THE 
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ripened in ge they will bloom in the warm end 
a greenhouse all through the winter ges je agg pore gd | 
and few pianis at that season form 
d specimen 8 
of amia 
Persons por or — = pore of h 
gree ants a reful to selec 
te 1 soa propagated examples ~ Fleas 
; therefore cannot 
they 
will not be liable to be parched or 8 on the j — 
The present and following month i r season 
g plants fro ies. 
order as re pot-room, when received, they will 
ae merely a careful pond of men and an airy 
situation in greenhouse g win In M 
in the durin 
them in the closest end of the aa and have 
to 
ma 
recommend b — — to shift their 3 in winter, or 
ve reaso 
If t they are in — w 
h | we 
GARDENERS’ 
peat, although their growth will not be equally rapid at 
first. Alpha. 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE. 
MENT OF SCIENCE, 
Tu . meeting of this association was — 
this year ast. We shall give from time to tim 
a Sen of — ition as relates to the objects of this 
m ste 
katha ry hd and Economy of the Flax Crop, 
by pase —Fr 
ni believe oe engin = oo 
wi e qua 
Donovan informs 
any ae pus which he is 
when the — are com experie 
cultivators are careful to avoid : any necessity for shifting | 
hard- — 3 after Septembe r till mmence 
active growth spring, and young growers should be 
careful to afford. such stands sufficient pot room for the 
winter, without shifting later ugust. After 
supply of wa must 
freely admitted 5 une dine bak but Gand Gji currents 
on first entering the house should not be permitted to 
— over ses plants. Abou 
may boi removed to a cold pit, which will form a suitable 
situation for their making their summer’s growth in. If 
col ther with frosty ig 20d occur 3 Lex e plants 
are remov the e glass at i 
pot, 
night, and regulate the ppl o of a air during t = day, so 
as to prevent ir ining a from a low 
ee frame oc 8 a 50 
n, a light shade should 
= 
morning and evening and allow re 
— Possible. Too n air Sar 58 
the 
nced | acquainted, 
ma 
t the beginn ning of May, or 
and is webs aw 
In the Brehon laws also, 
b 
ghaidhs must be acquainted with the 3 
working Flax. The linen shirt, dyed yellow, indeed, |i 
appears to hav irat national dress; and the J esuit, 
Edmund Campion, speaking of t re” Irish, 
describes their fondness for capacious linen garments. 
Linen shirts,” he says, “ the rich doe for wan- 
tonness and bravery, with wide hanging sleeves, playted; 
thirtie yards are little enough for one of them.” The 
importance of Flax cultivation in Ireland appears to 
have been recogni he Englis ent, 
be 
the sum of 20 ,000/. for this purpose 
xer — of 3 national societies havı 
3 d tion 
Society, an association of propr nd facturers 
which was originated and holds its meetings in Belfast, | e ‘ah 
he been ex ed, of money collected by sub- 2 | al 
op e rom mem a = money granted ue e MEMORANDA. ia n 
y the Government to the Society for the Promotion of estminster- 
| Flax Cultivation in the south and west of Ireland, 40002, S o t 2 Ar * vb rb! pr A 
Yet, notwithstanding the efforts w A. * TE corresp arere e 12 
Governments and war 
CHRONICLE. 
of be used, and the weaker varieties are longer lived in 
m the earliest periods we hy 
observations were ma 
. 
mA 
< 
species noted w ve the upper in 
imi of pas or obeying th gel. 
law. Instead o which, it 
arts of Britain. 
Prof. gen deg often observed a 151. dese 
of Alpin Draba inca 
* — 5 oppositifolia 
ear Glasgow. —Prof. Wal 
wet Alpine plants. I ae 
bution of plants care sho 55 
sideration the physical properties 
yville Thomson had found oP * at ti 
not in its course. 
Home Correspondence. 
and to keep down th e. ra =a ing. | du ear was estima Jom- 
ses geoi of the ger varieties | miss equal to 138,619 acres ‘the ra of which 
will probably require a second shift about July, and this |w van be a about 1,700, 000Z., this produce about a 
gi em as soon as it is in order fourth of th ually re Seen by the ra sidl increasing 
that the roots may lay hold of t soil s winter. manufac 1 Kin ‘Cow i KA h Flax is | eg 
s re stopping and n a habi to be found in cultivation in almost every part of Ireland, 
the most showy species is suc very little attention | yet it is in Ulster that its chief 55 lopment be 
is required in these respects to form | handsome e spe — found. Of the 138,619 acres of x grown 1851, 
C onl nd the only 14,89 apg were beyond the baii nds of this a 
y stopping yi -placed, “over. — shoot | vince. It is Ulster also that the chief seats of i 
will be sufficient. Henchman nni, and. some others of a very | manufacture sel to be found. 
