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THE GARDENERS’ 
tanith ts LE. 
[Novemper 1, 1856. 
me to mappoee | 
ects of 
growing a second time ; but if w 
ul 
others give their experience in this matter. Sigma, 
Fuchsi i 
Let 
ase oga in i as | the seas 
| the ‘following 
there was a. gentleman livipg at Philberd’s H 
« Filberts,” who cultivated all the best hard 
had. e sent my employer during the Stra 
k s 
Wintering ‘as.—It may interest some of your 
readers to know that moek of the new 
i wintered out of doors 
st 
the severe winters 
of intense frosts h 
A ays of. Fie Advocates of l-inch Drain-pipes.— 
I oi ary about 30 inches deep, 
Lage os a with the 
and. tender | apart t fro spect ge and 
by | procure ; and go 
se 
all 
; place them ama 2 to 3 iest 
use fer: the o A paring can 
vs ig up as the 
os backs. died ott A pints es 
ng jen over with ee 
piis two sex 
oes selecte car’ 
experiment, I am able to state that | so 
tan for 
ome utes are very ae to the disease on all m 
This shou e in 
IL shall A ane to "give 
of. 
our j ourn. al, 
kinds of soil, while others hav 
symptoms of the. malady, 
mind by all Potato s, 
y experience to any reader 
Rollin tomia gigan: 
ay in a sheltered 
carefully neta pas produce, size, qualit; y, &c in my 
Bennett, Gr. to Sir P.. P. Wakeman, 
ars es 
Scie bricks laid one over io! other, 
and forming togathan a 3-inch. circular waa iE: 
bore or pipe, » AS accom] panying figure. te 
h ion to open it a 
Es 3 yards only from its upper end, at 
find fully 1 inch of its Le ah filled up. 
by mere infiltration 
of an pa fou! 
Tis exact date I cannot e p seas TIY = 
tainly sinee 1776. IW. 
es Perdiswell "Hall, Worcester, 
ass Sere en for Walls .—The ‘following is a repre- 
arth te: 
over the athe two mon niha, when it w. 
|remtnese on ogee ene in December it its Tapid growth- 
rendering thi It now measures 2 feet 
8 as 
covers dial x. a Peach wall in the gardens here ; itis a 
tmi f A Ae f; hi f 4h 
ing been in use for two 
xceedingly useful. both as a 
kind I have heard of, and hav 
seasons I have found it e 
fine a — I was induced to mae it through 
+| protection from frost, in spring and for encouraging a | lat 
felt some intere 
growth ol 
lens: Aea you that many specimens. were to 
be found at some not sai a acoeamhla papot, in Wales. | 
among a a few aks this au n, I h 
kJI 
ean the wood ne mag ppan in autumn 
h bei 
g and bunting. 
end, a greatest pio tok Ae consist in not 
th ear 1 foot 4 inches. T ther was 
robust. plant when receiv and unfortunately its. 
leading shoot got broken; but one of the- tiny 
eral shoots was tied up, which soon formed anice 
leader, This. plant now measures 2 feet 4 inches. 
at base, 24 domyer bag the 
branches es, 1 foot 9 inches; growth this year, }Ł foot 
k „inches, Mildew (or something else D oa peter 
eing onan ess of mo pionin at the 
and frost ge -n — in ag hod tree has 
cae growing. The buds only 
halt- ri pene ed condition, | which makes them less able to 
is iak once removed 
Wm. 
Araucaria i 
Araucaria imbricata at Dr 
Having been 
_ the oldest trees in Marl Rest Forest are of this kind 
and so is the chief ee of rh -_ round Southgate, | 
and an afternoon’ s 
n 
ramble through the shad ines th 
| ferring it from the wall to the border to ward off heavy 
British climat _ bly portable glase sereen. will ina in my tau thon ate unties, the property o of 
ist G. ton, Esq., Mil lling ngton House, Bridestowe, 
Oakhampton, Devon. Its height i is 20 feet, Cantona of 
rain 8, and it will also assist in increasing its warm 
rem a 
moval is a simple matter, being per 36 i ons 
weather would enable any on 1l their pockets with 7 feet from the eae 24 cache in es nee. The 
acorns, now fully ripe yi Old Subscriber. m situation. is well drained, very humid, well sheltered 
Old Pe d Necta ees.—Can any of your pF the north wind, but e: on the south. side 
inform me what is the age of the Pea ch. and ' e wind from the piss I mAH mi for the: 
ine t in th den of H 4 benefit of travellers, and those rested i uch mat- 
near Battle? Also if it is considered i for ters, 
trees of these kinds to be of great age. A Constant 
—In reply to the inquiry of “Citizen” (me 
Co ap me to state that I have some Mim: 
athe the habit of swimming in the water-courses o 
which are about 1 ft. 6 in. or 2 ft. wide, and ra i 
ep. C. P., Nailswort 
‘oes in Tan 
tan, a practice I have ever since followed with the b 
toes grown under this method have 
by s both at public exhibitions 
me, the fi they 
i pen 
isease, 
o not ume to say thet i i is zm, tai through 
em in old tan. owever, a very | 
great point in their fa Se is entirely through 
ing this that my Potatoes have g oe called forth 
1l $ LASS 
formed by two men in a short space of time, no rafters 
ie either case being used. The sashes are made upon 
| the most economical principle, with as little carpenters’ 
work as possible. The glass is made to slide 
Oakhampton to Cornwall, Alec, or Piano. 
