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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
855 
a morsel of food bestowed upon such objects ? 
erabiieie most of your readers can spare som cats. ; and 
the smallest kindness in proportion to the me oF him 
“ws gives, will have its ample reward in the double bless- 
of the donor and the receiver.—C. K, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ee ay ENG ND. 
ichmond 7. 1 
y ar 1842 ¥ was 
am oe a Ba that he 
embers the reference “a4 
ledgers Seaman -books. 
und 
nm acc pais tilatio on 
Gyonld be fatal if allowed to go on to ar ny e anak ordingly 
it required, in different parts o te the co Ht Bam “the exertions af all 
jl-wishers “ vie society, by oe intervention mo ould 
ne than vere measures. Mr. a asl it thet 
were two Ww vom of ys etting in the subscriptions ‘ t, by having 
neat in different counties ; pes secondly, by a exertions of 
ind peace’ in their he raisers, Col. Chal Hon ob- 
ccording to the inte oug! 
= invested as per sane nt capital, instead of only 
k; and he assigned as the cause of Pom 
na 
vestment. ith reg oO obtain these arrears, 
there were many points of — difficulty ; ut he agreed with 
d Mr. Pym th 
coun ty, uch oe Mr. Pusey, M.P., moved the 
thanks or the society to D layfair for having de elivered two 
such able lectures before the Plas in ontwo wemeeete ra ag 
of that w eek. The s which hi e had gens ced were new 
saga orn anges in their plan 
far fro ordinary pra e dis ncnadéne s 
might ane ae light on the gs nches of petra imme- 
diately fs aad mint ap principles, and it was satisfactory 
find that wh or phe 9 is the best 
ag hast could have one. 
Mr. Divett, M.P., a ea 9a t 
egree instruct abe 
o together might effect 
dwelt 0 on the advantages = = derived 
pe 
yo of 
practical cultivator 
ea improve men’ Sy 
the 
ll shit whine there was yet “much t oe , both 
ana ant ractical. The Duke of R ichmond Ped ferret the 
thanks of the meeting to Dr. Playfair fit his lectures. 
EAN SOCIETY, 
Mr. Hassall exhibited 
vee and Wheat had 2 diffused. 
ot co 
devulociment of the 
ich a been named Ergotétia Loe ap cause of Ergot 
in obey and en oa the sporules of this fun were introduced 
ith the . A. H. Hassall read a copiitiaationt of his 
and reproduction of the beacon 
> Conju ugata, the author had obs erved species in 
re 
remarks were ocoomces by a sare of beautiful drawings, 
made by the author. After the m ting, Mr. Hassall exhibited 
seve! 
and ther ere were epteai dried ears ct cae on the table, illustrative 
of Mr, Quekett’s remarks on Ergot. 
Mi SCELLANEO US. 
king.—It is desirable that the Ap 
wa after reatheringy rete! a = ced in open 
la nehes dee 
ekept-s chin natty fee ‘a geen 
ness of the fruit should be as similar as 
o@s 
a2) 
. _ fortasiice takes place a 
has been p in the casks, all the Peau ttos of the cider- 
el wi tbe ‘dete ghar iod of its duration must 
lice 
nin 
ao = to vaste when 
ned the uisite stren ati hpi draw it of aia . 
the distan ete has to e as small as possible. 
