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Culture of Valiote “(Amaryl ) purpurea.—Although 
there are few among 't tyes eee at plants of easier 
culture or more brilliant colour than this, it appears to 
be far less oe he ae on it deserves. In Mr. 
cay eee s it is said “ ‘it shouid be kept 
alw: gro wing 
a treatment is; however, by no means necessary, a 
the bulbs I ossess have en gatticabiaty well ‘under 
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first volume of the ‘‘ Journal of the English 
nae recommending sawdust mixed vie manure to 
mprove e the texture of soil. Mr. - Dixon says 
kettles over garden-pots 
I once ‘Saw some pots about two inches thick placed over 
ite 
. aa they all died ; wal the sun’s __ coul 
space for the wemees of a compost heap, and nan three 
feet in depth. filled 
eat and the rest saw d 
he sides, so as to warm the i - or. cag 
roots might 0 as wn raed been arcs ced i cavern, 
W.C.R., New toh Abb 
Caul if flowers. 
dung es ot ae the urine was sit a 
through channels for its reception, one on each side of the 
mpost, eee sage ri all common water. eye 
md a the llected was thrown over the 
w ole m S ewith oop, ar : he I 
I adopt the follow- 
T pla ant peas five feet apart row from row, 
‘aa ramon ‘the rows celery, which in dry ho hot weather is 
— benefited by the shad de afforded it by the peas. 
When the celery is earthed up, I dig the pa onecie 
en 
This — accumulated for, 
week, pre he layer of peat and sawdus was W wheeled on 
in a greenhouse with bat little water through the winter, | the heap added during 
and re boy set in the open air in pans of water under | winter, with the addition, once in every w eek, of 25 ewt., 
a sout ; where, about June or July, they throw or more ne 50 — of night-soil ba urine.” Mr. 
thei slendial scarlet flowers, which last ped aw Dixon tha t this i is heapest and best manure for 
e. They w net be ve 2 ornamental pla ged at the | alteri Frets soils. lly, 7. G., of 
ede oot war ony p t with Clitheroe, advises J. D. _to follow the counsel of those 
Crinum Sapital pore alba, &c. About Octobér to th to-a chalk-pit ; 
they are removed into winter quarters. I find them in ¢ :—Having a large 
— pretty fast by offsets, taken off and fresh pot ore = celica of ei a having secre vines ows ng 
April, and treated a as the ah sh bulbs, which stow one half o which | 
that time have their uld. 
ark M: tl rE stitute ee the latter. _He nccudionty a a whe ge th bed 
& 
nd wks are prepeiters ‘of oak a 
prenared 
the rows am taking 
up the celery, leave one side of the ridge un dist ached. In 
= apring I prepare the ee for pa Pransry stretching 
e lin Bey ng the or igin nal ti nehes, aie velling the 
that 
proud er 
elery was ig sae I also ge a tren ch ‘betwee 
pe ones, which | part. 
The cauliflowers when planted i in these trench hel 
tered from cold, d 
up with earth about their roots, and bs ant a with atrowel, 
they will succeed those planted under hand-glasses, and 
will “ ual, if no d I 
iy have 
six . plant out in ag ing. 
cleared in Loe a Neti and thus I pet Thee rb in 
tee: the ure in which the celery is 
€ grea 
your yaiier garcia Mr. Paxton, ‘tor his able on sinited 
e Ta ‘anner’s Monopoly ; 
and abu ms ~~ bon However » he soe 
sams neutralized ail the ae ingredients; for instead 
and [ 
for a Lideheg we all have felt, ‘oud submitted to shack 
Tama bark- -grower, and for Aton 7 oe 
pe , for th 
of his vines growing 18 o 0 fee et, as he had hoped, they 
scarcely grew as many i side 
ame thr ree or four ‘years ago ; ‘and though they grow better 
cane = 
Management of Birch in Woods.—Your insertion 
me to hope that I Aral obtain 
this subject. I have some 
om 
light coppice bark. 0 follow the 
practice of the neigh! 
buyers, per ae load, set up in the 
We found 0 always at their r mercy, an 
rsely ves mi teeny to 
ee eae a bea Sr W, aS oe Real 
n on 
considerable Lmuypracged Farge 3 of different sorts of 
tre nd among them many Birch. 
