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Dictionary is sm aller, neater, mpact, an complete | menced using Sphagnum for Orc! chidacex ; since then, in conse- NEWS OF THE WREK 
bg past plants ; belies which i it sag many useful A esha upon | quence a the plants thrivi ing excessively in it, I havé been gra- N E W bs) O Fr T H E Ww E E K. 
cultivation and other matters. We recommend both or either. dually oe pting it for various kinds, and in every case with benefit. bce camera ages 
K,—If you will tun to Loudon’s Encyclopzedia of Plants, last | Even Stanhopeas, Gongoras, and others having pendulous flowers, Our foreign intelligence confirms the jeapression: that 
edition, p. 247, you will find all that we know regarding the Rus- | and arian itis the practice to build above the pots, I would re- | the e d the affairs 
sian Winter Gardens. The account there is by Storck, whose | commend to be planted in wire baskets, and suspended in prefer- 
book was published in 1802, and who must either have seen | ence. In potting with this moss, the plants may be elevated con. | of Europe are no Sallie ce A to affect the continuance 
them or had oe information upon the subject. If a of | siderably above the surface of the pots, by which means the | of peace. Tn France, duri he debates on the Secret 
our correspondents can give us ee concerning them, we | principal mass of roots is evented from adhering to its porous Ss ll, M % rimg. 0 
will insert it with goto pleasuri sides, and saved from injury in shifting. Ina word, I recommend ervice Bill, M. Guizot, on beh: o! e Government, 
We are much obliged to 4 Weil-wisher for his advice, and will | Sphagnum, mixed with potsherds, in preference to anything I | refused to declare that they would not disarm, and so 
keep his observations in view. He will, however, find that in the eve hitherto seen used for the growth of Orchidacez. firmly expressed the int 
first place none of the ubjects to hhe objects are irrelevant, | A Clerical Suéscriser.—It is not necessary to cut off the leaves A Be intentions of the Executive on t 
the whole of them ing upon some — - ~— economy; | of be hacker gern peipersieg: nat : y y decay, ani 3 and maya leaf- | point, that the passed a vote of confidence in 
t mdly, rticles to which he alludes have never, at | mould manure. en the object is a late rons | i = la that case a Rat : . 5 i 
preepiatrer Page, diy the articles part of the space allotted to gar- | proper to cut down the plants, and thus obtain oy std rr the Ministry,—a result hailed with satisfaction by the 
dening and rural economy. What this gets Oe pone ~ ra rect aned a a fruit —- clean nce < destroying Pos first. Give | friends of - In reference to the same subject, it 
ot d as interesting, and we cannot afford to confine e plan of dung. growers near | 7 
= a laedearticuseaneee that een one small class of readers roi apply iti in fo fe of long yom ay oi = that state, ei siete _ began nies vt a sa = 8 gor orth apteant ae: 
; exclusively. If we did, we should find our sale rapidly falling, in- x being washed with the rain, it keeps the fruit clean. A | the protest o & agal continuance of th 
: stead of rising at a rate beyond our most sanguine expectations. citeaiag of rich loam will do good. We ae ed with armaments, that an projected levies of the German Con- 
Mr. Thomas Veasy recommends horse-hair cut small and the | the action of wood-ashes upon Strawberries. The f ae are li 
beards of barley to be onan ed to stop the progress of snails among the best agg hardy evergreens which will do for co. i 2. es! ish- 
and slugs, instead of Dr. Horner’s galvanic protector, which he | vering naked walls ; but a few deciduous kinds hang with them ment, and that Prussia has declared to the French 
thinks too expensive a cofeghaed, even although it should cost | would cover much evr Bes and might be planted a et ett roe ambassador that she entertains the most peaceful views 
only 6d. afoot. We think Mr. Veasy has not understood the ob- | in eee the walls, to be destroyed as the Ivy and other ever- 
ject of this contrivance, which is oy = —- cabbages ot greens towards France, in common with the other: States o' 
such common crops, but choice be: o valuable reo re ergre eciduo 
other plants of which { it is desired to take great care. A hoop Po Crateegus 4 Pyracantha sistctockie pho Germany.— Pah _ eas ges ccegige ci the pire isd ba 
‘ this kind can made for a shilling, will guard a dahlia which | Clematis fammula rotundifolia | Ampelopsis ae that capital, 
