> Charles Greys an 
_ been elected a pe 
Sutil 
— how w 
@s such at the time? 
announce 
power at = election to place on the fun 
E 
A 
tio 
om 
Opposi ition to ag. man 
co.) meet the ye, of oa 
tee, anı 
obt 
su 
t page 118, also states that Mr. Moore’s 
plaint, Big subscribers have no preference over non- 
t based 
on fac 
Ww 
The 
y. 
~ > 
d, and vigorous Cab- | rule, to measure nly 61 N : 
has, however, been destroye e on Now, I imagine if your | it is nit so clear that she ~~ them pay ingen the 
es tients have also suffered more k be ppal ee | rare would bake a plate 5, pp. 21, 22, and 23, | com supposition that she doe a in in this country, as 
Cauliflower ag ants near walls still look hea By andun- ) he find he h ade a statement which is not cor- eas line the popat r EET rhyme— 
a Le rect, At the same time, I am rea ady to admit that he Cuckoo’s e bird, 
although the ey commonly survive our w inters here when u x Mery in saying that it is an error to girth a k [e sings a he hies 5 
owing on sloping beds facing ‘the sun, in pit of a i dàle for mean girth. About t this a porami 
Ea wall, The frost has also completely d ae , I boug bt a small qua y = Osk- iiaa He sucks little birds’ eggs 
lantations of Broccoli. Hybrid China Rose g y the e woodman’ s blund ders in measu glg ned To make his voice clear ; 
s andards have perished, while low bushes of ste.— ~ rage = sings Mans ne My 
vs th er is ' Odd 
. uninjured. Pentstemons and other W. Elco, Bridger 
which stand mo oderately severe w winters, noxe been Pilea. eola, Societies:—F. sate letaenee T p a va i fatal l r ni ‘ 
g oo was fa 
I cannot, ho wever, give | a correct estimat of t ad cy of the subject, I feel sure you will allow your hajate. brood of ow ral ther, as na i nth 
E ; zamaka a Sr all who are interested in promoting t comfort, the nest sa ae i Sevag pm ejected = trons 
4 ardeners’ Benevolent Institution.—‘ A Subscriber,” |enioywens and moral w stg of villagers o ia ks rd f his superior si st strength f 
fe bh bis reply (pag ge 86 5) to Mr. Moore’s letter a vals the va e and ‘is ractic ibs ere. a tn ae va te yarri pron ting this conduct, the m Mer’ 
arenuy © è. 8 d 
5 years subscribe er are candidates for relief, they blish tk R es such as are usual in the Hor- chi rag and showed, inthe ‘ate she ee took of b y ‘one 
deei wind stand spon equal terms at an election, bo ultural Societies of towns, will probably not answer him, ne th ak A 
Rin equal ri No preference could be shows, for 7 jeka ay wo al yes fe work well, nor be very | could have displayed t ore her own offs — 
and oh 15 years’ ata er has not a better sing the tone of the cottage populari on, |} cuckoo, when strong pre to fly ea ee oe 
i being elected tha a the 5 years’ subscriber ; $i the one who and drawing. the os classes ator : which van’ is the | as ssist by picking in the le ast de egree, be at wo perch 
p er e suc í and 
the fortunate candidate, no matter whether he had sub fficient for tl it seems essential | the e expe ected: móral Mies: :ancidialt h mouth 
k ç 29 Bue that th m y Whena bythe 
$ oly Ne cin ty a pier ak aa ee anh Teck i í shonli foe to be pai | foster-mother in sending to all the wants of the usurper 
’ S truly asto; wishing zé in 
Janu gw. ~ goin ini in rigat bygge Tie | that there > should be two sets of prizes, lest they should | ¢ a two birds re a this display p maternal affectio 
a pensi : . 2 t followed its gi 
Baription, This is not the fact. In the list of ot advantages for horticulture. It seems also importatit to | ip ‘na to a rar ia rio vine Sean 
published in e polling papers, fod “diatribas by prizes, ay by greatly diminish- | M, Vaillant, the African traveller, tells us te the 
„secretary Sk mber wards is alk des- | ing their individual amount, in order that most of the uae in rs rica always selects as a cradle To- 
eet to have been a subscriber to the charity fo ‘or 4 cottage member ers may be ie | $ gain some prize—to | cen sai 
Seeha ors, and of these biia 
none f birds which feed 
a5) years shall 3 considered eligible (preferable). Will | sie such as s haveystarted fair along with the rest meh alien g natinat, thee pty aan = bran 
A Subscriber” explain, in the | ep eo be ibe eae ate, how af Bere trict specimens to pl rown in the p 
p. ba) 7 bi spe g | supplying the young with proper food, inasmuch as the 
y pes p rity W erda A y hg hit himself—to allow seein te cane ores feeds on insects and bats ¢ 
on un » by A prines | butt i that th i 
bye-law sanctioning such a pr ing oT. Edwards’s | for a appa nosegays—and lastly, ‘to secure confiden d laico ip Pag pe tote in ns nd; erry a ep conan Tt 
est with the subscribers secured him the very large |in the ju by preventing them from being ex- ee eee Rte ieii wit Hrerdhog 
amount of 27 votes out of 1307; and the gy toca | ay and from knowing the owners of the specimens | its habi oa assimilate them i the 
elected to tke charity were declared i y ich they decide. Few villages are without a peee 
Messrs. Sangster, to a ue ohn eBay to Robert Cracknell, | school- ‘house or some other room where the little Shows | Afos a Protecting Material. —To improve the e ap- 
as it that he was not 
Have t 
f Pal 
elargoniums in 
| ho would feel ene in promoting such a holi iday, | 9 
ds as pensioners 
bscribers ? Mr. Fair- 
com- 
ts, e cites W 
t of this e 
n 
es satisfactory to several members i 
ime. I have. conversed with m y of 
year. The yearly expense ing trifling, | ¢ 
r 
our nae patapa; which i is situated i in the midst ofa provincial 
after a little sum shall have 
. eee obtained for the first 
& I i a 
we aaa placed | Moss from a : neighbouring park all over 
purohnso of arnih 
Society of the kind h 
The 
r has gradually 
1 
110 to 272, half the number er baring been usu anes 
and a 
mall ; and llc 
sveiving other charitable relief, they ought | 
sk | boo 
ient to exist 
s the 
they ought 
upon 
Pia wer urgent distress. 
