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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [May 4, 
the question that 
seman’ Pats wil do 
well to pore this communica- 
ho are deservedly + admired ; and the conserved Apples, Pears, &c., 
med as if they had ion gathered the ~ eloped y- 
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fe -” fort on the Mt laine, 20h Bae farch, 1842 2.—[Those wh reepecting ~ last paar ey from the gardens of the Duke d’Aumale, 
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tion havin — called to the 
gn atten aed g : 
treatment of Asparagus Pp ks of } 
7 oeinn gone which | | attention; it is made of m 
is artistical de a ere some be auti fi eci- 
week, I Haram nH sel rth tae re two | colour, and cushioned in the bottom an ack ; and pra 
have ‘frequent! had occasion sas t a more | made, that by means of a spri 
method of rest og Asperegue- beds 3 
d he 
frequen use in the country, is to seer from the first | down on 
the en bophe which some gardeners say encourage the 
att other ; : 
d that frequently in use in the : 
an oon iertionsen po ai evecean ta ts is to cut every- | and elaboration of the workmanship, c on iderable 
away that appears, stout and weak shoots, until a —_ they are re intended principally for drooping ee 
ta stick after- | 48 ro conservatories duri mmer soirées, 
an she ag yen a: to which coloured lamps may be attached with great 
, I think it likely the two modes may have originated 
from the localities of the Asparagus-beds, the weak shoots 
“not y m 
to bring entleman’s tabl the 
try has his own garden, whereas in and 
other large cities a sale can be ined for all qualities 
One , however, must better than the oth 
“Your remarks would me to think the cutting all away 
6 the * —s are to sto e to 
“Teave the sien grt men t your — on this a 
would set all doubt at nae, and be reat 
f great se 
er as well ag myself, where wait opposite practice 
#0 generally exists. —W.D. [No oat t is bette 
cut all away, so long as the cutting goe ti 
Cats and Hedyehogs.—1 observe in vial last Chronicle 
( at Mr, Waterton has his doubts as to whether 
eats will attack hedgeb 8: n assure him they will do 
i if an eye-witness of the fact. I was 
orn to y cat standing at the mouth 
of a drain, with her tail swelled out to an enormous size, 
the ridge of her back set up like porca- 
pine’s quills; on going to ascertain the cause I observed 
of these animals in the drain, which was not of suffi- 
I do not sup bl 
hedeshor, still, from se length of time which intervened 
Before she could be induced to leave the spot, itis evident 
that a great « stnoeity exists between the two animals, 
that a good cat is not afraid of shicdienterlig pits a 
anist.— 
of Ants. —Y wai last season annoyed by these 
ct fe ‘under my propagati pe glasses, and ? 
rr acemes ‘el, Te 
~ San t watere ea 
them Fy tet A Se ad 48 fo more troubled with 
ants. Early this spring, a fiend informed me that they 
were ir wdg ie oe hinge es; I mentioned the 
above fact, and recommended water for watering and 
syringing the org hae that if f the fruit was too far ad- 
to admit of this, he might - scatter phan 
Tatbis aa rote to m maa 
rwarda, stating that the a med t 5 bas uch a 
dislike to the lime, that they had entirely le is stra 
berries. have occasion to he exper 
ment with forced fruit had better not Gicllice ie with Sed 
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F OREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
Royal Horticultural sates de of Paris.—The spring ex- 
hibition of this society took place on — a oe 
last in the Galerie du Midi of the Palace of the Luxem- 
weather being extremely fin ae my en was 
to suffocation by the cultivators ma admirers of 
dhabhdrpag-were ear daplyed but neither age ge 
the Palm ‘dan ure worthy of particular notice. Mediter. 
cu d Commer arious rea 
prizes awarded. The successful fructification of th 
Va y M. Neumann, of the Jard des Plantes, was 
favourably noticed and to ch muc portance is 
ttache a city where p ery forms a staple article 
0 e prizes or ‘‘ mentions honorables” wer 
bestowed on the following :—To M. Vivet, fora Clianthus 
puniceus ; Ratier, for an Erica mediterranea ; to M. 
uchet, for a Dahlia; M. Halligon, for a Salvia 
splendens (being for plants flowered at the t dis- 
be 
tance from the ir atural ~ to M. tome for a col- 
illet : 
sorte ae to M. Malot and M. Jamin, for table 
frui . Gontier, for forced fruits; to MM. Daverne 
“ep rahe for forced vegetables; to M. ee 
(amateur), for Salvia Swyaey nova ; avoir, 
Leblanc, Gervais, and , for imatepeents 1 3 to Mile. 
