342 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. {May 17, 1856, 
shoots sree off. Alow Spa als es ae piet pene S seven or eight of florida — Fortuni. They German | Stocks. —About a fortnight ago I sowed ona 
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was À were from ] to 3 feet in he an Stocks 
of turpe entine inflicted the greatest injury, and the bug | | they came up well, but they are now damping of pt 
they will nearly all = 
Bar! ey Vinery during June.— “Stabe? gece of t aly 
Grapes were beginning to change colour, 
water his state they “continued thr ough the months Just | | off. ‘Can you tell me how 
uch t ioatea.” | this? — the last three ‘yous they have gone off m _— 
cr sop Zhan be lost if a remedy was not found. a K in de oe are Ae md Decemb =| or less, 
conti: ue the syrin nge would destroy the ore only, th rare the mnemonic of the ho pani were sown was the cause of the evils this year Th sonal 
argued a: nd | was was eoii dti aby 'pddseið, d- the use of turpentine them in a strong loamy s soil m xed with a little leaf 
acted : I had seen bruised Laurel leaves 5 recommended, | | entirely dispensed w with. T consider I ever saw them before, 
so I had armfuls of the young shoots with their } | f the plant: blish 31 was | R. T. [Light soil suits them best, but it is not the soi} 
placed along the floors of the bouse, and with a beater, | assured however hould } £ ld | th Damp and insufficient Pats oe fe 
ike a p er’s dresser, they were tee enemy in full force the ensuing spring. That Panther | | doubtless caused the mischief. You would h ve been 
bruised on the spot and strewed wherever there season would prove ea ther my work was effectual or | more successful if you had sown them in 
space for them to lie, The house was shut close and left not I was well aware, but I had observed too man y | amined and ane va moon aas soil, in a tolerably 
of my to ret | warm ps same time airy, ag 
I felt satisfied. y fears regarding it. In the early part of the | for instance‘on the flue ofa ‘oe just commenced to 
Da Kin A. when pw was not able to retain its ratte no ender” notice the early Vines were pruned, | | be akas After the ee are up we need scarcely'say 
I there efo re reso olved the loose bark rubbed off, an a me jey were dre ssed í over | tha it g care has to obse rved in „watering tl then 
to be feared. It was soon paient that the | 
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them in ne same manner, and to continue them 1d tt they are in in saucer s 
time. This occurred about the last fortnight in 3 une. be “any aifmenlty. in uniting the Pa on with the soap | filled met water, until it is round the soil = absorbed 
th app plicatio on of a little hi eat will overcome it “A sufficient moisture, when they are e removed. By this pla 
Over them; the effect of all this upon the foliag 
very rem: remarka ble, » it assumed the most rian ped er, and well p f ha bviated. They should “also be pricked “off into ‘pots 
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jedy fi they were also an excel- | mend an addition to aie mixture, iets ce may th e operation, and placed in a cool pit to harden pre- 
lent assistant to the ve em think it too — a, ape applied to the young | paratory to their being planted out. This is a point 
_ Second Divisi on of Grapes during June.—The = >ar wood. I have, however, fi it 
bow tied out, as i e | purposes ser rey and I 9 never ae 3 ed do any | Pinus ena —I observed n your paper a few 
cmt the early Vinary. No more of the e young er injury ; it has no unsight! y ‘appearance, | r rela ting to this ppe er rece 
aps the re- 
S the Vine, All aedem ties dim whatever would. in any | a | few r of the Orchids were shifted, many of them were nip infernatticn may'still be acceptatie, A plant has 
y barbour insects w moved, and e pa E out by French nurserymen under the name 
yringe ; the p clear descent for the water falling from m of Pinus Tchugatskoy; its real anid is Thuj 
dipped in entine was gtr ary for use, the rps e, which at this ~season Was: seldo mu sed, but ores Itis a hardy tree a gar beauty, allied to 
This iA much larger than the early Vinery, I pp | T a dolabrata, and the is derived from 
had doabts whether the Laurel shoots would have so January and February.—Orchid House and Stove, — pruden a promontory ‘of. Russian roy 
an effect; the quantity was tl re increased, | During these two months a ae ae ete overhaul was , whence it: Thave 
and the sanr ha if not absolutely eradicated was at least | effected in — Kirten i in which no insect, certai a | no doubt that this is the plant referred to by y your cor- 
entirely subdued. „I felt ens ore ate: nap maiihi no > bug, = Aip uae und. Sapp gutta’ — respondent. Wentworth W. Buller, Strete Ralegh, Exeter. 
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did that with a li xt ld be the | pl faize blocks, standing nearly upri “Ta | 
eertain result. is p position the syringe had full play, and id the | F2otices of Books, 
Greenhouse or Conservatory during June.—A constant | blooming season their flowers were geen to maser e. on 
exchange of plants was omnia ae re. Greenho ouse | pon geria a rosea and other plants jni we matey | Adamson’s Cottage Garden (12mo, Black), having 
kinds were removed outside, and their pl the e aay ‘Vinery re reached a second edition may be assumed to have found 
by others from the warmer plant houses. e Vines pushed into leaf ina healthy manner, although favour pan Scotch cottagers, for whose use it was 
Late Vinery during June—Azaleas and Camellias Po “tie mee oo was severe frost, and from this Written ; no better recommendation of it can be needed. 
