Остовв 19, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 927 
and » Е earth is s always | considered a very poo poor | | him. „Тһе finest Louise Bonne pears I have ever seen, | they must continue to think old thoughts, and | be, like 
—— of | rg D exhibited. before the | milestones, very useful, steady, and si sturdy, but mot 
АП the хапа employed around ice are porous, Е ittee at K n, Sept. 114, by G. H. | bright or progressiv: 
admitting t * егар of air TEN them, or into | [Ti ia Weybrüge ES pot а tree "ш a n | I must no ot conclude this, I fear too long, artiila with- 
their p" d se pores present an indefini "T was loaded w {в beautiful fruit. out my opponent's 
extend. ө portion of water enters the Northern Soy. Apples p American sort) о ever seen, | | fixed ^. 80 as to leave it aa ale "iae а AME 
^ my айан om and thus an immense ZEE is | measuring]l4 shown by | to red One most pleasu! - wt iur 
offered vapora which, € it remembered, only | the same gentleman at чә ваше = е "October 8th, | ing Pea а in pots is the with which the 
™ The entrance of dry air into the | and a Melon Apple was во large as not to be recog- | fruit m be retarded, so that Noblesse, R D: үзү огде, 
ist pores and its exit, "Nen with the vapour of | [n nised by those who хем the sort well. These were |and other fine mid-season Peaches y beh 
н. carries off the 1000* Fahr. trees in pots, which, like the Pears fection in October, instead of at p^ de iei; 
and by thus cooling ihe ice d molti a i h і house till the “ы; part ү June, early in ap mber. This is done by placing the trees 
Meum the ME d fi in the open air early in July, and returning them to 
for:when the door of - "bote i is s kepb c ч the tasa vi —— iquid in | the Ум hou Au in September, br then Um 
confined air becomes rated with — and | abundance ; with the porous ` sem. rof. pas Heath their of flavo 
cannot escape, evaporation ceases, and the external | this has roved capital practice. є 
warmth, entering iation and er dr is AU yellow Peaches exhibited at Kensington, | g 
arents in freely melting thei ice, in spite, too, of m Sept. llth, measured 9j inches in circumference, and qon advantage to be derived from the culture o 
-conducting coverings and surroundin Hen каше Early, shown at Ше sam ^ e time enger M un must not be lost sight of. I believe t p 
Ша excellent рг ofi riaa, allnded toin y esin circumference E н i ap inp 
e number, in ad sana was . p in your largest Peach I have s ange “N nager, b this ail аай ja nt тает si Mirage 
sir all around; it was autumn , from a tree in а pot—a man of business, wi pe о 
a lump of ice from Brobdignag, wrapped in Pine boards | variety led  Teissiers Peach; it — | commodity, may in the summer morni ТЕ 
for flannel. | 10,814 inches in circumference, and was rich an E his coat and give his tre e sies теу орк water ; ; 
Experience has shown the necessity of dr raining o oft melting beyond = ^ Peach I have tasted. The exercise would t 
truth is, we do n t know the capabilities of fruit da "i iealth, Не would 8 trees з promptly в 
tions of the best ісе-Шопвеѕ. Immerse our flanneled irees in pots. Whon n look at my trees, some of them | their gratitude by pricking aN p» leaves after being 
lump of ice in water, and it will soon melt, because е |10 years old, which were repotted last November from watered, and if a nice rustling bre eze happens to be 
evaporation only takes place from the small 13-inch to 18-inch pots, I prised at their develop through the house he may, if he has a vivid 
the water; but put it on slats, so that dry air can pass | raent, and can see a future for them which one or two да су, imagi ne they are whispering “ Thank you, thank 
around it, and the amount of evaporation from an years ago I I could 1 not havo believed. With | respect t to | you, how nice it is, ETA good you аге!” Т, R, 
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а elle, of гону. ice, iw Fahr and in a addition am vide д with the idea that i in As or Home Correspondence. 
