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944 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [APRIL 16, 
bertiana, and * ; a Cupressus, and two for speedily fixing it on to the descending pipe. 
species of Juniperus, addition, a small numbe 
X leder -— обаа plants are mentioned, 
ong whi be the evergreen Chestnut, 
тан 9 
STEAM-POWER Being now extensively used for 
cou it would seem desirable that 
pose 
it — 1 BS d Fire-ExTincuisHing Works 
wherever a steam-engine is already. provided ; and for the protection of country mansions; but in 
works would be more ample than would be | fu epit jewels; чечан: = оон productions o of 
hart. One would not fix fi 
essary for a a country establis ment, but the chie 
er|Supposing the fire to bre ak out among farm-|to 
bui 
being connected with the system of distributing 
pipes, water would be supplied to them. under suf- 
ficient pressure to throw it over the building or stack 
on fire at he first knowledge of the danger, and till 
The same description of works might be introduced 
nec y steam-engin 
features of the plan would be. alike dor both ; an |in the died ека to "am stately hall, but 
outline of ihe Portsmouth works may not, therefore, ew few suc ere are Ке ea proper apparatus |" 
or 
ed in 
superfluous. 
There being a scareity of fresh-water at Ports- steak power seems in үр to be the cheapest, an 
mouth, Sir Sauugl recommended that a large supply | the most convenient means of raising water to great 
Should be obtained by sinking a deep well; which heights. There may be, too, a few buildings which 
having been accomplished, he gave plans for pump- would be disfigured by a cistern on : i 
ing up th b so verful steam- this instance, b aid of professional skill, the 
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engines, and to raise the greater part of it to а |difficully might be often overcome, and a high 
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capacious reservoir ove r high buildings; from that reservoir constructed; if not on the spot, at some 
reservoir, to биеде the water oer out the eee rom doe 
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yard by mains as usual, and thus supply variou 
houses. and баалы іп the customary Say 
the plan di 
eeping ‘the apparatus in — use is 
essential to its constant efficiency : to what purposes, 
ffered little from ordinary | then, could it be — ap lied? Various 
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orticultural mses will immediately occur to intelli- 
„them at the same time powerfal fire- | gent gardeners : the irriga ation of cultivated grounds, 
g works! For this purpose ће devised | the syringing of plants in hot and greenhouses, o 
the auro ap emite e the main, at distances | trees against walls, -— Wart of many plants in 
of 120 va the bre i i 
E орна ub Screws T 
of | forth. e sha ing a 
‘hose, they en also roro with appropriate TEES for “horticultural buildings; sawing up | more 
“screws... The effect of this arrangement was that, o 
с., are 
the outbreak. of fire, а single. тап sufficed for he other purposes, „continua ily demanding attention, 
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screwing on of. a Ane othe nearest і re-coc attended, w uch expense for manual labour, 
then on turnin ock to obtain a large supply of in аси y y Diae But besides = uses, there are 
water, and throw it upon the burning mass in a estic operations 
powerful jet» In actual service the six hose that | W ld ter performed ed by таре ma- 
. be worked by as many men, inay than by Band, Tau ry works 
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were neglected to be roused ; the fire 
nearly an hour and a half, when one ‘of the lookers. 
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conversant wit e yar water-works, he ran 
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into the yard, did what little was пес 
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exiiligilshed í in T course of a few minutes, 
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Some inquiry has been made respecting a cer- 
tain fem called Prestoniensis, exhifi ited. by 
essrs . LucomBE & Pince; of Exeter, some time 
perhaps it exceeds a species of this favourite 
en he flowers are larger tham in amy o 
d; they have the brilliancy of cinnabarina 
fachsioides, and are fragrant, something like a Tea 
Rose. The foliage is firm, deep green, and well pro- 
portioned to the >. Like the rest of the genus, 
A m — cultivated, and i Would 
We observe that our reporter has mis isunde Fs 
the directions given by Mr. Lovesoy for PnEssRVING 
F avrrs, in the manner of the beautiful specimens et- 
hibited by him’ at the last meeting of the Ho rtieultaral 
Society. As his method of management has 
nterest in the eyes of many, We give his reip 
could ma 
were found sufficient: to extinguish several fires that | gling, and the greater part of the hea omy jour in 
: : i washing not the rubbing ^ of soiled = er А is true, i 
“were not thus ga dj he made a still further but the great bulk of linen requires little more than |! 
provision, namely, that e 40. ul fo 2 agitation in a süfliciency" eis ipi water, either рей 
wor it th, of tw lo 
it р пе 
engines ; by their means qa, was forced through business, the mincing m аваар of meat and 
the.mains with ийсе pow г to throw six jets vegetables, the laborious operation of kneading 
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of water of some inches dia eter to a height o 
ld „where the brushed and «polished; even many articles of plate | m 
e and the pumps were fixed, the interior would be as зт if not better, cleaned and bur- 
of the mills was provided on-every floor with a pipe nished» r machine-brushes than the same 
iaméter connected with the reservoir; upon | article could be Ў and. 
