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Mar ô, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
411 
second year's owth being greater їп every case 
Mme m of the first or third year's. 
each end, to let off the hot air, would make the most 
have to mention in this de 
tment, aud indeed in many 
po the most orc А 
at has occurred since 1841, ed 
ber comple ete 1 e greenhouse for the leads of рё Sama if I was appointed Director, has been the retirem. - (owing to 
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hane yiel d of oil per acre from Peppermint likewise | jen enough, or for the cou rtyari rd a md в smal if affection of the eyes) of our able and highly valued Cur Pip. 
the season. The yield o obtained by d Mr. John Smith, who d Жаы of 30 78 has super- 
varies is from 81b. to 121b. The effects prode bricks all the year round, except LE severe fs p» [intende а iepartme of the Royal крк 2 — 
growers ; : es ар; elity have ecognised by the Tre: y 
by the qualities of the noil Mr more striking n ДАР Фе d "р: admit air free feo m blacks, and thus | granting him the Ым iode of а TANOBA, provicdo $e 
7 of Peppermint any other m the plants, ould grow Ж] blow. | my taking office, Mr. Smith's services to the Gardens and to 
o s ahy A side by de indicate, | | In severe frost, the bricks ma y be removed, and the | science were mentio with approbation by the Commis- 
of Peppermint g y М 
«rope Цой, cons ide — difference in uU yield o; sioners, Do report o condition of the Royal Gardons 
when tl the "16 Aud Ж TY h resented to Parliament in 1838; and they especially dre 
oil; and the eem antity is not unfrequently ч, e leads. now I have to point out the most | šttention to the fact, that to Mr. Smith alone [then a foreman) 
аг үз сгор, E к the most promi uable feature in these struetures—the most severe | was due the credit st having named any of the plants, whether 
appearance. in. baan remarked by many growers, Hein may be kept out of m if they are placed on теге interest of science or the instruction of the public 
Крзи d Mitcham, that poc Ten the ground, or on an "a stru xri et will not ? MAY m d, it has been found нач 
Миша raised at Mitoha, and laid out at Carshalton, admit the frost from beneath, То do this, old woollen ree ay ср, 
pi carpets, anager, " that at know wledgo of тагу EUN res d AA "lanta 
i j both in the aroma of "the oil s the quantity | matter how thick if е. [e be very severe— our late Cu sed. b his 
distilled, bo . The slow but os. Successor (also Mr. John Smith). Е" "1 head gardener Чо his 
obisi ч Grace the Duke of Northumber: Syon pues not only 
in tillage ind. w^ ivation, and that t the superior ity 5488) | bears the highest testimonials for skill and ability as a horti- 
the Mitcham produce is due to some peculiarity of А a tine assists in pvo ont frost. quiturist and ая а general manager, but has further long been 
,In the о ЖШ, we use dry straw, whioh; if heaped оп | known to myself and other ists as having that special 
soil alone. Dr ix s эры for the erre em of Ld fear and economico pa ants, 
; nou gh, will resist the most severe frost, bys for which the Syon gardens have long been celebrated th ww 
copa me B cultivated peres for distilla. | straw | b. mof a dapted to small town € ens. І need | out Europe. 
gro I have p^ to add that Mr. Smith, who entered upon 
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ion, and рафи as dried flowers, he bad a Sil н юу 
оу ү їз вой 
i e Ад the — терш т have 
development by man Ея 
I do not believe e кч p a distinget variety. The 
is kind is 8 lbs. The 
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aere. е Lave 
v were distilled, the PW of 
oil supplied comes will 
Mentha Pip., p about 2060 1b. Ol. Гата 
le quantity ot үч der is 
30,000 
at е tem of 100? Fahr. by a 
"Chamomiles are dried, they 
are are ^ picked: picked? ТЬ in separatin, 
This operation cons 
the darker flowers. Тһе “bunched” plants are dried in 
open sheds, ge] from the action of direct sunlight. 
not poing i раф to that large class of amateur gardene ers 
the rs of bedding p 
may Am from using Ground Vineries to pres erve 
them during winter, No fire and its botherations are 
ill carry 
d that only, which 
and thickly cov iis ed. If 
y small iioi er may pre 
bedding plants. 
