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on the eri 3 and eet ss xcept at r end) , characters, aoe short-hand writing should also be rains, 
the hot April 26th, 1849, I pla 9 | common. was the idea of Turgot and Condorcet. 
nine * * ae he quills—two of 4 e Oxon 
woo 's, and is 
Chasselas 
was here and expressed his the 
the 8 an nd healthiness of = 1 1 suffere 
eac 
100 bunches to be taken off - 10 ore s Mtata There 
now hang about 40 bun 
Grapes I had a plead early crop o 
the pit, and no t luxuriant * tei thy cum- 
bers, and hope to pam Ape in the winter. John 
Cox, Clinton House, Weybridge 
ting of = ruit of Melo I grow ah lons in 
frame jin the old-fashioned way, the heat 
being kept up by repeated li . iak is ee 
loam about 2 feet dee ter — t to pre- 
jus 
vent the plants 7 flagging | wry the heat of the sun. 
he crop this se ut just as the fruit begins 
to baste pos: it err ie on” oa r oe 
ut when you — 1 yon find it as thin 
in a r egular ferm 
in a liquid pron ge plants’ nf ‘aide be healthy 
in short, 3 exceeds te — — 
lan 
appearance o ts. ma 
Zero, Hatfield, Essex kwe l hoad E —— cases like 
his. cause of the fermentation is unknown, bu 
du 
hes of dead aks fruit. a | civilit 
nch Bea plan 
It. 
nside, rt pul > ae 
w 
are e frequently lost. 
ithon in the gardens of the Earl not . — at 
Hinton St. George, a sight which may in and 
urprise your readers, viz., 21 blossoms * at once on 
the Night blowing Cereus, umber ould think, 
d | unheard of before. re blossom: e, at inter 
als, bee t since. Considerable credit is of course 
e to Mr. Newson, the Earl's gardener, who, fro 
civility to parties who were kindly permitted to see the 
lant, I have no doubt would give rmation i 
his power * 3 g es TE — habits. Clericus. 
a” the name of 
tree ? Auel ee — haps 
ia. Mm. Brownlees, Hemel Hempstead Nursery. 
Is Coffee the name of the tree—thus, hy. J. G. 
rofit of Uniti es. e have gone on increas- 
ing for the last few years, until I am now compelled t 
do something m, having upwards of 30 hives 
0 hite’s . 3 rst year 
they have not swarmed; the 
with honey, but contain Mari rood. ave also two 
on Saul’s principle, both of which have d, and 
ithout having given any intimation of their intention 
to do so. i rious objection, and applies t 
White’s also. Unless they are well watched, the swarm 
ea 
t u fe 
is prone connected with over-watering or unskilful 
wa ing.] 
ckoo.—I have heard the aeg note of the | i 
ntly | k 
rd | the spring, 2 did they swarm earlier. 
cuckoo, — by your correspondents, freque 
I think during the last — or ars years. The bi 
ometi alls merely “ cuck,” 5 other times, “ cuck- 
mber to have 
gin again. I certainly 
heard this eines note this — the first week e e bird 
arrived in this e Of course the young cuckoo of | 
the year does 25 
hardly leaves the nest b 
have thi he 
een in the woods, and 
ve heard what I do not see noticed in books, viz., that 
e call note there ensues a loud guttural sound, 
untry. 
t call the year ‘of its birth at ‘all 3 it 
bef h 
r them for every rea- 
son but that e being, — — to destroy the bees t 
obtain I have united a 
his 
peals of thunder occasionall 
he Pot 
few hiv ves, * | 
were saturated with moisture, and when — 
mad ake, and shall suffer for it. Is such 
your opinion? H. S. Templer, Curham Rectory, Tots- 
wo 1 Oxon n, — [No; not if the t e 
— wee before las t 
There shower of 
rain, and som 
heavy Baileboeet iad “with it 
under-storm. T 
i hes 
t as yet gone a any e 
iately aro me Cabó, Treks 
ust 5.—Since I wrote to you last week, the disease 
been rapidly increasing in its virulence, and the 
worst pal th reg he cro, be enter- 
tained. ersons sor that it will be more fatal 
this to eat ba in any preceding one. People are dig- 
p 
m up, 7 8 ending them to the market, where 
T! is ee occasion a 
E cieties, 
ACKSON in the chair. 
s| Hor —Dr. 
n It was fo spon a baust that in future the — 
hall be 
fee sha guineas instead of six guineas, 
Among KN of exhibition, that which excited 
fore better to use the match than unite? Ignoramus. 