wa des chet yt tho 
and pom. at iho e pe kind or read own village.—. 
uffici o place a man 
19 toat 
Į _ The history, raies, 
s Rules 
: fs a circular piece 
er nded by wire- 
e Pelargoniums 
shops those 
s situation, 
Pree, 
wa this 
| sa ‘wali and poor, although an in a veran- 
ays ue ign moke 
and t 
Then otibrvei by my pa 
always attributed it to the effec - = the Mos 
| however having any certain grou 
| feel n sa w assured and encouraged ge th 
from 1 Mr. Rivers (p. 115), and I trust this hn mote 
with decided! 
E 
ee inia Aew prophie gore by Parker, ‘in 
rearing t them under the same dhenilvantayests eae 
ee whic’ ch m rocured through ni Toil 
Iwould 
itute sooi could 
destitute are “a avjda el ieved > Pe 
to be fur air w e with the I sifted some coal ah 
ar 0 Bea 
- U the Institu 
yond the 
ait ions, ia favour of 
fir est num 
more liberal, and a 
pinan an 
ae funds of the Institution would soon | 
afford a ample | relief to all 
tion is ko tie placed 
all gardeners 
must be an equitable prefer- 
those members that 
om 
vi it t the 
m pe 
few of the restrictive 
bably afford such hints as |- 
ose who wish to peaa something | 
Abner W. Brown, 
selle 
may i nee 
ytchley Vica 
aiin 0 ‘to res ce from Beans and 
eine 
stances.—F'lora, Readin. 
Brazilian Bect—Some plants of meen tga Bon 
peng wei in the early eure of December 
ag frost t, and are looking ve 
f scarin g roc oks enrera i — 
panna the sar tose to Peas, and I find it t to an- n- 
swer equally well with them. My Peas and Beans a 
3 
+= 
EET 
coming up Aaner and without rust or disease of ay 
kind.—W. N., Kilmore. 
Cot otages am, as a rire se ec in a part of 
the country w ane ottages are both bad and 
SC: to build « Hone: Y mean to spend 
about 1007. on heb and rs add 1 rood, or rather ‘less, | asa 
arden. C 
upperm and scattered 4 “a around it. He 
always eae that it proved a better ‘‘ scare-rook’’ than 
any other.—B, 
Transplanting Shrubs.—In moving ‘some l 
tugal Laurels last summer, I emgage as = follows = 
Two fore in 
| 8 
— aaa ? and what is the best me most economical | n, 
nae in the misc a they | ¥ 
—— com 
8 
ges 
Te Aar z “TAL though we saint 
room for oH 
s water is ee, i keep th 
“yo pang roots in the inside of th 
ws the 
m the 
the 
renta of the m 
ons 
sean Twas ted su ; 
rprised to dar 
Hoppus’s: ttle 
ss. 
Institution, notwithstandi 
a "anik, iPr Johanas ren “who have attended to thes 
rs have some useful hints on these subjects, which | 
Poors 
in appears 
moving, the surface of the bail was not interfered with, — 
only the soil at-the bottom of the hole was removed. 
gs is —_ = oar a —. ina i shrahbery r 
is not done, it 
pay Ao and seller ó 
ppus’s | she finds in the nest where she 
ees of controversy among eitsialiaks 
mode i 
gang 
a discussion of this T, We aii robin eat fa y place shrubs are now 
; milling to pul blish a e cir. | Yourite with: Mr. Kidd, perhaps the flowing fact fri! | ekg very wel. oa = “Threlkeld, Hoadingly H i 
Ehi tances alluded to iy the very aeeoa eiks person _ asi iare roe intresting, Und my w Destroying Wi La Biaving ‘afte seen mthe hres 
the re nese a” Son = ~ oy cm cers of > 4 icle inquiries aber 5 a a remetly for Satroyitis worms in 
about ae wish to give it. There can be no s, &c., Iam induced to send you the following ex- 
ri indispen able necessity of to the sub the mean time that “ beauteous ater of tract from “ Selby’s History of British Forest 
Po th Institution a substantial ‘a cee over | that “m — nger P spring P eianaestinely sayed p. 144, article on the common Walnut : am T t 
do not subscribe wif example : if there an egg of pea The e circum. | oF t e leaves, when poured upon the gro’ a, eines E 
en om o; asm eog attended the depos — of p oms bY | irthpora immediately to the rata." BF. LS 
the cuckoo annot relate, and it I belie, a Vine r. Fle emin; meng a 
ne £orcing.—The re 
on the Culture of the bina bro 
the 
identic adopts for {the oompleabih of its 
Certai ain it is, however, Aie the oe de- 
I never 
g seen a ‘la arger bird than 4 the: robin near 
rario dadi T certainly did not hear the well-know 
jae I rec 
nl son 
ollect having once imagined that I heard the | 
Be othe the night, — munn that beautiful passage | hien, 
of H 
“ oo 
ope’’— 
hats the sun’s last splendour non the beri 
or 
“away the eggs 
deposits her own; but 
