teal ~ i ~ a a _ - = ee de 
° NJ te = 
PRA oe SHE Ganporrne amnesrrar pr [Iw 48. 
lacin, eenbouse during the winter, producingas it does | son leave about five of the most regular shoots, which will lead tk ist tl uninitiated i in the arrange 
- aoa so late in th Many Chi g ¥ gement, 
sucha profusion of tort, seen Many Che | or even four, for they are none the | o ys for in gardens ofthe 
keep up a succession all through the winter ; all that is requisite to better for being c crowded tigras nappa ar af ‘the inci ron g an = hom whic ch the most regular supply of 
effect so desirablean object is to keep the flower-bu stantly | as Apples, sometimes dyes t yea ter planting, = es is — one half of the sowings recom. 
pinched off during the summer. On the ground oe the | scarcely make any gro they | t end than useless, hor are they ever per. 
— a alia ee aod 5 nina cahpruci — — moe they are Sak down; but I should ro “Th berl gs, and the want of dis- 
seen aatat the plants on the emetinn onthe We ob- | prefer those h have been one year headed down ps between the main crops and those erely 
served the rare Aloe ciliaris with several spikes of scarlet and = n é. gota enough shoots to form the bottom | tem webe é, es! the greatest fault of calendars, and 
po intenyrh 2 wr Paynter dh eco < Hensgge ae of the tree; I should not leav e than six shoots at to see these faults remedied ok 
mass of blossom. In the Orchidaceous house, Odontoglossum | the outside, but what you tak t, take out clean, and be caleulated ts nae ae in a pie not only when to 
grande has produced a spike with four of its magnifi lowers t to 1 blemish, nor bruise the bark with the » but how and how , to ensure a proper bgp 
upwards of five inches across, and several large s ms Of | knife. I her ave to di m those recom- a succession of the i j 
AL me: ah cg tar Arc aentondre-selag seroma: oer mend oa aa dwarf Apple-trees, when they have mare with clare at present that this as [ 
‘Gives loss bictoniense, and Oncidium Suttoni are also in | wood su cient to form the bottom of the tree; I prefer — ig Tn conclusion, I wou uld parts recom- 
blossom. In this house there is a a hes distillatoria, whicir | letting it remain, for, as the new wood will grow but little | me f Mc Phail’s 
has a number of small pitchers so close to the root, that | the first year, the s ill swell and get strong, and if airs which I fear he overlooked. Paes wits al 
they ri ground. Notwithstanding the late frost, Boma- : * pal rea- 
pra utiglia is stl flowering on the fr all of a greenhouse, ie ae eco perhaps, wil ala buds all up these son onl eee tat os ago book s rie not rank as 
having 0} r wed the protection of a frame. In the stove, | young : 9 > er ve were 
young plants of Rondeletia x gee are a bee show “a ree to bear so young, but it t be remembered nt anxious to obtain alist of works per suitabl 
youts y e for distri- 
Shalt orange scarlet: h (ithe ceypetceentee SR hile young will prod uce 2 the finest fruit : 
much neglected Dichorizandra ayndaers py anes dev eloped r 
many thyrses of fine deep blue flowers ; and a plant cea | Sides, it is necessary to throw them into bearing sd to : 
Horsfallix, growing in a tub, is covered with large clusters of its | keep them from growing too coats It is useless | CALENDAR OF OPER ck ag Lied the ensuing Week. 
inimitable blossoms. a small house devoted to the rearing of | having a . fr poner b sas covering a large ce of Tue greater number of Orchidac 1 commence growing 
newly-i ts, are many noble spetimens of Orchida- & . ie ae br immediately, unless the house be ke ot ars rata cool; this should 
cer, which seem to grow re in acooler atmosphere than | TOU! nd, while, by proper management, you can get an | be done, as it is important to delay their new developments until 
they do in the warmer} se app opriated to the tibe. Among equal quantity of fruit of a tree ha lf the size, and that ee bigana Reger x — a. — meter, there. 
'. 1 r. and y 
} Caomtogions im = rg for ang rom the strong pseudo- ah health, de al runing I ‘shall a adopt. Now roar ri at during the day, keeping gentle fires to preserve 
uced, will, we should think, soon show its flow- P g dry al e, and ‘to en: i 
by the m 
the tree having ied two years without being headed 
down as before described, it will gia! out some young 
of the rigin nal | shoots ; these 
which is lilac 
t allowing 
should be 
the pe best gross to grow straight up, till they get to 
yet in our coll ms. A newspecies of Gesnera, with finescar- | the height you wish them, say five or six feet or higher, 
let -_ » was just opening, and appears very different in habit | then cut their tops off, and keep all the young shoots 
— have yetseen.—W ., Nov _ spurred in every year, to about two buds, nearly the s 
F ‘urrant-tree this means it wi 
Rebiews. = : sit i : I x en, by 
The Fruit-Grower’s Instructor, de @ Practical Trea- | this process, the trees hanging from bottom to top with 
tise on the Cu cae tion and Tre nl «ie Fru stmt Pegs like ropes of Onions; and by ‘pruning away all 
Bliss. Second E Londo 
to po be are aa Ss *reqniti rg i it 
not possessed ; water very cautiously, ~ — those grow- 
ole any small kinds whose bulbs it wou uld not be safe to allow 
dry: bat rdly be fe 
pit is 
ing, 
becoming too this need ha: ared in a cool d 
temperature, bet Sil inne t and di me it is very easily ef- 
fected. A few kinds, as Renanthera, drobium, Ceelogyne, &c. 
