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actically y mcm a the best substances to fix 
ul 
have any hurtful e If acid i 
apo he it maybe added retary strong or dilute, and should 
be w ixed with the ammoniacal liquo: 
ed 
semor the smell of ammonia ; the carbonate and syed 
of li lime left after the process may either be allowed to 
or the whole may be u d toget ther ; but it the propriety 
or this must of course pt oer on the nature of the | 
be manured. e formation of sulph 
situations where sulphate of lime is not to be had, 
or where sulphate of iron is cheaper, that salt has bee 
adva stituted for sulphate of lime ; generally 
speaking, however, it is bable that the hitter salt is 
pre because about 2lbs. of j ive as 
3ibs, of the sulphate of of lime 
r substances in the soil. The se 
of the iron is phos ao ae Festa the Tquid te to 
the air as much as possib 
tain crop than if we added none at all. - 
monia and its salts te a very powerful class of 
anures, and a small quantity of them produces very 
not suppose that because 
better, 
economical method of hege oorm,Se and applying 
lect all the urin 
red to run to se t 
nary plans for saving liquid manure, some of the am- 
i manure in the state 
of a volatile car : when, on the contrary, any of the 
wataeg : arrive ame means are adopted, it is fixed, and 
loss is preven ented.— E. 
—_—— 
NEW DAHLIAS. 
! ow fi 
Headley’s Ph —This is a noble and finely-formed 
flower, having great depth of » which are 
. y cup tly confused 
Cc ad A 2 light mottled flowe 
m9 rosy p a d 
li-formed i + ttl with a fine ex bgt ; 
ling of 1841, its be 
being a 
cannot ovnslilorst es fa 
blished ; but from its petal, the he general form of the 
s of its there is gia 
ts p tag the hak we white we have a 
Jeffrie? Lady Ack Set Beech Reseed 
Brown’s 1 
a e and 
wer, but rather to me a 
we have not seen, but have heard them well spoken “id 
by oo whose opinion generally coincides with ou 
AMATEUR’ S GARDEN.—No. XV. 
Tue covering of straw or litter which w: de 
for” west aa of tender deciduous plants, such as 
Fuchsias during winter should now be removed. Upo 
und that most of the plants 
: se are necessa- 
rily blanched and pence fer to bing ie ae been in 
nights or cold winds which we may still expect to have at 
this — of the year. I would, t — recommen 
the a r who has plants in this state, to surround 
the ee = takes and tie a mat ov i 
made eof the Ay fe tent Aspbalte 
such as som 
ikel 
tand our winters, but will probably 
do well enough for the flower-garden in summer 
pg ree 
If more room is wanted in the Gescoheot or pit, strong 
etunias removed to a 
vered up at night in this situation feey 
will be perfectly x ‘ade Fires in ouse will no 
be unless the tedvasbiotee sinks below i 
freezing point give air freely, and shut up early in the 
afternoon if the house contains such plants as Pelargo- 
jums; but if it is filled with hard-wooded plants, it should 
not be shut up tke H 
ks a correspondent (J... 8. ) suggested 
the propriety of pe g in the ‘‘Amateur’s Garden” some 
plain ar pr ies Ereper ng frees aig anew jut ‘oa 
ds ; rsons are t up 
Dirge pu poses, the following Hrections 
t them. yhen 
ZF 
dung- fra 
will iain tags 
from the sta 
nting before, it will probably be d 
avail ‘tubs of water thrown 
frequently be necessary, as t 
it too Lg hree or 
may be turn 
whole 
t wi 
ing it, shake the das ng well, beat it d 
over 
own regularly all 
the bed w 
ith the fork, place the shortest ox the top, 
i for cuttings, 
psa then on be frame. 1 is inte: 
er about ches wit dung, 
pat! leave a ete tte at the allow the rank steam 
to escape. The frame mu : examined daily, and 
as soon as the i . "(as gardeners say), the 
cuttings may be introdu little tice is - 
hexperi- 
Tae cat ke 
en A Ne: 
aa ma a Bere mon 
understood as recommending this 
either for entiihinay ¢ or neatness.— 
Erratum.—in Amateur’s wiphow'g No. 14, in the list of Chrysan- 
themums, Lacidum should be read Lucidum. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE 
Cherry grafted on the Laurel.—Ia No. a you answer 
an inguiry of ne Speculative,” that yousre not aware whe- 
ther the Cherry will ee a Sota we a Laurel. 
