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Friday in May and the ae oti 
ds or slates, 
fe et into 
= fe id pat 
hifted 
plac 
ing them ‘ate 48. dced pots, and some of a 
32s. Place nn oyster- shell at the bott ttom of e 
The compost, at this 
an se wo barrowfuls. “of wer —, 
more readily ‘with t 
s 
two-years-old 
the 
growth, eho 
ag aon, they should be again stopped, and while’ — tied 
o form the plants. When these are expected to 
not bes mie a oh later than the ao 
n be one ned o oe 
wo or three times during the 
night, to keep a moist atmanpnaee teh amg Pray plenty of air 
sy admitted vencuever the weather will 
rogress, it wi 
shoots taken he fires m may be ise somtiniaed, one 
the plants ot “ xine peaiuser, twice a week durin 
weather, bebo the i cate is closed for the ss. After con athe 
this tr eatmen ora nth, if the gree yéiioela eatie Bee 
appearance, it will be pape tra to fum Taigete them with tobacco ; 
this should be stag sar ey the plants a dry, and sane ena 
et Sas nip ringed. 
grown about an inch, aoeity all the soil should be ‘aaueh 4 pov 
e . Inre-potting them, the size of the pots must be 
lated by that of the plants, and must be as sm: 
conveniently be put into. The winte n 
hear currents 
d he health of the Pelargonium ; stutederd 
by causing motion in yore dl a Sane _ al oa no 
den the ti: 
2 
for moisture at a season of the year when sSTays are com- 
vely powerless : 
of th er si ers nor fruit an 
from p ot n ned 
a 
tering the how aoa) Racin heated, and, its ree for moisture 
eet y extracted that from the leaves of 
Birmin am idland Floral 
April 28.—The first exhibition pre this secice” was held in the 
To ham. There was um 
3rd, Lord 
os rigs Y 1st, N Ne plus 
. n; 2nd, Conqueror of Euro Pe. = 
Flindell ; 3rd, Conqueror of Europe , Mr. S as White. ed 
‘ope and Sons; 2nd, Wood’s 
Self: ist, Oddy’ Rest, Pond Mr. Wallace; 2nd, 
8. Bunn ; 3rd, Mr. r, Wallace. : Ist, Lovely 
Ginn $ Fair Seed. 
i Sons.— —Polyanthuses. Premier: Mr. 
id: 1st, Mr. J, Moore; 2nd, do. ; 3rd, do, 
es; mrendeny E. E. Phillips ; 3rd, Mr, 
oe | 
, Mess essrs, J. Po eere-ponad ocr 
udrey ; 2nd, os , 
Mr. 
ng ty ce sty Alphelan 
K 
eeioe ent ka eo 
J 3 20 Og ena - 
ason, i 3rd, Clematis Sieboldi, Me Kenway.— 
“ist Mundula. 
li: 
( do., R. L. Chane 
- J. Rodway.—Rhubarb. ist, igs ny than Mr. u & 
; «» Mr, oore.—| 
Rhubarb; . do., ‘Salad; 2, Cope, Pansies; do., Rhubarb, Mr. 
* | BME De uae do., Hier do., Double Crimson Primrose ; 
; Sth, 
eas Cham tae m, Taylor’ s soagg Metropolitan, Hayloc ke Mrs. 
Childers, Mr. R. Ha ant Seedling Auricula ; 
Gimson. ist, Alexand ler, | Buck? t's George 
Mr. 
exceeding 40: Ist, Mr. Wid- 
n. Best Collection of ang not exceeding 
- Hud ecg t Collection of Cut 
ewm: — Best 
Flowers « 
rod. 
not less then 12 pec in 
eadly. Four best a 
3 st, Mr. R. Headly ; 2nd, Mr. J. New: 
: 1s gn 5 Sd, age or 
race of C 
y; 2nd ur’ 
: 13, Uvedale’s St. Ger. 
man; 2nd, ditto, ns ae mber 
Cockie Pippin. Mr. Pem ogee eg nm 
AGERS’ PRIZES, 2s. fs Best “Walltower: W. Clark. 
Best Cabbage: T. Gavaee: “Best Lettuce: W. Clark. Four best 
ae of Rhubarb: T. Geor Best oe Radishes: W. Clark. 
ur best Baking Apples : W. pny _Corras pam FI EXTRA PRiIzEs, 
ae oli: T. George, 2s. es dishes: E. Lawso: Rottk. ls.— 
Cambridgeshire Advertize: 
well made up m “excellerice oe of bloo 
the gn were also of! The 
dens of J arner, ey Hodder: and 
are. Esq, Bayforabary, were universally admired ; the gardens 
of Kati Cow er and C, J, Dimsdale, Esq., i 
share 
ancis, nurseryman, 2 collection ron Hybrid 
Rhododen: creme of nr ich ge varying and c 
son:—Pines : 
, Bre to Ww R. 
+ Plum’ mbly.—Miscel- 
« Warner, Esq. ; 2nd, 
Dawson,—Cape Heaths : Ist, 
as: 
2nd, Mr. J. tind aici 
Polyanthus: irs and 2nd, Mr. Williams eartsease r. 
Smith.—British Free d, Mr. Spri 
—Stove Plants : es rchidacee:. Mr. Williams, gf. to 
C, B. Warner, Esq.— —Cut Flowers : 1st, Mr. Maree rt so Mr. 
