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THE eee 
CHRONICLE. 
[Mar. § 3, 
ERRET forms a continuous line, about the | 
tend- 
sgn or s sixth of an ; inch i in page aos se crag rad cloak ome Tasca: panties for the apie ne ous 
; t 
sited in the spring, about a fortnight later F than those pie hi ler oe ariun SS * gs sec mith | 
‘of the frog; be tadpoles are smaller than ‘hie of aay ae oe ip extents he 
the frog, an e tail is more near! y the size of the trough), with yoo beke and plug, the handle of ke 
body ; me p% a quite black, butin other Maa latter coming “up through the pots in a pit, as shown 
similar, I have kept Hua 1 the tad- the | ocket is just below the e e of the ¢ trough. 
in 
stones—perhaps cinders, arge honeycomb pieces, 
the compost in Mine the ont are = Ho ¥ 
hould be 
should fill it 
would Anae the Lito 3 the 
in 
they are very 
pole sth for a long time, retarding 
stinting them of food, and keeping piy in a low 
such quantities : as the habits and state of growth of the 
tem pera ture. 
servations of them 
“ti a my until the approach of autumn that the 
es, having cast off yi ir ta dpole ; form, come 
he see 
plants muy require. The reservoir can be repann ed 
with w water T By shning the plu, E, and pouring in water on = 
th th she e Bie fs nt f sto forming Drainage; B. Soil; C 
the tap; tl 7 SAR Rides stones, a g g Casing: 
| reservoir $ then, if the es is mi a the communi- gated. 
young 
oe ‘their food on la nd. y ma y then | be 
the construction of the fountain 
ich gave the ae th, and making their -way 
irii more despatch than 
plan 
vigorously amongst the stones. 
whyt 
llow Tiles, by which the bed is irsi 
will, from the moisture which is at command, 
There is, heer 
as gre 
wa 
often to a great dist stance, 
I = seen them insi 
the ete and thus mpi the Maer cet 
will be the ad f the tube, so as to coe bs fhe reason the Strawberry may not arrive 
oth passage py the air into the barrel to supply the not greater p 1 the op en gai q 
P tin 
seadma was impos td step without | 
tion going onin the pit 5 
g b, pis 
pen sp say an, 
Tt h. with the a 
Rori oik 
By pane ar aig near a pump, tl 
that it ble 
eding on al of them al guite perfect little 
| 
} 
at paus be 
ping, run ning, 
any an n absurd attempt at activity, but making their 
D 
gaa. P t f: 
n 
o the Eaters ko wag zi 
ng the 
RNI 
ment, “However, 
The pi 
and perseveri 
p 
mhr dry, “they retire to holes, or 
cade remain there until a shower or 
‘Chei in ogni breve spazio entra e s'asconde 
ah ogni breve spazio.” 
lac perceive, at once explain many o! 
the Aye <p of your sry task in r 
Ic h for th acy of m 
t they 
agents. Mr. Malthus, perhaps, would n 
a oa labou 
f | Je length of Sri without 
i es Oncid 
poles, and itis ae that eg ve ivalable re aij 
call th 
ed 
with a false bottom psi witu stones, &c., aaah upon 
Feite er, and the tiles 
all wooden 
jews vi 
s may be jointed tieether Pikoen 
ea a bed of Moss), leaving a space ma about 3 inc 
ween it and t deg th so as to allow of the dition 
be the moisture, in larg: 
f throug ma 
ultimately into the soil o 
pro 
fps prejudicial to “et health of plants.— 
enry Liddell, Parkent, Hull. 
naaa 
ORCHIDACEÆ. 
No. V. Conclu 
ntion that I am satisfied, after repeated ee ass 
many sorts of Orchidaceæ do best upon nake d logs. 
n 
urers, | because their ‘Tabor ia is not “so | make their p appearan ce metic 
uy hi most los tin ioin country, by growing iti in 
quantity or or value of the | products pots or 0 a lo ese ered with Moss. A small plant which I 
mation in the 
obtained 
seca to ‘be productive, This knotty question may, 
ce a waked ke on high it oe and “ah freel y- 
Saps 
The following cut shows, in detail, the method of buildi 
I f such a bank.—An Old Gardener, T 
Ir 
beautiful tribes of plants fr from the Ca “ie 
P 
~ 
long ENUS KALOSANTHES. 
