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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Manch 30, 
SS ĩͤ—— d be chef are guzel la the inde ny, ft . a 
obtaining a higher standard of pezans i 3 but although 
e * Ae: d yourself poem mmend that walks should 
r. Bail 
ade higher than the adjacent ground. 
Jet“ ith dig does not ot favour 1 us with such un- us that their o 
di 
wer li K hega can 
Perhaps, however, he" will 
1 >: je a e Nevertheless Seer 
task 
h, if, effec 
oy add to the improvement of this plant 
bloomer, border, or a bouquet = Pipa 
to him 
state most 3 that pA British species Jot titmouse 
ever feeds u he buds of trees. Let Mr. Grah 
use a smal cope, and my will find that it is insects | 
alone for which these irds a 
in ee ee f . 
examined machs o eder 
dae Species * titmouse, except the — k and 
no portion of a bud did I ever find, 2 2 paring for 
ini ea 
of the year, and J 1 49 found the b as of trees i in the 
2 of an 
rth 
beyond even the originality of 
pne. could 
an | it 
ving called | A 
statement, respecting 
I | requires 
ing. The chi 
utmost injury they ever ri is displacing a bud £ = 
- | walks are 
e had pes 8 of 
all seasons 
3 
d be take 
ana. nd through bench Adige to — 
elly soil is in itself a walk 
be į th 
8 
=a 
udih 
2 F 8 mA 
g 2 
ey are glaz 
tas ai 
me deeply as 
sinking 
£ sarpi those of 
rb 
- | blush er 
them into the i: 
wt: 
of 
rou 5 * — therefore 
ig 
tharity p gardeners, he wi will Bee be in the wrong. 
1 have myself tried i ce 
Mr. Graham eok upon the —— 
can reach * sides 3 
sive ma 
a gardener to throw all the water off 0 their sides ur garde ne was a bloc 
here, that the | lady. bi is friends, and | witho ~ being rounded too much, which would Bees. — In I. s“ account (5. 1 ) ot, Poti a 
food soe aphides * t they 2 hrg N but I have ba to the conclusion that it is night, he says nothing about clos' . * 
ts. This i is one tig of numberless similar ins better to allow t to percolate ewah a . Ry eed a 85 if open, Bis: e bees ay sally out Kae day, a 
peres I could adduce. Henry Doubleday, Eppi as possible and thin dispose of it by one o ains by their sound, and in that way their ives ak will 
Glass es i. irii Conveyance of Water have below the foundation, taki in sic ing a bo 1555 likely to ** nhtacked than if the food had been 
d periments with g to have the bottom sloping towar the centre, | pla Besides, the nights are often too cold 
tubes, Pe, if possible the plan of aay in 28 l. I dig the middle about a ‘foot deeper, at, for bees to descend and leave their brood uncovered, 
oe ys laa suitable bad panii engines, t, * SS hey ni F 3 8 Ae during 4 
at and pressure they have to stan very great. n SOS NY ANY spring months, why does “ V.“ re gi 
ied the pr of annealing, which is keeping them Se SESS SCS Ss = r in pans and withdrawing it in e very 
in a furnace for 24 hours and gradually cooling them * 125 time in which bee-keepers begin to pag to see them 
own. I also tried boi hem from 24 ES ° at putrid water. A Peebles Bes- xe 
oil, strong solution of soda, and a variety of other plans, 8 illing .— Have any of Tie co 
without success. I ev vered the secret tried to ler oform them, and with what PF 
5 Lang NN me noms aad ‘ug ora gt w 5 aie confident 3 chloroform if rightly applied wil will ‘a 
; are s i 
liable tọ break ; p= if they will s locomotive | —— * a fens in lo —— g it down the Winter- felled. Larch ome have used Larch much for 
engine they for moat. pur poses ta which they | or other outlet, as the case — bac Where the walk Fates a Red Euli, A Soona S anver Wel, MS 
— * pater I have oy 3 an order for Ehn ie broad, say 12 or 14 feet, and the ground clayey or Mia Tel though us sed sh ae it wi 
0 r in a nobleman’s mansi 
as I executed lit fo or 2 sate ee e no K. Tiberty gen be. is advisable to — two nn [To be sure] PERAR ELE oe 
to 8 nam N ri 
Se ae che purpose 
water. Henry Baker, 90, fied een 
3 t e Bark a aod Manure for Strawberries, 
—Perhaps ale ye with Strawberries 
ae which I saw made n Edinb 
— ae m ee e e e ma e e a, 2 WIN 
X NUAN NN AN SAN Sores A W W 
n N ONY LARS 
oy Sa HIT NSO LI WW Poe OHO oy X Y : 
I SS Co SNe WG s Taye À 3 
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SS — = 8 S% 
Wise 
NY 
NY 8 N 
Ss 
Q 
W. 
by 
8 y . great number, * x 
change 
[Yo 
the 
lime, to extra et worms, &. n thi 
in the colour o i the flowers? Constant 
hea 
azed in the . only, 
The cost of t 27 
hat h planting tan Bee, gd e 1 
4 inches 
of eariy e tv bgt i i 
fy having b * ppb y pA 
r ke tks 
r is 64. per 
glazed on b 
last year 
put in a Te. 
was by far 
W. 
