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y to the “grown n front of it, a small Terrace rofits to the wants of his bottom- ws T also send & 8 
) acy * 22 is formed, which h e effect of raising | aged brethren it would bo ver rg o eall that E Black Hamburgh Vine, which TX — £m 
fhe walk 6 inches above the Flower Gar den I nould | eharity;" it cannot in any way assume that definition. | a, I am 3 has been planted nearly 20 years 
ieri 9 S re isa f the| The Institution ought rather to be called the Gar- | This of many nearly as large, the crop 
entran te, which forms an dere gene termination | | deners’ Society, as it chiefly consists of a united | of fruit and bunches is largo also. W. Chesher, Beaufront 
to the principal walk. (There was not room to show body of gardeners and those who patr ronise them. | Ga ardens umen m. [The Cu M ‘ed ves sent mea- 
fhis in the plan.) The branc aches of the two Wistaria I have been for 10 years an annu Ibscriber, si] dies 14 inches p stalk to point, and 1 foot in 
E. m 17) ub eventually form a kind of arch many other gardeners I know ha en so | diam eter. "The Vir ine e leaf "à inches from stalk to point, 
o walk near the gateway. J. V. Chapman, | longer; surely, therefore, the time is coming, or ] 
come that the gentlemen of the ittee will well ] this he: 
nsider what they are doing and come ard with with a age net or 2 5 about 5 feet in u height, coming 
rrespond 
an exce ption 
to bloom, or ers - flower stem has just made its 
appearance. Car about the plant than the 
and kno often after blooming the 
no nt "that 
Hom e 
"uos A s Af oe s Practical ps vut id 
not subscribers. It edd he be better Aa em | trunk rots, would you advise me to cut the — stalk 
on his recommendation I pure to decide oe a the pension fon away? By so doing would it preserve the plant from 
n e although the matter is in itself m 7 161. to 20l. yea every gardener I is desing? . A., Finedon Hall. [Let it de you 
yet it is pu t toget erin a manner to puzzle the most » ood a pensioner, and E in the place of 1 I ty of suckers. 
industrious reader. In truth it is a mere jumble of | widow a mo ovement wo ud iie Sardinian Gar nations and Picotee ed 
good things without any means of M € they universal satisfacti ion n to t that der this designa ation is sav ar- 
are, I have been looki for Chrysan i l ‘En; glis h, French, and Belgian plants; the 
give up the s . The name is not in pw —— des, = — pes] likewise, and ind t the hour Oe need —— Sardinian Carnations being comparatively 
it is called, which leads to nothing; nor can I befall them, they themselves may n not be | worthless. The fine clima M uthern Europe enables 
its place in any f the volume, Your notices * — wt "but be gladly received. 1g d the se nsequently 
books are generally very just, b ink good-nature | [We quite agree that it would be better to drop the | more fully deve loped ; but “alt — — thus saved 
has in this instance M Peel justice from her stool. d charity ps. -— jus stified the change; and that give a large proportion of double flowers, they being 
Carlton. would be the rsons received assistance | — ragged- -edged ie not suitable dor show-blooms, 
ound WIe. h reason vuey 
Monstr ous Car damine. —I d xd ousome “monstrous” 
ify 
except those who a hive subscribed, a measure the s 
think of wh e to advocate. But vatio n by nurserymen; more especially as Carnations 
the same state befi ore, they m in teresting to you, when the funds of the institut ion pplied to the | and Picotees ey y rarely come true to description from 
as you cae what in the — state should be the relief of those who have never contributed anything to | seed. MÀ — H^ looked over the catalogues of the 
pod becomes a second flower, and in some cases the | it, that surely is ity and — else. following firm rner," * Henderson," and * Dod- 
specimen is at once uble lower. Daniel Wheeler, | . Menta Peg.— ing I needed somethin well & Bailey p" » 1 think oA pr find the sort he requires 
M. R. C. is the most oh oar p deviation | to keep the venda of my Chrysanthemums dow. li a one of the above — 
from usual visions that seen. v fe r Number oflast year, page 639, and Charcoa al. —I ha 
peta 
2 — — years practised the 
M 
we 
e s in its usual ng “the — 
flower ap p fi g of Simple and economical 
and stam fall away; then = ine A fags ce es | by Mr. Broome. As however I } e fi is either 
a long stalk, swells, and opens o , where — to — sawing and eutti ing of — 1 — w worthless small to be «e — anything else; of 
cluster of petals bursts forth. in "imitation of | myself of something more easily attainable, — I think | course —— — but that is no disadvan for 
the natural flower. This flower in the inside the|at the same 12 e more serviceable. It follows: I gardening pur The ma jals have the 
ovary arises from the torus (or growing point) of the | procured a — quantity of copper wire, I thin all branches and twigs of all trees, clippings of 
first Boer: but scens to be independ f the technically te ter 8s,” 5 cutting this up into hedges, Evergreens, &c., which it generally costs labour 
placenta, which bears abortive ovules much as usual. pieces a about 6 i inches in leng h, the end is readily bent to destroy. F could produce this charcoal at a cost of 
e hope to examine this structure hereafter it Os. a ton for the mere labour of making—assuming 
better specimens. | to as made by Mr. Broome. But a : difficulty arose. My that the materials mus got rid of somehow. Of 
En agrance.—“A, Z.“ will feel much flower to the | brancl hanging y were in, con- course it could be sold with a profi es) any price 
: f quently pegging them d to the — was of vi ery above 105. The ped of making be best 
To what do plants owe their fragrance ?” And why little use. I theref d that tl y being seen—as gem is a a little, but 
is one ki nd of oer eee and a very little, practical skill | required. Th e materials are 
other scentless 
Void the tissue of plants is originally dod: 6 scent ? 
