The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-21 00:00:00

aortitulture.

PRUNING FRUIT TRR RR

The extreme difference of the weather this autumn
from th it of the last three years, which were as unsuitable
for ripening all kinds of fruit trees as could well be
Imagined, gives every hope of next wagon crops being fulL
To ”lake the most of the weather Ills, however, necessary
that we should bestir ourselves and give our trees every
opportunity of profiting to the utmost from the glorious
‘ we are now experiencing. In my own case. as I
f=awthat pears and some others would be all but faibaree
this season. I early in the summer thinned out spurs 1112 d
extra wood, so that these have had the whole summer and
autumn to develops strong buds. Apricots, plums, apples,
and other fruits are nos being pruned so as to give V.em
every benefit of the warm air. —R. B.—Journal qf
Hort ieulgurs.

FLOW= OkRDZIII

With shortening days and itwial Wrist dews grass
gmeing fast, and will require !regnant mowing and rolling
to secure a good multd greeneward for the winter. Weeds
on gravel walks also row freely in late summer and
',yawl, and should be eradicated even if the walks have
to be hr wken up. liand.weeding may be saved by water.
Inc with salt water, the surf sae having • good sprinkling
during sunny days, which will not only destroy weeds but
gill cheek worms from casting up and disfiguring the
surface. The leaves of deciduous trees In some bedsores
—notably beech, sycamore, and lime—aare already failing,
and should be swept up frequently. Pick off all decayed
flowers and foliage as soon es peroeived, keeping the say.
rounding... well a. the beds as trim MI p-esible. All
propagation to be finished excepting violas and caknolarise.
for which there is ample time, all cuttings being closely
watched to prevent damping, and 511195 them fully on
tho, days to thoroughly harden them for successful winter.
The bulb names ha. begun, and theme should be procured
at once, not only to ensure good bull*. bat to have them in
readiness for planting directly the ground becomes vacant.
For borders thee Sr., many that should be planted now.
as he border Duchene, which are among the most wieful
and beautiful of spring-fliwering bulbs; some of the beet of
which are ma:irons, nohilli, cernuus and war. piano, bicolor
and vart horsffeldi and einem., moschatux ruzilebus,
incomparabilis vars. alba. flore.pleno, "tells, auratitiacus
plasma and sulphurous plenum, bifforus pudica', and vars.
linemen folins,ornatua and lore-pew. The common varieties
sh odd be planted eztendvely in ehru Messy horde..., £c. such
as N. p.edo-D truisms (lent lily), N. telemonins plenum
(double der/ 'lii), major (trumpet major). N incomparabills
Tara. and N. poeticus yarn. Jonquils also do well in
border., particularly campernelle. It is hardly possible to haag ton many of each situates' snowdrops, winter aconite,
musceria, crocuses. anemones, tritvlelas, gm, all of
which should he planted with as lints delay an possible.
Hyacinths and tulips are indispensable for a display in
hada, and are equally valuable for mixed borders. ft mu
will be better for having the dead flowers cut off and long
sappy growths shortened, I) ensure the plumping of the
buds at the base, but not so closely as to start the buds
Into growth that the shoots will need to be pruned to in
winter for next sessoe's flowering, tithe wise that will bel
destroyed. The stocks recently buddeet should be examined,
loosening or removing the ligatures aa required. Cuttinu
of yrellripened wood strike readily loured in sandy sal
on a north border. Annuals may eta he sown in patches
where the plants are intended to flower, thinning them
out when large enough. Anemone japonica and Tit nibs
are now floe, the latter eepsdally, also sedum tele_phlum
purpureum Phloxes makea grand display. Snuck pokker (very !Ludt sedum speetabile, 111,011101 i 'pleats, 'mum raccin lfolium, spiral IMPODCIUIII hypericum taelycinum, brocitithus avediceas and inch,gii
are all beautiful.

A Bflutntogsg FATHIR AND in. Doo. —A ferocious
bulldog fastened on a child in a house In Smethwick,
on Thursday, and refused to let go ita hold. It eras
shot, but still retained its grip and it was not until
the brate had been killed by • blow from • spade that
the child was released. The boy was fearfully cut.
The dog belonged to the child's father, and his remark
on hng of the affair was one of annoyance that the
dog had been destroyed.
A PATILVT SPY.—The St. Petersburg Herold is
responsible for a statement that a Nihilist prisoner,
who lately committed suicide in the fortress of St.
Petersburg, was Induced to make disclosures of the
highest importance by a spy who was shut up with
him for live months under the guise of being a political
offender like himself. The organization of the revolu-
tionary Purr:, the names of its leaders, and their
method of procedure are said to have been laid bare,
and the imPloolon at thelabee traced to • man who is
skied? In tee hands of inildlios4