Reader, j 
Peas. 
we aa, other vegetables Y will, h be end, 585 
m — 
aflixed 
But John Bull, and esp 
aoout our 
variations 
Pe productive 
much good, The self-same kind i constantly sat before the 
pu ua a new nam * sh egin to ask them- 
— 3 05 „What's in a name?” By placing these side by side 
with our old acquaintances, under like co ns, as has been 
done at the gardens of the Society, the truth is revealed; and 
scores of sorts which figure e seed catalogues, and jor ae: 
the names of the Smiths and ee me Browns and F 
sons—Imperial, Royal, Matchless, cu aliis—are proved f 
identical, let them have — hom they may, and 
ether the name attached has been F 
section 
th 1 
1 have ho “are very fond of gardening,” — By in running alera F 
are Than or B fect apart; but in. all | SFA g Be Wi aat ga ropne ban aren a 
cases I would Mikias the po z e. the bottom of the R like dis 3 — ‘Novelty, 257 been told, is the life 
„to be sloped to the drain, as repre- | of trade; but novelty of this kind, ught to beits 
igs. 1 and 2, and as the whole need not be death. My object, bowser, ih wylit ni was say a word 0 p 
deep, it would be better to fill all above the drain-tiles | ‘70%, the variations of Peas. | And firat, let me give roat 
ck-bats, or simi i ders (to whom I KK rt d in a faie pos. 
order to ensure a quick inage for the ich tion, Bei it N BJ T ma send k: ther, of good 
e walk. To facilitate the latter object, w RENY MA 0 i 
k a he seed, dm a patient hour was 
4 ng a pene level, let 4 Nr * * oted pia most necessary pers : tion un er 2 bs der. 
ou have is- | It t hool, t t to er. ; 
‘to ensure oficioney thas had better not af between Chan sud rume Pons, btwn beans, | 
: — h ton 
be too far apart. t. It is not to a walk not i 1 “ pened aaa Neg would Ts 
ed in manner very p. I have made plain, and nd justly one atthe fo was found in a row of us 
re 8 or 10 inches in the deepest part, Jamet Peg aeir oe A all inds of Frames, proda | : 
i á i s A — 5 1 
and aos that in hor. hay: ode jenmi wire — a te Frame aa pep cre. ’ Some. wi ay that * l 
i an advantage in ; no, 4 
of rou can i i und white P ; t ding its crop , 
t otlier wiso — get — of; in W appa 5 Be than those of fner favour, as the raion or Marn — 8 
N ou please, re it is pari passu with the old Charlton, it is no longer a desideratal 
25 possible to jah the ee on which to make or The blue Prussian is t the parent of all the Sabre 
* TO of. The cow- the foundation. aren 9 nothing better than brick-bats | Blues, blue Imperials, the n my early days we 20" 
house is 96 — ong e roof a m or rough Š an old building, to which a con- onl, ag ee — rig tom oe prone to ran vert $ 
rafters supp — v. ý z rer laucous hi e 
Lewis, of Stamford "HID, rebated, Mapped by Mei 5 paion 85 mortar attaches. Worms, which variety they sprung from ra ydy e E Soon after the bine 
5 1 It is — with are great enemies to aiis well kept walk, dislike lim ri ared, distinguished by sw 
s g led plate in a a eh wet es long | clinkers, or the refi umps from an yb 33 breadth of its pod and larger size of the seed; its sha 
wide, 05 that it is very light. An iron | glass or r chemical wor 5 y good; but if 5 PP ay 
the ridge and the things cannot be had, seatter some lime a n 5 
supply the place of a purlin. The roof cost a | stones form the foundation. Salt will oe do | the kind it This ceours in this manner? 
only late. V. le v for a Pat gph the best fo te ts be ast Pea in the pod is frequently much in thie dn dae: 
for, all round the house, by a ventilator | from old buildings. S. 5 3 of * e team. 14 these ore carefull; 
we. in front Pipes for Conveying Water.—1 app that | vert to their origin, than those taken from — 
the „ Dodman,” p. 181, would find common clay pipes of Poo e E fines. to ri 
is presumed that the shade from these, the kind denominated Spigot and Faucet,” the most Wr y in your Sae 
at supply of fresh ai . . „ I spondents, N I: 
EEEN alr, ent the | economical for his They are ma various | or Scimetar Blue, which I find myself given 
ring from heat, even in the height of sizes, from 3 inches up to 12 inches in diameter, and blue 
il not be much on A ammonia, are extensively used in this rad of the country, for not; but certain itis that thero is a clear 
with sulphuric acid wil ing off se fro elling 125 protean 3 . a P. 
little does rise, probaly it will | basics for mill dams, and er for begin, liquid | te Imperial. A poor soil, however, has the 
3 have y deal | various other pur 5 ize I would | Tmperiai, 1 more quickly word 
prevent people r — as being sufficiently large n advice on the ame i kereg be—to my 
_ Grapes — with an intended purpose, is 3 inches i eter. They may | 29t to be too to rush to print with 
ho may keep the k in his pocket, | be p from 2 to 3 feet below the surface, and if and to my not to be so hasty 
that is surely an — matter. For the firs two years, | proper! stated with and the soil firmly pressed | Novelties, but wait the time till their Worth 
until the border Vines ines beat, the houso willbe sup round then be found firmly pressed | acknow William Masters, Exotic Nursery, Ce 
plied with Vin Llandil found to answer every purpose In some r recent leading articles you appear 
3332 . required of them. If thought requisite they may be bare the seed trade ; 
Garden Walks —It t appears to me that both Mr. glazed both inside and out, but I am of opinion that if) authority — aot 
