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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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[AN AND PAPER WHITE NAR- 





00M, Clapham Rise, i 



n£CK'S PELARG 



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! Grevilleas and Hakeas, and Per" 



me instances sheets of white or 



met* hap; if we see their leaves. 



. m little esteem, 





5Tfve ©atimterg' fltfiumtrlr. 



SA TURD A F, SEPTEMBER 1 . 1 K49. 



What is "Ripening ma Wood ? - 

 tion may be better put nov than i 



place, if at all. One would think thai 

 answered itself ; but our corresponded 

 many persons have no distinct notion o 

 ing is, or how it is to be accelerated, or In 



unexpected fact that many plants cease 



and that others will endure our winters 





yet the Vine and Peach sustain no inj uy 

 because in that country the wood is lij..- : 

 plants are frequently killed in England 

 the amount of cold— here the wood i> i 

 The most important, then, of all autumnal 



The ripening process consists in -;■ 



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tv into the more solid substances which re 



: l \: during winter. These t\\ » proi ^ - 



■»->1}'as and Chrj/yorhute c 



Gardeners may re 

 ! neglect any means c 

 : rennial plant which t 



ua-i a 



These are 



s crwp. and 



J»!rXii;t 



JHOMAs" ACKSON*"™ sW 



JfcE BLACK PRINW^RA^VBERRY.— Fine 



NDiSH aud NOBLE, 





Superfluous water is driven off by he 

 currents of air acting upon the surfac 

 starch, gum, resin, and other solid sec 

 like manner formed by the force e 

 vegetable vitality by heat and light 

 carbonaceous matter derived from 

 these agents are insuf" ' 

 soft and watery, and 



incompletely elaborated that they i.os>.-»> huh' we are attempt 



"~eat and light together, m tin pi. - n< . of the greatest may be, we mcui at 1, a-t < qtial d n z< i 



s if ("irnil,- A curious i oi this -was 



. -unahal. lately mem,- were travelling 



ct of this ripening process is by no meat-,* by railroad. 



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..taneous nutrition ■ ■• -li- , case of which an account w..* l:\-.-:i " ' ' 



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or a Peach, or a Strawbenv. oi ,nv oilier with complete s 



. ditii.au- y in the way. Heat ; 

 , light are dangerous powers, and will destroy 

 well as invigorate it ; and I " 

 ; 



ns, plants may ] 

 tion. How to guard again 

 what no rules can teach. 



Hies into requi 

 alone must be appealed to. 



We are cautioned by an < 





, shrub, or herb, unless 1 









3 what it is : I will do 





an abundant blossom in the following 

 those who coddle and nurse their plant 

 shady places, where they are always e 

 leaves in plenty, but not a fruit. I 



:h. or darkened 

 why, under cin 

 buds appear in crowds. 



are told thai 

 wood of the !' 



-singuhr. Only 



Many an instance akin to this is 



..denaulth n.hi 



>o "long as people will m ith. r th . . 



themselves. And thus it i> that 



their supposed failure, when the 1 

 traced to more or 1. ss com] '.•> turn 



before the perfect ripenir. 



s haulm of Asparagus 



jinourgardei 



