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of shrubs and specimens of the better kinds of Conifers, which when the trees shall have attained} FI LOWER GARDEN AND SHRUB 
“Conifers, from the “en along the = of the kitchen | sufficient size to indicate its proper character will be | Lose no time in potting off bedding pies i 
garden wall it joins 1 shrubber ry walk in a distant | a feature i: considerable inter e mansion itself | or boxes young cuttings a SO pricking 
part of the grounds eer the oer dle of this w alk is ns well it viy in its neighbourhood have all been | are suffic iently rbot and seedlings, as the as they | 
an entrance to the kitchen garder bar g stone, s the potted-off plant, s become este ey will bear | 
iron gates hee! palisading, and to prevent a bare | associat x all. with the scenery and objects which | foe should be fiardoded off by gradual eae 
rick wall, which runs ri ght and left on either rA i hem. Nea e house we observed a wall | the Open air. The hardier kin ds m aan them 
side of e gates just mentioned, from pre-j|covered with Hedera Teepe a a broad leaved Ivy of | bod of coal a or plunged in old tana the. Upon a 
senting ool unsightly a to the pleasure ground it | rapid growth, and one whose value as an evergreen | and prote cte d a in by hoops snd 4a ty, Peta, 
been ered wit th glass in the manner described | covering is apparently not sufficiently known or appre- | e plunged in old t we Tf the 
pe illustrated by w wooden representations by Mr. | ciated. some other rhe material much of the ahaa frp- kE: 
ahaa i Chih Lae St wid and T 10 feet thigh page Le : tilt diteconse se Tey idenths ere — the plan | 
wre planted Vines which h hav t borne fr uit, ut Calendar of Operations. | season arrives. i es of E a en Planting | 
(For the ensuing Week.) the hardy annuals should now be sown in Rr 
results, also Peaches, araara i &e. nother case of aes which usually exist in the herbaceous beds and es 
this Eina has likewise been put up ASren for Plums, F edges of clu umps and borders in the shrubbery, inthe 
A Peaches, and Nectarines. PLANT ees ] adapted for thi 5 Among 
Ta tl the kitchen garden is a long range of forcing- vas ONSERVATORY, &c.—Heat and moisture may no K a may mention the following : : = Tectia P ve) we 
houses, chiefly pare eat of yar pps on. They e liberally supplied wt ropical plants. As colours, Lupins Slower rs, African a pies Of Fations 
oe a r ight and n aopean ce, and are reported to | season advances these sho ad ws gradaally e Sies golds, todetias ‘Pe vitinutn, Catia G Gilia, Coll Mari. 
very pur which they are led but i in all cases avoid a nie Is night oe re ar Escholtzia, N p emophila, Nolana, &c. ok to 
ety. As regards chats  Saeability compar are suf- | o] old fa hionad iie aa hale "K su Rien the 
ade of wood, howeve: ” The necessar ry night ‘temperature t cuttings and seedlings of half-hard ir onbquantity 
be Torinéd, as ko amb ivy yet been long enon zh in must be rinci all “obtained by closin Seri ie ane “nerdy Climbers should 
y. g principally y c Si ies w be poi ited TA out in May, with 
noe to fully test that point. 1 fire ni ' Cobas, Maurandyas, Lephos Y, with such planis 
to compartments, devoted to Vines, Figs, Peaches, and | are required t ney render rit Lome Po EA Calampels, | 
Nectarines, in the growt th = ae Pade th our great necessary to wae it currents of cold air Sor t the purpose and trellises may be vered 4 eye ea | 
pro rost, who is gar-|of keeping the thermometer down. Co we: air aws 
dener here o be e ninently successful agi the EEF indad bo a with eater caution now than pa Tp > on ee of the pla ber unsightly tlenie 
and other Vinerics eter is at present an excellent show | the plants were in a dormant state, for the acini | C gen re unt 
of fruit, and the same may be said of the Peach houses. | of cold Pet during the development of youn Y FRUIT AND KITCHEN G : 
are obtained from the back walls, and French aries requently gives it a check, and so injures the|, Com nee soon the e disbudding of Pe caches a and Ne. 
and Strawberries from the beds and borders. In nder foliage as to spoil the e future ipai nce of the | tarines = by removing a portion of, the superfluous shoots, 
one house a stage has been erected for the aceommod different |#ud in a week or 10 da ays go over them, and regulate — 
tion of plants in pots, fine s pecimens of which Mr, Frost hm i moderate wane of the air which is eces- | them finally. After the blossoms are fairly = Sia | 
annually contributes to our cone shows. nail plant he nema Bac proper attention to | tage should be taken of a fine pees to wash the 
„On accou int of the excellence of the fruit ibe Mr. Ahimenes 'Gloxi re other summer and autumn | trees with the engine, for the purpose of Temoving 
md p | est suecession 0 of Achimenes to deca ae Lager SET dest: cota aha J Eren The 
a d y prizes, a a d Ne fl laced in heat, | SY” perfluous S O; prico SS eeet 
way | Some pr those in former successions nay be potted for | 2nd the remaining shoots 
in in which h his Bordass are won whieh i is as einer hades vases, for w ee A. longitlora and cupreata are of the green caterpillar, which not onid injures then, 
The soil, good turfy loam, obtained from the site of the | particular! ly well ada Fa ae gee, 
new kitchen garden, was stacked = a e = or pots for their genera “ilivaton and as they requ eao Soe off’ before they 
four months before it was used. Py whe en they as arein Hower, are stoned. Whe erev. observed, let 
with broken bones at tl te of 4 let t} ihc it them ay destroyed b ee pressing the leaves in which 
sods. co tee ere a added e a fair proportion ot oyster they may be freely {ered without stag g the soil. rd eo 5 ged ‘between the A h BS, > Angora 
shells an mortar rul ish; ; but ic e ec ou e washe Si clear wai 
- site of the border p ğ Fuchsia have its due se of attention Y repotting the engine. After the fruit is set more is to be feared 
more than a foot of this was iae depth tok P from the ert of the caterpillar than from either 
inage material, on which was placed the compost | watering them with no ae manu: ho owever, frosts or storms. As regards vegetables continue to 
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just mentioned. _ After the Vines had been struck and of. ‘thee beauty depends on the es oF the plant, make per iodical sowings of Spinach once a ae 
well established in pots, they were shifted into baskets Nearly all the VALET of Fuchsia have a natural | Peas, Beans, a and Turni ps once in three weeks, Su 
c! rk ese | ten ndeney to fo orm pyramidal bushes, and by a little atten- — sowings of all Salads should be made with 
be guided i nto this very appropriate form ; strict regularity. 
