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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 5, 
few plants are more impatient of an excess of moisture = 
their roots. ad sho poate fe acres pag , that i wey 
gating Calceo! taken avo id doi 
Te 
the plant was growing, and h brok t th 
joy inverted it over th rg he holl 
mould; this not only saramas the evaporation of any 
bottom 
to excess 5 By F 
7% 
autie or vnies plants. ofa 
r nature, they “will be loeai = = on T as ay from 
vba the bane. In 
liage will 
ripe of dew 
e case, ose always found that my plants 
were either too wet o Bova i 
By using the above compost, attending to temperatur 
and atmospheric eet ta eeciding an excess of water “ 
their roots, and slightly fumigating once a week, - have 
Green 
Sir Edmund Antrobus’s gardener, to the size of thre 
feet in daneter} in the head of flowers. 
bee be accom eng bol 
prevails. At this place 
groans but ya tha eve: 
whic h a 
x f e action of the 
r 
excess 0 
nm 
When this has 
above is recent superior to oe old manner “of tak 
the scales from the bulb, which besides reducin 
rially, only produces offsets of a smal 5 
pts 
iow of a That pleasure Stila of 
| variety has been said ; fo sndred times ; = ye this r reason 
i have thought it not derogatory to m 
he 
wach is the “principal part “that 
marka ble instance struct vies 
f cut longitodinally the root ray 
vane A some years 
tried hee the stem on the earth, and covering it with 
| to the 
This+ oteder, 
h " 
d 
as possible ; : 
J “Se 
ths = n ful, f 
rape ser 1 positio the course of the sap 
inopeded, pes the oe, failed to attain its full growth. 
There is also another oer which consists in cutting the 
a leaf, and is nearly similar 
the 
- the Hove poe the vhs staced to the Neat! 
cely sp eak 0 this mode with certainty, having tried it 
fi " 
spptieaton | for ba re which I considered necessary t 
Jan. 13th, 184! 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF — LANCIFO- | 
UM, OR SPECIOS 
a one u 
bebe young bulbs of these lilies assume a _peculiar 
‘owth 
a a firm transparent rind, whose tissue resembles that 
of Salep ; like it, it becomes white in drying, is trans. 
parent, and consists of cells enclosing a very nutriti ious 
substance, without doubt of th 
(a nutritious gummy secretion). 
mass of the root; under the 
assorin ne 
The ri forms § be of 
mieroscope it is fou 
tre* in height, 
a breadth, all Negrete | hori. 
rary lines, whic. 
ind. These cells are reservoirs for the useful parts ot i 
Ora lis. In the centre of the root oc seer a wo 
in the form of a white opake line, often hollow in ro 
middle. _ Thi is wood has a singular srctre, and calls to 
N thes. It consists 
je their leaves opposite, from which I at t first thought 
the not 
fer the new kinds fro rig — sien. 
pe os beautiful vechanhie of Lilium specios as we 
a it lanei cifoli lium, I send you some piace on their 
cu sates ih a to — 
elegant pla may be acceptable to to 
eae! Lilie in the greatest perfection, rare should 
YI but the following 
d strength, they lost that 
of an sr and netted vessels, a nd is aye 
object to study under the rales ae for teantiful ve 
are observed in it, as much as 34 of a iat broad, 
and having the spiral fibre sts of a millim che k. It 
th 
seed from th h ZL. tigrinum. 
