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356 * THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Sones 
n ly at the root, but freely with pingid a many of his ok i ae ‘ 
said, we do not understand why people should be so ogee! an dy Hes roots appear to have laid an —— eretined — . iis epg : 
t being s : hold of the fresh soi ut notwithstar nding its assumed nomi Out, 
ful a ar A 1 t pirani the greatest possible display of mart I dare say neither the King nor his courti of 
cially when containing calcareous rape and it ben it will Bele ecessary to have the steer 8 able to charm away that which must have been i 
e mos ve 3 will be easily effec ted by | able iat one ier z ne ood and those Insepar. 
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need not say that while perhaps, well suited to * — ong pr. hea 
so 
For ourselves we accuse rely thie object is to ma 
state such circumstances a hortioultural tert as | occupy a situation w. 
come to our knowledge e will now explain | rain. th 
out of what “ the foul aceaation,” that Mr. Cores 5 in 15 elosest end of the gree A 05 
un: F ly, and the from tree to tree * are festocnel 
There is k warehouse adjoining the Surrey Canal een them, they will 0 a iep — 3 vs = f xi bie al so as (but for the climate) t 
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belonging to Mr. Poo a builder, ee of Monae to the middle of April, Ki lenke attention, a fierce cold continual northern wind was blow. 
To that e chy? is k brought out of Kent an in bringing a portion of the plants into a warmer place, ing, and made one think more of coughs and great 
other eimai At that warehouse, too, vans at intervals of about six weeks, leaving Siah sw flower _ than Italy. By the side of the road also are 
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vaults. A 
loaded with was taken, and i 3 
ee analy sed by iced ede is a st =x of young plants in hand, the specimens may | town is a atja l eastellated house "built p the 2 
finds it to consist of be to the rubbish-heap, as soon as their beauty 2 near the — ; ka grounds are beautiful, and, 
is over; or the flower-stems may be cut — and the as far as I could judge, the ver ie imitation of En 
Fie s pane mene e = : sey plan sor he the greenhouse, and watered very park grounds and garden I ever saw. I understand 
` ay by 17.50 eg until they commence growth. If tr 88 1 Prince Puckler was the person who directed the dis. 
r a T 9.80 summer and autumn as reco mended , they will probably — and the planting of the grounds, and his» 
Carbonate of lime pe ai 25 T n large specimens, and — as freely as they = on gardening shows that he was a master of the art, 
season Bek . care nities be observed antl The house and the gardens both of Sans Souci, the 
87.30 ; for if the soil ever gets a Pompeian villa, and the Crown Prince’s Cassino are 
Now we submit ay 7780 18 a gree and b condition, the ih will probably do but Tittle shown to all comers with the greatest liberality, I 
very good loam, too. that Mr. ust be | good afterwards. understood that there was a large forcing nen 
quite mistaken in aika that — oe not 2 The soil f for t his a should be e: ex rich, | for ~_ a the Royal gardens at Potzdam, but this I 
into his vaults. As to its being the “Compound | such as water will pass through freely. o-thirds | did n It is well to have reports from different 
Animal Manure” alluded to in his letter, it is light turfy loam, baden xi ich t turfy peat or Leaf soll, — of “the same — The reports already printed in 
impossible that it can be that; for bin compound with a liberal admixture of silver sand, small potsherds, aed Te * well of the Berlin nurseries, ow, 
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animal manure is sold at from 51. t ton, or charcoal, will answer e Alpha, ough I took some pains at Berlin to find a good 
ure that Mr. Cakes cad be e last — —·———— eee, wage ’ yee 17 7 $ ne, 
ist took me to one which he said was 
Il a as manure aid substance mary nine- FOREIGN GARDEN GLEANINGS. den 1 wes tadh disappointed casa 
tenths of which is In the few notes I sent you on German gardens I did bad condition the Camellias an Azaleas l 
not . e i, had a n old prejudice against | à and drawn—the orchidaceous plants ill-grown a 
Sans cro he owers there were rotting in t 
ECHEVERIA RETUSA. and, Seay: Ki whe} have not been there, have, I sus- | cold and damp of the house. But yet the 
mis can ely be considered to be a first-class | peck anotion that Potzdam is in the midst of a sandy well-grown plants one sees in the 
int, as respects either beauty or fragrance, but its desert. We were, indeed, agreeably disappointed ; the shops Sore that there must be some 
ural season of blooming being from November to mek or rather the series of (I believe) six terraces, | floriculture is well understood. Dodman. 
