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that these observations from so . een ished a na- and just at the bend, one side of the shrub has pink aud 
turalist may be acceptable, and induce more ac p the other blue flowers, with a curious mixture of lilac. 
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them to you, more especially eee 
— — as those to excessively mild. Abutilon — has lived on 
which the maternity is gen erally attributed, should pe] ; a e years witho 
able to impart warmth enough to eggs so much larger | and is covered with its graceful — on t 
han their own, as to be dhit in y bring them to per aa 2 s sat l 
ote 
the 
T. L. z uckoo 
has been noticed so Ion 8 so commonly, as A pars its 
row 
formed the subject matter of one of those old rhymes of | One of the old kind (rivularis 1) covers a re 
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whieh 5 school-boy in my time knew a dozen or — N turret 17 feet high; this is hardier than | 
have a _ of this Pare eee, k Ta — * other kind. t-s 
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Wien ia st the cuckow — he doth sing wet. Shrubs not requiring a wall would be most useful. 
* Kooke-kow, > kooke-kow,” to every kooke a kow, F. A, Pa — 3 = Haverfordwest, Pembroke- 
Tis = “ kook-kook—kook-kow,” many a koole, scarce | Mhire. some one will give our correspondent 
ver a kow. the 8 of his = experience, aud that he will tell us 
I hja myself noticed the change as long as I can what Fuchsia rivularis is — 
remember, as well as the guttural sound noticed 
Mr. Bree. This distriet, North Riding moorlands, 
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a- do i or m Wor Aug. 28.—Messrs. 
parts of the coun in Essex, Cambridgeshire, E irg d Son, of Haverhill, i, Sil produced the fol- 
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Suffolk, Herefordshire, Berwickshire, and York- lging varieties of Holly n fine condition : a single | air 
ire) with which I am b 
w y residence acquainted. 1 00 the Queen of 2 noticed in our report o 
From frequent observation I conelude that the change t psal ; ay 7 of Haverhill, 1 lilac, of fine 
in the note of this bird is analogous to the changes | form and N light-coloured variety, 
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ents one ə nuthatch A A w € wers | m. 
is entirely different after “ Valentine’s-day,” and till the present, with the exception of goreh Orchids, and a nice | valuable hints m may be obtained By the — i 4 
i i her display S irrhi 
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cuckoos begin to p 
not that, though they are innocent of incubation, = less pressing, we ma, * perhaps have a few words to say 
yet follow the rule of other birds s as to the eir vocal e upon these pleasan t opportunities, which w we can look 
ciai; back upon with ee satisfaction 
ter the period of the he ered note comes a aaa 
g CHELSEA DARLIA, August aT s, the openi 
w of the peed — he very e tisfactory.—Class I., 
the country, The . ery é ackoo” is always | o all 2 ers, 24 varieties: 1st prize, a Silver Cup, value ould 
ptm ented by T. i as awarded ha 
wing: F 
* Cuck- cuck- cuckoo, is very frequently, I might say Take: iB of Lilacs, Duke of Wellington 5 ves * 
muc. tered o r| Hero, Mr. Seldon, Seraph, Scarlet Eclipse, Marchioness of 
just after settling on a tree, in which case the guttural | Cornwa ie Shylock, Queen of the Isles, Richard Cobden, 
ays follows, J. Atk Nonpariel, Mrs, Seldon, Black Prince, Duke oe Cambridge’ 
of that eumbrous machinery so often recommended if 
not employe 
gr reat principle on Sa Ena sys 
nal The tem of 
ventilation turns is thus wn, “In venti- 
a lat l i 
ting buildings, two — ‘should be borne in 
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hould be taken to see them carried into effect. 
These 
ilt are the supply of the interior bi fresh air, and the 
$ A h 
withdrawing it when vitiated. ere we would 
the vitinted air to be expelled. It is necessari] im- 
especially from the fifth 8 ich contains some 
useful i relating to the construction of fire- 
The 
laces, a e remed or s 
appendix on the ee of ships is ‘wal worthy of 
33 by those engaged either in building or in sailing 
in them. 
Misc der oe 
sn —Had seen the 
ommon Flow 
ing | collection of Mess s Vilmorin-Andrieux and Co. 
