Be 
one 
eeds, an I do n 
— rig highly by the ee, that they | tate 
have called it Passecarne, i. surpas 
meat; and, indeed, its . ab — dalek 
boiled, have è delicate flavour, not unlike that of | Oct 
French Bean he meN of the Naju de espina 
(Peirescia Bleo, De Canp.) are eaten as salad, either | in 
raw = be n like the young branches of oper: p 
Opun exico; and in a country where, from oe 
the taste "of ~~ heres the reari nes of es is 
attended with difficulty, they form a e sub- 
The lige of the Col icaragua | , 
Pa . — culinary 
nae 885 or- 
he f. 
d fre: 
ih = ae aah 
A kind of bread is ‘alò prepared 3 them. 
As condiments for esculent purpos ers plants 
are used. The red berries of the Malagueto chico, 
or Malagueto orh bra (Xylopia frutescens, 
— E e for pepper, pee by 
The of the Vainilla (Vanilla, “ey and Vainilla 
chica Gaba = h are .ch employed; in flavour- 
olate, and pu The 
ioe GARDENERS’ 
e-third of — ener. and 
ey W 
however, be misun 
rip 12 inches dee 
mal 
e point o pr 
flower than one double the ‘ize, but soft 
and hence it is not ri 
Ce. 
scare A be injure 
ot wish to ru old e 
CHRONICLE. 
will in consequence have , 
Submit a similar quantit, 
rstood ; for while I am desirous of 
z pang out the impropriety i kga tere Ñ r bt peske 
e of v 
hund 
ripened bulbs | potted by the * of | 
tober, and properly eg — 
for sick hates at Christmas 
avin 
roduce finer spikes of — hen the — y im 
pran yan can do. 
„ 
pay better 
Few 
e and they ee in nee rich soil, Neues ch as 
rse-dung swea oe toge 
ted sand 
of gro 
or good treatment than early | wh 
set 
er- 
about one-third of | p 
ung, 
Lier 
especially 
nd 
roduce a much finer 
scaly; ri 
bs by “this size, 
roper matura . 
obj ect is re check 
small quantity every ten da till 
rarely ever fail 4 having my table 
metimes a, 
not 80 ees as to 
with ae I have found little 
use I 
Bs 
vestige of the disease 
—— ve soon become mildewed ; but when kic 
been regularly, and rather ab undan 
has appeared. 
«SALVIA GESNERIFLORA,’ 
Tux fine long spiken of brilliant searlet 
flowers which this 
de in that state to have it bloom 
in ere hoe like perfection 5 if this is a fault, 
3 is . which pertains to me ma majority of our "r 
| root mo inl 
and $ San ancoches anat avourite condiment has by som I SHALL 2 dwell sae ‘pon ¢ he primary cause of than the latter, mi rally oni more freely. Plat 
accident ben Ta seases which a mprehended under the | them in light san y soil, cov a bell glass, and 
uch are ong ‘the claims of Panama the | name of — but shall “Proceed to the immediate | place t in a gentle bottom dest, where in a few 
9 of 1 ropean cultivators; fre ti hy aird —— of the present memoir, which is to point out tlie b . Place 
will excite the interest of all w ve access t nich the injurious effects of the common i 
at singular country. A visit for a few e — mildew may be, in particular cases, prevented. 
months would produce an 3 harvest to a The secondary ediate causes of this disease, 
active, quick-e dener. He would only and of its congeners, have long appeared to me to be 
have to avoi e swamps whe find alli- | the want of a sufficient supply of moisture from the 
gators instead of fine plants, and the forests which | soil aies 8 of humidity in the air, particularly if 
cover at! of the c e the | whos a keint 
“ flowers are scarce in n proportion to 8 iiy ustomed. If damp and cold 
ther in July succeed that etn — has been warm 
leaves with 9 ith places are crowded bright, wi y the interven on of nee ent 
oisten the ground to some pte th, the Wheat crop is 
We understand that only ys fag rse of the large generally much injured by m mildew. ew. I suspee t that, i in 
edition of “ English Botany, is 6 volumes, now absorption of moisture, by the 
remain in the publisher’s iE a We mention this m aves and stems = = Wheat plauts, takes place ; and - 
because we see that the ey may now be had for 257. I have proved, t r similar circumstances much shifting into their — pots 
instead of 557. each; and for the sake of correcting water will be 8 by tlie leaves of trees, an eee established in these will 
misappre amp regarding the small edition, in | downwards through their alburno stance ; thou 
seven volumes ig offen supposed to be the it is certainly through this substance that e sap rises Š 
* 1 5 aN edition 2 oth Pere > neces, 0. e eni + akan 5 — grea * 
contains ped r e n oc yes T 2 
3 neithe er Forns, nor Mosses, nor s whatever constantly wet, that ; caf will absorb nd supply mA 
These, with T exception of fu fo E en 
P ungi, form a very | communi cation between them through the bark be t 
large part of the original edition of the work. inters ; and if a similar absorption takes place in ‘aol 
— the aer 1 = amt ms of other plants, 8 ome 
a retrogra ee e fluids be roduced, I K nceiv E 
EARLY dues that the ascent of the true — orga i tte * 
Tunoven the medi ur Calendar, and other | into vessels must be retarded, and that it may A 
sources of information, he 8 of become the food o the parasitical plants, whieh then ly, 
forcing gardeners to importance only may grow | t and injurious... growth. . 