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clearly show that saw- 
» In the e case of 7.G., 
? A 
da t, if dec ae d 
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bat i it was mixed with earth and pra matters not a ae 
I 
take their price rather 
peo ia sure as | the bark season came round we found ‘the 
st 
fT. G.e mploy, obra 
th a 
yea owth, eal ere long en neglected in 
prang ih iad this work, meet r — three 
our year s back, and cut dow wn many o of t the birch. 
the a cartel cir Sad not break 
hat twe were to subm reduc ed p ce. 
this, and detchnined 0 try some ether pla: 
h sabe 
ay 
dead 
gh this may 
il paid fe at all events, I 
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us oe the young roots of the vine. But if puardast 
nju rio 
is once rotte 
humus, and alkali h form an importa 
manure. ae. edition - bis hill water would 
i a 
the praribad sawdust a a strong affinity. 
» we should burn it, 
aq 
—F., 
Chelate et a proof of the effect of the sea on the 
phen uce it to charcoal, when it would certainly be a 
ood in 
wish to Saa F: there is any 
the st ; such as b 
perinkt f the year, or by an 
stem, p Bes The Soil t is a irae ly sand, with a heathy 
b but the bir 1 } 
sowed manure. LSence writing the above, we have re- 
ceived the ghieerin letter from Mr, Lymburn :—*‘ There 
a I hate some acres of flourishing birch coppice, which 
was ¢ 
t down for 
F Chroni- 
te emperature 0 of the air, I sen nd you an account of the | are many s: awpits roun nd this to own, and a ethas ae nvya- | since pa regularly cut and produces good shoo’ or _ 
i bly fi s, it Subscriber maces W vell-wi sher. r 
chat near meter Ah ze it will net. years, and reduces with difficulty, after i tl 
Min. | Max, Min. Min. | Ma. 
ist | 39 | 46 || sth | 21} 38° |] rath [35 
and | 33 | 48 gth | 30 42 |listh | 29 | 36 
3rd | 34 | 37 |i Joth | s2 | 44 |} i6th | 31 | 48 
ath | 98°] 37 {} ith | “31 39 [j17th | 42°] 49 
Sth | 99 | 33 |} 12th | 29 42 |) 38th | 42 | 4g 
6th | 23 | 33 |} 13th | 32 | 40 jfigth | 31 | 41 
7th 19 28 
We have not had s mo} all, and 
for an. hou 
it was all gone next aay: Very tle ‘rin re “ until 
fs pe three days.—P., 
hitaker’s 
— eariod, into an earthy-looking eee it is the 
n that prevents: fermentati tion. _ The bes st way to ferment | 
7, 
mh but mrapensaeers I beg to inform those who wish to 
cultivate such pla ants 
trees’; 
it 
eattione toi kash it can be get is the very be, 
great avail; but from our experience of it in swine-dung, 
we har Habit ‘hin hardly sufficient a) inti b resinous 
for it is Re sufficient 
a, ‘ 
— wher e they are grown in w woods 
her selves s by beste of thousands. To 
is | b thou usands of 
porter n_ seedli Padi seaiibaad , grow 
y kind of so pting stiff clay. I find a che soil 
answer better for than a light soil in woods, because 
it retains moisture in a dry season, and the small plants 
urvive the hot weather without arti a e 
eries,, vol. viii. p. 147.7? 
