THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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were constructed and the - TR and selected | man y pounds of Grapes were ut for the — off the | open public garden—say 15 or 20 
by Mr. Milthorpe, nurser EM of North Elswick. Moy inch pos the Le Кл and from how many | part of the expense might, I 
M. Ј., Neweastle-upon- s the prize Peaches were picked, and we shall a building ground around it 
Twig- shedding in Oa is. der most of Ta Oak better how to estimate нё success of these great eat т open:space for the people of T 
trees in this neighbour cod, the ground is as | Highbury ry to enjoy a little 
present time thickly pum with twigs o G hee x koci ш oii He do. They -have an acea should be e, bordered with 
ey, and labour at thei sposal vat | and shrubs, sad pr bs P a of the 
leaves and Acorns, and ne хк: all prex sire "healthy Bier if us dch eans they step over k ‹ UD à fine 
looking buds. The leaves are for the most part|their more humble neighbours Ra ticus. met r Mr m «n 
withered, as one would expect find them at this| Rivers should wage such war against roof op nings, | mains pr е ew River p 
season, and on being gently pulled, separate readily | paved pathways and brickwork, 16 is difficult to соп» | water into the New River, or their fl 
from the stalk, leaving a clean scar as if undergoing | ceive. There is an old ada age e tha 56 ш we ell done is to {form upon ба. whole а у 
the regular healthy autumnal fall. Th «ie > been no | twice done," and on t Pearson's Н 
high wind of late to produce this phen nor am | houses are free from objectio tra iue is the 
I aware that in ordi "RA A а cH Snia bre з IE main reason why Mr. R dislik S ор openings, he must 
the spurs of the Oak Cer ther frightened at little, for ж simplicity of their co 
mane in the present po» kri А нЕ ! as | strüction. and the small exp hich they can be 
yerr my: сакар as it is to myself. Every twig, | inserte so trifli = te one would charge the 
ion, is ye to have separated Pk Ba incen with attempti ie to m ake “a bill as well as a | 
жазчы which bore 16 with a clean scar, as if the two | house ho 1 there аг 
had been : articulated together. At the bas e of di is | end ventilators, which Mr. R. seems to think there ar 
it only 
of five years old will Con sed 
at its kno! 
in the branch. A tw 
on 
plage Srould deriv 
by à rapid escape e 
heated air, and should the "wind. be strong at "either 
p 
of each year's growth а quasi artieu - eet up the stem Tidi i 
lation. ЖУ, CERO d appears to me to bear some !hotter than the other. —— if goo my observation ex ede: I see this in ay і: 
e “fall of m p 16 be ned the|be done let it be done. are also few | tree Par Take, for example a 
twigs has pod rown off were y ere|people who would prefer Pur to paved path- | 9f а 
frost of last winter, but were retained ч бенон their ways, and why  Miuton's tiles should а | 
· functions for a year and then disc I enclose а | more water than gravel is a problem difficult to solve, 
portion of a twig for Саран Я ЎЗ gius Valford. especially when the tiles аге grouted in Portland 
llingtonias (s 908). — Your Correspondent cement, and for cleanliness th tiles have the advan- 
а ^? seems know whether the growth of | mgo setting aside the improved appearance which a 
i llingtonia is extraordinary. The first I planted | as when paved compa ared with an unpaved one 
ii j | The difference is striking in the houses at Chilwell 
e diameter of the 
nf th L 
- | otherwise one end of the house would be considerably | 3 fi 
ga le, efi 
I thi nk would be 80 inconsiderate as to use a| 
"Y ACORN 
Few 
branches is 10 ft. 
"my 
t that t period of the year when syringing w 
at1 inch from the ground, 3 ft. 24 inches. 
10 faat 
the ground. J. Ridgway, Fairlawn, Kent.——I ted 
Welli ot in March, 1887. It is 29 ү 
ecd So 4 inches че 
h foot 
nches about a 
uA now, | October 17, н 
It isa 
an orchard-house. Шектен tho Tk ШЕ 
attac mis of bronchitis has хобһі ith tl 
tion. Again, as to the use of. биро оп which to 
build an -— house, surely the small extra expense | 5 
of a few of bric 
in the cos БАБ differ 
mode of СОЯ "pollen; but I ca 
with the manner in which ho: аа Хм diis ructed, 
ч EXT die iri at "utri, about 10 
s Iha not seen it. J. ‘Holli orth Ti 
-I set a cu Au rud 
roots that I e it out їп my garden in the 
spring of last year; it is now 4 feet and j an inch 
high, its wth this summer having been 2 feet 
and бебе ме nd such a hat at Chilwell, | the 
а | 90 feet long, 30 feet "vide, Vell раке, glazed, pave | in so far as that during the hot 
m me, deptive it of its iir 
ill. | ware ree built on five or six courses of brick work | it. 1 also obse обой 
umn of set, in Portland cement, all done in а mente. manner, | that the Зач i" all il the ыз 
is nothing to condemn thick in their n ursery Бей 
E. 
ut much to admire, de. .J. € A 
Striking гта of -Róses.—I have been i in the habit 
for some years of ueri Roses i in what appears to me | plan 
`8 inches. It is a bea utiful рне "tree, 
that it was ез ЖР 
y Mr. Жен o of the the 
Its 
| ed wi 
bottom leaf, ie the top one to rest on the surface 
and no whilst it forms its 
add | roots. The hotbed (a very eed one) in viii I plant 
| the cutti th 
ай 
pagate "fue included). and eut the half 
pex ovs fon ток а8 
to lengths of two eyes. 1 remove the 
A or the Regent's Park. What is w 
to conduct the o P 
of Wiesbaden. is not more WT. 
than па, A. is and 
tanus 
of the bed, urish the cutting w si 
wing mann: On the iem d 
top of a ты. = dung, just en uh to sie. a slight | out of whic 
deeem -heat, I place 6 inches of earth, ce gm to this 
M then cover wit es of 
hay: Menos struck every € тач 3 
esult. ңү An! 
uif the use of 
as been approved of or Pr reu 
erga, о far as I have gone I jas 
used the em, believing t that - would [^ : certain videns 
t nseq use of common 
^m erection of 29 
e al- 
of € X I may add |i 
са here than in 96 | parts 
except 8 or 10 Standard 
pt 8, and o one phat of J f Juniperus sinensis, Cupressus 
Uhdeana, per his lini, Be шй amia fragifera 
d Male 15 in md were untouched. J. Ridgway, 
lawn, kot. 
—“ W. P. A." scarcely puts the sub- | fi 
sed Orchard. h honses in a fair point of view. The 
нету but I hav e jii bee 
Кбе уб 
нй) 
in the orth dise 9те that there 
| in full flower here €: the 
^ Т 0l 
osts of 2 gie Шей опе of the страйк апа 
= much injured the others ; but 
watering, which occupies my man in a la 
20 minutes a A will hardly be wi 
in return sieh good crop 4 - от 
sized Peaches, 
one of them, as as has just been stated, is is in flower. 
have not лче апу protection whatever, being en rely 
subsoil is of а dde at ir tatur È to 
Е 
some 
house Lm x 20. This I im 
n circumference., 
9 нбс | 
con-|so well as they 
th 
which оТ attribute their standing 
ve, In many Rem 
bourhood are all killed.. Those 
plant should choose dry situations. If they do 
p quite so fast scm 7 ар Stand the winter n е was а' 
. M. Saul, ко ourt 
and t d eetwater, ' Д 
—- up with buildings, "whether T m portion | the last was by- Pe the best; 
that phich is still left may поб be secured for an | Grove e End Ml Sweetwater were 
