136 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [FEBRvaRy 28, 1857, 
quailty ; wheu pure it dries periectly. ‘Lis was about mkt 9 lt is this form or external oe sera ge with oe clear manure mec ene frui 
the year 1819.. Failing in making a pole nables the palæon ema to ee an assify | by all possible means the bloss Straw 
an to think it might be a applie ed a oh „to fossils with existing plants and animals ; and it is this { canvas, bunting, Fir boughs rar: Fern should 
various pur » particularly to arti ing | internal arrangement of "eal od: tine, a revealed to | of them be in requisition. As soon as nailin 
parel, I knew T Len ‘perieotiy Pr eo: and | the microscope, ong: ipa =- to = ~ bone from | in the case of Peach trees, mix sulphur and 
ey. elastic wh t bee rigid when | shell, and the bone of a bird from the e of a mam- | with clay to the thickness of paint, and draw ap, 
exposed toa low detiipchaturel hat "still nae the warmth nial. A dianed Tert. Book of yr be y “David Page, “ mixture between the shoots in all irections; t 
of the beds was sufficient ; consequently, when in use, PGS. ce done, and that well, will help very much to 
it retained its elasticity. After etre: ee I enter- eee he trees from red spi iden, Proceed with gr 
tained no doubt that : could adapt it to many uses Calendar of Operations. lowing in the order in which the buds break 
where elasticity was desirable.” And od this grew up (For the ensuing week.) wisp of hay once a week into white Broccoli, th 
the vast fabric of his arra — of which are show ny 8 ie mi ity of frost. 
Not entirely, however ; for there was no end of u PLANT DEPARTME FLOWER GA ND SHRUBBERY, 
` expected impediments. When he attempted to adapt CONSERVATORY, Ge. — Camellias, Acacias, e »| A thorough collection of che best hardy and 
his elastic aagi to ope a aan the needle holes | Rhododendrons, Eutaxias, gra , Correas, Azaleas, | should now or very soon be hey ar 
e out, the eu g kn ase ould n work, the new and last but not least, kiados ould now be a blaze of service and most esteemed farda the gay ` aai 
sprin gs would n reykir O kaak pe nania and were be tl on plant growing 1s well attended to. The ey Verbenas, Pelargoniums, &e., come to Ppa 
meen upon the maker's hands. As the manufacture will s require abun dan ce of water, to which clear sone s frame o ak is at liberty sow them in sma} 
e progress waste pieces accumula ated. fast, and the liquid m manure pae be TO pre? ak Dispense | pots in loamy soil, and do not turn them out until they 
on of raw material being insufficient it became | With fire-heat as much as possible. Let canvas screens | are sa a: the flower then gains-the pre 
necessary to use up the cuttings, but gee was found that | be at, hand for “shading slightly the brightest parts of | dom and the great brnporion of i above the 
they would not reunite. This difficulty was overcome the house i En t She Be Oe SSE » in stoves Wee constitutes the chief beauty of many annuals; rd 
in the year 1820, and from that time the manufacture | Orchids w be pushing nit and, many of the easily protected also ‘rom i: Get 
-of nerpa eo articles as a great branch of ‘ads may | blocks and pies of Stanhopeas, Gongoras, Dendro- | in ihi peen for propagat 
be said to dat biums, Pie Sa 8 to be syringed ; A toy this we 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR 
For the numberless s experiments, most of which of | ©®ty on sunny m gy and give „air freely A | For the week ending Feb. 26, 1357, as observed at the “puss 
sai’ we ode ee 
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course elite: in failure, and all the details of that | Couple of hou urs for r of moisture lodging amongst 
phant success with whieh Mr. Hancock’s inventive | the buds. In s tine “large reaps, in pots, break 
genius was ultimately crowned we must refer the reader the ue raping 8 piaig Pee the roots, and shift 
ume itself, 15 sean of which are ajo be the whole ; Terrestrial Orchids i in general 
& were enumeration of the articles now ma will do tener in tee turf, per leaf mould not too 
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BanomEren. Of the Aur. | Ofthe Ei Wind i f 
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The following an pamphlets are upon our table, praning. back Justicias, Vincas, Clerodendrons, Eran- 
