218 _THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Marom 10, 1860, | 
the late gales on of the large wooded estates in ore than 3 or 4 ina 
eight or.nine years ago, when it was boldly paari by k were ta y? wont be happy to tribute to | diameter, when they may E etl away at once. ee In 
some that our native Orchids were uncultiyable—* It undertaking. grd. Be aoa Osberton Hall, | case of a de ad branch it is best to cut it close at B 
couldn’t be done.” I and others however gave the Worksop, Notts. E Eere ind on the 27th oA 28th The great point in pruning trees is to pre siege 
results of our ere and from that time to the uprooted many trees, e's among. others jome. large Bone as nueh as poerba from den specks e the 
had 
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present T hav no reason to alter in n eny way the | Elms and Firs in the villa age. The oad was in conse» | unsoundness. Your advice therefore with r 
opinion I then expressed. At that time I was living a fine Ce dar g SRR of healthy 1 branches, by wac youe 
the south of England, in a locality ghctading with | Lebanon on our lawn was + FG ted, carrying wit tend large limbs, is correct ; but wh should not fhoda 
terrestrial Orchids, numb: ts altogether some 14| sev ii Tol sof earth. It was ait of pR feet high treatment be extended to pena same 
species, ant I had therefore amp Ne Sees of with a spleen stem, ome straight, an conan dia meter, and to dead brane he: ee 
observing t heir habits. Bein g the much fro 100 | o 200 feet of ti mbe er, exe lusi ‘of bra By pee Pe Thee ee el maeng 
interested in wild plants general e rti 1other is | you in t fe instance leave a surface of 3 op 4i ‘ae 
larly Or chi ds, I too k the fo Donii a as peli the most AlS very much ohda the sé trees are upwards of | in nri to be exposed to the influence of 
showy and promising under my 100 years old. Some of the Conifaw at this ies I ex- | weather and to acquire a certain state of discolo 
Border, viz., „ Orchis mascula, maculata, morio, pyra- pect are much shaken pad ned. George Plumbly, | and decay till it is closed over by the bark; 9 
Z st J. Dim ie T ., Esse se Place, | the second instance to the covering over of the re 
bidia T ES ovata, Ophrys apifera : and muscifera, and T, ld, He of an already decayed branch. 
Epipactis latifolia. I found tl Black Barbar TR experience with | become a mass x E Sg to the < depr eciation i 
be kept alive, but that most of them rega ard to cult tivatio ? this “Grape fully a aa value of the t The practice ae is a falon 
proved by cultivation. Whether any realty poa with that of Mr. Culver ll eee. p p- at). I hay: ese se the Tayak forests "ander the present 
have attended a trial of Spiranthes mpala J canna ot | entertained an opu nion do fai ice to the Bar- - | allow S ne t} 
say, as I did not consider it showy enough fi r. a 4 i ee Natur sdla its work; but in cases white mei, 
ee purposes. of its growth. if this PE aa were Pasi Tam con- | necessary to aid Nature i in n this Bog aster al — x 
The system I adopted with regard to them was ver t e to th le S wier: 
simple—those which Ee could ensiiy Üstinguish He their its peutening ing proper cutoff 
leaves I lifted in the g befor: 2 Soren to throw | started Vi this ie very afen aes healthy, navi a gone of 6 or 8 Ree in ee The 
up their fl tues ered aN taken up when in | show a4 indifferently, Early forcing would ually decays; the bark of the trunk presses 
flower, and all a allof them without any of the soil in which Lg and check that gross he ma Ue a tendency to closely : round = -ip ruins, as it were, a constric. 
roots. | 
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y Vi stumps become s 
planted in in groups of about 12 together ; holes about a | more successful mode i bs eatment is found out with sour a the ‘tat of the trunk presses so firmly, 
ot deep were dug in the border and. filled that like the Cannon Hall that the rotten stump is literally voided out, its plaw 
= iat pete Se well feramus unmixed with | it will soon go ont “of general cultivation. As a stock | healed over, and no discoloured or decayed surface i 
sand, or manure of any kind, and in | for noe ERR Grapes it answers admirably, but I| enclosed by the bark. Excellent examples of this mode 
this they Sy Jestin with no more care than is Sate | hope th e shall or see such a valuable variety de- | of natural pruning may be seen in any of the young 
iven to border Apost I must admit, however, that | voted eclasively to nig parua, J. Edlington. plantations of the royal forests, and those in the 
ose with tuberous roots succeeded better than those} Aea Will yor good as to tell me the | neighbourhood of London who are curious in these 
with —_ ots possibly from their not having had name, of t the a of bich i send a specimen? It | matters rs may | have an opportunity of sëei ing the e process 
the n ijoy | gi Jpn but I have never | in th 
now aun, on one more ini twith that ny n Richmond Park which has been planted within the 
prune 
B 
I would 
ailition bo to "howe. 8 med above, viz., Listera nidus- | It ost b f| last 16 years. There the trees are allowe à 
; which in all probability will prove an. awkward 1 the ‘greenhouse supported by wires from nen to ee ‘themselves. The lower branches, deprived of the fall 
= ject, ; it never bears any seed, and | influence of light, ety languish and decay, the 
amongst rotten sticks, leaves, and tree roots; its | I ha r been able to pi any Stei: I age m of the trunk presses closely round their ad 
mF zaola differ much from those of al gts therefore be thankful for ae ons on this point s they are pushed a ie Sons = up the place they 
