COMPOST. 
part, which in the Daisy is white, is 
called the ray, and its florets are 
ligulate, or flat, and open at the 
extremity, and tubular at the base. 
Other genera have ail the florets | 
tubular, as the common Blueboitle, | 
and Sweet Sultan; and others are 
all ligulate, as in the Dandelion and 
Sow-thistle. This last genus affords | 
a good example of the pappus, a sort 
of feathery crown apparently attach- 
ed to the seed, but which is in fact | 
the upper part of the calyx cut into 
very fine hair like the divisions ; the 
calyx remaining attached tothe seed | 
when ripe. The pappus is also seen 
conspicuously in thistledown, and 
the Dandelion ; but some genera of 
the Composite are without it, as, 
for example, the Daisy and the 
Chrysanthemum. 
Compost-Grounp.—A space in 
some secluded part of a garden, near 
the hothouses and pits, and the tool- 
house and reserve ground, in which 
different kinds of soils, manures, and 
composts are prepared and kept. 
Though secluded, it should not be 
shaded altogether from the sun ; and 
the ground should be drained, in order 
that the manure, &c., may not be 
soaked with moisture. 
Coxpost.—T his word is applied to 
any soil that is composed of several 
ingredients; such as sand, loam, and | 
peat, or vegetable mould, &c. ‘These | 
mixed soils are found to be much 
better for plants than any soil con- 
sisting of only one material ; and 
thus, whenever choice plants are to 
be grown, directions are generally 
given for making a compost for 
them. In all large gardens, heaps | 
of several different kinds of earths) 
are kept in the reserve ground, ready | 
for mixing as they may be required ; 
but in small suburban gardens, peat, 
loam, and sand will suffice. These | 
soils may be bought in small quan- 
tities from the London nurserymen, 
say sixpenny worth or a shilling’s | 
_ worth of each ; and they may be | 
/niums, and similar plants. 
CONSERVATIVE WALL. 
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kept in large pots in a back shed, 
for mixing as required. 
ConservaTivE Wau. — Many 
greenhouse and some _ hothouse 
plants, particularly such as are de- 
ciduous, and are naturally of rapid 
-and vigorous growth, are found to 
| succeed 
remarkably well when 
planted out during the summer sea- 
son in the open garden, either as 
standards, or against a wall. Those 
which are planted as standards or 
bushes in the open beds or borders, 
| . e 
‘grow vigorously during the months 
of June, July, and August, but re- 
quire to be taken up in September, 
and preserved during the winter in 
pots or boxes, for planting out next 
season. This is practised with 
Fuchsias, Brugmansias, Pelargo- 
Other 
shrubs are planted against a wall 
with a southern exposure ; and those 
not only grow and sometimes flower 
during the summer, but if protected 
during the winter with matting, or 
a projecting roof, or both, they will 
live for several years, growing vigor- 
ously and flowering every season. 
The common myrtle, some of the 
Acacias, the Eucalypti, and a num- 
ber of the rapid-growing New Hol- 
land shrubs, are so treated with great 
success ; and the fine appearance 
which they make in the summer 
season, amply repays the expense 
and trouble which must be taken 
with them. There is scarcely any 
limit to the number and kinds of 
shrubs which may be treated in this 
way ; for while the taller and more 
rapid-growing kinds are made to 
cover the upper part of the wall, the 
dwarfer species may be trained 
against the lower part, and herba- 
ceous plants, including bulbs, may 
be planted all along the base. The 
border in which the plants are grown 
should be of light sandy soil, of no 
great depth ; and it would be an 
advantage to thatch it during the® 
winter season, to carry off the rain 
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