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ined gardens, and places sheltered trom wet, it J 
survive ed tha t oe 2 the at 
inst. a: last bas ux аан ti the garden 
files со uld be obtained — Fellows, т" 35 6d. each ; apd 
the Anniversary Meeting of the — would b 
held on и; {һе 2d of May, at 1 o'cloc 
Beblelus. 
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nin Nineveh and ee with 
trurels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert. By 
"А.Н. Layard, M. P. 8vo, “Murray, pp. 686. 
is no plaee for a formal notice “of the latest of those 
i ishable records i in w ie r. Layard recounts the 
Thae are, however 
ing a fe 
scattered through his =н in es ‘ew 
which eoneern even the ичи ызан In the 
first place the whole stub of his Sri онг — toi 
the probability of the — — ks overed 
in S Journey, and firs — Mr. 
i - Layard, pene 3d If so, we 7 — — not only 
of having gain 
corative — 
but of having even 
et 
at p. 1 
. lle 
been the ident * 
amulet of that 
n Meno to 
no other plant than 
eus. 
Brantii. Acorn of Quereus Brantii. 
Another discovery of ‘great interest i is that of a rude |r 
representatio: hanging gardens" of 
‘sla 5 fonnd | 
ed such places as fabulous, 
are at once dispelled. The 
the Corinthian 
— of Quintus Cuties, — of Bryant, 
Assyrian 0 whic 
t 
specimens of ne Nunroud timber are now in the British 
Museum, it is to be hoped that the botanical officers 
-— will der the wor fives it really is, or may be 
onably conjectured to 
Mo UTD, and the N of Turkey (“ Reading 
5 Travellers,“ Chapman & Hall), is a vivid sketch, 
y Count Valen n ше, of the history of those 
ian mountainee re t defiance the 
hole Ottoman power. Appe 
but highly interesting notes of thes 
Slavo PM an eo Sain нета 
wh cely know more in n this country than th 
they exist in Detern E whine 
— rand 
a. 
CEIVEDEN, NEAR "o SOR, ONE OF THE: — or НІВ 
UK 
at 6 feet in he ight. 
rai 18 »^ a 33 ot turfy loam and read m— nes 
all 5 fee Grapes grown in this mix 
und.to e. E fla vonr 
on the pet t houses, him are attached to the east 
de of the mansion, were some excellent examples of good 
elation, Capit tal specimens of the Tankerville Phaius, 
B 
bloom ; also ma arly ing 
together with shee Бы, Pantene. an and leas, 
me of the latter са. aa pyramids of flower nearly 
e had neatly — y imer: that, ang 
shelves near the glass .hous 
rk," 
Grace THE DukE or — ND.—A nob " E 
in the Italian eie has just —— built here, in dhe have B lies ; trees as yet safe, bein 
room of the old one which, it will be тей, fortunately backward, Ther is, . — at present 
was destroyed some time - by fire. 1t is — very ehanee of good er 
on the north side by a st t carriage drive 460 yards —————— 
in length and 40 feet in width, the broad grassy margins 
bruptl dcm the мла There FLOR IC! - LTURE. 
— which sweeps 
t on the west side of Katy ansion, can be obtained 
Hight of ste - =з from this демей €— to a 
8 feet wide below the entioned, 
t high amicti —— with 
m walls is e fee hly 
To the — of this is open 
e the 
openings or 
reat portions of the — — this дерш | 
etreat are wx etuer нй with Rhododend 
— ancien shru 
n 
of the walks. tly 
improved in appearance within the last few rs. 
