1184 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Хоүкмвев 28, 163. 
were much admired, the whole having the appear- | itself, without emet up the whole. floors, which | was, shelter, suitable soil, and good drainage. What 
ance of noble ios ndar ни к the Wistaria itself, would be difficult, as the joists are Oak, and the opera- | say the e opponents of open wall Peach and es а 
On seeing these tre a distance. very | tion would seriously ep: the carefully finished Р J. Rus È бон House, Fulham. 
well remember the od аА aud admiration | оЁ the rooms. I fancy that some liquid. might be 
expressed by an minent nurser ryman frie ond, who|poured through a hole cut in the floors, which Eis ые лы Гы, з 
exclaimed “ Ah, в, ?" hurrying | would spread itself over the level surface of the pute " Books, 
towards the spot. with rapid. Inquiries and strides, | concrete. Chloride of lime would be I think but а 3 
hich I f to eep pace with. | temporary remedy, as it would act merely by de odo.| 4 Practical Guide to Training, Gymnasties, and 
Those who possess strong plants of the — Mi» rising the exhalations of the tar—and besi des its зооп Riding. By ə Bubnltern. "Longmans, 18mo. 
the other facilities jus ust named, may, I apprel 1 m its ow The os: offieer who wrote this capital little book 
likewise, and obtain a similar treat, Wm. Codsall, strong scent їп the houses. I amat my p end to|d lie than i 1 ages 1 
Here refor n and if anv y ot your т readers а beginne Il-trained veteran should 
С vus Ёот{ипеї,—1 observe by a letter written can tell me of an effectual plan, I sh 1 indeed 1 t| Vaharo pe every беритен or physiol training, about i 
b а srs. xen & Son, oi oi the OM, Cheshunt Nurseries, | grateful. £ Subscriber from 1841. (Тыз is a builders! | which the young in this country know far too little, 
and published | at p.1 question t.] Walking, Running, Riding, Fencing, Вас} ekstick, Mes 
ко its fruit in| The erred Rees —To those who have to furnish and other 1 of wit full 
thei rsery. Perm o give your 
information “about this « "female When I di 1 Е Nov iiber mber, HS Ө To you g Volunteers the Aq advice is li 
North China, it was а is awe Mateo i in ge e way I des eribe, especialy њ.к We quote а passage from his 
the only species. of v, ger 108 1 had met with in that it flowers here more or less the whole year йй. In Introduction 
Кшз гу. As it appeared to be a very handsome shrub | May I prepare a piece of ground for it at the foot of a| "In this age a and country we have come, by degrees, 
small tree, particularly when grown іп a shaded | south wall; I take off all the strongest runners and|into an unnatural mode of living. The hurry vi 
быа. I determin ned d to in әйе it to Europe; but | plant them їп rows 15 inches apart and about 10 inches арш, of business, late 
as it was Ee е! rare or locality where it was first | asunder in the row ; I Leve compost consisting of rome S use of — fut the peera! ten- 
mal with, I despa ataked 90 of d, loam d leaf-mould, and | den centralise in large в, have produced their 
another districts in багс: of its seeds. gp АЗЫН | in this I plant therunners a hino attention srequired legio е pale faces, bent мд tang aio lders, 
was eventually got together and sent h WM | except shading them for a few days until they become d Паре, ma fen Ее Ve live in вос d " 
the seeds vegetated in the Bagshot Nurs ey. 1 as|rooted; should the summer prove dry they will e o der systems, and when derange- 
observed that two very distinct- oong species made heim by copious чае and if the weathe P whic! 
=x Syrien, diee h Ihads should be boisterous and we n Oc tober, an zii are while СЯ relieve our sufferings, reduce our "stamina 
only ; ресї ч n had Ln: sent at the same | light Ap be put over hes 
Eod) iM tem rded ir William Hooker, ЖЬ corners, This will oed the blooms from "being ** It i whet people Lecome ни and M 
named it and describe P it in the Botanical Magazine. damaged. John Edlington, Crom Castle, Irelan th ab they most readily fa E vice; aud when а 
Sir William's plant and the one I paa Pagan were Advertisement Sharpers.—Being about to pend my and vicious in 
of course identical ; but what was the other species | situation, I had an advertisement inserted in а аннан it falls into Чаныан Ы glory departs, 
wi ч Ww and of which | country paper last Saturday. On Sunday I received a | Of а we have ample proof in history, ancient and. 
no notice or died Lau had been Ux to England ? letter from a Mr. * * * *, which I enclose for your | moder п. Patr iots, therefore, have а du ty to 9 pe - | 
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No one knew, and for some reason which I cannot | perusal. He says, * My terms are, no fee until after a that ше 
explain 16 was sent out as the female y question, the | situation is obtained ; then only 3s. 6d.; sg Ir zegoe the deterioration of a people and de vit musoularity 
other I suppose for the same reason being considered | for the M is 18 stamps? Апу one may i and manlin It becomes Christians also to prae 
the male. Тһе first time I had an лач of moment s e why he is so interested in wr ;tin ng; physieal training, by which ie 
seeing the second species was therefore in England, | his desire to obtain the 18 stamps. І trust, RM. maximum of calmness and self-command 'is attained, 
lthough I had sent its seeds from China. І. remember that none of the gardeners and others who paye rtise | And we would meme d remind men of study, and 
м circumstance puzzled me омузи ab exa time, by him, | those who have to appear before the publie, that our 
ug was well aware that c chan es do Ireplied to his letter, | Е гох коой саге po to send San ers for kon pie and foree, and our 
ox take pee in the reproduetion of Plants the stamps, and I e will be careful about | nerves for t r firm a health of body which 
rom seed, yet I felt сорри convinced that the g nti i 
:alled “ SEND. һай not been produced by the seeds of a NEM Se м —Сап m u tell me anything of| matic attention. - Nor is "indue to those who do 
Ше tr piae Fortunei. When I return s from Mexico of a tree called yd i o Jieha, 
com e afterwards on another ко нда: which ar теб when placed on ove | fits for the рет enduring and ассо d eme of hard. 
