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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[DECEMBER 24, 1864, 
they reproduced leaf and — with such exquisite | 
ak leaves laid into 
twisted spray Oak, clustered with acorns, which 
form one of the most graceful corbel ac the choir x 
Exeter Cathedral?  * Certai Ae is "—says a writer 
Mistleto v fme had 
^a in— mutua 
nal Kis 
ns affinity for it is evinced in the hom 
ractice of preserving polished steel or iron goods 
as as fireirons, fenders, and the fronts of “b 
stoves,” when not in use, by shaking a little powdered 
li 
bonn “heated vith hot water by maintaining a m 
ely FORCING GARDEN 
any rom not push these too much at thi this 
eep down thrips and red meri 
Oist 
seer sua 
lime = them out of a muslin bag, which is 
sufficient to prevent their rusting. Another instance, à 
S 
—Plants ‘inboude d for fruiting during the 
bn d diferent md far more delicate, p upon the 
eedles, watch- | 
ip son &c., erally intr icem a small 
package of inicie dme the box or parcel with | 
pecia Steel goods, as security sfromi mut, before 
t dista 
S 
have i a k steady? bo 
at night, allowing the £ 
P e ng the day t 
—Le 
ow have careful attention. Let them 
ttom-heat, and a top heat of ae L- 
n Som age 3 to rise 10? o 
t E fermenting material Ese borders 
it to a nt consu 
crep ng 
this soo! decorum, kissing 
Mi d vetet mete out Me The. “church.” ^ See 
the Ft 
r use, These omelj | o 
it away ra furthe cas 
ecause, as a general rell bright. e 
eei still A ves well its p 
ir 
arcely a or iron icon m 
tsb | que 
ost powerful 
ntly it is very readily acted upon by damp, an 
rusted i ina short amc either | by mee the wales | 
ree, or direct from 
£ 
x 
Shitngk the NT e He erefordehire| 
inbabitants, p especially by the nat classes, The 
Mistleto bough is w Year’s M and hung 
up in state UN s 12. e old one 
whic lus 
sjale 
the atmosph ere. Building New: 
— “lowe Somes 
t 
affinity for oxygen; — it shou 
u 
somewhat drier at her st b 
syringing the ‘bunches new be. avoide £u 
s fai Avoid a high 
santhemum Show admi 
ly set. esci at night, and 
air freely ather, using the side 
in fine 
lat 
poem ve Christm 
sin pra y and Ie? s mbs, “of | 
even — date than the 15th century; but allusion | 
can — be | 
New Y 
ne | sp 
as | 
c 
"s Day | late üry summer 
u 
and girls, 
rictions bein 
frou for that kind of w 
und 
HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDENA 
iu ki 
expe edition as p pnr 
, for the c 
nt dia O. M the ng th 
undertook to aee. the plants Seneca 
yaiuku € not so much 
for fine flower wp care bestowed on the pla: em The 
roved unfavourable for the experi- 
| ment, but 17 of the gas — their plants on 
d. 
Part y lapse of t erhaps, 
character as 
place with the Ho ly as a dim 
Christmas. . Bull, in Transistors = the Woolhope 
Naturalists’ Field Club. 
Tropical African te eg gs regard to the 
atility to the natives [of W. ~ — Africa] the 
various species of Raphia rank ne leis. The 
ioles den the materials of vli their huts and 
pinnæ fing 
from which their clothing is In places 2 
the Elmis is scarce, the oily A tance betw 
Journ 
cf 
cely bloomed. “the e girls appeared to have bestowed 
as much pains on their plants as the boys, Oxford 
al, 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing week.) 
ands attention in every 
ularly in regard 
Protection from frost dem 
depsranent at dee is M: on, did: partic 
to pits an These bee a contain some of 
the most east plate for ve! in-door and ve door 
decoration, as well as the er and more 
kinds of vegetables, ee for present use, ir 
for ing 
scaly exterior of the fruit and the kernel, though 
at a more advanced pen 
ote 
and seculis it iso 
to | th 
nd cna dile This nt ae oe the superiority 
of See a — owe ner? pie 
| manufacture hich is not in d 
glass, asa pe 38 thus secured, v in eli | 
prevent the escape of heat. To this we may add that 
the y are more easily put on vi removed, and prevent | 
bitter, is eaten with Yam, Cassada, &c., and t 
pressed out of it tis by the women thought mc der 
. of Eleis for eir hair. y cà 2 
po ores Serie. idleness of che 
to overcome innate i t Sene 
of Calabar, and has induced them to cultivate it, 
The wine is Poy enining * t T€ terminal 
inflorescence nakes its appearance; the 
ine is then p ir in soc quantities, The natives | 
of Old ro y manufacture cloths, &c., fro om the 
at St. Paul de Loando, R. Welwitschi i is -— for the | 
sa purpose, nifera are 
the breakage of glass, which s scarcely a ——À in 
handlin ing frozen mats with cold fingers „They a 
with the advan enar [Aisi 
ocks are vens um alios any Objeotida =e that head. 
