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Clover. Third year:—Clover and Peas, on the Barley or Oat } Inszcrs, -A. Lawrance.—The beetle which you complain of as so of its purity by the mottled way in Which the blotch terminates ; | 
stubble. Tourth year:—Wheat. The same course may be destructive to your sto a little too long, which gives the | 
Tepeated, provided Potatoes, Clover, and Peas recur only every being a 1 t flower too much squareness; and they appear to have an 
eighth year, which is easily managed. All the crops except ig, over a clot inclination to curl backwards at the edges, which takes from i 
} Clover and Tares must be drilled and well hoed. Nearly the yr m : the flower that compact appearance which it ought to possess, | 
same rotation will do for good heavy loams, Beans being ‘ollec| fe royed by th: ing i In answer to your question about the other flower, we must 
Substituted for Peas. Wheat may succeed Potatoes in heavy water. Wi r icki ad t opinion is unchanged : there is a Want of substance 
i ut till think Clover and Beans a better preparation. ther; the upper petals are not , and } 
I Where the land is not well suited to the growth of Barley, . they are uneven on the edge... T. H.— Both your flowers 
Oats are a better crop. Carrots will not succeed in very stiff ni n., or Herald are bold and showy varieties of good substance, but rather q 
Soils. We cannot enter more fully on this important subject, season of The upper petals in No. 1 are too high and uneven on i 
Which would require a volume, to be fully explained ae the edges, and the under petals also are irregularly formed, i 
PeLARGontuMs.— Ignoranus.—The proper time for striking i which gives the flower a rough appearance. ‘The same objec. { 
cuttings of Pelargoniums is the month of June or July, when Vine on open walls isMr. Clement Hoare’s, published by Long- tions apply to No. 2, with the additional defect of the veiny 
the old specimens have ceased blooming, and are cut back. man and Co. wl one on forcing Vines is Mr. Roberts's under petals; the spot in the upper petal is rich and large, and i 
The half-ripened shoots then removed may be used as cuttings, Treatise, lately advertised in our columns. ; E runs far down the petals in both varieties, which isa good 
and if you have not the convenience of a hotbed frame, you | Cucumnnr Snows.— Will the Mr. Hamilton who obtained a prize quality.— 4. P., Winchester.—The petals of your seedling are q 
i! can make up a small heap of fermenting manure, cov over at the Cheetham Hill Cucumber Show favour us with his thin, and noue of the flowers appear to keep their shape long; i 
i with rough turf (the grassy side downwards), place on it about address ? . 4 f the colour which surrounds the spot is too faint and uncertain. 
h three inches of sandy loam, and plant your cuttings in this, | Mrs cELLANDOUS.—dpiary.— Your plants are, 1, Dillwynia flori- | The flower was too much blownee— & M.—Your seedlings 
} putting a handglass over them, and shading and watering them bunda, 2, Oxylobium capitatum, ‘I ——C. B. K.—Your Vero- are all of the same character—long-petalle flowers; they are 
4 duly till they root. Pot them when they have | formed roots, nica seemed a seedling variety of V. tr phylios 3 but the spec showy market varieties, and are useful for planting in beds or | 
| and keep them in a Close frame for atime, repotting them when men was accidentally lost—R. Laing.—Your plant is the borders. — A. M.—The petals of your scedling are too thin; i 
ya necessary, The way to make them bushy is to cut off the top double-flowered Belleisle Cress, or Barbarea preco. —-H.E.B. the under petals are well formed, and ofa very delicate colour, 
i of the cutting, or to remove the point of the shoot as soon as —The Fern you send is Polypédinm piloselloides._—J. R.—The but the upper ones are too crumpled and thin. WW Pots, 
Is it begins to grow, and stop all the laterals again before winter | flowers of your Mimulus were utterly withered when they | Your seedling, Sir Hugh Gough, although a flower of good sub- 
1 commences. The probable cause of the leaves dying as yours reached us.—J. R. J.—Your plant is Gymnogramma chaero- stance, does not retain its form well, and the petals have an 
have done, is the want of warmth, or their remaining too long | phylla, Desv. Kaulf. en. fl .p.82. inclination to curl back, which deprives the flower of that i 
