 19—1845.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 313 
ver, I learned nope fie by th 
furnace, more heat is obtained if wanted beyond what is 
supplied by the tank through its soe. off inch ‘Slate. ves Gp Kostik 
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pl th i my conservatory border, where it 
at g heard it said, by m PAE ean, Pr pe hero = acciden tally last aris about 4 feet in 
in a cage, when they find that t they cannot suc- | to regulate the fire-draught a accordin u ; mete i s appt FR AEAT RE ll = 
good in procuring their release, the parents or old birds po size of the tank is 2 feet in id, “ond 7 7 inches in in a vie gorous s herba ae 
ure for them, unnatural wet oA and depth, carrying 53 fches of w r always init. Bya feats gots of all sets but the centre one, and alt 
net laterals from this, a few days the ehange in the 
d that it was only the duty of the| convenience for bottom-heat “hy propagating, without constitution of the foet will be singular, and, most evi- 
o procure J food : for B tint K for a certain | ar A r supply o heat to e~ ya and pe dent ; ee stem will become hard s= Apres, and the 
3 oe s as wa eE The of the heati LD t care must be 
food, and then as follows soon tal t to break them in ha th ill 
‘them to search nnd shif “for Leakey ves. y procu The wooden tank ‘6: or a of 12 inch F i become as brittle as glass. When t the ling as of blos- 
“pest of five young goldfinches, put them into a cage, tE SIE making ee fixin ing Š som at the top is sufficiently developed to get at it, 
them some distance to a safe situation, and hung them Slating to c $ x : 3 0 break it off, and’ you will find two laterals at t e base. 
cage; the old birds, who no oubt were watch-| Boiler -_410 0 | each containing an embryo spike of blossom. a 3 
i ug me, at once came joyously to the cage, | Pipes, cocks, &e. for ditto, and fixing - 6 0 O |the strongest of these for a le der, and r the 
nd so continued to do for about 20 days. > | other. This will elongate rapidly, while no perceptie 
“They then left off feeding them, but kept near the spot Boi In alf £21° 2 © - | scar will remain where the original blossom-head and 
h d singing to them: they finished their ll the hmt for fixing | the other lateral were removed. 
not forget to perform it proper]: d i is one-third inih coal and two-thirds | he now treated like the first, and s 
i e y, it. Our fi 
took care to place plenty of seeds inside nied cage | cinders and ashes. The above explanation meets all that | d the st t 7 
ay in which I placed the birds therein; but |“ Dodman?” asks for, But we have added to the above raise ich olf’ Seren desire hea 
an th asure of M l 
had no farther trouble than pleasure he hts of Melon aN Otini leave the plant to blosso she in ‘pre — ao 
veld _ Parents „leaving t pueis Bhi to feed Sen | Pin ao reir de to the accompanying plan’ of the whole. | laterals will appear almost “aaily, wh ich ery be re- 
pict ie ro ee ob +a 1 |3 P „the pits be ork them with | moved, and the plant s orted the whole time with a 
e very st ngiy four of which $ ee rae a 
Pien T alowed to y amay, and by asient one o the | undor cover and without moving telight._ ‘Ti the experiment, would not 
a ne J gave away, and two I hav. pits i shea by a hot-water 4- ne pipe supplia |p resented ees nt the, bast les onl 
gh four yea af “old this springy are it “ths from the same “boiler, which he ats the ta nk in wo E a few Ear purp "s Parat VY of A ae wall ee ‘pot 
nt singing aed ‘They ar enla nd | hous es g urn it (dale eting the i plant for the purpose), as this 
niliar, that F beg 1 k o chirrup, and see y q ef eturn pipe being laid ina icin plant is so impatient of any in jury to the roots, that ata 
d to see e into the hous I t | f gal diron covered with tiles for bo ttom-hest. | shift might spoil the experiment. Use liquid m 
d two other birds that follow me in company mM over Daring the frost on the night of the 11th Feb., the fire | of cou urse, and very rich oil. aed 
den in ae evening ; ng hg all feed out of the was attended to till near midnight ; at half- ta ofl is o E The Auricula.—This has fewer aliases than any other 
