ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
ing and staking, standards, 32s. 6d.; dwarfs, 7s. 6d.; total, £20 to 
£27. Cost of cultivation per acre: Pruning, 20s.; annual manuring, 
£5; gathering fruit, £7. Average yield per acre, 7 tons. Average 
returns per acre (gross), £100; net, £85. Manures (per acre): 
Steamed bone-meal, 3cwt.; kainit, 1}cwt., after pruning; nitrate of 
soda, 2icwt. after fruit has set. 
CULTURE OF DAMSON: Soil, moderately rich deep loam. Posi- 
tion, south aspect, well-drained site. Shape of trees, standard, 
pyramidal, or bush. Plant bush-trained trees 5 ft. apart; pyramidal, 
15 ft.; standards, 24ft., in Nov., Dec., or Jan. Depth for roots, 6in. 
Prune in Dec., simply cutting away old branches or weak shoots & 
moderately shortening strong ones. Manures, cost of trees, etc., 
same as for plums. 
CULTURE OF APRICOT: Soil, light well-drained loam, containing 
lenty of old mortar rubbish. Position, 8. walls in Midlands & 
Months E. & W. walls in the South. May be grown as bushes or 
standards in sheltered gardens in S. of England. Plant, Sept. to 
Nov., 2ft. apart for cordons, & 18ft. for fan-trained trees. Fruit 
borne on spurs, 1, 2, & 3 years old. Prune in Jan., shortening shoots 
not required to form new branches to within an inch of their base. 
Summer prune in July, pinching back side shoots not required for 
future branches to two leaves. Disbud, in June, i.e., rub off all young 
shoots growing out of front,of branches. Protect when in flower with 
tiffany or fish-netting. Mulch roots with decayed manure in hot, dry 
seasons. Water copiously in summer. Feed with manures advised for 
peaches. Thin fruit out early to 1ft. apart. Por CutturE: Same as 
tor Peaches. 
CULTURE OF MYROBALAN PLUM: Used chiefly for hedges; 
occasionally as a stock for plums. Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny. 
Plant, Oct. to Feb. Distance apart tu plant, 6in. Size of plants, 
two-year-old. Trim into shape, June or July. Cost per 100, 5s. to 
7s.; per 1,000, 35s. to 40s. Cost of planting and preparing soil per 
Hoe yard, 9d.; trimming per chain, 4d. Makes an impenetrable 
edge. 
CULTURE OF CHERRY AND PORTUGAL LAURELS: Soil, good 
ordinary. Position, mixed shrubberies or hedges for Cherry Laurel; 
lawns or shrubberies for Portugal Laurel. Plant, Sept. to Oct., or in 
May. Prune in April, merely shortening straggly growths. 
Hepes CuLrure or CHERRY Laure: Trench site 3 ft. wide & 2 ft. deep, 
mixing plenty of rotten manure with soil. Plant, 12in. to 24in. 
apart. Cost of plants per 100, 15s. Cost of preparing and planting 
per lineal yard, 9d. Prune in April. 
CULTURE OF FLOWERING SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
well-drained sunny borders or shrubberies; Almond good town tree. 
Plant, Oct. to Feb. Prune only to cut away dead wood ; or to 
shorten straggly growths after flowering. Por CuLrurE or P. TRILOBA: 
Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf-mould, half a part silver 
sand. Position, cold greenhouse, Jan. to June; outdoors, pots plunged 
to rim in garden soil, June to Nov.; sheltered corner or pit, Nov. to 
Jan. Pot, Nov. Repot annually. Water freely, March to Oct., 
moderately afterwards. Apply stimulants occasionally, April to Sept. 
Temp. for forcing 55° to 65°. 
Proragation: Peach and nectarine by budding in July or Aug. 
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