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Mano6NIAs will — out through the winter without 
Ghivias— 
es of M. aquifolium om An mate oe 
any protection ; and the berr 
bs riper They any require the sam tmen 
a other common border shrubs. All kinds of Dinan whether 
Standard er others, may be propagated by cuttings towards th 
Jatter par is, or any ti uring next month. The t 
‘and surest method, however, is to bud them upon stocks of the 
a com = — bh aa is very simplepand by a lit 
a practice may'e OSA DEVONIENSIs iS not o 
a a climbin a habit, ‘na. ie “caid Fes yas hardy. 
4 G. TRAWBERRIES you sent were handsome fruit, 
be “bearing considerable resemblance in shape to Myatt’s Pine but 
inferior t in te which was no doe impaired - their 
having so acked. If the specimens sent were pro- 
ag in “the open it it Set be . valuable early ind, as we 
hob of Keén’s ‘Seedli 
colour 
“W. H.—The ets aS is our opin 
1 pi 
n 
g 
~ 
w 
w. 
~& 8 
ry 
z 
o 
ot 
b gh 
r m Sylph, ‘at it wants the 
clear oa bright pron cosa of that becutizat variety ; 
the ground colour 
ia ee. 
es 
7 arent is not so good as the S Sylph, nor are its petals 
e point only is your 
“4 the : ok contipetiie down 
in 
F band - oe ro spot; this is the — 
4 flower. ; the edges ‘of the p etals very 
F NE. 
Pot —The specimen of Oa sent is some variety o 
k yo 
Quercus ptt, The greenhouse prev is Manivlea faide. 
Tf you veep pe us one of the BuTTeRFLIES whose Caterpillars 
feed upon the Oak, we shall perhaps be able to tell you its name 
“ ao 4 PF, 3 Dlants are Rhododendron hirsutum and the double 
Silene Behen 
bY De r Grart has taken well, it a mg it to 
‘lus.—If you 
remoye all “the e smal L branches below it. By al g them to 
remain “ad me ays ates a i teapebept 0 De we the : ani which 
would be otherwise destined for 
Potiouphitso ho spies rianelrs in no oe g the SEA-KaLE 
n Mar 
Lt. Ur eee A 
which he plan ch, All the fbviets: ona be ey off di. 
‘ rectly ; if aieu ae run to seed, _they will exhau on e roots. 
+ fe heeiad when the epen 
entirely upon w ueit nm you want it for use. If required oalig? in the 
_ spring, you may commence doing it in November. We shall be 
E very glad to receive the results of you r experimen nts with ammo- 
'__ nia when you can furnish them 
A.B n the Pr etc nae xX T gets into an unhealthy state 
itis di flicu! o recover it. Your treatment seems just what it 
echt to all been, eh a Aaa plea ® we can offer is to give it 
___ bottom heat, by placing it e the or hotwate’ er pipes. You 
4 ht to stop the oung ehiote of Euphorbn jacquinifiora and 
: “Poet eine» ia pul herria, to eb them grow bushy. 
ie 
is the E CRICKET, a great pest ba oro bet 
= ae non, ote pe Pay Hoth of seedlings, and destroy 
appem} b housands, Bde “Wakefield”? Nursery is, we praariiie, 
“ag rk st-office would Srababie be able to discover 
' the town 
en Bigs is distilled for the purpose of making gas, a 
Fl & 
ig Bad asin of liquor is conde aia in ~~ Leieepamty Mraed Preece 
gs) thi 
. cow 
add an acid, or some substance c 
b 
- 
ea 
n 
2235 
a 
eg 
Fe 
o 
n 
(=) 
apse 
4 ves.—We. do not i imagine that a demand for JouRNEYMAN 
a 
Journeyman gardener has sense erfough to 
lu ~¥ ca take his hands out t of his porkcus aud Ae 
ation of any kind, whether Ages ing OF ing, 
he would probably find New Zealand a a good Boe i ait ce cases, 
bere. pple and good conduct will pagina abe dif- 
pends 
casa Apply at the New acral House. 
'|. A. H.—Any young medical man, ed, pre good 
Seintt) chemist, w ri tell you the * proportions of earthy atters in 
your soil. done, m the paymen ms of — a _ 
ont of Gconomic Geology, belon to the 
of Woods and F. orests, in London sngiatanear a that 9 ee 
have prepared a considerable -aumtity ‘of night soil, by means of 
wood and c hes, ou, and that ana vse the 
~ process renders it quite omens It is about 5 
ate of the 
LIES are pete multiplied by their stems, 
uiet <xtremiad and still water 
get these stems up witha and 
We would try our hand at alittle Vegetable physio- 
had we not already neal 
i. le, in the Theory of Ho 
_ | 4 Farmer says, that about four sea 2 yada he pmpptlest, upon 
‘acres of grass land, 1 cwt.of nitrate 
i oO 
ould not be necessary to kecp it on of sa Teach vot 
He ream that oe have been heavy rains the 
— [We never heard of suchan effect 1 bein ae 
Ss, and rene suppose that the nitrate has anything 
ith ees milk curdling, Cattle es ae, —_ — ae 
exp: 
@ manures. Perhaps some co’ 
eof what.is here seg ow ues 
pawgeaig ore! ion: the true 
J.C.L ee are no fixed names for the mule Meeeuaehas : 
— so little cultivated that the traditional fancy na mes 
“are hardly saguttn certainly not to us. We should be much 
obliged - a zane ‘of the new Brugmansia, sent to 21, Regent- 
Pitted We now see what you mean. The TENDRiL of a Cu- 
miber: is an’ abortive inflorescence; it may therefore be expected 
_Seraeonaiy to produce flowers ; th tances, how wever 
“Which. you: men r and ttle curious. 
