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тап, 39, 1885) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 363 
ате of the fine Crimean | purpose that the air сап be heated in such 
flues 
^ plicatus, and the little bulbous | 100° Fahr. and LY Ky which is probably as high as as DESSERT ORANGE CULTURE. 
Jata, which presents, especially when the flower | might ever be mode N Christmas Day, 1864, I had the pleasure of 
ng, Ше most surprising and lovely contrast of | heat. adding to my dessert, Saint Michael's, Tangieri rine, and 
M and gold ever seen in a flower; with a buen, ry air drains I propose that earthenware Maltes e Bloo 1 Ora nges, all | fror m my Orange-house, and 
ling of Bul ium vernum, which would push | pipes r 4 inches bore (in fact, 1 from Co у 
то, M ome large flower-buds as early or earlier Rn Af елд and faucet ends, but onl y placed one Gardens the third sort I conld not pro s they 
"p susiauus. The inner edging ot the bed blue the e o ther, and in no way cemented) "shall be con- | had not arrived, Now came that sime “interesting 
Crocus ain surrounded by the bright D ғ b of the % А. е, under tbe нік and | period in after-dinner chit-chat — comp The 
Hepat which, when well done, is one of the prettiest кез the outside walls (as indicated o e plan), | Saint Michael's from * the Garden ^ Ике, very fine 
aizoides, ing little plants that pass колы in the | having ратро ц ай i " alon E. ipee of | fruit, but their flavour w t 
most telling plar P p E ge ng | r was flat, and not at all first-rate. 
bigh corps of vegetation. This garden, I repeat, | the ou (V atmosphere the | The Tangierines, called in Covent Garden Mandarins, 
Ls single | bedding plant, nor should | hous gon Же with th eo ^ m. s imparting wm o | were juicy and good but not rich. The home-grown 
it be near the bedding garden, if possible. It would be | the o border А4 bottom heat to the plants, modified ав | Saint Michael's were plump, crisp, and bursting with 
do refined for яз game. William Robinson. menie d. s nd. pa ма ving, ap "p. from tha numerous joints joco, eq Шү, E more aromatic than 
ir in e foreign Tangierines from the same 
It is thought that Tis Фа И» ot diffusing heat in | house were rather over-ripe, but very rich. TR 1e Maltese 
NEW MODE dg acer WR " the border and ie E рай the, ho ouse e could rea adily be EIN from trees growing alongs ide the two varieties 
1 e-men ntio ned, Were s scarcely ripe, but their flesh was 
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(1864, p маа І now sen ough sketch türes of the to теран pipes, more or Ada and in | name, and peculiarly cris ‚е ‚ and aromati 
supposed und plan of an Et house, 42 p the simp lest ma З due deliberation ethe fam 5 mily ju ev gravely adn eid 
o rdin y Oran 
M and of the mode in which I propose that it | heated and retain and give out heat in any y required any import ted their Та, foi consistii ing in that 
should be heated, I assume that the same system degree, and sæparianos could alone determine their | crispy l es have 
beapplied to houses of various dimensions, action and regulation. PA o. their being al thered bef 
propose that the entrance door Shall be at the om far it бтлу ош Y be ed heat; but water deri are а ripe. M 
side, in order to admit of a furnace being placed at one | applied to d surface of the house and border, and rown Oranges are до novelty, for Evelyn (Т 
end and the chim пара vae ther pede brick flue of | esp he tiles Tee a breadth of 3 feet up | quote y 5^ memory) tells us in his Diary, that in 
Di squar g up ewe e from the | ће ае diee speedily be converted into vapour. | February, 1660, be “ 
famace to the 2. with au 2 -— also of | But it will be seen that in the bottom of the air drains | he ate in his life;" these were from nd neighbour 
iode крае on each side, i sir of which ; must it is proposed to place a second tile over the actual | Orangery, and since then good hom anges 
e e he eated as ag bott tile, continuously along the whole length of | have been eaten by many persons Silk oddl оош, 
Жр e air drains, leaving acavity such as may be fo e: no one has ever attempted to  systematise their 
best jmd and tiles, An the oad Н silicon, i in ago t a shallow trouzh, which would of | culture, owing probably to the cheapness aud fine 
I have ascertained by an experiment made for course acquire the heat of the other bricks and tiem | qaality of those imported—a fact not to be dispute, for 
FIGURE IL.—GRouND PLAN. { 
excellence. „Still, this ought not to deter x i star 
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Garden than are grown in private garden ns? and the 
same es other kinge. sf fruit, gst E are not eaten 
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The, is no doubt but that the Orange is a tropical 
tree, if judged by the рео its frui; attains in the 
West d үп Islands and іп South America, „but it may 
be grown in England in Vu p 
we may l M semi- tropi ical, $4. e, а 
sich m from 45? to 50? in winter, and 
