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with ramifications of the main vascular bundle, ог of; elegantly streaked with purple on a pale groun ards | managen lentv of. i A 
the new е bA of the alburnum, from ч the end and picturesquely A with a longitudinal a adina | i minare, it will ala — - prey er Мег 
gans iv central "E: 
are | 
— ut liberal supply of clear manure water be 
background ч р эсу evergreens, | adm inistered. Keep the shoots regularly trained toihe 
generated , 88 ngu ptogamous plants, trained 
апа the haindiko ym which elothe the roots of 
phzenogams, there is of course no question of any 
‚ J. sub-biflora.—This is perhaps the finest s the | | trellis, and continue to keep up а brisk bottom hes 
Pas бы ered , species es hitherto introdu ме, is а | with a warm moist humid Ао, until they are 
y pre 
such connection, 
45. As the root under certain circumstances is and e 
6 indies i in n diameter, exposed to draughts, they will юг Foil E unfold their 
1:1. —Of similar habit to the llast, to brilliant flowers for a very long period. By taking care 
which it disk. a very А ру ae ntrast in its large and Фо get the wood well ripened, — the plants а 
h — ek -white aae ps period of rest, and distocüng. &e., 
cT. g an mental species, growing | prés the specimens will last for any iiber of years. 
TW foot ^^ n height, with ag la фач te leaves, an lpha. 
numerous ычу маг onspieuous, e azure-blue vem — —náÜÓ—! 
m 4 to 6 пае іп diameter, саа elegan Home Co orrespondence. 
objeet in viole be m foreground of select к аан Dacrydium Franklini.—1t is stated at page 151 that 
-bo i of 
iwo 
з 10. Z. cristata.—These rank amongst | Van Diemen's Land jane qe in the New 
is 55 of the genus, [cas from 4 to 6 inches in| house at Kew. It may, therefore, be i i 
height, and producing Семе large and con-| know that at this place (which A no means favour- 
e | spicuous blueish- :parple blossom. the early spring able | for aeclimatising plants) a tolerable те of' 
months; they are well adapted for front effect i in smaller et E ngular em QI літ ipi the к. ed in a 
putate. t 
I. pumila alba is also а desirable early spring- tr im winds, and having іу had the raara of a 
e а variety, of dwarf habit, forming а pleasing | slight protection of Spruee Fir branches during the 
contrast with the last-named species, its creamy-white intensity of the frost—has stood the winter comparatively 
blossoms, marked with pale e on the lower decurved | uninjured, a few of the extreme tips of the branches only 
sepals, i nd very pretty. William Wood, the York|being destroyed, and even this may in some measure 
Nur. to the 
they grow, till they at last complete y destroy it. A — —— me ы taken place, 
ful illustration ка this is given à Dr. Li at PARODEN DRON SPLENDENS. having been deranged during the process of planting in 
М. ТНЕВЕ is hardly a ore beautiful or чені € pA in | early summer, and the continued wetness of the senson. 
or ien eultivation than "his | Сатай, for, under good | James Duncan, Basing Park, Alton, Hants, March 15. 
management, its large clusters of brilliant scarlet| . Water about the Roots of Ash Trees.—1 have a fine 
blossoms аге produced in great protusion, ry they last| Ash in a conspicuous place, ornamented with Ivy. 
a m time in perfection. Unfortun y сап igo ч During rainy seasons, the surface of the soil is covered 
s|be e oii» slink: for it cannot be with | to the depth of 1 or 2 feet, by a stream of water. 
tage except where it can be furnished w with | plenty I be in 2 danger: ма lajuning — sir ums Ash - the. яйы у 
t ration in 
there is convenience, however, it is well worth attention, | water cons i" to 2 this depth t ужас Foz, V Wellington. 
