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in April, and planted out in beds in a light rich soil in 
May; by the end of September rg should be potted in 
No. 32 aa vgs — ged in it or frame. 
Cutting offse of the ‘Nea wae itan Miao should be 
plan ted o aris In sum- 
f the strongest plants should be 
of it? Were it divided, and in the hands of ‘numbers, I 
h 
am satis sfied nr age o* acts of waste land 
nto cultivation; many of the valleys of Wales would 
h in corn and meadow, the slop 
roc 
20 of the strongest, ee 
d 1 the inside of the 
be “thinned ete leaving 1 18 or 
re little hott 
which 
+ 
ew 
ollow ; many parts of this little-known country n 
i ‘ou. ing up 
m 
es of aul 
searched fo’ ‘or | 
er-buds ; for the joints will 
0 ore ¢ toge- 
d lying waste would sprin into fruitfalness and od e Tropa@olum tricolo- 
ee @ picture is not imaginary : Liverpool and | rum is stot @ off the weak Ieterale re — not likely to 
anchester are not above a few hours’ dist: 3 if wit! eel, so much 
Principality, pres’ the splendid fortunes of her merchants | the bette Any time from Febraary ti till My, wn ms hae 
and in other | half fall | of boc then with a mi: and 
should be eet up ict debe eer covering with 
night, and as much air given as the weather will 1 pa 
daring it the day; such plants will — a profesios of 
—— nieghes November through the wint er months ; others 
nces in creatin Pat residences, villas, 0 
vehi scenery of Wales. It would ue the nant s 
ted 
= that the land revenue office gifte 
] If i in 
ry continue blooming much later in spring. 
cut down early in summer and 
they have produc ced y 
n pri rivate 
astles, in the | till within inches of the top; fill up ee ee iad 
and water wi vith. a fine Tose to settle it. Then dibble in the 
all as , leaving : about 
g about 
half-an-ineh of the ate above the sand. 
aad a the Hoaiseagt the planter, the miner, th 
would be i id add 
as eer a 
] 14 
n-inch ong, 
ng also work to numbers. 
roots, which are well pruned or shortened, and potted in 
as small | ~~ as rend can be bape. ped got into, in ligt 
ndy so 
» Sivi 
T have ong drawn ae to the Sera pap isms 
ht be s: 
much mig’ oa your 
of Selig een _ its hae Tanded pr soar, ould 
produc more were itin private hands. en ben e 
* Place 
the greenhouse; keep the sand 
mstantly moist, callie care “ene the st are always 
as poss ssible they “are sae into their seine, soa in 
p ogee richer and stronger soil, with a good a the 
firs n October, when they are placed in the green- 
e best kinds of shrubby Cinerarias, Helio: 
then the expenses of auditors, &e. &c., would be 
The Crown, be assured, ee not farm or rent to profit. 
Supposing that immense tract of land called the New 
cae had all its old stumps uprooted and the a _ 
e no more. | 
rect. Inthe course of two months many of them will 
throw Bs shoots from under the ery The pot should 
then be removed to ashady situation out of doors. . When 
| the isis decay,do not disturb the sand, but water spar- 
i igly. n October let them be placed in the greenhouse, 
when oan that have made small tubers will grow. It is 
from lants the best cuttings i in the 
Fie ‘Tn the following May I turn the whole ball out of 
pot, in | a warm situation in the After 
+ tal +h P +h 
and stare, — the transfer of such “property not =n 
adva: tage ‘ous one, both for r Crown and country ? I 
ied lun me 
in a cold pit near the e gli ass, with plenty, of air and Tittle 
water ; three or four sowings are advi 
dd t New mber. I first 
fill part of the pit in the flower-house with | fresh tan, and 
the other part with shelves; I then place on the tan the 
first Roses, Lilacs, Rhododendro drons, Kalmias, Hyacinths, 
Ti pis inches Heliotropes, Cinerarias, Pinks, 
= f +} ent 
rset adhe it stort pay “by the bebowr. 
let me point out what one man in 
done for hi 
ae boa mitt 
housands and 
thousands of acres into a high state of cahivition, which 
before he commenced his labours were valueless and 
barren. oIaG B. H., Feb. ge 
Kyanised Wood.—I hav with some interes oe 
account, * Mr. Tillery, ofe experiments ale at Wel 
yan’s solution. Itisa salzet 
ball through a par eee earefally pay out ms tubers. 
