

found, and 1 



mil tr*a The «Miih border of thin garde 



> I'-MuMoutan had been brought 



■ . ■ ■ - 





::-,. : 



-hat all the plants of the Orange 



w gardeners would be like 

 jrehend they would gene 

 i of coping either on this 

 her. In such case they * 



iltand pro 



to allow a ligature to pas* 



at p. 198, should 



following word, " or," should be erased, for the " Croke ' : 

 is intended for a different Apple. W. C. Trevelyan, 

 Nettlecombe, Taunton. 



Campanula carpatica. — This desirable herbaceous 

 plant grows rapidly, and may be readily increase 



4 inches apart in a bed of rich compost, well drai 

 In borders plant in patches consisting of five plants 



isure success. My plants quickly 



■1, producing 



'hen in flower, is from ] 



will produce flowering plants next autumn. There 

 also a white variety of this beautiful hardy plant. John 

 /'. -V- /•;.>.,/, Stamford Hill. 



Literary Piracy.— I quite agree with "Fair Play" 



people's property. Whole pages, nay chapters, are 



ow tafetetohave th • f -'.,ii.. u /- ti.j„..i.. .u° 8 



"Sal? ISH; ™^J!^ 



» Paper, classes their 



, therefore, emphatically to deny 



letter than }•■ 

 quotation and a piracy, Of t } Ie 



priacy is really committed they are r»*iZ*tl 

 Whether a quotation is a piracy or not diw2 

 ts length. Suppose a man quoted a whole toE, 



duced from e Brazifi f n n i826, hi bee^roln'Sr. 1 ?^ 



for the embellis 



months of winter and spring. lis flowers are Urn 

 powerfully fragrant, and attractive, changing fromj 



ened period, its value for this description of decoration 



Primulas "V Hyacinths are the principal objects em- 

 ployed, its pale green foliage relieving the dense mMW | 

 of flowers such plants usually exhibit. Its cultivati* 

 here is an exceedingly simple matter, being grown in » 

 very cool stove, in comparatively Bmall pots, in a ma. 

 ture of sandy peat and loam, the object in view being 

 to obtain small compact plants, not to exceed 2 feet it 



e freely alike to r< 



s application of an oe* 



well, and are in a healthy growing state. The expe- 

 rience I have had with this kind of glass may not 

 justify my recommending it, but I have a very fawn. 

 ;,iu. opi.nou oi it, and I imagine that the more it a 

 known the better it will be liked. I was doubtful 

 whether it would be suitable for forcing, but on trying 

 a quantity of Geraniums, Petunias, &c, under it, I feel 



5 . Less firing, no shading, and Mel 

 , together with the pleasure of having 



price we paid for our glass was, I beh 



i House, Banff ihi 



My Note Book.— From experience 1 can »*J" 

 the present-advancing state of horticulture ^7^ 

 gardener who would rise or maintain his ip"^ ^ 



man, unless he is constantly and carefully o D ?j*| ^ 

 of others. I have been in the habit of "JJg^ 

 thing I thought worthy of attention for ?°*° T000 k, 

 years, and I can send you a few extracts -trW ^ ^ 

 not for the value they may possess, so mucn ^ rf 

 purpose of inducing young gardeners to wu« fe ^ 

 for themselves. The first entry ^in »7j°J finer c«l« 

 August,1843, and stands thus : " A *"? b *Z ae J t i » 

 Peach trees, apparently in good health, com ^^ 

 ore it attained its fall « d &. 



Learned that the border was only 2 feetdee p 

 creted at bottom. Strawberries had been gM^ ^ 

 the border for 4 or 5 years, and were ^tne^ wbb a * 



g»^en« m p3^^^ 



his reason for so doing ; he stated that wt, ^ pfl 



much sooner. Did not know much a^J£ 



deprived of their leaves by caterpma", -~ h(jBge eoa- 

 f-r anything March, I HI"' ■ A large „i, are e, b»& ** 

 taiuing Vines and Peaches, under my cbarg^ ^ 

 of its ends blown right in by a gale of w nd, ^ ^ g 

 being in full flower, and the Vines «?» T ^ tjnieijjj 

 or so. Thermometer in the open a \> ,& fast* 1 * 

 day, indicating 29° j immediately got some 



