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sieve. Red Cel very good, and is selling from 1s. 6d.:to 
ls. Od. per idol Tme pate is not rs frm, and sa — “ 
4s per bushel ‘Toma <~ ul, st 4 
2s. 6d. per half-siev: ae he display of eu’ has 
lately been remarkably good, consisting of Gloriosa eaperba ; 
soe Nene ee Amaryllis’ — Gardénia radi- 
ariety of Cam pm Ericas, Cinerarias, ‘&e. 
Pntces, Ss $49. FRUITS 
Pine Apple, per Ib. 3: Livsiches er gallon, 9d to Lod 
Gra ns eres, per pound, It 8x6 ; ie, > paced 
Muscats, pe! orpound; @sto4: | Oranges, per doz., 1s 
mand - panish, 1s to Js 6d per 100,5s nei = 
‘ortugal ls to 2s Lomens: per doz. ls @d tu 3s 
Melons, Bnet ao oH ao 4s aed per 100,9 
monds, per 3 
Sweet Almon 
e rs on 
nd, 3s 
Filberts -Dantiah aurea 100 Ts. ombud Gl 
— oa a ng dad. 
Walnuts, pease Ppa | isa -» ¥6s to Sis 
—_ 
Pinms, cienenea Daf f omar Fi] 
Damson 
Barcelona, 24s 
2s 6d to 5s 
Pia dessert, per Te -sieve,.1s to 55 
— 7 Cob, per 100)]bs., 60s to 65¢ 
Berberries, per hf.-sieve, 3s €d 
Hoos ~ wa 9d tole 
Ss. 
Cotbege: per doz.1 ‘be » per doz 
oe a tb, 
plants, sae oe pat 
— Red, fo musetr ls ste Log Onions, er — esa 
‘ussels Sprouts, "Gree p. doz se - Bs tods 
Broecoli, p.-t bai S panty ae per aoe. ls 6d to 5s 
Caulifiowers, doz i ine iekl.. Epesnerens 2sto8s bd 
8, Kidney, per h hf. a \Garlic, per lb. 
Scarle Sha per ht hf.- 8M a ca 7 129d Lettuce, ¢ aioe are? P. Oe: ., le to Je Bd 
Potatoes, aS ceal | — s 6d 
aro ar 6d | Endive, per devas 16 oat is 92 
+ reenir tt soar (12 to 15), 9d to 2e 
0 23 6d 
oh het Sm all Saiadesp 7 pynmety 34.09 4 
selenite Aric i es, per half-sieve,! Watercress, per doz. sm. bun. 4d to 6d 
Parsley, per doz. bons 2s 
rnips Pont strat » le Gd to de "arragon, per doz, bun., 9s to 3s 
Carrots; per doz- bun., int, per-doz, shes, 2: 
Red Beet, per sens ¢ ls asil, nee doz. bunches, 2s to 4s 
Parsneps, per bunch, getable Marrow, per doz., 6d to8d 
Horse Radish, per bine, Qs $056 Tomatoes, per hf. av. Is 6d to 2s 6d 
Radish, + hands (24 1030 each) |Capsicums, green, per 100, 9d to ls 3d 
to je Ri 
Turnip, p. doz. bch., 9d to 1s Mushrooms, 
Spinach, per sieve, ls 6d to Is Od 
ield, per bus., 3s 6d to4de 
Notices to » Correspondents 
ply at once, through your peorn dA for the ripe 
Numbers wees want, or you will not be able to have them, as 
~ nearly out of pr rint, 
‘oung Lady. —Iro ae RUBRO- tpig LEA is a perennial 
isinilier: and yeriuires the temperature of a stove. The exact or - 
portion of AtumM peach should ie applied to Hydrangeas to change 
the colour of the flow ecn ined; but expe 
RGONI 
grow y' ar Without arora an ro that the shane will 
Socnkie Peete asthe lower part of the stems will become en- 
pita Pannier 48 would advise you to eut them 
eed er heard of Soor being aduirerated. 
