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his iety. Its produce is decidedly the best of gathered and wrapped in eee yea a“ and placed to the point. Can this increased trellis surface and all itg 
all the varieties of the Orange, and it ripens at a season | in a drawer in the fruit-roo any cool place, agreeable e ee be given at the same 
wi ners cannot supply a great variety of fruits, | where it will keep for six sine Se without more injury | cost as of the patent glass yar fe I say 
on which account alone it is worth all the attention | than the loss of its rich aromatic flavour. dec . 3 simply by using wood in lieu of irm 
which it requires. Those who know the Mandarin There are several peculiarities noticeable in the eul- for pakes for the trellises and the N ` A 1 
Orange only from samples pure urchased in shops cannot | ture of this tree which I have not referred to; but, if can scarcely ee that a a patent can o e granted 
judge of its merits, as its skin, when ripe, is too tender | the above instructions be followed, ~ = them will be | for such structures ; as well might Sir 5. "Paxton haye 
bear the ordinary treatment of imported Oranges; met with; hence it is unnecessary to occupy space with | taken out a er t for his . Gi uses, or 
and if gathered before it is ripe, it will never attain | any reference to them. I must not, Sanne forget to| Mr. Bellenden Ker for his trellis. 
perfection ; hence it is rarely met with in anything like | put the beginner on his guard against the attacks of red It i in acknowledged that glass cases, built after the 
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its best condition, except where it can be gathered from spider, which will be sure to make its appearance unless | mod e i can jaka no fence to a garden. Why, 
and eaten. It never can be so treated as to the syringe is liberally used ; but, except where the | then, waste and iron in covering a confined 
retain the full richn of its aromatic and musky | plants are in ce tay! this may be employed so as to en- | when the same 5 of N otherwise employed, 
vour for many weeks after it is gathered. ith care | tirely prevent any injury fro 2 boy source ; and, i ne cover a comparatively large space, and give sọ 
it may be kept for a month or six weeks, and be found through neglect or any other se, the plants get in any more square yards of a southern climate? The 
a rich sweet fruit; but the peculiarity of flavour, which | fested with cine atoms of e fian are wiy sliding 2 the hinged roof, the iron grooved u right 
renders it so agreeable to many palates, will be wanting. er, Be Ae of a good washing with a powerful | as seen in the models, must all lead to expense, and Iam 
Attention to the vrs method of cultivating it will | garden most confident that a better end may be obtained by 
enable my gardener possessing the requisite accommo-| The soil F which I use for this . of the Orange is means far more simple. Thos. Rivers. 
—— do furnish a supply of its fruit during the winter | one-third turfy peat, two-thirds rich turfy loam, and a 
sufficient dually of sand to mails porosity after the BRITISH SONG BIRDS, 
TAs plants may be purchased at a moderate price, and fibre is decayed. I also add a quantity of bones roughly (CacE —_ 
true to name, in most respectable nurseries, it is hardly | broken ; but I am not particular about the proportion No. LX.— — hail to the new year! May it 
necessary to occupy space with any detailed eke r this may bear to the whole compost ; one-fourth will be prove, like the old year, iw no more, a kind protector 
regarding i 3 hog ion. This may, howev nee rather than otherwise, or if inconvenient to to the fe * tribes! If birds be possessed of a 
effected by al ae of cuttings, budding, or Gatien: bet obtain, they may be omitted altogether. As regards | retentive memory, we feel sure t they will ever bear in 
the latter method is generally practised, and will be potting, &c., this should be attended to as the plants | lively pee or all the seasons of “ og 
found the best as well as the most expeditious. Stocks may require it. I generally pot early each season, but Having n oroughly disposed of the incidental 
may be obtained sufficiently strong for grafting in the as Í am not anxious to encourage the plants to make | inquiry —.— — capabilis, ‘intellect, and ee of 
wing seeds of the common very rapid growth, but rather to keep them of a the lower and hig er classes of animals—a ubject 
i i i odu as excited an extraordinary —— of intereat 
rat warm pit or house. With these and a supply of | well matured fruit-bearing wood, I pot only where this will now — return to our accustomed ad 
scions there is as little difficulty in grafting the Orange is necessary for the health of the plants, and supply | e ee rward pen: for, whilst discoursing of a 
as 42 a Apple. I generally perform the operation as them during the growing season with clear manure | we cannot feel otherwise than “at home.” The 
early in the season as I can make it convenient to place | water from the stable tank, to which I oceasionally add is 7915 young, an rg out-of-door observations can as ft 
the plants in a gentle bottom heat, and if it is desirable | a little guano, letting it remain for 24 hours at least a s litt! afe in the eiei of novel 5 REA 
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shaded from the direct rays of the sun, and kept GLASS WALLS. liv vening 3 is shini ing upon us agers and 
warm and moist. treated in this way, a a WIEN I 60 = these structures, s, and before 1 brighter every day. 
