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the conditions of the atmosphere are by no means surface the cells would have been far more "ee | support, pe A I have lived long enough to 
invariable, and that some of these, though ex- fully furnished with the Alg It A k price t sai ylation, to the use of know tiat 
tremely subtle and sinpoeagialls under our existing | observed that the component layers of t e walls | anc T hares n P en Werth are absolute prej ode 
owledg e utmost import- | have been omitted to avoid confusion. M. of aE eog : ne at this outery against oa 
alth, and may demand proportionate —— 20 years apo the lets Me rn ae Chi 
LST of treatment. Besides, species fro New Plants. detailed a very successful experim ent Whee memory) 
Sth that en ee very Se ne ve seep res sie aoa s a AEDE ? | 214, CHEILANTHES ger ee aiaa ge 307. W tte, bet bike r op Mc dung for sec 
C. squamosa,? B. BRACH p er. NOTHO- own 
sary to one it may be fatal to pere and though eni A SQUAMATA, Hort. A routine knew that Heaths grew on poor sandy land; 
the evil effects may not appear at once, after a few | caudex short, erect ; fronds s hort-stalkeod, oblong lanceolate, | ® and could not Pai such s stimulants as pi peaty soil, 
” cult: n the constitutio and innato- E atifid, hoary- aia on both _ sur rfaces Rms lone which at that time was not considered fit for use un 
death ultimately ensue. It is however possible that} 7 nh cage stipes, with ovate acuminate > owt ied ie or three summer, or until in fact - 
an injurious degree of damp may rea st some- ere rd scales obtuse, , deeply pinna- g An Pi goe of it, 
times where it is not ecte Some roots of taa, mthe lower F akort, en bitte or three-lo segments 0 1 matter now? Ask the 
Barkeria spectabilis have just been submitted t long, bl oe subfalcate ; sori distinct punctiform, with a con- oe Hebi cin a a Pip Two, 
‘wit, = - MARS Mes vag) there 5 h pp d elegant Fern, aoa a compact some- manure, guan in iquid form, etalk A stronger 
p upon them which might be injurious, when | what rosulate tuft around the ere own. Fro = Èn and all Ericaceous plants ; and that in fact it Heaths . 
every lorga has been taken to pro paa proper to . ge long, hoary with long white rarest saver lar manures for groundwork of the i dn. 
degree ’ » an entilation. e surfaces, and clothed, o = cage na success ota they attain in plant cultivation, elbas 
house is se to be too dry for Misia St tanhopeas, | e pee ally on the rachides and ri with crates ated, | I know xcept the rule, that all 
su uch as 8. oculata, and „yet ert are fi Sos vai ovate — ai reddish-brown eat having a jagged | liquid manure if applied at the right time, and that for 
e degree | or fi ted margin. The short s otis is also | 8 month 2 it in avery diluted state 
of moisture. The tissues of ae plant meanwhile |s soaly. Tei is a true Che ilanthes Tagh figured by Lowe | used without the slightest fear of doing jury, Vee 
are not without traces of fungi, but of such only | 4s Nothochlena i related to C. squamosa, but | nearly 15 years I have been obliged to use hard water for 
as may have arisen after death, and to which dis- | Dut T xy plants, and PEs. direct from a cold spring, 
ease could not be attributed with any degree of TO sant hen se . ixture of manure 
probabili te -~ n ; cn e I y raat ax nearly the whole af 
The singula r point in the case before us, and one k bat eri etimes strong pami ppe hinirang s os ; 
which we have not hitherto noticed, is that the Now during that fime Ihat Pid 
tissues of the roots are extens ively "tray versed by extensive collection, in fact almost all the leading plants 
three kinds of Alge. One of as is the common in cultivation ; Hecths and other hard-wooded plants, — 
Chroolepus aureus, a frequent inhabitant of damp Ferns and Orchids, soft-wooded plants and fruits,ant 
ios aon s in stoves, and is present on the yet I have never known any one of them injured bythe 
abundance that they have the scent application of liquid manure. I know Ferns and Moses 
of of Violets ts, which is characteristic of many orange- delight in it, and the same may be said of Dendrobiums — 
= ured p ungt ; a second the infant state of Stanhopeas, popni " se S a : Fre . 
