1156 
to as 
and grow surpris g size, in chasms in hea aps of 
stones, where the clos ial eai can BERA dis- 
cover a , particle of Nin REENE soil. Its for 
and m stly dep en nden i 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE’ 
‘of ; (rootlet ets) to feed, at 7 ow of three of the most | 
extensive wine-grower sage district who are thus | 
thinning their Vineyards, I will put, by w vay of illus- | 
trating ye eaning, a case in another r point of vi ew. . | ap 
Baronas 29, 1860. 
while the trees are in flow 
r. Take every favourable 
opportunity of admitting ash air, and where the 
external air can be made o pass over a hea = 
paratus, hich it 
t wa 
as 
| Suppose a paddock or run will c $ 
cattle with a fair prospect of their thriving, ey not | 
l 
lower part "at the ais form is very striking, the proprietor be considere d very unwise to put doub 
while the plant is still only from 2 to 6 feet high, but, | t ti ig them to do as well | 
as it grows tall e thic becom ore’ equal, | a the smaller number? So is with Vines—give 
and when it attains the hei of 25 feet, it looks thelb room and they will ieo full play for their 
like a regular pillar, after t it begins po throw energies, becomin ng more r robust avd productive, besides 
out its branches. These come out at in 
globular shape, but turn ey as they ‘longa, amongst them in the winter and spring, and horse-hoe 
and n grow parallel trunk, or “scuffer? during the Summer months, 2E will just 
a certain distance from it, s with | add another reason wh up now. 
1a Cereus 
an immense pn | 
m befor 
n contact with re plants, a gent tle ge culation 
s20 ould be constantly kept up until the Smiti 
| set. Avoid the admission of currents of cold a how- 
ever, which would be most injurious to shies tre oa 
Fie Hovse.—Damp the trees over rior, a 
i wanted early increase the heat a degree or 
eekly. 
Henk BERRIES in bottom-heat for forcing will require 
air daily when the weather is at all favourable to 
prevent drawing in those earliest start he they 
; when 
ould be removed to 
the 
many branches looks exactly lik In the early days of the colony there were few sorts of shelves in the Vineries and Pe: ach -houses, s, but t 
brum, especially as the branches are most y sym Vines aF win e Grapes, and these princi l y as yet. 
EER angol round e — of whi ch the Fence quantities. Son, ne therefore, “necessarily FLOWER GARDEN A “rat SHRU e 
is not usually more than an alf, or, in some į planted wi table fru Me yn ma we n ad a great Those who are fortunate enough to the 
rare instances a foot more. “The vel a) in heigh t; abur a aud w arimah ting up these | mand of a a gravel pit should at a good lay of ‘his 
the ay Pe we ever saw, at Williams’ iala room for wine- fprainoig Viak of first Arb E whenever the we: ather is suitable for tha 2 
from 36 to 40 feet; but, south of the roiile ey are | qua ality. er F. Wood, in the Farm and Garden, kind 0 ork, tl ism rid zA a 
said o téaoh 60; an oa you see them rising from | Adelaide. è dor wtos 
ERE oint of a rock, where a surface of afew| Lancaster Rifle Cape of Good Hope. — The te e al ae a oh to having plenty of slat is sia. 
X e forms their sole Support, you cannot help | Marquis of itean aii party had excellent sport | for striking cuttin in, as also for potting off, and have 
ww them from jin the Strandy eldt. Mr. Carr , of Caledon, plenty of draining materials prepared and sorted out i 
their airy z elevation. If the smaller specimens bei a anxious to show “the Douglas” South can Sport, | sizes, e stock of bedding-out plants is short 
Cereus giganteus that we had seen in the m g | asked, and was cordi shoot ae 
of thick bt “This 
excited our astonishment, the feeling was ‘enti: ror over the farms of S. Foulkes, Es uinefontein, the | place a moist growing temperature, keeping the 
me’ when, on vik. ther journey, we beheld this | Hon. van Breda, Rate ie Michael van |as n the glass as possible, in order to securi 
st in agnificence, e absence of | Breda, Esq., Zoetendals Vley. The ere received strong growth and obtain € tings. If the plants 
every other vegetation enabled us to distinguish these | by Mr. Foulkes, in the good old English a aes: Ps | are well = it will be savi soon to give them 
Cactus columns a great distance, as they s d were most hospitably Sey ttained, had e a shift, using rich soil, for it is of great importance to 
‘symmetrically arranged on the heights and declivities | buck-sl but could not get near an ons ch, | | obtain trone epis as they are not half the py 
of the mountains, to which they imparted a most a the young ee stalked them for four | | becomi ing establis hec Fae en weakly dwindling shoo 
peculiar aspect, though certainly not a beautiful one. | hours on his pend gs knees. ae the Hon. D. G. v: t 
Wonderful as lant is, when regarded singly, asa reda’s th ere welco by Michael van HA UIT ‘ee? tiio HEN GARDEN. 
