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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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wild. fonen also claim. S inthe family circle of the 
joined by her. father, who 
ess the 
— that you have these erences in —_ same family. 
mber, and Vegetable 
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famine in Gilgal, me the Prophet. Elisha “came into that 
to his servant, Set o great pot, 
: ese 8, 
waa ie a vn ee paiiting Cucumber I have already reminded 
At al 
ets Arabs to this day call the. Ass SPURS 
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you 
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wards withthe hand in Fora 2, hin 
s apart from. 
necessity or utility of leaving the branehies fe thie 
yf form, I think the un appearance pen- 
must ever — of the systein 
acdesi r 
se ake vee 
WoO! 
this can air: be srcamplishcd by the returning’ 
er ee ce f dae ape lowly poriges ¢Bpit fae 
ons and. meditations. of little | 
tions,” it will be some time before this is effected; more 
Tr waying 
e 
manne s afresh as. fast as it is 
m to.perform their functions Bpopeote seve wach 
they occasion to the ft uit and leave at the. base he 
their retention. “The only wiity of seney roses is 
hey serve as ‘‘ waste-butts,’’ as Mr, Err ni de- 
have vent, in the production of a second 
be thought that i in thus checking the flow of sap, some of 
but of this there i is sno fear, if the shoots are removed as 
will be directed in the concluding part of this paper. 
Thirdly, the removal of the pendulous branches * invigo- 
rates the trees by assisting the eyes upon the spurs to be- 
come plump ds.” 2 Mr. B. mean to say, that 
n the the base 
in Pears, the eyes th t 
branches will become fruit-buds? ?If $05 the system i is indeed 
excellent . In Plu han Ves 
Puan, the leaf-buds will only be advanced into the state 
uit buds, which will p robably produce fruit 
The Pe 
ummer management of praitctceyy isthe so of 
great evil.” aid the use of the knife 
is the source of great prejudice among some practical gar- 
deners, he wou have been nearer the truth. The fact 
is, this imagined injury of the “knife # 4 mere ignis fatuus 
of our own creating, which anded down from 
time immemorial, from father. . son, ie has no existence 
criminal 
Fi ak it ae be wrong 
free this summer pruning : es . 
ee and hasten decay.” if the object of the gardener 
—W. P. Ayres, Chicksands P. 
(To be continued.) 
ory, Bed- | a 
A LAST “~ ae nes THE BEST CARNATIONS, 
H ie RU a OF seoeres 
LEADING Soka CTER iat 
e : ing wee and +éoy distinct. This flower, 
being high-coloured, is 7 - me 
petals frm and slightl 
+ cee peloare beinent mince Pevver oihet reins cad 
tel s Achilles} the form of this flower i is good, the 
petals are very b 
‘and the white —_ gions a pe or speck ; “but the co- 
lours are not so well distributed as in Don John. 
colour ed, 
Witten: Cobbett; goo a 
good substance but. som S a little serrated, scarlet 
 Sowet Tel — fine, and the striping eq’ ivided. 
rdinge ; good shape ; pen 
slightly, cggitate§ with plenty t 
o form 
crown ; scatlet tee colo ured, white te 
“|S very clear, and iting 
ay Dube ¢ of York ; oe ne guard-petals very 
and enough of others to form a Aponte peas scarlet | 
stripin and 
poe cupped, crown good, 
sh 
stripes me 
cat i ce ie lb 
id | Rea ak a 7 a fa ay 
ar Cachmber or al i ee y ta 3 : 
a 
_Mansley’s Rerers 4 Burns ;. petals well for: crimson 
and colours, well divided. mete 
Ely’s Lord oration jo) petals large. i 
sii fine, and colours very distinct, 
Jaques’ Georgiana ;. form good, petals firm and of | good 
substance, crimson, very rich, La Bis®: -colour 
ood, but. the striping aikel te Bie Wie 
hambers’ Kate; petals well laa With a fine coma 
"C 
colours bers but the striping pes ar, 
Jaques petals of good form, edges smooth-and 
sake nk very Aes white good, ah EN rales 
s Sophia; _ petals, well, formed, colours 
br right oa “distinct, oy the et pe BerFOR and iregular 
Sca 
Twitcheit’s, Queen af Scarlets 5 Fi Petals well: formed, 
smooth and even on the ed coloured, 
er wes eed be striping oe and pha distributed, 
bias formed, crown 
aide 
d, and 
Ege 
bread tha “well ines at ft ashram, Ip bods 
*s William the 4th; goo etals with hg our 
ssi ba ‘well abbas B : bei 
Willmer’s Her " Middles esewt 3 petals 0 f’ good’ sub. 
sfanee, oon bight, striping broad and asegultly divided. 
Lydia; the petals Tiseepens, the 
Pie it satay § bro with good crown; ecebley ‘heel 
very fine, bribing A aeeatactt wg ri ; poet ses 
eh es RPLE 
Mansley’s Beauty of Woodhon ‘petals well rik 
a of good suai, 7 tie very brilliant, white clear, and 
triping, well d vided. 
Bead ley's Bbipré ss of Purples; petals smooth and 
even on the edges, purple very dark, white fine, striping 
road and di stinct. 
Fred dley’s Incognita ; beautiful dark purple flake 
¥e broad and fine, colour bright, et ae ie divided. 
ollard’s First-rate ; dark purple; guard-petals very 
iad ot EOF with a good GME striping broad. and 
very r 
Wi Tne *s Solander ; Tight’ ‘purp , Hake, » petals b 
purple sere} right, mite ood, anc gene “well ek 
Millwood’s P: He ht B Ree key whi te good, 
and stripes well tet sti ice 
Strong’ ay hite. fine, and ome 
well divided, 
Brooks’s Flora’s Seohd i. oe Wad! ves 
gi Pi gin’ 
Greasley's: 
‘formed, white clear, pe 
Pea r60n's ‘Madame 
etals firm, and. slightly 
regularly divided 
(Picotees next week. 
aan white very. 
‘ON THE 
' Riakdawe ‘so Mech aes sigh Pai been theatea 
Je, nothing has yet been ok d of the 
stain ag He 
4 
for ae fe 
the lawn, a few hints upon its petits ity Fyot 8 
acce eptable 
For striking rae ger of the Heliotropé to be plan 
@ open ground next spring, a better time 
weath 
Prepare as many shallow 32-4208 | 
quired, by Arrive. them to de 
with broken crocks, upon 
siftings ot Teof-mould i seal 
Of ould ihe 
figh ‘the iba : ie soit aio 
For 
inches in Tete should be ‘lt 
off immediately Rides jo soy ys Lit of tae 
b x removing two or three of t the lower ; 
plant the cuttings in the pots Prepared about an | 
, and two. inches apar ; water them 
fine saat, two Pete times, so 5 that er La 
ipa which ma 
? o'b ehin 1iDariedex Brdanins 
- 3 good form, peta of faite 
the colours 
‘Paisley Prinee 
stance’; porcine ich, ‘white pure, eae and - 
sis tale Count Paulina } good form , petals smooth | BF ake 
free from’ serrature, $ stripes narrow, clean bia. ac 
wel distributed. ovr beg Hang “a 
olin “Dickson, hoe yo 
J 
ind nt 
cr ne of water being given t them sr mae 
