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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
1011 
surgeon (Mr. WHITE) deposed to being sent for about 
half-past seven o'clock in the evening, when he found | 
the child dead. The post-mortem mination proved | 
of them—be worthy of its plants and glades; 
sadd have crowne ed the garden with NY. in fact, 
for the n highest, or one 
} + 
that yet. Iti is not [m soon, however, to 
bem death. p the result of poison. I 
ef some partly di gested Yew-tr 
de ut now—ah, well, I i 
one, ast the ia or [eut TE n from the 
shed is the b 
to 50 in number, the husks and 
is not. ach and intestines were in- 
ers men irritant a — of the poison. The 
Dr. LANKESTER) re -— porate tis = avery 
ies 
fleshy part of the 
as 
at y^ ean structur re—that a 
us to a hide 
omey, 89 is the o 
But our old Palm 
as Gibson's Ven 
azon of Dah 
s gutta- percha froed 
Ami ld P 
bone 
caution 
spicuously aan oor 
grounds, warning visitors 
chil Iren to pluck and eat berries of any kind whatever 
NOTES ON GARDENS.— X. 
Royat Ts ong cucu 
(Continued from p. 989 ) 
AMENTAL, fat Hors and 
h sig n hthe true G 
young ethene. bent ful. plant, o 
— 
zami 
d I may almost say 
Glasn is v 
t,for it accommodates Seaforthia 
one to some extent 
other Pal fro A 
s Dov d sad | 
white-winged Yankee peret Ay "duas M tor, | 
lery climb up. T 
about uis ‘build seen from 
pP 
abageety and over a 
the house is La thata 
e de 
T þelieve, designed icd à rect cted by the 
es, ond d hos: EA d eas es, Dasylirion 
ra 
only not yet showing id 
ng as the fine 
Messrs. 
atter ane in prod Mk E not, 
our northern clime 
f freedom in 
eMe quaa ) not so aR 
four ntly orted 
a 
the Whe 
grow gy des and then 
Das 
roof, an 
| Board of Works. Wi r^ am R 
be Cont ady 
THE BEST SIZE FOR POTATO SETS. 
ylirions, —— nd s 
gata was 14 feet high in this Tad 
ies ; Mac 
Be on 
t ne o e chi et yen 
My experience. during the past year convinces 
that a na one-fourth one- Féhird of the natu vid 
prodac f the Pot: tato crop is lost solely from insuffi- 
and ur 
a suhaa ii, D 
ORN 
— are Mr. Turners Palm-houses and c Garden, attracted sin ti Amongst MARK eie | 
servatories everywhere see them, None of "e cescens and univittata were remarkable; and I ma 
works disyléy these characteristics better than the | further mention "i icana, and the curious 
curvilinear range, Wl h Palm-house in the centre, Sospaiobe platyclada, with Phormium Cookeanum 
adjacent the Victoria house at Glasnevin, Much | and Jacaranda imos foi exhibiting such an exqui- 
has been said for wooden houses, and undoubtedly sitely poem) head of foliage as Jacarandas only can. 
d arg worth much for fotcing, Sir y plant grow. fine stove and succulent house racks, the we 
dings for plant | wi 
dation, prominently plac in a botanic 
n n. won ^ think, be ‘i iron. At Kew, Bel 
— and the Regent's Park, the it conse 
and rà r. Turner are Aye 
ast, | su 
rva- 
ranges wel 
wing of the curvilinear range, th 
pnus house, containing a 
ulents, t 
s them, such as the very cn 
Boucheri and sororia, ile latter r even more rematkable | 
prie tion of sets an increased crop, representing a clear 
ws, sixty un uncut. 
d 
| sets of Early eder Potatos, vi 
foni 
20 - ve ine 4 402. exch 
ts weighing 8 oz. each. 
e 20's Acts 2 on. each ( Hi ) indici 21 Ib. 54 oz. 
The 20 perd ore z jr ie Ib ) ager 29 Ib. 01 oz. 
