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Be of til Ga O Mir Pics mites a cool deal of peat with the)eulture and for r — —_ 
Cee ca: procesth tou cua oiai wll ofthe Past as finde Chit ey Galen saline potted kavas cast Sl to bel iris lare 
the plant 1 > 5 . 80 e Par ve | yellow eaves cannot fail to oth st 
te ion of fhe same parts as affected by disease. It | better when he uses peat, than without ay. Brini Sitia E se 
is however principally to the scab and Potato murrain | the approach and the town were num mbers e Yews. 
its moist and dry forms that his attention Though the Park is not of great extent, “i 1 through 
has been directed. The true curl seems never to/ judicious planting and by aed on gardens, hot- Miscellaneous. 
have come under his observation, and some other affec- | house, &c., well out of sight fro he mansion and Uses of the Bamboo.—Different species of Battiboo 
tions are passed over in complete silence. Notwith-/terrace the grow = appear to ri of adasliirihih abound in all tropical countries, and wherever they are 
standing the conviction of most naturalists at the present | extent; inde ed, stranger standing on the | found the natives apply them to a great variety of uses. 
day that the Potato murrain is really a consequence o of | terraces ar viewing the — before him, would little | Their fae oe lightness, smoothness, straightness, 
attacks of the parasitic Fungus known under the | imagine he Aint o close to Darlington, roundness, and hollowness, —the facility and regularity 
name of Botrytis infestans, aided in many cases by| Mr, Pope ber us among other things large jars, with which wen can be split,—their different sizes, the 
Fusisporium Solani, he adheres to the old views of the | in which he re Keeps his late Pears. When the Pears are | Varied distance pho joints, the ease with which they 
presence of these fungi though so constant being merely | gathered from the trees they are laid in the fruit room |an be cut, and § with which holes can be made in them, 
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the two forms of disease, known by the Germans under | jar, then a late kind is put at the bottom a an earlier | hundred ‘different purposes, to serve which other 
“the om of wet and dry rot, which te so ew ee ‘sort at top; when the jars are filled, ay are e stopped materials would require much labour and preparation. 
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served, which is "attended yt usisporium was | then placed in the fruit room, where they ley are nature to unc 
known in England long before the peculiar affection until used. Mr. Pope assured us that late kinds kept in raised on posts, and are often 200 or 300 feet long, and 
which is characterised by e e i arenes of the this way, when used in March and April, were most | 40 or 50 wide. The floor is always formed of large Bam- 
haulm by the as ote, and as this sometimes induced | excellen boos, which are split into four or five strips, so that each 
an meere y condition of Sar tubers, while on the e | may be nearly flat, and these are firmly tied down with 
other hand they sometimes form a wet putrefying mass, | to the rafters beneath. Thi is 
it be true that the difference depends upon different | eee a Pee 5 Bg miat r aa a cya delightful floor to walk upon barefooted, the rounded sur- 
jeaieal conditions, without confounding the true exhibitions = these last few years will have aaa rvod | meen of the Ba boo bei l 
Potato murrain with the disease of Martius. When the | the ta new feature has been added to them in the sha : 
n ist decay P jr ptian of ee plants with variegated leaves al ph what is more ore they “cate a mat 
cells retain to a great extent their normal chemical r: er them, an excell elast 
T ae ne ted so much attention that no stove or green- 
nature. The application of iodine and sulphuric acid hous now co! naidexed com lete without them. There Bamboo, and the unulting nature of t 
a blue — which shows that they are still | are Pent many lov rage gels whe lore notin eee ee I a oo — fatter mem 
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form the Arete, a Str ay which takes eat! also P 7 "e popan vage onl i 
in e east ade Aaea inthe decoration of the Hower if he wanted boards, must hew'them out-of the 
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trated by pae ies, = the pares ema of “which Plan ri adapted for bed ding: 
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Ageratum cælestinum | surface so meer -s ae pe bo the Bamboo, thus 
we can ourselves bear testimony. At the end of the Fare boll. Algae d 00, thu 
treatise he dover! the viens me m assumed, as he | 7.08am ri gn va iegated Arabis | treated, affo Again, temporary house or 
believes, ma the Fusisporium, which t hough a spp | | alpina (for Ea a Arabis "ucida wras ops era ) shed is wanted, er by the Jato the jungle or 
belonging to sve _different genera, he is probably |1279 egated Barbarea vulgaris, Cineraria maritima argen- | hy the native in yT Paddy-fields, othiagg is sO cot- 
right in referring to one species. Ten Mg Koniga (for edging), variegated Mint, venient as the Bamboo, with which a house ean be 
When the deca ce. acgunied the wot! form, its | Md Salvia falgens constructed with half the Inbour and in half the time 
