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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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ce, where the tank was literally a’ 
pouree 1 cae inatnne "this last idea by low morins pieces 
ented well, to 
j the level of the The 
elated ate SY eed at some Pity pnw 
from the surface, but I cannot say with ce bh 
extinction might not have been caused by the vapour or 
col of the water, or by Sohn b 
m ment. Itis, nevertheless, I Delle paguesionenle 
that a very Gack fad nearly air-tight vesse e best con: 
r of rain r fora wall i ose © conserva- 
tories a few oe posing leayes and their attendant ani- 
malc 
es are perhaps 0 of little eee if indeed they 
2 . linger 
a tank containing 270 gallons 
wellin chow, andl stable 
n I have onia by 
ns of oil of vitriol. I shall be very Ha obliged it 
either yourself or of your correspondents can inform 
ow some simple and inexpensive met nay 
w 
wael wih a barrel pl 
ure pe ach ively 
cb staat), and with the 
I Ee Ror, with it only my Straw- 
correspondents 
good plans for the pions of the 
attaching to it llow tube in the form of 
letter T. d of the shank be inserted into 
he low. t » and the cross-bar be pierce 
les ; stop of so i e base 
the shank where it enters the barrel, so that by with- 
ing it the fi y rush into the pierced cross-har, 
by replacing it the influx may be stopped; and a con- 
like water-carts will be prepared, 
ri ce ndaon 
which will no doubt distribute the fluid tolerably well.} 
cies 
The quantity which I applied was about two table- 
spanntnis te o three gallons of water, poured upon the bed 
ough the’spout By rhe water ring-pot without the rose. 
pee ust be via he leayes are not touched by the 
mixture, which 7 dou injure them.—John 
rm, 
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ow that fine kitchen Apple, which, for size, quality, and 
a seuss be surpassed.—_G. Imms, Woolwich. 
t of Pines and Vines.—Will the author of 
2 ioe successful Pine growing at Thornfield 
7 the Chronicle with the system he 
ba as I thin kh angen a little saat ios if true ? 
the growers | ‘for ondon market may pick up 
a amin idea on growing Pines (a (and we prowineiats as well). 
_ 
aivhees 
a ur the ek Be 
would pay, and help 
keep ahead these hard times. When we get this system 
explained, and Mr. Ro berts” ‘ ‘Comprehe ensive Practica 
Treatise " a New Era in the Culture of the Vin 
ets ts Earlier Precocity, ar &e.,”” out, we shal 
tainly enon up with the times. Perhaps Mr. Robe 
will, at some future period, explain what he means by 
) 
spondents have made a ro- 
wiidtber the result has been satiafdctie: 
; and, i 
Should such haye been the case, : should be glad to learn 
und 
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o 
what form of machine has been to answer, and i 
what manner fire has been rhea —G. W., Liverpool. 
rer, in the 
boiling of Peas.—Can any of your cor- 
respondents assign the — why Peas grown on paypr pais 
soils will boil tender in a very short ber whilst the same 
kind sown on other soils may be boile — a id still 
be ha set enough, as the phrase is in the country, “to shoot 
oe wn eee he na sa of the soil is fre- 
provers so abrupt, that I have had one part of the produ . 
of a field ‘‘ good bo iieeas ? whilst the other hat _— no 
soften howeter long they might be boiled 
Sugar. Bee 
—— 
| to express his Senge} ur? boat Feat rang we had made 
his original inv and Co. [We } 
examined the boiler gear tens ys awe 
wie po tie Ste henso, 
and Co. ot perceive “ a a 
Mr now erecting by 
ur of the Hyd 
ubt that the colour of the * ade of tha 
e soil have proved in re 
wing manner :—Some years ago I planted H ydréngeag 
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se blue colour, lt have conti do 
ost pacnantis for the last six yea I took som pe 
tin cst nts, and plant ted them in soil from the 
alluvial sss ne e Severn, the wowargs have 
retu snes to the ¢ original rose colour Fie revla 
Autumn-blooming Flowers. — If 
et Foqureans’ will plan i 
June, he wi are AhON sa of b 
5 & 
thi t the Indus is the poli- 
tical, ee ial oe pei es of India.—M.H, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCINPIEE. 
