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ofa bright sun, therefore a thin shade will be necessary; their ponderous size the leaves require support during Nature had lavished on this spot. A perfect botanist, 
if very rapid growth is desired, it will be requisite to | their 1 but they ultimately attain sufficient and skilled in agriculture, his time and —— during 
maintain a rather high temperature during the summer strength to stand erect, becoming afterwards somewhat a period of nearly 20 years, were spent in promoting 
months, but the plants will thrive very well during this horizontal. I have not yet had the pleasure of ond every pesca in cultivation of the soil; and 
season in a cold frame, where they can be kept rather the Calathea in flower, and therefore I am unable to many have „directly or apenas s from the 
close, and chat — early in the afternoon, after being speak of that from observation; I am credibly informed, methods of tillage ess. into the country by him. 
sprin rinkled over-head. however, that it blossoms freely, and that the flower On taking possession of his wife's landed inheritance, 
1 will 1 early in June; possesses considerable attraction. I know from expe- Mr. Barker's first steps were to erect an edifice be- 
if as plants are growing in a rather high temperature | rience that the plant is very easily propagated, and that coming his means and station, and one that would 
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sufficient progress to to need shifting in Shen will not 7-inch pot; in the beginning of ch I removed it gardens have been long celebra d for the ——— 
prove an flowering Wee the following season, | into a pot 5 inches . using a compost of one-third | variety, and excellent quality of — In the piece 
and therefore they had bet tter b e treated on the cool Ser loam, one-third rotten rp and eee half- of ground attached to his own private residence, I 
ste another | decayed leaves, some nei phagnum and a plucked from the trees the Guava, th ee 
n's growth, s such. will pb specimens ns of almost little sand. The plant is usually imme — in 7 —— a nelled N the Stanwiek Nectarine (for which 
any size. After shifting, treat the plants as before, and | plan I have not followed; it requires large doses ‘of = Duke of Northumberland obtained = ima a Silver 
keep them as close and warm until the middle of —.— to the soil, with fre en = 3 e Medal), the 3 Peach, the 
i i i r my — —— con- celebrated Apricot of Damascus, "the Decal kaki 
wood. Frequent waterings, with clear rather weak | structed house, I can noes 2 toe the Loquat, or Mespilus j japonica, the Mandarin and the 
manure-water, will be of service while the plants are in | vapour I — Phe: follow en is I — of this Malta Blood Orange; in short, the fruit of every country 
active growth, I have ~ pgs respecting stopping | treatment: the plant stands 7 feet high, the smallest in the world. At Mr. Barker's request, I wrote to 
and train ing; but these matter of course, should | leaf is 36 inches long and 24 . broad, and the Penang and China for seeds of some rare fruits and 
receive attention from 88 Lee ature old, measures 44 inches long spices, which 3 r and Sir George 
of the plant is, oara, such that 14 Loya trouble is | and 30 broad. To what eee the leaves would | Boutram had the kindness to send me; and though 
required to induce a compact bushy hab ultimately = oe the plant were placed in rich soil, | previously produced solely in — elimes, they have 
The plants 5 not be kept growing ie in autumn | and in a suitable — is hk for me to guess; since sprung up in these aa gardens. Besides 
than wi it of the young wood being properly but when it forms: — splen ndid 3 a pot we may introdueing the finest fruit trees in the be and many 
ripened previous to the dark cloudy os s of winter. rable circumstances, | rare ornamental trees, from the cuttings 
8 requires a plentiful ats ot water at the | it would form one ot the most magnificent, as well as of which the whole of the eee of Suedia have been 
voets while in active growth, but very little during its most curious objects at present in N My supplied, Mr. Barker greatly ameliorated the e culties 
st; no more should be given at that employer would be v d to make a present of a small of ‘the natives by obtaining from Italy regular — 
time than is absolutely required to preserve the soil in plant of the Calathea to any gentleman — may wish of the A pe poria seed, which was then divided 
a healthy state, The propa of pua: arn has = to grow it. William Payne, gardener to Edward Smith, | amongs Originally, = silk produced was of a 
a actively growing in a rather and mois Hes ie Vale, 2 Sheffield. Aes oad goat fe ; it has now become the finest in 
tmosphere until late in the pinsen libia bi viia nting) Potatoes Late. Before the Potato blight any part of the e As for tho — it was a per- 
2 T e temperature will average about ea showed itself in in ‘hia country, the "foliose method fect sight to see ‘the gardens attached to Mr. Barker’s 
45° ; those that have been treated more coolly may be | of procuring late crops proved perfectly successful with | house at any season of the year, even in the depth of 
placed in the warmest end of the greenhouse. The us, and should the * not a 7 manifest itself, winter, when the surrounding mountains were covered 
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of air and light, and therefore an intermediate house, or scale. About the first week in June, we selected early and beautiful flowers here, presented the appearance of 
the warm end of a close greenhouse, will suit them at kinds of ordinary size, ae ree u into sets. We | perpetual summer. Spring brought us all the sweet 
that season. When in flower, a sheltered rather shady a yous ae drills on reserve ground, or on any | smelling flowers, from Violets to Tuberoses, and many 
place in the conservatory, greenhouse, or elsewhere, | spar d after watering Pt , planted the sets | delicious fruits, as Strawberries and the Mespilus japo- 
will answer for them thickly, with the eyes upwards, covering them slight! D) nica, or Loquat, and Apricots. Summer fanned us with 
elie E 4 25 sel in the puet. ng lg Fa yin cut so as to be transplanted (with sets entire) about mid- | cool sea breezes, which one could inhale at will,! 