in small pots. If kept tarough the winter in small pots, the | et Grev. ii, fl, , Tropical America, West Indies, &c. An} compact form which it ought to possess. In colourit is brilliant | 
plants should be shifted early, and before they begin to grow annual Fern, becoming a weed in stoves when once culti and beautiful; m the upper petals the bright scarlet crimson 
into larger ones, for they will not bear starving in spring. ‘The ted. — Didymus.—The Myosotis is sylvatica. It is im predominates, in the lower petals the rosy crimson prevails ; 
Sparing application of manure-water will be useful from March to say what your Willow is, from the spot is good, but the top petals want smoothness,—— P,— ; 
to May, inclusive,--—A. C. E~ ur Pelargoniums will nee mature leaves should be sent in the Lord Lewisham is a pretty little flov and bears some resem- 
No special preparation for forcing, and they may be struck at —Your Fuchsia is only a common form of F. fulgen . blance to th e perfect in form, i 
| the usual time. Plants raised ip the summer should not be Ms Hatton.—We are obliged by your offer, but have already so it wants the size, substance, beanty of colour, and intense spot j 
forced in the following winter, but may be used for this pur- many contributions that we are compelled to decline it.—— of that fine variety —— 7. Clark.—The upper petals of your i 
1 Pose in the one succeeding that. When cut down after flower- Agricola,—The plant sent is Polygala amara.——T. Davie: Seedling are very pretty from having a narrow rim of pure 
1 ing they should be kept rather warmer than usual, in order to Seeds of the Tussac Grass from the Falklands have been occa- white round them, at the same time they are quite jagged and 
develop their young wood rapidly, and they may then be sionally introduced, but have never germinated. They are not uneven at the edge; we cannot judge of the form of the flower, 
tipened early by exposure. For the first bloom put them in the now to be had.— Jno. S.—The specimen is apparently Tour. as the petals had fallen.* 
forcing-pit about the end of October, and treat them in the rétia lappacea, butit was very much crushed._—F. B.—No. 1 As usual, a host of letters has arrived too late for answers this week. 
Usual way; that is, keep the atmosphere warm and moist, but is Ageratum ccelestinum; 2, Alonsoa incisifolia; 3, Polygala 
let it become gradually so till it reaches the desired point; and cordifolia; 4, Anthocercis viscosa ; 5, Lotus Jacobzea ; 
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i be careful to fumigate them if insects D} is nandra uniflora.—— In —If you wish to become a gardener 7 Ar WT ieee = i 
i bunda fone of tore to be recommended for forcing. you must do three things. Get employment in some good N EW > OF THE WwW EEK. 
Carcronanras.—An Old Subscriber.—If you have previously pre- gardens for seven years ; be steady, di gent, industrious, and steeis q 
Yented your half-shrubby and herbaceous Calceolarias from well conducted ; study vegetable physiology and practical Tue Christening of the infant Princess, by tie hates 
Sendin; flower-stems, and kept them growing vigorously, botany, and learn as much more as your means will allow.—— een % 
free from the effects of the Brecnshy; anuinweoel eituqdéne| Ace Gwe approve of the spirit of your letter, but do not | Of Alice Maud Mary, took place yesterday in the Chapel 
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: fine as if allowed to flower at their usual time. Continueto pre- whether we cannot ourselves apply the arguments more ad- 
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| they will flower much later, but not so late as yon state, nor so think it would serve the good cause of gardeners. We will see Royal of Buckingham Palace, in the presence of various 4 
| Vent them sending up flower-stems until the end of June; | vantageously when we again return to the subject A Market | Members of the Royal Family, and of the great Officers of 
fi Place the plants in a cool situation, and protect them from gaan must seek coreuou a as he ve ee State.—The debates in both Houses of Parliament during | 
eavy rai 1 wind, in a cold frame, placed at the back of a tatistical Society. ve have no data.—— A Swdseriber, 3 Ee ep y i . 
