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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 41. 
Pansy, for instance, and the beautiful blooms that adorn 
our shows. Any salt of ammonia required may be fe eadily 
dify his opinion.’”?” Now Is hould state that the note you 
received with i last specimen was written by my son, 
vee 
eel 
Abies Decdara of the Himalayas. —This noble Species 
of Cedar, th t y of Earl Auck. 
la nd and ‘the liberality of the Court of _ Directors, i is now 
Fpce 
ttended your Getactial course the past summer ; ~ 
ed had h 
in course of 
—Henry arham Har ould have regrette 
To Revive Faded Foe a noticed, in your ans requ aired dadasies: and within e it will probably constitute an tee 
to a ‘corresponden nt. that | a pecimen sent eon ald not. te tion. J may remind you | ‘that Ae fst Crema por oe paitant Rel in the — character and landscape 
lime | of the B f you r lectur s, and w of Bo. ge h domains. rie e,in its > a Lip 
& powder) i in the proportion of five grains to one ounce | then believed to be in efror. I f d hi are y of e 
ter ? 
not, you will find it a powerful stimulant. 
dico. 
ae itish Botany.—The lost Eriophorum alpinum has 
been re-discovered in a new situation, about two mee 
tl 
ight be accounted for : eh here is the pit diferenes 
Several individuals 
betmeen P Tee: nd myself—he takes i 
hie v 
upposes__‘* Mr. R. sees 
I state ; h is 5 waren 
— Henry . Barham og te 
w Colla nS? ‘Me th his plant gan rete its ‘healt a — by the tree from the small-sized Specimens now in existence in 
rich landscape of E ti PP it otrusion of n w shoots ;”” England. Ti eodar varies in appearance pater: 
scenery. ok c Geittsed ‘and Aree . ay: there are many who, pds ts ot ke fact The. fa act is, that ig be an grow wth. The young tree looks a good de: al | like 
cultivated fields of the south, a wn twigs Hie nah leaves (the colour of a piece o the L 
well a: untains and mnie odden valleys of the rae tanned sole sel bey ja e the bootmaker very it to | into a e” Id leadin ng shoo’ ~ When it attains a ‘height « nh : 
pass by ~~ ice gion oh unworthy of their noite. the boot) Wecemne » bya process, green and living ae bes ahi feet, ee ternal leader withers, the oh becomes | 
Surely it would add to the gratification of those who branches. this pe I ned, the ral g rowth is increased, and the tree 
y leaves of the last specimen sent you, toge- f the Larch and puts on that of the j 
tion of vegetables, fruits, an fire ful I ] I ca So ao does its appea e alter, the 
ground set apart for ag co sit paca would saw my son mark others in their b rown state with the glish d th hill stations, like Simla, imagine 
crease the joy of the Anal sy while behelding a tok letter I witnessed their gradual yoga from the ap- | that there are two species 3 ree th li the 
seape richly adorned with hamlets and cottages, to think | parent dead brown to t een state in w ori! were | Deodar, and the younger onethe Kelon. Nothing can ex- 
hey have assisted in decorating the pas man’s | when I left them for th n the ed the grandeur of an old Deodar of 30 sa girt 
si — ing to the intelligence and comfort of | mi rib, ust as if some person had ta ken a ai dipped e br 0 se to tl spreading out 
stage 4 cot. Itis well known that tl leaf therewith, 1 rising flight above flight in sue- 
r 
the t 
Westnet Seraie London has been the aie of | 
collecting and distributing fruits, flowe ers, on nd ¥ ry ied 
to an extent tha Spt ot a such,a processin any other plant ow Bi Bay. The 
ticulture. ai ba working society | thes, ies the same Leuresth inus and Laurels $ recover, bservation 
cbject in vie will, according e medium gon e tig bey in a idi- 
gra ey diffusing ‘itself, then a yello owish 
greenish, then com mpleted in green 
ed 
of diffusing a Knowledge of many of the gee ful and 
branches. I may add, it-will be found that the brown liked 
fully epread upon our r world by a loving Creator, To adhere firmly, and there is something like pliability in 
f them as will recov d the Bay referred t 
Fy the instance of Fuchsia ful-| thus yaagityA and by no means an unsightly plant; and 
gens. Mi is on . e@ since it was y Eke ought | if P. P Il favour ks with a visit, he can then confirm, 
after by Be eg pe rder to sup ay the dei mands of by 0 observat tion, my statement. In 5 does the revival 
