The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

,EMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

AGRICULTURE.

How xo CUT HEDGES.—AImost all the thorn one sees are
clipped square, i. e., the top is made flat and the sides per-
pendicular, the object apparently being to make them as like a
wall as possible. An observation I heard made lately seems to
have a great deal of truth in it, viz., that this system has a
great tendency to make the hedge grow thin below, and that
it is a much better way to keep it widest at the base and let it
gradually taper to a point at the top. I have certainly seen
hedges managed in this way present a beautifully close surface,
which I attribute to the plan of allowing a much greater
number of shoots to reach the outside. Hedges kept square
are very apt, when old, to get " blanky," and grow bare
near the ground, even though the top may be quite thick and
flourishing. In this case there is no remedy but cutting down,
always a disagreeable necessity, for then all shelter is gone at
once, whereas this would very seldom be necessary if the hedge
was kept in a pyramidal shape, for then there would always be
plenty of shoots close to the ground equally young and growing
as those at the top.—A. Northern, in Gardeners' Chronicle.
DAMP HAY AND SALT.—A good deal of hay having been
stacked hastily, with risk of overheating, and the weather still
not promising a good time for drying, ler me remind your
farming readers, that overheating may be prevented by a little
salt strewed in, in stacking ; say 11b. to the cwt., more or less
accordineto the dampness. Too much salt will prevent its
heating at all, to sweeten with age, which makes it sell better,
though, perhaps, none the more nourishing for home use. A
still better method is, to stack the damp hay in layers, with old
dry hay, or straw, and sprinkle the salt between ; but few
farmers have, probably, much old hay, or straw, now, to spare
for the purpose. Mouldy hay, put together with salt, from 81b.
to 251 b. per ton, was better relished by the cattle, and did them
more good, than sound hay stacked without salt; of which
many instances are recorded. An excellent farmer, at Land-
rake, in Cornwall, many years ago, stacked damp hay with
salt ; which came out almost a paste when the rick was opened,
but the cattle devoured it greedily. In Germany, they even
cure fresh cut grass by pitting with salt, Ilb. to the cwt. • it
comes out quite a paste, and is said to go farther, in food, than
the same quantity of grass made into hay. The advantage of
dry straw, to absorb the juice drawn out by the salt, is twofold,
—first, in preventing the souring of the grass,—and second,
in rendering the straw itself nourishing and palatable, by the
juice thus absorbed—T. Prideaux.

