouinferenom of which are as follows 
М elf, abou through во as to rest either on 
Sr in length; bring the main portion CETTE TT binding bar; this will doubl re the plant, and hold it «Хе. 1, 2 feet 8 inches; 2, 8 feet 1 inch; 8,8 3 foe 
side of y purround the top again with it, dou SM TA ЭШ position, Ш suck. time as it р, "ui t 0 in ches ; hd feet 9 inches. Hei ht of tree, 40 feet, 
рон 8 се пот be tgi upper and under | destination. If the plant кы be "акоп бычым» iah ircumterence of branches at 10 feet 
stout pladag Шиш at te exis end piel сан Spo кич тае мг to 3 ras 54 салты undir ч 1| feet from the ground, 116 feet. 
dicular, so "o жима Е на е | seinoval is "y m айу be din siint Dy the men | ball contained 15 cubic yards of earth he dis- 
жоне fe nr фет i th y being | employed in the lifting, but if the distance is considerable, the | tance which it moved is 22 yards. The operation 
the die mad LA о е ае і mo t pes ен be to attach s horse and draw it | commenced on the 8th of а гері nd was completed on 
лед Ft of the | process is undermining. The front of the | bord, mee TE it Ny Medi be Amp" the 20th of the same month. Unfortunately a clear 
meds agar x га, being the side where the | desirable to keep a double set of planks and Io buds. The | sky with cold easterly winds фо” gue the whole time 
reference to tbe adj emend йе мой: Тї» conehuded tat for its recepti ing prepared, in all cases ro care | W without even а slight show of r his evil I 
fix a piece of wood between the ball апа the edge ot that it is not IM feet of m diameter of the ball to : frequent t eyringing over- 
the hole, in order to ut in, place to the 
perpendioular his working beneati T ant AAE a а he | viden of the wheels then run the machine with the plant he "| and covgring the he roots wit m ж» ARES. ined is 
Зое wh d un right dver, tho centre of” the. hola ole, ied, vit, tno ро 
been carried half-way - е Underin ев e w an ust the ifted, € capable of 
s A made of strong Oak, and AES гт най UR каа Mb the he i à weight (these irae yd mee 
of Ше points for recei and ам re 3 inches the four crank catches, ra: gently into e pit, by рерин bole t з two smaller 
ín-their proper pisss dt ш ое the ца ropes bolding back the handles and levers. If the pit is found to be | Screw Mgr um ble of lifting 3 tons each; 
pact and firm, two Oak lifting boards са — r4 Фош- | too deep, raise, and put in soil, and then lower again. | common tim. acks (each worked by two men), 3 tons 
if the ball is inclined to be "gres y ре , but M рсорану р "undo ail tk» royes, М MEG ЫТ Мы HU each; a pow dl crab (worked. b. six men) capable of 
duce a piece of Deal the A i h Ссевзагу first to intro- | back rollers an binding bar, and remove the machine. Imme- к y pam 
1 is in it has to bé m Par e ordinary liftin; diatel machine is with from the plant, but before it lifting 5 tons; five balks of timber, 10 i nches ев square, 
of it insome instances ís apt to injure per doe: remo: ~ taken off the planks, put on the two rollers and n bar, t 45°, 
side by side one of the ordinary lifting Oak boards. The linos u M ap erg. d xol M mm ted сб, poc werten e үнөн pulleys: 2 te above ov six 
enda of the io Thing boarda one оп aet вот р veniet. de wihara сч wo lifting ropes, which will be easily done, | #048 Of powerful wedges and the assistance of 32 men, 
middle of o to n the bottom of the boards. 
ball, ta ente t tM exactly in the centre of the bottom be withdrawn by a slight leaning either | But what of its future prospects of growing ? ы this 
раа аа Це ара быша male mdr er de urs дш бе eee Ша ОТ теру Очаи y that T ыл 
; чаап 
id some вой to keep the bottom boards and the ropes securely | attention Laa T, gy LÀ the бек 6 етту the | every reason to think that it is progressing favou rably. 
back ary tho bait е m d undermining of the irat tying up of the branches, the plant can be easily turned, | It may also be of interest to know the cost of removal, 
Wood, and then commence the undae рек with а piece of во that the best part shall face any depre side; ifthis has| T may just mention that there were only 16 me 
Place two bottom, boards as before ii When себ not been done, it is necessa: loosen down the whole top, d tantly d m 
Ам р уе taking as prope riy rsd adjust it-- however, is very inconvenient | P"E^ged constantly during the operation; the others, 
that ihe ed Mesh ste й ra е pui us E, till such h time as the piant h has boim DEM ia and vetefed. After туны the number recorded above, were reqnired o ou 
The opposite half plant jus been properly secured іп Ив upright position, / at times when most needed, so that the entire cost, 
