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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



March, during which the air becomes extremely dry, 

 and if it is set in motion by northerly or easterly 

 winds, its effect is rapidly destructive to all evergreens, 

 though long established, if less hardy than the holly 

 or yew. By such a wind, even "the ivy never sere" 

 is changed into a russet-brown. We can not wonder, 

 then, that an arbutus or a sweet bay should wither 

 visibly before it ; and it will at once be perceived, that 

 weather which thus goes far to destroy established 

 evergreens must be absolutely pernicious to those en- 

 feebled by recent planting. The remark will suggest 

 the consideration of shelter for evergreens, in connec- 

 tion with the proper season for their removal. 



Dr. Lindley concludes an able article on the trans- 

 planting of shrubs by saying, that "Upon the whole, 

 September, October, and November should be pre- 

 ferred — one being better in one year, and one in 

 another. "We shall only add, that a ground tempera- 

 ture of forty-seven degrees, which may be taken as 

 that of thoroughly drained land near London, in No- 

 vember, is sufficiently high for plants to form their 

 roots in." ( Gardeners' Chronicle, January 6th, 1849.) 



Eeferring to our own experience, we have had ever- 

 green shrubs successfully transplanted from the mid- 

 dle of July to the middle of April, but only in small 

 quantities in the months of July, March, and April. 

 We believe that September, October, and November 

 form the most suitable seasons in the middle districts 

 of the island — allowing, perhaps, a fortnight earlier 

 for the northern, and a fortnight later for the southern 

 parts of Great Britain. In the mild climates of Ire- 

 land, the planting may be freely continued during the 

 whole of the autumn,, winter, and spring months. But 



