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CHRONIC 
LE 769 
THE GARDENERS’ ‘ 
Peto 
cover on surface without the corms 
Let the soil in fim ease be 
and the ee s don If you 
be > 
WE ritte m neatl y 
18 ine e glass. spri a 
advances, the old and gel matured stems a8. 8 a 
m oge rz ee. a ing more intense about, those 
wher „ Howe ads PEEN themsel 
pea ssures en | b 
eives. 
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eight, &c., though important, will often fail in | one-third w ot and thoroughly dried stable-dung, | probably been ph cage 
: but the opinion of a man who has ben all | broken into small lumps, to which should be — more of its aien oxy cog any o aay ote r variety for- 
de, we whose interest it is to a | lumps Aa to secure a good an sg a t | merly i in cultivation in this county § i ti fersen E 
be take The bulbs Fee drainage until the p —— well filled. with root fi 
k over rth he e ‘of the pot, and about hid ae the plant has finis growth for the season, | Crassane, yet it far exceeds it in the very ima sheng 
a t the to of pa for should be gradually v withheld anta va is Fads no mn vig of hardin ness. _ For standards for northern coun- 
fill the pohis PR A oe: the b y to keep it ry as t 
stand about one- third out i the soil culent stems to shrivel, It "should be placed pm “| oma EET 
the Tuli pee should | vinter near nd, that it ma eer ac eee 
be d about an “inch. One Tulip have the ful full influence s p moe ya of ri tre ona e Cor rrespondenc 
—I have sent you pak Potatoes 
which pai pn i sg nearly enn by the prevailing 
disease, to show that it has in no way injured their 
para $ they are gi at least ay ei m ia ane 
Sethe 
The 
“tro 
put Bike pleasure will be gr 
fter stages net hemes to appr 
wers the 
uble is a har nen by this wea 
eater, if y 
gu of the stems, from which protrude 
August 
what at first appear to be small balls of coarse white 
5 
toa +} aud 
let ¢ them lar on et roan exposed ag a few da ays 
opriate to each of y 
e usual way, picki ing out 
5 
e by whic ch it is generally known. 
of t 
ae pea y becoming more, lengthened, until t Foss 
sell 
w whole collection should be placed in a da 
in the rosin part of it. 
rk 
The bulbs will soon 
Last week I — it a n to throw all out of the 
t 
fat hal 
pit, and have now la id th 
A 
conical shape. t this. period. the.. plant 
should receive a generous jaspo 
a ria! of water may be given, w 
t e drainage of Gs gin -hill. The 
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in 
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of the flower will now grow rapidly. until 
te epin most of [them would have been lost. Those trey 
i indie 
athe light with the greatest. a 
oduce ae very 8 
ard movemen nt of veget 
f fro om 7 to 9 inches, 
sp 
the bottom of the pot, and WEN may 
FE 
e latter end of J 
ge. But 
you rane be guided by | fi 
m ; and when there 
it will ł 
hyly, and 
- | one sent you. 
t 
thee I had pn ike at the same time, 
owers gener: aly a 
Taas pipol of thew The 
= 
a but much depends pe th | 
this e naming, I find that bags 
remain the same as when put into the ground, with no 
veather. 
, but 
phar eather s may | 
of i 
f th I have this week 
“lin general dig. the 
been planting about $ of an acre. 
ground, and lant i h row as I 
to the window. t be | be as late as 8 or 9 o’clo ae P wach 
ry ee until the flow ers ms eae ready to | to the sik sa to watch the progress p ith l-ashes ; this answers two 
p: a, or they will send up long spindley leaves, with | of the flower. ec ag ae = gpa sen nents APES. be | purposes, it keeps t 
er imperfee ct: flowers. Let them h all. the light | seen to move with ing, now then wire-worm ay ras on K have patie some 
id sun you can pone give the m in the w indow, for car Nenagh Ta they are iwi £ each other ; dan after- | similar 
ich opie e they should b t and i im] percepti bly, each segmen nt sta nding cool house. It will then be seen before the planting 
r urd to expec 5 a flower to come to Seatlo apa À their 
0 it is plas d behind curtains or blinds, Each pot from 8 t 0 inches in diameter. In meantime ing erops, a tiig me well worth ascertaining. ser ep "r 
placed in a saucer ; not the ugly thing of the | the rag Gor ly expand ag are dispose nj seed 
mate: he pot, but a neat tea-saucer, any | of a bell at the le but nt ang down p 
ber of which may be obtained cheap at the china- | wards like a funn i the otto om of which is inserted oak pe ath all hans ‘that dg 
Water must be increased in tity as the | the numerous sta: g lway Thiswoald 
ll have much to say on the applica- |‘around the ier “but the greater = ri ay on tk doubtseed Potat 
of water genera!ly, but I must not omit now to state under peta tals and SEEGER re pist The time | next season will be expensive to buy, if it be possible 
th s advance, it must be copiously sup full expansion of the|to get them at all.—7. Malleson, Claremont. —— 
but let it be given giem and a little at a time. | blos is from an h be a half t o hours ; | I have just thoroughly examined seven lots of Po 
vat ains in the the Scenes 2 of "the flower is pec grand, prio rent varieties, which wer way. for seed 
right. In sunny 
‘bulbs are in fi 
e smallness 
e of the po 
: ee attention fo this A more 
: e the bulbs 
cer long aft ex tba e opera- 
bee: if 
days in tł 
Owan srpom will be very rapid. 
