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will prevent the scale from multiplying, and in a vay = will | to pass through the brickwork into the trou i 
come off in flakes, bringing the insect with it. Kee pines pode with hemp, or rope well opened and ee (stg hace, hy — N E W Es - F -§ H E 7 E EK 
in good health, and you will not be so liable to be Shiated ith grease: a strong coat of cement over this, well joined to the Suber GEES £ 
it. Thesame may be applied to the brown scale on Peach and cick wate; Wil render it perfectly water-tight, because the hemp of Parliament, 
Fig trees in houses ; bat ere are numerous crevices in ae wili allow the pipes to expand and contract without breaking the and t the deb ; 
wood and bark wrere the insect lodges itself, you had better | cement. 2. By means of a stuffing-box, which is a short piece of “ee vee sph the Address i in answer e it, have been 
scrub y s well at the proper season with soft soap and | pipe, at least two inches more in diameter than that intended for } f home interest duri ming. the wee! 
water, and then brush them over with the following mixture:— | heating, over which it is p , With the cavi tween the sides The as: ain 
2 ft soap, 1 1b of flowers of sulphur, well mixe bout | of the two well stuffed with hemp or rope: the water-pipe never pars it 0 mtains that @ ond ails 
in al 
i4gallons of water. Or you may use Mr. Erringtoo’s mixture 
recommended in No. 2 of this Chronicle. Or you eer dce Mr. 
. . ense 
I r rope 
becomes sufficiently heated to injure the cement, 3. By directing among age Eu os Suites for’ — econ! | 
, when he first lays d @ pi oO 
be 
Kyle’s mixture of clay and sulphur mentioned -de es! elbows as mi jred merely to rise over the side of the pee 
of smell’i nd rabbi very acute, and almost apy sub- | trough, instead of passing through it ; this would not in the least tion and the disputes with China will - camicly wie, 
t: to man will prevent their attacks upon the | obstruct the circulation. Respecting copper-troughs, I would of the b Spa 
k o mixture of Bight soil, quicklime, soot, and | no: on any account water plants with water that had been stand- See isd 
ae effect the aed sh oii roughly plastered on the | ing in them; neither do I consider that stagnant water in such a Portugal a= the oo of this. cow <a are the & 
ark wil! do nearly as wel trough in a close and heated atmosphere can be beneficial to ‘ar as rel: 
—The Jean de Witte Pear a moderate bearer, and | vegetation. Icannot say what quantity of fuel we require, on Governm: re cn th clates to. the Foreign policy 
hardy enough to fruit as nat standard en London. one fire heats both the stove and mber-pit, which are quite | | ene ee Principal topics of domestic 
pada r from J. H. came to hand, but it contained no Cine- oe ched, Ni su d with a temperature of 60 We | inte adverted to, are the necessi f increased ex 
Yaria : it wa: pty. o ear as possible to 70° at t, and 75° to 8 i i + . 
