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Picotees. Messrs. P. Lawson and Son exhibited | time why the flood-tide of em gratio! rom the parent t which serves two great 
Saxe-Go conspicua, Fitz-Roya patagonica, a beau- land flows, not to the foreign 5 of Great emission of roots from the base "of 2 stems, and the 
tifully flowered specimen of Yucca filamentosa, with | Britain, but to a rival mee t” We trust our formation of small bulbs at the =p of the leaves 
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Picotees ; also é ruthful passage; to n N t the 
Mr. Handasyde exhibited Dahlias and Roses. Mr. | distant time, o when considering Dr. Royle's elaborate | plants in their advanced state mainly depend for 
Stark, ‘Greenhouse Plants and spikes of e work on the “ Culture of Cotton in fade. which has | support, will be enco . The proper size of pot 
Phlox Mayii variegata, &.; also two sorts of Goose- laid upon our table 3 for many months. will depend upon the number and strength of the bulbs ; 
berries, from Mr. Biggar. iesma, Downie an — 3 three a, grown healthy bulbs — 15-inch 
exhibited Greenhouse Plants, including Fu | Garden Memoranda. 2 and one strong bulb, for its — development, 
trained Verbenas, and stands of Hollyhocks, 8 Ma, Freeman Roz's, Barincerresn Hous Wanve- ously after 
ums, and Verbenas. Messrs. — — Sons | worra.—We called — * Thursday last to inspect an till the Toots have laid hold of tho. fresh soil, but when 
sent a collection p^ large Gooseberries and stands of appliance which Mr. Roe has put in operation on a the filled with fibres a liberal su 
Hollyhocks. Mr. . M‘Intosh exhibited 22 pe ae scale for watering his garden with liquid manure. will OF required, and manure water be given twice 
x lium speciosum. of | Tt consists of a small square ria trough on the ground | thrice a week with advantage, All the plants except 
erit was voted to Miss Walker, for a large an — . ell- | level, in which the manure water i is prepared, w which is those desired to bloom early may be placed in a warm 
flowered specimen of Diplacus latifolius. A certificate | then up through a gutta 8 pipe into a deep e i 
ted Anderson field, for barrel or tub, 1 n an adjoining loft, — — bege ber ar should be carefully tied to stakes, to prevent 
aseedling Veronica, with bright carmino flowers cha ing | fall is obtained to induce a force that will distribute cident from othe: While i ; 
to pure white. Mr. Anderson also showed a ing it all over the garden The liquid is led out of this tub Satin si htly shaded from the forenoon sun, with 
Veronica, of close habit, and flowers of a clear rosy | p pall leaden pipe plage ton — 5 ver dry 1 should be provided, 
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bran large size apparently manner has been v very considerably Take ed, anà in about equal proportions, with's me f iag a Oo 
a. great bearer. Mr. "kerr exhibited “Phones | ; and future we ay A expect to find apparatuses of this kind . f sand, * ‘perfectly Rr 15 of = 
Mr. — Fuchsias, with eut blooms of Hollyhoc cks and ies 8 by some pE iat the flowers ak hi 
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Marigolds. i ll also exhibited Hollyhocks ; | sted The, E ais tenure A* NN pa ed ** the plants are grown in peat al oe E, 
and Mr, Sede a Ae, plants, including’ N desired by a stop-cock in the lead pipe leading from the Natiowan FroriooLTURAL Scorery, „ Bakte 
runomanuni, * vehnis upper cistern, and clean water from the town water- in the chair, There was an e c. on this 
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— Ke. From a garden of James Roughead, works led on, so that Mr. Roe can at any time either oceasion—Dahlios, Holly hook ke — li, and Roses ) being 
