148 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Manon g 
high TE re is repre fine object ; and Nature | wood = set mil flower-buds in a cool h 
and Arta 80 blends as to leave no room for criticism. | however, be necess ary to remove the |] tie 
There is a piaia oad 5 “tine foot of the castle. In the higher ‘temperature to induce them to fo i 
garden the useful and agreeable are found intermingled. | but except in the case of very vigorous ; 
ih. hothouses are not, however, concealed from view, this “will hardly be erte The C young plants 
their uncomm osition gi hem her : ella is some. 
circumstances the tissues of plants were almost 
empty of fluid, and in a state approaching that of 
winter torpor ; two conditions 1 * Soe = 
others to enable vegetation to resist c 
en „as often ha app pens, the night's Chand 
succeeded b a rapid rise of tempera- 
reg under a bright sun, it is probable that the 
beter; effects of an early and excessive — of 
emperature would have been experienced. 
w asily i 
— ng appeara The enormous chalk rock is while in a growing state; it enjoys a shad the sun 
| covered with a thick turf, pe age the moist by water under Vines, The plants should be freely ial 5 
(w which flows from the very top, to which the hes aloe is weak manure water at all seasons, and es PP ted with 
mnal te conducted by shaded spiral wali All th mps | growing = $e! will be benefited b pecially while 
But b for 10 days after November Ath, the tempera- which bound the curves in the walks, or which form | ings. A as they have made Fett spe ring. 
ture did not rise by day higher than from 45° to 47, the hedges, are bg a single spar es ; masses of Antirr- | formed their. pai A they mu ? 
and the constitution of the frozen plants was thus rene, as here and there, and produ cean admirable | cooler situation, and, as soon as the va wi 
subjected to no violent reaction contrast with the enen, objects. may be placed in a sheltered, shady place out of daa 
If those who have e gre eenhouses to manage will The foreing and other hothouses are very large. The plants which were placed in heat in Jie doors, 
sightly apply this fact it will nae them a valu- Pin ne Apples are forced i n considerable quantities „ but February will probably be in flower in n August; 
le lesson. ught to show them koe un- | their languid vegetation, w small fruit, sho wed that not, they may be removed to a warmer atmosphere p to 
7 rtant is t skil their cultivation was not well e the flower 1 them to N their buds. 
ce 55 garden is pretty, but contains few new plants. We When they have done flowerin th 
whether = gets at them or not, and what a were not h save Sorbi sed to find the gardener dressed = ey a season of comparative —— — — 
a ot : in short breeches, white stockings ; a waistcoat of the | overwatered, nor excited by a high tein e P 
serving their plants alive, they 8 keep up incessant time of, Lonis is XIV. and shoes with enormous buckles, | 359 to 45° will be sufficient at that ti 0 "The fom 
fires ug in this way that th ey | Masson’s Report. also receive a thorough cleaning, which 1 
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impossible. The business of a good gardener is not CULTURE OF THE CAMELLIA or thrips, it will be advisable to remove these pests 9 
5 know how to keep his greenhouse plants warm, Or all the 8 to be found in British EE et this | means of a dry brush previous to syringing. Mis ake 
any noodle can do that; but how to enable them is perhaps the most universally esteemed ; and, if its of importance to select for early growth such plants a 
d, 0 co 1 ds in war ; 
1 
is master’s pock Rose-like fi ood bu | 
his own personal convenience, and the health of the | Shaped, coriaceous, dark green leaves—and the season | this is rene opty Be the plants will have a tendeneyt) 
plants under his care. TY dn body dounta he at which it produces its e ee are considered, it become n unless the buds are in such a state 
soundness of this d tine; let him visit the garden would psa be Tis ee ae Pat a re de- — n laced in 1 in hent, u on the points of the shoots 
serving of favour. is a as asily | on o gro 
of the Hoa th ity a ated 5 — = 5 h Itivated as the common Laurestinus, aut if once fairly 7. do not eee avy iA Camellia, if treated as Ihave 
