822 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{December 18, 1856, 
by putting a boiler at each end of the range of house: 
he has now only two, and I believe the alteration 
prom: mig = Lat toes satisfaction. I kno w another 
kvað» 
name e I seen it in fruit elsewhere. 
The ätiotés Ar are e haġa ‘met shouldered’: ay small, 
olou 
globular i in i form, of a a very de eep black e 
Vin range of pits, and them 
efficiently. oT is. x therefore worth the ‘rouble to to ‘inquire 
alm mn Ratner plan of having 
is t that can be adopted, 
or whether Messrs. Weeks's = n, followed out to a 
certain dele is not a better method of heating. That 
brous matter, flavour very sw his sort is much 
T E it does not fhowerer keep to a late 
unt of the berries Mane 3 so free from 
„is often semi-opaline, from a milkiness which exists in 
some of the masses ; ain A vant this, evidently on ly 
ly n, which weigked 
of nearly 3 Ta he usual size rik e Tame nts is that of 
a hen’s egg. The quantity of these gums received in 
the s port of Liverpool i is enormous ; more than 150 tong 
e imported i in 1855, the who le of whichit was stated 
"The folia ge is peculiar, being large 
downy aniktresth: This variety, like No. yA 
rnishes, under the 
va. 
eee name of Copal, 3. “ Note respecting certain 
ery 
colours 3 deeply black whenever it is grown and 
"of houses few will deny y, and it is not a litle 
surprising that one of the heaviest — ae of Blac 
Hamburgh Grapes wn in this 
untry w: mA roduced much 
aise system of heating. C. "Antioh, Monks 
kham. 
than any 
lobium montanum,” by D. Oliver, Esq., jun. 
This Taper consisted of a description of “certain glan- 
un my observation. James poms’? Basing Park. 
[ ai names of these v 
this coun autumnal rosettes of bo Epilob’ ium montanum m, 
ot is } decidedly “different from the 
d 
‘oh eh 
try. 
Stee Tk and i is a thinner skinned and much richer 
> ty ‘ape. arbarossa belongs to that class of V 
sll ed 
Which the a 
intendent. 
e leaves of which assume a deep ara ppe ting | 
n quest 
© Mem 
torpidity , and the production vot fat in hybernating 
M.D. 
Sir Ha 1 Aree pel a7vy.—Noticing that you state that when beginning to fade; but the Grap | animals,” by G. B. Holland, 
oy H: other Stra inet aoe th 00 but N tin 2, do T. or We attach no i y mpor ore whey No.3 è 
with col ates eg tos u and 2 are real acquisitions, remarkable for < 
that as repr £ Sir Harry this n cert 4 P f their qualit, y. Hotires of Books, 
g Pinela on Windermere stio m 28th mber PERF ae i 
now in the Crystal Palace a 4th December both rrapi mimi High fe The Lord of the Isles, a new illustrated edition, 8yo. 
ty. this tise T porches from pti ory Thermometer on a rth w Seana Sits Black, Edinburgh 
the propagator, no one can be n if they Readings me sid tt mum! An exquisitely beautifl book. The wild scenery 
+ ea ey Underhill’s Sir wih one ol of | pescstiig 24 hou amidst which the poem s laid seems to have led the 
e prints in question. Henry H skison, E rae wena ll, blish 
Worcestershire. [We abide by our opin ior | Mex. | Min, | Mean edition illustrated in a manner worthy of its author ; 
w relating to removal rihous —A case of | Noy, 28 37. 26 31.50 they have been ably seconded by Birket Foster, John 
siderable importance to the clergy was ad Intely ted Y 35. 24 29.50 Gilbert, and Messrs.. Whimpe Evans, and the 
bat eied na se at the tifne, and since ey enI|_» 30 32. 22, 27. 20. on Sejer result is pad of the handsomest volumes which the 
meet with anything about A — 3 Y a pong oN glis pre s produced. The paper itself, a pene’ 
rie the names, > 2) ok 7 22.50 | 16. onearthofgarden | Mai mao, why like that which Her Majesty was plea 
5 ad been presented toa co sa to pre- |» 4] 2950 | 14 21.75 | 11.50 on os no Grass | to select for the “ Natural t of the Dee-side, i "sets 
vent the hirka of the deceased clergyman from off the cuts to great advantage 
removing a hothouse erected byhim. Could any one tell | Th m8 , scarlet, and gold 
me how the judgment was given, and whether it a e in strument is a a Six’s pennan T. 8. peA P. can render it, 
uall Oa la (bridd frame: bii Ri pening Str ranberrien on Hollow Walls.—The Straw- a 
equally apply (brick) ilt on the 
surface of the ground, the foundation bein ho a n here fe season were som A Descriptive Geography of —- By T. Challener. 
and the the brick-work built upon that? bem £ the finest 1 have ever r flavour and size ; Small 12mo. Longmans. 
you È he case and be able to| oo el age was Tipened on both sides and to the Although this is a neat little volume it ar ot to be 
we R., Br JP for school or any other pur. 
