THE 
which rain 
164 
forming with clay a surface throu 
would pass with much Affen culty. 
We do not mention this case as a model of walk 
„ but as illustration of the principles 
which d guide us. It secured the immediate 
moval of rain from urface as fast as it fell, 
re 
and gar it tis the real ob that be should 5 degrees 
bject to attain, and pro- 
is the only point in which we s differ from Mr. Baz 
He sa 8 that W — — ng, i if well done, is very 
; of course 
e gi Sot ca on the bes 
s expensive, 921 Sapte a perfectly 
sound “wal any ¢ at no 
greater ap tha a little baie" 2d some gl 
other erial which ‘ee 1 yt surface 
fro om becoming sticky. of ete 
that are employed in this ane tera can be 
doubt that i the greater part is mere waste. 
o gs 
5 stove 3 by oh Durwen LLEWEL- 
which w rred last week as an example 
of f the possibility of parse ere e L me natural 
ARRANGEMENTS IN PLANT HOUSES scribed in 
the Jou al of the Horti — Bociety some 
years sin 
From . ‘pond, at a level Iri — ay of — 
stove, a pipe — carried into a boiler, and thenc 
conducted to the of ia oe rocky work, as is 
represented in the accompanying cut. Thence,’ 
says Mr. fr. Li ELLYN, “ it rs a constant supply 
oj g s of 
> of which catches th at stream, 
rills 
little island 3 on the rock-work with 
Orchids, ye , and Lycop 
By this oo mean 9 ike Ta t element demanded 
in a house akende d for the imitation of a little tro- 
pical ae 4 was ae and ee secured. 
“ The unt,“ conti Ir. LLEWELLYN, “of 
— splendid — — which borders the cataracts 
ical rivers, as described 
40 ip first idea of tryin 
in the ‘ Sertum 0 scrip- 
| ducted under pe 
The a 
GARDENERS’ CHRONIC 
LE. [Marca 16, 
— es ight be ted fro sideration of thei r| r plants again sickened, and the insects þei 
tive habits; pr 1 i strongly recommend the | pugnable, the: RTE: was pulled down again. 
ee bp this or sagr similar plan to 02 who 
have the of diverting a 3 < wa r from 
a level higher than 1 top of g~ 
t may be alleged that this expe iinit was con- 
eculiarly favourable circumstances 
water was at hand, and the rock-work 
: eadily 
Bat 2 a Tittle ingenuity would er an ample supply | o 
t quantity is really 
eri 
of water opaa; for no grea 
required, and warmed water is always us —— 
dening * other pu 3 besides making a 
Mie casca rock being milk wand 
i 
mn 
© 
Rom oe rtificial s sto 
common, pier be employed ‘with equal advantage ; 
the o only real diffi s, to find the taste required 
to put such a 2 skilfully. 
graphie des 
tion of the falls of the Berbice and Essequibo; on the 
occasion of hi 
ith this view I began to work, and added the 
0 which I describe t 
% Hanges violacea was one of the first epiphytes 
that I planted, and it flowered and throve in its new 
situation, as I hop ed 
* ov 
manner have a 
ianc ce 1 the 
be saan in a 
and Ca 
ther, and sending their 
ergrowing | At on 
e Aschynanths, small Palms, w 
TEP An ud nigh = contrived a 1 TAN — 
1 in w 
amboo, &c. 
Here parts of the wall are bec coming covered with 
climbing Ferns ; on the pilla 
cases 
by it, but if the * of this 
a 
.| affect the plant. In some count 
of 
th 
cultivated by us 
which is drank, 
ng in 
The only mode of dealing with this es is by 
utterly destroying all renja and their eggs before 
ants are introduce such a hou All earth 
r roasted, or hi mt ; all turf Should be 
Moss, all er; baskets, 
out, and then 
before it is permitted to enter ox house. 
exist of a plant being clean, it should be put into 
ospital, and 3 ia the cra is acquired 
that no insects are there. The roasting, burni arning 
baking, and boiling, . with washin 
steeping in warm water, costs — trouble, Gee no 
harm to the substances aeted 
escribed it 
shoul always be practised when the necessary 
s exist. 
We baw * pointing out 
in deta t plants are best 
suited for bunten in 1 
miniature forest scenes. Every. 
one can determine that, accord- 
ing to his taste and means. We 
would onl observe that unusual 
forms of foliage,a 
figures, creepi imbing 
pasu nm shoe viia grow 
party-coloured or 
elta Jenes contrasting with 
the pale, the shining, or the 
whole coloured, will produce 
trailing N with coloured 
leaves, stiff leaves like sword 
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—— Sipita for a season. 
DISEASES OF PLANTS. 
tinuity, which i 
aa Two species may be dis- 
tinguished. 
First species. ORDINARY — 
u 
gum res 
nately great, it will cause too much laceration, 
venting the — from properly — 
ries 
are —.— d 5 daa y; thus, in 
ar Maple, a tree which might be 
in Italy, in order to extr tract a 
e suffe 
revent it. 
Second species. INsURIO 
substance of 
long roots t rom the mist of the fall, or even in — h o ae rchid- aie pe a lenck at baea r 4 disease. Ihave 
— the water of the pe ancy we feels an experiment like that of Mr. myself had no . of t treating it, but I ge 
any species are cultivated upon the rocks RNER’S, whieh totally failed — this cause. The that if taken mencement it migh the 
themselves, others upon blocks of wood, or baskets plants introduc o the house had a charming dtopped, by opening out an incision to the sea ing UP 
suspended from the roof, and thus sufficient room is appearance at first. Everything that before Was disease, cutting out the affected and ne thie maf 
secured for a great number of plants. At the sa yellow became green, and plants which had been the wound wit th’s cement. It is be gs il is the 
time the ry effect is beautiful, and the constant | t pid for months thr in abun dance their a 3 where : rE piem $ of — ree in sued 
humidity kept up by the stream falling water | green delicate roots into the warm But case sh pi 40 he ill th — is first drained | 
suits the constitution of many species in a a degree | alas! in a few weeks eve t e ae e nothing can one till the water have 
: ry root was evoure the! off, I have observed, in places where | 