is so rapid that if the tubers are to be used at | Plants ba flower borders: Varie egated Ægopodium | than ifany other material is used. One of the most 
all, they must be submitted to s t kill | ; Arundo Donax versicolor, this is generally | striking uses to which Bamboo i is applied by the Dyaks, 
i by h they are prevent | exhibited among stove plants—it is however hardy, but | js in on the 4 forest-trees, e either to SS eee 
further decay. If the disease is so virulent, though | requires a warm dry situation ; vari rtemisia | fruit or to obtain wax. The honey-bee o Borneo 
evidently tending to the moist form, Schacht assures us Ya Igaris, Convallaria majalis, Epi lobium hirsutum, | gen niidi she makes ‘ts nest on the branchés of the 
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that it may be converted into the dry form, if the Funkia albo-marginata, F. hy ak “undulata, Hemero- | «'Tappang,” a tree mee towers above all others i seo the - 
tubers are kept in a dry atmosphere. He states more- callis fulva, Melissa officinal secunda, Mentha | forest, and whose smooth cylindrical trunk 
hat submission for a time to about 100° Fahrenheit | officinalis aurea, variegated Mentha sylvestris, Pulmo- | 100 feet or more vila a branch. Bees’-wax Rr one 
not destroy the vegetative powers of the tubers, naria sibirica, Sa aponaria officinalis, Spiræa. ulmaria, and | of the most valuable products of the forest, and the 
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ton; it contains one of the best collections of well- | color, one ia ae iy a a Artemisia | from 20 to 30 feet long. One of these he sticks firmly 
le plants in the north of England. Adjoining the | vulgaris, handsome in a pot; Arum maculatum,. with | in the ground at the foot of the tree, and close to it; he 
has recently been built a very handsome span- | veined pena Aspidistra lurida higi ay: generally | then drives a peg as high as he can reach, and ties it 
rvatory which contains a number of good | shown plant, quite hardy and | firmly by the head to the Rashes ; climbing up upon 
specimen plants. At a short distance from the house | Very fine for prone imen red Centaurea candi- | this, he drives in and ties two other pegs, each about 
is a large clump of Rhododendrons, fine plants, and | dissima, with ornamental silvery leaves, makes a/| 3 feet from the one below it, passing h between 
many of them the best sorts. Mr. Pope, the ener, | first-rate specimen plant; Cineraria maritima : | the tree and the Bamboo, to hold the peg which he is 
informed. us tha’ iderabl i i iving i n reaches the top of his 
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also rams, Oncidiums, | handso Gras basketful 
spo &c. Some nice Ferns and a few Pitcher plants Funkia albo-marginata, has a narrow white edge; | pull up the Bamboos as 
are also grown here, together with a number of plants | F. ovata, bord i ; F. 
_ Temarkable for iss *foli broad white belt in the middle—all three make hand- | and shaved thin 
come the houses a appropriated to Stove plants were | some pot plants; Melissa secunda, has leaves mottled | baskets ; conical fi sh-traps, p Sanke and birto 
sme grand specimens of Allamandas, Ixoras, and | with white, dwarf habit, and a profusion of pretty rosy | made Be spli tting a pa up to the j 4 
numbers ies ga aes Behind a north walk we | flowers; Mentha rotundifolia, with white border; M. | the top, gradually-in easing € ircles 
observed a quantity of fine Heaths and hard wooded | sylvestris, pretty, frequentl | o- | inserted fruit-baskets are also rapid 
greenhouse Sina Among the latter were some good | nium cæruleum, a beautiful plant for pot culture; Pul- | made in this manner. Aqueducts are rr by 
Specimens of Pimeleas. Mr. Pope grows all. his finest + | monaria sibirica, with ve sates ve leaves; | Bamboos split in half, supported on crossed 
the highest ae — vr ne a an They were = pi en ulmaria vari uesilago very b i ag we . m ey s ; 
ible health and vigour, and many o as a amen vessels, and are ct sS ó earth we 
dient t specimens. 4 Plants ts for | bade or hanging vases: Glechoma hede- ce. Seg light, and easily carried. A dozen water- 
vi the Peach houses and Vineries were good. crops. | tacea, exceedingly pretty for this purpose ; Lin Bam i ; ner ; 
ES pee mana pave et oai Bot Mi. gdb? homey men rd po of the Anest va pretty || They alse aten boiled in them. They are wsed to 
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hey do not ripen well in Paoa major elegan K s A ; a honot ated frul 
seasons, Wall fruit -C to be an average crop, and | plants in cultivation; V. major reti ë sugar, y. 
go » a a t, the leaves ss like network ; ny. minor | they answer ev fi 
ainber za Conifers have bee planted in the Park, | aurea and V. minor bottles are used by ts. Ina small Bamboo case, 
the D had their leadi ing shoots killed in| Of many of these a oe retty specimens were shown and ornam 
ft Picea o one pei gert As rage vi Chinese | fias a Bamboo sheath. His fav sate via ehub 
the. carved an ented, the Dyak carri 
pA of 1855-56. We. petey? wo nice specimens | by Mr. Salter My Rege re -= n they were much fime for Betel chewing, and his little He Torig-bindted ie. 
of iiaii arfogium. de when i taal ne e become more | bubble, which he will constract in 
Wellingtonia area no ret i wilf doubtless wae “it Try inserting a small piece eco of Bamboo fora bow, a a 
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