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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JULY 23, 1864, 
PINES. —If not already done, plants e 
discovered vered by M Mayer in Pigs mages In America | — parr “does after he breaks from wed prison is toj 
Podophyllum rhizome and its preparations, and | eat it. If this great experiment prov uccessful the | show should have their ind shift at 
— especially tbat of the resin pese he e atitude de our colonists is due to Mr. "Youl and to | once, in et the pots well filled with roots, and 
of ?o M lin, have long tablished | Money Wigra , for to these gentlemen is due | the growth pe ote before winter. Give plenty of 
thaw reputatio active Lem certain boc ics, ll th of this success, after so many dis- | clear manure-water to all stock, except such as is being 
Podophyllin ‘ig also been extensively cedar | Mi ue Melbourne Correspondent of the | kept A vith a view to getting it to show fruit soon, 
for some years in this canes and other parts of | Tim and endeavour to secure rapid growth, now that it cay 
the world, and is now, by al universal testimony, "x duc without Peri ecu eep the anos ME 
aluable athartic an olagogue. : oroughly moist, but avoi ge syringi Plan 
In ma ble with pe erfect safety afe Calendar of Ope erations, growing in the open bed must be w eat E 
mercu M has been hitherto indicated and alone used. peon est Uu week.) water at the root, giving a thorough so 
beg: griping effects which are'frequently experienced r trees on walls must pce €— as may be necessary. 
its use e be eadily prevented by c mbining it | cal engage attention ; but i in. doing this the STRAWBE RIES, — Me. pen to secure M: 
vith small doses of extract of henbane. The and | runners for. forcing. Better have too many than 
bn he British P ting too se fuel too few. 
is 
f. Opera 
any one time hou n ways be avoided, ^ or the 
bier ag ir d Vines which | have -— their 
eatise destruction of any considerable por ortio of t 
ritish Pharmacop:eia 5 
ave no e tion in stating the id it is s by far the 
m m important new remedial agent in uced into 
that eun i. Pi ley in Pharmaceutical Journal 
Hem fl 
old and much-eeected bens and one that is now ve ry 
seldom seen. Ica ink why it sl re es 80, for 
ant pts ors easy C an the 
anthus, and one that will repay riy ee? o well 
à iecit v functions. If to-day, for in nstance, a 
fruit tree K oaded with opent shoots, and if 
. | to-morrow us be all eut off, the ver 
e | the shock 2 weeks. The hide 
Taie not reco 
oots becomes | 
arrested, the hea’ nity Saat ich. rette them 
MM been rem: mmer pruning, both of wall| 
trees and palina i must a férthetess be done, and may 
be eas ily don e well. The young leaves on us aed 
Hem nd o 
for "the little attention it requires. It is one of t 
Cape bulbous-rooted plan "yx and, cereis requires 
but oed ote cial ia hea me RAN ne that has gob a| 
gree: it i in perfec ction. My 
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p te presi E n — ead eq to 
ide, front, b back 
d 
amount of ventilation is ": attain: 
able by these means, the eet ends of the sashes 
(should be pr ipt NUM saor ure a free apee 
air through the very wet weather 
| is — p referable to in of sliding down the top 
sash ential to keep t the soil dry 
| return little or nothing to the roots; 
be cut off with advantage. The are ro rem not ni 
rest. € the "e border should from 
this time Te oid C a ne uling or some other 
ather. 
mmenced 
UN Sig and ume desine) may Me Ada - he 
and n ied As this 
oben grow it. ate e vinery, with the exception of 
"o 
I na la 
the ari the vieles are in flower, taken 
the conservatory. I invariably give a long season of rest, | 
whic hi is s generally on August till Fe bru ary. I con- 
this the 
exposure t 
borde will compensate for the diminution of foliage | s 
sider t in 
fine strong hea a of b the time the ey a 
at rest, they require but waters as mu uet d as 
will keep the leaves from snivelling, ph arge specimen 
plants, I pot them only once in two 
find they rag much freer for beig a little stunted 
in the The best time for potting is when the 
plants are basic into growth. The most suitable 
soil is one of o . use the following :— 
one-half rough turfy loam, and the other half equ 
parts of tte dung, fibrous peat, charcoal, 
and sand, with good drainage, and an abundance of 
water age d the wing season. They are propa- 
gated by dividing the roots, or from seeds; if 
the cir it ong! o be do hen the plants are 
atrest. "There scveral varieties of the Hemanthus, 
He 
but p my father puniceos is by far the best. A. Ingram, 
in Sew and Po eti 
But Pree. 
Poisi ning by 
held at t * Bull Hotel 
bo 
Dartford, before Mr. C. J. 