They are then treated i 
and make a 
aa -pot 
until after they b ‘ave formed a A small stick can be 
placed against each ant to whieh it will climb, sn - 
serves to indicate the place of the cow when 
dead. Many seeds will remain 12 m 
poe Breen art rdener to A. he 
apler —By an oversight, a letter oon 
- Pilot vali. Fe this —_ to be used as 
17. 
nam mer are pla caer in the pEaveg mech in successio very | of considerable past De nd I think Mr. Til lery wi ould attrac tion or game, was inserted i in page l The bento 
= or ten days. I water the poty "Pelargonium, Cine. be doing the public a great kindness were he to y zg F Halesi, 
as, &e. most ax any further information which he may does not beara berry ; he must, therefore, have meant 
temperature ne the house 55° at pas Mary 60° in thes pr possess respecting the preservation of timber, &c. I Perhaps he will inform he i 
and i n the spring to 65‘ ° at night and 70° in the well known that slmost ed kind of timber wilt sate rot tended to recommend, A co ondent cigs that the 
day. t Ihave known Larch last, in a| writer must. have meant the Snowberry, Symphoria 
wooded soe lightly over the = every night and morn- without any pre- | racemosa 
advance in growth, they w 
require e fui umigating with taceo, pas fe. have other insects 
As the Roses 
a a 
paration aed atever. As it os that t unprepared timber | 
never bone longer than one year 
_ Malva Lateritia. -—Upon taking up some plants 
21 aps he is Possible that there may be some 
per 
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se for r producing decay, 
dahil Mr house 
of this, 
at each of the lower pen of its 
stent ‘stems a nari Pong sas. a foot 1 
dally | an inch i in diamet nm the 
ftiliery 
question. In 1838, 1 had : a foot-board or pathway | made 
ot } 
} 
— for ¥ 
fo f various kinds for warm- 
Pc green! ari Lam seemed to submit, for the informa- 
made of fo sawn out of Tarch- boards, and steeped i ina 
solution of corros sive sublimate. The hou as been 
eci 
oint, until, near the adae of be shoots, 
there were port a few fibrous roots striking into the soil. 
i yp fh they appear at first coming in contact with the 
end 
in the island of 
, = 
‘The articular 
ion of such readers of y y _out several fibrous a one fi 
herein, my pe jon regarding th First : In lighting temperat ure h joi 
he fire a arises which is injurious to plants. | as it was the ey i it was laid aooe, and ran not exhibit | ae and abundant means of inresing the plant.— 
ond: Afte . oe lighted, a sulphurous gas, | the least sign of decay. Previously to using Kyan’s solu- | David Cameron, Botanic etre Birmingham. 
- serge ogee quan’ nerated, i p n, I always found an appearance of decay in the foot- Pi 
mn the stove, Kills rir and injures many plants. | boards of the same vinery durin) e t md in x sige aa has rom shor © siaober of years by the 
Thin : In cleaning out stove it is impossible to pre- | three y: they fell to ae being completely rotten. and 
vent some of the coal-dust rie ping ;; this lodges upon the | I h i uti anc for roofing an ad had th 
lentil of the plants and is not easily removed, even with | matters, but th I ble | th all has 
the use of the enter; baer ie: ees pipe alse become | to gi ini it h I nev nl ti in ve slightest degree injured io frost, and 
d by the ur —_ moisture | been of use.—A i dlichmond Yor. seems perfe ctly hardy in this te. particu! 
