e eating Strawberries from morning till night. I 
еа have | put ар w ith тб їп deme of the old 
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were never blamed. They left the next year, and 
master, - Ti comes down to the vro m fen 
[OCTOBER 17, 1863, 
—Nóne but those who move amongst Tulip grower eim 
have any idea of the great amount of m mondy invested 
5? so a blackbir though mistress goes there for се ог | іп this flower, and what great in terest m st m ki 
porn М a бү е cae ÁN Diod s oriri gh спев was t old that the Аел E men, even in the E districts, p^ i md 
distance, whose изд had never enjoyed ; they cared which түн was all oing. Mistress saw w - eee Sti á despite t А esi а ени. of the 
nothing for the nets with which the beds were covered ; her ood eel о rawberries, e s, | lower, no other is so 5 а1 E зе Tulip, for unlike 
the * stocked " v "ihe fruit through them d Cherries, and appointed an early | the Rose, Pansy, ric anunculus, and other 
y a pattern war- | day к presérving: She not qu ер to | flowers which are the same in charact very year, a 
rant бой et Н n A i fruit.| the day, but, going a few days after, every kind of|very fine Tulip bought ior say у two or three guineas 
crew 1 hl Ea Stra той rie s, they | truit, Sir, was gone, and we the li ttle e Y Mor may the ATE. 2 w -- is M a “ heavy ? 
башга Their отот. a bass Raspberries "The -— So no serves о be bad | flower: which colour has gone back to 
was now he soil 
ently little could th 
pe tied his 
out o 
harum did 
and these had to beg 
not get more 
athered in 
in order to save theni: In this kaf the : M 
and Lhrushes were assis ted by robins. ihe 
The crop was sbundant Dut the | 
only portion we were able to secure the of a 
vere covered with оа he: es of | 
the plan і in the course о 
a few dg Then came a little cessation from fruit. 
My f friends from а фм wen 
f blackbirds finished the ad. 
few «acd I h v 
family of 
ing а and e э. DT UU pe is A we can do for those | 
ошу е edible ig left i 
ways welcom: I 
кшзден, ыле 
little birds were accused y after a yaik before Г ба, and then а ЧОР, flower, ud 
| fine crop of large Cabbages were taken by the gipsies, which state it will аб some time or other break into 
ho appeared to have crossed a neiglbour's ps x жее ег, that is, become, her a Bizarre, yblæmen, 
well stocked with these, t o take ours. Pre ay, Sir, do which brok n, or as they 
v the * Country Parson ^tot ry er calle d, rectified flow are divided. А Bizarre 
ead of recommending extermination - “us p rien has hern gro ees gite and is either flaked 
md every two of v which Parson with some 'shade E between brown and 
farthing 1 and so must bé worth mu maroon, in which st а flamed flower, or it has 
more now. Stick v пр for us, Sir, and we will engage а ms argi n КА colo ur s the upper portion of each 
cleanse mu ко and crops, and will si ing уоп a m Byblæmens 
iv а white rim colour, and are either flamed or 
f rosy pur жк violet, A 
er has а white grouud enr, wii m either 
shade 
г: ar m very choice in my sorts, but vt the ; nt. wW 
blackbirds т tu а and were pecking at them all day down regarding form, which s qu peri two- 
long, assisted by a family of the titmouse, who perhaps | Мам will no dou E 35 ке PN heads in firm | thirds of a ball, and purit held 2 e indispensable, 
do more harm than their lar; avs sapit inasmuch belief that the de is not a оша r flower, ap This means purity of the white or yellow grou 
as they “stock ? a small hole T one Pear, t because fabul sums are not no w giv en a | of the flowe Re in which no stain should be ер- 
16, апа Шеп до оп {о anothe er. The rascals will not single root, as in des z ore, that few trouble their | tible. Ther certain points about the marking 
