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nerna (by mechanical and atmospheri y; in August the plants should b cut squares, or } 
“iad o what will be its probable mean foree Shen: the | placed 0 out of eae in the mire at first, gradually ex- turf possessing their native feature, It is ee i ump 
z ical and organic forces of vegetation are called — them to ay full He: ce Si the sun. This | necessary to prove e that ita is altogether. piki im gin 
into mut al com ination. Care having been thus taken, | plan will survive the winter well i a greenhous e, chanical efects in the transmis: ssion of ae ist its 
r the first general watering, to p rve the plants ape protected from frost ; but if and Sai the most -o 
xeessive moistu y à parti 1 cessation of syring- — yi with regard to Tight, it will produe turf, which is a sure papse quence of the r ted 
ing, and an inereased degree of humidity in the atmo-] a bett r display of flowers. Whe n done blo —~ cut of breaking up ¢ s, together with a free uid mr 
phere, until the surface-soil became dry—reeourse was back t ae ‘bran ches, gd $ or rde: er to induce the pla iddle. This will, T think, be at once admitt re F: Rs 
in had to heavy syringing morning an afternoon, | acquire a eyoung shoots h have | the somewhat anguler shape of these s ar ‘oil 
until about the end of the second week, when an addi- | just mad ppearance, turn it out of the pot, and | with their entireness in point t wil 
tional watering was given ne arly equi ual to the whole | red l il and roots; when repotted, let It obvious that they are favourable to the escape o te 
amount of soil, omitting such as indicated a r cir- enor in a cans until it has m: fresh roots, | fluous moisture, to the free admissio Le 
culation until the following day. ‘After the second | treating «. +) the same manner as plants from cuttings. | influences, anà to progressive and long-enduring osp 
Saeni the same pao were observed as ales, If a few pea fe aa along with early-forcing | If used in a dry state, and prepared accord A 
“until the gradual evaporation of moisture required a Pelargoniums, reatment which suits them would | 11 and 12 of my former paper, they will, I co : 
rene S orwar ni “= parmannia ; and if placed in found extremely use or effecting ne ove a 
The above course was followed for abor at four weeks, | the sonnet or where Naane Tne are re- The ey are cu t by the spade; a pa turf is hi 
during whie sh time the low front ventilators were open bs itwould form no mean, orm lee llel lines, an inch or two a mg 
only during the free admission of air in the morning | tion. d and muchieglected plant, same tr opting ee mich (they be : 
and afternoon, air being admitted by mr at the top- but it nevertheless well ate es a place amongst our | pees oth shake or tw riddl of hale 
lights, as occasion T mired. From the first week in spring flowers — Tassel. [The So of the| mesh will readily disengage ati kouit at mé 
June, riter was enabled, by favourable Weather, to > flowers of this ‘plant i is new to us. The plant itself de- we leave the respective lumps or res o 
adopt = gg reatment, by apidyits he most in- | Serves all that is said of it.] orous for the bs ree percolation of aula a, 
è ig mo oisture which the pa were cap COMPOSTS No.1 OSTS.<.No. IL. Epaile infine "7 
pitin the season and aki Thus for fas ant h like peat, 
the calcite ser the experiment required. I WILL now a few en ab out drainage of pots preiominnts and for ëi BREN 4% tie 
As the plants commenced a Vigorotis r vi for choice and tender plants, an s may be ipi most abu sat, For rt 
g treatment was as follows :—Air was still a ad- iety of usi ing ¢ ut turf i le shifte, and for specimen plants i i Sa 
mitted early ; heavy? syringings (regul ‘a by the ex- to bruised ; or, in other Hinta to recommend jish use S tubs, such as pani es, Camellias &e. &e., I hef ee 
ternal atmosphere) were dil vgs the whole house, | 9* “= excellent ; an a es eclal hall 
and upon the plants, in ok ion to the amount of having a artiticial one, which is created by the ridd! jin sscoring- maa 
stiofsture ‘in the soil, ai “ne th n siev owever pe nin t the system of drai fei te. pien from their known te nden 
for mo ort me e hours ; after whieh, by 10 or Ube pote, common! y called ercking, gs appear, I cann ot | the por oil—even when clarifi a 
thé d| bu t think that, i in pal articu at least, something counteracting pos to secure a f 
daring intense tit an external canvas shade” was ex- | more p p presumed that from gii 
til 2,3. fter- | '8 Hari and may be cae ah vegetable or organic matters in 
noon, when it was withdrawn n,a pärtia ali nerease of air ad- ical drsi ld that less of 
mitted for a short time, weary syringing again applied, | P pots sibly be ¢ i Sied esa s i rl be ca g 
with paia e water to the plants, and the house closed u oo "bat vf other — can be found; which, | in con of permanency at least, as nage bl p 
-at a temperature from 70° to 90°. The plants grew ie addition to tis will add some — why not, ricious, and not to be ge) on ke the org 
“Pail “hag ice sanguine expectation a by baa st in part, em ploy them ? "Sa ch, in my opinion, are [matter of loa s when pores their na ex! 