LORICU 
Sept. 27.=Mr. Bragg i An sul hipaa 
of Seedling anaree Lain of edi and 1843," were rh sade 
opinion of the Society. statement of the mi 
b 
whate 
ad which supports its ge: ner cter as a first-rat 
t. Bragg, of Sloush, ¥ were she peor of Antagonist 18. ui 
ae White e; form, s angem 
t was agreed that aspec ings conv vened( op Tae. 
—, evening sag aa 6 clot: to take On eonsideration rribiaitn 4 
Messrs. Brown and Atw Uxbri 
—On the 17th February last, song a long | duct of well, of e, 
oo Red fake pry ec reel ae Sled reper tee 
y an nown you from | Sugar Beet seed of Messrs. Warner an Remo "i ny 
and rejoices in fe vigorous maturity, of: Vion going yesterday to — the growth af the crop, Eee Syier for grossly mieondacting tense in eh 
bai the Stamp-oties star cari I desired a labourer some roots in resence, oe eiskesthty ut e same meeting.” 
evidence. I .~ ore your mr rose register of sften such a ~guiniie summer as we have this SEE 
" will ever re- i ight well expect to get a highly | bisa” Mase oF ey PLANTS WHICH a EITHER 
ya ae enon in all as the rapid | ine product. J of my mortification and su OR ORNAMENTA 
wth of he Gardeners’ Chronicle; but to. the point,— prise,’ when the oved upon examina’ Smee: A. Sharp-petalled raat (Stove 
ou occasionally fa your admiring with nothing but the Gre nce of which is Bpiphutes "Or Er Gyn4ndria_Monan hand 
agreeable poetical quotations and extracts; and, as one | growing in min other gardens, dey useful iat er i Mtg the cnteal" America. A, pree Ye 
of a ‘ous clas: unscientific readers and amateurs, | only in culinary clicumee as a I apprise | pr a ip . ile slogsonts in Mar ce ese are pale 
L assure you that scraps are extremely refreshing to | the Messrs. Warner of this prs gaa negligaid th | Ol e, spotted and blotched with i fot se he column is 
us, and that we often turn to the great satisfaction pay apy as thoug nd coffee may not reddish purple. The pseudo-bulbs are Castered, oblong- “Ae 
r having perplexed ourselves to — jitie renga ne suffer by the loss of the su d experimentally deen eply es ae bate ied angl Bi aoe. Ra 
a profound German disquisition on hoped to ice x eneaien ted, my ’ patience as a gardener “ae getul GRANDIFLORUM. Large- flowered Combretum, 
from me to find fault with the science and Dilenohy of does.— ecton.—[The kinds of Beet culti- | (Stove s). Combretacee. Octindria Mono A 
this curiously inquisitive yet matter-of-fa e; bu vated is the “Gooadh pe pare for production of pes introduecd from Sierra Leone so long since as 1824, yet 
ould be sorry to see its spirit prevail Aes exclusively in | sugar are—La jaune a chair blanche, la blanche de P is aaa e that it pean pt Mr Ae pet tee 3 sehich if 
that pursuit whic times, has. b clo ou de Silésie, and ‘la bl anc che a collet r rose, We do not apparent in th padeiacetion and elegant spikes of C, purpl- 
to poe at poet is there who has not sung feu but is its ha abi t and foliage are rather superior to eee 
flowers? what flower that has not become more interes Bees.—A strong swarm of bees took ht, in June in Pl cat soa ow Le ee oa fa poe SS aoa enact 
i m its poetical associations ? sure, many of | 1841, from an old stock, _ _— aorpe e d in a new venice a ebllectitas ¢ caters! wa che re Aston 
the — denizens of the stove anes oe pre- or -hive; and this summer, — * June, they | freer than that of the plant just named, its leaves are 
ulties to the bard es to celebrate | showed aig symptom ee ‘tlicowing of a swarm, | are ng be er, and toe Fong branches pM: a more a 
their ac “be and he pes rohabhy: be vabliged to address br a few returned into the hive, and renewed getlier @ different f Feat et Pon both sides of the 
the fair sesquipedalians in the same manner as the poet | their et DoE ‘These mptoms have repeated, at | stalk; their short pedicels e ds, so as to giv 54 
addressed his native villag an unpronounceable | intervals, six or eight times during season, for days appearance of two rows .of flowers, placed side by side, of 
name— together, the bees being idle and clustering about the hive, Roda vy bat aie 6 ar tcp kyon eocennelt 
