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or the beds ofr rivers, 3, is 3 of a very 
-sh 
— — awe and requires the addition of | b 
e rejbbtion of the clayey . chalky 
rt 
vels, and th 
1 material for walks can * 
parts, that a dry m 
obtain 
We are r — in 2 E good 
a e walks and r when 
er, has 
es and scoriæ, 
abounds in some distrita, or limestone, with similar | 
antage. Around London, or where pebbly stones 
or the —— “er rivers, 
these, o rse gravel, can easily be b n to re- 
quired — ess and angularity; and — endå be 
— than flint or strong gravel thus broken 
e proportion which the height of a wall in the 
. should bear to that of the sides, is, as 
have tested it, about one inch to every yard in width, 
Edward Kemp, Birkenhead-park, March 27. 
* ~ á> O 
— DISEASES OF at 
inued 2 * 
. raid by this term 
a solution of pada ‘effected, pens by a 
ment, but by some violent force, which either entirely 
or ly breaks the plant. Thus, the wind, Tigh tning, 
the weight of snow, hailstones, the hand o „a shar 
any of 
and a m oe wet i jais ae hiari of the 1 tree 
pe wre | of the trees which we see infested by an nts, 
g b w 
If, however, the sound parts 
is. more difficult; _ but with 
any diy: or wax or glutinous 
recommend, m 
SPINACH. 
Tue varieties of Spinach are 
— Sher Fnr or PRICKLY. 
is adapted for summer use ; all the 
Sn and the he Prickly, afford a site for winter. 
A. SEEDS suo 
in ee 
— a ues e Laitue. 
hav 
erior kind of chalk. whieh c 
I | in quality. 
sharp instru- | 
8 
— When te 
a portion of a plant i is 8 sepa- 
e 
latter s 
It should be done in the 
eep 
— leaves large, hastate, from 6 to 8 inches in 
eadt th. 
etti 7 18 7 Anin! 12 
is no really permanent distinction between them. Let 
This is an excellent new variety, ty, 
ich has lately been distributed by the Horticultural 
rounder than those 
he i ves are 80 
is Soe ety. ewha 
5 the seta — of thick 3 nee and dark 
— not quite so hardy as the 
Flanders 8, but k. usu anliy e winter sufficiently 
well, and from its s — 5 — it deserves to occupy 
at least half the grou aa allotted for the winter crop of 
Spin alled Epinard — if not 
ach. A v 
identical, is 2 similar to the precedin 
. SEEDS CKL 2 raines épineuses. sts 
nach, Bordeaux, Epinard com- 
guished by the seeds being 
— and thinner than those 
seeded, er ine 
is 
re sma 
e Flanders, and very much thinner than com 
New "Zealand | Spinach. This, — a species 
at of the pre 
‘nelded in the lists of $ Spina 
pa possesses is that of supplying et 
through the whole summer, e in 
the driest — when the crops of Summer Spinach 
are useless, But it is only in such a case that it 
n 
in small 
or 4 feet patty for it spreads m 
ts till — end of May, and then —— out 
uch. Of course, the 
should be steeped for 24 hours before sowing. 2 5 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
ening, Ne and m 
ted. Wher 
ulching are 
ea mulching of 
great servi 
oots of vegetsbles from end winds 
ood watering with 
ery of s 
sien uce- coe Sar 9 tly these varieties must be 
: — n its 
4 
can be | by—9 
any one T “single blosso 
have an Ea 
of a pape 
of the Horticultural Society,” second series, vol. i. 
contained erro 
correspon 
arly Dwarf, aliàs Nain 
Hack. or * b — e (Lévégu e was a mis print), and men- 
tioned that the Spanish. “Dwarf and Bishop's | Dwarf, 
a 
z 
e 
Bishop’ s New oan pe" by e that it is pos- 
e, that Mr. Bishop’s ld 
from 
rdinier Almanach pour 3 1850; 40 the 
J 
seeds er neh Ste is 1 to b 
e the same as the 
hâtif. f the latter, it is added, * 1. a Silas 
eproduit de sis N années comme un nouveauté 
( blen gu il soit oa ancien), sous 5 
pin 3 is doubtless 
ardini 
described i 
Bishop's 5 Darf, o 
rsa publicly k 
h, in Loudon’s se ‘Garden 
n, and — of treatm 
y Mr. > Bishop, a a 
previous to 1825, from a large sowing of thio Spanish 
Dwarf (I have seed both in the same cate The 
from a single plant of that sowing. 
a sport of the Spanish Dwarf 
older variety, the Nai in Hatif. | As to t 
e “ Green 
some distance, say 3 feet fr om | 
more 8 cial to the E Pa 
Be the flower pete and other ornamental ground 
annot be used, if high keeping is 
des ee 3 stir the e ground 
where it cau be done before water is administer 
Some advise water to be given little at h 2 and pak ; 
others, on the contrary, insist upon giving a goo 
eral ing at once, and then discontinuing it for some time, 
e 
and not to cool the earth so much; but I nen he 
the 
if it be rey practised. In 
ter should 
in this cond 
tation is pro ing rapidl t is clear that 
cannot proceed kindly unless the roots are all supplied 
ith moistu ure at the same time, and for this reason let 
effectual, Continued soakin 
z 
hot, rapid growin 
vegetables te watered plentifuily with N 
afternoon or evening. Pha 
70. 
e Correspondence 
i mengis — ie one can deny that great con- 
fusion has long ex exist consequ 
P 
first 
be pumped from a well, and in 5 
1 
very fibre, and vith. the best results, N if mer hee 
Water. 
dver 
be ob lige ed by your 
Number of the 16th ult., to us as 
ullery wi 
There is ali 
much pressure. A S 
Birds: Food i the Titmouse Li Mr. Doubleday 
has 
name of it, as t 
have entirely failed i in 3 the presence of 
larva or insect them, 
[x Teast ten times more 
ran ford. 
Brown’s Fumigator. Pie oe the last few . 1 
have been enabled to give this invention a 
The prineiples upon which it acts are 
a most panas: and one of 
e most essential portions of the — emitting 