viZ, Dr. Smith on the cficacy of small doses of morphia | themums, Geissomerias, Plumbagos, Eare Ery- 
in Hooping Cough, ee (from the Edinb, Med. Journal ); | tbrinas, gA at least those exhausted by flowering E 
Pagan on road reform ; a plan for ae a Turn- | a tew for early work. Those done first will i. earlie 
_pikes, Statute Labour, &e. AURARO s: t is to s next autumn and winter. p aa on Fuchsias sia 
< dome with our Criminals? By C. soe mon (Hall | fine and vee specimens are required ; a moist atmo- 
and Virtue 19.. sphere, with a slight degree of shading, will run the shy 3 hazy and cold, 
edge are bringing out a 4to edition of | sorts into wood and retard their. flowering. Those tron EANA A a ae vera 
l wi i i RECORD OF THE VRE AT CHISWICK, 
Ee in rE a monthiy nu mbers, copiously wintered in cellars should now be potted, in order t a ene aut oe ER AT CHTS eee 
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rove a most welcome addition to every- | disrooted and started in „Pent Shift when necessary | ““"™ PEA 
and will 
vo s ald be < cheap books. Some of Dalziel’s wood- Antala n ET Cape p s in a growing state, likewise 
placed in the most costly books of mite 8, Caleeblat ka Shd Cinerarias, with a view | Sunday 1| 47.4 | 34 
o hav : 
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. ele Mon. 
Ate kin ving fine specimens. Pot successions of Gloxinias | Tues. 23 
Quantity 
woe: of Rai 
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rs nd Achimenes, and keep them rather dry and warm. In| ygd i 
d 4 urs, 48. 
Miscellan | forcing pits keep Roses free from insects, watering fre- Friday gil ur | ob it O11 
g sei and Conditions y. Petrifaction.— The process | quently with ar arera Dutch bulbs should not be FR PEORES aE tE ARAE 
-of , generally speaking, consists in the RSN permitted to stay long here. Hyacinths lose much of | 2a, sna, 1846—therm, 60 deg.; and the lowest on the aiia 
hand gene stony matter i into th e pores of vegetable or | their effect when their bells are too far asunder through | !*¢s m p 
at a. In st the on red body barter had too much excitement in proportion to light. Notices to Correspondents. te 
has almost entirely diopi and the stony matter Sow tender annuals, Do not forget Phlox Drummondi | BorrERs: TJ MD. The case is entirely on Stora sl; 
has been so gradually magpie in porös on particle, |4 aud Rhodanthe Manglesi, &c. Give air to cold pits at| never PS gdh dur Hes "a: ; 
that gs pore = nts perfect resem- | all y ee there is no frost, Pot off stores for the Bo ‘vei Sane on the Vin 
"ie nat coed a o cth original | flower g n an t them forward, more eltir, in the borders. It is published by sper 
i » Petrifacsion is been arian) imitat iy ata Coraniemts Hetiotr tropes, Verbenas, &c. not know the price,—D LE. fay 
-v buryi mud, cla and lim t has RCING DEPART to booksellers.— Wind, dford. Begin at onea w 4 
found that afer a time ned soe sence black ey : Pi NERY.—Give plants spree i heir E as much| school Botany, studying first the systematical and theat g 
- and heavier ; and had the process been continued, they liquid manure-water as the soil will physaieieet part, You cannot begin too so eran Awi ; 
would have eventually been Saana Ly oa from true | permit, and afford them a iato ghly m moist almos | Bite: Fork A Tinaig te not a bab, Were 
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` fossils. Springs holding lime or flint in solution are | spbere day and night. Adm mit fresh air when the "is large bud. to: Coven A- Waisi ND. avy Wet p 
- familiar examples of per fying parton when they | thermometer rises to 80° or 85°, but do this by|  cantha, Cotoneaster, a Cane: the small caved sorts, = 
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4 pieces of moss, straw, twigs, and branches, into | opening the ventilators on one sìde of the house only,| Creeper, small leaved Ivy, Camellias, and Foe 
ealeareous and siliceous ger Lime _ a are | and by no means allow currents to blow through the i i atik 2 Trda of London ; pte ra 
perhaps the most abundan t petrifying substances in house and rob the atmosphere of its moisture, See yellow: Berried Holly and yellow. berried “Yew a 
many fossil bones and shells are "converted that a steady bottom-heat of T sas to 90° is main-| pruned, Clematis flammula, m ontana, and viticella. 
