30—1853.] rhk Hadhkkr&s CHhbid ойж dide | 471 
Water just mentioned, first by means of a raised stone | scarlet, is really a very fine variety; it makes one almost | by you mistry, W t the turf m 
bridge and then by a level iron one, pursues a — 51 that the ye for what are termed bedding plants | manures . "The 5 "Ends а ge against: 
devious course up the hill till it reaches the house, should so far exist as to all but exclude the culture of | them were made up in the Garden, e ground 
The latter, an irregular brick building, is furnishe ts generally, ially subjects | chosen—a deep alluvial soil resting - a qp enm 
its south and east fronts with a small but well kept|like these Potentillas. The advantage herbaceous gravel bottom. 2 was marked out in small plats, each 
flower garden, in which the bedding plants are aeeom- «зр ve over dum И pl g ha sg . iam The seeds were sown: 
modated in different devices of beds on gravel, the | than it is this se Verbenas, Petunias, Calceolarias, | on the 5th of May у, е produce weighed on the 
whole being set off to advantage by a smooth closely A: ndeed all “half. hardy plants that generally look so | 24th < November, ч the following results 
shaven Grass lawn interspersed with Laurels, standard | gay at this period are, owing to the continued rain, appeme 
Roses, Irish Yews, Arbor-vites, and other dwarf | almost unsightly, while the hardy perennials, the proper тте 
Conifers, all in the most luxuriant health. Containing | occupants of the flower borders, arè now in their greatest | Kinds n Quantities of Manures used, Sf = Woei s 
as it does large masses of Ameri qe. plants, мей gar mee beauty, and in many instances form a brilliant contrast | th the different Crops, Tops. only. 
is gay from early summer till late in autum with their less showy neighbours. · P. Antwerpensis, — 
sooner are the Rhododendro змя, of flower a К though not so vigorous in growth asthe sort just named, -— x n d рш Mb bee оо (round Cwt. Ibs. | Cwt. Ibs. 
take their place and keep up a considerable amount of | is, nevertheless, a decided acquisition; its double flowers | and turf mould mise, role cr. 
floral beauty till the bedding plants come in, which, | of vivid orange have a dazzling effect, more especially nips, p ts д 0 | 1 8 
together with Dahlias and Hollyhocks, bloom on till the if placed between P. Menziesi and P. bicolor grandiflora, No. 2. “De, — pet aee of ground, and| 
ost m. Among bedding plants were the white | where they show themselves to most advantage. P. snis iind ‘and "weight of manure | 
ivy-leaved Pelargonium (which pegged down looks | bicolor grandiflora is really a charming Potentilla, | No. 3. Do. do. do. Crop. 
uncommonly well), Unique, Diadematum erubescens, | realising, in every respect, the description given of it on Sugar Beet, produced | оо 84 
Tom Thumb, and improved Frogmore ; Verbenas, its being first sent — Uma of the blooms are as large | N° $ and — o following, "viz. Gand 6, 
among which White Perfection is better liked than|as a crown piece, well eupped, and round, and they manare ve сага: being at the rate 
Mont Blane ; Calceolarias, Ageratum дийн uas and | are produced in —— The colour is a striking of one and a half stone to the half 
other plants usually emplo oyed for maia series id combination of * and scarlet. Reuben = ten pue UR — SM e | 2 81|1 86 
beds surrounding a fountain and bas s fla with | Bab Rosns - One of the first ia Bed p * Bai е Dope 28 |o $5 
Roses, dwarf standards, 2. w ich, — га с. No. 6. Do. А ea Crop. " 
t des Batailles, 83 ч Butherland, "MUN ding Rose is that i should рт well up on “isfont sulk р гу 15 s 
. Prevost, * Elliott, William Jesse » Jacques Lafitte, be the most graceful ; one is to be looked down mats ir sev age semi: 
| 
water-close t, mi xed 
and La Reine, all of ‘whic h have been found to succeed the other ир at. If thi is remembered, the value of with turf mould, Crop, Swedish 
admirably, cultivated in this way, more especially | such qualities in their respective adaptations will at once | w 8 ei Y add oid o M do* 9 [me 
perenne P raven Mii blooms most ро! p^ oe te recognised. лу be, IF drops or prolong di Адар Meath Cro ырчы “i 2 КА 59 
as any; Aimée Vibert forms a lasting standard, | effect in a bed is entirely lo nd df a shower Uf vil Dus Beet Е “иы 9 8| 0 70 
and ste old — ы x effective in this мд On | falls, the accumulated m —— we by its weight on e following Ea and quantities of manures were 
walls were oire de osamene, Ophirie, Si- iile feeble фет б increases the evil. А bed of such s sure the turf mould which, in the experiments 
i donie, and Lamarque, together with some very fine Roses r give satisfaction. Scrambling Roses, | already mentioned, was no charred, with the same kind 
specimens of Cotoneaster microphylla, Wistaria, Jas- to be tener pet . — their season of growth, do not . 