may be removed to eenhouse to prepare for flowering; 
ose i best ia constant watching, giving th little 
mois ly. Vande shou ave a warmer treat- 
ment, w! “ith a Hoeceronny This plan, which we practise, is not adopt 
by nurserymen, ———— their object is increase, even thou 
oe =e. ne Bb nen c ent must be guar 
cimens are desired. 
&c. &e. By Ge 
Rid, 
gway. Lomo. 
jutied isa ected ae pity that this book was not examined by some 
friend before the author committed bd to the 
= 34 ot 
you n throw your trees into Ee pentint ot praia 
more Pata it they have the advantage of the sun, so 
essential both for — flavour and beauty ; 3 the trouble i is 
and tis she some disappointment. 
title-page, of which we have only i casero a i — it 
descriptive accounts of ail am test varieties cultivated in 
Great Britain. titd fh t contains a 
deal of useful information about th agement of 
> ger in the nursery, the garden, phe the ee 
and the cultivation of the — Apple is treated o 
these two subjects, in fact, Tigi the 
length : most i 
c of the work ; but upon oor manage 
Plum 
pruning your 
berries, and surely tan are worth as much attentio: 
When the tees tg to get old, you may phoma 
eave a clean young sho a and the followin = bed remove 
d one, so doi ee will keep y trees in 
T) +h 
fA 
HEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD 
ee coped aed ‘tment. 
Prnery.—If the e- soil the pots and the tan-bed he- 
comes dry, they otis be lightly micdatediva with the syringe about 
twice a-week ; let the average fire-heat range about 60°, and give 
a little rood when the heat uw 
will har 
ol er by 
young, healthy, tones of 
a raged may = sequre) be ae in a much le 
than be ve, and by this yf a 
cestie pty sand may be wen proper management, k 
| perfectly free from the 
The Farmer’s Almanac and Calendar for 1842 con- 
part 
ment of the Pear, 
cot, 3 and Vine, ‘the author is almost silent. 
for 
i; Cherry, as vray or Apri 
for 1841 (see P. 4). It is full of useful information, 
be such 8 a ny src We find, indeed, some Pave meagre | 
conceir. 
T, y 1 
in Sap IRS 
ki nd, 1 th 
a art 
night cer to the weather. 
VINERY.—Use the same precautions as before for preserving 
late G Zaemeree any leaves which are decaying, as they tien 
isture and e 
an 
CH-HoUSE.—The buds on the tr 
ing prominent; take 
with the be street pet rina 
afte: s fall o 
= ill Lstoomta, that ise veoh as more thas th 
What, for e to think of a w 
ay in the Samicons of on is in itself a matter of 
considerable ‘importance to the community. crete: g Spoken 
ight that 
lac 
merican Walnut among t est kil inds | of that fruit ; 
» AL.at 
we should call the attention of the author: 
inace uracy which should be avoid § in future. 
inion that sno 
s to estaba of 
Some of 
w-water 
Cu in po s will now be in ful 4 
quire epee attention to w: ait Ae a and Bate so 
ASPARAGUS must be watered well if the Danie: have started, and 
have six pie: of old tan or ip oil 
ba If the beds become cool, mak! 
Give the 
Seo berries; who includes the pave and the does contain enriching qualities, snail metntete le toothy Ean pereerket ees ort ccaent fragt ce Aca Over watered: 
A farmers’ do not appear ‘to = hee —— . ng’ ca TRAWBERRIES.—A fe e a frame, and kept 
tl ms ace vod omits the Devonshire and id the many seal | they thought so too, as is t p. 9 t p. 17 is area othe Peach-hoase rains, tion before taking 
valuable varieties now in our of | some omission which paris vdsstroy the ak of the} Co -leaves ; tu prepare dung, composts, &c. 
