22 THE GARDENERS’ 
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CHRONICLE. [IN. 12, 
Salvia splendens.—My p of growing this and 
other autumn flowering plants, 3 Chrysanthe- 
mums, is as follows : The ings are struck with the 
occasion mber, when t 
fully lifted and potted, and kept close for a few da. ays in 
a pit, after which they are ready to take their places in 
the greenhou 
pro bono publico. But to my grievance. ih e last advan 
20 years I have been an amateur or “ fancier” of song 
birds ; and many little anecdotes connested with their 
e most select of its kin pag te age gs 2 night- 
ingales and other foreign so birds, din 
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woods and forests. he extreme number of birds my 
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aviary h n 
366; it having been | my “weak point” to boast of 
having more bi i 
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n | ho vist ead with much in oak your obse 
olour 
e | effect, 0 pe iy in question is a few shades greener 
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better protectors than mats, and I have reasoned in 
this way— Why should not wooden frames do as well as 
glass ? for many, nay the = eee of things that only 
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-| want 1 from fro or excessive wet, are Joh 
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re- frames till there is some appearance of the buds 
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| breaking? Whata s saraa ot fuel and labour, by day 
and . would these shutters occasion! In the e case 
Colours : Paint for Tani e of Green 
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vations on the ikel of contrasted colours, to which I 
ould suggest a practical corollary —viz: that the 
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light yellow- -green ; and, acting upon this suggestion, I 
have had the ae erior of my greenhouse painted, 
important that the tint should ‘tea rm yellow-green 
no 22 or r ye which last i Bs very objectionable. 
ka without 0 is improved. It is curious ton 
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much so, as really to give an appearance of improved 
say so 
‘ health to the plant. Should any of your readers adopt Mr 
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sonnel of my aviary unex ceptionably 3 tiful. I have | co 
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been thus explicit, with the view to place my yet unex- 
plained grievance in a strong ‘Tight I say grievance, 
m 
N., Sevenoaks. 
Suiphured Rags v. Hares.—I aa Tagja that the 
lan har 
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woe commended by “S.” of k ing hares from | ing 
cies trees is utterly useless, ing ft is possible that 
holes eaten in various ts of the floor, and eve 
par 00 ry f. 
morning I as carefully nailed over the said holes flat- 
tened pieces of zine ; this, for a night or two, kept the 
marauders at bay. However they very soon reap- 
peared, until at last my flooring was almost completely 
tesselated” with zinc. Not imagining for some time 
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came to tbe birds, I pl - 
soned food in their runs ; “ Harrison’s 3 z w 
a y reci ded by your Tor 
these, however, remained untouc the “igh 
diminution of my feathered friends 
by day, soon convineed me of the awful extent of m 
misf e climax is soon d. On opening 
the aviary door one morning, about a fortnight 
Since, a scene of devastation presented itself which 
I will not, indeed cannot, attempt to describe. Suffice 
centre of the floor, which had been gnawed t han 
immensely thick protective piece of wood, and on count- 
ing the number of inmates I just 111“ 
ve these, and in a fit of desperation to conve 
their late habitation into a n 
hour; and thus “ my tale is told.“ The cun- 
these rats has been immense. must have 
table Apples there were four competitors. A Ist „prize 
Ww i arris, 
he, having had an additional “ few days’ experience,” 
h 5 yo 
te o not 
allude particularly to this ease, or to any other case, 
but I speak in a general way. Henry C. Oyle, gardener 
to the Eari of Abergavenny, Tunbridge lis, 
Destruction of Vermin.—My gardener has Sigs iven me an ac. 
è = 
0 
49, 
ee 99 bi aught in Traps—233 
tom-tits, 62 miee, Picked up a A den linger 802 — 
Caught in a Net, Dec. 11, 1849—46 4 5 
= 0 pied-finches, 2 blackbirds ; total, 102. 4. A, {A — the 
neects will have of it now.] 
Sorteties, 
CALEDONIAN Hon 1 wint ting.) 
—On this occasion the o ce-bearers fi Asa were 
el and seven new N a ded ie the roll 
gr. 
