Dzcsw»rn 23, 1866.] 
‚ ventilation as ever а proper treatment of the plan 
P үт demands, it can sA be attributed lo the 
nce that I never qp 
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ts | exclusion of almost coe S ight outros than [February to April there is a gradual rise to 800, 
tight which M Bo a isadvantage 
ets seem to give support to "the "o neral 
hich | opinion that the rise in temperature during March is 
Б , wh 
but whic! Di 
Ж if T ught | tho cause of the evolution of buds, young в shoote, and 
into loss ага. is not ai far so detrimental | blossoms. 
ess such ‹ ы” “ thoroughly practical 
А.в s hyperbo olic appre But it will scarcely bo denied that an earth tempera- 
hensions, „especially regarding those most valuable of | ture of 84}° i for any plant in the 
p^ y ren wip a wrote share of practical 
in the cultivation of Orchids as Mr. А. may 
e "taking a glance at my former ramass I find that, 
E of the Palm oh of A. Bors к M: I dis- 
of 
opinions "' 
pot Ж quite в 
ld; nor could we м, в che to Believe. that, if 
Vandes, which— 
most exposed to eru vi E descriptions, " Sh e 
the choicest species o ass are even iv a high 
degree fond g 4 mng cedi д, their season of 
Аер 
з! 
—strange coincide nce—a 
сев in the Ropa vegetable world would be other 
than rs A. es 
We upported i in this view „by the fact that there 
t when , the Mountain Olive A dioica) sends forth 
which cannot even for ран ап hour > aped to th 
Lf ав every one гуи 
ота, 
leaves and bra nches 
As may readily be i rem arks, 
I am as ye d ot double чс им a T 
and if Mr. A.'s Eve induces him to condemn it 
titles Шеш 
х . ile lo атт others induces and entitles them | take place. It ів in My. that ees d young Mango ! trees 
Iam as much in favour к, of pos i. e. a sufficient | to 9 om t » e not the least apprehension of | send forth new bran 
degree of ventilation, Ё "y be,|e in maintaining that an air-| Mhowa tree (sa) wh bieh i in n Juné lost its crow 
yet I have an ыу aversio n “ over- tpi inl double roof is superior to а single one; | storm, push fo h with incredible force new ad 
sufficient one," that is for a hi, ie Bor Уты for cold | and although I willingly concede that if England 1 k in the following month. Eso 
bts and dry currents in Orchid houses; and if I| Ander о enough to бу аы its Orchid ?, double- such i ав ag seem to hy that the bigher ear 
mainly ascribe the caus v of the different varieties of | glazing would be comparatively mperaturo x March has nothing to do with dud 
which кичу to so great an extent exist in | I still have substantial reasons for doubting that such | E yu 
co! ions, to thé deficiencies of single roofs, | is the case, and I therefore profit by the occasion once tm Cd Ear que that there is & 
Mr. A., who himself has been able to furnish such fin ne | more to Teoommend y pet system, I am mischievous principle. ari life peculiar to each species et Mu». Д 
чарас of various forms as нат ich, іп conj и en to assert, that Мониз ни sometimes even to indivi vea as in the саве of the 
with t talent ted “M, J. ^ has н diete? Thorn an enham Oak, the — 
descri n No. 7 (p. M, will анау m" no whom тег sare at. sarete more qt with. DA blooming and the er. budding in the dep 
reasonable alt for contradictiog me. n with bloom, will in due course of time become a | winter. 
It ther olore appears to me that, even if all other 
most for midable rival ќо the “ northern paragon,” and | Itis by this principle of life that а ем" ek, согон 
advan such plants as tho so which he may justly be proud of, bud, a wi eel Жыр m a helix 
a moment left out of consideration, ihe only one of | will ther reby be br y years, m i which 3 ri dead 
bring pue n. inch of air entering the house or admiration and enjoyment who will not bun the fi ld t su norganie 
hood rom it within the direct control of the culti il } 
vator, Му аот in itself be importent enough to Since а few , well. ja ау Mn. taken the|" p hygrometrieal observations made 
induce every Orchid- -grower to adopt this system, for it 1 han that оѓ | by Mr. James Prins ч, р, it appears that at pde place 
ct, that is by sub- January is absolute e driest month in the year, 
is ‚=й far superior to the deficient single- mir the pure to a EL test, I consider а |i, e, that there is a y^^ ш of aqueous vapour 
Ae е, which, ca the medium of t ous, и in a given quantity of air in January, than in any 
every 
* If the 
of 
t for the preseut; and I therefore conclude m 
А агам, hoping that whenever Mr. Aw il l ta ko'a a | 
fancy 
which, in the interest of the sivineement of horticul- 
d 
nsigni 
apertures bout a кру — poen 95 be summed 
collective figure, this figure would 
if 
and of Orchid culture in particular, I | 
have ventured to rei on the subject E question, he| January, a 
will at le - have the kindness to select a moment for din rapidly nm ; amni Md pos is no differ- 
o doi n n hi в humou r will be a little more couleur | ence between the wet and dry bulb thermometer. 