• of $l9.
face of the soil lightly, and applying
or soot, they will throw up strongly and be in Prote.tedcl(
before winter. Attend to celery and all recentlY lon, 0
with water in the event of the weather bean"'
Gardeners' Chronicle. i, ralleej
THE GARDEN OF THE LUXEMBOURG.---TiL . ot ~
and orange trees of the Luxembourg. are at presLto
transferred into new cases of larger size. The CO
orange trees belonging to the Luxembourg is one ot.So
remarkable of any of the public gardens in Franq! ird!
the number and age of the trees. Or
trees, Itfe-00.
a good dress!ag
too
attain a vast age. In the orangery at VersaillesaiselV
under the three names of Grand Connetable, Fr 12.C1t,
Grand Bourbon, which is more than 400 years olateiilsf,
from somes pippins of a tree of bitter oranges Pl39oeitt
at the commencement of the fifteenth century, by Pene7,
Castille, wife of Charles 111., King of Navarre. lecke
which sprang from them were preserved in the :,;i
to 1499, at Pampeluna ; they afterwards passed lan t$ 41
' hands, as rare and precious objects ; and then beeat4ll
perty of the Constable de Bourbon, who placed bpi
Chateau de Chantelle, in the Bourbonnais. Irli,e Poe '
the constable having been confiscated in 15`2,deso,
trees were sent to decorate the Palace of Fontaine4A.
Francois I. had caused to be restored and enloic :
res.tt Jesoivlft,. r
Louis XIV. had terminated Versailles and bailt—A ,
cent orangery, he gave orders that all the orange tititt.-
in the royal residences should be conveyed to it• 0
1684, and the orange trees of Pampeluna, which!,
those thus removed, were then two centuries ands
The Grand Constable, the most remarkable of t"
withstanding its great age, still perfectly vigoroils•ii
INTRODUCTION OF PLANTS INTO ENGLAND $d 0
were first grown by Rose, gardener to Charles 11.thli0
Raleigh introduced the potatoe. Sir Antlioab4o
ancestor of Lord Shaftesbury, first planted c3l, noon
country, and a cabbage appears at his feet oil i11'1,0,4
Figs were planted in Henry the VIII. 's reign 3t treo,
Cardinal Pole, and it is said that the identical
sperio)
remaining.Dartford,
i aonv,erwhthoe efirercsttedtwtohelimfi
planted at Dartford, and which are still gidr°4olY
Thomas Cromwell enriched the garden of Bliho;eete,*
different kinds of plums. It was Evelyn, ,I"„ropor.if',.,'
was not exceeded by his learning, who largeiS,,Ye" ire%
noble oak in this country; so much so, that toilirol,'
he planted have supplied the navy of Great
.„t pfd 1r ,
chief proportion of timber. Cherries were :1,01f01{0_„17
Kent, by the Knight Templars, who lit "" POr
brought tot
riper, j
Ea • East , and the first mulberry trees were a15°,,, 11.; Oa"
Kent by the Knights of St. John, of Jerusalfr?Proinw-6
that Sir Richard Weston first brought 10fr°` .1' e, po ,etl
Brabant. The introduction of turnips, tiou,al):e'
is attributed to him, and his memory is 'rectl`
bitant of Surrey acquainted with his deeds'

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FASHIONS.
artl' 04,y
MANY of the new bonnets, dresses, and otbeljoge,,,i/,
tume now in progress are destined for ladies ,Icrottildfee•
leave London for the- country. A large Prfrior,'o?
dresses consist of barege, and of white and re4,,A
Nearly all are either flounced or have doublew-tf f
intended for young ladies, have the skirt siol4loil
corsages are made with or without basctile9;,;telifiN
are, in general, trimmed with frills. A liar, —0;09
country, has just been prepared in Paris for Itiotoi/
Sutherland. It consists of very fine Leglo%l6l ;
round form, called the Bolivar hat. It is trini,,4
crown by a wreath of flowers, including hones"6l
forget-me-not, and camellia. Under the bripoitV
quets, one on each side, fixed by bows of ribbon
descending to form the strings.
r :04
A dress of white worked muslin of superin
in course of preparation at the establishnlen-ed
principal dressmakers of Paris. It is destlii,, tVely
princess whose, presence is shortly expected in
capital. The dress is trimmed with three floniltitai
mented with three rows of medallions, 001511
work encircled by lace. These flounces are
of lace about two inches wide set on in slir,,lgt.
under them are flounces of lilac gauze, disP„,lll,Y,OOl,Ol,
the beauty of the needlework and lace. 1-I'' over f'
are bordered by a light ruche of gauze ribbou,, °11,0,01
the lace attached to the edge of the muslin P° 149 -1;
lace thus slightly supported adds much to ti-levA
beauty of the trimming. The corsage, 'viaell/1V(
square in front, is edged round with medallion; of clik
and trimmings in lace. The sleeves are torn-01,000/i
ornamented, like the flounces with needloc.°r, efei,
gathered up in fulness by a bow with fieronreten4
sarsenet ribbon. The same ribbon is to fort,' "600;0'
nating in front of the waist in a bow and loll;ci
and the front of the corsage will be ornament
•Pc VI
of violets.
Intl, The novelties in articles of lace and Intl, S°'be Jr
very pretty morning collars and under-sleele. 01
sertions of worked muslin and Valenciennes 'OO eel'',
are cloSe at the wrist, and have turned-uP, -ves -‘-'err'
fancy buttons. Some of the open, under-deed
black and white lace. interniiugled.—Theia

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