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; The | is limited we cannot augment, e great desideratum | may be ithout materially deterio the shy 
the fire | then is a clear glass that shall transmit every aan Roving when to 9 is therefore the pmo the pad 
+, | ray of light when it is most needed. Contrast the wood | growing Asparagus, for the less the 
the cylinder are, carbonic acid, water, and ammonia, o y Vine grown under sheet glass in a modern house | by the effort of — the finer will W the 
and more or ther compounds. Although with one peat b ` the semi-transparent medium of | next year. In order, therefore, to h Prodig 
these are produced in sufficient quantities to destroy | 5 century gone ; the comparison 1 uit be recorded. | family, the beds sho sew male a. fl fy 
flame to which they are applied, it does not] When it hall eee ae, lly adopted, its manage- enough being gathered without unduly weak, allow | 
appear that it is possible for them to accumulate in | ment thoroughly understood, and its good qualities | plants. In large gardens I would suggest a see 
vi gene eg Te seh 1 human life. During appreciated, tropical plants, which hitherto blossomed | of beds, one set cut now being allowed an e 
experim 1 1 Tom py of | but sparingly, or not at all, shall be found in native raped 3 next year ; in this way As 
ee vapour were g Pato no perso med to be | luxuriance in the stoves of this country. Gardeners | not degenerate. paragus eoj 
at all affected with ‘their action. Its ears to us are too intelligent not to appre reciate its capabilities ; poh ating is over, the growth of fo 
that in the use of Mr. PHILLI LIPS’S appa the ex- | such an appreciation may be ot slowth growth, but it is mences, and every aid should be given to — 
i f fire i measure to the | certain—at a we will hope so. i we ne A possible. Bras week I saw an As 10 
i i To all about to build a greenhouse, I would say em- | covered in every vacant space with ram 3 
cold vee is ee pA 1 5 ee e ploy white pov or British sheet glass, if you like the | abstracting from the soil that nutriment ‘ar 
air by the passage of the he OE term better. Never mind whether it is 16 oz. or 60 | exhausted owner so much neede Every weed shoal 
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by the escape of steam from the valve of a steam thickness, being stronger, is of course the cheapest. | should be applied. The properties of salt in relation | 
engine; so that all the effect must not be attributed | But havin an indi d aragus e well understoo b 
to the action of merely non-combustible gases upon age is the means of affording shade during the direct | Before rain, the ra e strewn over with salt 
a burning mass. “ig thus introduced the sub- influence of a summer sun; without such, all the a as just to cover te ground ; this repeated two or tm 
ject to our readers a Loge; on a future occasion, | disasters alluded to will attend you. But with the times while the stems are growing Will be productive d 
to be able to tiot” its éniite success on a larger means of affor aig. Kerten shade to ward off the | great good. Having thus carefully tended the growing 
scale than it has hitherto been tried. direct action of the in the few summer months, you | plant; giving itall the benefits of sun, air, and , 
. Re can, by judicious iaiia, moderate solar heat. |it will gratefully repay you. ummer and autumn vil 
. A FEW WORDS ON WHITE SHEET GLASS, And when the dark days of winter afford but barely | restore the ravages of spring, and sufficient nutriment, 
ITS RELATION TO HORTICULTURAL PURPOSE: ufficient light to prevent actual etiolation, and not sut- or rather of organisable matter, will be stored up in the 
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more forcibly 20 20 than i m the present prs of inquiry, heat has to be strained through a blackened and dirty | stems and Ss me are thus the two grand conditions 
—Is sheet-glass injurious to vegetation in structures | roof, then, I repeat, you will feel the benefit of your | to 15 obse 
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it is used as a medium for the phat of | British sheet ones and rejoice in its possession. may m 2 in conclusion e this year T ado 
ght! Most assuredly it is. In the same way as a] Of all the important. elements essential to the full i plan recommen ded by a wr 1 
useful and powerful agent in chemistry or mechanies development of Vegetable life, in its bro wee est gas most | Chronicle, of throwing the pa: ont g the po on the 
bea positive evil in unskilful hands, sheet-glass d par: „ The | beds on to the surface, to the depth of 3 
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in 1 buildings, although a ——— souree * importance of heat is overrated ; every BF re 7 than in ordinary bees 1 pee the deren pe 
e present eee state of horticulture | and 8 prove the truth of such an assertion. was fine er, and probably in this very dry scason 
needs, is, in the case of amakili ul nands, a where — | Moisture can by artifical means be afforded with tolera- | indebted to the . thus followed N 
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T0 enter into a scientific dissertation on light, to air, although we have not the best s of applyi = 
point out the nature 2 9 * of the luminous, it to plant structures, a good supply 2 always at hand ; e Correspondence. 
