The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE

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WnaRE there is a geometrically arranged grlesillL'lC
den, its utter want of beauty during the winter 311-tifiti a.lir
months is felt to be a great drawback. The beau,,,s- t St'
an it
metrico Er el
v a s
bedst on
withC a s
more
theresent in summer makes the cenw•, hoar
disagreeabletled
ever, remedy this defect. Mr. Barron, the head grhe geo'
,w.inaartfrvoeedvryuergrcelidettetlnheeemplaalinagoefri;nt ;wad:pert
if not oe
dwarf by pruning ;by this means the beds, /ital. old
liant as in grown in pots, 31s10 bril-
summer, certainly look very ornanae ‘,400, mall
variegated varieties are extensively used at tc•of sin
add much to the beneral effect. cobundunee-.;etY '',i
evergreens may obtained • iderable ir,low
every good nursery, and they be nini ' ~ts. "(1
mmightconsi
edilte6 r.kieit
in the beds for the present season without irwell e'''`•;/t
April they could be taken up and potted, Old' trill' the
for during the summer, would be in bettelLO, trio
t,,,,
winter : they should be removed, when IrTg:eonietVci
reserve garden. In placing these plants in Toy coverigy
garden, the plants, of course, should be en laced riaced Ite4;cll
with the soil of the bed, and they should be Toss.
cement.."
close together, so as to produce a dent,,,e. oraliiber
brilliancy of effect may be introduced in t'',4 nos, a" 0.00
.by placing pcits, filled with crocuses, suouutn-ale o.lrtetreao
spring flowering bulbs, between every alter..„Th g• On- 012;
of the marginal row. The season for/rain-wool vcieottit.
and bushes has now commenced, au",,,Nare w,,7,,naidei
kind should be proceeded with w `'--Gardener 1,1`.„--.-.-
The following good advice, from the rdeue' ' oo
will be valuable to amateurs and cottage g r app trees
LoPPncrn.—Nothing shortens the lives, e'_.4.the rir,,ot
much as the removal of large branches, becuntt leaaeca-ys
from such amputations do not heal, er,,, w00di,,,. i 0
readily. The surface of the cut blackens,,r;ise. 'P_,..i.r, to
and dies,. water gets in and increases the WS grad''the
the origin of those hollow trees which faint bY,O4
pieces, if they are not at once broken or 'IP the bill•P,eil
wind. It should never be necessary to useo. been ",,, if,
in a properly managed tree; for, after havi'`' the 0"
._.„l when cars''
trained in the nursery, it should be visiw‘.
down, if not every year, at least once in tw(7°lhtebareeheelt:,r,h°r
other; and in general everything
in order to take off with the pruning" that crossiojlf
branches that are too close together, or , event
_;,,.
prove injurious, either by preventing the free troling hurt-
and 90,00 ofti;
and light between the branches, or by .e° _ye ho
shape of the head, or that bangs over so oleo irtuis prop,
ful to the undercrop, should be cut off. T a: suilicloc ;
perly requires intelligent foresight, unitedv tatioo, .e
acquaintance with the phenomena of ege. ,we llaY
to manage. Where the pruning-knife cannetercrvii ciner:t
with the habits of the species or varieties whiciAl/40f
averuncator is a good substitute. It is a verLes woo 1
instrument, which can be used in most tier ly
getting up into the tree, and thus saves t ..,variavi_.
little bruises. After an abundant crop it ahnnustifot do
happens that the lateral branches, having be:e
_,,,'''' to
thus
with the weight of the fruit, cannot come na_c,7naii, ;
former position. If they were allowed to 7,01,11 d 0..
they would be within reach of cattle, and they
.. boellif
shade the soil too much. To remedy this, the is o'l
branches should be cut back to one of those shoo ~e, 0
take an upward direction. This pruning w sho .Us itJivie 13
owing to the bending, usually push on the uP il,es -sit' joeloakie
in the winter following the heavy crop. It2gl,he, trey ni
a more graceful form, recruits the vigour of - ales, °lf
confining the sap to a smaller number of brancre4.. . .
allows the ground beneath to produce better
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any accident, such as breakage by wind or by theftiug„,
of fruit, renders a large amputation necessarY, 7diateu
wax, or Forsyth's composition should be low.,oseible•
applied, in order to heal the wound as speedilyus r-

TILE ...,T OXBOW BANKRUPTCY COURT has susPe'avO
certificate of Lord Huntingtower for six montiAZ;ilint-
he did not keep books, which every person render-uri
ployed in
self liable to the bankruptcy laws was bound to Tdejoiaeo
A NUMBER OF MULES have been imported ink- be Or
South Australia, from South America, and are
_,,0 the
copper mines.
carrying copper ore and fuel to and Pv