FesrvarY 19, 1859.1 
any o! 
Rhododendro 
As, — an 
ferred to Two parts | 
: pr tight loam and one v si i (rite i if 
-— eer 
bette ter — mn we 
have often 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
145 
raging gal 
open parts. 
manently forr 
where e original wood 
not a vestige of ‘the late 
new bark will soon be = 
ced and wi will gradually roll over them, jus! 
ark had separated; — 
te operatior 
— m 
I have an uncommonly fine Cherry tree growing at 
the north-east angle of the a and about 30 yards 
di: stant. Durin ring my a absence n Guiana, this tree must 
ibit wl 
es of vint in a fature will ever r injure the once | l 
a will be 
been established four years by Mr. Summer rs, 
1 "atio 
rson and Son's 8 of Flower Seeds, Fe 
me cow yo PAPER wx bie 
. S. TAYLOR, M. D., F. 
e same process w 
t the spaces to be planted, "- 
be the case, ** locality is a lav 
f whic 
of at least 18 in 
and beat u 
. Andt 
cacious whenever soil alone is the chief 
es, and break up the 
as much more in d. Even having at 
before described. 
ere 
wo yate equal parts. But, no 
bed bole rises up into t 
tention -— res i the ga rg las n the 
A FRIEND * library wa É p" facade with a 
dd paper, had suffere some tim fein om 
chronic inflammation of the ey fi pecs ris affecting the 
the eyelids. On the sia ery that 
i 
year 1813, wo branches opened 
1 
arsenic was contained in the green pigmen of this 
yawn, sting apparently all rectification at Dea 
Howev orta. -— arduum est." I mustered 
iginal ^ osition. 
u em 
ime — Nature have now v fully repaired the dis- 
ve iron 
aen in eem d the two du 
th summer, “and to be replaced by another, 
— Pics no arsenic. The ef i from which 
he had suffered disappeared; but within the last few 
weeks it _has ret turned. He informed me that “es - 
The head and neck o! 
long ago, amid the new wobd and bark. 
sends forth its — in —— pe 
urity—whilst 
= for 
Charles Waterton, 
yja pins rn of the inflammation. 
pay 
he — that the dust which had accumulated or 
had 
| two or 
Som * * 
of t 
are fully remo ved on the 21st December from the tops 
. attention 
ed soil, cred a portion of | Walton Hall, Feb. The dust 
i d throw in to form the bottom had an oli ive green AME and, ander € the ene it 
the prepared compost to a suffi- esented the appearance of fibres with numerous 
an. N and tled down the i cen eee particles of various c colours, chiefly of nd greyish black. 
the shall be below that of the natural | , SPERGULA TAFE) f growth isa neat|'Treated by Reinsc a portion of this dust 
This is desirable in orde preserv: e whole dwarf hardy perennial “aed "rine Lge cec for ming — lded a — ot arsenic, and there was therefore: 
i the . If made higher mpaet wiry + evidence some of the arsenical ment 
than the natural level a large portion would run off. “inch in height, at Bret et after 2 decum- formerly o on the wal had — TA way through the 
sond also be level as possible, that the | bent, clothed — om leaves- | glass of the bookcase as de paitia in the 
where it falls. are thus | Which, by perm t growth and occasional Aed 
1 retentive soils t me in wet | forms an rsen n d^ ue like re en of the| On 2 ey i ece eg — pe aving made this 
seasons mere quagmires, u cs precios are taken to | richest conceivable verdure, remaining injured in | chemical nination of the dust from a private 
rid of the accu N and to effect this | severe drought or intense cold, and assu E same | dwelling, I procured from the shop of Messrs. Marratt 
rains will be necessa: pep ag for . the Rhododen beautiful verdurous tint during the winter Short, Opticians, 63, King William Street, London 
ires a and moist subsoil, it will not in summer. The seedling plant of - highly interest- Bridge,a quantity of dust for the purpose of analysis. 
h i ita root ing object starts into growth wi single unbranched | The walls of this shop are covered with an unglazed 
True, the plant P luxuriate on the margin of Perpen ndicular radicle or root, an ferm ards manifests | arsenical paper, and, as I nformed, they have been 
ds in lakes with but a foot or so of soil à remarkable power of extensi rami et beir- | ac so covered for a peri hree years. In collecting 
a where the Rhododen se 
"- 
others. Even the same meia ay afford a wide 
d choice in this respect, which ought care 
to be considered. Shade ness should be 
d as much as possible— d of shade 
h by permanently in sun- and air 
inevitably induce weak and immature growt 
the destruction of the main end in view, flowers— 
would at once 
hodod. 4 peor 1 oy | stan 
as 
they should not overhang the plants, but 4 
near to pie without actually 
. Lovell, B 
te to last article, second line, grown should have been 
(To be continued.) 