Hype it am acquainted. With me it wa well a: UA name. s Acacia pubescns formerly filled. To interésted in the 
Pai Ayes living no longer than one Beste} a by no pirat n uncommon plant. Yon of timber ‘ne Me ri sabja that demands 
tad think it woeny of a second trial. it to seed. their greatest attention, as there can be no doubt itis — 
ane abe Ae ms reside is not] A n nington Pearmain.—Is this the true Man- | the best course to he age to, eca ound 
neig sound ai 
Pt Orchids; I with only fiv ek ngton Pearmain ?—if so a better ine never sr ew | valuable timber; and I kno na yon the 
species—three of ang I nae In in ‘lira fee) in 1 British soil. We have a large = , and 1 ore ran can a he: „so well and. profitably rs as by an 
years, an and t they. are awang, up vigor usl than 100 dwarf and fit Ne trained trees, yet this \ | he young plantations i in the coe cles 
ever, and seem quite as m Re Pode Za the only D that re us àn nythi ng iko a crop this SES 
ad. eoyaties ap if thag, had pots on the Senha, season. It did n o flower till the end of . SE 
where both soil and climate are y differe is | May; we have iti in oma Fom January ane the | Sor cettes, 
induces me to believe that terrestria’ Envi coating ig Geet BPE tel etd sory tee  e bh c “aR 
cultivated successfully in any part, painaa truly handsome; this season they are more russetted fis 
or not it has ever been tried th an usual, and ‘they do not keep quite so plump and HORTICULTURAL : Pee ey ch 6.—Fruit Q ie 
to raise harily Orchids from seed; but a ci = “toed I believe I have kept them a little eta of various seeds and fruit trees, presented to 
onee came under my notice, w which makes me think it | to 00 ¢ dry. tree is about 30 years old, and annually | the Soc iety for trial in the Garden at Chiswick, were 
would met be difficult to do so. I had at one time | Bodies fom, 12 to = bushels, but ge season only | announced. Among a duced -at this me 
oècasion to plant the corner of a field with a mixture | 9 of good fru Some seasons the; on the tree | were Gloria Mundi. pples, large and fine, from 
of forest trees. This field had been under cultivation | He o = of ioke and perhaps we re aed not gather | Strickland, Esq., of Hildenley, through whom v 
for ages, and had been ploughed and manured in the m quite soon ee which es be the a vou also sent Lincoln Pins, an Apple 
aay way for farm crops. The trees prospered, and they spot unusually russety. [Wou Fie | about Lo ae n, — on ns a 
in b t 1 each oth In walking favour us Mi a score of good ace Seno The roo: t| very h $ 
through this plantation int day I was much surprised | galls next week. e 
number of fine patches of Er e latifolia| Cam elias —Some years ago I was accustomed tol seed 
p aen amg into flower, ond hundreds of smaller niia raise Camellias from leas and I perceive some of Ek | ti 
seattered about in different parts of the plantation | varieties introduced by me 30 years sin ce ye et linger in which. th 
wherever they could find headroom, as the Spruce Firs| the foreign Horticultural Catalogues. Tt is said that Pearmain, and Le 
were beginning to occupy rather more than a fair share | our life is a circle, we return to the po oat we started | furnished fens 
_. of the ground. Now, these could only have sprung up| from; and ceri y in rearing Camellias from seed, | M‘Donald. L 
fro d when tk gr y the there ap ppears some trut h i in the adage. T e wo orld i is | exhibited by 
h and harrow; d of Enfield Chase, 
watted by the wind sini an ipea santa ad- partaking of its onward speed. Now it seems Je me 
5, where — aaran A o exception ; for as sly aid. | exhibitor as being very fine a1 
= s ab le are. | stringi 5 
i sonitieates: a few years before Aa not ae I have now in ast a ae =“ 3 TE old, = folk Beaufn, age Saget 
with Orchids, as these plants were much more + Juxurianb | inches she bigh: with on ly 9 lea ves, that has now sent to th ast meeti 3 
than those in the old plani - ossoms upon it 4} inches in diameter. The sha pe ‘of a baked state, the best were found to be th 
© Thave now, I trust, said enough to hold out some | the flower is what we used to call l Hollghgek- Formed, l whieh ne awarded first and second p: 
hope of success to those who have opportunities and are i er in which 
desirous of trying their han this ve rving | Custerin the formed the fi ans- 
; meantime 
names stan 
-| LINNEAN: reh 1.—Professor Bell, President, iu 
its | the. chair. HG Bohn, Begs was + decked a zae 
streaky 
experience er that | : 1 
not any longer erae nisa reprosl to the Fellows of th Boers eee I am) M 
of, not ‘ein “able to — such a very interesting | Curious to know hay Sois | y the Rer, ish. 
section of our native plants. 4. D., Sudbury Hall, | stances of precocity ; and Saether s the climate in lant th at —— 
which the seeds were ripened has m ooo fats erag which 
= m p F liam Masters, F.H.8., Exo 
Cant he 
me Correspondence ar at Saltram Gardens, Taer: St. Mary | found :—M 
The late Stormy Weather.—Amongst ‘the many | 1859, as measured by Seven vard’s Rain Gau var 
ne nii that were Drp by the gale on the 3 Sea 
27th and 28th of last month at Osberton may be men- | January M m0 Brought forward  ... 16.59 
ioned a very fine edar; it measured 60 feet in| February . +» 3.19 is ae 
arch - bee anes - p74 
April - 3.75 Octobe > : 6.23 | 
May 1,37 ni 2.70 
June os 4.40 
Carried forward 16.59 Total 42.60 ge 
The wind | John Snow. their monasteries 
mnie Pruning.—In your Number for February 25 Falophyilan inophyllum. Tha Fern of ther 
ria guerci which cl 
saak that “when Realthy gp ge 9 are cut from q 
me best not to cut them at first close to the Sigis from pe 
h (tem so as to allow the Park to close over the place found three beautiful o ea 
