222 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Maron 7, 1863, 
Or 80 or so of  Croeuses of the most superb tints; the ground | Birds and Insecís.—As 1 am good deal used to|air, “in € to have the least chance of SUCcess,? 
was ablaze with colour. , The. richest Turkey carpet | birds ied their w erg m be allo а бо give my testi- | Neither сап I admit“ that the cen method of 
that ever] d lustre- | mony eir behalf, in the present argument, as to ventilation LT in ове and at the {ор of the roof 
less in comparison. Thence I proceeded to South Ken- | whether they eat seeds or insects. There is a certain | however abundant, is of no avail," us, at thig 
sington, where I expected far greater tbings. All l|fable too well known to need quotation. Tl Chame- | mo ent, I ‘which is ventilated precisely in 
could find in pe: he ni -quarters s of garde ening wass such len was green as well as white m blue—and is it not | that manner, containing potte ramii trees, à the 
gayness as fact that while a pair 1 sparrows ша refer а best state of health, E which are stu all ove 
supply. At i^ my ee fell upon a fragment of a|few young Peas, the vor racious appetites of their with well s ы one may s dió to whom 
pattern En it appeared to have been stuck ad with | numerous young are exclusively fe та upon live food. you | give my addres t may be true that the under 
Potato sets. A nearer n showed them to be points | One proof : seems s to me conclusive 1 for th i leaves рү 20 times the number of 
of dingy iei flowers— possibly pes —and that was | satisfied with outdoor n : aring young | stomata of the upper surfaces; but I should be ver yw- 
all. And this to vat e end of n:s ing unparalleled | birds, all bird keepers know that ы: шюр to| willing. ka perforate my wa alls, от to loosen | а single 
for warmth and sun Oh | them in health without insect or sies substitutes ; abe rick, in favour of so specially 
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Garden Law : No. x " Fires з by Rubbish Heaps. | um boiled eggs s, &c. e means of supplying | a кү the under surfaces of the oe ы шу trees 
—A friend had the misfortune to have his premises and, after all, fi с г the ide З 
i > birds, who have the Tange of " orehar 
carelessness оп the part of his neighbour. It ap peared | A w ve they may themselves, flock in wi "endless 
that у к lad E ees а heap of Sox d jos a|grubs for the benefit of — young. As for 
shed on our friend's land "and the wind lying towards | declining to eat so 
the di and the flames Е нуна seem to me to go 
maid хе whole of m dut buildings were с have some one e расій теу. 
sumed.“ The premises de aed тое ей соцына of а танар caterpillars, 
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possible to aërate the one surface of a leaf > such 
more or hes s than the other. Where there are 
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greenhouse an other buildings] ied шг the same time | the tiny n kem tched state, they form a more likely | tree planter, I beg to say ЧЫЛ АЕ of his methods 
under an е "he ains a covenant | prey; ап ppily young nestlings are altogether | bear the least resemblance mine, as there is no 
jy the tenant i хорей, but. here is no provi- | insatiable. Thair сек =" extr emely long—and there | difficul ty whatever in the ко, on or taking off the 
sion ^ applying idm ‘destruction рз ге, | аге many m months— аб any one ү has en јо oyed the bee neither ball nor roots being disturbed in the 
The agreement is ihe silent ош repai The | task of rearing E - all fry, must be us lifi Зе Оре fation. Т have lon g ago h 
landlord requires not only that the рген shall be | guess fairly at their untiring * usefuln ness; ” far ou | à 
rebuilt, but also „Шаб и rent for them АДЕН» balancin Е кесу the sma all parental al dr e es, People which “J. » la ays claim 50, but I have laid them 
iust : happened | must hav small er red x thin ngs that have been. I lift hundreds a of lage 
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ned, asy arm of tiny creatures Fiho u ual cost., Thomas Sorley, Р ie r 
et u —black flies, or green flies, or little new rnteod | a # of Escholata dijo ape.—1n wer to your 
how matter stands. There pon яте totally | сауыт according g to the tastes pd their parti jeular | | Corr sspondent ** Vinicola,” I have to йа that I have 
different subjects for consideration. There is, first, | off As collateral evidence I see, while Е | s Grape for 23 years. It was purchased 
the rent; secondly, the restoration of the property; | this, p mention of a a young cuckoo, for whom “animal | of Mr. V ien of the Haverstock Nursery, or, as he 
and, thi dly, the negligen о which the acci-| foo d?i is гейш. .Ifs parrows did not generally feed гкан called it, Eschol Place, and my stock of it 
d Th | i he m ng cuckoo |i m that source. 10 differs from the Muscat of 
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and must turn mainly on the bargain they have шайе Zhe British Queen лиани ead what де llow, and it will -—— in the same tempera- 
There are two bargains, however; as said (see p. 197). As he generally succeeds | ture as the Black Ha m Iu a critique on it in- 
1сап giveno other reasons for his | Loudon's * Garde ners "Magazine ? for 1839, the writer 
t and to i а admits that it is hardier and of a deeper colour E. 
