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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
Biti. 
[OcroBeR 9, 1856 
tort analogous 
j opinion of the new Vegetable Marrow called Marti- | 
14 
6d. per ‘packet, and 
te “ut seat but fe and oo 1 
arise from roots having Mage 3 w asis wed” while 
young, a apt ion from w impossible to | 
recover them. No respec pia. murserginan reS a 
such plants, for the hopelessness of their 
| sent out e spring at 2s. 
Is i 
end of the dry seaso n little cou! be done : 
in 
it for? 
oh [We d o not | 
urbi What you | 
| have sent is Lagenaria drai urd, a sp 
even when y n old it is 
any one should fe poisoned by eating it, 
notorious. | 
m Birds: — The suppos yom A 
Aryshire must be what call here “The 
humming-bird moth, > war akon its food while on 
the wing; and exactly nswers the deseription given 
by Mr. Ham ilto It is com- 
I have Pei ng 
Park Gardens, 
The Isabe 
August until late in autumn. 
ral. Thomas Gibb, Brocklesby 
Line 
ire; 
much interest in 
If a 
the vendor of the seed would be in , mely awk- 
ward position b rs in 
Gooseberry Caterpillar (see p. 716).—The following 
is another simple on am effectual ‘Plan i for parents ng 
the ang g fly fr 
mice 
eardener 
he ere; most of the a r ad explo à 
ive rd 
hey us dc be ascended ear Ta ~_ 
few nove mer resi nti ‘aan vee hg 
a river, ofi gant a ia tots ee ae the 
April 3, havin res 
left t the camp in ing obtain 
visit a large confluent, 
The result of thistri rip n 
pushed onwards to t 
rg intendin 
or 
its eggs „At a place “where I lived once the 
and famous 
5 
Part of my duties was to att tend to some | 
pice wen 
bes ide the door where all 
and the ere was a hole 
ose. e 
the controversy spon in g this Rose, and really 
bee Sere if there wo varieties in this 
efore li 
5 
dahl. 
b> Fanci: ion on the subject, ‘and now quote 
— pe hajini 20, 1858, as Paie :—“ Mr. 
pmt , florist, _ ed city, sold M 
and m 
rs. Low 
poner’ which the e plants 
was generally 
commenced at the Begining again. 
g then 
put on 
do it muc opit. 
EE] 
was to be s seen on the pane apes 
+ +h 
an alee wher the 
y; we 
J 
tle Al 4: q 
it > ? ng 
now in a difi 
ulty; our jo 
se t pea for near 200 miles would. be 
à winter time that was emptied san t to be fed, two sick Euro: 
iphia, f Goo seberry bra ce, p ee a | besides two coloured seamen who 
mih re Pa icing and then we | We therefore went down tothe 
is sf ell 
(naive, had had a missi 
onueh of 
lost a ere were two ti 
Gray and Jane Hardy; 
alth 
of ‘the Delta, always had behaved well, ` 
any cowries here as our boat w would carry, 
pew be it by Mr. si t enbella bushes, and the ear afte — ot were 
the latter is easily ya nl p ap ag I sent a devoured | by. thousands of vermin. „The liqui uid was p 
plant of it last year bell t dil 
ray, or Miss ap oe does not ld | when the 1 t on the ł This cure 
atmosphere he a pn from Jul uly Ee A en ardens in the same Ai 
well, and is bloo: EA So far Mr. Bours an oa and epska with force pe success. dn 
pe pte ete ion is aerate as pu tting to rest bod — Angus Lad. 
t d you a sample of our White 
llow is 
flowers; p te culture aa ty glass, with gentle nes 
defect a ee Har 
Ba ath tS “Letince, which Pal emake 
e have yet met _ with. We 
the poner ag en 
shoal oo had 
were continually fraaie to fia ming 
clothes i is dangerous i in any ¢ a nat a 
may perhaps overcome this d 
is. Riv 
‘Aloe Fibre losed you have a small sample of | 
“Agave” as manufactured for — purposes, 
sent me by a oe igen Lam told that it is 
in es by sti and used instead o 
inmly bel woody 
s0 
ee eg Sbg an ma 
— wis been ree We have not 
to So ing Agave it ed ben a 
mated P ars.—Is it generally known that most o 
the ei “Pears (I can answer for é Ranee, 
Easter Beurré, Swans Egg, Chanmontel, and St 
ex hen baked without any addi- | 
aan of the patie sent. This v = also stands 
winter better than any “te W. Cutbush & |v 
Som High got Nurseries. [We d o not know how a 
a 
bies Nobis —The sec are the dimensions of 
one es mely :— i 
ea a: 
Height s 
Dia: 6 
meter 
poe of stem 1 foot ee the grou 
Gardener 
shar rply on my return, hrif o the. 