this pipe in every room was u stop- cock, and belo KS ius e —f. of the ‘above-mentioned 88 
it a permanently fixed Wes so that by simply turning ЧЧ to The! performed at the same time, 
the cock, water conld „ be еа, d 99 90 am e engine provided must pu super- 
any that might There | flu 2d poner 15 ats sometimes it would be 
was also provision by another cock for drawing Vif r th ance of its duty. T 
into buckets. By the a option of these ж үүн Б omit 8 ex ise. on an extensive scale e, 
desu r Castle has been saved perhaps from utter ів, SAMUEL,» — proposed that the water- 
estruc v 
orks at Shee should be arranged so chat, b 
Now neeived that an apparatus similar to a si eva, apparatus, they should be a . 
же at Portsmouth, oe ona — = would а 'oceas casional . — ; Me 20 years alter. 
mpensa į KLL 
sate for its cost wherever a 
pur s necessary at different part 
— ds the | y. 
5 A i quantity of w water for various aii "овла the mains in that yard with | e 
poses s of home means І 
_ buildings, "and it is cheaper to Pe that supply- by | nfi 
steam power, and to convey it to different parts by 
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pipes, than to carry it, by hand, that the м service Vitr sal * a metropolis as cap to|i 
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expense for fire-cocks is all that could be fairl 
rly to this de 
cg to this part of the works in adjusting them | rary u the ner the herein ud 
nt re. 
Which the steam-power of sud = ines 
Ber Ta ess a ercas vit Сез; 
and the | f Health | Took te to the ‘high: 
! small. то цо me e force for 
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rds. 
«Pick | the fruit from we stalks ; put them 
nto the bottles. Put. one drachm of alam into 
four uii is of boiling 5 ; let it stand til itis 
cold. hen fill the bottles; bung them 
then put oo into a copper of cold water, and h 
it to Be Fo depush Then tie them over wit th bladder 
and 
= Raspberries and Mulberries preserved in in this 
mp and transparent as » 
first sath poten: "The other fruit was pe 
ie 5 T. o X ris of alum, Mie 
pathic as account be е xceeded. 
A dn азай у rakes ‘the fruit hard, which must 
of course be avoi 
a GNIDIA PINIFOLIA. T: 
Tue delicious ee of this plant is of itself 
cient to secure it.a place in the most select B d 
but it is also a most profuse bloomer, each shoot i 
PT creamy whi e flowe e 
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their beauty; ; er 
njang al other "chris enis, ts, however; i is s somen - 7 
requi man 
eee puel t it is Plestiful . — cheap : 
to render this of little consequence, and pL" 
for the squid. of | reservoirs for houses, gardens, a zæ: farms е! afford | V!goro carefully 2 ing pot-bo under 
the да) when the steam-engine is in use, means of applying force to se ines examples; for when in $ hen элй user 
it датаў be turned from i inary same moment, сор, de seater shoul bel » — of beginners 
work to the force-pump, and thus enable a powerful | only occasionally replenished i in the'reservo с em еге isiple ts tocommente 
jet of water to be thrown in a few seconds 21 It may be N that the importance. ta ch OA тет they secure proper plan ible amount df 
buildings or stacks | that m might be on fire; but at | reservoirs, and of the means so long ago exem- = —— first seaso! 1 eae be in hani, 
pci — the e igine-fire could be got 2р, the plified at Portsthouth for pestering water a 0 ott jà = vp p ing temperature ла 
стя - e ney ur eo hold on the iir — bee cem outbreak ч ‘the ate been fu ster Г March ; but if obtained at the present season, mit 
the a ho 
pipe on every floo 
unsightly, it Tight be е provided with proper screws 
cases | Windsor Castle ; — there au 
e із kept in check and ex — — mainly by the pi pi ipes 
ee on va landing place in the Prince о 
the 
at Sheerness, of the of fami- 
uc 1 dy ips on the spot with ihe application of 
such A fire broke out ther th 
through which there were fire-cocks conn 
night, within 50 yards of the pm Wall, 
ected with | d 
who purpose t ea 
On receiving young plants, from the 0 
rst thing to be done is to the 
&e., = if this is defective clear away 
soil, injuring the roots as little as b 
1 sized 
inthe but in ease the roots found t » 
abundant active, shift into a pot a gize 
to situation temperature, a position 
ass, where = plants will receta Aer. 
is essen ion of 8 
the [operi is is secured 
