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it up, and fill one of your large kettles with scalding | с Baroness Bassett, lehidy Park, Cornwalli, where | found in а tolerably advanced state. Un the litte 
water ; melt j lb. of copperas in it,handle it well in | was told it had ас eidentally p its appearance among | | knoll, a short distance east of the new railway station, 
this for a quarter of an hour ; take it up, cool, and rinse | some ы plants that had been then received from is being erected. a series of corrugated iron arches, 
it in three waters, and put it in the copper again and | Real del Monte, in Mexico, of th eountry I реле | supported on metal pillars, and furnished with orna- 
boil it well for half an hour; get it up to drain, and | it is a native. rough the kindness of my friend Mr. | mental trellis work for climbing Roses and other drapery 
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* Brown and Rappee are next in your copper. Ғог | апі by means of a specimen lately forwarded to me, | round the base of this floral tem mple, w bis when fully 
these two merinos, put 1 lb. of Pe llb. of tur- M. found it Ш to possess the property of being remark- | covered with foliage and flowers, cannot fail to be a 
meric, and 110. of sumach in the copper, and handle іп | ably sweet-scented, resembling that, with which we аге | feature of much interest, more especially (aud viewed 
these erinos, and boil them well o" half an hour ;| all more or less familiar, of the Pteris aquilina, or | from the terrace garden, from which it is not far dis- 
fill up the copper, and bang them u їп over а common Brake, after it has been cut for some time and | tant. The planting of the clumps on the Anerley Road 
kettle, and melt 1 lb. of copperas in the ух tait ou had | dried in the sun, but far more ротада the smell of а | side of the grounds with: Rhododendrons and other 
for the claret, and han dle them i in this ха half an hour, "A ce being sufücient to fill а large room. € s being proceeded with at a great rate ; and it 
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get them up to drain, give the man the brown to rinse Garden Memoranda. either from frost or other causes. The great extent of 
and hang up, an e Y e саире en rti n.the| CRYSTAL PALACE AT SypENHAM.— The more gigantie | turf alluded to by us in our last report, as having been 
saddening for a quarter of ап hour e it up, d works in the Park, connected with this, іп all respects, | laid |down here, is now green and "USES showing 
and return it in the copper; boil it эн M half an hou т, wonderful speculation, are now getting somewhat into | no symptoms of sufferin girom d 
| take it up, cool it, rinse t, hang i it up, and tell your man | shape, and those which, from the nature of the ground,| The ground work on the large of park lying 
| to empty the copper, d fil it.up with clean water, m have required Jess Jabour to accomplish, are begin- | between the east end of the же жо the Sydenham 
pd have don ning to assume a finished appearance. In anticipation | boundary is also now receiving special attention. New 
"dn place the mystery of cleaning earpets is | of ppenise on the 24th of May, increased exertions are | walks are being ud d here, planting is being done, the 
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* Have them taken up and well. beaten, brushed, laid | possible ; but, although the terrace gardens may be and аб portious of.it bave even already been 
flat on a floor, and the spots taken “out by rubbing а | completed by that а yet it is scarcely possible that | turfed ; owing, however, to the parched condition of the 
piece of hard soap on the greasy spot, and rubbing it ће heavy operations towards the bottom of the park, grou;d, especially on a natural knoll 
out with a brush and clean cold water, well drying each where islands have to 9 formed, huge mounds and | laid down turf was quite brown, and ed burnt up. 
