328 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [May 17, _ 
ove a constant | cultivation. Tt is from the same country as the pre- flower is a self, whether white or views it must be — 
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i lants cover | height. pari sprea ing. e flowers are 2 a 
seme all fe erage es n pian tie searlet, large i very handsome. It bloo me, ome aa oe e a re dark, whether sts 
€ begins to appear the plants | remains lon in perfection pos 3 is a native 0 taly ac e eye should be. elka 
A ‘gag i a% rough a nto 5 or 4 inch pots; P as the | There is a incr of this with white flowers, which is | yellow or white, without ‘thet shading off so apparent in 
lants a pA likely be radian bly drawn, carefully also very ornamental, some var We In belted Hores or “ties se with a 
oil the stem round the sides of the e pot, just leaving the Campanula Medium, grows ab 2 feet in height, | margin of colour encircling t the three bottom petals (as 
should be branching and rather erect. oe he oe wers are large, of |shown in the woodcut), it pot t to be of a uniform 
e-half fresh loam and one-half very rotten various tints from deep blue to white ; on some plants | width throughout ; ; and the less the trian ngular spot, 
in in | they are yt ny ag ay. and — often seen on the lower one, is apparent, the better is 
rom the sun for two or | long in cork It is well known under the e flower. 
sree days. In the month h of October, as soon the | of Canterbury Be Size is the least essential of the properties to be en. 
ines are fit to turn out, the | house should be well} Scabiosa Riera grows from 1} to 2 feet in | larged on, as there can be no question which flow wer 
d and wast and shut up closely, height, rather spreading: The asea are of various i should take precedence, when th } 
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lants will now Hag read lyf for aoe. cri pei a K Aa E 3 ariegai ite Uh It a gi is; 
-inch pots ; th ts well draine with | long in pe: ony, 
“tea ol toriy ES Me p Betan ten manure, shaking | pool oon aie attains a height of from 12 to| size, one. And it will be necessary that censors “should 
ongst the rt to make all feiss 18 inches, rather a ng and maoh hoT. disqualify A ont vad re pe been unfairly dealt 
plant deep in the pot, as every part of the Th r la rge n size, Teria with, by , pressing, &e.— W, 
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finished place the pots on the — shelf in the middle freely; T remains a donsiderable time | in Oh cota and Home Correspo nden ce. 
of each ay to cate ch the full n as much as P Glass. —lam sure that no one ie has read your 
y as the - ants pours ca satiate l lass can suppose, 
acquire strengt 5 and n neglect syringing € THE HEARTSEASE OR PANSY. a moment, that you are a‘ partial in smn 
morning ag evening ; 3 in aag they may be bed As far back as I can recollect, roundness, or as | since you say that you hav pams. 
forward o to wires stre tched a across the ra afters : my florists were wont to express it, “a et siage was pae pi and to avoid exagg gerated statements, ‘you 
tick one of the first and most essential poin ower, as are shown to be erro- 
ooge n the p lant is about 2 feet in height I een stop it ;] and however this. property in cann ioeniities AE neous. In your Leading Article of last Saturday you 
this causes laterals to push out at every joint with Peat | sundry florists, might be underrated, still we shall find 
m each ; these | should be stopped one joint befo efor e the that it is no new thing to aki NS It is but a few iak Anak fairly a the public, and you promise them 
kuit Pansy was almost of any f i 3 
ove: r the pot, or be tied up to the stick. I find this the liked, — circular, and we ne eed only refer to ‘the glass, though I of j P 
most convenient plan of training, as when Pp t of course eh is only 
come well into bearing they can "be taken down and | advance been made, and how completely the for the advantage. ‘ot ‘their honesty that you promise 
on the kerb or back wall of the Pine-pit, where “splendid aan ” of a time, are now its 
continue to grow and bear quite well, and another | shade. As many readers of the Chr ‘onicle may not = denounce the plate, sheet, and crown- glass trad e, and 
Jot of younger plants can then be put upon the shelf for | au fait with respect > the properties eed to c if they will not a the publie glass 
succession ; by this way of management I find no diffi- | stitute a show flower, though growing many seedlings at prices founded on your o wn ations, you will 
culty in having a pasna supply of acam pari all of their own, ue shall a state what is zeginite, compel them to do so by “ Acts Fp id to einen Acts,” 
i and sprin d «Or i il? i 
throu h r i ; hilst i 
capital hot-water pits, I find it sa veg sl deal of} Form—as i ie pens, for the credit of your discernment, that the 
ars “a grow the early crops in pots. ly a seldom precedence, aot p “this head J a piee largest glass manufacturers in the ingdom not only 
i PS allowing the therm ee sm z make green glass bottles, but plate, sheet, and crown- 
from e to ° or 95°, as it happens st be y t to be so disposed as to form a perfect pes, also 5 in other words, tho ough hitherto deemed 
cloud: = Bagg pper | highly honourable and most respectable, it wou 
Melons may be grown exactly in the e same way, i and ones are remov ed, the | two gst ‘petals in haped 
in pots of the same size qs- inch), ould also mest at the eke one to rek not even pai nest by faires. 
but pure strong 1 m to g in lam just now upper and lower parts. <> elieve Dae which you perpetuate is the sa 
à crop in pots (th atifully. hey bea ll above thee) the “woodeut, is ‘of | committed by Sir R, Peel in his speech on the ‘ee 
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ance, g the same in amount as the duty paid upon glass, What 
aR of | the difference was upon oh ae I cannot tell, but 
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it happens that T I am short of Tie Cucumber vow 1 | il) A i judging flow- | lowed on accou üii of the veined sn poh td 
have crop, reduce} gi ers, this i A 
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Pan as you ng plants il j position to | to add, that there is less excuse for you than for Sir R. 
