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ters,wifh a rapidity proportioned to the 

 abundance of water supplied to them. 

 Experience shows tliat there ia in the 

 kitchen garden scarcely a crop that is 

 not benefited by a much more abundant 

 supply of water than can be obtained 

 usually ; and I can bear testimony to the 

 correctness of Mr. Knight's conclusion, 

 not limiting, however, my approval of 

 such abundant watering to late crops 

 of peas, but to all, as well as beans, 

 spinach, and the entire cabbage tribe. 

 Kidney beans and potatoes are not bene- 

 fited by such an abundance of water. 



" The quantity of water," says Mr. 

 Knight, " which may be given with 

 advantage to plants of almost every 

 kind, during warm and bright weather, 

 is, I believe, very much greater than 

 any gardener who has not seen the 

 result will be inclined to suppose pos- 

 sible; and it is greater than I myself 

 could have believed upon any other 

 evidence than that of actual experience. 



"My garden, in common with many 

 others, is supplied with water by springs, 

 which rise in a more elevated situation ; 

 and this circumstance afforded me the 

 means of making a small pond, from 

 which I can cause the water to flow out 

 over every part of every other kind 

 through every part of the summer ; and 

 I cause a stream to flow down the rows 

 of celery, and along the rows of brocoli 

 and other plants, which are planted out 

 in summer, with very great advantage. 

 But the most extensive and beneficial 

 use which I make of the power to irri- 

 gate my garden by the means above 

 mentioned, is in supplying my late crops 

 of peas abundantly with water, by which 

 the ill effects of mildew are almost 

 wholly prevented, and my table is most 

 abundantly supplied with very excellent 

 peas through the month of October." 



ISERTIA coccinea. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 



ISMENE. Five species. Stove bulbs. 

 Offsets. Turfy loam and peat. 



ISOPLEXIS. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Seed and cut- 

 tings. Light rich loam. 



iSOPOGON. Fifteen species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. 

 Turfy sandy loam. 



ISOPYRUM. Two species. Hardy. 

 One annual, the other lierbaceous. Seed. 

 Light loam. 



IVY. Hedera. 



IXIA. Twenty-four species. Green- 



house bulbs ; bat most of them, in light 

 soil and south border, protected slightly 

 in winter, will grow in the open air. 

 Those grown in pots should be kept in 

 a dry place until the beginning of No- 

 vember. The soil best adapted for 

 them is a sandy peat mixed with a little 

 loam. After repotting in that month, 

 they may be kept in a cool airy situa- 

 tion, and as soon as they begin to grow, 

 they may be watered freely, and placed 

 in the green-house. — Gard. Chron., HfC. 



IXODIA achilleoides. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and 

 sand. 



IXORA. Fourteen species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy 

 loam and peat. 



JABOROSA. Two species. Hardy 

 herbaceous. Cuttings. Light rich 

 loam. 



JACARANDA. Seven species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Cuttings. Sandy peat 

 and loam. 



JACKSONIA. Four species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



JACOBiEA LILY. Amaryllis for- 

 mosissima. 



JACQUINIA. Six species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sand and 

 peat. 



JALAP. Mirdbilis jalapa. 



JAMAICA EBONY." Brya ehenus. 



JAMAICA REDWOOD. Gordonia 

 hamatoxylon. 



JAMAICA ROSE. Meriania. 



JAMBOSA. Seven species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



JANUARY is a month requiring little 

 more from the gardener in the out-door 

 department than attention to neatness, 

 but it usually requires more than ordi- 

 nary care to his hot-house and forcing 

 department. The following directions 

 contain the principal routine work of the 

 month : — 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Artichokes, attend to, shelter, &c. — 

 Asparagus, plant in hot-bed ; attend to 

 the forcing; temp, about 66°, and at 

 night 50°. — Beans, plant in hot-beds. — 

 Brocoli, protect from frost. — Cardoons, 

 attend to, shelter, &c. — Cavlijioivers, in 

 frames, and those pricked out, attend 

 to. — Composts, prepare and turn over. — 

 Cucumbers , sow and prick out; temp, by 

 day 80°, and at night 65°.— Dung, for 



