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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 2, 
that the best an heapest way to preserve Fuchsias 
through the wpa “a is to ~— them. 1 buried 
the following manue: 
nat sors vt ¥ frost I s ook a mee out of the soil, 
t the approach o 
_ cut all the laterals from ware as if trimming a riding 
upon t those intended to be trained to a wall, pal- 
ing, fe trellis, I left aoe te five, or six canes e 
em dft. 6ft. long. They were then ready to be de- 
“— din the soil —. “ end of A 
May : I dug out a pit in the centre of my hea 
other tolerably dry ary or road Sages: prea: —_ 3ft. deep, 
6ft plant 
3ft. wide, and 6ft. long, so as my p 
placed them in ep. ar g dizeotion “as the pit, with 
stakes driven here ae re onally over them, so as 
the h ot om 
straw 
a sharp ridge on the top. When I o 
end of April, I was pleased to es that t eres were malt 
mad me 
Siok ea 
wall, reson the en 
those which I have just Scan. out into’ beds and border 
the frames and ouses. Those which 1 patted 
ble 
as do ll pots, 
till ready to pleut out into beri when the ‘osu be- 
comes favourable. 
I have many four and = feet long, and stripped o 
to form into standards and into tbe. 
h “deciduou 
ow that suc 
 &e., of which a Great 
aa areae ept through the winter 
‘It is of ‘great im) 
plants 
, for | 
little 
iar ee meameetees 
AMATEUR’S. GARDEN No. XXVIE._ 
now well. rooted. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS are 
grow long 
fully exposed to the sun, bus slightly sheltered ~ 9 the 
effects of high winds, They will grow well in any rich 
free soil, such as a mixture of loam, leaf mould, a — 
cit 
haa ng in equal proportions. If very large s: 
ted, they be frequently shifted into ens “ 
ae flowered in ‘‘ 12s”’ ‘*16s”; butit is generally 
more suitable for the p of the amateur to er 
them in ‘* 32s’’ or ‘* 24s ee Se a mum eeepted 
os a baskets or ool re more 
managed, vate a are iberaly sepitied —_ 
rt but if this is is neglected, they soo 
saa os ai 
when they : pre © generally 
= varellis 
ready for wodding, agate of the finee pe paige now 
in full bloom, which he can examine > taking || 
down the names of hich he m nd pro- 
i them as soon as the te for | 
amateur Is 
what will suit him if he follows the 
- 
Ladies who are fond of window gardening, but who have 
not much convenience for propagating their pecan 
the 
plants are now oe a vigorou 
mad 
mats to shade them during bright sunshine.— 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Model peta In your pa al for June 18th is pub- 
lished a herby by Mr. Loudon, for a mechanic’s cottage, 
which I should have passed without notice if it had not 
been admitted into the Gar deners’ Chronicle. You ery 
fay 
ear, cSt if we were t to take this as cottage as a 
specimen of ‘‘an economical, commodious plan, uniting 
nae "with little expense," oe change would not be 
found to be for the better. In whether i 
to the arran, t, &c. an en- 
trance to Xi iving-00 (c) fig. 2047, through the back, 
ki ee (6); which nothing can be more absurd. 
We ry (d 
Alas ha 
t. 6in. 
2in. for floor and ceiling—we have 16 ft. 3in eft. 
Now we "ee g n every advantage, and ‘allow 
. ain. the cham 8 ft. for the Lhe floor ; 
hat we have steps only 2 ft. 6in. long, 
re th 
a: 
2 
r, and pec insufficient 
i hey can 
cottage. 
Secondly, this cottage has no architectural character in 
its composition, a slipere® exact we same means arrang 
a person of rps ould ha it. This is the 
natural result 0 
here 
“y aga is to 7 his 
ould it be worth his 
mp, &c., for simply the ‘ish came 
kitchen ? I think not. I oub! 
o 
° 
teh 
ing th nga t delight 
. poate “aa ask M 
waste of m 
pee ch et er mm et by ee 
5B 
a2 8 
4 = a3 
5 = a | 
, & . 
tad 
i 
on 
- 
o 
ateri ial when 
ecomme _roofs, ~ every sort of covering, to be of 
sucha pitch, that 
triangle + pitch oad than was common only u sed in 
architect’ would he like to see his favourite 
GLCTaL 
Bs 
ven in the 
most happy to 
pub provement. made 
As to the plan thus criticised, we must oa ines er mee 
merits.} h 
mechanics in our village 
Cottages.—A few who 
tp gn owl. to buy the and 
is sometimes a 
g 
cottages, but one Mr. Loudon’s, fee: Tose ae og 
would be obliged to us to tell y minds of ‘them 
s that 
y a model c suppose 
means something Bas sey Moats vs all events, 
‘ an common s lik uld contrive. «= Well, 
d anythin 
wonderful about it. It is narrower wortsee than befor re, 
which we don’t like, ame it cau k 
pretty concern he has ma n ugly 
h in the front ofr to hold ned a with were 
ack ; and he ve; 
for ue nd for girle, 
n the fireplace of 
~~ to t e 
B 
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oe 
a) 
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o 
B 
nm 
2 
bans) 
= 
bit of 
day, she i is close to the draughts of the door, 
and ots far from ie a indow to see even her eee In 
sho: ou may 
a thing as this improved _— co’ ttage. Well, t 
send it back to Wilson, to show how the ir 
h 
an t 
ene England. 
and ses? us where an uattaae 
will perhaps give you our 
wy let us. Talkin 
that we must not judge of sak ir on on by this; ae 
v 
or a ng that you 
ood ptt I vii for io 
Club, ae servant— Stephen Stump, carpen 
—T don’t think ray hidy bo could make “the ‘is 
one pining . S.—[We 
* and ‘* Scrutator,” since they 
obliged to o them. 
"Ce ats ns gleucus” a “© C. Lebani 
with ht stem, from whch the 
horizontally a al hp: 
io 
pared wih those ae goad here. J am, owes: ners 
ject of their cultivation, be mme 
arts 
, 
fast, th should be shifted ev 
ore en out of them phd round, ‘where 
they are intended to remain, they Should be snrrounded 
by — for protection, but by eans to in 
with them, as the points of = young shoots must 
$s appear well esta- 
a five ‘years, all 
There e treat ts 
4g planted in 1821, being wae 
one feet high ; and also o e planted ay 1804, 
feet nigh, and the stem eight ee in circumference at 1 
feet e gr s generally admired foP its 
ing co’ ower 
twenty feet i in length, and are still increasing every year. 
ao P€ 
Pruning Forest a nother correspondent bh 
Chronicle of = 18th ist ’ 