spot as it is done with a eloth before you leave it. Cut raised, and, аро i immense quan- | 
а bar of the mottled soap into two gallons of water,|tities of soil d from one place to s exception, all the other 
and put it on the fire to dissolve, and when issolved, deed both much labour p time, can do more than | lakes are as ye t dry, and will apparently not be ready 
i d ingi: y the day fixed for opening, the great distin- | to receive eir. contents for some time to come 
Take two pails of blood-warm wa ег, aud put іп one of| guishing Жее. of а design, which, when completed, | e imagine we have t, 
em two quarts of the melted soap to scour the earpet | must be the wonder and admiration of everybody. The | notwithstanding the Meme = a —— (and they 
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cleaning, which must be done at less than one squa R | must Jot be turned over, а veyed s one yum 
soap in it, and lift it out on the carpet, and scour about | is cresta d. "The transfer is s effe сей by means " inte (à s, аль and AG of water, 
scouring: ее ап "iiu the flannel i n Я 
clean water repeatedly. Kare z "pail of clean cold | upper:terrace o only requires the broad walk, that runs | with burnt clay or rough gravel, and over that. will- be 
water and а little common sour іп it; and have a clean | parallel with the palace, to be fine —— а нь laid fine gravel when the walks shall come to be finished, 
dip it in the аж, Squeeze it well, kneel finished; agreat portion of the turf on the —H 
down and rub the sponge well into tho spot you have Face garden below has been laid divo; d, notwith. vi I aped 
first cleaned and rinsed. Now this spot must be dried |Standing the very dry weather for such work, the FLORICULTURE. 
with clean coarse cotton or linen cloth, before you leave | planting of the beds ЕЕ із по being actively proceeded 
b properly done, and before you proceed with eter with. "hose at present finished have been filled ehiefly| Тнк CunxsawrHEMUM.—In the Tm remarks 
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yard of the carpet. Clea eaning carpets dry — [wit "éd rie s mari ia o- | respecting Chrysanthemums I shall confine my- 
the old saying, and the true Mti ee Pr аз | dendrons, several of which are: coming va bioom. | self to the mode of „cultiva ating icy in онд Ав ѕооп 
you go? And so you must go on, square nent fg Many of the beds are edged with: the pretty нее eut them down, and 
yard, until the carpet is entirely cleaned. A good fire | carnea; whieh is also in flower, and very interestin | enient corner on the south side 
om to help dry iton the floor asfast|in appearance it is. In order to counteract {һе ill|of a шумы de a are in some aneasure sheltered — 
as itis done. ҮНҮ clean y AP" lere but in d or p planted shrubs, not only |from frostand north essterly winds. They remain in : 
y begin to scour the i "| here, but in all“ "parts of the grounds, are сна urbed, except by watering them now 
—I хела carpet with the best contimually watered at the root during the whole дау, | апі then, until the present time, when they are - 
soap, but I do not like it so cp as vem cg oil ems ; for, and towards evening ез syringed overhead with |removed to а more open place, preparatory to their 
after the mottled soap is melted, it congeals as it gets garden engines, 'Many young specimen Deodars varying ) being wanted for the purpose of propagation. Chrysan- 
cold, whereas um never :eongeals after it is once from 8 to 12 feet in india have een recently planted, | themums may be increased by cuttings, layers, sand 
melted, and Feild's із һе cheapest. Tt isto behad af both on the terrace and in the park ; but these having | offsets; I have often grown them from the latter ; but 
Legg's, in р Street, Soho; and. Darnes's, Long | had good balls, do not appear to be the least affeeted by | I have found the foliage so apt to go off them, and leave 
Aere ; and of the the ehanse. "һе walks in the terrace garden are|the plants naked at the bottom, that I greatly prefer 
is easy to see nstructions come from a | nearly all rough gravelled, and the different basins euttings, which, with good treatment, wi in their 
man who knows what he is тан about ; and, d e fountains have been formed, and only. wait for the | foli апа healthy almost to the 
say, Mr, Love's vol will find a place by the side of |latter to” render this garden in а tolera x ts. The best time for putting in cuttings is the latter 
eookery books, Brit ine-making, and those other State. Тһе bottoms of the basins have been puddied | end of April, or.the b g 
"useful volumes which constitute the private library of | With clay, so as to keep them from leaking, and all|of the best shoots of the current year's wood, not more 
economical housekeepers. Аё а events it ought. to be | round the outside of the white stonework, which forms | than 2 or 3 inches in —— cutting: them close to а. 
