Jory 9, 1864.] 
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651. 
afterwards the ey begin “to shrivel 
size of a blackbird’s egg. Thermometer at 
shade, 80°; at night, 61° 
ring "July we sterly 
then very absorbent, and c 
be atten 
ed to sagt baso both inside, and out,|| 
hown rather 8 pall in "3 The onal Tulip | s 
habe to be held next yea ming ios 
Tulip y^ rg in No ttingham on 
A T. Wesley exhibited a 
med Tulip with five 
the feathering mark 
wind s the ai 
epa D IN MALTA. 
ch i ur remarks last year 
pt) pan o desirability of introducing w 
vely as fruit-bea aring plant in 
system, thes 
when at their worst, feels as if charged with Fert 
and seeks, hat seeks i in vain, for relief. No ta le 
c ail; 
nsequ ted irrigation must 
de d to more frequently, 1n order to prevent the 
fJ uly and beginning of August is about 
tha sirocco winds from 
t 
t May, 
| from pieles, and wither sj owing tothe increased 
r is taupaie ure, William Robertson, 
THE GREAT ROSE SHOW AT SOUTH 
KE ollie 
being nearly smothered with cfinoline, after 
sw my sho. dancing at the 
nin, g 
gu is nd n 
after a feverish elabi. in which 
reviewed the differ rent classes of most beautiful Rose: 
words, s — eztennate 
inds 
city, | 
af i is | 
E 
ught set down in malice ” respecti ng the late R 
Thee effect upon the Ari is pet 
r after assume a yellow 
he best w: 
man lage ement, it would become s warm 
l highl tal shrub 
per aac 2 Sh in n half an hou 
r eu AP» ^m endis: yi the fruit drop. 
ind " uch d 
devoted to 
Ser only a a useful bub 
e hav ripe crops in — ember 
o Mandarin or Blood 
rie e iy es tempera 
| a Ehe shade, 88b; night, 
^ aslight. change ; ds 
rise, the air X: a little cooler, a TOM 
pe are gladly eile’, Watering, which f 
chief summer's work, ead of e ing AA e 
10 or il days, may now ae let ru 15. The 
y From June to the end of Sep 
qu antity d ipn nh is ud ny p ien 
e the tre 
o 
fi 
rop on In October the i heit: is tes. i fall size, and em 
est scing cosa it, and I certainly think it o 
‘be real 
s cutie: m Sic per 
year. 
and 
epression is to give then! | 
e average 
e average would be 
ds, 
nged e every evening to keep the pores | | 
„Owing to Miami and other impediments T was 
Show * South Kensington, might be acce ae 
in, your r reade 
ot look araka n ey rug Roses, 
rn boxes of Moms 
of Rose growing. 
merymanis classes, I 
; and I must y 
Roses, iit ^ fine coi 
om LE: some in T Xt gonna wer ver be " 
i to m hibited. "Where all aid so well, it 
eedless to specify at great length. The 
I believe to be fair, and made oi d 
tere "— our eig 
atnre | 
hospi able déjetine 
“ listeners iei no 
co 
eo 
E 
then 
Any one of Grapes grow 
our Vineries would not hesitate in deciding in their | use 
r when co mpared w ith the flav our of the same 
ef, 
es hope, ‘therefore, for a similar 1mprovement in 
e 
used cow ma nure, amd fou 
of the fruit admirably gering summ ner, 
at noon in the shade, 75? ; nig 
In ge HANE, after the. rains have set in-and 
om with tropical vengeance 
Temperatur 
nd it to assist the uae 
PO re eated | 
the s 
ei | to which the highest. honours woul — been awar 16d 
heir size anà’ forma. 
here, some of the trees si able na 
" Orang: 
unded by a m ao. — 
ery 
‘i surrow 
ae: north-east winds, whic 
the is island on Pestle foren, and ae may fos of i 
vegetation exposed to. 
me 
eee is es the air, and vegeti 
tum; once more to awake 
Whilst fw; à of the Orang 
new w 
ined. 
