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foot long, is then tightly fitted through the hole in | defined da good round stiff flower, profuse bloomer, sie 
the drum, the ends of the bar having been previ- and cons | faney, w when the laws of nature pat et, 7% poet a 
ed round, and a handle or winch fitted Musiee (Be k’s) Handsome large flower, gro tions, who will deny the immeasurabj 
T colour delicate ri m pink, with a a one purple maroon importance of pursuits which have not the remotest 
blotch, good ha free bloo: lation to pelf ? re- g 
n (Gales ’s)— lenr prent ra! I hay e watched with great interest for some years the- 
a Horticultural Society i in a ppa 
increase of his substance. In the 
Sheets of thick tin-plate, which h 
sheets of thick tin-plate, w ich are cut to the ui- 
site size, punched full of holes, and then fastened era sens As with a dash of scat 
with tin-tacks. The her top ones, free bloomer, and sor at i 
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lines across the plates both lengthways | habit, and co I g iy embrace LRA po aed a yield, 
i i e of sa rion Eora) Sti upper petals, with dark butahod : 
h, narrow well- defined elge, of | a society is placed in i a dara category. Iti ia aai 
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a quarter of an inch or three-eighths of an inc Enr meh eds 
apart. Wherever ae lis p cross, a hole is to be | TY! wer p | its shows are attractive ; that fell theip i 
che ii è dra that the | TOW 2 ald to re upper ones, which : are broad | harmony promote ted by its mecing; ; taste fo r the 4 
ith the -q nfl and of fine shape ; though deficient in << m, xtra ws re ‘a influe a 
et k f Boii shall not be p arallel v f Ti k b ordinary colour of this flower will cause maintain | that the labouring classes are ake a low an am 
the plate ; then in scratching the rst eid et it be |. situation in every fine collection, till sis Prene jurious pleasures by its senie all ay is s oneal 
hos gry of ‘in inch from the edge of the p at one | grower produces the same colours, combined with a | but there is no money return, except to successfall 
‘ead an font fe can mates for prizes, a ido re it cannot te biwi 
at the other feds and let the same rule be followed Juno (Beck's). —A glowing flower, with upp tals | espou A few kindred spirits by dint of inf 
ing the cross leo ; if this be done he lower petal à pe 
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the rows of or will | are rosy scarlet,and in good pro portion with the upper | to keep the society in existe but a ewy viel 
an ho urr | ones; sportive, and occasi ionally throws a blin d shoot. ea forced upon its create: | ‘that a lov 
will make a distinct cut from the one just Idi it, | It was a va wy e during the sea: ing has yet to be formed, and that nature's besa 
The holes may be pune ed with a nail or any sharp Des a (Be ies k's) — —A striking mater from the | although Lape are thought worthy very little 
piece of iron ; an old bradawl filed to a three-sided | great contrat between the upper petals, whieh are a een or money. 
ataa of rich maro f pin nk, a and ow t situation of this Horticultural Society 
point does exceedingly well ; the shape a d f| the lower ones, which are a pinkish white ter illustrate nin, when I say that the 
the burr of course depends on the shape and size ofthe | in a white os ae habi free ‘bloomer, and con- gardener r lem am : yb sh Seen a 
cae ch, and the force with which it is hammered stant. This rel sat def The possessor of aeres of 
through the tin plate. When all the holes are made, (Catl ss A white flower, of good shape, | Stoun d never have this feeling, for no one wo 
the free from any am tin tat The Sppe al have a sora at sim for his expe ensive panes associated 
it hasl been ponchos, and is then fastened on to i small, well-defined crimson spot 5 being scarce, | are witl ifi But the owner of 
dru Ab next to be made, in shape like t this i ar few yards square a he devotes his 
—Delicate warm pink under-petals, ous aria Ta ae to th 
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e sides | unifo ser in colour, short and well-rounded ; top-petals, Diaper for his attachment to his umble Flora. In 
for Hie round ends of the axis of the ee to pass | deep bright maroon, softening evenly to the edge, which his heart he fect that he is right, for he feels el 
: , to | 8 of a warm m pink, similar to the uader-petals. Free nobled by his blameless occupa ion ; but he is o 
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box pr a grindstone,’ large enough to hold the drum, Isabella thes ck’s). 