costs a guinea, and will last for many years. Is this too expen- | Cotoneaster rotundifolia oe hirs' making rapid progress ; that a new criminal code is pid 
sive? A bed of valuable seedlings 12ft. by 4ft. is effectually = microphylla Jasminum officinale 
guarded by an edgirlg which costs 16s., and which will spswee Caprifolium gratum Clematis montana to pted, and that the measures taken for its dis- 
the same purpose year Fespcie year. We apprehend bath. plan ee earths Soy ‘ virginiana cussion are regarded as the first approach to the repre- 
peregrine ee ee ing Rosa Sempervin pian Glycine ——— entative system in that kingdom.—In em the 
MW. R. C. sends two cockchafers, and says that informatio ger are ia grandiflora (rather » de Lisle — ests of various Catholic Powers ‘pin —_ suppres- 
specting them will be than! verrgtone ricebeeie: “We must beg him i ender). on si reas pe ees: 
be something more explicit is wishes; the only answer we jisette 
gan give to so vague a ome dahy mn that they are cockchafers. The best time to plant Ivy is the HES put it will do very well the Vorort disputing" the right of any foreiga ——: 
Inquisitor will probably find Paxton’s Botanical Dic omer tobe | in spring. It with grow well in a fresh soil and situa! wr if the e vant 
what he wants. He will see elsewhere our answer similar | soil is not-very pees or full of roots of other pene or the 6 - 
question from another correspondent. situation i is not much aan while the plants are young. | We learn that th firman centri Me heniet 
S.—None of woo plants in your are Le le ser igen te nod The Irish is net the err ag es aca hereditary Pachalic of Egypt has been despate’ rey fei 
t Philippodendron regium, a New Zealand plant, which al- H. K.complains that although he ell drained and manured 
ought named in honour of King Louis Philippe, must, one would | his garden, _ ome of his Pear. yaa continue to produce flowers Constantinople, and that the Pacha is devoting his atten — 
hink, have ———. title for ae ore of libelling rable e ower. | ae without ‘rai If his trees produce few or no deta Aocears they to mil: 
‘or it has a miserable foliage and still more miser: lowers. suffe rom some eyil at the root, arising probably from a 
raja ate is a name to be found in Messrs. Loddi, cata- | bad bad eabdolle or perhaps from excessive yale ie summer. If, colonisation, and to the sbolition of negro slavery. The 
legue, but we are =e with it. on the contrary, sufficient vigour of the roots is indicated by the | remnant of Ibrahim Pacha y 
-* 4 Young Gardener will find the articles on Rural Chemistry, pub- | production of shoots, the cause of failure must be owing to the andria, e plague had made in < pearance ay that 
lishing weekly in this paper, a more useful introduction tothe sub- | frosts of spring, or to some constitutional defect. What is the | ™ : P ep 
| ject book he can sre, iy Caneeceuanotte tix cate variety that is thus sterile? oak city, and in other places on the {c —Affairs in the 
peice, a gentleman t! — conversant wit sul 0. P. Q.—The Beurré de jiaumont Pear is not so -fla- i 
ject, and will, when cae iabcate all the chemistry which a tesa some other Sr tie ma ; but in warmer seasons —_ United States ait Bersent 9m on need spect, Cale eee, 
en e ti those experienced of late, it has been melting, and even rich. nk has suspended 
'ee-master 3 i arks anticipated in our las is extremely productive; for when most other varieties are cut off payments ; s = of aide? “es been returned a 
An Old Bi find his re 
Professor Henslow does not say pos What proportion sulphate of by spring frosts, the one in question has not been known to fail. M eet od, w 
; copper is to be mixed with water; we imagine tha: ~ if rag solution | Like many other Pears, it is much affected in quality by soil. We is ieee “a prison; and the 
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is in the Lut ag of an ounce to a gallon of w: it will be | here think that one tree ought to be in every coll D, ad itory 
strong enoug! avery smallone. The Pears mentioned in our Covent Garden in dispute tries. = 
Viola will sh the following plants fragrant and adapted for | Report for sy at were really the Chaumontel, which though P' int MS 
forming masses in flower-beds in the open rocticertimey sontie sometimes in December, Lage be kept till March. We bought At home ete Princip “epi of discussion in Parlia- 
4 Erysimum Perofskianum, (Enothera odorata with yellow flowers, | them and had t ren verified b ‘Thompson, of the Horticultu- | ent duri en the postponement of the 
Phlox Drummondii, Russian Ten-week Stocks, Sweet Peas, and | ral Society’s Garden. : ing th : ' BOR? 