ev: tion from a surface of water, equal only Tlamanda "т —A plant of d is Каду flower- 
area of the house, both which e far outweighed by | be arrested by their extraordinary fertility, the dryness | 0 е for the first time. As I h t saen any 
M penetrating warmth from without. The ice, there- | of the soil about their roots for several eer them iof its having flowered elsewhere i in England, 
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оге, continues to melt towards the bottom of the year for in. winter only а quantity of 
попѕе; but when the water is drained off, a circulati 1 а iven to Фот), and the warmth of Ше, енер а description ofits appearance may be of som 
f air (supposing the house to be ventilated) evaporates | climate tend to this, so that in a very In shape and size the flow "eed hene, А resemblo 
water from the enormously extended porous surface of | after planting they would. assumo the appearance > of a| (those of A. Sehottii.. The colour 
the moist shavings, &c. e whole cooling effect th lthy 1H violet, andi is not Y hern of ds. Colis ot the 
es: 1. The very small amount му epus absorbed openair Ап Apple tree of this sort, as is well known, | common Primrose, b 
oved i on bec mass kt. ра buds, pi no over | i in the interior of the. ow Tt i ів а h ands som е flower, 
continuous e of moist ey This че эү f growth nd i 
bent, is abstracted from the E I оо to be able > dx. that my calculation is | | certainly not n a beauty to A. Scbottii ; E as it 
and its adjacents, and in is стеу Mess "E | “W, P. A." facetiously calls potted trees Poeni а good co M. to the yellow flowers of the 
We should, howev T һе too en n toy troes, ” and so they are, Er- que а моей | rest of the genus, ria 
admission of air. 1 shavings, were put very toys, : with a Пу of largo оми, of. baing. iky and quil grown into a 
loosely into the sides of au ice-house, the free cirea. |. P it is j I! no о bt that 4t will prove a 
tion of air would let in too аам uch д heat, апа h iven to Gulli quide I think it seems to like 
Беа less surface, because less pores. On the |І fe el q n thak о 2n «NW. Р. А” чылча еп | [= тоге pen than thio. other Allamandas. y 
other hand, if the sides were "built of a non- тоот pecori E "Swift just С I ponasi. the v in | plant was grown in а very — ier house wem. 
uel evaporation could not take plaee on „them No. 40, and thus by some. obfuscation I like ueer | the summer, and was placed o an bed in a Pi it 
packed, offe: ред favourable condi- | short his ideas were in Brobdignag. y Be cima to our last week's p.910. Its 
tion for the sides of an т шлш, by offering the |, When he has the opportunity of leaving his fixed |correct name is bly not A. nag but A. 
largest evaporating surface. covering cannot, | idea, and turns his attention to. ing trees їп pots | puberula.] 
of course, be oer the ~ усов layers become (which I believe he has поб yet done, not having had, Oak ДА .— Having extensive plantations 
so ою the w y леа ice. If the the opportunity), he may rival his old friend Мг, | Епдїїзһ and Turkey Oaks, so intermixed that бе 
house NES. "ERAS of porous Spivey, of The Gardens, Hallingbury Place, whose|branches interlace, I am anxious to learn why the 
material must be put T s = the ice, and | Peach trees inl3-inch pots, which he employs annually | English are covered with Oak Apples, whilst the 
provision pad d the air to pass to the bottom of the | for forcing, are the most admirable objects of cult Turkey Oaks are perfectly free from the least injury— 
structure. American Ga adios: Жем. ever seen. One wonders how the vast mass of is there any chemical 27 бән in the sap ОЗ Sub- 
por e Íruit ean find " in about one | scriber, Lo ndon, [We can only ч that the gall 
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eggs, although the common Oal 
Taux cultivation vition of Gu EVER т. # а ЕЕ, ; Such Grosse Mignonne Peaches as І saw earl Blackbirds. —1в there any ro ES for or means of 
P sere seems almost invariably to оп ап in last July under his care, just on the point of ripen- ае Ber blackbirds and thrushes? No “vermin” 
- emen which our ly ing, gave grand testimony as to what уле. опе {о live in these parte, we must either 
nM Eee H Ad enia EUM roter eode У А 3 ud лез usur Lu value is e up gedening, or abate the blackbird nuisance: 
glish blunt 1 not nearly un e outsi x - 
а great ere ol 4 S тад, i nless I net 
at least by those who do not wear bi 
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а ех! he must therefore "as prompily as|n 
an y8— rid of *lidée fixe" as regards|an 
: 91 friend, «W Р. А, | po , ae 1 know ра moda of ейин эмиб. 
oped regard to fruit | interesting and. ikely to lead to a full and i 
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теев, kno f whereas in 
еш of Peaches well thinned and ng from olde ime 10 mas аар СА taken from | th same plan; Vines 
= e frhieh ie about the * life's short span" before a seedling fruit tree could be t 
nd and fall of ase Aud t well | made to bear fruit. I do not say it from ; but | canes, reac) reaching the to] of be Houss «uil way down 
thinn iudi жет : he would look grave on | I feel myself the centre of the orchard- the back wall. Nd NE e — sende 
арт ее элтр раа es ? till | world, I with propriety publish «ће | о house, and supplied from the roof. Au 
s a rdv I pouch veio E face would relax | letters I receive expressing the delight experi by p fitted upon. the” id, with & рю ая RE to 
smile cation, you would hear | the wri i ising t of culture, th. 
pn — good naturedly— ! egs, PEE YNE ume. o Faea p er наса nterior may be deluged with water. From the t f 
tre c at aite. api n We eaches ог they are owing to soi disant the Vines ing planted I have been meden in 
tmegs om in pots! : idea that the only place for a | maintaining moist, warm, ers atmosphere, 
ave Mà oos d each tree is against. a lumbering ugly brick wall. giving air up to n "clock, "Е to this І attribute the 
: : eyesight even.if| Every intelligent young gardener should rid himself|great progress of the Vines. It із опу an act — 
» a tree in a pot with large fruit on it before | of this idea as quickly as possible. As for the old ones Кад that both Mz. Milvain's and my Vine border 