There is an instance w ie duke was budded on a 
pannel ye hal a ake ate last summer ; it 
was most ex n flavour, and both the Cherry and 
former bore very freely 
ardeners’ Chronicle 
on 
in an early 
. F. should explain his system of 
to the time 
: is required to bring the Pins pes bun to petfec 
a blooms shown, at Salthill of | it would give every practical ee an Pyarysss.: of 
ict, re rather small; but the form of the ving w is aia one 
ight deep maroon, with a ‘ plan laid down by him has “eg Reoeisiie examined 
' by many p gardeners co! getie- 
tony Faby aed Widnall’s; Low's Duke of | rai being that it is nd not prac- 
sud Wales's Attila, roxy like, | ical.” Mr. Fish toust bave becu vex in bis 
places to have to superintend es with o ayes ae 
borders, piven unless properly m 
failure of cro 
é—Ac 
Hoare on ‘the Vine py a ee k for cott: He con- 
siders it a very interesting book, d one t no one can 
fail to understand. We en tirely agree with h Any- 
who 
a et sirig Mr. Hoare says a “manage 
Mr. rites, sade of producing 
Cucumbers ithe esto, allow me to 
that subject I can go beyond him. Some years ago, 
€ common course 0 ieee ae be ob 
wihent it.—John Kyle 
ice.—On. visiting a garden i in which th the Crocuses w 
eaten by mice, : was at 2 a and effectual 
mode of destro ng them. A stone p 
in ear’ 
or suet, and 
add, that many of thes the ga 
drowned u one 2 over in their attempt to reach the bait. 
gee , tae April 29th, last yess, I 4 24 rooks, not 
full fledged, from a neighbou uring rookery. I made nests 
rocured the trel- 
ing, and 1] 5 hoes a: tie it. I fed them every twa 
hours till they fait to pick ; but when they could fly well, 
them but twice, and afterward I 
continued this treatment until September, when at 
hey would feed themselves ; but thig would not do, for 
they soon began to me, and in a 8 time my 
stock was reduced to six de termined to feed them 
all the winter, and still upon the table in the shed ; I did 
winter, and not one left 
so once a day the whole of 
Sage ge The ave this r 
h 
ate but I believe young rdoks do 
ones, and this is a very cold situation, cs the 
vege ore moors.— ont, Bolton- 
oor 
ookeries.—In “ A (mor of Bird by te 
Bishop of Norwich, he says, ‘It has been sai d that 
ouse ; this spring 
frequently observed to be fighting wit ihe a 
which they eventually drove away. e rook 
established or i 
pleted four nes’ The trees are 
not above 35 years old, Soogad Ww. 
On the Habiis of B —In aE of the late Num- 
bers of the Gardeners’ Che roniele I have 5 sil a ghana 
connected with ea ap og which I think nha go be 
so classified as to make them se: 
of om The natural family of Silvjade, oy 
Summer W s as fertile a field for vation 
as any; and locali more 
» for example, the Nightingale, which "wal in 
Northern Rehoe and extends its 
Devonshire and Sou i ould 
ear peculiarly favourable for their resort gain, 
Salicaria turdoides, a bird of passege, which is common 
ite shores of F e, has never been known 
to cross the narrow channel which separates us, and is not 
in the Britisit Fauna. Another si fact 
connected with the natural _pitiaty of this tribe is men- 
tlouiedl ti Mr. Yarreli’s inv 
and no reason to suppose that he was mistuken 
bat, from thatieet ganse it may arise, it has now lecome 
