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are soon covered by a layer of cork k cella, but the cuticle, 
when once — is rarely, if ced А 
example is afforded by the ў, in Potatoes, 
D Љу the name of scab. Jy. J. B. 
SERICOGRAPHIS 'GHIESBREGHTIANA. 
lan 
flowers in great 
сву it ne i be afforded the temperature 
—— house, but it will be quite at home during 
mesa i 9 pil with cim be kept close 
eni moist, a d d vii in flower it will do very well in a 
tem ofa 
If young plants of it are procured at once, - present 
is just the season for E A MÀ into growth. Place 
soon = received i moist mee 
d them all the "light. РОД ; 
are fal P healthy roots give а кыба 
e of sharp sand, |! 
the n have two or three shoo 
do 
©@ 
d if We rece 
Andre 
the free percolation M water through the | {0 
When the the 
soil, the points of the shoots may he removed ; rand: е, 
не mean 
alorded a brisk bottom- hent t, will strike in a Mo Мө; 
and by potting t three 
bottom-hea 
ing them in a moist e place, — them е 
ing the leading shoots аз 
topping must not be practised 
race as ТР would prevent the plants 
Care must 
ey ma ved to a pit that сап be 
and moist, which, with : олега management, 
ery suitable si 
closely, 
ове Ry. 
4 — may be turned ou their 
earing awåy al €— р, slightly reducing 
the balls, and repotted in the sa 
the 
in s 
chemical a selon z the trellis is of bs із exe 
сиз. Juke.—[ We have зе ago explained that leaves | tree w well as the uneven nature of the 
glass. The difference imos ur cg Ur us to do. e found it to be 
t glass we take | between 15 and 17 feet in diameter, it 4 or 5 feet from 
other they must 
youallude! Mr. Rivers, w M you use, will pro- | stems 
bly give us his experience i in the matter.] Englan 
Vallota (?) miniata. this | with the same sp compari 
ink your apprehension і that it is not а | branch from Mount enn with one grown in England, 
xen gem tion, The|and with a plank cut out of the heart of а very old tree 
about ав | оѓ afford по means of judging of the 
; the tapes den reddi brown m of the t ins vio of timber. The yearly rings 
ave E ards the outside of th tree, from which the Deodar 
at they could not be 
p need Me counted, None of us have e seen a piece of the 
ears, Tti is not T edar of Lebanon 
ut produces stron from the base, as in Cliv e 
ived it from of Good Hope, жид would be like. re you 
tee AN marked d aa by ee it is " rj aed idea iet е4 wood of 
Natal (not са», has мн. little smell ; 
«хав of that which I sent 
peus 
ores ges injury which th mple at 
м y. numerous plan lse ы ues kind of 
p agape of which ч Удган д Lycia, І think) grows 
to a small tree оп Lebanon, and 
among the hills to the eas 
Arabia. I have always thought that th 
on but slight күзө The only reaso 
seen given forit has been the Leni апу of the 
wood of Cedar ef banon, as jud 
injuri t plants 
the anh; arsi with the iron of the {гей 
A., a perforated rim, through 
which 2 iron supports are thrust, 
the ends of which rest on the 
ledge below. Of course any kind 
of trellis can be adopted on the 
; for a portion of the water in 
llis, forms an 
Zi was чей ^x we had, therefore, no 
21 A reason to think, from its A in old times, that it it 
" iti t there are 
mt (TE ITE 
| 
ШҮҮ 
Wi 
I think, f for supposing the 
"in. the buil uilding of  Solomon's 
ood 
ugh ineveh seems, as 
od of any kind of Cedar, but Yew. Оп the whole, 
ink that we have very little from which we: 
ean judge of the quality of the wood of the of 
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il 
pum 
oxide, under the influence. 'of which few roots can exi 
dea 
from a specimen which I latel 
y beproper. The plants ws id PT in а 214 greenhouse, the. general Dei ng o of "ie раа! in|it usually reaches, its timber w i 
MS Rob den » kept n o glass, sind. бате which was, however, by no means wort mitation, | The habit of the Deodar is more like a plantation tree ; 
fully supplied with water, whe they wil "E ^ The example is, therefore, not new, but it tay, never- | I hope that it will answ such, and t valuable 
into free growth, and if properly attended to, with pot- theless, be useful. Cra AYM, timber in afew years ; but, until it is shown by expe- 