HEATING: Anon, The a Ea is ; 
will be requite in gettin 
- fall into unskilful — 
apparatu 
down again 
wh RGE TREES: W ie 
: Names OF PLANTS.— We have been 
substances are preserved in in the crust of the earth, we | and see that the soil is not allow TY Or | — decline naming heaps of dried or petada plants, that we 
r notice a few of the more obvious, rather with a get s sodden, which a aptto be the case from syringing to request our correspondents to recollect 
Josed it is of itself composed of er should be given. a Se —As k ‘rie We Gaot save th 
d a little animal matter.’ As it swell i in nthe fens a house a r the bunches carefully, = themselves; nor woul 
; bee 
x an do is to help th an 
yedded c 1emical changes take place— the | W! ith a f ascertaining whether they have n| now requested that, Mi: fitas; not more 
decomp: 3e and sses off in a gaseous aii thiid and go over any, bunches at once may be sent us at one time.— W & B. 
lace is supplied by an additional infiltra- which may require a second reng for it is great i = 2, Nephrodium inolle; 3, 
e from the mass. If iron in solution be | justice to leave the berries out ee they are) 70 modern work gon 4 Sooo Fai 
the mud, the sulph ted hydrogen arising | § stoned, which is by no ported zs ‘cm Oni’ pFactice. will be the best. ech volume and the first part 
osition.will unite with the iron Priced — Kelp the young shoots neat} ular] LTF R. Peziza bo 
ine i as to adn NEW FLOWER AND RiGee EN GARDEN SEEDS: = 
logue has been sent here for you. What a is 
PELARGONIUM Daveyanum: R T C is s0 8 Pew 
to vois o help our correspondent “A B” to a a aye 
e shell so become hard and stony; but still | to pitt l ends careful not. to push|_ old sort. esot. 
its form to the minutest nee pkg ecession houses too fast, Keep the Soani = THE Pe rip T Ea R Lay eo r: We. sa and ot 
tion of its exterior ace. By- and-by, carbonated but T e the syringe on trees in blosso reia will permit. PTEN 
may filtrate through the pores of the limestone ; ARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN, TuE Yew TREE: Deodar, Itis a roar 
shell may be dissolved entirely, and leave only a Make pe a forthwith on property situated toda of those trees which do not bear berries es 
east of i 
ts form, Another change may now | the following vegetables—Green Kale, Savoy, Lee be teat tll oh ane ath i 
i holding percolate | Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower (r pinch), Aar dwarf roi system giddiness, ‘prostration o oF 
and the hollow shell- cast wa filled | bages ; also a little Pomeranian Cabbage; a sprinkling of | irregular action of the se 
ised also be added. 
in small doses the By ane as an int 
Get rect si relat 
oli ma 
y ; soot dressings have ra highly | Cows and other animals have p rished fror nom te 
| recom ed for this crop. Give a slight salting to| leaves. Itis, however, said that Me Temei or 
s and Seakale ground, and dress with dangerous at all seasons, which is ex 
i EST PS |GTOUNG, RUA Crease notion that Yew trees bearing berr 
the | sowi fa ly abo 3 Fahad ity; but if the seed is crush 
ng z airly ve ground, Prick out very early | Ponty; Due i aa ent 
Celery in a frame Ola Melon hed dung made firmisgood, ae sonnets 4 
of the pi 
prevents tap roo ts. Sow ail herbs, sweet Marjo oram 
4 on h _ Cover soe mihi Jitter all carly Miar 
whilst soley — 
a week | Ghat methods i 
