SOME PRUNINGS.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7777, 3 February 1891, Page 6

SOME PRUNINGS.

Marketing Fruifc.-A method of mwkefr Ing fruit which originated iv Schleswift biic which has extended to many other parts of Germany, has proved Bucceeaiqi in securing buyers against ft bad ewicl& and in giving an opportunity for gooji growers to make sales of a good article. Samples of various fruits are place* 19 dishes for exhibition in a aalesrooostf growers, who are prepared to forms? various kinds. The buyer has only to mm his name and address on a card, with tag 'quantity lie wishes, and leave it at tm central office, with the number of! th*| plate. The order is then forwarded j.roß| the office to the grower, who in oe| livers his goods there. Here the fruit j4 inspected, and if it comes up to thesoniply in quality, it is forwarded totbebujws If It proves inferior, it returned at onc|.i to the grower. A grower who, occasions, furnishes goods inferior to t&j| sampler, is excluded from the marke*® The office receives 10 percent, commissloff for inspecting, forwarding, &c—(?ar«%| and Forest. ... mF\ The Chrysantheuium.--Thls being t&gj centenary year of the infcroductipn of vnm Chrysanthemum into Euglaud, a word <v# the subject from its native place, rekiyij may nob be out of place. It »s »V> generally know that the Chinese grow fcuwk Chrysanthemum as a standard weepa especially for selling; they graft them to a stalk of Artemi&ia. There la species of Artemisia that grows wild, arn^ff \. covers the waste ground round Pekia, springs from seed every year, and by taw 1 autumn attains to a tree 8 or 10 feet hlgtfo* with a atera l£ inch thick. The Chines* J cut It down, aud after drsing 16, ase it ?.; ; fuel; the small twigs and seeds asr,; ; twisted Infco a rope, which is lighted hang up in a room to smoulder for hours, # ■the pungent; smell of the smoke drives Gsr",> ;the iraooquitos. This plant, a£wr telnj < potted, is cut down to about 8 feet, aap .• used as the stock, the twites ot C!nfj fel eantoemum are grafted round tho top, it quickly makes a line tree ; She flowery grow and open, and as the stock cop *; withers, the whole tree dies, and say, "Another ingenious fraud of tig/ Chinamen." A favourite style o£growiE%| Chrysanthemums is in the ehsce of a with eight or ten flowers in different park f of it. If the flowers are not grown on tt-j ; : plant, they are tied on, which also doc- t f> for selling. The winters in Pekm very cold, and last about four mantbf* and having no glass-houses, the CfaJaesj?. gardeners do not have the cbanco C:,; producing such a variety, oV'tracb iMt flowers, as their European brethren : bag In the case of Chrysanthemums, they nay* 1 many curious and beautiful varieties.',;. tfature, November 20th 1890. &. A Beautiful Hedge.—For an deciduous hedge almost anywhere theiff is nothing to surpass, if to equai, the Japs|f Quince (Cydonia japonica). There ace ;,, number of deciduous piarate that auikJ! Sretty hedges, but the most of them tu}:. ifficult to form and troublesome to keep' in good shape and order. The Cydonia £■> almost entirely free from these objection l \ provided only that young plants beuaed start with. What a lovely sight it is whc:7 Id bloom, and how picturesque at all times 1 Those who have a fancy for mot£ thaa one colcur can use the rose and wi> coloured to mix with the crirasoa. Thar . is this further to be aaid in favour of Japan Quince, that scarcely any neglect can spoil its beauty. It Sfap*E easily and quickly brought again. It will always retain UjAcglacti thouffh it may lose its to be sheared. No hmxjJ however, can give it thafcjpj face so common to 'M Garden. . ■ iM