it | the numerous narrow greg of the ae a. are 
yellow paide, appear like ra; 
in charred 
and A S Kany together, and I am 
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not on 
which is ure and delicate white 
green aes the bottom of the tube. The numerous 
be found the least affected pol ‘the eee ys ; and the 
that when rubbed 
have recommende 
ne 
ave but few resources spond 
ea 
Some of the bulbs 
ms of growth, and they may rema in the 
be sı 
er, and in 
wil be long before ‘they end hs 
this w. ve a succession w 
$ 
wil be two o: 
the 
will be a amply 
advancing flowers out of the 
em out i in the fee: when there comes a 
rain. t 
repaid e oalet: “Re- 
way of frost ; 
mild, 
pe erfume which fills the pee ho oue. Poe a plant | the ey c e or fall out; the other portion of the tuber 
trained to a Teisa e had 18 | is Tit e T d go ood in quality. A neighbour of 
owers expanded a e, >; consplitely excluding n mine purchased a load of dry turf ashes, among which 
gt tay the et ‘and "pant its na it wa bject | he stored ae ae on of Potatoes about a monih ago, 
e gran imposing. e plant, a the | almost every t the time of storing being more or 
wet ing season is ov oi, should have a short period of less affected wit th ra disease ; this day he turned them 
exhausted e energies, and sho uld } d dry, 
afterwards stimulat a moist mpe d the di tub 
high P 3 
|a found alain, (fea pee, cook 
ture, to promote its E, EF to 
wi ith nutritious sap, | to be elaborated i in due time to 
à m he e 
slings, pag having tried th 
rme 
instruction, and M shige the 
engage ed on be malt of - your 
e aa ee one e opie er, 
will be anxious to repeat it the 
_CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS. 
EUS). 
ASTON TOWN PEAR. 
ardy vi N derives its name from Aston, in 
T 
Eg they 
inal and = gt fe a lot nag I pa thinly 
fioo: e been o throw 
th 
time 
whi ch 
they were stored, and had bees Nig for some 
a dry pav vement to harden. The fungus w 
Tus har 
Cieee, where it was raise he fruit is Dam ely 
iddle sized ; flesh ete white, melting, 
of the Crassane tae 
quick! ly 
+ | indeed, like wildfire. Charred d refuse or y burnt dry 
earth or turf, or peat ashes, will at one p the p 
gress of the disease. I have lon ng baa satisfied tha 
any of these will taiati the pr mapen. - Pring ;_they 
ing. fr 
TO- 
t 
ure 
from m the contemplation of the floral beauties f 
l display o 
w spla; 
ahe kin nga om, how can the ad te e 
> terested ? e grot forms of 
te our etait ; the gorgeous display of others 
t the graceful and eleg 
hat gratin 
an kdd 
t under 
A to apprecia ate the “good 
When wa nd and tose flowers 
us grandiflorus de 
ion of everybody 5 3 it never ‘pens its blossoms 
of the ioe varieties. 
ted habi 
As the ste 
, aly reach 
on for its growth, o 
bred for row 
facili 
season planted a piece of g 
manured nor cropped erate to my >. enone 
t kinds of Potatoes, yiti a view to 
and most valuable 
tubers produced f compost were fine 
in quality, and not in the leas ased, others, of the 
same variety, but erent ma ; 
affected to a serious extent, though they were all grow- 
ing on one pi und : a of 
see m ase wero shored i Da ae i 
red with si and earth. I opened the pit R d 
Ioaked over Soa and they are still perfectly sound. 
The 
mws rays, and ; 1 
b a of Potato crop in this locality is very b indeed. 
6 ef the his wih it is Wishing to buy foe of e200 acres an I have sone 
nper : : walk think ac anno 
a3 r growing this Ce ereus in a a pot, to which Pale green, sprinkled with day m em, ove rade ene beste ca: 
can then be moved to the rast ployed in taking them up, such as they were and sorting . 
r when at rest feat irtenda ; them in the er inalm ost every field Ë 
of its sap, hen in flower it ] I 5 about 
ity be oved to the sitting-room. the top of a high steep hill on a beautiful sandy tye 
wing state it delights in a w. ist l the subsoil —remar 
it will lengthen its stems, or produce | those averaged one decayed tuber to eight, and five out 
% Eur i beet oh in one season. of six tainted with disease, iseol ; 
regular as th < pare to eat now, but if they are p 
See  Britileness of of het stems will per- toge! any bulk and fermentation tak s 
er in growth, numerous roots š they will all Pe a tu shou or m 
H m thei 1 wth ; the branches have a | be stored away in the thinn e and in 
throat ir under side, which will} Tt has a peculiar mode of grow ra erto kept E aiil the ddat pis Boe E ial, Ee possible, they aen he 
wth of the plant and the develop- lat runin be especially before | covered with or roaste some 
a CHAD itis no H a tter a tee k ntangled. m The shootsare vigorous, dark olive, | other very dry mai material, and if a quantity” could be 
seoceiption one pot to another, when | spr inkled with small Aces e specks ; the leaves ovate, : and | placed amongst them for only a week ore eg were 
e trellis, care should be taken les ab assist in sta) the dis- 
of sufficient phe | shoo with stipules sometimes nearly as long. | ease. - I next entered a field ‘of 16 acres, 1 3 of which were 
i le loam, mixed with he young rag: a a one It has | Potatoes ; the surface of the soil was entirely covered 
