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onductors i ekak rto the root Toots, an 3, and thät ust in | fill up p the trenc ch on both sides with the same kind of | of forcing rgon H. owell w 
toportidn a they nf shite lee they È j fo08l's r | mould ds that below rte ‘turf, “sere Be k firmly in ; thus x sr me contre matedtte to be hardy and'to 
het xt ago I mem to som ve ‘soil in whi ich — eeds of R. ponticum ¢ 
be r \) eum Seeetnen gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, 
istant when all — dirty and expensive “appliane es |t the whole now a ee watering, NAAA% e gravel | rea ert 7 feath in height, in the form of as 
vould be superse T p cae iy Pr de al "E Joged woh the mould ‘close’to the turf on the side nh the | tree, having a clean stem for the height of 3 feet s 
a mall portion © garden-m mould over the the pot, with a spreading i whieh was loaded 1 
nai 3 der side, and the work is |shining dark-brown blosso From the same col 
now Much pleasure the experiment of Dr. tes finished. All the keeping that Heath requires i os eg | tion was the handsome enim secundum, wi Bs 
aa in the Agri. Gazelle = last week, Powe on spikes of purple flowe ing to one side ; 
the test OF after the iryfold “Grange phyllam, one of the Nandsomeet of ‘the genus, s whos 
hah drove have long dee a + in —, is certainly The Cabi ran French endl 4 ob! hat th 
‘ealeulated to strengthen our vnc the mor aranne is a sovereign — a íatoriention from which are ‘stained at the base’ of ‘the ep with da 
nfo so po no commun n the e parties wine, and that it has even the p p of p ig it 5 | 
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e ners) alot “ot wich si intended to have hee fet by | Cabbage befo e dinner, we ‘may rink as much wine the alk variety of oh cmt Sines Pan ; yri à 
electrici ring th fluid by wires soe ng n the | we please, without ipei adrian yy inconvenience, This | | flowers of the scarce ombretum macrophyllum, y h 
neig! 3 but un - | property of the Cabbage is also mentioned by ancient | some stove twiner Si A shti 
of opinion that it p roceeds from the | Medal was awarded for the two first picts ol 
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stances put a stop to my operatio ms, and it is now , being | W writers, Aio are 
en in the old “use and wou? oe oon electri- antipathy | which ‘the Vine — = the Cabbage: if a | gr. to Sir E. An s, sent a magn S 
‘city ight be adva antageous ly use used in seeds a Vine, the latter either retires Erica aristata, literally set nt blosso1 
3.— Wa Posh! hyllum Russellianum, a 
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hee Aai g ot Ehi tages at or die erhouse. 
kornin 1 ‘have been able to make ex perim alia yin Spe aving eeded in ring a small | Organ m o 
i ; I might here use iar sen plant of Leelia majalis (the variety figured in the “ Bot. iolet-coloured variety ‘0 
from Liebig and others, in support ‘of the opinions a ad- | Register ’’), and knowing i i coh 
“sane although ‘these ‘writers do not themselves alwa, riis 4 have ventured to communicate the method pursued, as awarded for ne two first.—From Mr. Booth, gr. toi 
pete A ~— og recommended by Mr. Llewelyn— emon, was a bloom of a Cactus that had be 
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declare it. I hope ti that a others may turn thelr attention rather GNKA N ead. I pam my specimen | 0 
to this anpe, in 1843, consisting of oe imported bulbs, one veil | different habit, the stems bein 
om the Commencement. [It is perfectly wes prdi small one gro agen oa and slack very small 0 | with —_ joints. pa witl 
proansa a is out of favour’ with us yas 0 correspond- nearly mah te pi hen this las t was ‘complete ted I re- | macrochilum ; a variety of ‘Gesnera Dougiasiis 
‘ent puts it, Not th b st portance of move ed piri plant ‘into a Aipa d, the | Be pare here W which, like the rest of thes 
‘this all-pervading foree ; for who that ways being open winter ana summer pee day | isa pr rofu 
