^1847.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONIC 





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fc£Tare easily prevented, as it only depen 

 m h keep them from damp ; the Carnation iil 

 2)Ur it absorbs enough of itself. The dampness of 



generally oehctent of flowers. bast< 



Of course the gardener can place his bulbs where he : for t 

 pleases; and this illustration is only given M 

 guide. The principles of management will mtj ii> T 



i position of the grounds. 



accord \ 



par: ■ : : 



jspecting the growth of bulbs vinegar S 



dry ; on the con 

 I alway« water 

 always do it my 



^rXryou see,™y VlittTe carerCaVuIti 



Sled Flemish kinds may be raise,: 



at can «ay they will not live with him ; he 



ruber «y that the plant is lost, because it has t 



re almost always cheated. 



«»hich cannot be reached without getting damp ii 

 ae feet, or without treading over gravel walks wlncl 

 went frosts may have disturbed, would be a useles 

 ■Pmtonw of time and money. The eye therefor. 

 «irf glance round the premises, and the bulbs b. 

 portioned to those parts nearest the dwelling-house 

 J^frosts and rains are least likely to make unap 



H about two feet across, and a yard distant from 

 «<w These are now occupied with Dahlias and 

 ■V*n ^ g ° n,ums alt ernately, and consequently 

 J"** 1 J be occupied by bulbs.' It is proposed to 

 %So th S T t0 the depth ° f 8 inches ' and then t0 

 "^dand™ ri* 6 * stratum a g° od quantity of leaf- 

 Ihl. ,5^ a ?" gri , t ' which has previously been mixed 

 g**' «d ^r the greater part of the past year has 

 *4*i l COm P osed state - This being well incorpo- 

 * aaJhlj i ° f , the beds > the surface of each must 

 *CK and J th ^ bulbs P laced u P° n lt > a little 

 ■«ii,wS gUSe M W i theach ' t0 settle the disturbed 

 *• Wd «nf\ °*erwise be too hollow. Round 



** Weach ^ r ° WS ° f 9 rocuae9 not more than <> ne 

 "* the rema' • er; tn . en S1X Hyacinths spread equally 



?TSbif ? ^^ ™*^ £?*£**£ 

 **» eaS U V ? Crocuse s, six Hyacinths, and a 



J 1 ^ M tfc - UrS ° f theSe Vari0U9 k{Qds 



£^n K« r m UTSi 



"••kind, if ' and v the Crocus es may be mixed, or 

 ^tflect w«,M ? amhe * of small beds are together a 

 'H 2 e o°ti be P^ced by having one colour in 

 ££• ^the«„i v e b " g .l Urni8hedb y tb e beds them- 

 ^^ each amateu innuraera pm combinations of 



••Eft**- *- fiiw. rztrzi 



rfjL 01 " should tl 



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fc« * *E in8 ^ d ° f *" AlT'i. then" X 

 2*** flowers "!L W * 1 l 1 tin 8 P rin S does its work, and 

 Zf^^thent* ^ V he soiI - The Crocuses will 

 ** » Cb^^'P 3 ' the * the Hyacinths, keep- 

 88,0,1 f rom Febnmrv tn M»v TW th« 



J for planting them in is Sphagnum 5 



To plant a case, evergreen Ferns should be select. .1 

 of different If u formed 



appearance. After covering the bottom 



and then done up with Sphagnum and living uj -;.!,• 



then be place! ■ , P) io as t ,, 



I be established in pots in wfcfe 

 remain ; or they may be turned out with thei ' " 



The whole I 

 haguum 1 or 2 inc 



b pots amongst the Sphagnum, or 



-selected plants may be grown in a very si " 

 I once saw a small round glass, only 6 inche 



were Andromeda tetragnna, Adiantum capi] 

 Cistoperis fragilis, Lycopodium Selago, denticulat 



As the Sphagr 



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Cactuses, Aloes, and ( 



l when collected sometin 



Huber in his work on t 



ble that the entomologist who first gave the 

 ooked at this Bort of honey-yielding quality in 

 jet, and then slightly varied the name apis, into 



s sound as that of the Aphis vastator dis 



his second theory just as profoundly as 



-K. T., Sept. 16. Will <• J. Ii. K. I 



so good as to reconcile one part of his statemen 



vative, and (pvs from <p£u, gigno. This, if it meai 

 thing at all, implies that the insect has no power of 

 generation. But he adds that " the influence of a ' 



rding to Bonne) ; 



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form can no longer remain Aphides. " J. O. VV 



rh^uld^therhlvrsai^'noviflauna peace," if gralca at 

 *\L-E. T., Sept. 18. 