4 Mignonette. py 2 nen Mei s~ and —— Amicus is ss in a in our Journal of to-day. _ Salt is irish aetcnslien pe = has Morpeth till after Easter, 
é ‘Sweet-scented Hybrid Petunia, (Enothera speciosa, and Double | little used as a m in gardens, but it is valuable in farming i i i a 
Rockets, with white, blush, or pink flowers. Verbena Neilii and | applied at the ary a not less than ten ag more tyan enty and the my Eatienates, Stee debates om which. ae: ae 
| Lupinus ornatus, the former purple and the latter pale blue; | bushels an acre ga lands. It has been used with advantage | esting, on account of the declaration of Ministers that 
macrocarpa and Mimulus eancig3p or with yellow blos- | for ae eee! gear Bg re and other field-crops. If | there now remains no dis: isagreement ais ween. France and 
soms; and for scarlet Sr ttshinba Geranium: Srey es cardinalis, pate ut do’ ey will flower the following M 
= Moet Seema le esides Pinks, Carnations, Roses, and other 2 is country, gore with peer to Egypt or apie 
well-known plants. Eliz Elizabeth's questions are referred to Mr. Beaton | A long debate has taken place the grant to Maynoot 
A Young Forester must not be impatient ; -he will see his letter Mr. Blood. will find some fr it rules at D- 51. A book S il i eat d 1 ion yay is bee = al 
to-day. called ‘‘ A Plea on Behalf of the Poor,” by the Rev. Jas. Orange, | VOllege, and leave een Br en to bring im 
Adam.—Lime-water is a by putting a quantity of lime | contains some useful information; when we can find room we end the existing act weguinting that cosets grasraatn — 
into water, stirring it a few La and “ieee ening the lime to | shall notice this work. Probably the secretaries of the Newcastle ms Be € Di sie Baik ty 
settle ; the clear liquor that fonts is what It will not | Horticultural Society, and that’ of Lycee ng Wells, and the gar- petit of Designs 
injure any kind of plant, but will immediately somes slugs and | dener of the Duke of conegr oa aaa - =~ dntairy sorummnn lenis: | ths going into committee on ie Asie be 
4 ‘worms. to Mr. B. the regulations under whic’ y ie a cot- q 
| ¥. T. €. D., Dr. Beran, x2, N. P., Pretor, object to the state- | tage premiums produce advantage. We would also advise Mr. Bill has been tived. In the House of Lords the sub- 
ee at pa page 35, “hat Honey-dew is is ‘an oe from | to procure the ‘‘ Report of the Commi ommittee ¥ the — ject of the Catholic seminaries of Canada m dis- 
leaves, e former says :— on a bright summer’s day under | Agricultural Socie’ mn the Competition remiums offered for i nseq 
: a Sycamore or Lime-tree whose leaves are qovernd with honey- Socal in dare hes was published at at Rrcagnr i In case peter at gre’ t 2 but in co’ —— writin? pera 
5 ii you — find _— on — upper aoe of those leaves that | this should meet the eye of any correspondents willing to volun. | pres: of business in the House of Com 
j ve no others over them, while you wi it covering not only | teer informatién, they may be lad, to eae. that the address of been ey 
4 the other leaves but stones or sticks that lie on the ground under- | the gentleman we are Aree selaant is “* William Blood, Esq., tatters of particular ae ae ew broug ‘orm 
: neath the tree. If the under sides of the leaves be examined, | Wicklow.” If we can make room for it, we shall print an abstract 
* crowds of aphides will be seen, and in a suitable be agi a shower | of the premiums offered by the Highland and Agricultural Society 
®f minute drops of honey-dew may be observed fali: round } of Scotland, so far 3 — “ne aca 
the tree, and making everything clammy with coneatie ieee J.N. V¥.—To lay down si is to produce, a short 
also considers the question to be set at rest. We, however, are | close velvety wna we shea Pecans on inion. of Crested Dogstail Tae Covurr.—Her Maj 
i par nin A of opinion Lephn: an have nothing whatever to do | Grass, 5 lbs. * — eep’s Fescue, 6 lbs. of Cowgrass, and a bushel | Princess Royal are still at yt Palace. uri 
with the secretion; that they n accompany it, is true, but for | of Ryegrass. This will cost about 3. an acre, and is sufficient if jes! Prince have taken eques- 
the purpose of feeding upon the sweet exudation, and not for the | the seeds are ceaas but it may be taken asa general rule that the week Her M Bjesty, — me aeiticn. a 
: purpose of forming it. Itis not at all uncommon to see honey- } twice as many seeds would not be too much if expense is no ob- trian exercise i aE 2 
" dew in badly-managed greenhouses unaccompanied by aphides. | ject. The dealers in seeds will supply these: or if there is any | tess of Charlemont has succeeded the Marchioness of 
at i or a e lady in waiti en. rd 
Last s Rolleston, near Burton-o: kt beat Saet 0! 
was observed by Sir Oswald Mosley to have poured forth in one A nego gre plants —_— killed by AS aa to- Byron and General the Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley have suc- 
i ceeded Lord Po F. Sto lord 
= tobacco. r, the ch mm e . 
tain diseases of trees, for example that called honey-dew, po unless he grows his own tobacco. With perseverance the aphides groom in waiting on Her Majesty. It is rumoured as not 
dently depend on the want of a due proportion poeta quan- — be kept down by this means, and we know of no other. No impenene that Her Majesty will either remain in town 
4 e w ee ery te! i i 
veaypton 
quantity of sugar formed by the plantis greater thancanbecon-| H. he  renaied oyster-shells have been employed advantage- | of spending ¢ that at Sguerpn as usual. 
