sia 
6—1850.] 
produce bottom-heat also. 
add abundant provision for ve 
THE GARDENERS’ 
— — we have only to 
e cultivation ned this rit, Te most importan 
ding 
sun by a thin light a 
the hot ttest part o of the day. 
Whe 
excessively hot they should have all the light that can 
, use an enrich 
urfy peat, in the propo onal of two- 
we first | po 
be afforded ee: With re 
ind that b 
e, of the pit, a 
eo c | 
I prefer placing it — 1 of _ oe ob 
by thi 
from the back wall as b 
all the p fdas respect to the width of 
e 
portion to the dis- GG 
tance between ö 
the side A 
Considerable dif- | 
ference of — 
ther pipes ‘ib tal s are the most efficient and 
se con a. It i is not necessary to § 
aa 
any | 
but it will be sufficient to state -= the water 
freel tanks o 
to this, 
as 
them 2 — . heat of the 
in their natural 
habitats by the light pene = whine Boat through the sky 
a difference in the quality of the 
soil, our success be 88 answer our expectations ; and | 0 
e 
it form 
rays of — sun n falling nee 
eareful imitation of 
We 
un is not 
the pits, 
article. Before ner the soil, if me — happens to 
— Pn a stiff nature, — mix ey Wee of 
sand, a ing to i In 
an pit 
puting the care seess dis pits, prey in ‘lanting ‘great ro 
n to avoid compressing it, and for this 
with the back row, and plant it — 
econd ro the 
—— 
- — i in the soil for the s 
a 
area a a slight r ring is 1 to setie Wer — 
ee its surface co 
which i is excellent 12 this pur — as my continues 
in the e loo open state for a long time, ab- 
sorbs heat. . rah the sun, prevents too rapi 
evaporation, and, when moistened mr the ringe, 
rows off sed ene oe exhalations 
ha een — ously grown in 
but we — A 2 — which 
ou rom t ney. 
rs 
of succession pits. This 
of 
CHRONICLE. 
tag's Seniesa ———— 
is supplied with an ans quantity of peor material ; in 
selected from 
with about a h of fresh | durin 
i n 
— those 
enen vivid and spread out | 
a 
85 
ing a basketful of th its place 
cleari may have few 
will os yy kagi i if on were ae are gro 
e directions I shall la; 
wich prar to ventilation, which 
is, i y opinio of the 
most important poin be at- 
tend > allo a con- 
stant and free oe a of air 
E to travers 1 gh 
a — — 
a ap t pass 
r the 8 of the 8 
Dú imm . on its entering, 
the 
* 
Scan, quarter of an inch to a foot. 
Wl. 
>) 
AK AK AX 
P 8 ear so 
large as fh ine generally seen 
rdinary modes of cul- 
under the 0 
. tivati as the sap is more 
N ighly concentrated, the strength 
AN Pr sanan f these small plants 
is very su r to the large 
pant ones which grown ina 
l atmosphere, and whose 
v 
own wei ight. The advantages 
free ventilation are, that * individual plants, 
anted at grea 
without being plan fa * 5 
have a larger space in w to 0 
l their foliage, according to their natural shape; 
N by which; not only the leaves themselves de- 
1 ter the sun and air, 
INN but the light is also enabled more freely to 
J reach the soil, from whie too 
| excluded by the dense mass of bloated leaves. 
~ Allowing each plant plenty of room, I consi 
\ of pon sha ng; 
SS 0 e large under 
5 this mode eee e he gardener is 
N enabled » plat thems much Butt tothe glass 
J in the instance,“ and thus a greater por - 
INS tion of light is ecured 1 both them and the 
antages, in co om 
in whieh the natural requirements of the plants 
the grand object in "e namely, the pro- 
Se of the handsomest, largest, and best 
This article will scarcely be complete with- 
out a few words on watering, and especially 
0 with reference to i maait L soil 
approximates in q ribed A 
a 2 of liquid during the growth of the 
he would be unnecessary, 
at injurious; as caused thereby would 
| ey ec — be ( — ith 
i when uence would be large plants wii 
„ P ees 2 1 . oa Top heat. F Back sashes fastened to the I Oak leave Small — after the fruit — made its 
are permanently planted in the Ditto, idge with hinges. J Flues, which pass a short Per: 
soil in which they are to fruit. 8 ea G Light cast-iron columns, 12 distance under ground and appearance, stimulants of s 
pipes are laid on a bed of D Bottom-heat pipes. feet asunder, to support enter a flued fruit-treewall may be used with advantage, to assist it 
ashes or gravel, à E Ventilators, H 5 — — < — n wa paved, during i its p taking care, however, to 0 
below the surface ; —.— ee ee. erzo r before the fruit 
and over the pipes is a ridge of gravel, the crown of bed being kept much nearer d pan 
ich is 12 inches ace: ae tervals be- admissible if ibò pits were filled exclusively with fruiting | One of the opponents of this method of Pine growing 
tween should be filled with Oak — same plants. In the soil for the su ix a smal objected to it on the grounds that it produces a 
1, thus leaving 12 inches portion of rough new tan, which the roots delight in, glut of fruit at one hist rere ency at another ; eid 
a we use two-thirds maiden loam, | and it facilitates their . moved with Us. In a ot convince doubters- t Sach ig not the case n 
; from an old pasture, (2nd one-third peat, in a rough thi have not the slightest difficulty, indeed | gi 
State; tl 
ae wilh s RID 
Grass from the lawns, and 
oie g t which are fed 
the ball 
. o keep 
l supply » 8 
for this purpose. 
tainly get a few of the itn Sike rise 
but they are al sania ah a aar AE 
aate amr ere a omer a es 
up a 
the number er that has deg a in the several months. 
We havei 
January... ra 
February. 4 : 
—— c AN 5 
May 9 
It may be resting to some 5 
eultivation of * on this pan 1 be profiable The 
* Asan instance of how nea r the glass we grow them, I may 
mention tha . 
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