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ets a crop of black | to the Eu rays of the miig sun will be nec 
with alacrity a shilling instead of sixpence for the nn rag Say 1ed. ‘produces uf . re wel ioe > ne a 
rubbish they sell, 2 ss 5 oa will continue to give it | Medic e is Want, p . 3 5 r Da GN 1 r 
them; for weeds tural to soils, and will threatens an action; but he is persua thrown away, to afford space o ia young pla „ 
continue to 3 in the face of the most careful | mixture of Lucerne and black Medick is impossible, 7 plants, whi 
But what ‘we contend for is this ; ; that by that the Medick is natural to the land, and comes The soil best oa ted for this Begonia t di 1 
fair prices, buyers will then be able to pro- by chance; and that the Lucerne was, no dou t, is equal parts turfy loam, peat, and well dec 
N rticles, while the race after cheapness eaten off by the fly. Another person is tempted by a cow or horse manure. The peat and loa Posed 
* unattainable; we also contend, beautiful sample of Clover, not a seed of which comes carefully broken, and used in as rough a s A 
s not suspect t the seed: but lays the size of the shift will allow ; the dung should þe podi 
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to the sellers 8 who yem ar to require to grow. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have 
advice quite as much as their customers. We sa say, been lost in this way by simple-minded farmers, peat, enough being added to secure perfect 
as this Begonia is somewhat impatient of 8 
moisture about its roots. Alpha, at 
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not enter into ruinous ¢ competition ; refrain fr ja eee are — ds, 5 — Peay belle 
t your consciences tell you is wrong, tempts t ey cannot see that pric 
vax Bgl the sake of catching i pa ei & last point to ‘consider, and for Boo 8 50 a ade THE SALMON.—No. 
maintaining a losing trade; have firmness enough, | they are ready to sacrifice an e, however, _ ANOTHER recommendation of the wana in the mag 
when the prices of Dover, Suvrrix, and Co. are | in guano, frauds have becom pat difficult i in conse- roa 2 pae 5 11 er ai ‘ 
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quoted, to refuse to transact business . we any such quence of the rebel N of its a ae vien Tps does (1th September), ne be aa 
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terms; sell nothing but what you w to be so let us hope that seed cheating will be diminish the middl pri fue following 
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genuine, and let your customers go to that respect- by a similar process 
able firm, and buy the experience which alone can SSS ily 
teach them wisdom. Finally, be true to yourselves. _. BEGONIA FUCHSIOIDES. condition ; and why should not they be 1 id 
Do not call a man a vagabond when you find that} 4 wong “the er ath end of recent introduction | events, angling hs. to be tolerated for 
he bo eee you, and then proceed to deal with |; in our plant s, few are more deserving of attention | netting is pro On the one hand, * 
him a han the Tachsia like 8 Its graceful habit, the | tion of kelts . fish), and fish yet the pe 
Wess onfidently ask the “ = ' itself, Fecher brillant colour of the flowers, the short time required even in March very much ee than the clean fl. 
this advice is uncalled-for or not. Unfortun ately, | to have plants in a — state, and the abundance | In the evidence given before the House of Comm w 
we have too many proofs of 95 1 ar = with which its*blossoms are produced, render it worthy ie 825, it was stat one of wr 1 from the 
give an example or 58 of universal cultivation. To those with whom winter- Tweed (I quote from memory, a zoe 
at seedsman to — “ that fellow ay sold flowering plants ‘are in demand, this Begonia will be . that for one good "ts h por up to 
oe as Altringham Carrot seed all sorts of rubbish, | found indispensable, and when well grown and bloomed middle of March, 10 were caught as wa „ 
hi TA l 5 rt, 1 ly and late. | it cannot fail to be generally esteemed. fish ; and in the Ribble, where ther ; 
orange, white, purp. 3 ort, long, Who an iE |, The plant being a favourite with me, I aim to have t | salmon, I have seen a shoal — 5 Lure oy w Í 
and all my a iy kagan it. at on earth in flower the whole, or at — the rons part of the e | the middle of pa h : at r oy wa uo 
d to "thi cessary to t : ay. may be said that this is o 10 8 
you richly deserve the consequences.” „But the fe oat e pape 317 8 gh e y y Fo tak e1 Ea 
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fferent seasons. In the first instance, cuttings are | the fishermen cannot legal e these unclean fish; 
rice was so tempting, and your’s is so high. Had ohiained i in the beginning of-February, selecting vodig but does any fisherman allow one to escape! Fer 
not I 8 * an ＋ 2 im ú ons thy pieces, su re not over full of sap, and 5 rÀ allowed to + ig e few 41 0 
as you like, but do not deal with him. a hi „inserted rather that do spawn ever get back to the sea. If tht 
will not, you may depend upon it.“ And what | thickly around the sides of 5- ae pots, and plunged z 8 allowed to do so they woli 
does this very man do, although he had been thus in a close warm frame where the bottom heat 5 os another year furnish a „ i the 5 
adled, a 75° or 80°. Any light. sandy ool will ans I i 
the ve fo nepton o to the same person, because | fmould,the | ¢ 
mF seep because coy or other | rp passed od through a fine gå and pests i mixed 
had been protiy goe — . Bb to the wile) although | “it hen the cuttings are well rooted, 
. Thisis fact, no — which will be the case in lis 8 course of a * they 
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Ater one of pper er Ci ul and successful growers of | haye the assistance of a gentle bottom roe all the a Fg 
r urnip me 1 e is — When the pots become filled with r sects, sl shift into 8-inch | generalit, z 
an i deserved yso. Yet what a led Skravine’s | ones, and place . the — a shady corn + Spey tove, | of mine who was in London a few days ago, told | 
wherever it may be convenient, provided a tempe- | that he saw there as fine fish from the Severn aseri | 
of good and bad; Rape comes up, or one-half crs rature of 5 60° to 65° is maintained, and * moist he saw in his life. The evidence of the fishermen n 
not grow. And how can it be otherwise, when it is atmosphere kept up; oe but unless — occupy a shady | these rivers is too decisive to doubt, that many gu 
another fact that . dealers actually ‘alk situation, it will be necessary to screen them from the | fish are taken in those rivers at a time when none s i 
is see e om t if IOS. per bushel less than mi 3 N hed es ee impatient of bright 5 other rivers. But those fishermen did ie 
y pay him. In Scotland the system of mixing sunshine, and if thus exposed, it loses that fine (for I don’t remember that they were asked! 