re taken out, and Begonias, Acl menes, &c,, intro- time forward I no more bug. The prester part of F dho little volume is occup 
duced in their room. The Vines, on on In navies to Accompli the work just recorded no 
any fruit, were making good w and a percepti tible | extra hands were employed, nor did I want them ; a | 
improvement was wvidenahy stile rm "place all over the | little extra exertion for iri first three or four months sin ion ia Fossa ay “Ey 
house. Liquid ss arn srs nat inistered freely to all|on the part of the regular tain was all that was a tg sr tt abaa ai * that J, pp. 3 can, 
weeks throughout the | required ; afterwards the work became lighter, and of genb ais ipeni with this red (3 whi res 
growing season. | en er need for extra labour diminighe d. I may P ar dure Sona igi Gp Bo he ie 
shi —The P £0 as to e a add t! n my attempts to destro oy insects £ have at Da OT es in all ps a books. put 
ift, I took her dan ea and h stances togeth e iti i matter 
P ides those I have pointed out, but I have found Am ; ` i i ; 
est plants. In the previous d ion I aaao | caution united with energy i in the use of such remedie concerning aetters.and pointers, Beep es fap eared 
tate that these pits were y corsa 
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btaine | than tampering with things of which we may have but ey py Mada PE mR — Lr 
ion a 2 feet deep of stones was laid | an imperfect acquaintance. M., Blyth Hall Gardens. etigzp EE ARPS? Oe 
lows upon which -was put the soil for the BONS | Marvels and Mysteries of Instinct, or Curiosities of 
isting of chopped turf quite fresh and ri = so Animal Life (12mo, ag ee s) by °G, Garratt, is 3 
g these plants made ra Home Correspondence. closely printed ‘volume of 248 pages explaining the 
oe 4 months after planting I cut se alton weighing | Can Flowers be Grown in a Cit i sti i instinct, ilus- 
5 Ibs. and 6 Ibs. each. Twenty months after planting often been "asta jek ng ir > m 
of nature. a r of a Sse and being doubtful, a ey Mr. Garral is 80 familiar 
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were potted and placed | ‘in their old quarters. The | d 
ave a few of my he prt appea: Ramen e had a ‘personal ac 
up ends the division appeapriated to to late Melons. _ The favourite Caenis ai ant m me. Ie rected a sma ll Pin 
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l creation. ‘The wor r 
show I ever saw in the coun ty seen his beauty since. His face,too, what an illustration 
eai to ar as ii two to Tine and there was Wicklow, v where our country place is situate d I ppi ne physiognomy ' Who among e n ever seer 
, an bly it like? o internal evil had trace a ii 
will continue for the next three oe it will not be good Cytisus, and several fine forced Roses, I think tures, It 
ry to advert to it viera from my observation of a town garden that an yarn de not of vice within, but of the purest an 
July, August, and September. —A few general remarks | growing plants are Roses, next age and Crist heaven aed virtue. He was pure, a in every 
will beall thai tare necessary during this period of the | Sweet seemed Geraniums thrive ve: ell a To | of hi cture from the crown of his head to the soles of 
year. determined to pay a little ntiotion hoy pins his fee ri ‘Sud ch was the peculiarity of his p nena 
~ Views still more requ ; mot a leaf was allowed they cant bave as gooda gor of ‘the above as if they | stitution, and it was also y characteristic of his 
to grow but such as was o importance. The liv ed 100 miles from the moke of a city. I hope to mental one. The brain of ‘his head was not mera 
bunches, which are more Table to to J i first prin <4 
leaves, requi red most attentio ieee, a suspicious bunch back | in a small frame ; and if you consider = m. of knowled As a ared his badly, 80 appeared 
FA ae ao g faculties ‘of his pre es 
with wire as to hang immediately under the bunch, the hy plac y 1 T shall be H i 
Semon y i Flor [Pra: ray do T. | the 8 tere rohit could make immediate us 
bee mphiome Book won say that this plant has been | (This ae icular ‘has He a eters in the 
the turpentine. peas a tench where mt and may be still in this country; but is very rare. Pentecost.) We ose ot suppose that ‘Adam began t 
be seen, a berry was cut out and the pencil dipped in in Some six Years ago a 849) I sent seeds of it from India learn at iey fio aoa ou 
turpentine very carefully introduced ; Ea e 
Laurel leaves used as roam ds stated had brought the which nile tit ee ace in this neighbourhood, It said that the man 
insects under manageable control, and all that was now flow nnually wi and perfects its seeds, hon lá once a man ir ra a child, rand i in ran yaw merely. 
d i one of the first paragrap! ae 
destruction. a grandiflora, back wall, | others to whom I gave seed have been equally success- “si ` neime the nw are the two onsite 
gora a great taking er ree the old cova and wood | ful. On my return from India in 1852 Lgaveacon-| & Instinct is the perfection or the essence of Reason, 
appearance quite clean, but no sooner did | siderable of the seed to Sir W. J. Hooker, or Reason pu i maturity. 
a a young shoot make signs BE wth than this pest por doubtless numerous plants have ‘been raised and| Reason, as given to man, is superior and more 
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PP ; wi P epaul is its habitat. It| - We ‘hoy ‘our readers jare wre fab 
sot fc i a : Beno iE “taking I found stern Himalaya, s | instinet i the perfeorion of reson, th like saying 
in tobacco liquor. Txoras oun it im one aceon! it seems very, 
although gir =k yri “were lit this time eut] tain, wit A e NA bog eee sage ir eke re To us Suir 
; plants were old and | anā detts 0 on rocks, rach At egotia matter was the | 
they all d mtact with the aso use peat, rotten | A new:contribution ‘to the anecdotes of ae 
Sa sed pn col pe following summer. leaves and sand for its cultivation spain It is a pretty | is furnished by Major Porter’s Life Oe le 
= e cultivated plants are hye inferior in | (12mo, Longmans, pp. 195).. ‘The gallant whether 
mii take tT ah and sickly to commence | beauty to the wild ones in their nati e climate, Nat. kuna tn that all criticism, 
with, and looked as if I should lose two or three ou Vicary, Wexford. 4 favourable 
