The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . cones of all kinds, but do not takeout the seeds until near the time of sowing. Plash old hedge-rows, renew, or make fences of all kinds.—f. VII.—COTTAGERS operation of pruning all kinds of fruit-trees may still bsperformed with advantage. Gooseberries and Currants shouldbe pruned in the manner represented in the following engrav-iDg. As has been for-merly mentioned, let thecentre of the bushes bekept free and open, andcut out all branchesthat cross one another,leaving the leadingshoots about 10 inchesapart, and topping at abud i


The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . cones of all kinds, but do not takeout the seeds until near the time of sowing. Plash old hedge-rows, renew, or make fences of all kinds.—f. VII.—COTTAGERS operation of pruning all kinds of fruit-trees may still bsperformed with advantage. Gooseberries and Currants shouldbe pruned in the manner represented in the following engrav-iDg. As has been for-merly mentioned, let thecentre of the bushes bekept free and open, andcut out all branchesthat cross one another,leaving the leadingshoots about 10 inchesapart, and topping at abud incliningtothe openBpace. All lateral twigsnot reo uired to formbranches should bespurred in to a lew fruit is borne onshort natural spurs, 1 ;or on clusters of budsformed on the old wood itself, 2 ; and also on young shootSj?which should be shortened to one-tliird of their length, 3, 3 ;or the latter may be cut back to a well-placed shoot, as at 4. Oldworn-out branches, such as 5, are tobecutbackto awell-placedshoot, as at 2.— e Weath odine Jan. IS. 184 Statelof li er* near London for the H-eek e 5, a« observed atibe Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. Moons BAaOUKTBB. Thekmom ^*^- 1 TTind. Rain. Max. ( Min. Max. Min. ^9 1 30 Frid. 10 s. .04 Sat- 11 3 £ £ 1 51 41 .77 Sun. IS 4 i!9 776 29-715 47 32 .16, Mon. 13 5 £ 51 80 .S. .04 Tnes. 14 6 £9-606 1 50 35 .12 Wed. 15 » 50 39 445 .02 Thnrs. ifl 8 £ . 48 32 — Average 9 49-4 420 i Jan. 10—Flying haze; overcast; bnisteions; ra-o — 11—Boisteions, mth rain ; cnnslani heavy lalnat night — IS—Hazy; rain; uniformly over>.-aEC; fine — 13—Overcast; c!oudy ; dear ami fine — 14-Rain; hazy and drizzly; uniformly overcast; rain — 15—Rain; overcast and fine — 16—Overcast; cloudy and fine. Mean temperature of the week 6 dee- ahnve the averag


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