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forbad) the numbers would have been far greater. As early shows. The Melon ground lies at the west end 
it is, I have good reason for expecting = the n | of the glass houses, ad rather behind them. It com- of the evening — Mr t. Howden 8 healih—whieh 
winter will 
will witness a more numerous attendance, ev prises a considerable extent of framing. Cucumbers! dru with great cord iality by every Een ‘present. 
without such a popular inducement. and Melons, Radishes, and early Carrots (the latter two | He pagne ete Mr, Howden and the committee on 
« At parish B, almost all of those who are not neces- | covered at night with wooden shutters), and Potatoes, the ponse with which the appeal to his 
ged, meet between services on the Sunday: are all grown, or rather forced here. The Potatoes! Sar Pree friends had met, and it him 
Pki Uinger is then present but themselves, they are | (Early Royals) were from 6 to 8 inches high, and to all | pleasure to hand to Mr. Howden a purse pe the 
most orderly and assiduous under the conduct of the | appearance very healthy. They were planted out in amount of enen. being about 357, Mr. Howden 
monitors. They afterwards proceed to church. Attend- soil on a bed of leaves and dung hooped over and covered | expressed his deep sense of the esteem of his friends 
unday is qui ional. ing i mats and litter at eag but left open in fine days. | who thus testified their rp n 2 substantial a 
an analysis of the ages of — adults at parish B: —1 They were genar rred to this bed in the last week in| manner in the time of nee ting was chiefly 
above 40, 8 above 30, 4 a e 25, 11 above 20, and 15 February from small pots, ‘pe which they were started | composed of the most in tallige ui practical gardeners, 
above 16. But how is all this acting towards improving | under glass, In front of the Melon ground, and running and passed off with the greatest harmony, 
Í the physical condition of the labouring classes ? up the west side of the garden, is an orchard, 3acres| Sale of Orchids. — A collection made by Mr, 
4 “At the am time were commenced a Horticultural | in extent, well stocked 2 fruit trees. The soil of the Warezewiz in Veragua and other = of South 
i Society for the encouragement of cottage n and kitchen garden is a dar comune friable loam on ees America, was sold by Mr. Stevens, on Thursday last, 
also a tains library. Both of these now bid fair to and very productive. The es of the walls are at the mec re prices :— Cattle eya Skinneri, from Costa 
prosper. Many of the adults are diready members of | clothed with fruit trees, and th e ape in n which the Rica, 3/. 3s. ; a Trichopilia, ryote rain of Veragua, 
7 lending get nee many more will join when their grow are * very — for many pur 2 “ia a 
acquirements arrant the step. oe sound As Mr. Parker is universally e to o be one of | 4 
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their hom Arithmetical knowledge is 2 con- han following account of the way in which he manages a, av ragua, 6“. 158.; a nage 
veyed, "with, the definitive “objet of advancing the his exhibition plants may not prove uninteresting. To Feichopilla Gust Powered in ‘Wr Holford's garden i 
econ means. begin—He strikes his euttings, which are obtained as Hertfordshire), 2/. 4s. ; ets Be caudatum, 51. 5s.; 
„Above all, that curse of — ultural distriets, the soon as the wood is thoroughly ripe, under hand-glasses | Trichopilia rayne Deer 2l. 4s.; a Sobralia said 
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established one year to break up and divide assets the in turfy loam, two-year-old cow-dung, some peat and s. Other lots, e which there were in all 200, 
next ; then to start afresh to be broken up again.” silver sand, all well mixed together, and placed on an fetched from 10s. to 1 
e on y regret e author’s aA? unknown; efficient drain The Wenn are then set in a 
for we omg hope that some charitable purses would be | cold rere and kept close in the day-time till * Calendar of Operations. 
opened to it were certain that the contents taze become established ; “ting they es left ope: 
would Seale their destination. ight. Ultimately the lights are off di both i PLANT DEPARTMENT 
PY rie Cea — — a night, and, as soon as y will bear . they are Srovzs.— The increased amount of heat and moisture 
den Memoranda. placed on boards, exposed to all weathers, until the in these ogee ales by Tek days and more pow- 
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ELM Grove, ROEHAMPTON, THE seat or J. H. OUGHTON, 3 The main point in their out-door treatment is, ne ne 
—The mansion, a classic Roman villa, with a ver to allow them to get w ater-logged or stunted in i hat this should be so directed as to mak 
handsome entrance porch in front, is placed at the their 8 They receive a shift in November, using 
extremi an extensive and beautiful lawn, | the ecmpost mentioned above without the peat. They | to a perfect specimen. 
that slopes gently to a fine piece of ornamental water | are pex ain shifted in February, and each shoot stopped fully and constantly iklas. as every piece of neglect 
which bounds it on the south. Large Elm trees, with | at the fourth joint. Lateral shoots are then produced, | or mismanagement, however trifling in itself, tends in a 
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margin: Aar flower beds er standard Roses The | tained for large plants in the following season. But tivator of plants; these are observation, reflection, and 
part oh ther mode of proceedi ich is, action—indi t no season 
laid out in — beds, here an ere interspersed to take strong plants in April or May, pot them in more so than at the present. Premising that the plants 
with ornamental trees and shrubs; while that next II.inch — place them out of. ‘Diora, and cg the le soi Ben 
the house is open glade, dotted at the lower end flowers off them throughout the season. Next year i portan D, temperature 
with nice bushes of Portugal Laurel and Laurus- they are fit for exhibition. The nents he are to should of eourse be in pro portion to that of the beau 
ded * bl to which the plants are indigenous. 
