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T 20 years ago. has, ply, е on the ground at the вате | ёопеѕ Earl ; 784, Daniel O'Rourke ; 4th, 
gon wr pecüliar LM iar а T distinet | time a liberal supply of ash with abundance of No. 1; the o - fom kinds atu ae 
Se: jt 18 generally classed among the earliest, and | "аъ manure rd water during the Mor. thé Ней оборе di in beue 
variety esteemed when n t dr ry weat ther. It is of great advantage to through the, ground being from 12 to 14 d On the 
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Early y oe o ого ot орен: the second is | in shallow t; trenches, for the double purpose of shelter Ан "is Му in а, че Жы Satton "pi 
far D froguenily т et ri with. They were dwarf and4 and c convenience of krie ы ligute; Whon the plants about thre 9 ауе pon ; and Daniel O'Rourke, and 
varieties, and | gster 1, were about two days later than 
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ә» also an excellent dwarf early Сарае, уегу кы Mal raised beds of Г Polatos isa peces of gave the fint "indications of roro immediately 
totheforegoing. . 1 Best, and j this 
1 Matchless, ild by in gei ue of esteem uie the Liver pool and Mauches uncture, after a heavy fall of rain, it dd. into 
Durham, near Уели м е very close and dwarf appears that the ancients Diod My fitr in Vigorous, putre and, strange to say, reached a height 
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fine but ‘scarcely so dwarf as the medicinal qualities ed а bbages. According to o 6 fi nd са i 
= on, Thisis а great improvement | Daubeny's * Rom bandry," [o value qve ууга s d pde Ж. А 
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a medicine both x raw i3 cooked; and Кубер M Pe eas were small, „Оп the 186 of June I gathered a 
York is later than tho preceding, dwarf, and dis not appearto have be een aware of the mode of 
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r is is a so fond, pe he recommends them to be eaten raw with | Best, f р bled 
jet sowing in summer, to plant out in autumn, | vinegar before a feast; for, says he, if you wish good a di I had previous] from the e two. 
^d onparoilis в а really first-class early dwarf peri drink freely, it rem agr all the evil consequences | With regar z to the MEM кару eris Ф these 
Cabbage, when a good stoc of it can btained. 16 | оЁ excess. Suc appears to have been the general|Peas it might not be out of place tostate that I fully 
is very early, dwarf, and close- I and keeps well.| opinion of the siint n me ДАНЕ us that e eve bdo First Crop and Sutton's Ringleader 
Very simil to this is a Cabbage grown in Hereford- there is a natu ral antip athy bet and Ca b-|to be all respects identical and this is the 
dhire, Cheshire, м n б two o Msn (rA A esee d. ве, 2 y Ep ге | ор "of every NM who M UN them, 16 was 
wunties, ownton Ca З д апу grow oiled in water, age acts, iceable that whereas Dickson's First and Best 
other excellent stocks of early dwarf Cabbages may be Cato says, аза purgative, and macerated in the same, | was entirely free from “ pee " the other two had 
met with about the country, like that just bre as or with wine if there be A bowl among them, the character of the “ rogues ” 
each having its own wn local r reputa tion, and generally in | it iş а cure for the c ойс. Similar statements may be | being the same in each case. pie e three varieties were 
he banda of some part Hence, nearly | found amongst the writings of the old herbalists prowa in good deep loam, well manured last year for 
dealer bis own early dwarf Сце although we pef do not attach much importance | Onions. Tie average height of the three kinds was 
and all are зае of excellent, though not very | to the Cabbage in the way of еа Quo. ДЬ 24 feet,  Sangster's No. 1, and Daniel O'Rourke 
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А" largely by the o in gardeners in THE CRIMEAN IRIS. son's Favourite, Princess Royal, Wonderful, veri 
that It has however found its way into the Turis beautiful early uu" spring- [енда panta is | Maclean’s Dwarf Prolific, all of which are now nicely in 
