144 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. (Fes, 26, 
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many flowers in the stove ; but a peculiarly interest- n furze, drawn along the rows, woun’ 
ing: obbect fe a fine lant of Poinasttia pulchérrima, having the Is larvee, as will also a bushed hurdle. Brushing the excellent vg mp A tion bid the ane subject, — Mr, 
large bunches of beantifal scar scarlet bracts oak phy! terminal arve off with live twigs and stamping upon them, a man nat ; ghee s ans +s 1 A a ges ore than recom- 
batilon striatam growths entive s ms 
long, and thavehare aade branches bearing a profusion | following with uffler, ne cee a field of od gp weeuee te SO She Alen Mey practical men, 
pretty, graceful flowers. A large tree of Sparmannia afri- | A trench judiciously cut will often preserve a porti Friceaae 
cana is covered with boost; aud Buphorbia fulgens, gear field, or : aiiohilag one. Hand-picking, when the larve 2S he ial kde pistne ra Lin he Aieriants hs 
Sowers. That beaatiful ee heat Blate sylvestris, is in flower, and | are not excessively abundant, may be depended upon as a | plants beingnowat hand, it may be useful to daw ecccantel one 
several are making new tiers of leaves ; and awe the he nepenrnnes certain remedy ; and when in great numbers, pees ges be noes comiectet ae om whee Pe as 7 behessc bar well-doing 
peer gone: ge vengeab een b x-duaganb Sey ot ybe ex- | brushed into sieves igs wi y the: black. ester: the he of business are liable to be overinauen 1 . * which in 
pected to show the estoniahing rapidity ig Naa om whisk many pillars.. Ducks and poultry wil sexent ae! with ene § + | to be used ought to be made quite clean, : hi is ne 
ee and this seems to asy and effectual method | must be provided, by efficient drainage, for the ready escape of 
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of extirpating a biack sa mg the birds may either | superfiuous water ; this is of great importance. 3d: The com- 
6 : b ed o en into the field, according to the dis- | post poe nie hannttge sore be wet when used. If so clamm 
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. Vol. I. tance. ' Sheep driven over fields infested with the cater- | hand, it isnot in a fit state for plants to growin. 4th: Whene 
II. Murray. pillar have done 5 pra it 64 ne, - Sine Geen ——. pores 5th: Give — 
. ar, +A) er to plants lousiy to potting, and not i = 
Tars Number contains eleven original articles, all well |" Mr, Cuthbe i ohns say on the improve- Wels hearts tiene Shey haves tase sone not immen. _ 
ae f al ad y ae, OF 
an attentive perusal. hose on Drainage of | ment of a BO is fall ee excelent practical advice. the roots have been much reduced, 6th: If possible, pot grow. 
Land, by Mr. Burke ; on Guano, by Professor Johnston ; | prow just are the following remarks !— ing plants in dull weather, or keep them in the shade for a few 
on the Turnip Saw-Fly, by Mr. Curtis; and on the Im- “ The most common delusion in which the possessors | days eee 
provement of Peat t Soils, by Mr. Cuthbert Johnson, are | of peat-soils are apt to indulge is the belief in the possi- KITCHEN.GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
ral inte There ; is also SO an essay 0 n Cot- bility of renderin ng them permanently productive without sRY.—Do not much exceed a night temperature of 60° for 
tage G ng, by Mr. Jas. Main, oe ae some either previous drainage or the application of one. The fraiting plants that are = wanted to show sooner than April or 
general advice as to the management o ttage Gardens. melancholy attempts of this kind which I have witnessed ye Fruit in all stages may be kept at 70° by fire, and 15° or 
i ° higher by sun heat, Sith a humid atmosphere, These should 
The eg han.! extracts interest our r rs.. In the | on the peat-land . various parts of England, especially = have a sca fetal yg of 90° or 95°. If higher, draw the bark 
on ining, Mr, Burke names the mab in- tinker ee n only excite ip pity of those who | away from the 
improvemen mean ras ess in elects =) such misspent t! me and mon va Th F WINERY.— If aa roots of a som that have set their fruit a 
** One of these, lately published, contains 7 particu- | young tr ich are most mapendals a employed int) ie ear nce ee ees han wate col 
lars of a chase made by Mr. Denison, of Kilnwick tame ijuaged attempts, are usually of the Fir tribe, pre- a tank Pagers hous use patie sib for this aiid ected into 
. 0 ac- 
Percy, of about 400 acres of rabbit-warren, of an appa- cisely the kind the least adapted to prosper in a bog of | count give cold har When the long-rod system of train 
rently sterile sand, with a heavy ferruginous subsoil, the water and ne peasy reflection would suggest that ing is adopted, the aoe. intended for next year’s bearing-wood 
hills covered with heather, and the hollows a bed of if any kind of trees could be expected to vegetate with ppd tel och hae exvend themselves, rein reppne hae rals 
marshy aquatic plants. The cultivation had been aban- even moderate vigour in soils such as these, composed a Sucuraies vse.—Where many more fruit are set and swelling 
doned, as it was found, though pared and burnt, not to they are often of merely a mass of hard, inert vegetable | than will be wanted Sart crop, a portion of the superabundance.__ 
uce more than 3 quarters an acre of Fig: and the! matters. saturated with a weak solution of green vitriol—if peg be seated at once, and not suffered to exhaust the tree 
was let at 2s. ee: the acre. Mr. Denison then su - rin: : gin ny — — till a a J they — eesti then to be pulled off; 
a 3 etter, however, to leave a few extra as a provision against’ 
soil-ploaghed a m of it, and tile-drained it with soles Alder, the Willow tribe, or the Hard Birch-trees, tena- couelaganiine Give air early on fine days, but always close s 
. oie 
at He 12 yards par, at the cost of 57. 4s. 8d. the | cious of life, which can endure more moisture and subsist in the afternoon. 