in order certain 
ime id Aponte ‘mixed ONE-DUST : 
Wieser the latter’ ae pentitit or not, Bea a tittle strong 
vinegar over it, and if ‘any effervescence es place, you may be 
sure th rccigeshal Mtr e.— 
A Re er ba eS Which we are acquainted that 
treats upon’ the and ie aa ion of Coffee, is PORTER’s 
Taoricat Agmicuurentsr, ce eee same author 
is devoted to oe : 
more Fesect parm: 
— rag Sa 
e he is of opinion 
cone hat fone ante 
while to cut a plant to pieces to make* 
that the latter are many years before they form’a leading ‘shoot, 
and that Consequankly, much time is lost in rearing a promising 
specimen 
John Shand. “ah following is at 
4 
¥ Fruir-TreeEs Suitable 
for an Orc APPLE aiar ly Red + ge’ Early 
Barvedt: cexry Pipi Wormsley Pippin, Osiin, Golden tte, 
King of the ge Pitm npareil, catreets Pearman, 
Blenheim Pippin, Hu a ay Gad ag Pippin, Court of k, Pear 
son cn Ribston Pippin, Margil, Maclean’ meg inc Reine’ ette 
nada, ms’s Pearmain, Herefordshire Pearmain, Golden 
ick’s Nonpareil, meas Russet, Court-pen on nia 
Old Nonparei arlet, », Sturmer.Pippine 
AppLes — Hawthornden, et < Codiin, Tower .of Glamis 
Alfriston, Royal Russet, Bedfordshire Foundling, N Northern Green- 
ng. _Pears.—Citron des. Carmes, 
Aston Town, *Fondante ee  Sianic 
hi 
herry Crab bears very abun 
ces Ss. g's, Everlasting Crab hangs very late on the tree. 
man in preference at another; the 
eeained | of any eee peed —| 
t Lawl 
A little seed pose tae over such 
ss rdure.—t 
Bg sj eek “pores 2, Hongegest rs Belle H arvey, 
of Ken ; 6, Po lomine 
Th lan aly. colow ye sunny side is the 
of Winkfield, the Monsieur le Curé of the French. Eero tame 
“te oO an enormous si : 
2 sea tempt to strike cuttings 
D AMERICAN, Aza’LEAS. .. They, will not:strike 
Open. ground, but. must be potted in silver. sand, and 
placing, them ‘i 
in 
pe pa pee a bell-gla aft ds either 
coo: part. of the greenlic ame where they can be 
shaded during the heat oft the day. .This operation shi be 
done as.early = pnt growing shoots can be obtained, eo 
Peru. E eas ioe He varieties of the, Marvel .of 
C. 2, oe * 
rood a tu m, discolor, vith green 
Pt pea M44 to tie. so 
moss a fs queers ane mat surrounding 
the whole. onell bem 
moss. W, mmostonc = 
Po andes ys say eiuws 
ve J yinas at 
ust; take af fh oats. se tect, re r the fr ne 
When ike Weal leayes. ate. destro ra iat pate =| 
rally, the shoe also oe a had nal i 
a 
leaves 
Surthign witha iefal 
hor habitat be ‘plants, ailes 
onset at the nurséries for are shillings each, it is not worth |. 
Of ape : 
part of the greenhouse. In the early part of November th 
Sdienecreen mixture of prt Are silver sand, with a 
trifling additi Sioee waar iy supplied 
water when th ne nrtia SE: foliage oy oe 
Ixias will -7 assume a yellow appearance 
—Ropiness in cider is ‘caused by the e growth of one of 
those eaniehes ous plants which botanists it gta 
call Mycongrns. 
ous that the cause of ropiness is und 
of fluids brings it about P aut 
ears iu fluids that are perfectly free ia ‘om 
Ie is referred by Cha on toa Neher id of 
sugar, and ies say r chat + “- gluten, half-decomposed, and imper- 
Stef ‘dissolved i in wi ich uces at 
prod pling Wh is true of 
e wi ii pro ‘oba ably be Yeas af cider, but Chaptal’s statement 
very little light upon the subject. A caseis 
mentioned oy me! 
