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the same, and not ew Pape ar es garden of witnessing, and which alone repa ou for the ex- | teache et 
accommodation land. If gro is set apart for the pense of a greenhouse or oa rdi . us think . — — — 1 — — 1 safely in. = 
benefit of the labourer, he bould be permitted to reap over the matter a little, and 8 whilst I allow | whilst all without is stor 
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i il, wh der h ivation ; ie ee tat, been tra 
unproductive soil, when under hand cultivation ; that — into the 8 and keep for a week, — o far distan — w aa maben iar 
i almos h * om „er even a month in an an room, and | neat. th the e grateful shade of tropical vegetation: 1 ha 
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great attention, draining, deep digging, ead the constant | with a great portion of the beautiful family we are now days to come; b 5 might be my fate and fortunes in 
destruction of weeds, whenever and wherever Ee oP — of, and with a little waichfulness you will do did I picture myself e at an English fireside with 
pear. i the c nstead - In the accompanying | the 3 of these bur li i 
(his bone and — 2 ; — than that of the | illustration you have a basket tful, overflowing . my se You say that your or objection eee 
farmer ; and let us hope it is not a common fraction, flowers. It hangs, as pier will observe, to a bracket | as to their making no general display, I grant 
general mble. Provide profitable work for the able 
discontent will vanish ui 
right, Deal fairly by poor men, and they will þe the Fu 
first to appreciate the act. To charge them more pace 255 RA 
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Watson read an essay on the cuiture of the apple. 
The soil he had seen the Pine gro vih in, 5 ah 
turfy loam and rough fibrou s peat mixed in 
about equal proportions. He recommended that the 
tobe used in spring be got from d in the 
autumn previous, charred and stacked in a dry sh 
till wanted ; by so doing, he said, worms an r in- 
sects woi destroyed and decomposition prevented 
He said the Pine not require rs 
strong rich soil, but a porous one, and 
the main object of the Pine-growe ght to be 
to keep it effect this he recommended 
thorough drainage, using the soi a rough state, 
and frequently stir it with a pointed stick, H > 
recommended the use of weak manure-water on all parE iP 
occasions and in all seasons when water was wanted. — Se a 8 and e ei to the pa above the re 9 mere 2 M the — ae 
z : 1 elpiece, contains Den um pulchellum pur- D. os pine 
Guano water was best when it could be got. Water P : : P ea Pa go tho Queen of Englan d herself. Go build your- 
self a small n, and am that ie will 
please the of your meet -à prapa Veritas. 
w ritak „ A ‘robin j is at this time 
een fi es g in a saw-pit,—the young brood is 
nearly fledged ; the men at work here every day 
uri e usual hours of labour, and could a me 
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while at -e and * hehe comes very 1 
to pick np the crumbs. A wren followed the 3 
and so far succeeded as to build 9 er the 
same shed hard by, but che dis et er from a Deen 
e pee i or e ards aay, woul not allow the 
has now succeeded 
o lay her eggs, 
3 the latter.—J. H. April 19. 
ne Palcheren Broccoli, or Caulifiurn vwer.—This 
| unquestionably one of the most useful members of all 
the Brassica tri 
tainment of this cag wiag 
this variety is often d ai 1 and cer» 
tainly -= line of — 0 n between Broccoli — 
Cauliflower is difficult t 41 The Walcheren, how- 
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be grown with less expense and less oat ble 
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exhibit than skd b dex ar. if large single fruit — 
that 
With these roots to i i ! i B i 
bed, the ~ roots to it let it be planted in a Phal amabilis, With its flowers 3} inches across, | Broccoli, as 3 titution 
: recommend d remain till it fruits. For heating, he of the purest whi — i 7 ; pe Po — it nt shape. It time for sowing, is pegs o 1 ae being all — 
at Worsley Hall An interesting and in oe fist istimo of year te Se ete | trom the same pared, Seas 
i : f resting an d * Ay t ld have found me as gay, ° 
C on followed. — John Patterson, a ohm if „ is considered, for I 3a a a answer of one 2 early 
TE remember that at one time I had Lælia autumnalis, | in Ap placed idence alcheren rae 
wma gee a use — influence to persuade the two fine plants, one on each side, a good specimen of a | and peed much disappoi i 1 party n — 
are moat s val a — 2 of Parnips this * variety of Brassavola glauca, a pretty plant of teste oA Sie ei — pain pee Bee 3 pril ith, 1 a in Augest 
. W, partieul ie. crop. Ani toglossum membranaceum, er a basketful of the ev y th surprised an gad disappointed at fiid- 
ry are srg y igs ; and when well — oweri idendrum Skin Speaking of the latter following I was both ere 
0 advice ean pousib] usehold.—Faicon. reminds me of additional evidence in favour of the value | ing my Walcheren 3 ia hee season adva ned ik 
ace all those who oi, be | ter: and we would | of these plants as ornaments to a room. I once lent a opi am 
this in mind give seeds to cottagers to bear imen of this species o sid , to help to adorn her | ca . 
0 1 f men pee y le that may bave supposed 
Orehids,— Yon say, Mr. Re table for a party. Two weeks after, I called, a probable oe persons 2 
to cultivate Orchids b., Reader, that you should to bring it home. I found its flowers as fresh as ever supplied with a sewing, From the , ue 
aa a abp eatly as you admire | I well soaked it with tepid water and left it with her ;| fault lay in ve noe | g- l 
in which te gl s ag ea moisture of and two weeks after that had it back as fresh as the rou ne Papo — r sowing 
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