e state of the ret — ated Camellia, which established in a situation out of doors, not exposed to directed, will get into ill health; but for the sake of 
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has lives for these 20 yea na pit with 4-inch |t ——— pe ens it n man seve — of a those wh — sickly pl oe acquired that condition, I 
g but ern win prote will state that sic ants had better be tu 
wet and a bight s sun — a hard frost. No cannot assert, however, that it will flower as ail in | their pots, a aA removed, ied thes ate = 
— bush can be in a more perfect state of robust such a b care $ —— `s when Liens Se = ee — 7 ps 7 will receive the 3 bes 
use plant; nevertheless, I can safely s at, as a soi the shou so be cut back, nd a 
IF, from the frost of Nov.4, we turn our attention to | hardy evergreen shrub, it is deservi rving of more attention i tle hi a kee 
the present spring, and db hew way in which | than has hitherto been bestowed upon it. Whatever its | close and moist, but water very — until 23 
ender plants have endured it, we shall find that value for out-of-door purposes may be, however, at pre- | have become establi shed. When they have done growing, 
tend roa i : our p 
ts e same conclusion, as that which f 5 
r j during the dull and r ths of winter, | The pl ll fi 
the f. ouses „The plants will probably be in a fit state for a moderate 
m all Greece? observations are intended to support. | and I will confine the liiig remarks to its proper | shift at the beginning of next year, but they must not 
directions, we find so-called tender bushes, | eulture for thi 
living without i tomi Of harina & dt Pye allowed to bear more than one flower to a shoot 
Symptom of having deen e eR The Camellia 8 be 3 agated by AE — the this season. Indeed, I suspect that sickness is free 
ors mellias, and the evergreen ‘ Bee usual nursery prac to graft or inarch on stocks of | quently induced by allowing the plants to carry more 
Holla 8 green as they were last August ew the roc ld A and ‘Middlome iss red varieties. Cuttings flowers than ee er 9 ; two upon a shoot 
d Acacias flowering even at Enfield ; 1 of these root freely, provided they are taken off in a are as many as o be permitted upon healthy 
ir ming jured ; little Chilian | p state ter bei 
ought 
an | properly 8 ate. After being prepared, and plants ; and, if they are van this number should be 
ld. 1 yet, in this | potted in very sandy soil and watered, they should be e Alpha. : s 
en introduce 
the envir Eondop , the ——— 
thermometer alk night t to 18°, 17°, 16°, into gentle bottom heat, where they will soon form ie | 
and even er fall gh . "9 = may be potted singly in small pots early in RATE ABILITY “OF A N | 
ST i 
ey gly po y 
on in tikon im the beens of rolani heat os ey Bey sinc are rooted, and . and OCK IN TRADE 
e are dry; i ; 0 . Ser TES 
dry ; no pray falls; the Sia is aey ? | they should be gradually hardened off. The best plants PP — | 
os rature is so uniformly low, that | will be ready to be used for stocks at f an LANE v. PARISH or BERKE | 
no tender plants as yet show a si geta- but the smaller ones will require another year’s growth. | eor, Koty, 20 inst., a Cours ot — cial Sfor the determi- me 
in open air. It is evident then that the | Grafting is generally performed in aütümn, and the gte f Arms. Tavern, BerBhampstesd, ee, 
= the spring points in the e plants should be kept in a close h W ala ene N e 5 sa Rae . E. for the 
ri 0 ouse i „ Esq., M. P. for t i 
direction as that of last autumn; namely, to union is effected, TB st time for Ael ye ia the Smith orrien, arin items Finch, F. t Moore, | 
small effect of English cold upon exotic plants, pro- | b lants begin to grow. Although the above is | = Me. Job tee ama, oie x Ar. 1 D. Paine, Sar- 
vided they are dry, torpid, and well sheltered—not, | the common practic regards propagating the | veyor, appeare Md on. behsir of the appellants : r. Franch 
as is generally thought necessary, from the Camellia, those who prefer saving the trouble of grafting | Solicitor, and others, represented the respondent parish, | 
; y g ty, north | Can l eae ens] Mes tain = | 
wind, rere che but from sun and or inarching, &., may do so by striking cuttings of the | Adra: Lane are atten = e grated 2 E Berklant. | 
Thes nsiderations lead to questions of the Variety which they desire to increase, until experience | stead and Northchurch parishes, exclusively N | 