The dud sets of odueed 35 1b. 34 oz. 
In the of the e y 4x sets, the extra A Ib. 
over and shore i "sant of the twenty 2-oz. sets 
od ~ stm 10% oz.; and a net 
th the ‘Dest as 
gardens, while etin the S ouk p f them, that 
ae me Botanic Bielius Regent's Park ound 
useful i as when first built. Wooden ntes “built 
- ug 0 asi 
the snake-like Ceropegia stapelizeformis. Fine pla ts 
of the erect rigid and fleshy Euphorbias, such as E 
d, and would, I am 
= this time, an of endless “expense. This 
l remark in conse vee of several very la arge | and 
built 
important garden buildin ia^ 
nd lo TE ge ugly “and angular P dus 
too, was “ the ee ut-p 
with Wagneria tomentosa 
ted with 
of wood , an and Beg 
1 — te it arden re A me was with the E. m i» men- 
how : Hg y w hs à ve th " Th aM ira puse ring leaves 2 feet across. gonias 
not likely to come enamoured of the woo e|are to be rown for the beauty of iniz okie 
north Me d pauu pig iar I | this s E lead : o. L lection. Cereus 
of the latter con 
ted at Glasn 
ie - do vom. 
The pi of the Au sulle i wees 
but some were nicely in flower ters, aud a 
Blandfordi a flam 
Satu: 
ong th of our pb mag hortioultur dista, 
mea, a beautiful plant, which E in 
bit i tho 
rides was [ ect very highly of as 5 
wu d the first order, and so were man 
nak I piger ad almost as well 
gai 
mee in the weight of the sets, 
23 oz. 
or at the rate ‘of 2 tons B ewt. 1 qr llb. per aere net 
rofit. 
"An he case of the twenty 8.oz. wig " e 7 M 
over i a above the weight of the nty 2 
produce ed a gross gain of 13 Ib. 14oz, anda ote Qu, 
after ght of the sets, of 6 lb. 6 oz 
‘of ground; or at the rate 
of Potatos on 40 squar 
r acre over and 
of 3 ti ons H ovt. 3 qr. E i. € Les per 
" 
above Ss 
ut d that e — 
MR diede es pee sni pex 
‘8-02. “eet ‘over those of 4 oz., as 
over a 
iem was made with Second RA Ub 
talk of the peu 
sible - me Ga mention the hundreds of good a 
curious plan ese houses, nor would | it 
td riket fo rec 
p 
indereating feature in this v wing, 
"PP 
t-class and to 
ng merits Pd blemishes ME hoe 
as y a Vietorize ve Pd tion 
recommen 
t prng 
way into public fa t our oe 
Solandra grandiflora, one | o oft those titan feat nt 
s very strong "Gnd i 
when allowed room in a 
ere were also Dammara Moo 
bet 
horosmæ,F 
to make a aes lub and a lot o E 
bos curious succulents from the e Cape. The o 
Rh hodoehiton yolubile was pr 
effect, as were the Swainsonas, S. Osb 
ticularly go od producing with grand pl 
laucifolium, ad, such of the Heaths as w 
a very respectable wpe ad bloom. Before ‘aking 
and e EL] 
pi vd where it flowers finely eraty year. In the grent 
had the an fac tion of s seeing the Cascarilla 
Althou 
es | that of the — pm 
Anot er experim 
(Prp at — E a of ide in rows 2 feet apart, on 
| the 31st of Marc ede 
sets of 1 ) producing 151b. 9 oz. 
20 Pec of 2 oz. (o ie ME 1610 1502. 
of 4 5 lb.) producing 19 1b. 15 oz. 
h the resu ae in this case is not so striking as 
each — nce in the weight 
of the se n equiv; e increase 
in the part y sume a hb profit on the extra seed. 
On the 31st Mareh I aiso Les sie four jr of Fluke 
Potatos, in rows 2 feet vió each lot occupying 
40 square feet of cem nd, v 
20 seta, pv Pese de of lo aa EI) proda cing 15 2 oz. 