The chores pea dent who asked us for the name of the best work ~ clear di am fey of sir: ‘xbotit Feb. L 1 shall penditare caused by recent affairs ta Syria and in China ; 
onthe emanagement of thebirds i - shpseey i find “« Decuria s m the plants sown on the 5th of Nov. e revision of the laws; an extension of 
Cage Birds,”’ atra t e most useful ik I a t off allt — “arst f teat I do not allow the young plants to | legislati i 
he can consult. r before they are sufficiently strong. The pit is glazed with eesiive pecting Se yee: Z m the debate 
Disciples has = — eae lest Chesnatii age and azu- te st crown glass, with narrow and puttied laps not mo hich followed, the desire for peace manifested in the 
rea should prove tender. Neither is injured even this winter, | than 3 of an inch deep. We never have any glass broken by the | Speec' from thi rone was warmly responded to 
a'though on an east wall. If they should be killed down, they | most severe frost; the temperature that we keep through the day | load: h “ ee f Pe H » 4 ~ 
ill spring upagain. | ever allows the water on the giass to be frozen, and we always 
E.—You are quite right. We only named Messra Gibbs and | cover at night with one or two mats thick, according t the state | the ¢ regret expressed by Lord Brougham at the 
: interruption 
dealers in grass seeds because they ha weap to be well | of the weather. Another correspondent wishes to know the 4 i 
‘ i ¥ fet of the French alliance, drew from the Duke of Wellington 
wi is 
f 
j of- mM il 
well and as cheaply. As to the quantities, they are such as ought 
to be sown if pear is no Dee sree as ina small paddock | laid in the trough.—John Gam 
oe 4 a la — If pein ~e ith a aie be laid i aawras very dif-| A Constant Reader, Milton Lodge, will not is glass bi rok en | peace : his Grace concurred in the measures of Ministers 
erent proportion and quan ne wo requi in his pits, however severe the frost, if he pn ~~ lay ‘o be i i 
Rustieus cxpectens cannot do better than refer to our list, p.5 well pt tied. He is no doubt aware that breaka age in ike iter is in iia ry to the Eastern Pape and P cine ‘apatecnd 
wes out ad North biden ae — = po jliow caused by = — of a small quantity of wate frozen be- | Rece: rod! = the co-opera of France in all questions 
nearly in the order o a ecomin . © may r tween the laps. ‘0 allow air to be continually entering between ting ei ¢ i 
r by dispensing with some of the earlier ones ; bi e laps aon erie ¥r no good parpose, and must be en ctive of | sation’ iw ghuceal: ie of Rarege mh the came hae 
he has room, he ought to try the whole. in’s manure can | mischief in frosty weather. The great Chatsworth conservatory s that it no insult had t been offered or 
be had of the manufacturers only. We cannot recommend one | is glazed with single squares 3 or 4 feet long, by which means FF; f July b 
dealer in plants in preferenceto another. Every respec — Nur- | japs‘are avoided. The work was admiral! — eo ecuted by Mr. h lied P he Co: SFR: Pestex gemsea 
seryman Will supply bis customers with whatever is “‘in the | Drake, whose advertisement will be found in the first page of our | the Allied Powers. Int mMmMons, SIF 
pr on Darr . ge ge git bimets ge ess bs cnr ee last peek ype . ina oy alse ; opinions in a great measure coinciding in these views, and 
asily ascertain the tannin; wer O 
the tastes of others as well as our own. any vegetable in the following manner :—Boile small aantity of stated his belief that pe mesa e of Earopesn ag os eriag 
7 rethey recover th after having Aner osc — pera it water; set it to cool, and strain off — clear liquor. Take a 
oO; y recover themselves. e do owering | li e isinglass, a and pour some boiling water upon it ; rs uffer this 
pea in id glasses, they ould Be planted out in the | also te cool; pay then gk a little of this pct of is! isinglass into hose alliance he attached very high i son igalaeea Lord 
pots. an 
n gr und in a bed properly ah eared: taking care notto a 
th car da f the plant. If latte: tai i eon erston and Lord John Russell, on the part of the 
the leaves, but removing the flower-stalk. rato wei leaves hav ne Hgts vel Senne . gba 5 
died th be = up a 
th 
— solution will become immediately thick, and a quantity of sale feelin; 
ae Py jermed. ‘ fa ne and sid th tated their entire con ncurrence in t reeli innling, 
pre does not contain yin. The solution ot isin glass must be had b 
nd in 
place till November, when they should be aoe a in a bed 
in the open ground; this sh aa ‘ repeated the Ponowine year, 
strong, and both captions: put be cold. If = alten can be ld, it hoped. ‘i a anderstandi 
and thi rs year after that they may be again forced and will pro- | had, common glue may be substituted. He wi l find tannin in 
duce almost as good flowers as they did ice first year they were | more or less abundance in the ap most coker andthe rabies with that power. subsequent bese have not 
Seauatell The best soil for them is a mixture of loam, vegetable | many herbaceous se such as the Potentils and pertipsin Precosling: the principal busi ess transacted 
mould, cow-dung, and erate qua! tity 0 ES Tormentils. 