© Keep the } perfectly cleat ‘Tiguor by itself; and the 
it eee aa 
Borg 
ea 
ns of cider, and put into the cask, the sugar will answ 
as well as the isinglass; if so, it is certainly itlaabie 
is customary to rack off cider pring and to 
together the different sorts; w asks are attainabl 
this is a good cus but the hogsheads should always 
be well scalded previously, and the cider should never b 
acked except in very fine we cas ay th 
be stopped down. The above directions are intended only 
r the best ciders; and th ess will apply 
The following d anaging 
g h t u 
tight by akBie'h round it a little m 
curve at the other end of the i with wa 
which the gas will escape, w 
prevented gute getting into the cask.—Abridg 
the Her hs d Journ 
0 lant. sche remar ae ae has been 
pa: b Meare Wiegm nand Polsdorff. It a ope 
their veneditics” as caged in the last Number o: 
tha 
e 
ed from 
ee 
wae light u 
w erals so har 
the maintenance of plants. Plants obacco, Oa 
Barley, Clover &c., were grown in quartz-sand, whic 
een heated red-bot,*and then digested for 16 hours i 
ilute nitro-muriatic acid. One would a thought that 
after such treatment the quartz coul ve contain 
nothing capable of ausiaining vegetable life ; ; nevertheless, 
the plants aren in thei 
tain potassa, w ich 
had_been obtained from ‘i Pp kt of the slates 
roots... 
ave petely 4 bnapetieds at. the 
quare, a 
d ie the cneity A . eer 
n, the ingenious author of a 
noticed by us, and of 
rong] 
opportu ut find it one of the 
greatest aids to the drainage of pee 
;ARDEN MEMORAND: 
—The seen ES house has 
J. Alica' me 
reap undergone overal pt hese which have greatly improved 
pn omega ts size has been increased by the addition of an 
ining toe rf which was formerly devoted to Cacti. This has 
teas g down the- wall, or rather by 
converting the wall into a series of arches, en ; 
in this Lycopddi . 
chidaceo plan! 
growing, which impart to it an rant and lively sppearance 
In the centre of the house is a small aquariu n which, 
support Sas By a are Speen wet =. aig specimens ‘of Ph Phaius 
gran us, in » both plan! in great perfe 
This Seti’ is aaieens ed by Reems Tntended for the growth of 
Ferns. The greater part of the Orchidaceous plants, which are 
suspended from the roof, si upon square blocks of the 
interw — roots 0 , anative Fern found i 
in grea’ a few ne tan t of the 
che all aad Amongst 
lants aj “a ot tetve hilar ex. t ent. ong: 
tnowe appear tot aru ssner ofa bright purple 
upon the ae ee 
sxcie! 
han ving pracefaly «te 
—_ — picta, M. pallida, th 
Wate 
i ant habitand see diversity of form presen’ ng 
contrast to the sombre and desolate vig: rege € of the leafless 
trees mirhoet: ag greenhouse is + fades riheraianee themums, 
; and in s of rockwork = 
oo oe 
the c 
large pce of ’ Cibétium Billardierl, which grow 
vigirtins asl apes yng oa while in the Suen. 
bouring s' it kept alive. Adjoming ae 
fower garden, a ‘bat Laat roa the ties “ak fend ‘OW S' votens , are tw 
which are fou answer perfectly. One i is at present 
filled with ~sarhonishicess ah da Ericas: beneath the stage is a 
Mushroom-bed, which is be rat ng abundantly—the greatest enemy 
to their gro owth being the drip’ from the pots above ; this 1s. 
owev oe - Bs art remedied by sparing watering. On the right of 
these h 
which @| 
erected. we have never 
we —_— Saige a short ddecription of ach ridge 
of t a4 gir on the top sides, wiles ey pat again 
red on the’ lower sides so that 
pit, the spat be thiaed tor ath 
appear to poasess several advantages over those nsua ly OF 
seen anything . the kind ry set 
them 3 formed 
ance of air can be admitted, both a  citeatet Ieee: 
me 
each ridge, All the water which falls upon the vit is off 
into gutters formed in the rafters, upon which the lower ; of 
i “ m wooden spout 
e wa to an 
hot- 
adapted, as the plants 
un almost at right Wencles bleed —. 
er in the Secasion: an 
pits of ie. ordinary construction. In winter it is cigvertel, ‘ 
means of eon stage, into an hybernatory for Verbenas, 
Calceolarias, and other border 
ved by ay 9 iption, Mr. 
