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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 46. 
exception restricted to ro aa countries 
tions are only found in similar climates. 
roducts mentioned in the Bible we zee are only 
co seenibeds, or could be procured 
rs, with capes it can be proved that pall. arse 
relations were early established. 
__ Se veral pablications, exist in which these Subjects are 
with popularity of manner. In one of 
hfew | Tamarisk, the Acacia probably, the Plane-tree, and wild 
Sy ak yr vse Fig-tree or tru 
Many of |} num; an 
e Sycamore. Lad is — Gum Lad 
jasam, translate Bal alm, may be the Balsam 
aie y some 
of Gilead py though it hi y 
to be the oil of an Eleeagnus. Flax afforded linen, a 
2 i article of clothing, as in Egypt, though cotton 
nown. 
mpts we were 
plants yielding the Senna of 
erce, adduced as the Cassia of ipture, in the 
expression! all thy jesse smell of a and Aloes, 
d Cas 
is combin: 
the most mee" atte 
sia ;”” while the lofty Pi Pinus Deoda ara isfigu ured for 
CALENDAR 2 OF ‘OPERATIONS for t the ensuing Week, 
Tus is a ene - = during dry Reig ather, for 
the various soils n sary for the futu e€ growth o: a 
Flowers in p re reniiy provision of etl Se earth, and ad 
attention to it: nage: m the compost yard, is, in our 
pinion, less attended to than it des s to bes on common 
practice of laying up ee Libri aio esa Msg m, or other 
soils, in a large hea moisture by 
Pp. 
“Besides these there were numerous articles which were | repared 
| avowedly obtain oa by goons from distant countries. an used before its turfy fibre is i ton “The: ee i rtant 
yo lo P ane an nd Ar abia o the thing in it mis exposing it in ridges to the action of 
For thes: must in Persi A frost; for if it is eat importance to ridg strong land in 
countries fi whence the latter C. | the kitchen-garden to improve its fertile qualities, it should surely 
for which it. was so long famous, but which modern natu-| be equally 20 fet Noam wt and gowers and tee 
‘ uits and flowers, an erefore re. 
ralists h ertained hes eae sce age not now pr commend sufficient for the ensuing year to be laid in deep idiees 
duce, and could never have ced. us anum _— ALi aoa of frost, and afterwards protected from the hi 
Cea wi may have been 
produ zs 
obtained from Persia; but 
ich has been always d 
supposed to be pro oduce 
the Deodar is se only o 
ecessible ee gt and is able to 
mperate climate. 
siderable difficu’ ~ in the success- 
fal investigation af this subje a in consequence of the 
tion it requires—Ist, of ‘Biblical Seva 
ith the i n- 
stones from 9 
the lofty and al 
exist — ina cold or 
thou gh 
inaccess: 
es, whee an author may be a 
which the same things are designated | ga aif 
—— 2aly, ya h 
coe thing 
Ay 
coast of ah. where it is brought e Souma- 
for ort. Some of the traders, fa acy proceed 
bi 
y.—Continue as much as poss to avoid everythin ng 
cause Asie arn or undue torpidity te the plants, by 
hahobartweentes nei Speed es lowing the tem- 
nge uch 
Aer 
likely 
ron my erg instead of to Arabia, to p 
-* med Gum — or Olibanum is also produce ed 
xported e same coast, though another 
kind i is also produced | in hee From ‘either, therefore, 
both Olibanum and Ebony (Hobnim) might have been 
imported. 
he spices which are so frequently mentioned, are not 
easily etaeiadeact because be’ are = always speci- 
feally named ; but tha t the spices of t e Ea st formed 
ely described, 
thing for ‘she or fancy rhe recogni ises an aay ses 
r dr rug, m rege naturalists have given t 
+ 
cations should ke united, is not surprising, oh aye we 
being kn Ow ia 
the gg and likewise to a early Greek La 9 
cians, as Hippoc rates. Hence there is nothing r remark 
no 
find so few scienti fic ~~ ho are q g 
cided pune in any than oa eyes which ama! 
immediately cu nisivate. The. present tim r, affo 
ater facilities than heretofore ce the Senesaation of 
hes e Oriental lan 
grea 
such researches; becaus languages have been 
more extensively studied, an e names 0 ow 
plants, inerals in them more accurate ely | asce 
tain ed, w athe natural ne of E 
India is geen at the present day ny bal agreeable 
odour, aromatic qualities, may © very same 
things which were valued by a ecient Be Pig At all 
events it is undoubted that a comme e did exist : and | it 
such bei = 
des the of fuel. Collect tree leaves for renewing the 
bed in ste “qeunitinig pit, preferring - k, Chestnut, and Beech, if 
ey can be obtained, as they are m du ble 
pega b hilst they pe dry s! e carefully 
forked o and be mulched for winter. 
