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No.  896.— VoL.  XXXV.,  Third  Series. 
THIS  is  one  side  of  a  story  of  which,  as  with 
most,  there  are  two.  On  the  bright  side — 
and  it  is  but  fair  to  turn  to  it  for  a  moment, 
although  it  needs  hut  little  comment — we  may 
see  those  intelligent  expositions  of  gardening  under 
which  this  subject  receives  that  consideration  it 
deserves,  deriving  from  it  corresponding  good 
result^  Yet  I  venture  to  assert,  from  personal 
observation,  that  for  every  good  example  to  be 
found  there  are  two  the  reverse — one  showing 
sheer  neglect,  the  other  decided  mediocrity  ;  h'  nee 
the  conclusion  is  arrived  at  that  in  this  matter  at 
least  we  have  fallen,  and  are  still  falling,  away 
from  the  excellent  ii/ractice  of  our  forefathers. 
Corroborative  evidence  is  afforded  by  more  than 
one  lament  from  high  places  over  the  disappear¬ 
ance  of  the  luscious  open-air  Peach  of  boyhood 
days;  and  not  that  alone,  for  those  magnificent 
dessert  Plums,  the  pride  of  a  past  genet atiou,  are 
often,  too,  conspicuous  by  their  absence. 
'File  causes  which  have  led  to  this  are  not  far 
to  seek.  So  far  as  Peaches  are  concerned,  where 
the  question  of  open-air  culture  crops  rq)  the 
matter  is  dismissed  by  saddling  the  deficiency 
upon  that  scapegoat,  the  weather.  Indeed,  the 
decadence  of  this  phase  of  cultivation  with 
Peaches  is  not  rarely  adduced  as  a  proof  of 
sufficient  climatic  change  to  have  brought  about 
the  result.  Granted  what  is  proved  by  the  ethics 
of  geological  and  geographical  science  to  be  the 
case,  such  changes  in  the  forces  of  Nature  are 
spread  over  too  large,  too  vast  intervals  of  time 
to  affect  the  question  to  any  appreciable  extent, 
and  the  impotency  of  any  attempt  to  compute 
such  changes  from  data  as  afforded  by  a  few 
generations  may  be  admitted.  Doahtless  many 
will  say  that  with  the  great  facilities  now  at 
hand  in  the  way  of  glass  ]irotection.  Peach  grow¬ 
ing  in  the  o[)en  is  pi'actically  unnecessary,  that 
is  another  matter ;  but  with  those  who  have  some 
lingering  regard  for  the  past,  and  attach  any  im¬ 
portance  to  its  bearing  on  the  present,  then,  given 
the  same  care  and  attention  to  the  tree  on  the 
wall  as  is  afforded  to  it  under  glass  protection, 
excellent  results  are  still  to  be  obtained. 
No.  2552.— VoL.  XOVII.,  Old  Series. 
