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than when struck in frames. Ladies should now look carefully over 
the arrangement of their beds, to see if any improvement for another 
season suggests itself; and when making visits to other gardens bear 
this in mind—many valuable hints may thus be stored up for next 
May. Lay Carnations, Picotees, and Cloves, and plant out rinks, 
Rockets, &c., which are now rooted. The dry season has, in many 
places, shortened the period for summer Roses, and will, therefore, 
render a good bloom in the autumn more desirable. To have good 
autumn Roses, a great deal of water—using liquid manure where the 
soil is poor—is requisite all through August. To ensure an extra fine 
display in the autumn, however, some of the bushes should not be 
allowed to bloom too much in June, and the shoots should be cut half way 
back when the blooms decay. If these plants are well watered through 
the summer, the show of autumn bloom will be greatly increased. 
FRUIT CULTURE.—No. XI. 
BY MR. POWELL, FROGMORE. 
[Continuedfrom page 140.) 
The Peach. —This fruit has long been the ornament of British fruit 
gardens, and the pride of fruit growers ;—indeed it is held in high 
estimation by all, and in every country where it is grown ; and truly 
it merits all the care bestowed on its cultivation. The Peach is of 
oriental origin, and was probably brought into Italy by the Romans, 
thence to Britain ; but the exact period of its introduction into this 
country is not well ascertained, farther than it is said to have been 
considerably cultivated as early as the fifteenth century. Since it 
was first introduced it has passed through many stages of improvement, 
by repeated reproduction from seed, and lately a new and very impor¬ 
tant variety has come into notice, named the “ Salway,” which will 
extend the season of melting Peaches to November. Although the 
native seedlings are less tender, and possess a vigorous constitution, there 
appears but a remote chance of raising a variety that will ripen its 
fruit in this country without artificial aid; even at Montreuil, where 
the Peach is so largely grown for the Paris markets, with the advantage 
of a better climate than ours, walls are invariably used for its culti¬ 
vation ; therefore the tenderest should occupy the warmest wall aspect 
our gardens afford, otherwise success is very uncertain; but it must 
not be understood that Peaches will not ripen on an east or west wall, 
—for we have seen excellent crops of good fruit in the southern part of 
our island on a north-east aspect; but this is more the exception than the 
rule, and only happens when the previous summer was hot, followed 
by a dry autumn. This proves that in Peach culture, it is very requisite 
to get the wood properly matured ; and to prevent as far as possible 
any late growth in the trees after the fruit is gathered, will be a future 
consideration, when speaking of soils, &c. 
The Nectarine in its growth and general habit is almost like the 