grand specimen of vegetable life, these solemn, silent | Breda, and received ‘with that hearty welcome which Wiis PT tedi aro infested | with iesita M 
forms, whi ch stand 1 notio; wars! ven in a Seid ei , give | ma ade them qui te a eet me. There the marquis was}. id ag Ne woar shalt’ } Home 
the landscape. fi n Breda, with great tact, took able the ba rk should: bawal 
look like pecan giants, Stretching out thei him up to tw boi nd “the Douglas” knocked i as many of the larvæ of pane iinet ikia 
apea ess ig others stand like Iona: fa i them over right ph left with Lancaster’s smooth bore sible A n afte a! which ‘the arts should receive å oat ta Ie 
‘Keeping their sary wate ate n the edge of pr —— rifle, the cock at 180 ya: d the hen at 220 yards. |; P tie ioe Enë and s tii “a 
and gazing into the a ee heed vaika into the e pleas Mr. Stevenson, the admiral’s nephew, killed two uantities mixed with Water from nde a Pott 
—_: ~ pn Akrep For třiches also; but not right and left. Tie OTe T 
ood 
to rest on = on arms oe 
Bia, p riia w va and the gaily variegated 
; woodpecker r may be seen taking up their abode the 
this singular plant. Goce rina of Natural 
aa = nana —“ ‘M. a ' makes 
pabilities of the colony, “ that 
in 1859 produced 1 
re uperio: r wine, at the vintage of 1860 
failure, I ain free to admit ; "sow a Sm d 
African of Gra amstown, Cape of ope, 
60. 
September 20, 18 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing week.) 
pen 
PLANT DEP. 3 
CONSERVATORY. a other 1 Beas and training the|s 
limb r houses some regard must be 
desirable i plants should 
from. aiudien pruning. that “the 
d has not produced nat tmt it gun ma this | 
Sily. nent was Pad 
of t; his is 
on referting to ant esate | 
ing entry :— Octo 4, i 
diary i find the follow: 
unday 
ga 
severe occur. Vines, which slaty 
-were p remarkably well, with a growth of from | 
one to two feet 
sition oa be well rubbed into 
bark in 
place of ‘the enemy; and if anure w: 
rk in the composition, ould be useful in 
causing it toadhere better. It is a tedivus task to pro- 
perly cover large old trees with this, but its effect in 
oes them Hd insects will ri rou d an 
fulin keeping 
i a 
on ela 
strong ahr is also recommended for the same purpose. 
early sown Peas are likely to be a failurea 
r| _ Make 
also Honeysuckles 
in, | for covering naked fences. 
aes hl fhas 
quantity should be sown in strips of turf and raised in a 
gentle h tee aerate seins : 
i E o 
r hie, Twain th t 
EN. 
sdi of ip Gooseberries and Currants, 
the manner, and Irish Iv 
vy 
Collect into a sy! pak 
bloom. nathan with ee climber: equired to 
flower bana autumn, pruning ma y be leterred for 
some ti t, but for earlier display it hould be aone 
| at once. Paint flowe nonias, a aod similar plant: 
which make long annual shoots should only have thei 
| branches thinned and slightly shortened, while others, 
as Combretums, for instance purred i 
Kennedyas will soon be Showin bloom , and what tr 
crop than usual, were by 9 o'clock a complete wreck of 
blackened leaves and ruined branches.” 
of these should not take Lge S after they have don 
flowering, Where Orange tre 
` | all about the cottage neat and trim. 
TT 
ATE OF THE WEATHER aT CHISWICK NEAR LONDON 
ST 
reason why the seven acres did on again produce 100 | the flower garden in summer care should be taken t tofon e Eee DIe: Sax beetroot 
hogs “M? also appears to think that pe prevent their beginning to push robin to their S o| Baxomzres. |—orine aie sr ihe ti : 
strength of vines i ound is overtaxe s e a ack wis aaee teal 
expecting seven acres to produce the tg sta ie trees are wintered in a dark-roofed house. “Where su su a ferent ae _ Seep. | deep} 
‘Say 14} fogs Siesa per acre, at the age ix years— | happens the young leaves have always a thin flabby | friday 21 o| m33 | 276 | 31 | 5 310} spf 42 | N. 
