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a constant visitor to Devo nshire and Cornwall, and hang (but which I think a rather ape sep expecta. | they are enabled to supply the world with pene and 
has been even found on the west — of Ireland. No | tion, from Whea' t that ripens in 90 days after sowing, and | Camellias at a rate so m uch cheaper than other countries, 
reagon for shee strangely limi igrations has been which parece cannot be expected to tiller like our | Some of the Pebonay Paris have a way of pees tay cuttings 
assigned or attempted, bat an pega ee of observa- | winter Wheats, which very re indee have observed it ise thi 
tion penny > through a series of yea might — nes one plant), the product ) 
which would lead us neg causes (as, for | grains, or 5, new bushels, i : 
absence or presence of certain plants ft His pie e returns from Mr. Fox 
or insects) which influence these birds in the choice of | and a half Feqeires way same correcti t a unged in 
hei I half would contain ascot seeds, and if each seed produced gus a Hanh upon the top : by this means a more even heat 
- each containi ¢ 52 grains the produce would | is said to be imparted, and the rooting is performed in less 
8 grains, or 3° 63 beslielas+bee or. - me. 
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which their daily walks and occupations in the garden | of 1841) were observ 
would give them abundant opportunities. The only ob- It is eyes omar time to apply 1 remedien as the eggs de 
stacle to this plan is the difficulty which any but a prac- | dou RR. 
ornithologist would find in discriminating between cnauee for “Seale Insects.—Ina pre vious Chron cle 
which are a ied, and unmarked I saw ne pire recommended for the destruction of white 
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t be me' sailahing alist of our English Silvias, | several of whi ich it killed without destroying the scale. 
with their distinctive specific characters descri as fa- | The remainder are very coe here 80 oe 
ili n ossible, and then uld | is worse than the disease use m - 
cases of doubt eo specimens might > killed, and | ing the heads of the plants cay or four times as they PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
the “sam ned.—J. D. Llewelyn, | became dry, mixing 10lbs. of glue to 10 gallons of water. sy gle ir Be watt ta tie lite. ee 
Penller I kept the plants quite dry above for a week or two, until : : romped on ig 
ppheati of Ammoniacal Liquor r.—Havin —e read your | I began to see thefa looking sickly ; I then brought them 
several sana in the Gardeners’ Chronicle on the appli- | out into the open air, and syringed i i 
ion of ammoniacal liquor, and also your critiques on served merely to disolve the oa instead of peeling it off 
i I send you a description of | as I expected —John Ky e.—([It never was intended that 
my method of applying it, Senge is a. to that you | plants should be smothered in glue-water 5 but that the 
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either for agricultural or + asdieieeedl sanene: I make | sects. Mr. Kyle’s plants must have been very dirty to | park. A Knightian medal was awarded for the Onefdium, -_ 
a ubstratum of any coarse earthy matter one foot | have rendered his operation necessary. ] Heaths, and the Epacris. 6 fine e speci- 
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thick ; upon that is spread a a i layer of vegetable remains a - : a 
gran osa deserve particu ar notice: 
two feet thick, s, edgings, rushes, couch _ FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE given for the former. = certificate was awarded to Mr. 