Lie can only reply by asking other * Why 
as one person fla axen and another blac! ir? ek 4 
seeing 
where water is at hand. The heap is set fire to 
allowed to burn up, but when some € advanced ^ 
is then drenched with buckets of water. 
h. 
. “charity” ought to Nw 
that in the beginning their animal tissue was alike. ] the burning to as n iron rak e plied 
Weigela a: mabilis Ale ali às Co: oreen sis). —I observe i in the | to the burning mass, the larger parts separated from the 
Revue P ute ieole that this plant smaller in a Half burnt and burning state. The smaller 
1 ts distinctive 8 and becomes mere will be fo und the excellent small charcoal, ie E 
Wi | only a s = iiig This of th 
variety. 3 thi mo and a red 
ni 5 which will 
Are Puf Bale good to ent? T neighbourhood f 
is now — pnm 
Boule de N -— ex the Pench anda very bad ad substitute Do i 
it is for true Mushrooms. 1 found some very large i. ash, but that loss is amply compensated 
young pe Pall the — day, which were 5 of the process and t! — char- 
according to Mrs. Hussey’s and Dr. Badham's indi- coal produced. e 
cations," and they were detestable. M. wood, as it enabled me to twist | rience is required to ex the well as it 
Mi or Malaria.—Being nt from England, it any em 1 — 1 — € z the means at my | admits of performed, but a perso 
itwas only to-day that I observed the notice which you | command of — some distance over stands it can teach to do it — as 
i to of my work in the|the sides of the pots. The e D d is a sketch of its — I manufactured i de reg; catt eng 
Chronii Ath ult. In that article | appliances in the gee I have it now in use. no on would buy my charcoal, so so I ceased to ma 
the reviewer states :— “ — e aut is of ion aie are capable of being bent to any shape, w rt to th AA 
that miasma, as it is ed, is ‘bonic aci wooden ones could with great inconvenience only — estroying annually a vast mass o ial 
and that whatev: ill resul results this gaseous substance ~ 2 or pot mM Another advantage gained | which might 2 em converted into excellent char- 
may produee in the extinguishing of lights, er ait | te iat few the pero f 2d. I procured sufficient wire | coal at a cost D I had no intention of 
ife itself, it will never, can never, € writing so much wh The quantity of 
fever or any other disease.” If by miasma be — i aki was only 20 minutes. It is therefore | charcoal which ca be — ‘by this simple ced i 
he emanation from decom or pntre-|I think an i rovement on the wooden 3 Should, | cess in all districts is immense, if people onl. 
factive matter, in addition to carbonic acid, carburetted | however, a doubt arise t the wire w slip from | it in ri ceiem and 2 orising, and in s Stee 9 
hydrogen, sulphuretted hydrogen, p ted the mould, this may be remedied by — — of profit to the owners of woodlands. 
—(—— or azote and ammonia, should also with Le finger where enters, 
have been mentioned being, as is well known, | compact body to resist any attempt at riiag. — produce an immense quantity. . zt 
the ordinary gaseous produets of the putrefactive pro- | before ixl: Trak add 4 wu word of ca 1 
cess. The argument, is the same, for it has amateurs like A 7 —— 
been my object to show that ueither of th intended to be bent down be too strong and too full Societies. 
substances possess j^ i —- grown, it MTM crutch or 
of th malaria—to | prop (similar in shape only to bes sted by aiiin Royat Borantc, REG: re Pan ne 15.—This 
sea. s e im 5 majority rof — are to be in ae ei dr ee — formed out of a piece | was an n espe show, and was ve] vr attended. 
coneur with the writer of of w. r the joi hi great í 
and produco disappoint i A piece of bast t tied and Pelargoniums. 
l e ia to the parent stem 
if my Merge Any infor- 
—— . to 
trien s, and a source of revenue instead of ex- 
iture to the — s all large towns. 
J. Parkin, London, June 10. - , 
n, 7. n2 
this Institution, and one ks bipes t 
of the day, I beg to humble thanks n-li 
to Mr. Justice Haliburton for the kind manner for : 
in which he advocated the cause of ns p — into bearing; the sort : Allamandas, - 
deners at the last anniversary festival. I since Web Pebb's Im ial l Spine 3 to ] beautifully flowered, Ixora 
— — n ip Ped = ——— ita with | very prolifie, It was bat e e ) ns proliferam | nusually well 
nking that gentleman; said the word with a little be bottom-hea s it, Stepha- 
— ash pesci of showy — 
