422 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Junk 21, 1856, 
through the Moss, and in three mene the whole e | with a highly vauuted mixture -of -209d „especially omiy amount to:l142. In the rules we-find these words 
mass of healthy fibres, e s then veia ah aii for ana and which “had e o}ject is to give a decided preference to those 
3 nches of old Mushroom refuse, to which is add ya isfaction to half the sews À and it p “of the | pers ms who have been se” ie to assist others,” 
few p'eces of charcoal, and no more soil is allowed ii be at —in evidence nich No me the above syste ata ri 
the au but when the r cots — a tough they obt ained 2 from and I fear that it has a 
‘s—i te h A. $ hl fru . 
h I sj tt wate! 
anc ith seeds. Isen 9 you—ss | tendeney indirectly toinjure the inai eiai. I 
BS £e! at the party supplying “the iraia specimen of | however, that there are many (as your correspondent 
e produc shee Hy elebrated sam oe st se on s 4 observes too truthfully at -page -405), “who having 
ave you e families find t cea ill able:to subseribe evencone 
of England 1) The most ersiien ott of to annually. s ou 
À 60 gallon cack is sunk i in the ground. Jevel with the my. hak al is (independent abe an outlay for prepara- | riety of ee their claims mo: _ red than ‘has 
a inch | tion to about the same amount as your fair f i widow. of Jam rnold, who 
an inserted about two feet from the — is pissed that the meadow and the other adjoining meadow iaa 8 years, ase also to Srnie a rong siiin 
alongside. Into this tub is put-one. peck of soot.and | pieces have from close feeding a far finer «swat athe | upon subseribers. IW. C. E., Gloucester, [W e have 
one peek of horse droppings fresh from the stable. now than the piece taken into lawn ay very sensible letter «a: working 
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Spe is then filled to the brim with rain water,and|the same party supplied me with all samples man,”’ but ki] 
who ole is we ell, stirr ed and alle wed to sett'e sna a|of “new and superior” Mangel ae garden Car- Peaches and parere titers time ago I placed 
ean, | rots, boih of whieh comple’ tedy; ees d:iand - required four stones in a pot,andall 
nd fe for east euse. The top tub is again “filed re-sowing. The “weaker sex” j h ome nee but on shifting them 
ae is ready by the week followin ng if wanted. When |demand a champion pand though none so good, I found aan the bal e stones. This Fdo not 
used the only diluting it reeeives is the small quantity | powerful as yourself, L aed Bacau if pny ses e Will yon n enlighten me on the subject, 
of hot water necess ary to raise the temperature of | volunteer my humble and should this be [The must ‘have been over- 
liquid to from 65 to 70 degree: e Now | favoured with any aiia te sd ur et ae ondent, socked 
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ie be advantages of usi ra Mosson the beis of such a| she may at once einen "o Š nstall me, if it be her 
are, I think, threefold. First, its siale for | pleasure, as honorary s y tofthe “ Ladies’ Pro Soriettes 
peata a Gres reat quan tity of moisture among its thick | tective Floricuttural Association” (and an honour I bf 
layers, and thus ‘ke, the roc 3 of the plan nts con- sha all estee em it), to wi ric h‘ may be attached: the con- 
stantly humid, thereh “p tI shall fti Royat Boraxio, AA Paa June 18 
ings unnecessary. Second, in er ng the atmosphere radar aomi and "above all price) their yaaa Society’si second exhibition: took place.on ama 
day and night. char ey deia that degree of humidity | Ther ev of ‘soi po zs 
ar 
o attem he Cu- | un mo Li pee dasi rs; thet 
cumbertoanythinglike perfection. ‘And,thir wily. Haire and rubbish advertised as new and handsome: annuals p Saia ee Greenhouse — were numerous, Of 
a-neat cheerful appearance to the house, which n of fine and improved varieties of bedding .plants—usq Mr. May, grato 
fails to ‘please the eye however frequent the visi its. We ad nauseam—should be ee dealt»with, and a Colyer, Esq., of Dartfor Conspicuous 
icle, quarterly, from your uable pen, stating ope —_ re. Dipladenia erassivoda, beautifully. peces | 
hich i lly good d asin is not, would prove with ne Sats of unusual brilliancy ; Ixora: javanica, a 
fficiently p p bush, we branch of which was furnished witha 
70° at night from June till October without the aid of the eS ee tê Cautions 3 in great bunch of orang ge-coloured blossoms ; some: huge 
fire-heat; the hutomheat h being. kept anally at 70°. their selections of flow enone and z peep pe alg ; Ron- 
By the above treatmen ways induce the plants | Guarded by mi uch a leader if they. go wrong the fault deletia speciosa in full growth and os flowe: 
to root freely on the pp ich is. msg important, | w 
8 erkei with tepid rain-water three times a day. 