sumed by the leaves and buds, and is excreted from the surface of | ously as a manure on light lands, drilled in with Turnip-seed at Representative Paes of Ireland.—The Earl of 
the leaves or bark. a Murray omar we believe, somewhere pub- | the rate of 40 bushels an acre, and ep quantity has been found Caledon, it is said, will supply Prat yacancy in the repre- 
asi a in N > 
Discipulus.—In root-pruning an apple-tree 14 or 15 years old, | also been used advantageously for W Wheat; 4 cwt. of of oyster-shells | sentation of the Irish peerage, occasioned by the death of 
such of the roots as are too deep may fee cut as close as you can; | and the same quantity of rape-dust have proved of equal efficacy. | the Earl of Rosse. 
if the others are sound they do not require priming in, as the pri- Oyster-shells consist of rather more than 30 per cent. of animal : ad stated that Sir gy a 
vation of tap- prove a sufficient check to an over-luxa- | matter, of chalk, and of a little former acts like other |. 7 274#amentary.—It i ng pest at Mahese of 
Tiancy of wood; go farther and you stunt both tree fruit. | animal matter, giving out nitrogen; the k has the usual be pat in nomination at 7 ae 
If the tree is two or three years old, and you wish it to remain in | effect ect. produced by that substance; and it is probable that the | Parliament for the City ‘of London.—It is 
a very dwarf state, reduce the roots A soe ama pen In ae minute fragments of the shells also = by condensing gases | the Conservatives of Manchester are sce a ogee “ 6 pi ar 
tubers should selected ; potatoes cut wi within their and slo" parting with them. q = representation ol e Horou 
one eye to each set afford the best produce, especially if equality |" Mr. Hudgeon.--The observations ery | Peemuene bt See Pcie: ak that they ts. 
of the tubers, as well as their total weight, be taken into | of Horticulture explain, as far as our knowledge goes, in case of a . Si M 
eaates principles are on which that depends. It is not | tend to bring two candidates, Sir George Murray 
rae - the flowers viene Sain an coor sutiaphad beak (ioe shire tena ws ng that their cope sheama and Ric P yo pp sea : Sir J. Beck 
rs E ae ie ig me 
provided they wereexpanded at the time of gathering. Upen be one foot aan the glass), to allow the sun its full play beget is in course of W. magi . e at = Feats ; 
ion shi tried the effect of placing a bell glass | i giving any air during March, April, and May, because the and the the Hon. J. S. ortley, to me 
flowers, and the other with young perature moisture of the frames would become high for the of the next dialing 
ones, part of which were not expanded. The resultis, though | this class of plants, and ventilation is the nape means of is in ei i Mr. Cavend roce to can- 
£ days, those upon the young spray | either. Air shor given from morning to nig tag so far as to ine and that Major C 
now YS, be _ 3 
re still fresh (though a few have fallen off), and the buds have on hp to that of the external air, if not below : the county of Sussex, ‘ urteis 
: as they do upon the tree itself; and the fowers 40° during the day. ‘We do not think Pelargoniums likely to suc- | intends standing for East Sussex.—lt is reported that Mr. 
ne On a ee ceed in Mr. Ward's cases ; they will live in them, nodoubt, but | Port the Whig Member for Clithero, is about to vacate 
ug 
in a sitting-roo Sc ommecd Ne Suaeeaeene a i ee eee ee his or that boro he Shou! aid that t ev ent occur, Mr. 
the atmosphere, which carries off all the moisture of a flower. Bat | M4Nvazs.—Subjoined SO ae Cardwell, it is said, will in the 
tnigecdetee ower, the air within the glass. | ie use, — tone ~ pated rehoehgat tomliy Sang Dee te ae tee per — on the Conservative, —_ Mr. M. Wilson, jun., of 
on of the flower, and then a | 7!¢- Per ar Rape-dust, 7. per ton; Rags, cage H The 
arrested. All cut flawers | 83 Graves, Sf. to 52. 10s. per ton; Gypsum, 38s. pet ton; Salt, ihton Hall, argra n the Whig interest.— 
oe niten tien ¥ oe covered with a bell- 2. 3s, dirty, 2f. 15s. clean, per ton ; Lance's Carbon, 138. per ar. ama has ba pes ce of Cacionie tat 
rim rests in water. Men Se es oe denen aigeok ert Manure, | t¥o sureties to the 
plants Mr. Paxton ore, 2s. per qr.; Poittevin’s re, 
13s. 6d. per ar: ; ee eae to 23s. per cwt.; Nitrate boroughs 
phagnum, as alluded to at 8. Mr. Paxton’ eri ps 
page 8. i Ss answer is 
:—It is mow about twelve months since I com- pod remnpy~ Saw, 203 aia, per ewt,; Willey Dust, 4/. 48. | able 