weather extent of growth, as to obtain the most accu- Now, seeing ae crocks (broken 'pots), are extremely | im cme erty ‘if re eat os th Ped di 
S vigour and uniform mst, b y a due “intent sg rh for covering the hole or holes in the | hey i A sara reco 
of the peas leaf-buds, the foreshoots, or buds, wi ce en-pots, I w ould merely in that respect, menti 
_removed (as the pa ants progressed) at e ve ery be s aaa | $ lied _ Arg ne aan exterior and pls 
WAT “Or joint Si ilusteated at Y 692, a) ; ipo on for <p me are impatient of excess of mois- h water T a wy 
_pyramidally-form f 18 inche es, and 2 fee a for if this crock happens to be rather flat, isunderst ding I must here add, how a eet, So 
Sh n ment of any Kir tk 
“form'y overt “af Seger: hasikii aan ap pot, it matiers not ‘ehubeniage 4a Ise n question cutively with These squ 
ed ab é it ) 
ia the sekol Scale Eo wants Wott pido “pal on. for ay taie sell aie koil enay be constituted £ st p ant ové it, | Lu use a coma compos as well; this s compost 
posed to a low and drier temperature, and tig feel sues. What t I practise, and what recomm i iq 
removed, in 4 to a deep eool pit, } d half tion of the squares. The at I 
‘until they we: viri Yeas used for the: following se see, the hole, oe ‘the r two to orrian — other: by | introduc: on it e i ai x 
The final result of this first thi f hoit, with heal 
À f this — of potting, | this means three bold, escapes for w are provided, | post, until ‘sittin three inches of the to 
i may be considered, perhaps, the most perfect whic! a se ne ly be close d al t the ame time; and if pot and ol la * i leted by h p: 
og rm sr RS of soil hitherto practised, was | var in ocks are it ith the cl 1) taki aa it x rich vane : com 
as follows :—Out of 12 plants, three were lost durin recommen nded in wy forme er. ael 
the mo tees me Salting word ea A aon ring acsinnge he te ne for ibs Si ee its of| to introduce ti o: mare of “he ‘ eae A $ 
rw pcan č po fue whe may be. correctly f , &e., in pregi h the bottom crock, are de- r more especially to 
es e value of t! which were one Wh ebtive in point of pn i w 1 
potted in May, the price of them varied from 2s. 6d. | ork for Hi ee and when wns eo ws Ree aud th a i = ace pe kh nee a little pme a 
to 5s. reed ; and when hop ha “attained to the ian lent nidus for worms. on and for Seay p% 
Aor dai ied, hake eich pots ne ee k the smallest fragments, ps Ba the 
posed ‘6 ot ic Tii. thas nae cer e conceive, | pro i Fresh hirni wood and ae eee 
at Hah ach. As the accumulated prod lue e of all times a little moisture, and is ne ag it agg Sage imeni ll proportii 
on cate season's. rontik it may detract nothing . from | rec Ne rss t plent M of the tthuephete. ‘haus whether | more into use, et may grow somewhat m 
roma geen excite S |tore, L con Sily i sie P da Te A a 3 Hi disuse, as the latter mayi = Considered a a Joi in poi 
ce anne 2 by their ene when in loom. WV. Wood, roots not ily in contact with the re rior if ct rhea — — heh paleo: i. 