placed. the sides, has also been puddled for a distance of 3 feet joint, and removing the bottom leaves. When potted, I 
totiens -țin width, in г i | transf ds 
Mr. Luge HawsagDp h just published a hlet In our | 1 7 
"upon Strikes and end айе (дуй, & А-ГА), br pwalk had been : in |- у necessary, for the cs 
we can enly remark that. his queer crabbed in the park ; since that time no more of this noble pro- readily without it. "eres d fcr a ЕЩ 
English wholly destroys the effect of his good intentions, | menade has been: made, but the channels for the water- | time, until they have taken root, when I give them 
Semra `.Чайз апа succession of little cascades on either side of it plenty of air, and pinch out their tops, — causes 
| roughly blocked out as íar as the first great | the break freely. When the shoots grown an 
| 54. w Plants. lake, into “which they are to empty themselves over|ineh or two in length, I pot into 3-шеһ рин in а 
| Osororen Б Rohb. T in. Regte Чанеп- | piles: of ornamental тослог, The site for the im- | mixture of tu à loam аай one-third , 
| "This ja байый Jora, t. vg PAR из m mense valley of water which is to spread all over this sojentiog the strongest and bushiest plants, sis dis- 
cud eua, т lower part of the park is also now apparent; great | carding the rest When | potted, ‚1 again place them in a | 
bad ees оте glancous than usual, owing perhaps to portions of the stonework along its margin, mene close Я М 
ihe еи: = чеш реча d, Mri m in.| especially eee the. Anerley side, being built, and a|roots. They are afterwards set out of doors, 
fig we eseri establish a great extent ч d it bein 1 i i i : Т 
Species, wonld lead to the sub-division of every species е sloping banks around it being turfed | far apart to prevent their being drawn, 
very 8j | and already under the scythe. "These banks are traversed supplied with water. When the shoots bave grown 3. or 
er rere, yet known, aud rov түркү тө pns of | by flights of white: stone stairs, which lead from walks. 4 inches in length, I again pineh out their t 
br Ai ch сап only render a subject, already sufüi- on the higher ground down to the'water's edge, "Тһе | {отаке them bushy ; and after they 
ч. ж. рш зди, par М дай impenetrable, Tke plant has | робота of. the lakes are-being covered with burnt clay, inch iis zd, T shif nift the the pl into 6i E ik 
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55. DEwPRonivM MACROPHYLLUM, var. giganteum. fit is found to be/cheaper than gravel. It із burnt with | have filled Va ete d ell. with icd E re-pot them 
ае е meeting оЁ һе .Hortieulvural Society |small:coal, first (after having.made a good fire in the | into. 9-inch pots, in. whieh I flower them, using 
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was a shade lighter in colour than the common kinds, inve till the һер is largo enough. . Numbers of heaps. of air : this keeps them dwarf and healthy. I keep the 
and not Altegether во obtinet In má À— cem £his kind, smoking запі: smouldering (for they must | pots elear Spes aeae er ag water them as often 
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а new spe i е | water twice. week, or more or less cording.to the 
een Ka = | beginnin iuz to make thi iti rte as yet state: of the-weather. About the ntes on of U j 
Diei рут енини n Fern, of slender growth | 'Shapeless-that no veas be gleaned ну what their І remove some of the most forward plants under glass, 
and graceful "ege ` Although little e it is, in ed ultimate forms may be. Several of he Saurian monsters | giving them plenty of sir during the day. Тһе others 
доо wenih} o es rv mat -— its fragrance, x that Tre T however, laced | are taken їп as they are requi or as the weather 
tera Pre to will ren r it an especi out о loors. be at present set out are in the. mayirender necessary; for though hardy, the Chrysan- 
Pair with those Terris ritmi - на ^ Anerley. сг | themum will. not stand more Шап 4° t. 59% of frost, 
| remember to 'ossing up -towards нета iine. e of the | withont sustaining voa ien I bloom here every - 
шы equidem of|greund on the E аы central walk will һе year about 150 plani s, varying from оле to two 
