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His younger plants enjoy an atmosphere durinjr 

 winter of 55"". Air is admitted to all of them 

 night and day continually ; of course, the quan- 

 tity is reduced in severe weather, but it is never 

 wholly taken o(F. The leaves of the Trenthani 

 Pines are not a yard and a half long, and an inch 

 broad, with a stake to keep them upright, scab- 

 by, fa3tid with sulphur, or the colour of ripe cu- 

 cumbers, appearances common enough. The very 

 reverse of this is the case, as all who have visited 

 Trenthani can testify. Cultivators of plants like 

 those just mentioned will not, of course, credit 

 that Pines of the size of those produced at Tren- 

 tham can be grown at all in such an atmosphere, 

 and with the bottom temperature little and some- 

 times none above the toj) heat; such is, however, 

 the fact, and such the results, and not at Tren- 

 thani only, but at other places where gardeners 

 are determined to swim and not sink, and to dis- 

 tinguish themselves from the potter's clay, which 

 exists in the gardening world about them. 



It is well known to intelligent cultivators that 

 the Pine apple has been more frequently roasted 

 to death in this country than killed by cold ; and 

 though we do not believe it can be grown suc- 

 cessfully, generally speaking, in the open air, in 

 the climate of England, we nevertheless contend 

 that its successful cultivation can be satisfactorily 

 attained in a lower night teiuperature than has 

 hitherto generally been applied to it. Gardenern' 

 Chronicle. .... 



Manuke-water for Pot Plants. — Many — 

 indeed most — plants grown in pots may, at parti- 

 cular periods of the growth, be advantageously 

 treated with li(piid manure ; these periods are 

 chiefly during the time of making vigorous growth, 

 and of blooming. Inexperienced persons, how- 

 ever, are liable to do material injury from using 

 it too strong or too often; or they fall into the 

 other extreme, and derive no benefit from the ap- 

 plication. A very useful liquid manure for pot 

 plants may be made by putting the following in- 

 gredients into a hogshead of rain water: — two 

 pecks of sheep or deer dung, one peck of soot, 

 and two quarts of Potter's guano ; these ingredi- 

 ents are first to be well mixed up to the consis- 

 tence of paste, with boiling water, and then mixed 

 with cold water. Stir the mixture frequently for 

 a day or two, and then throw in a quart of quick 

 lime; when the liquid has become clear it is fit for 

 use. For all strong growing plants this may be 

 used daily, or every other day, — applying it di- 

 luted with about one-third of clear water. For 

 heaths, and similar delicate rooted plants, and 

 even for orchids, it will prove beneficial, but to 

 these should not be given oftener than once a week. 

 As before observed, it is only to be used — at least 

 by the inexperienced — during the periods of growth 

 and blooming. London Hort- Magazine. 



Pelargonium Lucia Rosea. — This variety is 

 in its habit and appearance much like one of the 

 class called " scarlet" pelargoniums. It is a very 



compact growing plant, with short-jointed stems, 

 and good sized leaves, of a soft velvety character. 

 The flower-stems are strong, and grow erect, so 

 that the trusses of bloom are brought well above 

 the foliage; the colour of the flowers is a most 

 delicate soft pink, or ))cach blossom, with a lovely 

 white eye, — altogether a distinct colour among 

 pelargoniums. It is a gem for the flower garden, 

 being not only perfectly distinct, but also superla- 

 tivelv beautiful. Sometimes, when kept in pots, 

 and not very freely grown, we have observed it 

 to produce luit small trusses of bloom, but this im- 

 proves when it is growing freely in the open gar- 

 den. Probably, however, it may in time be im- 

 proved on ; in the mean time it may chiefly be 

 valued for its novel colour. London Hort. Mag. 



Raspberries. — The mode (Fig. 56,) of train- 

 ing these has been kindly forwarded to us by a 



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Fig. 56. 



correspondent. The uprights between every twt> 

 or three plants are iron, and the horizontal lines, 

 to which the canes are attached, tar-rope. The 

 following wood cuts, which we borrow from p. 

 836 of our volume for 1842, represent a much 



Fig. 57. 







Fig. 59. 



better mode of training raspberries. The plants 

 are supposed to be ])laced in rows 4 feet apart, 

 and about the same distance from one another in 

 the row. The number of shoots on each is regu- 

 lated during the growing season, no more being 

 allowed to remain than the plant is capable of 

 supporting. In most cases 6 or 8 shoots will be 

 sutficicnt. Where this method is practiced,'a roW' 



