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l 3 feet t and 18 inches from plant to plant, | J. Grein, Esq., Buri arlington Villa, A, 
bs page OON ORPO E ome) ay ape mek br bind ws of Onions between the Strawberries, E. Low v, sq Bridge House, Hamme om 
ledge o $ Thomas 8. Richardson , Esq., Roch haaie, a 
of | the world and in the southern hemisphe Wm. Windley, Esq., Mapperley, n 
f phanomena leads us most paat aya no fruit from the Strawberries; on the eae Esq., 3, Ladbrook Square, pean, 
to the recognition of the causes of apparently complex | t I pulled off every blossom that made its Rar. George Ei Bsa z Beckfo rip ne all, Che rswater, 
or anomalous facts, o of y hat is sometimes too hastily | UN but I had a won ap of Onions, therefore Henry Hill, + ae tee ve A Hereford quar : 
called irregularity. | lost no E and a as the Onions were off the | Edwari Browne, Esq., Oak Hill, Surbiton Hill 
unged the bulb Fi thermometer only 3 or 4| ground, which was ea mly in klipet- ii I K ae the Sos g e tae Gon- 
inches into the sand, which filled the cleft i i a Willian Pamio; Esq., ‘Linden House, Tunia Geane, 
ridge on the Chimborazo, at an elevation of 18,288 feet, | as EEN In 1857 I had a good crop, a E. Folow s, Esq., M.P., 3, Belgra Green, 
or 2550 feet higher than the summit of Mont Blanc. them the same in September last, analy pide half $ 2 et i and Romsey Ae, 
The gto ait eter showed persistently 42 42°.4 Fahr., whi rough as before, I was enabled to Henn browne, Esq, A oad, Kensi 
the external air was only . The result of this | gather an excellent crop that unfavourable season ; and Nowton Court, bu ary Št. Harcourt, Buildings aye 
obseryation is of some importance, because 2560 feet | and as I only grow my Strawberries for three yearsin| E. St. John, Esq., Oakeley Ho ouse, Basingstoke, 
low wn, lower limit of papot snow on the | one place I plant a lot every season, having two ina i ve a: Sawbridge ine Si Esq., Charbro’ Park, 
f Qui i l accompanying | imothy Brigden, 10, „ Raiw ay Arcade, London Base 
volcanoes of Quito, the mean temperatur of the a air, bearing g state while my young plants are jpanying rd HB Bird, Paradise Nursery’ St S, London Bridge 
inferred fi l ber of ot ti Onions and getting ready for another year. The Mr . Harrison, Oa sands Fao Garden om 
Boussingault and “myself, is under 35°. * * * Hum-| sorts I grow are reas ens’ Seedling, Alton Pine, and one ithe ens, 
boldt’s Cosmos. named Victoria, which is only of second class quality | On this occasion special prizes re © offered for Kalo, 
ree but first-rate as regards quantity. James Stewart, Gar- | sanths and Fuchsias, Of the form T none were 
H c Kdei dener, itoh chi ngham Hall, Norfolk. NS tributed. Of the latter there were ae collecti t 
ome Correspon ce Stra My employer avidson, gr. to G. Bishop, Esq., South 
‘rape cannot eo the utility of} Strawh from th t rs ys aars. tbe other from Mr. G 
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with flint stones ye poss N the plant. Not having | tos seryman, Hamm ith. These 
u ic > need in this neighbourhood | we of course cannot use Fon of £ tight, varieties, Sneen of Hanover, Deas 
and T can To ook every da then of dross which runs from the ot ee Maid of Kent, Fairest of the Far 
which for these 10 years past have been ented one frt. ‘me Iting process s from iron wi orks. Now I have}and o Maat TN rl esp Hayes, Pi 4 
inside and one — vege and which at this thought wee a pigi. be a tage Me substitute for flints, ml nir iswi Little 
moment hav wey ha sic ed as fine, th Ham- | which it mbles. employer thinks ne clings “hina Messrs. Veitch a j 
rghs and M _ “te mie as cal wish tosee sto composition. might te detrimental to the Cloning i in Blumei beautifully in flower ; one of 
e Vines have li o run under the two flues to | Str, wm 1 refi Ti obli e b info isome. r Varieties of ed Lay 
* the be onsen of the house Ye they choose, and are, I a maie riea, Ni he Sal b ily ( Cli ae amp 
warm enough. ‘The outside ones have a ve Al hat | a oprit iven Rig 
anne sttheetye Toar Coe OE "dos MAh ns thet | ry z| composed. of i iron a vonid yo and coal, t i: a ft as g p p- 476 ; t two RE aie 
winter it would make bricks, and this is the way urposes, good croppers, and where the red leaves fed ay met 
serve it. Every winter I open a trench 3 feet wide Tes ish & our eet aie l ee ariy, very ight Pret hem; and oF white pp ea bil am from 
whole length of the range until I s strip the drainage | Q7g 3 [We have. heer seen. iron slag used, but if it Guatemala aom s Luscom be, Bs of Combe Royal, 
stones bare, then I work the mould away from the} will not absorb moisture it m must be a bad material. | Devonshir ut flowers a hyba id Veronica; a 