red; 3 ithe 
wilt then t with t All and a large bush of 
j y fi ill hav nage discharged. yp RG gle, Dillwynia clavata, loaded with rich brown and yellow 
direct isivencs, of nee Th y apa apd moistu re—agencies, ih D, The © Villeta, “Emsvor rth, Ha oh We are un Next in point of merit stood: Mr. 
the impo ol ich ot be over-rated, with the facts alleged ; t | Taylor’s collection from Streatham. It contained Ade- 
prefer goo tyr sorts “of tried. ron of from a foot en this we ad know, that a anything more eaka sms pandas fragran s; Aphele exis speetä bilis grandiflora, 
i peanee long, to the Heroes, , Captivations, and Stan the * ‘ fine ected Grass seeds” frequently ep lly ab f bl t Pimelea 
t be pointed gue | hispida ; and a charmingly flowered Ixora ‘coccinea. 
pea a oe a yard I have always plenty of Cucumbers, | of horticultu iol impasitions.] Mr, Peed produced Cyrteceras reflexum, ïn :goodieon- 
I think many | Wolfsbane or Monia .—I notice that the Aconit dition ; Epacris miniata ; two well flowered Azaleas 
very high and dry te mperatures, They neither remain ete is coming into bloom, and it would ha a good | and Pimelea Hendersoni, Of other plants in this elass 
so long in bearing, nor do they produce the number of dmi out i's dgis properties. Itis unfor- siba Barter had Roella ciliata, — handsome 
it, to say Seet of 'y very comm t neighbourhood of | blue blossoms, and not possessedof that rustiness’ of, ap- 
thrips, spider, & The mperature herein winte: Ton and I. obse aes) it in one hicł lly bel his plant. Dipladenia 
Nigh 
r than 55° > might in fine’ weather, and i in | =| Nagase a pateh of karelo The late te ital scien crassinoda, Statice entra meee Alamein erent 
very hard nights Ihave had it from 35° to 40° I vell. known by. hearsa: ays 
injury cio I thi nk the less fire-heat at all, seasons | is surprising how few.know it i by: sight. _ This ri ere- | of 
‘the sh p uld be an In 2 Stove ee Gree — Plants t a Poy prize 
moisture. W. serge Aswarly Park, Lincolnshire. tion to it by a short deseription in your sire was hsp o Mr. Cut of Ba ‘whose 
ie x oad a Thursday, ‘the 12th | accompanied by an advice to unite in a combined | grou re be nial are of Aphex Polgels, 
June, the Davies atiack on it thronghant the country. Many people | Heath: be, ‘ea Stati Messrs, Fra 
æ snd tiem iiam (ihe Sal: shrivelled and burnt as by suppose i it to phe kind of eee and bial: ie too | Holfordi, Pi sealant “Henderson, Aaeeeiai 
bid to e eiet, Having suffer its |'minoides, and the bright red-flowered Azalea 
failure in perfecting fruit. Sulphur was directly poisonous éffects m yself, be boria HNE 4: spyiliog to | In collections of 10 Stov: e and Greenhouse) Plants Mr. 
applied w and after, a syringe washing. This an! shin its Kiteto a William B. Smith, of PM i 
Pat to ons little good. e year this process, & Son’s (London Branch), 27, Ores t George wel furnished larze -white foral leaves or ac ote 
although: it seemed to check th blight, wet Street, Waminsi mster. most showy portion of the plant ; two dpi rng 
failed in saving any —— the fi x —aipher Pum n.—I am obliged to “H.” for his eourteous | lastings; two Allamandas, two Polygalas, and tw othand- 
then placed on the — and by eesti my question relating to this sub- some Azaleas. Mr. '. Gree reen se sent an admirable e specimen 
t partially t i peepee ‘ot the blight Then the eee ‘aud I a to "afo him that I h fE i ifull the wes hang- 
thought oceurred ——— ing i hea ate d flue wha! ever to » the filli ing of my -yaa heoa Be with Tobacco ing down iin profusion from the undersides. of every 
and supa apee sna brk caused ws of coral drops sepa with white. 
