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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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advances with tLe growth of the leaf, and is not co 

 plete until the leaf iteelf is of no more use. It must 



Iated leaves should be dead when they fall, as we 

 frequently find them lying upon the ground gre 

 apparently vigorous for a time ; and if we exami 

 of them that have fallen naturally, we shall freq 



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 i:s vitalitj ciitivly gwne. Tl e [;A»k\.u for the < 

 tion being once complete, it req 

 a desiccation of one side of the leaf-stalk, by caus 



shower, or ei i ■ . lamina, will be 



enough to dim 8, and send the 



suicidal member to its grave. Such is the history of 

 the fa 1 of the leaf, We have foui.d that it is not an 

 accidental occ aom the vicis- 



situdes Of tempej a* a regular and 



of the organ, and is completed only whei 

 longer useful : and we cannot help admiring that 

 wonderful provision that heals the wound even before 

 y made, and affords a covering from atmo- 

 spheric changes before the part can be 

 them. In the Copper- Beech, and some other trees 

 ■whose leaves die some time before they fall off, the 

 development of the starch-bearing cells on the distal 

 side of the articulation does not take place ; nor is 

 I the cell-walls 



•'" eadily broken through by 



f spring. Botanical 



with a couple of inches thick of half spent tan < 

 taken from a pit where they have heated and 

 tially decomposed. This mulching will in a great 

 measure do away with the necessity of watering the 

 roots of Pine plants during the 

 quantity of water introduced 1 



bis evil may be prevented, in a great 

 tention to ventilation, and by keeping the laps 

 the excessive vapour will be then carried off. Where 

 mg linings are used for Pine frames, a coveri 

 ats will be necessary in severe weather, and as 

 nd to prevent any escape by means of the laps, s 

 c should remain on all night. Vineries.— Once 

 3 mention the propriety of adopting some efi 

 ode of protecting Vinery borders from autumnal ; 



-* evaporation, 

 and however 



to part so freely with 



will of course draw in 

 natural or acquired 

 with 





he border. P) 

 i pruning and cleaning of the 

 it is cut, and at the same time let any 

 r other repairs be done, that the 

 in orderly and finished appearance, 



By getting this work speedily 

 '- "lately a -""' 



ey may 1 



Chrysanthemums, Geraniums taken i 

 garden, and other similar plants, 

 require to be protected from the frost. 



garden, and other similar plants, which 

 to be protected from tl ' ' 

 good Btock of leaves be collected in dry 

 possible let them be placed under covei 



housed, before the rains cause" decom- 

 position, their fermenting power is very considerable, 

 and a great saving is effected by using them instead of 

 -* 1 - - lil iough not very expensive at the tan-yard, 

 costly when it has to be carted 10 or 12 

 miles ; and besides economising their fermenting power, 

 they are much lighter, cleaner, asd more convenient 



plant-houses 1 

 cheerful appe; 



used. These plants 

 In all the 



■hen, byreilly 

 good management, plant-houses may be made a luxury 

 indeed, and will anord p] 



good stock of the most useful soils within reach? By 

 getting them into the c d 





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glazed with open lans and heated by fluen. It seems sot t> 



ttfars only should be* 





. harden them off by 



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 vtuient. Some fluid night-soil appiied in November ii 





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Pippin and Micshul Crab, and substituting the Elenhe 



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S«^r. W P0ts°fn cofdframes will ' be all Jhe ^gW. 





