840 THE GARDENERS’ Se IM 
ious degrees and fort f monstrosity. This oecur- Recta 
масс i Seba ma Calendar of Operations, 
— stimulating. 
ead of flowers. 
_ рве, 31, 
the tree to the production af M ins (For the ensuing week.) | turned over, and where draining, road-mak 
It should, however, be noted, that neighbouring Rose ea агаа токе is in progress, let it be forw NZ, OF Other 
trees, growing under precisely the same circu 8, | LANT DEPARTMENT. frost, that more time may be allowed for 2 during 
but of different species, produ their proper "flo ;| Tae severity of the e present weather eg render fires 9 when a change takes place ^ “ry garden 
with, however, a prevailing tende ency to abortive Pw necessary to every description of house plants. We |i g every deseription of Talon == under — — 
growth, and the produetio the condition kno have in late Calendars adverted frequently to is then air at all opportunitie * Blass, alloy 
the “green eye.“ In the: „м in question ihe most | extent fire-heat should b е carrie, and therefor 
remarkable e — was that of a flower which was not again allude to it, bar nerely remind our r аасы T 
repeated e is, е e ех to. e 1 8 as possible with hard- STATE OF THE e AT CHISWIOR, NEAR 
hibiting sepals, etal " loured and scented), perfect | wooded greenhouse plants, by covering the roof with Forthe week as observed at the Horti veras : 
stamens with pollen, and. imperfect, semi-leafy carpels. mats P some ecting material Ithough out We түтү TEMPERATURE, — 
expanded i usual rounded: receptacle, door gardening is ät à dea lock, not so within, Dec. HEB —a Of the ОТУТ Ol the Barth, : 
fringed by the free portion of the calyx of its gene and there does mot appear anything 1 a re Me, Min Max. Min. (Tiso i Wina, i 
character, and supporting on its oi 'gin holiday in t rdeners'" almanac ; for air, water, Friday | dora кышы Бел. kasa 
within t numerous stamen ome of and temperature require constant watehing апа | Satur. 2: 23 3022, | 20793) 1 ER MEA "a 
rmost petals were — welt 418854; nor well management. in their application to the ts o; Money elt чз nb. ac » 597 „ ао INES 
developed h bat small aud green SF the: sides of plants, which, if left to Lm for themselves Тев, 526.26 | 29972 | 39-43. | 35 23 r^ э * 2 
the. , eup-like receptacle Asse eral hairy s sty these particulars, even for day, w will soon sho vow Thurs; 39]. J 90190: 2 z4 3 A $5 N 
crowned by — stigmas, of mueh 18 usual form, but tente holiday “keeping. i is with good cultivation, — — — —|———— | ХЕП 
still not well and with these im At uld now be pai various things, which с 136.00) 170 | 265/|-0600. з |05 
of a green colour, and baving the form of IPS will keep = — 8 ое at this inclement ,|| ao On TEMPO . frosty a a ч 
leaves | tudinally on themselves „ and many ої and will forward work onwards when the busy time — 025 Ртозу; hazy; cleara — 
9, 1 lR TA wal Т y ) ; x x =>əharp frost; fine; over 
them terminating in a frin awn Neither arrives. Soils and manüres should be spread out, 30 às| — ET ar and. frosty i куу el ata EL. 
