1842.] 
THE GARDENER®D’ CHRONICLE. 
21 
tory culture. The grand mistake is in the npn fe the 
it in pots. So thor oughly 
experience, of th 
. futility of this mode of meg oe I shall not apn cd Pe : 
further than to state, that i differs * t little 
and noble h f flo ich are invariably obtained 
by the simple means I shail now agen out. 
: Situation and Soil.—A free. and air is necessary 
| yt alway 
; pres border, at in astern aspec 
most impatient of heat and Weone but delights ina 
q Roge or rather price "7 shaded locality, where it can 
ey § about two hou the morning sun. Light o 
rich compost are quite aeenteabans ; it thrives best in a a 
tentive Bese from a rich old paca - Pbicyes has been 
out the ge Daglte ow-ma Fpn or three 
@ qua er y of leaf 
and 
p Aaah to planting them d may 
sey it is required for the plants. 
er bog hs at the end of July, n 
e plants oa get well 
The 
a foo 
months 
have become settle 
Planting.—The 
later, for it is importa sae tha 
established i re the soil before the raion of w 
is nsec ould be thus proceeded with. Short rten a 
main or ta reece oot, as it i , to within about Goan 
inch of the leaves. that a few of the aes chen be fibro 
roots only may be retained ; with a small tro 
at the 
utmost importance that the Polyanthus should be thus 
deep rod for the young roots always emanate from the very 
top of the main root, and throw themselves out for the 
h 
mos rt In a somewhat c r manner, 
and it is essential that they should at mit meet with 
support, which method 
of planting is a see 
the common Po Fanti in as wrote exhibiting bunches 
above the Having well watered 
the bed, the plants require no pee care whatever, except 
being kept clean ; 3 Bs should be left entirely without 
Spice nif protection in the winter. 
9, &e. spring, as soon as they have thrown 
up hele bold stems, ‘int a when the pips Uginamedh are 
about to expan e wanted for of 
exhibition, or to ‘ornament ‘the stage or he drecakaaue ; 
they ma’ taken up with a moderately-ized ball of 
earth, yea Len" into common Aur icula pots, r they bear 
Water n mawét now be gan ied nthe freely, and should occa- 
sionally be sprinkled over the foliage also (avoiding the 
a for this is invigoratin g to the Polyanth 
b 
n bloom, w the ve been removed into the cold 
» &c., or have remain in the bed, 
t irely ee from the sun and rain, or 
their flowers will be injured ; 
and s the practice rath Auriculas, the smaller. and 
central pips should be — a out. that the — or 
umbel of flowers re niform and uncrowded 
appearance. When » bkidins is over, the sate should 
be turned out of ‘hale _— into the border from when 
they were taken ; here they must remain, without further 
occasional watering, till the end of July, 
the soil crumbled 
resent two 
pa plan as before descri 
which constitute a perfect flower have already, together 
with , been most accurately given in the Chronicl 
N has not seen an extensive.collection of th 
fin yanth rm an adequate idea 
of their extraordinary beauty and loveliness, when treat 
the a t these instructio 
seahak consideration to which its 
ree ee ge es so fees entitle it.—F. R. Horner, 
NDER this title we propose to introduce occasi 
ich a 
important 
as are we take a lively interest. 
r epotends life, they cannot but 
Have their value, however humble the subject to which 
‘they relate, - 
Ise, and ever found a peculiar rhb Pe in the place 
where Swe finds a home. A lov wers 
eaut 
for 
one day busy among fe wers, watering 
‘isa tying th m up, for I always like neatness, wh 
erson came in ; he had been a Levon and a fortunate 
one. He admired my garden my flowers ; he talked 
with energy on ahi subject ; Ma Mee hold = ‘them ee 
derly to examine t class and order; he showed m 
and told me that they were arranged in fam lie es, and he 
produced sry a thirst for Floricultural information Seer I 
was resolved to make gardening my trade. My parents 
gave consent, and a cH ta Bere ai and fond ‘hatiy 
mi = ~~ m home. Iw n from kindred, but I 
ne solic hope, ied 1 heey ahs amongst the 
aide and brightest of Paredt- 
t was Arps in the pd a of October, when I arrived 
at the ae which was sit in the immediate Mart of 
dar wetetaieh the nig 
and ‘ I entered the pons the paved court-yard all 
wa caute a lonely ; no sound was heard but the e 
The ancient tire ets appeared dim in: utlines 
still ark than the clou e 
udy heavens ; I never felt suc 
sense of loneliness ; the thoughts of lappy, merry home 
— a dear friends [ left there came over me, and I w 
wful for hange I had pe ere 0 
lights ae i e house, and s wful stillness 
reigned arou d that I was chilled into fearfulnes of all 
lonely places t ny foun e to compare 
a large 4 thes co cunt, when th Cosme, re 
left “With Hallorten Hall, where I then , this 
epee the ease. At last “6 saw a light “guimtioring 
in the distance, and to it I repaired, passing eae ugh 
solemn arches, until I arrived marsaingh hou 
stood at the door a little Mer ada what to ao 
last I knocked, and was bid n by a voie 
sud of coun: ¢ his 
cimens of plan 
confusion i 
ing. It required nc no felling. but I my once knew that this 
was to be my fut 
se answer none “ Yes, I “e he.” I then 
told me to sit 
ugh. 
