754 i THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.  _[Aveusr 18, 1860, 
pretty Die OF co cities | ean never rl first prize lot consisted of picked single berries. | to obtain my ob my object; but opera ating o on hirse tae 
PERS p ER hrefinement, No} We large This 5 a great country "a ic fruits hy Noa Elm, Beech, Larch, or Fir, I em iby k Pa ph 
the sp re bede stand the severity o bye J bed os ur- ilove ki 0: roe fluids = eF chemicals in vi 
s, to refin ie the rants will; all my bushes wae al an rea ng elieve Wa an dou ei s durability, fey 
Be vom ely u eal the Hat, t under the Weight of fruit.. Strawberries are | rot, m it fit for immediate use, an Pi ta lable 
see such a display in the open streets; RE were they SURAN dh ; I have almost all of the finest Engi, warp ji git t out of place. I use it for bp orchard 
bees : respect these flo bE id as our continental | and con r French Asie pie — as Trollope’s Tran ria hoe forcing pe ma aki gates, posts, and rail 
n do? Å friend observed to me J lak Be pee ae pa pee Bi they do not do and con pad i "og nis aaa for the ie eee 
i se tastefully laid-on merican seedlings Ve ho 
cla ng upon ved sce Higgs Bot at Ge ia standard | es ed mine from frost, Ka th ie snow never lies very ha been read aright ; he MS. was very diten 
Toss “Now, were these in our land, there would not| deep here. Raspberries do well, but genera rally need to | to decipher. May we pict Ly: infocuigelens as to te 
be a ‘blossom to be seen in a week.” I hope such is|be laid down and covere with earth. Grapes also | guomodo of injecting and expelling fluids b by means 
t the petty, Could we but m ake the he dye pent ; es eed; but require some protection. Apples, Plums, | garden engine Ps ren 
each village and hamlet devote annual | or Pears will not eraoro the severe frosts at night and| Education of Gardeners. — Having followed the 
lag i but we will ppo of a garden Eir more than 
t the “ eh dhe ‘clothin ng” the clear, bright, w sun during day, bu p an aq 
ofthe “mall” or P ilin ireak, r trust our sturdy Te seedlings by atid by that will. May Duke andj of a ce ntury, , perhaps Soa will kindly allow me 
r vi illage scho ol, our ho mely dame, would some other Cherries will do. Tam simply an amateur ; ed make a few ol abies! on the subject of : 
he pri but an enthusiast in flowers, and the ne ar gia han i appea: 
d t. Sucl ms to be the view| Minnesota surpass all I have ever seen F ents are- inclined to 
pory % ‘het foreign Beh SP ero it not: so, of | beauty. Our September show will be bald oai a our z | plaeo $ the "standard of educational qualification much 
hes, as tical gardeners / 
n 5 au 
should not have observed so Tick a display Ms Melons, Pumpkins, bere hes, and veg l to ape qudikee ane 
tried to bring under the} full order then, and I t untry ional 
Blossoms ng oF ae pie r ety at “home. = No pa in bese. or in Potatoes, ane EEr or S har roots. | roam the country at ow head of thats a staff i rt "ies tor 
i as well, there is a rapid stride in | 'Lhe crops this season are tr uly splendid, and althongh native plants to form haa, » &. This may bak . 