We believe i his description that the grub which infests the Mr. Errington’s inquiry @ t Camellias be answered has been the introduction pa for the 2 continuance = 
piace al : gerd co Seoccs pace bed vate ire-worm, and is | next week. | Netting, Sons, on similar anticl eaare wad to be | the Poor Law Commission for a revision of the law: 
probably the arr t rendered rotten by Kyanisi pot we entertain no di 
destroying it may eigah.20 rig he fiat. | fact. In the open air ‘ag SS pra bres te From nat the intligene received h as not “oat 
‘worm with many feet. is Geophilus subterraneus ; this and its | vapour it emits. great eg th 
allies ar bist oP Boner in os we oe are ate 4 Subscriber will probably succeed in making his Pelargoniums | mails lea’ itt fi In 
— be — hey are . nas. ater- | flower in the oj scqerntn an data int in which 
pillar of the currant being hatched late in th they are kept cuslea: wiet 7 me plant ang phen in the open | France the: attention of the Ch hambers has been wholly 
beeo pa till about a month or six weeks before it appears | ground, or by adding to’ “5% son Ton tity of road-scrapings. If | absorbed by the Fortification per the debates have 
The caterpillar remains in adormant state during the | the richness of his soil is the cause of his plants not gerne 
enone the plants or op oe oe ae t i- | either of these methods will cure the evil. But if he has un unusual length, and. hay en Cc) ante Sia 
nistered in ities will de: and most © m- | varieties, more prone toleaf than t = wae oom, his only remedy is “re | art of the s: kers. ars) ou! 
ct: uch more quickly than anything else. t fthe | throw them wiht and get better s os - great energy oF the P pes aoe 
power 01 ng water, we recomme! correspondent to W. E. correctly attributes the chrivelling of Frontignan Grape: oie a 
I riage Lae eer Seer en two a ar cnr “rng in a pine stove to the ee undrained ‘state of the border. e 
into a cup ofboiling » and te vi remain in it fora m'nute, | The effectual remedy is therefore obvious. The Frontignans are by th 
i em perfecily dead. We shall be happy to assist | more apt to shrivel than many other varieties under great dis- Government | sone and ae his arguments y the 
the ni insects from his trees as far as lies in our | parity of temperature between the roots and branches. This example of the Duke of Wellington to whose merits he 
power. Appl y besent packed ina eet with fresh hay to the | disparity will be lessened by not tenes mons oo io so a aid 
honourable testimony. It appears to be generally 
Encourage roots near the surface by eatiabing: i pecan muse believed that some kind of fortifications, probably 
s i . 
We shal! be much indebted to Mr. Roger for his communica- a series 
protect them well im winter. ‘These partial remedien are, how- aie forts on will be the result of this lengthened 
tions, which cannot fail to be interest 
F. » S. should ae are 8 paren aN Pear on the pear r i of W. E. stating the imprac- * < re % 
stack God Crow it ou standard io-way well-deeihed toile” Itdoee | Seat bileyor ETE ee ie bender, afver all, it would be better to —— —The news from Switzerland is satisfactory, 
ar require a wall. ps substitute hardier sorts,and to remo ve the Frontignaus altogether. nd ean, it is hopes is permanently restored.—I 
ae ould require a volume to t Joseph’ He | . A Young tain, who caoeth jeep Gardoquia Hookeri safe in | aceite ‘te ithe demende of duain 
poor ‘ood infor bj D Hexbert's work er, and have it io health at all times, should attend to said that Portugal will iRinewere ei SEMEN 7 
Am mary idacez. the following th Have his pots well drained, Resp thtem and the f the undisturbed. 
