12—1853. | 
equivalent to the fall of rain as measur 
ч he following table are — 
gauge. In t 
calculated results 
all Gauge 
Sm 
Large Gauge. | Inch, 10th, 
100th, 100 0th. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
od by the small 
the actual and 
ag ae А of 
e 
2 Ibs. to 
1 sooth of 
nch of 
1 Gauge. 
another season. During winter, they should be kept 
cool say from 45? to . «Е very little water и 
о the soil. ebru March, pru 
І 
removing weakly ‘shoots altogether, and i 
spec imens, trained to trellises atta ched to — 
care to cut 
d to 
8 
а 
effect this without further 
initi before — i 
necessary, the balls 
soil; but this will not be necessary gen 
end a li 
e. — flowering throug — summer an 
| 290 2 
132.14 
ropagation is readily effected by means 2 cuttings 
yonng w 
i 0.597 
‚ equiva lent. = the large gauge, d pe small gauge 
ead of .597 ; 
zn would 
mistake in 
person has co 
saw in the Chronic! 
corres "i 
of two gauges gave 
confirmed, Tam кез te Tesis obtai 
rain-gauges may 
be 
of the results кау although “ply I 
uch ‚эп error 
es ofla 
ct the 
The 
eek 
ndent in Pembrokeshire stating that the largest 
ese errors are 
rete from small 
experiments i in 
Law 
small 
agriculture, both are sot 2 accuracy. J. B. 
Rothamsted. 
soil, taking care 
little as possible, an 
plunging in a bottom heat 
evening, but apply wa 
, the roots 
pots; the " of the latter must be re 
and vigour 
it may be AME to 
vili genere | be found sufficiently 1 
of o s growth, and the plants 
ace n more саат in this size than if 
space for their roots. 
Where А ы 
it will not be п 
previous to transferrin 
bottom-heat can convenien 
shifted i 
them mo: 
ing 
very 2 — 
reach the s 
welv ve-in 
arge for 
to the flowering pots, it wi 
ECHITES SUBERECTA. 
ose and rk and sprinkle overhead 
r to ни, юй 
ide 
regulated b: 
e plants, and the after treatment which 
ord th t 
ch pots 
with 
I pieces of ten 1 
e perfect 
size | it was in making the in 
ba s the selected in spring i a rather 
soft st аы serted іп а 28 soi : — | placed i in a 
= isk pene tors the plant a 
undance, Cutti ing p plants, frc will bé fedi 
Bloom most fre 
— removing any unhealthy ar 
nerall 
in | 80 
to 
piy 
egards soil, — sandy loam and peat, in the 
proportion of three parts of the former to one of the 
latte free admixture of potsherds or sma 
and a liberal allowance of sand to 
ee will form a suitable EET 
for — culture of this plant. Alpha. 
NEW 1 Ef 
instrument 
my own invention, which will be — very useful 
| by gardeners in laying out pleasure gr 
ti 
1 Gardener at Ra 
le, | 
i peer in 
ЕХ Select 
| absurdity of үелер 
181 
————— 
16 feet long, 4 feet 6 inches cimi and 5 feet — they 
are divided by a 2 feet 6 inches wide for the 
linin 
mad ыма fro 
, 
h Insects.— British 
to learn that 
is co course a ma 
terest. 
ions v. Collect — мА и etables. — You have 
rrace | frequently raised your v condemnation of the 
+ m such à —— d 
acquisi ion was o 
uem 
3 
of culi 
© ery 
^ AM 
& 
| 
however stili 
ё 
— t€ = 
m — 
Y 
ines belonging to this where I| 
first tested — — the utility of this little in- 
strument. 
It — of an inch board of mahogany, oak, or 
there 
the 
ticular species of vegetable. 
o extensive 
"bs any one par- 
As I believe it. would se ' 
deal, 2 feet long by 1 foot wide (the 
ип» bject 
specimens 
will ng 
allowed m 
e plants are strong and healthy to start with 
shift re than on 
rring them to their [seen d 
be afforded 
fora уша | to 
or training ov llis 
in this ie way i Pli a 
ed to wires 
e board, 
e|may be fixed over a7 and — — ene slender 
thread from agitated by the air 
the | Brentwood. 
one 
ne gard 
right angi and its edges 
Exactly in einge 
and divided so 
wa ote which are subdivided into 90°, and for the sake 
of со umbered each way. Round the na 
ce | of the idee! is made a cut through 
four 
€ ich 
A fine saw 
keep it in its pla 
further — may be -— 7 sinking the face 
of the semicircle in of glass 
Home Correspondenc 
gA 3 obtaining 
Forein, spar —The 
this fine vegetable during winter is by taking plants 
from эра gr them in frames. 
dung or other means, by which a — 
owers begin to fail, or 
h will be the case towards 
n rri pees 
afforded 
Helle 
growth, and the 
rerage 
„ 7&° or 80° by day. 
are produced 
but 
by 
bottom-heat is aas up; but this. plan is defective, 
t of the Mx 
sparingly, 
ovember, do not give 
were liberally 
rather H 
warm 
temperature, after ll, tho result would be a second 
derangement of the for 
specimens 
out UL 
" bined efforts of geve reral 
Cu 
mic 
o form two quadrants, | trial 
the 
3 — smallest plummet, which must be — еч | 
ptedl | the sa 
| distributed to each person it 
. €. Lucas, | 
ur. ee ee 
— 
tive а each, and would greatly facili- 
' smooth, wn, height, strong 
weak growing, when ready for use, average үз», аг of 
mber of Peas in each, if indif- 
A|flavour, as many varie 
iried at the same time, for nes а 
tory conclusion as to 
of this 
8 
me would 
facts of the greatest value pur netus Henry ©. 
Ogle, Fridge — гоа 
ri in Lar a great m лб А to imaginejthat 
h, when in Mois zeighbouriood with Seoteh Fir, is 
never sound, as r correspondent * ват ? repre- 
sents at p. 118. The best Larch I ever saw cut 
Seotch Firs. In two cases your 
appearance, The чута is the method of forcing 
y —We have 
16 beds here | same kind of timber 
PR ИСИНУ 40; have е wood of Duk sud 
not plant ; instead o 
y be 
Ap 