t but K pho ld be glad if we could it is oul about 1 egan to be y a 
oni tl mo gs i ESE E in no way tls ettled, w: : e will this. nigon export hundreds of popes Few employers of gardeners would like to have the i 
c ses) lished than by woking honi of of W baat Oai Coen rn, and Pota Our | system papi in l postica | in their own oil nts, I | 
suapan pre, ene Oe hom grea t servies to 
days. Our age len think r that it E e be of 
t will 
se i EEA ani u Rinat r: 
bright during day, and never too cold to work out of | of Reins gga ees Jikel ely to be of most Ìt ise iii l 
doors. ae ae are remarkab y np ne, and it is after Ani ad alt EAA an oea Be : 
solai ted a curious in nine cases f ten eam] AY like phil be considered to be eward, j 
s du rin ‘che greets if ole s aay i still I thi nk that it behoves | men in the Pos tion of 
yit ng cannot tell, yet it is so. A to tl 
which are almost sure to be useful to them, over + those iay 
Pear-leaf Miner.—My fruit trees.on walls are yearly | which they may or they may not require. fen 
r injured by insects lodging in the leaves. They begi in experience e on the subject i isas follows. | When ang T 
my ples re des ‘tha t ees should | their depredations about the middle or end of J myself ; 
esent as healthy an appearance as possible. _ To attain | the mischief is first seen in the shape of small brown whether I succeeded i in doing S0, Or W ha her ie ever sti- 
This ok object it the whol These spots extend a situa she can matter little 
of we ab trad i it was clear that no hae would | few w eeks, Bx, altima spread nearly over all the zà ed readers of f this Bee apesipagear ut But while I now 
yate them, as the roots were in a subsoil Beise ye ac which droops and han ngs . seemingly IMelea s. The te, my os est on a ather r bu alky “ Hortus 
on | fr 
- to the y Fone Bg although other trees gro it becomes poor ” prop 
each side of the avenue, To hath the case more per- nek blotches in July a small worm- looking creature is mnt in the Pelleeting of the specimens of which itis 
plexing, the same kind of tree thrives admirably in | found. I have ibm the sorina Lael me PRE is composed I have “wandered many a weary foot,” 
ther pet ee yok grounds. One in. particular, with fres h e arth; f don since then Thay Jveged it about. with me many a mile, 
40 feet b i f the kind Fpl r tw “re ai on er Anga oad Ai. not say that it has ever been of any real 
to be seen yas Cy "alter carefully ee all | keep free from i injury, and a find “that eae the trees | ser his of great economy, bis maya nee 
could be learnt of the natur: acter of thel into a glass house, or into pots under r glass, has the | say akte I accra to attend courses of lectures 
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Araucaria on the Chilian Andes, as T Eth soil and effect of f staying the disease. I enclose ea few leaves on | on botany, chemistry, mathematics, natural philoso 
‘tuation y d over a small part of &e. 
following plan of operations was niga sett ted :—Stones| each leaf. C. K., Scotland, [The blotches the Pear | mechanical drawing, mapping, &e. Rint Nght cc 
d all sorts of rubbish w ee gh aes were carted to i e menl 
raise the ground abont 2} fee e the natural level; | moth. ver ery little SE tol value 
on this the trees were hi abos a few eart-loads of |: 1 required to execute a j 
fresh earth and leaf-mould being added to each destrne ee. aod to farm to farnish plans a k 
Aiia sorts, gardens, &,, 
n 
it was plani an 
turfed over, and nothing could be more encouraging leaves fallen beneath t W. ithon 
than the improvement which the trees now exhibit, Diagonal Froiaing a of agah Trees.—Now that the ‘4 would babaly tone been able to have Sot 2 
i raisi. s been proved to be migr atory, and that said nothing of keeping. Seco s, aS 0 fae 
cleared out on the upper side o he avenne, i tł aspires to be a nats oshi 
to prevent all underground wet from indoor culture becomes of importance, and I certainly to be able ‘a o o that, Bs e practice of some 
n higher — in winter.. This trench rana ee | diais de hey own some excellent results, arising | head gardeners ex aching. p rom young men 
ith the avenue at 40 feet distance fro’ e line of | from the ‘dia nal training of Peaches onthe back wall| who have already served Be cent iceship and paida 
aot and is sunk gst he e pan toa roc <a pots om, at-| of the ot Bia H house. Of course the house is a lean-to, | premium, I enbra, gisepprove of; but surely young 
an average dep th of 5 feet, Evergreens screen the ‘ae ch is the warmest of all, and on this back wall, Fak Ceni! ha aye the yin the eit own hands, Why 