in hopes T shall rena some new varieties 
I am therefore 
€ wood duced to 
a simple medullary sheath without pith, aot ‘that the 
woody tissue or sap-vessels have no existence in heat The 
from those flowers which have the ee t shape; for I 
rarely as possible, and 
5 
f the future flower is much more de- 
pendent on the kind from which the seed is saved than 
upon that ager long 79 the pollen; the pollen gene- 
veys the water of the ‘soil to the plant which ve ne ela- 
borate it 
which maintains life in the cellular mass. In summer, 
practice to remove them, aps is not gene- rally g ives the r. Itis also highly 
rally known that "Lilies differ from inet odes bulbous ee pollen is taken, sh d be darker 
plants in having permanent fibres to _— — sapcoae than that saree the seed ; oko I have “ound in such 
are thus supplied with — —_— have have been much more beautiful (bein 
decayed, and previously to ine oon wth. age spotted or maee) ‘then where reve 
Now these fibres are much injured ak a this resto [sa 7 I have seen this occur in mney 
thi 
destroyed when th e bulbs ar retaken up; : ; and t 
year It It is also to be iho that if they are allowed to 
remain upland roe length of time, they shrivel and lose 
much of their 
sity 
ranunculus, re I have liane 
d ae tal. At that ime, if anything s strikes 
$ h ¢ 
es rer =the along their mid-rib from the base to 
the summit ; the lobes next curve; and at length the 
partial stalk s above downwards that 
leaflets ts hang down from the centre. After rest 
ciple. pever to — net — a s lighter-coloured fay 
I remember crossing a nunculus | 
Soil has a considerable influence Upon Oxalis Deppei. 
I have cultiv ated i iti inas slaty so oil, 
with ‘ue ales? white $ * tad ce from 
bei Dg what I wished it, came an indifferent grey, the | 
it always 
— in heavy land, pn often will not preaenel its tap- 
Besides t the. fre _ the bulbs. 
above the balb on 
abe ae as any injury to the 
_ Stem, which ‘abees appear more | 
definite characte 
Acting on the principle of placing dark colours on 
lighter, I crossed Lilium bulbiferum with L. atrosan- 
But ina sandy soil, Belts ou mixed so — 
egetable 7 the mewn acqui a lar arge s 
s beco! fed: mie ret toe 
in riick it” is | grown is imma’ 
thick. “The 
it must, however 
ge or ae 
stren of the bulb, so ae fibres, by increasing the 
Prorat esate of the stem py flowers, indirectly i 
guineu 
having _Yery brilliant colours, any being fags 
h the deep 
colour of 2 _atrowanguinc =k 
referred, when 
are “Frequent eee is ines ally but not if the grad 
Dew sufficie nt to maintain vegetation during 
the bulb. To show how 3 uch s 
from these tried a 
fibres, It experiment with three petion of fet an are as beer observed in mn hybrid acer as if 
of ‘Lilieem lancifolium ; refore regard 
we high, and I te the stem-fibres were grown pre be had in crossing, so lect een that th 
an inch long, I cleared away the earth down to the — mixed may be brillia t, or ast novel. 
bulbs, and witha any knife cut off the stems below the ores course I need not say that to be vo the eens 
fibres above the bulbs. I then | had them potted, | should be removed from = “aagoee intended for , pre- 
planted vio ously to the discha ange e pollen. I tt ee ed 
out; they grew well, and all geo small bale from | by rapa aaeaicm:i n the e genus, but 
end this as a good way to secure inc 
only a a novel method of | Propagation. "The bulbs from 
which these 
I, as cient cannot agree > with him, for I believe in het 
taining new ene i am only pei cs Sa the la 
beauties of n 
on same hole, car ange 
The beds are hee goo wat Br ia fot cana of May are 
watered with liquid cow- dung. Veget ation continues till 
Propagation is effected by seeds or by bulbs; the 
later “ se They are taken off — oe of the 
re kepi t through winter in a ce rotected 
ad 
Nang season, wh the 
other: Ts, but were poe more pine The “pla tn hire 
h ce £; 
and to show that there is 
lasting gr of if beau before us if we will but t investigate 
= It is the infinite variety of t uit w 
= so much 7% 
large@ize, citer plenty of drain- 
> grow dort in ioe 
and to A with a little fine sand, , for the 
oO 
x. 
