but suppose 



justices by the a 

 motive to use c 

 another; if this 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



lo, though not what is called a "practical," has 

 1 as much practice as most men. 



that in the art of gardening I 

 raid be imitated as far as practicable ; but 



were within his consideration ; reasons or motive: 



he had no right to look at. If, however, he had 'in 



. that point he might have found a suffi- 



We shall, however, be no parties to declaring i 

 sham to be a reality, or a counterfeit a genuine 

 article. We, thereto . 



e not place 

 . ices. The rough] 

 e have recommended for garden 

 that which the glaziers above mentioned 

 call so : but the cast glass 



elsewhere ; and we recommend everybody wanting 

 this glass, at once to address 

 manufacturers, who, although they may not su] 

 it, will no doubt, for their own sakes, point 

 the glaziers from whom it can be obtained. As 

 1 ' ■ rough' plate, and w] 

 i market for the purpose of 



purpose. The 

 quality than is desirable 

 the purpose. The best i 

 yet seen was manufactured by Messrs. H 



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One word more before we quit the subject. 

 ther attempts is one to persuade buyers 

 and genuine rough plate A of an inch 

 be made ; and consequently to 

 compel the public to buy a thicker gl: 

 price. There is 



glazier will not supply the £ inch glass, which is 

 strong enough, we can only say, have no dealings 



Are Leaves of 

 would have thought such 



intended leaves 10 answer some important purpose, 



I have been produced v,v 



its have agreed in assigning to leaves the 



all-important office of preparing the food, out of 



part is gradually constructed 



i thy works, 



■ them all," ar 



y among the 



it we find a denial of this 



longhtless that we see it practically di 



We hardly dare venture to name son 



—the hand almost trembl 



rite the dangerous name of Gardener 



Luau we find a practical, though very unintentiona 

 disregard of the most notorious purposes for which 

 plants are constituted. They it is who fly in the 

 face of reason, fact, and their Bible. 



The follow .known 



see Nature stripping trees of their leaves while 

 still actively employed in performing 

 •hey were called into exii 

 the ' Theory of Horticulture,' pag 

 read that ' ilv ition, perspira- 



tion, and digestion, which are the particular offices 

 of leaves, are essential to the health of a 

 its healthiness being in proportion to the degree in 

 which those functions ' are duly performed, 

 sequently, whatever tends to impede the free 

 of leaves tends also to diminish the healthi 

 a plant.' With a judicious system of summer 

 '" 'pen their wood quite as w. " 



tne dormant plants in spring, turn them ntt Kart 

 they had previously occupied, and, selectl t ? e ^ 

 promising "roots," plant four round the in^ ^ 

 4or5-inch pot using a soil chiefly W mnJT e « ? f a 

 mould and sand, and place them in ^ , of le ^- 

 heat, as a Cucumber frame in wSch*^ hot ^ 

 being raised. As soon as the young p] a °2 ar ^. *? 

 high, or when they have two fully f&med f° " ln * 



,15edwit {ft typ ^ r 



the assistance of a stake. Iomediately^ffiSenT^' 

 are formed to enable you, repot them, without W,v 

 the ball ; put them in their blooming pots-9 inch 8 

 are a very good size— handsome plants may howewr 

 11 S J2!! ~? thU ^"tonM have 

 istency, and ti 





appearance of the Peach and Nectarine 

 my attention. On inquiring the a 

 ™dity yearly in Uw season, the gardener, w 



been in charge some 



30 years or more, informed 

 de a point of getting off their 

 ' A little furthei 



jackets in good ti 



gave me to understand that, towards the end 



September, those trees are regularly stripped 



. information took 





t of the kingdom did 

 on being practised. 



owever, learned 

 f parts of Lancashire. Perhaps, Sir, 

 of your readers, will favour us with 



This appearance was figured many years ago in 



the late Professor De Candolle, who called such 

 . They are of great theore- 

 ■■■ 

 some very obsc , ueture among 



; 



pitcher of Nepenthes, and the like. They also 

 prove that branches and their appendages may, 



without any reference to an axillarv nosition. 



blosso 

 age, form altogether a very- 



it to attain its n 



Anything that retards, stops, or n 



circulation of this sap, may occasiou - 



sudden cold especially ia:.ay, : - 



s.derably advaBC 



i, and moistened by gei 

 vigour. The production of sa 



•s forced with great rapjdty^o 



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Like the noble ! the alimentary substa 



