220 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Marcu £0, 18; § 
ever, a good collection in the garden, of Which | arrangement, “and of course for relieving the othe Ab rost is over e the hoe liberally a among 
pret bn ed fine plants of the following rare s ecies : | str ructu Exhausted forcing stock should by all iS napar to iin mai and keep the surface ie as 
—Chan amærops hystrix, Latania rubra, Chamzdorea | means coe a pit or frame fitte od up especially for it. | and friable. 
foliosa, Cerątozamia longifolia, and Zamia glauca. | It should by no means be a Wna, fa mix with the| eare or THE WEATHEM At CHISAIOD aw 
nee, as in all continental gardens, plants with | generalstock. ‘The amateur a t this principle For the Week ending March 18,1858, as 0 observed atte bi oNN, 
folia; age are preferred. The hardy herbaceous | with asmall frame. a a of amild | ea lorticulturyl 
collection i is arranged in natural orde rs, and is com- pai OTER to 8 inches deep with tan, and well | March, le ș| Bas Basomaten. | Drean Tine 
d of annuals and pere; ennials, mixed with Some | topp pata th linings and mats at night, is the S< a. EEEE 
treesand shrubs; but th 1 aa ied, A bottom-heat of 80° with Seances | sf Sion $ are 
many of them, as I perceived numbers were w ranting in | sy aka and the plants plunged, of will | hog 7 | A | 
the several orders, for which there were spaces and | restore then 2 to <r pes h and sions pes for | Sunday 14| 28 | 3 
names, without plants ; besides, very few were in flo wer. | another campaign. Ore ls should now be allowed a| Mon. 15 @ 
Among the hardy | slight pa Ss in p = aaee, especially by shutting | Wed- 
nolias, such as M. glauca, auriculata, grandiflora, pur- | I up | early. Fuchsias will be benefited by the application | -15 
pares, Thompsoniana, and singe all growing most | of clear liquid manure. Very liberal shifts will be | Average 
vigorously as standards. There s also a most b beau- | necessary at b; is pero. more -apocia lly with those} arch }: 
tiful species of Lime tree, lled. “Tilia Missouriens: ery lar Cinerarias for late | = 
which I do not think is k m cultivation in any of our | ir | blooming should, if not Band, T ‘shifted ; likewise let 
gardens in Ireland. The ight Elm, , Ulmus fastigata, plants in ne ced of r ha ve immediate attentio on— 
was too very aace. B g f insect: a 
ornaments to t portray is a stee ep bank 200 or 300 | than sth ene. to become checked through a F ery ey evereastacntia è 
vards long, planted with the Chinese Arbor-vitæ, Thuja | drought. Mean temperat aa PARVET Peat rite =| 
einate The peculiar and beautiful appearance pro- | tıme, aai getting their wood ripen ned early, they will During the last 32 years, for the ensuing week, ending March guig 
duced y the e gront a number of gc heads, stand- | be in full ble »ssomn „in ale vember, at which season their esles] aa f 
ing apar ity much lon ger than after the March. SEs ges zg a Quantity k 
imagin vd | sun becomes powerfal, nm apeing. as diligently fae | 58a | ae ich it | Of z 4 
My next visit was to M. Linden’s establishment, | as ii with the ae of such of the hard-} ——— - —— -É 
which i 1 is something similar to what hi Surrey Zodlo- | woode greenhouse plants as require it, so as to afford | $neday2}) $13 | 33.9 | 42.6 et tal AE. 
were, being chiefly for € Ste of | them every chance of making a vigorous growth. Be | Tues. 33) sao | 39 | #19 | 14 om jo 
pleasure, but containing collectio ons of anios ils and careful, how wever, before „po pa to have the ba l in a S | ia 5 30.0 z nj R oso 3 
plants, I i 2ni s35 | 3x6 | 4351 10 ar aN 
in the garden, but I saw the prine ipal part a his plants, | growers. ree ha. femperauare d dusted ane shana pend : aie 
some of which were very rare and beautiful. The CING DEPARTMENT. 330—therm. 75 deg.; and the lowest on the 2th, 1319- therm. wera. ia 
Victoria regia was flowering freely in a "stove hou se| +PIN NERIES. -Attend carefully to the bottom- heat, par- 
which had been constructed for ticul Notices to Corresponde 
ticularly nts. 