ork we found an extract from Mr. Dixon’ Ss, 
e Prize Essay, published in the 
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a difference 
‘that an | the on of this pet 
sho 
sy 8 ce: 
Aati-v tas paid my half- | able, and not ex rete the best way would be to burn the | scale :—After a tree is cut, the stump is peaied , and 
crown ttle of this substance, em I - to ~ mass of sawdus tas it is likely to be frond deal, that being | the hole 7 sit 
iluted nitro-muriatic acid, and the quantity contained i are em Wes then have the potash and other salts | ing it ; leaves are then raked up and mixed ris the soil 
the bottle worth, at the wholesale pri 7 ri * highly lic bas e wood, and some charcoal; rem til th a plan reise in- 
<enarvons Ouse oa any plant in suflicien the 1 resin will” ‘be dissipated by the burning. Ther serted, and soon makes a in- 
stroy riggs? roe —_ inatons Pr use = ate niet woods ; red animals. ae ves tion 
en d, as where collects the plant, the water, | but £ , 23d Jan. 1841 dron cataubiense and its abst are far more beautiful 
evaporating, le id ¢ cdl ated, and burns the Red Spider. Be: tee t saidhed- with the red spider on than ponticum, and therefore shou Id be plan ited near 
sft acsharaieny oe a early grapes the pine stoves here ‘ganiomaay the 
oe. ee Frontignans,) I have tried the plan of the late lamented | to cross the Nepai ul kinds upon, to Faves hardy vaticiibe, 
ak ten ae — goosebe the ravages ot President of the Horticultural Society with the greatest | which are mostly very beautiful. When in bloom, nothing 
Saesienh waned aoe _ Spring: ow as well. as uuccess, viz-: dusting sulphur over the leaves after the | can surpass the bea f Rhododendrons in w soil hast 
Eis pha d ik vite ing hema fruit-trees ease. last thinning. Any fumigating bellows will answer the | year the woods here were quite enchanting with them. It 
ga padi hen, a e. larvae of insects :—Take purpose, with a copper tube, as ad mete tobacco; the | is very easy to fill woods with them, by sowing the seed 
until rd re. oe tained — add cow’s urine | best flour o sulphur is used with cannes of | broad-cast, where it is desirable to have As 
oak ehtot th the consistency of thick fowls cut into short pieces to fit it tube | to prevent od gamle bag ded bed ar i a bs mars “re 
€ trees collect the seed by sha the s, placmg a 
: tas prepared, and the the pan will be not only a beautifully equally 0 over the back of the ten tf ms spider lias | sheet of paper beneath. "k man au boy can collect 
perceptible in- the. tistatthatie ill also be enced its ravages, the sulphur will adhere to the in- | enough to sow acres in a few hours where pien- 
mixture has Prise nol or trees to. w which the fected | part, and soon banish it. -I find it does not in the | tiful; a calm day should be chosen for the operation, hh 
Sawdust as.@ Manur, ll w fe st hurt the dporincy or bloom of the gra apes. I gene- | should be done as soon as possib’e after the capsules 
this check ae ee is an hav : — letters upon | rally have all the t ying and it is put | burst, and the seed should be sown immediately. “Rh O~ 
dust ts para d veragegp ton, says-if dry saw-| on, as. it is: disa able - amongst it ee wm grows much better in shade than in 
it, will soon ferment: iE sllawed to rom a stable or cowshed, | Every practical gardener é danger of too much | sunny situations; the foliage is often four times the usual 
becomes. a good to remain light; and it then syringing among pine plants, “apse in the winter size, and of a much finer green; R t 
Chimlomt, sateen: T have used “ag clover. J. F. D. | w onths ; by prefer loam, mixed with @ great portion of leaves raked =P 
dung for ten ¥ 4 t mixed with rabbits’- little pe without using: a oa of ork aileey,. | and used i jately by mixing with the soil. Any on 
piece of ground covered with weeds which was only a barren | Weibec desirous of planting inderwood for shelter for game, cain 
crops-a. any inthe neighhouskar » how produces as fine Rhabar bE reing.—Havi ing seen the Balers process | not find more desirable plants than Rhododendrons, 
tet aad — hit sxiie iC pata is aaa e brocoli I think is | by which slonlenkede jewel, I was try several | account of their 
of rabbits consists of on!y t porunts My stock | different m buds were vera ‘withe a hand-_ ee (corgi Sppcsrance 1a “dreary winter. 
i in. "y ath 
‘ormation 
@ ore 
is subject. It appears very extraordina: phir ere 
of opinion should csi, as tt je whens Am a 
The n 
r sayeth rosé an 
be blown about by and a flamed bybl mtn 7 a 
thinner the material, the more easily is | famed oe these c 
within; and tle is by no | mention in th wae we think 
uicens to bes i, the blackness © terior absorb- | feathered ‘* ear e 3 
| ing all the sun rays, and not reflecting any. As an | unique or ‘ * prince d? i 