a imire, 
of n tation is so rapic ly in 
that Ti do a belie the love of fi 
gael some poe to allow card for che stem- 
hw che w sro 
ee 
od 
E 
ef 
e 
2 
ang 
28 
28 
a 
& 
be a be turned out of the 
foe oe eco SO as to | eid. infor the 
ree en shaking off ff the earth ; 
The a? , 
dressed Tike ‘ore in soup or as a vers Bag! _ 
e 
sewed are edition in salad, alone, by PB a a! svith corn 
salad, endive of both kinds, Ted cabbage, beet- root, and 
an ayengee neg 
ructive, Bag healthy ; 
e , repoted in a specced pot, in peat and sand, with 
drainage. Hitherto the ey have € been sufficiently Scarce 
3 ot th 
A 
wher hey thrive, but as th 
ey become more plentiful they 
7 ed mr be tried in 
stp s, and I have reason to 
fo afficien! aly ha 
n light peat, an nur . a good dep 
ea hose 
of many ies to form bulbs as “the base 0 f their leaves, I 
y; it has 
te antiquity, aia the Paoeleva 
aes been arenes ind Hi as ™ 
served at table, the flowers fer 
red i aie: sent ats yellow str — and: little 
stamens, in i a very pretty effect. The 
reat Crea’ 
i 2B sides to the happ’ of man 
#1. Groom. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE oo a DEPPEI 
AS A CULINARY PLA 
827 was — into Egle, ‘directly from 
of Oxalis, which Messrs. L 
They are gently boi ed a salt an 
water, aes a been washed ond slightly peeled ; ay 
er eee — the yolks of eggs. They are = phon 
up and endive, with white sauce, ~They 
paige in whatever way they are dressed, a tem aan suceu- 
easy to digest nnerecing ea the most: delicate 
lack bands of 
the same 
jeune 
he leaves as sorrel, 
characte: 
eight or nine rear eiehs to ee Nature 
possible, @m operation 
evaporation pce ei 
oduce 
t d th 
sufficient moisture was not Britain ‘n 1838, 
During my tour ea goat tas 
I only saw | the Oxalis eee aan 
much size. The: 
retained round the stem og ol it to pro 
some, pieces of turfy peat round the tagger ata ri peey 
peat to be place 
ae 
ara 
season I placed d | the English alone know how to keep in ciutifat con- 
b 
| diti tion. Recep ee 3 I found that the culy: friends it pos- 
3.937 ¥0 or ¢ nearly four inches... + A Cen! 
#ths of an inch. 
te OTTAGE GARDENS.—No. fl. 
Dearie the —- aan, be —— on the cottager: 
bu thes os map csagh ing w wd war 
may be advaitagconsly peees§ a the nn 
: chen ground is tolerably dry and a for orig, * 
ug for a sowing of ra 
an oui: 
and he Presi Aopihs three feet apart, in 
peas are to be laid as 
of the drill i the other, but n 
hie ft 
* crowded, and then covere 
Ps + 
for some 
fost the-Ylairy tH had the desired effect, and 
wes Youe Tigmefpus and of ‘ize than. I had 
580 that Inow Tones ie soc of them, 
wSomating cf thee bulbs last season. 
using pea 
ee f nearly the size of the pach 
eeneed by woo. rofl 
success. The | Verv 
paist hie 
without thinking | 
“of enor ie d plas a are a any use. 
has only been pr ngs oe ciated in Be elgia 
country of vegeta pti if ever there 
was one 
This Oxzlis | 
am, the | s 
ans may have beiiion drills made for ae. 
but, intend of — sown = Peas, they are to be a 
jerk s distant from another in the ro*. 
it eles should be about half the size of the om 
& green peas lo your great Elizabe 
se towns whose affection for ped 
t ell known to all 
require fo be 
which 
cipal crops w - cane 
avail: ourselves of this give a selection 
h | who visit them, has been in this case distinguished by the | the fruits which are re considered by Mz. Thompson of St 
a a i Naam i 