s those 
future occasion, I may speak of at edes 
If Mr. e S s it necess 
importane - ents in 
air, deni d moisture, it may in return not be 
superfluous to Seale rink " the T» ри ihe three 
last of these important в are in measure, 
аһ] in a most Si а peii. re^ the con- 
struction of the r 
msider 
although. the e complionted nature of the co 
r н 
у 
We hav vo seen from the tables of terrestrial heat that 
March, а umi coolest in J My э 
yet that by cutting off the crown of a tree in Jul 
сап reproduce the appearance iy spring, d we бым 
clude that the terrestrial heat of March. is rather an 
accompaniment to the phenomena of spring than the 
| cause e of урый. aud that t the season. in w whic ch arboreal 
me 
eret 
ially Orch 
this {этч аз perum pre ris 
e | С to it, but 
— to all the 
e Mp n nsequence of circumstances fav 
n n m & o 
combining AST: oT accuracy, а in „pito gre r set Pr 
make 
tion, i as universal à n applicatio 
| the thermometer at present enjoys. 
[The publication of this letter has been unavoidably 
delayed] 
ts appearance, it will find a most rapid propaga- | 
n horticultur: 
J 5 
| N. A. Dalsell. 
—! 
Аз for Mr. As x the measurements of which һе d other fruits grown in the north. I hare ym 
gives with FAEN complacency, and which he TROPIUMU OR ТЫ in send you a specimen u- 
5o modestly calls “magnificent examples of first-class | 7 WE alluded їй a former article on ú dis subject to | montel” gathered from a standard Рб б "within а 
cultivation” (in my opinion they might, д juste titre, the r fact of the Indian spring taking place in| walled garden of 6} acres. The roduce has been 
called Orehidaceous prodigies); I must avow that, їп the driest and hottest month of t r, and it is no | about half a bushel of fruit of somewhat corresponding 
spite of every exertion, I cannot find anything here to less strange that we never observed noticed | size. This is the third year since 1857 in which the 
f even to equal them, Phalæn hilleriana de any writer О ean a d could not reed T fruit мр of the same size. The two form 
excepted; the plant in the collection of L. Reichenheim, the phenomeno y favourable con pe of | years үйчү» and 1859, some of the produce of 
Esq, ment p. 963, having lately produced two | € climate, such as uberi А or atmospheric which a үя о Dr. Liudley, who LE that it was 
new leaves, rst of which has attained 17 inches 36 was со oncluded fhat the evolution of buds, маде: T | about equal to бы pum on stan in the south of 
in length, by 53 inches in width, the other fairly pro- ca rates youi a own ideas that 
mising h the same size, al h since i mate does not all ti и а ud with latitude. 
appearance the plant has thrown out two r-spikes, | u Tf this is i as correct oi intérprelitiog, then it must 2 We are about 2 MAR Li лса, and what you 
9r rather panicles, WI hich may already be counted admitted that European writers, judging ns e | described as failing to оев 
that of Mr. Ander 
wall there, 
phenomena of temperate climates only, have iin t | well here in the E 
and in 
My us, one and 
Lime ad of plants in dion, M (B ай 
the cause of the dic pre mt 
ud ba si dryness in the air is fa egetation. But 
үзе! fact is s before our p des every ] March, 
e i 4 guia aiia 2 good proportion of silicate. I 
enclose two or three ot of Pears to show 
you what our climate can do in the case of other varie- 
ties. I employ largely the root lifting of fruit trees, and 
vu 
ems to sueceed equally we 
and under the most deviating 
loy lar 
, | I attribute ia portion of my success to the roots being 
ards the surface. J. Webster, Gordon Castle. 
which accompanied this communication 
were of good size, well coloured, and in other respecta 
on wbich 
Бау мао w^ 
` Education of Gardeners.— scheme of 
hri E i. Horticult tural 
dus а е of 3 feet. 
The s Lour ва 
Society, in reference to this 
а вїер in the right едо, and Ihope it 
good heal 
observations on ihe densi m 
ersio 
the “excellent system " >) to fin 
rti an ^ ind 
t 
hot have although its benedi 
d 
under а 
] me 
А 9r the pseudobulbs of his thriving Odontoglots 
S йы їп g 
confident that p^ 
т against all draughte and sudden ио 
9 temperature, the saving of fuel апа labour, 
es of peer 
influences - Tus. № 1845 by Mr. 
e are already in possession of such a 
(cried Азаа the three p 
Caldecott at Trevandrum 2 
e that the lo 
а depth | of 3 feet is in Т, 
luxuriance, and th 
with thy support. I also trust that 
the Society will use its best 
who are well qw to impart instruction to those 
under . It is well to pend pondo prune, 
mperature o 
when Vegetation 
re of the | 
^ while from 
w how to pe 
tion properly ? Put a spade into the 
im to go and turn over а certain piece of ground, 
From 
total | earth Pp de dug бру 
