50—1850.| 
THE GAR 9 CHRONICLE. 
anything else, of a bulk of which we have at present no 
conception. An Old ap Aa [May a e be e | te 
ject 
Francisco to Sacramento, or Mon ontořey, e 8 acta 
wastes that he passed over, he sa; uite 
withered, or burnt up, but the air ya 
sweet-scented species of Gnaphalium!” Now, I am 
3 ow if any speeies of that s known 
in thi try, possessing such desirable qualities, and 
if so, which i is it? Whatever qualities 7 
ti ed for, as 
any are, I 
Bor —1 imagine it! will be found on trial, 
wan a a conditions, tha the Jan AL 
conveni ae RE the rook cs eae 
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joe by 
ving 1 so mild, there ia o plenty of 1 plants suitable | 
or immediate pot e these in a seas 
iately the see 
d beco 
ts, e pr mostly show Romer | af 
the autumn pee _ Wissingham, wl 
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295 ite p Be I should f feel o obliged | by your informing m 
* ure! what wou its effe 
to if the a 5 of sulphate of am hand 
would improve its properti 
usual, so 
tory ; but, no! 504 F 
es as a manure, with the taken. 
a 
Some ti 4. the w winter 
An Admirer of Fine Flowers. 
spondent who has used the 
manner described N favour the writer with his 
experience. ] 
[Perhaps some corre- 
Pe 
mer’s Twenly Lessons on British Mosses, second | 
grown. And now 
er but i must be > applied to the surface, and not 
er the 1 
— is it . that = borders should rest on 
paving stones, supported by walls of masonry. By 
applying} 3 to the surface, Ynis i is ren ger i unneces- 
oots trate through bricks 
arian in order to obtain heat, and wih eat I 
sould lead chem anywhere; therefore th ae. be no 
fear of their desee ing into unfavo * 
and rich borders must be avoided, an must ce carrion 
or other nostrums of the day 5 the natural soil of the 
i itated as far racticable ; and 
tepid soft water, and clear | applied freely, 
ce Fer supplying hea at, leave 
and if het water or hot air is — 
d 5 with gravel, or 
rder will never 
to —— to describe in 
pece for the last 16.0r 18 years; ice mgr ee 
5 roduce ced fine a 2 every year, and at all seasons of the 
Gard: 
series os (Longmans), i is one of Ey a little books for 
oung peop 8 udy botany. It con ee 
Tost’ Bi much Science as 8 ers it useful, withou 
word to It farnishes beautifully dried 
specimens o y Mosses, thus becomes a 
much better aid to the learner than platos of any kind, 
however well executed, possibly can be. The fault of 
the book is its su aturation wi 
on 
prep 
osses, Seaweeds, &c. 
wri on the Anemon s (Jacks ckson and Walford), Who 
should teach the cultivation of plants like those who | 
cultivate them best! Mr. T. 
ple 
ould be a fria ble loam, i in which 
m 
superphosphate in the | fo 
tracts, 
e 
21s 
for dressing, and I think D a ak quantity of 
the 
lad July 1850. gi ES * ‘Se azine * Natural 
istory. 
gritty particles abou an exce 
ne year ; but for permanent Vines, that 
should pm ren put into practice. G. M., Wetherby, 
As hire. 
1 I e the course of my reading Í 
find that — are those who ee that there is 
such a t insti r sensation in vege- 
. —.— tell us shaki instinct. is a peculiar dispo- 
ort being to embrace, without 
of Planting.—There 
| planting, viz., the middle of 
and to perfo on 12 occasions, such other 
: ey 
actions as are required 
o 
Nature has. given them moving or 
their branches 4 tendrils $ in different my", 
oth 
5 
pot not on 
it is ‘founded upon 3 which cannot be ie 
but because it is insufficient t . e th 
— a 8 to pos- 
to the offspr 
b seedling 
sess more i bag eee 3 an are given in clusters 
f the animal. A yo ung | 
ent b The manure to be added 13 
be v vegetable, in prefere nce to animal, and be i 
porated with the soil, rather Wan deposited i in a layer an 
“ Time o seasons for | 
e ind the end of 
January. The early vegetati f such 
left in the ground, 
the most natural s 
lanted fah ers Sue a 
flower 
yards dis- 
uld have . the blos- 
soms had they not been ee 
“ Planting, & a gat a bed of your prepared com- 
post in a sheltere in the garden, where the 
r gar 
n | subsoil 15 N well . gree feet. four ala 
t least 15 in 
will be d at i 
in dep E auge t fro avy * so that it 
tolerably "i toad required son 1 Rak 
d mark the 
as are 
m Is 
ober | fronting the chief line of walk, at so 
re | the 
—P a fan 
rn garden, will do w. amt to wiley it so} 
a | Heck graph and not in sight from he petite ame 
on rosin d 0 
rustic arch, mantled with climbers, or by a 
| narrow minding passage, canopied and 
evergree Masses of rockery * even be placed 
distance from 
use screen re planting can 
lawn, Or they 
ed bricks, 
e ged of art, such 
the scorie, ey the far mo e vulgar constituent d with which 
aneh ta ut 
e 
e | surface level, an in eross rows. Plan 
in a ieh which ut 7.055 10 or seven Aba 
ers are varied in 
mit 
2 on the soil ; avo: Se e limbs 
and are easily br 
of the tubers are often ene attached to the crown, | appearance o 
s 
oken ` 
* . ee ‘ate formed of irregular fleshy 
wns, are 
4 if not quite — with any amount of 
city. And this should be the dieting i 
numi of all Bidea FA in the material e 
crowns 7 pa se distinguishable as tufted 
s or N points, iten a shade 100 r in colour 
than the surroundi uently ra 
which Nature — to feed, “satin ctively sd 
and ‘sites it it, but Nature has og to the 7 bird 
organisation. 
8 8 been known to Per them pied hin. fa 
ful. 
y car m 
be Birsetion % Plant yA right side upwards seems very 1 
trite, but is not in this case altogether superfluous. 
Miscellaneous. 
On the PORT: PSA of Frozen —. 
P. Hubbard. For number of y 
Holy anthus. — This is 
| partieularly in aba 
x If a 2 as 
the borders 
whe 
are showing bloom 
and potted, they 
me 
Aung, givin them 
nder this treatment, they will 
lisation of the coming spri 
months, and they w 
very charming winter | i 
littl 
ng; | others 
will require e the 
believing that the facts are as stated, 
en pee they are hardly Sadie to 
auch gratified in obtaining for 
follow sie authentic account 
a Satis- 
in 
or ee 
ments re 
demands it, be severe or made more 
sible by wy * alks, just capable of of admitting 
one * al poses not ol uniform 
would rende 
| Bhey should not be 
they can be well supports 
of earth and vegetation. 
which 
it ith a broad mass 