which arise in 4 and 0 is ~— y, must Ros ae wearecy nets ich avery beautiful 
removed. Again, geen es of cleaning the =a with | nied the ia pebiication in gt Botanical Register ¢ ofa a | free- pdm with very dark ae pe like the 
ets - nigh detrimental : this, combined with yom = eof Roscoea purpurea, it is said to be a amas cote te Its seed, and indeed the — Late variety of 
te ee lant and s uggested that it mig ht be fou nd to bear perfectl 
th 
ne plants, i inpaiog ‘their colou 
foliage, pr in ay instances entirely des estroying 
cheie vitae. Fourth: 
ing a uniform degree of heat t throughout ‘the house se by 
means of stoves, those plants which are i d near them 
e of t 
must ee to a higher de; emperature, and | it flowers most fr “ar 
those a dist stance to a muc aseeeney for 
their State tation. What with th e scutt in winter here as with 
Id 
‘or | in the same way near London, be the thermometer rere 
le, aE 
¥, 
I> 
many years been cultivated in the open air in die: Bowne 
arden here, — away from a wall or any particular 
sete r, and with out any 0 other protection ed a little tan 
thrown d With ¢ s treatment 
some ev en in the ae of the nie yan a time the young 
plants were destroyed, as it was not observed that be 
ht, 
first plant ctnerved, and which had 
the shovel, the hook for oe: out the clinkers, the inst 
and the water “e the 2 top of the stove, the = has m 
Our clim 
Edi: 
more insular.— R. Gr aham, ee Garden, E 
the rance of 
. = eesti: 9 atone 
er the purpos peas a healt See vegeta 
loam, yank and sand, with a sm. 
saci of soot ; “this mixture is Pose to the _influence 
The 
sprung up in the box 
rs in an borde 
ough the has been unusually severe this ¥ 
even its most ‘aiaker shoots are not — Two plants 
of double white Camellia have flowered at this place for 
pris although I ae “heya put cheaper than the old- 
fashioned pian of heating ; I would 
About the latter end of J ge as the of 
on ” that othe prrsd 
flow 
remain long in benatye | oe most tender parts 
ntlemen who are desirous ° ~ ving teas healthy, and | tion of the sap has ceased, 1 gic out the tubers from the the foli- 
el plants to abolish the use of stoves and ch . and having carefully removed the soil, I put the tu- | age have never been hurt by the weather. This plant, 
gardeners, and adopt the method of ting by means of bers i in flower-pans upon a shelf in a dry room. bout the | therefore, ; y 
hot water.—J.C. [Although we regard these statements | beginning of Sep they produce their new stems. I Indeed there can scareely be a doubt but _ grow 
as rather exaggerated, if Ls plo; ser let them remain until they have lengthened from 12 to 15 a shrub out of doors ; and altho might 
good management, yet wi es. Having well drained a No. 12 pot, I fill it up| not flower every season, still, with its br shining leaves, 
 pemaate — me best sree Ao Clank or | with the compost to wit 4 inches of the top, then would be very ornamental. If Camellias could be dis- 
Bac ely a a bai d ater. There | pla ce the tuber rin the € cen f the pot, and coil the stem vered that’ flower in summer, instead of early 
er, pp » filling up with the compost | spring, they bea g acquisition to the flower- 
aie 00 expensive. U » ho til about f the stem is left above the soil. garden in climates like this. Myrtles, and indeed a 
ever, should stoves be em sen tee any other purpose After potting, I oo the pots on a ene: out of doors, | siderable variety of other greenhouse plants, stand 
— they remain till the Yaga of October: are | winter inthisisland. Salvia fulgens i entirely in 
_ Waste and Crown Lands. —I wish to draw the public ool gree cahouee: exposed | the open air, winter and summer, and flowers stern 
t I think highly deserving considera- | ¢ h ligh 2 air as can wee given to them. With The true fet in the Rhodo dendron seems quite hardy, and 
tion, and I take the liberty of ped Ht your Sg ep ct t ing, I } 
Chronicle the medium of a few obse — tofd in. the use of saw ~dust as 2 manure. 
——_ that there are 30 148,319 acres w ihe and no little taste have = dopayed “i Oe Sate vacitex of ae: a observe Ricci he has for years mixed 
Imperial Sinton, viz.: England 2, ec “660, pss ts of this pretty flowering plant. whatever way | this article among the stable in hotbeds: 
1,318,174, tice 13 _ 550, Ireland 5,796, 135. What early flower-buds < arte pi for flower-seeds, &c., and pastry 
portion of this bel the Cro wn Ido ot kn now 5 ‘but | until the s all 3 the object being to | up kept longer i than 
that the Crown th sgh one time. When! manure. The: ve 
no revenue from, is seer he fore tk t disp 'y; in their earl: th may be stopped, to | spring of one year, and remained 
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