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ZEE THE CASDTNENS ee 641 
a r tub, and a 7 r 
ur D water off. The starch now wiht ay be brought into p$ peiri ‘about the “ian — of d 
5 oiod or directly laid out to dry. Th process | October. It may be e easily increased from be is of whe cs ola, - TE the i Fie ao 
ey ibe C: 
trough of just ci si to receive the roller, 
and about 18 to 20 feet in length ; heei y her 
be attached to the f the rolle W. Elliott. 
M.R.C.S.L., wper-house, Retreat, Old Brompton, |t 
London such process y be employed: | 
but how is the sand of the floor to be separated ?] 
e fie 
e same 
ied out in the field by means of a wooden | the 
i h l 
e youn 
g w 
ere a alee whee they will root in 
and 
> et ed, the et give no idea, though it i 
a few days, | t he tt Now. - 
rds treated like the mother plants : i: ey ee adipis ea ar) aang ~ 
3 
how ever, 
lds, merely | 
may be 
for early forein , the flowers coming small and of a infere rence.— iha 
e ame of Mr. , Hoy’ le’s, figured 
rete the open air, or to sun-light, before | with it, and also re Lyne’s, 
en 
£ they nave oily Farden ed by degrees to endure it. 
Itis ke lorist’s Journal” of the same month, are equally i in- 
mention y that it does not make a good plant | correct. I d ay they are so, | i 
bad colour ; b left to b 
spring, it grows vipers, producing — large leaves | since the last ee Chine ick, although ti e pe: 
-I will tell Mr. Balston why 
the leaf, 10 days mre are now totally | 
wi d; and in all the cases that I have 
hich i 
At 
tiful yel 
duce a 
y 
submitted “to very Sie ae judges, whose 
be. which acquire twice the pare 5 those pro- | | coincide with his own.” No seedling Pelargonium ‘ought 
from plants forced early me Nat 
therefore, b waki in re- | season. In 1844 the writer received at Chiswick and 
pard t to this is beautiful species. — Louis Van Houtte, of Regent's -park three prizes for flowers, which - in the 
) he 
th this plant 5 wh 
understand, | has received its name from 
eaisne 
dt 
2 
y of the stem that e en or 
vising the country folks here to mow off t th 
instant the spot becomes general; I littl 
doubt that, if I hem to do shall 
ve don h go n my attention being firs 
stem had just 
ae | 
c od, irst Proper Food for Robins, and oe, Fis fess ae AR 
0 pa Birds.—About two months a 
were just beginning to spot, and I must add that, in 
_ some places, the blackness in the j 
presse 
self desirous of fa ated ‘about 
Perth, 
ie has not felt justified in letting out, because the ey dis- 
ear 
vement on older varieties,— 
popes s pastram of Vine Culture.—I have just ee 
has 
sed him Riin ns, | Mr. Hoare’s sta ment, p. 545. Any one who 
and other soft-billed birds, and more particularly about | his “Treatise on the Vine” peor 
be ew "wind therefore, I beg to alluded to, yams" Spe that his directions are quite at 
wis! 3 observing. with e: 
article fi 
f 
but having been compelled to sort them over (with hi t he es to know other. We ere 
fortnight of their oa hey from the ground), perir in r limine, t that all | sof-bileà birds may be ly tl i ony ja is ee aa 
lo per cent. were found d pta with the usual symp t the time for caging yo Has n case of any accident we inserted two Vines 
I have examined several of T e neighbouring or“ PAE e khay a called ; old birds are of no use | in each ‘pillar carefully, accord o the directions in 
"fields, and “a conclusion I have com is, that, oun whatever. Three, or more, of the former should be | Mr. book, ll finished we covered 
egard to those of the grossest habit -and wit procured, and placed in separate cages ; the 1 le: ength c of the pillars with s at no frost could have pe 
to aiy that which is richest ane tilled effect | upon the Vines. Although \ we did all this and 
most smr Paraske nder th 
ear to merge 
height 14 inches, The bac my vec "tides ai 
should be boarded, with wire in es “eon only, Two Cua (with. "the exception of one Vine, w 
soils, become le, on weak. aii poor ietin 
dr, ry up. 
= appear to wither and 
I wo 
uld advise 
e 
be placed in each cage, crosswise, and | sent ont a poo: mes i kapes t about 4 inches ong ty 
D. —I beg to 
"everybody t 1 
ta and as it is well Gos nn under-ripe seed is 
hoth 
one oai pane from end to end at the fron nt, wher re t the have rned aa af 
birds come to eat their food. “Besides these, t x cP Pony 
nted tin r food ; anda hole i in have appeared at pp. 489 and S7, and which refer to 
pan 
the wire large enough to admit | the bird’s head, 
tops or sides, w whi he bi at eosa not affected, 
fi it re 
on hill-t 
"or but slightly so, should b 
seb, filled with water, 
Add to thisa keg: round glass, Pp in a bed of materials made wpe ns e “iy 
nd place ed i 
Vines which re Pome d planted under glass, 
to the di 
m the 
wed 
mli for seed; for I fully believe t that such would ri 
rm pric: es nex arch... 
