1184 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [DECEMBER 10, 1864, 
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to the back wall and a front trellis, This is used for |a large feeder of water was encountered, ofa mu PrNES.—It will be a trying task just now to manage age 
naring away greenhouse plants during winter ; 105 higher “temperate than had before DLE these plants with no other heating material th 
dozen of Peaches oy Nectarines were gathered "from | The shaft being de epened by successiye "sages it has | fermenting litter. ^ Every favourable oppo tunity 
ro. trees last seas een found that, a h deeper point at which the|should be taken to turn the linings, and add to them 
Beyond this i m. e of Vineries, 92 feet by.12 feet ; | chief flow of water has been seen, it has s AS LCD if required. Let them at least be protected by some 
po Vines in these are old and pints and they are in | accessi qe Although 122° was the|kind of covering he rain and snow; and i 
enurge of renewal, when t e borders are to be heated, | highest d Sd. of heat w ich I obser ved, I think it possil + them be entirely enclosed, that they ma: 
arranged upon t best prin- highly probable that, the 225 of themselves supply a sufficient amount of heat 
ciples modern garden ing. t each end of the | adva a little, the tempera sat e p d some- | away with th ssity of keeping the pits covered | 
Vineries are gazed, sohbies where flowering plants are | w ig jn The mstance of the hot sprint during any portion of these short days. Young Pines f 
aced o: n lo ow 8 she ; thi rangement, as| being attendant rtg The rich and cindery-looking | are frequently much drawn during winter, and th 
the Vineries SNE the | loose- textured course e of ore has induced many o look | mischief not noticed until they ‘are taken out infi 
s season eS forcing i is being carried o for i e spring to be repotted or planted; and then it is 
In a transverse position near the jw house is a | tion of the, pyrites ; but. the absence of sul pha ate es of | that the gardener repents not having given more air, 
rangi houses, 8 ofed, 60 feet by 14 feet, con 
sisting a Cuc house, a Vinery, and Peach exposed to oxidation nearer the surface, the rich 
house. The Vinery has heated borders, and is planted | nome never exhibi appear 
with Mu on the south side, and Lady s and | sufficiently to set aside such a hypothesis, We shall 
licante on the north si The Vines, | therefore have t 
canes are strong and well ripened. 
The who le of the houses are heated by two of} As regards the increment of temperature, it is some- | bea bie s: to the wi of the weather. 
[0 g what startling.. Between my last two pni. vato at at 
Byf hased by Mr. Hinds about two and | an interval of 9 years, on both of which I ca ARDY FRUIT A 
2-half ye: hich ti reater portion | trustworthy Hhejwosteleri , the point of pea p, m Before the general uri: E "ind Tigachia of 
of the houses d ga R Memi Ria ad ‘been , deepened 30 fathoms, FT vacant ground takes place, it is necessary to decide 
80 t, and the ed b on the rotation of crops which is to be ado 
The —ÀÀ 
d park 
oua care and attention he bestows upon them 
sca 
Kempsey’s de. 
which were'planted last season, have done well; the 
undary to the park.| 
eee the management of 
Mr. Carr, and ae cet uie bear testimony to the 
assiduo 
water, and the fact that, where 
o look to deep-seated sources of heat, 
such as have been adyerted to by Sir C. Lyell, for a 
should be taken that mi in E oce 
ot fro 
top may oc be as low 
as 55° without the plant suffering; and n Mert. care 
me from excessive 
fen introduced m 
"m ants i n p P 
receive gent! "T es twice or thrice 
nay Tn give 1° for 221 feet. Mr, Henwood 
QUNM YR UA give a much higher ratio: 1° for 16 feet 
The 
ag f p. Lange 
rried o 
This arrangement s 
niform jr. of inerease would bring us to 
the > boiling LM of water at an 
40 to 2000 fee da fall 
fig 
houl n 
bp or byes of years. 
kania to be attended to is, that 
J 
The facts 
m ry physical as well as chemical, that it is to be 
rf 
crop 
fs grown for den essive years in the same 
ti hould be made 
succes 
Em hop la ast in e of lot of ound. , Anot her vari b; 
Wiscelfancdus, g 3 4 hee commercial success | of | the t i creas p gr i ki y 
The West African Oil Palm.—Throughout the | into the deep. From a Paper by f I 
ers Palms are amongst the most useful planta: to | Smyth, read at the Meeting of British Te aarm D the same kind e dea as their increase ig 
anki nd. . This. is more egpeci ally the „case among encouraged to a fearful extent by thus putting into 
ti Y their wa; 
Africa, who abtaia from them the source of ma: Calendar of Operatie of. Tt is important that both the manuring and ae 
of their forte oremost among the useful Palm ae For the ensuing week. epth of the trenching be regulated by the require- 
of tropical Wester n Afi sta nds t the Elwis uineensis.| CLEARING up for winter, if not already done, must ments of the crops; and their rotation should be 
The oil of the mesocarp alm con- | now receive immediate attention. Tees re may be| 2tranged that the grou ot trenched to the same 
stitutes in most parts edd chief food of the "nine, w who | abundance of evergreens and winter flowers, sede Jet depth for two successive seasons, but so that different 
hardly ever take a meal in which ibis is sed in some | the garden may present a very repulsive appeara | papae d the soil bx eon to the aka 2 in turn, 
orother. It is nutritious, an agreeable | Grass-plots literally rough with worm-cast; dead UIT.— may now be pruned, and the 
flavour—so much so, indeed, that it t generally 1 becomes a | leaves crowdi g into every corner; what were once Seni | Leu the ae manured if € and 
favourite dish with flowers, dangling from the stakes which supported dug, not so deeply, however, as to injure the roots, 
, and us dry stems, iei the ricis 
ind, are d sounds d 
heard in really good gardens in cies idm months. TATE OF T CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON: am 
This w must | Forthe Week pact Dec. 7, inert em Arbo Gardens = 
when the hand ot be l rati cài 2.» c 
act of sweeping is cial, an ree! 