pe my thea pA Precany bas promised to favour us tell a plan of 
py ig hat appear in a future Number of the Chronicle.—R. A. 
ne 
7 
ius. 
o books al suited for ae 
Christmas Presents.— 
purpose are before. us, momely, Bertha’s Journal, 2: 
Howitt’s Rural Life in Germany. 
he first is the 5th edition Hh work, said to be th 
journal in England of a young person a ed her 
hildhood in Brazil, and who visited this country on a 
isit to her relatives. It consists of nearly 500° pages of 
closely-printed pron elating very much to Natural 
ry; and it abounds in gossip, both entertaining and 
useful to young pe jus 
owitt’s Rural and Domestic Life in Germany i isa 
Towitt al 
very jax book, ornamen 
an ume, an ad devoted to the deserpton of such " 
cotits i in Nek character and habits ve Germans, in 
the author’s eyes, their most geritig’} eculiarities. 
i bounding i i 
WwW ow 
many in beautiful 
ere is : Pinan that would almost 
ss s to go in search of the reality. 
* About four miles from efitatea we passed the royal park, 
called the Solitude, with a fence of boards of a very un-English 
neem We + not su 
eather, the 
looking people eee ng their corn ; and not less, the profusion 
A pee g? flowers an Lobel in the openings of the 
d by the -side. ey were nt as ee 
‘oO byrne ol pew. ens, bat lab toour fields. a them 
were some splendid specim Salvias, and e did 
- The wild Pinks aoe profusely shane and ie. 
ith their inten 
f them w 
EP ScE sees 
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d of the most de- 
of all woods ae ae open as you travel 
ee! at every slight ascent in the 
the woods, 
ci ‘ 
a ae expressib e. 
Ra 
e, st sometimes 
aaenes along the Lone rato ae of t 
xpeep could me regs whole sheaf of flowers, that would have 
een the pride of o ardens, and that to the great amusement 
ore our bluff. vueher Sho had been Schenk pe to see them 
on the ro; road- uide all his life.” 
throug 
T t of German domestic life reminds us 
greatly even tly remember that of England 
have been, before the heads folk e turned 
by hi and bad fashi are 
ashions. The 
scribed as occupying themselves with household affairs i 
ly part of the bala oe “ag ane or knitting 
their = fe employ- 
er 
ent. Mr. Howitt te te Sa ogi “] and for- 
tune are still plentiful who spend their: oritiles in the 
hen and are up e 2 busy com 
unding salads and. as ever an old mi 
was in preparing his elixir of life; and we are 
sured that there a those ‘‘ who have been for more than 
mol oe ar dants of the kitchen of some great 
hotel, in porte? practically to learn all the sublime mys- 
are | teries of cookin 
ng! 
manner in Ween 6 jai people pass their winter 
evenings is thus ¢ 
ung sae on pu isis amuse themselves also 
es which in England would be thought 
es of their acquaintances 
knowing to what name it is attached, acharacter, a 
and what the world thinks of it; which h, when read aloud and in 
gms rein produces, through the oddest combinations, 
erriment. They write questions and answers on Sonate 
etriéd of paper, wich nt pe se pig creer poeta then read, 
the answers falling to the questions asi happen, are e- 
— At ot amusing. 
Kna' 
this mark, especially by the’ 
making mustachios, Maa 7 strckes down the wemepend 
by the inflictor, produces all They have a ‘game Pac 
with met equally ea mal young a'smal 
able, which a basinful of fiour, tol pressed, is 
turned ro on ate, and on its top is laid apa = 
cuts a slice from the fiour with a knife, and 
mouth. This 
‘auguter.” 
Happy indeed are the p 
can amuse themselves 
The cect nts es Clover cro} 
Eac! 
she at 
cut the centre flour falls. has to seks a por sa out at of : en his 
like the leaves of a book, against the ridges on either side. In | 
