5—18] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 85 
of gun-cotton. dt is jv Le. that the таар ред may be regarded as compound plants, | them ; but I can - pos оройд — elegant, 
n found to be 
e oya imperialis, 
acd from ble edin Е 
out this —— in budding and grafting, as 
considers that it will also be useful in this esto А 
of horticultur 
-per écha, dissolved in ord was in some 
instances substituted to heal the 
sometimes the 
cut flo 
e gathered 
Fes 'alike as md. to the flower-stalks of the 
plied. hese flowers were 
ed with — those — over 
ith collodion чаар to fade 6 hou ma 
were quite dead'in three days; ; whilst the flowers 
merely placed in ud in the ordin nary manner 
i е. fresh and healthy. Those that faded 
Re odorata and Tropæolum majus, 
ose which were ia PPS were Tagetes 
паз and Senecio erubesce 
t of M iae further ео of this 
«curio citm e ay, but we poen 0 take an 
early eterni ot returning to 
Тнк -— of "y а ciat pré who - 
wers of tender e glad t 
w that the Society p dicun pac a small гай 
of of two or three species of Nelumbium, 
that кө. are now in course of distribution to 
applican 
га n реонот 
9. Тноосн it is not e denied that — are 
es, r 340-6. few in Aes 
Mon nom takes place solely by th riesen 
tion of e protoplasm wit thout any distinet "ivi ion of 
ve division of cells, or by their карайы, 
ieh is "in fact m erely а a modis fih of the more 
ny cases, however, the two modes yd En 
mbined, especially in 
its, as in all asci 
laulation from the 
y organisation of the убх иж substance.* 
i e origin of 
rs of the wood and bark, th isation o 
the rend is а саве in point; but without admitting 
igi m es descending 
many instances the mass of cells which con- 
stitute а plant is аний from the immediate 
tact of the а 
of greater ss delicacy and strength, 
mostly үм extensible, S ior the tru 
eut. bran rane e 
ре further application 
тесіѕе! 
is that which i poe -r same chemical composition 
2. The highest a d most ems vegetables are, 
hore f y combined and 
instance from 
ial functions, and to the 
of 5 According to the i 
forman berg many individual spores in the 
confirmati of certain however, requires 
М in those cases, as гузірће, where the 
©тошпзіапсе would be of ља Hes ht. The larger 
dace fron of many Ferns ; vation, as -Asplenium 
 Yery short eC damaged when be young and tender 
dition there to the direct rays of the sun. In this con- 
later period-fi T to be cavities of the frond, which are at a 
lees led up with cellular tostisr, andthe fronds are then 
ше! out this катаа to the author S Ка 
+ b MEM organisation. 
w x miniatur 
tr 
wers Was | or 
as 
Pe 
nd may 
te о, 
sacs 
-| not bad. intereat for the expenditure of 
abun 
Bishop’s аи 
V | produce 
e up of a multitude of Pied the tips of whose | 
cie el dn bear fruit.* M. J. В. 
THE ORCHARD HOUSE. 
not necessarily *a house P die cultivation 
e fruit trees in pots," "W, Ca ЛЫ" 
кергон, for, though 
pots fo 
the 
Tuis is 
h Mr. Rivers cultivates small trees in 
ia * e plauts to that 
em ete 1 have no doubt 
о" 
s them in a fruitful s 
б эе. howeve e dot rgotten that pot enltiyation 
о апу facilities which could not A obtained with 
ril ng 
season of which it may be 
g ; thus, though w 
regard to 45 оно, - this may be atta 
the plants in ро! d keeping th 
until they are red fo 
introduced into t the o 
adde 
eeks are 
lass walls are екен 4 attractive and neat 
— but instead е а ow g se. 
arily are, we must havo a 
еч, and а grate teful retn 
times, but ther 
la s d wall, w 
ng, at the "i се of ard ed 
mgri not e built for = iih 151. per rod, 
n ака house 
ink I 
footings and copi 
and labour, co 
if for that sum 
mbers, say e 
ving 60 нас eris beyond tl 
eh inclos at the prec эйе ng rate per 
foot мды; colli Й 7002., while н ноша 
— 100 feet E ge promenade, and s 
trees to be ned, à su ve 
14,000 feet brit be prese 
d 
rodueed fruit, would give an 
: Л TUR 
trees complete say 1000 
To recur to the eie before alluded to : i is 
iun "m E f -— 
ants, by t| rm 
Dunean ; м thói 
ye ars When 
a gardener’s heart 
to nd билш: "Talk of quality If * W. С.Е.’ 