appearance, and soon turn brown after the pla en rs Saa 2 tC | aero Sodas bas foie Pane N 
bearin ng, but the e authority he refers to (Maro aaa | been set out-of-doors, whereas if growth is prevented | Mon. 2s} 12 | 29.335 29.403 ME dear a 
oo ae hele A miee ne Bical the bye the smallest |'till the trees are in the open air the foliage will owt Wel: 3¢) 43 3p 39450 | 32 | 17 | aso} 30 | 39 | ae 
cropper in ard) so es re haaha s ig as| any amo of sunshine, and still look green and | Thurs. 27 -509 | 29.431 naa p24 20.0. fy So, deR. 
ons per ct a Belang within half a hogshea coe — Average.. 29.608 | 29.498 | 33.1 1167 an 39.6 | 40.3 
ral ‘produ ce in 1859, whilst he tells u FORCING DEPARTMENT. Dee. 21—Uniformly aes cloudy; snow! 
ouais (or La Fi Folle) aren 1200 to 1300 gallons ei: per PINERIES.—The present severe weather will necessi- E E A aA cw N cae Aopen 
acre, being abo +} — 24—overcast; clear sunshine; foggy ; frost at night 
= 25— Frosty and foggy ; densely overcast; fouKy ; sharp frost. tie 
iy overtaxed. a vine- | cularly where a RRS temperature i is being more ree paes mni arg a ag eer uniformly oy w-fall in 
anid at Mime: ing and Mean temperature of the week, 13 deg 
in the case of ‘swelling oe Binet see that a proportionate 
amount of at ture is secured, for accom 
dati 
t . below the average. 
RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK 
the last 35 years, for the ensuing Week, ending Jan. 5, 1961. 
revailing 
I have seen grow- the Pine must tei admitted to be, it is by no ing Winds. 
and in Wi ntinental no fited by a of the + jel le 
TaS con that such distance pted. | sphere; see that none of t lowed to suff Aad 
“M” o say, “lt is said that. the have | for want of water at the root. accession plants a | oaaao. er Bd Naar ilal al aloh] t 
been injured pa the frost,” xy Kii course, if it ve said to temperature of from 50° to 5" by 1 means of ñ fire- -heat eo Ili 399 | 10 ejti 
as I have shown by b Tues, 1.. 3) n 15 
before mentioned extract, its tect o on the for | fall below 50° i Ti : 375 shit 
that seaso re x ge th e lmet was ode att : e : ,| VINER The early house will now require careful Hie ais 314s 0.40 6l 1 112 3- 
despera! case oi in about a fortnight after- | attention, an endl as the Vines in none laces will probabl. The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 3! 
wards all ere set t to r z ve the n bloom, the night temperatur a ustn ot bed allowed | eed Sage en ST Es a De Jae ee 
frozen branches, cutting them away close to an to fa l below 60°. Maintain a healthy ag atmo- = 
undeveloped The Vines speedily made another sphere by sprinkling the fl &e., as may be neces- N oe to Correspondents. 
start, and t result was that the vi tage of | sary, and admit fresh enever this can be safely | Cacti: P W. Y aren is infested with scale, from which 
ogsheads of first-c' wine from} done. Also attend carefully to the border, and if She believe them ah hief has eee Wai will er reot 
these seven acres, of a quality equal to the famed | fermenting material is used do not allow the heat to| ie youshail have fisther inlormaton e anything 
vintage of . This assertion is borne out by the | decline, and where this -i used NAMES OF ©: Jorquay. 1, Ceanothus azureus; % 
Opinion of an eminent wine merchart of Adelaide, | cove W is employed is ent. Eugenia Ugni; 3, Jasminum nudiflorum; Eranthis 
who, on going through the cellars, state his H HoUsE. Discontinue syringing where the |p E Bowo Ra Aar a E, wk E 
` decided n, that it was the best tion of wines | bröad to open, but secure a nice, z eira ae eee 
he ever had the pl to taste and ri on. Again, | moist, healthy s sate of bers atmosphere re by sprinkling Vines: Philo, Since you have a Muscat house plant Bowood i 
it is correct that ietors are rooting w i that; Lady Downe’s Beading should be. put in your 
eer) p: ng up their Vines, i the passages, &c. as arti but avoid Sa e riar Gap- does aak. requite a 
but it is in some row only; for mae oe like e Silipos while the are in bloom. | treatment fron Cee is eels eee oe S to. ok Black Ham- 
of find 3 
= phonies too many mo Maintain a steady night Ronn td of 50° or 55°! burgh. By all means plant inside, not outside. 
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