4 athe appearances that the leaves of the Pota 
Erringto 
he cage for 
Tt will be yo requisite to hang th 
J. | last letter of “ kitted ee am Jed wg! inter, in the pedi of 
fter his Vines were 
ealise 
n, Oulton 
with) the other, so ‘that the birds can planted they were never anii in thelr growth ma me 
to that described in late Nube as the fi 
the disease, that I am induced to send yiia specimens 
e 
the o you consider be 
encement 0 me disease that prevails in the 
of England, and if so, can anything be done to 
h f, 
g will 3 out of the Risener: The reason of my this, therefore, at once accounts for their failure. : iti is 
ey 
g y £ book to treat in any 
eae out of the number one or two fine pei way ¢ of the culture of y under glass, | beyond that 
oes 
et t 
leave the garden after you have once tamed t 
will be constant visitors at your aol. As tng and whi ich is assumed for the re: therein distin 
nsa deseri 
a is ‘oc ood | for which purpo: con ription of certain 
When satisfied as to the merits of your birds, i iioi with t their sa proportions, and the 
ical fly ; they will never them 
hem 
mode | of mixing them together and depositing 
ctly 
n | and indeed all birds of the soft- -billed kind, are for, sie set forth, to surround them with such conditions as 
shall 
off the stalks, 
to üg Any Potatoes, hough not yet ripe? ? [See Leader]. 
them | upon what most closely assimilates 
Mye m for 
te sehen diia is, that Yee ould not have been caused 
in this coun rat by cold and wet, having first appeared 
ooh ee 0, after a fortnight of: igh 
ave proved to 
beg hard ; GE the em at the same e ti 
To nearer to those they ip in their 
any which have been provided for 
soils that re usuall 
with 
This, fro p iii ence, than y the composts or t are 
raw me = yolk of egg, boiled | employed for that p purpose in this country. This is the 
me with 
7] 
f the Vine is con- 
seed, stale buns, and German teste (not e Storey! s,” | me It sees a ads contain any directions 
t 
was it intended so o Ea a E o tee 
. R. Mi nm 
oe page or mild 
small and 
all 
vk indicat of any such intention, as to the 
same egg whose yolk you hav 
chee: the whole rubbed 
ixed well together with the white of the phot of the Vines after the opera’ EFE of planting pas 
lready used, _ This has been co 
ri ez but leaves the future 
fran, and drinking. The meat must be ge or | own judgment, therefore, is le na 
f them entirely in the hands ot oon cultivator. His 
ttered to gui 
rare ent as shall 
: whee that be the early 
yolk of a 
1S | be cael soy ice puer and fibres, Add the |o 
= i ripening of the fruit, or the moderate retardation 
hard- boiled e egg, and 
tel 
F ES PPT 
= HEN 4 5 Pree 
ft 
ee Pz t, hen doma & | t t y inery ; its aspect 
h bird, in a sm all 
connected therewith all of hich involves the judicious 
a ith bri i Uj 
4 toes, I find that, notwithstanding the last 
ve er aha a fair 
Sort, free from 
avera; rage 
erop o 
murrain, or any disease, and as clean 
ERAS fine fav favoured as is I have ever dressed. Nothing, 
inclement | sin 
of each 
doll’s-plate. observations Tees ra ru pith of 
what Toei say ; but um in parvo must y ater or raen = = ay air, and 
motto. I will only add my belief, that when the vocal moisture, in allt eir various an modifi > bei 
(3 extensively known. 
powe: he r ne pao e more exte y , 
first of our | the punog of tis buds and the procter expansion 
A coment ls z yeu i nor of the leaves, the first corre: ara step to be taken in 
hall ky” (Ispeak | the biin ent of it is, supply the roots with a 
vith aa due reverence of the old baie jer e), to | proper degree of moisture We terbalance the = 
keep such noble and joyous soni: ong our “ house- 
such ig to be Boe 1o we must not 
of a 
onamo p gs ae ion of tie peir and 
must, of c , be done artific iall seeing that 
ll 
hold gods.” They repay us for o og] atten ntion, by see! h 
t 
ferent as to whether they sing by ate or by "a 
the latter case, however, as it is “over- time,” 
In penega are, in that SA, in a completely helpless 
as 
state. And that this may be effected „easily at any go 
book (p. 4 
ii pt 3 J 
extra ¢ andle, and a tit-bit directed to be made, when the upper surface of the 
erally iaoi he’ best. coo rotons raid H 
ets generally 
Nursery, kiz t. Albans 
ard 
Very in 
ering species 
: —This free- flow 
a E entirely new acquisition to “our 
are aan bad —William K idd, New Road, Ham- in sd 
mersm 
| desired 
hent 
Seedling Bonk saing —It is _ very much to be 
that art would 
t, 
of them may be taken up for that purpose, and rep 
with facility. And although this artificial supply = 
i th ts of a Vine so situated as 
Steenhouse, into which it m: 
for TE orcs it will too continue to form 
ae po ornament 
laced durin 
urng 
tiful yello w colour of of the Toveis forms 
con 
rai the foliage, In order, however, to ob- 
e effect, the plant must be e durin: 
he direct base 
rosper in 
airy 
and, in consequence of 
vl pros likes pitiy of water, ex- 
ground, if 
e open 
dof May; a brer 
about the 
September, 
chasers 
y to 
unng this applies wa peer as are 
ei ex 
eos of 
in enais sai It ma‘ 
i ties 
h disa; 
Ere ap mere rants allogetane 
te. colours of the new w Pelargoniums the 
may be withheld for a time wi 
nie the case of Vi 
growth, it cannot be witout with se as have been 
Sy eng al kat 
em. 
ur- 
Tn be lanted { ether it be got of soil, or 
course rl may p in, wh "your co respond. 
“C? will th of his Vi 
ast growing was aen pisete Fi a i proper degree oÈ 
be | © 
ha pen? to their roots, and this cause is not at all 
ted by the ra of the aah Vines he planted in turf 
po last ar 
ú Ponceau inet,” ae which there is a Pent pies scramble on so as R Fog te aa 
figure ca a “ Desdemona,” a ve very at attractive e Prize iar tab ar Janti Sobared fruit. cause, 
* | Tha 
week. 
eed not be given to your 
ve no doubt, operated to check tie Con of the 