will be effected in the course of a month or six wee had seen any dese of them, I i pe ed them to Still, winter is upon us, and we must for a little 
— om be indicated by the growth of the scions. yi be built with thick 4 eae A fastened to iron uprights, season amuse ourselves in-doors as well as out; for the 
it is evident that they have taken, the plants with a wide glass coping a and wire trellis back and front; voices of the birds s are yet “small,” their ‘harps 
should be gradually exposed to a freer circulation of and I thought the 3 Ley combining ornament with upon the willows.’ It is a painful sight to see how some 
„ and they may be removed to some airy situation utility, as such w. d form a strong fence. I saw of our tiny friends are benumbed with the cold ; but it is — 
— the first growth is accomplished. After remaining | the o the | more than co the p 
in a more exposed place for a month or six Soe ge 1 rooms of the Horticultural Society in Regent- street, on | coming them to the hospitality of our table. The wrens, — 
rder to: ripen their wood, they may be returned to a the 2d ult. ; and although struck with their neatness, the robins, aa Dun . * the blue-headed tit- 
close, warm „and en to make 5 I did not feel at all satisfied that the glass and iron em- mouse, flock around he side; and many a 
second growth, Seta should be carefully ripened by ployed was put to its most economical use; for I grateful song ioe e get bet the e way, in n return for a ME ! 
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exposure d sun, previous to winter. reckoned that a glass-case 10 feet high, would, when | crumbs of bread thrown out of the 
ith attention to shifting as oy may require it, and a JANUARY, in its early days, is a okë wet, drizzly, un- 
liberal supply o eami water, they will form nice teas e month of colds and 
P the end of the second season after rheuma d lum b All nature 8 f its 
and may be allowed to carry fest 18 to 24 blighting Sinon, Still it comes with its awakening 
hand, and shakes grey-bearded old Winter i in “his wy 
sleep. 
N. = —— 2 crabbed man, they picture thee, 
Winter; with a rugged beard, as grey 
ag the long mo:8 upon the Apple tree 
Blue. Iipt, an ice-drop at my sharp, hid nose; 
Close muffled up, and on thy dreary way 
Wee 8 — sleet a 5 dee 
f January, 
causing the very icicles which bind old Winter down, 
rattle again, N N into his frozen ear 
tidings that each s day is tong than the last; 
bidding h him 8 K abdicate in favour of the 
tender, delicate Snowdrops, whose sowing heads * 
nn isible as ies to 
' H üghty, how r € ' 
5 AAA A, trellis ; p B, sunken 5 With whats 3 dread thoy — — the soul 
formed into a as use, be more efficacious | That sees astonished! and astonished sings!” 
p ve greater results, and be 28 more 3 and so How wearisomely would the v pass away, but 
ö Fan home; and now I give you a sectio: sp these changes! How would life hang heavily on 
w ou a section of a span- ang 
roofed trellis house, which will give one-third more hands, were it not ome 55 opening and . 0 
surface of trellis under glass, much room for the stowage | days, the advent and departure o of flowe e arriva 
s or cultivation of many plants, an agreeable place for a | and disappearance e birds, the bene n races 
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x ipenin; last, but not of insects, the wan coldness of 
shelter a all times for the cultivator to pru and | warmth of be Po Basar to the year forms 
to | dress his trees; and this is done by simply making the | which correspon n changing existence ! 
| two uprigh ing your glass wall to be We have Na taken several sinters among the 
10 feet high, as it ought to be—into a span- and bye-roads, with a view to re 
to be re and tits roofed house, 15 feet in width. My trellis house, and try to catch the ee 9 the N birds of 
— moved, the | which I here recommend to build, will, with its but alas! save the musical wren, the robin, 
middle of 8 by which time their fruit fruit will have two 10 feet slopes, at a i 
attained : t sharp angle, give 15 feet | hedge-sparrow, all has been desolation, The fie 
8 its full size. I now place a portion of the plants ground width ; along its centre will be two upright | cold and comfortless, the trees naked, and the hed 
„ Spare ee er ‘path A skylark now n i 
| ven utterance to ; C 
ht of one a trellis 5 feet high, or or thereabouts ; and a blackbird, too, have been heard whistling Jon 
o the left of the other a trellis of be er enig a To the but no aras ipga of vernal melody. w. 
ose | high trellises in the centre of th I propose to | yet to come, and it is worth waiting patiently 
rain Grapes. To the low — Peas and Necta-| The noe x birds ly undergo some e 
rines. The house will be about N.E. and S. W., thus ram ds changes during the autumn and the ae ; for’ 
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be fixed, the rafters 20 inches asunder, and ventilators wi without lee tip the power er to exercise their full Il compass 
be | placed along itsapex.* . The ventilation at the sides will, 8 of . arise from some pf- 
y i impedimen is 01 
head room, and makes it more agreeable to get at tthe various tribes, they will not find it 
s cam- lower part of the trees without excessive stooping. Now | occupation, 5% 
9, 2 * Mr. Bellenden — of Cheshunt has these roof ven-ilators, | | 2 offered these 8 remarks, p. 
„ may be which answer very w ! -when most 