Gansell’s Bergam and ane; and a second 
premium to Mr. Baxter, gr. to Sir J. 0. Craig, Bart. 
for Beurré 
For the best four oat ag Louise Pears the 
awarded to Mr. Morrison. For the best six ink of 
nel as assign r. Calder, gr. to H The if Natural Phenomena. By f 
monsters is my full -iaaa I tal ans Seacliff Apple, Gravenstein, Bor. bston Pip-| Alex. Keith Johnson, F. R. G. S. (Reduced from the 
look for instructions from you mode of pin, King of Pippins, and Old Nonpareil; a seco in imperial folio.) 4to. 
procedure; the more Serial, whet fs 430 that I Premium was voted to Mr. Morrison, for Cellini, scarlet | Tats ae work is thus spoken of in the last 
have in the immediate vicinity of the aviary nearly 100 | N i ise Pippin, Ribston Pippin, Melvilie | edition Somerville Physical 8 
head of pouli ae gold-spangled Pippin, and Cephalonia; and a third to Mr. M. Donald, The — avails herself, with much pleasure, of an 
bantam l the late Sir John Sebright, and and the gr., Drummond Castle. For the iA finest flowered | opportunity of expressing her admiration of the at- 
finest of the gold urghs. ingle elusters of Chinese there were | curacy, extent, and execution of Mr. Keith Jo! 
am told by a eighbour . four competitors. A 1st, prize was awarde Mr. | Ph Atlas,’ and of the valuable i ‘mation con- 
that £ may tally expe see $ worning to find thej Young, ga. I Mos. H. N. erguson, the kinds being | tained in letter- which accompanies it, 
entrails of some Tce torn ga By te sala W hat a M e r ee 5 —— F It was the 
prospeet ct! Wm. K Sanders’ Cottage, New- Annie, Queen of Yellows, Princess ! d | au s wish, and publisher’s t 
Hammersmith, Jam -s 88 ellow, ý een Victoria, Bicolor, Queen, an ion sh be accompanied by a series of 
7777 Gea, feted noe ty Heit ae rat oe 
Mitchell, gr. to Lady Keith, for Queen, Temple y phy treated 3 ` 
aron 2 Solomon, P Celestial, Manama, Victoria, Salter's Johnston having announced the pu ion of a ner 
r edition of his * Physical Atlas? in a reduced size at å 
D eiai of iio 
8 most ect was in the 
that Mr. A. K al ' Atlas will furnish 
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That belief has not been belied. The work alluded e 
For the best two ae or a ia y Greens there w f 
eight competitors. was awarded to Mr. i 
dee for Alder’s or — ; and a 2d to Mr. 
idb * 
premium offered for the best four Leeks, there were no 
a | fewer than 12 compe sork 5 of whom produ 
Th 
ced large 
and vel blanched speeim e Ist prize was gained 
Allan p 
wa ames’ Kee se * "Ren — and Strasburgh (raised by 
him at Duffus House); and a 3d was assigned to Mr, 
Pousty. For the best four specimens of Red Bee 
A 
o e FET was voted by 
Socie sk s 24 prize, to Mr. A. Jaffrey, Experimeh tal 
Garden, whut collection: consisted of 1045 2 and 
e Natural 
t | varieties, likewise arranged according to 
ree 
exhibited six varieties of 
le, A 
specie: tly 
for exhibition o Silty were 85 collection fruits 
keith Palace Garden, including tw o Phe e-apples, and 50 
varieties of Apples 2 and — at Dalkeith, for f 
ich the Society’s kale medal was voted to Mr. 
M‘Intosh ; from Mr. Batter Riecarton, four fine . 
4 
rré Rance Pears 
pruned trees; from Mr. Addison, Gosford, three fine 
eorn Chinese Primulas, for o one of which, a cross 
— slates * maturity, red, orange, 
— — green; and it was stated that the plant 
pme v pid, and proves highly ornamental for 
verandahs. Mr. Blair, — —2—ͤ— 
Potatoes raised from 
and E r ep 
r Beurré, and beget Ne a. 
hibi 
stated that the produce was equal to 32 tons per acre. 
| is now before us, and proves to be one deserving of BA 