both, еа contain an undertaking by the tenant | is nob free, and water ies on the surface (called water- | t exand 
t pay rei nt, and there is лора s hateve to aei peers the Queen suffers mach. e is particularly | Money üm it ha 
t, therefore, must | sensitive of snow-water. Нег stalks and leaves being | open wall. John Jennings, Shipston-on-Stour. e 
be paid, ааа "for some ime i o come the ес у | hairy, water, which gives power to frost. lodges in her. are sorry to; differ from our Correspondent, but w 
will be of no use to the ten ant. This E веет ha га; Тһе Qn ееп n ce iem will often winter better | remember Mr. Money and his Grape perfectly. Judging 
op of a hill i 1 to exhibit, 
lent it | protect valle у, Pus in is subjected to radiation, | half ripe Muscat of Alexandria, and not worth growing 
ul poo it. For thesame reason he must | too much moisture, and frosts. lu my valley, facing | out-of-doors. If we are wrong we shall confess our 
B that is rebuild, the dwelling house ; for he has | the W., I have never had but one good crop in 10 years. | error гите we shall see а ripe specimen, not а 
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essly agreed to repair and keep in repair that part | I have put her on a severe ledge at the west end | half ripe о 
of the property, and if he did not intend his wes enant | of my house, exposed to the fury of the W. and S.W. e ale of Aucuba gu. —I was much in. 
to the severe blasts of the north. She {е — E. observing by theletters of two correspondents _ 
to apply to oem er cpm by. fire, he should | winds, and also 
ti o. This Tani, RAN is | is by the side of Eliza, to which as a plant she bears | (see р. 197) that some scarlet berries had been produced 
ina ble t ^: other buildings по comparison, and she is in tolerable condition. If|on Aucuba japonica in Ireland this year, and I may — 
held : under ie. poe for that Sia: ains nothing еһе fails this year, I fear she must go. This I shall | mention that I have some recollecti i 
about either repairs or Ёге. То determine what ought regret, as she is my idea of fragrarian excellence, I having happened on the ontinent s 
to one with these, ha ere a oes w i | «Б. W." is i 
bed we must therefore find out what | have another raon w. sh 3 es well without | Your correspondent 
thelaw as to losses by fire is as between landlo n 1 he place i гә open to “ boys and birds.” | tl e plant in our gardeus is the male of this species. 
enant where they have entered into no шгек Suitability of Sli is the one ud key to the Queen. | It is the lady which has been so long ngst 
проп the subject. Turning to our law books, we find | The Blandford land is peculiarly adapted to her. separated from her better half. One of the objects I 
that the landlord is -— — to rebuild. We farther ar I -— терр теу — — in Te gardens there, viz., | had in view in visiting Japan to re-u he 
ind, in the absence y bargain to the contrar ry, К . Ing top of the hill, and also at and I may fake the liberty of stating that I found the 
t t liable t May ami Mr. Hector" ш whose gardens gentleman in а gard r Yeddo, the capital of the. 
fire not wes se to any act or es foa f hini аке par жч on either side of He. Paros dem ых and sent him home in a Ward’ , Hei 
be Serv; We conclude, tberef ie as reg ори (ог Stour); and ihe resu ult is het . May w just coming into bloom in Mrs Standish's nursery _ 
the Md and other bu ildings, ne x: ither the - | Queens planted las st March arewo onderfal for health, and at Bagshot. We may soon expect to see the Aucubas 
lord nor the tenant need rebu id th ; but, э эр ег bold, у vigorous, anajn шй. ur gardens covered during the spring months =й. 