r spread 
imerated, 
onj unction 
in m a will remain a lon 
Thurs. 15) 
Frida: 18 
ur. 
ender 8 
uniess 
ed during severe frost, and of the clods 
und only —à — at Midsummer, 
hese, together with E 
div: 
Jori nkled upon the ground will also be bene cial in 
keeping them free from the ravages of slugs 
CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
destin We Ai ajami Dec. 21, ln varius e 
Oft a Y 
arr EUE 
Ee|szssszsi tam. 18 
| 
9.848 | 29765 | 39.0 | 25.3 
E 10 Overcast and a d Ges i essct 
joudy an p eke, 
; Severe frost kt nig 
very rr overeast at 
: fine ; overcast. 
rature ew 
21—Haz 
Mean Eu 
of th: 
BTATE OF THE WEATHER A’ AT CHISWICK, 
During € last 38 years, for the ensuing Week, ending Dec. 31, 1864. 
E JH revailing Winds. - 
E 
Greatest 
Quantity | 
of Rain. |^ 
of 
Seats in 
December. 
blame i 
Highest | 
Tem 2: 
Sunday 25 . 
Mon. 26.. 
Tues. | 
ET 
Wed. 
Thurs. 
Friday 3: 
Satur. 31.. 
The high 
25th, e ihe 
1860—therm. 
8 
EI ILI 
ES 
0.44 
s rature during the above period occurred 
US 55 deg.; and the lowest on the 28 
leg. bel 
Notices to Correspondent 
Books: M €. Miss Maling's Indoor Gardener ; we for 
ome me — material, as well as all sorts of basket- Where mats are used, they vr be hung 
e roofing made of the leaflets of | į n the im convenient place 
Ro vinifera lasts for three years, while that made from | the ? day, they are by thi my attention rendered 
R. Hookeri, it is said, requires to be renewed every year. | much more serviced i = irre a st. d ng 
Wine lso obtained from Phoenix spinosa, and the very severe weather co to 
fruits of this suns = much liked by the natives. The 
very young leaflets, before the leaves ex re used 
i di of Lois and. cane E Fo ee glass ; P it is however very objectionable on account of 
part of the stems of the climbing Palms rn Ege 
GARDEN AND PLANT H 
d used for pogen 
terials of which the huts are constructed. The| As soon as any of the EE Ri in the 
| peo i conservatory become shabby appearance, they 
chio rubber manufactur: y them 
the same people take large quantities of Calamus | coming into flower. And in these, let the 
(Ancistrophyllam) cse cea with them as : Eb arp in M X. to the 
when they go into the hills of the mar os Crystal to name ec = ta men erem prefer a ones ertet 
Sn ve . Fort = ve! grey y choose the tio ersd. h regard to 
ihe stem, cut off th of 
portable. 2: when uired for use th to E thi 
E pag e ctu E "5 vhi ers will bo satisfied with a E 
ever, woh eei ` favourable 
touch oon. The dut even ME T the surface of 
- of P. 
leaves of Sclerosperma are used for roofing and con- 
structing the walls of the huts, being tied between 
= aepo ey - Raphia. Mann 4 Wendland, in Trans- 
nean cii. 
— "y Rust in 
is to be obtained from an 
man, mih 
—Many a valuable hint 
telligent practical ct 
may lead the e philosopher on _of | ® 
may, perhaps, n disco 
oem sail f free fio from Moss. Water ' sparing: y. 
AZALEAS. 
may now w be plead i in heat and A into Tow for | 
Cam —Such as are now | coming into blossom 
EITE bo liberally Sea with water. Air must 
also be when ather - fav Vans 
LAS. ree d plan ust be well 
tt and Kally kept o hed oft ee 
th 
t 
ventions of great importanci 
off work for a day or two, as Toad rsen. > Mo nday, 
ut of the soft mortar, PA 
they push their trowel in and o 
that the brig 
bearing upon ‘this iint: 
cramps and se. from stonework, at hu 
| old, which my cuta mortar that all 
as fresh | 
ne f botli water 
that quick-lime has an | 
flo 
—“ In taking out 
400 | 40 
Appear 
P Oxygen, which i is o main cause | low 
way of cold cu srents of air. As so 
ME have faded, replace them pecie ot ‘say doni 
— Plants these intended for 
so ned =% d as 
now 
cgo me M bei ad 
wild Ferns, bag 8! Hai — E m» sh Ferns.—Co 
Dr. Hooker’ A ares m of tj w Zealand Flora ! 
OD V mir This 
is the n 
oot E 
w lined with 
E Vine 
uk m 
dar o 
Rp MEN ware 
p praa Ae je — E 
NAMES OF PLANTS. : R P. 
Phat magi a ` grandit ru 
foe trea dila! 
eire d 
be transplanted at — time when the wot 
may even be done ao e season, Wi 
c4 moisture. oriente: ving your “i a 
sig prefers the first m 
t but — xps 
open ; this 
attention as 
plants we misda now 
Ko 
JS. with aba d 
P bonity 
by "letting Wot nim d fna of air whenever the 
weather is sufficiently mild for that purpose. 
eres Po for whi 
