THE si sib bani 
CHRONICLE. 
com falling through the interstices ; 
aunis of omea, is then put ou the Moss, the 
the two sections about $ inch 
eep t 
ma ade, the wed vt are 
When ‘the basso is 
out 
asunder. 
bj mich ‘allows the basket to be nn moved off 
roots ma which is 
oen ‘ied a p with ee, 4 ite water is given, the model ane sa posit bl 
Coppe pat A baskets are expensi ve, but on account of | and it is det: for use. The Doky p- of those baskets that six of the same kind’ as proren destroy ed, and 
= paasa compared po veer ones, they are fo rms a job for men on wet “days. A bas! sket le oaa pepe ca 
o be pre To, lessen the “ are oy or: : e 
the form of the peck baskets; on r Ma llow the same method in placing the plants in the | t eing p t 
moie _ ee FE ts “stret che di in grooves = in the e baskets as the wooden ones, with the gsr espa v I pi: from ‘aie ky.” ; 
wood, an re. The model | the ge tanhopea, the plants compining which in the 20t h Oct., Mr. inate be writes, “ ‘The , 
is forn a blo k, something bat pa Apple cut | raised considerably above the rim d, ere this time. d toy 
a thin slop- 
ne by te pid ma z the 
Acided t 
in 
si pieco is cut off one side of 
two pieces are then Joined together again, by an iron 
pin of sufficient | sides 
fastened at the end bya “screw and nut. iow we view 
HOW she wary CUTTINGS. | 
2 inch in Ph 
m 
If they were bo the compost would fail og and 
bais on on sending for it, the answer was rety 
tha at it meas et on varas in bal (the vara 
ish y. d 
if they were closer, 
not have so free an egress. 
sand or tan; the pots for pine) w 
not 
piagge in ie \™ 
y 
had led you 5 expect en r siz 
cerned to find that the. ‘individual in 
rues are 
com your expectations, ale therefo 
yself bound to send far and wide, till I co 
one of equal size a3 at pet led 
rtunately I have succeeded in my que: 
UM 
IV: Cuttings peo pai preb Hotbeds. 
There” are some plants which c annot be oi 
. at. 
Fahr.), ‘for cuttings of such pla 
of striking Ang ‘eae a ig P emoperature, as for | 
nthoc 
hig 
chymus, Matin, Guiydcdie, Diospy- 
~~ xed i 
| have the eens ere bape this sty of con 
cating i safe arrival | here, for se specimen has t 
this Bu e, in a li 
clumsy, rai waggon, iiin by 8 
e: me it measures full 3 var: as 
parce heat, i in a still practi liking, however, | | Fos, Mangitera » &e. s the section of a glass- 
alittle light, which should be given them night I should re ee for 
morning. ti ratu hich suits such plants | striking cutt ings in. wo pits, AA, are plac ced on 
when under pr ann oy is that which is found under | side of the principal walk B; 
the glass of an ow ted hotbed. After we tes per- pas the use of the gardeners. The flooring of the pits 
bed los se its great test _ heat t thick 
mitted this 
over it a low Perce t 
gI Hot-water pipes pass 
then pluoged in the Me te. bean n this 
sie Comell Propagate Di iosmas, Pacis, Heaths, sin- 
milar plan ts. 
are rot as well as the pots themselves, and then | Pack 
uttings ing 
Propagat 
sel the exhausted h hotbed 
r, bas no a neh more easy to fulfil, 
conseque of hot-water pipes. The 
flooring of tbe frame lider which the hot-water pipes 
pass, is covered to the depth of 4 or 6 inches with 
ich = z = pases 
s always been an object of masg care among gar- | ted i 
w pes 
heat into the air of the house by means 
rap-doi 
of rs placed on hinges, and | 
f ope each side of the pits; b 
| which may regulate the surround- 
i ing temperature of the ho 
ircumstances ; 
we 
only bear in mind T the eatin ngs 
ught to be 
| hip to ri it shipped ai 
f 
Eight s 
n th 
route, which i is but h 
through Mexico.” 
Mr. Parkinson, dated two da) 
—“ I had Silane to infora 
echt arrival of the Giant Vizn 
; but my servant 
now r 
hom I desp: 
nod: wit 
gon in wh 
yester rday | to meet it, has 
eth 
ing 
| aie to replace the 
rms me that t 
had given way near this place, and bs: isu 
damage w. Hle ) 
THE yes hey CACTUS AT KEW. 
chy, 4th of January No. of the Illustrated ‘London | 
contained a Aiit and short description of a 
cian Canis that | had been F inaa with many 
js | informs m two Cacti are on the 
| having dni spines, which I shall still “desi ni 
Monster, is the heaviest, and measur 
porth the To with ruby-coloured spines, is 
eh ETE g, and bel longs the same species as that " 
o be narower—3 yards wide, for example—a 
shale wal valk n the middle might be managed. In a oe ar aie aod appear to + = ihe 
wel-constrate propag gating house we may strike cut- | mam mpico, because of, the ter proximity of th 
ings all the pid. I shall do everything in m r to 
gs be continued.) two immensely large Cacti in Vera Cruz, 
shipment on the lst Dec., when the packet 
0 say, the individnal in question began to decline near | for England, and if ‘any mischance or delay © 
the root last month, probably on account of the great | will not be through ‘my fault. i 
weight, and not bae put sufficiently deep into the |seeds and roots, which I shall send as fre 
ground. I much lament this circumstance, after all the | sible. F fi will t 
mean, however, | whole, and ext post I hope to announce 
to have another deposited i ina strong box, pene hang despatch from Mexico.” 
