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deprive us of our “bread and cheese,” and it is to be| done for their benefit that I am aware of. dos Jis ra jade Agra Moe ^ eni the soon; Der 
hoped they will make another to reclaim us, so that ic! beh the Lor of admission to the London flower | it is ini an advocate f 
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one and all, let us bestir ourselves, and not be dis- FEEN EE E seeing the finest shows in Britain. only suc A x mw lufe, Rushi y necessary,” I 
Me at what has been imputed against us; rather | have seen flower shows in the North, and two or three sn . F. Radely «c tushton, March 1, 
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[We endorse the je advice to his comrades v vith | | young gardener n or near London would avail Hare engine, I beg to t ate Smp Sas induced to pp 
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though he certainly misapprehends the discussion on | could meet the payment without w on his dinner | and J peu it i the following reasons :—[t ġ 
this question, so far at dk as it has gone in our| | next da hope some friend will help A Young Man. much too hard wor is or one mans it does not throw 
columns. ‘Those amongst the rising generation of | [The facilities already am ed to young gardeners who} the water in agi grt an Mu the j 
gardeners who do “strive” are sure of their reward, | wish to shows are considerable. They intermittent nguin is p a u desirable; the | 
and on such as these, friendly criticism w ly tt i at gj Xem ent's Park and Kensington in | operator is subject to a liberal wetting, which falls og 
a legitimate stimulus to further effort. rien iie the morning, without charge, on application. throu ugh | the foot when placed on the stirrup: of the m; machine ; 
such criticisms are felt to be censures, it is a certain 4 a proper channel; lace | and lastly because a common hand syr inge, costing only 
indication that they are not without some pate irm | on the second day of the shows is fixed at 1s, Besides | 10s. or 1 T Mo 
in fact. Those moreover, who sit Poen. resignedly, | which a certain regulated number of free sn Hybrid Cucurbitacee.— 9 onsieur Nani lig 
and expect their “ superiors ” to cram them wi ith the | are Papi as ed amongst t the p bitors. What more; may i adde fleshed Melon on by 
p [une our corres pondent wish for ?] | the polle of Cucumis [ape a long-shaped, gui 
profession, may depeud upon it that in the end Callirrhoé verticillata. kindl erae fruit, obtain ed by me before M. 
will find themselves deficient ; they will just know | inserted a few lines from me wif ih referen nee l deo: between a Melon ad C. 
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goes hey wil oh find thes superiors” backwar “ Revue” I ventured to forward it to Professor Gray, - KY . The. ( Ferte dod (Patisson) was most 
Depi ng them by im Nr information, when they | requesting his opinion as to the correctness of my | carefully crossed with the Large Potiron jaune, bat tle 
really show a deer to profit by i belief, and I beg to hand Ie M reply, which settles produce does not warrant the efficiency of the 
Royal Garden, Kew.—Hav ig been ves from | the question conclusively, though I must confess s that, cross. R. T. 
England upw wards of five years, I was mu the en Shelter for Wall Trees.—In the Revue Horticole for 
upon a visit to Kew the other e» lona ou zy at so|of the horticultural world adheres to any name, when Feb. 1864, a mode of protecting wall trees from the 
, to find that numerous improve- once given, let it be ever. 10, absurd, I h effects of frost in spring is described by M. uscasee, 
ments had been made in the Ge am n, ore cineda y he authority best quali- | of Rochelle, who states that he has practised it, and 
as regards the "iubens health of its vast collection of fen to Judge sil sin with sk ane W. Thomp- finds it very inexpensive. He stretches a stout wire 
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plants they were certainly in «d deplorable condition, flowers. These ordinarily are of about the size they distant from the wall as much as the width of the 
and beinz a great lover of t I was the more are figured in Botanical Magazine, t.4681; but the | protecting material. This is fixed by wire to Oak 
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to ever behold many of the species which were then | pr agg dis in herbaria, any indi cation P erticil- | readily break. On these two wires, thus 1 
dying out at Kew. Now, however, the Director may | lata of Nattall ; » suppose this name was a lapsus o of tally, the shelter is placed. . This consists of paillasson 
; point with pride to the many fin ne specimens 0 of Or chi ds | involucrata. b I do n ot believe that this species is in- | made wi strips of Oak and Rye straw, and secured 
id fair to surp formerl up to E strong wire hag sps. When the danger of frost is 
were in that establishment when associated with the |t he Rocky Piai ain but surely over, s removed except the wire fixed im pre 
Ferns in another part of the Fr m Many a day have | far beyond them as California. The se in iras at below the Coping, || [We notice this mode 
our Song them at that tim p ihare inspected | the Jardin des Plants, or their parent seeds, were may furnish some hint for improvement, NND 
ils Vdiciipes on. te, Gos t, and I feel probably collected in the Nebraska Territory, on the employment of wire; but we do not think it would be 
ae po x Kor ES onl; d in number overland Journey to California. 4. All the species of the | so cheap in this country as it may prove in France. In 
