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vem specimens. The next objection I have to the 
rough peat is, that the ball of n cannot be 
ntly ues at the time e plant is 
o prosper for a pow d self of ape 
id the peat to be broken 
with it, A ud 
tin 
tat 
o | the pter of the "bricks; 2d, Some promiscuously into 
i bricks, and E with those who nail only into the 
mortar joi 
see enerally overlooked in practice, and 
ich w id er of great importance in various 
bea therefore to it specially we would wish to 
direct atten 
The 
ms 2 pd. 
in our own days, two hardy explorers, 
dissatisfied with Tan M ie sallied forth from 
DA and stopped not until they had reached the 
ery “epot Shera the scorched king of -— Nile had hid 
the time when the world was on fire. 
poi oint n be Ken eene from the 
Some persons drive the nai ies into 
the f 3d, 
d Ot thers do not nail into the face 
Now 
ace of the bricks, and into the 
te the bri 
a of these three modes of oish 
that their results are not equally indifferent, or that | Nile o 
od. No. 2:may, ho r river ? Nile, we wis 
t 
| they y not all equally go: y, however, be 
| left o bes question, because those who adopt i 
| act p accordance with those who into the" 
o that if th ere is decidedly a bisa and 
hilst 
as it ran ges must hee some- 
times Tight and sometimes. wron The matter at 
Should these accounts be st ill u ntlo let us 
A that some experienced investigator p rd 
n his travels; and t hat indc ver the 
mya cut so 
n talking of 
more that “ Py sub 
judice lis est.” Charlee Waterton, Walton Hail. 
nger hana 
Home Ra i ala 
Orchard Houses. — Your correspondent (p. 54) 
seems to — eiui n the awing: "questions 
whic h he puts as if he were actually de 
missions 
t happen, e 
; an mind a — or into the mortar joints? 
nee 
Whether should nails be driven into the faces of the 
t is 11 
d 
and man 
distinctly. ‘given to mix rg 
of too little importance to be attended to. hep kavo hi ad, 
lante come into my need in which, in potting, a hand. | 
nm sand has been n upon the top of lai Ds 
a layer, and hn ian plants | have com 
lg 
an 
| fact, bd Toi aware that 
as entire as a possible, consistent wit 
| which t they w 
| 
life-time. Let ui 
had 
ing 
again s ifted, it Gia plainly be seen 
done -inju m. instead of w the roots no 
penetrated it. 
prs 
, and the reugh peat being side teat tu 
8 see 
br wd MPO the proceeding No. 1, that is, 
likely to result in 
auipleys ed for garden walls are my about 
| not 
| confine y to pots ? H y too 
| gravity, and so I very merrily but Marre s atom 
ah 3! he 
e erected—a wearing one it is true 5 | 88 
but st till with Propet care ean beo not to be much | 9 
“ Has a one without heat succeeded i L puris is 
trees to bear fruit even ear?" To which 
a 
ave they ever reached the blossom or fruit- 
of finer fruit than I ever saw from 
walls; they seem as if they are just now in their prime, 
= likely to o live = an - annually as regularly 
they have don r 12 years past. Your 
“Old we criber » dies ne soem ys up in This garden- 
in ng kno wledge—Mr i ones n 1843, some eight or 
all ‘the various stages 
est possible: „attention should be 
id. bo 
paid to 
ball o for 
Bric 
9 inches long by 21 thick ; and betwe een Ve rges | 
to E considerable extent by nailing into t d bri D^ 3 
y doing so, the bricks SENA p 
let damage. M 3 itin ng anid and Nectarine 
trees, and Morello ate a ocho 
| necessarily employe h 
| fa ig of the bricks are struck al eimi 
t the worst is ei t in = We 
goo 
Viclor o 
e e. he 
eg. | 
cooentrie rom of “A 
You are at liberty to” giv e éyous * * Old Subscriber” my 
ae ; if he is in the flesh, which I doubt, and ue one 
. Home's “ rappers,” who occasionally say many 
wr things, I — be glad toshow him my trees, so 
may verify my statements. 4 Very Old Sub- 
eriber.——I fue een much amused in readi 
mber. 
