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They are stil. we for this purpose in the east. Phar- ensuing crop. Maintain the utmost cleanliness in every | Turnip for winter and sprit Towa 
Je val, department ; and keep down insects by means previously | the week, the prin neipal spr ing pros of 2 S the end o 
stock of the should be s ete e 
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Best ki 75 Woo d . Blocks or Baskets for Orchids.— recommended. PIx RT. — Whenever the k of the | Walcheren Broccoli 
It has — ved, from many years’ experience, 2 | successions for furnishing the principal supply next | open place, and not on to rich wil or —— 
blocks or 3 made of the roots of Elder (Sambucus | season justifies a shift, they should be removed to their become gross and less liable to stand Plants wi 
nigra), answer exceedingly well for the growth of fruiting pots ; but it will be better to allow time for the | winter. Another go wing of the dig wat „ the 
Orchids. The roots should be dried, the bark being | roots to fill — 1 pots, than to shift them when Cabbage may be made for Sram: plantin, pia 3 
taken off, to prevent tlie lodging of insects, and cut to | such is not the The siz a of pot in which they are of the hardy Cos and Cabbage Lettu g, an Likewise | 
the requisite lengths. Their rough knobby surface is | to o perfect spars fui = yp ee in some measure on similar spot for the seed dels as 8 ecting q 
well adapted for Orchid psa rng tion. Although it may | the kind of Pine. Queens and other — erate growing Cauliflowers. Thin out and cut do ene 
be difficult to obtain Elder roots sufficiently large, it is, sorts will require pots of Rom 12 to 15 — in diameter spring-sown Parsley, that a fresh growth may be 
however, advisable to use weg! ible, because they | while the Providence and strong growing kinds will before winter ; a part of the thinnings shou y be made 
are of all i pots a size or two ot ing to f. : 
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soon covered them with their spongioles, and oe ce be the result. The simplest and cheapest way of growing | on raised A rni the south, to prevent damping 
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Botanic Gardens, Cape Toon. — During my stay at | heat the bed up to 95°. The soil for the purpose should | independent of its qualities ee salad sae 25 ! 
Cape Town I paid several visits to the Botanic Gard a8 be one-half each of peat and loam, and should be about | Onions directly they show indications of ri 
This institution occupies a space of ground formerly | 15 inches deep. foes pes out into a bed of this descrip- | expose the bulbs to the sun to ripen. Take up Shal | 
known as the“ Kerm oo Considering that | tion, either from pots or removed from small frames, | lot rying. As soon as a seid 
it was only established a few years ago, and possesses | where they have 3 provionely growing in a e soil, quantity of droppin gs is ready, 1 to 2 
limited pecuniary means, s has already made some | Pines will advance rapidly, attain a size and vigour, and for Mushrooms, if not already don 
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Seeds sat a lib It is now, however, retrograding, grown in pots. To encourage this vigorous habit STATE OF THE „„ NEAR LONDON, 
i Shiswick. cultural Gardeny 
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body of men who, with a few Be ns ai 
seem to be quite incapable of exercising the supreme | abundance of light will be n mare roduce a sturdy E 
direction, and who, by a series of measures, have brought | habit ; and artificial heat aa tbe applied | to gala De August. |S 
not only ridicule upon themselves, but the whole grow wth before the dark ays of winter. Attend to suc 8 
ee Those hi i 9 "r understand the cessions of all kinds, by potting such as require it, and ‘ad SRO 
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object of a nie were desirous by watering when „ using clear liquid manure ; Friday .. 
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that their power should k pF A. ke that of the | occasionally allow them plenty of air, and keep a steady | Sunday. 8 
Commissione ers of Woods and Forests in England, to the pjk heat ; Lge gaa a few at a time as iey are | Kouday 90 5 
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. and that Mr. Zeyher should be charged with tlie R GARDEN AND. SHRUBBERY. 2 eren! 
chief direction. That such would have been by far the Halishosks, Dahlias, and herbaceous plants must be | Average 29.460 | 29.357 m, “510 69.0! 618 01 
wisest plan, and that no one was better qualified to fill | made safe froin the effects of high winds, by securely Agu erie Fr heavy 5 vor heey 
the post who has devoted 28 years of his life to fastening them to their supports. The like — ht. 
the Flora of 5 Africa, requires no demonstration. should be paid to elimbing plants 3 eo 
But_although Mr. Zeyher was attached, until lately, as trellises, standard Roses, &e. There is an es 
botanist to ee establishme nt, et = Aiie so situated | of negligence in seeing — eg about by ‘ihe wind, 
that he could attem t any al ation or impro ove- Wien shen} 4 by P Ni dide ed; r ive Gail Mean temperature of the week, 33 deg. below the average. 
