“For this purpose large-si 2 ae are best’ Sa and 
the soil pools be composed 
f eq arts of loam and 
sandy p small giuanitities of leaf-mould and well- | 
decayed manure. TI er only should ‘be ‘sifted, 
the loam‘a béing'left rather rough, and a fair por- 
tion of drainage being used, will allow the aye 2 to = 
- off more freely, which the greate sequen 
duri winter The tips of the shoots should 
also be pinched off, ‘to render the’ plants 
When 
potted, ‘they’ ma 
kept rather ‘close for a few days, until they ‘oot 
into the fresh soil “after Which air may be freely admitted 
to them. “About the’ beginning of October they may be 
hot ind an airy part of the greenhouse, where, if pro- 
ti ny “and due attention be paid to watering 
they: wil: survive sy winter uninjured.—T7. R 
such pu bodied: 
Procure seeds of any of the following Cabbage Lettuces: 
—viz., Hardy a. oh ath bic pe Nf: and 
sh, a aut 
on a fresh 
ce a 
e 
will make a suc- 
A its or fro ree they are to 
inter and ea 
as 
© 
ir and very 
than eith ‘either 
‘this sort is 
the precedi 
the best sted fer the first winter crops, ‘a 
ing two 
early 
adapted fe winter planti 
White 
hi oe Taitite a A oe 
ADY w 
* wécha: favourite w 
ne a 
3¢ 
4 
is rather firm, large, very 
The seed is white.—Georg 
This is'a much better and larger rat 
ore French Gotte Lettuceés, 
is and 
spring use; but the 
ing. 
Dutch.—Synon 
rouge of a4 Fre 
in rh ctio 
eto ae the Tend ere so fine in a anit, by the 
0 
n Dutch.—The leaves of this Lettuce are 
blac! 
indow 
MATEUR’S GARDEN. —No. XXXIV. 
was complaining last spring of the death of | on the ro 
goniums, = ch she 
ith 
Pelar, 
rotten, and the rolaaite ‘ed The 
reason for this Pailive's was oe af this— 
Ww 00 
oO now. 
i ioes 
ing Vaoer are 
and the follow- 
he Frenal — 
xp 
It cabiage 8 edly, 
nape thh — of eictilioat quality. 
sev ha 
( Ti 
I would avi all who 
e 
= interedttiy 3 but 
Beit 
The ‘seed of 
y are all well 
had 
een cut 
have 
ora eng leaves are 
me of sec dod select the | produced ; by which the fi the’soil, 
ing great care to remove | and the system kept in an active sate, a itis yong *) 
) le, and plant them « on | healthy, having the stems near its bas h bud 
z ee apart, . When ed, | and full of sap, it will send out fresh tiated and bectihry 
Z ead the ‘Tights nd keep (if cut down in mid-win 3 if it is old and not 
until the plants have recovered | Over-vigorous—as is the case with ma tag which are 
E as ees erwards be tilted | grown in rooms—the stems are hard, are up 
circulation of | th ! nd, : the bark f the stint which was 
: t be taken that | given by the leaves, the bark withers, the ease to 
is allo were. od eat coe be They should ee f m the soil, and the plant dies. But 
have plent y. oft ay both ey He ni fhe n an weather, | if cut at any ei RG eason year, the sap, which 
which” will prevent their b becom ing i 10 kered ; | is finde rapidly, fr » forms buds, s them into leaf im- 
| but phous CREE geet ac ah ne ice be f suiietrance se tn mediately ; 2 life of the plant is thus preserved.” 
the fram them over with a When plants of this kindare grown reenhouses or 
little fresh Aondie PS ta cae tue cae ‘pits, having all the convenience of an artificial climate, it 
. T by a jous transpl lpptings from the is not of so much consequence when th wn 
middle of October’ tc oa 1, Lettuces ” ; <a cioreaa i can at any aoe be © app Bae 
.may be_ had through er; v ‘however, will ena em to a fopens eir ; and hence 
that those eels ee ata. te sor ihe , OF 80 ry persons allow their Pelargoniu grow in the 
7 fine, as the lat ones i i pice aio | ee » until the flowers and leaves are 
“are ips naittcat Fi nariag Th na sich 8 s ae have sired by frost, when they ate taken up, cut down, and 
_frame placed. o : when 3 ian if. fae pores for the purpose of being turn urned out again the fol- 
wanted, or there. ape xe aim fo them th dang-bed , as | lowing year. Another reason for down 
4 above be -d, yu the. me, | Pe' Ta iv ow, is that ~ tte m Be! made of the 
4 and 3 al into use | Ccutti ri one can strike them at this season 
after Be Re eee, oie ine pe ust see Wedsched, ranches sain not to be cut too low; but thi : 
:- that d aig ter, is Pe excluded from the | left to the good sense of the amateur, for it is impossible 
: fi it Disa Hie with mats or sen | Titer. to give directions which will be applicable to all, dif- 
: re $ma eee w fast e ee ant lants to nt forms, 
r ni and these will, of course, be taken into consideration when 
ned. r the x Sprains a perfo: , the 
Ee a ee en eee ee 
a ring the. winter. 