e dish wit ce aling. ou, the g 4 florist’s flowe er, and the only instance I believe on 
ntage oi s. bit of f Was | is that of Oliver’s Lovely ser: a sold by a Middle- 
i Dey run "to see whieh asa fe it, coming [set the heat i in the first house was 68°; in the second, wi florist as a seedling under the name of Kenyon’s 
9 with each other occasionally.—James Barnes, without hot water h in thelr Juno. Little need be said in hive of the tna 
ardens. pipes, but with openings for hot air to enter from I with all from its bloom- 
g A specimen of this piant] mi house, 44°.—H. B., Teddington. ing so early in spring, and f wg: flowers “imparting i 
g d he oh 8 et wood, flow. Grounn Pray, an agreeable fragrance. I ae classe uricula 
flower-stem j n three divisi rst t for an ran ur com- 
} ing to grow vit; ite tienes as a further addition to , 
| his veotleetidlis A s Ji st embracing all (with very few 
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exceptions) that may be considered worthy of a place 
an Amateur’s the 
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Standard of England, and Highland Laddie, Gllieve 
Lady Anne Wilbraham, Olivers Lovely Anne, shown 
also in grey-edged class. Grey-ed, ed.—Grimes’ Pri- 
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| Freedom, ee Colonel Taylor vg Morris’ Green 
Hero, Page pion, Ashton’s ce of Wales, 
( ts Botte, B ce nts King, at tton’s Imperator, 
Nelson s Bada ajos, , Pollitt's Ruler of 
n their aes wilds, and 
those. of o. ne nceanum, and sometimes with- | 
marking. I consider O. roseum the same 
O. Hernhauseni is a mere synonyme.— Pons 
any of the Peruvian and Colombian Onci- 
i ms a true twin ners, 
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conqueror, Potts’ erent Ashton’s 
ei ada; Countess of Wilton Alpi ing of 
S, Queen Victoria, Conspicua, Kising “Sun Fair 
The it Fe ee Ne lelei ‘Kettleby s True Blue. Selfs. — Redmayn’s 
n made to cultivate Truffles, E Ietropolitan, Netherwood’s Othello, epei Lond Lee, 
he thing ther ms no reason legg’s Blue Bonnet, Kay’s Jupiter, Kenyon's Freedo 
my 
rorton’s soap mand tard eae ois ire Munday. 
as cated = ese ein n any i 
dged. He wea Moore’s Jubi- 
ee At Tel A abated EA I RON) 
Gre ey-€ edged Athena s Alpine Segue, Metcalf’s 
Lancashire Hero, Ashworth’s Newton Hero, Simpson’s 
Lord of Hallamshire, Kent’s Queen Victoria. White- 
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“iia, however, a suspected edged.—Lily of t lley, Wild Bright Phoebus, Leigh’s 
l d ripe seedar (I i venor. .—Oddie’s Rest, Goldfinch (yı 
poira Ay be a gn conjecture). “Truffles, low), Faulkner’s a the Am Say > SA I ought 
ues “seem to delight i mateur’s collection com- 
fe clay ate arite of prises such as ot high priced, and yet good, but it 
must not be fo: orgotten that the second addition contains 
all the first-rate varieties in cultivation, w hy Aad few 
i mon on the exceptions.—J. , ‘Sl ater, Florist, Cheetham Hi 
iltshire, mpshire, and Kent, where dogs| References. Php l and 2. ek and S i Agee pos ck saree 
sent them out.—J. M: ma with hot -water tank. No. ange of pits Quick Method of Killing Insects—Observing at p. 
“ad Beats uiry, | Passage behind is; a. stoke-hole with boiler ; $ mua 188, a method of a Ser sects by means of ether, or 
watt Priati as or tan i hehe sluices; c, smoke flue pid; hot-water spirits of be om but fin -y the one to be ex- 
which pe ks to convert | Pipes ; e, doo pensive, and the use of the other frequently objected to 
be ult of my SECTION. 
t eaves 
| the | lower apartment, close the box at both T and 
| the e prussic acid from the Laurel will effectually do its 
Cossus ligniperda, or 
so remarkably tenacious of life, 
goat moth, an. insect tenaci j 
hick by a Tree Mircwnaie. Yea u or N a rescent | that the severest pressure w ‘opie not gee it ek I wek 
se, whic! ia} REE b tte that of Ai t ira] by this maaa A o eig min ou 
ct trance nce of the chimn ay pes api Uae te plants. I have? thi this, or some equally efficient Aso. te generally resorted 
