Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-04
TRANsPLANrING Young TREES

! IT, transnlan'ing young trees the more the =
are Topped the more certainty there is of thei,
| living and nursery men who supply them, and
! warrant their taking root, make no scruple 10
ampuiate Dolh head and branches. In trsns.
/ planting trees into the ,anica Garden a, 6e.
neva the branches are never Topped, AID only
| Hboui i've per cent die; yer the chan q OF
their prrishiug must greatly exceed that OF
commonsransplan' a'ions, as The trees come
! from foreign climates, and are placed in a soil
and temperature more OF less unsui ed 10 them.
beside Which, they have undergone packing,
mud ~ fatigues of long journey. Il must,
howSer be acknowledged. that the art of
PAGING and conveying plants is highly impro.
yep Tor NJ. de Candole frequently receives
pl fhts, not only in leaf, but in tulI bosom. If
| however, gardeners ill perseyere in this sys.
| tim OF Hopping, they should nj leastdo it with
moderation aud judgment. Young trees. rails
led with view To transportation, ihonld never
| be allowed IL grow SD thickly, us To interfere
with each other; il is III du'y o. a nursery.
aan 10 transplant them in his own grounds. in
order TO give them space. il he has no, mar
ket for them elsewhere
Cause of Decay in Peach Trees. A writer in
the Trenton Federahd, planted peach or
| chard in 1920 whics, tor five or six wears
!
| ed 10 have exhausted il and on the 70 lowine
| year, " the roots were replete with worms, and
| in many Instances hey had completely .irdled
| the prin cpal ones He does not believe the
| decline oil peach trees is caused ~ worms He
, supposes that the roots of peach trees in
| healthy, vigorous ard fruitful sta are :npaa-
table 10 worms. By applying hall bushpl OF
| lime and tar, ia eqna, proportions, Immediately
| round IN trunk. a few Ilcies under the ground
h. has restored lis trees 10 the health and th,if
tir"ss thry wtie in when three years old ; and
! Tor the Ia four years be has had fine crops.
Plant, raitsd by Subdivision The grape
| from nat rri vine, has five seeds, but from a
| slip, has but two. Some vines, raised by the
! asst method, lose the seeds entirely. The les,
| n amber oil seeds the more rich The Juices a.
pl"s and oranges having the least number of
pIps are gene ally the nghasi flavor. The
gar caue propagared by division loses lis seeds
THIS i, the case wi the succ lent plants of the
Cape of Goud Hop, =; after having been for
| number Of years transpIanted III Europe. A
grated tree will ear frat sooner, but later II
The season than n Seeding. The walnut, gtatl
ed on ii walnut, buds fortnight later.
The Weeping H'aiOws now in Europe. arr
II. supposed ~ be subdivisions Of one tree, orr
ginally brought from Asia
7ranYlnmine Shrubs in fN gromh.-Dig a
narIo w irene round the plant, leaving rs roots
| in the middle IN sn 5olated ball ol earth FIJI
| the rench with Plaster Of Pari., which will be.
com hard in lew minutes, and form case to
! the ball aud pant winch NAV b. lifted AID
| moved any where al pleasure.
French Paper.
| RsraI Amusement for Old .2ge.-I deem il
very important TO provide Gmnscmens for old
age aud TO garden where the pursuits OF
| Inc floIs' and the butanst may combine,
look as the source of the pures and most untn-
ing pleasure. In regard 10 culture. | have
much 10 learn, and many plants ara wanted
which know not where TO fnd. D. |.