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THE GARDENERS” CENON TSE 
[Fes. 1 i 
moistened to induce the plants to grow satisfactorily. 
To save labour on the one hanh and supply the defi- 
cien cy on the other, so as to su ently m oisten the air, | 
ucting main- pipe pre se eon 2 inches of 
a day, d 
uring sunny weather. 
er when aah ap to ‘ake “the 
h more effectually wetting 
d t to water 
pepe that it should be ne 
a good 
l from defective draining, as well as de 
the water which i is iy aet from 
o the alm 
the 
pig Thus 
a 
I find 
log ag K dip it 
Rain or 
with, and fti is $ absolntely 
arhy af as Bh es: m as the air of | 
ith a condu 
i floor “all round the houses, having _ T 
erted 6 inches in height at every 9 fe 
ne steam equally = Sarar all Sapt e rea) 
or a more full account of this he‘ ” Gardeners 
EA 
JEAN DE WITTE PEAR. 
Synonyms. ~ Jean Dewitte; Johann, Dewitte. 
ofr ire 
of the natural atmosph ere, he great and es a 
| exclusion 
structure. 
u bae of vegetable 
t 
sary and important are 
vat under our "care is, ey intuenced wy 
may ia 
A agazine” for April, 1840). 
country, 
lat. 
ing grown 
daira, especially for the air Sa, ber those in 
d on logs. During the g 
d abo 
rhe 
The Chaumontel was sometimes kept p 
t be aceon 
bat it 
n bearer. 
all, 
requires 
a and i 
Tewllthecfore be read 
ed 
during the season of rest - | in course i o 3 $ 
prove of steam, I do not venture to say that Orchidaceæ | wanted. There are, his tless, many in possession of | face day after day and year after year, to no purp 
cannot be grown without i e suc = e xa cul- | numerous varieties „of P ars, who are nevertheless ex- Yii bey it be personal violence, or the loss of 
tivators, who do not use it, proves the b the supply at the present season. that may lift his 
will say, in its favour, that it answers Rees as the | To such the Jen an de Witte will prove bi rhe will. Happin these strictures cant 
Fence. The — grow ely and Ta apidly, making a it well succeeds the Glout Morceau, P. sse Colma pp my bro ther gardener pe 
large healthy speci d Winter Nelis, and thus fills up the pi 
te DUNG see 8 Rance, & f jes e | tarry not a the rs. but have trimmed heel l 
ealt 
and flowering A ee kad ibeidant =e The beneficial | th 
effect of its application is more especially exhibited on: 
t f wood. 
ouvain 
o dis tinc 
varieties ayp 
fit for b 
Geir rr for dessert. 
apan s; and 
HSI i 
arious 
yadmitied that additional |o 
late Pearz, such as a 
e CO! 
peso 
tos 7 
o eget H the bol me 
a oi 
ill do te to 
Sring 
der 
se on 
ba ns gr 
t, In the 
ERE of this f act, omen vorpal effo 
ov re the difficulties which this position natur 
eat mere machini ; 
and buckle d on Hi Boin ane d to go on 
and to conquer,— We r coma 
e 
hese remarks to the particular attent ion of Mr. 
the plants on logs and blocks of wood. Species th 
viously were sickly, and that scarcely made any roots, fto this country but both of them v 
soon recovered their health, and put forth fresh roots in | seinen false aa: gant te be worthless. Gene the Ande erson, of Chelsea, and we hope he will profit 
abundance. cultivation of | the true sort, eri: meee, obinia k a.) 
Water.—To apply this in right quantities, and 2 i hav other e been | the M 
proper kauona. n perhaps, the most difficult TI he MARES ON FORCING FLOWER 
the culture of Orchises. Suppose a plant just starting | size from a standard ; ‘but i in rich soll, be a ii dr ry ions of new re of ite e 
into growth in the fi than the past, y be g pe sry larger, 2 the increased desire o have As r ox for: ced f 
with moist air, and watered fre ely, w ld be the | The heh is Yellowish, m matii ng, b ih 
consequence? Experience proves th ine els of the | Si ype vou ewhat oe that of ithe “tout Mor- a ea in many establishments, RA t 
plant would be too much filled, a plethoric habit would its senson is „gen ally from the- ied = ond or third- ie character. Hence, the shely 
induced, an e young and tender shoot would Tan uary, t till li the Wineey and Peach-house are frequently fae 
perish. Water, therefore, in this stage must be given | short, rather net “buds. oo middle- vate Seite. things foreign to the original purpose for whi 
sparingly, only just keeping the compo ost modera te ely A 
moist, an ing the | usefal variety, owing period p g:—R. T. n art of r king th 
As the leaves Sa shoots pa, in growth, more eavour oa 
water ma . Sr oar ; ait ont the peut pee -bulbs pensive Biting? pits, to ante out the ret tof thea esti 
and to o bviate, in some d 
are half asiem appear solid, r may then 
be applied Pbandantly, E the ee "gently syringed 
every clear morning in spring, an nd during in hot 
Pag of summer, in the a part of the afternoons. 
water should be given bet are 
the half- growth of the pseudo-bulbs and their full growth. 
