120 THE GARDENERS’ 
borealis, and ‘i Sel laginella-like Arthrotaxis. ‘Ihe 
pi yina is a New Zealand plant, at present very, scarce in 
Frait trees in pots are reren for orchard-house gy 
omnes They are eee of doors in Bas 
apas ed manure in which the sii ats are plun Those 
saw were well waka with fruit ra << and in 
ners way well ivaaied specimens of their respective 
kinds, 
A pretty ey of ey rockwork has been put up 
round a pond here. It is made of coke and burrs from 
as those just mentioned. 
orks whey agregar 
ve of the Universe—On tl whole, these groups 
~and systems of the A inper interpreted 
at Seat yet undoubtedly a plait a long ame of 
ee Re a of vital gradation and progress. 
Not. “a ss from imperfection to senfectiots, but gima 
. humbler to more e eatily oaa se, as if the 
great design of Nature had been cend from the 
intellect and soulof man. From the lowly Sea-weeds of 
e silurian strata and marsh-plants of the old e 
ses, eds, x an aiis 
eg of the coal-measures; from these to the 
Cycads, and Pines of the coalties and from 
‘clad fis 
sauroid fishes bad the coal-meas ; the sauroid fishes 
by the gigantic saurians and “rei s of the ‘of tha | 
the reptiles of the oolite by the e mammalia of the 
tertiary epoch ; and these in othe rare place to exiting | 
: ies, with man the crowning f d 
existence. This idea of gradation oe ge t only an 
ward change among gether Is of ‘the earth, 
but also, as plants and animals uenced in their 
- forms and distributions by external ‘ep in new ste 
_ and arrangements of vitality—the creation 
species, and the pt nS out of aiiai from” the » gren 2 
vigas ch i 
CHRONICLE. 
now either require syringing occasionally ~ a 
Many of | Dutch Turnips, Onions for drawin 
e| Cress, successional Peas Be bey 
elery i 
| Ca e 
pricked out. Continue to pee “a a 
morning. 
ie sk ersi rè, rie give air ir freely vn the after nec 
Winter- 
e sho 
rise freely on bright days eariy i in the pen 
y me 
alwa 
high dress S, ae dir acco Liege this ih we attention is 
ar cin 8, 
of to feed in 
Cierodendrons may now Bg. disrooted and potted d in 
[FEBRUARY 21, 1857. 
»ome early Parsley, a sprinkling of early ( 
8, y \ 
rm 
Dy high sb a ere at hand old lights 
on hoops are the grand eho Is. In the 
up arrears forthwith ; make sure of thorough dram 
Plant high both at bottom and top. Get naili Be 
Provide against all K , and protect as faras 
all opening blossom Pole 
eee 
——————— 
k ding Feb. 19, 9, 185 7, as o obs erved at the Ho orto 
ae 7 \ TEMPERATU 
“aa AROMRTER, E 
Feb. TE LEA Of the Aitu 
a Har. Min. Max.| Min. | Mean", 
| | 
Friday 13| 18 | 30.291 | 30.262 | 25. | 355 | 40 
Satur., 14, 19 | 30.249 | 30.187 i 22 | 345| 41 
Suncay 15) 20 | 30.112 | 30.066 | 43 | 26 37.0 | 4l 
Mon. 16 21 | 30.073 | 30.049 55 26 40.5 | 41 
Enesi. 17 g | 29.992 | 29.966 | 56 | 34 | 45.0!) 4l 
Wed. 23 | 29.999 | 29.964 | 55 | 33 f 440| 42 
Thurs, 19 24| 30.145 | 30.093 | 48 | 30 | 39.0 | 43 
Average.. 30.123 | 30.034 | 50.7 | 28.0 | 39.3 | 413 
Feb. 13—¥rosty; fine; slight frost ight. 
ee ag a isis: ” fine thro oughout , sharp frost at night, 
— l5— Foggy; | fine throughout ; ight kek 
_ a i clea or with brig nn ne t 
Wt 17- 
— 18—Slight iori very fine; cloudy at night. 
= 19—Slight bend oe — Cloudy. 
Mean temperature of ‘the week 1 1-5th de eg. above the average, 
pias ° Gir ais 
weather and ai ish Ye baii ng ou 
area for a : few meer and it should not be 
ight d e the &e. 
os asaran their ut m be eai benefited È 
- scheme of an fact even 
with respect to eg Ge The odon, 
‘mammoth, and other ee pachy derms that lived from 
p: — into the modern epoch have long since 
= urrying onward to 
the beaver, iy elephant, 
other animals whose circumscribed 
provinces are ihai being broken in “upon by new 
conditions. Such facts as these, taken in connection 
with the physical changes that are continually taking 
place on the gy ot the globe, necessarily lead to 
speculations as the fondoei and phases of the 
Respecti to 
rogress, eg that nin arini ispa ect of nature will not 
the same as those she must assume in eras that 
“are to follow. But what ma may be the nature and amount 
of these epeari wong the new conditions brought 
bow > rae Be t the races of plants and uina 
; ns of eaea This only dest philoso’ 
sts assured of, that, be the future vicissitudes 
globe what they may, they will iontinis to be the one 
f Law and of Order ; and that, 
of t 
ient ennas of Him “ with whom is 
turning.” — Advanced 
-~ yariableness, 
Teat- Book of oh dary, by David Page, F.G.8. 
a 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing week.) 
