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likewise been a altered by breaki ing off its direct commu- good Apple. It is one of those that have produce in small pots; the e laced five or six n a М ineh 
nication with the last named portion oft the grounds, and crop t — m и іп the 8 collection — pot, ina light and very мададу lead ‚ plan 
leading it off by means of a short curve into the walk | Apples one tree ten has borne. It is believed | frame, with a little bottom-heat, ver ery sparingly ны 
which conducts to ће American garden, The dense that ples will not — long this season ; some of giving air every day for a short time, to exclude damp, 
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mass of shrubs here, which formerly shut out the arbo- those in the Society's fruit- room are already covered | and carefully picking off “all decayed vu 10 about 
retum, have also been thoroughly opened up, and E with a kind of mildew, even although the room is kept three — will mostly — ' ld be 
ground turfed, the effect of which has been to bring a dry, and has lately been well whitewashed with lime, immediately potted ; when well establisiosd, they should 
large portion of * — into Voi and to m more аала ͥ— be hardened off, and kept im a eool airy frame until 
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Of plants in pert open gi hat. which strikes. FLORICULTURE. "er 1 i beli cd 
every one at the present ti me' with admiration is the 2 aa |, non. The only open prize, we believe, & ester, 
magnificent Gynerium argenteum, = won oum en off S Thavefound the fol- W. тозе and the 21 te Mone pi asd: е5 
which is now in blossom іп the Am n gar f shelt | беча 
forms а lange tussock o P long catis hard- skinned, preferable E putting them ina retest The he pianis SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
dróoping, serrated leaves, ong, iue ong which spring do not draw, and the flowers do not lose their character | re rea it L4 AN ei — ien vat oe E dae 
some 18 or 19 tall flower-spikes, surmounted by great or —.— pale which often happens when they are care of. d 
loose silvery panicles of inflorescence, which are exceed- | confined ] atmosp | —————— 
ingly ornamental. The only thingto be regretted in of a greenhouse. If treated as I shall presently reco | Mis cellaneous. 
pe this fine plant is mei diffieulty of mend, they retain their foliage and prolong the — The Use of Fruit. — Because bowel complaints usually: 
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sunless for it to ripen seeds with us. Such being the ——— of either condition; the plan consists in with in greatest variety it is inferred, according to the 
case, nothing can be done in the wa of ——ç it constructing a skeleton pit, by means of cross spars and | pos; hoc propter hoc mode of reasoning, that the one is 
till ripe seeds shall an thé obtained from the country | | uprights, the height of which must be regulated aeeord- the consequence of the other. It were about as reason- 
where it grows wild, and we understand that the ing to the height of the plants which it is intended to | able to attribute the occasional occurrences of sea-scurv 
Society is about to — steps to import мерин It shelter ; the ends and sides should be left open, but in ‚ avy to the use of Lem 
may be oe пана that persons їп correspon- | in the ease of severe frosts, Russia mats secured to the | Potatoes, These articles of diet аге powerfully anti- 
dence with Buenos Ayres may. easily: secure seeds for cross-spars and fastened to — uprights down at the | scorbutie, and so are —.— эў anti-bilious ; and 
themselves from tee where it is well known under surface of the ground, woul — protection; at diarrhooa, dysentery, and cholera are complaints in 
the name of the Pampas Grass. It is perfectly hardy, other times the mats might be d — with ; the — MM alkaline biliary secretions are prominent 
will grow 1 s lights should be kept on only at nights and in ae conditi cases of dysentery, ob- 
garden havi ing beer flooded with water nearly the k weather ; buty in very ro ugh weather, they mus — and liver disense in Who have 
of last ier without apparently sustaining the fastened to the eross- pieces with a bolt. o DA — ong resident ‘jn tropical climates, and, from the 
te | plants, if well grown, show — — — better history which I have been able to obtain respecting their 
rations, it may perhaps be interesting when on the ground; and, if leggy or otherwise. ill- | habits of diet, I have come to the conclusion that these 
