THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



[March 



y npe, and considering the 

 had, were extraordinarily 

 Ibout a month since I dii 

 •ound up constituting the be 



lorse ouried there two ye: 



i, for the flesh was nearly t 



oearly as February K>. Un-uiiii: wu- 



tt glass to every other kind, especially some dealers 



lass ; indent 1 have lately heard, from un< 



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d gardening. When respectabli 

 ucntcul » w ducu means for the sale of their goods 



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;• opposed to good gardening 

 of giving his Vines and plants the benefit 

 olar rays, he scrupulously excludes every ray oi 



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one Grape came to maturity, and al 

 of.the blinds, the use of which und, 

 stances is very doubtful. The resu 

 (as one would naturally expect) a le 

 only makes him value the blinds the 

 the failure on ■ : 



going on as formerly, subverting th 



jaws, and giving proof of the great a 



Hytwl Heaths.— la reading Mr, 



•<'»pe Heaths from s< 



He is still 



inches in height was transferred from a 3-inch pot, with 

 the usual care in disentangling the roots, and planted on 

 a previously prepared piece of ground, composed of 

 rough turfy material, with an admixture of a small 

 portion of sand and peat earth. The plant grew 2 

 inches during that season ; last year it made a shoot 2 

 feet 9 inches in length up to the first of September, at 

 which time it was growing rapidly, and would undoubt- 

 edly have elongated several more inches, had not an 

 accident deprived it of the power of its leader. This 

 shoot has on it 18 side branches, varying in length from 

 19 inches to 5 inches. The general appearance of the 

 tree is of an upright and loosely irregular pyramidical 

 form, much less compact in appearance than Cryp- 



vicinity. Both are apparently equally hardy, having 



id I hope t 



, and that the eye v, 



thrive admirably i 



s are admirably. 



ndon garden does no't 

 er Cape bulbs, which 

 nd many other plantB 



according to its strength a 



whether Mr. Rh 



i garden. I generally usi 

 le gas works early in th. 

 :r the whole, particularly 



is methods of protecti 

 all his pyramidal trees, 

 -—.^Mug tu OU uie nunureus, as it appears to 

 expensive mode, and that fruit might be bought 



the stakes and material 



taped protectoi 

 aost ef 



as are of 



unbleached 



tarthings per yard, and four stakes at Id 

 Cove e n l h S nd3 °f P :f r . t " es ^ltivated for supplybg 

 »^I!° 8 ^? the serous " 6ir *** left *° *•» 



wn Bread.-From what I have observed und< 

 *the tt t *f ead " ," Sted Mill8 >" &c 



that . L ™ °* 7 eeka » * Mn dis P<*ed t~ 



that a few more remarks on the subject may 



mere eu be no obsbu-i* *„ . ,._:L L ' ' *? r * urelv i Quarter of an hour t* on TO ;„„*„„ *_., "? "\ Iron >a 



either a baker or a miller; but he 'tLa*** *■ 

 steel mills and home grinding, since comnw" ! ^ 

 persons will take the trouble of the S?^^ 

 selves : indeed I would not advise the L , **■ 

 mUl when a servant must be entrusted with ft. iS 

 ment. In conclusion, I can assure "P » of C^ 

 well, that steel mills are not a "delusion" and*^ 

 have had one constantly at work, for the 'supply ?J 

 family, during 8 or 9 years. I can, moreover £j 



process of sharpening, nor will it be requiredLnZ 

 time to come. Parkes's mill, at 21. 10s., does , J3 

 for a small family. I had almost forgotten to k 

 - C. H," whether he ever compared brown bread a* 

 of Wheat-meal with the miserable stuff produced h 

 mixing middlings or pollard and white flour, ui, 

 common practice in London 1 I think that on a fame 

 occasion I recommended a 5th or Gth part of Rje ri 



Cucumbers.— A grocer in Garstang has for jm 

 obtained abundant crops of Cucumbers by the folk** 

 plan. In the beginning of May he makes his W ' 



nana glass over the bo: 



:v:r: 



tne iemale viper bites ott the head ot the male, in * 

 venge whereof the young ones eat through the bdljji 

 the female, is a very ancient tradition, entertaijed i 

 the hieroglyphics of the Egyptians, affirmed byHewfc 

 tus, Nicander, Pliny, Plutarch, .Elian, Jerome, Bui, 



parental provision of Nature, whereby the young m 

 newly excluded are sustained by the dam, and protected 

 until they grow up to a sufficiency for themselves;*; 

 which is perverted in this, for the young ones suppn* 

 to break through the belly of the dam will, upon aj 

 fright, for protection run into it ; for then the old « 

 receives them in at her mouth, which way, the fc£ 

 being past, they will return again, which is s pea* 

 way of refuge : and although it seems strange, s 

 avowed by frequent experience and undeniable^ 

 mony. As for the experiment, although we have m 

 attempted it, it has not well succeeded. From I- 

 •mmandand anoldcorrespon^' 

 learned Sir Thomas Brown, Kt., Doctor oj Phf* 

 late of Norwich. 



Franciscea Hopeana is a well-known and yO]<& 



peaty loam, with a little sand, and plenty of fofflagj- 

 partially withdrawn, and the plant allowed tors'-. 

 should be brought into action, when required, W n» 



bound, the plant should be repotted. A YoW ^ 

 dener, Thorpe Perrow. 



Caledonian Horticultural, March 1-— w, fl ^0 

 ford, Esq., in the chair. The display of spring wr 

 was extensive, and creditable to the exhibitors, rf 

 from the fineness of the weather, and the attr **^ 

 v " Wintpn fjfi^on " thfi attendance, noto«v 



prize was awarded to Mr. Stewart, gr. to."* 



>bar, the kinds being Reine de Fleurs, uaWJ 



as italicum, amabilis, Mrs. Fetters, and t» 



plena ; a 2d premium was voted to Mr. Cb** P 



Lady Hay ; and a 3d to Mr. Foulis, gr. to J. ^ 



Esq. For the two best Epacrises, a ,1* P"*, 



d to Mr. White, gr. to Mrs. Haig, *>r fgj 



pressa alba ; and a 2d premium to w ■ _V^ 



gr. to the Lord Advocate, for Wilmoriana and cw«^, 



