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arked indeed two, one he re keld, showed various kinds of Brooms, some fan- -shaped, information res ecting it will also be tound im our 
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t, from Ivose- Laur haga an made of Birch and Palm fibre, for sweeping lawns | Caa in, another column. sty 
Neuve Paor srt Paris pii a coarse tar spilt and carriage drives; others square, filled with Birch f Let us not forget among minor matters a "z 
of what is called i Bure de Soie, “which we ‘ake 'to and Heather, for sonas and maltsters, while some | ingenious mode of applying louvre work externally to 
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wear, Without stretching or shrinking, price d. per | cipal object in exhibiting these was to show an improved | model of this s apparatus, which worked so perfectly that 
square yard in Paris. The other, called Lancaster’s | mode of fixing me e material in the broom head. The | the whole interior could be rapidly buried in darkness or 
patent waterproof garden mats, was formed of a fan-shaped ones ad two clips, the lower one toothed, | exposed to full light at the will of the operator. 
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te, and which was said to be go re ys were round, for stables and other purposes. The prin- the shading or uses, &e. Mr. Howlett had a 
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merit was said to consist in their great a. and | together with screws. Others were fixed in round stand made of Fir cones secured to wooden frame work. 
durability, in the rivet of supporting themselves. from | hoses, and all had an additional tie of wire or iron a Moriac’s graceful little French fountains played all day 
har to bar of the hr msg which eee its ean to | short distance up the broom for the purpose of better long in the conservatory. Lenoir, of Paris (26, Rue 
the glass by re = a stratum of air betw and in holding them together. This plan doubtless has its | du Boule), had heaps of little circular mirrors, framed 
ONkos apres pia by anan advantages, though some may object to its expense. in zine, for driving away birds, and labels impervious 
Pomes bot ibe water and liquid m: e shown ERES TING MACHINES were pepr weas by Mr. | to wet, apparently made by covering the name be 
byMessrs. healed 5 FWhit tefriars Street, leet Street, and | McGlashan and Mr. Reid, Orton Hall, P eterborough glass surfi Mr. Gidne ney, of Dereham, produced 
Among these was a new orce pump on car- | Of Mr. McGlashan’ s contrivances we have spoken fully very good, cheap, serviceable iron triangular scraper for 
riage, a galvanised portable pump on porte folding legs, | in former volumes ; they were employed on Friday to | garden use. 
galvanised pump with clips, for bolting to back of carts, | transplant. some trees inv the Garden, with what| For further particulars the reader is referred to 
a 4inch portable manure pump, an nd, Holman’ 8 Powe success time will show. A drawing and description of copiously yan pean catalogue, sold by the Society for a 
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doorway to to take out valves, on mont an aa for last year. Hand transplanting tools in constant use | urge upon tbe most serious attention of exhibitors the 
plete. ‘The The advantages which thes paremana poscas a are | at Portnall Park were shown by Col. Challoner. They | great importance = tain = pad jar distinetly, 
sid to be in the arrangement of the valves, which are | consist of four long bladed semicircular spades, two of | which on this occas es quite forgotten, 
all contained in one chamber, in their a a free | them very strong both in the blades and handles, which | so that the spectator, struck hye the be beauty or mt è d 
passage for thick cae and in een sore are about 7 feet long, and which after cutting with them | some contrivan little or no inform 
ot at for repairs or clearance by rem ingle | round the shrub act as levers to tilt it on one side with | about it, ph altho ls were far froni being 
late without interfering with any other pas a of the | a large ball eT I pa and to which a small danean on | crow wded. ray “9 instance, Mr. B 
sump. pea t double action conservatory pump, con- sige may be made fast, or (if not og agit field’s beat ‘Ton 3 Cottes, e admiration of every- 
tructed en tirely of brass ` with metal valves, came fro Bdge sag 5 sack may be put under the ball, d | body, but med, unnu ar Sane and unpriced. Had 
pson. our, or more men with levers run. through ce the been of an a ili ae the ht very well have 
dow sco, has s an air tend; and airen th adeir hoops on the transplanting sack carry it to its new heme are ed. eins y 
continual vegana spa same maker also ap a port- | position. The only tools employed for this kind of| We are glad to be able to add of our own knowledge 
able manure n tripod rrel of | moving are two aes pana two smaller ditto, a sack | that some of the agen: pene A aaay derived sub- 
this was Femi ps wrought iron galvanised and tinned, | to which rings are attached, two levers, two chains, and — a the of their goods; 
fitted in a cast-iron pipe with valve at top. The clip a small roller tru =p and w ap pan that "those gi may not 
band of the tripod syma a pipe, with set screw sto| Darsy Raxes were exhibited by Mr. Thornton and | have felt che pa pat will do so indirectly. 
lps ced iin, whic imal to Me, a mnsan of Lewes, The later ad an, improved 
alkali posite id 
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of Bath Place, New Road, was a very good manure epe imrp spin n each si baidose dedio plate, to Notices of of Books. 
pump or rather irrigator on barrow. This machine ra: paiet hele vibrating i — ed toed 
pei ena ene Fhe Soli ee oe oe the teth for r the purpose of collecting the Daisy heads. | A Residence among he Lian, ty Fortune- 
means of a hipo. nd ow era è With pag pias "by The i “ptr is pushed before the operator, and urray. (Second. Nation? 
