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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jay. 
cultivation of this plant. 
the midst of water ; 3 any degr 
> bong 4 cng br pina the ‘re 
them. sen eyan of 
fresh-water fi 
nun 
har rmiles: 5, grow- 
After 
he 
tion w, potting is ea E let the any ie be Swell 
ugh the of th 
n a light ieee 
wa tered thro e watering- a and | 
ear the 
tit 
rt of the ti 
ood managem 
icient for this tic ake the 
or fies din g soot, ant the lated al bran may be, 
casion requires, supported by Sater oferea worst 
| The fo orm, in this case, will be a perfect „cone, the an 
ant: 
y | glass. With attention and g 
i ae HK t 
4 
and ag Abi is decidedly superior 
„bra aches in every dir 
hs la 
spots, Sat bis preste oge over all Si E senle”, and often 
inga hea althy specime en in 10 hou 
f, 4 
y Dr. Ung 
s a most interesting accountof it. Ww hen a pied 
be potted into 
4 
ft 
N 
It may 
12, follo aiir iE the same meae as in 
a ing ‘shifting. It will thea remain in this pot unti 
he following March, when it will be 
a N 
No. 
rs for a fal suffer 
l 
acquainted is so apt 
from Continued. cide blooming, Therefor 
ngthen its growt ae me add fresh vigou 
its constitotion, the flow “ers d be occasionally 
order to 
Seip 
picked off. 
in the culture of this species to pe ce it in hea‘, but on 
Leschenaultias are rae grenka 
Henig: and must be treated ants of th 
kind, when exposed’ to high RARI ee in ana 
gt piere o charged with vapour, acquire an artificial con 
who > giv shift, may into o. 8,in which, during the following 
at its fall growth it a oe a eon threads of oy ma it will become an object of surpassing beaut ty 
extreme fineness, pa acked t mple ibis arn: for the care and 
of velvet; akea vpon 
certain kinds of mouldiness. When Placed ‘under the| The training of the plant, during its growth, sh 
microscope—for the naked eye can ve nothing vd not be forgotten. When it was first introduc ed at our 
their true construction—the threads are found to be te: int 
minated extremity about +7 an inch in dia- a hemispherical form, with all the branches tied to one 
meter, and consisting of a aan 4 singie cell, within which | front. 
x geo een ucilage intermixed with gra- other side. This system of training g h t 
nules. U 
mperate habits. This is | 
of ti dh 
cause of "inerpliable (Premature | dissoluti 
whole of the green matter is of ie 
T 
to a more rational, because a more natural and elegant 
1 
ith plenty 
is present, bak the 
natu 
supply o 
re of gum, as is proved by the action of iodine upo form, 
The cont of the cell are hi e has prope rly assigne ed to pla nts. This 
motion, directi the emselves i ia lines such 88 are repre- casltance i is not only Skenen but itis the peculiar | 
sented at . 
l an important part of his | hou 
` collect at the extremity ad fisted it into a small asad not as pote “the ae ee = Hebel in 
head i y after which pots only, but with respect to every 
a chamber is formed, and then the first sta age of fi shrubbery, that a ge Jertined 
cation is accomplished (fig. 1 to adorn the gardens under his care. One stake alone | Duro 
The next change is observed to take place in the gra- 
nul 
In up a hou 
n for the, pone of. Eei plants: 
ed by Healy and Burbidge’ s ribbed boiler and iron ye nks, 
Ma ie to Shick it must es gpa aoe winter, 
yA geared ATING. 
ouse, 45 feet in Ssi 
it is 
E TAN 
recently ams 
med 
I m aware that pits ea been ae on a somewl 
similar plan, but pe appear o be conside: al 
objections to the o tan t iods 
e year, arising fro a superabunda nce of moist 
PP s heats the house, that the nemp 
Healy and Bu rbidge 
abate this difficulty, 
an hour or a 
nt observer may Late 
and a hel o that a pate 
tthis time al the vital energy of the plant seems. 
of pits 
this means wi 
ance, filth, 
pg the growth of Melons and Cucumbers. By | 
sere be enabled to get rid of tke annoy. 