3 habit of = ass will, however, require careful Report on the e e of the Solar Radiations on 
mith pro g, and the provided | Vital Powers of Plants growing under different fy alice 
armia oe menns sors eg ee. araa and sprinkling Conditions, H. GLADSTONE.—ASs a liminary 
2 * go sas 3 pb Logg 3 l of inqu iry, the m mere effect of coloured media in water. 
summe accelerating or retarding the h of various k „„ 
. of night Seet by 2 the lights so that. Psa plants was ‘tried, yacinths ati lini a th — le ee an that time up , 
throw off a sudden of rain, and yet leave te of 1 plan of as nearly as possible gone on blossoming i tly; and i 
plants fully ‘snes Towards the pro's Septembe e same size and description in every respect w ~ h tod looking full of vigour, and likely 
remove the specimens to a light situation in the — ee Ans asses Certain — pas * 10 — Aer . to * measures? 
were des "ip — 1 with iu 
If the object i in view is to ob 5 mens in which — Bk rin P an and the, 8 ‘ peach a crater It — po ne subject b 1 
the shortest possible time, remove the flow spring light. The time of 8 ud the flowers cco ves attacks of insects po some conservatory plants . 
a they appear, and the more — way of doing were not affec by it ; and the greatest growth (esti- | frequently s pai for the purpos á 
will be to cut back the branches, so as to remove all d quantitatively in bers ee took place in the waht Jr the d * ing a green ben 
the eyes which show flower. The plants should then be lant ex to all the f the . spectru a ismen Aar i 11 — peek i of standing e ma 
5 in a moi perature of about 55°, to encourage | the next greatest was afi the blue glass, N f heat without any bad effects, if it tub s 
3 Mi ep, el age . Iga ge : was 3 in a similar er; the method of supplied with water. pg Abe 
i y | arrangement o tus be i i i in the ne eae 
will form dsome specimens by end of and the cha eer . — — —— Edd 1 — — in ig a 
es a a agi beautiful cee se the under the various as nder —— aoe i. ag yd — admirably, flowering a 
: ving o moderate- | t i j ie 
Sized handsome plants, the aim should be to keep th the piue a Taek ihr — guna] Foie tony seach ak So ends up tasto in BF 
a amn any years as possible. This under a nearly darkened shade i diet 
be 25 best accomplished by cutting back the Feen inches on a forth no secondar Pig r aA 3 * to m border e, „ capable = 
9 out i 
pe owering, and slightly thinn ning e branches | a month. ws rown G nilar m i x ag tae with th in Wiliam PO 
a * sa — weak! ealthy twig,| The detailed „ were K N the os “abies 24 * i 10 s meit 
ving but a small shift every other year. The purport as in the preceding i ; ir 2 3 
: A l . 8 A h WET 
sco out of doors da ill make sufficient growth if | formerly observ ol —— and — bibihe that hol 9 e Potato crop e 2 
ut o eee re e 1 but such an plants kept in an unchanged a tmosphe ere appear to é os from e- — of the country, ma make 1 i rosli 
to a spt f ‘lethargic diti made o bis 
— they will oak for several years, but it is safest to be — N ents mer van oA bee 
tu the purpo da trial e 
pr m —— 3 a stock o of good young plants, as the loss alteration in Hight — — ie — whether — — Ctl — ong ured a 857715 
er nage may be a toy ih on — ee oe ite min ts ve ge e and — 1 yet but few have mote it of ay 2 
varieties, and must be , ATIS Sobotna; com induce plant 3 ; 
is plant peg r A 0 Po eee of experiments were made with a darkened shade, Ani chara ‘a year I have 3 mote, SA in $ 
the aff age : by laying with no covering at all. The results were various; but h 1 recollect to have had, jofts % 
washi . fi nat ‘tide . giving it a liberal conclusive, unless in reference to the f. t that pony * pier ; and the sight wih pene 
1 hje Powerful syringe, nehmanni is = plants survive much longer for being in unchanged ai 15 00 piegi 10 gromi 
Table ildew i > 0 si 
fined atmos aes ae mildew if kept in a moist con- The colourless and yellow media appe prer iden bie ed, 2 8 his — In some plots 3 neigh 
33 e refore apply — the — able to the healthiness of the plants. As ex rime “a where 11d oe tiie p B y , I have fared th et past 
i 5 mall, ane Fe 
‘The best soil for the Wer rene, is rich turfy peat, 5 „ 1 1 gat er. stn A 5 15 da earliest ont 
broken small, and mixed w silvor-san * s observations were not put forth as —— — mention that fro need great VB), 
th sharp all tions for any generalization, but just as d in charcoal she wd 
addition of one-foarth of e j samples of growth the erp mero 1 ; of oe 
E aai i a ton ter pre seg eat er unusual obser 5 aapa 
85 . varieties; but T on anges of Plants elsewhere o 
See Strong adhesivo loam sold net the North of Irelands by Pook Baie, M B-. the Jen 72 ine depen 
