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tenacious loam, or clay, equal parts, five inciies in 

 thickness, should be spread over the surface of the 

 border ; it should then be stirred to two feet in depth, 

 and the loam and dung well mixed with the soil. The 

 trees may be planted during the winter ; and in March, 

 in dry weather, the border all over its surface should 

 be thoroughly rammed down with a wooden rammer,, 

 so as to make it like a well-trodden path ; some light, 

 half-rotten manure, say from one to two inches in 

 depth, may then be spread over it, and the operation 

 is complete. This border must never be stirred, except 

 with the hoe to destroy weeds, and, of course, never 

 cropped ; every succeeding spring, in dry weather, the 

 ramming and dressing must be repeated, as the soil 

 is always much loosened by frost. If this method be 

 followed, peaches and nectarines may be made to 

 flourish in our dry southern counties, where they have 

 hitherto brought nothing but disappointment. 



The two grand essentials for peach culture are stiff 

 loam, or a very firm soU, and a sunny cUmate. 



A CHEAP METHOD OP PROTECTING 

 WALL TREES 



At Twyford Lodge, near East Grinstead, Sussex, the- 

 seat of R. Trotter, Esq., is a wall 75 feet long, covered 

 with peaches and nectarines, which, for several years, 

 had given no fruit ; some years ago, the gardener, Mr, 



