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Aprit 25, 1857.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 291 
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from him. On a future day I hope to discuss the| my school-room into a free reading-room in the evenings | 
matter more — G. W. L. free to all who have ry! gp the magistrates. | an 
Selphuring P atoes.—I have read with interest the Tn i it I have a case which I in ra 4 to 
gers and fully concur in what | fill with objects of interest such as pictures, models, | 
Mr. Berkeley se Wal It st me, however, that sul- | foreign fruits, of other foreign fruits, | 
phurous acid (not sulphuric diluted to a certain extent flowers, and trees, din sections of woods, and any ob- 
would e the same, or even a better effect ; and | jects in natural history : these I shall cha: ange continually. 
whole ight thus be as: thoroughly impr ted | I also encourage e children in their natural love for flowers 
with sulphur as ngs flowers of sulphur are | by giving a eae Lf gg will ——_ Leea for a weekly 
euployed. is not new to me, for I had some | nosegay to began this last | 
intention of pierieras sets to that process several years | themselves. EK per ope ri mles apre) similar means to give 
a 
edge further than has been obtained super- 
rhaps I mistaken in this con- 
jecture, and, therefore, leave it. wholly to more en- 
eet portini rmine that point, as well as 
ether or not the acidulous portion may in any degree 
to arrest t A. Subseri ao [Havi uring had 
no experience with sulphurous acid, wea unable 
to advise our correspondent. e agente 
tion should be determined by a series of experiments. ] 
of this 
"Straw aieg 
some clea ‘aie of it in 
Wool whee a 
A 
a pot does not 
not prove uninter ers in general:| We kno pore the eit p4 this it is | 
A Subseriber. [Does it "a oce i y at the quan- | already distinguished, but judging contents we | 
tity of earth washed out of the pots, and the consolida- | cannot suppose him to eni “remarkable for either clear- | 
tion of the Livi may ead ait the bulk of roots | ness of head or high sense of honour. He evi eet 
u garden as a grievance, but anr in particular is by no 
Hares Foot epa a autumn of last year, | apparent e of hi plaint i w 
whilst i h me 
uncovering the I find them The author does not point to any parti lishment, at which time Mr. ] 
swelled and looking fresh and green, but in this power has lately been taken charge, and a remar 
of throwing out fronds. T should feel 1 se exercised to the disadvantage of the public service, and has taken place in every department. 
if any of your correspondents could tell me the are aaa th the names of who in| vigorous and in rperintender 
d most likely to succeed in em them grow. | spite of ing have risen to high posts |i direc from the kitchen gi 
In their wild state I always found them creeping over | under Coven. As a work, , this| the most dec The re-ar 
the of the Cork tree. Z. N. R. production of the “distin ” ean only be! the material of s in the 
How to Ants.—Should any of your readers be | re a failure; but at the same time the subject | reducing of their convexity has in the case of one 
annoyed by ants in houses and other places where | of anonymous writing and the right of inferior of them so 
boiling. water cannot be let them try a little | ment officers to expose to pu the manner in far sati ry in point of appearance - 
arsenic mixed with honey. Lay it on a piece of slate | which the public service of such vast | fort k a if i tak ya es rm _be treated 
‘or glass, then place it in their runs, or close to their import that we are not to notice i 
nest’; the whole will disappear. I am now tryin author's remarks upon them. will admit of it “The lange irom tent which hap been 
various ‘iments with the view of ee oe is thought by the author to be | found unsuited off to a either — 
and shall report upon them . The article | absolutely essenti liberty of the press, and in planita ok Araia glascl te de W Aig ‘Samoved OS te 
38 an artificial manure , soot, lime, this he pera ht, f fer liberty of the press cannot present station to the angle where the two walks meet 
and other ingredients most destructive to insects, exist unless every one by me ger as near the middle gate in the Duke of Devonshire’s Road. 
my ial to vegetation. James Cuthill, Camber- | any opinions howev ox diirai tó o do it will form a kin dor or shelter to visitors 
eH. [As we stated last ear, nothing so effectually | so not only without fear of Pure abode ~ eo ber re ee entering by gate, ai now in a direct line 
tri ves away ants as pio] of the , but also without being made to are with the great conservatory it may be eonsidered quite 
Se aen 3 ica:—Like correspondent last | i ly from the vengeance of those whom he ars with that bailing, and a permanent feature 
‘Imany years ago had pictured to my mind the | have happened to displease. It is unfortunately pee of no this portion of the Garden, 
Nuy of a standard Pyrus japonica with its drooping | too notorious that he who is known to expose any abuse Its removal has been entrusted t o the Messrs. 
