120 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| FEBRUARY 11, 1860. 
eer sen te “anomna ae ee oan 
ermanent condition of the ground than a fallow | circumference, surrounded for | ia r some height abov B iton en, krn or ag tea he spri rinkled wt with 
field is the permanent Said tion in which mer the ground by an enormous mass of ex Meer or ko w S pase, tnd pointed ; the rei beat romine 
keeps his lan s thought that the ground and scars; their upper besiielion rise gg aes eight Ot mate pan coffee-brown colour with, ait 
being cleared it would receive during the winter | more than 100 feet, and some 2 of t the ower ones, pubescent w k 4 ees are more or less lanceola ee 
those beneficial influences which the atmosphere | a n colour on the upper side soia 
communicate: the soil, meanwhile preparations | 20 mètres (near 22 piek oe the centre, one of | * channel oa pwr aan i finely toothed. ‘The Pi 
were made to improve the soil by manure, and, as|them supported by sana ” das to prevent its e large, forming a cluster o r eight, The 
on as the season arrived, to put into it—accord- | breaking with its own wei fruits, i seer: og eo ue n wa a the 
i € i of May, í, 90, “Ov, usters of th 
TE n oF Miar ae Se wie E BEZI MAI PEA i and five fruits; and in the end of July e 
evergreens, some flowering, and f flowers| Tuts is one of my seedlings. In isa when it = August of a st py Da irk tn, 25th July, 
between them and the a ag n No bore fruit, it was 11 years old. The fruit, 17 in |1857, the Mee nh wel ws a = tayi supported by 
arrangement was completed, the public would be | number in 1857, were of per’ bose ig form. Bi leaning oe : 1e eIl aie on. This is 
amply satisfied with a more cgrecable e and gratify 1858 the fruit remaining on fer the hurri- | drawbac a he ERE be EAE y as a h 
yd cane of July 25th and at the t thering were | standard. rou y to culti 
ing sig o ap Era ger hils ny it h d the outery that only 30. I carefully tasted the 4 rii Se 1856, 1857, | it as a g ena on T apa ee) e “ering i 
Ow this reply, whist 1t showe rere it would attain a large siz ery fortunate} 
had been raised not wholly without reason, wever the variety forms fine dwarf pyramids ey y 
was a perfectly center explanation m of thei in- the first year, on either the Pear or Quince s I 
tenti of Governme t we agree with Sir know few Merk se which unite better with the Quince, 
Joun SHELLEY in thinking that it conveyed a | and form on it as well as on the Pear stock such hand. 
yery serious charge against the Sup Schl some] stare sas init: ittra sisi nonii 
x > kz rub- is now scarcely l 3 
Ci torsa iia arate : : m bore fruit. After two more years’ observation T shall 
Gardens had been planted b ir Goverminent; e nA poa a to roy peace in this new 
2, that it did not thrive because the ground wa Varregy~ Ore caky wal will Occupy a 
$ rst-class position. 
= AE eee t tx = it had Been pulled | fit th RBO. article there is yet an important 
igo ae t which I have omitted to mente, I 
for planting; and 4, that it is now about to oe the fh anatina path cing a 
be replan er having been brought hard and not liable to ste ini ured by falling on 
into a proper condition. These statements, the gr on acta bes is likewise 
ceeding as they did from the First Minister hard, and exhibits no ae of weakness either in 
f the Cro re of course beyond de the bark or in the buds. s hardiness is seen 
And that being so ki trust some member not only in the original seedling; but also wh 
‘the House of Commons will i Pike ire farther the ene a s The trees sca 
who was aaar misman ery ahd plan nted in different kinds 
operation, what cost, 3 whether the of eRe oxhibit the signs a a good constitition í 
who ruined ‘the shrubbery in the This circumstance is so = uc rii — im 
instance is to be again owed to portant as there are severa varieties held 
: the ppe - a ge 
der money and annoy the public. 
Siar} tohave once more an 
defensible _negligene on on the pa 
inferior officer; and if such a 
allowed sink qui 
may expect to see our London Parks arr 
at the eek deplorable donditien ios once ob eerie 
in the miserable forest of Delam 
| and pe 186. and determined their quality. From three 
ns’ experience e the e ordinary | time of rend is in 
n it succeeds, which have 
med in Dr. Rat g’s work, which he calls 
Bostic typographus, Whatever be the name 
saimah it by ists, it, is certain the 
varieties attacked by this insect suffer seve 
from it, and those that arè not liable h 
my Siaon, another point of excellence aA 
to the head of me tree. The Poire Phe 
Albert and Com ire Delmot likewise ra ; 
the attacks of this TON TE 
In conclusion, the Ma ommended i 
for the good nce of the tree, its 
productiveness, we lepil A = bg is ae 
and prolonged period 
Dia sound keeping, a 
carriage. J. De J 
May, 
` Tr is so seldom that any p n be | its 
obtained contring tho ag age of cient trees that | |e 
st 
every ins dese: to be g 
rally mad i Sei 
th 
ed upon as short-li lived. T 
wing striking example mre however, Gat 
umstances Elms possess as 
Eas 
and 
ay 
the supplemen: notes on the Flora of the 
ml th a Been 
ri 
Bote 
une 
ontignac an Not only does 
form 
een, marked w ith brown dots. 
short stiff open segments; the tal 
sh oi Ser ppa r E in the : 
eriod th 
Wek flavoured; the fil nents for 
ogna so spaliehed by is hard 
e are 
'| of Octo! 
notes on the | foster 
cles pata from their 
Ba aed having enumerated 
it requires in the nursery. 
“At the time of gathering Al 
e skin becomes 0 
Takca wh a yellow wae 
ear the stalk. The flesh is as butt 
ter Beurré, i close a: 
free from ; thej jaie 
ery as that of the 
of the Glou eag] 
sugary, a 
Be 
is abunda: an’ 
orming the axis of the | 
ruit wre very ale we ng Ki rs tig el ik seeds, 
—6, a , Oval, e-brown colour. The fruit 
e "lacked that „the 
f September t 
iy 0! 
ower pics the still greater 
impart to 
i gracefulness, without which the 
variety and 
May. Those ee of colour, produced an lg. sont affect, ‘tot 
ges best | of taste, and failed even to please ess tu 
comprehend how- - iff 
ptember tions of colour are to -complete the 
pel iid or flower sober down 
‘oduced by the repetition of of the blue, red, and y 
ean = Neren complain. 
aca always Sag of ee that the 
this respect x he uld hae a — 
dlown doy 
i 7 Soa M fe ES. 
the qualities of the fruit, 
the tree, a the treatment Pi | 
At 3 eet from the, 
e shall proceed to 
tradition, — that it was under stem 
that Louis IX, gave audie 
the Monastery of Sarlat, when on his way to. the 
Abbey of Cadouin, eras undertaking his se second 
crusade, but is know 
trees whi 
these very trees 
om. 
n that t 
1363 still in the posses 
"Comte de okera owner of ieee Gites of 
referred to in the words “ dla 
0 “onan wae l were ae 
ago, have stems 
een 14 4 and: th cued 
e colour -oi 
; the branches are 
‘ia 
ig t the lover of flowers, and 
ideratum of variety, both in form a1 
; ‘his class, Annuals undou 
ed, 
d to exist in in trees | The yearl 
‘ired 
n the ren Verbene, mre 
ops the sgn antng $ 
ie. te, oid aene mpa pi means. I wall” iba 
it is not within every one’s t wi 2 
and late: ed flowers 
t 
a 
WLS. 
f the shoots brownish, | grow plants requiring a winter’s care and 