the wealthy ; for some time it has be com t th Po tug Laurel comet 8 
among the cottagers of this vas | who e Be w and fi or to t he Bay vat besa Donnington?’ »” The observa 
very i n August 1838, “that as 
well, Ibe 
Salvia veel first flower the time was when 
such beautifal plants would tan oe long among the 
ns of the opulent, but Salvia patens has been grow- 
tion : Lice Henslow ” is Animes et bahy 
submit, it does not apply to our case—the Bay 
one, the old eetes are shed nd new leaves subst sitet A 
thus reanimating t the appearance ; the other, old leaves, 
hue t 
I have not eieiensed 
P 
cessive sheeted steps into aT 
m or ae — 
e trunk, an e tree, except 1 where growing i 
Mapp see 
tr mnéated Reena of the Ced 
r of Lebanon 
the Con asi 
ae pre ith it in height and dimensions, but in 
economic value it is beyond all question the ‘* facilé 
inceps”’ of the fam The is light, strong, and 
compact, straight in the grain, free of knots, easily 
wrought, and highly perfumed with most grateful 
aromatic odour which it never loses. In durability it is 
certainly without a rival; Kyanised by the han of nature, { 
it defies wind and weather, resisting the soaking rains of 
Himalaya mountains for ages. Rot, under any aspect, 
nkn it. ill see in the Himalayas Deod: 
nearly 
n.—John Ra dford, Winchmore Hill, fwe are glad 
+ Ne able to abe this letter, for it is of the first im- 
t th lar phenomenon, first noticed by 
ingu 
Mr. Radford, should be established beyond all — ed 
our cottage gardens, 
as as the Beauty of the 
ace Darling, Hope, Hero 
yptian King, Lady 
broke, Marchione f Lans 
w ‘ould a ly 4 a ¢. > 
gardens, had there not ome de | 
‘Se * id 
See ot 
heir 
wer, With the crease of 
, y parts of aur cou 
i < th eonstelaton d e attenti: 
a Sgyveges ot bien 
Be 
aS : 
who 
work Ton the testimony of Mr. "collier. 
assrusssly “and we ag abe to regard them 
ical value. We did not see the Portugal ‘ent 
597, but gave the information upon 
Laws o, nal injuries to hedge 
fences are ra ish: able by several Acts of Parlianke i, re 
less severely t den ormerly. cutting, breaking, or 
The 
pss tors er Byvus intent to seh any ewe of rel live’ 
or dead fen any wooden pos 
its eo be sr Seah fresh as ever. 
great Mosque, built in the days of our later Henries, ‘are 
form . beg trees denuded of their bark; they 
hibit crack or sign of decay, and still smell ‘ike 
14 prone tates All the boats in the valley are built of 
diy poss 
may t, pale, or rail, set up o t val ti , or the advantages that 
lard seeds of order and virtue springing up nd | wed asa fet a or any stile gate, or any part Tee eae wo follow from getting it ——_ d in Britain, where 
maturity in his own bos n ding a| is punishable summarily before a magistrate, with the for- weeds every prospect of its growing we' e Cour’ 
hissfat infusee ny is home <i) eter ait for the first offence, of the value of the —— Directo ors are. labouring eau for this important eng 
flackenzie, West Plean, ne near Stir | tolen, tee not exceeding 5/. ; and for the second offence. 
Vegetable Tpsicherwnlinns “sie ee). A _Rho- a year’s imprisonment ; ‘and for a + uabiegee nt offe y the cost of carriage will be sup- 
dodendron flower-bud transformed ed into a perf unishme nt of dp may a inflicted, plied with ‘oo see ed, ‘to be forwarded by the ne 
2, A bud in # t of transf A shoot formed | 7th and 8th Geo IV., cap. 29, if, u n application to Dr. Falconer, ag Pires ecm of 
from ad t bur of poe Re Dade harsd Rak searching, any such article of the value of "Os shal the "iden - Company’s Botanic Garden at Sahar cee 
flow of sap being thus expended ha 1 The bran preserved i found in ara of a person, and od do not ga that | Of the ‘Himalayan onifere, the next in "vahos after tha 
er-bud in it ts usual character; branch o he came lawfully x the Bi 58; "ie is oO pay y the lue of" petra is the ce us torulosa, which grows to the 
lack Curran the e article, and not exceeding 20. e of a stately te is — pit dy, a k grower, 
bore a plentiful ero crop, ar and the ‘Teaves — br along ‘ere like nature, “out wwitho ae Past of an intent to steal, to any imb ongly recommend it 
, 5, to pay the f planters, "ott on account of its 
Str pwberry Ido not, however, ascribe ther flowering at amount of ‘he per gts and 5l. aaa A ; and fora beats poe the valuable wood which it affords.— Zeta. 
