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4 THE orota sA nle varani [JANUARY 23, 
al Tidit several] ~ Does this | | received a — packetyi „ist o me all aad 
ne idhe places oe rnd ee Cattleyas, Oncidiums | Meriga want a house fo iteel P ai whero fuel i is ex- ing ante icine y is simple on a ie 
Lelias, Dendrobiums, &e., I fill tl full ; any © pen att, A P ae Vey th of which when covered with a cr 
with drainage; the potting materi, i jee | ferenc <a Crue De ing raised by Mr. | fine ole Bie in renders “ea pope: 
emo n Brakes z grow ti ely ' Rint inah ers for | aremania mse z Sye i aep eop keena o e vermin is merely to a 
e months at alt th + as sith os 5 eo ee ees ae f harita faba was exhibited at the ConA Horticultural bottle bi thr row o t e han 
> y- i 5. think, ery direction, c ausin 
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nearly an the earthy portion = o ond oe aroa oF p * ae les avenue i class Grape; but T write from | ever it to action: “To do o its oye Mi: Ais e powder 
bre; se s I Ke “thre a -o oe . ts parents were the Black Moe and Sites F Se contact with “ 
efuse cork t crop cut from the | fly, and it is surprisin i 
ss d For Calant thes, Anguloas, Dutch” Sweetwater. Ts op" cut | 
Phare, sprees closely dow; diith onio afri ricana, A wee ot vata bl a D hice mote na all fall off and die. e bottle ine A 
nt e a most valua! 4 rape . J. > y 1 . le ges 
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arkat till 8 pelle “Lady DONAA) was first sent out from our nur- > as » I can fancy how secure I will be bet 
it is vital a and readily er rumbles on in the spa ries oo five years ago, and has'since been supplied | fi a oe eira n oth ay ite edie j 
and. tee! eg eer thus treated gro Ww a bilder ma yt a large | circle of our ` cus stomers—including erry trees and all other p he s, by Spl 
a — tee aglai ei oon of 0 ne rest). We consider it the most valuable tents, Pore only to ne he fly sade a its species?” 
u gle bulb, with pta keeping Grape in cultivati ion. Itis quite distinct from | assured 6 igma” is pamphlet that the“ 
tho ee Ho tons ae amien sing A n Lycast ste Skinneri | cs =a sa; a mamen ated a t Benin gbro mgl powder” $ e ere man ‘anf 
x ož aH rot Hall, near York, the residence o TS were y 
inte Weis that wits nee aie pon } lb of an ordinary able, and experienced gardener, eae Foster, ki rly Lw when ite de the first attempt, and so convine 
sized Anguloa a or Okan Phalion mopsis, J. Backhouse § Son, York. | they of its efficiency that a me 2 ee 
Sophronitis I find do best on a block of wood or prai Wh ho was the Raiser ofi the Black Prince a Pres ime highly e to order ag, 
: bee that putting two or three barrowfuls of hot dun, In answer me to that the begs be St send again for m myself, Tha y 
the stage or table for a fortnight a the Black Prince and King Alfred Pines were or soy my | the above simple, yet useful remarks a the 
promis season has a most beneficial effect. In the | late father, y Joseph Ar who died Feb. 12, 1857, hte et 
growing season I keep them very hot in the ein time, |in the 75th year of his The Black Prince v was 
and the atmosphere very moist; I admit air freely | raised in 1821, and the first ‘fruit of it was exhibited 
during the day, with a little less at night; in’ fact, | the Manchester Exchange in 1828. James Foden, Gar- 
there is scarcely a day through the whole year on which | dener to Jas. Worsley, Esq., J. P., the Laund, near | boon, 
the bottom shutters next the pipes are not open; the | Accrington, Lancashir 
lants are also kept as near the glass'as possi tae ae use| Clearing Ground of “Tree Roots.—I observe that sH 
bars hexagon netting for shading, but it i r | of your correspondents requests advice as to the besi he 
an hour, unless Ea rea way of cleaning ground of tree-roots without the vias 
T always use “soft water’ the 8 temperatu ure} axe and s ‘Spade. If Ea ground is not immediatel 
ast that of the sie in which they I find that th ses, or tes not pay the expense | 
fthe Mex and Braz ilian Pants like a little | of s stubbing, the decay a of t the roots may be very much 
weak ma y v g y d by three or four holes ifr bored with an afin a flowe 
part rere the e gro wing season—a gal “of dung water ‘to inch auger in differ rent directions in the butts, and a | plants, 
12 of tain water, I keep i ag cool in winter, but q y of sulphuric aci Stale red into the holes, 0 
some do, for I fi i with 
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p d 0, { find | which shoul up wi round pieces many hundreds oa it, on ae succeeded so admit pe 
that Ree in this “way they “a not require much l of tl ied about b Il beds ‘wer admired d 
shrivelling to make them bloom. Such things iA the purpose. R. B., Ballyme: vely little gem. “Neither i is thai the last difin 
greta pomt bloom freely with me grown within| The Green Dye e from conte ias is obtained fi [aa about i ure. Now is the to 
