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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jury 9, 
in Norfolk when a boy, and we never heard of its 
being a n paral, er, partly for the sake of put- 
m to originality 
od 
to 
discovery ; if a on pe fancies he has a right to 
the views we e publish, -he is osrasat Aad ious to them, 
to their tt vim ‘ 
ep 
pograph ical e 
epograpieal, ero was ee for “ Plant thinly -” 
ose tame evident to those who remember t the 
argumen some months ago ns 26), to prove 
the disadvantage of thick planting. _ 
x, PAMILIAR BOTANY.—No. Me 
Common Laurel.—It is the practice of the com- 
mon people to pri things of the seat diferent kind, 
unimpo a al likeness 
x alibe, 
carcely conmaaiee with 
perce 
my 
oug 
never, 
4 n 
must 
cause Apel satin fo ‘Almond. Of the common | the Spaniards pimentones, and. ants 
charact tains an imm 
which bind ‘them together, —— their 
bearing stone-fruit ; that they have ns, 
ts, placed 
. their 
of our diet, and which, moreover, pour forth a clear 
insipid gum, like gum- -arabic, when the oe are wounded, 
should nevertheless be e poisonous. Yets s the case. 
eir leaves, or their bark, or even their kernel, 
ter hi 
and this prussic acid, by m 
aor those problems _ seilhet the 
chemist nor the Subgiidlogie t can pretend to solve, but 
am be — gs to those odustantibnal peculiarities 
the Almighty, ithe creation, on all livi 
things, eac after its kind, 
There is on curious cireum ceadanented we h the 
which is little anon but which hy must 
— by. The leaves 
re 
2 stop... ‘But when we 
he natural emission of honey by some, of drops of 
others—of wax by the Sires A 
sind of lime by th re 
ir duties 
sunk in substa: ae 
young, py reddish when advan 
they are often covered 
apps capita otc rae 
vances, eek 
tele Ina. 
hich surroun 
number of veins neal 
— atus. pak probably for = aaa of pouring into 
~ — d they’ iexasetll ; 
= : 5 pga thousand ales the wave distils, 
yen ds discharge the exuberant rills. 
, &. £. 
— for the sake of | with 
nei biy sor hae OF ee aeanee 
inued from p. 2: 
icum ; Pimien o (Span ch) is et cultivated 
he lig] tsi covering the sandstone, but 
mes - we 2 er 
f it comes to great per- 
cult ieatoss conser a <i soil, = oo 
and moisture, requisite to its success. .These are to 
ries whey a ee Pe ase of limestone bus 
feats in 5 ens an accumula 
Peete a oxide of nag 
with of great 
The Capsi 
ith. success on t 
in ae po digi ood of 
place: ere li 
Pit tig The 
hese ee eee 
rock, and water is eens, Onde 
walls 
thd produce is abundan JB es are kp nder 
h ut 
, and about three ft. apart in the rows. Great care i 
observed in transplanting them ; and if the weather prove 
hot and dry, a bright moonlight night is chosen. Sho ld 
there be no mo evening is necessarily tak 
oles are made about six inches deep, at the distance al- 
ready mentioned, which are half filled with moss, fres 
cut grass, and well w : the 
2 be prejudicial = vice abs ape of the 
are suffered oe ripen on plants se 
others are gathered w 
another is treatment, and 
ina ring atthe ege of «waxy cup a Apis (Spanish) 
nainaw ich are its cultu 
ruit, an important | produce it of a 
the leaf; they ace quben wha 
‘morning 
<a 
large variety na modi by 
the English abroad a 
Bell ————- size under — 
in cookery. 
spacer vets 
rposes. No. skill is €. ibid in 
re, as agri as <geme blanching or endeavouring to 
Cucumbers ; Pepinos (Spanish). —Like the preceding, 
t of horticultural emulation. They 
ive ria, es 
plant ina Spiniled garden bia dy more of the gardener’ 8 
e. The seed is sown in June for the first crop, and in 
is scat- 
ep 
be a er shown, has been well manured. 
the appear, they are anes to three inches 
wae, 9 a transplanted ; when me crowded, 
they are again thinned to six inches, and y to about 
nches apart. The Banehing i ig : generally performed 
by preening the heart of the plant 
of 
small bits of tile laid over that — of the soil fi 
whence they ——— to render a9 ae chi 
and gi at the arr 
lan 
f gree The pp ae c 
teker oe rie 6 and jui uicy ; no liquid manure is used, 
water mp eely. w Geanteee a eeded. 
