anes 
en en a mnepemnccnrnnnm te 
Jory 17.] 
THE GARDENERS’ ee eee 
quoted, always ceived | it at the same time of the year, dations of Titmice, Peas The 
and ae “id Sk ti | following letter sent us by Mr. eight. some e years si 
that it proceeded from some cause independent of aphides. wees me of these traps, mil, we doubt not, ech c interesting 
With respect to the ferment of ay Pp P: y of our readers, and show how kind-hearted ares 
in Kent, I would take the gota o Dr. eusiable a man he was in the most cing practi 
Bevan, to his nd Mr. Golding, the necessary in- t tak ife a bird, however wr iniol 
= th are n not i in a sickly state, and without doing soin ‘the most nia mann pao I Pager 
ppl ich I pr send yo’ 
eal change, by w ich their saccharine property has been owing directions how to at nt fa tee weights a use 
increased, in oe y to oa attacks of these little insects. 
Mosley, Rolleston Hall. 
~The. following is the result of of my 
te o 
pe summer, yet there was so mi 
I could never insure a 
Black S 
ure bearers in pots, and by whatever 
prsige tei may be raised it does not seem to affect their — 
Cie The fo lowing is a certain way to sag pti acd 
w 
follow 
pieces of r stone), each oF about three pounds, are to be 
the tp i re crater inleed 
the bird when coal acreage the bait or tiller. I bai 
of 
experiment with nitra! 
parts of the beds which were watered with the ‘solution, 
to, burst 
mmonly done, and often too 
ihe hones have Sensi 
en too soon, which 
of stopping 
pecan of Peas s, fixed as you will 
find one in beta yen mu recei T pu 
pared t e us 
| Succeeding year, I 
turfy 
the shoot back, and 
pot of suitable size, well drain: 
nd rotted dung, of equ: 
1 oz. to the gallon, soon find loam, ar > ng, 
of a foliage, becoming o * a vataky green; but when the | do not set the traps to catch till mar or wall of the pit, and as soon as the young 
nts grew — rapidly from the ——- of rain which | attracted by the Oats. Two thle énly Tomine, ce eee has attained a sufficient length to be laid into the 
fell, the effect of the solut ution was t_ per ceptible, major and P. reprints ever break ithe pods of Peas, a nd | oe I cut out t i d f ite le 
er I believe, of I therefore never kill boas ro I never suffer le length of ty 
e bed 5 which was “covered w 
itself is and oe zrowt th of 
That part o 
remain set at ni ight, Ae n I, or the gardener, can- 
rds 
| part intended for roots, which is sn = the —— 
roo with mould to the depth 
the plants es been very great, 0 that I ‘shall next ye 
to 
not attend to them ; ‘because Ta do. not ‘ike the aes bii 
1 bag *11 af 
lly | No att ention is requir 
Bs 
fear. 
in planting my rows ret Celery, covering the 
of six or seven 
sts d, excepting to train ig aeoeepe 
keep the mould in the Pt 
f the eetaeat number 
my epee, fel rae tha {sal be sl . 
eerie te the mode and time of d 
oceasion calls for it. 
mi used the 
ee and was 
produced. My plants immediately i increased mt 
rapidly in thickness of stem and depth of colour, as well 
ing tall, and are flowering at less than two feet in height. 
—John Wedgwood, Se abridge. 
ply MY, Rat, 
I beg to olerie that I have been an am r grower 
“fancy flowers”’ for more than 20 years, ek T have nev 
known any difference of opinion respecting the leading 
qualifications of d Carnation, Not so with 
Tulip, prizes seven years ago would 
now at has been the by ghitezcd in 
50 gre: 
shape, texture, and clear bottoms. |, When commenced 
mated by the theinrerse Bo and Aatioctonn of the colours, 
and thi _ The ground- colour must 
Anan sextet bien a disposition the cup 
2 heey and if the pod is long it is a great 
desideratam, for car produce the > fine st flo owers, and are 
never 
with the | ble i aimeptn 3 them from rier grate 
The ak } 
petale ch 
Tature and cracks, or gti Fe pin sree of or pais 
should da: 
Every petal o of a Bizarre 
of crown in the centre. must 
be be distinct! ly marked with the two colours. For 20 years 
™, 
when it was put in the trenches. The effect i very per- | an a eat the em. One cau of ortnight or ae rig 
ceptible in the cate “of the plants, for I left a part of | this specs or rather these pelt, va =e rc mark applies | Sok When shoot is ce in bes po Ta allow i it to grow 
row salted; this latter part looks very pale, and | only to eaoall _ | from four to a feet long, according to the strength of 
the outer porter — ch plant have become yellow, Negri become wie? through want of food, me attack and / the e parent vi which. L leave it attached until it bas 
is not the cas any plant where the nitrate of soda w. destroy them, inficting, T fear, great torment upon their done Lape A ge its wood. I de not 
used. In a agers row of Celery I used bi a a f to the S shots fox conpeipat 
instead of dung, putting about two inches thick of the | The trap is usually fixed to stand upon the kind o f spike plants; but I prefer them to vother, as they always 
dust ii trench, and turning it in with the spade; and | enclosed in the box, and that spike is usualy 6 sgl in ia bring the largest bunches. Should there not be a suf- 
hith thi ts | ot ci promising where | top ofa Stake. bide, an Mngt totally mpossibl withou t | ficient quantity of leaders, I pots uader the rafters . 
the ust was used. is year pl | F my | at most and likewise on the front 
Broccoli in trenches like Celery, ped not so sr and 1 | large t ayes untry garden, where other | fiue; but the shoots that are laid in ‘pots are nexer- 
have used the nitrate of soda in all the trenches, and as | £4 vide the attention of the Titmice five in When my pisnts, 
rtainly exist. I killed in the last summer and winter more than | are severed from the parent vines, they are put ont wader 
no appearance rnceor any injury done to any of these four hun itmice i o, and I | wail, where are protects d fr nd taken 
pri et the free use I have made of the salt. The chief | think they are rather less abundant than they ; but ouse as required for forcing; at that time they are 
portion of my has been cow-dung—my soil a stiff 
red clay over the new red sand-stone rock; and I have | 
psn st freely to the soil, and my crops | oO 
thi 7 August 4, 1835. 
cee side, 
ringing up. Jt consists of a wooden box open on the b 
A strong igh is carried across it from e, and is so con 
trived as 
wire is attached anet which is secured on the other side{ 
wire ‘is a piece of line to w 
them ? Stabs “Thackeray, 
ot wee tint ibe ga pot whichetmetttete; -rate flower, 
Me, Raa nb Se i —— ray agree. Mr. | Bates‘ complaint 
are prejudiced in favour of 
bret to the cxluon*nt some of the finer pro- 
Perties in the : on the other hand, that 
northern growers have so s! a bias in favour of colour 
and ing, ttain these, form is di 
Connected with the ends of the 
oes é 
abject.] _ 
Bees —The A eriber, which 7 
arte ~The inguin of Subs were in: 
=_i a 
ee Pe cet Oe 
: vines from eyes, or prong 
long 5, 80. 
| Commended. by Mx. Mearns. . Tt was the coilin; 
that first 
to bear fruit : although a few of them that were placed on | 
depre- | heat, and in a favourable situation, would bring fruit after | 
florescence EB. v 
