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THE GARDENERS’ 
duce, provided inquirers are really in earnest 
ould therefore judge * 
t with We partic 
ings h 
iscover that it is quite easy to mes seven сало 
Beans off half an acre of land, and a heavy crop of 
уа аи іпіо ће ма: 
For ourselves, we have ma 
wel: all доа concerning Mr. Surrn's culti- 
vation. We shall continue to publish віну 
facts we may be abis ye "e sm with reference to 
it, and with — ede t beg our friends xà ч 
satisfied. ‘Th ctical qa mf к. be dedu 
from the Lois- Weedon 5 esults, all can draw гм 
themselves, with the exception of ве as relate to 
general principles, concerning which we shall pro- 
bably offer some оосо from time to time. 
5 FORT UNI. 
Auoxd the different species now in cultivation of 
this highly Met id favourite бы попе регһарв 
season; bu 
flower, a few sien comp vil dits | RAS ng 
the аы: period through a considerable pere. of 
mmer, 
The 8 of this plant is most ped ie 
by ае of half-ripened shoots of the young wood 
taken off w a hee cut smoothly over, and ele in 
v and afterwards 
well 
plunged in a gesti bottom-heat, and covered 
bell-glass ; five or six wee erally suffice for 
their becoming well rooted, when they may be potted off 
singly into 4-inel , and n placed Sup- 
posing the cuttings to have been taken in June or July, 
че yonng фм, when yor peres may receive a 
cond m shift, and be continued in in growing 
heat as p aep care should, howto, d be dorm ds not to 
keep them gro ‚ too late in the that 
бей nts the peng of the — before the | dark days | 
of November come on. When ts cease 
pera 
— their period of rest, a ime wate 
be sparingly but ju diciously given them when required. 
Presu resuming plants ha ave byt thi is means been рона 
раг 
themselves, with their 
Suc: 
ade up our mind to the 
ur notice than this | to send y 
ng irom drin pore 
the beginning of March, the best should be selected ‘and 
mplishe 
= and, after layi 
f 
—— eS nk i 
f the p 
the 
shaded = a e ар pred each operation. 
ng the 
the foliage with water at 150? ; 
f fibrous hazelly ЖА Ya Je. soil, broken up 
ency of shar rp sand to 
the above a liberal 
is 
ing the plan рбетен 
е pots on опе tie = ll 
by repeating 
" ays, the insects wil 
e foliage, or impair 
ants, dice should be puse 
Alpha. 
CURIOUS INSTANCES OF rs FORMATION 
ROOT 
Tue little fact EAM at р. 51 
last 
t year, respecting the em 
stalk of a 
me of two or three instances 
roots being formed under 
and believing them to be of г 
— р 
read 
of seniori ph coins 
id oC 
— — 
м 
—— 
Celery leaf that Kad bee: 
that I үк ауе 
ме гое. Exe mcm - 
EAT 
ou the following partionlar ata 
7 
f the Chronicle for 
ssion of roots from the 
injured, reminds 
witnessed of | m 
engaged in studying the various anom 
CHRONICLE. 
ith 
increase the injury, as it was found that ет * new 
: ex 
[JAN. 1, 
found split for several feet as the fork down into the 
trunk, The т = bes Long «oe 
her 
18 merous roots had issued, scme which 
ure vt an inch in diameter, oy 8 um the 
cleft portion of the tree, where they formed a complete 
edg э vs th at іп sow yers коша d have been 
the means uring or, per * depriving the tree 
alto . ot ч p if it had n 
lo 
at ie dev thes ots were ted 
other support than what they derived from the particlesof 
rains, it can hardly be supposed Met Au contributed 
m e fact of 
any years, B 
e done, furnishes us with 
a striking example of the great power which heat and 
oisture exercise on vegetation in a climate like that 
of Cornwall, ha the temperate is mild, and the 
degree of humidity exce 
The third instance much smaller scale than 
roe уко щей; ; in it will probably be oc as 
upplied by a Plant 
and a portion of е leaf on both s A 
Gis time the d healed, the =e rt m ihe base 
of the leaf carm: E of the same thickness as before 
the injury, while the edge X the outer portion g y 
mall bud close to the mid- 
thickened, and developed a 
i a rot i brous roots 
issued, and eventually a stem and leaves, as represented 
in the Sorgen tiu skete see months the 
perfect plant continued to in this state, with no 
other nourishment than what — e ч - leaf on 
which it grew, ке the a othouse 
afforde "et in ач ір ві ze, fla d 
leaf gra cfe ually nd exhausted, and. perished Д 
gether as aor as the young leaves gained the ascen 
ancy and d met a of the scanty means that had 
previously supported i 
n, a free = of the oo resorted 
to on all lp ipo € occasions, using of the tem- A i 
pera the or pit in n which dh the is are OES A, 
placed ; dui — DOT . l 
кее indications of flower-buds removed, 97 — e P I и рен — under 
points of the stronger shoots top; á e bar eet above the groun 
dwarf bushy habit, When requisite fg Wed mih was that Spanish Chestnu 
should be given into 13-i afterwards the ween 90 and 100 years old, and of considerable size, 
ens t continued as before. With due attention to air, | W eut down here in 1849. ith the exception 
r, stopping, and tying out the branches, fine com- | of its foliage, which alway yellowish, sickly tin 4 
saat plants will be obtained. A littl le observation will | there was scarcely anything else about it that indicate bish had ite midrib eut dett 
cultivator how far stopping will be beneficially | decay. 1 y sound, and ds e nocent, and formed 4 joung plaat at the part that 
consistent with the due production of flower-buds; when | youug shoots it annually made, appeared to to be p ap ў 
this is „the plants may be graduall, y hardened strong and healthy. No sooner, ho „ had th з о are familiar with the. practice of striking 
If the as before ants ps leaves will probably not l at 
plants are are required in bloom at an early period | for 10 feet high, as much as es of the bark this instance of the т of f a leaf, as itis 
of the following summer, say May, they should be ANA und the k was dead and reduced to a mere shell. {Шай hat lace when the leaves 
in heat b; the early 3 ^ precisely similar to wha kes place 
y у Im re f February, or later, as may | On removing this thin covering, the sap-wood was found Gloxinias are employed for the pur- 
be required; when the blooms begin to охра. the | to have a of decayed vegetable matte: шегем thank 7 Dal ii 
plants may be removed toa of through which a complete net-work of roots ex. 4 
e | the the 
iced joint 
n in h w 
; w | kablo 
: e : he vitality which 
roots, a larger shift may —— — ts pact $ in of tes |Y y d mp 
must, however, now be d. br d : — d * +: d^ niy К К» ] ones | Stances favour its 3 e 
or inclination of the cultivator ; but I may state, that reached the ground, the whole of the nourishment con- 
G. F is a free-rooting plant, and the flowers are | veyed by the others to the tree, must have been derived 
larger more | р when | from the gradual decomposition of its own sap-wood, -~ THE APHELEXIS. 
allowed plenty of pot-room ; if want of space does not second case was no less remarkable dri өмә Snortty after the introduction of this p it 
allow of large pots bein the ball of soil should be just noticed, It was that of a Cornish Elm, blown became, and has continued ever since, a a general favour- 
considerably rep in down by a storm in the iag of 1850. At the height n 
same-sized pots; in this way they may be kept in |of 40 feet the trunk divi о two main stems, and ment ond foreing of winter flowers, its blooms were 
vigorous health for jand a t, ere „ from 25 in high estimation for the formation of pert 
own or 30 feet high. r5 iuni For this 
ders in a warm room 
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