The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-18 00:00:00

Ii•RDY FRUIT GARDEN.

The imp iambs of pushing on the work of tootpraning,
and transplanting. daring Ins weather, Isse bees
dwelt upon in prertom c ateliers, but is thought to he of
milliciemt Importance to Juetily constant allusion to the
sul int daring the remota whoa each work can be owned
on with satisfaction to all concerned. Old decrepid trees
of peaches, nectarines. and epricota. have been rimming
and dying bit by bit or nither, piece hyalites, during the
peat ourinial name, in a Olailaillt I.lllft Kataly wows
that tli.y o,n never do say more good, and therefore had
b err be cleared away without hesitation. It sometimes
hawse. in cu-s this sort, that there ant healthy
young trees on either side of the old one that are requir-
ing the wall Rowe that will Mai become vacant, and
which tress will need nothieg more than • is arrangement
of I heir brandies, to as to 'tenderly eover the bent place.
In some initiator, bowever it will be Writable to 1411
11.. two trees and plant them werer together, having
n mired most of the old dime sal from the spot recently
oecupled hr the old tees, and filled tip the border with
fresh greet stair of • calcareous nature. with • good
!winkling of lime rubbish or swdetose eklppisw if the
happens to lie deficient in vit Mich re-arrange-
manta no these are often hitter Is pirates more twin r
them is • greater likelihood of *web ledividnal tree hawing
seffkleet coop. to deeei..ps freely and (silo Intl emit-
thine like the dimensions {hine are naturel to Ito own
far tbaier Mod of variety. and feint tnea so treated rarely
fail to bear good crow ootwitastandlog they may
he °them., kedly menaced, or not managed •t all.
The nectreitiee of each individual esim, however,
con only be correctly eetiimited on the *pot, conse-
quently there is roan, • wide margin kit too the
circles of lodgment and Marred= an the pert of
those who are in dirge of the oirmtionit. It will be
better ti tenet to We adios of the elements. son, fee..
wind, Ir., to been the berm of nisch-trees then I. be
too tree with the new birch-broom, however deftly it limey
be sued. When the leame begin ta fall naturally the
tree• should be frequently ewe ow, end relieved by
hand of all accumulations of fallen haven In, Was mut•
itut ashore Mimed of trying to usurp her place. knyquo
chnnic„. being moo 15.1ess, the war whiter pruning and
nallin npinntioog my be wanwecied sees.. es sonvent.
tint. The present Is also • gong time to tate out the inuita
Is old wens, and repine Went with a sitztare et goog
=orb. nod ROW* csomont.-4. Harrison. Isamu,.

FOOD A DOLTSItiTION.—Dr. Trip., public imialys
of the ilaeluway dietriat. reports, 'that an Os sloPkis
b. .isariued.tloscot oel. were sold iimixtures of
$ row.* aad mar, the areeptloa Wag
Cadbury'. Come Ifaessea, width was getaulas. me
Quantity of .u.reh la the other ample, varied between
fir and 110 par oeat, so that alloerlag for eager, there
eras not Is souse ef them mare this 34 per oast. of
mom. As snide like Ws was omparativsly rigor
law as a food.

FLOWER GARDEN, rrc.
It is oow quite time to see to the lifting and storing of
the root. of Dahlia and II irvel of Peru. When lifting
the dahlia roots care should be taken to secure the
numbers or names, as the case may be, to each root, for
which purpose copper or flexible galvanised wire is the
but material, as matting or strings apt to decay before
the spring, and the names get lost or mixed up with
I others About sis I ches of the stems should he left
I adhering to the roots, and previous to storing they should
be laid in a dry place for a few dors with the roots
upwards, to drain off any superfluous water from the
co lan of the plants The best place for wintering the
routes an undergroand cellar or other similar erection
which is perfo•tly free from frost, but not heated in any
way, and very dry and cool ; here they may he placed and
Just covered with tolershly dry sand—desiccation is
avers to be avoided, or small roots will become so
skriv• lied as to leave no vitality to start with in the
spring Marvel of Peru may be stored in like manner.
The bulb-tubers of the very beautiful old-fashioned
plants, the tigridia parcels and tigridia conebillors
should now be lifted and stored. In storing, one thing
isnot be kept in mind, that wine are vets fond of them,
and if put In any place where they can get at them, them;
will not be • bulb left in the spring The best Plan
ever adopted, however, and the one which has kept the
roots in the plumpest and best condition, is to dig oat •
hole against a garden wall in the open air, about two feet
deeP ; make the bottom very firm, and place thereon •
stout Westmoreland slate, on which plow, four other
slates edgewise, two long and twe Barrow for the ends, so .
that a slate of the same sine as the bottom will cover the
top; make the earth secure all round the outsides, and
place the balbs in layers covered with sand in the slate-
box ; cover with the slate on the top, taking care that the
edges all fit securely so that mice cannot enter, and fill
the bole up; thus stored they will be found at planting.
time as fresh as if only Just lifted. In planting them in
beds, conchifiora, being much the strongest grower, shoeld
always oocupy the centre. They will bear a great amount
of water during the growing season, and the dowering is
greatly prolonged and strengthened by going over the beds
every morning, and picking off the seed-pods of the
previous day's flowers.
The planting of winter 'coolie, turban and other
ranunculus, Spanish and English Iris:Use commoner kinds
of anemone, •nd indeed bulb planting in general, should
be finishe4 off it once The 'meson has been • most
favourable one for the purpose lately, and there, should lie
or no arrears either of bulb planting. that of the aubrietias,
&robes pansies, and other plants intended for spring
dowering, and th• more so as the leaves of trees are making
themselves very conspicuous by their more than used
abundance, and • due regard to • tolerably neat appear-
&lWO requires their frequent collection awl storing sway,
leaving, however, the final clearini up till after tbe lse
fall, which is general 'y over by the first week in Describer ;
the grass, however. has continued growing all through the
maroon to • later period than usual. and if not already
attended to should have a final shave over at once, not too
close, however, for although the season has been • most
favourable one for the production of • thick, substantial
covering to the ground, it will not be advisable to cut it
too close, u the mere act of rolling and snipping off the
tope of the grass will suitor for producing a care-taken
appearance. Severe frost may now set in at any tima, and
a sufficient supply of protecUng materials of all sorts
should he kept at band for all emergencies. The pits in
which scheveriaa have been planted for the winter should
be at once wooed with glass lights —Join Car.