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А B, a length of 42 feet; B О, an inside width. АА feet; D,« entrane ; E, furnace ; F, base of Before I describe the method of culture which is so 
pum Bonn; GH, contral passage, Ф side passage to 2, both 3 feet wide and lid with best successful here, I may as well state that dessert Oranges 
aving a centre flue of 1 foot square оа furnace E to chimney Е, and on еазһ side of " t EE 
е P4 air drain built in briok side walls, 1 foot square. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6. т, 8 t the line a. QA n9 TON. m5 qooler. temperature, pu P ond 
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bens анде at the point. О. standing up on surface of beds to convey hot ai into the house, the pipes flavoured. Tangierine, Mandarin, and St. Michael's 
T бе юш fon, thè n drain on the side of the flue. І, а well say 10 foot ста diio: which water Oranges, if grown in а conservatory or greenhouse, will - 
О СЕНЕ DO. ESTIS a e набот е тол [n шой жез ipn he folowing пише. I n heated 
Р | 1n mos: case; sri en пе FOHO 
ah. io be supplied with water at one end for 107. or 127., which, psu pared with the cost of a hot- | O 1 b ў Ыс and т 
01у filling the ut рр of the trou gi, тыта орж paratug, isa small в their fruit, the i followin autumn up to Christmas, the 
Jeng vaporised ассо accordin, gre pp ght be an improvement that the square F е de nd 
es ta the air iom ciet, P ena up E Re, и the base bd d TOW S АБС, be pla: сей ripening n October, just as the last. p oos are 
among the риев aad their joints into the borders | inside instead of ла e house, as its Beight fished y far as my ЫЫ nce has Dum this 
of the h e plants, and into the e ge dei wo ould be about 12 foot iride and the whole heat from |sort is often confounded with Ше ndarin, 
ыа, d ouse through d x Емши | npparently of "A same Me pat. with larger and mor 
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ету ие. ym | have WE e. Malta F^ i China under that 
] laid upon апа | the tree has largor and ня foliage, not so pointed 
along the гөрә El ai е e ang іегіпе ; the iru » more js than it, and 
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their i ч т І L fmd none of the garde ners’ books mention it—in fact 
alg 7ft біп Tft Gin. to the feet in|except McIntosh, who recommends Ora mge trees, if 
with moderati ascertain safe rnles of чш а-а кела runs along them cultivated for their fruit, to E tr ines. on & Kis 
direction which. €: pelear eoa any | The entrance into the house is placed at the side | under glass, after the manner of Peach t Thou 
іва p» praetice авіа р беа nstead of the —— is usual, in order to admit of the | son, in his ' Gardener га" Assista int, seems not 
пее to the lom riptio; of. (eed arrangement in| Pm being cr p^ one end. and the с chimney at thought o of d wi ith 
the arrange 4 у Dim s sent Pw ярі „if | the other, tho и thereby running straight up d culture years ago, one "has to advance 
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Via 2 опа sim s ы? су аря the | ence in the door being placed at the side instead of| Тһе Orange- -house ћете, in which many of the 
the best fire-ol; consisting of tiles and bricks e о | the ран — the short passage from it isa small | were lately in full bloom, ш som " * uid St. bae. 
: Porn Ш. a earthenware pipes T din ваше | loss 0! with Sos fruit on them 'ed structure 
—8котюм or Fror ахр эр agi ideas which hav 60 feet b; у, Ж еме wi ight на per ater pipes. 
—— consequence. of an experiment I "have ау, madai in А рай is and о ch side js a raised 
ie ados i nage Me file in pots. 
low heated а 
Е ui Air Mushroom house, and a place for raising Seakail; | The E of slates, o the of-a shal 
Jaa $ Flue Draía rm brise p а little different for these э purposes. I hare chamber, formed b placi ie bars across from а 
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made very useful for the growth of fruit under ан wall running along the side of the The slates 
in orohard houses ire robably a vineyard under | should. have а lap of 1 inch, and be bedded down either 
and f 4 ful. manner, 80 o | glass, upon Mr. queries plan, of Vines grown in the | with mortar or т clay. Two 4-inch hot-water pipes are 
4, org Seen open pipes M iie inside border, perpendicular, j and fixed to i iron rods, laid horizontally along the centre of each — close 
к es in the bore, so s to sui it| wo woul By n bars 
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fufüicient houssi of. vies Я bottom 4 heat, Baptini rae moist, ‚ апа ап siste as to be abont 3 inches riha wio pipes; rm air 
them at ica qun distenses | Gio roset ventilation. ates, making я warm 
and round Mel Mim — T Fs е һе at were too great, the croes-pipes might be | ^ 80* the year — л "rhe к Sie мамаа 
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workmanship and on the ai epen f 
materialas d Fe -— dn hol tside walls of | be 12 1 чи wide the "etel path should be 3 feet wide, 
belio is that tha or a ‘Tor the bs dione | drums ma sud pod sospeso то эн and each border 4| feet wide; if 14 feet wide, each 
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