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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIC 
LE. 39 
3 but while one maintained its 
ur, l » the other 
varieties bove specified, 1 feel convinced that beben 
in ally 
on oe oh ot a busy colonia eae in expiorins 
tne et 
he 
very y li ttle trouble to Bouea they will, | 
P 
£, 
Ə fsd 
pro 
confer a great boon on the public. 
Ss .. E T gp; 
SS @& Safe 
CN E o sf... 
é 
’ i oat it has been 
a Din of ; owe 
discoloured at various sagen, cue ot to 10 inches in 
le: pen; in fact, I never the 
g If an 
were desirous to extend their ex perime: ents to sotaiie 
nerally over phi 
F 
Pears, I less suggest that the universal perch 
Marie L ou t , and tha 
hi th > 
gen 
e stem the: 
by the pollen of that most “excell lent 
+ Ilag T} 
the 
ase is not A- felt 
; but I am led t 
an instance of it 
ntosh, Castlerea, Ireland. 
avin’s New Patent Filter—I went the other singe 
hile on the subject of Pears, 
I may mention that the eat ing varieties, when not too 
ripe, are most delicious baked, an 
ordinary ae Speckle éd and inferior speci- 
mens ioe most usefully turned to account. 
of the same opinio on] 
we meet with Meher of the wonderful 
activity of unn, 
mace cand imperis abiy associated ma those of 
the vestigators of Tas B 
step 
Fi 
y ugh 
winters. Every packet To Hobart 
rings 
little consignments of seeds, and gi) a a horiei 
gs watches eagerly the growth the > antipodean 
rangers en ished 
ut w 
so 
Cheaw 
to may so Mr. Cheavin lives, and boug ht o 
his 
soca a 
three minutes at shir 
stream, and pet runs at the rate 
Aria a ec a ng A "something 
hours, a the filte 
e per- 
and almost n P diyi in 
ly poet ye in ~ 
morsel I e tast 
it is somew what ‘differe 
It is ye 
try, and the mo: 
t the method of p 
e fer most universal 
st ur 
ey 
When 
ready ta ake 
of bu tter t the size of 
but the filter, if ‘it will last, has set m ii 
—Permit me to deda es sha 
and also of 
Eaa | 
5 
a 
with à 
hand “what manner of p 
from seeds whose names are 
a 
t | Cryptan 
None 
re unkn own ìn ariris there 
a few w exper 
sw 
rivate, ora we 
before us extends from Ranunculacere to the 
beg e gre 
nning rot the great Tasmanian order of Leguminosee, 
a Walnut, pepper and salt, a pan 
of any rich gravy. Shake them well over A fire pa 
s incor ‘porated, and send them in hot. On 
Tota. 
Thi 
account ¢ chop tl the leaves. 
season in 
l ae A 
"9 
an 
years 
| a asti ing — 
80 closely printed PABCS, and is illustrated 
by 2 20 of Mr. Fitch’s admirable drawings. 
Grifith and Henfreys Micrographie Dictionary eo 
Voorst) to which we have adverted on former occasions 
of mo! nee 
s the wh 
n easy method of destroying these pests that 
di rte localities. 
s repea tedly | © 
than 7 00 pages, with 41 p 
on the Beet and fi forming 
to-day i 
may be as well to state that I always 
pots. binge itim 
cut the rind of 
emerge, Whose Siei depsting their eggs on “the 
oath p 
are 
uthor "ty for ne 
sentations of mnirosenpeal sujet although by far 
premi E are not thei this, which is 
more 
ere soon ha tehed. 
wW 
is 
sow. Edwin Parcour Pine-apple Place, Edgew are Road. 
as prove 
therefore, before annua lly m nuring the trees, I avs 
th 
who use the volume ; g 
when they fail to tart k stracture indicated, natu- 
rally wish to know whe 
[The seeds and c are those of Pinus Pinea, 
Stone Pine. 
earth, 
branches, carefully taken off and laid aside; ee a fe 
the’ observations ‘of pa weet examiners, or 
merely i in the presence of some of those writers 
cine.—That the fecal matter known under thi 
manure; 
haf p P 
emt sei not exist. For 
name is capal able „of communicating a fætid odour t 
thus buried under te manure and 
- Agarieu us picaceus, when growing from ground 
A tigre wi = that substance, is so ‘el tag 
filthy t ti very unpleasant task to examine it, 
highly 
the kamnini rt inches of earth. Since I adopted 
this s plan, except a a few trees one or two years which I 
P 
much si re to rupii specimens for the herbarium. 
