The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . y (Vanessa Io) flitting about from this is not in my opinion on account of the frost,but from the want of flowering buds, whichthrough some natural physiological cause werenot formed, therefore were not there to open. Purple and other ornamental varieties of Beechhave already made splendid healthy year purple Beeches all round this neigh-bourhood were seriously injured by the Mayfrosts, from which they never recovered lastyear; now, however, they appear to be makingup for it. Trees with me
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . y (Vanessa Io) flitting about from this is not in my opinion on account of the frost,but from the want of flowering buds, whichthrough some natural physiological cause werenot formed, therefore were not there to open. Purple and other ornamental varieties of Beechhave already made splendid healthy year purple Beeches all round this neigh-bourhood were seriously injured by the Mayfrosts, from which they never recovered lastyear; now, however, they appear to be makingup for it. Trees with me of Cerasus Padus (BirdCherry), are now in fine flower. This is really afine tree, free in growth as in flower, and it isdeserving of being more liberally planted. Notwithstanding the cold backwardness of theseason, and whilst admitting that we have had irre-coverable losses amongst our fruit for this season,yet the few really fine days we have had so farhave improved the general appearance of thecountry. We have all the beauty of its newlyexpanded leafage of many tints, the grassy glades. Fig. 144.—sweet peas in me. daviss nukseby in may. (SEE P. 370.) flower to flower; no doubt it was one which hadsuccessfully hybernated in some snug place. Plants which have come under my notice andhave apparently taken no harm are ViburnumOpulus, the garden varieties of which are nowopening in the most liberal fashion. I haveplanted Viburnums freely along the banks of mylittle streamlet, and they will be lovely when inflower, and quite as lovely again when in fruit inthe autumn. In the bank of this stream, a pair ofKingfishers have made their nest, and this theydid, notwithstanding the close proximity of thebusy Rugby and Birmingham Railway, and atthe same time to make matters even more noisy,a gang of fifty or more navvies were set to workto re-lay a piece of the line opposite the placewhere the birds made their nest. Of this theytook no notice, nor of the detonating cartridgeswhich were
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