^ r at noon in : came) 62°; 
During January and February. 
rest, but the ow 
the weather, is forced on, and being succulent 
° | adapted to stand strong guts of wind, 
-! i the w 
number of our trees is about 200, small and |’ 
From one Mandarin, 8 feet high, v feet wide 
, grown in fro: 
re 
In order tod give our nied, pelea? 
tw pursu js in Malta, i ET 
water, 
the foliage; » D unripe wood né concussi 
ious, pue black, resembling the foliage of Dahl 
a good crop 
are quite "hite, p irt P ut Deu 
4 the profusion of flowers vit. X: p 
: wn osi In the morning Orange groves 
ik 
m 7 ENG in the | boon, eps delightful but as the sun Du hot t 
the j joints > oy the edes to 
he soil is "- filled nay the 
mpte ete, aud it is just | | ^ the shade at noon, 63°; “night, 49°. 
only 
P a mt refreshed 
s are again at | 
ing to th the — of | 
coil containin Mr. Ke nes’ i Charles Lefe 
yringing w 
| When Qu 
n js rendered she ae a boy 
he replied :— 
are Sad 
ive. Just as the blooms re open t poen 
are attacked i" the Barbary bee, an insec t'whic h baries 
he 
the d in other words to the | young fruit. As fruit increases in size im. » mouth- 
Orangery in is then ready for | hrinta of ede pests become more visible; when it 
e perior me: June; because they have the appearance of rust. Adern 
hed, “et Messrs. P es 1 & Es 8 - trebles vars “al jas iH 
ng condit t them Lord 
Charles Tallies cass caught my e 
bri bte als Madame Furtado and Monte 
uou fit 
wood |: 
cond prizes o 
ROS were the best I ever saw, viz.: 
| and eps b arre The bor, however, that 
| eye stood ‘‘precipué et pre-eminens,’ in Clas 
but ill 
The 12 trusses of 
gottin and on ated, were very goi 
sioned grave “sg "The first were choice in = 
ear of uniform size, and well rapis e ote Y 
well grown, not of anthers size, of great eread 
two |a a little ig at the edges. I atte x doubt that UR 
he | will be a great and long-standing favourite, as 
a first-class Rose. 
een Elizabeth went to Winchester College, 
when -he was last flogged; to which 
tt fe are doló m?" 
X ur 5 moeh to my contre 
oses were not i in 
| X T will not e mem 
than e wer w e blame but I sugg 
cx : xtA ime allowed s stand Ly each lot of Ro ed 
e eared. impossible to suppose 
that i Malam: ld have been placed 
by the exhibitor; H 
o black horses would not jo ve been mor 
iffi 
are 
ili 
me Charles Grapelet cou 
a grey and tw 
conspicuous, Y 
another EN where 
together with ma to gle 
two instances d età improperly s as 
ieur de Montigny for Baronne Prevost. inted 
t bot th were of opinion ANS 
Mons 
itout tony confréres, bu 
Roses werenotin d 
is 
ter 
Ehe plants stand 38"fect As there are six months of the year which 
bis e generally he | bo termed rainy month, ia, from the e ‘of October | for. 
Oranges; 12 feet | to the middle of . ior eed d b aba ve e 
z not be planted amongst | may be especially in places where there are 
tions 4 emissions or exuda- | nojaqueducts or natural streams, a € Yu E 
health —_e The water is collected from and fields | ™e, T 
i iei during winter in reservoirs, and in summer it is raised fps (apr). v" Aay one 
If plan hat, December, when: the y e man pe suspended across a pulley; two ge oca ne uoles ms im 
wate (for © distinct vente buckets are attached to the ends, so that one is filling | stand, one at [Lun weis Is wi 
uon z Mer pv Sine grow ue N. or ak hilst the other is being emptied into a |*nd Beh me: Lieu Sia: for the age x 
would then be in r of being damaged by tro t runs round the canals to the | ®t last beca Ae NH. "Radel 
(Id andyentting winds s anuary and February. A place. of eut another m stationed to | Rushton. 
ds HH pranm anos d i effected in June, as under quinos the water from the mss layed basins round | [It ig a tom to let in the visitors at 
Killed sometimes d feet na P Vibe branches | the trees. so early an hour as i adi done. There is abundant 
? y In December and Mandarins may be | time for them to enjoy themselves and the exhibition 
di metres effected, ir: gation commences, | said to pm eem green hang longer than | after 2 p.m, and none too much time for the judging 
üt the To ot pruned fada Aa prat to: dg "ue they si very pithy and eee bet 10 and At present everything is hurried 
Saparo fi tered, the drying generally | The Blood Red, Blood Egg, and Portugal Oranges | and thrown into confusion, for no purpose whatever but 
T = in a few guts In June Er ben eae tas thera increase in perfection as they hang on ~ tree from ! to satisfy a whim.] 