es to iue that the thermometers by which the shaped, deféets of this kind are in a 1 measure diseases were induced and aggravated, — by the 
state of the weather is ascertained here have been со concealed, in addition to which a dry cool bottom is light vegetable and fruit diet most in amoag 
moved from the arboretum, я they formerly stood, peculiarly well suited to their req summer | t] „ mildes, but because Englishmen — carry 
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not only — and Res pots, and later still for speci- bit e large quantities of nitrogénous and carbonaceous 
dau eir being in the way of "гт! пен Med bue — — — ums; it would both|food, in the shape of meat and wines or 
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and it is on the same level as the place ted for wintering J — Lilien, —.— and other hardy Nature. It is well known that, though large quantities 
— arboretum. | plants in pots, by plunging the pots in ashes or | of animal oils and fats, wines, spirits, and malt liquor, 
collection of Chrysanthemums in pots, which has теси them in straw or dried Fern; the latter, which contain a large amount of carbon, m con- 
hitherto been standing out of doors, is now placed ral | [vise t ean be procured, is very superior to ashes, as sumed with comparative impunity in cold climates and 
the large conservatory, where they are intended not only resists frosts but keeps the pots dry and the in winter, when the carbonaceous matter gets burnt off 
flower; but as yet only the little yellow C. Henderson, pes warm. By such treatment the plants grow by the — 8 exereise and — ; in hot 
and one or two other small-flowering kinds, are in stronger and flower finer the e succeeding summer. N. M., | climates a summer this element gets retained in 
blossom. The plants are dwarf and leafy, and denda | Ki ngsdown. the liver, — ultimately gives rise to congestion of that 
а good display; they were struck as late as the middle Солона oF — Horrrnock.— The soil most suitable | organ and its consequences—diarrhosa, dysentery, and 
of July, and after they ha ipod established in for the growth of this noble early autumn flower is a Ре ха pes Though in extensive practice for 15 
3-inch pots they were transferred to their flowering pots i good | years, in t ; 
at once, a ча which has proved perfectly satisfactory. rich garden soil. Previous to planting, the earth should | I can ono emember an — in which I could dis- 
Among ot ther plants in the bed, the orange flo we red be trenched at least 2 feet deep, and liberally mixed with | tinctly trace any very serious disorder to fruit as a 
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n it should be done early, i in t the roots to де et | chief from the amount of unripe and acid trash often’ 
some nette in flower, which had been | established vef severe frosts set in; but plants turned consumed by the children of the poor. I would not be 
sown in August in the PE m taken up and ан; out in March . аў аа — and equally well as supposed to advocate either immoderate quantities of 
ght ard in I. sho those ted in in ‚ the plants having been — the most wholesome fruit, or the indiscriminate use of 
; however; that some well тоной. dung was — | growing throughout — ‘winter. Care should be taken | unripe or ill — * a But I do contend, as the 
in the b icut i nce, n not only i — mod 
the roots will be his and well supplied with good Tool. and — supply of liquid manure during "the grow- quantity of well ripen ony or well preserved fruit harmi: 
In the ore t, all fruit is now gathered ing season earth v mutet loosened less, but that it is highly е . — to uet heatth of 
- the fruit room „ OF Pears were come good uchessé round the T: When the plants have thrown up people, and especially of children, and that it tends: 
1 Ke of this kind from pyramids is not ee about 6 inches nich, the latter should be to prevent bilious diarrhoea and cholera. 1 am in- 
№, rge as from walls, but it is indi! better flavoured thinned out, leaving not more than — spikes on a clined to view the rà eis of fruit in hot 
tan that from the latter. Pyramids also suit the enn plant, and on weak plants not above опе, | climates, and during the 
| Chaumontel well, owing ib 2 peculiar mode of growth. staking each spike separately — about 15 or 18 it longing of people, especial of ehildren (in whom 