: Reet y hare tenets COM DEIDNOGR IG ed een aoe No. 1 is Cotyledon umbilicus; 2, Arenaria mari. | the week have related chiefly to questions connected with 
beware of the green-fly in such a situation. If the kinds are | tima, 3, Silene whit 4, CUE a elelauii 6, Poly gala | Treland, which’ at present occupies so large a share of 
true shrubs they will succeed much better if the flowers are vulgaris; 7, Genista anglica.—— 4. G. N.— Your narrow-leave public at . a : 
Constantly pinched off until the end of June. They will flower | Tropwolum is ‘T. edule. ‘The other is either a strong variety of | Pubic attention. In the Lords, on Tuesday, the Duke 
freely, particularly if planted in the open border, but not so | T. brachyceras, or a new species; but we cannot decide which | of Wellington defended the proceedings of the Lord Chan. 
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endron plants which you wish to propagate without going | Mimulus rivulai 
through the tedious process of raising young ones from seed, 
5, Spirsea hypericifolia; 6, Asphodelus | ~ u ¥ ¥ y 
prostrata; 8, Pittosporum Tobira, For Gover nment, had only performed his duty in endeavouring 
fhe as when allowed to flower at the ordinary time. Plants} without seeing perfect flowers. dn righ, Bolwenioe ee callét Of Lrelana inane tae pein 
\ intended for late blooming should be retarded as much as pos- | will meet with ample directions Toe drying flowers in former | °° "OF eland in dismissing Lord Ffrench and other 
Sible in the spring, by keeping them in a very cool sitnation.{| | volumes of this Paper. Your plants are—1, Ornithogalum um- | Magistrates who had presided at Repeal meetings, and i 
Ruonopennrons--J. Florus.—If you have a quantity of Rhodo- bellatum; 2, Veronica incana; 3, Potentilla atro-sanguinea ; 4, | stated that the Lord Chancellor, in. the opinion of the ! 
You can effect m is once we answer you; but it is too bad to send us such | to suppress agitation. Lord Aberdeen on Thursday 
All that youh 0 is to peg do’ ings.——J, B., a Subscriber.—The Lemon-scented Verbena is brought in a bill y rf antes ak J | 
light soil spread around the plant for the purpose, Aloysia citri rmerly Verbena citriodora), It is impos- ent ina bi relative to the admission of ministers to ' 
Will make nice plants, fit for removal, in two years. It is j ECS name au Hy is iat BGs Sada were s fie benefices in Scotland, and stated that he will move its 
Probable that picking off the blossoms of Rhododendrons in ‘Wo long scented petals are from Parrot Tulips.*—— ‘he ae eee ae 
Spring-will induce themto flower again in the autumn, though | Fuchsia is a variety named Moneypennii. —— 2. 4.—Such | 8¢cond reading and explain its provisionswhen the House 
Pansies as you have sent never had names; they are not good | assembles after the Whitsun recess. 
Ee t ne In the Commons, 
—J. Florus will most likely get the information he enough for border varieties.*——J. 4.— Name your flower 
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the second reading of the Irish Arms Bill, after a debate 
Seeks from Mr. Rivers’s Rose Amateur’s Garden, viel. ‘Harold,’ and send another bloom.*—— Holeus.—Apparently | - ; f 
f He means of curing mildewed Roses except | Carex vesicaria, but too young for positive ever ination of three nights, has been carried by a majority of 165. 
by getting them into good health. Mildew is a fungus, and A, Ke en a critical opinion is wanted, some explanation The Rep “ . a ae 
pnly attacks unhealthy plants. | Your Roses look as if theyhad | should be given of the object in sending specimens ; otherwise, | "© ~’°Port on the resolutions on the importation of 1 
been growing in very rich soil, and exposed to cold nights they are necessarily entrusted to assistants for determination, | Canadian wheat and flour was brought up on Monday, 
Some Roses are more tender and liable to the attacks of such The Veronica is V. montana; the Fedia does not appear dif- when Mr. M. Gi p 
fungi than others. Perhaps you had better cut back the young ferent from F. olitoria; it wants the toothed coronet of dentata. ducts M. Gibson moved oe ges z that the 
Shoots to within a few inches of the old wood, and wrn all the | ——a Novice’s plant is Bromus mollis. reduction of the duty on the importation of Canadian wheat 
and flour into the United Kingdom should not be made 
Cinprantas.—Srrrey.—Th be exhibited at Chiswick D 'G F Ss’ FLOWERS . 