not merely occupying the -bound state the more hardy varieti 
we cay of the Fall ara pfa ng in the shape -an eae such oe ae ben achat wine v. b 
of necklace-shaped threads between the layers of s3 hs ee a | 
w ir wits are posed ; third. some s poses a = put A gs Pa Na ant 
Scytonema, but too imperfectly de- Tene, probe’ en ed, what ame 
eloped to say what it is. Nowit is very possible that with the gr of Conifers? I might answer 
these productions may have penetrated the tissues by another question, viz., in what special peculiaritie 
rig io d > rt had taken place, bu of constitution or organisation do Conifers Ram 
they were develope oots _| other plants? It ma said they delight in Alpine 
while i ere can be no doubt that they mE ae as tt Tar or mountain scenery, they or at least some of them grow 
would be highly injurious to health. It is well Joed 5 1 fth es which | 08 rocky or shallow soils, sticking in pred- 
Pain that th t falsat to sonto lobed as are the pinnules of that Se which pice where few other plants attempt to brave the 
ere is not a more fatal pest to young | latter again is nt outlin ooth above, : 
delicate plants than the black slimy Alga (Mi tero- | more amaii scaly þe: j and an sir sodiy storm ; but oth grow m swamps, the Bi | 
hairs which entirely Renien Č pus. I og igh Wellingtonia h ee gy g ie ae | 
co = is a species requiring care in its Pele regres erg “They may gto ap shallow soil or E 
being da too much o0 long- : rs r 
continued dampness either aboat the hairy pe i but they re inrich aT m 
fronds, or at the root. oy should be planted in | SV" ae e gga d ot E « 
sand ad with erds intermixed, = decayed cow-dung, and further enrian a 
Pm posi lants are thoroughly ae by an bs 
kept in a greenhouse nse temperature, vial a dryish , ure water. 
ee ing in the eee s se of weak manure | 
atmosphere, oa as is many other ak them, if they 
X ; Go to the Bagshot woe and 
D thes and Wothochiona £ 
D species y fraid t h the ground for this class of plants 
Mors ay cultural habit. It is a native of Mexico. | 27e afraid to enrich the groun ald not beable 
sae f they were ail is quite certain they wo 
s Rt) . CHEILANTHES FRIGIDA, Linden, Catalogue to supply the ch kinds so fine and so abundantly 38 
eal qj iosa. MYRIOPTERIS FRIGIDA, J. Smith, Cat. ey do. When they e ground 
erns, 
yap creeping; fronds long-stalked, 
ae -pinnate, smooth above, beneath 
triangular- 
te, trisu 
the stipes and rachides itd an 
shaggy p 
ower Tnequalsided ; secondary p pin- 
= ones obovate- cuneate ; indusium in ntra- = 
apne is similar to ss true Cheilanthes | 
ost gardens which | P 
ike it a | 
but asa garden plant, at Por it is quite 
cn tn 
know the ground is 
on Mange el; 
| dilit condition for general 
American pl 
eas sent be conceived that oe of ore vigo appear- | caprices a in re 
poe diction i may be ye ——- to the | * The triangular, the pinn spreading Eea 
ea henry a sight igi rachis, ark- dung with the soil 
tissue of the roots, hile the exte in ‘ i d 
active vegetation, en less so wha they have pg trot “a P together n ste the distinctness slant AN but itan the dung m 
ets, gives the plant alto- | pian e, : 
oe, EPSE 3 area r; are cg gether a differen ; fia ulti imis — the essence to the plant, mo it Adis re 
of ; pe P A matey tea 1e | are also hae pinnules, s mar _ ing its brightest livery and m 
damp, and cannot : rina without it, | with those of Ferns in general, ha this ? It would appear 
and though the = of mois y be only | continued around themnear tiirmarginthat their. chemical constituents which 
such as 7 Rex rma Sad a the m ‘of I. poe — mes pouch-like or x in t raer rs has bon owi a daly Ti 
part e inmates may other alli hence the name of Marsu- oni A § 
occasionally be fraught vith mischo? in lad oee  pianthes one of them by Prof. Fée. sally, spread. be 
with the eip which is attendant more or | The whole group h parated from Cheilanthes | plants planted immetiatly, 
less on n efforts. Still ee surest step to the same author under the name of Myriopteris, but been followed, or eee 
the eir H of 7 evil is the ledge of its| there seems to be no necessity for, nor advantage upal At She proper 
cause, and it may, therefore, not be useless to| 5m an eae sete a i dahaf| In b a aS o i 
: ens 0 Ti are abou : vailing 
amex the Sage var anon the mic exosope ma di height, including a “stipes f 8 or 10 inches; the tion ~ — po a prer econstrued, 
bd i i j my objec PS 
eal importance must be estimated by the cul- meget tem the vii 52 ore ad ons fiot rati to erat nik 
trator Linden from some of South America, probebly | | Conifers as they bbe "= 
Our figure e presents a highly magnified longitu- | Mexico, aa is one of the most ornamental species of the | Cabbages. Many ary ly plan 
=o section of oes ce roots. Two of the more group, a fig cme i wing with careful treat- | | being pot bound, an ga Ee 
wn A na as ; nike lendigera, to which the plant is is | too, Bie con inaniti 
adn close rela is often known in gardens | misera e existe A 
eG tenia uis, M. S To such I say, ap apply the Aril to 
neee weak manure x 
MANURE FOR CONIFERS. Ti ce naia 0 4 f they are 
Is it true that manure is injurious to as you application. Where i 
have stated at page 662, or are we aail poring perfectly decayed cow i 
ived notions and preju- leaf-mould and applied A 
ee Eider eee > or ream to! equal ad ges -An 
