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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
117 
g—1852. | 
ning at ng at the bottom, which is intended to be = pre 
and proceeding gradually from the central poi This 
material, however, is too dry to adhere of i a with 
sufñcient firmn to the moss, and on this account it 
is always laid o h liva of the bird as a cement. 
— te 
than its narrow-pointed be 
man architect could 3 any similar effeet 
ing that the whole surface is 
rs assert t, that . — — we De i 
cows for lining —— nests with ; bu 
the contra: T rse-dung is selected as — — more 
e for is may be rtained by 
comparing a . of the dry droppings found in 
tures, w with the inner wall of the n 
cow-dung, though expose 
mere fans Dan always aie s 
e. an inner 
efly that o 
salivary cement, while ar, are — flat at the same 
time, so as espond with the smoothness of 
over which they are laid. This final coating, 
however, is seldom extended quite so high as the first, 
and neither of them are carried quite to the brim of the 
e birds thinking it enough to bring their 
masonry n near to the twisted band of Grass which forms 
èm 
The whole sem- when finished, is = much ena 
than pasteboard ; and though hard, tough, an ter- 
tight, * more war d comfortable than — 
a first 
tecting ie * or you ng from the bleak winds which 
prevail in the early part 5 the spring, when the song- 
h breeds. We are admirers of the in- 
8. 
E. 
— — a7 from within, — thereby, they 
eir eggs 5 ; but tis is s ridiculous, 
riably remains “on the 
premises“ to oe any th calamity in — of rain. 
William Kid 
[Poston pe the season for pairing and breeding 
Cage Birds i — — 
othe x subjects 
shoul — re- printed With this view, 1 he ined 
permiss re-print them eckly * an our 
of Natural History *—(of which, se Advertisement 
the back page of this da: 's Chron icle.) 
Mr. Kidd’s 3 ition of the proprietors' interest, 
rst 59 chapters, inclusive. The | v. 
n 
the above announcement will give 
the articles themselves having long since been ou 
Print.] 
FOREIGN GARDEN GLEANINGS. 
The nto 
se the first is s entirely sors ied by vege- 
— bat — was not m hoyo ins ae 
except a collection of 150 varieties sof Pota 
in a burning sand (such is po soil of cay whole garden); charm to 
very fi 
ver, an 
men 
i _ economical plants; 2, f 8 plants; wi 3, of | compresse 
8 
The botanie fi cul- 
tial Taste E te situate not far from the Horti 
est, Dry horse-dung 
M 
garden, planted veer contains a few rustic trees 
of rare size and vigou 
house plants which will i in summer bea 
open air h gro 
as much to the o plants composing it as to the manner in 
rranged. Thus aa ose plants which 
ere, too, are fi those = ur 
M 
as a peculiar 5 owing S 
bottling 1 we ae dried bottle noig may be 
chased i Garden Market, v knotted 
T 
seed E soup, ‘Tarra on, 
ng; powdered Shallot, Mushrooms, and Garlic ; 
banks of a winding 
uatic are in 17 bed 
Little valleys, caused by the 
to protect t the pe whilst a hill of stone porn ese 
ci Aloe, Voss; 
a is 
— effect and also p olated groups, 
Coniferous pae 5 attracted attention by mag- 
nificent speci of = 
erect n as oe 7 plant 
pas- is placed in the circ — tare 
table One 
is ey. “filled cher a 1 eee of 
whie large bush of 
w Zealand plants, there are some rare specimens, In 
the small greenho ouses, there are many uncommon and 
m 
rs 
general 5 pla 
of | borbonica 
was | flower in he mon 
plant 
fl 
der the management of M. Bouché, | a 
n is worth: 
In the large ho houses ar some remarkable specimens of 
ia, r, Di 
e | Banksia integrifolia 6 or 7 ini high, some Metrosid 
Hakea, Eucalyptus obliqua, and a quantity of other aes p 
plants, which „ee nt tolerably 
left for timber in our forests 
The smaller — which contain flowering plants 
deserve to be mentioned. They contain, oy othe 
four ignore ype of Tro wolum, viz., the 
well the young trees 
rs, 
e, yellow, 
and why not Onions, oa long i psa Herbs bottled 
and sealed over kee 
ied he as not worth 
and at placed 
in iiio — of the — phen red would rn ait times 
be ready for use. James Cuthill, Camberwell. 