touch perry Pears. Ї to Mr. Rivers’ ith the Tulip, as with the Fancy | which would sa d puzzle a novice, but strict rules in 
choicest varieties. Now, what ат I to do? It seems Pansy, the T бога QUA compiea y taken the | judging Tulips are absolutely necessary, and perfection 
that I c9. give - poni e indie orfruit. It f the foreign flor sails, and the Dutch | of marki ng is one of them. ора 
this. The nall birds mus st be destroyed, or fruit сап growers would we жам (* a bond ifficulty in| Тһе bre rd x Fea (self) Tulips in 
only b es," sending us over w kind лу усаа veat - even | feathered flow an lai in which I have herd yä 
Then * T ntab as is for au explanation how it is| equal kinds now us f hom roduc A heard solved, and 1 believe it is beyond t п ue ofa 
that s eaa blackbirds, Жакай p titmice | few days since I was looki 1 what is the actual cause 0! ^ їз e 
feed th реви ету ад egu ently, therefore sparrows, | the finest olleotions in Holland, and find our Dutch r positively to state E ime within 
je «о ow-ham s de, d little or ong harm; and he|friends are ery lon ng way beh ind us in first- гача which it can "тун accomplis shed. The зе summer mm 
inds Mr. Moni is гане Hom. do not wait for corn | sorts, and that ld : : kdo ME 
to be ripe, b it it begins to swell, ,80| which the hey. call first-rate. чә truth is that -Englis ish breaki ing of Tulips. In the pow ourh а — 
i out for themselves a high standard of | Nottingham, uud vi r midland towns, there has эг 
n grain, may be pret ty ушу doubled. Не ыйы | PARER vet: leave no stone unturned to gain it,| unusually large e quantity of seedlin ur broket ara ші 
the mischief done y spar ‚ finches, &c., far This has been pu the case with the Tulip, and tified lst at Битие smear СЙ , 
2 Suae they may ты, ’ They have, he ciet | Mr. Headly, Mr. Willis he late Mr. Groom, and | where Mr. diy loomed thousands x pee 
of it with me, and the remih E бшш the | several other keen р than self flowers. 
Tulip grow 
д1; 
г, 
wers have raised a i large 
th 
ere in а larg 
b. ae 2 up the wa 
EXE 
terpipes w 
while they leave grubs 
Tete Ре, and play havoc with Ts fruite, in|and others shortly to 
and watchfulness, w 
to be so, many of them more or 
less valuable additions to our existing collect: 
+ "Tulips, ho: „do still fetch high prices, for n 
e - rm Eum on the Rose bushes, and those of the kinds are generally let'out at - one guinea to five 
Cabbage butterfly to make their appearance at ta че in|guineas a bulb. А list o inds just ipee by 
ex ptby Mr. Wm. bru of Whitby, doscribe 17 new kinds 
man or boy. One day'slat xe king hoeing o 71. 10з,а Mr. rra pub 
tl ll the sp intl f the bost catalogues, and the prices will be 
atwelvemonth. Wi 1 f ange s. 6d. t Although ES 
an open Gat, whether you prefer your pides ог | 
m song, but уоп iudi have plen d of ven Yellow- 
mers and buntings live muc sparrows. 
Titmice s d harm and A: tle 
At this ** Lon don 
or froi 
not & much talk rab Тай, аз formerly, I believ 
te are quite as much grown, Years back it was the 
fas hion to grow them, just as : oie bot since rushed 
into th Coch in China fowl business; then i it cease sed to be 
a mania, 
Byblemen 401 сте: зоо of E 
ot ene brok 
char and n 
" зә seediing or self ев s of бае kinds obtained 
idland districts, and 
Iam unable to account for uis 
h have asked many grow 
i ques ium. 
osophical florist е any light on thi 
| from growers in the m 
out of ea ch de 
exists on the culture 
ncumbent? gives. his ex- 
P 
ше acknowledged cultivators of this really 
h ta 
hM thrushes, ks ckb ide pov е - robins, | 
sparrows, finches, and tomtits, and at the same time 
retain any vested interest whatever in your own fruit 
garden. 