Delaporte-Bessin, for a aintin g of flowers. a. § 
April 19.—[We have a letter on this subjec 
t fr 
ae Paris correspondent, to which we shall saved Gaxk 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
‘ay 2.—Anniversary: At this on the Duke of Devon- 
en oe tothe Council. In the report of the auditors the income 
stated to be 1119/. 17s. 8d. more than the ex- 
and a reduction of the Society’s i to the extent 
= announce 
May 3.—Sir 0. , Bart., the ee R. Boyd, J.C. 
M*Mullan, J. Wifieboas ma B. N. Williams, Esqrs., were elected 
fellows, A splendid collection of plants was exhibited by Mrs 
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Lewes of Chorozema Dicksoni and Cjtisus Phillipensis, with 
a bright crimson “aeoding Cineraria. “a Knighton medal was 
i, FEA. the fo ur latter. From | Mr. J. Bateman, 
neludi ing 
a AL a See ta Amey whose dotetnire = ce an % 
ful habit ought to obtain it a place in every c agr a ra “3 
Cinsinbastaul from Brazil, of a bright Pte ge colour; Cattleya 
Skinneri, a rare and beautifal species; an ae fine spike of 
Cyrtochilum maculatum, the flowers of aN gts e of a deeper 
colour and nearly twice the size of those e generally "ata 
For the — former a a medal was give 
Story, Esq., a collection of seedling Eri caksvaieed sAthine ech 
ora, with eecootingly well-flowered plants of gg rate 
major, E. mandula, and Ee one campanulata; the las tar 
awarded. From Mr. Atlee, gr. to H. Beauf se — ag 
of greenhouse plants, a & good specimen of the “tel 
cate Erica mundula, and remarkably fine ones be! Ry nine pin- 
nata and B. serrulata, ie ote a Banksian al was given 
Fro aedae ‘oventry, Es us ceolari a, and 
a perfe new speci os eee lum ith } 
rentals ae _Freenhouse se kinds now Enitivaned ra aya ay rf nak 
ated. This plant unites a peculiarly 
of pe’olu 
an medal was awarded for it. From C. 
ton ees me ection n of Orchidaceous plants, contain fine 
specimens of the _ Broughtonia sanguinea, Zygopétalum ros- 
ace with its singular long beaked fiowers, i Epidendrum 
ariegatum, a beautiful , and rarel: a ection 
certifi 
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ender colour, bi change to a 
it possesses much the bee r a Lupine, an 
valuable tev to perbaceons iants gee : 
i | given for i Doan ee Mr. = to H. Berens, Esq. 
cellent seedling Calceoldrias ania fine 
for which . ee was a ard ine plant of Godda ii, 
and handsom bap part aca! fi i 
‘with pink flowers, which it produces v very freel t eeurdmoste ore 
oe for From Mr. Gra 5 of Epidendrum inver- 
and pacer fleExuosum i peci i 
lore drooping panicle of right » ‘yellow flowers. F 
see age awarded Mr. Bec’ xd “three, ‘well grown 
u wn 
Rho- | growth of these plants gerne pas oy that this kind 
“4a tng ‘01 pots 
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Taseay Heaths were in small number, but sel mosam war ain green! led 
ak: " iy notice were—the rare On - 
wtall-of forced and preserved fruits and vegetables seemed hyllon asta vide . a Stigma 
[ite reab pOiat of attraction; sever pal orbs gy chief scediin edn ; the eoldure of sonanars 
md, CF Sp pos Gt it, and “ lingering the looks behind” of Sow, Te caeee gab cba fvee i owas from those generally 
ait: oufieg nel hen “P ames, s'il vous patty a celleelionapdceecen — From Mi. was 
plai 4 n ep! er be s, Cucumbers, pom oyenee ety sclgmaie cn Henderson, orto Br Gs} te ay, 
es, in pots—Cauli pte or paragus, and | Se * one Bal sh nang 
» Asparagus, cellent collection of forced Roses ; Lane and Sons, an ex. 
