Te 
550 f 
UHR SR r 
[AUGUST 97, 
to 1 puis 
happy to accept several thousa 
any part of A and I ad carefully. plant 
I feel confiden one ж» rw haye no reason 
—If the stems of. the pla 
—— ular 
of —! ofl lime, o: 
n roots 
nearly all rotten and stinking ; ; on se several parts. of the 
bal Tn were — ane substance, as 
кейе» used by some gas, of which I enclose, 
ure ора г pe not in a — Bare to be inspected ; the 
lant hing. but good rich soil, G. B., Ru b 
explan e pre 
to regret | 
pon | 
ound them 
n 
tested in the quar 
aving i 
Royal Ls Аца Captains n and 
upon m efficiency. of 
or blasting 
in 
anner, and more pe pales than =e Po "oer lever- 
rowbar, because the severing power 
i rammer 
| simultane 
rries | Readi ing Tor 
A 
e | gruel, a y for jelly, and 
t | soli 
and Co., of Threadneedle Street, waich may interes jaa s 
moe people. What is ca alled bot E 1 p 
of them is, however, wretched tid ui 
cell 
Iv 1. * Thinking п, 1 youre of the Run and Read 
Library), is rican story, worth 
edited у the Rester of 0 tle 15 L 85 
Auerbachs Kake ian and Crescent (Chapman & Halls 
aveller в), i charmin tale ski 
well as gra cof] tran T шу d 
Lady Cu ok (Longmadi) 
en felt, 
countless mee a 
the way rof pu lings, Lob buen]. ori ue . 
food, furnish Mesh eR ough Mind esl 
the most fastidious pat 1 which | 
1аїп E Mis a 
gardening. is a rich sample of the kind. of talent 
о the composition of publications of this class.. 
arden Memoranda, _ 
GunnersBury Park, THE SEAT OF Baron DE Rom 
we 
es on Spike Island, last Tuesday, 
"p 
ment of ry ace itself, which мем ‘as if it had been |i the ing us | CHILD.— Since yr this place.in Ja 
ffering ong manures, and from water lodging making one action motion inst 0 The 124 feet in length of wall have | 
about 2 roots. The Agapanth likes water ees enough, | eartridge may have but one percussion cap, and that at in ot a narrow Peach house, witl 
but not stagnant putrid w. ts lower end, which need not be put on till it is to be | short sliding e roof, an. upri 
Lois. Weedon Mog o Wheat (see p. 533).—I | used. 4 До ean be pae cked for carriage with рокер about 6 feet high, the back wall being 10 feetin 
have stated in mphlet that my plan of growing safety, and -proof by g the mds he house about 5 
Ww 3 divide my field into lands wide. | varnis hingi dothermetal. | sashes аге wung by their middle on pivots, 
In the h lan p or drill my in | Three aaae 8 of this cartridge were move outwards ; and additional ventilati | 
о l 
| 
f feet een each triple row n the plant each of ich: succeeded perfectly. Inb lasting, in the slides, in sla. ane w 
is up nch the intervals with the fork, easily taking | ordi h a clay, pounded brick piers which support: the. frontage. 
my spits about 3 inches from the Wheat; and at spring if a es occurs, it is necessary to remove the tamping, be hen uir y means of 
uring summer I clean them with the blades of the | in order to insert a fresh fuze or priming, but with the and return 4-inch pipe, which is Aes along the front, 
sharp-cutting horse-hoe, and keep them open with the | P ion misfire takes place, it is only | immediately. opposite the eges i last spoke 
tines of the scufiler — year, i rt, I trench and | necessary to dro ort cartridge upon the one ае of. Two narrow. she in the o 
cultivate 2 feet and a half, out of the five, for the suc- | missed fire, and the Som of the upper cartridge will | run along the whole length. of the. E f conve: 
i crop, an. e the other two. and a half for also fire that below he percus sion apie ce oie nient е f ting Stra awberries in pots опу bring 
that ама pm, "E. One ate ach acre i wW — pi the cartridge, and them forward a * for foreing, ut е 
other moiety fallow, and the| charged with the composition. that lucifer matches keep them t late in the autumn, too 
зыб yield. of T. half acre is 34 p ls , surpass ed with, is the s that for А ri, percussion | which, it is well A greatly inju 
the average yield of à whole the co ol, Beamish’s | Peach trees are. fined to 
‚| Shell, illustrated by a 
f | appendi 
gram, No. 
ix to Colonel 8 lecture. on 5 Н ye 
Practical i r 
mendi some v ve been in use four or fiv | 
rs, and ey are as clean as they were 5 x 
which the ' made. Now, if they bad b il 
b not have been the case; the 
is provided for by a hole in the middle of the 
the edge. Water poured into them 
drains away perfectly —not. a drop remains, 
ent Po per e Bristol pots must surely | 
MIN. bes to the very cheap овез, J. Bester, | 
мч, Norton’s Blasting Cartridge.—The following | 
flat pearance W. 