сап flo There are still a 
in the ста especially about Stra 
of London, whilst Mr. de d ue Re ре at Slough 
unds, for he add 
А writer who signs himself ** Sense," 
among the Cotswold Hills, in a wooded dut età has 
fast as they ripen; Apples 
are all — one by one lon зБ befor re matn- 
inters the d ial 
La awrence : ed Dr. San 
n 
айтеп of dua lad to fnd irri 
i wing з ы ape 
fearing it would отав the flower to run (i.e 
a self-coloured flower), has c зави mes p "it 
of seedlings, many of which yo in cad Fear. ie 
brought to the hammer next s 
ford, near Cambridge, has an extraordinary collection | i 
Seren other growers about "London, ыы pd "Ms. r. it can be 
t| must be worth several hun ed| Thoroughly rotten man well d ud November, 
largely Der the lat eM [е stock, and more|bed some weeks befote- planting i ы 
the fne NES of the late Mr.|l have found decided] PE ihn dn 
ow before me a 1 we ү 
fM ultivator, Mr. Battersl ottingbamshire, 
Bag 8, k^ those pues of the d daek circ Es а in which h lies to a question from me by say! 
not be aware that Mr. Richard Headly, of Staple- |“ I believe grow have generally been over beers 
cl enter into 
e of manure to 
ios I 
used, and buried some inches below t 
3 rmm sera 
Norman, Mr. Brown , Mr. Williams, 
M A re enthusias! tic cultiva 
ators, and also raisers of 
* Gu Fawkes?, a 
ga the 
To these heavy charges ме. Blackbird makes the 
"rud Iw xejoinder 
“Ia ofa munity rot little birds living very 
bon 
gu no class of florists so truly fond of a flower 
as Tulip вутка ата 1 „There isa wonderful 
anti: indivi 75-4 
ox of them durin esa 
ved there are 
for this flow 
saying, let him дао, the m — а. +? June next e * 
petalis want 
Iam 
| ря they most какына аз У ^ 
roachin the mind uia Я 
à dee to the marking of е po 
B ti s йоне ОШ only w 
un 
this m Флерт 
ИР m Бай in Tits beauty, 
пме t ipseque m obj jections 
but not to 
strength of 
ight 
used, sufficient to deaden the sun’s rays, bul 
exclude light, if intensity of coloane and 
деа? wishing to commence Tulip 
rowing, 
I 
and not A: much experience of Tulips, pe dad мышт I better 
t us be Y de je gardeners all want. fo do. this, and. judge 2 E с | should sta with, but I would caution b 
aster won't hear of mii e ы will Mer d с мез ы ow tss with сма good kinds, if опу а few. 
su ана judge who takes the fruit. Worms and insects watching his Tulips, and ысы upon them with more | gain experience cein growing—i 
acknowledge we do, and the gardener won't blame саге than he would give his babies; and have heard | for the Tulip iW cultiva ; anda 
^ for this, though he always lays the Blsitio of sh ort | him declare that his wife. vidi fetch out the blankets | of properti defect 
iruit crops on us ‘little birds. "The estate kinds, T eon" rin 
two years ago by a family who looked v мыр Tulipsshould ineurrisk. Istronglyadviseall thosewho| І сап m ex| vm my Own 
after, поб us, but the gardener. The ve | contemplate becoming exhibitors, to novitiate in| what I have seen in th that the 
their Peas а Lancashire and get into all the secrets of “collaring ” | becomes a favourite flov with any person v 
the flowers, both inside and out, and packing them |love for florists?’ p uits. Not only Аз S 
her imd and they | with — Per rand рч Е "nl са die little | variety irem and Бе ченде 
oce and the fruit, | intricaci es peculiar to із utiful but Tn js a consi 
supply fe ves, and we! flower. d abont the uncertainty of the flower: watching | 
May roots of 
breeder (i.e. Татай в АУЕ, from Adonis PM 
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