holes are 
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see that it turns sachet and true. pate plat e 
Othello (Beck’ s). = re wer of novel character ; the | and the he tless money-make: 
pdt havin zig hes nly ere sees sA ho les wae ched i in s ited er petals of a cp even purple colour, surrounded friend says, “ Your Cabbage 
a rosy t tint 5 : under-p eta Is of a piece, if lak is taken i 
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Sunset (Beck’s).—Rather small, but bright and at- | fragable argument e mode 
aroon, bor- | knows how to retaliate. The fact is, 
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is not necessary, it will also work better for the Sed for the : 
prar of water described by “ R. J.” but this also| Belona = A flower of much richness beable to show E sae pes 
with I foros pulp, | ie wat gis? ak Cogge | colour La ood substance, rosy purple lower petals gardening fi 
dru A $4 Aoa rye e | the upper ones of a deeper colour, with a border of| Perhap 5 ty ae and reasoning may 
bison . | received a slight autobiographical a noth 
Mare ring y (Beck’s). — To deep-coloured top cotalish s a Aai to exper 
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which I write. I: voy iben oe 
goes umes oii ‘gating cin it may at once be | petals, bo by a sont rim of rose, are 
set right by turning th ited bott f ges rosy pink ; in the t | the readers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, an Amata u 
of a turn, after which the “operation of grating goes each is a purplis! 1 Tabi free bl Gardener. My picie in this art dates back as far 
on well egain, as before Titus (Hoyle a). = ’ well- formed fiower, rosy under | à quarter of a century, when in the suburbs of Lonag 
petals, with light centre, als, | I had a little a oe ae garden of my father, mad 
with a distinet magn ot Par rosy carmine ; good | littl f his manure, and gloried in 
in habit and a a free bloo! pro a tore ok a pu aon at Radi ish or an abor ; 
ery a ractive flower, but de- | ber. ar country nen aie sneer 
Ss in its pacii forma, “ea ‘ower Hon ad oe Be o | of coc neys as to rural pursuits its 5 but w who 
poin its no perr 
r on the upper ‘petals, ean ined eit. pty "centre 
white, lower petals delicate pink, profuse bloomer, and | 
nonette in a broken pan, or a Hyacin iath in 
> ers which —— be seen in London’ 
ard’s case’ rooms of 1 
good habit. 
Margaret (Beck’s). —A oe smooth good-s et | pe Di furnish sufficient pioa of the f 
m 1 profuse bloomer. ook lower | the largest city in the world ; d I can 
pe t, pink; the Hears n the upper ones is of my boyish days, a love of garden l 
a bright tint. multitudes of urchins within the sou 
Hector (Cock’s).—A good sized, mets bright, _ Since that time, my occupations have bee 
coloured pen = a pure re white ce e; a constan wits, not of the hands. At one period, 
and free bloo! ] well, but is eva thin affection for literary purs rsuits threatene 
Favourite, regs fficiently like it t taken = i ml ~ man ae: uring a righ 
Its good qualit state, m n corpore sano. 
Sa love which 
| habit of growth and one m z ‘s a ne ae atk with a henin -e 
— ag ai si aeaa a E gees ast ve private stage or sd boom, it is sant, and its succe! s delightful. 
ages So —Body colo our orange, with a tell you they love jowers, w hae iove only t 
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ller, otherwise I find it chokes up and will not work spot upper petals, which — ~ eE but would rather see 
2a wooden roller, 10 inches diameter, with a punched tin- | mixture of sae very sm odk and c and a Paa or even pare! watering. You! 
ior water oe ea & convey ne oes r the oon oe 3, a| profuse bloo vant t did not pursue the craft in this way- tee 
which it is strained and repeatedly washed. Queen Philippa (Garth’ A large rosy flower, of ~ labour, that he e might enjoy s aie 
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We have been thus minute, in order that any Las | S a RE eE pra: the rape ove 
may be’ enabled to make such a machine, and i THE A AMATEUR GARDENER. the whole might be me 
reply to the numerous uestions which meet us s Nor would he scorn to s m high pursuits | aching work of planting inF 
from all quarters, as to ne best mode of grating Depen Seach, = and practis tise what che taught. the soil around every individ 
Potatoes The T no ibed, does its work Sonieuises ta band he spade or Serb caught, noe ponni hee a Lak 
well and completely, | hich i is more than we can Forth calling all h boon earth is fraught.” gari E me has d 
oe for some of the more ry contrivances] Mosr men have felt a ee roars oee the ne of -s 
d by agricultural machine-m when rie to defend pursuits which administer more been ie 
a Ww PELARGONIII UMS. oam n ee = than to z pecuniary yen I Ta ‘these purstits ee ide has been e i 
C one is often tem to -| of m romo isi 
uiries relative to the New | diate occupations = whieh give health to = body or ny nF the Englishman’ s remedy puters er Leg ive the 
oe ha ae Oa cndorelund ae having ee oe 
of which have pobre e was pm eain in jeie ed for I presume in sons | under the blue vault, o aey am Agadir among 
eo vega loved sue and krpa an for bg own sakes, ber me kben OY but, 
remar without u emonstrate their bearing on | sights ; 
— year, but to flowers aequisition of money. Englishmen should pa love of Na some 
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having | against this lower use of the cui bono argument, and | your ey 
season. | concede that a man may be hansen and profitably guarantee that, in, 
eolour, dark, well | employed without having the slightest reference to the | 
