THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



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* ** ecess of any provincial establishment tl 



itanic garden is a proof 



e of botanic pUnta 



^T^odelling of it was indispensable. 



"ilSon whether botanical specimens or showy 



. ■r.taiita are more deserving the attention o" 



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,gf T^i rare botanical specimen unnoticed, an< 

 iTE* with the gaudy colour of a Dahlia o: 

 SLflniQiD another more in quest of tl 



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 JaTtbe Tery object which the more superficia 

 (eemtion of the former rejected. Nor would it bi 



I of such a science. It may answer the 

 ■■-.* of a few talented though not 

 as to prophecy the euthanasy of botanical tas 

 iwrmay best accord with their personal int 



taxiew haa been taken of the subject. 

 Wit be my bad fortune to witness our botanic 

 Kto converted into promenades, for the gratification 

 itiatportion of society which is content to feast the eye 



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fc degeneracy of human taste and the want of iutellec- 

 aalitrwhich would permit such a result. Butthis < 



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•jjQras management many will yet nourish ; 1 may 

 S^thouTr^ v, gar ^ en iQ the north of Ireland - 

 "SrfpSJiftoction to ft*" thG metr °P olis ' is a 

 S^thl^* 6 f !? urishin g town of Belfast" It fur! 

 ttannluhp^, , aQ exam ple of what may be 



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 ]s ^ > kT)j\ Birmb S hani > Sheffield, Leeds, 

 tJZ\ ?■» fad t0 command contii 



•ip(o S ahi t )!>\ advanta 8 es of diversity o? surface so 

 ^jUble to beauty and effect, h 



1 *« time th P ° w„ aat ; .„ bn 1 * u 1S feared that ia 

 "*** ■ to encroach * 6 S ° much in ' 



l^*ute^ « Troui 



m fsereation. o\L a t "\7 ll afford s them pleasure 



S^idabletouf f at a i flUCtUationa which sometimes 



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WL' bttt ^ doesnoL K VarioU3 chan g<* may be 



BlS 1 "^ S ar Th at the prog?ess of the 



^KT ion f <* itn in. PrCSent CUrator has 

 ^ilT^UnceSin ^ ar8 ' and t0 sa >' t^ 

 rfiftl the bea "y 8 and h ; S t .^° rtS /° P romote at 

 ^W^^beensuL! d , U . tlht y of the establish- 

 5£ , * , t*. N?r ^?? mc o"cUiating the most 



^Ti h ^Zli°v\ e part of the com - 



^Hat, ' at least as far as th ■ • schemes of im * 



Royal Belfast Botanic 



ceeded those at the command of the curator ; and wii 

 the aid of such scientific men as Messrs. Thompso: 

 Hindman, Hmcks, Drummond, Patterson, &c, despi 



botanic garden. The facilities' afforded for cultiyatfi 

 large botanical specimens is certainly not great ; bi 



portions of a range, projected on a very extensive seal 

 were in 1840 completed, and with regard to these 





i proceeded with ; situate* 

 ,uty of the whole. Intro 



re likely to dwindle into mere promenades, it would be 

 oing injustice to the curator, Mr. Ferguson, were I here 

 o attempt even an outline of his place. I may hope, how- 

 ver, at auother time, to give a detailed notice of its 

 ntire arrangement, when it will be seen that botany 



ng a wish that Birmingham, Liverpool, Cork, Sheffield, 



JusTieu,°Lindlej 





Home Correspondence. 



Melon , 



made little progress for 



highly flavoured 



tore being kept toe 

 s coming to ma( 

 as proved by the 

 ch finer in flavour. The fault 



ore, lay in the working, not in the system o 



ig, and may be remedied in future. 1 had otnei 



at about five weeks later thai 



e of a small black beetle having gnawed some o 



damp off. ThenV 



superior to tnat 



remarkably wd I, 

 agreeably to Mr. Mt 



ve been gathj 

 l past, and they 



ews of the subject, but 

 e three, one forming the 

 other two placed directly 

 le, and of course exhaust- 

 he chimney. I have done 

 ver the stove for holding 

 idered that sufficient moisture ( 

 uring water into the hot-a»r c _ 

 answer extremely well. To guard again 



uefftenlnf 



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se flues branch off right and left from the stove, th< 

 sr beine placed in the centre of the back wall. The 





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being 38 feet by 7 feet 2 i 



drain one is eta 



air openings in 

 hot-air chanil, r 

 is laid a bed of 



mly difficulty I have exper 



the fire is first lighted ; bu 

 10 doubt remedy this : sue 

 commended by Mr. Meek it 

 the subject.- James Napa 

 Abstracting Chalk from 

 the 21st of August, and in * 

 read paragraphs on " Abstr 

 This subject is fully set f, 

 Professor Clark, of A herd, 

 cess for Purifjing the Watc 

 lis, &c. Taylor, Red Lioi 



oliage of the Strawberry at the fall of the year, as also 



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ibeyed, and have every reason to be grateful for the 

 .now ledge which it imported. But the cutting of the 

 ■unners being a subject upon which that ni tide did not 





and the fruit iadJ 



■:vu- wuittr 



lie I" Having procured a 

 ;hat they be planted 3 feet a 





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 Pnymatanthus ^J^^^J^l^' of 





New Hybrid Pelargoi 



