600 
THE GARDENERS 
HE BOND CU ke 
a fe kaiia of the 
inded me of 
ission kA b 
where I fount 
he beautiful ae the result o 
and zealous devotion; and I 
its name, an 
grea g 
There are also er To and varieties 
viia zt ries; and Mr. 
hat ak s and care can 
“Most of ami teieni in- 
Chin e her we 
met with in pro 
asters has decidedly show 
i i Plia. 
Fre from 
- | phur w be wee 
go out of doors, where mildew i is ‘seldom troublesome, se 
show-houw 
Aey soft- tig Hea 
will, 
owever, 
to} 
root. 
in Get rege that ae pt ioe bude Ao into Betis è in | 
e them i 
mar to at appeara 
ho staking ar nist treating, of other things as leisure -a 
jee raS it Look pie after red spider on 
thing fo o be liable is pest, and see that itis is 
eradicated before the pints get disfi easily 
and has been so for’ two months 
nate 
pas ai 
e 
a profusion of brilliant 
superior to Shes which I had end seen under glass 
the tal Palace at Sydenh found 
lovely Lagerstreemeria indica 
grans, where they hav 5 een growing unprot 
oe tgs yea, and now 
r had never passed over The gigantic 
mia and many other rare - a Conifer show also 
8 
Ww 
on a south- cister val 
ers, far | foliag 
the ba 
nial the iad 
r po as if the Piciens of 
gured. It is 
ted plant on na side, and 
with the 
exposed to ias 
cool and wiit =~ attend to repotting such as require 
PE so t also refully attended to, in 
The co! Azaleas all the |p 
b est Valai es, and were in excellent condition, pa a 
pg TET þeg S had passed a 1e garden 
rich in ery ki nd e To chsia ang 
of pol ae ere beauty ; ; this plant, in fact, 
seems an es 1 favourite with the people of Canter- 
bury, for nearly aer window is lit up with its delicate 
and radiant I was also glad to find so many fruit 
“trees in Ha of mall dimensions ; iad from the free 
manner in haere the ey were fruiting, it seems an = at 
and agreea nsporting Peaches 
n 
‘scully the aint ge tie vari 
and RCI 
en to maka rapid growth, par- 
pitting th 
this is paling fees 
be safe to encourage free 
any necessary rearrangement of saad growing S Ta 
open bed should also be effected as as 
with a little ante in shading on bright n Sa Pia A 
the atmosp 
a pere them wali established ‘after removal before the 
seaso en ge plants expected a show 
r these 
ids ; 
in fruit in a pot of T dimensions. 
de” aeqoaintaneo ie ends of the meer 
Arrowroo di. 
et 
= Pics i EE j ich to towers 
-above its beau mpanio foo a Lombardy 
Toia the yÉ in Tagid, t be diameter £ ag is 
ear this n Elm, 
ag Has ale ‘eel a an f anama) 
of the plants I have 
thei 1ative Toes s, I was 
bartza ne plod S w vith the > Healthy 
appearance of t ildren of t 
A 
e eau 
that favourite one par e 
hn.” This was my first visit ri the € city of Canter- 
pith and, p 5 entered the “Exotic Nurse 
ect to find not only 
inds 
rs wh 
terbury should omit a K to the “ 
be heightened thy 7 extreme 
want of ap of o 
ercial towns of Engin ty s0 ight a an art, 1|= 
on it simply right on my part to give — 
to the pleasure I felt a visiting this result of many | P 
years 0 ur anxi A that others might partici- 
pate in this — by doing as I hav e done, an 
recommend so deserving a nursery to publi notice. 
Aug. 15. ‘From an :aaamensl Correspondent.) 
fae ane mre ac a aT 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing Week.) 
eM 
PLANT pit o 
Dutch | o 
and other 
hrough November and De 
also | and thoroughly ie ei gro 
e 
Į | to give air 
te of 
h 
e 
wth, as 
msiderable risk abont erin 
Plants which have 
1C 
case of plants that ge ve 
wth, and Msg 
TE 
hold it unti 
sarg TE sant 
encouraged, plan 
If artificial waa: 
in order to get the plants 
there is no metho so 
ees ants, as unles 
cannot be expected to Per fiel, 
ment must be resorted pat 
pbr dt 
ittle injurions nar 
for 
m 
t, giving su ufficient + water at the roo 
Take off and pot, or pis 
can be obtained of 
arr 
way z secure a supply 
anta age of peg weather 
freely in houses he re the ripening of the 
wood is the object aimed at, and ie a i itie fire heat is 
used, with air, this will be much more efficacious now 
than in the beth when the sun will less 
werfi 
3 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
eae stock of freien oa om. be carefully looked 
has been omitted, and that a 
or ever eg tt 
arf plants before 
over 
that suf- 
stent = n a promising state e 
making „winter, and if it i 
fo ditt thai a da ay 
must be lest i in good in einige: If, however, therei is 
Sane of strong p pots, which is a safe 
ce where there is a eye pennies of bedding pie: 
required, nd proper se ora ce for growing them a 
ropagating in spring, thes 
will dense a very ange quantity of plants by turning 
ut time. See, er, where ther ere are not plants to 
furnish s spring cuttings, that letaly me got in at once, 
to provide while it can be done against the risk 
of Dilig short of stock at planting out time, 
the | As 
| with Rye and Vetches 
t 
also apply quicklime where sl 
"heavy y soils it 
plants with sand o s top 
off in sherry which they ane apt 
with soil t that holds much water, 
this kind is r peod" 
earthing up till lat 
thi 
ATE OF THE V WEATHER a pate ca 
Forthe week A Aug. 27, 1357, as observed at 
Z a| BAROMETER. 
August. | è 
S 
z Max. 
Friday 21| 2 .104 | 30. 
Satur. 22) 3 | 29.983 | 29 
Sunday 23| 4 | 29.312 
on. 2| 5 | 30.1890 | 29.7 
es. 25| 6 | 30.278 | 29.932 
Wed. 26) 7 | 30,300 | 30.27) 
urs. 27| D Tas 30. 
Average 30.122 | 29.973 | 82.8 | 52.3 | 67 
August 21—Overcast ; 
22—Foggy; 
kag 25—Hot o 
— 26—Clea: hot 
— 27—Faint haze; cloudless E and 
Mean tem rage of the w 
RECORD OF THE onal AT CHISW 
sh the last >i years, for the ensuing week, ending § 
s S Tiret of 
August ears in 
and Sept. E Te 4 
Sunday30 60.4 
Mon. 31 59.6 
Tues. 1 59.3 
Wed 2 58.9 
Thurs. 3 59.3 
Friday 4 58.8 
Satu 5 5 58.6 
The highest emperature during the abo ve period once 
1343—therm. 85 deg.; and the lowest on the 4th, 
OUR 
replying to ao inquiries in cas 
one’s communication has no 
Adeanaces: i 1 and for 
PARAGUS : irer. In preparing 
heidi 20 is. of cont 
taking care to spread it re regular: 
: Galashiels. Re 
se 
fine y for 
place, tie them af tigh 
pit gers) like = tatoes 
IN 
e inseci 
larges own species 0 
MEAT ‘The ha its of the insect are 
attac e ha bits ¢ 
meee nut weevil, except that “ge ae 
grub state, whilst the Bruchids undergo 
t kn 
venture 
never have or or Oa have 
s 
PoraTo 
ao scot 
As for 
und. 
SuNDIALs : Somerset. We 
the sketch sufficiently to 
