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spr. meN 
Janvary 2, 1858.] 
THE GARDENERS 
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grown on its o rocks, and being, therefore, more 
vigorous and hary: than trees that have been worked, 
adding at m same time that I had still some er md Be 
to di ; but no one has bee ele any 0: fe e, 
r five fran: 
although thei price was only two, three, or 
T 
left-hand figure gives a magnified view ‘of the lobed 
cotyledon, which was folded up round the plumule 
within the other cotyledon. M. J. B. 
have got most of the leading kinds of Cattleyas, Onci- 
dinaa , Miltonias, &c., = have been larly gro 
n a house where suficie that S was Kept up to make 
Ixoras, Dipladenias, a grow like Willows—in hac 
Home Corr ts Prea 
ne Mildew having sats ite 
tried 
was from í 
they have uncommonly stout short bulbs with hick 
accordin therefore cect that the predo- The aiiin fn 
minant idea of 1 my last year’s article J of my o STA the following mt of curing it :— p lt leaves without the least sign of spot or disease 
not been understood. For 15 I have sown many | Having shut the house q close t four large | 9f any kind; but in growing Orc rchids i in a high tem- 
of the same race. All the amateurs w e received | flower pots, and f filled them with lumps of quick perature there are several other things that must be 
these trees have been satisfied with the fruit, which | lime; having sprinkled it with water I strewed a han in viev the season’s growth must be 
varies according to soil, situation, and season, and they | ful of sulphur on each pot, and let it steam rape through thoroughly ripened before the plants are put to rest im 
do not wish to have any other Apricot trees for the tiè Vines ti till it ek o aho hodirik autumn as to admit of their being kept as cool as 
o pead: wd is nas lthy, free from insects, ened all the T of kain possible through their season of rest. Another point 
and ‘bears g the seedlings, I have I quite saturated it. | t° be rved is, they should be grown near the glass; 
hay 
y yea 
obtained a white Apricot dotted with red; 
it w 
he cause ? 
wipe a letter from M. De 
Sonia, ale, somber 15, 1857.) 
DE EFORMED WALNU 
VERY curious rig ong has been Has forwarded o 
e Rev. C. A which has more than on 
I have pro- | [ p beea the 
s the only one of eight varieties that the — rs eae disap) 
TS | tried the y for 
leave it till the following morning. J. Jam 
Rossall Hall, Fleetwood, Lancashire. 
device. 
Cheap Vineries. —The coe is the r 
Tan porkeria: 
esult of m 
HA are not aware that 
ced step by step from the 
this FURA of the year 
ves. It should 
carpels. Meanwhile ‘yn ty of attachment is građu: 
ally lifted, so as a at las eated o on a little colum 
20 feet lo mg, 1 { at bac 
10a 
4 feet in front; I w 
may do; I have gen i ouble 
assure you it loo is quite a sespectabe structure, 
items of material are as follow: 
Le d 
Wood—Standards, reen boards, &c., Pye: å 
6 
8 
pare Sy 
Glass—300 feet 14 X 12, à 
Putty—56 lb., at 1d. per bo 
Paint—28 lb. white lead and 2 gallons boiled 
il 
not reaching to a" os the nut. The 
quence is that the seed, which Faai till it fills 
ee whole of the vacant e, is deeply groo vad 
lobed, the point of attachment which is still strictly 
being concealed within the lobes. By the AF 
ate of Dr. me gD we. Apa ig able to exam 
not so strongly 
effect is.that the seed i 
poini nt of attachment answering to the 
e 
In \ the Wal 
oe 
OU ows se - 
- Nails, hinges, &c. .. 