to | and will nd eere i any amount of trouble | [You will no doubt kill bo 
ө чч any aspect and eni of garden soil, Берек which may be bestowed on it. Exterminating ii В. Dehin, Se 
them worthy of more extended notice than they hav It may be ei propagated by cuttings made Ta ground well with gas-water, hé will soon it of the 
hi received. The characters, &c., of the "kinds shorts оона young. ts, selected in а per firm | little pers, М =Жечү тыс! so much оѓ; жу gas-water | 
are drawn from growirig in | Mh Aparte in sendy, poet goh, covered w А. Mell, йуз wherever it is used. Let it be fresh, 
a rather retentive loam, upon a dry substra | glass, and afforded a brisk bottom heat. ma also be | and чы 73 gallons of it to 4 square feet of 
1. Iris acuta.—This | z it on any of the er. rd growing rose u 
i varieties 5 but, srat this plan was ap down two weeks аер e valet Pas bosa 
it has now, Ын pus чана 
roots. ; plants icati —— | 
euous, ium-sized, rich blue rne on | wel [ар By no water on 
erect slender быы deni]. fi ving the vus (borno on |" potted singly in small pots, as as are | will be sure to kill be Gra Grass, E H.T. [No.] 
sepals or- flower petals banded or striped with bright sufficiently rooted to bear handling, 4 and replaced in| Hart rtley’s Rough Plate Glass,—As my name has been 
blue lines upon а pale white ground, and terminating at bottom heat, in a moist, warm situation. When well introduced on the subj of the above descri of 
the extremities with entire blue, the central disk of each | established, shift into other pots, two sizes larger, and | glass, I feel called upon, as a matter of justice to all 
"being MIS ma: gine ed with brownish yellow. keep them as near the glass as is convenient, іп order|parties, to give my experience as to its quali : 
pallida. odorat i 
beauti 
wol, i, p. 164. 
Kun i 
ith 
"broad sword-shaped leaves, and remarkably large mi a brisk bottom heat of 85° or 90°, with a warm, moist character given to it, to have a Camellia-house glazed 
ieuous atmosphere, and all the light possible, merely guarding | with it, thinking that it would want no shading, and be 
inc MC or | them from the um rays of the sun on the forenoons all that was required for Camellias and Rhododendrons. 
sepals havinz a very beautifu ully bearded crest caa the of bright, warm days. Do not keep жей m growing {оо | At the end of the summer of 1851, in spite of frequent 
central disk, coloured with [rich orange towards the |late in My parer ever ; diee TE zi аны the shading, I found the Camellias much marked, not burnt 
extremities, and margined with pale-green streaks. The | Cuttings rooted early in t ; | in spots as with but rather delicately roasted 
flowers being often borne on successive tiers or clusters | Well-furnished plants by pirori piety they q €t be like, but more brown than the few leaves which I 
: the elevated flower scapes, produce a '"stately and | removed to а atmosphere „ташу и | enclose for your inspection. І was disappointed, but I 
и A ai water il, wi to get the id no i t ing. 
. hino 
-erect 
Ves, and a 21 H quite 
blue flowers, the lower sepals bei egantly banded | have been properly attended to, they will grow equally | not publish my complaints, for I am nota youn i 
with —Ó d" well visité started in June or March, and бта апі a М " how ў эры y good things уь, | d 
4. Г.ат compactly growing species attainsa splendid plants for blooming in а warm house during | practices in griening bare been foo inet] у= «= eh 
height of from iy Hoi vi broadly-lanceolate leaves, winter. If, however, your young plants are intended for | of and written d. I made known my k 
with ao cn adc and racemes of com- | blooming in summer, water should be gradually with- | however, to Nd. Phillips and Co, from whom I pro- 
paratively large b ; the u incurved | held towards m middle of October, and they may be | eured the glass ; they immediately paid me a visit, and. 
| ved to i i Pius ; м 
соп well with the dark mo п А 
Purple on the extremities of the lower ones, which are | November, which may be a corner of the stove, ог ёо | аі once to replace it with Ж glass from 
* An interesting account t will be found in Dr. Hooker'$ Him IE Tute d а be th Hartle 
us башга of the manner Hoo m 50? to 55°, and no water shoul given to е |а nice even sample, with 
tanic Garden, “ Бег iM D жу ушай reo of soil during the resting season. About March turn them | and good. Last summer (з м as is T Evo, wasa 
Dr. Falconer, ^ The of soil as | al 
3 P w 
œ reaching the earth, where sand t id 
‘for Several ы months, b i T were 
Size of cables ti gradually as they grow and swell to the drainage, cutting the shoots well back to strong | find, on inquiry, that any here remembers 
Жы. iR p d Benomenon, Ps my eng it re эл, prominent eyes. . After potting plunge іп a xd | having used them). I italy thought when үңө» 
Тын ће rooting РЕД iis, and Peine bottom-heat, and maintain a moist atmosphere | y | plate glass was un fot Comes i nM 
