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JOTJBNAL OF HOE1ICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ December 8, loTO. 



Maples, &c, and so on to evergreens : for instance Pines. 

 a, Austrian (Pinus austriaca) ; b, Pinus excelsa or "Weymouth 

 (Pinus Strobus); c, Corsican (Pinus Larieio), or Scotch (Pinus 

 sylvestris) ; and d, Pinus Cembra ; e, Pinus Benthainiana ; /, Pi- 

 nus macrocarpa ; g, Pinus Lambertinana ; h, Pinus Jeff reyi ; and 

 i, Pinus pyrenaiea. 



Spruce Firs form an imposing group ; as a, Norway Spruce 

 (Abies excelsa), b, Douglas (Abies Douglasii), c, White Spruce 

 (Abies alba) ; then d, Abies excelsa elegans ; e, Hemlock Spruce 

 (Abies canadensis) ; /, Abies Menziesii ; g, Abies orientalis ; 

 7i, Abies Douglasii taxifolia ; i, Abies Hookeriana. 



Silver Fir would be even finer, a, Picea Frazeri; b, Picea 

 pectinata ; c, Picea balsamea ; and d, Picea Nordmanniana ; 

 ■e, Picea cephalonica ; /, Picea nobilis ; g, Picea Pinsapo ; 

 7i, Picea grandis ; and i, Picea magnifica. 



If not convenient to have groups of one genus, very effective 

 masses would be formed by planting different species or varie- 

 ties of several genera. For instance, 1 may be composed of 

 Beech ; 2. Scotch Fir ; 3, White American Spruce ; 4, Scarlet 

 Oak; 5, Wych Elm; 6, Scarlet Maple; 7, Lime; S.Austrian 

 Pine; 9, Sycamore; 10, Horse CheEtnut ; and for dotting, 

 d, Purple Beech ; e, Turkey Oak ; /, Scarlet Horse Chest- 

 nut ; g, Yariegated Sycamore ; h, Yaiiegated Maple ; i, Exeter 

 Elm. 



In case it were near the pleasure grounds it might be de- 

 sirable to employ shrubs, then 1 may be Cupressus Lawsoniana ; 

 2, common Holly, with Mountain Ash interspersed among the 

 Hollies at about 15 feet apart ; 3, Portugal Laurel ; 4, English 

 Yew; 5, Laurustinus, with a few Laburnums at the back and 

 interspersed ; 6, Thujopsis borealis ; 7, Colchic Laurel, with 

 Bird Cherry interspersed ; S, Bhus Cotinus, with Berberis Aqui- 

 folium and B. Darwinii in masses in front, or just within the 

 margin ; 9, Lilacs, with a mass of tree Box at the right-hand 

 corner; 10, Thuja Lobbi; and e, Scarlet Thorns; d, Double 

 Gorse ; /, Salisburia adiantifolia; g, Double Yfhite Thorns; 

 h, Tulip tree ; i, Scarlet Thorns. 



The above may not be the best modes of arrangement, nor 

 are they given as such, but any mode of planting is better than 

 a confused one ; they may lead to better modes of planting 

 in future, for I cannot perceive anything more at variance 

 ■with our ideas of the beautiful than what we meet with in 

 nearly all parks adjoining pleasure grounds in the three king- 

 doms. — G. Abbey. 



THE PINE APPLE. 



or three Smooth Cayennes, one of 4 lbs., the other of 5 lbs., 

 but the last-named had a crown 8 inches long. Thirty plants 

 were put into oar fruiting Pine stove in August, 1869, being 

 then twelve months old, and, as stated above, the first fruit 

 ripened in March, 1870. I have cut twenty-four Queens and 

 two Smooth Cayennes. Four Queens are now, while I write, 

 November 28ih, swelling off. It will, therefore, be observed 

 that the first fruit I cut was in nineteen months, and it weighed 

 4 lbs. The fruit, which weighed 6ibs., was cut November 5th 

 from a plant two years and three months old, and by far the 

 finest plant in the house ; it fruited in a 13-inch pot. I had 

 ten plants in 13-inch pots, and twenty plants in 11-ineh pots. 

