518: THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
DU PICO um] many British plants ме already menti 
— oli а bed of rough gravel, and so open and porous m ME bue Perd ^ n - pec geriet nes fate ia qd 
i^ dry and workable directly after er v x уйы Dem m met one at e very turn, made us io Pati Аз an Pitra d p the dle. 
E slopes to the west, and is jus е ач бё т L we were in England. А military band was in опе of these, I may instance that of the Vi 
at the present oe Vipera nA E vs dos à йш; npe dance, About 2 o'cloek his Exeoleney ae Eam ri aeris, which only starte 
atoes n4 : ay of fl ow nu e 
d Meth fe ces eem cortile Ré n A ed б the 12th September, and the ў 
were as wi sd promising veg n Bi = P lant we examples of Juannulloa auran- | were at the Government land sales; X 
е аі th абба чеч m dnb sa rel eroeata, Rondeletia speciosa, теша | pended the s E г--4 the purchase 
now поеш ihe grounc, . "ut i i diflora, A. | allotmen North Melbo 
sec fn ds the rows; these will be ready to asiatica, mcg mE. c — scie mee er Ur D» tie ханна оти биза " Ix 
in Octo d then pe s the ground шау y MH ка ее pen i G. ciowa Calanthe | building RS oses, whic Ў Ead 
w few fit for planting. This place is 11 miles from | racem Gesnera ү 1 ice м Passiflora bres э Ар, А ‘m " ^. e 
{һе sea in a direct line ; but near the sen the disease is | aust УШ, 'Gloxinia м i eem biegen к Берин Lor intti tt keli aiie 
not nearly so bad ; and ft is singular —— — € Чыл ч пареа B. ar " sti а, Sanctis to the shareholders be red 
inflaence of the per smoke near Swansea und — Ó reme reri m lumbago | each allotment to be about 1007 
elly, the Potatoes have never suffered much from | рече Justicia 9 vad me труф e o ани uia. рии di tiet 
the disease, though in other res herr fries rel — MÀ n ше SH tham direct from the crown at wholesa 
visit gn n ge pd a - Oats gee ӨР, mel Si Sr b " e" о ЧЫ llowing sorts: Black | was formerly the case, obtaining it | the шеф 
» en N Me =. 
de тин VM I Коша think eould not А.А Disce нуе Museat,Black Damascus, of the speculator. Тһе amount added to the c Tim 
e PARA ed either in England or Scotland, and Turnips Black Prince, West's St. Peter's, Muscat of Alexandria, | cost of the land is stated to be about 8L per cent qe. 
and Mila: 14 Wurzel are very promising, const g the sselas qué, Sweetwater, catel, Wantage, &с, | is said tb ~ this soci t will be enabled to distrib 
guano mongers h layed us a triek to the tune o- | A general collection of all fruits in season cons sted of | within the first year of its existence 50,0001, wo " 
thirds the value of the quantity кар, ie they | Grapes, water and other Melons, onis, Me M wurde A xu us fe R members, John айз, Bà 
have had to refund. The adulteration of the was | Apples, Morello Cherries, Alm ече e Pr Quaere er ts ardens, Me 
discovered by the water prepared from it f ailing t to im- | &c. ; dessert Apples comp vm 7 ста 1 Pippin ЕВ 
preguate the atmosphere of the forcing-house with | den, Golden Reinette, Early iecit algony ippin А 34 съез, 
ammonia, as I had been accustomed to, and on pee EM A —— а M inni Tariy | 
tion the fraud was soon discove yres, eil, Brown Russet, ret; Barly 
^ wa cada Pg c уе чу xim эү уук pem nce габан АА Fi er dn tain ты History ај ie, Olit inm Rar 
aking , М * 
porc ne Bungei, aliàs fetid. — Perhaps basket, Hawthorndean, Emperor Alexander, Keswick  chison. Тате Вто.  Biursays рр. 928 М 
аА, - » EST like to know that а E of the lite Codlin, Court of Wick, French perte e, o. gem Б е numerous t€ ттт aiar am 
winter in M. & Noble's | and Beauty of nt; among table Pears. уеге Tuis important wo ther 4.4 Д 
agshot,and pushed up strong s boots fio rom | Williams Bonehretien, ? Autumn Bergamot, Summer | fancies of атт progressionists, nor an enta. 
smmery a Bagshot, e This ы: bom any protec- | Bonchretien, Chauinontelle, Beurré d' Arembe -— s| tive Asa atis 7.3. things A ERE 
fion. All above ground in tlie winter was destroyed. Egg, Di Black Achan, Gansell's Spit an bel : eyes à y rap " rem ЫШ Edinburzh: воне? 
