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COivuuaue nas Deeu turmed to connect the top of the, th = 
conservatory and ball room with the ma talon: This | male waterten, which are also very p e of xpect Tan there js 
has. E bets rotection, while the females, who generally | examined closely; giving the slag aa 
beries, walks, and gates, and when completed will) hatch their eggs on the bare spon are excellent n as they are perceiy pay 2 heas 
pa tly improve the appearance of pe pae as well as | ae of my theory. When t fo Eat ree times at i Mad a ore 
ng the ornamental part of the more imme- | wing feathers he is unable to y for about a fortnight. | shading the house Ta p day af after smoki abont 
diately in communication with the fa that time his plumage is the sober brown of the | be done so as to be e to keep it ing, 
E a n a aa n female. As if aware of this fact, and also of f his help. | ader the cure ies are naa 
Misc e | less condition on the water, he seeks t 9 onceal himself | before it gets quite established, j > ieg 
Notes on Wild Birds.—Havin oppor- | in d among the thick cover, and, until his wings | of by two or three smok: gs, but 
tunities than most men of studyi its of the | grown e y, isas completely a hidling bird as | it is very difficult to eradicate. 
wild bin d an pon the prow stands, ra ed Gallin. So with on animals. If the mounta FLO ARDEN AND sy 
gathered perhaps so io dee: white, like s , how difficult would it b tR dding be closely followed st ee 
modes of life, praca patge layin ing vei to nter’s ken! but his red brown | pruning off at least of the dead bloom mi ako 
of a scientific naturalist. And here int claim a be beautifully harmonises ‘with ki distant hill when a | flowered ea; ly eo who can @ 8 of those 
little . sered i in autumn ; e ash-coloured roe fre- seed j 
tinction between what is generally llid. a sportsman 
and a lover of wild sport. 
The former nid with the bolls and 
ole care to bat f 
relish 
one 
p. 
y sportsmen call the em Tas larak very one } vs hos 
minai any I may make a passing 
and birds of prey, so that the eagle, the peregrine, the evaaa you meet the eye of ny wild creature that 
kite, the marten, w nd the mountain fox | moment if ma akes off, instinct warning it that ~ eal 
are fast receding into the remoter parts “ tr ottish op is now vain. Colquhoun’s Salmon Casts and Stray 
Highlands, ake way such r ermin as 
bits and f tp easants, bie afford no better So | 
Sport than fowls. The 1 By ild rt 
has little pear in such easy p dea è aye of Operations. 
grouse moor which has been treated i in this way has r the ensuing Week.) 
it every difficulty having ate 
smoothed away. Give hint = ma regio ns and the PLANT DEPAR aent with 
Ider game, whic n alon true hunter. CONSERVATORY, &c.—It rovide and 
ie first thing whch aed ed nh pint ttention was | encourage an Seater ae of ‘Sowers ‘apie for pem. 
the protection afforded by the Creator especially to|ing late in. autumn early winter. Camellias 
; i in assimilating thei o the | forced into wood, will be tolerably forwar regs “the ey woo ae nid énsul 
shades of the ground on which they find their food. | should be kept out of doors in a cool p 
a Gallinz are not only emphatically the objects | flags or coal ashes to prevent worms frail  deanging Ap 
- of man’s pursuit, but also the chief pre > vp the drainage. Chr rysanthemums should n ‘AGE 
birds and beasts. They the cock o their last shift if possible, using chiefly pine rous| Under this fia T pa is rrr: dd. this 
0 reailzie, n to the diminutive hag © oam for the purpose with plenty of charcoal. is is Many of the directions contained in the Kitchen mi 
~ cock of the wood is exactly the colour of the Fir trees | the b way to keep t stiff in habit and to preserve por ai also apply to this. Everything Tt | 
on which it feeds and roosts. The shading on the|theirloyerleaves Anynecessary amountof strength may e in the way of cropping should be artadi A s 
b is the most delicate dark green. So is the quail | be imparted to them when the tl buds formed + 
of the eld, where it is ig) found. | b liquid manure. Successions of Brugmansias, es 
Feeding much o oily Gras et mk ba ue more | Clerodendrons, Euphorbias, Poinsettias, &c., should wit ee 
sober and ‘ies yellow a that 0 e partr saat To | receive a last shift in order that they produce a| za ,;_ omen. ara 
exem; my,meaning, let us take thet ghland ome rich display in sot) coi eo Climbers on Cor August. |S] 
tain—the igi ia summer exactly t the colour oc analy cut back w a 
the granite rock, ging toa “white 8 so | | the e view of sowie a falta late in the season ies ——|— 
‘pee that the te test of the keenest eye is to detect it in | flowers become scarce. A batch of such things as | may B| 4| 2. 