I watched his features — e time, as if to read m : my 
uture fate is se aie rigid and fixed 
like a om I too tobk <dvantaye'tis about me while he 
was engaged ; his room was hun berse ont with shelves, on 
which rested rows of books and Files of dried specimens 
bound at tied in met cases, together with many papers 
; he was happy in the midst of his own books 
and the fatedande of the study he loved. After reading the 
letter, he eyed me with a glance so keen and penetra rating, 
at my eyes inthe struggle to return his scrutiny,and I 
felt my own 
‘ “Well, ”*he said, Fut andl ust 
attentive and industrious at your trade, you must be 
obliging and friendly to you xaillow workmen, for your 
uccess depends upon the south sectins 4 existing 
betw 
r Aa ey will have it 
n their power to show you ieee ah an I can 3 ms us- 
oo and obliging, and you will sueeeed—but be pre- 
umptuous and saucy, or impertinent, and you will rue 
sarees A 
. 
(To be continued.) 
HE sear eset pss came —wNo. 
E directions which we eek concerning 
the srbtedtit of gre te ouse sla taltchondy stents “oogtt 
ed to. Amateurs 
grow 
or borders ought to have 
ial seme ago; but “if in pa rae cases this has not 
been done, it may not — cae too late so. 
may be tied “3 and thatched 
oo 
or the same purpose: in both 
be made with Sees rod fs to carry off th ac 
should have a door on the north coal chant ange 
when the weather is favourable. Many things may be 
used for ve tender ———— lout or bulbs, such 
ferns, straw, old tan; ashes, will do if no- 
‘be had. 
little peg ata as well 
it may be proper to 
and for aoking any 
additions to their collections of capt, and also or 
tting those into a good bearing state which they n 
possess. If trees degenera' eg mee healthy or fruitful 
state, ny ae aoe et ca found in the depth eo wen 
of our friends have 
roots 0 ess of the soil; the remedy in th 
cases is a se ir amo one, oohieheras any amateur may sale 
rform. e trees should be taken up 
. F NO. I.-MY FIRST ADVENTURE, roots preserved except the more 
Aap an earliest infancy I e entertained a great love for should 
for TS—w the dance and the ntal ones which extend to an inconven ant 
my play-fellows, they had none. for me ;. L always | be shortened. If the soil is cold and wet, it ie sey to -be 
loved the fields and the wythi seein ie 
tom paved with stones or bricks, and well pore hee 
brick rubbish, the object being to prevent the r fro 
f necessa 
So 
=] 
co = 
o 
-o 
a 
the 
y —— necessary 
ae This operation 
c Tuxuriance of 
pat the stem : the dis- 
h 
subject in Pe former volume of the Guillinge? Chroni- 
le.—R.F 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Gesnera Elongata 
very desirable plant, from it 
son i 
the groeunones in the autumn ; it is no m pera’ 
©, loaded with bloom and in the Mighest health, The 
other was kept in the greenhouse and afterwards in the 
stove ; it is much more weakly, the flowers are paler, and 
e former. te D. 
Improvement of the Red Curr h I could 
persu 
to mare e ; tetas — 
berry, to gro 
ee They aes 
r. Knigh 
ae gett of 
proved varieties Te h 
his ecienihes experienc ey that ‘fru its which in their unim- 
proved sta cid, firs _— = and then insipid 
by ciaprend- oultitte-s eek e generations, and on 
that account he considers that th the ‘Apple an and Gooseberry 
alone, of our fruits, have been shown i state 
perfection, nearly what they have the pow acquir- 
g¢ in our cli . t, in a letter ten a very 
short time before his deat. at the improvers of 
the Goose id not in preference select the Red Cur- 
ant. ulture, he obse ; at cy to render 
fruits less acid, and, to so ent, more t teless ; and 
successive generation ; 
perhaps a voni.s — fruit. ny varieties of the 
berry w w have, are grown to three times the 
h 
uld take 
the object would, I think, we ane accomplished. Let 
en why it is desirable that 
ncipally amusement, I thi 
able t the chi east amongst themselves, 
stil be oe of merit. I question if we 
ad so at ae enero or 
as well i siz taken into consideration at their 
shows he mere size of <iols there can be no 
i asant disputes about the sup- 
gen- 
vs Eg _ oe year ork the best-flavoured Red Curran’ 
all eR op the payment of 
it is that they 
e 
ceedin w 
runing.—Root-pruning and 
it cannot be too 1 
will ‘oe that neither Mr. Billington, Mr. Exringto 
H prove can lay claim to the merit of. been the 
“root-pruning system. 
If 
hea to 
refer to aren Memoirs of the Caledonia 1 Hort 
se | Society; aackepenennall ' 
