GARDEN WALLS. 



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strong*; and, bearing large leaves, require the 

 branches, particularly those that lie horizontally, to 

 be kej3t at good distances. The flowers too, being 

 large, require more than ordinary protection from 

 spring frosts. It bears early; and, when old, cannot 

 be called a bad bearer. For dwarfs and riders, the 

 stocks should be the same as advised for the Brus- 

 sels ; and they require three or four years' training 

 in the nursery before being removed to the garden c 

 where they should be planted at twenty-five or 

 thirty feet distance. 



The above are all the apricots which the author 

 can confidently recommend to the planter. All of 

 them have been for many years under his personal 

 inspection and management, and he only writes whal; 

 he knows from experience. He could have sv/elled 

 his list with names; but he could have added no 

 information after them which would have been worth 

 his while to write, or his reader's to peruse. 



On Garden Walls. 

 As the apricot and several other of our choice 

 fruits cannot be, in every year, brought to perfec- 

 tion without the assistance of walls, it has occurred 

 to the writer that he cannot have a better opportu- 

 nity to give his opinions on these structures than in 

 this place. He has had occasion to allude to them 

 frequently, in treating of the apricot; and as he shall 

 hereafter have to do so in the sequel of this work, 

 therefore a brief notice of them here will serve 

 for alL 