8 withou at mecting an i tioned ppp tion both from | dead leaves, bloom, aid iter of all ‘ids: liad ad STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
= 8 and the commissioners. At last, to sweep and mow Grass s, that a clean, well-ke ept appearance | During the last 26 years, for the ensuing niian L i 
crown all their blunders, the majority of the latter may present itself. Gravel walks er be frequently 
a resolution that the garden could do oiled duri heavy vy e to kee m firm. The 
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and instantly severed all ties with the institution. e | but avoid giving them anything of a formal cha: cter— ö 
ost two of its brightes t Teee; the object is to assist, not deform nature; by this the | Tues. 17 
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a idene tat, unless unds is every day more experien ce — preserved; the ia different 4 n praning Friday 20) 729 | S14 | 621) 10 0 
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the p 1 e s e 5 = a p p to shrubs used as 1 embellishments, which wil ——— Zaring the above pad Ga 
ä ae were require trimming into the precise fig gure ae ned 1342—therm. 92 deg.; and the lowest on the 21st, 1850 therm. 32 
whiels . the chief direct tion, this establishment, Hedges should now be finished cutting, using th 2 | 
for large-leaved nts. ae the shr Notices to Corresponden i 
z much ae both to the colony: and botany in Wee clean by ioiak — z : rubbery borer Begs’-wax: Cerapium, Boil t 3 in water after the honey 
fall to the ground, or, at least, fail to a 5331 pat sg Bere ae be 
pli on object for which it was originally designed, thia shart AMA een + : — Bineta will float on — et 7 2 when 
thold Seemann, in Hooker's Journal of Bota ists divide an repot their | Boor agers 11 swelled, well 
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S of 1 plants may get established before winter. Tr emoving | d Pus IN GLASSES: M R. Bread is considered to be it 
= or the ensuing w ek.) : the rpad or young plants from the Auricula, it i n to them; nothing is found 5 — te wale 
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| appro ehr instrument. Avoid exciti : to seston the clothes motbs in y 
te and sop ia & only appli 2 105 1 mh fumigate ye thoro oughly with brimstone, closing thee 
; un in a s i 8 š = indo &c.—J our elephan 
; less, ort time, the weather | Shade tho old plants which have not had their ball] weevil (Cryptorhynchus Lapathi), and your moih is $e 
2 oceasionally watering and sprinkling overhead. broad-bordered yellow under- „ ye 
2 s 5 The offsets planted i : NAMES or Nabe Young ! 
canvas screens a afford but poor protection to plants from better in a b oy 2 ey" of pots will be "Sherardia arvensis. Redwood, We have not, MENN 
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mps = as we have 93 lately. In our last have 1 4 — air —.— — eae ae dl . . ee 
dere ee oe Sheer all gra be | Give especial attention to Dahlias—attend to the . 1 e bange 
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wth by an — amount ef Rant; we’ nocd and en previously given ; continue to put out Pinks Ce win bok gout ¥e sy Goo what authority it comer e 
_ Seareely point out that an abundance of air, day an propagate Hollyhocks, which ma ted 25 6 alstoia pubescens 
night, should 5 ge and, as an pree” make a bed ready for offset Tulips. Tadeo should © i ö Lily—very ulla es * 
0 ans of effecting a slow but pr ive ap inted with your Potentilla, whic 
ripening of the summer wood, th hr n — ails : — ab 10 E ra or probably the smallest some pardon hy brid, d in go with fag 
moisture of plant-houses should be em Sorire reduced as Nein a “p. a bree oem miepail Late 
heat and the length of days decline, that the e progression The value ioe sa id ho Sy he a trough the, Post ote ale be prepaid. 15 
ae whoa aroy A — e with the the ripening of its 8 cultivation a matter of — a ing in a tiv amen re ae 
va the i — of well shat — a the more especially, as it comes within the 55 of the | for want afb NAH, Fe rmentation is over 3 
pa inten: to bloom in rf hile they will 3 st possessor $ a garden. The present is the 72 5 ak up nir bubbles 8 by bed Jo hwa 
to bear the vicissitudés of winter with i Seaso aking new beds; Strawberries thriy. would be an — — It is . 
compared with plants whosé Wood is soft and imper best in a deep, rich loam, and open situation ; the land prodace i is good in g qu 
eon y- which are relel 
fectly ripened. The suppl should have been previously trenched 2 feet d Six w 2 number of cocoons which ef fabrie 
e stata of growth spl of water wil much, 111... penetrate to a gront | fofeen, varien according 1o ede a, ant 
5 ever, be remembered, that many plants are now nat 8 . ners, which have either been laid into | successful in producing — Ged that rat 
actively forming roots, and will require water in e $ > oF the strongest which have | manufacturer, states, in our vol. for 1854 Pa eat Exhibition 
; ntities, apa when subjected to taken root from the older beds, If large fruit is an| cocoons mu = pate a toret ees from foreign corre 
i J y | 0Pject, a good space should be allowed them, say 2} feet | tere, were many 5.c2o90n samples from yeg wo ba ass 
re als 
ing if — or 3 feet * or large-leaved kinds, between the — — — ‘foconvenienty large, will cocoons 
is perfected, may be laid on their dis fa ‘acing the south ; rows, and 18 inches between the ; a somewhat There is 20 p 22 
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this will assist to ripen their woo e rt less 1 er, the rows will suffice for the dwarfer| °*° 8 H the Toore outside e floating in tepid wedi 
1 i growing kinds and where economy of space is an | Sraawenniné: T 3 L. We are unacquainted Keens Seed 
object ; see that an open situation is selected for ‘cing in question.—Anon. Cuthill’s Black Priory — your daf d 
age never do well in close, confined places bas h British Queen, and Elton, For ericultural portion ; 
re is a general opinion they will grow an, TSI About eee 3 i rotting t 
aper next wee 
water themi during dry weather till they get weli | wae as Lawns: @ C. Lime water prepares Hite 
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in pots for e season's for 
stand over stic Has and penei it off 
K NEN GARDE cvatinuelly, ‘will bring A them ge e 
| wherey. om planing out . and spri ng vegetables — — * — An pe f leaves e 
`: e culture of growing " r a dry. pave BE 
strong | should be attended to, when the state of the ground 8 te 2 * by — 1 ey el 157 ar 
| permi 2 i e in an, open Perfection, you must sive to leave to 
situation, a good plot of Early Stone, or reen Barrel — won — — 