pril, it is well worthy of the attention of those who | mounted by broad flights of steps, was by far the — — } 
aer flowers. is very simple, and grandest garden feature ie ever saw—finer than 8 i 55 r 
a from: damp and kept in a temperature of | at Versailles, At the p was a long range of Villa o gaua Nana ENDIVE- 2 
to 45 it will remain in beauty for à very long N — which! Frederick so much delighted : Ir is now nearly 333 
no wonder, x > arden at his feet was exquisite, gardener e Deke f Sutherland at est 2 
oo to propagate pes grow the plants | and say ad of t sy desert, the view ang very | Wandswor given him by some traveller a 
specimens in season, but the | pleas ng—wood, prole reen plains and low hills, and | green curled and very compact Endive, whieh m 
, being one 
have a i rte 5-inch pot i i on Aa pi ; it exclusi 
eee n 500 in Pots previous to winter; * high brick walls, against which Grapes and othe er |0 of ee he took good care to keep it 7 
early i ee and torn’ finer Specimens mareal sirg rae 25 ' oe re by hp ehe Sea glazed | for his ow: as long as he could. Up to that penis! 
I suspect that there had been a failure of th 
-aagi me plants propagated and grown in one season. | Grape crop at Sans Souci or elsewhere pe aut ak 
e cuttings may be selected any time previous to mid- for I did not see a single bunch of frui ‘ae Vines 
and pra inned. A goof each terrace there w we egie x erally well furnishes’ 
oe = (Uae fie a dry Place until | flower borders of showy common plants, and er sy with Endive’. All throngh the ast season it never 20 
i Win; $ 9 tata soil, and | cially those having fine sha ape a ts i: beautifully coloured | finer, many heads w weighing from a half tie ge 
Jightly ; cover wit d glass, place | leaves. have * noticed the taste in Berlin and of a pound undres mpact and finely 
te eee the north of manna KA for groups o fherba- cl 3 the fot the beer” Endive ke eling 
and I hope soon to all that famous pi 
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leaved, and very tough eat. Now, 1 
markets are supplied with u this valuable sort, which i 
grown very fine and sold cheap. 5 pe 
; house, 
i and give no slightly da than — is just — to keep ceo us plants wi 
mp until roots mitted, w introduced into England, and that there wil 
further of rotting or . addition made in thet eternal pattern beds, the ie ikon Endive seed 
—— glass may be sh shrubbery borders, the herbaceous bordersof our best | J 
app! — liberally, | prs ens. Rhubarb Beet 8 4 New —— Flax, 
alma annas, especially Canna 
. Ss 8 . ellow Gourds (P (Poterium jaune), and others of 
—— oop y | a large kin d, ribbed, and of different shapes, which had 
ater should be applied to the 101 at been « cut and were left to ripen in the sun before storin 
the ay of Piko — eye ooh use. This, I was told, was the especial taste | well-drained light land. Should the winter iato * 
pipe FCC 
in too hi ae 5 . e effect was excellent; ut-houses ; + wavering Was 
ept i srg i a „ sind ata distance looked like a line of gilt and bronze —. : ephir ea 5 p The vali of this co 
ace the lants ina ina , moist growing | gourds ; his taste is a 
gradually increase the supply | quent and original of 
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As soon Speaki ` ae 
ped or plain, moulded in patterns which Iptor | puti kful on the cro fien 65 
would do well to co veia toe too ae fo Ji n 
Belk Eres s has never invented any- grow, i t lifts. up the pe i bet 
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ashes, gathered from Vi er ee earl 
; i ered from Vines which I wi gwal 
8 with my own hands. As dishes for containing a hap on —.— rom y “Wher on 
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