102 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
| FEB. 14, 
Jeaves or roots from the commencement of their grow th. 
8. The two leaves which accom this com 
munication measured 7 inches in iting 9 8 in 
breadth, and 26 ns in eireumſere 
dee 
m 
Butter is made from the kernel, keeping the wh 
year without salt, and is very ric ch i . vour, like the 
finest butter made from cream. It is a reflection on us 
that e have not been e boch into the East 
to generate, and for that purpose I Kinde 
once, sometimes twice a week. 
is consumed each time. I 
with a wea bs the centre, each “bed b 
eep green, and i rable heath with footstalks a est Indies and New South Wales. P. [We much | by 3 feet w v 
6 inches long, and 1 47 an pane whether these plants are worth the arg of for the last = eeks. Le o the same for the 
Luminous Pungi.—As 3 ung home, on foot, e pae anton upon. ext 10 weeks. a have a little more to say about the 
late in the evening in October last, 1 saw a light before Remarkable Hail-storm —On 192 Sth ult. this neigh- matter, but for the present I will lay on my oars, ang 
me in a par an avenue of thick | bourhood was visited by one of the most extraordinary | listen to what the g leman in “kids” has to 
gin made particularly dark ; I 8 it at | hail-storms I ever saw or heard of. The forenoon was Along with this you will receive a fair camels of my 
pron to be a lantern, hung up against the side of a cart | clear, Nap bright sunshine, which continued until about Mushrooms. Are they good ? Caultie-——[Our € drop. 
Tn e 5 70 n going up to the spot, I found that | 2 Oel m., when the sky suddenly became overcast, | pings“ are shaken out of each day’s stable litter, uni 
the Tigh ight piece of rege bark | and foretold the approach of a heavy the | sufficient is obtained to make a bed. The kept 
attached to "the 8 Pa a 2 that was here south west. In as time some vivid lig w er cover, and turned over daily, till they become 
a timber ge, ad been left 8 the night by | observed, accompanied with thunder, and followed by dry, or nearly so hen forming the beds, we mix 
the road-side. The . — he sufficient to have | heavy rain. By degrees the rain chan ed to hail, until | about one-third of dry loam with the droppings, beating 
attention from a co rable distance. about 3 o'clock, when the storm ended in a show e whole firm together. Our object in drying ths 
Some few days after this, my children, near the same | icicles, of the most irregular and grotesque form. The | droppings, and mixing them with loam, is to preventa 
found a piece of lu inner) bark, which | annexed outline of a few I laid on pa im- | too — fermentation in the SE which would be gt 
brought home, and exhibited it ina dark corner | mediate] r they fell, pd Leo. some idea of their the e f the future crop our success is com. 
room. The e of b 2 or 3 feet long singular “pp ee e ted the whole of the plete. Mushrooms thrive best in a b Moist 
some 10 ire bre and ts whole | glass in pln pics would have been atmosphere, which may be effected by various means: 
surface a bright phosphorescent light was emitted. The | totally Le, ‘bak gfe e to say, between 30 and| we named one, only. Much depends on ‘i form of | 
ap ce w ikin, saw 40 panes are all amage that was done. Not so house and mode of heati en grown in low sunk 
it, and all were equally ti 05 with the phenomenon. uses, or damp cellars, badly ventilated, a little dry fire. 
It had a very s fungus-like smell. In the course heat may occasionally be necessary to pre 
of a few days the moisture dried away, and, with it, the Itie’s ” succe: e us no way re 
peculiar smell and light disappeared. Ihave put some markable. The Writer of the-Calendar.] 
