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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
apply it to all recently-transplanted shrubs and trees daily for some time after 
their removal. We believe that, with the master eye of a well-practised man, 
and with this judicious application, trees may be removed with safety at any 
time of the year for special purposes. 
In saying that trees may, for special purposes, bo removed at any time of 
the year, we do not wish to alter the generally-received opinion on this subject. 
As a rule, autumnal planting is the thing; and if the tree is moved while it is 
yet in leaf so much the better. But I mean to say that, where it is necessary 
for an especial object to move one at the wrong season, it may be successfully 
accomplished by the exercise of a little extra care and perseverance. 
In proof of the accuracy of my statement, I may be allowed to mention 
that my good friends, Messrs. J. & C. Lee, of Hammersmith, planted large 
Lilacs in full bloom last summer, they having an occasion which justified them 
in making this special trial. 
In many gardens it would be quite possible, and, if thought of, could be 
done at a small outlay, to have the water brought by pipes down the front of 
the wall borders, and the trees syringed without any carrying of water by 
hand, either by garden engines or hydropults. This would altogether con¬ 
stitute a most efficient and advantageous mode of appliance, and, if at first 
well considered and done, would be found, in the end, to save expense. 
Independently of the general supply of water for the purposes of the 
garden, it would be well for the amateur to economise the water caught upon 
such houses as he might wish to have, and to catch it all in cisterns in such 
places. He will find it invaluable for watering and syringing purposes ; and 
as these supplies might sometimes fail in dry weather, it would be well to make 
use of a tap from the general stock, near to each house, thus insuring a con¬ 
tinuous and permanent supply to be used at pleasure, while the under and 
excessive water would be fully carried away, by the adoption of the preventive 
means we have detailed. Thus far we have ventured to lay before our amateur 
readers some suggestions, upon the carrying out of which must depend their 
success or failure in the art of horticulture. 
Amershcim. Henry Bailey, C.M.R.H.S. 
THE PRESERVATION OF FRUITS. 
{From the Proceedings of the American Pomological Society.) 
The production of new and choice varieties of fruit is not the*only labour 
of the pomologist. The great annual loss from decay constrains me to say a 
word more on the ‘preservation of fruits. Probably twenty-five per cent of our 
summer and early autumn fruits either rot, or, to prevent loss, are forced 
upon the market at very low prices. In the hot season of the year, and with 
certain species of fruit, this evil cannot be entirely overcome; but that it 
may, in a great measure, be controlled by suitable fruit-rooms and other expe¬ 
dients, and that we may thus prolong the season of fruits beyond their usual 
duration, we entertain no reasonable doubt. What we especially need, is 
valuable late autumn and winter sorts. These, however, will not supersede the 
necessity of suitable storehouses, without which the heat of our warm autumnal 
months is liable to start the ripening process, and compel us to dispose of them. 
The proper construction and management of these is, therefore, command¬ 
ing the attention of pomologists, both in this country and in Europe. Their 
success is found to depend on a perfect control of the temperature, moisture, 
and light. After having built and managed four fruit-rooms, upon different 
plans, I am of opinion that a proper equilibrium of temperature and moisture 