aniy one shoot sho uld be ke the lead ; this PEE, 
one should ee upright, and the sido | »STA7E. Qf SHE TENTER AT gurs Yie, HEAR LOND 
t Be toi Aea in a crop a aie outstripping their Heighbo urs. ii Be | BanoxeTER. | oe Of the Barth 
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well back. The first year her’ cas permit: ia pi a FORCING DEPARTMEN' basen pret! Gren 
a light cro a and t they have been forced every dessa _ PINERIES.—Where the ~~ are ged with large- Friday 9 9) 25 
ds temperature much seen agare , and the “aaa cal gprs we the glass, a fod nl S 
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receive a ight top dressing of cow dung or night soil | not to para the house. Give air mie ely on fine | average 29.942 | 29.992 i 
-Än autumn, and later in the season a covering of 2 feet | days, but shut up eyi H the afternoon, pking the| April 9—Cold rain; overcast and cold 
in thickness of leaves is put on, and is allowed to growing ‘stock I ightly w. BUG) Sse. aieo nas ape hae aoa aaa 
_ Temain till the Grapes begin to o colour, when it is re- | the atmosphere with ake by sprinkling every a avail- a cold ; ¢ cast ne. 
moved a little at a time, so as not to too suddenly | ® oe surface. See that plants gri growing in the open bed —  14-Slight frost, hazy; fine; cloudy, at nighk. 
2 the surface to the ction d of the wea Hie, are properly moist at Sa root, giving a go a |: a ot tee nae aa 
__ im addition to the houses just there are two ao when = = is found to be dry, for mer re surface RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK 
: oofed plant houses, one a stove in which was a i use here. Fruit begi Sa Re la M years, Tor the enauing Woe: oiir ae 
luxuriant plant of Musa Cavendishi, a Cucumber hou. use, colour should be. alfred pe dry an a oe re as cir s Wink 
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ered walk some 200 feet in Phage which to afford it it yin more shade and piiss and less air, | Sunday 18 
being very ornamental when covered with rep ye roots ike into the fresh soil. Queens ee 
prvi ab pedo summer intended nelly the a autumn su pply of fruit, shoal | The 21 
ras ck young py pyramidal Apes, ee sai Plum trees where yore the case they should have every | Satur. 24 11 z 
termix: pos tio for it is easier to retard hese than to The highest paeem during the above X 
bis E Ca x buys x ter have clean stems pa growing plants to show fruit. Vuerres.— | ~~ ‘Mm: “7 deg.; and the lowest on the 24th, 1 = 
about a foot or so high, fons th the eg of which aa main | Where it is desirable to retard the breaking of the ES REN 
branches Bergan nearly horizontally. All suckers and | Vines in the late house as long as possible, sist the the glass Boos : aie snd of rabita ecu oe 
are carefully removed every Chan: and | cannot be removed nor the Vines ex exposed to the open | trea ially “on the culture of the Dahlia 
especial attention is paid to keep the centres of the | air, they should be let down as far from ie glass as| tion. Bho ink information you seek for has 
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In the woods at some little aly in Kent. man. | is any deci „We are not quite certain, ding Vines that there | Fp oaan Hnopl le. Swe E T 
sion is a shooting temple, which being on high ground | means after this season, we would: ariably tantly declin ing heaps of 
__ affords from its top an extensive view of the surrounding allow the buds to start at the bidding of of Sagi weather bho 7 a our a = en 
country. In order to = mse the ane about it as after this time, viene giving all the air —— and Ly von 
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but afford shelter for game, and in addition | to fi aina a na a supply. Weakh p= 
tions various rooteries have been con- | Vines ought to be vay éx re ya e ove red 
in the form of archways and o ise, so as ie which ma’ Me nee to make si a rey 
it as good an appearance as possible. On these | on these, parti if the weather beco! bright, 
planted Ferns and dw arf flowering _ Plants, | a pa means should ao — san era it the 
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Wem nly serves to eater it in check, and when ‘the it 
De N our — “ this inter- begins colour, aud must be laid aside, it 
place, that near the oe ia — octa- | agaa with be i n. Keep the o- 
i owenng | Sphere moist, sprinkling the floors, &c. nently on 
panda both in Soom A Gee “oer alate d tak inside borders are y 
_ principal entrance kataki AD T, OP cane fpr ri eiaa emeren e care that inside bo are well 
