THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Fex, 5, 
thei See nex ext operation is that of sowing the seeds, which 
is best done he following manner:—If the kinds are 
iiew or rare, <e shoul 
at the 
up, more eé 
time they appear above ground. 
asm 
void 
afte twards harden them off | 
the use made of water at this period, and the aestly 
given to to them when i in this state (that i is, sine be the Ee my 
and to seek subsistence from its own : roots) ne which 
there rs little danger of their rs. off, except they are 
When up, and a little 
hardened, they may be potted off singly into small pots, 
ed w ith a mixture of loam and sandy nabs ; if the loam 
is rather eg or stiff, a little "easel be added 
d effects 
fot the 
only to Sees during the ti 
ceives its” from the 
should be | in a close pit or fram 
until they recover the 
air must be freely admitted, bal 
ingly at first. i 
und Song 
excep them from weeds and the at 
tacks of birds, mice, rene slugs, which are very destructive 
By placing some small branches thickly over the beds 
until "the young plants have thrown off s 
the old seed-coat, 
= éy may be protected “es the ravages of birds ; if at 
tacked by mice, mi pa t be set for catching them, as 
e only safe m ee preventing such pests d if 
-ashes 
just me ie 5 yeaa plants are making 
of tt the greater part = . Pine tribe come up 
see a owing in the open border, and 
then be fit for transplanting into nur- 
poche rows “the first after 
be treated in th sowing; afterwards they 
o Aé © same as” other 
G, Gordon, oe 
“The seeds 
in ‘aca "are 
forest-trees,— 
Lungs of the Oak.—On the traaks o of ge ciall 
of the Oak, i ny counties of England, ng ‘ound : 
plant, spreading flat over the branches, forming broad 
patches with lobes. Its colour is olive green when 
fresh, bu a light brown when old; ‘its surface 
is marked wi low pits, which look as if a small finger 
had been pressed into the plant when soft. On the 
ade 
al or San ar 
cups, 
iad are the shields is 
oe which multiply 
» have the same 
€ 
peasants of England call 
this ‘“ the lungs of the 
a. ” and find it u 
seful asa a uae diet when persons 
e stimulatin 
circumatance 
© its valpe as a medicine ; it, however, 
renders it so unpalatable, that it is desirable to remove a 
portion of the bitterness in the process of preparing it for | 
the sick. For this purpose the oper of the Oak should 
be steeped for some ‘houte:te in cold water, to which carbo- 
n added in in the proportion of a tea- 
oiled in water or 
em- 
oyed in making beer as a substitute for Hops, for which 
its excessive bitterness, in the unprepared state, renders 
ted. 
it well sy. 
re wet eG at 
o oe a 
see pt 
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QO WE 
Useful properties are to be found in many more of the 
Lichenaceous order, as well as in the Sticta; for these, 
ns having taken possessio: 
surface of the stones, a which 
beard 
the heath, grey an 
themselves ae — rms = boner of 
ded with c 
It is by the shield chat thee hin wats are known. 
fosses have lea overed at 
Fungi havea soft brittle phen no salts es, 
buried in = soft substance. oe ns alone have shields, 
which grow upon atough or hard expansion, com 
pak re ‘ait Soy all blended together, into what is called 
a fron 
ON THE rig AND IMPROVED VARIE- 
TIE Mah pty oo 
L now proceed re noice 
culture a the Goo 
y as possible fro: 
chide dhould not be one a or wheat of 
othe Tr: oan this ig not the or at 
by 
son’s, in his * ‘Trea tia on seein ait ba 
Frait. 
noticed the unthrifty character of iplathes with seat 
like these. These phen are also generally iat troublesome 
on account of suck Tt would be 
pos as onttin ngs. 
I believe too much can hardly be said in praise = feces 
Limo tebe aturalists and practical garden 
n the adva atten 
jew to 
which was the ree Nae! — 
The main roots were 
much difficulty each ver in 
a sufficient quantity of earth to apply manure 
ntact wit 
ce 
o this and to the plate of 
rizes a awarded, for the reason 
aught of Gardening does not need 
to i told of the scan of mutilating the roc s little 
as possible in transplanting, of beter ae 
posure to sotitiy a a wae 
and the ascent 
roots, I used ra eatte some 
layer ‘of manure ; e then spplied t ce sar and | evelled 
ground with d 
In training, I think it is desirable that the tree shoul 
shape of a 
It is custom ait w mane Kiel nance ewe grown for 
pn: very other year ; consider it 
fe visab solr manure every sae; only 
half the q setey. ‘pel not apply the same sort of ma- 
nure two er, if I could id it. 
profitable practice to allow the whole of a crop of fruit to 
r e tree pen t 
» Ow! 
be nearly an equal bulk or t when ripe 
‘ould ha if the whole had remained. 
As some of the Chronicle 
may wish to e Gooseber: ith a view to compe 
ition, 1 will b it paties the mode culture I 
now adopt if that was my obj I had trees of 
vari intended to cultivate, I would rai 
t Tn ning of August I would remov 
of barle from the lower part of several shoots w 
ould thet 
compost two inches thick, composed princ 
decayed leaves, and on this an in f a 
garden. The fib 
a commo 
hoclavbral Ty this bed they should remain two 
ohetbees all will know 5 