ean do that? But we do not like bad see our co olumns time; ‘tne night temperature, cpg 45°. Here itrema l I 
filled with crude ‘speculations about is or is no’ shoo n 1844 ; I then placed of ths C 
possible. For i, shore skilfully conducted I g rotected nee inju ry; as ers pie o 
should be only too happy to o find room as well as for |end of a close to the door; of | wes > pa rosmarinifolia, a ‘cut specimen of wi 
theorie: this house the summër re temperature is'scareely ever | was t in perfectly good condition These ‘serv 
ill that i n 75°, and me 65°, and in winter day from an w vat may be done with half. hardy plants 
about t “the rappin of ay 4 ao cultivation prema- | 659 ito 70°, and night 55°'to 60° ; ‘the door leads into'the | clima ugh i be 
tof them. And w AA a al to the | greenhouse, and generally ‘tants half open by day; thus possible to preserve su h things 
Aonniag ean imti of this + for wha ris constant’ vind n the plant. The bulb | winter in “the hrig 32 Society 
kind of information does it really convey, “except that formed ims thrice as large a two a when | ecto we atone. rs 
the writer holds cettain opinions a ricity, coniplete nt was kaian removed into theigreen- | were Epacr: 
that he intended ‘to cultivate 27 pe im ans of it, house cat Fy inde broke forth ‘in January, when it | Combretum ine Platylob “al 
but—did not.] was again placed in its former sins situation in the'cool and Corréea bicolor, the latter covered ‘vi 
Productive Celidacy.—Youi inquire, at p. 242, whether | pasi baak aaea (of which the flooris always kept | crimson eer, which me white a 
anybody has a si to record wi se that pan a and very soon the flower-stem burst from the centre te N of the tube.—Finally, from Mr, Erri g 
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extremely common. I know that my own father, who | pursued rsued, I'am certain any one may cay My Den ae and beauty; anda series of blooms of 
iay ge and iE Lao , has rej woaly t had so solitary birds drobium speciosum, with a constant greenhouse tan: Cacti, the whole of whic xC x a 
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n caged birds were kapt » a fed this was very |i ew days. I am pursuing a similar nape with | which a certificate was awarded; Se 
apie. a kappen n:—J. S. Hen — Productive celi- |: Epid in: ore ‘aurantiacum ‘as with the Leelias, but find it | gave great promise.— —Of Frut there was ai 
‘bacy is arra all bad, | more difficult to flower a do not pare: of comeing Peaches, whic ch, red, may b 
unless she ie ta ss to a = è parrot, and if bad mo re than `o ne flower ie Lelia majalis when my 
there ean be no aii eness, Female birds will 1 g orge irait Eastwood. s of the'season for ay era ads 
without ever haying been in company with a Sonne ved, in my coun- sens Mr. hg Aq pat kis Eating 
ipen had try ral the x me) rao cg ph pre te ston- on-Stour, i kshire; they were Sis 
numerous proofs of the fact, „— amongst aon I had a} full en young one on the ts tn Pine-stove, and to bt 
hen ee, which, after it =~* a oo size ot A black- wish muc. ch tok if the reason can be given, ry if it ere of a tree introduced into heat in the $ 
bird, taken from the other, k in Raha Mr. Hu os mentioned 
in Bei T ond of natural history I shall berex- | the, y wi the second:gat aon ing, th first 
e Sann to lay, ‘and kaving laid a certain number m | pale obliged by any _ being thrown on this sub- — fit for “able on the w 2d Mar 
20 days, Ci time, but | ject in your Paper: sad. Pa S: ded for tl — Gra s and ‘Cucumbers 
every gh bads oie happened a a second time, she Aiii igiit Mr. Toy,gr. to Col: pea 
was then put with other logan the result was a | the latter f oon Guan ll, of Camberwell; an 
‘brood of chickens. I have also reared a hen canary ‘in | Societies. | tificate was awarded for remarkably large specim 
a ae i state, ara n due Fey be; to lay, the aa st apg eros SOCIETY Mushrooms that were grown in the nursery © 
worn e same mated she 15.—R. RCHARD, Sarge? in “the Chair. | Prestoe, of Shirley. These w 