> I am inclin ed t to add, expense of "fer 
>, li 
acoiding to | Unger, to be directed towards changing the 
gatio; pies or spores. Meanwhile the clubhead grows, 
and thus gives them a EAR Aeh and they in arr turn | 
alter =e form a lit tle ai ome ova s that 
eo 
ten ur- that 
w bc ough te as ‘of the clubhead, 
water, then another, 
ask the’ clubhead is hi and 
All this takes place 
an inch. ent, 
iti is | curious tosee how constantly this i is jeha forwards | 
Section. 
AA Partition walls. 
B Bearers. 
C Tank. 
D Return-pipe. 
Re 
public similar to that represented in the 
x 
e required. Ta 
aware of any plan aiig bean “subsattted to | 
follo 
engraving. : 
oie es 
by these living 
ticles. This sort of quasi animal life does not last 
few se npr some minutes, or at the most half- 
r s 
ùr. They o die: Unger assures us that he ha 
seen them i neuen of death, and siruggling con- 
vulsinely (!), with all the appearance of animal life. 
Their real destiny is, however, to propagate the plan 
and to shoot out into othe: er ges threads ; this generally 
happens in the water + bat metimes the ey ger 
fig. 4, w wo spore: extendin g themselv 
into ae as hi yas while a a third lies dead by oer k 
What bean are to be drawn from these strange 
s, I must endeavour to explain another da: smth —R. b 
ESCHENAULTIA FORMOSA. 
Tars delightful shrub was introduced from N 
Holland about t twenty years ago, and althou gh be that 
the dotte 
I propose to construct 12 pits, each 7 feet in length, | 
and 4 feet in width, separate from each other, a all 
years what improved cultivation could effect with 
During the last few years s it has s bec come an object of 
in such number as may | 
be 
it. | be required. This enables the ode Me fate a suca | 
cession of cither Melons or Cue mbers, or both; and 
it is quite an ER Se ag on takes a leading 
of fruit, he 
seed from 
of the pits intended for a 
§ ecies 
will find no difficulty i in preventing the 
d lines. 
tilators in the front and rear. walls, under i 
coping, covered with perforated zinc, for the 
purpose of re ping out bees, and preventii Diato 
faite of cold 
The plan tions above will explain the nal 
the range, vy ia pte by which it is intended thi 
an 
several pits should be worked. . It would be im 
to give an estimate with any Ay of. certainty, s 
I particular’ 
arly 
ibbed boiler, as ea oo 
| heat with an ae portion of fuel, and with more 
and Burbidge: s sdvertisenint Ta in the “chron. 
the above plen to the p 
to induce "o ot 
position in all first-rate collections. In iiss some of | bec coming hybridis ed. Some 
the specimens of this s plant t during the ‘1 
dered ob N h Ange ill s to be consi- berries, French „Beans, &e. 
The pe aor of this ie is dingly simp! diti ti 
that it may be M Segun gro t 
P. dite. “Te kind of soil | ner in which all the materials were forwarded 
hl is a 
two-th 
irds of r 
ing to th 
onl 
to improve on it. 1 am not pin = peik ier 
bj it 3 working well. It m y be 
J 
entira arran 
J 
taflod +, 
that firm; so perfect, indeed, that the 
ment was put together by a handy Horer 
t the c 
j 
no’ doubt of its being of pe grea atest po are 
If we 
en ith a 
return pipe ior and left from it, extending i the re- 
f tl Eac! Sa a “ee 
Seh 
horses, hire, tan, ines 5 an 
now in use e, I am cer tain 
rocured, a moder 
that 
main return- -pipe. ithe sto admit or turn Toff th the 
| flow of hot water to or fr: 
| is tend should ba hea 
t cie 
ape to a ne entir its : 
m of hea o he os csn be regulat ed a 
I would insert y 
it ead Lead hai et fruits 
Sa 
e ABY 
n 
o be 
lay at first wil af afford Behe: of supplying a hou 
and flowers during the 
se be be 
appropriz el I peiin ork 
—J. Lyons, rar Sn Ireland. 