E. TREES WITH AILING BRANCHES, 
are compara tively few oet clim 
e roots 0 € the [^3 of 
t for its je nir the 
In addition 
tops of the instrument cases, great. 
care was taken not to touc h the walls, bag quantity 
u 
grains. It was nearly black, .and, s pm the microscope 
tic 
| was ver y light and flocculent 
w. 
f fibre s and sooty 
ere | examine ed by Rei nsch’s proc 
to coat 
a 
ate, its value is considerably enhanced in its adapt 
ation to all the varieties of on garden-soil, 
uiring but a thin firm surface stratum of 1 inch 
„ordinary s broken loam. ing 
5 10 d inches of copper fil in addition to a 
| least 
| during th the brad of duri is equally beautiful thon q 
| er with m Merida of low 2 n mae 
Pre eigo snow- M or blossoms, a 
fancy, bade > reality, the living picture bd 
carpet, spangled with — silver 
8 established 
J 
'"*E d o 
dee 
lass doors, and 
Were ipli. m 8 TI 
for a period of nine months. 
close 
ng; its 
ng; 
whe decem were . ma examination. This 
web of green 
with the extra toil and ex — 1 of m 
pes 
num 
the t ofa r brush ov the 
surfaco of the lan ih, ‘either whilst i in i bios loom 
ards, and these constitute the only — th, 
or tokens of its beauty, which require this operation 
but once a year. For small or medium-sized law: 
rraces, v nds, 
€ | heated, aperi d a largó n mimber of 
| dral crystals of arseni 
These facts 
WNS, a 
A portion of this, when 
well-defined octahe- l 
lead to the gor that the air of a 
alls are covered with an unglazed - 
arged with the fi: 
5 
+ 
ter erges, mounds, &c., this r remarkably im inter. 
: 94 1 FLY and 
ical paper, is liable to be ch 
dust of the poisonous Seg of copper. ose « 
inha = ese are exposed to the risk of 
M 
m 
ison may thus. find its way 
manage the iis attentions ret t to > preserve the 
e 
the e pulmonk& ry me mbran 
it; it may affect t the pil p and throat by local action. . 
t but 
by 
erows magpies, to enjoy th 
„and to t the economy dt th 
like our kingdoms, have their | la 
and decay. Still many a downfall 
branches might easily be prevented by 
and —Ó— dim ng into a 
forester will 
where the giant li limbs div 
may originate’ in the weight of 
iage, which, agitated b winds 
inn 1 
q 
is symptom of separatjon 
imbi The 
y perceive at the 
verge from t 
actual poisoning under these 
it but cases fais serious symptoms only would be 
ma 
within either 
well 
which it may ther: te Peces ed in stores of 15 to 50 
plants within dishes or large po otherwise planted 
out in a rather agar AB border of the open tieng for a 
few weeks, and mately transplanted upon the 
f all risks of tae hed oy sities ede oes. to attract attention. There have been 
[im sultry weather, and the progressive accumulation of | n: sd us instances of a disturbance of hh pes 
1 oss- like growth gives an elastic pressure to t ha. n "this arseni per, which, from absence of 
ot fy oto E the finest Turkey carpet. The suspicion, has been her causes. e 
ay besown either in or ts in th degree of e ; 
e ut vil t alight but of ex e state of health—peculiar 
e mode in which the pigment islaid on the 
paper may be as to prevent in some instances th 
escape of the fine particles of dust. The fi wever, 
*. f 
may Y osi maintain its | pre law fie in hree pl an ad 
plants, within 1| that € h th bject 
by art, it Fenaa E of time; but, if not | inch or more of each other, and such little plant groups negative results, bili Dok Auk taken t| the righ etre 
: 7 vedi uer come do 2 ith a may be formed at a distan „9. or 12 inches apart; arrive at the tru d These results have to a certain 
unsightl m thing nit has | in such positions the growths will ively meet — — the public by teaching them to . "i 
ib prerest this lamentable eatasiragbé, the | It ie also admirably depted for picturesque grum porci DO peoria tobe: Slee ty oat 
is also admirably p or e 
of it emm wed time b * M" — E ive tufts and edgings on avenue lines and borders, for the body from this source is very small, it 
Y Useless, He must appl vege i „be | grouping the front spaces o ve rock-work, and | desirable that sind should not be breathed Tu 
The €i — ln h ie neigi ng rire rt ee mound s around cl 3 ie? in any proportion, The fenders of thi: 
'portionate á — : hp make an auger | tains and basins or artistic 3 where manufacture will —— go to the length um itin 
tepare q ir tot sufficient st unavailable for mowing, and equally t telling for N ing that this arse ive, which is a potent 
2 strength, say, in some cases, tion in larger — — = d. mo injurious. effect 
were Will -deive thie iron ha) inr of the beautiful Cerastium tomentosum, on ter- when taken into the lungs, and yet — E Due: ; 
tion the inevitable i d these 
Jis has mages and he wil dure it A tical proof of ; the walls of our 
ween side by a patent nut Esa -— i zm des ical proof of the ‘success of Spergula pilifera | papers 5 used for rts gens Pork, 
TUR ool iare ens No 
. Mongredien, Esq. at Forest Hill, 5 
Lentz where a rich and verdant plot or lawn has 
1858. 
Since the above was written, I have discovered 