aud gardeners of the old wall school could only 2 
Coe's tort qe Drop, Down 
— each kind 
ong the leaves, and еа fully bore out 
Col. Mason's per dim e of them at p. 3 eaches and 
Nectarines were a alike delicious i 
j| reda Mi 2s. to 3s. 6d. айы small E 
I have no doubt, would be 
The Jefferson PI 
November. 
expected, угор to the Green-gage, both beingr bend pots, it 
"e 
side by side ; 
lose no time 
wie have not planted it should 
În pro 
curing it th 
But this house nee something beside ON and an 
Аче n 
In the sprin row 
ded Peas, 300 feet dong 
abes supply yd ы before the 
kinds € into si at the iis of 
housed 
dance o 
for а similar purpose in the coming spri 
whether the house is used for 
or the QUSE реше of early agb 
le, &c. gere but I saw sufficient to convince me 
these houses have 
their warmest adv 
w not 
yn t early cutting ! 
of the practicability. 
Considered ariin 
i 
ye an puma pn ыз 
It could n 
and 
e 
London n 
th ruits 
are 
favo a countries, W. P. Ayres, е Blackheath, йа 23, 
and these 
until the t of the 
ing p 
; | for early ever э] ГА. in a moist w. 
pared | get the soil properly урет when еу will soon 
TOW 
the protection of winter 
bl 
into 
artistically, I UL onm p оа 
+ The ful] consideration of this would lead us into 
ө Ышш „сы жын 
| tas teful, and appropria: t fg 
inelosed would ge s compared vid e old, heavy, sid 
prison walls, S tchen o 
o be 
«4 of sight, or be planted round with. tall need for tho 
ur i a few years 
кейш; ае with та озн е ч robbing "thé 
ground w en inclosed by a 
f glazed promenade "odd be e — lire nemi 
‚= зг r garden 
with great pro " € тий would 
bination: na as the most fastidious sticklers 
ect to. e sake of зн-з and 
vous a die A eph < ын dé wal the on ари t be 
part the w: 
rgo variety 
could м be чч. Indeed there is no pn ienlar e 
tion to a part eg devoted to — ferae а 
that would be 
Lastly it must not be forgot ма тт” perveni the ex- 
cem of "£e. а glazed promenade may be something 
more than there will be after expense for 
ies, «е. for the whole may ba 
enade; and as the kitchen 
fruit garden need not be larger than is sufficient for the 
production l the choicest fruits and vegetables, there ig 
no reason w Аза dos not at all times be as neat апа trim 
as the best ҮА, flow deir 
s ririo pumps. opens quite а 
pecun 
no 
new field i 
ary as 
the 
mselves to bricks d mortar, — vies 
rs had done so re Garden 
STREPTOCARPUS REXI. 
Тш н, 1 ме Cape plant is well b of. 
cultivation ыг ll plants are wanted, an 
E v ws for if properly резе 
t may be 
ш 
T 
ы d d off i 
; ттн. safety, but like Miri other Cape plants it "де. 
rowin 
ture while it 
used unless thorou ed, 
readily effected either by means of seeds, which are. 
produced freely, or by division ; Lens «а Алта metl:od 
mall in nted. The 
, | is preferable where only a s 
pass should be divided as soon эӊ sit "it has кй flower-. 
chap a few plants should be encouraged in 
n spring so as to be able to quen them up and get: 
the ыд. plants well established before winter. Plant 
each bit in а 4-inch pot, usin e same soil as recom- 
menteg above, with a little more sand in it; and be 
to secure perfect drainage by g the pom, 
кай, one-third with кзн на м plant is impatient 
of damp. Plunge the pots in a gentle bottom eyed 
where а humid atmosphere of "about 75? or 80? ean 
watering and sbading in 
was | of gp Mee mp get 
will d advisable to 
10°, 5, which wil be quite high удеп in for th 
winter › if the soil is perfectly ip na w 
Towards the 
on of the plants as may be wanted 
tem 
5 
vigorously ; 
& profusion of 
P The best ti 
same Be very careful in 
reb to secure perfect drainages by placing plenty of 