Б u^ curio: mus aa an АШТАР lowly, "m moye Дю. ы. p к "mey jump labour. A. word, it is incumbent upon every one to 
having. A ste чен "like во many lar; use his hea iid strength as a talent ies is to 3 
former occasion, ou I'd d E Ment so, | true? Л. W. zc Pee bu L^ "rom c мерютей, with which the greatest 1 apanb o 
On v visiting the Voto ponte Br - " | presence sss Dre active maggot in the inside of the. tms is to be done, and P which scm usb give an 
uides I soon found s from whieh "lo чи seeds. count." P 
collected the seeds. The "i proved e qui Orchard Houses. —Mu eA on been writt 
distinct from that which had b q and quality of fruit grown in Ore e (ass Flower ен du Men Pons- 
by Sir Wm. Hooker, and прел puc ш me to v new to M wall. Having tried both ways d, given ugue toi. СЯ Fleet. pu mphlet of some 
всіепсе. 16 had shorter lea than the and|a gre ul deal of consideration, I must say that 0 pages, devoted to brief practical mee for the 
grew to a much grenter size, seges the Pay де the opinion is decidedly in favo our or open а. joan Hee o of the more useful hardy fruit trees in 
two was Pes much alike, I m Ro mention citm in tate | small town gardens, Supposing, for exampie, a garden 
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nus the. male flowers are alw: 8 pro oduc ed on one in » the first place that r find the. flavou t-of-d to be laid out with a small lawn and surrounding 
1 tl it ard | walks, and a moderate width of flower-border outside 
there чке pda and female nas of both the s species houses, and the ES ris also far better. Oa Td rd | dotted over with shrubs, there being no space fora 
ich I had discovered. In order to clear the matter | house is built a рина асотир to the most|kitchen garden in which fruit trees might be grown, 
E pun speeimens of the two sexes of each species, | correct M BECA. ind yet withstanding that е | ће author proposes here and there in this border, to 
|, ve specimens of these were afterwards | ventilators are open day and pn for months, the | replace an Aucuba, a Box tree, an unsightly Lilac, or 
presented both to Sir Wm. Hooker and to Dr. Lindley. | Royal George is M" PM as a Noblesse, and the latter | such like, by а nicely-formed pyramidal Pear, Apple, 
Another mule appears to have been indo with | about as poor in а Dutch Turnip. In proof Or Plum, &c.; and he argues that the space would ba 
reference to the plant in question Мапу persons et what I state qe У. ant of colour, I have | ей by a tree equally ornamental, perhaps p 
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(Siebold), and those who gave up the bad habit| Peaches exhibite d by Mr. Kaile ab the Ete Hor. | а profitable return. He, however, particularly impresses 
of calling it the “female?” named it C. drupacea. aid mr s late show at South Kensington. |On the reader, and itis well he does so, that the tree 
Siebold's plant, however, is apparently quite distinct | Never perhaps before „were such large „Peaches seen, — еа be crowded in between evergreens ог o 
from mine, a circumstance which has already been | bnt th appearance t tand hat 1 a шау circus 
geri VE by Dr. fonder in ie sexi Chronicle. they. Wero PT straw-coloured, with not one streak la to free ly abou e lawn, it 18 
as sie Gorrie, ger of Messrs. Law-| of red abou , and all on aecount of шег having ms to pli ine p is pef lernen trees 
ive n h, and A ge І -— side a there 
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E mall Ает йыбө Arme devoted to 
vozetables, Mini of surro NOM: it by a belt s 
Gooseberries and edd doe bushes, he proposes to 
.| these in p siti he centre, - apo oE PY the 9 
to choicer sAr prowa in the + pyrami 
d th bushes. Even eei M do — 
з neither been poi . | this yero About 30 ppe 
— Сат bad smells — — are dev stri pla lain а p instructions for 
© May 1 venture to ask if you any oi the piant id , and tra of Роп, Apples, 
vise me in the follwing. Are difficu ulty :— Apricots, — Plums; Medlars, а nd Quinces, 4 
About three years ago, I deis Se small houses in a " био will bo Nature still, | а descriptive list of a few f each. 
damp situation; there was ory below the grouud rohard- house folks say what they wil" The remarks are addresse e —€— with small 
floor rooms, a and the usual ате were taken to | But tl ts? na, by w om they will be found useful, and аге 
h lat in the walls, and a ваф height I answer that n blossom is as safe under Frigi Ae oin y intended t to iio that £e нуе but most 
below joists, and three air из back а that, по! ү withstanding its o айуан бей useful fruits may be successfully grown ev even in town- 
each house, "The ground under the b prs was vs that p can still be put Ad d Ж рег yard, | gardens. 
covered with some inches deep of gr ty A and ME this sto le& up and down. We nelston rune Journal of Botany contains mato 
did not веб so hard as I hoped (owing to the gravel H al plan here for protection, and i хуй з. й yard,| Geographical distri mee Run the oA uisetacez, by Dr. 
being rather loam Deb. I, in an evil jonr, payed. i ue | TP will last 10 years, but М Tiaa r Frigi „ because | Milde ; on Viola arenar British plant, by i 
і eue tar from the g: keeps the blossom dry— essential point. Again, | Babington ; a Goethe’s 
Boer] ed as ni on the Metamorphosis о Ран by Dr. Masters; an 
various ous botanical iani 
It appears, there- 
is hare noticed form m feres distinc down red 
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qiiod t: aud Жей my attention je the fact а bi с 
when I T extra work. 
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