638 THE GORD ENS ES CHRONICLE. 
before its hard flower buds open fally. At. the , already cut, 
Nation al Re es men ecg of a ino an ae air 
Messrs, Paul; ; we 2e 
forward. I-am in- 
Jas 
| duced | to send ‘these particulars from 
t week’s 
So ens mig a pose I Lag seen 
- of land that was dug with P; Parkes’ 
to the tip of j ii : 
Paper ; “but would add is indeed n marv rvellous. I amas iis a 
t | hit ely believed, that itis oe 
à in France w 
woul 
plants in bloom at their nursery, me a perfect | intended to cw “had they been, greate er care 
flower.,have I ever found. In 
its petals become as it were glued yaw r, and the 
| 
o doubt, finer. res niq hain in weigh 
and size. _The ‘only fault I can find this seed o 
— n inerease in stock be: reg Pee | 
yond cale 
f known green ring after the cee 
se 
buds rot ; in warm dry wea ther, such aswe e hav: ve ] h 
had 
Dap ml] had 8 Pint where every quas 
heat. se wever tobe mosi 
33} inches ig a, i the growth of Songhai, wie gro 
bea { 60° a 
ws slowly j in 
lately, BY pla GA 
t adh that the outer upei ‘ae the same tind of “Gosamber, all 
ga hive, there! ore. af the weather very aii les article of last week, oa 
ers with a cut mipri aad dirty eee iy ‘rawshay, Ba. a 
ete disappc is much to be regretted, as it fresh and a fine 
makes oe g miening world m fall of at Ae fears. 
The princi gr on to believe are | straight -a andsome. 
Mra cantona te test a ra et both in doors and out | Street, es 
of Dion 
e they full recommendation, and some 0 
ving m grow ft a a year before they do so. 
shonld-be, and I hope to see our “ fast” 
flor 
ins ian they have been hitherto; it st i pe yery a ps noe zit akadi ea 
difficul mal a disap- | not,more ie 2 paa long. 
s and r 
A she E amende” for such 
Rose has re 
Josep 
green. I have now 
spectivel a Pte sn 3 ms ‘weighing 54 Ibs., t 
respec gi 8: h May, 1 etk ington | able to ‘its malice alt thengh s it mae Very farm, 
i 
nd. mo: pidl 
Æ Soils ‘tha li ht oat pepe. in 80.2 and oF 
me in clay and doing well peng 
aa Muscipula.—This I believe is “ai ai ly | and parts phd the New Forest with oo 7 
be a plan si of aie eo c pirati jon. guano would grow Sorghum eno: tt ‘vs 
ap: Mr. alay, f Clay stoc Jin Eng land for three moe foed alb they 
, and th the tel eultane jag 
iny, amd s kiea the mould | to the Gulf of Mexico in the Nort} 
ash 
in Garie leafs mpi fou 
ini 7 a n. Egla ae from khe x ted i are made from it in the southern r on, 
Y en keeshsengi, Gra ray = om a small | the for a care in orng it for fodder The pei a i 
— which. Kee Toomel i in the open 1 although Scere ; it has as grown np hair atita Ys } nt ii: apto 
mueh:damaged:by weather pe colon i is fully equal to | this year it threw up five blossom stems 15 inches in et mat eee ent) ree 
(adhesion ven of it by Messrs. Low and He nder- hei it. Some of the leaves are 7 inches long, Is not widely distributed. T saw it last yea 
son. It is very evident that ae e is another variety | this unusually strong ? tween M 
which wong = = the same wath or I have seen [Yes. Your specimen is most remarkable. We never | and took it for Indian Corn, feeling 
Henry Doubleday, Epping. | i n the light isondy alle 
ew 
several.so-called’ Miss Gray the tint of which cannot b ne half the size. ] 
the most.fervid imagination be designated yellow, but | > Giepantbones Peg s—Numbers of E (1 horses are racked up w with it every) night, 
n 
it.should sueceed so far north, I ve to 
is a dirty , Openir ly, and ether worth 
less: This on the contrary will, with good cultivation mens) are continually complaining to me 
make a splendid Rose, and should be in every collection. that othe pegging down the branches 
H. J. Oldroyd, Nurseryman, Shrewsbury. he Rose | plants they split or altogether break 
18 meni i ae e eoigar. of-the outer petals is | fact, perienced the same accident my 
quite equa of the f Gold. The inner | self in endeavouring to keep my plants dwarf 
vile are. in p rer, fae the old eee kon rope J nd by ith the view therefore of dispens- 
Myatt’s P pn of this | ing with so.many sticks as are usually employed 
ruit thi: 
hat 
yet eae Rig The fruit, as you petal far s 
me all.o 
ook ai 
being -to k > bi 
—Let me call attention to this | earth, and also to afford a resting 
ae it ‘is ainei T pa “hie and le as to prevent its weight breaking it o 
plan may perhaps be better understood by a 
glance at: the ace mpansing woodcut, which re- 
praene cron ch. can: 
mance. 5 hay 
BE 
aised ols of 
‚of -their hei is eepines to think it will inerease the q 
off. In fron cculen 
as when 
r Clover. My ne eig cane cows eat it 
cab to igs eat it and denies k 
ap 
his | in aining Chrysanthemums, I-have adopted 
th 
“Tt bli t, whic 
this variety, although ma extremely shy of bearing | simple and cheap. I first procure a thin piece of 
Mr. Mya it up, is not and with a common 
n 
right D 
that it does not expand well in bright weather. 