places, it formed among the plants the principal Eran as tan, "ke, and see that it is not allowed to rise too | ARTIFICIAL MANURE “Sf F. Form a ditch ba ber nik 
of Bie Sones. From Mr. Moore’s Report to the Royal high, whieh it is ex xceedingly apt to do after fresh i slopes leaves, and ot other a rabbit 
hin yt ies penn ulated to ie thickness of 3 feet s 
or where there are pipes under the bed. Where much| with water drawn or pumped out of a cesspoo 
a gag sam fire he: at is ; used it r requires some pa spi attention | OF Eniras Ea keep it AE by e p a siia l 
African Desert Plants.—M rere Aenm. Proper: s as regards | or dust, or even a gating of clay or | pon, aaa 
The parts of the ss. through which we passed were | mois oe , but this mut bo raster at an Fi expense of | mer be burnt. Thus proceed during ing A % 
of sterile aspect; and as the present winter had ea attent if success insured. Maintain a | making the heap thi o mixon H a 
preceded by £ a severe drought 1 many farmers had lost thoroughly moist. atmosphere, “but do not push young | summer, turning it ove o stiik; If you can 
stock. The landscape was uninvit we may avoured with more sun- | lasta little guano so sina the be 
ing; the hills, destitute of trees, were of a dark-brown | shine, when if all is right at the roots there will be no | Boo seine hie re = aa il sal a i Yati 
colour, nger of drawing the planis as woul he case in | r the 
fl that they deserved the name of Desert more than |the present state of the weather. Avoid allo owing | Bain retell ay fees: Hait: a 
e Kalahari. When first taken Rohe of these water to lodge in the heehee of plants hay wing fruit,| place the cone perpendicularly on its point. Th 
hee said to have been covered with a coating of sane, ee pee careers. OC those sin a Dooni WMNNCEDO! UT ths Meda fall gos: Saa tho acada ta U NANA 
Grass, but that has disappeared with the an ot off or plant out suckers as "th ool Cucumber frame, and when t! ave 
o ge. t ey can 
which fed upon it, and a crop of kea e et aes obtained sufficiently strong, and attend to keeping upa| leaves, put them separately in small pots, Mo 
and Crassulas occupies its place. It is curious to observe | regular succession of plants, which is the surest way of eS rooted. 
VI: —See 
JR. 
how, in nature, organisations the most dissimilar are providing for a succession of sp TES. rbégitis to E EEUE EE ans to 
thei tuati that the h Vines are not yet started | eriola Aha age criterion of $ Sn the Roti is one i 
1G are properly cleansed, the Vines Gained yita He e usual| kinds of Fir trees that in a mild ¢ climate onntinnss DAA l 
‘anon ee soe mal ag oe sip ato proper working dr hs gel tnaro Beets S aaa it of efit ea ba 
ti rma nE 
sowing was RH t ts proved too time to induce thad buds to push ery Attend to| then m have agaras ASi i waded collected aent 
i i kept ie i ter pen 
pe pied fom of vegetation, But ev pcg ap: Ro Dp padnie Son peg pping, ks, Regt aie a we = amit of the zeod be being extracted om hom (task of sit 
we may now observe in the Kalahari Desert, ‘another | ar = Po properly moit giy giving Se ORY a eh 5 ae a BE he etter would do Ja we, it 
family of plants, the Mesembryanthemums, stood read: an 01 upon the foundation 
PER ET the aridity which must tikewion I nE giving h of it to Vines in po POETE a We fail to appreciate the of yor 
followed. This family of plants possesses seed-vessels _ „FLOWER GARDEN AND lngator'y ARIN PE E i: a brie kagora pia no b mo pales aat 
which remain firmly 4 ai their contents while- the! Thi to sow a good saiki . seen, for of co} course you are aware that the a aro faolit 
soil is hot and dry, an us preserve the vegetative | annuals, whether in - teed For the latter The ponon Sale kat die tard x 
power intact b during t the highest heat of os ae sun; sient hotbed is requis The more choice wade oi tHe ditch: wast m OARS sida ieee 
but when rain falls, sheds its | annuals should be sown ry patches cna ye ee with a A goniglet porters to canons I ee we 
e series of low 
contents mior Salia ae the greatest, probability o of garden pot, taking care care to remove it when ev E eige the un $ enoe y i >p = on invii 
to burst and shed their charge. a rough or pioa inan siirubbery borders formed: ofa ditch and. 