ог nant mus ; his t. There | is subject to the over тн е Stower, still "e bright scarlet berries as they are in the woods of I 
Queen revels ia е will not R this year there— | Without the male plant a few borrie now ў 
or did I ever fail the I sent Mr. Gloede | may be Mold, bo ut never, I should imagine, УЗ 
ap | = see her m this pur year. "Sui tabilit у ‹ of soil, free | quantity. The plant sold to your corresponent габа. 
| drainage, hig caltivation, le Ац cuba » 18 їз pros 
d | dryness are, I eve, the main keys. Stron d kind fi ч 
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friable, is better than light soil, and the exposed tops e UT originally x e 
. | hills are better for her than wet valleys. Still, observe, | most TEN HRL of. the а zt. n И pt sla 
where soil has been suitable to ave seen | will = valuable addition to our evergreens. - 
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I think the London market gardens must be suitable| The Royal 1 Wedding Day.—Pray, Mr. Elitor, 
of his | to her, for I observed this last year and also on a upon the тати {о do something to be romembered ot A 
the that the pottles were chiefly filled | the pore дау, дау» тү. village or we 
occasion, 
пееп ; and next to her the favourite seemed | empire posse a green or a publie 
ss noble producti UR which | pbi кела tree ue df кз me kind—an Oak, 
rlian ecr атай Welli LII = 1 of the 
whic ' j w ingi ja, as a lastin pire o 
es accidentally be- y hard; is large Байоо, hink, with sun, | day. Quercus Brit ing [We а advise as “ Querons 
very good. I must not forget to say, that - rade A 
screen peop е friend Mr. Gloede $ tells me, that the winter there) Lancashire Distress and th ы ager of the Y 
ligenee, and notwiths tandin ing the Act, it has been|has eut up the foliage of Aks Strawberries topting Botanie тере ill you have the kindness to 
deci: led more than, once, since the time of Blackstone, | © —9 The o suceeed with the Queen | me the privilege of appealing 5 p numerous г 
› on daa on by fire осе: casioned by | is to spring plant her, keep herum. — кр апа cams on behalf of the members of our- Botanic oes 
ong grow Mossley, who, through the stoppi of our mus 7 
ood не him. There was 2i апд some years ago ofa bor -— Plain straw would be rim - Е qued are now micat khe dpud severe privations. 
b нос taking: fire spontaneously and 1 elery was last gro ME be|Ineed not tell you how long the cotto! 
house; r of the house brought an action against | the best Due W. Р. Р. Rade оү, R , isted, nor of the dreadful ordeal thro 
the dus rol: ti e stack, and negligence on his part Orchard Houses.— Without inedia in any way to | have so far passed, as the various newspa 
being proved, obtained "heavy dan ages against b Mie |de на ct from the merits of your correspondent * T. К.» | уой acquainted with these things. И 
There was another знате i in wh th eeable and useful | wealthy friends who can afford it ind 
were seriously damaged by fire e а rubbish heap structures of which he а), Т am tempted to express | their assistance we shall feel exceedingly gra! 
on his Au ws nd; the farm the doctrines laid down hase deca балк Ar disposed to sen either i 
was insisted th at the fire was | in his letter published in your last уне Admi or clothing, will be thenkfolly reestri and we 
We e oett that our the n ecessity for th orough ventilation in al houses glad to make any re which lies in our ; 
hous Eden royed is not tles | Parties wishing for D о of such. id А 
1 да+ whose саге- | me to deny that there is any necessi ity foi for ithin 20 miles of Mossley shall be яо. share 
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the back wall of a lean-to house, for the аа ое our ability. We Е got a very 