pieces of it in Mushro r with a sp of e ade,—I agree with you that the remedy 
. T the growth of the, luminous fun for the numerous complaints that are made r i 
lyn, seeds rests with the public ; but your correspondent, 
N. on of Muler. pipes.— I have occasionally 3 think otherwise ; and he says, 
seen replies to son conte which makes me sup Why, as of o, may e first-rate 
you c ted about the best material for water- ai of Wale and capital come forward and sa say, 
pipes. As Isee you d glass ones, allow me we will do our utmost to obtain from growers genuine 
to inform you, that the days of tin pipes, g 1 n seeds, and we pledge ourselves to sell to you, the publie, 
pipes, lead pipes, and pot pipes, are gone by, and that a seeds as genuine as we ean procure,’ Now, as in guano 
new mat into use, which is likely to super- so i seed trade, there are houses of “ intelligence 
e them cat ayes dining with me last and capital,” who sell seeds as genuine 
week, tion g ve water, he said, “I possibly procure „and that, too at the lowest prices 
“sig na company which coats iron Pipes compatible with reason 
inside and out with flint g ass; — are so strong tha x 
has uy a 
of the ber Ft, 
windo 
ins, 
water-pipes, Ke. I intend to as if not a whole series 
— articles made, at least a good many of them; 
stre i 
at Manchester . e 
m sha for the in-door poor 
e material has been 
z get i is, 8 Why, M 
3 the 
the public can get genuine seeds at the pric 
so frequently advertised at, I do not believe; yet it will 
buy ¢ bbish, instead of the genuine I 
have myself heard many com at the quality of their 
seed, and when I have said, Give your orders next 
time to such a firm, I have the greatest confidence in 
— integrity, and Í have no doubt that the ey Wi sappy 
with seeds as genuine as can be had,” the answer 
r. S., you do not wish me to be ruined; 
e prices charged for sea by the firm you w. 
end, are most exorbitan 
eee I can get them cheaper” Such, in 
— —— of the — and in this manner it 
in frand, sr = baoi of — 
trades 
. 
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accomplice 
— — fai dealing 
notorious for selling in the 
uying their 
a London 
good, and true to name; 
these genuine seeds, I pay prices as 3 as is compatible 
with reasonable and fair remuneration. If the public 
seeds, such as ä Tu ; 
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prefer to buy seeds merely because ea are cheap, 
knowing that seeds cannot be had at such low 
prices, then it must nt to suffer, as it richly 
dese M. ardener to the Right Hon. Lond 
Stourton, Allerton Park, T. ire, P 
maise Heating.—Continuing my remarks on , 
» | the simple radio-thermal system, let me recal to mime 
S| that in suggesting a cheap stove for its development, flu 
late Mr. Meek tioned his reade 2 : 
8 r s and in all ar = 1 
a a . ice to strike the glass in it he un. 
$ material, ique n oth we 
much a eino than — — of commu- | 8¢arcely possible a that an erwise, it y cole 
7 ne the 2 al 
nienting no unwholesome taint to the water, - 7 6 G. monly a + eon could have 5 „ 4 
Grafting Pears on Quince Sigel Could you e un 
me with a 2 — as to this process. 5 been ee shown more mista Siar os — —— an | gbere 
m; 4 remar i pae 
P poaa i y, for | upon orchard houses at p. 54, of z , dur 
on ve — from — seed t a have a of talking o rit Sd * teria Per 
y season with varieties poi Be e wou ve done better to dis 5 
(named as suitable for Quince stocks), I cannot nt ape 3 at the pricy whieh house, Denne, 
ul cases. I have tried rene names. Palate he will condescend an rr 
d, of the “slow” ones a plain answer to this plain question, » and Wy 
> the stock over the He says, at page 10 of his ocr on “ Orchard Ho ;” eee | 
ee 3 5 5 3 long, can be built for 177. 8s. 940 T 
wrinkle” I am not up 1 as to Pears on Asphalte felt, which is to be see — aad vah j raea 
„ t app d 2 a : 
= sworn Ea ined vith Sain, aesan — ton e houses | 
you do not is to ound of these expenses in the ; ; a 
of the season you headed down the ing, at page 10, how aie” NE 2 25 9d. 3 — D nee „ 
of grafting may not be this is — it is possible that you may be air), a musts I 
d stocks ought to requested to give insertion to another er enq * Boe into sate, not with the rapidity of air made to P 
rtant t ' carly in January. ne ee uiry throug hamber, nevertheless in he | 
point to be attended to. ||] Cultivation of Mushrooms. agitation. In a house are 25 brick flues, lech l 
member ey Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Pope. owner ve to place over end of the — P 
chat bare z But hark ; I have just slipped on my patent . 18 00 surrounding fire, udanee d 
= invaluable service to the in nhabitants, viz., the = errak tread softly, to whisper a few q pumps, = . iron, leaving a small interval; * a hous? 
Vaea (Cow a ghey gage re the Co r writer’s ear. He says at e to puns tO 
3 e e rm rdilleras pe Mushrooms, “ pr pa . z qc heated by any ordinary iron — it 3 tax ope 
on the northern sof the R ae Lotus, droppings turned over till quite dry.” P — — it may be Polmaised wi 12 asso? 
producing a yellow . ol fine opie and, w. tr jan i 2 J 
parna Se g liba Siapa mee keaping s for a long he | 
can Oak, the tui being very e the Sp Spanish Olina Olive, 