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broad grave own in July. e advantage o modera 
of the lower lawn is a neat little Fare far bess Sake | in January, and those 7 J rly in February. To grow the earth is invariably some d warmer than 
choice ard eet beds, which form Geraniums successfully, M Parker finds that much the atmosphere; practice proves this, and also 
concentric circles, with 4 feet gravel walks, all sur- ros = — — nl treatment. They should not that an excess of heat is as injurious to the roots 
roundi n ornamental vase in the prem. and | receive r fire-heat, and the w as to the tops. Ample space for every plant is indis- 
p ve a mela aalt: — ethene they are allowed to flower, pensable, as it is impossible, if the plants are at all 
walk, n summer, wh e Roses are in bloom, | if a fine head of bloom is wanted. Parker’s general | crowded, to make handsome specimens of them, how- 
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a tunne below the publie 1 and following | old soil is shaken clean from their roots; the na are | will bear witħout producing weak or spindling growth ; 
3 among evergreens for a short trimmed in a little, and the iterion, any indi 
distance. enter the kitchen 8 at the north side, | placed in a frame till they have become etablished, | seems to require a warmer or cooler, a moister or drier 
in fall view wor f the extensive ranges 7 aa houses at * they are mo phet qu of doors till 1 are removed situation, should be accommodated accordingly. Plants 
aia ap or si like t kitchen to their win To come in exhibition in | of shru bby habit will require, besides the general diree- 
gardens, is logram, mre two. aeres within May and J ss L are . ae in e and for tion of the shoots, the occasional stopping of any young 
the walls. Th e ittee are covered with beautiful fruit July in February. When they begin to to show flower- growths whi u ; and eli i 
trees, which 2 abundant crops, as do also the | buds, liquid manure is occasionally given them. The on trellises will require daily attention, to prevent their 
dwarfs” in * 2 se a H 4 eo latter is made by putting into a large tub of soft water twining about the wires, and reaching the of the 
in closely 3 epic such | half a barrow-load each ef cow, sheep, and horse-dung, tadi hakoro the bottom is properly furnished. On the 
trees are are managed n the eren Society” N and a peck of lime, mixing well and using the clear other hand it is not a good plan to keep the tender 
men su commo iqui o-thi f clean as been to young growths ti ex points, as th 
well, and are kept within small bounds. In the east it. During the blooming season plenty of water (not practice has the effect of crippling them and preventing 
corner, 1 ped south wall, is the Geranium-house, | liquid-manure, that is only given five or six times just their progress; and the plar especially of delicate 
room 
t n requires to grow the plants | fo foliage beco — ls and the blossoms come allowing the sh strong growing kinds to keep 
in, which he every year at our great metropo- small and deform : from 12 to 18 inches in advanes of the died in portion, 
f 2 + EAR e x desler +} 1 2 gI ime s ere howevé, % 
i one. The top shelf contains the specimens which are s system of managing ing — — We have only to big. aidé; an ther r stove plants, 
| to blossom in May, and the lower shelves those for the add, that everything about the place exhibited the best n is 
succeeding months. Some of the May plants, among of keeping, the soft, velvety 3 necessary to make great exertions to keep them even in 
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Resplendent, &c., were already coming into bloom. | (and are many) annually examined 3 cleared of FORCING DEPARTMENT, 
Each plant exhibited er ; 7 ae Gat obi, tat altogether this Pxventes.—As all the plants should nom be making 
was not at all “drawn.” Even — — is one of the most charming villas in the neighbour- rapid progress, a steady heat is very essential, especially 
although 7 feet from the roof, were just as free from hood of London. ' fraiting plants. Where the bottom-heat is 
as the glass. On sh round the supplied by fermenting material 
front were some finely grown Cape Pelargoniums, which examined, first indications of a decline the 
i Parker is in hopes he will by-and-bye be able old tan should be 
produce in as ition as the florists’ kinds Death of Puer Kunth.—The foreign papers inches of fresh. As the wW werful 
elegans, , reni , elatum, | announce thed E gba K auxiliary in keeping up the heat, it wil frequently 
and others, were in flower. The principal range n the 22 urach. well known as the col- | be necessary to renew the bed ; but if the latter 
glass against the south wall is 160 at Jong, 25 feet | league of Baron N and M. Bonpland in the course seems likely to be required soon, it will be well: 
wide, and 8 It is divided into two Vineries, preparation of the great work on the new plants dis 
that annually bear heavy crops, Hep eee filled | covered by them in equinoctial America ; and, latterly,| potting or other purposes, that they may be disturbed as 
with Oranges, Camellias, Azaleas, Geraniums, Callas, ves . plants, of which; little as possible during the summer. As the sum - 
in full bloom; Heaths, &e. In front of this range, ho ew volumes have ete 1 
and divided from it by a border anda broad gravel Profesorship of Culture in the Carden of lint at 
walk, is a third Vinery, which is 50 feet long, 12 feet fps. oe Side 
ee eee 1 in this that at Deanne has been 8 as the sue- 
— roel tb ai going out of cessor, in ‘his Tapta EA E ae 
wel ihe rp rome ob ui a Ù sivas and. 
The Howden — friends of Mr. W. 
Nursery, but 
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supper in h, on u the 9th inst. Mr. C. Alex- thus 
at the eee chair. After the usual toasts the 