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Fuchsias ; from Mr. Forrester, a box of Carnations and | R mance of watering egal joa 805 — — ctr (Birebam), a p promising Hower 
Picotees ; from Mr. Sanderson, a een long enough in operation here to produced | to Crimson Perfection (Paw), a dosig-shaped variety, bright 
8 A and from Mr. Thomson, gr. to R 8. Wilson, babe result ; but few will doubt its ts beneficial effects. 4 — and large in size. In Dahlias, a First-class —— 
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ma; -Pror ppb anian of succulent plants in miniature ele re ee ee eli 1 e buff; dito to Lord Byron (Keyne 
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3 kg Rereibed, Jaran LI Ti “Tithe t Li Wond: fa (ey we A — 1 pag te r — 
oo ereibe an Litins,—The di erent varieties of Lilium | Wonderfal (Keynes), æ singalar-look'n A 
bee e which are now nearly every A= in full p$? sarge 1 nen Fieses bee pial; ae 856 
The Home and the Gra ave of 5 88 Guide- bloom, must ce rtainly be classed amongst the most outline, petals € cupped, colour yellow olighels tipped with 
Book to Newstead Abbe: Neighbourho 1 2mo. | ornamental of vires mn-flowering plants, and they are | purple, size speg the average, centre middling. First-class- 
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Longmans. Apampble dea easily managed, that almost anybody can grow them. | f * 2 4. urbon . n Boie n — Rar ee (Cap) 
Mal pers, Annales Botanices Systematic. Vol. III. Tue on e modation they require is a greenhouse | crimson purple 2 in clusters, e on 
or cold fram thei 1 th can | tected nt of thetrbrilianey Ce of Merit to a 5 
* Pla haa E P | from nipping y frosts; and cold cutting windsin spring and Puix nam eå Spencers Tran i 
ner Jungi y maged numeratio Plantarum quas | — * * , pale centre, aod ighly 3 at of its 
in insulis Java, Fasc. II. security from rain and damp Persons | and free blooming habit, each spike being surn 
Apercu d un Sede dans le nord de la Bolivie et dans | commencing their culture ed —— bulbs from unusually large compact ag of flowers. 2 
les parties voisines du Pérou. Par. M. H. A. Weddell, the e middie of November to January, at which season | Fuchsias were rage Dobson, amy o — maey —— 
8vo. Paris, Martinet. A pamphlet. —A succinct account they are dormant, and not liable to receive eed from Some eran Ghai Moser 7 Lobelia, the latter hio 
of the enterprising author's last visit to Bolivia by way | travelling. If they arrive in pots in which they have | spoiled by tra 
f Panama and Arica, The traveller visited the their season’s growth, they should be shaken out, cop thom closely fearhed so 
ha esi ights of La Paz, where a Baccharis, 4 the decayed roots removed, and they should be re-potted a sc e its mn hones little of the old old foliage 
Senecio, and a Bolax formed the principal 7 in fresh soil. The size of pot to to be used, and the may, and most probably w — agay, ý 4 
then the Valley of Sorata, 2700 ve the number of bulbs to be placed in each, must depend u — — mil vig ea ocasiona 
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Tipuani, once celebrated for its gold. giir ing of this the size of specimen desired. The pots at this shift | Roses: S T B. Baronne 3 Auguste Mie, B 
that “th need not be larger than may be required to permit the Hallez Gee O medor, Duchesse de Praslin, Standard of 
pa op Weddell sa = PUREE YARNS rao pro | bulbs to stand era 2 inches apart; these will occupy Witt’ Jans heine, Cue 2 Ba pane, Robia i 
portion toita extent, it is richer than the nage celebr ated | less space than if the bulbs were put at once into the — vy „ * ie is Nene l 
distri if Austral SCHEDULE or Prizes received for the Maidstone Ex to 
—vs 77 3 s ro mga a * Co ae z, before the roots become matted, or the plants sustain e mf Septomixt ach. 