| é Diels are now get ; ripe, as are also examples | inches hi To obtain fine blooms. om laterals should | the biliary functions are v ve), for fruit, to a wise 
| of Figue de Naples, a на having a flavour some- be eut away) а and the flower-buds thinned out if too provision of an ov vulg an nd e Lg Prov idenee, 
what resembling that of the Bishop's Thumb. The petes crowded. The Ho cot ck is im its beauty in the | which generally imei the remedy side by side wi r the 
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Suffolk Thorn is a small Pear, atu after the manner | month of August; but a succession of bloom may be disease, at a time when Ше biliary system 
of Gansel’s — — t, from which it was raised ; it is | obtained until about the end of October by later danger of becoming disordered. I have gene 
e S year it is e atery—a quality planting. Immediately after the blooming season, observed that children who are strictly, and I think 
ich unfortunately 1 most Pears this it is advisable to cut the old flowering stems from injudieiously, ау B — use of fruit, have tender 
Poire, a Pear, is now ripe; it is the plants about 6 inches from the ground; "n bowels, did 1 I have at they are almost 
атаме, на fruit petes at the "S. and stalk, and al October or early in November to earth up the crown | universally pallid ; while, on the other hand, children 
dee! deal of the rdg iy c^ of an Apple with silver or road sand, which prevents too much mois: | who are allowed a moderate daily proportion of sound 
for feat tei 1 Cadat ture getting to the roots n the winter months. fruit are 
en; this sort has An occasional sprinkling of soot and quick: lime should I therefore imagine Ж coe 
y of pearing n кунан ven to destroy slugs, which are the greatest introductior 
чай, a0 oak: coping a "Ирей 1 Feb- е of this flower, and all decayed leaves should blood, system. When 
ere w off to prevent rot. Early seed will pro- country, with the pig ag of a large garden and 
“Bourse i os Сааба usually bears duce young plants the same autumn in which it is plenty of gr I ban с 9 сна 
in bad seasons, but this year it has not been gathered; it should be sown in pans in light sandy soil, | proportion, р mip to treat them 
ve as usual w s Beurré Gris апа plunged in a frame with gentle bottom heat. The either for ptions, though ery 
handsome тре? te it was not mould should be moist at the time of qowing, and not common opinion that eu cutaneous ә are often 
ripe, anid therefore, nothin hg сап be said respecting its watered until after the second 1 formed ; when brought on by the too free use of fruit. On first 
quality, D» Mic phasi Archange, another new E is paraw enough, the plants should be transplanted into pem 5 Ae family to town, — — — — 
not g mall pots, put into a close frame for a few days, on off, two or three of the younger on ted with 
5 may however be bette on —— blished hardened off. "hey shou ould then be obstinate the 
vod X season. Grai Michna, a small new variety, p not transferred to a cold frame, giving plenty of air in perenne odes of medicinal treatment. NYC — on 
flavoured, but it soon decays. There were ag | favourable weather through the winter, and in the month the subject t afterwards induced me to give a good 
‚ flier new kind they were not in a condition of March or April turned into the open ground for proportion of fruit every day, as Grapes, Oranges ripe 
liit of wer merit being ascertained. T may be sown in the open je oa th &c., when all the symptoms presently subsided, 
T kind called Green Balsam, a kitchen | be in May or June, in rows or drills ; it will only ап 1 they k with 
a very great bearer and a require hoeing and thinning, and may remain for. complaints or skin eruptions to any noticeable extent $ 
r good kitchen kind i + blooming. This plant may also be propagated by | The editor of the pem in enisi vert rting on the “heat 
Yorkshire Apple and a good ol | of 
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were some good specimens which may be taken from thé crown of the old root, The tender age of ер! all t 
" Seedling, & sort which is much | when the ioo tis about an inch long, in the rem = ТЕ? completed their Puy н 
А ———— it requires little sugar in cook- | April or lay, or by «aad eyes in hei shoo d iy кїр e the 1 — L of "amd эу 
mg dë Tarik bea deteee | bad and August, taking care that the is ufficien in e g cau К. р бойун," prrevnited: 
in, well known to be a handsome and hard, but not pithy. The eutting ns 
