PRBE 
——— wo 
SS PNEU NRI E em Mercy pmi REP 
APRIL 9, 1864.] vum GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND M GAZETTE, 
Mi wrot eatise on the aes of |5. Do not cha ange the water, but keep a small lump | of | 
this branch n denn lin iode vire realised per - the bottom of the glass. 
its pursuit in Holland, induced men of talent and capital to ilu glasses with men teal md level sinks by the 
engage in it, and as a consequence improvement went on more feeding a the roots and d by 
— Miller tells us, nes A ud ly part of the last | 7. When the bulb is placed, put UR glass ina cool dark cup- 
the Haarlem flori ish 2000 sorts OA i-i or in any place where li excluded, — to 
^u^ that Sb ie iod the rein r of sorts has probabl remain for about six m PONA uis feed more freely 
decreased than increased; it is e at new inthe dark. 
kinds come cH every ye but their number is few, and | 8. When the roots y develo: i» and the flower spike is 
certain of the old ones have disappeared befo vere tes pushing into if, oon hes = Poss about six weeks), 
of quality and fashio: In the most extensive bulb garden at ove by de; = x 
Haarlem I fou ear only 700 ts, and The more light » e the flowers 
principally on out-of. in the vicinity of Haarlem 
in Holland. ndy soil, ed moisture of both soil and 
elimate in that country, is peculiarly favourable to the — 
of the Hyacinth. In the month of June, at whic e the 
bulbs are ri ng, the earth heat appears e ter 
than in any soi ch I have had experi i land. 
Hund cres are there devoted to the culture of these 
nt season of the year till far on in summer. 
flowers o e principally Crocuses, Hyacinths, a 
yar mmer, unculuses, Anemones, Ixias, Iris, 
from the gro und es miner, 
aiready 
E have in the description of this sem ant, that 
ches and therefore the — of multipli- 
tion is curled o on iy — the seeds, or by taking oflscts 
By 
a 
i aid 
uadruples or quintuples - pro oduco 
The 
abso: 
artially dev 
5 planted ou RÀ and again year after 
years before they become flowering bulbs 
Dy 
flower in our 
Here ced esr prd seems 2 fall naturally under ‘two 
pew f- 
343 
on p^ tim 
show colour, the shorter Fill 7 x Pee and spike, 
and the brighter the colours of the flow 
he lecture, which wa s reportedly rot occupied 
about 20 minutes in d deliv: 
paper Bitan Esq., F.R.S., of 
| in | Prov. xxvii. 25, Is. x v. 6, i is erroneously ‘trans id 
s. xxxiv. 14 the A. V. has court (see note). 
V. only in Num. xi. 5; 
it is ther the good things of 
Egypt for which the Israelites longed id th heir journey 
iro ses 
mbers, and ine Wen 
nd eeks, and the Onions, and the Garlic.” The 
Hebrew term, which hora denotes s Grass, i is derived 
o be green," and may there- 
1 fo od, Le ttuce, 
fore stand i 
Endive ke, de Ta 1dol 
es ke e applied s mawat i in the same manner as 
hs 
we 
m 
y 
Biddulph Grange, 
Banana, Musa 
on ‘the cultivation of 
a Cavendishii, was 
et 
© 
INE 
5 
& 
p 
pals ing by Mr. Batem 
Nicoll, of Hyde Park Garden 
Aotices of Books. 
The Story of the Guns. By Sir J. Emerson Tennent. 
Small 8vo. e 364. NE en ans. 
who welded together iron 
ui ite iron p^ and fashioned 
nkoni for the battle of Creçy some 
VON cie As, on by 
branch - Mein d 
ordnance, w n small arms as well 
This history of t the successi 
yt old a Sir Em 
has arrived. 
as menta ij guns. 
cori f-doo: in-door wn out-of- 
doors, 
y 
lbs seem to grow and flower 
e naturai soil of the e spot they are inte 
adorn, itis well wo: 
l dry 
c baskets, 
Swee 
M Word the Hyacinth a the bent withheld, 
ym ber Mg "Wy into oed 
beter re Chri mus by pot ting fres 
of a Fortnight til o end of the Ae 
of flowers ers may be o obtained till the middle or end 
n us from 
pots is also sandy 
ertilisers. 
"€ , enriched b; 
and solid & 
mended under 
rote d uded it a mong permissible fertilisers. 
experi eel is not in accordance with this 
asl have found it e theleaf rather than oe flower, 
the bulb in Caes the crown or apex should be 
above the soil. The po Should be placed on the - 
out of di -—— and co tipa uh e 
E 
be evened out of proportion. 
mind that abe long slatternly 1 leaves ^d 
"n un Hyacinths, v 
wer garden. 
ki ie order of Hyacinths in lite 2 as delightful recre- 
1, and so accessible to rich and p g and old, and 
with so many pre indifente ad ed MEDIE, that 
E find this beautiful bra nch of in-door 
leas! ent, and the 
hands imin finished 
3 a Ad short ramen rules 
will, Tar. rules ma; £M 
am persuad 
own bul S for weight as well as 
that the = of the ws is s sound. 
