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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1842, 
MEETINGS IN Foley ENSUING WEEK. 
Tuesday +.» - + + Zoological. . 2... 83 P.M. 
Ace aa PES ae tat aa P.M, 
Wednesday Medics Botanical: ot ka eS 
Saturday - + + + + oyal Botanic . o. 4PM 
Tue Botanical Garden at Kew was gis ing pride | 9. 
of England and the envy o of Europe. a centre 
into which all the rare plants sate 9 fram "tor reign 
nder t yaya 
Drya , a Banks, and a Bau ea Botani: 
cal Garden worthy the regal on sit a0 is permitted to 
bear. Butit gradually s timation of the 
world ; a character of exclusiveness and illiberality at- 
ut i 
en a few years since 5 
as reported on officially, it was little better than 
crowd of neglected el houses, eeniainina po ahs 
i ; hardy trees, and a of nameless 
plants, the value of ‘hich could oem be Fmt 
except by the eye of scie 
Under such pathetlanrsioto: it-is not surprising that 
gentlemen should have been found, even connected 
with Government, anxiou brea establish 
ment which cost the Crown abov ,000 a-year for 
its maintenance, and the Woods and Forests as large a 
ually, verage, for repairs; and a & 
ingly an attempt to dismantle it was made in 1840. It, 
owever, failed, owing to the resistance made to the 
project by t who considered the facility with 
1 
the improbability of ‘e ever being re 
abandoned. When, orga it was found th 
country would e de — of® 
Botanic Garden, it was waa determine 
place it under the charge of wae gentleman eminent 
for h torender ite aos 
as a public Botanical Sraplishyoent Happily it was 
found ible to engage for this purpose the services 
of Sir William Than Hooker, at hat time Regius 
Professor of Bosapy at ow, and 
fortunate a selection are already most s triking. 
the lapse of ed a ee _— the oo 2 yes 
ing quite a appea Already so the 
useless old baaidry alia << diskp eared, jee four 
acres of pon ig have been added to the Gar- 
den; the more ruinous houses are Siapplating: or 
ive been alt ened ; new ones a 
he C 
sion di 
Kew where it cache to be, and once was, at the d 
of the Botanical lishments of Europe, Travellers 
will no longer refuse to gather for this na 
which are going on at Kew—we have studied 
their effect — and we ERTS congratulate the country 
upon its renovation 
ALTHOUGH we Beye not be able at present to mane 
edhe ts, e of soda, from its low price, has 
- x! se esunad eel employed, and our readers wi 
al wariead te SP ake state. : It 
"Fetes fom oa te two I bdr veig’ 
quantity may be regarded for the — as a safe 
proportion for ordinary crops. When used on a 
smaller scale, we are m teh in want . information as 
to its proper proportion if mixed w he 
following, however, seem to be sleet vars Six 
ounges in four ga vices of water suits Lettuces and Ce- 
ery, as has been ey by Mr. W edgewood. Others 
mre Hane 1 Ib. in 12 eatons a aie ¢ quantity for Dah- 
li awb ved oy it it in the 
2 
© 
a3 
me 
hah 
is) 
a 
eported to have be 
water “holdin ng = nitrate of soda in 
roportion —s one pound to eight gallons. 
— of thes 
eecmey active 
a top-dressing at the rate of 160 lbs. per acre 
About its etien. wate oe. hide as 
r. Rive i 
mel yellow to dee rep. bs 
shrubs in 
t grav 3 and ae as with enh the 
crops to Sich i it has been applied acquired a deep 
green healthy colour is eaeer spoken of. me- 
times, Laut var agi it is stated to uce no effect. This 
5 
ay 
used ready shone n alkalin 
further addition has feat useless ; or it may 
arisen from bang nitrate having been used at a bad thy 
son of the 
yea 
There seek every reason to believe that its effects 
are the most certain if it is applied when plants are just 
time it is readily taken 
i t 
try the effects of nitrate of soda, to ap pes 2 to ae 
land now; t ey siirabberiea whee. He is flow- 
in oi act 0: 
p a plants ne 
y be the most ing sage wc 
tion oi ng purposes it is “ 
venient to dissolve it in water; but as a top- p-lresing 
ile ecg or lawns, or pastures, it must almos 
necessity be sown broadcast. In the latter case 
ae should be made of rain seeiics when oe 
nitrate will be dissolved nearly as soon as it falls u 
the soil. ty yeoties | is, no doubt, the worst period 
at which to 
In conclusion, alihough nitrate of soda is the most 
common form in which this alkali is used, we would 
pea advise out readers to try the effects of thei p= 
sulphate soda, called salt-cake, which w 
“8 wae re wid to believe is as useful = the niteaie. 
