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y [to two or three eyes, gree e to their "E to his sorrow hae 3 his “ iapprechable™ Ò — 
empted to arrange & lens so that its os j ps Roses sd - well on pas as anywhere; some of|his “Unmatchable” Broccoli, has been hopelessly 
l on a closed leaf; w I > not de a | the eak c rim sorts ts better; and very handsome spoiled by intermixture with the vile “ Greens” of his 
s sarka m space of time during whi they gA y neighbour. I have heard it howe: 
condensed.” (Opuscoli scelti di flower. that none of the culinary Cabbages will Heed with the 
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and spring up in a cellar entirely shut up| Pat it neat! ly down, and then let it alone. e young | Vines ina pir Vin inery and er on a ee wall out of 
= we eet leaves will come nicely through in spring; the rain wi will doors, and cut off the bark in the fashion — by 
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exposed for several nights to the action of the moon’s teneke a tidy bed of straw for the berries size of Peas. The first bunch operated cp 
mgs, while oth also in full growth, were kept in | without being splashed and iled, cor ert Me ows ies as large as the others not operated on, and 
amplete dar the former acquired green | which don’t ie = of aea y ogs, became coloured rather sooner, but when cut was not 
aoar like that of ean me plants apondi ne open tasted, as it was mixed with other bunches. The 
siz, and even to the ERI R thos the contrary, wr Wha o with Asparagus Beds in Wi cut from t wood sent had 
kept constantly oe RE from the light of the sun and |, di the lt straw i is dead cut it off and ose it bse berries than the others on the same Vine, 
= were a vat al ay red, ind ultimately rotted. bad Sey an Then ot it is | colourless, without sugar, and insipid. The third just cut 
f. Giulj DRESY 3 sire ba rot down. en 3 or 4 inches Seni sent, , the es small, colour) 
amin, ory the e Tight of the 1 nm oon falling eep wi sare dun 4 Se of an old Gace mber bed. Pat it| and acid, the bunch itself large. Fourth, out of doors, 
certain plan leaves, has the property Pot rAd e ; and then sift on the top just as m ueh berries larger than the others on same my well 
the liberation of oxygen (Dei Lavori della |$ sand or light soil as will hide the dung. When the | coloured but acid. Fifth, out of doors, berries small, 
Sao Daiena saan see its nose, like the stupid Londoners; but let it grow d, bat acid 
success! of | ? The * Kum Quat.”—Under this name will be found 
Tesier and Giulj on the power possessed by the rays of : ed aoe igh ex exact y, and then cut it. When you | at p. 214 of the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 1849 a notice 
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‘the moon in developing the colours of the leaves of | © narrow, sharp, straight knife, and | of a remarkable variety of Citrus japonica, which is 
ae asa I-took the er utions to maintain not a pentr garane a very gi contrivance of some sort | stated to be exte hraet Seen in = p EE FAGRA 
i e conditions which were necessary to | Eka oii renee here it f beautiful object in the month of 
= which might be founded upon the |" 9" OW i January, when loaded with its small oval orange- 
umidity or hay other atmospheric Varia-| 24. 4 gaez liquor tke pm yond sete Peas, or coloured fruit. The writer thinks i if the s ‘Kum Quat” y 
ge kept in 6 k aee-® gale rage ng that o not gro targ ae: ghly p 
; days preceding th g Pal don egal of bones of | for rative purposes d th t 
they were carried, after 3 Bg foe aes same | any sort “aaa ‘vith a hase into bits miis asa 4 ie ae whee than any of its a tribe. It produces its 
place to be exposed to its prin but two oof the pots | Hazel-nnt, or as much smaller ou like. may | fl fruit in Lenker oar pag, nce, and would doubtless 
uncovered, and two protected from rays by | buy bone-dust if you like but what ‘have got ri the | prove ra pat fe To succeed with it aswell 
; the oth ly exp ne little fact evel ay kept in 
Il its infin ust, ‘sweepings, and rubbish; so it’s better to make it view, viz. that wil ha ge 9 of the Orange ae 
e difference in the youre W va A — as I said before, put the broken | Which fruit in a small state should be gra 
into Then pour over them as much | ™ uiries pa veral quarters satan te thought this 
pes as will ge: cover them, or hardl y. In the next ae wa likely t D be found, but pe et been 
add a quart pasan of oil “ vitriol, a pman able it. I believe wes in he by 
colour. wp ll with a strong stick. Mr. Parika. war o ktg sorely în e 
assalli. | it sta sand | for exactly 20 da ten stirrin “tt well every is. where about London. ld be much obliged for 
At the end of the time put in 14 Ibs. of pearlash, and | any information respecting this little Orange, with 
r | fill up the cask. This should stay all winter, stirring it | which some of your proba ly 
up every now and then, When you sow your Peas, or | able to furnish m ulty with this con- 
ions, or el or at not, take up some of in growers not ae what stock it requires. 
