184 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Man. 22, | 
animal spirits beside their stad and sober dams pots, F, are plun in sawdust, and I am desirous of | 
not, however, till the igh about two o P tiree week yea meas a ‘eal weg s0 necessary in bottom- 
tha: they put on ‘their interesting appina ; before t, I pour water, abou! four pks allons at a time, into the jin 
SHOW PELARGONIUMS. | 
Ent offering these remarks, I have the ‘Doloving objects 
iew : :—To sho w how much the exhibitions of ths 
ith the eat G; this is imr o 
of 1841; to i advance. 
son 
Sy aeaeo T pod 8 oa the Hor- 
that age their thick an ary clumsy legs, t epa 
half- starved bodies, and their inet tet re of face, | d ial mi rare throu gh t mall | gt a ore 
wkward attempts to | length of the diy over the se ce o! sand 
frisk, and jump, render them an ae ste ng but gracefu which it saturates as regular ly as if thee 
In the acne gsr Senay is as yet but little to attract of a watering- oN a 
of the milder parts of the | equal to that proceeding fran ne surenee of a tank (a (an ndj 
ith th he 
moist Li ojia arises, | progressive improv rA in all things connected with 
ho Lan pig and ERI in a tpe aking of arko f 
do | remind the public of the gulations fixed for t 
1 Society e object of which is to promote a 
u 3a Gro a mE »a a Pri imrose, and a few Daisies, yitam e has been here 
are Bee I "n e oant h t lose one cutting in 300) ond ithe floor, on which | sso ne by pn folks ‘vill be et to judge for them. 
as the ig : st Bow appears s to re- selve of the m its of the argh ab se offered | 
rill be \ e l i eekly periodicals 
which we have expe rie a, fr k that eid the vital | success of “Thing cuttings depots "should 1 at vay Ish fal in the outset say afew Bek reapecting the a 
power of plants is more or less i val ma Pelargonium, as { have heard it ro 4 
season of rest, ies nts could no th supply x for a day, which has the desired | that ee mragement offer ed to o growers o of this flow 
Soit t sleep; repose is as nee edf al t to too e as to tho etet In st vit] pn Dahlias, eng Pela ns anew isi Ane, and that its eri 
well as Polygalas, Le ARIRE Genistas, | fection. _ In po oint t of peg ne Pelargonium among 
and it it can be Sage with pair j 
other; without it sed Mee energies wou n beco: 
exhausted, and ould conse quently pine, oud Liles TA brett Acacias, &c. I venture t 
languish, and die. nit ee ht i at once simple Ey, “cheap in its con- | ease by t I g ya 2 est peer— F 
to the animal world, winter is to the vegetabl e—the struction. The the win. | 
within certain limits, ti ing 2s 6d., pplyin g the pl f the fi ow of the former than in Koa e T e of th e latter, 
ili I k of the latt f it has no oF th e el fragra ance of the Rose, it excels the 
period i is prolonged, the greater will be the 
of the ite and the more active its vegetative power, te pits wight h mack two or | i pi p t i 
aa ie of Flowers,” i in this respect, tha t its blooms el 
ti ys, when requiri 
The reason that so many hamber, J, through the sand and. top floor a 
pe the inhabitants se our Rieko uses rote e to flower is, tiaras of cuttings, koili at all times give top pas "hent 
bat this fundamental law of Nature is Tho frequently | when required, by merely uncorking it for a given tim 
ected. Were re ari rati tional course of treatment pursued, 
, and water, more or less, 
Wichbela dor ring the ogee # they would sink into their 
a state of ae their vit al powers would be re 
ard: the cultivator with ¢ an 
to 
in heauly fora haein f ina a cool shady room, when cut 
favourite. 
closed 
hibition for the Ep an bY of those ae’ specimena 
which Mr. Cock’s fame had become so connected ; 
well did suchs spe ecimens z as hel had proauent for ra 
ornament our tables, I hav y known them 
immediately after they had expanded. I fuily expe 
that the Se season will show a decided advance both 
in combination of colours, and in the quality of our 
Witt the E 
shart display of ners ahlok he had aedini 
sought for in vain. S all your gardening oper: order to indues 
study to imitate Nature as:far as artificial nT nike | exhibitors to grow the impr roved Bese value eac! ch sue c= 
will permit, an sap hardly fail of success ; pursue anes aaoi roduced, it was necessary to offer the Gold 
a con course, and you cannot avoid di nt- Medal for 12 plants in 24s, or sinch ich he 
ment. If it were left to our Pie choice, many of us vi of the flowers was to form the timid te ian Up 
o that time abundance of blo oom a! alone was 
ua 
of winter, the spring 
flow 
Exhibition tables In | the season ee this was cot 
l 
s of the most worthless character appeared on 
ould ios "half Bes ‘elit a an a be robbed of most of 
ts pleasures. The tant suecession of seasons, the 
lar recu e of. pee r and winter, of seed time 
and harvest, has been wisely ordained by a bountiful 
Prov any as pae pena to the happiness and 
3 the variety and is 
well-being of His 
fratght with iison veidnei results. Tint peace ‘ore | 
is com gee sed on ly of light and brillian 
the eye with its i per pet whilst 
that i fa 1 whic h light and shade a penera ae 
recte ic ass, t e winning 12 o 
May Exhibition diapla S 8 see 0 
pe punio an opponint y of E detarosining 
var 
teurs. s, who hiss been ab e to 
s, which were to 
5 
which is a great advan! 