M. Ortgies, of Ghent, M. van Houtte's representative, О Oranges there was a dish which the judges abelled | war between m ~ ge ғ ‚ Edinburgh ed 
informed me a few weeks since that it is also quite root “ pcm of notice," They had been grown in the эе” | e A ge ий call pee ЭРИ, | 
hardy in Belgium. I think it about as hardy as а айг, at Heidelberg, a place within a few йыз о | Mr; ra s нн a record 
Fuchsia. In lately ER this plant in the Chronicle, | Melbourne. Vegetables P ert -. М-тар Carrots, it is, meg "Бы zm Ex pi : 
you said, « If we can trust a figure of it published in the Turnips, Parsnips, Cucu X vmm Geometry o e -— e “Systema 
*Flore des Serres, it PUR be remarkably handsome." | Tomatoes, French Beans, Chillies нын Radish, &e. | Linnzeus, s Chronicles. 
The drawing for that plate was made by me, and if (as, Оп the "'o5ih February, 1854, Pin D. more 
lam assured, for I b not seen the plate), it is a | fetched from 1з. 6d. 6d. per Ib ; would 
сору, 1 ean vouch for its accuracy to nature А 2s. per lb. ; Apples, 1з. з. 6d. pe ; Я 
size, form, an lant from which е per doz.; Peaches, froni Эз. to 6з: per doz. ; Plums, from 
wing in question was taken had four suche A 6d. to 1з. per doz. ; Water Melon, from 1s each 
and was clothed w large handsome leaves P the Figs, 6s per doz.; Cabbages and Caul t^ from | mi 
rim ofthe pots. If well Ua and it require Md ls 6d. to Zs: per Mum битов and Turnips, 9d. n 
liberal treatment, it is indeed very handsonie ; if Md , bundle ; vw er PS pé б E per 
it degenerates! to а во; A wers are very Cueum ls. 6d. to 2s. d. each ; French Masi: o 
sweet-scented, І should add that a plant which flowered рег lb. Gardeners’ wages per айтип, with board and | teem 
in Belgium was quite equal to the drawing made here. | lodging, are from eed to 1007. ; or 9l. aed week, with | 
George Lovell. | cottage, wood, and wa Ge neral Arm-servants, per | islan 
Damp of Limestone Walls, how cdused.—Are they annum, with RET gi Th 701. to 801, 
damp? It i is worth . inquiry whether the .apheeranca, of | Owin ng to the extreme dryness of the season, the pro- 
segrain, | | speets of the эсу and farmer have been auything | oce 
of. the stone, which cannot imbibe. "When "io diio atmo- but Amet i no rain К; yo mp cape — fallen * есы 
uring the last four months. arvesting 1а8 күрт эң one Sri TOCKS, 
the e vapour which comes in contaet with бом; aurfres | pleted, and the accounts from various districts state | accu ted; and at last man made ; 
is speedily condensed, and has the appear of ex- that the erops will ps фон. one-third less in yield this exc vies no ch 
ud which really reject it whilst. a more year than has generally ined. The late crops, along with him is known to have 
us material rapidly takes it in. Observe the dif- | | especially Wheat and Potatoe , have suffered ly ; ceession of de 
ference of a wall oilpainted and another merely im some cases the latte erop is not worth lifting. and named by geologica 
coloured ; the former may be seen covered with pretty | During the summer, bush res have been of common | to engage the life-time 
globules of water Yon. the latter has no ir nin occurrence, and several stations have been vom with | being the most difficult to investi 
So wiil na | late and un к» devouring element, несу as fields of standing eorn; | the greater abundanee of facts which 
held over. steam. _ upposition that den some cases human life has fallen a saerifice to it. most ancient are the 
i lf damp cost me both trouble and iu p т | The pens as req fire for miles toge- | interesting, b it 
n frequently 
ve viewtoyoureorrespondent Somerset," ther; the fire sweeps along with fearful rapidity, and | the origin of life and those primitive f 
3 i 2.7. |for days the whole country is overspread with a thick | now assumed a fixed and final state. 
