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Reviews and Extracts. — Horticulture^ 
the reiTiavks on propagation, &c. generally good. On the cultivation of the 
Moor-Park Apricot, Mr. Lindley has the following very judicious remarks.— 
'‘The Moor-Park Apricot, in some situations, is apt to be affected by the canker 
in diiTerent parts of the tree; thereby occasioning’a partial loss of its limbs. 
When this takes place in old trees, it is too late to apply a remedy ; but its occur¬ 
rence may be prevented by taking’ up the young tree, after it has been trained 
three or four years, cutting off close those roots which have a perpendicular 
<lirection, and spreading out the others horizontally, aiid replanting it again ; 
taking care that the part where it had been budded, be kept six or eight inches 
above the surface of the ground. If this be carefully performed, withoutshaking 
the mould off the roots, the progress of the tree will be but little impeded by the 
operation. At the end of three years more, this should be repeated in the same 
manner, after which it will rarely happen that any of those local injuries will 
take place ” 
These observations may not only be applied to the Moor-park Apricot, but 
are calculated to benefit all other descriptions of fruit-trees, that are not in a 
weakly condition. 
Mr. Lindley, w’e observe, recommends, “copious watering at the roots” of 
the Persian Melon:—now, we have cultivated them ever since their introduction, 
but were always careful to treat them exactly opposite to these directions, by 
giving them as little water at the roots as possible. Indeed the best flavoured 
Persian Melon we ever tasted, never had a drop of water given at the roots, 
from the time of planting. We use a strong clayey loam, and cover the bed 
with sand, which prevents the soil becoming dry. Cuttings are preferable, 
under all circumstances, either for Cucumbers or Melons. 
Mr. Lindley has evidently never visited the Highlands of Scotland, or he 
would never have thought of recommending what sorts of Peaches, and Nec¬ 
tarines, would best thrive there on the open wall. We also think he has been 
too copious in his kinds of Apples recommended for that district. However, 
these are but minor points, and perhaps hardly worth notice, as, taking it on 
the whole, the work is extremely valuable to all persons who possess small or 
large gardens ; and we can safely recommend it to the attention of the public. 
2.—Gardener’s Magazine; Edited by J. C. Loudon, F.L.S. &:c. 
Published every two months, price ds.iod. 
No. 33, FOR Accost, contains 
Page 461. —Art. 13. — On a Method of Growing the Melon, by Mr. John 
Lovell, Brecon. 
The method Mr. Level has adopted of growing the melon, is;—1st, well bed¬ 
ding and firmly rooting the plants, to support a good crop of fruit; and 2nd, 
in early setting, and preserving the first fruit, and forcing the whole of the 
plants luxuriantly, through the whole of the period necessary for their ma¬ 
turity. 
To effect this, he prepares his bed with dung, well w’atered and fermented, 
or tan, not wishing to have so strong a heat as for cucumbers. The seed is 
sown in pots, in which the plants are to remain until they are turned into the 
bills, leaving only three plants in each pot. They are placed on the dung, 
in order to start them, as soon as the bed is made up, unless there should be 
another bed in use at the same time. As soon as the second rough leaf ap¬ 
pears, a hill of good loam and turf, mixed with a sixth part of rotten dung. 