mines, and Magno Ke. Two noble C i i i ig 
i d 
Weight of W ofl 
T ps and 
— 8. 
W eight ht of 
Kinds and Quantities. 
on, with | 
eentre of this garden, and near the west entrance are | ferent heignts of vem to suit the different “position in 
some of the largest Silver Firs we have ever seen. planting ; the d n the outside, the taller in the | 
They are exceedingly lofty, w ith bare stems, measuring | centre. I should not үй, t res ilts the ris son No. 10. Half square perch, manured with 
for the most part 14 feet in circumference, at about of planting. During that period I should have an eye m D T CE 
d, y rop 
Cwt. lbs. Cwt. Ibs. 
ris from the ground. Indee the whole of the timber | to the formation of the head, endeavouring to extend it Swedish Turnips oe. т ОТ $2 
„park, soncifing, В chiefiy of Beech, Ash, Oak, and | horizontally as much as possible. When once the sur- No. 11. Do. do. do. Crop, | 
Chestn has attain — a height not often met with, even | з i iy bed 79 4 — over-arched with age eric Mangold Wurzel mini, tos d c LR 
n. the very best so | be ood, luxuriance of the pla No. 1 tine Do, do. do. Crop, 0 0 
Kitchen n lays near the bottom of f the | checked, supposing (he kind of Roser ыу bé site Norb. НЫР petiti йаша cile эй 
mien 24 ee the. e = e canal, qh) main walk, bor: E nothing in the way of massing could more ben Stone of 2 arm-y i manure. Cro тор, 
" baceous plants, раев, & n the middle ur it, | tiful. This may be inferred from the effects "m a No. rwn rupe PL 6 "Vw 
an terminate їп a neat little fi 1 70 1 Тч in fi of single head of a free-blooming standard of any kind. with tes stone of sea-sand. ОРЕ 
Nen, 2 which consist ot Viner a Б 2 To get good beds some little time must be consumed in Mangold Wurzel T з. 0 
155 wells е пееме ле Я ne =} бз ав not the preparation. One must not be impatient. Young ege иде l Nett al Bo | 
Bout suited jor plants. was filled for the most and luxuriant plants will never realise all that is Swedish Turnips _ 8 а ои, 
part with 1 Pelargo pons among w which searlets were con- expected of them. But there is no reason why the & m as da reatest roduce to haw have 
Spicuous, some of them for ming fine masses of flowers. 3 еркен should ake 3 n the flower- | peen оман fr rom һал farm ont ma idi and the sea- 
he e-groun e proper place for E 
р поса. gargen 
autumn, kept dry or nearly so all winter, till spring, preparation, a ys s may be c ed there as well sand. Ther ade no doubt Ж peat-mould 
when th iv and were encouraged to n theb P 
ey received a shift 4 i being 3 ic 
ат — which e eee finely into n and | se eds i im which they нге - flower. Ба is 80 Reproduction “Of fl the Toad esp Frog wi without the inter- 
' uired, 
form magnificent pl the autumn. ~ mediate stage оў Tadpole. Ву Е. J. Lowe, Esq.— The 
magni - qe a e autumn. Опе there be attended to, mi transplanted in E rae fo llowing brief remarks * d à Pun a (Bufo v ral garis), 
: en. To 
nearly in perfection. The Vines have been renewed | ordi i bin d, and selecting оа them a and the Frog ( a temporaria), may 
i ial di 
(MP: SOR DA A pa 
brick pits insi e had young Vines plan in them, taking the n preca utions, doubtless arises lost 
hich were tted sm eome into bearing before the | of the disappointment in this branch of gardening. G. L. 
