THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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*3j£ »ld-air drain, giving it a small cor 



Jffipppwtiis. Tberelativemag 



the mouth 



. drain, the circi 

 beu considered both in quantit 

 branch through th 

 m in promoting the general circulation— 



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mK instantaneously. But 

 attain tin house is ai 



i cause, lliivin- 

 r pipes a-going, I 



3, being warmed, ma 



,and thus produce! I 



at of hot-water pipes, where they are 

 .■<••' Uct is a!-,,) very important, with 

 j which attends it', is iudepeadent of the 

 >°f tVhoi^ draiDS ' ■ tbe imme " 



irawn, their impor- 

 ipoehion of the drains, 



■ I must add my testimony to the effi- 



;v?L t A e „ tub ehose. 





^*a < tm l h le S l ] j f . grou ? d that is per " 

 "mus/be B ° Wh V a Re * d hedge. 



About the middle of April, prepare the hei 

 follows:— First, take out all the old earth, to 

 depth of two feet and a half, or three feet, filth 

 nearly to the top with fresh stable dung, that has 



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towards the south, not only for the benefit of the sui 

 but to throw off violent rains. In a day or two aftei 

 plant your roots at 5 inches distance from each othe: 

 observing to place them alternately in i 

 that the crown or upper part of the tubi 

 covered with earth. These should be 



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well as the strongest remaining upon anj 



y be planted ; but as a great i 

 annually produced by every r 

 are large enough to flower thi 

 be selected. Cover the bed at night, eepecia 



, only : 1; 



■w require watei 

 of June, ana 



weed the bed, and pn 

 this may be done by i 

 or if you have a Cucu 

 employed for this pur 



middle of February, if 



ides, a foot th- 

 row off the wet. About the 

 prevented by severe frost, 

 .'.res, and pack 





ommend the roots to he taken out of the ground, 



ad disposesthem to form their flo 



ms earlier. Many offsets will by this time h 

 <le tneir appearance round each root, all of wh 



y send up their stems early, i 

 ick them c*refu 



y appear later 



1 strengthen the offsets. In the succeeding winter, 

 tch the bed, taking up the roots in February, as be- 

 early forcing, will have a deci.i 



i may be brought to flower as early 



Home Correspondence. 



ireed Provins and Moss Roses wit! 

 hole period. The only 



ired for the Vines 



end of May, i 





two buds, and the plants plae 



potting them. ' 



>sed to the open air, 

 No more labour is 





**TZ' *» earth \ on ?- thir d part of very rotten 

 5uS«k>n.» l r ld be **lwn about 7 or fi 



be effected without depriving the greenhouse of a 

 tion of its beauty. I plant two small plants in eacl 

 — A Constant Header. 



Barley Bread.— Your correspondent «H." ha< 



* given by 



ake excellent bread ; and, by many 

 ersons, will be preferred to the best wheaten bread, 

 'ake 3± lbs. of wheaten flour and 31 lbs. of Barley 

 leal, mix them well together in a brlfe earthen pan, 



hours. Care should be takei 

 Barley is ground fine, and well sifted from 

 hrough a fine sieve. An impressioi 



good when baked i 



prevented, pro /• 

 require more I 



escape of hot a 

 If « h!" lu^'nol 



3, moreover, applicable to the heating of ha 

 hops, &c. A small boiler fixed behind ti: 



water from a small cistern placed in a 

 loset above the boiler, from which pipes conduct hot- 

 trater to the greenhouse, and return it again to the 

 ioiler. Thus without any expenditure of fuel beyond 

 hat required for an ordinary fire, sufficient heat may 

 ie maintained to keep out frost. The hot-water may 

 ie turned on at any time by means of a stopcock, 

 lalls, shops, &c, are heated by pipes which travel un- 

 een round the apartments to be heated.— E. B. 



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appeared on paper, 





t the slightest km 



cised. As, unless I am much mistaken, I have 

 ; slight and agreeable personal knowledge of Mr. 



iul er ; 'ici.-ms where no principles are involved 



s my observations without further support than 

 : eUe i might ask Mr. Snow 

 ther the toi ■ ot iiis r |0 uder is precisely that of 

 xpounder of truth, and whether misconstructions 

 )duced for the purpose of giving to statements a 

 uing, or a want of meaning, which the most atten- 



t candid and sound views or tester kindly mter- 

 se amongst professional men 1 I may add, that 

 live in the midst of such a garden as that de- 



Potato Disease One fact of t 





ice to the probable duration 



, t\,ta-oes this year, though small i 

 bove one-third an average crop, ai 



Last year my pi{ 



counties, but not to any^ 



H will be par- 



3 paS^way" inThe'couJse I 



ikon of Pro- 



