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i w rwise would be liable to h. 24 “free from leaves and ea Florists i in | cent. blind. Sir Harry w e-thi i te ope 
Taai res which other either in a dry ‘oper kaen in ies egete drt Pire p will be amused | was in ihat condition Sadit tel Black P e = ‘iba A 
atmosphere, according to circumstances, is perhaps | or angry oth, perhaps, as ra kets en they are the latter I am induce tare prak; e Tian 
most to be depended upon, and has the advantage | informed that this does sient A mean ete the men of | profitable variety for very early work in 9 
of never injuring the plants where due precautions are Seno, home mae with the Rose as the Creator made | Allow me add that I hase “heen 700 to 800 
taken not to allow the temperature to become excessive. | it, d all England, or such part hereof as | an nually, a grow more than half an acre out of 
ch ingredients as arsenic should never be admitted shall compete tie the prize yo to exhibit their consisting of Black Prince, Keens’ Seedli 
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in the case of the larger animals, an d fatal accidents | which I blush to te, stark naked ! oes weeks ago, superba, &c., and I think the Black Prince 
easily arise, even where considerable care is exercised. | when this ee at- beter brike was first issued, I wrote | every collection. I do not pa that it 
Figures of different species of Thrips will be found in | to the secretary to protest against i ~ and K siphoned | tr eated differently meg the above tatie T 
this Journal, in 1841, p. ao and 1846, p. 564, and | in reply his ye tame cre ton my views, and is s intention | not, however, remain more than two years in one place, 
numerous notices are scattered through our volumes od to appeal to the committee. That appeal, it appears, | W. Brown, Gardener, Blmdon Hall, near Birming 
more or less successful eleka at their destruction. | has been adito in va mae et ede as a rhe E ieai ools.—I was glad to see in y 
See also the Article Thysanopteres in D’Orbigny’ s Dic. loving jane T call upon all true se growers the 14th inst. an article on this subject, as I feel con. 
tionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle. M. a B. resent this strange vom ome nè aeli offered to the endl that the generality of tools are very bad indeed, 
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Melon eh Taher ir toadda aoil remark | I certainly will not mutilate my flowers to meet these | “ A Gardener,” in his remarks on the make and shape 
our en of the 7th | new and barbarous conditions, but cone sen e ees of that implement for generalJpurposes. He wishes t 
inst. on the Meia. a» ia Tadia, bearing on its culture ~ in the garb in which ae decks them—as c , | have one with teeth the shape of a pruning knife: such 
en are no doubt gardeners ‘iin by superior | and not as convicts. the Pre wy disqualify #) rakes may do yery well if you always pull them 
mint produce oon of the highest | them? If they do, will the public endorse their | straight line, but if you wish to turn them a little 
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most of the frame Melons one Glual meets with are | will be consistent, and im the stag oa ae be a| work. The other kind of rake he mentioned has tee 
i y gr approaching often to à | treat indeed; for, of cou no gentleman will be/the shape of sixpenny nails; those I do not like, f 
disagreeable hardness in the quality of the flesh or eat- | admitted wi ith whiskers, aoc atteint to introduc wife | being sharp pointed they sink too deeply into the si, 
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to certain kinds or varieties usually cultivated ; | mammas, with their sweet little a eand d them >| My largest kitchen garden rake is 15 inches 
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year? i have observed in the communication referred | not approach if drawn by horses having manes. sy Birds | thickness, with what are gen! Ba fee d in this neigh 
produced in India during the monsoon | with tails will be requested to echo tag: singing, or | bourhood blunt points—they will soon work i 
y are ¢ ised by being either | they will be shot without fu —_ ce ; but to atone | into order with use, The head of the niis is Since 
mealy or very firm—in the latter quality resembling so | for this silence bands of m e, will play, with other | and nearly Finch ti ai ri the teeth are well shouldered 
many of our frame Melons—but that they never | appropriate airs, “The blig d flower,” * The last | undernea! ath, ted o the top of the head, s 
possess the juicy melting quality found in my 5 Rose of summer left blo coming apr all its lovely com- | the excepti ay of ‘the two ‘tol ee which are mad 
grown in the dr and hot season, and which, when panions Sele hac off and gone ;” * Croppies, | lie from each end of the head and turn d down. ae 
bined with a rich saccharine flavour, fulfils the eat of & a| down ;” © Woodm spare that tree,” &c. h, 2} inches la 
po Awe Melon. The distinction is so marked, that one | and banners, hatar r o denuded of their fringe and | the third size 94 inches long and a s eight teeth he 
scarcely hesitate to ascribe it to difference of climatic | bereft of their poles, will notify that pea. is Aseas deep; those are the sizes I find This kind 
adhine | in their respective seasons of growth. The | here, and hair cut on the shortest notice, &c. tra- | of rake I have used 14 and t pds found it egw! 
