1136 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Dromain э 
1 spen Poplar, Black lack Poplar, Lime, | austriaca, which are usuall y the lage of all in our | been of more а Беи us. an the 
resi ^H. ds xs "E. Tho and in grent abundance climate), are still Taen signs of the severity of last | timber. A few f -Oak Wersal Ч 
> e have I seen it on | winter, in stunted growth, кану foliage, and almost | the тийе тода adis esque, „йанак, 
the Oak. In the park here I va frequen tly Mis entire absence of cones. Some anstr ы ves established | —the ] ood very 
with it growing on the Lime and other е in such | trees, are quite killed. Nuria in b beds eedling Stone А imer "ee bea. w 
Oak, that I sent а up iow Pine, кэй ыта and insignis, raised in bes sn ow- 
ever, unusually healthy and vigorous. John J. Rogers, lare bonn p 80 
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six tufts on | Penrose, near ton. 
d or the Lime. counted 4 Y Y as si P Vea? hese favourable reports have|from G. Pa Esq 
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that itis doubtful if ever it was seen growing on the |appeared 
po doni си Ё М Strickland d h places than weevi 
s of Mr. Strickland | and such plac у 
Bio eia Planting. The will 1 find that their composition is of such a nature as to | insects that did the 
endorsed by many of ne Tenders, bat by Mr. Barron | n oy unsafe; young foliage " destroyed by able fact w с 
mp | Fro om experi ience of tl ld ies res s of many › | Linn., which, in company with a 
ast, wl t th-w esterly winds aid gu quite kill young Melons, ev Бов. Anatis ocellata, Linn. 
that regenti blow iu terrific pe across bleak Peel and js pis EAT hey thm edic 4 search of the Aphides on which th 
Bea не ad and „е whole чүгү of t the ini n life an nd vigour. Havin value of T е bugs in destroying 
Downs, I find t t q by d; an ince they occurred 
i пе. G lant suffici tly | Mrd Regn , кы the results are anything bu satistac- they d by Mr. Patton, $ 
deep and thick ttl 1 tl l Others who have tried them will, Молатаў pec - office-beare 
due | protection, and all leider аг м be sur- | her Ad Ron Sad their ср rience with regard to | were elected on this occasion. 
rounded by quiek-growing underwood; for this pur- | Шет. J. R. T., Crowhurst Park, 
pose nothing seems to suit better than Ash, Beech, | Ranunculus ficaria.—l с ич "iie statement of 
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Таг ў ns Но! : 
у хс Веру must be thinned твар чы he zl =з ti э The Past and, Present Life of the Gl 
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mode is e most economical when it сап be|upon nir own grounds, "whose cr op was E is aded re 
done without injury to the permanent plants. 16 these roots. The quantity consumed of them must be, In this volum Mr. Page explains 
previous to planting, the ground was well prepared by | enormous, for I never saw a oe ends crop which had ET. in its most extensive Ao 
i i ave U this w: id 
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made sufficient S A eus them to withstand the | not make a note of the season, but Ithink it was winter son „тое ocks and the animal 
most severe without being uprooted, | or T early spring, say February. J. R. $. O., Kent, | contain, whi ka has "епа t bi 
eig as Mr x; rade S the belts and planta- | Dec. j 
ons are of sufficient width, and thit of course must be Tratt / from Mercredi to grow Migno- | the fairness of the inferences themselves, 4 
lated winter кае struck me to try | topics more especially discussed are the пай 
the belts the better and sooner will the permanent cuttings. Accordingly I чан nt t tow ork, got a quantity hen a А ва 
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plants be able to support themselves. This pot, and plac als, < 
here with plantations some few years old, supere of we ipe in bottom heat. This was in er rade and in the “ ped plan and 
Beeches, the | heads of the ү of which are а all in ery short time all of them эуен root. I A table life; condaptation of plants 
meine рб ott d them singly in the same sized pots, and I|great life schem h 
to 50°, owing to the eff. ft ti ga les fi i d them in e So satisfactory w vas this trial нае арт and g d 
1 quart t I det пей to strike another 106 this hs me, | period," of the Middle life 
уз young Enben ormin i trees so id not one was ES. I plaited throo cuttings in Ses he life e period ; Man prehistorie and 
2 the severe stormy season of 1860. we | віле jut named, "d р not to disturb thou by repoting, species; “ Life aspects ” for the 
the under: гт жаз s cleared а away fr rom these trees and now I hav nty of Mignonette to cut fro itt: cerei Onward а 
eld in whic 
have been from required. at Hambur, gh Grape.—There has been consider- | that as his pages con l 
The result is that these о ей of f which ar are n latie. controversy lately respecting this Grape, and the|to popular audiences—* The style 
ха. ing o1 elevated of the estats, in the immediate | greater part of the writers seem agreed upon one| what more Mere befi 
t specimens of vigour and | point, Mua condemning it, while one who advocates its | of science; but e 
cultivation states that with s it has proved a prolific | not well have ае н 
bam 299 setter, producing large finely-coloured excite rather than satisfy tlie 
т rs—to impress them -— b th 
feet high—apparently remains of a plantation in day hat need be id in a Grape, I venture to ask unif ormity of na à 
gone by, and pash then stood uncared for and 2 А АР opinion of the Muscat Hambur; rgh, b f Nature or of | таша ч» 
thinned—is most unsightly, cro сокай, naked, gaunt, weak „|m make a plantation of Vines in a small house. I һай маа һег facts are viewed through 
and tottering, threatening with every storm to fall. | intended b put їп two canes с быз {шо € erede raculous." 