highest pice i o garden 3 respective of here has 33 the nice judgment requisite in selecting | horticultural purposes in the way of trade. A large green 
obvi = cuttings in a proper state as to ripeness, there will | Within Berkhampstead parish is covered with glass or Eigi 
connection wit greenhouse man ee > ouses, which are thus constituted the implements or 
doubtless be many failures, b As — 
a as shall endeavour find an early oppor- hich y res, but once overcome this of trade, as the means of carrying on their business, Th 
ity of explaining ms are. | stocks, “dnd it il be fo pe Da a T eg ter saa a aing gee 
' 2 5 un value to these premises o e 
| — be struck almost as * sat oon inly Mess — 1 tenants fete ao Fa i light, ne 
easrs, Lane instituted this 
as 8 5 — — om the trade question of the assessment Toa 
stock to the relief of the poor, in n 
and fbr fibry mre b the ead feces 3 stance thron hout the parish were the fixtures d Í 
| ee 5 
the size Fa teas 2 Underally Vin yer about fittings of t „ boilers, —— tallow ee ie amen mosis © f 
|9 and sharp san d, 
first | to suit all the purposes of cultivation perfect] Where | selves justly aggrieved, and pave: — oe of their sea at 
5 s N re k 
peat is difficult to obtain, a eA amme i of leaf soil the iat | not so agar an 8 3 ‘anjast, and 
e ma: 
mE f Win any | unequa be 
can light soil; but when placed in material the igs j ress could not 
i 1 peat, e fo Mr. Lane declared his intention, if redress 
3 we have seen that of G most is r and more ie iant dina when loam only is obtained at the Court of Special Session, to carry nde 
count its rich and: Well arranged collections; used. In potting, care must be observed Y 1S | to the next General Quarter S ssion at Hertford e i l 
the by no means inferior to those in| perfect drainage, “s Secure | in order to obtain a case to be referred te the Neher green of 
the publie parks of France. vt Phoebe » as stagnant water about the roots is Bench as to the actual ren at m yee wheta of the poor: 
: very injurious. It will be found good practice to select hot houses are liable to Nessed Ti 5 whet 
sig BOTANIC GARDEN is ti the — town, | some 
of a ‘tosis size, and under 8 of the of the most fibry pieces of the peat, and to cover | assessed ether, if assessable, are hey proper improved bf hrs 
a Th = school of sony ne e ining materials with them; this, mixed with erection, when exclusively —— 10e can, ano 
ll pieces of bone or ch 1, i ni 
‘> . small pi or charcoal, is more congenial to the | § uch being the stock in trade o 
5 f 5 j mpiete as | roots moss, t under 3 and 4 
usual. Economical plants are on the side nearest the time for potting 1 — — oe a ard, proper | From Mr. Paine’s Vistoria, ca 3 that heretofore re 
Elster, ere its waters, which often overflow, give them | about to start into sih 5 EA — Plants are Lan Amn —— assessed to ae 33 ae ean r 2227 
a remarkable growth. On the opposite side are some prefer potting after they ha N ecessful growers ot per annum, exclusive of the no atts 2 charged: 
rare trees and bushes. There are two houses, one zoey genes So ae ive 3 wood. Water ro — 1 aa 2 rights, eed te a ee ue ot ME 3 
heated, the other not. In t isa 5 1 hifting, until the roo ti 3 ih laine, Bde: only 40%. Parochial 
mariably well grows „Ferna; and somo | . , ᷑̃ꝗ( . ea oh ae 
sessm ; , 
ens in the second there is nothing worth old ball, by placing a rim turfy pi — | — data ae wh which the flag ble da and valuation of Em; bo 
a above it ; sea, an aris 
leet is very fertile, and the town is | this — —— 3 ‘len and more particularly” in 3 Tnleworth, eh a 
Fruit trees abound | causes e water to pass — pros 3 5 1 th had a per- 
$ er are plentiful, ~ of the best | the —— ya 5 e where — pane Leste ——.—— oe = 2 of- Meters. bo 
there the — iain U, bi „and had stood the test. ; 
Plums, @ owners’ ies, F 9 — — aen aan ae stock of plants, and | well set forth; when described as the 
F Camellia blossoms from August o Bap. Jo bas, fee gene ee Soi, 
number of ee — wail — > May. To is fluctuating, arious, and vacillating. 
like English | in 
: a portion of the plants iat. Paine contended that even if gree 
temperature of 60° or 65° in J " rateab! could only be 
ary, and others at inte Ine which they conferred 
. * y Bee a A ARPS TARE? rvals of . 
on al op six weeks, 1e ™ the latest portion to mie |S never abe separately assessed ime 
