= THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [APR 14, 1869, 
S cans ies — are affected, oe the Orange leaves are sold every; bulk in future years, I should select plants mime 
THE DYING oe an AT VERSAILLES. year, so that the more there are the more money FA exhibit in the nursery lines spinous- raved la Which 
(A Sota ned. Mo oreover, the flos wers being ag as Wal, whether the entire-leaved variety will 
[Freely translated from a paper by Carrière in the “Fl thi ble. | Are the largest Holly trees (I do not ask aat H 
des Serres.” Cor STRAE OA P 314.] This-is done by keeping the trees without rit that bushes) that are at present standing, entire-leay ia 
WHEN I met my friend a few days afterw hai I | is to say, they Me them only enough to prevent their | otherwise? Diss. 
reminded him of his ; promise, and he ab once began. | cas ting pag iT an this way the soil becomes dry, |. Early Vineries and Early Pot —The » š 
i their ength, an e onsa the | in your Paper of April 7 the Pinter of “J. M: 
tike lad to the death- of so many of the a E trees iriak Reat points, mostly die. At a later | failure of early Vineries (which I have no doubt is 
may be reduced to six head period they give water a undan ntly; a reaction takes | general this season, some having come unde 
“1. The soil ten bey bind p ne t o spongioles bol notice in this county), has induced me to urge upon 
“2. The boxe: enewed soon enough. conseque: nce of th is aie grow WE new flow who have convenience the importance of Providing 
“8. The Be T vaiered too. often, and at times | ree ae new leaves soon nase their deer ote Tricks batch of fruiting Mel e Bo By this mode of 
too much, or to ofan like these, if often repeat a tre e. growing the Vine the at all times under 
<4. The drainage was insufficient * Another iminat t The Pied Took. Tatura and under good 
«5, ae trees were buried too deep i in the soil. watering ; the gardener or his fi q ht age ery productive, and in my opinion 
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6. > vater—I, 2, 3, or 4 pail g than establi 
—“ Bat, my good friend,” I replied, “all he though | full, according to the size of | the box The order is | Vines, exc oe in eases where the r ‘oots are un 
very. instructive, is not sati sfa ctory. Yow ha e been strictly attended to, the sick and the healthy ry all apn command. I have grown Vinee in pots for 
hs ed alike. Then they are all kept in a box of the | several years with perfect success. My young ones I 
mised to tell me how to remedy it. What I aire 1a “it same size. Such trees resemble patients in rae ards | Ae in the front of the Vineries, wherever convenient, 
show to meet the evil whic ch you haye so well described.” | of an hospital. The doctor one e bleeds all on one | potting them as they require it until ugust, Wi 
sapma y pointed out, all side of the and es all on . me te side. | they receive their final shift into 14-inch pots, 
are important, there are more, which though | In this way some are eured a nd so e killed—so | encouragement should be given to get the canes 
serious, and | tais obliges me to say | much the worse for the thoroughly eni is Been now 12 Vines with on an 
“tee wot about pevati ysiology, of which, L dare | “ There is ei peer cause of the Versailles Orange | average 9 bunches a very forward pie of 
say, you know very little. However, don’t be alarmed; | trees having died; but of quite another kind: it | growth, thus s affording # very nice crop oi 
I Shall be. as concise as possible, and only tell you as | comes entirely of ill-judged p om ge avoid the eat a private fa family. The sorts I find nan 
much as is strictly necessary. expense of ont boxes they w ne renewed in Black Hamburgh, Sweet Water, 
“ You know that in general the two parts of a plant | proper tim The plants lost their roots, and when Royal Musca a wW. +» Notts. —I fear that the 
- (the part above ground and the part beneath) ought to | they were shifted it was necessary to © om Sey: in, | Vines alluded to by “J. M.” have suffered from 
be in ita most perfect itin to. each other, and | which only increased the mischief. Now e time | and S so fething can be done except cutting them 
one cannot suffer without the other being affected. The aa trouble I Topa Pg t by throwing pci ge only | down close to the earth. If there is a of their 
d, being that which evaporates, ought {all the Orang that are dead, bu 5 ie as are breaking they 1 will throw up meet mee. Examine 
to be sufficiently strong to excite the | part beneath, irene ‘lls + shoda then untub t ain aT far r dead woot 
which is the absorbing portion. ith a worst, carefully removing ali will be found, and ary too, i in many y places if 80, start 
ration are the principal actions, the shes sis, if we ` ay the worn rth and cutting to the p 
call it so, upon ig Bg. ig life rests. Now, every on “that is decayed or very far gone. If | I should be glad to learn the age of the Vines, and i? 