u- | 5 er soils than mos fg et dae aa ig ww the tinge given rsh os ; eek, tl 
a . rs Tadually increase € temperature from 
factory. “he, and caeeal q oe - bes, we should rdly upon 60°, with a liberal supply of air in fine w weather, and do not neglect . 
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w hed 
sw syringing. 
Oats, which fetc’ 26s Foy & ts Whea ira e Larch ; e can hardly tr: CucuMBERS AND MELOons phat the plants stopped till they _ 
and Oats ona property which reviousl id f laa: of val . as thei a throw out four strong shoots, one of which is to be trained to- 
useless. i ithe ere 
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oo often been un d 
some land A n r. Cro H ; , | @ppearance on _ nage. Pot off jac e plants elens ie be- q 
Bushel, which was not thought worth 5s. an acre, i ithout being struck with ; 8 appearances of | come weak an dly, and keep oe he gilas a, 
rai Masulipatam idiom, altieda gh Sk good Pas favicon is nota 
showy fruit ; theref srt te arger vablety, such as the Beech- 
vm d 
an s, no us Rooms. --Where 0 horse-drippings are scarce, the half 
acre, after soil-ploughe i . orth of and—to spent material of an old Asparagu s bed may be use 
phone i sen valued before t i Y ire—but ‘face r. Tur 
é quis of Tweeddale for for stating, the i product | similar x : : beds. 4 
similar wet peaty heath plantations of Scotch Firs.’’ Pp. that are plant b a 
pov eres: amplisgin. at Nester, in Scotland, has been nearly Drainage and the application of well-burnt lime are tolgee cate tpi le tt strengthened by ese 
ns most of 4 rops and in some cases much | what Mr, Jo pecially rece mends; not, CautirLowers, Radishes, and Carrots, growing under glass, 
prc Be earl the land w h has been subsoil-ploughed however, slight surface-draining, whick don little good, —— also be freely exposed, and mot suffered to crowd each 
e field, indeed, whi ip de- | but efficien which completel 4 
per sr; han gen bl of Bay Mv | aes hetero ons wreound. "| eee aan mn ome pee, 
Pee acre, od asad eae Barley, after having been | « For it is not, let me again remind the farmer, the | Salads. ee oe ae 
trench- | senc ‘ ‘oor Department. 
And in another case pe acres a to Lord Ha- Aa Nearile — the ®nosious, antrngen, dam the so aie, SR ak — Should the the Weather be tolerably fine, and the ground 
th Staffo €, ? not too w 
value to 3 the amount of ions. "es td creased in annual that water. Som the _richest water-me of Sa cr of the | across a-south border, Branches of ‘green Fir used in the way of, 
> pala 8. 4d., by skilful d sige valleys of the aes and the Itchen, in Berkshire and | Sticks will be a grea atte ese 
ampshire, are formed on a dee a 
Prof. J Fohaston recommends days following mixture: as 2 an cites with a shallow dressing Me tek eileen Pheowsscn p nay now be transplanted fa enenalegehen ae 
t for guano manure : = ye E , 
**We have seen that this su substance is a mixture ein a these are periodically flooded and kept for | 0n¢ to come in for early use. Plant a few at the foot of a south 
compounds. ons is a natural mixture; | nett and the Itchen: but then the excellent managers of — orate : Gebone it suc me ae bet by recente 
mix ma ma ich s' t : : 0e- sg i 
ar less com pslige completely imitate it. What would such a mixture ex Sut. pow edeapr ee iv taper tea. meets a ps ee tha tes 2 yg Aen Fg ew Plantation L. ibe - ee 
cost at the present price of the several in edients of P thet : : ‘ sets, which should be planted deeply and cranes with light soil. 
which it consists ? phosphate of lime it contains | voted signet orseas fe thoes coh ens aoe jutsiends | aoe d upon which it ie d'to make anew. 