a foot of the glass. en. amnus utilis, a tree wh s from 6 to8 feet plants, which take root very freely in wil 
Lhe alii weather here is so mild that we| high, The bark is stripped canton in “water for the c a mbes oe in bottom heat e chit 
have the Almond and Double Crab in blossom, Crocuses, | several weeks g shoots make 
W. Aconites, Wallflowers, Stocks, Verbenas, Violets in to the process of making indigo. il} th i 
profusion, and the General Tom Thumb in his‘scarlet | tiful light brilliant green, v aeii saci ri same | so as to have tee plants by May. We also 
jacket keeps pe ts Ageratum mexicanum and Mig- | appearance by candle or gas-light as by day. It was het extremely useful for the decoration’ a \ 
n e. Di oll, Tipperary — On Nov. 12 1} highly östeenmedi seem y in France, where it has been | early u 
gathered some we Ti Figs, being part of a second crop:in | so sold as high as per ib. The French Governm san grow in 
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cuttings m, peie 
the Aa 
Christmas Da Ta "ate ripened afterwards asi looked | stitute that t might cost from 19s. to 21s t per 1 lb., oe 
beautiful bt fen through, as they retained sae witha b 
colour; these were not the double beating kind. deal, cite in material setae as it cannot be | most 
Jargonelle Peart tree produced a second crop of fait | | procured in China under 5 guineas per Ib., but it is not 
which measur jahoni 2 inches in circumference. On| in demand at present i in Europe. J.8. M 
Nov. p abr gathered sipao Scarlet Run-| Plant Cleaning. rresponden 
ners, ‘omatoes. Oct. Peas, and on | “ nested aan ‘to 
Dec. 31 some’ good Cauliflowers. tee che was in lon i ae © Heaths of of brown scal = how in Shoat 
pork up to oe China, Noisette, | having yet appeared I send you the 
Pwr which will 
Perpetuals), Calceolari, anki xicaulis, Fuchsia timed taiea va ema Aire ona yi eaths andall 
serratifolia, Geraniums, Mignoete, Violets, Primroses, aoe of ha ardwood in „pots or $ abs from thé at 
ities ¢ ae ote eed santhemums, Auriculas, ty ft 
yrtles (small-leafed, berries and flowers), Gentiana had,) to 150°—140° will be warm enough f 
verna, e Helleborus, Lamiums, mones E tender or very dense rages bs, Bott's bi i ot oan, N 
and si À; . to 40 gallons will be ix it inti 
Jasmines, Daphnes, and Viburnum lus, i wat fi o ia or d 
A tht state havi wi h > Sst 
en an how 
e en be thovgh ly syringed ey te 
PB sian aa Bae mas. wor soapy water z the above tem Ra RO et and a $ 
wer herel one man rollin the pot on its sidi xpoahiy + aR 
eet crane two glint of Taia aloifolia | oa plant pii ‘0 the sattoi of “the opie wich ono rt 
ibe used by another. Every seal. t 
i o Dower (not Doune’s ) Seedling Gřape.—I am (e cleared off b ; e may not | furrow system has su 
genes rent aptigita varie tia Bid Tow ae ts oe teeing bub aSo Pal wineries?” In theory this form 
on my or Sarak and | Sarto after soi first. It Se be well to use a rere is er eae ee aa ie t it 
How such a viluhie Grape should be so little known | to take ety Hse aden water enero er oak ea | ne oe cela anaE A on E 
ve ee ‘found m any nurseryman’s cati | the soil in the pots, and that it roa bate Fom the! 8 ee 
se ery, more especially as this is the age of} plants, or it will inj ure them ooden bea: vers 
“n Grapes,” and as this season in’ particular ushers! eleva: 
a foot or two from the swollen make a ro ee de Malines Pear.—In. answer 
ERN te aitia, paving bon g dy Bowies li venient platform for rolling the e pots: sees I prefer deed it is », | 
of Lord Downe, in Yorkshire, for sev several years, where I | house as w. d then the} gist i be “un 
hee ell as the pl | di “smear bee may not allow it to 
believe it was ra oes and named. It ee eh com- ae Many SAE tro pots can ret arte I s shad wa Doré tan 
i Pe ouse, of York, who, | would be a ben ons), to it, as I think 
iat the peg 1585 ma Fak teta ace ameh where | aa ate. “Brom LS 
i mg variety. Sin with scale or not. J. ce, grog, | another eolkitnen. J 
o many other late sorts in quality. Its bunch | that tee, oa ——It oug ht to be generally known 
than | parts affected iin scale, meal  &e., is an effecti Foreign Co; 
th ie t ` ona Pd remedy against these pests. ae On Bebeoribe, one THE NIGER Exeaprarox.—The following i 
ne with me i POE dnd E aay Se Buti may K the pleats as Coc letter from Mr. Barter to Sir oe 
dh plump and fresh on the 26th Pe ser. 1| yp ming Young Vines.—As I intend important 
grow ndeni 
my, Cave tee Vea of Aler. ee best plan of hang ae plants 
where there aré Musca | ton eh 
arlene okay. The crop of She two at ies |p s arched, and has a ood co order inside and outside, | to 
— leaves are | ne, and prepar a eming’s principles fi ü p ape aa 
but the leaves of the former are still Atag Pe ; [vatia olā Vines, J Dinoan, Martin's Lodge CT ZONO gee “One of our 1 
