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GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ocr. 12, 
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tant to the pack as the key to numerous 
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HOW TO MISMANAGE A GARDEN. 
gardener, or ot 
cle a rie the % 
gs <i 
~~ “ah t your fire till the last minute in the ithout: 
1 as you can; then, 
sharp, a. up a ro ousing tha 
ible. By 
day; put o 
: pr AA the cold begins to 
in mi en 
your fuel, you may crac 
must keep 2 plants growin 
the wrong time. By thes 
mer 
at night, 
e simple means you en- 
find a job for the 
If the 
Bat | that that is as good an example of mismatagement | Šo 
if n disturbs the 2 of that vital force as could be desired. 
for 
s full power of your case. Kijroupos. 
ad- 
So 45 they were growing 1 * 3 and many 0 many 
ere producing leaves — — d 
* 1 under ordinary po cy * ye. mo A 
ure, contained the 
like . are too valuable to be mixed Parte 
nature, and therefore I 
give you a we eek’s time to M 
how they can be made to suit 
GARDENING IN e IV. 
LEYDEN ao a character ce more stayed 
than either Rot bre or Amsterdam. It 
„all bustle ; 1 1 here 
rock work of — adhe — be with ke 
removed for 
aff 
could perceive the difference between be 
few years from ci 
mitted to found an Uni 
a | for — ve ; but this 
ve | extensive turned — my o 
of growth wth that I fet — i 
convinced that w loo 
Orchids I see a vigour 
in Holland ; and I am 
k far the cause in their 
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room, silo Sere vere eff iges 
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could not be looked at i 
ve con- BRITISH e FOR THE ADVANCE- 
T OF SCIENCE, 
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literature, well as 
that of other us to an Englishman, Genera 
and j Beet by Dr. 
nations, aud Salmati 
who is proud of his Milton, will be gazed at with 
interest. 
Boerhaave 
The learned Scali 
e. ces this exte. 
developing 8 
in the air. 
> 
Palem, arrest our 
The ‘Town Hall is well worthy a 
e M Cig History, mei that 
Bente, Greek, and iqui 
pre particular 
use 
advan 
veniences are rite by lighting the 
getting — that 
fe early, and 
eat up slowly ; but s only good 
of w h. 
ich you are not in ned 
will 
it 
fuel into the — pitch it in z 
way you 
the time that he had: worked there. he bust of the | 
r usius, 
arden, only a 2 t 0 
lover of all, like | C 
well as the Botani 
distance from each d 
been perplexed * 5 which objeet 
as 
* however, received by an intelli nt gardener | com 
had both the e and will to — me in my in- 
© th I was e a 
d Agaves, latter 
so Beals that z wondered ho it had not | them there 
tea y — ago. My informant 
would blow the next year, but I —— 
ow indications of the coming ‘event. He told me how- | 
ttt ow 
of Cl 
i, bi 
situation rc not well chosen, for they must eri d fiai 
Fee the houses, § 80 soon as th 1 acquire 
3 
e dirtyi N either 7 ersen or quite brown hee r 
1 al again, and very li y they will that, with no other adjuncts, how ow difficalt. it would be A few on the and F. of 
ook as well P to produce groups in park ry. Here I| a plant of Dracæra Draco, or Gum Dragon Tree, in 
Never co — 2 ‘with how little fire plants may be | . shown ysiological curiosity that has occa- the Trinity College, Dublin, by J. T. 
reserved : that would be good man nt. On the y tions and uisitions — the | Mackay, LL.D., M.R.LA., Director.— The D 
arada a e heat 3 ma Ker all at ify vp Unel fork et was ee i i or Gam Tree, on a plant of which I bg 
n Es dere 0 bare tender pal ents k of a tree. It been so well to make a few o ions, was raised by me in the 
ender, pale-green | sawn that the tool is still fixed at the cross- d e Garden, in 1810, along with severa 
ves and shoots, with pale flowers, and not man nl of the tines. I have seen a others from seeds brought from Madeira. After it ha 
of the It is surprising how delicate and interest- large stone wholly imbedded in the like er. wn in a pot for 10 years, it was planted out 18 
ing a collection of greenhouse plants may be made by * me eS to have taken place in iii a bed of earth in a large stove or hothouse. About 
such As to resting your case tree iog been cut down | three years ago it too tall for the house, and al 
of a thing ; ; what is the use of p “8 at rest ? they | thro up n merous sh shoots, and when the period order still to secure the plant for the collection, the 
ght a Keep them always growing, | arrives for cutting the underwood, two òr three | following orn suggested by my mre °F 
J Lon me | were left, which ultimately would form a single stem. assistant, Bain, was made by him. stem. 
Now, suppose a st tool to be left on whieh was then about 15 inches in diameter, * 
the me origine! stump, and the two or three secondary, | Uuena six y cut 2 
stems to grow on till they met, such implement, stone, the root, about an inch hig ata me when a little. 
or a object, ga Épi 15 become konita lime was applied to the ree prevent bleeding 
the | The root and lower y 
* — upper portion 
it. t see it; therefore it does n 
breathe. x 
When yo i 8 plants in winter, 
take it cold from as outside, 
and dash it over them. As. eg, can t f. eel, the 
coldness cannot hurt them; * ae trouble 
of warming the wat An amateur has b known | 
er 
to spoil his whole crop of 5 s and forced 
Strawberries in this manner ; and it cannot be denied | and 
Er 
only in an time, 
. was cut up. F Abus traced the 2 
he case, and am 
no t are well cared for; and an ocea- the edge of the 
sional good plant of Fern assured me that they must had been cut. It was then lowered 
have been selected from a collection. I ition, and had the stem and roots sunk à 
saw a plant in full blossom that is only now, a month in dry sandy mould, This done a 
later, colouring with me—the Vriesia splendens, w whose | ago, and the plant, which 
scarlet . t vivid, and whose foliage is regu- lately flowered ; and is, I 
larly barred with deep bro rown marks. I think this has done so in G i 
plant will long 2 its right to favour in our stoves. 
these, we arrived at a house occupied entirely on 
with the smaller ert of 1 ; these were 
As 
y than omed to see them, 
the pots were pak i in r pesar r before the — 