7 rope; or, finally, who ignorantly gives his reader, in a | principai part of the calendar for April; it would appear Procted, wil ge “tour Department. siete 
* : 2 ever the we: e] Tits, , “4 
+ of we Ap all the s species of Bromelia! which are | as if subsoiling in fine p nar af the ae of Iidewt. Per | ing, or ridging all vacant cacti Wak do not attempt this in wet 
cre produce of grain and straw 5 C this is | weather, especially on strong soils; clear the stems of Bru 
ph — : f Ith ats and other winter green: i, da a leaves ; 
's ance. t b A quantities of slugs will be take ith them. ove any 
ome is ol vies from what we will ll puzzle simple re readers. Final ly, ab p. 93, algun is destroyed by the Fost also Rhubarb and Sea-kale stems, and cover 
have stated c called nitrate of soda, instead of nitrate of potash. e buds —_ in layer of sand or ra ; those yaited Bes 
—_ itter spread ov’ ; 
i inteoa evidence, in Site of its egregious ults, that Price’s Modern Gardenin ick of Seer pots ond be oiegh of pein iene or 
is written by a man who understands e kinds of gar. Mr . | Lettuce, giving them as mich air per 
dening extremely well. The directions fos bot | bh viel ‘ON car ‘roared us with oe following ac and j piek 0 out ut decaying bulbs. sae 
sai tte A at say eo = far er: and of - Cheaters” Eainberghe jasatry ”” a chea - a Se doer beret except cept nowy ‘ante abes BP byron 
ctions for forcing there are things odern Gardening, by J. Price Cwaraienali are infested by insects in summer had better be coated, ran 
bw ate oe rdener _ berger attend to carefully for in in | Gardener, published by Dean and apo 4 Threadneedle: Seaenis tH nen — Seeger ‘tis ‘one age Mevan its 
w e real ex ce street, I was repetition, and save much time and trouble ; Pe 
tivator is manifest. Perhaps the best bo can sai t 
est. Fel it — the experience of some extensive grower, or | When necessary, whether fresh plant ted oF 
bout the oa that itis worth the s: rice that it was uitable heel ine cottage i rete f, on refering to it its | ee pe eo cut “D SHRUBBERY. 
those who buy it, to tear a see soe a at the di irecti see 
< forci bly 3 con- Clearing insects and every other species 
Bliss calls his renee accounts of all the best b = pie f the of eleaning, eee epee rosecuted, Watch that none Many 
beg s = id ears hr toa Toon tarning to Me Phail’s “ Gardeners’ cant te gt rd ce growing; 
ae Fe Ste t of it—but of aerorw 3 to wk Remembrancer,” I foun Ss nm ipo taco that the mo- Amaryiis and othe : oot bit au T shokaeane. Coaicinate 8 to keep hard- 
i a a pea ‘h, fortunatel Opy, as = went, of the | wooded plants as dormant as possible; prune creepers, Sas 
‘aK Siiitile: Wticn GF sock eva: owas me subjects in that old author | and t show how ill beer empety s not growing ; prune them to spurs in 
»when ali such chaff is way. ited the directions given in = tly 
seat i, VHOUSE. -soil in the pots frequen! 
— description of the manner or pruning dena, I, at array take the article Cabbage, of which i defed, mae vacate’ tis ayed leaves and flowers, or any other 
ott. y be ta’ tke en as a Poomenas specimen | it there are or eleven so woe recommended fe knee. thing tikely toen encourage damp. Heaths, when —— ween pon 
“ Par. 12. The cession ; oa yet in August, the month ev e sows for that eter Pete ‘which fire-heat wry, which ch if not fa bh now, 
pruning of Apple-trees is a most im- | their main spring a early summer supply there is not a Wie oy ia Grin.” Mepot Geraiicinan tibespid tix: Gob St 
a to attend to, and to understand, both for | word ai : Latha edie ey. Pe heat will range 
k eeping reas a ee r iy respecting sowing, althou ugh, in Ss epte cag it cer- bloom, a and place them near gin glass, WI ‘where cay soo Paige 
. a healthy in re-label plants 
producti fre ~Apmniragr gio h T | Now the id weseary | tas before. “ng 
shall oar 3 treat : “4 » Of whic e idea of ten sowings of Cabbage Foog pas P effects of damp upon 
poms a tis) tnd aot Ear ane dwarfs ga ge in any one tciay, in a year is ridiculous Ss enough, when iaitad ak ad venuih chemin Ramovethe {ened 
: : area ; ; i of clear days ; 
cessary to coment ee ; but vagueness of the directions tion to forcing ‘plants; Lilacs and Roses, —— ier iathe 
till the tree is in a state of r+ saree: is as great an wea tees Pr gripe. if place — ay be gar ae : .oy 
in the — of the arya where ce, Ty. ea,  Oaddeed ent. &e; 
ces S en necessary to | it is most lik to find i if i Remove decayed flower-stems of. Chrysanthemums, “65 
ood to farm the bottom of the tee? Catia Tse egy ow it Placed by well meaning per- [akon ‘fom litter as pomsble; mast 
Ps E ani 
re  Saeeee [s0n8, A book, of is Kid ssh more clued fed to | ower labels and Dela shades—see see pages 105 and 192+ 
panier 