Esq 
as bikes i 
ojia 
ti that liberal and pubic. a rited poo 
(Echinoca sabe rage: nesii, Mr. Staines has more re- 
re ‘for that purpose, ite so forward N it to Vera Cruz. 
And lastly, Mr. Staines writes to the follo a 
he 234 No ov, last: —* I had the pleasure, by he | 
Aron t to pepis you of the near arrival of the} 
beg 
lee 5 saw it my disappointmen 
cently—togeth with a or, number of 
valuable spec too of considerable size 
Takat 
h 
4 
where the largest ma 
o ld, the upper pape alone 
a} 
into the sockiveuety and which we must s par e: 
Finsta (its HAN T 
ppearance, that an eminent nur- 
if 
call the _ mster Cactus, or 
Su ch is its st “iki a 
|16 arrobes, or 400 lbs. 
| require 20. men at least to place it upon 
And this enormous plant will 
size. The pets thus tigated 1 may pos 
try Hall, Piccadilly, some hundreds of pounds | 
might be real sed ar ya awed Mr. Staines, and | Kew, what must be your admiration o 
to the libera r Gov ent, this astonishing | you express such delight at receiving the former one! 
getable p be pa viewe rod; » gratis, amidst | This Ca ctus grows in the dee ep ravines of our “Toftiest 
a great ‘cob of kindred Ca ctus: nest plants 
m the vehicle 
such levers 
uld 
as our Indians, can invent 
upon the pong Should thi e reach 
on the f Dec., as it only left this city for M 
twely ve aye. ago. My Mexican correspon nden! n af 
he will despatch them with the carriage at once 
they will. arrive at Vera Cruz in ten days pari 
~ 
Befor e gi ving an idea of the size and weight of the| 
Viznaga, the readers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle may | 
feel interes ted i in kn now: ing something of the difficulties | 
the 
, and even on hor: 
T akall 
it is d tae to reach t 
the Monster a chance of going! 
same conveyance as carries this le tter, Alon Ke 
abou! 
hem 
endeavours to get at a dti one, and shall cause the 
Palm ma ts (not Agave, which are stouter—but such as 
long, wh very ae 
eline i bivak oust t for 
7 p T + uf 
the Cactus tribe 
f science and 
¢ 
and thoeny circumference, before applyi ing to his roo ots 
gre reat exertions, e which tie ¢ phic an has come into 
poe of such pera ; and this is best told in 
that ar an’s own. w ords, contai in a letter 
destined to wrench him from his resting- 
place of unknown centuries. He 
300 leagues, and happy shall I be if I heat that the c 
will have to yard for 
bc so l forwarded it al 
what it lac 
men were aon to place it up 
“ t was despatched to fetch it, which aoe affo 
Ang. 20, 1844 :—“ I baia "the x he writes to 
1 
the Director of the Roy al Gar den 
sheng which capital he must pass on his way to 
on of its wei so scarce here t 
box 
at Kew, “ to acknow- | Cru pained eB 
ew, ‘‘ to acknow- I Beri i black apin are Si a eet ‘liar pa ot get any orahia construct a box for 
dable blac ome ic inc’ long. I ti p: 
last, for whic h p lease to accept my oka and permit virel that the a hich I ha rh hoala bale p p yh Pri qoipagneitly _ a Pent 2 
me a ig how Fiahly I feel gratified by its contents, give » way; but I h ad | observed, s some ars el its c ber fear of its spinous d the Jong. igre and | 
whi r, ASRS En at 
da ne You may, however, be assured that ieee 
pen or Spa ar of forwarding your Psy ter re hers 2 feet. E upwards 3 whee: I ges ‘it to = oe was on Saturd ay, Feb. 15, 1845, that the & 
last toget her with five large boxes fi X 
Gens as may indicate as most desirable. Now barrels of Orange-trees. Pidin that the decay pro- other individuals of the same tribe, ay rarities 
that w we have ‘been orn Li a cont 
ninesii) in 7 
ety to En ga ad, ts it to teen up: and carried awa on pe 3lstult. | Kable; 
ion to pielen peters: two y um Slatnik T There are | of Security and vigour which a rth opted overland 1 
pri aay 1 mentioned before. But it cannot ‘be th ¢ Hae ienda, remember ‘om childhood, we | beeyed performed throu ugh a a  cuantes of hig 
Monster which I have so long kept in my wiht 
here, ane hoping to send him to Kew; for, I regret 
vate that they have undergone n no „alteration. | 
rry to 
Ia 
o hear that the three Ca f 
and perilous roads, and thei ivali in our gre 
f th fi } cha d been e 
