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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ocr. 1, 
the best 
; but there are better _ in the large col- 
oan aiwy ong the names of the exhibitors are eat to to 
that this plait really oe Mes 
this case, which unfrequent one, it mass I 
think, we very aiicalt te pov that any real good had been 
by the aw: 
But there: i is another reason for pour! an alteration, and 
it is this:—Mr. A. and Mr. B. urserymen or gar- 
deners, as the case may be, who exhibit large collections. 
When Mr. B. is setting up his plants, Mr. A. wal 
gets round, and casts his practised eye Cd ok Ha 
hen he sees at once that his lek r’s are better than 
his own—that is, provided ste can see the beauty of other 
le’s plants. ‘‘Oh!” says Mr. A. to himself, ‘1 
ave no chance with B., but tT am sure enough to come 
in second, for Mr. C.’s Nacate ae 8 far behind mine; I 
will, therefore, pick out a few which I intended to put 
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in my collection, and give Poni nce amongst the 
single specimens.’” And when he finds that he has 
** come in ” and that he has also carried off two 
or three ms _ for single specimens, he ‘ laughs in his 
sleeve” at the judges and the society, and says, ‘‘ There 
is nothi “like a little scheming.’’ For these, and similar 
3 it hink th ve society Sen otiaeee under le en a6 
in their regulations, ‘‘ No ho shows i 
will be arc to "eahibit alee | in WwW, » unless the veigoots 
are new or 
I also think that a rie Soret be to be made in 
the Pelargonium class. The ow given are 
high, particularly if dies are compared with those offered 
for other things, as, for example, Orchidaceous 2 
The anksian is given for 1: specimens of Pelar- 
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perfect as it is possible for them 
[We understand that the fila tatoncas in our columns 
has already produced the society a large number of letters, 
containing various "suggestions ; 3 call whi ch letters are 
, have received several Pena rN which, as tnd 
have not appeared suited for publication, have also been 
t to the Committee. This wee however, of Criticus, 
a aie sensible person, and on ly says, has 
terest in the exhibitions, ady to some matters 
upon which we should like to — the opinions of gar- 
deners. For ourselves, we agree Criticus in most of 
his suggestions, and perhaps in all of them.] 
' ON ANIMAL ee ie II. 
rocurab 
their own country, they have been brought for the last 
years from all parts of Europe to ter ary and are 
the great repute in which bone m 
lish and poate! 
oe 
pe ne fer, i without see at cn 
pe substance ze mena 
quality, 4 chiefly owe their manuring 
iments, whi 
er, those bones will yield 
i 
by a > prnaraethe boiling, have been ci of their carti- | 
laginous matter; for instance, the s bones pen in | 
ag Sa paper or glue. I have often re. that m 
bones produces a most decided effect ic soils 
asian contain none, or very little a: of lime, pro- 
Se sc wae = ore t deficien : “ pi a ous earth, the 
sphate oO ime. ave 
bone-dust is ’ if the soil was aehsen in ae 
Amongst the countries where ihameribg | as 
amongst the single specimens, eet sper } with bone-dust has proved useless, Mecklenburg is one; 
and although I cannot positively assert that its soil con- 
lim 
more than probable, because a// the marl with which, for 
the last 20 years, the fields of Mecklenburg have he? 
the agency of marl, have been bro ught upon that space of 
ground, and this is more than —— to supply a crop 
with sufficient je aaa acid ; more so, because 
hie 
manuri 
that the other substances contain ed in in it also advance ve- 
getation, especially their cartilage, far in nitrogen ; 80, 
om Siu “ee og potash, which they oma in small quanti- 
(10 000 Ibs.), may be reckoned amongst 
their muna g tase as indeed is the more probable 
when we consider that human bones, which are the richest 
in foated of potash, are ae most efficacious as manure. 
That, however, after phosphate of lime, cartilaginous 
in 
one man be- 
comes evident from its weight being one-third of the 
whole, and containing 16-17 ae Peagt of nitrogen. If, 
for pated one Magdeburg a e manured with 1000 
bs. of bone-dus t (which, no race ces isa large quantity), 
on 
age ee yield ra quantum of nitrogen for one 
crop, even if the wheat could not obtain aor other nitro- 
om other oe stances in the soil, nor abso rb any 
an impor tance in bones, it is evident that those 
which ‘oes he ‘that ingredient res lying for a _ — in 
esh 0 
ones a) 
their containing soda common salt; 1000 lbs. of them 
contain 35lb. of these saitetaiveie: and it is known from ex- 
riment that 60lbs. of common se are sufficient manure 
for one Mapicinte s acre. Moreover, their containing phos- 
phate of magnesia (a substance expecia ially found in wheat) 
must also be advantageous, for in 1,000lbs. of bones, the 
usual quantity of manure for an acre, 30lbs. of phosphate 
of magnesia are to be found. The small quantity of fat 
seen although ee hee laid much stress upon it. 
be continued.) 
CON NIFEROUS PLANTS.—No. IV. 
THE follo sari notice of JUNIPERS sill b be confined, like 
the preceding o s on Cipnifesous: Plants, ie — more rare 
an s, with nd 
7 names to be found in collections. The species may 
be arranged under the three _ seerslh ae viz. :— 
- True JuNIPERS, with large, 
and shoots, on the adult plants ; nit oa sean tog ee 
fr. 
sek Sh P 
VIN JUNIPERS, rf. 
appearance of the common Savin, or pros trate 5a uniper. 