: ‘ . rs , 1 y be prepared upon which it is purposed to make a +e 
aed in bones : the ammonia may be applied clear of the red oxide of iron and green vitriol, which are | Plantation. ‘Trench three fect deep at least, and mix a large 
la or of ~ | sure to accum late in situations wh i : quantity of good dung with every digging. Bones, and other 
2 ’ where chalk mixed with nutritive substances which decay slowly, will be very beneficial; 
iron ofa ists in the =i oe i, sieht - i d is h a cod A 
not a mere § 
n being 
either neg- mer crop, a littl he 
celebrated P; @ little extra expense in the prepar: station of the grou 
ran » OF may we ony a : little det mea ae to _< convinced of the tates hed the tiineral sabe will be amply repaid by its fature productiveness for its quality, 
cag oe a ure). A mix peel tance t which th from “‘sprue” up to ‘Grayson’s giant,” essentially depends 
this kind, equal & ik cut “a - ae pote s and suctesefu Wy ere eir skilful owners are so sedulous usly Sei = — is Srows in: a Soe 
ces bushels of | 1 e first o cates. ne rained | Dig between the ro ne Strawberries, and top-dress with rotten 
pt mae : + rat 2s. 9d. £0 19 3/ off is to break u : as deeply pipes ssible. cs \toag 3% - manure if they appear to he we is out: this, however, is an 
3 . mi * 
ep sulphate of of ammonia, con containing 34 and the subsoil ploughs, Lae ea rface = yanghememe toca: pr rg en be re pation at the eld beds. 
S the of ne Bs mete oO 16.0 then, if good well-burnt lime can be vohieel there is no | After gathering the forced fruit, the pl ants should be put out in- 
pearlash, . eee é ene 0% 640 earthy addition so rapi ae ae 40 sys rows, and 4 will bear abundantly the following year. 
10s he, cE Sia al, SD and rendering plinble ae © powerful in dissolving I.—FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
10 Ibs. of dry sulphate of soda, ©. °° 4 0010] assisting the combined operations of the on ponehings | —Seeils imported during the, wint a from the 
os “ . yg e atmo) ing t! , or save’ 
530 Ibs., equal to 4 ewt. of the lime, will in a few weeks bring the soil into veal Plants last year, must now be sown; do’ not give them very much 
«To thee it might be advisable to add ind 2017 i 7 11 | state ns to enable it to bear fret crop. The quantity of | good order. Contin ie tne mported kinds which are not ie 
chalk to aid in gradually the be sid lime should be about 250 or 300 bushels per re; but ing and ing denaraanien lack aa: “Use means to | 
ia into ; ea hea saicall | the quantity of ews must vary with the i eradicate insects, particularly the red-spider. 
monia carbonate, in which state it may possibly be be] y whic ime is e where it Sperone GREENHOUSE aND Cowtanvarcnt  Peniecnines should be 
on 
Mr. Curtis’; epi, Saliakes, tie cots te robleia 
r. Curtis’s paper on the Turni Sank : , vator is obliged eit : ae. 
esting, and is illustrated by an antes eee fol- tity or mix it thoroughly with a a proporti ion of clay or marl | Water once a week. Forced Camellias that have begun to make 
g is a summary of a that ha: a Teta before he oe it over the surface of the peat.. Where | W00d ought = ie be checked, but encouraged to complete their 
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at, 
“ growth, for h purpose a Vinery in action is well suited. 
ployed for the destruction emp in the immediate nei hbour- P Los 
‘* Rooks and swallows are very serviccable in thinnine hood, and hes fuelis not to be readil ly pro = peat ee. meet ee ne ee 
ranks, the former feeding on the | ; ay de employed in ma many cases in the process of lime-| Pits anp Frames.—Be careful to keep forced flowers clear of 
: ing without much difficult y, it chiefly requiring t aphides, for which purpose it will be advisable to fumigate the 
s : & that | forcing ‘h vied a r ten a ntro- 
from parasitic enemies. The rete of | ae thoeld be thoroughly dried previous to its being ducing ants fix supces osrgg Bo ae ona ot they will nom 
: or a first crop on the thus so far rec med peat. | Come into bloom in rably ions time than tose of the same - 
Deutzia scabra 
coal-ashes, and soot soils I e 
have found no oth. ; ds which forces well, 
various su and with be no other crop equal to Potatoes. These Were forced in January. : 
ted rollisiy Tobe killed and checked nefcial results vid best planted in ridges : the horse hoe-plou oe a the poortlank plants in si Persian Cyeimen, aso one : 
but its effects are partial. eing an attack i as ag | atone kept pit which not only consi canes it to blossom ear! oy val ie ad or Lobelias. If intended 
most fatal capereees until all the caterpi | pas Bcd the peat, by facilitating’ the o make large plants, ui one sucker only into_a small pot, and - 
? aterpillars h "di X 
eared. Drank er the emery red ree bet hetes of t lone gases of the : place them in heat: Take off and pot Dahlia cuttings pete 
off the caterpillars see. My pabth lly: aga sarin oe ai pee operation ae ds very harap orga to the vigour ated at tht poi pnowen fn pots nod reansiod = ice bebe | 
80 W ade of elder. my widg _ been fastened pla uk weed delights in ' t, than which no other faa eaten ae Do not suffer water to stand in the hearts of 4 
ope reer ails” Auriculas, 
axletree with wheels, the former armed qith well-drained 
such as that produced iid dect'th = ‘ 
peaty lands,’ If Gladiolus roots have been kept out of the ground, they had 