Vines with forks, and throw it up on both sidès until Nothing is better than half v trified masses from the | cross eae V. Sg t was named 
the roots are laid well bare and pruned. They are then | bottom of brick clamps. + decussata azurea, its flower A ee ing a a little different f 
raised up and covered in with the most k ndly of the otato Disease.—We ad here a season most | in colour from those of FEAE i which it otherwise 
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jon Of 47st | are all dried up, the pastures are quite brown, the hay | plants growing in the open ground ai Combe Royal, 
~~ winter ; _the trench is „well shovelled peg eer 10 | crops very igh with corn aes promise to be the where rt se sored perfectly and flower pro. 
wet same, and yet already among Ash-top Potatoes I have pes. r. Glendinning, of the Chiswick Ni 
ely into fo rete 3 and this i is left i in in that way fil pen DY, i cae neighbourhood much diseased. Does | furnished several handsome Gloxinias, among whi 
ak which are wie s [very fine on it. Under this saad a hi g E oae eaa disa FEAE, W the oe Apg Mas p comin ae These are 
reatment there îs o differen nee either in forwardness af extent, and we never had a ye ar so free from | mee blooming kinds, all of which are Flying 
t weight of crops Neti ween the er and the inside | | thunderstorms. This ae ved that it could not be| handsome, wat we a aadi ua OT ; 
bo Wh Although I or ame not cathe force hard until t + | lghtning which produced the evil. If sete two ) Years | nurseryman a also nS the eg of 
for the February, ot some heat on all winter prove that it is not produced noe 
ine on plants "that are wintered i a) it i may perhaps heip pe people as ghewherr for | kind, but in foliage and 5e ara aspect vary dierent 
Bare Ain rg ardener to H. M. 8. D hes the s of this still little un Ij To hardy deciduous shrubs it ma: may aa nag 
Shankin ba yo: Pound aih p may Seka that this Pe ong drought seems to be Si as a valuable ainos Bloo: 
4 a apes thi ies a house of Vines fruit- | local, chiefly between Velton and the i tay pink-flowered Hollyh were ‘outst Me pi 
ar be as ven ing o this place a last, not a neighbourh f Scarborough; but following a dry | Shenton, of Hendo Park Villas Awe paige per 
infact the whole b coi ens yer send to table; | winter and spring it has made the springs and streams | eut Roses were furnished b A.Rowl pie pen oo 
bunch would often fall from the Vine very low indeed. Sigma, Hackness, Scarborough. The Earl of Ilchester furnished some striking illustra» 
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house, and I thought to clear it now and ga fiit |, HortIcuLtoRan: July 5— a meeting of t he | bur ; also branch hs may them of Chimonanthas 
Pe as the Vines are growing very weakly. Shoal ase a Committee “of thie soit held this day, pct di ilo E ei = A le ‘that this plant is 
he border be be mulched or not, or would the sun ke eep up | Pr nt Messrs. Rivers, Ingram, Spencer, Forbes, Busby, difficult to Ite herefore the fruit 
be. t mulching? | Ed passin Lee, Bailey, L. Solomon, Osborn lutton, | sh tld be Tock hl pe segpnag uk AA “ti securely 
fre may ane l your e ASE, “but do not put on ai Tillyard, H. Bohn, » Hogg, Duncan, and Moo oore, in the lodged i n the hep e die Mayer be appoarant 
Your cm a a, of which was sent with | 2bsence vate nee e not euch Figs. They are hid behind the 
communication, is the Bottle Gourd—a dangerous pee Mr. Rivers should take the chair. leaves, and therefore genes. espe notice. Along ; 
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pse ters — read from Mr. Fleming, of Trentham, 
Strawberries.—The sudden death of the plants, so | %™®d from Mr, i of Welbeck, expressing their | hessa d Shore ware e also flow uccas and other 
graphically or oe described by Horace Tu es regret that cir nana prevented them from attend- | Amon ept “were some remarkable exhibitions 
frie tame was very possibly caused not. by the heat | ing- Also enon effect from Charles Strickland, | | From i Crawshay, E me farthfa Castle, Mi 
= bi, se u last Tone, scl by the grub of the ra a5 a communication pr to:whatit Tydvil, came a js andsome Providenco Pine Annee 
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— hafer, w . al for the g propose as — o be carried o The | ing an Gos. Bone with 3 as alsoa good 
x n g mittee approved of his we whic ih they Mr. M.P., Aberama, 
year preceding its metamorphosis, is so considerable, | Considered were highly p if carried o Aberdare, ove 3 
that, if left to riot and havoc undisturbed, it will kilt | Would effect much 2 Committee fae greatly Ap 2 See ny ee pp age A a. 
