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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
n affected with ry gd — ack were generally 
a haps ing w. 
nief. 
Erics. Aig os 
ord of — extended m than 
* by faintness a: vegetable, 
the leave 
exercise of any of those 
in the Mimosa pudica, or Sensitive P 
Inthe great heat of summer, under am id-day sun 
this plant folds its leaflets an mes insensible, or at 
m strong will — the youngest leaves 
which may not have bee As t wind 
ll the same result. The plant will not then 
show sual phenomenon. also i plant is 
much electrified, and in th trary cas atmo- 
When the ee is pe by 
excess of stimulus, it is immediately 
a e plant is in — 1 
when the effect is p by any considerable dimi- 
nution of stimulus, it is with great difficulty that the 
fi our is yo ations have 
lo 
good exa ge the agriculturist. Ope 
time, rome a gate of evening, a Ale wind, $ even the 
ardent mid-day rays of the sun, w use them to con- 
tract their foliage, folding down pgs leaflets on the 
footstalk orstem. But from the moment that a sudden 
weakened v 
a organs of n 
o lose it the most readily, pak never to 
5 
he observation of this disease, carried on with great 
rough a long course of seasons, . throw 
some additional light on the question of vegetable i pana 
8 which has oT the Subject of so much discu 
he ity 1 wit th 
n from 
irritability,” he says, we 
and the faculty = peng parecer by the 
act of e an rnal bodies, it is e foun all 
0 bei But if =e mean ref it ‘the vil which 
mmands muscular analogy subsists no 
longer. The fibres of ola ns. capable of ae 
d contraction, but they are strongly combined 
d rely connected as animal fib 
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ak MECHANICAL INJURIES (Les ions). — Under 
ust be understood not only injuries caused | of 
ch 
of that plant, but any mechanical for pressure 
which impedes its development, or 23 the al and 
ready performance ts functions. Diseases of this 
class, on aecount of —.— f occurrence, e 
attention on the part of cultivators. 
—— . ..—— 
THE BEE oe 
Ir is of great moment, at 
stocks that do not feel weighty t to the hand. The best 
artificial food is made of of best Jamaica sugar, 
. Rees tablespoonful of salt : 
these should be well boiled Ry 5 when cold, add 2 oz, of 
rum, or 4 oz. o 8 An in bottles. 
e 
sapia just oe ae dark, and 
d be removed very anniy ths the 
water | cells ; the bees are then able, 
ry mh a a yard the one Shati 
m” Seubickinw’ s a Vege distant from 
ex 
is season, to feed any 
and then pour the food over it, which ach — o the 
by walking on the edges 
of the cells, to obtain the food without the 3 of 
Hy 
r to sep a poeri supply Lad ar 
hous a teaspoon Spi lved in t a pin ater), 
reach. Gar gare pans filled ‘with elean prei 
and the solution poured among them, so that the stones 
—. RS PrP ere 
CHEVREUL’S 888 OF FLOWERS FOR 
SEPTEMBER 
THE m i ee 8 is the 4 in ae year for 
obtainin at ul arrangem f The n 
merous varieties of Dahlia, which are in a perfection this 
month, e gardeners to ornament pieces 
groun with diffe of one species of . — 
presenting sha A S except blue. The arran gement | 
of Dahlias see ave pre-eminently occupied M. 
peasy attention, and he recommends the following 
* 
For or Lin nes of Dahlias.—1. White, scarlet, Nav 
ie ree p violet or purple, orange, white, scarlet, 
ite, &e. hite, scarlet, dark pu rple, lilac. rose, | 
elav, Fiolet. or rhe, orange, white, scarlet, dark 
p 3. White, scarlet, dark purple, lila Pe 8 
bie yellow, Maes or r purple, or shes. white, scarlet 
k purple, &e. In these lines the Dahlias Should be 
—Dablias may be ar- 
Groups of Dahlia 
roup of five 
be 
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ranged 3 groups of five 
should be a quincunx, and 
pla el with regard to its neighbour in one of the two 
folosi ing) 
0 0 0 
83 328 U o 8 0 E 
0 0 0 
(2) O22 J T PER, 0 
0 0 0 
e being in either case three parallel rows of 
Dali with the plants in each row equidistant from 
acho ther. 