' Carttar, coroner, on the body of a child named Sarah 
Elizabeth n, aged 6 years. It appeared by the 
evidence of t o mother. and father of the child; that 
es d com rast ned of 
"feeling very pil and in gre about 
and legs. The mother afte ete 'aissovared ‘that 
ece 
1 gemis suffers po iiia 
^ —Se eqs i which Tae put out in pans | 9. 
—An inquest was recently | — 
the 
cups from a field close ling 
hemist h sit 
d 
M FLOWER GARDEN AND PLANT HOUSES, 
| The resent dry w 
Pais 
aie ts aad bloo nd 
| keeping every thing ‘scrupulously e clean, are operations 
| which will demand a een See also that 
attained considerable 
E ARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Until rain Miete: little can be done in this depart. 
ment in the way of plantin ng: Even winter greens, in 
some places MM not yet been plan nted on account of 
the drou: nor which has rendered the soil quite unfit to 
receive them 
CELERY.—This ma y still be planted, Some bar 
| what t is called the jte plan, viz., ve i " 
These beds, which often 
EN. 
is 
| without plenty of wa ate. 
——— 
pe T Td 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON. — 
| Forthe Week ending July 22, 1864, as as observedat the Horticultural Garden, — 
size, and may be potted off a Let the soil used 
e good lo: nd peto: ould well mixed, together 
with a little silver sand, and when pot ed let the 
plants be set in the io until they have become | 
| somewhat established. 
Cc ONS AND Es.— Layering must no 
d with a: rapidly as posiible, ib it being a 
the plants well zogen 
fen ACT n a position 
great Sa hoi titan experiment 
The bulk of ie late 
ny y 
many thousan 
s| 
ds 
bi 
st | caly yxes. 
T HIDS.—St 
E way of ranean the ma aterial in which bay 
growing, and othe 
the betel 
be gathe 
half a dozen together, | 
heads 
put 
FORCING oe 
spared that will 
see 
fast tened round the s stems, and then hung up in Sik 
the Ea 
1 foot 2 fee! 
ean) deep. | deep.) 
Average. 
July 
3 el 
19—Fine; w 
cuni dde five; hot qe 
Mean rature of ti 
TATE O E WEATHER AT CHISWICK, i 
purngthe ees rani uem the ensuing Week, ending July 30, 1864 
I Prevailing Winds. 
ae 
Vests ia à TK 
which it 
Rained. 
est 
Quantity |z; 
of Rain. 
T 
Lowest 
Temp. 
B 
| 
SEEEESE 
M» Qo Co - m 
coop oowowm 
sisi 
d 
16 
30,. 62. 16 
The MUT temperature during the above 
Lc 1844—therm.92 deg.; and the lowest 01 
leg. 
es es no exertion be 
water from melting ice to lows over pem pan, in 
sep the gravel, lie the ova. These ova 
e of sma all peas, and are of a pale rose | 
t them 
e, by main cool moist atmosphere. 
p e an "bat iy soil il of t the borders inside the house 
does not ge ry, or this will cause the plants to 
| shed their nite s premature ly; and, on the other hand, 
it 
colo 
Lov pes ten days ago [May 16] among the bint 
ed the first Salmon in Australia. ton EU 
Ms leader bon ‘the illus vk ious oe stran How 
he looked, low he struggled, and vrigslel. sot d 
so long as a finger-r “nail, with the e ad 
still ban ocak to to a sil 
deep as he could gait into t is were all faith- 
described. Day by day tetas foe announcin: 
evade d obs adit one irreverent a 
fellow | Morante s whether he was 
do not allow it to get too wet, or the half- 
will burst. 
Fias.—When | these are ‘pening $ the honse must be 
kept so 80 e same time the 
the 
fi y watched, 
| and causes n9 swelli: un to dro 
spider, which is cing be arly ng d siat itself at 
such a crisis, w egg e swelling fru —— Jarge 
emands nergies. of the “plans, an 
Perd checking "n some measure their combien: 
gro This is an evil wbich must be carefully 
MzroNs.— Plants swelling fruit : "should. be kept 
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en mpty. 
CH GARDEN: Pomona 
each plate nsi m or more sorts 
three drawings, « t 
the third 
ripened buds 
Hors 
0! 
gilled 
ra eod of ie two, 
y its paler 
nt hi 
one of the Leeds frog s opp at 
is T; Mdoeg be. Their 
E hides, except that —— are far 
Rose leav 
x €— good health, if eu 
e 
moist, but 
have ripened their fi 
soakings. Plants that uit 
eut back, and the soil wel 
» 
not be 
thing a‘ however, RC My stl 
Vorrat 
