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and six inclies of the soil placed over them. A mulching over the whole is a 
good preventive against frost or drought. Older trees are better managed by 
examining the roots on one side of the tree before the leaves drop, but cutting 
should be avoided as far as possible, seeing that it may be termed a necessary evil. 
A quantity of hard material mixed with the soil will cause a lot of fibres to grow, 
instead of “ tap ” roots. A firm soil beyond the feeders is of vital importance ; it 
increases the number of fibres and acts as a preventive to the formation of long, 
bare, thong-like roots, which are always scarce when trees are healthy, and in a 
full fruit-bearing condition. 
When there is a want of vigour shown by an absence of growth, and by the 
fruit-buds crumbling off or decaying, a good dressing of rich material put over 
the surface of the roots, after the old soil has been removed, will do much to give 
new life. It often happens that the best roots of old trees are growing into 
unhealthy subsoil, and to save the trees the only remedy is to reach these roots 
and relieve them, and replace the sour soil by healthy material. 
If cutting the roots cannot be avoided, let the knife be used, and make the 
cuts clean. When the locality is cold, the roots may be lifted well above the 
surrounding soil; and if means are adopted to prevent them from growing down 
into the cold subsoil, success will be all the more likely to follow. I have seen 
Pears which produced small insipid fruit, and which always cracked, lifted up and 
kept high and comparatively dry, grow excellent produce, both as regards size 
and quality. The effect on Figs and Pears when kept high at the roots, so 
that the sun can do its work, is often astounding.—M. T. 
COTONEASTER SIMONSII. 
® HIS is an exceedingly ornamental shrub, and is well adapted for game 
coverts and underwood planting. When grown singly, as a specimen, it 
f is very beautiful at this season, and for several weeks to come, until the birds 
strip the bushes of their bright orange-red berries, of which they are fond. 
When grown as a specimen, it should be kept well cut back to form a handsome 
bush, otherwise they will grow loose and straggling. It will grow in any common 
soil, and is not particular as to situation, provided it is not wet. It may be in¬ 
creased by layers, but as it seeds freely, it is more readily increased in quantity in 
that way.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
CAMPSIDIUM FILICIFOLIUM. 
’HIS is a provisional name for a very elegant, slender-habited climber, the 
flowers of which are as yet unknown. It is, however, referred to Camp-' 
sidium^ from the resemblance borne by its foliage to that of known species 
of the genus. The present plant, of which a woodcut from Mr. Bull’s 
catalogue is annexed, has been raised from seeds received from the Feejee Islands. 
It has a slight, woody stem, furnished with opposite imparipinnate leaves, which, 
including a petiole of about an inch, measure five inches long, and consist of 
