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in 1835, with the nh 
countless blossoms of this stately exotic ; the s 
specimen was ain. 
many 
fine —— Aloes ¥ large size are growing nese ; and 
in another small g: 
saponed, in st lace weather er, to the spray, five magnificent | 
nary vigour 
spe cimens.are mani ifesting more than ordinary a cht 
tne erha Lf, 
sg sibel pleat tts : flourish om It is 
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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
725 
grafts of different hinds of tg, secre such as Acker- 
mann and = um, with Cc 
umphans 
— smhich = 
describe. 
pee en: the knife, an 
ere room is no object, 
I think it preferable ~ erate ey erences poe specimens 
by itself, as it flowe! getoon 
as the other 
kinds bloom 
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the 
probably owing to the plants being in ormant 
x apply no fire to the a“ clayey J this aches 
unless to dry up te mp or exclude One specim 
of Pereskia aculeata, 9 feet high, whi des grafted ter * 
years ago a truncatum, the grafts being inserted 
inckes along the whole height of the siete, and 
alternately on each side, has ce of a 
pillar, and i about i 
a 
qui well as i 
oe is Lary med upo 
ined down 
to 
have also 
catum wu of Cactus pre nemo 
‘anlaars an excellent are: as from obust 
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Ng oh size. 
in a 
cimen of Core 
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so that it 
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will a amply price any one for the 
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seal t be seen, an 
smable. — Henry 
Gardening practised by the Fair Sex.—I do not know 
whether Mrs. Lou ing for Ladi r 
m whic 
they are generally seen. By-an d-by ther e will be no need 
for saying, what Adam said to Eve in Milton’s Paradise 
Los 
“Awake the. porning & ines, and the fresh fi 
ls us; we I he prime to mark how tia 
reers of Grapes. 
ake :quality, There 
tional quantity a theme misc! a 
G 
rapes.—In 
spondent, I 
portion of his Grapes 
tem 
mpera 
sr sap 
—I sequence 
which have infested the c 
fruit ; ae may readily 
I tried 
te house, and the _ benefit 
ins, yet, as 
the a experiment with a 
in sab 
is, emit another 
complete, 
by doing this, I ay be bringing bac. 
in miniature, the extraordinary fertili 
y which our ten 
te periods of eee the mae 
uiries of a Dublin corre- 
will smeaeet | oid ° probability of the failure of a 
sufficiently clear, inasmuch as the 
leaves otal Prom as well as the fruit—H., L 
A ple called th 
fact, that ten 
m the same tree Hy exhibited, whose average 
arstan 
pane “ee Pine- apples were 
weighed 9b. 4oz., a was 12 
inches long ; the smaller weighed 6lb, 810z.—Jam 
ey 
at an inch rei 
he sic 
wth of Aspa rage s.—In page 670 of the Chronicle, 
- Sharp says that he had cut several shoots of Asparagus 
* ; ie 
in circum- 
25 in 
ference, and at 4 inches 2}. The s Shoot was oat from a bed 
portion sent corre 
ic 
respond wi 
ete beige of Salt on Caters — Having tried several Le 
this season wii 
to ascertain whether 
Out tended plants, sa4e blows the citron ve, 
Ww - _ reed, condacive to the eat of vegetables, I beg to rate that 
bee d Boosie it to possess e adva 
which hay ascribed to it. di 
sted on Celery the salt was twice applied to a part 
ya Mackenzie. 
serving Fungi.—Perhaps “ hewicn” may like 
winters well, 
ugh often ie down to the ground, form stro: 
Bp by. the end of the summer also 
Assia 
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: 
a 
a 
po = att Until th hich wi 
Bepepienced a few w years since, the vaiiaties of Cape Pelar- 
gon m med immense es, 
EE 
.¢ 
a 
Orange, is known to eprerege 
A Devonian, tage of 
aeing: Py sy aga following method of 
evel plans of sia 
Ww pravionaly. 
Pre. 
know how to Lpeaedi specimens of her Fungi. A pickle, 
med of one part of acetic acid and four parts of Spee 
wil preserve them anebeanes for a very long ti I 
have fore me a Peziza, prese 
Effect of Ammoniacal Vapour upon 
in growing in c losely-g 
pe for a together. igre ammonia enters so largely 
by their leaves, as well as by 
hat they should be 
tin cans, containing 
fro: orks, in n different parts of the house, 
at times sprinkled the stone pathway with the same. 
bout 48 hours after oss application, the leaves se 
ome of a very: ark green; the Vines also began 
form wood with great rapidity, I wr a good — though 
strange to _ a fortnig although the 
was started at Ass mse 
pcan as it = 
— yease nigel ah 1), ner with the advantage of a 
pe 2a ae e 
bu 
the least di 
others which have not 
observed in the last 
rule 
stood weight, eee id aoldy to be the best niger 
ach much salt 
safe, and during the hole season ft have 
fference in th 
$4 so rahty 
the ground having been in every eres the sam 
Chronicle that a Given suidest men- 
‘ously to ‘thet being earthed 
was given as was considered 
not perceived 
wt the plants from 
Dts pig oy of 
I have 
ors 
uality. “I hay panes er- 
4 your last 
sabe. I pied two heads yesterday er were dog up for 
urpose 
pie without bein 
tr 
aggot—This has 
is expetim 
been very ibd : 
inducing a to deposit its exe: whe 
pres onrite d is 
season, M ine tT 
res ea ig 
wing to ee ee ly s' 
ene 