and which is seitaia ks much chea 
We gg to i ep the deaite ata ws ees 
, the Nes of 
couver’ voyage. His wre ne Paeeait among 
the discoverer rs a Eo nov ries at the end of 
the las living naturalists his kind and 
liber him. 
al ‘duspeaition had greatly endeared 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE Beane 
mix ind 
tions; where the loam is peal light and aes 
less quantity of peat is requisi 
ell mixed a) : nd passed th 
de 
tremity of the shoots. After shifting 
quire it, — may be ae in ome ag air, or retained 
in Poorer enhouse, ding t n they 
d to Soca at kept in i$ pres nhouse, as much air 
ater poured upon of the web of fibres only. 
This renders an the 100ts, or reducing and 
repleoeng. ee at least once a year, a measure almost 
ndispensab 
At = res espectiy. tiods of Sore and flowering, the 
be “ee without injuring or cutting the roots. The 
mellia may be considered as a hardy gO ane 
amet only a slight pers wpe in severe weathe 
he Myrtle; and if the e kept seat & ore the 
sveding: yee uch hen 
grown a high temperature. A 
making their sale an increase of heat will be advan 
ageo 
The usual methods of tages are by inarching o 
grafting and budding a — ingle red Camellia, pot Fe 
of which are found to root more readily of the 
double . varieties. — are taken in July and 
e young shoots are sufficiently 
They are cantteliy ree ared id being © 
cut smoothly over with a sharp knif and 
divested o 
p deep, in pots half filled 
mellia compost before described, and the upper 
ies white sand ey are then well watered 
egrees exposed to the air. 
may be potted in the same soil as the other Camellias and 
similarly treated, and many of the pla 
raid any season of the tn 85 
The following is a selection of some of the most desi- 
rable varieties :— 
White. 3 Myrtifélia 
le White Peonifiora 
Single do. Parksii 
Palmérii 
plex sinens 
‘Repeaeen alba Rosea (Le Blanc’s) 
Candidissima Rose Warrata 
Candor Sasanqua résea 
oe Triumphans 
Vandésia a 
Haylock Woodsii 
Hume's Bush or Buff 
Imbri Red and Crimson. 
Myrtifaia alba or A'lbicans Althzifiora 
Nobiliss Bealeii 
Gdsadiinica nandlérii 
ncinna 
White, Striped, and Spotted. | Corallina 
Albertus nspicua 
Colvillii ecora 
Eximia 
Delicatissima Francofurtensis 
Fo Imbricata ~ 
Gray’s Invincible Lefevriana 
Kin: Minuta 
Pompone Rossii 
Punctata major ~*~ Reticalata 
| Picturata Regalis 
Press’s Eclipse Speciosa 
Spofforthi Splendens. 
Sabiniana Watra 
wéetii 
Tricolor Rose, Red, and Crimson striped. 
Rose-coloured Donkelaerii 
Coronata mee alae Gilesiana . 
ata Par’ - E , 
Elegans Victoria or Pressleyii 
Fordii. Striped or variegated : 
Florida 
i a have been ‘ec ka eed the above communication by 
essrs. Chandler and Son, of Vi uxhall.} 
ON THE TREATMENT OF ROSES IN POTS. 
I osseRvep your directions for the treatment of China 
other Rose I fear will 
Tana for new Roses gives occasion for many small plants 
no’ with great 4 