One A this famil; dible (Me ttl and business presses, perhaj 
another e tuberous root, which may be eaten | of the hardier sorts might be made ae as a Collinaian Fauna VEcErspixs; Folkestone. Tholaal 
raw; and all are furnished with erga pal oes aii an Clarkia, Escholtzias, Mallows, Larkspurs, and Can ndy- i i hi 
ing pores capable of oireet Bye retaining m Thi 
from a very dry atmosphere and clin so that, if a eat is raed after a ae cleaning. Dahlias should be} escul 
broken d t 
AEn giv 
eek, 
my : An old Sub. Give it a good dressing ae 
Lobelias should be heme it with gas ite it you have oon Ther er wi i 
abundant circulating sap. p is put out 
a a a cmt radaras An horna ia x Parl seg scathing German and Ten| Moss gh gets Grass growing. But if your lawn surface dnin y 
the Grasses prevents them from any show. There, | Week Stocks sbould be sown in — soil in a cold Maea Bobby We sid ats hades car a 
however, they stand, ready to fill up any gap which | frame or one that will soon cool down, and a a few early | Naudin to rae ak ie ae 
may occur in the — spotiensy? vegetation ; and | German Asters on å slight heat. Let walks out of order seer santes © 
hould theG di imal lif ld not be turned f forthwith, and fresh coated with 
si roy! lent ti 
arily be dest ed 
to a fresh act of creative power, has been scar bei fy refully shaded 
of this family, M. turbiniforme, is so coloured as to blend HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARD. 
in well with the hue of the soil and stones around it; eo bhat Soft ted 
and a gryll the same colour feeds it. In the |from want of water; this, however, will hardly be the 
caje of in DARE eculiar colour is given as except on porous soils, and in such 
pensati of the power of motion to | gro should be mulched with decayed leaves to 
enable it et clas the notice of birds. continuation | preserve it in a uniform 
at the end in view. In the case of| fully to the | of the blossoms of all 
the pl is adoj des ort ol | tri ee ig better or more convenient 
double end, vi tuation of the peer by hiding | be obtained, Yew or | e branches will be of serv: 
it from ani with e view kargasenn ian provided they are so fixed as not to be 
extensive appearance wW. ill sustain that race. Living- | blown against the blossoms. Remove the 
stones Missionary Travels. may be convenient on fine days, so as 
‘ y e trees to sun and air. Get a supply 
readiness to attack aphides immedi- 
ately they make their on Peach trees, 
i on beds of light rich soil 
i and Cabbages, Cauliflowers 
tne Also 
small breadth of Turnips about once a 
forciug |as to secure having a regular lar supply in 
is nec aoa S E ae Put in a small bread cerning 
ig spring, and Ue present a go good a time as any | variety of French B ail Peg Je eap 
operation, the shutting u te Vineries or | border, and plant a quantity in small to be raised | yay, Other hie 
houses generally offering’ facilities for this Hep ya arpa oes it os be ad | Pate Sas ep fr 
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