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the/scourge has passed. А nd Where ів nit a ya rr that 
mueh is о bo effected by the ta 
1 the same way, and ы t even where th 
ie tencouragement on the part of the employer, but 
where every deviation from x e accustomed routine is 
wit E фт as the writer of these remarks 
witness. subject was illustrated Valore by 
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of whieh wen have 
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plated by th tory domi tl Из ravages in the 
years 1832 pe T were veu severe, and, as in other 
the attem тё = cure were at first vague and 
хааа. І mne ней by one of 
the resident pr: ерен тз to study th e matter фееру, 
н especially the phenomena exhibited Ъ 
"the influence of oxygen and carbonic 
dedi: additions to the knowledge. of the 
dogy of circulation were made in quenee, 
recorded at the time, which were much а 
oticed at hi | 
emer blood once peur RI Ш presence of 
carbonic acid, resumed for a single time, when highly 
peres 5 saline йү а most vivid arterial tint 
ic acid it was dan dipl le of & iin mul 
rial. This curious par d iiin el to à п 
position as it is necessary 
a uy m doy. бен тар PS шуге forms of disease. 
.PELARGON IUM TRICOLOR. 
In нача i n be в Koi T a 
diss dy 'y Pant еу rodig such as 
Place it in growing cireumstanoes мү 
в: 3 has а LA growing season a large specimen will 
qvi je obtained. Before grins it semine the 
ОЁ the roots, clearing away all sodden or unkind 
ә id thoroughly repair the алары, та! in the 
| and as soon ү : ау be necessàry 40 afford e pae | present appears a rim of gum round the tree 1n edi 
shift into à pot about two sizes larger if early in summer; | place ; its growth has been rapid, otherwise what. Nave" ut 
but if after Hh middle of June be conten {га with yx". tated. could not A taken place, and it is Gona Ца 
smaller shift, Dé particular to унае the. ball and soil! perfect health ; а gardener of experienee, rm т, is 
i i | under the impression that n - ы наст чё 
formed, and apply water with great caution until ЧЕ injured, if not а у this « 
roots get hold. of the fresh soil, for this — is very рат occurrence. І shall be mrs iy cipe. Tyr ou su vil give. 
easily ^re у excess of moisture i the root. Duri ng m our opinion on Me orn 24, [The 
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for the plants wil be. greatly benefited by exposure to to New sh Plant,—A specimen of Ophi oglossum 
the night dews. Discontinue shading and syringing uitium. has been sent me from Guernsey, havi 
over-head as soon as the heat of summer is over, found growing wild in & meadow їп that island. 
and after this aim at securing slow growth and |J. Shith, Royal Gardens, каб, Јат; 24 
getting the wood properly ripened before winter, Anatomy of Thalia.—Can you give'mé any informa- 
giving a freer circulation of air, and keeping the atmo- tion with respect to tle imagen of the leaf-stalk in 
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e weather oc me to m 
! not, | the plants to their winter meus which should be a unusual. "The leaf-stalk of this = contains a number 
however, be out of plaee to' say е, few Words in i in 
reference disease im the! 
— gern near the g in the warm end of the | of long air canals manner, and, 
here they will be out of the way of cold one of which is much lar era in diameter than the 
drau ааба т hieh are apt to turn the foliage foxy. others, but all have at intervals horizontal septa made 
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m- | While in a state of rest, water must be very cauti iously | up of stellate cells between which there are 
large inter- 
applied to the soil, giving а good soaking when it is cellular spaces, Passing vertically through the air 
wanted, and carefully avoiding frequent surface water-|canals, and quite distinct from the walls of these 
ings. It will be n cessary to grow the plants а second | cavities, are a number of delicate fibres quite visible to 
season, if large s E are desired, in the shortest| the naked eye, and which appear to pass the · 
possible time, and in this ease they may be treated the | intercellular spaces, and have sometimes ап attach- 
seeond season as they were last, taking саге to stop or eut | reer to the sides of the cells. These fibres under 
. back the shoots sufficiently in spring, to ensure compact | the microscope have, as far as I have seen, no very 
close growth. Specimens intended for blooming should | distinet structure, They may be seen as well in dried 
be'allowed to remain in the greenhouse until they come | specimens of this: genus as in fresh, but in Canna, 
re- | into flower, when they may be removed to the conserva- | Maranta, Hedychium, Strelitzia, and other similar 
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tory; or апу cool situation, where they will bloom pro-|plants which І baye- examined for the рер» І 
fusely from the middle of April to the end of June, ог | can 
longer, if they are slightly Pte After their beauty could indi идем герек І eoo. гара КК of 
is ovér, remove them to a close рат of the greerihouse, | this, to tructure, you "hs 
от {о a cold pit or oun eutting Lett aii shoot, as may Maced т bow {УО eost OS. [ 
necessary eompaet growth and give mis ructure is as уой describe it, curious. 
moderate shift if жем pots are full of healthy roots, do not recollect any published account of it. Tis fires 
“Syringe over-head on the nimis and afternoons of are bundles of y tissue, and are here and there 
ne days, to encourage free gro distinctly Јен 
Cuttings of the half ripe shoots root with care and| Je Deodar- —"The aceounts mace m have published 
attention, but not so freely as those of many plants. | of tlie durability of the wood of th are certainly 
rt them in sandy peat soil, covering them with a bell | conclusive as to its merits in Табе; І do not. think nd 
d | glass 
in the same tempera rature in which they have been grow. | able when — 
ing, guarding them carefully from damp, then очын in| of Lebanon. grown 
a gentle D е about 70°, where -— soon | small: value, yet 
mi ip d, aud sandy tu AR me ht on. Mount. Le 
the proportion of mia of the former to one of the aon, Deodar in India 
liberally intermixed with sharp silver sand and clean | ap ce of being 80, and 
small ipeo ges will ensure the free рер о, s water | any signs of decay even in 
thro mass, after the decay of the Use | of the old trunks, І believe. 
plenty of potsherds i in the bottom of the p XR ) as to Mr. Layard brought from Nineveh is the wood of 
ure perfeet drainage. Alpha. | Cedar, which would 
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.,, , Home Correspondence. 