room, &c., will miako fne arge handsome Айтышы he eodar Timnber.— Will you allow me to make a few | rience that it will do so, I think it would be the height 
6 season pping a portion of the remarks peces the quality of the Deodar Семе of folly to plant it extensively in the place of Larch, 
plants a month later than the others, the b ing season grown in England, to give my reasons for thinking that | whose value is well known from time that it is 
Will be so much prolonged, and а po f the stock | 1Ё 229 not yet t been shown either rei? it will or will not | large eno make С. W. and, Hi y 
might“ be grown on, stoppi roduce or dent Е s Japonia cor 
мег than L wia dle of эму pd ae Aa vor early |е? evidence of what its дому will be, sufficient to induce in my Dia Rd has mul Plied i ch an кәк that 
t it vely in th of [Firs whose І am tempted to try it alongside the hedges of leen 
at wil, ee good turfy peat and sandy turfy loam in 2 kno f all trees, the Pines and Firs|fields, but before I do so I am desirous o i 
about equa proportions, with a ce of 3I? most dependant on climate, or soil, or situation, | whether the leaves, flo or seeds are likely to prove 
sharp sand carefully i i tid bé ойга to venite for the quality of their imber, ап manner in which | injurious to cattle, horses, or or sheep ` w may ‹ 
good kek di Ша ооу they hear tw be easy to find two | to browze thereon. reb [lt is not more acrid 
yed state might be added, са this may be omitted Scotch Firs of the same age, both 18 inches in diameter. and probably much less so. We 
and manure- zi : when the plants are in e of which had 12 inches of heart- and the other — no danger. ] 
froe growth. Alpha not 4 inches ; and when we look ata Pe Autumn-dried Potato Sets v. the Disease. —] wish to 
or angel red ‚ we may fancy the disappoint- | add a few words of caution and additional advice on the 
Home Correspondence. of Scotch agre key um Mit d qp Pee to mn E ie» dor эы e i d E 
on e was go intend to lan а 
i Tp заь under MN IDE Plate Glass.— | produce anything like them ; yet that із vy we|upin à Las бан. SMi арың 
ма, Мы Sei hether of glass forms foci or | shall be doing if we plan wi expecta- i 
e nds ре а erected, and do not tion that in any given n years we are to grow 
m «e e ar om red best, of ti of the quality which the board shown 
his ч ivers’ nursery other day, to see the other day is descri x I may just mention, 
i e wing he had some glazed with eral | as other instances of great difference in trees in 
! glass ; one with Hartley's rough | own c try and in England, рр which 
plate, Де by Messrs. of B. you mention as so very su building in 
Stree К Ms. Phillips Ga ed it were very mueh AM S but wich | Dave found 
scorehed ; Mr. Philli p it—he Larch when 
Saat it waa the ее sort, and it was taken out and England ; and as ап instance of extreme e 
was sent wi pposed to be it, er Ameriean tree, {һе Hemlock 
бе kind, 1 ГУ even now it scorches ias, &c., | which is almost erent in ар when 
iba i y аз ever, ON ve no doubt, can be England, from what it is in ica, аз а Yew tree 
N at an ME S to Mr. Rivers, at the із ї а Silver Fir. The statement respecti 
with eid. pide has one house glazed habit of the old Cedars on Lebanon is 
A X crown which : answer an neous impression ; it is 
yery ne of the clerks at Mr, Millington’s, of Acworth said, that the ied ту Ha ae fe 
Ме М ыа re med me that rough | dozen of them) have the spreading habit i 
; visited a Vinery last year, in which a very | Сейагз wn in these stand scattered in 
lu mer of the leaves were quite brown from having а grove of 300 or 400, which are mostly tall and straight, 
ос by this glass. Мон fhis is very pan | and somewhat resembling а a fine Silver Fir in England ; shortening 
ы Qu апа doubtful {о опе who wants to glaze a house, one which we as well as we could, was | 
п ra B UR ues tt xpe SE abont 120 fent "gh, and 3 fre in diameter, "Clan of this stringing invention оѓ; 
having ang taken out after say for rough one stood the largest trees, and the | Why not stick to the boxes. ampe 
Plate 5р per foot, and 5d, for ihe thick ' only one of them which was not a mere wreck; this My reply is, that in masses ны ука taneous 