the normal styles nor the leafy earpels had ovules. The to get frozen through, which. will not only sweeten them ee en eb. bers 
centre of —— exhibited a larger earpellary: leaf so but hel. y the larvie of insects ed in them. Intense — clear 
/folded as to inelose- one or. imilar though more | Pots should be washed’ and stowed away. Talijes and of the week, 104 deg è below the average, - 
- dekeate leaves and à wing point, 1 & con- labels A AE tied up € or use; Ч ie — "STATE OF THE WEATHER vi а 
»tingation of the stem. "This js point, gradually зорамі, in order and painted, As*likewise w. age During the last 2s.years, for therénsuing week, ending Dec. 31, 153, 
. dével towards one side two lanceolate de t| Lit of plants m made out, as well v plan waited m ac: 284 83 a or |. Prevailing Winds, 
leaves or bracts, witch? like itself, ‘as reddi e-düst; crocks, Ke. ady. АҢ, dan. бая | BRE Year [m oui Ж Le 
colours: „Having acquired: ‘about an inch in length ‘it nih al КАЗА m Deeper in tad weather, will н-т йт} & Senn ed. | ef Rain, ы, 
| Pits, and framen со ee PERSER cua gm -——— ^ 
— aud decurrent, not on the same — de from frost, ve onally.. adhat] Mee "a 30:07- “ta Hd 1 
spirally, arranged, and also tinged: red. Thus, a second: Page ope to асса odT | ййдий eee 039 |12 
flo ower — nall respecta 3 like first, except I 4 эз ЫС DEPAR ENT.. "M RE vi Thurs, 5 4182 dod 0.40 6 2 
zs list — a. | Daring 5 EARLY : ‘nia bal caution must be sed in d оши AS Fare 
| sitit air to Vines breaking during severe weather, | au Lad 
SEIT ABT Y sear during aie she pa 
of th te second; the. ү e withered, its 5 5 which, if possible, ph nid not come іп immediate contact. 15: anl ен чча г lowest on 
ing AWAY»; "it pos Second inflorescence, with the tender leav eep the temperature steady ; = "ther TT 
ebat * the e powers of, growth extended itself, m Бесе Е Y5 — — 
22 Ido zh nell a ee? but as the Vines esi: the humidity may be somewh 1 gt 
ES Xi braet, then swelled into a half- еў, or possibly some damage may occur to the No! tices to Со, de 
divi e, With five ‘sepals as in the läst, but —— пеш рел йы, d ices o Correspondents... 
Mie in regular hort on the Same Pane, and embryo bunehes, which in very damp houses are Qu elbe Ama — A- inch * return hot-water pipo 
"cabe 1 vt, anf ч [ IDA. "the end. а DWA * ч чч r purpose, 
We Dona vi onera бў dicii ee S SABE Té e c veru: e 
to The petals of this flower were numerous ih. thei ping HRS M ad 7 70 Ve ^l amount of bottom- “heat is recommended Jor Cueumber it Itho 
. — = tod sth lanedenaty " ud With, their respective Stages of gi Above a heat of the NM ICH me 9 
ini Tubs ↄ *ð rg a ry umerous, ДЕ — de present stor wil i = Moh n ырс : брану : St 4. We. think you mst He St 
2 the border; the езеп storm v in li hood ese e. — mash expressions w 8 81 ps we 
carpellary leaves and styles s sürróonded: & А larger in- ot this 2 10 Wen should be lost by timely addi-| 5? o-grea : e are, у inevitable. 
— оное point along with two fi il We mar aiiora p^tur such terms when they occur 
1 tions of fresh dung or ‘leaves, in opine a uniform any — than FR DANI unusual. English. latter 
pistils term by stigmas. | In this te t| steady heat. Pic А. В; Case yo d lt Johnson or 
Í heat: ACH SE. very he e you, could consult Johnson or Richa 
aer Caen whilst lz flow 7 the ute gi "Rre-heat "exce pt by day. den fe botanical; words, you, should look € 
smallest, e: leat-l do fall bean 10. 305 wit te i оет E | sary of Botanical Terms or his“ Vegetable. Kingdom. 
' racter most lost ; "whilst pond ie hairy and delicate, trees ; syringe e деш tly, but snd — й ines of bri ht теш Fis — G sire — vale mi i 
" n о i 
— the eon. [om ите and apparen tly anys, sprinkling пе Каша apparatus will parti ten ne TS Anon, Dr. Nylander's papers on Auts are published ia 
these three flowers in sequence ‘occupied two mon rete — Ba АШ b «ак Me moirs was obtained by Messrs. Williams & Norgate fora 
Qn. a lon gitudinal section Шу M point in E y “also, we «ma — s on e ers few shillings.—J T A. The ce found j^ 1 
wer was seen not to hav ер a rom the wal apply here b. rotected {ийан um ^ some canicalaris, or an allied spacie зету like the common hse 
ntre or actual axis of die Vista, каана ran | or o inr: : gos i suffered to tl 0 m, t fly. It is this larva which 18 gesasionally very Бает 