he arran of seven is also composed of three 
sats —.— . 1 in the middle line being equi- 
each other, thus — 
Nothing is easier than — plant Dahlias in wa 
way; it is only necessa make a cross with thre 
pieces of wood, each 6 Tout ree the 1 at the 
onm: bein all equal; to place this n the 
ground, E e care to have one of the oO — the 
middle line of Dahlias, = ” put a stake 
n the asida 2 eros is 
any mistake in ron aP the groups, it i — as 
well t Taki a plan of — 
wafers, t 
each stake plant a — 
up of seven 
ts ias he same variety, one 
oot should if hater be divided — six parts, so that 
all eae a plants may be as nearly 
th is too small to be divided int six equal part 
it is — to divide it into three ts only, and to al 
her orth, — 
io at akon 
en 
six — with a purp! | 
with a white contre ; 5, six w ite, with a scarlet centre; 
n the “following 
which will be till about 
the end of April. If yoa k pods improved cottage 
or other hives, with a board an d glass at the top, pee) 
eeders ives, 
tr gh 
with great parpl 
— starting from No . — 3,2; omen g the 
border to hold only 13 groups f it it will hold 15 a white 
he a straight border capa’ 
— 
ve groups, any one of the three — arrange - 
3 25 Il. or III. may be taken with the following 
Ift the border can hold 8 groups it is best to end 
arrangement I. with t ite or yellow 
| ü a'y not soc 
petition 
ee 
ke as possible. z b 
groups? 
arrangement II two 7 while or violet groups ; and 
arrangement III. with wee white or yellow groups. 
ent y be followed by arran 
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nan se white orange violet Pyeton 
rose — aii orange violet rw rgd white” vee 
violet 3 
0 0 
white rose white . 
0 0 0 0 
4. 5. 
scarlet white dark purp. white 
0 0 0 0 
white yellow scarlet white rose dark purp. 
0 0 0 0 
0 
3 ips oe W 
ne groups are ‘required, at afier No. 5 add groups 
4 Ba yirt If there r 11 groups, group 
5 should 15 rr e . pit ad of 225 arrangement for 9. 
et of Dahli nly observation required 
—The 
here is ie dn t all the “individuals of the same variety 
reat be placed symmetrically, and art the precautions 
bef e given for the purpose of ensuring symmetry 
should be attended to 
eptember a line of common Laurels, and of Pyra- 
be with their red berries, looks well. — with 
their blackish-blue fruit, contrast equally well with the 
Pyracantha or with Holly. 
. CELERY. 
Tue varieties of Celery may be divided into two 
classes : 
A. WHITE brems 
B. 
Rep 
The „ Caley! with pet e 8 * a 
the Common Red n Whi 
sidered unworthy of 23 223 ought to ry —— 
from cultivation. 
. Wate Sorin. 
White Solid, alias Fine White Solid, Celeri Ture, 
eee plein blanc. Of strong and rather tall growth, 
lanches Le and comes into use earlier than the 
Red So tid varieties. 
Sta 
ct, we 2 
ry ca ps of the pale. 
Ttalian, alias Italian n Uprieht, Upright, Large Up- 
ae Se, strong, erect, ply 
eceding. 
Wall’s White is “A Peon nis variety of the Merson 
which is esteemed by the growers of Celery for 
Curled Whi ite, aliàs Nain frisé. Leaves much curled, 
3 arsley, and like those ose of the latter might 
sn employed for _ sabre h 3 it is dwarf, hardy, and 
8 — not fine flav 
B: y Dwarf — ‘White, aliàs Court hatif, 
Celeri Tast, of some. Dwarf, but very solid, and forms 
a compact heart; excellent for oy 
B. Rep Sout 
3. Red Solid, aliàs New Sang Red, 
Cole’s 
caer efomp era h ired a 
variet Aeri sar be 45 it has smp 
—— Shepherds R od is now preferred 
sorts considered of best quality have fauinbders 
CRLERILAc, or Turnip-rooted Celery. 
This is a sort of Celery which formsa knob at the 
Celery, sub- 
variety —ͤ— with ta red ; snd ante: with pone —.— 
or Celeri Rave à feuilles frisées. R. 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
Havine secured perfect drainage, the 
pa — to is the condition 
ith white 
. violet, with 1 a yellow centre. II. 1, six yellow, 
ern 2, —— 
centre 
in removing the troughs, . is not 
consumed, by or before daylight the next morning. 
Tin f are gen erally made with a float of wood 
33 ; these have th vantage 
are drowned. It is 
2 
pact when the latter is 
with 
5, six very dark — — k 
— = 
n piece of gale honey-comb, 
