Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . nd 4i feet apart,and in quincunx order, thus— This may be done asfoUows: , ? Presuming the first row to consist of ten trees, begin atthe first row by removing the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9thtrees; in the second row remove the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and10th; in the thiid row again the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9thtrees, and so on with all, and through all the rows how-ever long. At this distance they may remain for sixteen,eighteen, or twenty years. At the end of one of theseperiods every alternate row of trees must be removed, leav-
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . nd 4i feet apart,and in quincunx order, thus— This may be done asfoUows: , ? Presuming the first row to consist of ten trees, begin atthe first row by removing the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9thtrees; in the second row remove the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and10th; in the thiid row again the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9thtrees, and so on with all, and through all the rows how-ever long. At this distance they may remain for sixteen,eighteen, or twenty years. At the end of one of theseperiods every alternate row of trees must be removed, leav-ing the permanent trees 6 feet apart. The periods of re-moval must to a certain extent depend upon the nature ofthe soil; if this is of high fertility the removal of the treesmust be commenced at the earlier period. Mr. Rivers depends upon rigid summer pinching of theyoung shoots, which he finds retards the rapid growth ofthe trees, forms them into compact round bushes, and bringson remarkable fertility.] CULTIVATION OF THE MELON.(^Continued from page 274.). either two. over the bed, or be trained to a trellis fixed9 inches from the glass
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