w 
sis PT t NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 14.—Mr. STAINS in 
have — at a m ^ state. F ар eans аге the chair. Тһе follo чл awards were made. Сегийемез of th 
0 i ч 
; n the beds the Vin it:—To a Hybri . gink 
“early E produce well ail they ean be gathered out of ечи ee with a x вора climbing roii and 5 formed 8 who has paid great attention to this subject, 
o the 
doors. forced more espe- lo Allee,, му зоба — with pale vat: езен, һаз е f p hol 
eially Guthills Black Prinee, which is a “favourite, and | having deeper shel centros, ag alto ether a very desirable the perfect toad in situations wholly 
which additi i 8. ht, as I have through 
To fo 
y НЯ & a “pm a rosy lilac kind, —.— ye send oe shaded with M ks are 
| f, c Modan dor ^ “Gre t Western, u full- times witnesse re remarks 
er. other ыи are emp 3 ее so oil — are 
a d, My present 
— e hee variety, —.— substance, and to show that MET frogs and 
— toads are 
igr g in is, however, r, maiden loam of the best qualit ity. snout. m bold жы having a i feld of ground colour. | reproduced in localities where it would be impos- 
-To To Mr. g, for s arlet Pelargonium “Glory,” a dwarf horse- | sible for the intermedi ole to hav 
„тв 1 trusses of deep, bright scarlet. Label і 
to Mr. Looker, of Oxford, for Pink ' ‘Parl of | ANY existence. 1 
to д 
use here | r main 
of 2 feet long, are cut all. the | Grove, d psi i — e me, 
and айо. "heri most most liked are the Long Mr. Wood, of Nottingham, for Del 
TET т prize. Melons are "also largely blue va riety, w with w pink blo 
н ‘Tho fest pit o them has been c eut, and tw had cut 
; 9er taining good crops ai y ripe. pi (Storey D tly siint 
pue sorts were Log TR, Green Gage, Golden gan aoe and Ra effe ones shad vi bye — noticed about the Cucum Poe 
eee ce Mushrooms. are | rem diu. M: Bragg, cs Lad pat in etes on the "habit 
4 — A ere. The beds are made in a 805 ~~ hich ie aig VETT these ws) to duos the uh унт 
1 co H SEEDLING FLOWERS.—. am 5 е 
E те dung (imaw am ni al) ates Uy vim d held in n Edinburgh for the exhibition of seedling fost ! flowers, we bode: ae e remained oe or four months that the 
loam, — жер * — . мр. б у wit the — awards wi tc cd Jertifica: y young o iani each nodo Toads would Hara to 
wate light- тї t- 
plenty of pn A, ie wan in due na — Keen Downie T illiam Hunt, Esq, | travel nearly 1 ee ate to x this garden from the 
0 teu p Rude na Seep il besides 
‘bea fair erop 5 but but Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots The: E 2 à 
more 
cially. P eas. з Cauliflow are abundant and good ; spotted and deepeni - ety purple at the 
| Broccoli TOM ? Vers, # 5 ха throat, Ше divisions oft the niet shading off — @ viol let hue. 
oung toads a abo 
‘| idi 1: ted rnd, foun Ends tits been 
h tire wa roun ng toads have b 
Shit ci bony bg eee en Зоров Th 
were Knight’s Protecting end] » onere uid very many young toads and frogs were seen 
М "an i nia ра ellaneous plan j 
A "a ah si эы Ney Peat Mould as 5 a Manure.— me i "oru ake p am month o Pa few dn might possibly have travelled 
respecting the relative value o ure is ta ^ rom a 3 a ew hundre Je s distant; yet it is 
ТҮР |FLORICULTURE: Er a Ad a urators Annual Report 3 strange that, with the exception of these beds, no young 
te} ; Db OE A T Garden, Малева, published in I be last : = The tena cs be found Чеге in the ge cg A number 
» and | experiments ordered by ostly to be seen ‘about these 
; the value of peat mould sre, be T T 1 IL out ki The. ground in the 
in accordance with the арори — oi January. In digging in the garden amongst 
