THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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eau lifference І would suggest the following | except the Committee saw it HS, а Lover of 
e чеги cw — mon ы 
In an ordinary Meine let him extend his а rown Cotton Hybridised. —I enclose you a| 
— the glass with 
so as to embrace a ri 
t him unt the n umber 
ight ngle, 
[Ocronzn 10, 1863, 
off, the € Corporation had the e. е ovored wii 
Те anc ag PrE of- cotton, tl 
prò ойпорн brown wool, pos whethe er it is the real Nankin 
A а not К e flower was fertilised by | the 
of rafters and sash bars A: 
3 
Mom ung Elm s at [Bes 
12 feet, and ‹ 
the same m 
His arms "win i in both cases, include the same arc of 
" the i 
e nt one оборо; 
attached to the „Тһе в eeds of tho bro 
ith £L 
the sky, and, but for the roo of, his 
same quantity of light. In the. Iter case, however, 
the аге will m four or five times the number 
rafters an: h bars; and it s ce 
so-called bes sciens ng” of the light, ascribed to 
traversing a few feet of air, is caused by the obstructive | 
— of the roof, which erely diminishes its 
edo be — in еар structure 
mpro — E — ligit 
he na sme defe 
ber rem velis d; а І apprehend it will not os rene M 
change suffered by the light after it has pass sed 
through the g 
n the ditirent notices which have appeared їп your 
ubject, it has surprised me to find 
horticulturists testing the | effecta of the sun’s | 
basi i d. 1 
and лы no notice of the luminous rays, no И the 
chemical rays, whie h last, to re rci may c even 
ro ther! 
more imp 
I may “perhaps be allowed to express e doubts as 
to the soundness of another opinion арен ned in the 
to th ` mu" superiority 
e open air, over the 
a house gpp 
by 10° or 15° of 
temperature. 
We all know how much chemical and physiological 
and how much they are 
th of a little 
ciotnea 
of the p d has pp blotches at + 
the — ent none. Тһе cross. 
о spots clear and distin inet, 
wer | numerous deep cracks, extending near) 
el h s0 - {ч : on Ф р vua pas 
retarded. We viden о the cause sA 
thes se ОА! the обун being: ‘certainly not ye 
nearly bleac шә di by the 
тота | 
influen nee of 
less eei ge mx "he seed. The. 
B eee Д Жогот" E scis and the crossing is | 
effected with c India wi 
em e w =й е 
Б іп ыйы! 
— 
tion 
| credi nce: 
gain 
possesses, we will say, qualit y Са Kec mds B, 
| while th alities of another - exactly reversed as 
| respects the first named, Неге а mutual interchange and 
not be apii |i 
cotton | 1862, 
eta sas 
Lilium In dre Ld August 
ecc a vi nggestio n that eed of ер 
u 
reas b 
thus, and is о заные а їп pa new , апа described in the August number of t 
fields. There an immense field A improve: ©“ Gardeners' Monthly" of that year, I left two bulbs 
ment by the intermixture of the many types|in the open ground, one as large аз a hen's egg, the 
of the plant an their sioe. 8. fum are, I| other the size of a filbert. ; M were protect. А 
pe: ane from — piep ae where certain | 4 inches o 1 , ovet whic s were leid. 
sorts cannot be n but in pe bestias soils and situa- | The winter, though mild for. this part of the world, was 
"le (Um. thrive bost map = = ally ^ - ж | far more т ап аы i 
А occu 
Bot 
one bloome 
folium, ырыр beside them. 
Plain, oston, U. S. A. 
Sugar 
grew ger 
а three w Keds yon fe rh L. né 
Р, Parkman, Јата 
пев бап „уа inform me what is tlie best 
rdinar 
equalisation эз proper rties by the skill of the hybridist 
ould tend to improve the plant in an extrao y 
he specimen I enelose shows how much is done 
I 
м 
should feel эрине to 
AN by a first cross of sorts. 
any persons who may possess, or be able to procure 
Cotton seeds, if they woulà send mea few before spring, 
Native Indian or wild so ts from e part of the world 
There is а wild sor& named 
uld like to experiment upon 
caa csi E ps kindly assist in 
Dom Ре 
r | especially. "The 
мо and any тетер 
in in the br ince prre which shone withou 
on his photographie paper; the 6inergia of m rer 
ds well as that of the aéronaut, being paralysed by |в 
t 
each trees are же имен for 10 от | 
e gia of the light | 
"м may presume, 
his matter. R. T. 
The specimen 
may fav 
[We most willingly of з. 
m. barbadense, which is 
ent is, we suppose, Gossypium 
famatia white-woolled. ba 
Coimbatore, communica v 
pus — он species, in sid the wool is 
di елп] 
ппу that are — out of doors. An Amat 
Clapham, October 
eur, 
mp sete 
It | inel 
nec А э i "botanical 
of Sugar Canes i in our West 
Indian Hes, ва isla 
T. [Sloane's ред is always w 
Browne's Jamaica. Then th 
History of Barbados 
Miscellany, vol. i., 
Оапев.] 
