70 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
to convince them, | the Tur bars by m of small hold-fasts of the same 
ds pee И уа on my o ini ast | i ; the w water rom en op EUR was ae 
ttom into 
1 struck nine eyes from a Vine in House i i No. Ty Му at м the бон 8 e 85 n bí 7 nen. re P= or tt 
in No. 2 (where they coloured e into the gutter on the outside 0 house. 
peel e PIT P result i M ru 155 éffect has been quite 3 for even N bir 
d Grapes. I place à four of them on the|this very wet time we require to water the ene 
n house No, 1, by the side of their * ts, twice for once before the ага was effected, 3 * gs 
and tikes I also obtaine * black Grapes, whilst and we can sprinkle the paths now and then, thus | the females sing 
fruit from their parents was not so. I plunged Your renewing the moisture in the house without any bad | retire ne ae Ж 2; 5 
others of the same sort in a bed or pit of leaves, in effect to the plants. Nay, on the contrary, I would | ppear agi D eu &- ө te: had 
house No. 1, and these of course having the same t-| with much good to them. After a fair trial I am of | shot one we ghi а RA = seen in the 
with the exception of the roots or pots being | opinion that it would be well to have all fruit and plant neighbourhoo 0 r is ** in ege ne was taken 
planged in the leaves, were what would be called by | houses furnished with these small zinc gutters when first | after ha aving X atta pi mA . It lived many years 
e Red Hamburghs. Now, as I stated in my first | put up, for the extra expense would be trifling in com- afterwards in confinement. It ate sparrows and 
letter to you, a constant circulation of air was kept up, | parison with the great benefit to be derived from them, | as well as e food. At the beginning ¥ *. 
a proof that the evil did not arise from excess of fire- more especially in КЫ сазе ћи bye roofed noe d in present century, Mr. Nash says that he had s 
heat. I to direct Messrs. i ich most gard 
en of bust in a single a H- 
' i А ; i lk. hor alluded to the fas 
attention to the fact, that some were well and some this plan would entirely rasen except i ot Thetford, in Norfolk. The aut › the fact 
badly er iadi ж the s same house, when placed under broken glass. J. as et ouse Gar ir dens. that Dr. nts ar had described the male of this bird ag 
ff i the roo IU еў ar T 
recs. gu j 
also refer to two Vineries near here begun to be walking over A ty in pom parts of the kingdom, I | was supposed to carry the water about with it to supply 
forced at the same time as this, which ripened before | have surprised to o many mutilated wall trees, | its ace! in the arid districts in which it was found, and 
mine, the produce being well pro although having| many of the branches “of white l have been eut away also a means of defence. A preparation of the 
та уча bent I am quite aware of the in imt ees of disease and decay. After much | throat Eola male bird which had đied at the Zoologie 
truth of what Mr. Watson advances about the action of observation, І am induced to believe that more than Gardens, was exhibited, in which no gular pouch could 
and also what he asserts as to the effects of а half the mecblef f is the result of careless pruning, for be dete sano 0 ^ anatomists had also looked for this 
nen night temperature ; indeed, his opinions in that| in ka cases which I ава І have found short | pouch in hor, in his work on € 
re those of every intelligent gardener. А free | spurs, fruit- stalks, &c., that had died the previous year, | Birds,” had 5 Dr. Douglas, but he was now con. 
ааа of air-heat in реа to light, never over had Һ been 15 at the time of pruning. The disease thus | vinced that the description must have applied to som 
cropping and keeping the leaves, the digestive organs, | desce xig he branches; ultimately the Med x other bird. Mr. Gould exhibited a drawing of the 
healthy to the last, are the principles I have acted on ; | becam Абс, and death was the conseq I| Australian type of the genus Otis, and stated thathe 
I am quite satisfied with my Grapes in all respects, | wo dd par XE iai warn young practitio onere азе had failed to discover іп that bird any pouch, such a 
pom in the matter of colour; and taking all things this evil. Where a branch is diseased, I wo 9 had been described. The A lian ae 
considera аш 
tion, I begin to think with * M. G.,” that | mend it to be aie away, So as not to leave a eas of the excellent eating and in great abundance, and 
it is no advantage to apply artificial heat to the roots | misehief + for where even an unsound fibre is ler the so sid had principally subsisted on them for severi, 
of Vines, at least it 1 N to 4-а erfere * with their perfect | deca, NA will spread, an and i St o eruit i A7. ecom bos sd 
ease of. my Vines, ni in pots and the | as are rd - 
main Vines in each fiae histo, appears гут that which ае to the phere of Pwal trees beate IU. Se harm ee Адыл dpi orient 
8 but I am trying the matter t yd this year | bad pruning—such as unfavourable situations, soils, | written for macrocarpa, and Symphytum officinale for Mad 
ler, &e.; but still I am of opinion wr M the The former, which is € will not open, even in Dot. 