Watch c and 
sen alinost entirely, as ashe is aut danger 
on 
Ah e 
efull 
nd, ia sequence, 
t from fowering, if the stimulus to 
wit ie ld. Such shot as 
enopsis, Saccolabium, and 
pees the plant 
rowth is not at a 
Tides: Renanthe: 
» Pha! 
with small brown 
PLANT-POTTING. 
To understand plant-potting thoroughly, so as to b 
the necessity of the ee aged system “before all 
wever, I will just a 
the vast difference in ha 476 de in some of the th 
present the subjects of forcing. It is obj 
ss, the m tive process st be 
he on 
broad cecepmac that avery different autumn tre 
becomes n ary, to say nothing of that of the di p 
sum J 
ne pi o oe bce requi 
will fered: as valk wn sha 
Progress), i in a darleen aa = in iy ht. 
deg of the a Baani is 
EPE um 
A line of low brick pits, with their surface abo 
feet above the ground, level at back, and being ar 
. 
from 4 to 5 feet 
nil 
mon 00 
abstract tly the p 
Science cannot teach tbis alone. 
a physiological knowledg 
, but to 
ractical 
often imperfectly- performed o 
ge of the wants of plants, and a 
eration, is 
solution of pla $ growing 
Practice, founda upon | 
y and permanent w tto 
h good roof covering, a in 
ld be 
ing r 
rey 73 o 80°, à 
opinion, elie 50! ort. of “hig that wou 
adjunct to oo ue in general. 
out the e of hea ating it would be superfiua 
offer an opinion, is Fer 
F 
will enable us party clearly to comprehe end i 5 
Differe req 
nt kin 
Matter is pending. y, however, say t that d 
A leaves at Potom (s vie a previously), and tan 
uld, wit ae 
for example, must have ne h 
> > peat, whereas a | top, for d man 
m. Notwi thstanding this ae itd age sth sete if this mal 
they 80 that water | is ado ted, hot li ould be 
vil via Sot through the whole ‘body of earth i in the ceasary 5 waren oh a we rey k botte 
eat Pis filthy opid. be. done away wi 
nce, if w 
hich 
a 
Va nda, form no helo. bats eer a2 
eldom flow: 
growing, and s 
bi he only way 
“oon tage water and reduce the tem 
which w y be conv reniently “accomplished dur 
water daring the season of rest? 2 _ The answer is, they 
be w pelo d ; 
the plant is growing, 
pes with poe an 
t to. death, a little 
here sieam at eee or the air kept mode- | 
wa neal 
re e within with the 
t ASDA ttom of the pot; so air, in like will | fr a ivi 
‘om dirt. This “line € pit be divided i 
= itself ‘spontancoasly amongst the roo iya an sid a | cent one half to h Tevelia EN <i the 
| healthy and ia action will oe say proceed, half to be glazed. The opaque roof would b 
a er r ny ak i — eee we ae a a Seakale, Chicory, 
j 7 £ , ir | the Lily of the Valley, and for plunging 80 
; y| ce ball, and the death knell of the | di 4 cathe 
p Be la at in firsti ate cultivation is Sein ot pa oe y E, ee tun toe root periodot i 
e pla nt stands between life and death, l i 
perature, both of ia "potting, terre it will be tolerably appareat thal vould mention a be Te th = ki t 
uring winter, the n iie Br pe ae deed a pi pa not only | vance of root before pis Ea th ler? oa 
of ear t thro e 
part of it. The first important consideration deducible of om 10" to T iad Che ag with a b 
appear to from the foregoing remarks, w which Presents itself, will ir. bet “a the atm 
k illed lendar bearing thi eet w AS 3 
mediately surrounding the roots, or that, in consequence | which he as a8 subjec b ngà i 
4 th id f gardeners. ps ¢ 
ity the stronger will be | ball, so that every rootlet may ‘be regularly ary pe cessit ff ig thee fio 
ziy Pe peni nts hse ower, Practice, ae z me d, will = presented numerous pr roti roel Juses, in all which cases a © mpro 
z n = ve exam et this å like ewise of plants suffering from ae we as he justly observes, es Lise 
6, require, as od mig r-a! ad ate, It not, ever, be so |r ats anythin ing oss economy. He advoe! 
yin pots or baskets. 1 clearly op ge a n pi; is matting ions o ange of pits in two divisions, SP% 
a8 much as three | 
E FORS ye i 
With regard to that class of plants in which I 