out and give effect to the mor F bright n brilli 
ones, affords most gratification. So it is wi life ; we 
our days passed in one continued rou of happiness, 
and pleasure, and joy, unchequered with sorrow, un- 
varied with care, should be satiated wi 
monotony. Now, on the other $ is constant 
variety, and ess chan; ber i „ and 
there a day of rejoicing; now ing winter of 
dior ope and grief, which is -_ followed 
joy.—Bo sayin Kingdon, Teign see! ie 
W PL F HEATING. 
Tar tank system of procuring bottom-heat being 
now generally adopted, and occasionally seeing inquiries 
Many, nurserymen in particular, expre: ressed their gra 
cation at the opportunity thus afforded them of doing 
this 
or Tai 
| shape and colour, as they will be subjected to comparis 
For the season Niels se p the Horietan 
me s for 12 new, 
relative to the cheap application of that principle, I am 
induced to forward a description of a contrivance which | 
ow been in operation with me two years; and 
t ti aay ge the nga s hia 
in view, namely, nuperseding t the tank; and p 
what the tank system does no thew com apie adaptation | 
of ei dry or moist heat e cuttings, & the will 
of the operator. To prove wil at ease ts system 
heating es be applied to any building, I mayo 
serve ved in Labia grad was formerly a dog- 
ke l length i is 9 feet by 4in width, the wall 
sin the inside of this, I 
i inches in height, and 
If, by the arrangements alluded t: to, much impro 
has Deen effected in the exhibition of oa en pant 
much gre n thes edlin 
r advance has been ma 
class. By the early regulations, cut Voom 
pae 
hib the petals upheld with cotton woo 
quired it. A bei egulation 
were to stand free any § 
ind may a ard. I ther efo; re hope t 
dling tAn ts. 
with tiles set 
in m ar, a xe ayer of pdt C, about 6 inches thick, 
resi over the whole surface ; and at about a foot 
above the sand, ben of O placed the pit, 
and built into the walls on each side; on these rafters, 
again, tiles are laid, and set > — thus making a 
floor, on which the ‘cutting-pots, F, a e plu unged in saw- 
dust. a got the 
flues, well as the air confined between them in the 
urbee Shé fore alluded to, become heated, together with 
the sand prayer above them, which heat must neces- 
Reference to ieii Fire-place ; B, > ow 
Paha of mi and oue the 
is in oe to obtain a ge ees moist y idoga fiues and cavity in in D, Perforated ta baw 
o 
a ibi which 
| a fair acd Ti of the flower; à 
ing | 
of | of the current seaso’ 
was thi A uence, for it often ha 
‘Let noe over the Shed eens 
have fant alluded to, and we 
d e 
could be ved. Pa ther gs the habi 
b pa pee impo! 
for carrying on my rs I introdu uced i into the A Chamber immediately Beneath th the hots of pen te ear they — lipie worthless ` 
5 rr ing from the dam ce Foster’s Duk re, and Bec 
TE, a 4-inch zinc pipe, D, the flues and vapour 
holes, reaching from the outside at G to the other end o wart iF Cutting pots &e. y 
the pitat H, about half way betwee n the floor which | which water is poured; H, End of zinc pipe,which reaches 
sup; the pots 
pa 
and the bed of and. This pipe has | the whole” “length of oad da I, Oak rafters, built into | h: 
a on the outside at G, into which water is | the oor on which the pots are 
: ext, ibe ae or: 
poured ; and the pit itself sp a sary on roof consist- placed; J ‘fem “the pr ia chamber between the ame i 
= y5 ai. both florists and amateurs 
an arte Geen, by hinges to the ridge. Beye is upper frame, and which ehh in obtaining i e which they will 
disap 
beaui uy. al 
thus far endeavoured p: describe the thin 
eaii poea t the satin’ of the 
now proceed to =e working, &c, When ae paid y ORS 
Wood, The Coppice, Nottingham, 
G, Head of zine pipe ‘ate rah both mial. we wers when 
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