20 sets, 1 foo! rrie ofS On cach (341 producing 15 51b. 0 oz. 
20 sets, 1 foot apart, of 4 oz. e (5 s » producing 1$1b 1207. 
16 sets, 1 ft. 3 apart, of 8 oz each (81b.), producing 30 Ib. "v 
In the experiment with the Second Kidneys and the 
Flukes, it i E observed that ui vk little or no 
5 Ib. 
stovi 
| plant pie Casca: 
Balsam of. na plant Myrospermum Pereira, | 
Melaleuca Cajeputi, Mammea americana, the true 
i t 
"P sb in produce of the 1 
small profit in es of a fs oz. E 
in the kes; but in the adv vance 
ered ver 
b +} + 
e | from 2 oz to 4 o 
l|quite consis te^. * with the 
and from 4 Oz. "o 8 
other 
| exhibits even a groet er profit i in tt p erm of frs 
Potatos of 8 oz 
which must 
om; Aristolochia caudata ; and a 
Iwill 
conspicuous o Wt 
when n bloo 
- of this wing g the old Palm house 
state how we! peri densely Mutisia 3icsfolis | 
the back wal Tum how much I 
species of Callistemon 
NT and a f 
and 
hav Moe gs apageria 
done Sell but al: us phy in mentioning that which 
is possessed by “everybody who has an 9, 
x ena ruv A ie old ind. ud uiii unknown things | 
ge em ca. 
ien rime say how well this curvilinear range | grou 
was filled Pied fine and suitable ts, ong ages at 
the same tins for want of taies 
duced s We ie matey d e ons of rot Glasnevin 
ones that were fst intro inch 
. The twenty 4 ~ - Flukes (5 1b.) pna 3 Ib. 12 oz. of 
t ets (21 Ib )le eaving a 
net gain of 1i lb. of Potatos on 40 square feet of 
nd, or at the rate of 11 c at fate 14 lb. per acre 
the extra of 
| to Orchids ud 1 Ferne. Phe cibo. to f Camellias, 
and th e more popular greenhouse plants ; | while from 
ges 
fect of ground by 
15 Ib 12% 07. and after deducting Poach ad ye 
the seed, „left a clear profit of 10 Ib. 4$ oz , or at the 
ru Spirit at all Feri in the old Pal 
^ne M either do or | 
rickety, be ouse, with | 
every desirable q enis pui that vus a Pirani » which i p 
much when the Palms gre T iN 
the external aspect of which, as 1 before indicated, is 
The 3 lb. extra weight of sets in "s em 8 oz. 
anything but elegant. Getting into cha 
the soil on my way to Glasnevin, we talked of the 
t | beauty of the gardens, in whic h he had folor re- 
Bar ari 4-oz. sets increa erop.o «40 
of ground by 12 Ib. T ‘at left. a seat 
| prof ora. $07. or at the rate of 4 tons 8 cwt. 0 qr. 
acre clear gain, after deducting the extra 
lacking th at, these ever- I beige: 
with tbe new wooden Pal whi 
" beauteeful plants. aud quare had 
m-h 
a little to m west, while the. older ‘igen re had ‘past [si 
conple of rs has done duty a8 a cool 
Paln-ho Lud s m servatory, &c. Wi, ifa NE s very 
the flowers" he 
seen there, but added “they have bull à a big new 
di epa use, but a very ugly one; it’s like an ould 
much enlarged" edition of this original Palm Ho ou 
weig d eed. 
Lui cest imented with L 
of Red Potato, but the forme * were 
inndve ertently re 
mes the conservatories of Glasnevin M M 
end!” This _transeends my power. of descrip- | up and consumed without pets d HM nd the Red 
pes d t able end” Pota tos prematurely withered in the tops, got a mole 
is 60 feet high, 60 deep, and 90 a the gable f the row, so » tha os results cannot 
aspect being the front, and by very much the oath; given; but in the other three experiments above 
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