The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-06-10 00:00:00

SELECTION OF TREES FOR GARDENS.

The oaks, elms, beeches, and cheenuts of the park are not
ganleu trees, and every °macro( an ash-tree must admit that
it comes into leaf late, is usually wanting in grace and rich-
ness, and exhausts the soil so much about at that it isdifficult
to elotbe the ground beneath the spread of its branches.
It must not he concluded, however, that these trees Sr.
to be cut down in every instance in which we find them
in gardtsta Nut far from here stands a venerable
oak -tree in a front court in a villa garden, and
I feel inclined occasionally to lift my hat to
It, so noble are its outbnes and so sturdy its
strength. Let us not be in haste to draw hard and fast
lines, but let us agree that there are forest trees, and park
trees, awl garden trees, and make allowanoe for a variety
of circumstancts, and especially for the accidents that in
great part determine the character )4 a place. We have
In such genera as Pyrus. Ornus, l'runus, alLn, Syringe,
lialimodendron, and all the et el-green trees and shrub. (in-
cluding of course the evergreen oak), real garden trees.
In planting a ganlen, early leafing trees and shrubs
are of the utmost value, for it is not desirable

to plant such • tree as the ash that shows no
tint of green until nearly the tot of June, while the
thorns leaf early and give abundance of glorious sowers,
that are succeeded by eural•red berries, on which the melo-
dious thrush makes • banquet all the winter long. Let
no consider for • moment the cleims of the horse-chainut.
It is not a forest tree, for it makes no timber. It is not
a garden treg, for nothing can live beneath its shade,
not a bird will build in its la:inches, and every boy
who can get near it in autumn will 1,01,/ the air with
tying stones, bricks, and sticks to knock down its
prickly fruit fur the sake of the glorioualy-painted
brown nut which the splitting of the husk reveala It is,
however, • park tree, and • roadside tree, and • public
pmniensale tree, and • piiruchial tree of the grandest
character. awl liushey, in the middle of May. will convince
any possible sceptic on that point. On the other hand, the
" Red-towering Chestnut" is really a garden tree, for it
grows slowly, and hence does not :Italie such an over-
powering shadow as the 00rffillon chestnut ; and although
it gives little shelter to birds, for they rarely build in it,
nevertheless It has • much more elegant leafage than the
other, and its towers are among the grandest thinp in the
floral way that nature produces.- The Gardener's ifa9a-

FOUR AT A BIRTH. —The holi'peiolosice of Brussels
mentions that an extraordinary case of fecundity has just
occurred at Fexhe44lins, in Belgium; a woman named
Larose has given birth to four children, three boys and one
girl, all perfectly formed and in good health. The infants
are all alive, and, like their mother, doing welL The hus-
band is a labouring man earning 4fr. We, per day. His
family, which before consisted of five children, has thus
been suddenly inert...sea to nine.
THE PIOBABLE Pita E Or COALPL —An ides is
prevalent that coals are certain to be much cheaper at
)4idsummer, but this seems to be • mistake. Last year's
rise in price commenced in May, and was continuous
throughout the year. This week, being holiday time,
little or no coal was raiaeil at the pits, and at present
scarcely stock exists either in London or the country.
In aggravation, as it were, of the present state of things,
the railway rates for the carriage of coals were increased
&I. per tenon the lit of June, and it is anticipated that a
further increase of 6.1. per tun will take place on the Ist
of July. From all these facts it is clear that unless DOW-
thing unforeseen occurs coals will be dearer than ever.—
Cirdian.

SUMMIT AND EIHTATIONAL ESHIBITION.—In coa•
neetion with the Social Science Congress. to be held at
Norsrich from the 14 to the Bth of Octeber next, there
will be an exhibition of educational, sanitary, and
domestic appliances, based on the experiment which
proved so successful at Leeds in 1871. The large and
spacious drill hall has been placed at the service of the
Social Science Association fwith the sanction of the (.o-
vernment) by the corn o.anding officer. The object of the
exhibition ii to bring under the notice of the public gener-
ally, and particularly those who are interested in social,
sanitary, and educational queationa, the latest scientific
appliances for improving the pcblic health and promoting
education. .

