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THE CULTURE OF WALL FRUITS.-CHAPTER XII. 
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Sadleria cyatheoideb. 
young by a narrow subcoriaceous indusium. 
The venation, however, is distinct from that of 
Blechnum, the veins forming a series of costal 
arches or areoles, from which they extend to 
the margin, with which they are connivent. 
The species here referred to bears the 
synonymous names of Blechnum Fontainesianum 
and Woodivavclia cyatheoides. It is a most wel¬ 
come addition to our cultivated stove Ferns, 
being quite distinct in style and character from 
any of the dwarfer arborescent species hitherto 
known in gardens.—T. Moore. 
THE CULTURE OF WALL FRUITS. 
Chapter XII.— The Peach and Nectarine ( concluded). 
f llE preservation of an abundant and 
healthy crop of foliage should always 
be kept prominently before the mind 
of the Peach cultivator, for without it the 
production of fine-flavoured fruit in any 
quantity can scarcely bo hoped for, even 
under the most favourable atmospherical 
conditions; but when we come to add to 
the inimical influence of inclement weather, 
the host of enemies which spring up on every 
side to attack and derange its healthy de¬ 
velopment, we may well at times feel rather 
discouraged, knowing that when the functions 
of the foliage are deranged by the depredations 
of the insect tribe to any extent, we may only 
expect fruit meagre in quantity and inferior 
in quality. As, then, the production of fruit 
is the very end, aim, and summit of all our 
endeavours, it behoves us to take timely measures 
to ward off as far as possible those attacks, and 
although we cannot always entirely neutralise 
their effects, much may be done by preventive 