a mmer, or the beginning of July. By carefully raising under the shade of some broad spreading lofty tree, 
ines 3 ea a * aa they oh call be be — with a fork, the sets will adhere to the roots, and reading of other lands and other days. The luscious 
potted if ees, which will = krns e where | nothing grows more freely when trans Pane than the| Melon, the Nectarine, and the Peach, now poured 
very large bushes are desired. Plants intended to be Potato. A little pe if the went is * a 2 their abundance upon us. Autumn, with 8 e 
grown a second season before . rages be| start them into full growth. By thus planting in less skies, trellised the houses, the gard 
placed in ja growing temperature early in March, | advance, due time is given for clearing off early ora hedges with every variety of the Vine ‘ending wih i —. 
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need not be kept quite ith ordinary | with the v of obtaining a second crop. Hardy and | vary the insipid flavour o tama ok [We have 
management these will fill Tiad pots, yr form ver ery | Son, M ey the libe hi 
e specimens before win Fumigating.— Many plans have been recommended in the original of this — 3 
For soil, use rich fibry peat, and “Tight tpi * 55 fumigatin ee ma Ke. I have found the  Stephanotis a his extract recent articles in dur 
loam, in about equal quantities, with ent | following to be most effectual : put some red hot cinders | pages it appears that the fruiting of this beautiful stove- - 
proportion of silver sand to keep the mass Dar A | into a flower pot, place it * a couple of bricks so as | climber is a circumstance of rare occu In one of | 
prinkling of clean potsherds, or charcoal broken into|to leave the hole free to admit air, throw in shag the Pine stoves here there is a plant with five large 
pieces will ist to ensure | tobacco according to the aie of the house, which must | fruit upon it ; it is en by some that the fruit is 
efficient drainage. The peat and loam should be carefully | be carefully shut up for 12 hours, get out of the way | but we have” the high authori < 
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phur added will make the smoke more no utility in ee 2 plant to “produse fruit, except 
ed ; and in ; st pungen The dead insects must in special cases, 
2 choked by the finer particles of soil being carried washed off with the syringe—not a greenfly will escape cannot be n : for if the fruit was removed in a 
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some of the rough turfy pieces Suedia : the late Mr. Barker.—The foll owing is an ex- of the plant, and, doubtless, cause it to bloom more 
of the pial ipe tract from the work of Mr. Neale—“ Eight Years in abundantly. G. Grey i 
— — Syria, Palestine, and Asia Minor. "E _it refers to the late Wetherby, Yorkshire, mt A 26. ' [Quite tan tees 
a Barker, f fruit} Farthing up the Brassica Tribe.—Lik 
Home Corresponden to this country; and, I believe, it was from him | writer, I am an N tie discontinuing the practice 
of Calathea ä 1 See often that the ee of Northumberland received the seeds of of earthing up any of the Brassicatribe. I consider the 
remarked, when guiding parties round an extensive | the Nectari whi ch has been called the Stanwick Nec- practice unnecessary, especially when the plants have 
gardening EEKE a that there were a number of Sigg ne, and been properly treated in and after they have been 
such who admired fine foliage, quite as much as others Mr. Kente, i 155 his book above noticed, mentions more removed from the seed-bed. Of course they must not 
—— fine flows ers. Knowing this to be oian — than once ery large Quince, double the size of an be allowed to become drawn. hen this is the case 
been induced to call the attention of leaf lovers to = ostrich tn aid teeming — rich and eee per- earthing-up is absolutely necessary to prevent them 
Calathea, feeling assured that it will speedily becom al porn — the te Quince. Is this the variety we from being torn up by strong winds, Sa utility of 
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fall in an almost constant shower from its point, forming a wide range of Mulberry 8 extending over When the 
a vegetable fountain of extraordinary beauty; this a space of 10 miles by 3, and containing a scattered | them out into ee e e 
os spasmodic one: the beholder being 2 mixed population, a if not exceeding in num- | are allowed to grow y and receive 
persuaded that he can see this hydraulic pump ber, that of Antioch. The village is spread chiefly on| which treatment I by sie healthy 
mechanically force out the water through the cuticle. the banks of the Orontes, and running el wi planting out, the 
Had I no other plea than this to advance in favour of beach, which forms a boun 
this noble plant, some would wish to become acquainted Seleucian Gulf, w where the Orontes 
with it for its ; but it possesses other Nature has scattered am e choicest ge. It is 
It bas leaves far superior to those of the difficult to dereribe in 
Musa, or an leaf with which I am acquain: den. M : 
Sens are cordate, bright green, and pendant, on their u ted 
wo ly deepens as picturesque little 9 pora apranga 
until j older, running a variety of shades, in neatness and beauty of 
. 1t Settles in a fine rich green. They attain their | themselves are robust, and sturdy, 
maximum size in about nine days from their first in ts 
Pg a and when three or four days old, generally retreat, Mr. Barker, after 
— middle of the day, their margins recurve, con- and country for a long period of years, retired, 
ibuting no small share of graceful beauty to the the young| on quitting Egypt, to enjoy in 
a ae whole of arte leaf at this stage of its growth | awarded e Mo p Segre 
3 tinted with colours varying from the | remainder of hi s to the peaceful pursuit 
most delicate to the deepest and richest green, From ture. Few men could better 