-its snowy retreat :— Thunbergias, Ipomæas, , Jasmines, Stephanotis, Passi- | Sunday 15) 6| 30, 
“ Trained to the chase, his eagle eye ras, &c., should got up geamanta tal trellises | Tues. 17| ‘3 
F The in tow ould spy ' | without delay; Clematis bicolor and C, azurea grandi-| et, 1 8 
Descend the first shoulder -of the hill, the | flora force well in early spring ; tiie - 
cock is precisely the shade of ny red brown Heatler, | shady wall in June and July, and t ll REAR tin ot ae 
aa ot log idge at a foot adapts himself ~“ the | in and November. These latter plants 4 Slight rains Sultry; thunder with heavy rain in aterm, 
rn on the tiie ; but this partridge | although perfectly hardy are well adapted for 
Eien the Heather, so his hue is darker than | conse! tory trellises. Orcurps.—Conti to top up 
true stubble Pepi of Norfolk and the Lothians; | late > 
nd 
Renfrewshire, which feed all the | of the house. 
mesa on "the ¢ ar stooks, are at that time so li ight in | the e day, and o 
the 
kinsmen, who never “leave the Heather. The kuk up if only a proper fair. Take 
5 olor t his very shy- i Beah that i it is very on dur ing the night. In 
ness protects | him; for it is well known to all sportsmen tetai enhouseslook well after wering things | 
po 
the wildest of | o 
the average, 
T CHISWICK 
TH oot 
RECURD OF aad ies s 
meet the last 32 years, for 4 
No. of | Grea 
Years in He 
which it 
Average 
Lowest 
Temp, 
that except the rankest cover, ae is character, s mc Stites 3 | 09 1 
a vg ae Een RN Heliotropes, Roses, &c. Cinera- = Fad . 
the: off, whether from seed or from 0 | 50.9 9 
: J i also, remembering to give Be ee 
: ast shift immediately to those ag CNA t bloss 9. | 50.7 = 
— ich seen Tan nd November. Sear let niums "ts | Pee T shove i eoe 
; th acc TW oi k O nl eropp ng RCING ic DEPART we es to Correspondents. 
j B But notice how their very} Pryg moe —Plan wing 1 hing pits must be | Booxs : We are unable to name the ent of ae 
1 tter protection than any change of | freely tha SS 6 w Š and separate practical book on the managemen 
uS -ĉolour could be. Of timid b wary habit, the | and they oe _ cs kem ad prea getting drawn, be me one for it mixed up 
: ~ keenest eye stron; wing, doves are the first to | allow oo closely — for woth robust | iien deen G@ K. If they are ripe sow emer 
- foresee danger, to “flee away, and be at Their | bay pan m “aly be expected unless this is attended| They will germinate freely in sandy loam on a 
“swift pinions are also needed ear them to their | to, and weakly dr: eld beat. ; and Highland | 
iy gr tes Sent mn y Grawn ones seldom or never yield fine | oygumsens: Alpha. Cuthill’s Black Spine 
-different distant feeding 4 | fruit. Give careful attention to such as are swelling; | are excellent sorts for winter — gin forcing; s 
the four varieties of our wild dove. The one, | afford them plenty of warmt re, and as na aT 
the common ring or cushat dove, is familiar to every | much manure water at = s the soil will bear, boiling 
bu se i hose melodious voice and useless suckers oon as they are t of seeds; 
ely form have ted from the earliest hiel f increased by m 
ages. Tt is chiefly confined to England, although like | } pee rota lt, as nl ob he ei Pegaga ced rin saa 
nts a few of the you b tend ae up the stock. n 
geographielrange ay far e Sentand, where T mas EURE for Aeving wp the tock. “Do not allow Young 
Known several shot in autu nmg oe closely together, nor to sustain any check through 
are so much alike in appeara and yet so much | neglect in watering, a o room, 
unlike in habits, that I must say a word about both— Planté growing in beds of soil m t also be carefull 
bd stock ma a southern, ayeni in the branches and | attended to with eeping tg A 
ding eggs of old 
; state. Where rapid growth i wired kee; Naire or dried o = r other plants f 
and the? fort ck dove, a tenant of the lone caves on the and moist as can be done witht Waving the foi foliage, ane y decline naming vg heaps of s to reset 
Scotland, parted own doveeot. The oe give plenty of strong clea: i have ro or eon ould ‘have un ertabe remarks 
oh Cave de deseribed by Hugh 1 reer — the rocks | root, and the plants wi | neve or Bavo 9 gardeners, to whom thes ro 
rer Pp ill make - rapid progress for the eng sald bear in mind that, b 
Ay sce b pigeon- | next tad months, ERIES.—See that Vines from especialy apply, her should exhaust 
“ogg da with the rolling ocean se ‘the flooring, | which the fruit has a. een a are free from insects, | gaint information. Wi cannot 
of “ie Aa for a nestling ~ ee of these < | giving the folia : nal perem th the 
Sed Sitonis FMh 2 spring and | engine if red = is e all troublesome; and Pire 
É r y precaution ta keep the leaves in health long as | ‘than four plants 
of hearing three of ge s possible. Prevent the growth of laterals, which only| Joe tae nacrosiphon 
mng do e ta i ove, and the | shade and injure the prin foliage. Late G: ALS 
mn > scendants of colouring should be ee with slight fires in cloudy | 
ous, et the same time.” The bweather, espociall ich aft this n, 
oe pa the eaves ai the | where they are not ikay all b „ will ire 
Aes Aa rge a th been gentle fires, unless the weather en prove unusually | cærulea; 8, Veratrum 
ote = hm e hat | ne. fine, Thrips are frequently very troublesome in| Thank you: but fice of 
e explanation as that late Vineries where plants haye grown| Go urda are riot un 
