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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Ground of the above description is generally trenched, and all hard stones 
that will do for road-making purposes are taken out; but such soft ones as are 
of no use and likely to be split up into fragments by the winter’s frost are left 
in. I think about 9 d. per rod for trenching the ground, and about the same 
per ton for such useful stones as are taken out, is often paid, and the increased 
value of the land well repays this outlay. This being done early in the 
autumn, the young trees are planted as soon as they can be conveniently got 
in, taking care to do this, if possible, when the ground is dry. 
Many growers raise their own plants; in fact, it is common for most 
Kentish farmers who grow fruit for market to have a nursery where they rear 
large quantities of Currants, Gooseberries, and the like, as well as graft and 
propagate Apple and other trees by the hundred. In such places Filbert trees 
are plentiful enough, and they are raised from suckers, which are produced in 
great numbers when required, as will be shown hereafter. Small plants having 
about 10 inches or a foot of clear collar, and then spreading out into branches 
in all directions, are selected. Assuming that the plantation is intended ulti- 
matelj 7 for Filberts only, they are planted about 12 feet apart each way if the 
ground is good; but if not so likely to suit them, 10 feet might be substituted. 
Generally Currant trees, or it may be Hops, or both, are planted between to 
occupy the ground while the Filbert is growing, and sometimes standard Apple, 
Pear, or Plum trees are planted at wider intervals to remain as permanent 
trees ; but this plan has been in a great measure abandoned, and everything is 
made subordinate to the Filbert when it is intended to have a first-rate plantation. 
If the ground at the time of planting has been recently trenched, and much 
of the subsoil thrown to the top, it would be better to have a little mellow fine 
earth that has been long exposed to the atmosphere, and to give each tree a 
spadeful or two to start its roots into. This is frequently done with other fruit 
trees when it is necessary to plant quickly after trenching. A low-growing 
crop is sometimes taken off the ground. This, however, will suggest itself 
to the cultivator; but I have seen plenty of instances where the farmer paid 
£6 and upwards per acre rent, and where he found it to his advantage to allow 
the newly-planted trees—Filberts, Gooseberries, or Currants, also Hops—the 
whole of the ground, occasionally stirring it during the summer, and, of course, 
keeping all the weeds down. If the intending cultivator thinks he cannot 
afford Filberts the whole space, let whatever vegetable crop he takes off the 
ground be kept clear of the Filbert trees, and remove it as early in the autumn 
as possible. I may also observe, that if Currants or Gooseberries be planted 
between the Filbert trees, they may be from 5 to 6 feet apart, taking care that 
those nearest the Filberts are cut away in time to prevent their injuring the 
more permanent occupiers of the soil. 
{To be continued.) N. R. 
OUR CONTEMPORARIES. 
The Botanical Magazine for April contains representations of the 
following:— 
Peperomia marmorata .—A dwarf, branching, stove herbaceous plant, dis¬ 
covered by Mr. Weir, in Southern Brazil. The leaves are ovate-cordate, from 
3 to 5 inches long, their upper surface of an opaque dull green, marbled with 
irregular longitudinal bands of white. This has been frequently shown under 
the name of Peperomia arifolia, which is, however, a very different plant, 
having peltate leaves. 
Ericinella Mannii .—An Ericaceous plant found by M. Mann, at an elevation 
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