after plant in succession, causing really serions | Obliged to Mr. Strickland fo for the valuable assistan which was na oe we: f the kind that has ever 
dan soon as the leaves of a Strawberry plant | Which would be derived from them with 1 anand ved been sho wn to th Society in Re en nt Stre et, A Black 
while its ed to droop suddenly, without obvious cause, | f ature proceedings.. ni amai pape a p of 4 
k se AHR remain in their usual health, search p Sien P inetl i | in weight, were furnished. b Mr p Aki gr. to the 
hould be made at the root, and under it; with a long fruits which were placed before them, and to decide Dowlas T M 7 3 to J. B. Glegg 
pariet w trowel or any other handy tool, till the enemy | UPON their respective merits. Among these the more Esq., sent ig ject pe Bler Oe k ps pica 9 
is dislodged. _ The search must be made perseveringly ; remarkable were the Stirling Castle Peach, Muscat | : good f ee hr Kont pat val her bag e 
| success in finding om spoiler should not be de. | Ottonel, and the Oscar Génsling)' Strawberry, Fibre: bonutifnl bunches of Black. 
— of in consequence of a first failure; because, in| _ It was decided that although the Stirling C a on ibateh fron Mer beh aba Hill 3 R. Sneyd, Esq, of 
ime of drought he is apt to lie deep, except just at | Peach, which was exhibited hy Mr. Carmi chael, aie Teel He an ite gr. vital specie 
eeding ti i a eb Din vari head e Hall, Staffordshire. and three capi Hee 
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saaa PoS ages of t t pi sa . I have saa = rary to ripen on the open wall, and is not liable } pe, É Hiob #0 mbeh grown ‘decal th “a : 
of two grubs only, Æ. S. D. seen , which was exhibited by Mr. | explained however that cracking was owing t 
_ Culture of the Strawberry.—Having seen so many Bradley, gr. to o T N. ‘Norton, Esq., El miig the Vine borders being too wet, and that 
complaints about Strawberries this season T h een p q| might be prevented by keeping 
induced to send you the following, as I have had here to => a valuable hee worthy of culti rete! | S Specimens, which were ofp quite free from 
al supply. In the spring of when [| The Committee Se ee tion complained of, were adduc pfs crf re 
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tle use as no fruit would be obtained. | mical form. It was also determined $ sound and good. — 
7 well suited for the Strawberry. | meeting be held at the Garden at Ghiowia eos OF Peaches, Mr. Violet Hive to Earl de Grey, Bie 
, but not light, with a still enact magnificent dish of Violet Hative, igh are a 
in the winter | „ 7¥ly 6.—C. W. Dilke, eh V. P.,in the chair. The in every way first-rate specimens of shown F: 
af Wile greene Komis Sa examples of Royal Gong. pape eden 4 
nted tay Marbais for Brook Steet Grostamor Squaze Mr. Frost, gr. to syn ame f from 
standing in winter, TW igh, Chavon Horas Hants, -| near Maidstone ; ii aie tae oe ee i 
Planting | J. W. Turner, Esq., 31, Low Lower Phillimore Place Kensington, Strachan, gr. at Marbury Hall, Good. 
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