The ‘flower garden is ‘situa ed he east side of 
е | the house, and is laid out in groups of Seer И beds 8, 
which are occupied at present with b In summer 
artificial or natural, Miei served admi- 
ы un destroy the mo monotony of the 
Ssyrian: plains 
‘Nothing strikes the searcher for horti- 
‘cultural facts more strongly than the 
manner in which Mr. ard. 
the beautiful у 
Countries. The mo t Nimrou 
were glowing with the rich red calyxes 
of Astragalus “tumidus. The colours of 
+ 
when 1 planted wi with 
and ‘Caleeolarias has a i striking e 
stated to —— as ү" 4000: ue 7 fill it 
Under the ‘noble ace — luded to are the 
bee while —— some 10 or 12 
n the most luxuriant health, some ot them 
— as eee fe — 
“of 
important feature at 
e 
a 
— 
— 
Ф 
t| with 
— 
CALCEOLARIAS.— Some seasons back these formed an 
r great metropolitan exhibi- 
— but of late years they have been but t seantily con- 
stented 
X think, however, that all who have witnessed 
the fne ruo of Calceolaria 
n Messrs. II on's 
шу — 
e frames are эйе. d on ‘brie work eben ЗЫ feet, i in 
ter ad- 
watering and general management. In autumn, I like 
my plants rather small than othe 
well rooted ; I place them in 4-inch pots, in 
es of one-third good friable loam, з 3 
from old pasture, one-third peat or heath soil, an 
— leaf or vegetable mould, well mixed together, 
a quantity of silver sand 3 good drainage is is indis- 
— new ала ‘as 1 require, І et from 
nurserym as J can in — 
the winter months is the | plants tappe wu кн 
pensable. 
— — 2 feet in eircumfere ce. These w 
from Mr. Meredith are 11 
beeome matted with —— he takes out about 2 
* WM xmi 
Aviv vi 8 
H 
many —.— sueceeds 
sehen i 1% ite blue to red, lilac 
s ed lea 
 shotild be pieked: off, and they — be — protected 
all — — Een iique If the 
— the 18th Ap 
ае “vas as bur 
was to flowers of — 
yellow іше, а and the w 
with them, 
— luxuriant herbage and 
I never saw him so exhilarated. 
е: (delight), he AD oo 
s s mare waded ugh the 
= the aco of 
gold 
brightest | 
Grass or 
them!?“ 
р Ghaour, — the Kurdish Al of 
X vh d ps, кашы 
һе climate i is so bad 
n between t 
.| The 
* What 
ny 4 
.in thumb — emperature of 65°. 
so after after “they белан filled: their- ‘pots: E roots they ; are 5 
Six parts 
— loam’; they are never — tu — except in the 
— into bad — The 
‘the: and m 
— of a low 
In the culture — 1 Meredith is very 
; he considers 
ned. | post 
— 
ieh 
en — 
1 ‘continue to re 
r iL get: 
‘hough, as a matter of course, of great | in. 
and weight, they are easily moved to and fro by 
truck. 
t bad poliey to . — i 
of one-fourth loam, on 
mould, and o good rotten 
мет 3 with silver- artus as before; and during 
succeeding months of ing do nd 
F 
— 
with 
tes fried in butter, 
NK му interesting fact is mentioned with regard 
the eons 
Mentioned in probably ове of. Ше man 
f Kruft in Sled spring, ‘and bi 
меп пеп 
are transferred 
"теу" — ‘then — in a — moist; 
‘to their ‘fruiting pots. С зној |: 
heat A 
J. 
until the woo 
eh 
with fruit, 
Lebe, byt the 5 dog who built the edifice ; ve т: 
ЖО, 
— ures’ 
з cs е roof and floor: of the building, like — 
pa of Solomon 
Cedar of Leban 
— — cihan, is generally supposed, and сап 
th 
An n interesting appearance. 
imet 
, were of this — eee Blac 
кыт thinned. The front . of the ‘Vineries are set on | be 
-arches ; 
the Vines 
sit has acquired i in: this root there as well a as out. The: borders have 
are planted inside, and allowed to 
— 
if 
iita thrips (the greatest enemy 
siia plant), as — ho loss of the old ante.) is then the 
fly is als 
е ^ and — aay 
en, andstruck in the addi: 
i : : 
will — fine — 
‘As regards 
oo much 
‘country, 5 point well worth determining. Sin 
waters o 