Nursery, Plymouth. 
Potices of Books, 
Mr, Van Voorst has added © his works on English 
Zoo! es only, 
on the ngay Coast, by the Rev. George Tugwell, of 
naturalis bo it contail 
profi by; for the sinew head is se and he ie is 
„ | eviden! 
mcg! a master of that art 
Sabah story is little be ne than of mist or— 
dare w e ay, it?—of moonshin i especially we 
refer to pp. 98 and 99, ware the stu rage t will find an 
example of the way in which the eslentiie distinctions 
| which fill the sash 5 a oe of Benepe lead put sia» 
z 3 a wood pin through, t 
grooves in astragals its own thickness, tee lengths of | the 
anest. ca pacity.” Since we regard Mr. Tugwell 
he belies skilful in teaching those who are familiar 
eac hable, we must give a few familiar 
PPAT 
ay 
| oe: ‘require, 
I 
"The “ends > the, ana are left a foot 
Ss 
with sprinklings as soon as. sufficiently ripe, 
that I always escape the ase, that is. 
ly bad ones worthy of notice, a 
unless these points are strictly h 
nd 
1 | coping of 
an 5 an inch board 8 ‘inches wide is fixed under ‘the 
E 4h 
of a| the sash to rest against, and which is kept fast by half- 
nr wed on This. 
“ Hy Hyde ai ain hydra-like (hydra, 2 an BESA. Wha ie 
in 3 hudor, water, Greek ; forms, ® shape, 
Latin), . 
“ The Hydra of old story was a monster who lived in 
as one 
short treatise on the Potato, recently written by me for pee ir re kee -board is fixed by a | head was cut off, two more appeared, unless the actual 
Mr. Atkinson, wW „ and attached t over cautery was a WaS probably a rept 
his seed list, it was particularly recommended that te i thi ith t 
by planting early, using early varieties and large sets, | fillet fi 
the best means would be employed of i is- | and at 4 orate the i“ Thom — pes coping aoe the causes d the evil. The iginn wis is a fresh 
ease, which I believe now everybody is fully convinced | rem: ain fixed when „the sashes oved. I have| water zoop hy te, b a gre cen. siti- 
PA A ‘but surely it is a folly to int ad varieties, &e., | little h Pp 
if they ter they ward æ account of — penere prove | than his oe 
second rot, which jhe fi cheapest: covering we can get. John|  “ Parasitic, the. s name of an anemone, A 
portion of the Potatoes og ae perte i Webster, ‘Gordon a Castle, parasite was a person who stationed himself (paray 
were perfectly ripe by the aad. of July or the beginnin Swallows. bleci t to call it| beside (siton) the food (Greek) of: another ; hence» 
of August, and the haulm dried up; the crop at |a ph served ae me and others on the! originally, a, m c, then it degenerated: (to~ 
that time was perfectly sound, in fi ly a bad.| 27th s onamni aereoa On that day, BEA less than | gether with. the into the idea of flattering, 
Potato was to . Now, if these then been | 40 cubice inches of rain passed into my rain gauge |‘ toadying,’ and. the like ; afterwards it applied 
taken up and stored away the crop would have been berm an 8-inch square funnel (or 64 square inches), | in N: Hi to up their 
perfectly free from disease. The point since tb abode.on or about some other ani or some plants, 
of i is. to have th Trop ocality, swallows not only “hawk’d” very low, | and did not select a freehold of their own.” 
iently fe the risk of vicissitudes of score touching the ground in their regi flight and The mode.of analysis is after the following fashion. 
ts of wet and cold at| evolution H a Radiate is, and how a Polyp i= 
hi 3 
Ls 
8, 
the oisfia and in kon asa of th d in th 
Street, 
ipren 
swallow (Hivundo jpeg of White), the martin 
oe a l EN but in this instance tout te gage Sp paseo — 
observed usivelys The excessive| . “Is.he partly covered with a hard shell.or coating of 
a | ett of rain that fell between the ome of limes! tortigzariet wi 
September 15th and thenight of the 29th must, I pre-; “If so, he is a coral ; and we pass i s 
sume, have ave brought down Sen the insects. which ti y fes and. covered: with askin 
abi D anode 
to 
ground. J: Towers. 
enkor onanoi T following fact may per- 
to strengthen. Mr. Myatt’s statement with- 
respect to this variety; Seven years: ago, more or less, on & 
“If so, then heis not a.coral, and we asks few more 
questions. about him :— nob 
Oh. Auadiacesioats found to. be united, 