one or two of the whole: А. seed houses in | found upon the upland flats of the Crimea, and in some | bearing. Dic kso n's Favou rite is an abundant bearer, 
London, and has no doubt been already catalogued by | parts of Turkey and Kein: During 1 the de war | having 1 asin each. With me 
them, these beautiful Irises, with the now famous Crimean |it grows from five to six feet A eg Princess Royal isa 
Beck's Early Глей i is , Wes tigod early Cabbage, Cowslip, were frequently sent home by the officers and | large white round marrow rm. 34 feet in height, and an 
anl one esteo n the Midland базан men; and although they are plentiful in the trade, yet | abundant cropper, the pods being stout and well filled 
| Cabba ot sought for. It is а much greater value attaches to certain plants as with Peas of excellent flavour, Wonder rful is very | similar 
paratively new, and was sent out by Messrs. Be хед souvenirs, than to those that can be purchased. "They wrinkle 
| and Child, of f Lo gel ear the name of Iris pumila, and occur with flowers of | these are both first-class varieties and deserve-to rank 
Battersea, or Аң lham, d to be dwarfer | various shades of colour, as dark blue С) А 1 in seed catalogues, Dwarf Prolific grows about 
but in size, and earlier inan, a the 94, ҮРЕП} red and blue, pale blue, yellow (favescens), and so 23 feet in height; it is an abundant cropper, but has 
it is a very fine eL, which a ame | times spo ed. smaller pods than the other two, and is not so hardy, 
аз Sheppard's Early "ne 1 Lo ndon E po ғ: not| In some soils? these Irises are what are termed | I may mention that I grew Maclean's Advancer largely 
unlike foregoing in с wider and iffy growers, but under any аканы анге they | last year; this season I have seen it growing in the 
-looser in growth, Enfield Mark kot, or P Michal Prince requira ее. р care than they and many other low-|gardens of Sir W. Heathcote, Bart., M.P., at Hursley, 
| ya great] resembles the Early Battersea, but | growing border plants gene rally get in these great | Hants, and while I admit its p earliness as a 
to belarger anda little la. ter. bedding s days. They will not grov in оа" wet t soil. To Wri inkled Marrow, it is, nevertheless, so dwarf and so 
| n has a vod та reputation, any itis one of t s | SP pp the drier region of the south, that 
| fh of the present day. Wheeler's s Impe- diameter according to the bus of plants, to а | I do not think 16 can be long cultivated there. I am 
| is xn! бд early Cabbage, but greatly | d pA th of 2 feet, From to 9 inches of this "эр ace|also growing Veitch's Perfection, Yorkshire Hero, 
QAM Gne of the foregoing. It is undoubtedly a should be filled йр witn old lime ШАНЬ rather fine, Hairs’ Dwarf Mammoth, Prince of Wales, and Lord 
nds nd on this should be pul a ы y wo of turf, and | Raglan, but they are not yet sufficiently advanced to 
"ult ron is also а a very early dwarf Cabbage, the rest filled up на а mix ood s oil, as oam | en to say anythi them. B 
juicy, and excellent in flavour; in the opinion | with a little sand and some old d OW g and 1 reply to Mr. Whiting's suggestion (see p. 503), I would 
ipecially those ia the old school, | mould, well ман up toge other say that the best dwarf Peas for succession or general 
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Ham or Vanack is a good dwarf sound early | partly odes with ashes. About the y me they come | Princess Royal, Wonderful, Veitch’s Perfection, and 
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5 will "i to a very great size, 16 is | the season, the ashes may be sufficiently re nisoplia horticola.—lhis insect, pu a hery by 
d fi l revent their репе unsightly, These pretty. little | the name of * Chovy," has been very des ive to 
York, Osheart, or eart-shaped, is a tall and | plants make fine edgii ginge s to small early beds ; and they | Roses in the : neighbourhood | of Thetford. en ўи 
or Im loose-growing у, з , Largo Аеро ‚ | move well ilio {теа to destroy 
perial, is а very late tall у у, bu strongly | with so many of our little spring beauties, when their | common salt to the e grass "underneat. h t m Rose bushes. 