„ d of i beds ol low pin, epe 8 
- — terrace in front 5 
otites of Books, &t. pee by Tom Thumb Geraniums, which & 
UI a terally masses of flower. They are TB. y 
Dr. Bushnan's account. of Bu Bitter ^ in edits and wintered dry. and а 
Beer (Orr and Co.), is another of the ingenious. forms | y year the purpose till мы? 
oda essrs Allsopp and Co. m uff | too large for the vases, when they are taro i 
| ale, of which devices the publie must, we replaced by young plants, We also Fem 
ee di ime hes heartily sick. d me standard Fuchsias, about 8. Íee е Sam 
12 ee e >: гавр вр Corallina эчү ; these priu бн pedo 
4 7 з Guide; t and ever y are rej ad fi 
Keepers Guide, are trifies, published by Messrs, Dean | T 3 
ourse 
which has been plastered with 
Е ment, an 
infinite n 1 whether the 0 in the * Mechanics’ Journal’ for Febru t; witl i em on, Theyhave A" 
eover 8 e land, or only one-half. Upon this and in Captain POTIS pamphlet. The ead d the|of t i aajma borne. excelent rps 4 beautiful? 
t I do not at АП insist upon others holding the car — is, in fact, a wooden percussion shell striking, epe ruit, the. greate f ды 
opinion with myself, but I must still be permitted {о | ог being struck point foremost. he percussion head, — but still sufficient. т remains. to keep up 
tain my belief, that the moiety of 5 feet is 2 feet or i ag mping, may be charged by dropping a few a supply till ripe. Peac be had from. бе 
6 inches. If it be objected that the roots of the plant heads of Bell’s lucifers into the hollow chamber, then | open wall. e trees ч — healthy, ; 
into rvals, I answer, | pouring over about a dra gunpowder ; the | they have made abundance of good b e 
itis quite true. It is so true, that I claim the fact as а wooden plug, fitting iy ge is then inserted, project- | for t ye t may mentioned 
security for never-ending success in my plan of growing ing about blow on the plug the | intended ever to foree this house; the hot- 
Wheat. It is the very essence of the scheme, that the| charge, bursts the. са ng, and fires the н, are merely put in it to produce a little 
fallow space should be so deepened so pulverised something on the 2 ciple of the brass and | nights and to keep frost from the bl 
that, while it acts as a drain on each side of the triple piston for igniting t man ou, or ünde т “Ip effect which the glass alo t 
row to carry off all injurious moisture, while it is con- order. to prevent the block from falling off the head of he young Wines with which 
stantly | posing, and constantly absorbing nouris rammer, a hoop of sheet iron is secured | now been planted, are making very sati 
ment ss pe (proe it does тон 3 tits lower end, so that it falls on as ша ears old have 
p Mako wp Дийн without exhausting like an extinguisher, or in Another | bunch . w 
— fim Wheat in rows l apart all over the field, | modification of the cartridge by which it is fired in t m А = nm M in 
yield, aan cases, occasionally centre, is this—balf the charge of powder is poured | very fine measuring 2} ins. round ; short 
e greater , what then! y average | into in the root of a tree or a rock, а moll К р 
yield is 34 bushels, I have had as much as 41; and this small pill-box, about the size of a hazel nut, and con- | good crop may be xpected nex next spring. 
year I expect Med and every year, on the same un- n lucifer heads of Bell’s matches,| Among à eer y for which Gun 
p sce м pes ^ „I bave a сгор and a fallow too. ig кана = a hide fine gunpowder and pounded g brated, the iest. Providences: 
Smith, ; is dropped on gunpow i of the | grow 
— — - de Will m any of yont correspondents | pow required charge is then poured in, and — — ting e Varas we 1 
orm me if such a thin white the blow of iron or wooden rammer crushes the They were of the Providence kind, 
Marigold “(Calendula ‘officinalis tA light orange I have | pellet, an charge, after the — and to weigh not 
„ but a white one never; which I think odd, since | Manner of the pellet in the percussion shell explained = 2 vie ed 
we have hardly any plant in cultivation that not | by di No. 5 in Captain doa : phlet." On : 
d a white variety. It would be very beautiful MINA. the es the experimen carried on with- 
ttractive—as would a white Sunflower. P. &. out using a triangle for sus а echa à sg block, 
Mangosteens. — Sho the Mangosteens at Syon pnd | in place of it the iron rammer had the bloc fixed 
rardens form flower buds, I w 4 mmend on jas passed through the iron rammer, 
budding them on the lower. small render * rted it in the bore of the rock. A rope was 
the trees тле». м ly managed under glass, and produce ee p. the pin TIE the men retired to a safe 
; üt о given do.in e ia ce 8 h 
opi tal Fear P. 8 а, spalie: nee nancy the rope r the pin, po 
en Pots.— Y r remarks (see fired it. "This i is a а ма way of soning the 
LAN on one pois, appear me to be qui rammer io the cartrid of the triangle. 
wo. baskets. Aue ne 
