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THE MANAGEMENT OF GREEN-HOUSES. 



The berries were much larger than any 

 I ever have seen ; and I ha\'e purchased 

 many of the finest English and American 

 varieties, and cultivated them after most 

 approved modes ; but in spite of all my 

 care and pains, they will all mildew, ex- 

 cept one variety, a rather small kind, which 

 we got under the name of "Pale Red," 

 which never mildews with us, and is an 

 abundant bearer. 



The kind of gooseberry above alluded 

 to, on the currant, is the " Roaring Lion," 

 and the fruit was as free from mildew as 

 anything could be ; while a bush close be- 

 side it, of the same kind, well trained 

 and cultivated, but on its own stock and 

 root, showed a crop pretty much mil- 



dewed, and the fruit not half the size of the 

 former. 



In my opinion, it is the elevation as 

 much as anything else, that prevents the 

 mildew on the Missouri currant stock ; as 

 it is free from the shade and dampness, 

 which the low heavy stocks are exposed 

 to. I am undertaking pretty extensively 

 the propagation of Missouri currant stocks 

 to graft my gooseberries upon, and am 

 strongly of the opinion that when this 

 mode becomes generally known, it will 

 greatly facilitate the extensive cultivation 

 of the best English gooseberries. I will 

 only add, that I have seen other instances 

 besides the one quoted, and equally suc- 

 cessful. Yours respectfully, S. Miller. 



THE MANAGEMENT OF GREEN-HOTJSES. 



[FttOM THE LONDON HORT. MAS.] 



One of the principal points to look after in 

 the commencement of a greenhouse man- 

 agement, is to provide near it a room or 

 shed in which all the littering business, 

 such as potting, cutting down, pruning, 

 shifting, and other dirty work may be done. 

 In this there should be a strong table, a bin 

 Avith several partitions, in which particular 

 composts should be separately kept ; these 

 to be filled with — 



1. Peat rubbed through a very coarse 

 6ieve. 



2. Loam from rotted turfs. 



3. Potsherds, or broken flower pots of 

 two or three sizes, kept separate. 



4. Leaf-mould, being leaves that have 

 rotted into mould. 



5. Dung from a melon or cucumber-bed 

 rotted to mould. 



6. Silver sand, or very clean river sand. 



7. Cow-dung rotted into mould. 



8. Turfy peat, merely chopped into small 

 pieces, of say half-an-inch to an inch square 

 or solid. 



9. Loam from the top spit of a pasture, 

 without the turf. 



10. Horse droppings rotted into mould. 



But if there be not convenience for all 

 this, or they cannot be got at, peat (No. 1), 

 loam (No. 2), potsherds (No. 3), and dung 

 (No. 5), are absolutely necessary, and could 

 be made shift with. Then there should be 

 trowels ; short blunt-ended sticks of differ- 

 ent sizes, to poke down the soil round a 

 plant when shifted from one sized pot to 

 another ; scoops like a coal-scoop, to take 

 up the different soils, and by which the 

 pots may be measured as they are taken ; 

 sticks of all lengths for supports to plants 

 in pots ; flower pots of various sizes, from 

 those called sixties to the largest, called 

 ones. These sizes comprise wide-mouthed 

 and uprights, between which there is very 

 little difference in the quantity of mould 

 they will contain, but one is formed with 

 nearly straight sides, the other wide at the 

 top and tapering at the bottom, and of 

 course: there is a difference in the diameter 

 across the top; there is also a different 

 form, and a slight difference in the measure 

 between one pottery and another. How- 

 ever, as the most general, and therefore the 