 Those in 11-inch pots, with the exception of that which bore 

 the 6-lbs. fruit, gave, if anything, larger fruits ; though at the 

 time of potting, of course the largest plants were potted in the 

 13-inch pots. Nothing has been gained in the above instance by 

 large pots. 



Will some others give their experience ? I shall be very 

 glad to hear what has been the heaviest Old Queen ever ripened. 

 I am aware there are several varieties of Queens; some pro- 

 duce larger fruits than the Old Queen, but none equal it in 

 flavour. I shall also be glad to know the size of crown, as I 

 have seen fruits shown with crowns more than a foot long. 

 This, I consider, ought at all times to be stated when weight is 

 given ; then we can form an idea of what the produce is like. 

 To those who have fruit with large crowns let me say — Mode- 

 rate your top and bottom temperatures, place your plants 

 nearer the glass, give abundance of light and air ; then less 

 crowns will be the result. — C. M. McC. - 



The summer of 1870 has been one of the very best, in my 

 experience, for the cultivation and fruiting of the Pine Apple ; 

 go, too, was that of 1868. W T e can and have done much by 

 artificial means, but we cannot compete with Nature. The 

 fruits have not only swelled better but the flavour is licher ; in 

 some instances the juice was dropping from the fruit before 

 cuttiDg. This took place in June and July. I have cut several 

 Queens of 4 lbs. in weight and one Queen of 6 lbs., and with 

 eiowns 2 to 3 inches long. I have not had such a glut as in 

 some seasons. I cut the first fruit in March, and the others 

 have come in two and three a-month ever since. I had two 



FITZROYA PATAGONICA. 



Sixce the introduction of the above species of Conifer into 

 this country a few years ago I have not heard anything about 

 it. If I remember rightly it was reported as growiDg in its 

 native country to the height of 70 or 80 feet, and if it is ever 

 likely to attain that height in England, those who planted 

 it on its introduction will by this time be able to form an 

 opinion. 



I have planted it in both light and heavy soils, in sheltered 

 and in exposed situations, and the conclusions I have drawn 

 from its appearance have not been favourable to its ever be- 

 coming a popular tree in this country ; and after four yearn' 

 trial I could not see any sign of its ever reaching even 10 feet 

 high. The plants remained in perfect health, but they did 

 not increase in height more than 1 inch per year. The side 

 branches, however, made better use of their time, as they 

 grew twice as fast as the leader ; but they were so slender 

 as not to be able to support themselves, and the whole plant 

 presented such a shabby appearance and its habit was so 

 straggling as to lead me to conclude it was not worth growing. 

 I may, however, be mistaken, and if any correspondent has 

 succeeded in growing it into anything like a specimen, a few 

 details respecting its treatment will, I feel sure, be acceptable 

 to many others as well as to — Thomas Eecokd, Hatfield Park. 



A YERMIFUGE NOT OFTEN OBTAINABLE. 



The place in which I lived before the present I had to look 

 after the farm. A distillery being connected with the place, 

 and there being more wash than the cattle could use, we had 

 it brought to the grazing fields, and emptied over them as 



liquid manure. Next morning Mr. P and I were passing 



that way, when there were so many worms dead that Mr. P 



exclaimed, "Is it not wondeiful how it kills the worms?" Had 

 he been that way a fortnight after he might have said, " Is i: 

 not wondeiful how it makes the grass. grow?" — W. W., Gar- 

 dener, Adamstoii:?i Glebe. 



GROUND LEYELLING AND PRACTICAL 

 GARDEN PLOTTING.— No. 8. 



DRAWING PLANS. 

 It is unnecessary to give any more examples of single 

 figures ; the foregoing, well understood, will be found sufficient 

 to lead on those whose education has not enabled them" to 

 understand the theory and practice of geometrical drawing, 

 and will enable them to design and execute other figures, also 

 to transfer them frcm paper to the ground. Perseverance 

 alone is required. 



