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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
in 1 er manifestly called some oviparous 
me 
snake by Ls viper, whereas the reptile in 
We kno 
ery common mista f believing all snakes to be 
oviparous, tha led upon a rare and 
curious case of the kind alluded to; and her 
j ew 
ask a question of a gentleman o 
n such matters, and with 
ER 
been Seh amongst vipers in the South American | © 
forests ;” but the question at issue turns upon the 
alleged instinct of the common viper (Pelius berus) 
alone. If, indeed, it could be ae wn that any o me 
snake whatever in any other country whatever wa 
poesëbsed of the alleged instinct, there would be ane 
difficulty in pote the evidence of our native 
observers to the same fact in the common viper, 
But it is the very ce that no naturalist 
has ever recorded such an Wale, and that 
best observers entirely doubt it, which bas made u us 
l 
believe e 
“we find professed zoologists have become con- 
vincod of 3 A ct in question.” Since this jel. 
ssio 
ar e have heard of nothing satisfactory 
in 1 of why fact, and we have seen ample cause 
for strengthening o ourselves i in our * redulity. 
, it is naturalist ever 
e they have seen * wou 
what they belie e the 
h deny ; the real question is, 
8 eight of 8 to 
did they see aright 7 
enen 1 ane ghee tBu 
DS 
CARNATIONS AND F ibis 
these favourite flowers will 1 need no oe ctio; 
us, 1 as wer by experience, the 
anded to erve a . in Health 
during — ne winters But e 
are not adepts in rae thes a nd for 
such the following oe are „ Let it 
arch, 
be 
w that some N reg | 
a 2 Kilful grower of | 1B Be 8 
ns from 
But he was vexed to find his money 
thrown away; for in the heaviest snows aud hardest 
frosts the sheep preferred the high land of the field to 
— doubtful protection of the hovel. So is it oſten with 
mp, vermin must be watched. It is very 
3 = find some morning our Carnations pa te 
off close, like the shorn head of a SS boy. 
has evidently been a source of pleasure to some 3 
shed for them. 
and means animal like ourselves +A es us extraordi- 
nary pain, and we cry out against the equality and 
fraternity ee and practice of the intruder. It 
matters not to us whether the plants have — gnawed 
Le a field-mouse as interesting as that which Burns 
ised, or by a bullfinch or $ eg 55 those 
Cowper loved to see eating, or by a which 
very one — The effect is equally ogous and 
provoking, ras drives sentimentality far away. Let 
rap or gin, or gun, or their work 
<a that the thieves, whether reptile or winged, 
or four. footed, may be taught to keep their distance. H. B. 
5 or ICE sy WELLS anv STACKS. 
not oe ieee = ha: tre aa cee rae 
well r caves ntiguo aden 
the` 1 A of ice ice, —— — at à * 
fo 7 or the purpose. An investigation of 
ch ee ah a imagine, re- 
ission in * sys- 
of wei ice pien its hae acta than 
4 to 5 feet in thickness, y which is is 
case, and subsequently 
The ice 
P 
air n 
sio 
complete security from r „or th 
sphere, is insured by a thatch of straw, 
the decrease of the ice its simulta diki 
ee ed by the sides of the stac this 
exactly done, the roof should rie; —_ 
aici in the course of the season, 
and its 
descent provided for. W., Ingram, Hatfield Hose gradaj 
. Ls TE MR. M‘NAB, 
week to record th 
te oldest and Host gardeners of whom th 
had to boa Mr. William M‘Nab, o 
on the Ist of the present month, 
is 
ih 
t saw the light i 
parish of Dailey, k AA heen th W a ù 
3 
f Mr. Kennedy, of Dalquha 
After serving three years in that place, he was recom. 
mended by N 1 to heta faes Mr. Walter 
m a situation in the 
o procured him 
gardens of Lord Haddington at sE Tyningham. yan 
ed about a year, when, bein 
oe 
mp s 
a 8 will find the sant 
oft 
i Look at 
shivering object enjoy be a slide on a 
bright eyes and r 
ose of 8 
urse, the sides ef the 
uncongenial with frien 
a bad a ad be thought he would enter on the shee 
in 25 e mann 
SECTION oF Ick Srack.— A. Ice; B. Wall of Fern; C. Thatch, 
It is generally considered — to build 
ice to the mout e well, 
with loose ere and finaly saat the door hermetically, 
These preeautio very well for the moment, but 
they do not provi vide 8 n inevitable e ney which 
results ee the me the ice, and the consequent 
introduction of a 5 rauna of that principle most | 
antagonistic to its 
viously ex 
yi 
can scarcely fail to prove equally useful within 
an enclosed = ae Instead 
usually practised, 8 would 
Wierpallz in a conical form, b 
assure its e 
build the 
res it, 
ouse t o 
Id sink with the aie of 
gt bos rie and ‘hl he it from the direct action of 
osphe 
This reme edy has reference to wells of Soe gt 
rfect stipe pte. and where no means of sia 
n improved system axis, Whe 
cho'ce of situation, &c., is commanded, th 
im 
more economical and effectual plan of building stacks 
the surface of th “haga shoul pursued ; those 
unacquainted with ast-mentioned plan may find 
the subjoined desorption of the system is prac. 
tised here with unvarying success, usefu position 
chosen for the i Ne is peculiarly suitable, being 
the north side of a consid 9 ban nt or dam, 
stretches acros ow, and causes, on the 
south side (by eee fe the MATRI 
rounding slopes) a large 
theice. Proximity to water’ 
No drain ns me 
8 permitted, ee angle of thg tee ea 
carry o e drainings he ice. 
b- tip rge size, kid proba 
M. 
of filling the a in 
up Ca 
ere- | extensively know 
M 
The body of ice is 8 by a wall of yom, ia leaves | 
— 
remain en anxious 
still 8 in his 1 he went to — ias 
e had the good fort W iy _ 
Aiton, Beech palam ki ho F yal- 
d to obtain employment in that 2 ificent poe 
ment; after three years’ ieee different depart. 
ents he was appointed to the ne. situation of 
èma he remained for several years, ate 
quiring knowledge and experience; and here his en- 
i to the favour- 
visitor at Kew, a ought him in contact with Sir 
Joseph Banks, the ready patron and — 
modest z th o curator of the 
Royal Botanic Garden at Edivhurgis the — 
Rutherford consulted his in n Sir — 
choice of a su d 
Pen 
} Nab displayed 
arrangements for that purpo® — 
any in the successful removal of trees, shuts 
o their new situation—some of 
bly 100 ye 
ee ha 
d plants, 
| 
whole career, Mr. 
R (partiene those on t 
e Tara ths and the transplanting of E 
om operative 0r 
m a uni eral esteemed aE q 
r. M‘Nab’s s happy A £03 of gs pani q 
views with rules of practi poi 2 ] 
1 on thes a 
by any horticultural rpa is p renn af of Evergreess I 
must bet sa 
far a ve 8 no one 
than Mi? ities M‘Nab. oe 
CONSERY AEE 3 PLAS’ 
An Trish subscriber, resi in the coni 
having asked us for a list of f plants 