off the wraseh, heer the vintage, all bec: 
der, bottled in the followin tn remained clear and un- 
ect The a dissolve sugar in the must, 
nm iti is too weak and wate: eye . Ser to deprivethe Grapes of their 
stalks; 3,to letthe 8 rere pera reer oe pen inthecasks, and then 
to draw off the ulphured cask, fining 
before “Beye. “tt Bs vinete 
tal directs it to be treate 
it, bat aor it8 to 12 ounces of cream of tartar an 
es 
and may be 
be done very carefully pes ‘Grae - varets ait uring the lees.—t 
AM. C.—Your Pears —No. 1, Cras: , St. Germain ; 3, 
Bi ona Bon Chrétien and 4, “ort Colm: 
J. Sm is —Th dar k Pi nsy, No. , od in colour and texture, 
but too mall ; wit Mig od “yeaa ce of 
petal, bee” the form is not Revtrutes chet 
upper petals are too 
elevated, and those ss ben aren pee ‘small ; ; 2 ye vellow; ht 
a dis and well-m: 3 it has the e fault as 1, in 
wanes cntden is 
= M.—Your lant is the Verbena officinalis.—+ 
A, E.—The c eed Cucurbitaceous ao which is Sra upon 
the West Indian led there the Cho 
The division between the 
Ipomcea is founded upon structural 
contention, different from those which formed the basis of 
the aan wheit inction.—t 
Brow, —One of your plants is peg | laminatum ; the 
of Hine ne gs maculata. The single flower is 
ntegérrimu 
W. ares Rose is srebalty R. alpina; the other plant seems a 
bad specimen of Gal officinalis ; but the specimens are so 
small, that i it tis pov srenrar ye ead say W with confidence.— 
e@ papers and return them. Prnt- 
AN rit properly. signis ¢ the be yee sis of a flower which co: 
of ¢ ihe and pare so al ise is rarely used in the presen by at 
an Cc 
d form, as in a Crocu day, 
wer bighn echiel tek ag: tea 
We hay ceived from the publishers a copy of * aie 14 sae 
otes, Observat 
the Relief « om, F Insolvent ans 
Index’ will be ver 
y it. 
gret to say w Ourselves annoyed by RATs 
(water- rats) within being able to discover taal ie edy for the 
sc oop Nene nary a $ seh for destroying w: i 
cle C 
3 ex ay bod diffic ated hg 
goed serene Supplied ; what fee, 
ria State, ‘wepresiime it have the P agent dinnd tuberous: 
tubers they are named rdening books 
rita ;yo nih ould 
Mpc: green. tiie ing powder is much more 
effe: Stine bo gioyins tiny stiell ‘of rareind, and will do no harm. 
ii make long straggling shoots ; there is no 
Clim 
help ork it. ce 
—No. 1 is Fearn’s Pippin ; the seedling, No. 2, is too 
at present te Lal to form a, correct regia d of tito erit. 
hie mi can tie ot intended for 
throwing into 
e 
atha = a: palrine asmall quantity of manure 
spit. hing land is not so mute attended to as it 
es * pote pd of every garden should be so treated ly. 
Where ie has been the case, we have never Saotn Caulifiowers 
to fail. 
ee and it will be handed 
2 o R.— —Senda 
to our hry aka will execute your ord 
O. P.—Send the numbers to the oles: and they will pay you 
Malin zone re 
ur plants, No. 1 is se ana ae palustris; 2 and 3, 
danted s v algae, 4, Mentha arvensis.— 
J. B.— 
H, A. ht eal 
oe wit. _ 
X, ¥. Z.—You 
ponies Rerae tj 
your Hearus in a cold frame, provided 
from the ‘frost, ait’ Ser the interior free ing damp. A free a 
pier of air wile be allowed them on all favourable om 
You have been ‘atannkon med ; thierd is no such thing 
é ‘tine Bose. 