of procuring and os their bulbs early for early| This view of ject, whether true or false, led y do ! 
— The Londo and seedsmen, to me to the following method of culti vating the Pes. late | 
this demand ea pce ar a their in the n, by which my table has always been as y p | 
have urged the Dutch growers to ) forward them earlier | abundantly supplied during the months of September | fro frost, with a very — 
than usual, and the conseq is that now, instead of | and Octo in June and July ; and my plants ane enough to keep the 
receiving 2 pes in 88 r 3 e — very nearly as free from mildew. The is | circulation of af 
bas ugust, or even en uly. Now, in usual way, and 2 vil i — ae 
it Cas. denied early potting or plan er Set ied by the tetas rows are well soa’ m —.— hi — indoced o 
one hinges " eee e Duib for The mould each side is then col fter ro “plants will be easily tt 
is aial Jar we Oe ck nt seed y potting form ridges 7 or 8 inches above the previous level of bloom, by being p temperature G arit 
defining. We all tant September, is a ese are well ; after which | and liberally supplied with water at the re iious 
ought to know, that the great 3 gardener | the seeds are sown, in single rows, along the tops may be placed in the closest part of the d cam 
agén by to barat hl in bulb | the ridges. The plants very soon appear above the where they will come into flower in Maret ag in flowery 
by the full e f the foli 4 fret » and w with much vigour, owing to the great brilliant objects for some six ks. | on mild 
Deering Posure of the foliage to light and atmo. | depth of the soil Nr lis denne and admit air freely d fn 
— influences until it dies off y, and secondly | given : once in every week or nine days, | de d bafficient at sll t t in e 
y slowly drying and ripe the b even if the w Proves showery ; but if the ground d ys, was the beauty of the plants is t of 
. > a8 firm and solid ag possible. Upon this be thoroughly drenched with water by the sc — el cut back, and placed a cool win 
h ripening, much more of the success of early | rains, no further le is ne Under this mode * and ean be set freee bif 
forcing and strong flowers depends than upon prema pl ll remain perfectly green a liberal supply of manure-water and — ex 
ripening an tting, y “premature ripening,” | and luxuriant — their blossoms an oung seed-vessels will 8 specimens and 
> I believe, in fact I have had the informa- are: destroyed by frost; and their produce will retain season ; but young plants are are generally pace an 
tion direct from some of the principal growers in its —.— — which is always taken away by there is a stock of these, the old ones ma) be 
Holland, that to meet this early demand a portion of milde the rubbish heap. well n 
park cma Bay be taken up before Lee growth The Pea, which I have always planted for antumnal trong rich soil suits this Salvia we gis 
org ete; aud hence, though early, they are imma- crops, is a very large kind, of which the seeds are much | half mellow fibry loam, one-fourth ; bot u. 
3 consequently” do not contain the elements of shrivelled, and which grow ry high: it is very thoroughly decayed peny i grow in 
Sary an vigorou 8 common in the shops of London, and my name I| very parti in this pect, ee 
it may be argue early imported bulbs are believe, been generally attached to it. I prefer this|rich porous soil. If dung is aor Pints 
= ry Matured, to which reply, test them. Take a iety is more saccharine than any other, q inch mesh sieve, and mix post, rub it y 
zen bulbs in rka July, Phen hers d then | and retains its ae tet late in the au ; but it | sand ; and before adding it to the com ‘any sto 
let them zal aie orched and Mere is a that any other late and 5 gona the , when the sand will destroy 4 
i storie ey wil | will sueceed perfectly well. It is m sow a that may have e passed : 