This group being now requisite for shelter t o an angle | now await yov si answer. Is a first-rate sort for| And again, “In treatin 
of the mansion is of great importance, culti gets Айй гё УА yt recommend it ? | apparent origin and pro; 
demands all possible care. Many other exemplifi- Vitis, De 24. d are not enoug. ith | had i 
о allude 
mre could be adduced in this dide neigh- itto g ive an opinion, and leave the question to our | much diversity of d to s 
urhood in support of thick planting and jud approached with uneasy tenderness, 
thirning. A striking example of the value of ———————— flict with prevalent ; beliefs; ; and to 
‘= Pinus pinaster as a seaside plant can be seen сении united labours eologists, durin, 
within three hundred yards of the beach, and upon * | have thrown but tlie reliable lig 
a rocky eminence nearly level with that of the old|  BoTANT Dec. 12.—Professor|either ease he has ex press 
castle е рк A plantation of this Pinus was Balfour, Y. P. in s ihe huir. The f ollow; wing communi- | witho: Pari dogmatism; firmly, but 
$ w years bac| dea were thickly planted, "IN of a visit to the N orth | warrant of geology ; and always V with 
and from "Ме time they started into growth careful |of Italy and Cl 1861."|of the many Me cies and imperi 
шар has been done almost annually ; suffice it to By the Chairman. xm "Notes on two Сурегасев: 1. | science. E ther nothing tob oho 
say that they are at this moment individually fi judi ede em. 
y pri 
healthy trees, bidding defiance A га br e and | H. C. Wats.” By B, Carrington, M.D. In this paper has contented naaa e Sang 
storms, and having a grand appea the autl iders Carex Grahami 1 tat lluding to р 
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in short Meme to the о neighbourhood. ui Р. Т, The > Ln gas 6 mm Watsoni ава variety of E. uni- as the establishment ol ог rit does 
Gardens, qe € , near Hastin, th 
Roses. Vidi 
Lar me of p atch Fir beams, taken from the ruins left | surely be permitt te o 
A by the late catastrophe in the High Street. These hazarding an endea 
à We have no o ТАККАН of 
де | with an axe, as the corners of each present a smooth | sufficient to indicate its 
Moles: showing where the bark had been removed, | its style. More woul 
ad. ani lions had the bark 
and several portions quite entire, unmis- | which it is impossible to do j 
ede 1 неф т = m e moreover, we think i 
› $ р own conclusions as 
€ ад он d кеңее) ы omm ог ; The Da i e | very able geologist. We shall th 
Amiens ; hoec are - nice Toi and of rs wii E p^ ari Бе pes аана ЫР te peli терр 
"eta de Lyons is у HET distinct, averaging about 57 in each, showing ring are uero eS о deg 
but not fix He in colour ; di is good I | t the timber, when m down, was under 60 years | formal works on geology in which one 
poin els tado, of. e H had ex а mos the beams | tion is to be found. 
ål This, eg eap а  Santhenay, I бы iré the while lying for sale ti^ e Green Market, de found | ш following description of b eds 
ran that hav "toes years since M. Regnier | that, where the annual du could be ted, the | i und, and ‹ of the coal form 
out. rie d e чо Noir did not open well, | trees appeared to be all about the sam ies. ft 
x "Heino des Violettos, a a good grower, was a badly ee bs long and thin nature of the stems, diy d ** Suece 
PS FW. Е. lyfe. wn very close кене ; but whether they are | sharpl 
ts of last Winter in „Cornwall. —Seeing that a Boroughmnirhe ы ог reae me i timber, * is diffi- | great n TOt ion. 
cult to sa s were made of Boroughmuir-|alterations in the dist 
in your [plein of April 6, p. 314, has ч under the | head ed one Won ppoie that they rnit d have |shallower seas— 
observation ofthe Curator of the Bo tan e Ga rden at | been of much larger s ize and considerably older. Itis — rcs py iis н nd 
Oxford, I have again examined this week the currents, а. тоге genial and equ 
which I named, "ng 5 с the fo Howy corrections | sed, will last as long as timber with all its сонд а more exuberant 
and additions to be n ILLED :—Some plants | ноб entire—such as has been n emloyed in шө wider areas, of vegetable 
of — Xd (197 and E aer old), many | old buildings. A few large sawn Fir beams 1 foot broad | regions, but by по — 
. others x4 n April, but | and 7 inches thick, with large annual rings, were like- | | transition from the 
Since hm overing f M iod, Arundo Donas, ad wise seen amongst the ruins; but their ages could not | have taken тата ссору соп 
- dealbata, Oli sure 'üspensu екш ан they are only the centres of trees. | in these regions comparati tively 
Phygelia емі, and Thuja vii А lar eir ess, their rarity, and being sawn into their | old red sandstone survive, or passe 
( ery other period, t 
even insignis, pinaster, eel oe shape, bern make one suppose them to have era. As in 
