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DECEMBER 20, ie 
which 1 felt much interest in making in quiry, It 
managed thus:—The grow zu is read trenched wi th a 
abundant addition of the best rotten dung from old 
beds. It is then wee into ee about 3 feet 
6 ashes, with alleys 2 feet 6 inches in width. 
hey plant er wit igtce 20 in ches or 2 feet apart in 
the usual routine follows till the ne: xt 
THE ss mioto barma 
CHRONI 
onds, an onally others which 
fer tile, 
| primey y ovate-lanceo! 
ly partially ; and this side shows a decided tendency to 
Te grows Poaha a foot and a half h high, the fronds eae ges 
and | bract 
CLE. 837 
cease growing ; 
poe se a the green half of the 
| diferent per aie on Sapala te sides of the peduncle, 
and cracks an sea I have known the 
whilst the 
segme! 
prene ia rigid ANTK which are seal 
These fronds are at leas 
t quadriy pinnate, the primar y 
PPF 
wa 
h 
and 
H 
m the adj joining alleys, The 
Floral tl th Branain aa organs” 
o e n No, mah ‘of the Bean 
very distinct, oo which rab are perhaps 
ey form a + sae piels for hot dung, with 
which they are filled as the produc ce may be r equi lired ; 
, the ni 
of the ;Seements not being distin 
y ih me width of the bed. These 
e Diane ae oes white A pi agus. 
ds are stp, Ax: previously to being forced, and 
ee desire to have vai excellent S in its 
rfe etion,, pen give speci cial cultu 
ponn 
beds produce the 
The di 
2 rimar. secondary pinnæ 
are sina 
segm raj th. “ster ae bean below 
od Sols lin: pemi ple, | th 
with one on red yore above ; so that the ultimate 
ivisions may be deseribed as na rrowly w edge-s' shaped 
y and se 
the tertiary divisions ae the 
cut 
nt bases | may be 
guia fr aroa the 
q 
‘Corolla. Five Year forming a “Papilionaceous ” 
(Butlergly-shaped) flower. The uppermost or innermost 
yi ring the gro oons 
are planted about four feet apart on the flat Ea A nd 
filled this material. I saw this in 
the grounds of M. Chevali ier, at La Chappelle, whose 
goar rters of Cardoons were wonderful to behold. 
Perhaps it is one of the strangest things that they 
r lad D, 
all as perfectly plain as the wild gers and cabins G to 
the fondness which the French evince for de ecoration, 
nde 
wonders at this, 
tt is usual with market gardeners, who are o bliged to 
crop heavi Me to manure heavily peo Pig! S R never 
yas gig manurial mi e Paris 
gardens 
It being the the middle of Oct 
t | a single vein along its centre, which terminates before 
reaching the point. The ferti ile fi 
opportunity 
of seeing the very inte: pA FEAA of planting the 
Lottpece u the cloches or bell- glas: s of which 
E 
the “3 A slo oping bank is formed for | 
the p the which is almost catirely com- 
d of well-rotted manure from the old Melon beds ; 
nothing could in fact be lighter or richer than it is ; 
each bank is made 6 or 7 feet in width, and the glasses 
are p A aeaa The | pgs plants 
ich are rai co 
again thinned to 8, and finally to ol, under ak pate 
The a with which these are cultivated is very great, 
and pey soppy. phe magisa rkets long betore we 
the Chinese.Yam pro- | 
ducing very fine large tubers in this “land of the = 
but was bred disappointed when I saw that! the roots 
were’ not bigger {after two years’ ion i 
Vil I have at 
noticed a pretty pyriform Tomato in that 
the Chinese Radish, of which I bought 
Bailey, Nuneham , Dec 
t garden, ‘and | 1 
seeds. Henry | al 
To be continued.) 
a 
of the Corolla. 
petal (s), differently a shaped from 
the “ standard” (vexillum 
tal 
AMENS AND Fie: (ENLARGED) 
length, and tis form a membranous cis about the 
portions supports 
pa Each of the free upper an 
her (a). 
.B. The majority of of British papilionaceous 
have an ap args rmost si e, the other nine coher- 
ing. ORAY if cays oral In many 
exotic papilionsceons flowers, are all free 
a Ae Sae esion. 
—This consists of a single carpel, and offers a 
GARDEN FERNS.—No. XVII. 
