THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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the purpose of assisting, as a gardener, in the opera- 

 tions. He is expected to proceed in the Blazer, which 



is now nearly ready for sailing, and will take or- ■■ ; >'- 

 him supplies of plants and seeds suitable to the is 



i Mr. Forsyth in 

 it Alton Towers. 

 - Another point respecting 



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late them to perform their proper functions. In i 

 room, on the contrary, they receive only a side-light 

 and the leaves being forced to turn themselves, so tha 

 the light may fall upon their upper surface, the plan 

 either grows out of shape, or the leaves take a very odi 

 and twisted appearance. This is another of those evil 

 a tte n ding window gardening which it is extremely 

 difficult to guard against ; and, in fact, as long as the 

 • ;>t inside a room, so as to have only a side 

 I .'most impossible that the colours of th " 

 flowers should be as vivid, and the shape of the pla 

 as good, as when they are grown in a greenhou 

 Something may, however, be done in choosing a favo 

 able situation, even when plants can have only a s 

 light ; and windows having a south or south-east 

 posure are the best, as they not only have the li; 

 longer every day, but it is also more intense, and 

 plants have the advantage of enjoying the ware 



said that flowers never attain their proper colour unl 

 they can enjoy the light of the sun for five or six ho 

 every fine day ; and that, in proportion as the quam 

 of sunlight they receive is diminished, the plants 1 



happens to be very wide. In the b 



garden of plants, in pots or tubs, on the 

 house, r —=-' 



of Carnations, Ranuncu- 

 luses, and Tulips ; and some years ago, in one of the 

 closest streets of Paris, there was a garden of fruit trees 

 11 complete success on the leads of a 

 house— one ( h | reducing every 



large crop of Apples. In some parts of London, small 



gardens of plants, in pots, are kept on the leads ; and 



some years ago, there was a garden of tin 



the leads of a house in St. Paul's Churchyard by M 



Kent, author of the "Flora Domestica, 



works.— Mr*. Loudon, i 



them; and we should say 1 



GARDEN FORCING. 



y means of fermenting material! 

 ling to the old mode. This wil 

 ssitudes of fire-heat, and tend t< 

 he roots, if outside, should now 

 Material placed ovei 



a fermenting body of some 90° to 104 

 •ound heat, however, imparted by tl 

 vill be found affected in a very trifli 

 in depth, through the tendency of t 

 All Vines casting their leaves shoi 

 liately. The Mushroom-house shoi 



eather, keeping, however, the rill 

 is possible, in order to produce " white buttons 

 although somewhat flavourless as compared wi 

 loured produce, are nevertheless preferred by t] 

 cook. To be fair, however, they certainly are superi 

 lerness of texture. 



m the downfall of beauty here becomes somewh 



tnd to rake and trim the beds ; this if the desi| 

 is ornamental in its own character, will give sufficie 

 :tion to the eye of taste during the dorma 

 , The standard and dwarf Roses of tender ch 



period of covering may prove of too protracted a 

 icter in regard of confined damp. 



KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 

 It is now Iii.ii time to perform the operation ter 

 laying " with the stock of spring Broccolies. We 1 



i period. We will vc 

 i Broccoli may always be preserved ii 



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