HEALTH RESORTS. The increasing popularity of that
most pleasant watering•place, Ilfracombe, is shown by the
fact that railroad and steamboat companies still vie with
each other in offering exceptional facilities to those
who wish to enjoy its bracing yet balmy air. By
the South Western route rid Barnstaple, the Great
Western and Midland rid Portishead, and the North
Western rid Swansea, tourist and family tickets at very
moderate fares are issued from all principal stations. A
at the Ilfracombe Hotel place. within one's reach
V°trbei beauties and glories of North Devon memery. Tha
hotel itself stands in its own surrounding. of five or six
acres, with gardens, terraces. and cliff walks leading down
to the sea, and within it. 200 or 300 room, every provision
In made for the comfort of visitor..
Tim GAM SUPPLY or 'rim Ilgrtorobta. -At • meeting
nf the London Gas Consumer.' Association, to take steps
to secure for the metropolis a supply of gas at a fair and
-reasonable price, the report of the half-yearly meeting of
the South Metropolitan Gas Company, which has for the
last 12 months supplied 16-candle gas, free of meter rent,
at Is., being • net charge .4 'M. 1011. iser 1,000 feet, we.
_read. It wasted that "notwithstanding the reduction in
• the price of gas last year to Is. per 2,000 feet and the
increased cost of coals and all other materials and Labour,
• the profits .1 the half year amount to 115,KM, against
1:15,064 of the corresponding period of 1 ail ; increase
in the cost of coal having lavn met by extra receipts for
coke daring the half year under review." The increase of
amounta to 1.:1.17.810, and of 1011. to 1;511,300 per
annum. It was contind.d that all the Loudon companies
could afford to supply gas at the South bletropohtsta rate,
• and that a eaving in the cost of gas amounting to 1.715,610

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a year 11 within the reach of the gas consuniera
t In lb. Court of S ion, Edinburgh, a trod has been coii•
eluded in which Samuel Whitlow, residiag Bank,
Heiden Norris, StOCkl.li, :Mil lately manager to Memos.
Benjamin Whitworth and IU-others, cotton brokers, Man-
chester, rued the Caledonian Railway Company for LZ,IOI
4 damages, for injurier which be athsteined wbile in (Mem-
street, Glasgow, un the 20th November but, by • bale
falling upon Lim from a lorry which belong.' to the de-
fenders. The jury returned X verdict for the plaintiff, and
enmeseed the damages at 1:1,Z.00.

There la a movement on foot it. Plinbargli and Mar
gow for inviting the Shah to %ilia N.,..re towns, lest
nothing Mis as yet been deri.l, 1 by the aubhuoitina.
The enamel dinner of the Unit,' law I Ilierkg' Society
was held on Wednesday eicning at the Fre.11111a,41%
The chair wam taken by the Lord I 'hmiceller.
It is announced at l'hatlism garrimn that 'trend ),u
died men of the Royal NW-ill. Light Infantry are to take
part in the autumn nouncuvres.
In the next iasue of clothing, the siaptintol men of the
Army Service Cone arc to be provided wise spiked hat.
meta. in lieu of the lament ahaltn
Keep good company. slit be one of tin. bumfr.
Wiles is • house like a bird! AVlatii it h. wingn
'Sims a 'ioode of presatio; tbat gives oslss 19

HOSPITAL SUNDAY IN LONDON.
. 'THE LABOUR MARKET.
n" m 4-2 h" alaltiald to tha Lard Mayor that ffia The isenditlon of the home labour market hasander-
will become e patrolmen of the Mosdal Sand* novo no gnat c during the as pt week. The avert-
meet,, London of which his is ane of the most Fof serioun=sin Cleveland has, however, Increased
•etiresuPPortara Fire hundred oleerlutan Of the °introit ad vit; in the ball trades; though, in the Midlands, high
England, and eve hundred ministers of other denomins prices are still miming more or lees suspenaion of labour.
tin. have offered to 000perate in the special services The oopper-smelters' difficulty with their employers, in
which will take place on Sunday in the metropolis Devon and Cornwall, is also likely to be settled without
and suburb.. within • radius of twenty miles any great las to either side In the metropolis, from al?
The Lord Mayor and Sheriff,, acoompanied *the Court al Mal inquiries, we believe labour to be very well enild°Lim ;
Aldermen, will go to St. Paul's in State, sad the Court of sad the great Medea' desnonstration on Whit-Mon-
Common Connell will inert them there. It I. hoped that day indicates that meningitis proceed. aim"
the Prince of Wales will also be present. The Archbishop kanchas—the labourers being • tersely roPremm"', "
of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, severalhlal well.. the various 0000000 of From Smythe-Mk
the Church of England, Arch bMh op hafting. Mgr. sad Darlaston, advices remelt us sf the local industries
and most of the eminent preachers of other &mese being well stied; and from Linsoltishire, Nottinghant,
advocate the good muse. and Northamptrnhire, Monetotte wnrk_

aro roprited likely to lesTa, in course of time,
to much migration from the low-paid district& Iflend-
gration, we may call attention to an important article
which, we have reason to believe, is from • well-informed
authority on Brazil, which has appeared in the Spectator,
and is now reprinted In the Labor Nero. To afford
reliable information as to the resource. of Western
Texas, a new organisation has been formed; and most of
the existing aerate for the various statss and colonies
are in full activity. Meanwhile, the general condition of
the working classes st hone may be described as remark-
ably prosperous; and in several directions steps are being
taken to encourage various forms of providence, in view
of the existing high rages paid in most trailer. Vacancies
for mill-hands may mill be noticed; and a possible further
limitation of working hours, at no distant date, may pro-
bably lead to • yet wader demand. From trdiff our cor-
respondent reports sane scarcity of labour for several pup
poses— The Labour _Vera