singular AR this, the most n "a all th 
00 
however, Lælia autu well i in D 
mists, to whose consideration we, in all humility, | a pot, did by plant-growe 
submit i Snn alog it made D ke pseudo-bulbs, and pro- for certainly, when properly » ma waked avec of ti 
Recta eee ene pikes of flowers; itis a fine species. species are the most brilliant rei d that can i 
MODE OF SUPPLYING MOISTURE TO That aifioult plaut to por ie aie Lelia majalis, suc and yet, with the e3 
CUTTINGS, well on logs w withou f Messrs. Frazer and M 
Article ( gs have ey found to answer sti - | Lawrence, I do not ralli to os ve ever seen any plan 
of tle ae the! leaves of plan It dent f r mm or many of those plants, exhibited ‘at Chiswick, except 
is there said, that the o ratia n t be a dificult one, | and my own aer corroborates the truth N Rk last, from Mr. Bailey, gardener ti 
and will require a skilful hand to pe titina successful statement, Jt hav ow given wha tI con nside er the e York Balad the fault of all these was, that they } 
manner. One of the difficulties appears to be, f well managed—that is, they 
the ole deine hot sunshine ; and I do not Sener attended ie wi 
sunny and Sioa: ae the whole of the time 
think. that this i isat all necessary in, his sna, as. the 
is like 
ar is, the flowers were | removed s J 
an as peee as Janit san the same circum- babi tats. ii is vite if there are oe in the im | from the mass of the foliag 
stances as if planted in the ground, where the earth is | they will a “ gawky” appearance. a 
1 g ree fy ld 
such portions as its growth requires, i nie ing Sy I T with ee and | in a low pit, with the points of the shoots tou 
subject to anaien alternations of Temperature, ‘ete keeping the | qui bri ight sunny ‘ays glass, or nearly so, from the ia Jana ment “ud 
t bet the when watered artifi cially. In orde d 1 hat it “prevents that a a ee and with adr ry ri her t moist and 
i t sary t ce flowering tbei 
ordinat manner, I would suggest ba adoption of Ra i; PERR cultivate on aie rare creepers, which p ampantly Treated in this m 
ccompanying wood- tially Shade the plants, but by no means so effectually |i is putes possible to produce globular pant d of 
> which represents what may be called a Plant Foun I ial ht wh m : 
—T. phe 
heres BANKS. 
may be readily effecte 
"The r representation of the 
improvement on that t alread ly 
The 
and I thi 
to 50 heads of flower upon each 3 
kni ‘lant that seo 
20 
yas to ask, Where have we a p 
aoe 
HE I 
in Prilliancy, though not in merit 
_ The e genus Kasolanthes will probably be bette rino i 
banks 
xed ma; 
pa in te Chronicle ab page 24. 
run east an ma presenting a north and south 
to which the plants srta it belong 
par — ager tig ears P ait by the late Mr. oe “a 
the north side 1 pronta plant the 
Es of Strawberries, a nd t 
producing 
te 
st kin 
the south side ; thus ery 
ly 
ske t 
y be sd Viiteen and economically effeeted. 
Strawberry plants growing on steep bear unless nea 
pow 
Fea they “oc high an 
oe go 
d to 
F 
d that f 
e to ge 
enire Ti of t The usual mode of ai ing 
rop. 
these Ganka with howe is by the oo zia g-pot, when it 
runs off ma as fast as it is 5 poure ured o The improve. 
est I su jar 
sugges! 
OOOO RUU dl from the peli sketch. Brinig tis in the fi iodi 
on "ee ARSEN of those attached t 7 l in p growing season, sche con seque: 
ntp may be of any size,from a small Ward’s|and the more poro s the thus permitting t the With m oisture — from the land to the sea in 
yit 6 feet in length, and 4 feet in width, which water to filter eradally sand them to the ; , being comparatively dry, are 
here represented. A i ye reservoir, | which the plani - In forming these beds, a | favourable to the maturation of the tissue | aod: pe on 
o, iea with a stop-cock and funnel | ridge of stones on E Mints may be thrown up as at A, and | duction of flowers. 
with w: bates. _The tube C, z thé e | then covered over rich loam, as shown at B,| the Cape require so much air under 
penek cone e bed thi ould be covered over with brickbats, | management at all seasons; but it would be ovat 
ae centre Ass the floor of the pit cont: aining - the | stones, or flints, as represented at C, and the hollow | attention was paid to supplying the atmosphere 
3 should be filled with sponge, or very porous | tiles, D, laid in level as the work proceeds; some of! SN in which they are cultivated with n 
