44-1849.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



Lr Upon speaking to the cook about it, I gene- 

 STrot an impertinent answer to walk off with. By- 

 !-LhU vegetables and fruits got scarce, ov. ing to the 



SS^J waf that°Xre M vL m not er suff m cien° t ve* e° 

 Su, wd fruiTs for the use of the family. I reasoned 

 Shhim, and gave him a full explanation, which satis. 

 JJikim ; but I used sometimes to get sharply told of 

 j, ,ben at the same time I was in ud fault I have 

 2« called to account by the servants themselves who 

 LtTtliat they were supplied with very few vegetables, 

 TL ,t the same time there had been plenty in the 

 JJ^but they have been too idle to cook them. If 



, jit for the gardener to fill up, and get signed by the 



Sd be conferring a great benefit on him. In Mr. 

 l0 j OBL ' a "Encyclopaedia of Gardening," r . 713, wil | 

 » found a P ,an to ^ ork b y. . * believe that if such a 

 £k eoald be carried out, it would cause gardeners 

 gi their employers to be better friends, and set aside 

 jKh unpleasantness among servants. Hortulan. [A 

 «rt eood form of list will be found at p. 723 of our 

 Safer 1846.] 



A"Sers5£ mysTlr, Save LVo^on \oZ* 

 pitio of the quantity of coals required to heat their hot 

 Man and conservatories ; and for the advantage of 

 Kb, I beg to say that I have lately applied to my own 

 'goes an addition, which not only greatly diminishes 

 4e consumption of coal, but also increases the power 

 ad quickens the operation when the fires are first 

 l^ted. The plan is simply this, and the cost of the 

 implication is soon repaid by the saving of fuel. My 



Kj his been in mine, as in most < l her..- , uiw.mi t 

 - 



aide to run the length of the hothouse and back again, 

 kagthen again introduced to the chimney about 2 

 |Nt above the place from which it was tt.L ,-. " The ,.;,„■ 



quantity of firing used. I find that with this pipe we 



of cold air to the place, and this rus 



Q." Why does the black skin of a negi 



blister with the hot sun 1 A. Be( 



lour absorbs the heat, conveys it L< 



of the skin, and converts it into sensible 



* quite three-fourths, 

 •ithless fire than is 



and a saving of coal is effected of nearly 



in case of ver 

 uses (one of \ 

 1 heated a 



J«w ptpe is quite sufficient for the first (a forcing- 

 awe), and we have then all the usual hot-water 



jftoorshut out of this pipe. I am well pleased with 

 •working of the apparatus, and will with pleasv. 

 P«any further information that may be required 



of your readers as have to pay a high price for 

 P coals. G. F., Aigburth, Oct. 24. 



m^l be interestin g t0 ° ur readers' to ha 

 *»k like th* practical g arden er upon the merits of a 

 i* "i 6 .^ 1 little book » containing many simple 

 2m?l to • W ° Uld pUZZle ° lder ■ headS 



^^^jn'tphTndVof hi ^onwUr^easur 



ktiXi^' A might learn * Heat a ° d eoW* 15 ? * 

 •BJdyof . j Water » are a S ent8 wel1 deserving 

 aa. I r, gardener and farmer. With your periu. D - 

 •tty of »! draw the attention of gardeners to it, 

 S y aLlr° m . ma y not be awa ™ o( the existence of 

 «thrLS h ? atlon - l a 'so subjoin a few extracts-it 

 «rou a hou t questions and answer* 



CtJ-^p^icauy-; 



^<*lythe* 





Why are some things black ? A. BeMM 



) all the rays of li£,ht and reflect none. illustrat 



> none of the rays of light, but reflect them ail. " from thi 



Why are the leaves of plants green ? A. Be- shorten. 



ailed chlorophyll 1- and 111:1 



i within their cells, which has the properi'v ..; aluunlnt 



absorbing the red rays and of reflecting the blue'ani litile r<>< 



Mow, wind) (being mixed) produce green. We bdi 



bject t.i the consideration of your re ;l in-r. 



What are clouds ? 



ally condensed in the I 



appear white. W. Bn 





Small plants of Plumbago Larpentae were in flower here. 



II plants of Plumbago Larpt 

 added not a little to the 



ofwoTsoms'couId w^'find 



jloseome, together with Acacia platyptera, Mr. ror- 

 n-,\ Bc-rhrris, Sa'vn azurr-n, and a pretty variety of 



■ 

 full flower, as were also rubens, curviflora lutea, 

 the propagating house were plants of Lee's varie- 

 grower, and associated with it another variegated 



; they were then 

 ately they were pi: 



deep, each pip being as large as that of a Providence, evapoi 



fhaTa qSantSyof £riy Gladfolikept in pots, and planted to be 



They would have blossomed even later had they not in the 



; 

 planted by the side 



s g omeo g f the Bourbons and Perpetn.l.ar. in ..'o,.m l!.- •>■:,■ 

 ■ 



;: . • ..;• !' ■-■■ >. - : ' ^ : - -■ ■■:• ' 

 rumens. The intr. 



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