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sata with c a, ar e- 
vented from sg uns sightly or from dying, sia te object 
ned. This he 
ee oP ee ee 
? 
spring w 
fi any instances, have never appeared at all. 
¥ Me s been owing to the excessive dryness of the s 
- air; and the bad effec this respect could only be 
-* soulateracted by frequent watering and a t the same sae 
. shading the ground, in order to preven 
y Ba ad err bbe many 
the m and 
 ohioh bass fallen ately, ‘vill, soon 
cause his’ se be ib bertidnte, and his gar arden will yet be 
wi 
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aa 
s2 
PA 
La} 
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or 
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oh 
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ec. 
mn 
e 
pt now to be flowering well, 
altho nti, not in such perfection as may be expected a few 
week 
e. 
How d oes the greenhouse look? Although the Lister 
flo 
number of the floral beauties of New Holland a 
. ne by, is it still gay with flowers? Such p os 
s Balsame, Hydrangeas, Fich sias, Phlox Drummondi, 
~ ii ums 
with Vines, re 
trive to have the shelves filled with flowerin 
“R. F. 
a 
ag tet CORRESPONDENCE. 
ather, 
very cover inane I net say 16 "fo lish, this bee 
performed, ev ose from wh uch bet. 
Not on nly i is “watt of the 
a far too small 
d. Watering 
mstances with water that is much colder 
that the soil can do little Bood ; heaping oe it may 
refresh the, plant a to must be recollected that by 
reduc ste ses, to a 
e 
Te at : r 
7 the watering of plants adversely dyer Mr. S. Taylor, 
Be oke Ferry, in the — s’ Magazine” for ote: 
aba San watering ; and after being filled and corked, 
rm i ait 
g am though coulcabeelly an ingenious method, is objec- 
p th lants 
to become an eyesore. ieeting Slits i in 
-beds is at all times a oe mater, — “ vs 
aor ‘sufficiently full 
y as possible, without injuring the Aiea’ to the 
hits inches, _— pa stick one inch in 
and dee times 
i- | ing in contact with a leaf, does more 
the | towards keeping 
ground will become thoroughly “soaked. Wi ith Annuals, 
Verbenas, and other 
fruit i cit 
ater is used over the plants, after the fruit is half grown, 
the latter will be much deteriorated in qua We all 
know that Str: ners n a wet season are never so high 
age a as they a dry on ne ee is the reason ? 
Why, because hers: re is a superabun of aqueous mat- 
ter in the ‘fru is and 8 so it is with ant, copiously watered 
path in dry In tru ay be laid down 
ns. 
ey i fine flavoured fra it he a oP poweinges wa 
ought ne ter the saccharine 
or m ee ssimilation comm ence in water 
ing Stew beviiad let it be poufed from the spou of th 
ruit; or w ied 
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t; an h 
at from its colour : and n cea Seneca qualities will re- 
pha Seiaat? Vcat 7s re | 
t “increased temperature, will in 
ved in flav If water is required after the straw 
placed o 5 tie beds, let it be applied through pots, 
ie one foot apart, bl recom nsudadl above for plants 
awn.— 
Waietis es. —If tho 
their Wall-trees will Adoat 
consequence be im- 
o's 
be 
eens regard neatness in training 
t Mr. Hayward’s method of 
ing the branches, they will find it to be far preferable in 
any respects to trellis, or nails 
and shreds. It is as here repre- 
iJ N sented: nails are driven into the 
KY NS \ wall at equal distances, regulated by 
 a-plumb-line, and Il wires are 
| fixed ag ‘om nail to nail 
i p an - For Peach-trees 
NSN the wires do well at six inches 
Pa ee N i apart. If both the nails and the 
* wire are of copper, it may be diffi- 
"cult to calculate how long they 
will eas ean ean orages. The ibe me are tied to the 
tend mall twine ; and if the e be once 
t passed 
und the wire before fixing a branch, it will prevent its 
shifting up and down.—Lyme, May, 1842. 
dener, Mr, npg 
, not to Saion that it p n the power of indi- 
viduals of moderate means to it into practice ; the 
pense being a mere fraction of that of the system of 
pipes, which require afety t and even with t 
appendage, if accidentally neglected or forgotten, might, 
from the expansion o the inclu : 
freezing, burst the pipes and produce havoc and devasta 
tion—a circumstance at b happened to Mr. J. Clark, jun., 
ponies 
ement of Vi ines. le the forcing and m 
annot fh pre re a proper 
tatis ‘to Seana nie fanc tons, iid kept froth the ravages 
of the red spider without it, complete absurdity. The 
functions of leaves are thos Bes respiration, perspira wag 
digestion oes syringing p 
i unimpeded to the 
is ve 
ed to rved by syringing. But if the water 
be ever so clear, how it can be of service IT am equally at 
a loss know. 
all its functions. W. ater should be thrown copiously on 
are fairly be 
pensed with for the remainder of the 
ae say and teach? any etre rire  repug- 
ant to physiology, Nomad be relie hi 
in t the world can wi Ba sec to what it 
fore-shortening. Ts it it no li 
more leaves over a given et the more that pa Il in- 
crease in diameter, and the more secretions will be formed 
for fruit ;’’ and if the Jeaves over a fruit, or a bunch of 
it, or opposite to it, be take 
top, or do they fo hey do, 
then fore-shortening i is correct ; if not, the practice must 
e we have of tt 
ove ; and has not a 
9 2 a yar pe a ch, the 
same power of doing this as the one directly wi sop ? 
And will one the ppd of matter contributed by 
leaf, be i rtion by ten caves? ; 
creased in a ten-fold propor 
Undo oubtedly it will, for we have no p 
I am not for a owing t them to run to their full length, as 
by so doing the — might beco and be 
e 
Oo show ey evil iat 
etendril to be an st 
n st say, | 
authorities: Johnson, Sheri 
er; it may be ex 
to produce flowe: ae we ry "enderstand ‘that a tendr 
is a gratuitous appendage, in use- 
less? T, on the other hand, “hale that tenis are s 
i ion to tho 
untimely flower may produce a- 
if gach * inferences belong to ‘the 
of eed aon 2G I Sata ons Ps ay it is 
etic in whic received my rudiments of 
n.—J. Murray. > ie a $ our correspondent serious in 
referring to ited literati as ais aa in matters of na- 
tural history? It w © tile san Gebeihviit 
iti t refer fo: the res ye 
of morphology to shor ohaveeteel gs Be re 8.] 
To oak ek sa of Hess —I stiongly recom- 
mend al bein 
& 
nife 
y part of the wound pears d seased, an 
a Alege well hain i it, pee oh red-hot iron, an | se va at well; 
this will in all probability close up the injure 
and revive the drooping foliage, which flags Dias pa 2 
“eek a 
The Seeds of the mp iar n-—Allow me to thank you 
for your pe in the Chron 
olly i and the raealts will be the 
It would, therefore, follow, re if “yh sg is of setvibe, 
ter would derive most benefit, 
e 
the parts 
it i oft state” far the 
plantations to whi 
| Leone. These towers th the: poiant ; 
le of llth inst., respe 
the deleterious ~~ ~ Sr seeds of the Labu urhum on 
tle our. 0 however, bein, means 
voc expressed, 6 since yot say “the action of these 
eeds may possibly n e dangerous, though, from their 
por werful pan ages i ag pro obeble! iby = ould be fatal te 
animals as well ;’ my que om atil remains un- 
settled. I aaa pherohows like ts po it put to your 
readers, 
trees growing i 
r they have known arty evil to 
Omik 
ether any have Laburnum 
ch sheep an 
and became s ‘ 
ah Sevens of very: much 