The roof gardener referred to by Mr. Bell in his 
ke the Ground Vinery placed on bricks а 
g the 
tre 
пое [ua A s Md ro v fon 
I have Pun tly fit fitt up. I have reason 
i yt oe. hat they will find oani enough for А 
years, and then, if required, one row сап be removed, 
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rve his 
amongs! 
г ey ce on the 16th of May, жү proved himself eminently qu X 
fied for the pursiorship, an d is rapidly acquiring that's -pa ial 
knowl edg efor which his predecessor was — and 
n perie I s iono can v Dring: 
е e of ai portai as taken place in the general 
troduced in the 
mps of shrubs, or pre as for 
st them, prie our men during th 
The original Arboretum near the entrance beu , bein s now 
worn out, has been replenished with a collection of scarce and 
ornamental а trees, Conifers, &0., amongst which, near 
of her lants will bo introduced, 
together her named Aios, Оусм в, Yuecas, and such other 
r ouse Love plants ав will stand exposure to 
the climate pud the summer. 
Owing to th Change of curators, the megya pa haa qe 
esponJdence and interchange of plants has n somi 
darum prisa Ay. but many valuable collections of living 
lants and seeds have been а кр eived. Ofthese by far the 
considerable is a e — f many hundreds of x" E 
&c., from Wilson Saunders, rof Hillf&eld, Reigate, Esa., F.R 8., 
кы ported by рч sent out уйше ы at that gontleman' H 
nse. This із only one ое е by Mr. 
Wi nid Saunders to the Royal 
About 4000 live plants M00 ж 24 of seeds have been 
distributed. 
Steps are being taken tointroduce the Ipecacuanha into Ceylon 
India. Young plants have been received from Mr. C. Н. 
ms, of Bahia, and ted for igpcomission. 
nts of the increased 
ИР ЧЕ dj M теу argo opacity, holding from irit end moisture serere on tio канда 
í is uliar fi - 
and delicacy in the oil first obtained, which is deddadiy РА Ie Cork Oaks, mentioned in my last report ав having bes 
wanting in the product which com: mes over towa ent out at сү» 'equesi " | the gen srament of South Austria, 
ай, red бв 1 x a sketch of tbe lean-to Ground Vinery ; the бат iere ot oA Mni bs е ag аи с ar cases of live Cork 
the f li The Bruns is Lond a " o Mr iM I after egens thak Oaks have been со al to Victoria, LE and Queensland ; of 
о very bt is cific gravity, and | mach may be done with it. is g rt these th one ailed, cases are now 
бег refractive ро power is very T pe gra iy, | method as tho ө pan- roo roofed ; ooi be pher S en bria Es hare arriv fo pe din iat good eond those ietoria and Queens- 
H 801 16 d holdi in ep ud тот говір wa M 5 
ms l and is naturally ya есу Г wood 2 inch diar rat or але го arrive from аа. m" 
varies in depth, even on the same estate, being гн screwed on inside and at each end of the top bar;| In the Nil ев Sir Wi Denison enis Mcd 
юше only а few ine hilst in others s жый а слаб » Li ра pisaed ontside the р а саун T mit fa 
ne supply large quani эы ныр: prev н A plants were being at t 
ZUM d, but ily do t. supply is | аба: T « vind, I M also add that alth my | 40,000 monthly. From on Mr. Thwaites E ri 
OR ie iratum by the growing erops, as the yield | & pause aag une stand re 2 hill Ma h September ее "ad Бош dr i 
ау diminishing. They do not lay out for е pi gini upset, but | iict 000) had been supplied ; and that he expected to 
two successivo fona: plants i Re a [mer say СГ there 81 in 30,00 month f рац 
ае не This is ахі — е by then to е wind roig ге them od in such places a still nos ЕРУ e one i nh superinten: E 
growers as the rotation M = аі y snas four short stakes Cinchona p been "s ndantly пра by Mr. M mt o? the 