grass, or other noxious weeds ‘bic are too so ten thrown Paris, 30th March, 1842.—In one of my former let- | for Pare vi mee xa ent introduction from Swan River, well 
on the sides of ; fields, and the rried on to the land | ters I have incidentally noticed the extent to which Roses | worthy of cultivati ed Billbérgia zebrina, 
again by sticking to cut ahaale or nasser conveyanor of all descriptions are "altivate in France, but I am not Ba co tig 8 looking plant with ba et eta ee 
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the whole is then watered vei ammoniacal liquor from the ors that the manner of propagation, for which the | of Physolébium carinatum, a pretty wall cineca plas comee 
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layer of each may be added if cdaveniennt or ‘the clamp cepbat ally the Chinese varieties, are here m tiplie t 
may be covered up at once with earth, to keep in the vola- | a riya and ‘facility unexa oo, oy in any other country ; | a certificate was given for it. Mr. Gaines sent a co 
tile matter and throw ff the rain. The whole will re- | for example, a flor ci who bought one of Mr. Laffay’s new | Heartsease, and a seedling Rhododendron named ce of 
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should always have a succession of these clamps— | all produced during the winter, and this is no solitary case. | Mr. Slater, : to J. Spooner, Esq., exhibited a small specimen 
‘one ready for use, and others in a state of formation, as | That fine new English Ros pA mg pee received the m, pea tostenie!3 ital Enklanthus = 
receptacles for all the rubbish on his farm. If lime can | here last autumn, and sng el aps be in the hands 
be readily obtained, I should recommend one layer turned | four or five persons, but I feel confident dt ti will me Royal Botanic Gardens ; this is oar  arthy of culareies 
in the last time before being used.—C. J. Holcombe.— | crease it with such rapidity as to be able to offer it to the | account of the freedom with which it flow sin and for ont ‘hordl 
[Lime would disperse the ammonia. Better use pounded | trade in Englandyat a much lower price = et it can be | ness. With these a variety of Phycella ignea was sem 
; ; ; there. Yo ‘our readers will naara ask hee it Pearson exhibited a seedling Camellia ; it was a ae variety, 
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Cape Bulbs.—In looking over the “ Botanical Regis- | can be done; some variety ; 
Pst ne t e May suppose that rents and labour are | Chandler sent Camellia Albertus, a Halos striped’ v ; 
ter,” I find the Editor has published a figure of my | cheaper neni: This is not the case, for I ae both fo be | and serratifélia, a pam kind with dull red ‘ave having a- 
Amaryllis Banksiana, and to the description annexed an agree ig a ae A mere a wit acre | Whitish stripe ms the centre me every petal. ~There were also col- 
from Mr. Herbert’s work on Bulbous Plants. | of jen, near Paris, is word ith F 400 to 500 igrbaras omgs aid of Camellias from . Redding, gr. to Sir J. D. Broagh- 
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Though I must e with a? reluctance, as well as nt to 201. 5 wear. -— bouring gardener earns 15f., | specimen Of a new species of Peristéria from Porto Caballo; it 
aaron, ‘so high an authority, and from an author | a a propagator and fo! femek from 20f. to 25f. aw wiki produces numerous very large flowers of a reddish-brown oré 
whom I am indebted for most of my information on whe goa ‘is withotit doubt as us, but the principal : abe 
this subject, yet, as far as my experience goes, Mr. Her- | cause of success is in the attenti ; lly b ee 7 
Ys directions to keep the bulb under ground are cer- | d th 4 of 100 a : estowed | cies with small inconspicuous white flowers. There was a fine 
“ese sao inked < Wak i whi a Wee uring the “ee rio prop pagation, and the daily observa- | collection of Roses forced in a pit heated with Arnott’s stove, 
pe oe ecessary ; and the plan of burying the bulbs | tion ue regulation of heat, moisture, light, air, and clean 3 om Mr. Riv oon, there bout 25 kinds, chiefly the same a 
Po! objéctionable, Ms ona of the ater difficulties | liness. The hot-water system is as yet in partial Le land, Ksq. M f meg c seedling 
management, from the increased size of seine sa. r. Brown sent a tray of flowers of @ 
gts nr nice piped ve 2B gare ese imevertncless under the old plan of is and flues, | Hearts: named Countess of Orkney. Mr. Appleby, gr. to T. 
twenty years, both of which fi y om ry ti often root in 6 or 7 days. oe the tender kinds, Brocklehurst, Esq. exhibited specimens of a variety of Oneidium 
years, ich flower every season, both of | such as — s é = s, Noisettes, and Isle de Bourbons, firidum from Demerara; a Blétia, and Phaius Wallichii ; with 
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ney prea thet actree Ant of the a "and yet | are aie a cuttings bese eaves perpetually, and brill leg at Goleoron hall pony peta an ng ens 
dnd ae are ik obit wok rayon hild’s head. | Hybrids Sotwees “hem are also raised in the same man- | a well-ripened bunch of Black Port ideal Grapes, fo yr which a cer- 
wheal a bulb from being ex- | ner, but not ‘so expeditiously as by grafts. The bottom png was awarded ; as grown on @ nen t raised from 
eu no bulb may be placed too bigh, as | heat, whether by tan or eae teil a Ret as nearly as possi- e, on Which six oF el it other bunches are allowed. Mr. 6. 
de: not natural for them to grow of | ble at 25° erent aig ); the compost in ral sis mechs ante weed ea Oo 283 nn Fa 
Gail tuieieklacly ‘Bruaviai all 4 '° Fahr.); p general use | in his improved pit: a Banksian medal was given en for them. H. 