the handle and another to direct the nozzle of the hose | the oppos “apne eee wanes et ee aitieatt to sine deam gerne oal Cetin 
it will distri iş said, from 15 to 20 gallons a The Lr Aii oe i. | without feeling that the Nort ern Chinese are very 
minute. The valve seats. and suction and delivery tec es ree © is the retaining as it | much as we ourselves ere are in some parts of 
nozzles are of ‘brass, and there is no ‘leather to be does the cut Daisies, thereby rendering sweeping unne- | the country. Chinese ladies pass from-anger to passion, 
injured by acids or salts of manure. ‘The lever or ge and from passion to hysterics in a perfectly English 
hi : uadvant, Brek ak Wire NETTING, machine made and galvanised, was | manner. A Chinese fair is an old English fair. Rural 
Of the latter, and then tied aaa A kandle Ty shown in quantity by Barnard and Bishop of Norwich. | hospitality is as pressing and irresistible as in mmaa 
f : : si pl: y ery whic re rome a een e ara and domingo vase en! | our provinces. An old Chinese rea — pr 
s m eet wide e same Fortune thought r tointrude, threaten: 
From Messrs. Dray & Co., Burgess & Key, ply mr also showed ee garden chairs with galvanised | him just as he he might ha have eeni threatened a tres- 
iron seats. Messrs. Cottam & Hallen, Kemp & Co., ee t Brompton. 
A bata Co., Gidney, and the Baker Street Tosear also | and scrapes and all er pai r yrhai rs abnegations of 
showed wire nettin ing. rank o r precedence which used to attend the introdue- 
i os ee gah page ee ‘Since = A small self-acting FUMIGATOR ey Gidney & Son me tion iry guests to a dinner in this country are still the 
Doja & An Warner and others. Among then 2# worth trop oN inasmu vs as by its use the unpleasant- | fashion in northern China. As you go along the road 
id not i anything of contact with the smoke is removed; it me nely the cottagers ask you to take refreshment. In short it 
z Me Ke rextitee lighting and it febtigin es of its own accord, | is impossible to ~~ that the Chinese, as paint by 
AHypravric Ram for raising water “without labour, delive ring the smoke in a dense body ; this the mra e Fortune, are A good an of people, kind and 
or any mechanical power o 
Messrs, Hood, of Ea hae ge o gh ere Of Miscellaneous GARDEN Toots Mr. Thornton, o of | upon manners and customs pon cm must 
are made of various sizes. It was stated that the one | Turnham Green, had an excellent collection. Among | to the volume itself. We must now confine ongeohene te 
raise about 2000 gallons a day to a Nae were pact and pitchforks, of whose merits the v on of the wate 
of 80 or 100 feet above the source. e have already spoken in previous volumes: — Blue dyes are obtained from at least three different 
came pumps. From the last firm es were 
one ven clever and cheap contrivances i in "this 
others, e., iron [r. Fortune. 
recommend. None of th peared so good as | moving suckers from trees and bushes; the com- | digotica, which he formerly described—and a very im- 
4 Wooden kind with sloping dues ieee Mr. McEwen | mon fault of such irons is they wear away at the perfectly known Acanthad, which he calls Ruellia indi- 
st got made for use in the Society’s garden, Some | Corners, the improvement in this instance consisted in | gotica, but of which the genus must be undetermined 
‘iron sorts exhibited were, to say the least of having the cutting part or face in the sper grad till its fructifica fication can be seen. We need not 
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Sons, 149, Regent Street, ene ant eae i necked Onion hoe upwards. Of draw hoes the| of the ay ee eping it through the winter may be 
Was a ladies’ observat filled uis | Vernon seemed to us to be as good as any;| suggestive 
Was a narrow wooden box peek at the sides t LT but above all the Canterbury is lay re i “The Chinese method of preserving plants for next 
Which, on opening a pair of folding doors, the bees | Worthy of notice; it is a three-tined drag h a | year’s crop is most ingenious and well worth notice. 
could be seen at work. The entrance to this hive was | head about 6 in ches meng and a handle 4 fect 6 in sorte Cuttings are found to be much more t 
Be i lone low. glass covered . palma. or spout, | in length. ‘This is a clean working tool, which for | productive than the old roots, and to the j 
Which during the day time was y filled with | stirring the soil among must be found of | preservation of these cuttings the Chinese cultivator 
bees a state of great the t is in short an implement which | directs his tion. Whent 
weft though less fanciful, were the cottager’s | cannot be too highly commended. Of dibbers Mr. | the mani indigo, a sufficient quantity have 
~ improv by having zinc ventilators at top. aening n some nice wrought iron ones with steel | their leaves stripped off, and are afterwards taken inte 
also noticed a straw hive cut : idie | points. The spades, shovels, -= other tools in this |a house or shed to be properly prepared. The leaves 
Pepe ith a were | Collection all appeared to be of the most improv ved and} thus stripped from the cuttings are thrown into the 
Paor description. ee of implements similar to | tanks with the other stems and leaves, so that nothing 
the poets were also furnished by Messrs. Dray & Co., | is lost except what is actually required for the 
and Pfeil & ets al of Banag h ; Sigmws dibbles of propagation. The stems are now tied up firmly in 
and ber y Mr. Powell, of Ticehurst, | large bundles, each natiis upwards of 1000, and the 
nds of each bundle are Bride chs gp 0 
jor A ProraGatine Por which may be new to some of | pettodtly gr and dorpea TE fol Tong, and o 
of his patent hes Pa a okie, Ba scape was shown by Mr. Deans, of Jedburgh. It is} bundles are foot = of course, 
all -board, in th 3 over 
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others in not havi 
ibility of the te ment of dirt, 
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finished specimen of the Rorat Sussex | the sr x 
TRUCK as was exhibited by Gidney & & Ton, of East leaves are produced, a few roots are generally found 
Dereham, Norfolk. A good representation of this _— formed, or iu the act of e when the winter has 
which is made of thin laths of wood ni planed and | passed, and the season for ct neem ten 
| nailed to pipri ii d ka. Heather | Se sttcacting the attents ery peculiar tint, 
- | of Manufactured Articles sold iiidh Daf the French, 
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