108 EXTRACTS. 



NAMES. DESCRIPTION. 



459 Margin hip , , Beautiful serai-double cream 



lour, scarlet margin. 



460 Marquis , , Pinkish red. 



461 Marquis of Tavistock Fine light tinged crimson, 



462 Marshallii Pink and purplish crimson. 



463 Martinez Fine curled rich rosy crimson, 



464 Masterpiece , . , , , Immense large red. 



465 Maximo palira Fine crimson purple. 



466 pourpres , Fine mottled purple. 



467 May , Lilac blush. 



(to be continued.) 



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PART II. 







EXTRACTS. 



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4dam the Gardener. By Charles Cowden Clarke. London, 

 1834, pp. 279. 



(concluded from page 90.) 



"■'In the course of your other engagements, Adam, do not forget your 

 weeding. Your hoe and your fingers must both be busily employed through- 

 out this month. The young weeds must be cleared from the beds of young 

 plants, and the old ones must he cut down before their seed ripens; since the 

 wind would then scatter it all over the garden, and your labour next year be 

 greatly increased. 



"■' While you are so employed, too, look round, and observe what annuals 

 .have ripened into seed ; then cut them off carefully, and lay them upon a 

 sheet under the shed in the sun. As soon as they have become thoroughly 

 dry and hard, we will employ some evening in rubbing them out, and packing 

 them away in parcels. We will also sow some cornsallad for our winter and 

 spring dinners. 



" ■ Every evening, so long as the winter continues dry, you may give each 

 ,of the cucumber .plants some water, and our crop will in consequence be the 

 more abundant. 



" ' I am not sure that I shall sow any more turnips this year; but I must 

 .make tip my mind before the .middle of this month, or it will he too late. 

 You, however, may hoe that bed by the medlar-tree, where those young ones 

 are; and thin out the smallest plants for the cow, leaving the larger ones at 

 about six inches' distance from each other,' 



" One day, while they were at work, they noticed how much they were 

 troubled by wasps: at his father's desire, therefore, Adam filled some phiala 

 about half full of treacle and water, and hung them in various quarters of 

 the garden, upon branches of the wall trees, The quickness with which these 

 little creatures discover any sweet provision (of which they are very fond) is 

 truly surprising. It is worthy of remark, that at dinner, during the fruit 

 season, wasps rarely intrude at table till the pies are opened; when, in the 

 course of two or three minutes, they will be found to have made their way 

 into the room, and become one of the guests — though uninvited and unwel- 

 come. Their scent is as keen as that of a blood hound. 



" 'See if there be any manure. water, Adam,' said his father; 'if we have 

 none, get the two-gallon watering-pots; dip some of the soft pond -water, and 