the mud and bones out of the bottom of the cask, | It will not Lat e. The Chinese work it 
i mixed with r olia 
e; even river sand if you have not got leaf-mould, into Hickory Nuts —I send you some kernels of the Hickory 
the bar or holes. When the young plants come rgi which as ripened this i Is not this unusual ? 
up 1 i h| D. ee = mn” [Yes.] 
| cheap. ig of water, and vee the beds a good | Pa ampas Age me plant here has 83 sp’ 
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aye pity 
renching. A month afterwards you may drene ch th is is the Aa only, e 
again. Mind you don’t burn y il | offset from it has 72 spikes of same t. Frederick 
of vitriol when you put it to the itna n d last year | Perkins, (Mipetend Place, parer 
i I shouldn’t 
Mga ‘if the pura aio Straw berries, and Carrots, -f 
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he pat he year a after thts was written i 
into his book. T remember his big Onions. P. GJ : Sr. Soir bo 
< Sere s V. in the chair. The 
Home Correspondence. penina paie 
Accidental Fertilisation of P. Plants.— pr peng 
toe: crrohorats some of the statements co contained in Ea Treki bowen, Chiswick 
Darwin’s very int vee oe rom Mout atamaani 
subject at p. 828. I am tnt the habit of gro TE ane Nee todos y. 
.| Black Belgian Kidney Bein (HA aricot d Sen) a as Hy. Waters, Bea Regent Street. 
awe seeded white "Haricot at ver side E with the |- Mr. Ed Spacy, Queen's Graperies, Brighton. 
on Scarlet Runner, and Ifa tendency Dr. Lindley ag ogee 
t fi in | striki g features of the admirable porani joer it : 
entof the air, and the Scarlet Runner except a slight variation in the| together on this occasion, but e! or 
$n different d f light, a posare | colour of thes ae a ch is probably not arg than details to the themselves, which the vastness of , 
grees E ya oe bn ee E would MF 3 of n alone. | the display it impossible to point out with 
vi tne leaves of the Mim osa open When I tis obtained from “the Horticultural mny advantage & ai ge m oF — pe i emaer 
mormi th Society the very ‘distinct kind known as the/| the Duchess am ean 
inthe boani a t Venice Jay abt $ 5 lock, Bick Belgian, its seeds were ota jet black the exhibition with Say apelin: Wenn under- 
 Padica, kept in a conserva' (perfectly expan colour, hey produced were of a tr rr Aor sate pecan, of 
Presented on an aspect of ee vegetation, An my: » creamy white, and much more fleshy than those of the | near ly 500 were Fellows of the Society or Ganis vof 
: in the open air, had closed common Runner. nd, however, every year many | their ivory t tickets. 
q bent. A fourth, — in atioth, pods that are thinner in substance and almost green in The following is, we trust, as faithful an re g 
was aa EBE ea colour, while the ~— piet rd oH not ged but | the various subjects of exhibition as i it was possible 
ite closed. receding | Catker or lighter slate colour, that it is only by | prepare :— 
gs my orders, = u day pre ng making « éelection of seeds, that Tam enabled to keep In the class of Pears, consisting of dishes of Seckel, 
hours before su a iiem in a| the sort true. Timagine that this variation must be | Winter oe oot Morceau, Beurré Diel, ‘aaa 
also to verify used Fo cross im mpregnation with the white Haricot, Monarc! mar, Easter Beurré, and 
inGtenee exerted u; re 
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vi ws rom 3 ~ ede sien P, and T T) black on har many botanists wo ould certainly make 
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Pan distin me | north wall 
NR. E A ARD them of a sls dun colour which are picked 
x ENING BOOK.—No. IV. bet and thrown sony, a ha 101 
Ts i eae t they would if sown. It is 
f ; most don’t. that warf Mec rieti 
want to have Roses in land ta must gardeners, j le to 
own ; . side by side, Retna some cael bd 
ee a on Briars, never do any good ae varieties, ‘eli as the Newington Wonder, are’ also 
w the names of the new fashioned y affected by foreign influence. With regard | 
are so handsome; and so I call them all bto Peas, I think it certain that some at least of the new 
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with fresh A hem a good more 
stable litter. Old rotten Fong | of other kinds during several yea wi Mendis: wad water coloured fhin i any in the 
a little mould on the litter so perfectly true. It is wal known ‘that sans of the ‘eet ere however smaller tii 
a Psp Then when spring comes, as | val nable va rieties of he Brassica tribe of eje E Hall; ‘the oth varieties Mr, 
Move, just fork the litter gently | h d by hybridisation, and the faci 
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