one side. Henee, both the i ar peduneles curved i perature b : éntly lowerelt in Ж b eii Дев the м — Intesjines, sò you must take care to use none 
ntes - т a Í | М , i 
50 85 to intain the flow ] in the same line with the | an excess of water is added at a season when na “= yes OF г зза EE hen Beurre Diel; B, Beg „Кон 
inal stem. In anotherimonstrüsity, in which two glass should, if possible, be kept dry. Bring on ©, Beurré Bose; D, Bishop's, rs phan; Е, & 1 
flowers were eed on the same continuous axis, the Strawberries деші у ; these will require air daily, не H, Kerry Pippin; K, mie Seedl come 
sepals exhibited a tendency to be compound, by develop- to be kept near the sini. matics 2 ie ar pop i, yide o m ut wl [tent 
ing imperfect leaflets. In a third exam he sepals : rere зры 6, 1 05 Ен p» or I1 SPU 
grown into 1 compound leaves, having two FLORISTS' FLOWE Nonpareil; 9, Court E Wick ng iris 
leaflets on each side the petiole, and a very e| Whilst we are LE е snow falls ara А omy Napoléon; b, Passe Colmar. PE 8, 105) 1% ls Meng T 
' inal one. In this too, where but one flower | Severe frosts a appear : now will and the Apples found without numbers were t 
heme aom c $ fth Mec i in, and -— Wine. || 
formed, the growing point started y a right | to attend to com А) 3 each — tha hard idis di os io liged reluctantly to 
angle to the original peduncle, and then, curving to | frozen crust should be removed aid aside, so as decline Es diy 3 y "але or other "ante that we venture 
bring itself into the e straight line, grew in 0 other po of the heap to be similarly " request our c — ndents to recollect — ins ge un 
у — osed. Should = = ther last sufficiently long, | or could have, w ertaken an unlimi йи apply, 
gr to 
Shoot, forming at its ‘Apex a good bud — 
' similar growth 
winter. A of the calyx 
5 occurred in апо : ity | 
do which I shall refer is, where the — ai d 
into a strong leafy shoot. In this сазе, no cup-li 
existed, but carpels were placed 
"disk-like expansion surrounding the stem, which 
| жэза little more than a] 
leaves had fallen. 
in 
| when well established, a 
m fies. longer, Pindola more leaf-like 
ve these last, five more evident leaves, four of which 
— 5 e trifoliate, were disposed i 
manner 
the axis, for the space ch abov 
whorl. Then a node d, 
rounded by six pinnate leaves, not qnite on the 
2 A yet not in e err nor eee spiral in 
-quarters of an inch fro 
the shoot ended by a terminal bud (vinter) ит: а 
ofu 
neq Th 
of monstrosity well illustrate the morphology of dis eus 
origin from leav. ves, and their 
tendency to take on ac 
carpel. Arlidge, in Annals of Natural History. 
is 
in a wet state, and we now say, by no means dig it with 
on it; for snow 
and materials 
Dung, 
8 for ma 
fex be wheeled on to a — 
it c will be a great silt gained sweetenin 
of the soil and t sara ion of insects go. By 
shut rs Aurieula frames close, at all 
i give an inch or two of It 
not be supposed that th d 
are by any means tender. A P 
i injurious to them than several degrees 
frost. The same ks will apply to the Carnation 
and Picotee. As for T Pink, it is hardier still, and, 
ts, for 
to broken enit ганак, 
epi Age IS Кр Re: The amateur will find 
LOWER GARDEN. 
NONE б genes any earth-work which 
may be in hand can be attempted in department. 
In most $e generally trees and shrubs 
da 
for a few years. pro 
5 lated to defeat, duris mii otherwise, the 
Beds of Tulips, A: e 
be covered with 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
t 1 
We told our readers по! t long since not to dig groupd 
Your gardeners, t to whom these remarks m 
genus is at present Mes 
at the same time as 
d 
over "- 
ho; from 
NURSERY WORK: ro. There is no se 
satisfied by & treatise. 
jects onla be m your inquiries can oly Ж 2 whole г tine T a 
nursery f а season. The ost likely to 
ts rare fo or mee 
vel — 
* Guide to — . — one Kite! 
accord 
space, во — be — 
heat fm walls, houses, or trees, 
the. night of the 16th December was 7° T. 
freezing ро! old double 
TRANSPLANTING: J Abell. You may safely remo 2 roots, and 
yellow Rose, cutting round a ball of earth to take it UP 
throwing water upon it in frosty weather, 80 ca ph 
ne a ball for "erem as you say you 
to some Pinuses a few y 
DS AND FORESTS: connie Reader. We cannot P 
buried will — айел 
Woops A 
anonymous communications upon this subject. 
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