A few Ash-leaf i bloom flat is | Peel, because I have before pointed out this error ta 
be potted (9-inch arr and rere on the aes and, i also esi ‘ou, and yet yo 
by continuing to pota few were ae weeks, will keep | i } able; and the | would have told you both that the duty alone ne 
Mivitaber;: sion. Prenc a e irass mew te front shelf, | t ant be- formed two-thirds of the price or cost of either p'at 
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and Melons may also now be sown to take the place of uneven, ell d shash SITRAT aga sae ale re a * ith Pate 
the Cucumbers, 
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growing the latter out of doors ; in March ines | one which, ‘without artificial m will dispose of its a 
will require to be ag te nat the house. ne when th e petal evenly and sm Hief exhibiting its aadi a banro having 
Brente ture must be fy or a few wee! Fe ee on its perfection will, in oment, catch the eye and |b; the publi “the t thi that they take 
Cucumbers, &c., are kept free from inse: and a erm attention of the sërièet Tyro in ang : s duty upon ms rie a rege’ n of sei sense will 
good health, they. v will scarcely feel the era In the | When Tallude to smoothness of margin ] I must beg to buy 3 but 1 infer that $ you 1 T ame be igno 
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particularly t therwise fine and ote a to thickness were removed at a8 pies "ise that 
al l l f room for ponent Sr to | able flowers. Piti is absolute neces: that this should | ge m 
grow and thrive ; Teed bee vea Seog and often” than re ‘a d, fi X Ba “Still i 0 a Fi ie ga pipe e thou h 
a great deal and then none ; and if I may presume to | tells against a a bl oom, when in competition with one | such long panes, as sheet-glass, which you say ¥ 
give advice to amateurs on another point, I would just perfectly smooth. Many of the improved flowers have the only article worth having. As nep premises 
observe, that the quickest and most economical, as well | an indentation on the lower part of th d decidedly false, so are you r inferences į 
as the a wate a Pete to be acquired how to} ones vi visible ; but wl wherever this occurs it detracts and as 3 you do not want to know the profits upon o 
ot. use, t 
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experiericed cal gardener, to trust neither to his | form, which is so essential. believe when I 
own j eden no nor -that of but to tal person unexperienced | _ Substance, or thickness ie Petal, is the next r E Seas E rent Tl pana porate will dis- 
gardener, bott ened tombe th 1 + tha} f the subject by st vey - that 
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by it if + 5 "M eae hext p i your computatio; = You 
and expense but ei gain more ex xperience in 6 mon | their texture, so as to — the flower, in fl ist’. nig roles ron, &¢. Ši 
than he will do by books in 6 years.—Robt. Reid, Noble | phraseology, to “ stand well.” the. seal pi aris Ag 4 Ls uty-free glass $ J f 
Thorpe. be I certainly think all flowers shown in stands should | must not, as you have done in your somparisdl eed 
STRAY es er < — yes rising at least half an | prices, set 16 o: ainst 130z. per foot f 5 pr 
yi means weak- i t the 25 per nE 
Anis nal wor br hardy ot diten = eai the most flowers T immediate xe be detected; ot ig hough not le p ty igo ao. sige a aa di 
os erent colours, grow according to the m of exhibitin, i i ver 
an 2 A San. pte ane by the sand. T see RI las ho Sorne O rted a a great WE ae a me “d 
tly; coaster should not be with the petals quite clear 14h kt 
2 ey itinsntany grows from T 1} pan, in the way of Pinks and enia qui ‘of the Ee april or des 2 = oS the ay 
to 2 feet in heig! ran er erect. he armony, or sta ounces Colow: SEEE ich ti ae” 
ie heads are are bright yellow, ¢ ‘about th size and very | perty on which ther < e to E PE Po ng doing i ng aar ae Eerst pay them o 
teof th di f opinion ; bute in all Pct I ho ld it i ki 
y, a ne in in oo | tial that the three bo tom petals sl should’ = T in shade, as play. ‘Th sat : in ful 
irom the north-west coas' rica., | hg es Soe be the colour of the upper on moe ig would not write as you have done. You further 
on speciosum, attains a height of f from 4 to s, it is necessary that they = rainy ‘ssa, that mannfactarers complain of their Bireng 
e aAA era ae a es; in habit i it nd be reverse a this, I am aware, has been a le length | er them to on for PAE higher wages. re 
pate of various | of time a. and many flowers feta cig is a new o order of things, and I was not, ae 
ee at ee in’ ene pis > blooms | a as first- t-rate wit h the groun: nd- colon.: ; E pii BeA with 1 
De rg hen a sans: go 
oon one of the m ‘most beautiful hardy biennials jin | a discoloured bottom to the cup of a aa it the city endrin that the allude to E et th 