rapo » but hat inary 1 erefore, | The same ex pee Re ven also we charming plants of Alla- 
3 rrienak a dho Ie wish an answer to. my question on Sania: Aire rnanan, Azaleas, and Feren Mr. Dod? ie 
cime Fiton ces mind of the experimenter to spri inkle ‘the grounds, i ay IA o feel certain that we use a most ex- nas far as dis splay of flower was concerned, was 
cle in De n most economical and Ma nocoma proliferum was, how- 
parit toowarm thes ‘flue, This ee surely with the aonni of science we | ever, in 1 good condition, and so was Aphelexis humilis 
up sufficien nt tempers ure, has been found to answer (as possess at our command we ought to know something |= LOBED, 6 fine kind with large: showy blossoms. Among 
definite about the cause oa produces Mr. . 
has follo wed, and now new leav are growing, | effect in an operation of every day pant abe: a aent 
aud the whole er AE a beauty ee than ean be given Be even the most ry njise; he kind raa mo pomon hanhan 
From this may not ithe inferen ce be: dra that eners sequ eenish h ye ellow: saucer-sha) ape ed 
l yi 
3 f. } 4% pee + hy: be 
ples 
—in trees on wal tandards, and in Ha op grounds— | What > na the Groups of .6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants came 
may, by timel. sae aba employment of Water, fire, | by the ci of Tobacco a — S destrvotire F fomi ga, Roser, bs Me, Morris: and „others. 
and sulphur,’ be in great part checked, mitigated, or | insect hfe? The nature of tha were "Aphelex s: macrantha purpurea; 
alrogether avoided ;:although,oficonrse, their applica. | tained, is it produced by Tobacco only, or may it be had sy caren aun, buxifolium, Abelis 
tion: sub Dio may bea marter-of difficulty, and prove | for the cost of collection from ou nf fields handsom e . greenhouse ` shrub ; ; ioe 
of less virtue? The virulence of that. exceedingly | There is e everything in favour of the latter supposition, i th Step Mr. Hamp 
enrious, novel di: istemper, i Si 80) (almost) wnaccount. P squarrosa, .a» yellow "dowered plant 
ably. last year affected the othe: erwise i0; nanese rin ttle “H. j prod ffect pa Tobacco in yer n, aryna ae a and Mitraria coccinea. 
babl e the e'results in burn-| Tall Cacti were shown by Mr.. Mortimer 
phobia—would “agro & also yield to the ge ntle | ing. At all events, a ofe n these, as facts, | Green, and a: beautiful seedling, a. cross from-Cerens 
“nlterative” - thus humbly presented for exhibition, would soon lead to less expensive, if n not-less offensive, | speciosissimus, came from Mr. Davey, of Colney Hatch. 
main cause of saj ! f a beautiful. violet colour with :® A 
their main 
pero i “a pal ya in great» part, ol of no small magnitude torthe’ community in general. defined rib of red. down the eentre, thus ico 
its taking the fo re mentioned, It ea you to | J. pleasing and rather, striking contrast of 
ps whether «the pies al who — apparently saved rdeners” Benevole-ut Institution, —We' have recent ly | Orchids were neither so sama Hi in Sn euch good 
my Vine crop dserves. especi ce for his in 1 eak or three articles in your Paper urging the RUD Y we have seen them, Of ;groups of 20 the 
He iset abourer in: my employment ; ; his name Samuel | elaims o a cap geo this institution has upon the | best Mr. Gedney.of Hoddesdon. ad 
James. Z. Clinton, sig ten sis near Royston, Herts. | public. So far so.good. But there is another point | tained i ‘Funcki, fe Pa eliow, kindy with 
“Hort ticulturad Frauds —Will saint (on permission) ore impor ortant than that to which I | brown streaked. lip ; sees Skinneri, finely flowered ; 
f claim: fi 
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im' for | Phalzenopsis ; Cattleya Mossiæ, ; Harrisonie, and» 
e a ‘herse! “Teren i jee ł gp hibit) | perba, the latter a rosy purple kind with deep-crimson 
name.of the plies spied th Gr ass seed for her | existing between different candidates. Afte r perusi ing yellow-streaked lip; Calanthe Masuca, a fine «plant 
lene, ion am more T segs lel ease 10 my own Saana a a biwan two were the most ne: but not sufficiently in bloom; and an: example - 
couldnot he on aitain did à ling o' ‘their nt position, tota elected | the rare Aerides maculosum Among Mr. Woolley's 
engine. } B 1 sew s Sint + were Dendro 
pars ane = : Trou into \ may dawa -from "tho application), who’ "inne ver ‘subseribed, numbers 523 | bium transparens, a- small flowered species of the nobile 
iwas: by | votes; whereas the votes i iz j f 5 especially when seenso finely 
saa a eer i = Paaraam a panpa aga tr Aaa 