adams had arrived at ach point, that seas sd appearance which the foliage presents when in vigorous 3 that in 2 these good fish they 
years ago there was a meeting in Glasgow of the health. When the te become filled with roots, a little | 10 u n fish for one good one; it is ex 
Scotch ashe ne bh boka aaa = very practice, and 1 manure-water will be beneficial ; and they should | proba le that such fish are caught, becau 
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syringed with pure water morning and evening. | very unlikely that fish in one river spawn a 
3 n th rhe North h Brit oh Se a S | By the middle of June, they will require a final shift period to others ; that they don’t do so in the 
77 Associati y 7 f d, b N |e nch pots, and should be encouraged to make I think, proved by the fact, that the kelts are fi 
gee s er y was eyen formed, but some of the e e — ith regard to stopping, they merely | the same season as in other rivers, and the 
most powerful houses in the trade withheld, or | require to have any renee shoot stopped, when | (salmon fry) also migrat e in May as they do el 
thdrew, their names, tion, we 7 ‘the desired height, so as to r 
this being so, how is it that clean fish are 
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believe, came to thing Fortunately such practices flow of the sap, and induce the formation of lateral 
e i eir pu rtuna b upon 8 flowers are produced. 
so rare e supported by neat stakes, and | fish to ru 
y the s Fhe follow: case, whichis one no tied out, so as to accommodate the rd shoots which are | 
doubt of common occurrence iinsirates the system, | t° Produce the flowers. d in this way they form | ri ing of 
ember of this | continue fa Hower tll Merch, or aang in October, and | the water—in sho pees 
very ap British Sl 8 "Association, f in the eee . March, or even 2 if kept i in a reason, but it may be said, how does it happen there g 15 
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a 1 rot 8 Turnip seed; this he retailed 1 „ be got in about the think the salmon spaw vis { 
33 neighbour The farmer ve: | sneer i 8 Sieg Tin 70 s je the first, except that | kelts go down, there is a nii 
solved to te the seed of some of his bulbs, and, in | September, they may ee 8-ineh N e ee foun in 
the autumn of mh ya o produce to the seeds- | Duri ò wi 5 Late — 9 9 
man who. e ha ught the seed ; who, the glass, where the temperature ma 
; . : y average from 50° | almost as | 
knowing that the original seed Pha come out of hi is to 60°. Karly in February a portion of ie hats may PaA . Guy tat tbe ‘fish, supposi 
tees establishment, bought it with confidence. This 1 into 13-inch pots, after which a slight in i riv ime, 
nt in 1851, and produced a crop of of heat will be essential to their well doin but when the S i 
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and damages | meu sho d receive all the light that it is Sechi to give | fisherm at to catch trout all through cn 
S tno Plants i they must | with ponie and worms, in the hi 
the raag distinctly oe ts but N . reg 
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2 a aera ote with 5 i The a sight in eee we: ans heel 
t grew, remained ume , N AT ieee Areni alone $ dto 0 jain in their winter pots, those he caught in April, which he — ; 
a profusion of seed, and by yore destroyed | wi ier period than thee temperature, | way ; he said only the clean fish were rising în 
r nuine nature of ft the very Turnip itself. r pots, or t y had be 
hus it is, that a ne syste 2 in middle of March, anà then shi fted t. t 
current, irresistibly, the very em drags may be „ in Febru biennially and not annually, we can un 
8 anxious o strive against it. us Begonia may be removed toa kr archi ; ‘ist’ 3 
Th e shape whic se ed-frau ds as assum e, an d wi ith © where i t will continue to pr roduee a = fouls Dak wè do A R why ce ei 
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initiated, who. mot detect them, except bv infat the conservatory is treated something pret an inte u. Iam aware that it is sat A e 
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experience ; and who, even then „ are va weed by mag ante rth ened AA em plants ink tie = irn aaa eye: h his is a men, 
the dexterous “ * trave le,” eka’ is a perfect 8 „ no oldie ya e 5 will not thes jecture is, I think, proved by the fact, that te 
r q asseverat ions, A man | can receive abundance of li E withouk bi t bei cy [attempt to go 3 eo wate 
2 “as ; ut being te these pests. A day or 
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