8.5.8 ears are—No. 65, 83, Easter Beurré ; 70, a de- 
poo speclath. ‘x 71, Cola BP St. Germain ; $2, Beurré Diel; 
4, Passe Colmar; 78, unk 
ier cue "Hoxpunas Cactus <0 not distinct 
marks ?—t 
Cl R 
is so canthaceous plant. The m um and n 
evans: andis anfit seetia dabstvaition of Orchidaceous plants. 
Sphagnum grows only in aby #9 finds whiteands spongy. Itisofno 
ce whether the Bid Liliam lancifélium are cu 
do wh t as they are then Unaighety, 
yes | are better remov 
‘ardwick’s Crateegus is ( Cc. pogcinets < of which there are on 
slight varieties; this seems to be the common form, with few 
no spines, and very s smooth bark, gq 
M. C.—The So er is S. pinnatifidam ; the other plant is 
ara ie indica.— 
—The cae bes ig f the Horricutturat Sociery’s 
iw in the press, will give a de- 
+ CATALOGU UE, W 
ees now in cultivation:—t 
scription, bs all sa ‘priscipal If mait tre 
de S.P. he Malini : 
ential | differ mp Rein 
fou, the latter Suiy tio wi pat. 
aiale, whi ee 
but TABANUS BOVINUS; the most 
these insects is, that the foriner has 
u 
tion in the forthcoming papers upon the management 
of these’ plan ts.— 
. M.—When the ra seam $ plants which you have named 
neve’ ber se their season wth, they oughtto be noe ely 
but not quite, dry for the. the winter. Com oa m also Ss less 
aernias daring | Lilium speciosu: fourg its ¥ 
rieties should ~ 
e kept 7 perfectly « dry mae tne stems ry died of, 
are nearly har ardy, ages will do vii well in 
ffe: 
a cold frame, if 
od w ich were grown 
ards the sea, on the most eastern 
point of the coast, a the soll consists of li 
are very fine.—+ 
A Novice.—The Pear isthe Marie Louise, and is fit ma rat ther.— | 
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inure Ce THE WEEK. 
Tuer French papers are actively engaged in discussing 
the new eet? vere this country and the United States 
They all ag regarding it as a virtual concession of 
thé right of al searc ~“ on the part reat Britain, and con- 
tend that France can no candi “ahd herself bound by 
any conventions on a subjec’ 
ent has been ‘treated 
gre ee ba i ani and demand an reenag orn 
n the concessions exacted by the United 
epublica, papers suggest that the Sdlbciaui Cabinet 
might have cee gs nos advantageous terms in the 
present embara f England, and Saati their 
hope that the affairs ae unsettled by thie treaty may yet 
lead to a rupture.—From mn ain we have fresh rumours of 
a modification of ine Cabi 
oo paar but they seem to have been of a local character 
and unconnected with ‘political objects. A special Am 
Maner has left Madrid for Belgium and Holland ; 
i much s 
Prince of ouse of hae and 
news oledils 
and the er of pela ae he } 
Th riff Question has made no ‘progress, and no- 
thing new has transpired on’ \ — From 
hi 
Germany we learn that the King of Hanover i. 
vered from his recent illness, and ret to his 
capital, The accounts fro m Cologne, ‘continue . be filled 
with details of the festivities in honour of the King of 
0 
+ in the ensuing Ses es are reso 
sole capital punishment, to adopt rhe Seine of Sarl 
icity in 
— se admit itting the Loans class 4 a pictieipatina 
tion of their m uence of this 
ry} an nd we 
d given the peasants power to possess and dispose 
of property of any kind.—From Turkey we have intelli- 
ge a change of Ministry; the Grand Vizier has 
nce of a chan Gr " 
been deposed by the Sultan, on the score of incapacity ; 
and the diplomatic body, who have long regarded him ‘as 
the chief obstacle to any settlement in Syria, now look 
erie rd with regere to a speedy arrangement of the af- 
Aad the Leban A new peatland broken : out 
costa a, and eee Michael has been co: to seek 
eins in n fight the restoration of his father, Price Mi 
losch, is considered to be the chief object of the heoued 
