771 THE. GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. вс. э, 
Јон station, and. Јавё summer was ordered down.to | feel per erfeetly satisfied that by the method о! euring ii 
Buenos: Ayres, on. the. river de la Plata, where she | evil — by Mr. Bennett at p. 6 9 — 
usce for.some little. time, and. then went where a | defiance to both mildew and red spider ; а 
GËverniment: steamer never di d. before, 2000 miles up | it, I ма not only saved my Grapes, but I have s 
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ийине - to be maintained at -the ваше time 
Кай the nroisture/ contained. in the atmo sphere- is 
Les uer v n: the :cold- glass. сч orcing 
c т; espe« 
éially where itis credant to maintain а v Mig 110186 | the:river Parana, whig it appears isa e but shallow | good.-wood for another. season. J. W, Hall, lg ч тда 
temperature, and where fuel is dear, I think the — and narrow river, which rises somewhere. in the | J. Freeman, Esqiy Gaines, near Worcester, No» е 
of providing good ‘waterproof covering wou е | mountains of Brazil, inà there he mti on shore, and | Viviparous Ferns.—Mr. Newman, Át 
covered by the saving in fuel. eut four pi Grass ; one I had, two were given to | last edition of his interesting © History of British : 
s-dtmay поб Ње out of place o give our great kortie | another friend; and one to his mothe I have carefully | quotes Polysti angulare, var. subtripinnatum erns,” 
eultural builders:a:bint onec carried out, would offer | shaken the. flower-s kes,but no seeds have appeared, |o y known species that: is. viviparous h e 
considerable faciliti o-gardeners in-largé establish- | though there were plenty in. the pa er in whi ey | fore, mueh. pleasure in announein ido 
oun th 
ame home, and. whieh. were. burnt. ?. The last: portion | forms of Seolopendrium (phyllitis) "pee Polys : 
f the information is most distressing to a ho rticulturist, | lobatum, Lastrzea  ( Lophodium) fcenisecii prie iden, 
— asthe ww ыа IL know, have been presented | (Dryopteris) Filix Mas, allof which have eithe er produced 
к k- Devon а viviparous: plant, or are graduaily developing: Ьа, 
"dor ing am Or ye on Gravel.—1 have had some |I name other parties who have Ferns. exhibit 
t алайн “ ч ме ми of-such а soil as ** Beta's ”? = the same phenomenon, but..I do not f ng 
Apple an т trees ; and I would recommend him [енем their names before the publie. It is ош fair 
n | make the m for he trees about l0 or 12 feet wide o Mr. Newman to state that. 16 was sinee the , 
and 18 inehes deep, and then to айны» the bottom | cation of his work. that these ¿singulari | 
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in the resi т {һе меенетун reis ча and indeed with 
the cloth covers sufficient light is admitted for all plants 
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plants to strong sunli em until ws ve чеч үн 
to moderate light for some few days. У. P. А 
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Home Correspondence 
to ` me under m 
f|ofa good pasture, chopped. well, and mix it with the | more frost than two mats, while it only-eosts the price 
natural light soil, where he intends planting the trees. of one ; it is more tidy than loose litter, and.fits mote 
i 1 dr 
ba. de name of 
Sprouts ennnot be kept up by propagation from — 
seed ; but ва only is this a well-known fact, but there 
are only a few distriets abroad where the seed ean be 
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3 uld for 
I | proceed to lay oùt the roots quite flat ees the hand, dps ormi e between it and the glass, a thing wery 
s- | taking care to fill in well between them with the finest deitubia Miu жыв edges fit tightly, which they do. I 
soil, making all firm' with the hand ; i cover with | believe that-any greenhouse plant is perfeetlysafe under 
about three inches of mould, but avoid treading on the | it until the thermometer indicates 109. of frost.-J. Rut, 
чш mcm d if the soil should be sureharged with | Broom House, . Fulham 15! gib i 
mo Afterwards put about four or five inches of ——— ^ леў 
m meer Miis on the: top, to seniper roots from severe fiant 
frost, and prevent rapid e vaporation from the soil, For reien Correspondenoe. 