_ Pine-apple oiled bones, but Soniri their whole m and 
the boile db Lam in the habit of using liquid manure Y 
SPARMANNIA TA . AFRI ICANA. r ones be! eing more porous t than the unboiled, quently, and I find this of great. benefit, more espe 
cert ti s pursuits whic G prepared wit 
? ondan t aa the eeltivation of flowers is, K ause its use; that J fibrous “7 
is, ne “Whole pots dioana are much ‘used iy tis to say, m ore 
haps, the ghtfu * ge instructive. The amateur | very effective they are in that oe a tera aa v |f Is witches pap ared than: A 
Med of a cor ompeteney, cy, a garden , and i x er, | fuls of guano are ‘stirred we ph in a large ei 
the stirring an I cannot but night, and is strained © 
Sono of. ae omg to contemplate the floral produc- | niogöniat in the e nffair. regard the inverted pot as ‘an | morning, when itis aw clears ; Se sediment 
sant of Nature, and have his mind ‘soothe d and gae e is one m ae to which Tw ld her sot avoided. To this, then, is added ee 
Ging th elation ae ee ee =p Sng ea coreg ent A been in he, tanti 
; ae irean i 
deserv g his attention, both from | x E | 
daw vit Ad the ort of its pida in very iep A ‘we “depth being of of course, the eee oe a ier wring 
in umbels, and are well elevated above the fi j 
the petals are white, and the numerous the, falls $ pea sie EH e depends. I have frequently tried er ae 
cael beautiful. A very interesting feature of | a tendenty to foree one division of the fib 
tho ase = ook n2 ing the months surface of test e fi res up to the | THE | paragraph (p. 19) ty ain esr “= 
- i. ain > nee w. my when ‘ oe is in nde of half-way iriitige. ere vd din “ds 18 bene at th a jit 
e sun is their mod f made i a ple 
` Jet the fi e stamens will evar Sagem root rowel down to i Inentet ase Mr Loud gazi ii oa 
arket S en 
“wholesom 
found drooping, reese crow! a poe as if en th 
e surface unused. pen 
tranquil repose; give them a smart tay with ae is d its h abi can : ith : 
ae Sh crm wl nmi ee spend ‘in p e finger, | | ‘A better argument, Si dey ste, a favour of a isaisa a ene m z at Bra ne er 
sabe ill J | : 
y t ‘ntl to ye il; 
Ep shin m Dee 
a pF Stent fg itis ecome rO- | ts i ly 
a fren to close the int ‘ sp ee pein ey ‘opinion, t nee it enor’ 
arim at be Senge ga apa the | of the mass of soil; ‘at aes aes tee td this salad: might ne i 
ginn N lect those shoots which are too depth, tog in proportion to here, as of f Rhubarb in spring, to the 
n + fth of the 
S weak the 
at, . way, ee each into a small pot, plunge ts in a | case of Jar ns g this half-way drain saiya n the | of the consumers, I will, nae our 
: 5 bottom-heat, and "whale pe ie g reneraliy DE a sin gle layer of th tance o 4 
nein “aang HS tho tings : “antl the wi ema mixture No. 15, in my Bii koer Fa oy foo : f what staat m ane 
finally shifted into a 9-inch pot ; the will grow a , ånd. then tightly press another ‘layer of turf | offer apd ranra ene et aes ned st 
an}-good turfy loam, 4 T f rete Saa "the squares, in a dry state, over this mixtore; after bag ee 4 derate } prios gsc mg vane “Towards the 
bef p : 
‘the season, arid -th o, grow freely in the early this repeatedly, and have always found rit eicln wi hh stem grow a in ten fi all there 
; so A 3 s eee 
off once'or twice when growin the a protte" so welladapted | and cart them to their homesteads. Here’ i ya 
rowth alone, ig close together r, side w veer. e, in a vertical P 
Sat : te 
or 
i ia Snóre'bush; pes is naturally ineli wre ream to but i it $s to e: 
e stopping should, HONEN not be | which’ s recomended for its E tipak to pn ts a f growing, on any Y 
r even a payed yard, in “plots 0 