e daa little mille may, be given to 
athe, 
“ 
the > pdt is a be aly by. putat 
~! the. ‘surface a planting, which 
of d 
ose kit a F Tetties best suited 
. the. aia whieh they bear in the 
eee bas. ais fee reen colour, 
i, and ieee It is, of middling 
quality a ater, a # not_a.s stable 
na to seed. 
peaeay lett tines of Bi tin ina 8 oa cet, and ae. 
"I th stubborn 5 Cings,.8 is turned f forty, hi 
‘ @ a seed ing p grows so upon him that ay is no elippin, 
2, Tennis Balt, —Synonyai—Battod Ht Britton | its mea This m may be p Rem asemmpliie c ee 
nin ‘some lists). The lea 18 of th is variet y are| both as ages sentiments and : 
¥ green colour, mach wrinkl dand ghtly curled; pruners. stick t el axes, saws, vo runing: hooks 
3 ns age ig the head, pring very white and | spite ture, reason, and arama 
ag ly ; the heads firm, and | present Sohesen. ere Cree to oa Pall taki Syed 
remain for a long time in perfection ; Of txeellal t quality, | so well epitomised in maxim—"* | 
cut vis “peer shee 
agrees 
as former 
ip; 
ge ges nthe 
flowering Shot he sveines them.—R. F 
rae CORRESPONDENCE. 
—The Rev. Micaiah Balwhid- 
aer—the nes sty eat s te Thanet of the’ Parish” 
ve been one year smitten with a 
at difficulty was to decide 
te noble ‘Poet, too, com- 
mences one be bi works t 
“Tw. 
taes 
Be this cas ay Eg it it will readily be eonpated that habits are 
nd when a mai 
date 
thus— 
—an uncommon want, 
to. the sun ; 
e gar and shaded with a abey 
to grow, repot pent and a oeraie in 
nt “Whe ere aa desirable to have plants 
in fall leaf at all times, be sets 0 
and the o g. 
sahtt now to be carefully attended to. 
Supply th pen gee with manure water, 
show hak their ie luxarinat foliage 
ts 
kept, on 
wice a 
that it 
aad dwarf 
: 
—is repre- 
strong desire 
at all, if you svete Tt is marvellous that men wh 
are so conversant among trees, cannot | see that its a 
out at ‘all entering ne tips physiological question 
gem trations as you have so elaborately adduced from 
He, Potatoes, 1 and Datrochet, the sities only requires’ 24 
Mr Cree fers the analogy of nature in trees or jena 
aH E oe nye To adduce a few exam low. 
ou a: 1a and extirpate pose a inveterate weed, by 
tantly mae it of lea You so killa 
cong Oa 
and w 
natural ee d prune 
the one hard, and the other very sparingly, or not at all; 
ae aon on - stem will be the same, showi 
ssenti, 
deg , but can y 
much better fon, would Liste _thriven had 
them alon “i dé ork any ¢ on Garden Rose 
hb Appl si caring, as it is " ealled, a a stock. 
If not alleged to have any other head, it will surely linger 
raed not die. is is precisely analogotis to el clips g the 
ead (by pruning) below the natural proportion, and may 
prea re trate its effects.— Quercus, 
7: Chesnut.—With reference to an allusion 
made in one i of your late iy articles, I 
that I have a quantity of s panish 
Application of Sulphur—I find t 
invites further te 
rsery, 
foreman 1 happened to name the ical ”" qelting esa 
that pest. he-house in which we w @ was par * 
1 
marked the cleanly ae = the plants to rn adding that 
I had tried sulphur find i 
cts a 
made particular i ppagity as to. how much he w 
various cases, obtain fixed data on mich to 
hold. . The ~ use os ge in Was, as” 
serves me, about thirty feet lon F f 
the.back and front-wallabout ten.and six feet 
I felt quite surprised Whee h et 
ae quantity which I shall 
utter 
' a 
such as described, he used 1 saute For 0 
ting the o i a he 2 chose a dafl day for the pu 
ry intained bg met 
recipe ever sin 
al Ge at least, I am i pom with th the Red Spider 
y houses In fact, i 
tée begra. in which qua 
Frenc ns and Strawberriés 
such 
and,,sorly.on ithe | ¢a8¢, I mixed my sul 
a band .t 