. Cypress JuNIPERS, or those with the habit and ap- 
emenes of a Cypress (when old), having small, close 
on ted leaves iam shoots in the adult t plants, and 
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e Junipers. 
Ju acura cheage “(ene « Oblong. fruited Juniper). 
This! is rather a robust, spreading plant, seldom growing 
(Bry tte Ra Cuar.es SPREN Translated from | mo r three feet high (except when trained 
the Ger sora ged a single stem); the leaves are lik e common 
2. Bones.—No manure has of late excited more sensa- | Juniper, nd — der. The on which 
tion than bones. It was more especially the English who | is dark purple when ripe, is very small. variety 
oreo rset ep oe = g br some of roy = the 2d edition of the Arb. Brit., page 1082, 
duce have been dou the | as nis oblonga pé 
leet bens Dust. Not saticted with the bones y by * J. co nis oblonga péndula, at Kew, is a plant of 
this epbeits, t rained to a sent stem; if left to nature, 
it will not aay more than three feet, but will spread over 
a large space of ground. It is native 
3 
d Juni 
—This sp species s forms oon a tall sohasidlins ing hooks: 
with the points of the young mig” twisted in various 
ulou ves are large, 
, 
rge, round, and of a light feeen presi ‘when abe. It 
is a native of Spain and Portugal, and attains about the 
tains of 
ier fence * en is brown- eolnashd, 
ead perus macrocarpa the iar, Purp 
per). itr like aroun core Jurtuaras Ces: 
me seems to be only a variety of that species, but is cer- 
—o a distinct be are much larger, more 
glaucous, and of a lighter green. The berries are very” 
large, tenes of a sent black colour. It is quite e hardy, 
and fi a large bush or small tree; it is a native of 
pee and Greece, and probably is the same as Juniperus 
drupacea ; at gh pa ~_ — or specimens t 
seen under tha hat T have 
4. ‘ 
The leavecof thie very distinct J nniner 
many inches in height. It is from the northern parts of 
India, — is quite hardy; the fruit is doin, all, and 
dark pur on s the same as Juniperus rigida . 
-_ cole 
peta are muc longer, narrower, not — so mf and 
e glau s a handsome small tree, with pen- 
js Toca “(oatialrl the extreme ones), gr 
from six to ten fee high, a and is Sesily distinguished anae 
all others by its weeping appearance. is a native of 
the northern parts of In ~~ and “is quite hardy. 
es 
€ 
on “septs laity ; a i ~g plant being the more 
robust and spreading of th 
6. Juniperu 
e te i and suecica to be 
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s 
e Swedish Jun 
the same claim as the ey ane: Ponds among Poplars. 
i , ing the name 
T 
— dealbata of Do uglas, from the N.W. coast of 
America, but not Douglas’s plant, which is not distinct 
from Juniperus nana. The plant now in gardens under 
that name is one of the species with small leaves closely 
imbricated, aba is probably the Juniperus occidentalis of 
Sir W. Ho oke r.—Geor ow don. 
To be continued.) 
ATEUR’S GARDEN, N 
AM o. XL. 
You are, perhaps, fond pf Doandonderiak and other” 
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beautiful American evergree ut complain 
in; have you ever planted them in common garden soil? 
I know that so persons say they have planted them, 
that is, a hay ste - a hole which would scarcely 
old the roots; they have covered them with mould, 
—- dieu — dow wD, sa then left erin to live or 
e; and, whe e poor plants became stunt 
neilahe4 the none was anes upon n the soil, and we 
were told that it was of no use attempting to grow such 
things without peat earth, That is doubtless one of the ct 
a certain aitos, ee the aid of peat. In order 
to a0 this, = is — a + ‘iad that there are 
" hard and stiff. Anyone, 
therefore has post eet pig and 
joam, with a little ~— dung and 
a soil which will not be of a close texture. os the following 
summer after p hey e warm. weather arrives, 
ground is apt to get dry, let it be to ith 
pelea or ~~ rg ot be conveniently p 
de a substitute; the former 
y be used 
is vrelenatibe: ‘but either the one or “3 other 
roots cool and moist ; and thus both the m snechaailil 
of the peat will be imitated. But all this will be be of little 
use unless the plants are carefully a Where & 
single eenaion is put in, a hole ~—— be made, — 
larger tha 
actually necessary to hold athe roots, 
about pracy jnsiven i in depth ; it ° ould then be ne 
with the compost described a ri 
put in, the fibres should be ca sarod fully spread. out in all 
rections, and this ought to be most particularly tiended 
to, if it has been growing in a pot; for the re are, is 
ons upon 
which, I trust, will be useful to the amateur in Ho early 
Neapolitan Violets, which were propagated ene per! 
part ow be taken up and pl 
aframe. The so w they are removed ought to ued 
light and rich, having a w t — 
should be placed in a sheltered situation fully ex of 
sun. Plant rather thickly, and pick off the ange 
the side shoots as soon a s they appear; this enables 
to flower freely ntre, and keeps the i 
from getting full of leaves. “A few plants may they 
potted and placed in the greenhouse, so that wie? 
come into flower, can en into the sitting room; 
the 
There is a very pretty variety, called the “ Tree Viole®: 
which flowers ta! hr! Ree winter, and is 
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