uees ; Lechuga (Spanish) ; 
uan- 
e of ground well open to the sun is is salacted, 
A piec 
oak for at | 
lengthwise 
sate deep, which i is filled with a 
marked. by four ge and the e 
cess of trenchi 
rench, at» - eight 
distance ; so that if. chaiticiehtse-b as oranat 2 feat wide, 
and the drills 8 cinches from the sides of the trench, it 
follows that. the: — — they come up will be 3: 
inches apa 
proper size for transplanting, bes 
apart, and the remainder 
prepared, ey Ba oe prec ae used in the trans- 
ial 
Ww hich | Moss 
tile is laid; over this a light covering of | like 
i es are | tendency to 
‘| white, a 
planting as described for Capsicums. ‘Water’ is li 
supplied ; and when the root fibres have Solicit Sted ak 
manured trench, which is readily known by thei 
growth, they are fae P for blanching. T 
n are remarka a tender, and j juicy. 
the bed is thrown up into one long 
tae? trench undisturbed. This 
trench, - drills I 
Endive, after having been treated as mentioned i in fis 
Ee, e Rd — article, i is succeeded ah gp Ontont: 
he heds. as hef, 
which “had been previously fied with Kat ttuce ea th 
in the early ng fo 
ore] 
3) 
i] 
ssful, both a e and flavour of 
that s slighty ‘decomposed ae soil pro- 
f an extraordin 
is eminently su cgess 
the vegetables, is, 
h 
shes ferior. 
nish).—Rarely grown in gar eebie 
Some cultivators, however, devote a little time to their 
oeing, ‘ad occasionally ries them into the 
market vb in 
y i Cling Neogery® Grew’ in abundance, 
generally grt: the rows of Indian Corn, or in any 
other place where best an de ae be fou d. The 
Spaniards prefer the Indian Corn grounds, as the of 
opinion t large leaves of the plant prevent the too 
rapid evap isture. Thes wn in 
dia g plants are, 
et Bea Seabee y the hots cricket, 
a most active ene digs 
(To be continued.) 
THE ROSE GARDEN. No. 1. 
as been, on ed whole, an 
were scorche a oy “i exces- 
ou 
R which 
calm weather and soft dewy nights will alone "Wig to 
perfection. 
Amon: ‘those ‘universal favourites, the Moss-Roses, very 
few new varieties have bloomed ae ak Bo sind 
apna ere s from the French gro ced Rose-ama 
teurs to form high wre rey ok the following, which 
hav: mre whee 
ss-rose, viz., large and globular form and 
plenitude of flower, Celina, the best of the new 
ss-roses, is deficient in this desirable lity. It is 
decidedly an improvement on its parent, the Luxembourg 
Moss, in colour and size of flower; but it has not that 
desirable globular form, neither is_it double enough to 
constitute a us i variety. Th his deficiency im shape is 
the sing wil ica, to ure 
depth of, olen by which much. of the Seon and form 
of th 5 fa is lost. 
mong the new M ses, howev ne has been pis 
troduced iting g 9 Tiaiines and "besuis namely, 
Unique, or Mousseue, Uni e Provence,, biol 
our eeestte Unique sala in a ite robust. habit, and - 
bloom in large clusters : its flowers.are pate 
a mons 
ie 
by ae sata from. the. Spotted : 
apa ote is at sip 
wers 2 
we has th 
ee places in rich soils lost.every i ea 
a variety of Rosa 
sand ean t be distinguished from 
Gallic. 
paras pertionlarly the White, dan ech 
when budded on the Dog-Ro 
dou 
clusters. isa net 
eet from caine , 
tober the White 
most diate winged ea! 
ane oat tit 
vigorous: grower, <9 
planted in the 
Moss, in sectpantiodion’ this ‘will nite 
making this = and ate a — 
a | abandanthy -- ye 
axiioeeeiieneeliialieimettale 
“ aire hese GARDEN“Nov XXVHT "oe 
As the for budding has how’artived) aon a 
servations v upon veel subject: may se be uninteresting 
