THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



- ;;<g through the 



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play of Colum- 



Water.— The most effectual method i : 

 chalk from water is the a IdH 



rationale of the process is fully explained in p. 80 

 my "Introduction to Chemistry."— George Spark* 



Early Stewing Pears and Peaches.— It is singul 



: : 



i ate the early stewing Pears 



The Peach used is a standard, 

 r, is austere amU: 



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 I find that Mr. Rivers has imp 



Mall, and look at th-j <li-li of V, 

 ture of Rubens, in the middle rot 



chased iri Lackington's shop, " ti 



it contains many brief marginal 1 

 >.. x. in 'he first volume there 





i.dantly on West Sto> 



of great pond, where] grows also Genista pilos; 

 ngst Erica vulgaris ; it grows on Caversham heat 

 andy places." And in the margin : " F. cau-u'c: 



found by Sir Thos. Galium, Dr. Smith, Dr. Drak< 

 self, a happy party in June, 1804." I once showe 



entry to my late friend, Sir James Smith, whic 



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 species or variety ? Among neither of which 



these two last seasons. ' The glass employed hei 

 procured from various firms, and is mostly 13 c 



taw have the i 

 •mm of the lea 



^n a ofg\ai U isempl 



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'/.her words, whether the 



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, just about 20'years old,' which have for 



of the Lime-tree, about 10 feet long, ; 

 catkins to the twigs, and placed 

 3 centre of each \\ 



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 large berries to be produced, such aa can only be had 

 from a good wall. The time occupied in the operation 



The Pleasure-grounds at Kew.— The ; 

 marks in your columns a short time ago concerning 

 the opening of the pleasure grounds adjoining the 

 Botanic Garden, though they may have appeared called 

 for by many, have not failed to encounter 



ilgeac*, " F. H. S." appears t 



rut 







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observer. It 



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and rollicking, p 



and desirous only of rough am 



police has been a 



o desirous of gaining information 

 large of transgressing the rules. It, how" 

 rcorrespoi " 







Ta°mtolMime r ! 



<eentL a Sandthel!£ 



> remarkably clean, thv i 



The gram crops 



of^the principle y ,.,,. hoed byhandbet»« 



studious. No doubt such would prove the actual 



tensive promenade. The public must fee! 



ready afforded them, and the 



not failed to give them credit for the due 



«,rnate of the dark and smok;. 



•Ilj Vf.,1, 



r'v.:; 



about 3d. per day, 



. 



crowding together in strings of fro* a 



men, and I children, it must be alupfc 



corn was eveiywim 



oved all fears of droqti 



these eager pursuers of one day's or 

 exorcise. The liberal spirit of the dir 

 noble institution will however be a guarantee f 



should no further be granted, the tw< 

 content to share together the walks of ti 

 of the week. On Thui 



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lumber Bitew^TS^ 



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i^ which they gr, 



Can anybody e 



I from them, and it is this prospect ofu 

 abundant harvest, together with the assistance slrndy 



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however "believe it to be owing to the govemmeit pro- 

 hibitions' of .JJ^Jj*^^* "S^ttfbS! 

 his Majesty of Naples, such as having sent for -ill fatal 



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to market, under pain of fine and imprisonment jtf tajj 



i^tlTp^rch^^^ 



King could not take, if he would. 



Before leaving Naples I visited the »jdgwta»« 

 park of Caserta, about 13 «des from the tow , 



Zen from a bateony ot tl.Tpalace. A *&*§£ 

 shrubberies, and lawns, intersper 9 ed_mth_ J^ ^ 



plants petkhed.- , - a '„d 60 years back,* 



le pieces of root sent hv ™,r onr™«,„ n ^»„t ™J ir, ot tne tiee8 » P lantea » etw ^ u„**»,fl natural caM»«» 



orrespondent were i 

 t>ubt that the diseai 



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ishes of the hopeful 



;ent plant? It is in this manner. The same branch 



ich elevates its charming little flowers above its no 



i beautiful leaves-as soon as fertilisation is com- 



instead of remain- 



hlTteV^ithlied* uTrl i^f^lB^^^ 1 ^"hence 

 rifling compared with the seed-vessel, by the progressive bending over of the 

 lerry-tree also of the foot-stalk, approaches nearer and nearer to the wall till 

 Hh h n; i some crevice, or lodged among 



nail branches from a the debris of older plants, in either case equally sure of 

 aie, ana Had very few j being able to germinate.— G. 



ably fine p°» th j ^"'"Je whole time « 

 rom the clouds, during the ^ 



in festoons from tree to tree, vw 



attempting to get too m i ucn . ir " , abou t Naples » "» 



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