the usage o of these peop — - performed to too er at this season, for A 
T nape epe - is used, a: 
venie 
the nut is s generally laeso ovi this pu Me: 
exportatio of the seeds Palm 
inereasing, ere M oe Lieu € s vom «i may n pra ie rye nal 
m" om i ae Leone on - rd a a Mae d | amad le. put - the vodtis d m is to oceupy until the | 
trum m a sere hn Dia ae yen the natives of | "Ap; ds eta "m -— eat aat a poy rye erai 
to give up their WP on much — ld . 
ala stud.» obiained. at the duet damees.0t mould, BF gery venen duse ioe ee d. 
trade, as at Bonny, ed and Ol Calabar Aarin s 
this oil n Sa found much superior to that m 
obtained rp of t Elwis w. 
a drink much liked by by y natives, is obtained 
autting nw the male flower spike. 
This wine is also 
| green. If this clea 
arden will m throughout 
eon gl r ple upon n pos 
dt 
trees 
Favor doa in 
J 
ew great value of the rubbish-heap, to which leaves 
For -recruiting flowe: er-beds, this refuse vegetable 
matter, where poer rotted, or better still 
charred, is drains ms 
x 
ty e 
The oo Pog nerves of the pinna and the exterior of de 
tiole are used for basket work, for the makin 
brooms, and similar purposes. Dr. Welwitsch n ied 
the 
at St, Paul de eet the fibre at the base 
and also that of the spathe, is used for 
be wort mention t the hut ires Ted 
130,381 tons of Palm oil, 
have been imported into o Great —— 
la 
nd, in Transactions of Linne. 
Thermal 
is a Leere aem remarkable for the bi high tem 
rature of i 
.; the ae — ^ the upper ss o ex 
ioles, is muc 
ts, — 
f 
duri ring n with 
of the value o r 5,605, J abundant moisture unayoidably create 
nn d: We 
n Soc 
Waters.—1n the nei: irs caa ido of Redruth | 
— 
ND PLANT H 
Of all s. watering: requires most A Xr attention 
this season. dhere str 
BAYS e frequently p , never to water 
immediately below the B iiy ace is sufficien 
Rain a full IP 
m. first 
. | surface of t [PS ponte, 
and d weed. 
Rie a like " sourness in "the 
mad le it be immediately e examined 
apad M render TE ME aces 
A hiig 
tas.—Seo that plants in the forcing pit are 
[properly supplied with water, or their adyancing buds 
o fall off. 
JARNATIO 
Per of the copper ores deser denis from them within | suffer from damp, which is more injurious to them 
t than cold, 
iu a yia se cl Viros Sain MiGNONETTE.— Plants of this in pots must be very 
by dikes of or grani tic-porphyr y. Above a quar ngly w watered. If kept too wet it is liable to 
anam wall was BO gs d GARDE 
his exacts | CHE will require RO be kept much 
pes a gn bin bing rir of fruits, advantage 
the high these fruits is, 
removes 
se the m-casts and destro th Mos hi h| cwm; AS 
f; ys the incipient osses which | 7, 
of so and it is also d for light- will pas wise soon jda) 
fer "their r9. butt he, oil Miró from the kernel of 
Fri 
arin — is ersevored in, the 
E W gp P St 
Sunday 11 , 
rictly to the directions we Tues. 
till the soil 
tly dry to to ES U a 
N. s.—Take care that choice sorts do not Gas E 
exce ay im. 
vns iso sh Ae at ni: 
eo a of the week i deg. above the ayerage. 
gium OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
During the last 38 years, for the ensuing Week, A 17,194, 75 
g Sen F, a 3 
Greatest 
o of 
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5 
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5 
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6 
9 
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tem; SET during the above period oce! 
inris Ei 83 deg. ; and the lowest on the 9th, 
getsese 
LLLI IRL 
E 
Motion bis ignes o£ S vr 
CRT nd 
Dal Qd 
tated the case, "ROT eut flowers 
appear ju t exhibitio ons, Nou) ae e most ti paler to 
ith—that is, to have them in pee rate conditio 
th eir natural glow and rene “preserved. ES 
Los see Hund skill und forethought, and not a little care "m 
ic! 
tehfal 
ta a.i. sher. 
damp bs Fon bs bo bs ; but 
gp from the atmosphere of t; 
hould be use y part of the stove is at 
MES 2S Prants: R Locke. ze varieties 
"be: ex A iss aedes nU E n Me o Y pud 
4, myrtifolia, 5 is 
3, Jasminum reiten 
ta; 
: pteris d "i 
find Ley — amply troatad? 
volume ts If yon cannot oer the figures 
may p able to reproduce some f 