Slowe.—CoTracers’ Prizes; Frait ist, James of 
Tewin ; ond, 8. Tinsley a eae) WwW. Cowler, of Wades 
2nd, J. Farrow, of Tewin : J. Farrow, o: 
Extra prizes were awarded e Miss Hadsiey, “i Goliah ah Rhw att; 
o Mr. T. Dawson, for Hydrang: mbly, for a collec- 
tion of Greenhouse Az es ond ee Mr. ance, for Hybrid novi 
dodendrons. — 
mens. of Artificial Flowers 
commended the committee to 
and Fruit, for which the Seta xs re. 
oO present t her with a medal. 
Ratho Horticultural oar tat Reg he 29.—This society held i 
reed Paps for the seaso ogre pec bet aia ee fol. 
& priz 
A. Forrester, gr. to D. Falcon ner, Baa and, A. “Gibson, 
M. Hay, Esq. Best 3 Auri 
Esq 
est 2 Leeks: 
, R. Craw Best Cebbege it, RCran and, "3 
prea Best German Green: 
Best Herbaceous Plants: C, tang 
Warwick and Warwickshire Hi 
The first exhibition for the 
The folio 
um 
Erica v 
emetas B H. C. Wise, Esq.; 2nd, W. H. Bracebridge, Esq 
Best 6 do., face hsia corymbiflora, Azalea indica 
neue King, Erica weenie E. coc- 
ay © amateurs, His 
Ixia tricolor, Kennedya nigricans, C.T. Winae hea. 
ye 
Hatton. Best 6 (Stocks) in pots, W. H. pe perme, Meat 
baceous cut flowers, Mr. Barnes. of miscellaneou s plants 
n’s 
id Harold, y Flora eeving®, Vivid, Launcelot, 
Seots, Jehu, Maid of Loire, A ia i Oe. 
Rents, Bebronii, Lilac Pi eign, M 
Montjoy’s Victoria, Rev. J. Stainforth, Marchioness "of Bath, 
Albert; ury. of 2 
Prince Burb: Pansies, s' » Mr. Brown- 
. 2do., Mr. J. Burbury. 
Cattell. Best 6 Auriculas, amateurs, : 
Badajoz, 
ood a 
Hughe’s Pillar of Seent ts ES ncomparetie Leigh's 
enus, Popplewell’s Conqueror, q- Do, 
on; Lancuanice W Witch, Duchess of 
e taatribattane 
Weer 
Alexander, Page’s 
it C. Kimberley. Best 3 A 
i: emg nt ween 
a Crompion. Brak Pheebus, Smith’s bifenssie 
uriculas, amateurs, Thorneycroft’s 
eg Britannia, ee Blucher, 
Dachess of Oldenburg, imberley. Best 12 Tulips, Earl 
Warwick. Best 3 move: Plants, Buphorbia Jacauinitiors, 
emum bicolor, Vinca W. H. Bracebridge, Esq. 
a Asparagus, 25 heads, Mr. W. 
Mr. Smith. Rhubarb oe 6 
dney 
eedlin , Esq. Lettuce, Sheads, ai ‘Ca attell, 
Broccoli (sili Impreguated, 3 heads, M: Mush- 
e 
Salad, w. 
y's prize, rg 6. Auriculas, 
n pots, J. Gi "Phillips, Priory Gardens, con- 
tributed a collection of al ene some well-grown wn Ericas 
Mr. Pope, o rmingham, sent some Auriculas; there was 
a magnific cout Pine, from Mr, Butcher, of Stratford-on-Avon. 
- 
MISCELLANEOUS 
wres.—Under the name of Geine the can 
editor of Liebig’s Organic Chemistry comprehends “ the 
ass of nutritive matter which soils and composts afford.’* 
n this sense it h much more extensive signification 
than humus, a’ ay be considered equivalent to “ orga- 
te urite expression of the late Mr. 
ab 
two and a half pounds of white ash (an artic 
om England), containing 36 to 55 per cent. of 
or its equivalent in pearlash or potash, in a potash kettle, 
with 130 gallons of water a fe i 
boil for 
settle, and dip off the Pace pase for use. Ad 
r, boi 
quantity of alkali and and dip 
The dark-coloured att okatilie contains about 
ounce per gallon of vegetable matter. It is to be applied 
by watering grain crops, grass lands, “ irs wisn vt 
the farmer’s ped wit will I pont out. the h of 
June, I prepared a solutio prt (sa ‘end Mr. Nichol) 
par 
peri ane by ae bit by st roping the mud as tak 
eado ak ly tubs. Fite, fifidion 
eh sper eer 100lbs., Beak sh llb., 
rred pesca A for about a week, when 
tltion wee a ibed r 
to s ws of crt, a portion o 
ley, mai a bed of onions sown on ote n 
ment of w 
td rows (of the 
n of geine. In te ten meee a the onions in these rows w 
nearly ne the of the others. All but six rows of 
the nder were cara water The growth of 
% the squar 
pound 
permanent in its effects. Dr, Jac 
that animal matters of some kind outa bee 
oad to aid fhe oan 
ammo 
monia, and becomes in part soluble in ne 
luble Bose — to Dr. caries 
of a nate of ammo 
being aleo Aaaciactt With a excess 
= 
7% 
4 
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