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of April and no eg in the subsequent mon the fat cut off, thei rs puddings, pasteless pies,/and a good workman can throw them about in vay 
ter the rains have set in; but I believe even more | tobaccoless pipes, &c. e evening will be spent in Fivedsion: making them answer the purpose of a 
may be attributed to difference in, the humidity of the | singing songs without any “eae telling tales without any in aoe (if required) by drawing them in an obligu 
atmosphere during the two periods. The conditions | incidents, and exchanging jokes without any wit, Oh, | dire I must also say a word or two about 
which are there found to be favourable to the excellence | comic committee, is this to be your programme, or w will ay “Having had a great deal of use for them, I pre 
of the aw are not only high temperatare and bright | you (to _— seriously) give heed to a my second | a knife with a perfectly straight cutting e for 
sunshine, but a 
dry atmosphere with ample but not | appeal to you, and permit the queen of flowers to appear | trees, the blade moderatel 
exces at the roots; and the conditions, | at Sleaford, 1 not en dishabille, But ir in ‘ety royal robes ? | when the edge is worn back at the point, I grind away W% 
_ which are associated with hardness in the quality of the | §. R, ack part of the blade till I come to the straighted 
fruit, are humidity of the atmosphere with a more or Sundials—I send you a design for a Boom sundial, | again, and when the blade gets too short for myp 
less clouded sky, even though the temperature may | not suited for the centre of a round Grass plot, oe? is | pose I think it time to have a new one 
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generally be high enough. The existence of the same | not the place to put onein, but in the angle of two walks, | recommended by “ ardener” are the best fi | 
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elons may probably in- | or anywhere that a statue or vase may be a It is | pruning fruit bushes or standard fruit trees. | 
too moist a state of the atmosphere in which they | better suited to the small sundials sold divededars than that uty of your correspondents having superior i 
are grown, In this climate unelouded sunshine of any description, useful to a gardener, will give @ 
always be obtained ; but the due regulation of some account of them. R. Kirshaw, Denton Parks 
placed perfectly as f I had thou ae 
Mr. trol in glass structures. It appears to me would hav. resting, I could have sent you 
tat Wilkins’s method of su n bruary leaves of a much larg those fi 
. is w adapted for the culture of H nished by Mr. Thomson, and that from T 
when heat is obtained from other sources h Vines in pots, which are bearing from ss 7 
fermenting material; as the moisture bein i eight bunches to each plant—the bunches ie a 
supplied from below, the surface may be kept dry, and inches in length. I can now mensure ier DEA 
the frame kept free from humi Ji i 14 inches and 51 inches roun s Mr. oe 
Oaks. ber of the Jilustrated i attributes the size of his foliage k to ie oes a 
a ere an engraving and i culation of water in open gutters,” I an 
account of the D aee. Oak,” generally supposed i sumption attribute the exi i 
the now remaining in erence e superiority of the house in which at 
at the ground, 50 feet; at a yard from the ground, i latter was erected (for C, Turner, Esq) eh 
45 feet ; girth of the largest limb, 10 feet. Now ina ~ under my directions and superin' dence ; itish om 
r s high ans $ by hot water by ar be of erener 
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upon wooden stages since i wry päls 
a luteoltncad into the house, ost by the system dint 
i x tion I have ad pod they have enjoyed a regulat tel 
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than 12 inches, its diameter ; 
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Strawberry.—Like Mr. Nicholson (see 
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40 feet long and 8 feet wide, with the flue in i tee Sask 
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Pro gg oii Sir Harry, whieh were side b 
side. I gathered ripe fruit feom the Black | 
| Prince on the 17th ult weighing $ oz., and some more, | bet 
i excellent flavour, The Sir Harrys are just | 
colouring, and very fine. The Keens’ are much the! 