an Of brillian ani detached grafts did | is i who are 
. 0 Sena gee - 
rafts all rece gradually detached ant planted out, but a 
+ son T hap mention the them | 
Saws. pan an is way to visit the Iate | at tl 
Bae to whom it elope to allo 
me to tr i ; 
apregar sim also | plai a improv: ang 
le shoot of Cydonia japonica and be of some sort i a writer fail to be duly catod 
üca, but (which is iea api sag they | conceal his name, it by no means follo h fear; The great conservatory is being altered so as to suit 
ble state an adie rather t ye is of that despicable kind which merits the <a exhibition of plauts, which in part is to take 
won Hereford. [Why not graft | denomination of cow: . Nor can it be ined | in it on the 3d and 4th Po el A gravel walk, 11 
mce?) that no-one should write at all unless he is prepared to DE: tr 
ae am I to wean my people | take the consequences whi 
me answer, through your 
hose ry is that of v 
ean, | every one an opportu 
y | going 
eee 
ý ma, 
at had 
al i 
last year’s shoots from 2 inches 
n| 4. R 
some kind. | 
t 
The Press and the pails bor Service, by a ier ee 
Writer. 
y 
nity of avoiding the nec essity 0 
5 the beer-shop for intellectual excitement. | 
elar ar is—This very showy | 
mT in blossom in the garden of T C. Witmond, 
of Cardi ington, for these last thr eeks. 
Although the plant is five years oo. this i is the first time 
yd heer vy ming. is grown inah 
a stove and a gree nihan i it is trained toa 
sation i4 per rag: The first three years it grew rapidly, 
thro iy be t strong side shoo d was frequently re- 
tted, t did not show any signs of ag The | 
an- 9 a years it has an grown in the sam 
e got 
e pot, so that i 
ramped,” which I believe is the | 
The were are produced on | 
to 1 foot in ar e 
near Bedford imbers 
the world, bent it condes a | we 
icaria (see p. 270. Sanne aniis eet) i me sae | 
Dy 
es deep and mela ¢ 
adding a , and orn with wr 
at once; but if the oer ta are oa a 
must be weeded The holes should Cham be filled 
and surfaced with ge of turf. J. Div vers, rent raan 
Browws Floral Shading.— ay, ot 
uainted with this — but we their Shawa! 
acq 
in ae is excellent.’ me to inform you that 
s Floral yare identi 
me the plant rendered notorious 
in the interesting little story « Picciola.” 
one. I the Italian Wallfi 
d it to be a Pink o 
Notices of fiu 
| such a 5 pikic on as to 
pe 
| as pu 
ie no 
if any one can tell 
] 
I had a plant m 
given me by that name, but I cannot find out = n kee 
it ealled 
doctrine attempted to be made out by the author that 
anonymous wri writer is aiy rar i in den 
on truly ane! to ree 
rained ae tell a lie j in ae 
or ro and if 
which, if found od Bae en vel <a 
he is not mora 
an 
pmu 
Smith denied the Blir of their own wicket is no 
i at they were right in i Our 
of | “ pases erg writer” does not paren to say in so 
many w that it is justifiable to con hip 
| BY a falsehood, but unless we have utterly mistaken the 
ift of his third t arat ed — wea er eo 
doctrine he wishes to in and o 
the nee <i re press o, aa arenie of pos on 
| harc lly be ived. 
“to t ai ‘public service, we are informed by re 
amibas apr Loni 
satisfy. ‘hin thet. Sir a 
particular i 
ie they are either un 
* disiioguished writer,” thougt 
_conseience which w ould wi prev 
bere » low not refer to any actual instance in which 
ight has been put in force, nor = he publish any copy 
of any notification in which its ce is asse 
sah exer a eatened. i jor 
1 anonymous and having a 
event a of author-. 
wed to e oubt as to the accu- 
ee canara slaten nen if any such general 
ia er is asserted t oe undoubtedly to be 
ublic as possible, for a 
ought not to be free “hg “the cont 
made 
isat mrenah filled he them to 
satisfaction, sip because they have paee sa 
heir immediate superior by an anonymous ro lica 
en only fault of which may perhaps be that Tp 
la arious ayatens of phunc He’ w bal or nepotism. 
The “distinguished writ 
‘alt 
ey 
et a ‘duals 8 stated i they a are 
nt. He 
and asse 
, untimely publicity may, and in man 
sath 'inev itably e ee them when doing righ 
7e have been in o make these observations on 
va Ww yar before us, "hens ——— ts faults, 
alle snl encourag: at ing as it 
é tage ally, the Ti right of h al to criticise 
buses, 
Routledge & Co., fcap. 8vo, pp. 
ai 
ee ts os skilfa 
the public cp 3 of — c men, and to 
however old and by w sete: "influe aintained. 
This right is scarcely yet fully understood i English-. 
men, a is a wholly denied in are ost praa 
e Co be 
| countries ti ] right to 
upheld aij z lar and one aair whith liberty 
is but a name, and a free press a delusive sham. 
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| Garden Memoranda. 
| HORTICULTURAL TY’S GARDEN. 
GREEN. It is now only five weeks s 
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Pe oe eh gies eee 
