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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



December 17, 1910. 



been built by Messrs. li*ichardson and Co. of house that has much to recommend it The leader on page 951 on the above 



in the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley as an aid to the production of abundant subject is opportune, and so covers the 



Gardens which are especially deserving supplies from pot trees of peaches, nec- whole range of practical knowledge and 



or attention. tarines, plums, pears, and other fruits methods of carrying it into effect that 



The range of fruit houses erected by usually grown in the orchard house. With there seems little to add to what is already 



Messrs Mackenzie and Moncur, of Edin- an unbroken area of glass from the apex so well said. In vegetable culture espe- 



bur^^h ' in the gardens of Daluieny i'ark, to practically the ground level the trees en- cially is the value of deep cultivation ap- 



i^infitligowshire, the seat of Earl of Rot,e- joy uninterrupted light, and the arrang 



DEEP CULTIVATION. 



the 



, that should be adopted when, as in tained. the soil is quite a yard higher than the 



case, a considerable number of houses surroundings, there is no disguising the 



^nl^raVti:L^tttmJrltiol ^^^EMS JJNDER CAN VAS. JJ„ ?h7ii£p1gt«« '5 



iently light in construction to allow the feature of Mr. E. iMolyneux's recent criticisra below that has been trenched previously, 



'ji, peaches, and other fruits to receive of my recent article under the above title. It is common practice now to grow the 



naximum amount of light throughout for in one part thereof he observes that judges onions on the same plot for many years, 



various stages of development of should carry out the published stipulations In the same way can potatoes be grown 



?an-tos and one span roof, the latter secretary to accept entries at the last minute thirty yr:Hs at least. Although it has be- 



; deserving of attention for its value in iace of publisned stipulations tnat tiiese <'Oiiio a n^dguised practK r t<. iilaut and 



eaking up the uniformity characteris- should be sent in at a certain time. sow various ciops in lotntiou iluue is not 



f a long range of houses of exactly the Your correspondent seems to have a poor the no.vssit.v t(u- tins , h uigui- of crops 



lu'iglit and therehv improving the opinion ot lii« iellow-oar.den.ers, tor he say^, n.mually that many uould have us believe, 



•al etleK. Ti,e span-rnot <livision is ^.j-'-^^i^^ '""^^ ""V^'t ^T''"^! th^t 



he cuiiix -it'nn of oalnis and other tail- '*"^i'~>f'^' Ihe nuuu;- ^j^^^ previous eiop has carried away, because 



. limited as 



hinks, and 1 suffeested the 

 ollections as - 



t is not necessary to point" vi^l 



ig the subsoil to the surface. No advo- 

 ate of the latter method has yest give^ a 

 ractical common-sense reason for so tres^t- 

 ig soil ; they tell us to do so, and leave 