* Quarterly Review ” years ago, 
20 — an hour wou ld take away the breat 
s dev 
‘no’ to the 
is can the 
| the bricks es core off. The defects of the latter 
h will exhibit 
I» 
may rest assured that his endeavours will not be 
ith m cess, I feel cop dent that in 
the case of half | the plants that are lost or get into a 
pret he state of health, the evil could be traced to one 
not attended to at terry time, ae -eakvator, fm 
d 
uch a bad appearan 
and pitted with innumerable ho: 
of shelter to hordes of saci Tee ane ner canno ot b 
easily dislodged as they can fro: joints. 
into the face of tun bricks is then} to ‘he avoided on 
he nse whi ch it ra Aud unsightly | 
s es r the new soil has 
l an 
he old ball so that both ma abe € moisture varie 
Pina kom wn that water will not percolate „thro 
hard so trai akan ere - Mim any 
that y d porous; and t e would be 
the buda "of the newly- voted. plants | - the fresh 
soil was rammed down as solid the old 
ite w 
filter through: the „of earth i 
to BS by labio vns Mt is bad. 
t of nailing in the joints is most to be 
iiia bekasi , inasmuch as the join nts can a renewed, | 
and the wall made to look well after m 
not W. e 
ball; butifthis firm Mec ind " secured, the -— will 
hole m the old | Peach 
he 
it causes 
d of fr 
a n good ad 
of openin gt ie. prio in hot weather in June and 
and also the care — in ringing the 
dan water in 
d m urfa 
dressi ee A nour rish the trees € ee in the m 
goad I had, as Paddy 
are aware i that some will say “ g 
s * insensed x them. » Not * all; when I saw the 
nail.” That may be; but then i itis wron 
mortar. Better r replace 4 tace what is aly obe 
y: e think all Should make 
lon 
psn as dry and herd, and had had 
dressing 5 j 
d looked 
E ay pipe. " pea: they 
Buc check ded "This eing 
Pate the plants may e e rned Jo their former = es | 
«e where besides daily syri 
eep up a 
npr, 
Will be but 
Keeping al the strong ma wh hich ins a tendency to | 
bei en pin. ck as early as it can be done, this 
" ng continued until J not later 
l iw are required to bloo m the UDINE spring. A 
Lr are topped for the last time they must be kept in 
until bx yh ha e dei ir MP e rs formed 
ei "ilm of each. 
ist 
with prope „atte hti ion to wa ter 
e^ 
uly,— 
ROREM, he | th 
E 
M okteta dee p 
arved an 
ees produced ** fleshless stony a 
abor 
| the expressive mire e of m me cs Strong 
HE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 
“ Nilus in extremum fugit perterritus orbem, 
scietis oe caput, quod adhuc latet." 
e before us on the page of history, four 
man), F: 
hit 
good old Father o | eo 
av mv sug gestion 
| made by per ters Subscri 
are totally wor rthless em 
mself off dd is MORE d extr de I bvddide 
Ed 
head, which still lies concealed. _ 
“he yen So ene in a 
anes exposure; and asthe 
the mind p either be ey 
enther b by placing them out of doors, 
deti in the its with plenty of air day | 
= thus becom e harden ef and the 
atur ed before winter. m Barnes, 
ursery, Ca: mberwell. 
In works on. 
treated un e estion “is enerally 
is, how, of in connection md tof a There | su 
ever, à single point Mot which ’ 
n 
fart the Hey 
Iih 
resemble ee amie “nied, ix surely every glass- 
roo eated by hot water. My first 
For 
enti age 
Things went gin 2s on in these d 
Africa, ih a ge oe native of Caledi 
ipie those regions in quest of Father opa s dak, cavern. 
He fancied kt » had sueceeded in his investigations, 
and ba ied rmed the scientific world of his 
con atlaig himself that he alone was the 
discoverer the long hidden source of the Nile. 
bp 
ag 
filled with trees in pots, nine years 7 dm 