. If the earliest Vines are 
planted outaide the Fomaning the border should have a good 
of fern or long litter ; 7 where they are within, 
ings of manure water. 
recommended, where the leaves have falle en, and to 
ti st damp where the late fruit remains. 
usE.—Give the ho’ 
ork u ich the bor 
prune the late trees z not already on 
CucumBeERS will ings pace iea “attendance e in watering, 
stopping, &c. Any which have filled their pots with roots may 
uses : og exposure, but keep them 
vi of the early house, and 
ph untries for that which might have been obtained 
nearer home, or which was not possessed of remar able 
also oat mee minutely examined. 
_ “The author of the wor rk efore us, Dr. Rosenmiiller, well 
properties. “Therefore, if it be denied that the per sage 
now considered * be these which formed articles 
original work forms part of his iblische Nat 
schichte,” being the first half of ta Par rake of his 
” ‘Han ndbuch der Biblischen Alterthumskunde,”” a portion | G 
v et the title of “ Biblical Geography of Central Asia.” 
Biblical Zoology forms another portion of the same e work. 
t will be incumbent on those who 
make the denial, t ef so 
possessed of manly remarka’ 
if found. bat’ all events be wit! oak 
rity of names through a 
a 
-— of s _ g = ose 
tho: 
reek and 
«ehypecmmgnpeatfraagtar era ces 
“Thus i in India Loban for Olibanum, 
y, indicate similarity that cannot be 
— med Ki 
responding gehen sui 
in the aie ria 
n s for Ebon 
‘0 ~Cassi 
The former we need not notice further than to sensor that 
was Ston: es, and Metals The = : ing 
son 
nspi cuous 
oa xxvii. 19, as 
bes to the Se of 7 ord occurs 
first in Exodus xxx. 24, and is in the oak Chaldee, Sy- 
riac, and the Latin trans lation, rendered by Cassi ia. This 
EA-KALE.— Some may now be potted and taken into 
heat, or treated in the manner reetaneslention for Asparagus last 
which_will be found _ the better ae 
beg acti BEANS may be in damp s 
_ bere minis vegetate. 
—Sow Mustard and Cress in boxes. 
Out- = in bacon ge 
In late neighbourhoods and heavy la as been scarcely 
possible to take up Petninas “hith erto ; it. vty not now be de- 
ayed ; 
, bu it do not water 
ing will be sever me or the pr s 
canty S. in dry weather to ridge and prepare 
groun und; aim ‘uae vat bed and cleanliness in all ©; 
ther. 
ions ; collect and des lestroy slugs during wet wea 
Asparacus.—If n not winter-dressed, should be on the earliest 
en the ground and the plants. are ary, should 
AR 
and stored in dry earth. 
Cannace.— Hoe between to loosen the surface-soil. 
acme el —Stir the soil Bane rive tines prom hand- 
glass: any with flowers formed under cover. 
A 
& 
a 
Precio tage of at! 
be ~ pe ay meaning of the nam, used is co 
he term Nitre being applied to to Nitrate 0 
ose He fi 
P otash be 
scorides. So one kind is even in the p 
to Natron (Hebrew Neter), or Carb onate of Soda. Thus 
h pe gti 
** Vinegar on Nitre’’ when we know efferv escence would 
r ee 
necessarily ensue from the esca’ g 
a 
y Dio: one 
ced by the Peg Kasse Koronde ; and ‘Cinnamon 
ding to Her pian ani obtained from the Phoe 
Ceyl d by the 
s Kaimanis. The oe meen is probably the ga or 
le woo od, as celebrated now as formerly. The Spi 
ass 
the Natron. The utility o! anguages is 
emplified in Sulphur being Gophrith in o, 
Kabrit i The word C al has puzzled com- 
men uswally translated Amber—as in the 
rosary | 
be burnt and destroyed. Why may it not indicate a 
=. biel no doubt known in the East and to the 
very early times 
roved to vin Nardostachys 
= oo opinion that Sweet Can 
re none in the delicacy and strength of its perfume, and 
ch he ha: Hed ropogon Calamu matic 
Almug trees and woo Serersees undetermined, but mr: 
been thought with som ason to hes Sandal wo 
re 
also found | on the Malabar _—e 
i 
a 
very Sen me. 
eos dilly gem 
resent nag 
ended, 
d_ now be built of gin ae eave about 
for for cing, a shoul 
three feet ton eae it has settled, a ere - Rao aa eo 
be put into the frame, four inches thie ors 
tance from the glass, to plant them 
Orchard.—The bran che es of Fig- dora should now be protec 
; examine the fruit in the arse: 
may appear upon the late- 
bere | 
rides 
TES? 
es 
acked away in jars or boxes, between layers of pit 
et been Hes — heated hot erage to destroy any ny vegetable 
remains it might contain; cohtinue the transplanting 0 of frui 
trees, omaithe aaabinig and nailin ng of wall-trees. 
