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secure for them darkness, and moisture, and | 
warmth, 
ed E E plants require different 
n the soil, in order to en ane 
as ese 
beco we ie —€— before E t ‘pare ing 
su ve ome in, such as 
the Umbelli ved take P “much “longer tim 
e than 
others for eC the germinating proe "S and | Y 
for the same reason, namely, th hat they y — 
the advantage of getting well established a 
war rde d during the mois ist genial we eather of spring st 
ana ea: 
of ven cei i o 
o—more abundant 
and has to be regula ated t the supp f needed, I 
is ee often little agen than a straggle cordes 
hortieultural skill on the one th 
adverse conditions ot an ‘unfavourable ptio for 
othe r; and there- | 
fore X h * J ded from 
We e already mentioned jha covering of | 
earth a ed of the "MAS be considered - 
practically nece lthy germinatio: 
of seeds. The covering must risa be grea tly 
varied to suit the various kinds of seeds, those of | ® 
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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[APRIL 2, 1864, 
| pleasure w 
A t Ff +h 
seed the more per ittells upon it. In the ted by post between England and the e East 
former of the two supposed cases, the moisture Tios, either vid Southam mpto; » OF vió Marseilles 
which is necessa i “for the germinating process—a | at the following rates of postage, which must in 
uly eni proeess, which we need not here | «ll cases be prepaid ans of pos age stamps 
stay to explain—not being present, germination 1s vid Southampton: for a packet not exceed. 
to say a p cage and in the second case, ing 4 0z., 4d.; not exceeding $ lb., 8d,; not 
that of an alternating condition of moisture and | exceeding 1 1b., 1s, 4d. ; not exceeding 14 1b., 2, 
droug e pim irst excited, and then|and so on, every additional 3 lb. being charged 84. 
checked or shrivelled, and Y chances are tha Marseilles: For a packet not exceeding 4 oz.. 
such of the seeds as are so acted on will be killed | 6d. ; not exceeding 1b., 1s.; not exceeding Hb. 
| outright; indeed, but for the surplus to be attri- | 2s. ; every additional 4 lb. being 1s, Samples of 
buted to the accidental inequalities of develop- | seeds, drugs, and so forth, which cannot be sent jn 
| ment attendant on what is in itself another error— | open covers, may be enelosed i of linen or 
| thick sowing, the whole crop in cases like this ther material, tied at the neck ; 8 80 closed 
would often be lost, that they cannot be readily opened, even t ough they 
Bat this avoidance of watering has a further | be transpa st not b d for this purpose, 
adverse influence in the case of small seeds espe- ch e announceme ch was 
| cially, which is not at first sight so apparent. a few days ago by the PostMAsTER-GENERAL, Th 
leaves the partieles of soil so open, that as er por f the n egul , namely. 
gards all shallow coverings at least, the ta od that relating to the importation and exportation of 
an penetrate through them even down samples of seeds, will be very acceptable to many 
ery seeds themsely We have oe of the readers of this Journal. All horticulturists 
tioned that one of the conditions favourable | who have friends in the East, ha interest in 
to germination, is darkness; and it will | any measure which faciiltates the transmission of 
evident that the act of watering the surface ose of our countrym 
with their mon mail, A. with what 
will ‘he same individuals ransack the 
s | successful, indeed, 
of the Deodar and other ornamental and useful 
trees to send back 
success as regards the reve 
as those 
ve precoces 
pattern and 
and botanical section eee out Great Britain 
and Ireland pete mS up, otherwise 
OSTMASTER-GEN nix wi ill h ave Piar more than 
necessarily thinly sverd 
tle down, and the seeds being lighter than they, 
| floaton the ud and on its subsiding are deposited 
on instead of b f earth. Sue 
eneath t ae surface o 
y lef ft fully exposed to light, 
them all for the aia ment of horticulture. 
We shall return to "eis subject on a future 
occasion, and endeavour iat give some practical 
ds for ex put 
anda the most fav 
| able sendin to promote germinat 
, Su eh co onsiderationsas these, indeed apply mainly 
admitting, in uas o exactly proportionate to thei 
bulk, of > covering - one-eighth, one-fourth, d 
half of fiu; or even of 1, 2, or 3 inches, or 
re is however one 
we confine our 
seed beds, an tthe finer ds sown outdoors 
se 
whether in th th : po 
o point out what k 
Siioni to our friends in desig countries, 
also ap nel s seeds} s 
hr which favour the drying of the surface 
f the soil, = they apply still more oes ibly in 
l rs last season, which 
been made publie, we propose here to give à 
um he decisions which were arrived at. 
"The plain-leaved oo of Scarlet Pelargoniums, which 
à -sowi 
: the case of ese, if it so 
the sowing o of choice plants, t , : i 
i : weather occurs just after sowin or -= | is considered superior to the zonate series 
which is doubtless often dverlocked, but which has | "p; iuis My um d tagið: etapo then td is eod purposii: yielded a deticfidts variety: called Little Major, 
Seen ears O1 SiG Tola that is is expected more rapidly the parc v condition to which we | the highest verme of is ii ko 1 
to fo. d n» aime being moreover, from ine have IM «o y p re of course other means | &"ough, in former y oiy at 
very nature of things, in inverse ratio to the roved to be a telling nea fact t which d wil oubt 
b f the seed. We allude to the watering of hee es watering whioh 3 Hee. f the op a ina whieh |f f e of the use of old plants 
. An experienced cultivator will, however, ae epee t Its al ie lu ble | 9f bedding Pelagonians specially in the case em E 
understand that othe conditions and considera- soe r dE. T t kind in are especially valuable | of dwarf habit, To this variety must be added Tren 
Whidisé, tho doi] when the seeds are of a ich germination 
be of a proper mechanical texture to allow the 
- Pe to mie away freely ; there must (in - woul 
all ordinary be yt 
as | extent, the drying of the surface, may indeed 
t 
: soddened co: n 
ueh auxiliary means, is that of shading —— 
hot sunshine. This, by preventing, to a cer 
tain | Jon 
be a ing 
ing this, 
ned hima oe fi 
niais the fact that rg 
is fro 
cites moistened ; but after 
remain 1 the necessity f for the first watering, and for | p 
all, there will | bos 
species, 
moisture—in oom 
first to last necessary to 
how rapidl 
| circumstances may itu „as will keep both soil 
e best of this a in former years. 
Rose Qu 
parch 
in 
n after sowing. Now this, 
illustrates the whole question, - 
alare "lentifal, f in little risk o 
un 
ug- | cession — of kitchen ga 
e^ to be so’ 
? 
The more bulky crops of the kitchen garden, 
from the. "eim at which their seeds are deposited, 
are, at the usual seed-tim me when spring showers | m 
f being exposed to AS 
produce, which cem 
during periods of drought in summer. 
ice, Victor [meme Marti in 
bes obe. Of those with cerise-scarlet vie 
by I Frangois Chardine and Pa 
salmon. coloured flowers, rhe er 
formerly a € continue the best; as 
Minnie am the rosy pink series; 
| Hesse, wih bright salmon with a 
fow nd eve Jahl 
however some fie varieties with these dar E 
which have not yet been nb a to 
d 
uisitions as 
on E lst of jet next, € Avenir d 
| patterns of merchandise, similar to those alrea ady | 
no | transmissi post between any places in the| 
by 
United Kingdom, at reduced rates, m: may be trans. 
b are certain tory Tig the 
if not in the g "Orbe, adam ' mde out of the 
| best proved w bite. re le speka vell 
question sundry novelties of which i rumonf 
but which have yet to be fully tested. | Rival; 
Of the marbled-leaved zonat series series She 70 
a 
