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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Aveusr 8, 1857, 
a 
or should. tk 
eing ignorant o 
e the best use of o our go 
ty 
be found sad bi | 
as spring 
that let. them take ae a 
Do uble Blue Canterbury . ag ti vette much pleasure: 
thod | 
of the me 
we ereby I sueceeded in bring vie the, . Cabipancls (of | 
hich you inserted a notice in a late Number of your 
Gages Chronis to its present conditio 
now some yi first observed that the uppermost 
nte ell requently 
r, at all ev mprov 
one m not be caine “ftom one of these (as I call 
. At any rate I dstormined iss try 
the st yea 
e fines t errik in a 
ne of Bova Pad. 6 topmost blos- 
plan me Sen of simi- 
enr are every ot -pod, £0 
od srengtho of the pat | 
i he seed I preserved and | 
wed r. From this I obtained a plant ex- 
hibiting semi-double blossoms, but on the same plant I Ea 
marked a owers which showed likewise some little | 
kalota a. pe - ttom of the bell curling round the | 
I kept fo ving all the 
r seed, again remo 
other ed cat 3d yea r. The e plants now hg a 
ked improvement, binik flowers with four or | 
more par of petals. I contin as before, | 
eed 
e 
cut. which I had PE honour of forwarding to you. T | 
sent sp Li the four stages | 
here enamerated, t that the gradual improvement in the | 
The 
S, 
blossoms mi rved. habit of the plant is | 
tolerably vigorous, inclined to b: $ ell as 
pyramidal, arfed -than the common Canterbury 
Bell, not exceeding 18 inches in height, and a free grower. | 
The aa I exhibited had ne arly i: geome on it ata 
time. P.S. Shall I be imposing too hea ask o 
your "kindness ess by requesting you to Took at “the inclosed | 
looms of a white variety, with which I am pursuing | 
the mode already: described ? name. it 
c i LE O Ths Pioorage, Bacon | 
Yampa’ 
of treatment. Win. Br 
neoln. 
3 
tal. any one makes his opapnenk say 
what. he does not oe then answers sse, always 
ae his own wa garden t and an spies dn 
aie Fae or without lowers) a are sab Lit different 
isa. There surely must be so rene a 
brown ‘is ern i i to new y 
irria the only subdued iig (A rcp 7 proongakie: 
colou ing giv 
mense whi wall, Sa. a greater m 
green leaf ; the colours a the. deren do not. a fect t a 
of white. an appreciably. Now. a large, 
mass | of white i is noe Stn a vat therefore youi do, man 
j | fa 
i, r or p 
< 
? as most people know, 1728 cubic pangs but a 
e 
y. TAR bet 
| 8 honid b be conducted he proc 
measured in 
and ee 
aters ber 
whic 
William Brow 
see a specimen wi 
| answer ~~ rly o 
also be n if specimens are forw 
ere the seed was collected should 
ers 
ur correspondent’s inquiry. 
exact oe wh 
s 
plants of this recorded in your apenre I have 
0 
2 
Ba Be 
recent Numbers of your Jo ourna | 
a a as | 
g a ies 
Locality. Planted. | Measured. 2 gip 
zz] g jos 
ft. in. ift. in. | In. 
Tamou Cen July 1, 1857| 5 0|3 8| 8 
2. Hillersdon, =} |Jan, 2, 1856|Aug. 8, 18574: 64/5 14) 6} 
8. Fairlawn 
Park, Tun- May 2, 1856\July 28,1857, 3 10| 3 6 62 
bridge .. a3 
4. Gunnersbury 
Park, near In pot & 8/3 8 
London aa = 
es, Will a any of your corres- 
finies to inform me where I ca 
find a eae- analysis of the timber of Oak, Elm, her 
Larch ie with the view of what i is aa 
| manur ea be most efficacious if applied to them 
when nc anted in situations where it is desired that Tiai 
and on ground one it 
growth should = very rapid, 
may be di 
ficult to cart the ordinary farm-yard- manure, 
or what manur eats asepa may be i nate the 
best for such a purpose. D. B. 
Notices of of Wooks. 