‘ eeheks Sg well as the forced Carrots and Potatoes, were noticed the following. Bourbons: ‘Theres plowdad act eee 
the Earl of lich reveal Sir W.J. Hooker, ae Mr. Darekar” frees : 
quette de Mion pOTenes, Clementi Doval. hee 
Courtier, Armosa, Cerise 3 Teas: Theaboa De Neuilly, Eris 
Moyra, Fulgorie, fine dag wells Perpetu e, Wiphites Yellow) 
Jesse, Madame Laffay; Chinas: ‘riompha Calliope, Withan: 
Roses a certific i he & . From Mr fendi Por the 
From Lo d Boot 
were e fine Shaddocks and Orange rea 
the Society, a large collection of a a and cae 
the Span Guatempls; with delicate lilac and purple | tower, ale 
amongst them 
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lord guttatum: a poe pe a lave, Te 
cularly handsome species; Bossize a disticha, 
sylvatica; two very good greenho and Indigeer 
noe pay g use plants, anda pret tty collection 
May 5.—Mr. Solly’s second lecture was d 
this occasion he entered intoa ropeie ati hep y to-day, On 
cf vegetable matter, and stated that eS consists the compost 
e ibur elements, Oxygen, Hydro en, Carbon, and Asbon ey 
seh 
important part of the air we PSY a Hh to be the elemey oat 
tA of which ys ra are’ pre’ Me burn. Mite a h Howl 
in so many d differ t form » comp sing the diam r one 
on. Its seetaeree by pain wood, ,an samin, 
oxygen, were pointed out, but it a a strong att 9 
bine ae oxygen tillit is heated ; it then forms carbone a 
ey , great material upon -w which’ plants depend for their food 
is - that carbonic acid is formed when 
vegetable matter is burnt in a close Lis prnce ae Oxygen and 
gen is a gas forming one of the co cuents ot watt bn 
being the other. Sapaimente were aatucest in proof of this, Water 
was formed ar ad de composed. It was shown that, w sin 
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ject of Nitrogen was aan - i next lecture. Nothing 
could be better than the in which these matters _ 
treated. The e experiments i cr illustration were well sel 
conducted with g d ing number of ‘aoe 
shows the deep interest they take in the lectures. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, 
April 27.—P. Pusey, Esq., M.P., in the chair, Twenty-six 
tlemen were electe ad member ers, Mr. Ww. Were, 44, oti 
who for 
cated the fol lowing suggestions for improving the uae . 
fresh and salt butter :—‘** Solidity and firmness are of more 
sequence than is generally allowed; the nearer the butter ealé 
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clean brine should be ) mixe dw ith the cream or butter; the hand 
ear lier the butter 
is made and the cooler the dairy the better—the latter should be 
sa out with salt and water the first and last thing die 
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distance to be sent, 
salt cloth should be wrapped aro ound it. is eben 
place bya Hop, which pot be removed as the cask fills; in either 
case the cloths can be returned or sold. Many ase cloth instead 
of paper in sending out their butter. Much ob 
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different dairies at different times ney 
and cream in the different stages the ‘situation and state Asa 
x ae r n different _ 
eir care in this particular. He also sta t 
of Holland, b ae ‘was added, not to the butter i 
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honey tol = preferable to sugar as os. a8 ee 
quali a of the house committe hee: and est 
that Mr. Dean should be requested to propose plas at theit 
mates for the seinen’ ons museum for 
residence in Hanover-squar 
AN S SOCIETY. é , Jones; 
May Bars .—The aabon of Norwich - et sy acu and 
M.P., was elected a Fellow. John Hankey, +° 
um sent for atone tn th ripe fruit ap wo ip 
flower, of the len rex edulis, which had beer: Fy iampitons 
atove be eating uation of Dr. A erent 
comupentary ¢ on the Hortus malab: ee order: ned 
were confined to members of the. Cucurbiaceot which afe 
of the cultivated species and varieties of I die Their syn ony? 
changed in character, were i “Tdentifie d, and 
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