PLANT DEPARTMENT 
Disp 
Conservatory, &c.— nse with fire heat here as 
purposes. Don 
heat to increase mu h by means of Beirne 
- much ‘skill displayed in retarding certai 
‘+. * 
once, e, and ree owe ‘ef thinned as eee as pam 
ith 
overerop Wines, sae aia eat is small, ill- coloured, 
and im atse 
te quality, which wili as more re satisfactory 
Gs. Wat 
Ee hae indications of red care or brown see bot h be eing 
ps to dies the shoots a ~~ foù 
lea 
order 
„Pe paces H daoi is the am apprehen- 
P ls | g 
seat ions, science has yet no available | y 
osophical 
the me is- 
i pref makes ao s appearance fumigate at 
as 
of the future, the g L DESIGN which 
now labours to reveal, will be tne steadily upheld nd 
Me 
Auten wellt ito thorough S; ` s th 
of 
emperature of 55° by day and 45° 
‘ong Kee 
tn nc rounds swept ply rolled "eels to 
ass screen should always be | 
-= the roo etna the midday hours 
iaa such Orchids | 
anh p 
Acroperas, 
or of blocks wili | and. 
HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
proper ame of oe in this A seule ap l 
e 
RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHI 
: EES A i ; i al 
PES mpe Prev; 
ani | ean | ga yi 
ves. | $25 | EEE] EF | Yen ie | Suen Dal 
T = 
fae se | An bs ee it of Rai 
Sunday 22| 45.6 33.0 | 39.3 l4 0.29 in. 
ae. 3) 46.9 31.9 30.4 Il 044 
4' 46.9 34.1 40.5 16 0.60 
3) 48,0 33.5 40.8 16 0.92 
The 6 47.4 33.6 40.5 18 0.48 
Frid ay 7i 47.7 34.6 41.2 16 0.40 
Satur. :81 48.3 !' 33.9 | 41.3 13 0.84 n 
The h highest temperature during ‘the above period occurred on the 3 
1846—therm. 64 deg. ; and the lowest on the 23d, 1855—therm. Eer 
Notices to Correspondents. 
ÅRBORICULTURE: T F. The only work which piat 
requirements is Loudon’s Arboretum Britannicum, ingmk | 
8vo, of which niy Taie jist are useless; it may per beh 4 
without them. g : 
Books: Hortulanus. Solly’s Rural Chemistry, Johnsons 
tures on Agricultural Chemistry ; Kemp, How to Loy Outs 
Small aarden, London’s Edition of Repton; Price pe | 
Picturesqu 
Contre a. Leudon’s, Arboretum Britannicum contains i 
cepious information epee the old kinds, but the latest and 
complete work is Carrières Traité gén an ye: Coniferes, 
1855, in 1 vol. 8vo. ule mask baie m booksellers 
HW Pd. We 
Apply to ae nearest nurseryman.t 
GR per G L. The only "r d keep "Grapes aie they 
is to hang them up in a d airy. 
exposed to the sun. The paraa Gen ae: ome 
acked in sawdust are thick skinned and gat S ejon y 
A ripe, which is the reason why they are so t i 
HORSERADISH: J S C. You can only endai it by contina 1 
destroying it as it is If every bit is pulled cl i 
asit is seen above ground, die it must in a yest more fans | i 
ou ig: ing tching it, Horseradish will be more! 
Ho GUEI SocIETY : J E. Certainl 
height with Lobelia speciosa and 
eolvur ms es of ‘bloom. We are quite unacq 
what is lled y in gardens 
n h one fart) 
worth on 
Names OF PLANTS.— We 
decline e naming cp it ‘ried par plan 
ptr bear in m that, before ppa en to us fi ine t 
they should echaaoat their other means of gaining! Ta 
We cannot save them the trouble of examining 
for themselves; nor would Ht bo desirable i we. 
can do is to help them—and that most 
now requested wats in future, not more thas 
may sent us one time. Beng c 
dreaded Anabay aris ge Sriep asas 
present state nari aren if pi wil 
specimen in the summer we will 2i your 
autumnal “Mezereum is propagated by 
ORANG same AMD. Slate is beyond al 
aitai ae fall-down sides we prefer. 
te — is 
int scales off it is the fault of the painter, ¥ roor 
wheibit iin is dry enough to be ae a 16 ies 
s: “A Dublin Subscriber fa » 
Para CULENTS: N B. Jamaica is no place for succulen 
and common 
re Turk’s Cap s 
nothing worth freight. 
Tussock Grass: SC. We are unable 
now be procured, unless throad Messrs. 
Yon tter procure ’s Touri! 
good book, and the only one of its kin 
Vines: H P. The di in inches at 
should be apart cannot be precisely sta 
some varieties are longer jointed than an others. 
enhe to two eyes, and leave 
Il 
Water: XYZ. Water will not be paises eo 
maiagi by being caught in a cistern done 
ting of piteh; but coal tar is to be fontos 
the volatile matter procceding from it ane 
*.* As usual, m: munications have 
*and others are detained till the necessary 
We also beg the indu! of 