Il.—FLOWER-GARDEN AND rpms 
Srove.—As many 
we canni not too strongly recomm 
some kinds ; beara tah ay e fo 
ions ar anhope: rrhee 
— and others oF nts habit; those with pen' flo’ 
aced i baskets and susp — = Ieec | gre show 
thei towers ‘ton more advantage. Con’ e to keep hard-woode ed 
as possible. 
e humid we ather has dispose 
a ; 
The Botany i is not better arranged than the Mineralogy, and translated B b 
‘ yssus by the 
being treated of under ee of pte general ; Greek ees Sreselstars, and denote Egyptian 
2, gra » oF legumir va gon Cotton; but in i. 6., i d in th 
ee = ants ; 4, 5 fi t f the h of ie er court of the palace of 
; o ore sins an 5-6, Flax and Cotton ; : marsh | Susa. e Greeks also used ‘Car rpasos ts designate a kind 
Pp aes » Thorns aly "Thisttes 9, the Vine; ‘10, a of hip Tt cannot be ro Se that Karpasee is the 
bin Manna. _ Within our limits it is ‘unnecessary to well Sanscri t name o the Cotton eT while Kupas is known 
bcs cotton mai se shat ewe mon Indian 
turalist, as it affords no faci- | name of Cotton with the ache Rose , however, 
- ities in treating ey the subject, but in fact adds to the conceives that, as in the above co 7 “Esther, the 
ale, and a 4 arating d other words signifying | 
“4 rs (viz. white , purple, an bla ue), that therefor 
way in which w n give an idea “of the oy ane ay probably also denote a colour, spi tha the 
Principal plants treated of, is 0% view them with | regard to | han, me materials of 
t both ry the urs are giv j 
wned, at the > present day in the very countries where they 
times. 
g the cultivated grains we find Wheat and 
Beles, Bas _ a Earp the ee crops, “while ee aaa 
rn cee to be § Spelt and Doc an latte 
miaceom) is still calle 
© of Rye, a Nor rther 
ahd: 
1 Gen, nor | of 
ons ; and 
tha are formed of padded Cotton cloth, ap 
patter either er white and cca l a and whit ite, 0 r blue 
d tt it 
shes any 
arly peaere fires have been lighted peered 
timely develop’ ments 
y plants they had better nes de- 
by every pos: p 
stroyed, but ss this cannot te done in srt — s, keep the house as 
dry and cool as possible, giving water o plant until actually 
ecessary, 
he air the weather 
all plants do bre 
ate 
usea wi 
cautiously 
or what is mach better in Laine 
forcing, tree leaves; these give out a mild uniform heat, whicl 
is aman desirable for plants required t o be forwarded very 
gradual! 
Out- door Department. 
Make every prepara a nents frost before it comes Se’ bes 
clear away all rhe Sowers and plants, and keep the wall 2 
lawns, and borders, free from dead leaves ; ieee all. bulbs = 
speedy as Lompoc proceed with the ‘aie ting of — 
and all ground improvements ; do not delay, as there 
is sonal bustle Peco i in spring. 
bean ar » ced into | by the Arab orinda roots ca oe tle sole alls of the cel 
in none tor, Mr. r Repp nus attentio I larity brated de iat Ke in the palace of Delhi, where im- 
similarity is observed thr “eh ead the’ tPeatwais and — 
resemblance be 
| be 
ence, within which are written the wo! 
cloth of red and white, may be seen gio all round and 
tween the outer pillars of this celebrated Hall of Audi- 
ithi rds signifying oe 
och hos wh the directions given last week. Hefate 
—Continue planting, 25 
of all 
For Corrice Woops. i 
recommended, and the draining o wet land intended = 
planted in spring; felling, thinning, and pruning may be eats 
on as last month; plash deciduous hedges, &¢.—Joseph Paz 
es ies afte ea rey 
dard SMALL GARDENS. 
Ty many lawn: will be extremely numerou: en 
se ng pg. ieee pees sali be bag one apple ae 
e lawns be kept well swept; they sho’ uld also casio’ ws 
continues to grow ny a terations ys 
laying-out of the garden should be immediately performe a ae 
of Tulips and other bulbs should be longer delays 
isfine. If it is desired to have a ahs ae 
Tulips, they should be planted between twoand three inche® © yy 
inches apart every way- s are arsed 
feet wide, and the bulbs are oe : —— pois 
in the centre re ibs, and 
four 
the tallest varieties being : rie Mignonetts 
ds generally slightly raised. A few pots o pm 
other plants for ictiog should be brought in-doors © mend day 
two, in order to keep up a good succession, Plants in tee 
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