THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Jan. 6, 



the) are very rare. I have 



been rich enough to engage with one of the really well 

 educated and intelligent, i have, in the diff. : 

 of my gardening life, had some of all kinds of both 

 classes, and on the whole I think the dogged old rule-of- 



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U UUe m % n red ma a n nd t 















as bad as 



the other. I believe 



who can 



ot have something 





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hat iYaiVfonc^E beZfl^' ' 



Jam above par as a general gardei 



I my friend had c 



2w Throntcl C eT,\] 

 Journals, and takes uj 



id a very scanty sprink 

 9, and HorLultura 



Se'caLfTi l'e glad t.»* 6 ee 



exposure of I, ^ooa'and'lead 





wledge derived from tl 



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You will see I am not 

 ide, hut jet I think a litl 

 >f the gardeners would 1 





wrong, might in the 

 "for™ year's bee* 



is not founded in ignorance, and the result is that 1 

 nnot get an experiment tried or a particular course 

 irsued with any hopes of having my directions 

 irly and honestly carried out, and 1 am on the 



appliances at 1 common fault 



d :«!i bad artists, Yotit i 



Messrs. Windsor and New- 

 ton would not sell such a stock of paints and brushes if 

 it v.erenot for the amateurs, nor would Mr. Mantou 

 sell nearly so many guns if only good sportsmen bought 



Norman's garden at Bromley to see what was done 



by such small means. Harpagon tells bis 



body can dress a fine dinner with plenty of money, but 



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dener, there is always something wrong in the heating 



of the frames ; the flues are not like Lord So-and-so's, 



: om enough for this, nor hands enough 



ild not in half a day have'saved my etiolated plai 

 brought them, ac-.xing to their stature, wit 

 dies or a foot of the light, instead of lingering 

 winter in a well. Do what you can for us maBte 



PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS 



suggestions of hope togeth 

 sent to encircle. It is aha] 



IWnmv 

 ngering flov 



eems only to mock the d< 



iorrow may be toun 



1ron D embrace Pir Tb 



5 ed with a prolongs 



The blight shining ot the f ui 



ely, though silently , 



e spade. We may b< 



.tually do eo, ofaeeuii-. 



we hope in an increased ratio. If we cannot yet 

 "break swords into ploughshares and spears into 



eary of wasting, and find ready to 1 



But how many homes will be ma 

 how many individual minds be reli( 

 burdens by the horticultural labou 

 may be speculation in the views expres&tu m um 

 ceding paragraph, but we are sure there is noc 

 this. From the outstretched hand of the little 

 seeking to pluck the flower, to the smile of the 

 pilgrim who goes out in sunny days to smell 

 fragrance and gaze upon the beauty of the gai 

 there will be one expression among thousands o 

 classes, of gratitude to God for having so magnifici 



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rely grey ; 



s heart prevented from beceming hard by 

 lountenance and artless prattle of a little 



i beauty of trees and flowers. Th. re is jet 



d these ameliorating influences are becoming 



id house should be without, 

 or even in a limited collection one species oranother may 



neighbours. Its flowers are very large and beautiful, 



ind they remain in perfection four or five weeks, if kept 



n the shade. It dislikes a close and strong heat ; about 



iB sufficient for it, even during the time of its most 



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receive a little air daily ; during i 



During i 



period of growth, water well both 



Id then be from 60° 'to 70°. Do not 

 expose it to much cold at any stage of its exist- 

 ence, or it will at once show signs of suffering. It ap- 



ignum and potsherds ; it also grows freely 



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■ 1 3 to 4 feet long, and grow it on a block 

 with sphagnum. Treat it as the first-mentioned species. 

 I have Lselia aatt ea of beautiful 



its will flower, pan 

 live. Plants on logs, espe- 

 quire, as might be expected, 

 e hi pots or baskets. 1 water 



i very dry I take the log down 

 thus more efftctua 1 



, gr. to C. B. Warner, £ H 



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