ait ter, but the seaman died of d 
ad Pag i 
Caution to Chrysanthemum Growers in using Liquid | plants delight 
RawwscS very grievous circumstance has come | abou’ mile 
waienameinetien tine w ‘Three eelebrated amate eur | pappen to terminate rath 
cultivators hada spl ct growi diminuti 
8-inch pots for the i 3; they om 
Took remarkably well and healt t wee wn be; 8 
they mei 8 feet across a igh, and | grey parrot, with several aquatic river birds, ate 
were well furnished with healthy shoots. They were | more as weascend, .'The Baobab 
also set well with bloo Kope had foliage down to the | The next line is less clearly. 
rim of re pot; and asked t had better at 80 miles the. x i 
etter ; re their owners being in 
them, thou ght to improve them still m 
reco t 
acċount. 
elean and put into a dish; if heaped 
inhey require merely 
n 
thless, may be 
hi 
urse to strong guano wa 
of h fni +, 
better. P. W. J., Guildford. 
Camelli 
has, I am i to say, skilled all their favourite 
I wi wha! 
m? I said le t well alone, they cannot. be sn A 
aig — about Posmay 
and h 
| hills and lains, 
t 
A 
tsha I obtained a native: spose ol 
alr than M. indica, mew 
— 
ge 
a 
8 
3. 
of the flow 
t} 
plants; | 
r buds being all formed, the 
p 
m- Oni 
fe 5 tho frait sm 
“hi ore act acuminated 3 also 
ul; 
mity us is a eolour 
ingstone, wi —_ sub-acid 
tender na, ich, however, bas the fa t of being 
slighily Fons hg pe bitter 
Ga rdeners. Su mend and Demand.—Some little time | 
mid F 
| bear ore exciter 
piste’ Ean more at that sigs wer varieties will | 
gh 
ment than fmm 
two aan: I know the 
e been the cause rot OF the mischief. Samuel 
ampas Qrass:—Ninė p growing in the 
shrubbery here, three of on are ag Sha iaa ; they are 
alli in bloom; one of the females nthe > flower stems, |t 
93 nied 
J 
saa 
7 Ta ~The 
; that the bresat rate of w was a a POE inga the or ” 
hla th 
P 
art 
purple : fruit agen like 
pinnate leaves, but this ao near 
and I could vsti procu 
Rey. J. point 
sence me f T Bbbebes ;” this 
e people when ripe, it is square in 
, leaves. | 
“6 ae 
Cathill. that 
ale usi 
and fm paridas of paa from 18 8 inches to 2 feet in | 
| even 
ati licens en give bag Son wages pds will have to| her ons bae! ced h pl Nauelea. The 
i for igen cr yet ae oar pa themselves when mi Amap penin T npr Tpke Phrynium Danieli, is 
excess ing si tio à | Addiso me Haddin: tl du 
number, a yo much larger than the demand | 4 a | A IE ded hon ag ne 
— the number of really competent a i Sp - 
great, and wages for such near ni the. 1e 
maintain the standard of former years. ee ly te coe nay be ings om the other tr sie ear ar ns ‘gives oe 
gents any diffienlty? E. T, "Ys » hich remaining On Wr 
he female has loose silvery white panicles, and its week Tos sto w ing else whioh 
— merit and | flowers in stigmas only. The male has a contracted | long afterwar š 
e ee. Neha acid Hena panicle of a pale di lour, and contains | to 
a ugh | stamens only. last is not worth having; the | grow 
w. sa who have qualified themselves may obtain | former is superb. There wa aoe in sight of our | scarlet flowers som 
g e fi p th nee windows s planted saat") which has 30 | ground ; as they 
ositions for an almost | magnifi | like Hi 
though er abilities may be i men aes sles a ee See I h V 
n be in latter 
pe ala ‘ob a Poreign Correspondence. Igota 
r for young men, and | THE nye ro ne —[Extracts from letter from | Bolbophyllum, @ 
in which they should be pursued, may ha C. Barter to Sir W. J Toe per fragrant flowers, 
must not suppose but that pro- Bac near oer ra, ral | nise; 
will be ultimately derived, but in Africa, Nupe Count July 3, 31658. ,, | guineensis 
ould seem to be almost my first ok k z Ég retr a) The a Aeri 
fo the present | my right Ma hand for some w. SP, 
ek fe ia 
and letters on this | some small svei I m Amana ered. secure 
ay A brief sketch of proceedings sinee my jast letter and. promieni 1 amo 
you give me your | will convey an idea where T have been working. At the | Orellana is very 
