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eyo . 
 13—1852.] 
this is done. 
by ballot, and a 
bjec 
yidually when Their 3 merits 
. b y is occupied by t 
ts for wc are pape sete to the 
m 1 A, the von 
llowin e pls re grouped with a 
view to effective 2 as 8 „independent of 
a: and although it might ane ar that great 
m, such is not 
he case, bee aang that the ee exhibi 
to no less than the enormous number of 3800. 
eb 
of the stage, reaching up to the 
covered with a blaze of Camellias. 
in continuation, succeeding the Camellia. 
— * — gorgeous ban 
re broken again by a 
Feni, and “the — was finished off by a mass of Ghent 
Azaleas in full r i 
what kind — effect su 
0 
— O 
Ferns, with miniature tree fore 
caria and other rare Conifers 
Although z have stated that culti 
sts of all sorts of 
vation does not 
constitute primary element in continental gar- 
dening, has were, nevertheless, numerous 
ples, of which the English gardener might well 
f t 
JE 
each side o i das 
ee 
as represented in a 
mos wn on flannel, — 
the le tely. Large examples oe 
finely cultivated ene of the best scar 
* other were 1 t, and in splendid 
may be of ian and Ghent 
— which v et both penal and good. 
re were some firs te examples of Camellia, as 
cultivation — blo 
xpected. Ls might 
ing d eterred from sending 
ul of the injury they might have sus- 
bema 
ns of Amaryllids, 
yacin were 
One feature i in the exhibi- 
attention, was y 
ceous plants in dover; they were quite as fine as 
pit saw erh — open ground at their natural 
These 5 ongst them 
were yere yimediums Aen onis Trite nias, Prim Seillas, &c. 
— ber of bo —— * . very re- 
m 
the exception of on 3 
hite Camellias, and 
THE GARDENERS’ 
his ere possibly get admittance, much more inspe 
as 
ese Palms were | ear 
k of scarlet rr 
tree th 
trees, h fige Palme, and tropical tree 
me exactly the same as you wo 
C. 
Pe os defect, however, — adequately com 
Sueyher, * were formed o 
mother, similarly made up, had flowers of hardy He aths 
instead of Lycopo dium, the Heath being white and 9 
— e from Madame 
jut 
for such things has lost anc ra sera even on the conti- 
Upon the whole this exhibition displayed much 
d certain! whole 
0 
uroj 
tna 
to the throng. It might be asked how such a gathering 
et the 
objects contained in a roo ili owever 
reco all disorder, and the ae ee of the 
ee seemed like mechanism, so perfe 
verything connected with this great exhibition. R. G. 
BRITISH SONG BIRDS. 
—THE Wise Man = d,. e is a 
1 said, 
„% We have had cold, pitiless 
me for 
e have waited for it; and it is even now at 
Bors. 
ffect of the sun, whose great power 0 to 
and; 
rsally rejoicing in the seas ge 
y oun es may now be looked for at an 
thrush 
— — 
defea in their opera arm althogh — re- 
* when the weather is unusually se 
ou tame — — the nest, 
some of the earliest 5 
which generally thrive better than any 
need not keep them too warm; 
remove them at once to e rs. 
A nest of young thrushes usually consists of four or 
five members. All thes e should tine kept together ina 
long cage, with a T — em a good bot 
red gravel, and place in the sun. They 
d them 
ss gaat Li 
will thrive Soke fast, — peri 
ul 
We have already spoken of this, at much length. They 
will soon learn to peck, and as soon to perch. 
is 
It is very difficult to 8 a male from a female 
rush, when y ed, n give no proper 
directions for exercising a jud t in the matte 
tle if you pr ‘ocure your young birds — in the 
n, the mal d” their song; and 
— the distension of the larynx, you will be able to 
discriminate the powers of their execution. Hens 
jabber, the males whistle. 
n young, are very liable to cramp. It 
E inside their cages. Else 
ese rs are very seldom under- 
stood, and many birds die from the want of only common 
On no account chan 
Dry food will not suit their digestion, and must 
set ‘be given them until the 
A 
have many times 
; and at this — we feel bo 
with inereased remonstrance. e never aia, do not, 
and nev shall aid 1 any one whose ty 
and other 1 to be domesticated wi 
mere sight of one of 
a timid bird of its sanity. 
a caution of this kind, en 
und to it it 
tures s0 ri 
Loudly and ire as it ma 
such see ar een We therefore merely hd Aisi ! 
William Kidd. 
TRADE ee 
Wa Mr. W. H. Newman, of coal and ia 
Lavant, near Chichester! e te aring the sam 
name ; this A eman 3 we N eve, no connection of che 
respecta that name at ae” nor 
of a miller who formerly lived at Bosham, and now 
resides at Bedhampton 
Home Correspondence. 
winter 
CHRONICLE. 
ctly organised was | or 
all 
nippin g blasts for many weeks ; "alia ardently Mar for viy 
rng. 
e 
ng yo suddenly 
ests 
plants (a dozen or so) o 
healthy ; R. Dalhousiæ (7000 Rpa 
is light and 
ry ; the of the y young z plants do not strike deep, 
and_ I felt the intel of several to be qui ite warm under 
of last 
In 
E are Sonik by an ab 
ts, against any 1 that wo 
increased e Most of these specie 
again, being natives of 8—12, 000 fest experienco a 
muc h pr winter 8} 
consequently kept a 
Himalayas the first great in 
in March, which is 8 degrees 
el plants, ‘which are not 
do young blackbirds. | soms are 3 
Thrushes, when 
s needful therefore to see that no water whatever be m 
he food of your birds too | th 
„ | high-pri 
hat 
Lao afterwards to night frosts. 
ngland an equivalent increment of temperature 
arg not occur till May; but our winters are so mild, 
hat the cultivated Himalayan pl forward in 
April in Eng as in their native country, 
and 3 ene. extremely night 
frosts. In the lants of R. ciliatum 
remain r 5 are ve much 
malaya (se 
s nches Gams > 5525 nearly n ou 2 
from the difference 
of solar light at 10, 000 feet i * rey of l hr! 27 * at 
the level of the March of lat. 52°. I have been 
than I 1 saw them 
Ratt! ing 
found a beantifa l orehidaceous plant with the 
habit of len tia Tankervillie, 
im 
e notes from China a haw 
of Orchids, all of one kind, green, very fragrant, and 
ced. ink it was 7 to be an 1 
kind een is! Is it p in this 
country ? D 
m. [The m was 
set Cymbidium ‘sinense. 
a Phaius ; 
rocured 
drum pro- 
Torres Siler Pe 
or, possibly, 
your 
. Leonard, of Weybridge 
y 0 
at the Chiswick July Show of the Horticultural Society 
of London, and which the 
el 
from the 
on the 1005 of the house 
of variety 
shown at previous exhibitions. 8 st. 8 
at the same show, from Mr. 
in the same Polmaise house, a Singlo 5 
berry of either kind was split a phy d. dae 
erlag, Feb. 10. y 
Silkw « H. J. S.“ need not fear that the eggs 
of the silkworm will hatch too too early — the leaf s og 
Mulberry if he keeps them near floor, in? a 
orderly spiana R. glaucum 7 5 
— al ca fom 1 several | differ 
lan i 
5 tt „% a rr roll) to 
); many particularly 
during the winter, aid 
