SN ee iy . , . ß RT , i Bho ce 
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37—1850. | 
ht and heat. 2. * as the wer power 
— d—either in peetrum o — phen 
peration of the 
eee 
ist; and — 
power, electrical phenomena, an 
phospho: 
proved to be directly pene on the solar influences ; 
satisfac- | 
th 
in action, although very different in their resulting 
effects. 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
wo a 
Water Lily to n a rock; such situations are, 
i t suitable for 
deep, se where moisture can 
eather when the plant is 
parin 
well-decomposed manure shoul 
h as decayed Reli can 
a large portion of this may be safely nig wo ie the 
be turned up at least 18 inches dee and the . 
manure well incorporated wi e soil. 
e 
f the Valle: pe during autumn, when the foliage is 
becoming yellow ; Us Hays ted at this 1 one 
year make 3 1 ering plants. If the 
tati a with iew to the Pants being | © 
eventually potted and cs they should þe planted in 
patches of two or three inches apart, an 
r tearing 
3 as above deseribed are almost certain 
m freely. of light loamy soil and 
3 will be Smeg suitable material to pot them 
in. The pots should be placed in a cold pit or frame, 
and if a succession of bloo requi portion only 
skould be put into the forcing-pit or hothouse at a 
time. A temperature of 
and n gin to m th 
frequent slight syringings shouid 15 afforded them. 
When the plants eens Oe flower, . geen 
be — h will 
* ower 
be the means of — ng them — | in 2 or 
if they are intended for bouquets, they will not flag so 
soon as when they are cut from a stove. Pharo 
main 
nd the 
owever, 
recommend them to cobblers, and 8 but | w 
amongst 
to practical 
2 1 
n 
D. J 3 The Gardens, Shobrook ary Crediton, 
“Potatoes from Cuttings.—Our Potatoes from cuttings 
THE GARDENERS’ 
in- are still growing vigorously, while 
d until opinion Aare 
oppo- | 
rays were | 
_ | tween the 
the 
f Chenopodium maritimu! 
or any other maritima, it is high time that they were 
to „School took 
time = form new 8 of the Lily i 
mass of roo 
frequently 400 done, which, i in fact, is 
s 
those in th 
usual wa; ee Although no chemist, i it is my 
f starch is wanting to 
the — was IIb. 13} 0z., showing a difference of 
94 oz. 0 e fi 
John — Cumberla 
Large Cucumbers A Se odg 
taken to 3 large Cueum 
8 = concer: * labour thrown 
r, is as w 
estible than ‘ee Aust 1 
ms, grown at 50 times the cost and 
Scientific Ce ee ROM 
the British Associati one of the Edinburgh n 
may 300, N to 
on an 
ruins 
pa W. infi — that n 
the association and other learn es, set o a 
1 t 
was one thing connected . 
scarcely believe, and had to r 
tol 
it been a company of 3 in the first mago. of 
we have no doubt that 
turni Dr. Lindley’s 
oosefoot in a living state hores ? 
— th such a — in a locality, we bona have 
xpected some a to our marin 
new nen or i loo 
oking— 
these wonderous plants had 1 
the tame 
CHRONICLE. 
e j now 
5 
ut in on the 4th ar, | 
the 1 
agg Mee —— 
some of | N 
d a that 
581 
of the smaller plants showing tor flower, and 
bs wt a the larger in full bloom ; one or two others having 
those that were kept out of doors till the middle of 
November, uated 
ccess, in growing 
1 if not ‘entirely, attributable to the too 
© wate tn t has ee rto been bestowed upon it, 
early stage 
ten originates 
in the growth o f the ‘plant, either wien i iia s 3 
pains from the seed-pot, o 
in training af lanted 
in the frame. I — seen heathy k looking vg Melons 
die pem d suddenly, 3 3 vines 
been cut fro ts daing 
roots, — t — 
— 3 watched the progress of the sore ; — 
ay 
it increased rapidly until nothing more 
than the skin was left on the lower of the 
training o 
shoots are Stied or cone to their proper places. Bleeding 
place instantly, but it did not appear to We 
and well watered; after watering, the bl 
had co congealed o 
though fermentation had taken gs when it plas 
increased, until all the tissue th the ste 
tany—some | diseased, the woody fibre dugig = hog it; the 4 i loo 
cease tally 
d to flow, and the plan I acci 
ruised a plant at neck in “ hólar wae 
bleeding instantl pla This being the only 
plant under the light, I Jost all ey of a crop ; but 
a a day, taking care 
never to * che water * the . . " last it dried 
up, and the plant ripene fruits. 
as I ore often had the — go off in the same ways 
but d th 
to a twist in 
inha 
them — Says „% Mee alee pennas non habent.” 
Mack 
— Gardening 
— Paper is not 1 the further impro 
te in gardening matters, bu —— 
oe illiterate, I ws your Calendar writer some as = a 
y uld not only instruct t 
add so 
— and — — 
the manner o N -5 for the coo 
— said that God se eat, but some one she 
The same might be 8 smeer 
year 
vertises in your Amongst th 
of which I knew aoting but having the seoda Twi 
to grow them, and having grown them, I wished 
but from not kno the nature of their forma- 
| sown in seed- 
0 
| the * they R ere instruction of 
them ; wing 
tion — state for er table, I apprehend I have lost 
bbages” were the“ Couve tron- 
chuda,” and — Kale.“ These der 
finall 
1 looked kor the 
other 
—As I conceive res: e of Per ow. 
both | and th 
P. 2 dr a leaf h as been e off, leaving th 
talk to decay on the plant. Wm. Culverwell, Thorpe 
Plants. — Being a 
back alley, is n row of standard and d 
Narcissi, and o r bulbs under “then. These borders, 
t, an 
and have grown away in good — 
s“ Couve” forming a head or 
erusalem Kale partly run off 
ad leaf. No doubt the 
2 
there must be something very dull 
rks. it not arise 
urs should pro 
Learner. [All 
3 
bene themselves | 
oun some ee an addition 
some of your 
_ have all pm to leaves, as — as a coal-box, but | admired. 
ning, as 
— is most useful. 652858 — | E ai 
Y greatly ont the spaces between the perma- 
wy annuals, bi: 
ing * 
such an arran to be adopted 
a object is simply te foot attention to the culture of 
e herbaceous tribes 
carp of the con inent sporting in 
out by me last year, for Sones the — Tou! 
phinse, has fully succeeded again this I have 
ve | guanaco an and topic convertible into saddles of meat, and 