Rose. ve 
he blooming of this. see p. T} bran 
believe it is very frequently og larg thata newly | hooks effectual 
ny years’ 
is its” x continuance in bloom, and the| the shoulder, The leng 
fixture, the: two 
ting any casualty that ` 
be ned as deg requires, but I have 
found that named to have the desired effect, as it 
_ Ayres’s | is next to impossible for the wind to. the 
ches away from such a i 
ear them erunchits 
thik as one’s ; finger, 
mw 
S aria W 
ne pi Holcus, : 19, 
Earwigs. — It was lo ong > believed Boinn Aad 
wings, and this fact is not kn own ‘to, „even now. 
y preven over the basin; this donea few n 
inserted bud will bloom at the first shoot, ia not | might be likely to happen. A great advantage clock soon cleared the gar 
furnish pana flower. for years. Purchasers are |in reference to this peg is that it can be made operation must how be 
nted by ihia I “think there. i is ino | easily and quickly; and if time will permit a much qui us 
yi getting 4 a truss of flowers in this way | little paint to ed. it will last for years, ched the earwigs drop to the ground. 
at. the treridics few eae stocks. 4. R.—— | With a few thin laths, a sharp knife, and en nded 
In the paragraph fal alluded to I suggested the | gouge, no fewer than sixty may be made in two ore eek life, but in all Ja it 
y of taking buds from the immediate base of a | hours. They may be mome: arily removed as soon | with safety. donee — 
er, and I may now further sates that tthe plant upon | as it is ascertained that the branches they are em- > Thomsons 
which my experiment ich was inad- | ploy aste come properly fixed in the | 24th of July ze solicit t information g 
y bet in spri mie not yo ica “ng | positi in which have been set. In practice I enat et haw eating apparatus introduce 
a crop of flowers, but is now showin | know from experience these will be found ex- | Thomson and ne a ee “Tike 
= crop. Thus it appears that urmis ee tremely useful. Samuel Broome, Temple Gardens, stating tha t I gota ni 
founded, and that if we work the flowering Ri ses saccharatum,—I have a row of this in my | last winter, and found itto be very. suitable. In 
_ from blooming branches, the chances are ant we shall | garden, The ma of y ape so Holens” 
induce or fix a floriferous habit. And why should we | pt is light and warm, mine i hay umpy, wet, it and the total absence of all dust andsmokon 
not do so? Practical prop agators of eit pees mod cold—very oe ; his plants p ji 
A ho. tates early fi vite Oth inst., were 3.feet high ; mine ar pere one : ea mi 
$ ‘ only e fade from than 2 fe t ot it 
“gan grafis or Kes 9m eet, but the stemsare very. numerons, thick, | towns where gas can be proc 
rees, but tro: 
ey tm den is, they avoid the basket-rod” shoot: 
tos aswel ad gee 
eat 
and strong, as many as from 10 to 
T som edt the seed (which was 1 
18 8 from each Ere 
| the > expense ‘attending these stoves -jnineons 
gr! 4 
houses with success, ‘but of this I rite: al hae 
imine holds good =~ cotter Bane ae things. 
$ 
+ 
= 
an John Stirling, Drapes 
- ‘Dahlias and Pe 
1 
r 
ra daR] 
into a state of paio sir bu but ne get Young : oung stock 
part, w. is sme D the row. I 
have sre mi the = as I “omg a the; 
seedi: 
and Provost of Peebles. 
ine i t when I t = bee ti x 
PERGE Rite: ng, but when I tas pee, P . 
ee ee le most profuse 1 There | t a was = ‘trace tn eetness, nothing Notices of ae 
this season, and E. MaRa ANS a oy mih Sp f a very rich and tender ees 2 
houid wat looming | the si wever young, and the joints had Gardeners 
we. Ayres, stn the h Park opp ity of doing so. | not yet been = formant i it. I think that Ig coer Guide ei ie a 
Muro pa e eigi Rec will aA that it is.a mistake to suppose -ti 
which gara rovina ing the difi sro plant can be well or profitably grown in in “alien 
gardeners generally ex experience in rae of a kite garden,” Pianis. 
re that much esteemed a fruit the Apis 1 require the fullest ¢ ag spia aie ai pa 5 
the most pst productive sorts we haves Musch as one of | want air still more than heat, beca e- plants that| member of the Massach 
Productive s e. Ames: inly one | I left in the above warm corner in alight soil, also nd.of the Royal 
vate the sm is small, juicy, a amt agreeable. ei . na thongh mueh taller, drawn up sone monthly:parta,. sm 
si x A f ess Vi; a > 
orem ts ae soe, seer i (at least. inthis | from the root. aaa can apie dae ne Such is the full 
l eos > yeng i K usch Musch was the susceptible of changes of emperature, a cold night struction of gardeners, wh 
sort; and it is not. liable taana T erat old aarp a oat on mies aint | peeve eee 
only one tree t y gum. 1) changing i to . It will probably re- | we compare: i rest don and W "ses 
eri utifally | wil h iai bat 
y ly ig t climate. Scena 
. W.. Carmichael, Doom effect too of our winter frost on the root or crown | with. such ee Stes "i 
eat of Mr. Clark, in Bishops- | 
remains to be seen 
winters, even if ite its saccharine 
3 but if it will stand our 
ur average 
not be 
? ne properties should 
which doteloped ír in cars rp seasons, it may still be most a 
adh an art al Grass ; | as nativ ve Vines i in fo ormer t mes, 
dening, or Mackintosh’s Book of 
now before us, it islike 
i so different were 
n from the elaborate ex 
winter. |-——-My Sorghum | 
sence threes i g: | 
fit to cut in fewer as reer agen 
of its 
since the ie 10th; it now oe 3 
tral leaf, and some t; 
hat is 
ven ble verjuice. It appears to like a little certhing | 
up. N. [We fear oe ance of it aang LEA 
wing rapidly 
feet'S ins. i i $ m 
ei Esar aa 
nosa kosili Simple tastes of sone & 
red In those days there were 