A Glance at the Hititya by a retired Bengal Civilian 
| (Booth), i a tt severely criticising our pr 
method of governing India, and pointing out what t 
writer considers a ter. At a crisis like the present 
every one wi hear the opinion of those whose 
pe entitles to form one 
| the author of the pamphlet before us belongs to that 
c act clearly sho er pointing 
“ont upon what principle Sie 2, na for employment | 
oceeds | thus 
| dency, ae e for anguages of that 
Presiden > This sunil, instead 4 Sims ancient, and to 
oe Sodan unknown tongues, being disposed of, proce 
to English composition a 
and that of India in partic then up the laws of 
‘the Presiden ency selected, and mathematics ih, shall, by 
this eno sage ae ractical a z for such 
J 
+hat ahrauwnich 
an 
rods or subiet eon papeta cand always-has been pense 
the: colour: ferred.. a 
If: 20. Wi hiai See auail 
‘ vases, horrible 
Rome, Naples, ev 
where. marble. i ok 80 sgn ‘common, an 
common in Franee only: bécause the: frost breaks them ! 
—This is 
a atin 
from which I saved 
which he a a L A ites the e-seedlings.out in.a 
‘year and at present they pea 
nolan of | the “greatest aniy: I also find it useful rs 
cutting from, the cng last long in water. Et 
Tinker am. obli 
onanii pan 
the matter i is not satisfactory. I have been ity me 
to this extent, that the Beech of the Chiltern Hills 
harder an than that 
in man other 
parts of the "e neia g5 
rya | 
mon a 
mapa latter wneid: by 
:| proc 
tp. 501, but his ei Rise 
to re 
osing their stem Hoare , and greater liberality should 
be shown to the sick. The East t India College a t Jail 
to be dispensed with 
esiden cquainted 
with oo othon a s bonds of friendship and un union are 
cemen work well, not-only.for themselves in a 
foreign land, ioe for the ae and the serviee in which 
ey are engag on Ske Themis eannot by any other 
ongien 
ocates. that the College at: s 
* “Phe same liberality should be manent towards the 
oe 
country ; that will 
that weu be fot per r eubie fo foot, in the ron) 
military ; ; the pay of eg 
| increased.: When. the . men: pos sorae vaanga 
foot selected by bpe yt 
sual _way, by the best m 
= seven months, a a vaeni be Mau ope 
will have per 
arded, that the | securities ye go with t 
be eos 
Wellingtonia.- eden te the measurement of weil cent; hol 
o 
infinitely 
so gov looked after will be much better 
n | the am ed in thousands of new ways: while 
hey: gr iat by. at influx. of.. British capital and 
energy, poA will, gm v; and the 
association with “British p Aan feelings f 
cause the spirit of mutiny, rebellion, 
which now evidently prevails, to cease to exist.” 
But s for the present this is 
nd on Sig gepers! history, pind 
icular ; stan 
themselves with the Walk. 
land or 
heir ideas and vide! ha without | fact 
know what. those a 
is the most eminent of ‘living er 
loan. m 
considerable amount. 
0 
emigration, mining, by, Ol 
ia ed, Let India l be no prynn page 
the momentous question. The b 
allow rst 
ng: 
comman 
appeara 
think that fie. amenities of the i cke 
brook should be i 
only. dee himself w 
but. has a the: 
it. 
from the following 
tenants should be | an. i 
to 
opel Bee. have 
e. What t the 
=e 
seen their h 
ted the 4 per cent. apy of 
aa pap to the 
ve borrowed at 5 per ; 
we shall perpetrate a a he enormi = 
der, by again ei is 6 pa 
necessities may influe 
ey eee 
a deprecia: 
eisai RE meet of 
ould De 
pst ores there will be 
rned. and so 
eir work, a 
The Romany Rye (Murray) is lume story 2- 
ei epee f the Bi 
umns- t can only 
formation a aga 
he work H gh info > men 
introduced ini written discusion. l 
editio of Bolles 
n baiana work ot 
volume is m 
The visitors to Manchester 
ie 
ow much: that w 
samaa 