Ider. urrey. r 0, Shire; fo ora month to сый i 
itt ^ Seren. А ded floors for the living GE | 
Period objectionable, as they cannot be gleeted ered un- 19 d 
without a great waste of time. one | important, viz., the covering of recently pruned trees in 7 
in my kitchen, чы i intend to have paved over with froity weather. то is ашы of но evil, for the 9. otices of t Books, xc. y, 1 
icks, as the traffic necessarily causes it to look at all | fresh wounds are easily injured by frost. Hickling. Р | 
times dirty, and it rag in a short time worn out several| Fall of Rain at A RAE parish of Westerkirk, 4 Reply 10 the вант. - Lord vieni "1 
Cocoa-nnt fibre carpets, О. P. Dumfrieshire, in 185 m — omm adis - and Co.), is 
5 де hav. of the Season.—tIn addition to the examples Inches. Wie Days. — most casio rcm di 
y | эў ес bd. wee hss BD. lees one 28: 1 
, T Beg nities 2 ж фол» 
the pretty p Corydalis е gore which I fui in April fe ae ae eee 3 of its skilful argumentation and polished lan 1 
full Mower on the 16th inst, This is, I believe, about rd 6 Duyers Principles and Practice of Hyde I. 
o in E . . Qui, MeGlsan; Оно) ha e 
; ep nts ennmerate n your pages as having been BAUEN (our low cle LORD CU. oS ү м second edition. We have e formerly noticed юр wo 
ound in flower at this time, are, I a oa то- Spender. , , 7280872, 771. ^ (dd value to all 
дейим of * с да еп ; м far аз m my observation has 7771 the principles of draina £l и 
ink a great many wild flowers have yet : 
November ... m - bt ee ge, ада the mode of 
December ... sh „ » М. 28 them out. The work is too technical for к s 
VOS "mns b і 
been F 197 pe 
се w ich would aet with much more fund rom the evening of Monday, — 13th December, unti cti 
ien iân in gardens which are con- the forenoon of Mo the 20th, 7.50 inches fell, | the velocity of water in them : ha 
nf f ears proceeding farther, it may be desir " 
notice the most suitable form for the 
rom th 
ber 
"are Most Леју to find the Previous to 1852 is 5.01. The average annual fall for 
Tett liie p ped in dry, strong soils, which is e last 10 years is 58.72. Fall in 1846, 68.71. During 
exactly the situati situation best adap l to ЫЧ ie рейт Hle — Whole of November and December the barometer the hydraulic mean depth of rivers, it wou 
Fumitory above mention oned. Ilott, Bromley, Kent. da oe PNE high, being seldom below 29, until E that the form which offers the 
d Diseased. Potatoes Luminous.—On passing by a place | the forenoon of the memorable 27th December, when it in of friction, and which would give th 
dune night in November last, where one of our men had | fll to 27.88. It has only once been as low for the last hy dr veto. We cd, арада: the most a 
been washing some small Potatoes, some of which were 10 Years. The thermometer has been high for the de орен of the NIE 
К. Же тариз рне | 
| season, with the ех 
1 ot un - mien it fell to 17°. "те {еш much | and therefore of al in the leas 
өзү) the bright о exci found them to de some ogy the r since, Swallows return N fe the дасна Cru hice NND 
4 T 45 i E \ ken qe * ot April e and “the ev 5 the 27th of that perimeter or border, and its hydraulic raean depth 
З . гай oy s eard of anything of ; 5 upon 2th May. Тһе to half the radius; but, notwithstanding thi 4 
: Kind nd to know whether any ыы (T d rre ie as wet and s —.— as ever; already antage о e M, IE m: aif 
E px h Janam) v we have 3. iiie of ra d — ш. seems t, (Perceive yd is incompatible with a due regard 0 
is ave e C%%%%% e ̃]¶ͤ Ў е ees Or ability of ain 
a very o known fact.] in Poland, Russia, and the North, very like our Bedford such 4 a. ei s is 
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k,I rir dng — eeping very iar Ped dl Wan ^| Segen eae 
: , I beg to pl Jacquiniflora.— Allow offer a few | d and, being dissolved 
tice of using it for that | remarks upon'this valuable winter-fowering stove plant, slong and deposited where the ween? or ЫН 7 
with the be ts i =; 5585 managed, in my esti » Stands un- tion may check its s 
ng to th . Nevertheless one ever meets with a stantly recur, until 
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cely e 
: well- ai | 
оп | Well-grown plant; they are ll : ge 
"i ые and much en oF gcc good f bag the Tris sce í 1 0 eee yo cn to ber necessities. 
Рин» OF Drip. fn blossoms near cpg Мы мы. исо эсш aver of rivers, although they have been selected fi 
6 here I cultivate Bananas objet worthy of admiration, but how much more would | as "os sm city in the construction ила calculation of Ti g^ 
first if 
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h L admired if it formed ll-gré observed 
у | displaying its fine dark green аа foliage, С Ван drei е 
ue or penciled foliage along of mysterious — frequently sl the banks 
owers, How might such а ratio of four to three, vast й гает; я o stand 
* and i is the Mi oy “usually given, es pecially 
g 
wrong to thi a 88970 drainage, 
чке» т pe 2 both ways, I certainly give the prefer- D т Se tion 17,3 whieh t treats rag wa - 
АР Feo eie repite чаш hd meeer мш 
| am we to j : 
| , Jute akea unless clearly ascertained that t tho surface 
Sorieties. venting their waters from the most remote points 
T Жш» Br proposed to be thorongh-drained, at 1 
TAE Jan. 18.8. Brown, Esq, in eet below the surface, at the highest 
ev. C. Babington Babington, and Joshua C Eu | mains shall be at least 3 feet slow the lowest 
ron t ie ew imei the land to to be thorough- drained 
а small zine Nie" нфр А paper was read by Mr. , taking great 
е5 Habits and Ser dess or of the Great Bastard (Dia gg пайш sub-mains, or 
attached t |Tarda) This bird, which was formerly very 10 ciam oming water-courses which ma: 
Plentiful | to convey them parallel (if necessary) 
