NERS' CHRONICLE. 



fihou'l t 7 -n h..'r-r.t'-i into larger pots, and kept 



tmrj have .been subjected to heat I 

 bring thf-m forward ; an 1 should they be put in tt 







; 



, ,n gardening, by stimulating and . 



ing has had. The gardeners, by showing what 

 •esults could be effected in a small way, have 

 oners into a similar line of competition, and have 

 brought out men's energies, which might have been 

 unknown till they were extinguished in the churchyard. 



Ikt rind blight the smallest germs of successful gar- 

 ling in Ireland. No liberal gentleman, or striving 

 slligent gardener, could be expected to submit 

 y long to the practices which have brought this 



days previously, and was advised to wait outside, because 

 totunda. I heard no one, even although belonging 



M -;:r; 



Garden, any of the plants at the " Royal " could have 



u a damaging effect on t 

 of the Improvement Society. Yet, so w 

 public mind in Dublin, that the highly rei 

 play made by the Improvement Seciety 

 noticed by their own press, while, on the 

 " Royals," who gave birth to a ridiculous 

 the presence of a multitude of witnesses, 

 columns singing their triumph ! instead 

 dirge ; apparently in justification of that wrongheaded- 

 ness which has reduced their exhibitions to farces. 

 It is to be hoped, however, that there is good sense 

 enough, and union of purpose enough, still in Ire- 

 land to wipe away and extinguish this national siu 

 md disgrace, which clogs bo heavily the wheels of im- 

 provement, and presses down an abundance of talent, 

 dealing i 



^l C th^fi«t b we^™n'8e I p"ember yfr0m '^ "*"' Wek in Jnly ■ Pa0 . d * ** iS t0 be sincerel y hoped also that an oppor- 



think it worth while sending you a leaf t I l 



5th*™7' CharC ° al — 0b8erviD 8 'M the Chronicle** 

 preventing ^dTsZe'f'^oes'nTas^t 

 growing of Fuchsias, may I beg the writer toU JS 

 enough to give me directions, in your next rnnaber W 

 I may prepare the charcoal. An Amateur Mr '** 



Club in Cauliflowers, Cabbages, <|-c., "may fc _ 

 vented by examining the plants when tbey are d£ 

 out of the seed bed for final transplanting. WW** 

 a wart is seen on the stem, open it with the tbmnbnil 

 and a maggot will be found in it, which is the real oW 

 dator. If this is done no club will take place. & 

 largest warts are found on plants that bj» e stool « 

 surface of the beoTprevents theTggs being 8 ^^ 

 the plants when the latter are in a tender state, tatafe 

 is not to be depended on entirely as a remedy, f * 

 gr., Riddings Park, May 8. 



The late Frost.— At page 261 it is stated to 

 in many places, there were 20° of frost in the Main 

 « ■ k which had then just passed ; but there nmst«th 



sible that such intense frost could occur at thataduneei 

 period of the year. 20° of frost ! why, that is only 12» 

 above 0° ; this would be considered" very severe era 



Hedge Sparrows Fed by a Robin.— In the autoai «f 



t year I had occasion to head down a great aaafor 



Filbert trees, which were bundled and stacked on fe 



spot for Pea sticks. The other day, having ocean 



-i Ced removing them; and, the 



about three bundles, I discomed 

 among them a hedge sparrow's nest, with four yoeng 

 mes and one egg. Not wishing to destroy the net* fir 

 have always considered these birds more beneficial 

 a a garden than otherwise, I collected a bundle of 



ion I could. During this operation my attention m 

 ttracted by a robin perched on an Apple tree clow br, 

 apparently much concerned at what I was about; I 

 could not imagine what could be his interest in the 

 matter, for I knew that the nest was not of his building, 

 or the contents of his kind. After I had completed or 

 job, I withdrew a few yards from the spot, to see if Mr. 

 Robin intended interfering in the matter ; and, to BJ 

 surprise, he came down from the tree, hopped abont. 

 looked at the young ones, and seemed very much pleased. 

 He then flew off, but soon returned with some food and 

 fed the young birds, which he continues to do. Now 



family, for I am quite sure that the young birds and 

 the nest are those of the hedge sparrow. IVm. Hunt, 

 Cheshunt. 

 Corrosive Sublimate.— Finding that a wonderM/ 



lave wished to try its effect on slugs, asa 

 o Carrots &c, but have been deterred,? " 