NEW 
30. Gruwocramma PERUVIANA, var, ARGYROPHYLLA, 
of T. 
from the gar rden 
hy aper such an organ is 
lt “al 
pound, but they differ in having the ultimate segments contrted Ne anal a eo ‘il i Tigi fois A od 
not cuneate but linear and mucronate, considerably | 9 ere, Aa y yp te T tuk einstaka Gan 
ie longer, ee bgp roe pees eat mel Bie re per correspond to py under surface of ie leaf, the inside 
| These narrow segments have a iia r sorus extending ot te $ a a th pper a h air 
— each margin, the indusia of which meet in the eutare” (o). fie of te tha 
Pee See earair A egment is occupied by the ee i Bae out and fi he 
rar: ed “style” (sty), on the summit of which is t 
ri isa mig ue East ‘Indies, where Ba maera in “stigma” (ti), iy, meg ia of of the | 
age | is exposed, all ing covered, as saves 
Phin ine Islands. It is a very elegant ern, | he ma 
wh ne gre no doubt become a prar favourite with | bY a in (epidermis.) Within the ovary O g 
i ian habitats, it | 
culti 
may be expected 
especially if the cultiva 
a ski 
f the ll gf swell a little ee the line of 
nam igp ras baht aoe From 
ventral suture, 
the placenta are developed smal a bodies alter- 
d from any of the cooler habitats of the species 
£i 
£ 
} 
ha 
though s 
which have been imported 
Orchids. Though a very desirable 
a = Sa ar distinct appearane 
of 
"R 
pa p cultivations 3 
ornamental point 
nat a 
ceraceous 
ing the gata of 
can eer: = 
; Fuh 
being frosted with a yet there 
Gymnogram: oak pac 
as figured by Kunze (Schkuhr Supp. i., 65, t. 32), w. which 
is not the ? gos reese = named in gardens. The latter 
o be that led G. distans by Link. The 
par Rp ara” OF Ay ev 
the Re 
of a mere “ floral ree 
which, however, we have no ilmaa. T. M. 
PRACTICAL LESSONS IN ROTASI 
calle ri rae Q anand eggs) des- 
tined to become seeds w] 
NB. The formation of compound pistils may be de- 
ferred to a more general Lele peer of the alterations 
d ovules as they respec- 
tate 
receptacle,” just sufficient z support 
the floral organs. It is i nstruc tive, and wil l lead to 
Silver.f; 
cant “of tripinnate ovate fronds, the 
ay pone 1 of Sarg are A ctememe and lobed. 
iter there than other 
kinds are ies ease: as was 8 n the gossip 
ry) 1 ite wh 
ace qu 
the specice a and the other silver Ferns grown 
IS CH: 
and floral o 
einen affect an 
r out a 
y oa arvensis) covered with fi 
Sead e the way in which ee 
rmediate co ginal ries — 
d fi mail TSM, as it we: ether 
pert oe my i bran ith eaves, or a a peduncle 
Garden 
organs, 
Ill 
. | tively pass to the gegen of fruit and pry 
and continued.) 
TRADE MEMORANDA. 
Gro ana states that he is a Market Gar- 
derger, wih 10 acres of land, living at Stratford, 
Home Correspond 
Or “das aA ge Peniahip eo Flora,” 
allow me to furnish, in reply to her inquiry about 
growing Orchids in a conservatory where the tem- 
Lents rature falls to 45°, an extract from Paxton’s M. 
agazine 
tte Late xiv, p. 13. “In our principal Orchid house 
orth, a 
we have 
pat ioe which ans dea oe k portion ; the border is 
made of rough blocks of Oak, seraggy pieces of gnarled 
a 
ith leaf mould from the woods, pieces 
| small a nd sags Portions “of f this. transferred to 
K 
introduced, and into these the 
used are C 
y 
aaa omit characte 
ew and my 
N.B. Illustrative examples of zx relation subsisting 
flower-bud: common among 
t toa 
whole under surface of the narrow divisi 
pós. Cò spitose, adhere short 
mucronate ; sori linear PaA oda marginal, } but |} 
a tA 1 | garden 
in these 
a 
ulips. Half a prei (longitudinally divided) i is, | 
the o half coloured. 
Miltonia one as or 
tigrina, Od eliene Tai biums, Cymbidiums, 
— Zygopetalums, pie fab Hog and a host of 
RPEN green, 
he temperature has 
d 
Fern, remark- of the lyera is evident Y 
sblerior its habit of b bearing distinct uy A and sterile | ev 
panas of ro 
on ra oe a yei very great _ 