because they Sie hS, hardier, 
e lower end is almost 
Mer. 
ni 
nded | W. 
th 
ga "M pr up, deprived E their 
flight a the Pouf the |” 
heir 3 only 208 lbs., fired at an elevation t 
tance of , 9688 yar ards, or 
be upo: 
of “the Gell shored] pinht ose, The j 
Quai I hav ve heard 
dra head, and I am it sure that I have |; 
air labour and accurate observation as this. It p 
eal 
“i are Dg oom fast extinct ther 
qe [ar Madame 
inter 
er with a merely militar ry 
eye, pcr as a sportsman, "dee we advise our deerstalking 
against friends to study him attentively. Th 
mas| I the usines of a peaceful newspaper 
s. Ovr dut 
is no part o 
i ubje uty is confined to 
| Arabic of Saad erstand 
fine specimen | ur 
Akra asi nobile presented to the Fellows at the | 
Miss 
| ne — fe 
Vin 
and Gar in the text, 
ae he ncient veins Onkelos, the LXX., 
aid the alee, together Pea Ars Sy 
reh tra we ‘may b e satisfied 
on. Moreover, chdtstr M E to s E 
appropriately veia A ie its green co 
XR rien um form 
s, how: other and a very ingenious 
interpretation af eld first prop bied by He 
ie 
eaten by 
“thew Trigonella as being re int 
its native name is Halbeh (Flor. 
[i 
i 
EZ 
ot 
i( Voya, age, 379) says,'In this db: 
ran the Egyptians themselves eat the fenu-g: 
largely, that it may be rly eer o ne food or ian. 
Peho cry ‘green h for 
any 
D 
“ 
taken of uL plan i lti 
deem before 
One of 
the most unexpected results of Whitworth's 
mode of donstraction was the rang 
which hi 
e of his shot, that is | 
ld tk it. In 
ey 1 +, E "3 
= gr dg etn 
The 
ie are often used; the ey are eaten boiled o 
xed with honey. Forskal Hater it in the Materia 
Medica of Egypt (Mat. Med. Kahir. p. 1 owever 
ben PS may be this theory of Hengstenburg, en does 
reason 
onl 
^ - The chaos, of ys guns, t 
pounder wei ighing o 
735°, threw a shot to the dista 
itl more than Jine e miles ee 
** Mr. Whitwort h has sin 
PE of 1860; 
ball 10,320 n; or very little short of six 
This noti ice, brief as n 
the startling | & 
vai 
imperishably associate 
Booxs RECEIVED.—A temporary illness has caused p 
£n 
the eredi. 
wor ks, viz.:— 
uet, by John Jaques (Longmans), a sixpenny | 
ro: pamphlet, on this red : 
ti 
2.4 onan me List of Ceylon Timber Trees, by 
d | W. Fer F.L.S., Cin ce re (a pumped haie 
Biha at Colombo), deg r | Til 
Eastern Colonies must eni n" pien of so 
that the wea 
cabinet work, t 
the most valuable trees 
3. Samuelson 4 Co.’s I; min Machines for Law: 
o| and G reg (18, Cannon Street, City)—a useful ame 
d Verschaffelt (Ghent), Catalogue No. 74, for wa 
^ 
the ie WO de Summe er: of 1864, offers a great many new 
B. nd Co. (P. inc the usual Catalogues v 
1864, fere a sl k: ement, and good useful woodeuts 
poe x the nove ine e Ra nma the follo 
rongly recom: ed, vi Héléne pier 
Treyve, Nous elle autumn and 
pem es sorts, 
des Serres, Vol. V., Part 6, S cca e 
by tne e € Roses admirably 
issy, Charles 
= ener Arago, General Washington | com’ 
(Granger), = John Hop 
nary of the ? Bible, Parts rn = E 
(Murray) eiut dn erpita articles on 
d books of Kings, Knife, &c., &c. We anes y 
way way ot etree our ren ete m: article on LEEKS. 
** Leeks (121, chátsir : và r 
A 
orrus, fornu atum). 
which in ied) xi. 5 is v5. ulated Leeks, occurs 
rpassed 
is 12 anes gun having sent H 
some 10 f. 
had its 
ing Daia, flow. 
|an ex 
and | neg m ions, E ME A has two 
coming into blossom, 
coloured bracts 
jand th 
-— : herba, p The word | 
imf e 
vii. 2, 
chatstr, 
twenty times in os Hebre ai 
Job xl. dd Pé d v. 14, exlvii 
he says t| 
inscri ae which 
e most fpe phi ot 
the peer Rhodo d dis. "This plant, standing 
high, and a ver of = y health, 
m and a-half 
ee crown 
t scaly b quisi REN 
with its long clusters of 
other 
; B. speciosa, in which the 
are sissies and of a deep rose tint, 
b MS of these 
oft 
with t suc- 
vendéred Gra ‘ass; in Job viii. 12, it is rendered herb ; | cessful idoneo « of stove and gre om Harn plants 
