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THE. GARDENERS: 
canes" 
LE. 
ext adverted to Nelumbium 
Mr. W. ne 
the e ornaments of the 
F; — 8. 
e 
ing white, juicy, a 
whole la kes df it ire r this purpose 
Ch inese reckon i it the ting of all their flowers, and ee it 
ro 
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tain gold fish. To — er N. ee e and ba in this tree 
untry, two g uisites are ssary—a bottom 
heat of at least 85%, and plenty of solar light. The seeds 
ought t sown i 
igh saber e. on 
r5 inches in diameter, shift er 
yequires — e every respect, except 
temperature. If kept hotter than 75° in sum 
it will n ower. otie- Water Lilies were next 
prin 8 
. | noticed a pair of les 5 han Song Ae in er about t 
did not produce so wellas the — 
had 5 bushels from 3 Besides 
s. In the 
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© 
pany 
greenhouse, at the whic Pear ra 
d | before mentioned. 1 ay uae iol had been fixed 
i eed pan 
going on, tha 
apparent interest while the water from the plants was 
tively 
West Indies. To stat ig et pru : 12 1 uee 
in perfection, they require a bottom heat of from 80° dripping all around them, thin arm's length; gro 55 and deprives the fruit of nourishment, 
to 85° in summer, and about 70° i ter. their young family continued in safety in this singular trees 1i aye I h 0 
ought to be sown in February, in loam reduced to the place until they were able tot re of themselves, pene f 120 years. 
state of mud, and the pot immerged in the water to were frequently seen walking on th greenhouse | to chain the large branc anches 
within half an inch of the brim; if immerged lights during the summer. is remarkable that, N strong wi Is “H. E. M 
head, the seed will be liable to washed away. during the middle of one of the hot days at the end of | deeply planted, and in a bad subsoil 
As soon as the seedlings have made four or five leaves, y, 1 observed ILgrown cuckoo fly into the Pear- few years longer, and not experiment on 
pot them into small 3-inch pots, and when they have tree which had been the birth-place of two the previous | probably reward with fruit. 
filled these with roots, repot them i size ar; Li that the bird came there rat ex- ornament to our mansion. We gai 
t that is most convenient; the larger the pot the hausted and on account of the shade the tree afforded, | from them last year, pf we Bare 
firmer the flowers, but they often bloom nicely in small | as it allowed me to take it in my , which I did, | fiñe fruit this yea de 
po f. said he had found it a good practice to and kept in a cage for several weeks; person | field Hall, W akena + me 1 d 
wash all the old mud from the roots of phæas | went to see the ive, and n ing secured the the . alon ; 
every March, an ot them fresh loam, N. door, the bird escaped. During the spring of the p or —The food of these insects is simil 
odorata, N. odorata nana, and N. odora a, do | sent year, on f alterations, the wagtails could | of wade ; =e i m, 
Ne g 
ood plant fi 
a very 
nerias, which he . were of little 
e | 
t the Lick Humboldtii and 
7 Nr see 
but worthy of being kept in e a on accoun 
of their curiosity, V. spirali n the ditches of 
s 0 
$ ernifolia, and V. e are 
natives of the lakes of India, and require a stove heat. 
Pistia stratiotes he had differen ys, 
in peat ‘loam, ji d, cow-d and 
mud; the last named were the best, but no better than 
those which float t ut any soil. anging the 
about aquatic 8 daily sig stated to be of the 
ce to their health, and care must be 
taken to have the fresh wale end the same tempera- 
ater dra James Charles, Secretary. 
4 on Polmaise.—I most strongly recommend 
y one who is thinking of putting up a Polmaise ap 
ratus, not only to alrea ut to ascer- 
tain that it answers. of an 7. 
= builder, and the rections in 
in the 
ink o 
what I, a perfect stranger, received fr os 
polite attention and full info den o on any subject 
y be consu 
se glazed 
with many scorched Vine leaves, 
1 not 8 many A in the two establishments I men- 
ri 
Bean Cuire i have pursued the 3 plan fi 
of g wing g g this’ year with great success, 
They were set ter rows 26 inches apart, and as much 
as 12 — in the row — pe o seed, 
larg nrowsof 30 
One plant or stem yielded 26 pods ; man 
to 20. In four rows out of the 1 10 the plants were allowed 
perhaps, how 
| es a) ae they m 
plans a the | strawe 
eners’ Chronicle, I Cpt one, a fou nd i it a filers as to ae es compari 
The plants | and 
the disease 
ends again 
hing but retired | place, and as near as z sib 
had wo former years 
ar the 
J. H, A 
Culieatton, f the Str wherry.—Few will deny th 
or some. 
22 beer ‘soiled 5 3 it 
erally known that s eue h 
thing that will cling the fruit 
r, not Sa 
ay e er the desired end, a 
eteriorate the flavour of the arr and are edad 
i ~ inconveniences. I rass be used, yo 
the sun’s rays from the 
till lately I observed that thrushes and jays. gl = 
rows round the quarters as edgings (and 
32 strawed) best, my curiosity led me 
fruit, and 3 of the er, ee (Rose 
was 80 
= the breadth of 4 or 5 “inches, and of any length grat 
d fix two or 
top, so 
berry, often ee, pay else 
and that where the 
with rock or ston nes, ‘he quality and kerepe D a far su- 
ith actical” 
mass of foliage, 
Any hints 
cessful cultivation of this Pore fruit 
thankfully eben; ; Alex, Walker, Gardener, 
Mayen, Banffshire 
eber r e cag as 
FF he 
hen cultivate 9 51 in * should a u 
it 
e . for their 
as thos 
ae that of ise latter 
th 
much manure is hurtful to p 8 of the Straw- | — 
e e ba “t e ene in contact | me 
were after juice to m 
on for their nests, 0 
ood. ave 9 them un 
of the „thi ckness of a ma 
e may ob 
rops of tasteless fluid in 
est 
fas 
iron pot as the 
song with, the — 
t and destroyed all 3 
sat ; G. H. allow 
rawberry Forcing- 1 cannot a 