“And thou, dear village! loveliest of the clime, = ss pce quantity to fill a quart. Will Dr. Bevan, large, ba 3 cul oy poe It ought to have @ 
Fain w name thee—but I can’t in rhyme.”— th 4 
hae e other Apiarian, kindly tell the writer the cause, | Compost of good loam, and h-mould, Tt. Ar or 
ane as wd they should be man: aged s0 as not to lose the 5 the two former should ca constitute the body of it. the an 
: ve} Sonal | se 5 Bh get kept warm and moist, be 
| | eats Atop Wpscn cine enat son Gaibsictgsew | temmmeneea cl creme 2 
sap ince I sen - 0 
"but graph Pe! ion the ssi of heating by hot bet rat Gad ‘ a oh Hovaxra'iia. Hoven tke leaved Lalage wri : oat 
at, bat bury Hall in June last, Mr. Mitchell has favoured me with | S274), Leeuminoss: “tow af Clapton, ls 
Br ai -h is’ | some ete on the subject, from which I have made | fiowers are of a clearer cr 
b rather | the following extract :—‘ My boiler contains 36 gallons | the wings ana kesh Bans ao pre erent oe a 
ie water, - size i dusky brown. ; La and 
blime where a less extent of pipe is required. The entire length ea cles axe aN an eae ae cgprite sown; ie 
tn ta ipe, including ‘the flow pipes, is 200 | flowers mane Exley Sad means Ort OR, 
uke ee feet, and can be heated th ut in one hour from the the plant pthc it must be potted in U6 "ane 
earns cote the fire is lighted. t reared my § . with w h portio’ 0. heath-moul be : rahe 
i Guid lta lackiadl tinea,‘ Ik whhtat ¢"whlth: Matter'ura h@ vi | te order to make the specimen wien Bere hinder 
ao ertme , - § r ” 
meet me d with Cucumbers and Melons, growing vigour- tient 7 ston. mach. It : abn & d ebwars, te) be kept Serle 
2 “O. j ; an 0! e ouse, 
\s she reet me. ously. It _ more than 12 months since I comm when it realy nets it. Tinay easity be eourcnead bf 
nee » Wherever you sda of Bor ja anes rather tiles, is four —Pazx ton’s Bot, M 
nature seems sunny and bright; inches across top an three a quarter i nches deep, — 
why, as you pot 
the la ar ay et crthe grass, | internal measure.” —J. M MISCELLANEOUS. Gu. 
a Ying ha ims ‘onical —In your Paper of a last, un-| Sug from the Peelings of Figs." ey 
(How, Lfelt my fou heart beating quicker). der the head of “Garden M iption is | main, a bo of Algiers, states that a curious discovery 
“ Why Bonedust we found, Mr. Smith, D, wouldn't do, | Sven of ha Gallant: whic usocibangiote teers has been made by General Lamoriciére, which may BUC 
So we peels - TON t upon those introduced by Mr. | important in a commercial point of view to the ¢ 
—Esher, Sept. 2th, 184 ’ we We beg to say, that the form y a y | The ral, seeing a quantity of Fig-peelings thrown 
Effects of Nitrate of Soda upon Cucu: In t r. Shewen for his boilers is an exact copy of the Im: | about of Macs thought they might ap 
Chronicle of Sept. 17th I Sakti ve: in your Notices to | proved Conical Boiler, advertised by us in the 8’ | prejudicial to the public health, and ordered them 0. 
Correspondents,”” an inquiry whether nitrate of one bin Chronicle from its com , and which you de- | colle t r and thrown in a heap outside the ve 
ever been u Cucumbers or not; which que seriped in your Paper of March 12, p. 175. As we have | Some rwards, in passing the same way, be Pr 
With your permission, I will answer. TI have tried it, rent ade these in copper and iron for many years, : ceived some white substance lying on the heap 
zen it used fo years, and I can assure your na dae have supplied them all over moh aag ig we think it due | examining this, he ae it was a sie of sugar, which 
that no plant can be more benefited by its application than | © ¥S> that whatever merit appertains to form, | Fig- peelings had 88: from of ere 
the Cucumber; since it causes the plants to assume a | to the veerahanad r. Roger. fe ese igs are of 
\ 8, | causing ermentation i the heap. ++ ¢@ calcu” 
deeper green, and likewise assists in swelling the fruit. who fvoaied uk ait a-vile Sl Sanur altel wai was pleased | slight value. can, it is 
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