—n your Leading Article of. 4he 21st 
unjust; tovada, в the 
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JP Б 2 th: 7 
уоп веет to think Mr. Gisborne . 
ois с рр prate oe сотан 
1 treats if as a révival ‹ ro ТЫГЫ plan, withont. li to so a spo C. W. Stri 
taking into кыта: Mr. Smith's improvements, one оѓ үрү кы itself. 
vulà Mr. Gisborne have considered this , 
t t coy 9 ОР tlie Türk GE ервбе зе аа ЗН еу айёнй Dashi for Plant Houses,—Y beg to заа 
v nderground drains 
my testimony to the advantages of un 
jan сомду ? In the very page from which you " 
| make extraets he seems to speak yes agus i of "the | etuer ныч 2 nha par — M! of 
spade. ven. in what is considered garden work, sueli e eos most have been but Timited: 
as the cultivation of Potatoes, he calls the мне the | hére is diff 
more efficient implement, This рге ference of the plough | туре із ый 3 i t inning at 90 feet f ч 
H | Я beginnin з зв 
well а leet феер, b qe 
f, to the spade, on the part of a prac as as clever ^ ; 
д^ а ла de КЫ Кш mee те consideration, partieulariy ata ыш faen s i ie enel io ae ры ты pipes 
Siy a i he glass, where the night temperature time when the good old t of * Speed the plough ” is |, pacis icio ibis enda Valde £i] omi. die: 
(odas л 559, allowing it to rise кле 10° givin way to the cry of * Supe the plough.” * id ud of thé house, tlie twó ete ié 
ag the i and air; keep #ће |!" rhaps remember tĦat Mr. Pusey expresses some | ono list п оп ei side was inconvenient to 
£ rately moist and ` inkl the thing ere preference, in vac of the culti- uu o dratit fr fedüt of dió ‘House; y it 
its overhe: ith Ше syringe on the mornings and vation of Wheat, їп the Agricultural Journal, vol xii. рор. at the back, and is carried under the floor of the 
.  "Mternoons of fine days, but apply water to the вой P: e" d^ Jan: 2. de in o э ing-shed and the house itself to the front flues. 
| vi nion i fee gr as been induced. 10а poga in 1853: e dig. уе, Пеаг | Bésides'the advantage of farnishing air at all times, the 
| һаз E iT Tobis Inches, drains materially assist in keeping out ; taking for 
| January .. «odpuerak c ке у L vest. Mie e os instance, the morning of Jan. 3, when the thermometer 
ry to February | ES .. 0.86 | September Ki iU believe that th 
Mare ә F iu - October ... se Ed 
reg жер M ә November iik S iid 
Ee ec Ib Xa +% ais December inis Эр 
MC 30.19 du ! 
The ss gauge is 8 аа in diameter. Rocklands, сети мэд Mr. um a rise arn) e 
T that ceeded hi guine 
Rain at Witham, — in 1853.— as dead the the health of tiis lnt dbi Bally stified. 
anuary . s ur 12 ra August ... e Wen ^x I should mention that the heating apparatus’ - ч 
ng all as they appear, iras д Lm s 1 61 | September — ..  .. 174 |house above alluded to is very smali— quite insufficient 
the points ot ron "shoots as may be — w € Med — необ чан -— for such extreme cold as that on the night of Jan. 2. 
Mii аё the habit of the neant е мау : - -odb 21 | December moo OGL ev э senh sare rmn мея сж чм ттм sii 
J js A LE —— 
pt in too warm a place, is Tiy 26.20 | the drains have been open, the external tem in 
will required to keep | Henry Dixon, Doroin Ha il, Witham, Jan 9. > both cases being the same. T. Doweil, Amington Hall. 
PE tha aei P i Р Ера of «аум Ligatura Four years ago I planted рр. Cucumbers—Since Mr. James, gardener at 
abs In esr эзне warm in spring, зо as to | some х etas scc doti — sp eise abad Pontypool Park, has considered it worth while to state 
"7.95 1те урт 0 piant 0 у а eerte dune UN t а view to erect glass over them at my (see p. 38) аё а 34 feet house with 18 ts in it 
nper kac oos руа For the last two years produced him 151 Cueumbers, from the 7th Oe ; 
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unmg as 
ne, Cere an eyo toe state of йе vo 
to spread, fastening 
‚ | ® stake in the ground, and thus brought the 
as moist an atmosphere as can conve- | On 
: E Teide to bave 
Е EE umida ad e pra 
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pruning it а day or rie ago, I 
observed that the band had become completely imbedded 
in the tree ; the bark appears потене a 
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