t h hat 
C. Atkinson, Danby, near F i 
d sk Je Yellow Sta: Louis-Philippe, d 
or. Some of your correspondents seem ii — 20, 10 Mr. Keynes 8 — — ‘ — thou MPANA magnificent 
the ewe su is summer as it Herbert, Cobden, Princess L , Gaiety, Cleopatra, Capt. tive object in the exhibition, The splendid geo of 
neye g . The fact is, tha the male 4 en ＋ aie Srnie Shylock, Magnif esi Schizanthus Grahami and rubens wi to be 
: 7 i athurst, Mr. Seldon, Lord M , Dake i 
— is away from the female his note is simply “euckoo;” | Camb idge, Essex ny: Pri ellington, Ral eg ie zi hoe gargs e. the * 
e ying with her it be rapid, and | Yellow Standard ah, Toison d'Or, Queen of Primroses, oe F BANGA i tere such great 
broken into monosyllables, such as your correspondents | M. rts, and o Girl.—Olass II., private growers, | credit. We appeal to all good judges o; n of tas 
describe, l shuffling noise at the same time hempen Ary we ap, value — 5 guineas, presented by T, ka who saw the exhibition, to say whether we are not 
frequ uently from one or both of the birds. But | Purple Standard, General Negrier Queen of ‘lacs, Duke of | Correct. W. ould be more gracefu vanes 
of 0 Manglesii, ar haridium 
Mr. „ Shylock, Princess age 
is — Rs ge 2 Black, for Mr. Seldon, Earl o 
8 i t soft mel ous, . and so very dif- archi» 3 of Cornwallis, Tham — oe k Hero 
ferent from that of the male that it is very generally — —.— Richard Cobden, Magnificent, Elizabeth, 
d from one of our woodpeck rs. * F. Bathur urst, Queen of the Isles, Fellng Standard,— 
öh cy v ties : Is i 
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rple Standa egrier, 
let me draw the attention of your readers to the note of Pron Andy St, Maur, Richard Cobden, Scarlet Gem, 
e female cui i r F. Batburs 
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P : asseville ; 2d, to Mr. Turner, for S a perfecta. Conspicua 
then still dged, one of which I saw on the 19th of Lady Grenville, — "Master G 1 Slayton, C Comte de Fiandre, 
mus, Jean 
1ore, Comte de Flandre, ta eg ae — 853 Reuss, and Madame 
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this month (August) followed by its foster parents. Madame Wachy, Brun Jenny Lind, Delicata; Henriel von PU™MeTo 
How marvellous the instinct which will ere lon lead | Gag 7 =n Prince- s Louisa -Class 1Y., g itap n 2 ne 
! varieties ! Ist prize to wards, Esq ay 
ben young Loe 5 ne the Ca land! 4 eg 3 nette, Flying Dutchman, Elizabe th, Prince 88 prin Highland | 
905 man. —“ t the Cuckoo question has no Chief, and — Grenville ; 2d, to Mr. Pope, orem. —4 1 
been carried. fur enoug h.] beth, Madam E Wacky, Pioral Beauty, Postsec Hane, 
Moor Park — the nursery of Messrs, | Jenny Lind, “and Adolph e — lass V., es owers 
: T only, 6 bloo f new varieties, sold out for a frst time in 
Jessop, of 2 is a standard Moor Park Apri- | 1830. 3 — prise to J. Ede „ Be; for Bari e 
cot, 30 dozen fruit in fine — don, Date of Cambridge, Seraph, ‘Sue waeke, Sir F. Bathurs 
The tree pce 3 isolated, and, 4 far as I can see, there and Queen of the Isles ; o Mr. Robinson, for Sir F. 
is no peculi: either r th soil or r tion. 4 3 K of Lilacs, — 2 Earl of Clarendon, Beauty 
y 
Su = dg d Queen o the Isles ; equal Ist prize to Mr. 
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8 80 ike figs we should speak of those pretty violet- 
red e tes (Brachy come iberidifolia) ; of those 
astings 9 their metallic earmine i; of 
pe ee 
and the “4 . Bathurs 
ler í x —Ch 6 blooms : Ist e 
production of seed „ much Leles.— Class VI., private growers only, p 
ro freely, far & musli longer period, a period, and with a more auen e geen We. Duke of Wellington si me W 
— odour, than when n aceess to it. C. 2d, to Mr. Pope, for Mr. Seldon, Lady St. Maur, Purple Stand 
In and Out-door Grapes.—Last spring I introduced ard, Fearless, Richard Cobden, and Sir F. vathurst. 
a branch of a white Sweetwater Vine into a frame on | Prize for the best * oe Bie, Wee Matias yellow 4 i gape white 
a slight hotbed, as soon as the bunches of Gra) were k nobis ‘eee fall, and of good for orm; th ee 14 Fossey pret 
formed ; they grew rapidly and — sees? much, faster | exhibited. SEEDLINGS. 3 were very numerous 
very goo — ing to tie — — of the exhibi- 
First lies. 9 — u = egg oe ogra for 
than the che — 
but now the latter are double weir afte. ose in the | summit of Perfection (purple ), bert (orange obtained 
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bed are stunted, the size of Peas, and now ¢lear and | and — mottled); to Mr. Bragg, sng A pry pace — iy 5 
ripe, while those on the — are still quite green and | Mr. Greathurst, for Lady Frankia and to Mr, Edwards, 
swelling, and very handso me bunches, but most likely Mrs, Hansard, yellow tipped whit 
they will never properly ripen. Can you assign a — ae ee 
would it be of any use now to introduce a fresh branch | Practical 83 By Robert Scott Burn. 
i me, 208. 
if I can manage it? ee 12mo, pp. 
Inquirer. little work ists of five chapters, devoted 
[Yes. Tus 
Shrubs to withstand the Sea Breeze.—Would any of respectively to, Ist, a ey remarks on the necessity and | seeds of 
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with “a in any amount of re, A gale Jaden 4th, that of agricu 5 made and 5th, the heating of ot 
with spray, which blackens sank around, leaves | bu buildings gene eae A recapitulation and an appe 
them unha: but ired of these huge ventilation dded. T 
ts. Rev or 
—— x I were not afraid of advancing a hor- 
tieultural heresy, I should say that many rs 
pte — — to Dahlias. The Hollyhocks of Be 
—— — ong us. The collections of the Prince of 
3 i Dyck, and of M. 2 Houtte, of Ghent, have been 
h admired. In * eee been 
d, 
— more or less te, all with — —— full, 
— 5 from those of other plants, being 
e — of a oe any colour, at 
others A a alone ti tint, aud varying f the purest 
white to arkest glossy black. Some . has 
also been 3 in 2 — cultivation of — plants by 
ourselves. Since 1830 elissier, jun., a gen 
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— tli that hs mie shinii - the 
he now possesses, 
shaded from the afternoon sun, produces blue — tee ieee and easily, by.a proper attention to the | — 
While, where it is exposed to the wet, they are pink | laws ating the motions of heated air, without an 
remarkable 
y'a lapse of 10 — — As a 