produced ni us broods. With turkey hens, : is a | The om J.J. Cle ven, Eny Smith, Esq: ‘ , Mr. R. Smith, | been produced ol the following mM 
singular fact, that o one sereme» will produ m Mr. J. Hay» were elected Fellows —On this occa- first week in August, a quantity :0 
pi s s same ken. "Did ver d. manure was collected and dried ; a t 
i 3 y” ever ear of Lord Thurlow’s parrot and asa cut s specimen of a beautiful wit, 1 foot hi depth, 
her eggs?—R. T, [The odd thing | in. Dogberry’s case | spec a Tuchais called serratifolia, from- Messrs. | the dri 
an = a Poll continued her habit of laying for:years Veitch and Son A Exeter, which lt e dried dung ver then put in a 
er. aon rm an interestin additi to ‘t al 
‘te: ioe. Bagings oe — .—I tried cao bo some ex- Sea culation. £ i = one down eon ig t sd A oot tl one 
n spring, and it succeeded so and is 5o | with figen s, yet very - different mie either. The | mould, whi h i d k 
much admire d, that I — es the greater -—_ of | flowers are Birini in whorls, three sane tofether. ssn la ia over aso tke r nd 
ca ork re ating jo t “pleia t t looks The outside of the tube i is of | a rich r ink, = Thus the bed was formed and Ere ete 
Heath, the — — of our sole ‘ill a ene 
the corolla is of a bright scarlet ; re under sides | the bed in the form of the roo! se of a 
| B the leaves being magne shaded with purple. eee for about six pone in the same 
eautiful as the ‘blossom ent are, | however, we | wards a gentle watering was given, and t! 
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fine dark-green colour which it retains during winter | brilliantas the seaso m advances. It was coll ne ci : 
seg e ected b; duced fit 
ae remarkably well suited for edgings. My} Mr. Lobb, near nnani Peru, where it has been d wien 122 mesinens wero à T months 
ae ee it is aoe follows: T cut the — ago known to Spanish botanists, and stated | by them to As the thermometer began -to sink be 
vom Grasses or 0 orm a tree'9 or 10 feet in height. i lose 
weeds, and which has eck burned, as itis termed here, was Ke for it. gn e an collection was a |3 basi pws was Taid over the hed. 
a dodendron. d between Azalea sine’ i ther of litte 
are thick and youn ig, and bear’ transplantin well, | and one of t the large Tht cc d T OERE PEE R] te 
Young Heath à = eens ge peses | ge lig coloure Rhododendro ons. It | on, which mh mamn vas done to to nit the erop 
nehes in heig j ee = are ~ up into con- blossoms of ‘the ‘Rhodode eae oving what P ieg excep 
venient sizes, say from 3-to-4 feet in length, from 3 to effected As nah bridisati Alo 
4 inches in breadth, and about 3 inches in tenth, fo for the | Tropzeolu m Labi t beautiful U soarlet gwi th ower eae: a ciose-made me reda — “The Mush: 
šake of taking the roots properly up ; then take out a | shown at ing, and a-small Bossiæa fro: sonnet lie al + dtl 
frerich about 9 inches in width and 8 inches in depth, | Swan eli — A “Bann Medal was awarded to uae no 0 wera hird ra day a 
close by the side of the gravel in the walks; fill this | Mr. Fairbairn ceedingly well-grown Ca; À as above crop. Ont ynah rear 
trench with ao ret from any dry moor (being + i ca ag sir favoides elegans. Hy là neon aaan tas le 
best cope Wal of a sa =. — >) to within 3 inches of the 4 _— x L ia nn was richly clothed with | and very light a Taari in flavour, 
surfa ‘so that whèn ealthy foliage dow ey t.—Fro 4 
face may aapa ond with that of the gravel of the wai of Cowmiagiedan, were ere aire0 ‘ntipésted aie Tani Gard ee gona eigen [aE eit 
paea the mould pretty firm before laying ‘down ‘the | peolum oe: possessing very different shades of bice ed bier ts an rea 
Kea ct latter shouldsink when rains come. hen | colour, = showing how these Piat nts alter in that a place i all collection, on ace’ 
turf is laid- soe spply th the line on both sides and + eat l m dhoit natural state.—Mr. Beck, of Ts! sle- pg penecan tan rea ire oms which €! 
p jpe wats cut blooms of his imp roved varieties perfection; Cattleya Skinnert, 
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