t alt} feet by 12, I have Peach trees trained with hren hey, ch 
| Apaiata imbricata will nowhere „prosper whose ieee each, on the dia agonal cordon „pla n, the ain a ~ prad tice is in for g$ t, on the other hand, if | 
* the roots touch a pan, or where Jee ere is 1 much u young gardeners ort to pay to a Pe gardener & 
und wet, egg could be i the wall is clothed in four years, i the certain | stipulated sum for instructions and facilities 
carrying out the opera’ AE just pes ane to; on pal ee a te, at an anete Ed es Thes Ges gers g 
strata was = healthy green t 12 inches fro other, mes of | profession, if he ac t up to his agreement I Fae! pe 
me on the pan was as uniformly to be found fruitful spurs 6 inches Tong | Gincading “frerights), re-|see what ue they haye to “complain. Som ob bie 
po By Salen ches. have complained of. the harsb treal 
that in fing the Meot. before the ground was opened | two, and then o one lent, The average crop is 2} Peaches receiv vel by th 9S at the kanae of the head gardeners, 
poe cnnan of on of the roots could be accurately described. | per square foo n this wall, when the trees are | When such is the case it is much to be deplored 
Yo argument is therefore required to show the im- | fully grown, I pe ‘et ber 500 or ne fruit alone, | would no doubt tbe highly disapproved of by their 
affording the n bottom, | Thi 
I Araucaria a an open om, is not prevent my having three rows of tr rd plo: ye 2 ae them t let me advise e young 
` winter-locked in pots, chiefly. from Mr. Rivers, all a avily laden ; rden 6 tage a ‘ively Mere in their employme 
No care will hring it to any size without eri that pron kag fru itp of all kinds may be hoped for 4 and ma ae majority of i is Wi ‘ 
anes bi spots and Finga complained a gear o. An house, 160 feet long and | and acknowledged by the head gardeners, who have 
Charlos Wt Donald, gate ie not. at feet. ‘high at the i ve bag ean to produce, on the| often much to irritate and annoy them, And 
ald, Woodstock Park, i diagonal he sys gre Pe H, Ness R on $S c itation and 
em St. Paul, iii Us. es, 3% 
peaking A E vet sri 
ety and he had our first | c 
Day 
 assistan ts. Reader. — inn 
. cannot conscientiously : agree wit Er y ‘Coston E 
- ) ered $ 1 ” about educa’ hin’ ey. oug sd 
many dificulti season of the | tained by X made use of as extortion, Wig 
was not favourable for a good shows it was too| t : ‘ue tid‘ aa - ed me ni sc rt as i ngages a gardener 
miiy generally, but the 4th of July PAORO A ol dae it. I have some hundreds o P teaa of the im that be is to toc young a 
Savana fas that and have been most s seai. doors, also trained in this way, promising good results. | Servants gar: are, wi w, but w 
our Paper on November 23d, 1 
eners e kn e can 
tp people vis ited the exhibition and | 7. C. B., Guernsey. down as a rule that they are boundtoserve thelr 
as more surprised than another. I exhi-| Tim ber —Your ae on the decay of timber will, fin improving their education, and quali 
bited. st "Rood Pinks, for which I obtained only a| T hope, induce persons to give more attention to this gardeners, which we all know is no small 
rize; mine having been much destroyed by ali import tai subject then ‘a has hitherto apenas nd [am of opinion that few employers would li 
heavy thu nder shower the pe vious eyenin vho are practically RRUAR: to gi Aye upon themselves such an amount of domes' 
gi iven were under glass results of their „experience, Will any doubt Net advan- as to see that their under gardeners 
Ih , both tages o g y y week. “Roaldns” seems to spea 
of t the Trae om small PRAN varieties, and also one | either chemical or mechanical means the not in a land of liberty; young men are p 
YPY. use uble o ne; but it was greatly injured by | fermenting, putrefactiye and pien park ng prineiple— Te their MAERA if they do not receive 
in raising Petu- | injecting mIa ces to act on the cellular t t » it is their own fault. For 
mer te fo ne i have now four very fine full Sg ee soluble matter remaining in the capillary vessels, | consider piyin a shilling or two a week a 
ap marr A aeea across, besides very as. bej of no importance those who |} adyant us system of remuneration for ins 
Laak Naplo Sarrant meanrat dees | grow as well as those wba we timber? I] I firmly believe that in many eases some of the 
a inch ; e had some experience, ied several | promising and energetic young men are fettered 
very fine; "bat none of plans for getting ve of the. a w uny matter | rippled Be pos nto large establishments, 
For elon ag tot Ur. Eooshes ee rines noticed in | the system of paying down at once the sum req 
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