It might eel be such R EEA be as justly 
| denied a Fag at some Bs 
cies of | five 
were neglected, 
I roe oe free 
from the onopitans A few weeks s ina 
example, ould whom the 
of the poles grains of E Barley i is uk it being neither 
in cannes with our own eyesight nor with 
K BA torii skilful and co — omens i 
w Pereira’ s plates, ae 
SERS 300 
Ria here of the aier where I ‘iat Tecommended | 
years 
e “7 
y “burying plan” to a lady 
latus ; po ap s kam 
u 
i 
| 
p 
| 
jo 
wi 
m 
f 
q traversed the country far and ne: ear, the “contents being 
son in the co of the e season not o only with the 
caver san 
oer a the timber 
i pith alias ‘ 
of this tree is nearly the same as | P 
ma meee reabgediiton } he | in of Seine cancel 
this is the case, nit is “quite e credible that agricultural had adopted - they » were qui free from pan insects ; pose to the experienced naturalist, but propose 
ne.” John | embarrassing to a student. Let t us hope that all such 
is too strong, though there i is perhaps no more uable Abell, Li méeria 1 dit 
isa Te ya tinistereds| Rai ain a at Then. Abbas, Hants, i in n 1855 :— — -g 
especially to cereals, to which it is considere y good 7 
authority as’ more adapted tha astures. Of the Ins. Wet | Ins. Dida Garden Memoranda. 
good effects ‘of such manure, and the total absence of aye: wks HECKFIELD rp Hants, THe Seat OF THE RIGHT 
any offensive taste or odour in the produce, we can | January... 0.41 | 11 |/Brought forward) 1331 ot 117 | Hon, THE SPEAKER. ziha Sir ant EES Sim $ 
pro , ry g! 
speak from pers rsonal On ta where proper pains February 137 | 15 Septem ane 12 phe about eight miles fi ing, on 
have been taken t aie ma a ak ee ee aá | Tas s Western, and five miles eee ‘Winehel, r. the, hs South 
el | er e é 
of -yard, o por pl , to kill it, May zos tin’ tDecbitier 202| 19 | Western a of railway. On sides te bay 
by f 1 i Fa. cs 157 | 13 is’a raised terrace garden, which i in ert: isa 
the ceria ot and t July se 187 | 17 25.22 | 175 | oftfioral beauty, and i in winter is rendered interestin, oby 
-the mass. of the best and ary conti crite ATRIA as pr Spat pps di of six np aes with which the 
_ tors, and at pon same time one of th Carried up _...| 13.31 | 117 years .. } 2841 | 166 lly 
with whom it has been our chance to have intimate —W. w. Spi cer. leoina park, yee osom of one of whose valleys is 
his night cart, which dul taa la piece of ornamental water with two islands in it 
with Rhodod 
sn endrons and othe: er American 
that g me by ou ur carpenter. 
ground, 
a arid cand i he: er: 2 whichjwhew viewed from the terrace “d | windows 
(i of the 
| F tiie rejectamenta of a neighbouring river, viek afforded 
consisting of river weeds 
other 
A and 
In 
bable ag e. At 1 foot from the ah measures 
2 fe et ir inches i in diameter; at 14 feet, 1 foot 9 inches, | f 
e park, which is 
sand, mollusca, 
ine Oak, seria Beec 
S 
r less wi and 
pom prođuctionss | Not the slightest “inconvenience 
and the f the farm E 
E perior i in ı quality to that of most of his ‘neighbours, ar 
more, where each a about in d i» 
meter ; it carried a “eplendid wp i te 20 or a et E wgher 
whieh when prhe niam bered | 8F° 
2 about 36 employer € considered po tree 86 sees 
A ¢, ert Addi: scott, 
some measure be accounted for by t 
excellence of the soil. Without proper a as 
fore ie such manure is in mi aia cases too strong. 
_ but even otis: plants like Roses are greedy of such 
| coarse nutriment, it does not follow asa matter of neces- 
B sity th tth 
Bombo H all, Norfolk. 
FAotices of Wooks, 
e have r heard that 
so treated are hd delfeately inet M.J.B. 
ho Dooce Pears.— The interes! tin g communications of 
t Roses 
-pi 
By J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S. 
autu 
The Botan, A f the Antarctic Voyage. Part III. Hora 
åt 
» Breen 
Love! 
oe m eir hands a raising Pear seedlings. Itis 
3 siita that our amateurs will be 
; Roast wate the zeal of Van Mons, and devote whole | v 
eee raising man: coger in the hope that 
ne I would Mieretoke 
Dr. 
Pine A 
work enters upon the third and | f 
d of Sir James Ross i in “the: antarc- 
is KER in this 
last portion of his great unde rtaking to illustrate the in 
be. sony cra Caern hi 
tie ‘voyage of t 
y 
may reward the 
E ood ou Sabir their const aas the following 
hat 
S, 
a dozen pl raised fr om Swell 
we soot out at the time me their anaes In no 
h has n —— 
seedlings. 
—I should say, a realy D spring Pear. 
hing ning ee po k to exceed, or 
elis. 
arier interest. To a amn extent the Flora of 
Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania is that of all Eastern 
BETR high as Sydney, and therefore, , when com- 
3 
ae ao E 
off only one fruit of the 
tee > especial | but 
eae ataoa only à Comes of ee oe aye SIES 
- ripen 
derived 
t thor’s observations on the spot, | tl 
ee movie yghepte ane 
f the mainland as to those of Tas- |i 