i urchison 
specimens, viz., a Stanhc ; and he has don : 
upon it, 22 of which are in perfection to-day (Au g. 7) ; meter to range between 90° and 109? in the shade, апа | His foundations rest on the evidence 
S. Bucepbalus var. guttata А qua plani) with. yide several M kot observed it at 1009 in the | organic remains; for that 
spikes—the best 21 inches in length, and bearing 16 shade at 10 o'cloe 
of th follow 
bos cia ; Acropera Loddiges with 20 spikes, 10 of | during the month of нефт Ow wing to the dryness| Itis amusing to read tlie various 
om 15 to 27 ms on h here has, how ner dn беш з stinted | been held, from time to time, со 
éach! J. N. Сотећоизе, [They would appear to be very supply of floral be enuty, and w wers were met | those {сете нб» of living creatures 
СА. teteng 
 Fuphor е PR llowing — are easily cul- Ys arra lagoons and swam hey consisted of Viola | which we now comprehend under 
tivable out o in Edu with an asterisk | betoniczefolia, Bursaria ий on the banks of the | organic remains. i 
attached to Fig E e half har у. Бот :— „вріпова, | Yarra, its numerous white blossoms forcibly reminding | а great man in his day, grav 
сегаіосагра, mellifera, *dendroides, *fruticosa, and опе of our iun *May;" Oxalis microphylla, | ments of animal and 
Pithyusa, Herbaceous (stems annual) : palustris, Polycarpon alsinefolium, &e.; Epilobium Billardier- | certain materia pinguis, 
Persica, glareosa, carniolica, Gerardiana, ten nsis, | adl Lythrum ые Loranthus sp.; this parasite | fermentatión by heat ; in the 
Discus, and dulcis. Lg. (stems biennial) : | is found in great abundance, hanging from the branches | Virgil’s bees were enge 
E. sa 8, maraig ites, rigida, Characias, баса d of the t s and Acacia, each of which, I believe, | kine. Others substituted © 
veis, к oides, Jii and portlandica. S, ^ have to bear a distinct species ; Eurybiopsis Hookeri, | mong whom iwas 
PAM a ome aquatie plants in earthen | Cotula tir ба, Lobelia anceps and pedunculata, | historian of Staffordshire. 1 
ud ze. pan d they get covered with a sort of. Eus cephalus lacteus, Goodenia ovata, Senecio odoratus | Welshman, with his Lithoph 
itie 3 which I believe is а Conferva, Is S. rupicola, Alternanthera denticula ta, Damasonium | idea of plastie force, 
те алу way of getting rid of it! 4. H. [Only һу EET Ottelia 'ovalifolia (in the lagoons near the | and who invented a 
eping the water in eonstant motion. ] | Yarra)  Sporobolus oed, Myo реа humile, | which fossil remains owed th 
Gp ———————— | Verema officinalis, Мепіһа australis, Cynoglossum | living things bei 
is suaveolens Erythrza australis, Solanum laciniatum | then deposited in fittin 
o aede t Correspondence or Kangaroo А Apple, &е. а салону and вей 
olia: о Ec ales, May 4, 1954 — Th. second | Of] the large quantities which the Government | if the sperm was 
Socks тын rend of the Victoria Барих has hoy brought into market, coupled with the diffu- | engendered in the earth—if im 
ihe oh eh ,took pl ce in these gardens on | sive tendency of the land s een recently established | come, the teeth of ipse. orthe jawsan 
is pim ve dur considering the Lud of year, | in the bem serving as a upon the land jobber, | Ray did not fail to te p th 
i n 
а water DER Ra" ii e pel have en able ed every workin bf à TA to become possessor | did lr contemplate Ù 
8 was 
agreeable. The gardens were opened at 2 o'clock, but | being drive 
: n b th : 
of dho marning, vs brio ea the reg ui aspect | LE ren aw рз sii de н pes epe yonn cx ^y ye 
rning, w great as might been | greater portion nof the lands sold b [s IR at: 
expected. Surrounded а E we are by neatly built English | were purchased by speculators, ibd Who, but for e| We We wot ki better, and din wi 