Toynmended | for Cottagers' e eig iti d ne that | blooming season is over, as if there was not another | Will you Fade me ү quantity of salt I may 
osely together, : spring coming on, and the бај be по more wanted | cf apply to p pe of ground without risking 
is of a li is a large second early, the foliage f pr фе to assist in beautifying it. destruction Grass? and hen thai 
à light-green colour, but as it som: rays ла will ^ best эрме by watering the ртопп‹ 
to b Tost, ; it hou ld n peg be 7 E salt-water, or by g the salt over the con 
Situations Early Plaw, or рест ome Corresponde d leaving it he yd pre it in? Diss, 
the way of Віа but the leaves The TE Bir Joseph Pazto s Though $ give the [The Chovy mers is very к its habits to t 
d second early variety. 1 common Cock-chaffer, Melolontha рет, its larva 
and Drumhead or Sootch are very que s to his deserving a feeding on Grass, and being a soft curved waa. giob 
er growing a little dwarfer than ANR oai rom then эг. Ж n. I believe, however, e) ze We fi our pro 
Benerally employed for agricultural | with the Yun Ж 28. brief history at р. 555, that he | posed application of salt will be attended with much 
1n common with the "dh ousand-headed, and |has left a mo Memorial erected by himself. anger both to the Grass kaa Roro trees, even supposing 
' aud Purple Koh] Rabi or Turnip- -rooted | than his Жей, uote they may attempt, сап | that you are certain that the 1агу are reared in that 
accomplish, But to erect this Memorial at poor doomed езй? з, It would be useless at all events to do this 
3 the Green an d Rosette, are | Chiswick would be folly ; while at South Kensington | except oe the гуйч is in the larva т at e. m so 
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$ Portugal Cabbage is a tall- lit bei in the grounds of the Crystal alace. There, and | turn dae up 8 MC more readily to admit the salt 
ig a large loose head, which, | there only, can be found that breadth of outline w T water, or, better "atit gastar water. x 
MM delicious as Asparagus. | would have satisfied his eye when alive. Leti onstitution of qai P am ve ry glad to see 
is the Asparagus Kale, and | there that the Memorial of our late p^ is it 4 that you have again referred t this wn re 
un the Couve Trouchuda out | overlooking the millions enjoying Natu mbelli lished subject. Is some time ago men ve ned some noo je 
рн NM досу and arranged by his own handiwork. ws e 
аз 1852, appears be the termination of the great iM pis which | often does, arise from ex xternal influences er му 
may, perhaps, be use n А appears to me to have been left uufinished for the|from de festive constitution; but I nevertheless 
Kale’ of some nurserymen's | pur F. concur in all t ou and 
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New as,—On the 7th of February I sowed | showing how much а! upon h 
whose | the (aet Дас varieties of Ne viz, Diekson's First|stitution; and I hàve long made vid p zd 
r the А Best, Carter's First Crop, Satton’ Бабе sowing acorns, or other tree tree seeds, w du 
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formed 4 rter's Stock, and Daniel DE from \Waite of growth. Your remark 
from the. Pas oa or e Carter's On s and, Danil day I Vinc Nonio Dickson's produc чей еы на ааа irc zs is 
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d to be too gross for its gorman- | Princess Royal, Ит Prolific, and Wonderful, | way in which children teem in the filthi iest с courts in 
мүкүн may apply more erue after sowing serere | weather set in, and it | this city. 5n а ме m E жар ome 
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be necessary Pj. cie dad к a p» EAT on weeh they "did Ain the follo lowing | their tendency to “degenerate yos the contrary) go 
Erows his Cabba ^s First Crop, and Sutton's|trees. Now 
кылу Cabbnges ought to trench Ringh ЛЕ, 2j Diekeni's Firat end L Best, and Dillis- | Larch, which has been so extensively planted, and in 
