353 THE HEAL INE as CHRONICLE. [May 24, 1856. 
Saviour had rested with his parents, and of which the | of Glasnev; h him by Dr. Lehma: oy a unk walk a foot de eep in the centre ; throu ugh it 
wood was in n consequence much sought for relies. In spite, | of obe so roa er the name of N. AOAR sie length brickwork is carried up from the botton 
however, | This is undoubtedly the same as the plant cenl-| of the walk to 18 inches above the surface on eithe: 
life was still carried on. * In some cases of accidental tivated here and elsewhere, nen AR it ta side. Prepar va 4-inch earthen pipes (carefully luted 
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out fe the medullary y rays, provided the surface s | this, as Lehmann himself refers t “4 as A of into small brick and cem iy mre BS sank ate 
moist frid protected from the air. This happens rate the “ Botanical Magazine” to N. vi a Lehm., the end of the as use e and o „the tre), lengt 
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surface by some covering, taking care ; However that the | called N. micrantha before mention ed. Dr. Planchon as a return 
air is not so confined as to encourage the EN i in his “ Etudes sur les Nymphéacées,” refers the N. mi- | whole are enclosed in a chamber 9 inches in eight i 
f the infant eyes Bru erantha of the “ "Botanical Bre gore be N. Guinecnais 4 feet vey ; ap mes are laid over i aon on this is about 
are . ‘eonetiines more fatal than actual Senile, of Schumacher ; as origi f Guillemin | 9 inches e sandy saiit, for bes hot k potia a 
where the affec ted surface is not Ja arge, “because the and Perrottet is eho by him to be a form of plunging, propag gating, &e. 
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coerulea, and is not, as far as I know, in cultivation are ap 
to ensue. ‘The mere | loss of sap is seldom of any material| From the same source also iae have received a long, leading directly Into os he ate a Anake ; ‘thes 
consequence. In such cases the best treatment is un- een alled by Dr. Lehmann N. peecila, With | openings are commanded by sliding doors of slate 
doubtedly to soap _ +n orias bark, and the exposed | us this plant is perfectly undistinguishable from - in the interior of "the house, in the side brickwork next 
surface will ai covered with bark, if no foes of Nymphzea c a n cultivatio: the front of the centre sunk walk, are also openings 
granu'ations spree aie oita surface, Serious decay will | N. cyanea, Perhaps it eg as ane to remark ‘that from the chamber 9 inches high by 3 feet long, witt 
very rarely take place upon a surface thus —_— the plant often grown in this country as N, cyanea, is | sliding slate doors, four in number ; both within ang 
485. The wood, however, as well the bark | the tru e blue Water » Lily of the Nile, as an in spection without these doors will be kept open more or less night 
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accidental. In one of re e aiei gg — in Delile’s Egypt ans Ventenat’s Jardin de la Mal- Opesilings with shutters and regulators. Thus 
tions of iculture, wounds maison shows. The Sout! = Aone an a. scutifolia is also | air admitted into the house must pass by the opening 
stantly made, without acting ‘ultimately the. health gene rally cultivated v under the name of N. coerulea, | in front, through the heated chamber, into the hous 
of the plant. The exposed portion either is ffers in thie Erri "of purple spots on | and ascending makes its escape through the aperture 
in or two with new growth, or the wood the under side of the et and o fn whe ances n the |in the back wall, the bak sup plyi ng the necessar 
dies down to the next t bua, withers up, ay all trace is obtuse form of the latter whi ch a also som ew what | degree of moisture to the ] 
lost as the new bud increases. A lit caution, how. Biers ode =. at a points, ic fi f the | at pleasure, and one or abuts ar e pipes plugged ¢ 
€ fruit, as a | une: wer bud, &e. In the true N. ccerulea | each end to deter the heat. The plan is economic: 
gumming may e ensue from injitone ci l the acute sepals are flat at the aind ai "blotched, and pe simple. It may not answer all the requiremen 
ment. Where the bran ches re lar; i questi the fl bud i pointed. des bel it wi foun 
it is better r. Hooker, in his recently p l very well. I have had in a small greenhous 
as possible or not, Thero is, however no doubt that " Fh “i Indica,” p. 240, cites rarae Henlow a a8 from which I could a ana: irc ye > frosta í fons Da 
the fi I failing | to fin nd any c cliarneter:: w hereby to , Stanhope: ælias, Odont 
and | with less danger of „decay. The removal of J Jarge N ther | Platycerium mare fe = bey Hos belle resin. 
except bor same pond, There is, however, rT, a Sitter ence | thera, Cattleya, and other things generally coddle 
the cultivator has been too tardy in the mamrn of li in the number and arrangement of the intercel-| through the winter ; they look rather su ky, but they 
superfluous wood. The great art of pruning is to pro- lu ular rerni in the flower and leaf stalks of|have survived, and some or all show evidences of 
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future arikat Where it is requisite to head | central Sisk surrounded by a few of very muc t Plants.—Pra: comm: e O! 