E — ‘y.—They can be exhibit ick SEEDLING FLORISTS: ERS, ‘ ar ene i 
{mong miscellaneous flowers. Your note is given to the Secre- | Wararun<—At page 361, c, under the head of Calceolarias, for contingent on the imposition or maintenance of a duty 
hae of the Horticultural Society. ; 1 Oa i “‘Lady Charlotte” read Lady Constable. ; ; fhe on the importation of foreign corm into Canada. This 
NuNcuLUS. — Clericus. — Ranunculus-roots In ful erowth | Panstes.—R. S. M., Desdemona, eye bad, and petals want sub- am 3 Se. Nini. aio i ae 
cannot be removed at this time without injuring them for | stance. No. 1, 43, too small, pretty, but no use as a show- cndment was opposed by Ministers, and negatived on 
jwother year. The only thing to do is to take them up with flower ; the ground-colour of the lip differs from the side petals. | @ division by 193 to 83, Leave was then given to bring 
‘Arge balls of earth. The sat objections apply to Lady Millner,—J — Your! in a bill found the resolutions, aft rotes 
Sean ctrinins <4 Dancahire Fora You-may. plant how | Pansy is large and round, but it fails in substance for the size sounded) cngthe: a, SCT eee EO eae 
8gainst your south wall, for flowering this season, Lophosper, | of the flower, the eye in the side and bottom petalsruns into the | from Lord J. Russell against the Imperial legislature 
Mum erabescens and scandens, Maurandya Barc jayana, Eccre- purple belting, giving it a confused appearance ; there is a} being restrained from altering or repealing it, when other 
™ocarpus Scaber, Tropolum peregrinum, and Rhodochiton notch in the lip, and the side petals do not meet well above She aner ec k bec £ ee 
Apoludile, eye.——R. S. Mountjoy.—Bodididirov is a flower of good | Views prevailed on the subject of the Corn Laws. The 
Feu Frowrrs,—J. 6 form Cos but Se Secu coon of the lower Bevals motion for the second reading of the bill came on last 
lants as will flowe: ll being of a mixed or run character render no use for |. i -d Worele. : 
fl ornamental. Stove-species :— Solanw rtianur - | showing. No. 322, good border variety, deficient in substance | Might, whea Lord W orsley moved as an amendment that 
i Hey Scandens inl sete dee eee ene uentuon Standiford and form of petal to rank with show flowers.——Belleformeis | it be read a second time that day six months. A 
Uhorbia splendens. Epiphyllum truncatum, Goldfussia a fine variety in form, colour, and substance; the belting o: = aay if 7 
Merata, and Jatropha panduraefolia. Greenhouse specie deep blue is perfect round’ the lower petals, the upper | !0mg debate and a division ensued, when the second 
pyuemansia suaveolens and sanguinea, ust Bratissima, | petals have a tinge of purple in them; the eye is Boot, a reading was carried by a majority of 109. The 
“rica Bowieana, Massoni, Archeriana, and rbyana, any kind little too much hidden in the bloom sent, by the height o: Rips vitatt + Bete ae: 
Sf Fuchsia, Mirbelia Baxteri, and Crowea saligna, ers: | the lip. This probably is not permanent, there is a stain of | *©peal agitation continues to maintain a formidable 
fin ®Manda cathartica, Ipomoea rubro-coerw and | blue in the lip extending beyond the belting which if constant | character; the meetings in different parts of Treland 
Cifolia, Thunbergias, Tropaolum peregrinum and others, Cle. is a defect.——W. B.—Your Pansy is a neat and well-forme are increasing in frequency, and are everywhere attended 
flower, fine eye, belting perfect, of a deep rich blue. The $ s ‘ 
upper petals have a tinge of purple; it is rather thin, and the | by large and excited masses of the people. Troops have 
edges of the Bele are ee it is like many that we have, | this week been despatched to Ireland in considerable 
s ly and is very sweet-scented.: * ome fo ba ' 
ace, It is impossible to state how many times they should Turirs.— Const’s Letitia, —This Tulip can only be admired for the | NUmbers, and all the garrisons in the Ivish provinces 
Ca Sieboldii, and Poivr 
Plants Could be bloomed ald the winter. 
be Potted ; this must be determined by their size and strength, indication it gives of a fine flame, (figs Daa Cees have been strengthened by fresh reinforcements. 