plant Potatos,. rA liar proint and, | into the ground, one at ic Garden, who under every discouragement has planted 
re g the вой witt plant Pe epper- | The above sketch is a T feet Ре RN of a miei out 400 plante in in as suitable Sl SE howov ver, bei 
is plan $ В Tre 1 
Production d 1 against a brick wall :—а, | 2 grea 
seasons good crops, The Шу tereti of the| is a block of wood 2 inches TA of whieh M there must n practical gardener for their в 
ке ыба England, and the introduction of foreign | be one at each end; p Dr are ro brieke piaca endwise,| PLEASURE GRO —The most i mportant w Sa us om: тепсей 
tion of Mitcham. vx буна пони: pioto үе Акыр л. d bi whatever éo een ; the pi ms do hing дотороо the pen | 
consisting of more | exteud, each e J sed. га l ed collection of all the an 
баа 1000 Acres, which was a for qe — laid t will be seen that the ventilation of these structures ires that will к our climate. During the paat 2 years 
Lavender, Peppermint, Roses, Ch ietly in eap with Nature's law: oO «pel ч of 2000 sp ie ana rarae. g ee m nl 
Pda ane, is now pa poe "entirely for the an air enters bel low, ИМ ҮЗҮР te "m A » mental d interestirg specimens 
than of cereal crops; an grow rather | upward progress ^ iig ife jie and nd health to the plant, an for the decoration of t unds. The time has now arrived 
ајан 200 With the disappointment of a failure, lay out | then escapes by t space between the u " for showing how far the choice of La and their a has 
tables, The fl = — land with gulinary ege different h Lern soil чету, end (or Ti also р davate then e] 
Season, Owers obtained during a very dry | tage of, E the i ы success. How diferent to the renewing the tallies, Тһе condition of the collection is e - 
oil ae the past, yield a larger pari Т Ф027 Fr bids i lig 1 el 7, Б, ingly unequal, owing to the summer rou е 
i ai n о g 
summer, but flowers obtained during an ordinary ————— «Ше йу н и oki gror a ба Өй te wE 
during the jor the combiņed effects of the frosts TRACTS FROM SIR W. J. HOOKER'S which the grounds are in man; xpi laces encumbered ; the actual 
this of May, less oil will be obtained | ЕХ RA available amount of good sites f the above-mentioned purpose 
"Rs dioe mu er r REPORT ON Kew GARDENS. pU q PC D 
Lavender will bo fron 4 Ib. ы E Ib. vam T. P. В. dardens Ci fa ucro Re PA raise vigorous trees at all these should have the protection o 
, arven, in Pharmaceutical Journal pr дс presons an laan in 255 of erben im of 1853; and was NU че T von абон bi cnl Е 
à hence ite "to every bed and tree which it has 
м GROUND VINERIES, Total ишы on Sand amo t i А MEE авада to retail in its present. positi 
m ar me wA D * | i d 4 price ЧЫ Н камаш or to re oc the deficiencies 
lecture .Blven at р. 316, I bave dev E the collection ; many species which p tender, or 
Marc delivered the meeting of the Societ Greatest monthly "s g otherwise unsuited for cultivation in our grounds, hami been 
tarch If E he y of Arts! Smallest monthly attendance o fFe Sorry): EN n ed, and the remainder have been examined and named. 
tbeir ngog ,29 had known ineries and | Greatest veekday attendence uer CE mn jet eme EE iud ths Deodars s e ceni ids 
tion to his арды, haye Vr aae e ingtruce о Mie ime di кайшы s шәй holo length of the Pagoda vista, aud m of them planted 
цеш Y; Um por " Е у 7-feet leng!h | Smallest [eed attendance (January 17) MN E Sith sto enco the ording protection 
2 шоре 2. САК -pach eni inga hole| Good Friday (March 25) .. M to their roo in 
in diameter, close under the Boraxic буйра —Tho most important change which I! The side arches of the picturesque ruin near the uem 