Wink -65 tlnend~. ¥ ue eee esand, Some use a kind of | Kemble, Esq. exhibited some Old Golden Pippins, and a New 
wiry pet bal attribute my success in the ma- | black sand, which i ‘s found to to answer very well; this . Town Pippin: and from Mr. E. Denyer there were @ seedlin 
bay at a bs aaa to the plan i filled. with shaken down rather firmly in the se and the menses we of a sl Potato. From Si J. T. Tyrrell, Bt MPs 
‘the bulbs, _ P - Oo. From Sir y Dey ee? 
we eir period o} Meth a pit filled with | cuttings planted just below the su , and s | there four remarkably fine Cabbage Lettuces grown in ~ 
The ! ‘are thus well ripened, and the roots at the same that subj d wi 
ar eae jects thus treated will ri r than | tion to caltecti ‘thy of note were 
time protected and kept cool.—J. W. Slater, Newark | those planted deeper ; another sient lies is, that hat they mae ae ee Ce: eecheengienst beeper ste flowers ; 
ap gag css a not so liable to fog. They are then lunged in theta: A. sylhetense, with paler eens: neveral ah elegant inet Acacias 
Potatoes.—Fearing + —F I might have been in error about | bed, and bell-glasses tightly placed Pn them, so that the toniend of. Coss Camellias grown in ch pita, Se no other | 
corded in ¢ at Taine y Potatoes, as re- benefit of a close, humid at here may be i than a mat over the in : ong them were 
referr oe aenmeetinae esha: om chen again | Every third or fourth day ciny ane aight 4 peace tee splendid endid specimens of Ce sicmaee Segretond: 
' aie techie ¢ Synedioe gag be ee ee ae 1OULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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he ui : year; and I hav i before : fortni Mr. Groom ga otteh 
‘and cata in contact with each other in aasers, aa en A ber ctnaerne tecenet * ight they | forists’ flower. io. He cee : Stes brake the nistory of Guabeed whe- 
intervals, on account of cero of their | when air is freely gi to other glasses, | ther our garden varieties were deri derivedirom the Tiipa 4 
: y given, and are thus hardened off for either | 4% that species has plain .red pointed petals, and bay nich 
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cess to to Mr. Knig ies pages. FM ight taal ss $ quite incipal ¥ 
largest tubérs which : — =o casera lan: soe som ere and within nearly the same time. ‘Dubie Pr introduction seemed to be 1788. ‘The price of Roi de mine 
ape ee I far short of the actual vane ben ee eee ee tion, the houses Soni a was 10 guineas. In 1703, Holmes’ King 8 the 
weit Ghat occasion — —Lusor are entirely shaded eiies sun, either by thi : the price oF 
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ia , that a b necessary as heat or light; the bell-glasses are kept | three inner, : to each other 
en SERRE in ce | aya ch tp At glneee Fe hep ea and four te top glee smooth endo nmi he 
i cies | retty near — has b cen altered neh if natin» pre Swi ity is allowed to generate, the to allow the edges to lie over each other when fully Daas the 
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785,400 grains of W heat to the bushel; but in that case | as necessary for or as animal life; both may cist, | tain its shape , this pend nich should be & $2 
the pint would contain 12,272 grains. If, as he assumes, but neither can thrive without i Herein ‘aapeiste the id, the sta co saree in the:pole, should 
wuld have produced 55 ears, and each ear 65 | superiority ndthemes  y which act! Hie deeeenae ch rgeratgr tae ise latter 
as the outer ; the 