present to “a check that prevented their fi and for any sw f our Indian 
a ual season,”” i (the Leperatien heir prerens sequent offence, the a 1 pun nishment of whipping z | cor rrespo ondents, that this celebrated umbelliferous A xd 
S 3 . 30th cap., sec. 23, of ‘th, Geo. 4th. For small wilful or | has ge established aged 
t rah ct injuries to — not exceeding 5/. ianeer s, | tains within the Company’s territories, and that it has 
mselves crowns; pace ciple pase the summary reme sey fore a justice is proyided by the tires “this year e *Musores garden. It would 
pag tt Ane ry weather that prece receded eel 4 Su appear, from the render oor of oner in Thibet, 
& rel rh id by abundant crop. A pai The Cl ab tn Cabbages, &c.—Last year I was much } and of Mr. W. Gri in Alfghenistan that the value of 
bid Joh ee y the call: daek weather « cece tues set ‘Bee club in the roots of my bra hal the Prangos was ably overra' ade E Moorcroft. Both i 
mois ist weather, has thus caused the flower bu ds 
coli plants. I ine 8 bs gt 
dong ig developed, 
if pianist ob- 
or se sdiraabersh at net trees | 
dives of the “breastwood sf ghee : had “they ether 
sonal ned, or been cone after the ma: ‘ 
r num! miber of tet es 
This sp: a tke fol- 
ioing mixture, which has com phtcly “tept th the disease 
Lae dows I gallon of fresh sont, and 1 Ib. of pounde d 
pe 
tar ; dip th root of every plack te Shae 
this is simple “metho d Tt have snot got a sing 
ard By 
e boy ag 
mation as an agricultaral pro oduct. 
$s 
f 
£ 
it was found growing Pp ly i t 
Zeta. 
The Preservation of Grapes.—Acting under the im- 
uld, in have been ob-| 
big a 4 
very compte ‘ireted i in a former 
nicl, this ‘a 
viated 
7 pts 2 ree. — etter of bbied 
t, P., p- 627, is Siiidinare in = res 
By oer his obse 
be | here referred to, was it 
ail its parts, and not partially 
portions to he ge “a leaf 
little green | bari a ke middle: * : 
ier yer 
spec! -, that ak F: 
vations - the "fact tated. 
all appearance, dead in 
Me Sera et 
in before the 
Fist st repeat, the tree was, 
. it was carefull examined, 
ng i ha ag te 
i=4 
ce in the seedbe d.—G. 
to the Act as, ‘$0 ong as 
to hang long are injurious 
as the ey remain on, t the plants 
Fie 
England. ‘0 Doo 
led before 
lder. 
—On a reference t 
siege vineyards were not ueommon 3 
century 
h 
a sap Desien to crete cee be ede oe 
*haals senile 
weaken them siege 
e 
not probably remembere! 
article was tata. can years ago, by a 
rege n old gentleman who 
ted the Be equities brandy, that, " einabietiug its age, 
es this | 
manner in which Mr, R. speaks of the 
p- 497,” and thinks “ that he is alrei 
Bifacial Oak. —H. 1 
oak he refers to assumes ti writy in its ihe aig ev 
els or only this season. 7 the latter, the peentarity | 
ph dpe itself may account for it; for there is a 
unusud ¢ im many onks this year ear since the Mid- 
er the 
keep Grapes in 
left on the Vin 
adoption of the cites amethod —In 1 
ary I ~— the | 
of Grapes, w which were sa rs Gencenbe 
ge 
ae 
more, 0: the bunch. I make a 
va or two, of 
whole a4 Bt ‘blow remaining, with a join ed 
ese" sea 
bie Gera gery coat 
closely, that no air can enter he tigaues 
mtnicating with the bunch, I then hang the bunche 3B 
