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JOrE>"AL OF HOBTICl'LTrRE AXP COTTAGE GiiTESEK. 



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atop is gooiL Wltai planted in April the {mil is bv in the 

 lacgest & foUonng rsa^i 1*°^ ^^ <^^P '"^ °^' ^ >'^' ^^^ <^ 

 wbak it max be tbe aeeond 7«sr.— J. Ajooisos, Onni.<;oiit. 



LIQUORICE. 

 Thk not ol Uiis plant {ji-i. 91) has been eommended as a 

 jltfttsuA aai effiooot medioBe from the time of Tbeophrastos, 

 ami in tnrnr eoimfaty it has a name meaning dth^ " a ;wE«t 

 loot" at "ple^aat fla- 

 Totir. " Its botanieal name, 

 OIji^TTxhiiza, is litenl^ 

 ** Toe Sweet Boot" Iirte, 

 vtiting in laTS, seens to 

 ham thoo^Uit ahncet the 

 mnasaIaiedioine,fQi he 

 a^^ "X^coBse and the 

 jojea ttieceaf is a foiy 

 good aad vholesame me- 

 tleone, fit to asswage 

 p^na, to soReak, and 

 waiB vbofe ; Totr proper 

 andagieeable to the tx\^t, 

 the longes, therajmee. the 

 kidiKTes aiLdt^e bliiddeT.'' 

 It is a naJiTs of soothem 

 Boiope, bat speeiallT oi 

 Spain, vbere it is Uzvreiy 

 eoBnaied, and itsizispis- 

 satad joiee exported and 

 bnown in eosunEiee as 

 -• Spaciih li^ncxiee." 

 Slow DKcrds that " the 

 plaatT^^' sci grosing of 

 liicrUh. cegvii: in England 

 sboct the aret veir of 

 Eiiz4fceth,- 1.5o3.' It be- 

 lame so Urge a joodoee 

 of the neighboaihood of 

 the town in ToAshire, 

 jiie name of which was 

 applied, that the dried 

 juice aeqirired the name 

 of •■ FozLteirac: CakcS. ' 



HEATING BY GAS. 

 I s^ncED a shcr; time 

 ago oce of tohz contn- 

 bvbKs lecozded some of 

 his faifanes for the gind- 

 anee of othss. I voold 

 tike to eommmneate my 

 eip m euee in hfting a 

 fti u a i h oose b; gas, and 

 xa ao doing my oiqeet is 

 to deter otttoa from tak- 

 ing gas ita that pmpoee 

 "^^*gg the exp>^iin»^ntnfM 

 hare pfilimitad mrann, 

 and tiiB ooat ia qvite a 



l^bowe IB etaadedoa 

 tTirmridrn bylo^vaDs. 

 Tba aaHyaaauajaie is iiie 



east, nid I get ¥«(y little beat from the sim. The hoase 

 is a apan^oof about 8 feet 4 inches long by 7 feet vide. I 

 hare a gas bailer (maia by one of the best-known makers of 

 gas boilaE), and lepresented as intended to heat 50 to 60 feet 

 of SJndi fifi^. ISie boils is outside the greenhouse, bnt 

 joDBS qmte dose np to it, and is veil eoTeied-in by a small 

 ^baed potting-shed entire^ protected from the weather. Up 

 eaA side of tlie boose are fozir rows of 1-ineh piping — in 

 an aboot 70 feet of 1-inch laping. The gas is conveyed from 

 my M*>*«g" Dmicg the month of Jane I nsed gas for heat- 

 ing, la the town in vhidi I lire it qjpears that at 11 o'doeh 

 p.x. ImU &b fane of gas is tsmed ofi at the gasworks. 

 From seren to eleven in the erooing I got a Tery fair heat 

 boB it. After defen the tempetatare fell very eocisidaafa^ ; 

 indeed, the beat was insufficient foi the few esotae FenB I 



have. In order to get this temperature I bamed ^trom 7 p.it. 

 to 7 AJi. — that is. in twelre hoars) 120 feet of gas. That 

 means -2-10 feet a-day, or abo:i; 170O fee; a-week. I cannot 

 infer from this exactly how much gas would be re>}aired to 

 keep a sudiaently high temperature daring twenty-four hours, 

 but I should suppose it would require something like 2350 feet 

 to keep my house at a suitable heat for exotio Ferns for a 

 week's time. If so (and I do noi thick t>ii< would t.e suiS- 

 eient I , wiUi gas say at -L;. a thousand, this means Vj. a-week to 

 heat a house 7 ieet by > feet i inches. That the pipes and 



boiler were properly ar- 

 ranged I hare no doabt, 

 having since attached an 

 ordinary coke bailer to 

 the pipes. 



If any of yonr eone. 

 spondents can give in. 

 formation on this subject 

 I am sure there are many 

 people who would be most 

 happy to leam how to 

 heat their greenhoosee at 

 .-> reasonable cost withoat 

 ti;e rrou'c'.e of nring-up. 

 I enelcse my address, and 

 should be glad to avail 

 myself of an opportunity 

 cf seeing some plaes 

 heated by gas, and being 

 assured about the eoet. 

 Bu: from my experience 

 I would caution others 

 n.n to try it on the 

 sirengsh of cellar di rosf 

 advertisements and flat- 

 tering reports. If any of 

 your readers will commn- 

 nii^te iroagh the Journal 

 where a house heated 

 by gas can be seen, with 

 the opportunity of see. 

 ing what gas is consumed, 

 I wiQ at some time avail 

 myself of a visit ; and if 

 I End it can be done at a 

 moderate cost I will try 

 and spread the informa- 

 tion to the extent of my 

 ability, in the confidence 

 that small greenhouses 

 would spring-np by hon- 

 dreds, and society would 

 be benefited by the in- 

 formation. — A. Shaw. 



LATE PEAS. 

 L? I might ttai tni e 



to 



He. 9L— IJilcasicE. 



tack an addendom to Hr. 

 Abbey's notes on Peas, I 

 woold name one I recently 

 saw in the eelebiated gar- 

 den of Dnimlanzig Caitie. 

 It is, Hr. ThnwiHnn as- 

 sBDced me, the Fea <d Baas 

 for late work, and evenKe 

 Pfais Ultra, good as it is, was set aside for extended plantations 

 of the one I saw doing so welL I never heard the name nor 

 saw the Pea before, but was at once arrested by its appearanee. 

 It is a tall grower, fall of pods and blossom, and will go on 

 producing nntil froet. As to quahty, imle^ it was very good 

 we may be very certain it would have no place there. Lynn's 

 Black-eyed Marrow is its name. I have not seen it in any list, 

 Mr. Thomson's supply is from ilr. Methven, Edinburgh. Late 

 Peas are such an important crop, thai nothing really and 

 specify good should 'oe permitted to escape notice, and I note 

 t>iig variety because I saw it in such fine form, and because the 

 authority as to its excellent qualities is so reliable. — J. Wsight. 



PisTBiEmos OF Plxnts. — The Commissicners of Her 

 Majesty's Works and Pnhiic Boildings intend to give this 