As tae ‘aS little bits without flower will enable us to judge, the 
rh, Mesembryanthemum 
38, some a 4, Sempervivu ee ap 
“and, 5, Withering a 
peat Subscriber.—We see no objection to your planting lime trees 
&8 @ foundation for a large clipped nepox to screen your garden. 
Beech will also answer purpose, or, still better, Hornbeam 
peer is what the French ae By all means ph men in autumn. 
ot ae act of Lasurnum seed on cattle is not 
wh’ 3 it may possibly not be dangerous to them ; but as 
the poisénbens 3) pow rerfal, it is 
probable that eed would be fatal to animals as well a: man. if 
GREEN VITRIOL is used to fix the ammonia in 1 manure instead of 
eypsum better to dissolve it in water 
al. n easily ascertain w whet ther it has fixed the 
poe » by holding arag dipped i in muriatic acid over the heap 
(see do not, however, expectit to act 
festatntiys ; some — time ‘wil be required for the vitriol to = 
compose. Of & IN othing is so good as i 
you may, howerés yo Ser oe with the Pyracantha, ond 
common vert which. will bear training and cutting, although 
not mpeg 
R. che § SEEDSMEN do not raise their own seeds, except 
toa nt extent, it is not fair te erwe bers with all the errors 
hat may be committed. Th 
we apprehend, have arisen 
ae se is in the hadit of Cclenatt flay anh 
recital you should not deal with him. You have no other 
“TR. C. “K: —The Ericas which we mo enabled to recognise from 
the specimens sent, are 1, Erica. weiana; 3, E. Coventryana ; 
4, E. persoluta alba; 5, a varie ety of E. cibica. 
W. M. D.—The Cactus bs oned much like Ackermanni, and is 
not to be compared with C s Giant. Your Ross is not mo 
anaeek but the true old d doaiie owen Baraat so few perso 
can flower ; most beautiful it is, w saw finer Wetelinehx. 
ed less ‘t is pruned the better, Pet Ao nadiiy found to be the 
eriber.—The pi 
Devoniensis.—For such purposes as yours we advise you to 
HEAT your a oe with one of the closed = dip oe Neste 9 
ratuses. ¢ pipes 
unless you want more heat during winter than is usual alin green: 
occupied i eres, 
iia s 
houses, The place of a Vine may be 
Loud wi ee see 
jum, 
Kennédyas, Passifiora 
lignosus, o 
p nitrate of soda; but its high 
price forbids ae _ ng extensively reat 
book 
yed. 
most useful = TRAVELLERS wishing to 
tudy Bar rope ean pa is — Flora G nica, the next is 
Reichenbach’ s Flora Excurso as beth be are in Latin. All that is 
of dried plants while ona gt 
+y : "eo quire: 
better for the } Senbes than our English paper ; an 
and s 
d card. 
la alkali, oma 
you must not apply them often. Try 
the result. 
—Apply to J. C. Loudon, Esq., Porchester-terrace, 
Baysw f ater. 
A Subscriber.—There is nothing settled as to what constitute 
- ve 
the po of a first-rate Rose. If you would but have pa- 
tien. with yo ur ASPARAGUS, you will find it t branch, must 
ee time given it to grow.. Do you find that putting ha 
to form its he 
a hea 
yew a ducteaa patie upon your 
petals having fallen. We can only 
well ; the pene are of a ad form 
visa edges free ee of rrpag The s 
Pa You 
sae wri 
nd- 
ad in re 
of Broccoli. 
da ays? ? Just arm ve! 
R 
ceatene 
Aiea many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
weg Sub, 
dish of Mvsnnooms are “ge the ete be solid, mer ayy ana 
cn net hed e Mists e outside ; e, 
(with hen opened, the gills 
and not ag or black, as is 
n stale o The colour of the ou _— 
Paty f oesblaig hase on the « state of the esol in whic ht 
poe and upon whether 
Excellent ta may be grown in the autumn in an ol 
Melon or Cucr rame, where the soil is rather 1 
mber Fra oose, and 
exposed to the sun; but they are mostly brown and unsightly. If 
operly 
surface ee Soom: een in the pots, but not so well as ed in t 
If the cee were plunged u e 8, they 
owas require’ vais oes ee = probably answer your object 
better; since it would require er grate ter, in very 
dry we ather, to supply the evaporation from the pots, than it 
a ae to keep sig gd en (gp m, and i cularly if they were 
ap “3 ae poe sed t 
3" plan pean ~1, Echeyéria gibbiflora; 2. Melaleuca 
hypercili of ‘illardiee longiflora; 5, Euphorbia cyparissias. 