ng; во ig 
ere is ош 
s; and Hooker's Botanical 
p. 95, 
тізі? Standard of Perfection. —Мапу of your 
will, I am sure, echo Mr. Fo rtune's lament for 
nce to fashion, and for t the ar arbitrary 
T uem ees een 
all 
in 
is а good report on 
TÀ 
readers 
eu slavish obedien 
iven 
lovers s might agre e upon се 
open е сап teli 
тет hem е localiti es, or in all 
РОТ If the pate "fo S sient T have sud i 80; if the 
latter, T am led t 
assertion. seen ably 
20 miles from Sheffield, but же мз 1A. 
befor efore the frui ite can be ripen ned. | To hay 
Нот 
The Те оною аң eum amused 
account 
age 941, o 
from Mecklenburg. теѓе 
of the Hortestturat Society, Vol. 6, it will be found 
Ls ted been first brought under the notice of 
glass, is a rarity | r 
in the north of England, I = Bia. a one place, in 
the autumn of 1860, a splendid e of eem but I 
was afterwards ipie at s гсеју а of them 
n gi — aF the | О; 
e good ede u 
n allow Ак, МО 
SUMA, bein tied down v oticallv to an 
uniformity, er allowed io v m 
ne such rule might be laid down 
k за 1 
symmetry — to right а 
flower are nearly alike, the u 
became fit for ta 
f but with 
n ihe following spring the trees were 
fran inter me Mr. Benne 
on spring protectio: 
P. I result, 
d to be almos 
had been Fipened, E by care d УА bestowed васс 
рег 
е divisions. differ, Th дё иы — of availing 
more or 
fower wii 
ess to counteract q 
Чеш outline, or Res de the so-called “тай 
пац, in п нА а pec ium 
» 
sym try. Occasio appel Nota 
pus RUD the a n Ж f Frig mo, b 
not told us a he lost v frost i in dte an nd fs 
з | mere жрет in 
body by the late Mr. John Hunneman, who m his | directi 
exhibited ахд of it іп 1822, at one of meetin g thin nk your readers will | be able to MUR | tg i — an ordinary flower— changes of 
ocie ty in Regent Street, aud с Hi t З: {зей cw фир! КЫ. 1861 grent interest to the botanist and real fower twe 
ss protections, suc season as о nges 
food of Teltauer in Brandenburg, where itis (is priteipaly oceurred once, it is probable that some time or other a Us лы 9 XE tio oin rd 2 s I will 
own. The seed is there sown twice a year—in April | similar one may be experie ienced again. The old adage, Р y ign ace with other illustrations, but. 
for the roots to be drawn in July, ~ again in hrsg ри е -preventas is better than cure," holds Т void ped lorists à pb hether m 
August, after the Rye or Potato crops have been|g n this ma m other cases, - Frigi Domo may | attempting to R to one flower the shape pent 
, for taking up late i та autumn and preserving in F "ео, but ыны protection is safest and epe and thus overlooking that 
cellars packed in dry sand, in which it My Кер good 
until the оче Votar: "The ib soil of the 
pode эде, з almost necessa vede TU he growth 
Turnip, as it s when grown a 
о тшше eid 
iE bec 
E 5 t to са аР 
important element of beauty—fittiess o Шет qui 
or—lIn reply to your inquiries 
Жейу de 
а fine M 
contain above a hu "p 
ei быу о them. E ai ноар ucceeded, 
and lately the insects are ps A alike upon the langor 
rongi an a 
soil, and ibat. po, of M 
oftimber. Thel 
Bid 
destruct 
mess to а that a n of Paughempidb is араа of by | Horace, when— 
4 
apantes should desig 
"и Ко sage, and TATA nd 
A horse's emoe К with plumage awol D, д 
АШ limbs tures stol'n, 
А "мн буг а 
Maxwell T. Masters. 
first to ecd 
,, Swallows, — One of your Co 
x exposure to the Зент а vind 
its 
dual] 
his ne jet 
T 
i 
e Horticultural Society з distributed washe d е k во completely that he 
with water, which gradually rendre flight later than usual, d that ^ Неге, 
for en so. [If any of " the upper ded l itself жесин. the entire stem. Twenty-three | observed them ae Tato as tbe IOth of of September. still 
have a desire to cultivate it for their on e ‚ут! will| years ago Ї subm чече: to the Corpora "- ocn of in Torquay, on the tober, swallows bien 
ve no difficulty i tain ining of our | the trees so pruned as compared with ir | be seen. “At this rut Juve Miles fto. 
t but the Council of. "the Royal | natural state, and predicted this nlt, I ing ыле Бөз bbey Fields, and К 
Horticultural Society, Trost, find Len remained в d out t amongst the enues of Lime trees ў 
of vegetable fo! r distribution than this, and one dat ре until those upon oved, | 80 attractive an "object P $a place. А few Аж. 
will be more Eher: to the Fellows. F. Н. S. n gradual м дий. th ie vebjontal t to the | observed : evident ое 
„Royal al Society, —Will th etary be за e trees upon ie south sd of the tating their = 
kind enough to explain the reason why the exhibitions жез үлү those upon the continuous line of then north, hundreds left. I may add that the clima! 
before the Fruit and Floral Committees are invariably | which have not been pruned, still remain h timber, | mildest in eee e: 
consigned to ea bes is likely to find them. omia йя о! zomig i rees, now from 30 to 40 feet high, tables 
that the / esday, Аай Mr. | аге in thy grow the outer |J. T. White, 3, Western 
| Grapes, ERU Y ere ersons|bark first "became loose, and portions falling | - Marigolds.—One of your 
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