. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. tance is patent to many of us. Ahole is dug, the roots of a scraggy tree are thrust intoit, it is filled up, and the work is done. And theplants exist for a time, and then many of them expireof a lingering decline. Surely there must be retri-bution stored up somewhere against such evil-doers inthe walks of gardening. It is no use to plant trees of any kind unless thesoil in which the roots are placed is of a nature tonourish and minister to the well-being of the trees. Ifit is composed of clay and ru
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. tance is patent to many of us. Ahole is dug, the roots of a scraggy tree are thrust intoit, it is filled up, and the work is done. And theplants exist for a time, and then many of them expireof a lingering decline. Surely there must be retri-bution stored up somewhere against such evil-doers inthe walks of gardening. It is no use to plant trees of any kind unless thesoil in which the roots are placed is of a nature tonourish and minister to the well-being of the trees. Ifit is composed of clay and rubbish, out it must come,and some good loam substituted for it. If the soil besuitable let it be deeply dug or trenched, taking carenot to go deep enough to bring up any sour or unkindsubsoil. If possible dig in with it any nutritive vege-table refuse or leaf-mould, or any old potting soil. Selection and CoNDixroN of the Plants.—Ifthe planter be unacquainted with fruit trees or shrubs,let him get proper advice as to the most suitable sub-jects to plant. There is always some one at hand to. Fig, 106.—astilee earbata as grown i-or market. %\i «IHIa iarkn. AuTUKN Planting.—As we write, the rain, solong impending and so ardently wished for, is is a pleasant sweetness in the sound thereof,for the earth is thirsty ; and notwithstanding so muchrain fell during the summer, the past month of dryweather has drunk up the moisture, and many plantshave been flagging for want of it. The spell of dryweather has not been without its uses ; it has ripenedthe wood of fruit and other trees, it has enabledarrears of cleaning to be cleared up, and it has mostagreeably softened the relapse of summer into thegloom and decay of autumn. It has delayed plantingoperations, but they can now be canied out, and itis not too late for executing them. Preparation of the —If fruit trees orshrubs are to be planted the soil must he prepared forthem if they are to succeed. Hundreds of vi
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