39 aed 
THE GARDENERS’ 
e) good authorities maintain that all Strawberry runners 
| th beari. 
plant, [It is s not necessary that pe eon 
ways to be removed ; others, that so removing 
wn ou 
powers of the 
nlp 
4 
8 
ng po 
g. Whenever they appear they can a be st stop e stopped 
no doubt exists that the mother plant is 
producing them.] n preparing Neapolitan Violets 
for winter 8 it is recommen ded to remove all 
summer runners an 
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613 
which is a fact well known in my n are sae My 
variable mode of treatment i is thie: Fizet, 
satis- 
planting 
in the spring than wan meg are carelessly Ses — ba in 
find I get very fow mt oes 8 8 — are 
thus forced to to leaf; which is not the 
sra enas bites it is bc hly 
exposed to sonk and wind.] 
been reco 
tried d have a 
d. In Fig 2 it has 
d 
a mass; they 
sequently better able og withstand frost agg ir in 
may y yp them, — they are a realy to dwindle. 
a large hole 
Ne ext row 
use of 8 garden and house, 
„ 
and 
remained 
e should 
„ one 
pre re growth those which lie “higher 
which, if not 120 2 — would hav . 
are many ＋ sar "eqliy — Kinds pE 
are more plentiful hereabouts Pre A and 
Agarici ru orcella, h rophyllus, onmi 
me > Phet, Ko., which — been in culi 
wn and frien 
ds’ families for the last mn 
weeka . have been 
One of „ the largest I have 
— 48 inches round and weighing 6) lbs, 
was time ago, 
being cut into inch-thick slices for frying was distributed 
amongst who regretted, as we do, that 
these are not of more common 
C. D. B., Siffolk. [We esteem the know- 
4 of our learned friend much highly to have 
to dis 
intended go age n what we said, as we hope 
will be evident to reading our observations 
once more.] 
New Grape.—Having read (at p. tia ped a descrip- 
tion of a new Grape, pronounced by capital, I 
ude it must thing 8 ood. Could 
vou kindly give me any in to whom I should 
apply for plan you will much oblige, Clericus. 
I We can repeat in qu l- 
simn., We have: published, NN the hope at 
on. We have ee e hope 
the unknown possessor of the Gr Grape ma, to 
let it out.) 
uses never remove the secon 
ve the nd crop of Figs 5 this reason. 
ower here, 
of an ram; and if n 
whether any other * of pi recom- 
mended for this purpose. I believe the lead cisterns 
son pe are all equally th of 
all sulphates in the water. The lead cis I have 
replaced with slate ones, G. M. G. 
The Weather.—Have any of 
ticed th kable change in the temper- striking object, at Potatoes on the ground . What pos- 
ature on the evening of Saturday, ‘the bp inst.! and the singular appearance a its 1 — sible good can be expected from it! What evils may 
Friday morning was a for | coloured flowers, tipped or variegated with greenish arise to crops? I would advise a more 
the time of year, very cold 3 l aia not see orange Its habit resembles that x — r careful selection of kinds for planting than is g y 
ice. Saturday morning was sufficien o bear a n ‘Calycanthus floridus, only it larger in ; let it be borne in’mind that it is just as easy 
fire in my study, all pege csi 3 7 d apparently of more 1 c to grow a good sort as a bad one, Let 
down heavily. Going out of my door at 6} P.M., I was I consider it a very desirable plant, and a good addition not be m d, as wishing to dictate in any way 
ack with the ex warmth o air, whi to our collection of hardy shrubs. sur- —far from it; these remarks are wholly ind nt of 
h the character of that i ouse ; I looked | prised at the various kinds of Caly ing | w has been written or said before on the subject, 
at pocket my study table, and | more generally cultivated, especially when it is known | they are solely the result of my own observation; and I 
found, although a fire was in the that it was that they will thrive in any light garden soil, * am fully confident if strictly to, with any other 
Standing at 58°; I it out of doors, mercury the situation is not too dry and ex wp simple p tion which may togetlier 
tose to70°; I brought it in and it fell to 58°, but rose again bear the knife so well, and the oftener their young shoots | with the blessing of Providence, who always assists those 
out of doors to 70°. I observed th enomena until I are pinched ze y% 1 they flower. act who help themselves, that in a short the > 
went to bed at 11. The wind w. owing from the has been notice De ecandolle, who States in his will „ and become a thing of 
south. In little more than 24 hours we observed here Ñ 5 958 l | past. George Tt eee eee 
a difference of t A ting I assume | Jeaf-bud of a cate causes the production of two nen Acacias.—The —— l 
the vera causa to have been the great absorption of heat flower-buds; and that by this practice a suc ing the itish —— id 
by the ground in the earlier part of the w wers during the whole summer may be obtai A sanja tember, ' 
were — of clouds drifting away vaia low, | d Under this mode 2 sl i er 
— above were stationary, and the blue doubt of Calycanthus occi wering free n their wh 
Sky and the twi stars told at least all Lam not aware if its flowers are si i ers was not enel J 
— calm and quiets on tae there 8 becoming ornamental. ee Ee R. L .—I have a oe 
exactly the same near London. i. Wm. B. Booth,  Carclew, Sept. 15. | to see my name bro 
Large Peach —A . We borrow from = Puten Flower Garden” the | this Rose, by my 6 Mr. ee 
{but without the little ki lobes at the ‘base | accompanying to illustrate this plant, which | The latter gentleman I ha railway train from F e 
Com Tano) hte jast f ie the garden of some of our readers may not be acquainted with.] Mr. Rivers and him in a railway olkestone. 
Mall, measuring 11 inches in circumference, and wei progress is making among jPotatoes, I am | it was curious, some plants onan 
ing 10 ounces. It was grown on a wall with a western induced to offer a few suggestions which have come | budded with Rosestwo or yearsago, eo 
Aspect, unprotected by glass or otherwise. J. C. W. under my notice, for the benefit of those who may be | cause or aed ae tog 1 
pi t iaag E A Allow aa to ask | in to yen en bee 5 — prong We have about four acres of this Rose, and some 
8 involve the same principle :—Ist, Some Fe Trom Sst to last, either in haulm or tuber, of the Roses on it are extremely If Mr. Rivers 