he on parapet PESI wie, re Paz, for want of pot room. Set them in a cool ai WEETWILLIAMS: Sub, We are not acquainted w 
Puno, and Arequipa 2 a pe littl t il ch varieties of this flower ; bank be dene Parrett and 
Lecture npn: k: olan as an aye of In situation, and give very little water until the crowns) the — selected for the purposes of propaga oun, is all the 
By T. Bazley. Lo hiet Ths — above the soil. af they are wan anted to flower in information we can give you on the s subject ‘ 
is a reprint of an 3 — ecture delivered last spring e Be sek | is the time to some for that, 3 A SEEDLING FLOWERS, 
before the Society of Arts. One passage relat ating to | Sufficient Ph k is sae f 7 d nig og py sm Ses Dantas: J RR, Ho foniton 2 flower of no value, Tho 
the possibility of POEs cotton in our own possessions, blossom from middle of July till late in October. — you describe could d soarcoly w warrant a ken ate 
To rr this, place a pon of the plants in the closest ger map without attention to goo? growth, the true character 
instead f trusting the United States, ts in h re tlie of e r best varieties may be easily disguised.—CJP. 
a very strong tight our own colonial supineness. On E temperature may] The mais flower is similar to S flats perfec’s, a0 far as colours 
“That in the foreign n of Great Britain a average about 45 in Pera or early i = groer | — go, bat wanting vot form. T ao word no doubt justify our 
larger tract of land exists Dees le of produein Bee give them a moderate supply o f water. remarka in. Nee ee ae 
anger eat of and existe cpable of producing good Ey ce ialy retin Apri, / 
been algeady asserted ; yet hers remains to be told oe and as possible, with a view to retard their growth; _7 T, Wanstead. A white, of lit le promise —H G, Dover. 
five wa Be ki d they should be placed i f b are too fiat to produce :? 
startling truth, that a piece of ground, of only the extent aud they Shou s i sees panid oe ed Parple, with x iito sipo >t potcln amai tips, not s0 good as 
of our > English county of York, * if of suitable soil, — oe ne fi 4 ? are se gf ay St d S ar xp 8 
and in a genial climate, yield more cotton than the | To have aie Kiet i tr vias, and to be treated rather | “Source Mower? sae medius cente Tey — ii 
Great 9 colour wer; § 
Yorkshire contains about four milion of statute acres, | “lose after the flower buds are formed, — 75 this will] guard peta 1 smooth. Trove. 2 
and as the best soils of the United States yield more Freatip depend upon circumstances, aud will be best ae = mageri „ anes. 
than one bag of cotton per acre, the production of that learned by a season's er be pladad mar bulbs com- f or wich ox p a from Mr. Bircham, aud ow 
— of ae be four millions of bags per annum ; ced ote . the pots should be p hear m, U 
oes e margin has been left in this estimate of and Plenty o io 
A ari sited, Kingdon as the present yearly consumption —for > is important e the one thickly set on Log gyemmapat 
he mh t z pet anion a a small bulbs will be produced sy rc * stem | pox has ved from ee! the a to the 
es of ; excellent, ivated s covered wi t roots Edinburgh Association. i e box or 
tha size of ad cor st, wn * 33 wil have made some progress before the bulbs start into ‘two live specimens of the curious Lewisia rediviva 
t And wh cannot the ta ree 1 growth ; and as N when allowed to become mat N many fine 3 The distribution 
deve in oe 1 : of pie of in nl r start vigorously into fresh soil, the | will oceupy much time. Dr. Greville, 8 is not a 
Tey and lou which honour them at home in thi plants should bo shied nto tee Bowerng pot ere) . kindly wnderaken She yery, boron 
and which their e As is eh the United i ea, | merely ara with soil at the first potting, they should| Wool from the Vegetable R sage nedre very extra- 
Let the erer vera. — of colonial | be Placed afterwards 3 inches deeper in noe pots, | ordinary ny seen of Fir. tre es to useful pur- 
Possessions answer SHS De sein, eee a — Smith and E | oses have a made in a domain called the “ Prairie 