Rae INO, San ‘i eg down these plants for propaga, ained, and the stamens are tinged with blue Ww ers; ee: 3 if " 
ton, it Bia eee before; though you may de it the petals are narrow and flat, and it wants shoulder to make | A telegraphic despatch from Paris reached town yes 
S how in @ case of necessity. You have simply to bend down it a well-formed cup. dlewandrina Victoria has a finely-formed terday, announcing the arrival of the India mail, with q 
the Shoots, and fasten them about an inch beneath the surface cup, good shoulder, petals individually of a good form, feather i ae India to the 2d of May, and from China to | 
ens earth by small wooden pegs, with hooks at the upper | of a bright light brown, ground-colour yellow, rather waxy at | 4¢Counts from India to the 2d of Bide Were 4s 
ge Of them. rhone may be easily made with the twigs of old | the bottom of the cup; the flower is of a whitish buff outside, | the 12th of March. ‘The affairs of Scinde w ere tran- | 
"'ch-brooms Cut off all the leaves that would be buried in and when this is the case the yellow inside is seldom of an quil, th 1h me troubles had taken place at Sirhind, 
te soit If you desire merely to render the plants dwarf, pro- even tint.* dui’, though 80. | 
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need inthe same way, but keep the whole of the shoots as near Canceorartas.—W. C. Fife.—Your seedlings are small but | and a serious engagement had been fought at Khytul. 
yacther as possible, or the specimens will be too Yambling. | ~ generally of a good form, the largest of them are small com. The death of Commissioner Elepoo was the only news at 
Our oth i ered next week. ‘d with the specimens which are penne ee ee ] 
Beene tion shel ne answer rear his Fuchsia cuttings Ditty a=Ds G.—Tl Canton, but fresh attacks paces ect on the Factories, j 
oe Ucumber-frame where there is much steam. A farcooler | jt js too narrow at the shonider; and the byleadaian the flower | Oy Major Maicolm’s arrival, Sir H. Pottinger was to go 
Ce will a is uneven; it is common both in colour an: marking.* 3 ptt ion of the treaty P 
Stonio A er eek Dabbler will no doubt be able to Gaines 0s D. P.—The best of your seedlings is No.1; the | to Canton with the sa tiacatto ac ne treaty, but nothing 
ght this plant of some of the great London nurserymen, petals are broad, and the flower is tolerably well filled up, the beyond this brief summary is at Ipresent known.—From 
PtING Cacti.—T, Davies and Co.—Your secdling between tip is also of apretty colour. 2, is not a pure white, there is a 
Spain our intelligence continues to be highly inter- 
esting. The Cortes were dissolved on the 26th ult., and 
y general election wiil take pla forthwith. The 
Vernenas.—D. B.—We have examined your seedling Verbenas | another Eon ncls ill take place forthwith : 
and compared them with the varieties grown, and although | inhabitants of Arragon and Catalonia are represented to t 
there are a or me Bretty ppeciinenss ee ea tee be in a state of great excit ands then liate sus- 
jently novel in colour to make them desirable ; a - - z - a a 5 
ae are too faint and undecided. ‘The white variety, No. | pension of the Regency is said to be the first object of 
i Ui isaff q ators " drid, however, 
pe seme! M. Thurtell, R.N.—Phosphorus is a flower the disaffected. The National Guard of Ma Roe A 
we great beauty of colour; the BUN hah blue i ie have openly declared their allegiance to the egent, an | 
i ts great brilliancy to the rich and fine rose-colour } 34 ; 3 ps rte present crisis ma 
conve lower petals; the rosy erlmeon ground.colour of the.| ¢ i8 hoped that the: difficulties of aed eT are z, 
upper petals isalso yery fine, although it is in a degree robbed | be surmounted without an appeal to military interference, q 
slight tinge of purple in it. 3 and 4, are good in colour, but 
they have narrow petais, and none of them surpass the same 
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