down a tree, large wounds canst: be avoided, but even smaller a a same arrangen tea exists in | south of England with peat soil to a Arbutus ae 
odorata min nd in N. pygmea, In N. alba there | and a Andromeda form and 
as possible, or there will be danger of decay ‘fro e also fou pendent canals, but tl led by | Illiciums—they are all beautiful with r me. T think some 
moisiure resting on the surface and penetrating the a De at num iiot of tubes of scien the same size as | plants r resist — better in peat than other soil ; but 
ti the central ones. The a ecies « of Ny pheory. a 
486. In some cases, however, it ‘may he needful to | Ih ot oih f| The Mu f Scripture.—In Stanley’s “ Sinai 
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side: jaite branches whi tl so in "the fact that there is a differen Pe ana Palin p. “119, allusion is made to this quasi 
by wind or other causes. Where oye is the case disposition of the ge es in the lea : and flower stalks, and in a note Professor Royle is nis reporta 
to cut as s b 
for if not there will certainly Bea detmye place i in it organs as in the “species referred to. Maxwell 
which will greatly injure ‘the value of the wood. | Masters. of the Jordan the fake ne Genne- 
Several plans have been proposed of eg | the cut | —————— e a sareth.” Can mort us what this Salvadora is? It 
surface, and these are just as applicable to the c: ought to be halt. hary : pea sed easy culture here. It is 
mentioned in in the foregoing tt * The object is Home Corresponden uld ave we introduced. 
to apply e varnish or cement; which shall not be so| Zhe Hi ighla er ri —Is there any may enua cannot find the name Areka in aa xton or Loudon. 
thick at the lge, or shall not | between the poem doe} mr the Scotch i ght the Broussonetia seppeilera 4d to be the 
uch an irritating nature as to affect the neigh- | there is, which see in ma sery- | scriptural Mustard tree ; I suppose merely because its 
shall effectually pre- | men’s catalogues abe are rollers or two distinct inde: | seeds are so like Mustard in form, size, and colour, 
d the growth of those | [There is much difference of opinion on this ae not of so bright a yellow. 7. [The Salyan 
timber. The best of | Both are Pinus sylvestris—but they are probably | doras are — and dates trees -of mo beaan 
s “Guide to the Orchard | distinct varieties, ] c Garden 
8, and which i is com- Easy and effectual mode of ores A Conserva- Horti cultural 8 Society. —The fate of the gardens of this 
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ty of wood ashes, and pion them out fist, a cad Society, ‘through its Peat has had upon horti 
all finely sifted, The er the surface thinly’ over “with tobacco ; 3 then n begin not only in England but throughout the valf, hich 
e nd and surface being made perfectly |a at one of the corners, is esp d to by Mr. Behrens’ noble offer, and 
th, the en tee is laid 0 on about one-ei ghth o ral ping : ite the middle with a thread and also the | as I attribute to this the great i ent in the 
H “in thie tw ng shut up the house and made all | cultivation of plants (though hardly enough recogni: 
ally off at the sil a vA powder “of wood ashes, and one. | r | rendy, p place tro or three pieces of lath and the increased interest in and love for gardening, 
sixth of the same quantity of burnt bones is then fi per | it would seem a sin to break up the very valuable 
applied with a dredger till the whol rolls s—lig ght them at both ends, and leave them to “do establishment at Chiswick, question is now 
it to remain half an hour to absorb the moisture. irit work, which imp will do most eectaly E whether the gardens are to be given up or whether 
More powder is ones rubbed on with a hand half an hour you will find the green-fiy, &e., des troyed. | sum of 50007. can be raised by the 24th of June, with 
till the whol a iene su The t y nts will be which an experiment and a bold push may be made to 
composition is best applied i in a amia state, adie ina d to be chiman clean. If the conservatory is ean mene to their pristine glory an 
be made of the proper consistence by mixture with very ee, k a be necessary to remove the plants | This ally a very trifling sum, and it does behove 
urine or _Soap- -suds and laid on with a brush, The i to e smaller compartment, These rolls | ail Sic of poau to come forward and add their- 
ari Bipd } ould not ie per up till wanted, as the paper will | mite to good an object. I believe ndently of 
woe is not removed by the growth of the young | Contract moisture, and so will not burn freely. numbers o! that are to be found at 
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NYMPHÆAS. | greatest binelit ices it. G. Leapingwell, Cambridge. world, and the value of such a store as an ai 1 
„~ THERE are at present in the stove tank at the __ Charcoa al “ The wood charcoal may be burnt in a | and for the of varieties throughout the 
y as Mr. Ladlin has deprived it | dom is incaleulable. For this alone the publie 
Pores thick elling of f the complicated =e al noxious effluvia.”. ~The above is copied from an | not to allow the garden to be destroyed. I will only 
synonymy of the me to whieh the = | advertisement in the Gardeners? that the more I think of it the more per- 
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p iga ie pt a nsequences, ody. therefare inform | There are amar whom I know who think the same 
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times | Matter w. i when burnt’ produces the dead] s, | season ce and rejoicing ean hardly ti 
| carbonic acid, and that if used without a chimney PR with too pach a amusement, so that rival exhibition: 
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e}of any u i age smell which might serve to g f the lea ding nurserymen, and they are most 
n | Warning to those inhaling t paa R Guitäford. wiling = exhibit at Chiswick, although there are 
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e| if Mr. Ladlin’s assertion AEE pe fatal conse- Crystal dna As tothe ner latter I 
quences he is likely to find himself in the e presence of a | clined to consider enn epe 
r. people. The prizes are S rtainly high and the place 
for commas ecam i —I imagine my simple plan | attractive; but for the fashionable Aee it Base te Jess 
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pin moist air will answer very well in most | fine the promenade through those delight 
instances the trials T have made. My new i set the theosged 
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