September 3, 1885. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
207 
just before the leaves drop. Soil is taken from waste patches on the 
roadside, and collected only a week or two before using, and mixed with 
about a fourth part of its bulk with manure from a Cucumber bed. After 
potting, the trees are heavily watered, placed close together, and syringed 
relied upon as sure croppers in pots. We grow several other sorts, but 
these would suit any new beginner. 
“ Cherries. —May Duke, Elton, Governor Wood, black 'and white 
Bigarreau. 
Big. 36. —Peaches prom a Tree in a Pot. 
once or twice daily until most of their leaves drop. A little bone manure 
was mixed with the soil at potting time last autumn, and I have found it 
answer well. Through summer we use liquid manure water that drain s 
from the dung heap once or twice a week. The following varieties can be 
“ Peaches. —Conkling, Hale’s Early, Noblesse, Waterloo, Alexandra 
Noblesse, Dagmar, Early Alfred, Early Rivers, Gladstone, Lady Palmer- 
stone, Osprey, Princess of Wales, Rivers’ Early York, and Stanwick Early 
York. 