wee and vigour b is, at l a that have been cultivated (i.e, C. the first place, the Oak would be expensive; and so 
none, Te ae se ‘Orchids confine — oA involierata, p podata, Dg» and Papaver), are so —— would be the la bour.of making the paillassons or mats 
, which |50 and E neat t, that cannot See a „they uld | by those unaccustomed to the process, 
vaa a great display certain lv when grouped together, | e le vee : 
but here the > arrangement is asit should be—the showy | eine: out Gardens. kd bs ave 'enób yet had t in pleasu ES eee 
heir he classical compositions at Holkham, Castle Soc teties, 
less interesting congen ers, needless for me to Howard, Pe Ms Court,” but have been startled 5 
point ia Lydiae fine pis or to those which | to find the creation of the main features at Kew ms: ovan HORTICULTURAL: March 9 (Firs = 
were new to me, but I may just mention that 4 even at aes by “ Delta iae a 222), as a proof of ability in 2 patron was accommodated partly in Sag ree j^ 
this dull s season I bengal numbers in bloom, and many | great landscape gardener. Kew is immeasurably the ball in the Exhibition Road, which has been d. partl 
others will soon be in sue nag hag peg na greatest garden in rm world, but none of its fame is | 88 to render it suisabie, for A a purpose, an s s 
Leaving the Orchids, 1 1 p my steps e Palm der om om its Sie tine re ae ee ant- in the adjoining Council Room and D. 2d 
house, and there I also found that great jp Rea for with it, all thee compartments ‘flowering 
the better had taken pir The first objects whicl I filled with charming collections of spring zum T 
my eye were some n noble ste ems of Cary ota ui "rens iri mw ‘happened to ^. an open space. T The yer out of | bulbs and other plants. The weather was all day. $ 
on the floor; they h want Kew is, in my opinion which nately xxi unfavourable, snow falling heavily al | 
of head room. I was told that this honse had been | boss the priceless treasure of Loudon's literature, and | 'yacinths.— These were in all respects or 
considerably thinned et plants in order to furnish has had such a magnificent AN from Paxton at t | produced i in sufficient abundance to be highly a wa 
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air tothe e plants remaining i in it. Why however, let me | too, first presented to the visitor regine : 
ask, is €— inter r gard vus losed to m public? To ed | feature it would have made, if properly ate in such | | 
üs visiting Kew. Iris persica. Mekar a Madame son , 
may ML that the. pere keeping of ue. garden ‘| "Zizani, a aquatica. — With pee to this plant, ( » ‘i uae 
it is, I consider, highly creditable * the | some of your readers m Bag ested in ] 1 aurens Koster, an old but still excellen 
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ple enjoymen the | that to B lumbia for aron von Tuyll, ; Couronne de Ce uo 1 
tanist of the different, its aes as I Puy gos vd them f Saxe Weimar, Leonidas, Bleu Money oe blue with? 
been overlooked, In no |some of the German seedsmen, pens presume "seed and last but not least Argus, à e Lio , 
scientific aid so it may b procured without mu gh iaie, W. 7,| white eye. Of Plum or AM auve-coloured Kt 
Elliott. " [But wil will the Bleeds grow onies kin n water 35 news. Black-Purples were WE ies the most 
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letter of * AY my pr Lose ar your n connection with | conspicuous vis ee Van der Hoop, M 
E which | his favourite uit of Mirticalbite, “that ere > Prince of Waterloo, Alba maxima, voan Blu) 
r to that of — | bring to your vend ee in consequence o of my being | Mirandoline, and dixe n of the Netherlan 
PN f n | o obliged to reduc e the scale of the: gardens here, the it. Delicate Pinks ponsin of Giga ; 
16 years P age, with a very deni ook of | poe gardener is in ora, a large-flowered kind; and Lord ie iE 
clothes, and a still more scanty supply of money. In m e, that you could per rash recommend him to some | Buh were confined to Koning van hi collection. 
my own case the latter was considerably un te who is in want of a first-rate gardener, thoroughly | Mr. - Paul who furnished money 
m m E was doces to a a pla " m pies E received oh | experienced in all branches of gardening, respectable | Came amon Blues Sir gonn X- 
ormer € ttend to | and trustworthy. He: je: í Orondates, Grand Lil apes, 1 Argo 
Mu. ae ad e mn 1y eis about 50 years of age, but is AN ming plants of 
any other oe = "dn he; t pla ds Ihad à fires to | years nii and is nt competent to Comme Among Reds th Eis conspicu 
C e at least four times | Vineries, inks ben his es cial care as Mrs. Becher Stowe, Solfaterre, Q 
after dark. What time had I to study, even sopping [and he has also considerable tasla l ok ward, Madame H 
ay Wages would have furnished me with means? |gardening. I have so high an opinion of him, that I| White, as were also Queen Victoria, 
“EHS. that Chiswick should yos sort | regret much being obliged from circumstances to lose | Duchess of Richmond, and Princess 
ape for y gardeners, who should give | his services. J. H. S. [No doubt a eate. man, | Buffs striped with red the best was Duc 
their for one year’s finishing ; but where trained i llent school. t-raie| truly beautiful sort, and. shown in 
r to come from. : rom to keep Bes e ir parents—as is Me i Amo! i 
the case—are not in cir o assist them ud Rule—On inquiring of Mr. Eyles| Miss Burdett Coutts, and 
out of such whether’ the bad rule would be en inet he writes :— | Blushes fined t >» Duke o 
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and non beo we do not forbid i _ It is not soa our Mr. Cntbush. Those 
Grand Lilas, Feruck Se E the form ia 