Hom 8 esponden 
Tr Og — — — This beautiful 1 Tropela i is 
worthy of a place in every collection where pla 
required for winter flowering. t of all our 1 
by far the most showy at this season 
the year. I have 10 fine hpr pn pianie of it, 8 
e been a aang ie of flowers ever since 
iddle of October last. As i it does 7 roduce pais 
freely, it is advisable to pia at ate it by cuttings, acan 
should be plee ted in June or early in July. a 
in * in small pots filled with sa 
soon as "they 
them in the greenhou h proper trea t, they 
will be ready to eee re thels final shift into 12-inch = 
* 
4 sh 4 1 A 
tions of 
white, and tricolor — which, being grown in | horse manu: re D motes of good . sand to kee cep 
different ee produce ery fine effect. Amongst the compost 17 After this final shift, I place a wire 
Bromeliads there is a magnificent Tillandsia 2 to each plant, firmly n To to ae pot. 8 
humilis, and although tl the ed in the stove, an s the plan 
represented, the 80 fine — of Echino- commence ra ep growth, every shoot i is is carefally ar 
cactus Forbesii, ‘Kensii, — form so as to cover the trellis s regular end of 
— ra some remarkable 
plants in flower, and a ko. specimen of Vanilla with 
ipe ere even st a Vanilla, called 
a by gardeners, which 2 2 m 40 ntage | e 
ie eldin every year rip less 
ng e fru not 
beantifal, longer, and lather, thet that “ot = aromatics; 
we do not say this on our own authority, but on that o 
our informants. 
We may mention besides, 8 3 Oncidium |8 
sangui i t most surprised us 
a remarkable Asplenium n "Th is a ils 
tion of exotic I house specially set apart fo 
them. The large plants grown in a hothouse are Coffea 
8 forming ramid . s high, a Carica 
Papaya, a Ceer N d e large Carolineas, and | 
Bombax, 8 to 10 yards in h ight. 
A hothouse of an a aileni. . r encloses some 
plants worthy of notice. re tropical plants are culti- 
ated in boxes, pots, 
are placed on e 
house resemb les the 
ants there are, Strelitzia ss. a t ae tania 
a 19 yards, Cocos 3 yards, Cycas 
ST eas ag 3 the Piai 1 which 3 
a 17 
ces 
o the “above list v e —.— add the names of so 
ich are Sof be hea and which were in 
August; they are—Oxalis las 
t for borden, Hibiscus 3 a pretty little 
pera: triangularis, * venusta, wit 
w Bocconia, and a enormous 
. vilh would be a 
ornamental plants. We shall speak of Nelumbium here- 
after. In short, the Botanic Garden at Berlin is pe 
1 
owers, a n 
and that indeseribable something whic gives 
e gardens at Paris. Masson Report. 
HER 
No VIII. Drizp Hers. are importa: 
ri ed herbs ar 
both for home purposes and ogee of shipping. they serv: 
may be e dried 
ither in sheds, e 
The common plan o of drying an 
mp 
and keeping ret tas man 
d up by the roots or 
become musty. 
ead ‘gardener at t Chiswick House, s 
erbs in 1834. After 
E 
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B 
ES 
— 
ae 
5 
in 
fo 
onns a 3 and TA put into 2 or 3 bags, 
and y 
such a * exemplified in a common wa whe 
etect after patien 
being 5 3 1850, one of my old pupils wrote from Carrick- 
yt 
e this i is complete, and the plants will be aa: 
ing hundreds of bright orange th 
— ally expand, 
enhouse, where the 
pr BEE a 3 of flowers for a long time. S. 
ici eld. 
Do uble Apples —I 7 so you lad gi of a 0 
urious shape, being on of the same 
sort last season, The a differen nce between them and 
he stalks on which they hung were 
3 
attached to one end, i eing in the usual posi- 
tion. I had a Peach of asimilar shape which resembled 
two. The side next the wall grew to the ordinary size 
of a middle-sized Peach, but the oth was 
much more than two-thirds its size. Both ends hada 
ex t in them. It ha ane one stalk. Stopman. [Sue 
s are by no mean ommon. Double Apples are 
produced by the es junction of two fruits when 
inous appear- 
on 
sity in rer wood, when observable, can be 
erson of o vision. 
this 1 may mention . when a boy at kiol in 
Dumfrieshire, I remember when throu, 
shrubbery in the dark w fi erica) 
goin rough a 
8 stumbling 
over and ga 
stump, 
ing down a rotten 
red | out so much light at the n as to Er "the imme- 
diate attention of all present. The woo so m 
decayed that it could be crumbled i in the hands, st} so 
luminous that th 
made abortive 
G 
1 
nomenon of 
r. 
a 
times, and have 
1 e 
never could d 
Ing See 
tie ma boggy situation, where it was mu 
the fire, 5 had them rubbed, se 
