On Training Plum Trees against Walls. 
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CrawshavSs Ckyuntess^—Turner s Princess of Wales^—Hattersley s 
Invincible, ^c. 
When the plants have done flowering, they should be taken out of 
the frames and set upon the borders, that the seed may be ablo to 
ripen; which it will do in June or July. As soon as the seed-pods 
begin to change colour, and open at the top, be careful to cut them off 
directly, or you will be liable to lose the seed. 
The seed should generally be selected from the most compact and best 
kinds, as Parkis Lord J^'elson, &c. It should be sown in the February 
following, in a box or pan, filled with light new mould ; covering the 
seed about a quarter of an inch deep. In the course of a month or five 
weeks, they will be up, and will require a little water occasionally in a 
morning; covering them down closely with a bell or hand glass in the 
evening. 
In May, they will be sufficiently strong to transplant into small pots, 
or upon a warm border, to remain for flowering the following spring. 
When they are in flower, you may select such as are valuable flowers. 
Pin-eyes, (or those that show the pistillum) may be thrown away, 1or 
else planted in the borders, for although they are gen erally the brightest 
colours, they are considered to be worth little. Those called by florists 
Moss-eyes, having a fine yellow edge and good ground colours, are es¬ 
teemed the best. 
We have a very choice collection of fine seedlings, raised after this 
manner; and last year I raised above four hundred,—many of which, I 
have no doubt, will produce excellent flow'ers. 
I am. Gentlemen, yours, &c. 
John Revell. 
PitsmooT, December, 1831. 
Article X. —On the Management of Plum Trees trained 
against a Wall. By Mr. J. Mearns, of Presteigne. 
Gentlemen, 
I HAVE for many years adopted the method of training all my 
wall-plum trees exactly as I do my Peaches, &c., i. e, by a judicious 
and regular succession of young wood; upon which they form blossom- 
buds as freely as the young wood of those trees which we are all in 
the habit of training by a regular succession of young wood. The Plum 
tree, by this method, instead of being one of the most unsightly on the 
wall, certainly becomes one of the finest and handsomest trees, as well 
as one of the most important, in the garden. It can be trained in the 
fan form, (the best method for the young-wood system) to a greater 
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