. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. awater-barrel by removing the tub and substi-tuting a piece of strong sacking, which wasfastened to the framework at both ends andsides. This formed practically a sort of ham-mock, in the top of which the plants or trees wereplaced. During my early period at Combe Abbeythere was much transplanting of trees, and for thispurpose I had a machine especially constructed. ropes then wound sufficiently to admit of thetree being carried to its new quarters. A machineof this kind is always useful about an est
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. awater-barrel by removing the tub and substi-tuting a piece of strong sacking, which wasfastened to the framework at both ends andsides. This formed practically a sort of ham-mock, in the top of which the plants or trees wereplaced. During my early period at Combe Abbeythere was much transplanting of trees, and for thispurpose I had a machine especially constructed. ropes then wound sufficiently to admit of thetree being carried to its new quarters. A machineof this kind is always useful about an estatewhere heavy weights, such as stone, have oftento be shifted. Tree lifters are often required,and ought to form part of every large gardenequipment. W. Miller, Berkswell, Warwickshire. THE ROSARY, PRUNING is an operation thoiiglit by the novice tobe involved in much mystery. An hours practicalinstruction by a competent operator, with a littleexplanation of the reason why, would showthat the mystery is imaginary. Such instructionis not to be had by everybody, and then the best. Fig. 90.—BED or ONIONS GROWN BY MR. IN FYFE, LOCKINGE GARDENS, BY A SYSTEM OF CULTIVATIONTHE CALENDAR ON P. 199. %een watered with liqviid-manure at short inter-?vals after the stoning of the fruit. Any grower?of Peach - trees can test the efficacy of thisstatement for himself by adopting this plan nowthe trees are in flower. A reader says that•? liquid-manure should only be applied after thestoning is completed, and then only if the treeis carrying a full crop of fruit. Why shouldnot a tree carrying only a light crop be giventhe same encouragement to ripen a satisfactory?crop as that accorded to the tree carrying a full-one ? True, the latter requires generous feedingat the roots to enable it to swell the numerousindividual fruits constituting a full crop ; Imtthe same generous treatment afforded the tree-carrying a light crop will result in the production-of much larger and
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