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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
693 
mum, R. ey op roy. and R. pénticum. To these € common 
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rieties, such as digclecdaake R. Russellianum, &c. Th 
—wit e of the better kinds of Azale ight fo 
he cent h p, round the edges of 
part of summer. Heaths, 
such as Apres herbacea, which requires bee fore ss as 
n plants, and = be used for the 
bad in wink 
ty Pigs seen peep- 
g Menziésia 
polifélia, and the white vatlity (petite ‘alba), have both 
pretty bell-shaped flowers, and answer well for tape in 
the front of Rhododendrons are plants zi a kin Be 
these can easily be purchas nable 
sery, and would add colberclay be to the tihcaet 
and sistas which the amateur feels in his garden. 
Chrysanthemum t now to 
r vinery without 
d 
may soon be ns Sa, seg preparations 
may be made for that purpose.—R 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Conical Boilers.—In your P. 
heir second oe may 
ardeners’ Chronicle mo has 
was i me 1841, N 
m him a very important improvement, 
without hic thee bles could not be made useful on 
rge sc d 
mys ea, Saag are defectiy e still. 
hardly necessary for m at jhewen 
informs me he has never seen one uf Messrs. Stephenson’ 8 
boilers, Petal ers, 
he or Locust-tree.—I have just read in your 
last Paper Mr Billington’s ‘observations cae regard t 
the Acacia or ust-tree. Rie t it will grow to a larg 
81ze In this country, I know have seen several fine 
timber-trees of that s jes in a acess pie That 
is very brittle, I can also answer for; and I ‘uch Pores 
if picking off or foreshortening the tiie nds of 
lateral branches would remedy that defect. Planting it in 
protected situations, such as the interior of other planta- 
i ioned 5 safe 
be far fro cial ung 
have survived it, and erefore it + the 
least of two evils—the choice being injury and 
certain death. In the plantations I bas all ded to, the 
rk of ks in a few years grew and less 
toothsome to the rabbits; but Ash, Spani hesnut, and 
eech, never t ei i 
not prun are so n reumstances 
calling for ie forbidding it so varied, that priate ines. 
ment seems | t accordin shor 
management his woods would be desirable. With 
regard to the suggestion of forming an’ arboricultural 
society, might not the same end be obtained if, in the 
department o d Forests, orde re 
prererin 
hpsis of Salt upon ree lery. vega time ago 
pointed out Snes effects of salt in peek 
yee gus. The ere nother plant cultivated in gardens 
which would be grea tly benefited if a little more salt was 
added to its food, for I believ 
ives is as W 
sal cotchman. Celery is the 
Reported gathering it in a wild state, some years ago, on 
- 
eat pay 
near ie sea. seas nsiderable qu nas 
of salt to a row a Cel by putting it between the 
oath some time after che were planted ; I ond watered 
m freely, which carried the saline particles 
aa 
y plants, to which salt was applied, m 
middie of Se pops mer feet in het, thi thi aoe 
which were well bla —Peier 
inches 
Potat LP Chex ano. a ee guages oe 
desire exprested in the Chronicle: Fe be put in possession 
of facts steak with te effect of Guano as a manure, 
I Pate soe} the acco mpanyin g box, containi: ree 
samples of Potatoes, called, the this part of the country, 
nk-eye Kem Eac mple affords a fair average 
each ‘‘ set” of No. 2, I 3 
tributed about a  Kebleweonatst of eas in onoca ia 
the 3, the ‘‘ sets” 
y i 
A Guano 
ly large than 
The aoe sis Bay effect 
f Nos, 
aT 
rate of Potash as sna” ape ele 
‘asia; by the 
of | it 
Soda is so much adulterated, ra not Nitrate of Potash, 
nie so is generally to be had more pure, and which 
ts but a few s shillings 8 per oe more tharthe p eens 
acai cig nd p eend? Ihave good 
reason om believing it a more ‘erartel pb Eaay to vege- 
tation usor. 
To Re reserve Car —A co See in a late 
Number of the Chradiie inquired respectin 
e of preserving Carrots during the winter. 
leche method I ‘have foun 
he br med adhere wid those which are 
perfect, and the sand cannot be to o dr ry.—W. W. 
s to crack; in this » wh e is th é 
many of the Walnuts, as they fall, will roll out of the 
s should thered into a basket, separate 
from those that retain their covering; the latter should be 
_ asid a few days, until th bursts and they 
be n out 9 care. The great object, in the first 
slain » is to prevent their becoming mouldy; they should, 
therefore, be wiped clean and bei, and laid on a shel i ina 
situation where they can have a free curren ir, until 
all tendency to mouldiness is M Great care must 
be e i 
i $ ga can easily ascertained by opening 
some of t y. When sufficiently dry, they 
should be put in boxes, in on alternately with bran or 
shreds of Le and kept in a cool y situa. 
tion. eabor avekiben, attended oa et wil on im 
their mois a and flavour, ed the film will with 
off.—Ja Falconer, Cheam. I have ititinnd th 
following ess, and by this mode of treat- 
ent I have always found them to retain their flavour, 
e precaution taken to dry them. 
n prepa ep in Jee fp manner some box 
must b ded, with a sufficient quantity of dry 
east st (avoiding that of. yellow deal, which will give an 
oy plat 
puck i 
mn in t yer. > daw-dust must be 
sxe worked “among “them, and gat Wt should - 
finished with a good cove 
vering 0} 
will be sce sary to examine them frequently, for after all 
recaution taken to dry them 
li 
upon the trees until quite ripe, keep a mu 
and turn bitter. 
a dish of them may, with a soft b 
pre ene fo 
eart 
ee remainder of the j ja being filled u 
well ona Sp down, that it may find its way to the bottom, 
and fi 
- Titeimends that the core be 