heating, and chemical rays, and the manner in whic. ch but of light we often are "T a and cannot ae ing 5 Efans “A British rie Glass,—I 
they severally and in combination act on vegetable life, | therefore afford to part with o of such an im- inform Mr. Roberts that my Vines, in a succession 
would perhaps be the best preface to this paper. The | portant auxiliary. A rae of white g. N in tet long erty — with British sheet 8 21 oz. to the foot, 
e erg by * te number of the Chronicle | panes, will give us a reasonable suppl ve been scorched during these last 10 or 12 days, 
2 r pa r- y — Hunt before the Society to In conclusion, I would say whoev — has the care of and that the Vines in this same we been 
Adi * ere speed to astaga in the | structures of such a description 8 o laggard in r. 1 for these last 9 years. We have,in 
Thee. — &. es heer * t. his work. Constant vigilance, unceasing attention, a the same range, a Peach-house and 5 
Sheer ene e ir eet glass seems to be, liberal system of 1 in 1 . must be | with British — glass, with Vines in which have 
e — La gana suffi- carried out. There must, ther coddling. never had a leaf scorched. Why should the Vines in 
pik beats F rching, and, as a whole, admits | There is a certain relationship st Tight, I hask moisture, | one house scorch, and not in the others 
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Where ting ope os too hag an ae e 5 8 ka > if pe treat one liberally, so must you treat | Lansly, gr. to J. H. Tan Esg., Carden 1 
; nian: our mighty 3 ples in the de ment | Chester, May 24..——My Vin been 
r ee ied and glazed 8 ‘the old principle, . organic life; and to employ one successfully is » years. The roof. lights are together” 20 feet in length, 
Ihave seen leaves of a Stephanoti ＋ * ib ert sme. or all: each great in nen omi ter in combination; glazed with very thick sheet glass, in 2 feet lengths, 9 
was train k wall y ee eee eee e e greatest of all is Lig chat there are only two laps in the 6 feet lights between 
with sheet - glass, me Batt e ¢ 2 glazed |” ——— each pair of bars. The wood of last yur see 
action of the sun as to destroy in tolo the whole tisues ERAGE Cad HINTA FO. AMATEURS: from a N r 5 Jo not oe wia sadap 
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of the leaf in large blote I will not say that such| Asparagus, Havin 5 h a 
j „ L — * cently s visited several gardens | vigorous shoot has reached up to the 
ve been prevented ; 5 I only throw out | belonging to my friends, T have been surprised at the trellis, and has ee in 65 with it. My Cane 
instances to show what may be expected where | bad state of the Asparagus beds in almost all cases. A suffered 
ER . lias tribe, have 
. 15 ah og ary Se 8 unskilfully managed. When | complaint is common that che crop is small and deficient, most e pri 4 ‘as ak saa: e glass roo! ‘roof, Of this 
can of jamai >E tionary measures * the beds appear to be worn out, and but very few you will judge by the specimens sent. It i 
Another instance of its bad effects, but in a different of my acquaintance find an adequate quantity of this for a any plants to look more healthy than do the Vines 
direction, will per suffice as illustrative of this ide very delicious vegetable as the result of their ex nse | at this moment. Very free ventilation has been fen: 
of the ei bes r si : es pes g into the causes of this e roots are planted inside, a ued sprin 
Wooa Maats d > Poy hs a cool | I have not met in one case with tional answer ling of the border a gentle moisture has regularly 
ing the summer months K eg ea poe nites quite ignorant of the commonest prin- preserved. + * e leaves are very badly 
e th, and of th = on | scorched y sheet glass a given me perfect h ” é 
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— 2 cnt and merely for agrarie — x oh : good crop of Asparagus depends; and al though | facti ts 5 
the hough the Yo e fai a alluded to are attributable to the most | has been applied to the house. The sun has had fall pss 
sun A alm | explicit di ait rama gne very | quire a little more attention as to watering, 
= saps taunt se, an 2 consequent evaporation the work must be done again, md F 2 t “detail E 6 ee e sag 
— 3 pom e 5 the 1 * the N which, if followed in 5 sif 
ange inp neta, a diva i n e {She | amateur Ef ieee Asparagus to his lamb chops to is is particularly — during — sheila i> 
win ing € : gr. 
Nr Jongg could be kept in tolerable „ 1f a well-made bed is >not in your possession, this is moved from other hoire — its peg 
many who are e hesitatin Le e1 
ot the time to make Presuming 
ii g about em- it vil now, in high e be vieldi E you S E. Bun Bar 
5388 im, “ That | for „be yielding its produce ;| I have pleasure in lating that my * 
is int mat f tae fare shall ay resolution is Pode The 3 Wia 5 bar rah 1 — d the TP ne ber, from the ne 
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astray.” But, good reader, wait a moment, « cub too much. You probably are aware of a plan to ums against 
be said on both sides of a qu ction.” t,“ much may | rg — by aly ace cutting off the B had tow my bons sl Peg ahem out sticks. 
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draf b art of this h v his plants nearer . 
that the introd i ene paper, they appear, and you vil d gra : 1 is greate 
str ie gape 7 vit eet £ > * * dually more : feebie, until it gS wet the Why | therefore the plants m parae e . — sits 
are all slow to acknowledge innovations on old ideas | Geet Beca enant deprivation of the foliage thus . commend the glass wee 
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Which threaten to turn topsy- i ges | as ar aye ia root, receiving from them > 5 or Strawberries, ha : 
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1 ad tr ugh she may dwell at th | wards for future purposes, f hortie purpose 
: . „Šahi he bottom When t ier de leaves be Eni rp 2 for every deseription o fd field, poet 
of a well, vill often look are not allowed 
sheet glass, for it is with the root is d i e =v. or H 
years the o lean. . ed, if the p ptt. Ning: 8 d 
mie et, gaan in on tying | MRE wl evn," Now heros [Te eee hth en ibs 
inmates elongated ga , visible,” the | essenti . Asparagus in th ouse ; they ung ons 
yours to 2 re * in their vain er of the latter is 8 eres, The * — — — bit SOP be seen, Thay gari 
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= ying ra those who had the care of theta ¥ Bas lar to replace that which is removed. If a hed ome Faye k, near Thirsk. f 
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that there is too — TiS than a ery is raised | entting 3 — 4 are multiplied tenfold by the Chronsole T have met with some ober e pares 
Hest <i — ; = j preceded i being weaker than that N. eee T (Dee. 25 1847) on the P of sinc? 
T when We get too much, Light, the damage is reseteen Every eu repaired f ting therefor Fah injurious, but | trees. A considerable space of 2 opinios 
ne dan e exten b 1 but 
by a hig arti- these observations were written, 