e above is the expense of such a house, exclusive of 
same the lesing pe when I rary and t 
ed. I have also | 
my 
ust erected a house | ™ 
h k 
g ut also to their ee A plant pi h 
stout short growth, grown with plenty of light, will 
last as long again in flower as one is soft and 
spongy. the flowers will have twice the amount of 
colour they would otherwise have. Your correspondent 
“ Gleanings ” mer ase s cy two pa of Saccolabiu 
1 he thinks became spotted 
guttatum, one 
through air being admitted within 6 feet of it, he may 
rest assured that the t of air and light it bas 
m 
S 
ia 
Eu 
rý kat the are which w 
ngle plant in 
.„ are within 18 ipak of È 
they never suffer from it in the r correspon- 
dent “J. W, L.” mentions placing his Onc idium Caven- 
dishi and Angræc cum y situation, and 
ae result being apparently aris he adds at, a 
| put all his collection under similar treatment. Iam 
that to su — them to that kin of cea ill 
abot, “rats a think Lath wil 
ught ` to be without a Vinery, 
pp the dis isease, but I have always found it to 
t 
+} tn +} yp +} 
n, nor en farmer, 
di i 
ma: iey grown in n such a house with a moderate amount 
be 
ss skill. For the information of your Staffordshire co 
nt, I may state that a brick Arnott ad 
are 
in the W: [which miy be put up by any bricklayer for 40s., would | 
is like a little Mushroom, the | b he require. James | under 
> P at w 
variance with the normal s 
1. The nut is wi kpi void Ga any suture. 
monocarpous, but there is no suture ans weri 
ructure. 
It is areia 
ring to that 
ea 
analo- 
ch | matic 
vi 
| on ‘the fire with m ap sings a qite done ake a fork 
e|and mash them, 
| allow the moisture anaes 
a | London. 
m Gay’s a stor 
Chile ees apari your ERTA 
of the i ant or ed ate," ey os 
Orchids | oo is gooey 
I hema noses iila He 
some minaret puberulis foliis ovatis | 
cor. 
them 
Bet nape ae free fro om disease, an’ 
oppositis 
aia integerrimis 
opacis supra nitidis rus labs: floribus 
laribus solitariis ad apicem pedun 
bus 
zee 
preserves, 
Cooking Potat atoes.—I | hem six .or eig t hours | 
before dinner, steep them ‘cold water, at rt em on 
~ fire in cold water with ina boil gently pe eensy | 
| done, take the water from and again them 
t does not 
James au, Eberi 
tached, is extr mem es nar 
TEH 
albis AEN 
oh folio ie A [Pra 
s bracteis 
send mas account of my mode of treatment. Verlan. 
The @ Folden Pippin.—Much has been written on the 
subject of this ; less would have been had the 
known "that it h 
< a S prai kia k 
my Grapes not colouri 
or in July, one in 
a fair crop in bot! 
sees on Orchids. Į p 
libe 
was given ea at top and or and the aa d 
E 
ba } 11} + “si Peet he 
lights were left down about an inch all ‘ht ma 
row, and at Jast almost completely closed. Phere 
is neither col dissepiments. wa paint of 
attachment of the seed is still central, this is 
up to two-thirds of the height of the 
ing hollow 
ic! 
— and ate ae confirmation of the spurious | 
n 
curious. 
a the a Seret part of the 
The absence of all trace of 
When I m 
emo porate “ Give me air, o0 Tahal die 
| advice I allude to. I have been an n enthusiastic lover and 
er of Orchids 
ie,” was the | ri 
oo 
e sorts are mostly Black Hi 
in the house, with the fron’ 
ten. 
little air apenga to the house ee occupy, aoh e 
9 ey must be grown on the cool system and co! 
Evinin near the glass, ate Orchids are slow goning | 
gardeners want to improve their 
anog hae to them, and often 
and th 
A P 
facts Ta Kga with this extraordinary season, I may 
inside. No animal mai the border. 
An Amateur and, pE SE "Reader. mi not manure 
imal matter? Pa 
—Your 
oe ee 
kin 
a place a 
erset. 
The Past Season.—As you wish for any ‘remarkable 
iflowers and 
ake use n the term miat air, aj = not 
f£ahn +} 
of the 
ein the’ e base of cll wie contained 7 
of “og 
seed are stein 
ra tak supplied t the 
mabe a 
às come in contact w 
pla 
D 
shoots, They were not ae double an fe but some 
h hi 
a person wou 
mean ar every day | 
man y pea the cottagers g 
Holland plants, but I m supply ev 
through ee pacer hemin a in the night also when | seco 
| the weather is regen 
sti 
tied in that way, there will be. many days in 
when it would not be safe to give it at all, T 
to be admitted so a to and shoal. 
eE R 
Li wall @ di> Sulton Benger, RETEST 13 
