. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 622 NOTES OF A HORTICULTURAL TOUR. specimens of good varieties in their gardens: many of these send their surplus fruit to market, and the same is the case over a large part of Prance. If the Pear grafted on the Quince is planted in ground dry and not fertile, the tree. Mode of inducing » starved Pear on the Quince Stock to emit its own roots. B, Outline of mound of earth. Fig. 359. pushes with little vigour and often makes ha
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 622 NOTES OF A HORTICULTURAL TOUR. specimens of good varieties in their gardens: many of these send their surplus fruit to market, and the same is the case over a large part of Prance. If the Pear grafted on the Quince is planted in ground dry and not fertile, the tree. Mode of inducing » starved Pear on the Quince Stock to emit its own roots. B, Outline of mound of earth. Fig. 359. pushes with little vigour and often makes hardly any progress. It is apt to carry when very young a superahundant quantity of fruit which soon ex- hausts it, and it will live hut few years. This im- poverishment may he pre- vented hy "liberating" the tree and by causing it to grow on its own roots —a practice much recom- mended by M. Baltet. The process is as follows:—In spring from three to six vertical incisions are made a little above the junction of scion and stock, as herein represented, and about an inch or so long, and deep enough to slightly penetrate beyond the bark and slightly into the wood of the tree. Afterwards a little heap of light and rich soil is raised around the stem sufficiently to cover up the incisions. It is then made pretty firm and covered with a couple of inches of old dung, so as to preserve it from getting very warm will Fig. 360. by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, J. Murray
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