= vast to eg in a the 2 ona this inhalation be 
e perfect sound, then 
— can easily i e that a deficient inspiration ' would 
cause a defect in 
= have dbo eee all “the variations ey Jig ee e Ae 
r eee. every season for the last 50 
The first 46 yea: re spent near 
rs of my life Bur oy. 
where the country is ak The last 16 grais í I have| it 
the country is low Vas 
ived here, wh 
ckoo sings more me 2 in the seaso 
an ‘the birds more eri have a greater 
variation in their notes, in a hill ct than in a low 
fiat I With the 
gra 
the lark maga 2 midnight i in June, in the glens 
the ury. W. Rothwell, Winwick 
e 
— and, 8 
te again 
8 been 5 A. a 1 pote: the bird is dead. 
Lusor, Brist 
Scientific Nomenclature.—I have read with interest | 
85 
4 
5 
e pear 
which » dete plated last 
j Pe ll 
l 
ce 
- I 1 had 
and th ied te 
„10 days ago in the 
and s 
tubers the TT ee are in m 
— E. C. n, Secretary ed 2 
——The dise eis making ri opted in 
directions = this magen Wii these st 
w days, large puces of the m have become 
ite black, na the 
— Daa e— 
a 
isease in 1 thie 
September witho ur 
ver saw it spread ra such 3 jaen My 
Potatoes being full I will 
beret Md where hee An ad th 8 l 
mall plot of Axbridge Kidneys was 
attacked on Friday last wit ith the grey spot in the haulm. 
was a 
; | It consisted o 3 of Angræcum 
ry A Banks ian Nee 
ian.—|sian Medal 
orth | wibi the 
aron, 
Elegans, and ander-in-chief ; the la 
with a flowe ring ; spike a at least 3 feet in length, The 
same grower a ome nice seedlings not yet 
sent out,” among w Shih was a kiad named Walden 
a | Gem, certainly m hang tdi ent on Comet in point of 
colour. Banksian Medal was tren —A collec- 
tion of 24 fe sero rót Hollyhocks in the shape of g 
ooms way of showing them—w 
tributed by Mr. Bragg, of re Franklin, 28 
awrence, of Ealing Park, sent an exhibition of 
e | Orchids, for which a Banksian Medal 
caudatum, 
2 1 nia can- 
e genus a 
* Certifie ate. 1 Merit awarde 
but Mr. a cer 
stated that, under better cultivation, this kind of Pine- 
i ruit much heavier 
plant, and but inet idl ed, It was not cut up, 
sr therefore of its ra 55 ek; formed. 
Pawieded Mr. Jon 
gr. to 
raph J. sar Bart, on sent five beautify ripened ed Ripley 
mall crowns, the heaviest 6 Ibs. 4 0z., 
adt the 12 5 Ibs. * 02. 72 along g with them an 
ill-form b-crowned Pr 9 weighing 
Ibs. Medal was awarded for 
aid fire- 
esteemed Bromham-hall Melon was sent by the raiser, 
Mr. Fee gr. to Lord Dynevor. Itweighed 2 lbs. 11 oz, 
—Mr. . to Mrs. e ee Kent. 
the stalks eut close to th e ground, 
T 
n, and I e 
ost every 
the outer sur urface of the lea 
and within a very short time th 
ed, the Forty-fold, bein res 
* e 
having 
Achimenes, Bæckea 
ined Arduina. 
0 
spots, 
sucoocds pebtectly i in a poemara 
um, the Cape Ornithogalum e and o 
. 
n 
k Twi colour ges green), how- 
| ever, may perhaps render 
Other ‘vegetables — of t bage— 