caused by dry March winds, 0. L. О. y? Beurré Superfin Pear.—1In.the reportof the exhibitig 
Galvanised Iron.—1n the autumn of 1851 some tanks of the Pomologieal Society page il I observe. а Pear 
were made of this material for a Pine-house here, They is miei under the name of Веште 5i um 
were fitted up by a plumber from Northallerton, who | rame as applied: in 184647, at Angers; to & seeing 
Ж a 
experie Р " 
бейге: of: Ais 1845, you: published my commu- 
posi cp соне Г. верь two specimens for your 
звепі you. six from. the 
same stock of эгер niei ав they come from one quarter | ru r 
em and I flatter | them a few days ago I found he ilie were crumbling | in honour of His: 
myself.you оп vll pronoune e them per rfeet, as. you.did оп |fast to фра, Ming rusted A leo ouph in seve rel land, who visited «е groun 
the former-oec There сап фе no deception і in my | places and leaking, and-I am of opinion that this kind | that period. is impo 
НВ noviricn once purchased»any:Brussels -Sprouts of iron is pe fectl Giclee, dob the purpose. John | nurserymen: shou ld adopt: the original name: of. this 
seed. At the time I wrote to re before -on-:the | Matherly, forie W. Jackson, Is Soruton, пеат | remarkable алад whichsis~ hus. éondemnedstoian 
Subject! уой: те tested some: seed; I -senti you all | ain И [A specimen of the iron in ques tion aliàs. o In-the:garde ;of some amáte arnateurs treés-ol. this 
X could: spare; andif you could recollect the result ofthe | ассо mpani ied this communication, магу di e Ninus variety; 20. years чү em оопа mndersthe! ваше! 
iproduce and report the:same, it; would tend to eorreet ni correspondents statement. — berland: It: ів impossible to mistākeit oneximining 
an nto which many have seus Ty MP жайат 2 ез Рат. O'Rourke pos 11 quite agree with the |2 ee somewhat grown up;'witliout: 
albifeeb prou Writer of your Calendar that xx = аг invaluable eed тт ; fort. bears. particular, stamp , 
bo f "eh. M January me I purc 2 quarts of EN whie — in any other existing; variety-in 
Were 00 old for use. І have been accustomed to con- colour... Buds Ven тъ pointed, deep го? 
sider the 24th of May early even for the first gathering, With black, flat at the base; div Á 
to say nothing of having i exon 8 "mx: for want of ped fruit is large, or very large, somewhat! 
Y NAR : - : 
шшш ete DE 
. [The ls Se re as good as 3 | Blendworth, Park, Han { 
кє. с гъан p tno Chiswiek, fromthe | · Effects of Prost ón Eootics. List of plants 4 The flesh is white, fine, melting ; ae 
seed ч Decet : Vo фазе a меа ехрегіепсе іп чуе i not killed by ipe Winter and Spring of 1854, | sugary vinous, and agreeably perfume 
: on; and there is no ubt that the opinion | at. Abbotsbury :—Piper excelsum, W. P.; Edw ardsia large, oval, pointed, and of a eh 
5 icum, en 
згеѓегэ, was formed upon insufficient observation. ] ` |W, P.; Kenned 
сен = " ya топор hylla, W.: Viburnum sp. surprising to us Belgians that non 
Pt йезен —There иче е ans меан) Mexico, corum hores and nlicifolia, W.; — s.t | have Mosam how to distinguish this 
esed Chinese annual which A lia Azedara n W. ia | sand, and 
eret mg to be allied to-Mint, as perhaps it. is ; wipe mee anie o diss 
/butits odour and taste, wi b per LI į Julibtissin, Myrica Faya De Jongh 
1 h "M 
restore to it the — 
"November 13 
ыыы, so muc that I question po ý : 1 
“ж is поё deserving: оѓ-агріасе among kitchen herbs, — ferruginea, Melosma, sp, "W.; Cassia 
8 4 LI LI 
ler EE likely to be injurious? О. P., eem , W.; Ceanothus africanus, — en - 
| 3 р ns, ; orum salieinu М; Lin 
Le. c —€— ves — Sap ag —— ^ = Deppei, Habrothamnus, xz > Halleria lucida, Fuchsia Dr. Т naa c m$ те President шы m 
-Jonghe's contributions to your journal : d: Lido: i maus ul ке mbryanthemums, in gen. P. ; | species of bn ped from Peru, "transmitted ш Fors 
еее маш s е oe dh bee f o not Brugmans isa AL =W., wall ; P., protected, slightly ceutieal sim Mr. B. Y. B exhibited dit 
opraetieal а man. But I be um mo te um rom 80 | in general ; all the i nd ard. S. specimens of 23 skeletons, prepared 80 as to Te. 
adiffeterice: of ын dida Lilo төт. геена; Vine Müdew.—l hav ve read with interest Mr. Bennetts’ | by portions of the leaf artific cially preserv ; 
čappears from д Ata" i Pp do not и sort i remarks 1 disease, at р. 679. Тһе evil certainly | of natural obj 
"winter quarter, as it has no reference to эт} x n маа in the vinery he mentions in its orst| were also exhi 
y spr with t npe. rapidity—attacking | Botanie Garden, Dublin, 
Xd should like to have added the climate ot. ей ес. but ^x: bae young odd, and 
ry м 
В 
ч unches, in à v i 
i oniy ge St. Malo, which is close by. short time. To curé T hopeless tak sp " 1 анаи M е" 
Гат happy o to that, d med sulphur on а pipes, | Society at Glasneviil the 
I did аа наве н — ota some | Solan liatu 
Hop! ble, pes Bank 
tinuation of **Observa 
па the peculiarform of 
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afforded by the seeds оѓ 
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