Yee howa T's should be uch o E any of you: ut much sun, the flavour was exquisi ite. Myatt’ = pose. Take for instance what the fre Sy says of 
atiiallext size an iee-houso doula be made to receive the 
material ; for of course the greater quantity “ai more 
certainty o of eeping 5 oo. any experience they may 
p, 
have 
shistiy se e ground, with double w. 
thick]; with Heather. A 
p ae Othe best way to “heat a small greenhouse 
at the back of a room Teo another chimney would be 
ireular 
ged b; 
ng experienc, the | PE 
“Timber trees, fruit-trees, ete ied te orticul- 
whic! 
tural produc ctions,? thin ngs 1 hav thly con- 
He pee children that plants 
obtained it would be invaluable, never saw I alare found in every elima ate, which is n Amon 
Strawberry that could be compared with it for size and pe timber trees uit teaches bikat. Ai © indies the 
producing abundance of fruit about > Laurel, the Laburnum, and the Elder, which are not 
ening, i. e. of exposing the fruit on pate 
only not timber rire an all, but mere exotics having 
nothing to do with the geography of England. He 
Strawberr: 
hollow vite a plan I adopted last season with th 
wal 
unsightly, is to make a 
we ecess. Th e walls I used wee pman curved 
ind 
productions of Englund » are—the Royal Forests ! tS and 
Oar d 
n teaches moreo 
means of pipes carried along a TE = the walls of 
the greenhouse. Let a valve for cold air be pee 
“ad 
freshly made, so as to form a half ei iy I Sayt it on 
the side of the plant where the fruit grew, so arranging | 
fi 
Opposite the valve in the chamber through which the | , 
hot air escapes, to cause it to circulate. This plan will 
be found efficient for a small greenhouse. An Old Sub- 
at Basin: Dunean, the gardener 
the full power of the sun, The 
ved were a ws: The heated tile im- 
Saat, e as follow 
nth to the fruit, which not only caused it to 
arted warmt 
Siin po but thoroughly. 
Being hollow it did not | 9 
pr Ae n productions! ! ook no further. 
We must add that the e plan is no better than the execu- 
tion ; it inde all sorts of hiis that = « children * do not 
t to know, and those things are as we have shown 
very ill tla ned. 
becom overhe ated, and u unlike perpendicular w walls the 
Gra sing Park.—Mr. 
here, faving sent us three Grapes of which we had ne 
previous know pi oe of which two were fi 
black sorts, he voured us with ae follo keine 
account of them them :—The bl. Gimp No. 2, which 
I forwarded to you for inspection, differs” oy 
from the Barbarossa, to which it had been 
+ 
rays ot the sun ; and, ert is of importance, it received 
lashin at the 
n Pai: s h Qi we 2a}, +, L DS FP By a 
Evidence given at the Trial of William Palmer for 
the Murder of John Parsons Cook. By Alfred S. 
Taylor, M.D. esa on, Longmans, 8vo, PP. 152. 
The Ape er case may be reg having 
settled once for ‘al the important point that t the non- 
none of the on $ e same time the 
hollow pps preve vaporation T some aae and 
snails w lp hea under the til in a trap. 
This LENNE a have found beat all others for ripen- 
es above the middle size, voundish oval in form, of | 
| ing and l prize fruit. 
These tiles 
taine da e kiln for about ll. per 1000, a little 
o 
mare ob- | em 
ore 
Sigma. 
f non-poiso ning. Ever ry one remembers with what 
0 
being ch 
+h 1 
Camellia Buds—I beg to inqui hy the 
cer rtain medi cal wi itnesses called for the de fen 
serratures much | more pointed, In the 
are more deeply Pi hre 
80 er instead of their 
flowe 
being as usual in amelan prim 
way an tien ra a furnished with blossoms, 
red size. The trees h 
e on approachi ng maturity, 
green until they are 
e: 
a law, chemical tests are not conc 
been administered Dr. Taylor o ooe to have ha 
it. The se nn ry at issu n the scientific gentle- 
men w f the hig E Tonernes to society, as 
well aso m eof “considerate. interest in a medical point 
of view n whether evidence furnished 
under glass. R. A. H; Wansfell, 
[There is something aa at the root. Perhaps th 
new root: 
f keeping for 
period afier ripening, and it ts so very much | 
Sears werd ihat Tae v ponia considerably extending | 
It has been 
Food x pipri ram bu] 
Societies. 
rag a a 2.—The Pr President in oe chair. 
J. Ball, Esq, M. P.; W. B. Carpenter, 
, worth, E 
im} papers 
eof 
Hill, yä John Garland, Esq. ; and w A Holds- 
qQ, were elected Fellows. The _ following 
form 
: R Sia 
| chemica Ar tests alone, to the exclusion niget derived 
j | from other brai pean Ay itredionl science. The kerse of 
ne “yin i ma hg P can -popel prin us, is to show the 
e says— 
nih Tle Mie a ania gee no: poison be 
fourd by by chemical analysis in the body f= ue e this 
question generally. Ata very early pe: 
gress of this case, it was found ihat ia B pean defenef fled 
toms of Coo! 
not ae Bi 
if it cannot 
assi 
ease, the only point on which it 
If it be stl tin oan nt died oi 
re read :— bee ae 
“ig ” by P. H. "Sal Esq. 
new polyp 
g proper 
Of this lypus, 
was named Lar Sal ie ay =i beautiful drawing 
on the African 
emplayedy 1 the ah atest to be 
as taken, and that 
poi A the stomach, 
anrs, | except the poison be sil Gam aa ia ail of thant 
A ma aa e pee The other two are | 
The yellow sort. 
rt | easily revealed by tests 
same time ? Is the viper-poison 
ee ee ts ase car of rabies, 