jaa * eB gthen ‘ TRAWBERRY plan’ nts by removing 
they’ r ii 
all the files Pe ee form 
otek: cus.—There are a remedies recommended for de- 
me Ee : amongst rae oe ai aac 
toon fe 8; ‘watering them with a dec worm- 
wood, described “f “i 453 of last bey Chr at AA 2 of os of 
po We have no doubt the latter would produce the desired 
—Your plants are, 1. Lepidium Draba; 3. Draba incana 
4, Tinaria triphylla; 5. apparently ceo fronds of Cistépteris 
fr rE 
that very is no Te : reference. 
wit 
m 7 
‘oe 
is no doubt “hat 
the stalks 
good ; so does a blue 
eye; the: see seem to the bad in form. 
many Lewin perish from being sion 4 abode: 
injured, an ak decay. 
P.—The brilliant rose colour of your Per 
with the & dash ist crimson in the ag 
leaving large spaces og deprithan, he 
D, D.—We recommend a are 
in 25; A form, good su stance, 
entre, e 1, a young 
* deli cate lemon side petals, 
ere fine eye, delicate po ema) with 
purple mottled upper petals: The others have vari degrees 0 
Prison are e deficient in Se eye, and common ee pokes Jaen 
—not w: cultivating, as show flowers. Horatio is pretty, but 
tk BF thin. 
J. Schofield. <-Sour i! Hy is of a fine deep rich purple colour, 
and s 
id form 
a oT bree dag ome cree say even one good word for your 
Dexbeuiwrome, They however are so destitute of all the qualities 
of a good flower, that we cannot criticise them er eo Lag a4 
saying that their form is bad, their texture m 
if nocnen 
we se several 
KE ge wd + oa wig bp livea hey ar years. 
As the Af oy pore sa Bots eames er 
pon the com mon Arnott, w to take tha’ 
ons heating your greenhouse, if = intend to laren stove ot 
should be as large as possible, 
any sort. The +i erbaweae Bo- 
~Your plants are—1, Car: ex teretitiscula ; 2, Mélica uni- 
Scoay "3, a a 5, sylvatica. 
H. 'B., ur PANsIEs generally ee are too small, very de- 
ficient in er eye—which in man pce wae nd but a Sa ao 
and commonly the flowers want ial a few 
pombe as 13, 1, are curious; tee’ will A: Bmore aero 
16, 1 19, 8 
sate for the absence of other 
—Your sora Rei. ‘ARGONIUM did not arri 
condition, Pheer flow hat 
their being too much exposed to the sun; a gauze, or thin cloth 
Shade, might remedy this. 
inton’s Ferns are—2 and 6, gis ae hanerd, 3 and 12, 
Asplénium filix sarees in ifferent stages 01 37 and 11, 
Aspf ix 9, and 19, Aspiiuim ihe Ll The 
Campdénulas a ie ¢c. glomerata; 2. C. speciosa. The Delphi- 
‘arieties of D. diflorum. 
m 
niums are all of them ¥: 
J. L.—Your plants are, 1, Ajuga reptans ; 2, an Erjsimum; and 
—The pores is ot rn a ‘wg say 
C. 4 7% —The Yeti N Ros, which was planted 
three years ago, and wieh Bae hot flowered for the last two sea- 
sons, Seiagte probably be seni ‘own into bl 
a tre 
t 
pid reason of your plant oe the first year, was 0 
wing to “ check omy it received in bei ing | 
Fa ag » leave as tranches as can be conv: 
sh orten these and cat ‘al others off elose tothe stem. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tae arrival of the India mail has supplied us with de- 
priv prt of last week. The leading rite de the gallant 
achievement of Gen. Pollock's army in forcing the Khyber 
Pass ; the victory of Sir R. Sale over the forces of Akhbar 
the sur- 
. Elphinstone to 
bring both Col. r 
trial by Court-Martial, and to institute an inquiry 
i of iti agents. 
self to ones La ie pay nts. There 
appears no we of the assassi Schah 
Soojah by Pike yeaa and consequently another advance 
on Cabul is considered certgin. The in India 
Burmah, whose 
continues erastiguit the King of 
ment towards 
ie. Th 
quarrel between the Chinese and the frontier garrisons in 
Cashmere, is considered likely to gr: to British ranged 
ence, and to the ultimate cession mere and t 
Punjaub to the Indian bi i 
Amoy wi 
spac * the. Britis ern 
of hostilities had taken ee at 
meres ‘a pers piles under the command of Sir H. 
. Parker continued at Ningpo. Bis war 
etween Cochin 
Kong 
wot al “ten 
Gow d Sir 
a to break out b 
ted to emba 
I. Olozaga, the reser Bs a opposition, 
ae Presiden of both Cha e been in vai 
appl 
Cor nsidered by some parties to 
be inevitable, ais prot anticipate the re-organisation of 
e modifications. Madrid 
