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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fes. 19, 
ted into pots a size larger than those in which they 
are received ; t sandy loam and well-rotted dung or 
leaf-mould in equal parts is the bes iapoct that can 
used ; if have been grown in pure peat they should 
be potted in the same description of mould, or t 
t en clear fr their roots before potting 
into the above compost, as they do not strike readily 
surf: leay: hav ven realatt ts 
as to g pot Showa receiv: autum: 
and winter; those received i pril, d gone 
e summer months, in a growing state, should immedi- 
brig te fter being unpacked be placed in a cold frame; and 
if sunny weather, shaded a few days, syringing ‘them 
requi ent of plants received out of pots, 
with their ‘balls of pr pieced namo di 
grown in pots, but 
nience of packing. 
laced 
dinawenied 4 invariably successful with R 
in small pots on their own apete too such only 
ke these precaut ee. they are exceedingly 
after being packed in a close basket for a few 
days.—T. ‘Rivers, jun. 
ooo 
~ RAISING FERNS FROM SEED. 
Ac ORRESPONDENT in a former Number of the ce 
small 
4 in diameter 
Hy ong rding to the size of re pots he intends 
- to sow the seeds in), the s ide walls 
enough to admit & pot to 
ing the — These glasse: may be made by any elzier, 
the the common lead used in lattice-window 
~~ mil goeen ut half-.-crown each. 
. 
cess. 
ag let him procure a number of 
hand- 
Soave the ans and the corresponding 
on. the | latter are to be about half filled with Nin 
. broker potsherds, 
hal : 
of the earth freq 
oe f dscover any 
my Sppeat’s 
foe and i 
off for a short time, 
pots removed to rie fall i light. If, after me themouldinens 
or Alge mpeigne? to spread, a knife ma 
the pot and the earth, and the lat 
0 allow the moi reed to 
or primary frond oC a trig is usually, t 
ney-shaped, w 
second 
ese a syrome of the seed 
of air, hy the rapt! up of the glasses, 
here nicne om have 
i thes 
n winter, re tasting whe the 
rfected 
xa 
rad 
which the a * 
mam 0 
When 
lings are m 
pgs with the haere of a pen 
en plants, and trans 
os 
° 
an inch from 
a) 
when the ope 
a place the potu 
better than those in hs seed-pots 
mary frond, and e many months 
t 
@ 
dea 
| be gies co sea keeping up of a m 
: will be better beige Sa 
inty o oe 
or erator ness 
packets of open thece 
enderson, Milion 
N THE CULTIVATION OF 
epi nearly allat one — 
of the troughs, and 
un is less powerful, all tliose seedlings that have pe 
out, lea aving only 5 or 6 on a plant; fill 
or nearly perfected their first fronds may be 
the full light ; wig si polar ss aig sage of mouldiness 
r the glasses is so apt t 
e ally in 
water which is not absorbed by the p iedlings does no 
or Ag) 
m contain many 
exposed to 
pet, pr all resp ‘ ‘suing spores. I 
planting these, a slight depression should be made with 
the poin e penknife on the surface of the mould in 
new pot, the patch inserted, taking care not to 
cover any part of the plants with the earth. They may 
of patch fo patch ; 
uarte 
eaten is aa water the seedlings 
er the 
These transplanted “celngs ‘will frequently succeed 
ed- ith very sl 
; inde 
is frequentl y advisable to transfer 
generally root better 
ater. They ma seals in the three 
four fronds are produced, when i be advisable 
to shift them into pres pots and ake them at wider 
istances 
Many Ferns grow bs slowly while in the state of pri- 
before their per- 
las a, much of the 
is time, eerie etpied throughout 
advance 
=o 
oF 
the 
Roped attention must, therefore, 
medium state of humidity, 
by observation 
Ww worms to 
e 
ern-grower, as 
spor res.— J, 
MELONS. 
and then I let the water = 
higher r temperature 
of 
e. “When 
’ eggs, I thin th them 
the troughs 
with water, giving the plants at the same time a 
the roots, and occasionally a s 
and exhibited 8 0 t the first the 
gardens of th don Horticultural Society ; these gained 
first : ad were considered to be good-sized, ; and 
e 
avour is gained by allowi 
great improvement in these pits would be to have the _ 
ipes so arranged as to be able to shut out, or partly so, 
nom heat fi = a y of = Som ordagromay that . he a 
b a 
fms ir pipes in the front of euch e 
omp: ent nnexed figure represents a section of — 
the pit described at p. 35 Ju deh BtS 7 pipeeg 
4 to 
E. Antrobus, Bart., Lower Cheam 
“x FAMILIAR a 
The ig sae tl gone oe — 
fry leaves, which is eginnin to peep forth, endeavour. 
ing to riva the Snowdr p and Ss. 
harbi spring which non 
for although its petals are white as drive 
its sepals like twin emeralds enclosing them, yet all is 
6 
cover it over, protecting it 
the chill of night until the flowers are stron and 
hen: ka i 
rms, opens its blossoms, in Ww 
—yes, its fruit—for it bears fruit as perfect as that of 
Apple or a Peach, althou 
neath the dry winds an 
seeds lie quietly amidst the moss and earth 
and wh sun moderates his powe 
of autum me damp, er minute bodi 
and grow into new plants, which wil 
early in thé succeeding sprin ni 
“sp 
ompanying cut represents it ake: lar; eats! than 
usually i is; but oT ns may be found even larger th 
th owers, we shall fin 
or se 
eg a it is a small 
and although we pant ot the fe of one pla the 
seed-ves: ae r, yet, in fact, those pie see both 
have the sa 
If 
© m ning. 
the leaves of t! the Sit x peed Grass are barra 
- found hot, like Must: _In y eithd 
very 
different in appearance our uate is ‘near 
ton a th ose common and so it is a - 
€ Lurnip, the Cabb t fos 
flower, at a se, of a Hone A the kitchen-gate 
den or enliven the parterre. The epi by. which they ar 
all united is the bei trad 
plained ; in addition to which they always have four 
Sepals and four petals. Suc - form an 
which 8 the name of C 
ble a Maltese cross, ys’ in 