that with most of these Orange trees that I found that what I had done was too severe, I laai oe Sn ‘thers a heating, &e. This has 
-relation does, not Ey o you imagine it to be in | should then take off as many leaves ~ RT pt eh: . John Jennings, Knowsley. i 
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one f nat in con-|the balance between the top part a ae mt ty notice respecting the 
ent (cultivated in porta and that for more than The soil for retubbing should consist of a ‘thi ind SA art cooki cof this jaane your printer ie me say 
R a century, can submit to tilati of rather sandy peat, the remainder should be leaf- |“ boiling” instead of “peeling.” They a ian | 
pruning and pinching ? ‘gtr ae nothing of the manner mould and well rotted manure mixed with ‘the to posled, and then put into the oven. However, 
im which the roots are crampe “do not thinl light pasture land. This mixture should adva age of the error, and find it an improvetneit fo 
Moreover, these Orange trees are “pans stantly under the not be too 00 damp, so as to form a close mass like dough, | p 
| hands of the doctor. One operation is scarcely over|and yet moist enough for the particles to adhere. cane on t gives more trate tb 
‘before. another is begun. For this there are two|This done I should use for drainage a good layer of | James Cudkill, Ganberwet 
reasons—firstly, to make the trees assume the stiff, | lime rubbish, hn i large heed boa oo at =. chi ouses.—Your correspondent “ 
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is. admitted; one a imagine, indeed, that the|to keep the tree pearing n the next plaee with a lead pede pA the pai 
the ball should be watered iy enough to make the | the expense of roof i in my Orchid houses, 
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far as to ah nh tke end of a leaf, so as to give the | Great care should also be pet to syringe the Pape intended for the pen of valuable piata 
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plant what they called a regular head, Nota twig may | frequently so as to keep up their action, and hinder, Warner, Broomfield, se 
project beyond its neighbour; in short the Orange = least diminish their evaporation. Even when ‘the oe 
trees look as if they a she iy oe in a mould. ae a trees have cast their leaves, payringing should be con- č 
Poor Nature, how ill-treated you t so as to prevent the ge and | Societies i ki 
old Orange | tree i in the Palace | whose branches forming ait its muo — in chee: ibe ts is almost ghee | bi 
the head, th y f the Finally the trees should be im i ; 
into a crowd o wigs, the ends of I diat plod | ina conservatory, of whic h t the tem- HORTICULTURAL : mi rt 1 10.— Fruit Committee 
bal ltd Baas: upon which tietie ‘aits the t d be kept at 50°, p| Two beautiful dishes o f st tràwberries were Saowi 
rk of life by exciting vitality throughout the tissues. than dry. T would also be as well to give them a good | this meeting by Mr. Smith, of Twic 
; do you imagine that the sap which circulates in| watering now and then, with y water that has Joe ra “ny ee Pang oi a cmon 
$ skeletons like these can possibly keep alive the| the chill taken off, an indispensable precautio mewhat 
ion of ‘the roots? The thin covering of leaves which Orig trees Seedling “Bot h w Wë erbet examp i 
l of the Ora ge trees = With toia conversation ended. I promised not | Stra rlwrbesey growing. “Thie large Chinese Yam on the ee 
me. ip mind rT: dying man dressed up in fine hat he had told me, intending rah al in our columns last week was also laid on rie 
clotl conceal his pa ae i rasa then,” ys | A time to do asT liked, and so Th 
j re you would not assi but J weh Bi considers| April 12: Floral Committee. — Ai 
f Ives. Do you think they would be as how Apnd w was to throw a little Tight upon this} several interesting plants were poled 
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which Orange trees are kept a i. winter nine not ve 
hold so many La the ‘es are cropped; and so much 
the better. Who would not rather haved TOtbeautifal t teh ; 
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than 15 or 20 ugly ones? Were ‘ould | th ‘adalat! just su 
take pity on both the trees and tlie credit of “the it from hardening when oat pins 
managers, and send.each to the right about.”—“The| Clay Foundation for Walks—If “H. J. T., War 
e! ch a cure might be infallible, but. do not | wick,” will apply a good coating of coal-tar to his olay : 
you think it rather radical ?”—“ Perhaps so; it is- an it answer his 
me measure, I allow i 4 
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