Ther otruth in the statement mentioned by a a: Constan t ‘half 
Render, that either the eerie 2g So or the vast conserya- | quarter loam, anda quart sands tina avin 
lan. house near the glass, with a temperature of about 40° in winter. 
tory at Chatsworth is hea’ ted upon mr ; Sp! thd of oe phd: 
vise him Nor t: nar this much! ed-of me Ne lene It is one of those beautiful inte ‘which appear to be short lived, 
concerning which we shall have some observations to offer in o aug tout to die after sah ng a considerable size and flowering Tue Courr.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the 
ie number. Saaiiaieni: Chinhint, Loew trniahe, teat 1f freely. A young stock, from cul ttings, should always be kept, to | Prin: Royal, are at Claremont, and are expected to 
sevehly tor O.) Diy Dewest, soar CANES - replace the old ones. i he christening of the Prin- 
he will privately os ii hie address to me, at Messrs. Houlston and | " “ro the inquiries made of Mr. Errington by J. J., with reference return to town previously ts t he shes ng woce Dee 
Fushess. Be eer London, | shall be happy to Communicate | to his management of his celebrated joace tie mr. eertagteat cess, which takes place on the ‘eb. s 
ore fully wi t present I a sta‘e, that I ind will do f Sussex, the 
have the? Nowin ay foted me which he has mentioned :—Brodiea 
rmeatieeg B.gra ——— Catliprora pary Oraithogulumarebicum, 
Homeria lineata, G dialus (several fine species), beh gitcaehtee 
calyptratum (rare), parse ate (a newly imported from 
Seaste = some — hybrids. Of those which ci D.men- 
ald lik bbs valathen (from. a Hippeas- 
answers thus:—* With regard to the pat; any & 0, | Belgians, the Dukes of Saxe Coburg and 0! th 
ar Sher | Queen Dowager, th f and the 
em are named ast the sponsors. The names seleete 
he Adelaide. Victoria, Louisa. 
The Queen Dowager will ue — Hall early in the 
m0! 
t the cere’ 
iy eee ij h i ; 
preventive of f the aphis. design in using it is to kill all the 
brown et Ahab zor ne will ered and to prevent, by its firm adhe- 
sion to long-continued ¢ emission of a sulphureous 
the red 
* Mr. Whitaker has anticipated our ima The list of vege- 
tabies he asks for will appear next week. We shail at the same 
time-endeavour to find room for his le 
4 Subscriber will scarcely improve upon Mr. Green’s method of 
pee is ae described in our third namber. Two works 
by the aphis, tol 
the at if I see the least appearance of ap! 
rarely eet Prnalese uaineianely:  pigoe 
J. Js peach-trees rebapep ant if so, prescriptio: 
referen ee are all in vain, until the \aaee 
Se Sire eaet in our columns, and we ee e another omer hie hey ; 
subject. In , cucumbers may be grown arena evil be removed.” ; ‘ 
greenhouse, provided the air is damp, and the temperature not | ““p ow R., Petworth-gardens, asks for some information as govert ete 
below 70 degrees (see Mr. Green’s Memorandum in these Notices the island; anc i 
to Correspondents). They should in such a case be comet close eer to Hindostan. Mr. 
tothe giass. Fermenting is but an awkward way of » being a civ ice, = wililary 
WV esate 2 Laigenngh . by the new arrangement, 
An Amateur expresses a hope that we shall collect togeth tricolor F ore 
notices of all such new and valuable uctions in the flivfal rom seeds, which should be s per pic e 
world as, being of a character, may be successfully culti- | mixtnre of sandy peat an edia' lag ombne in the same perso ; 
vated by these who delight in a gardeo, but who are preciuded i ing bo! een departments being: — ; ps 
use of the nhouse and the stove. He and friends are manner to check their Monde 
i from time to time as best cag on, Monday, 
The Reformers of 
‘an, “Gedcom foo 
Fie cae oe tons 
rr ee atic ie 
