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Ocromr 29, 1859. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. i 
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and when the weather became damp towards the end | Roses, Kalmias, Kc. in exact proportion to the size of] count of th zul 1 " » 
of October, a no heat whatever, L cut about 100 | the e park, destroy the monotony of the — | mentione T — — 525 of , —＋ eg KC e 
bart of the wood attached, sealed the Not far the le! fi tand that the writer, Mr. Gibhe. is an enthusiastic 
ina dry room of south i 
y aspect the kitchen garden, a — — iran mse is — who, 2 — to his other pursuits, 
with occasional fire. These were in use till Christmas. being raised upon a vaulted base, the doors and sashes aleo teaches a nical class in connection with 
In 1858 the crop exceeded 250 bunches; I began cnt- | being made of galvanised i * — yards high. Beneath the Mechanics’ — of ‘Chelmsford. * As the 
fing August 15; many of the bunches were 1j Ib. | this — warm of a hot-water | monstrous flow of Cardamine pratensis appear to 
weight, and the whole would average 1 Ib. each. | apparatus, partly —— -— — "partiy o el enue, are| be as new as they are —— fy I purpose telling 
Thinking that a small Arnott stove would keep the | spacious cellars for ving fru From the sides, " At 1 us of their history. I thnk it was in 
rapes best, I now had one placed in the centre of the | front of this building y at right angles to it, are tw pril when I noticed a flower of a rather deeper colour 
Vinery with pipe ca rried — the back wal, and|span-roofed greenhouses — In front of — the men . that 7 ecies, and gathered e after 
is season the crop was m and owing | these and parallel to the 2 other houses | whi ch I saw that . ». m" perfi to re- 
the absence of the fami dur part f the vant, on one of whic hi it and stamens, the pistil 
November and Decem ber, the — p bone — fi ng. They to be for Azalens; de —— which i is eT hed, m bat it usually is, being raised 
however kept f January of this | ots commencement of a pe Orchids, an e a n E and * so that it might almost be 
year, and the amp yy season, though the — as s not so | judging from the — A." of 8 pci called sub- globular. I could make out nothing of its 
or good, we have had z wards of 200 unches, already there, prom -— aon A a penc so that I could only regret having 
several w. *.— K. en 1} to ting | latt iced icol ; V : 
August 22, -— I have at =i time (October 95) 5 foet. * a Namn — nearly 13 — — a — it E again attract my notice I would allow it 
upwards of 120 bunches, which will giga erides odoratum majus wage s more than | to dev lope its peculiarities before gathering it. Some 
pounds ; no fire — been used until the recent damp 30 — of flowers ; violaceum and n after I m p with the sight of many 
lays. "The sto d | Blumei majus, in great beauty ; a a Chi Limminghii, | simil noticed that there were no ovules, 
atmosphere, - as e p- as not to injure the bedding with 12 bulbs, really something be looked | but mh the deformed carpels seemed to have me 
ery pee ee — al puma, Cae the calyx wholly of petals 
seful as any of th kee labiata, crispa, Leopoldi, A and Skinneri; | without an trace of sexual organs. But this carpel 
ng various plants from Oct ober in Diis } ifl Oncidi Odontoglossums, Stanhopeas, | calyx did not resolve itself into separa bu 
time I use a cover of rough Manche ester Salian erting. Huntleyas, K., in fact nothing common-place, all — by a slit on one side, This second flow rering is 
it is in lengths. suitable for this house from top to chosen by a master hand. Many Tree — and otl from the first, which takes place in 
tom, and fi plants with finely divided leaves, rantas, Tilland g course of indefinite inflorescence from the 
a cost of 9s. 64. each, or 125. 6d. for the whl these T sias, and Caladiums, alternated | with. Orchids, | hich | b p ls; some of the flowers near the top of the 
they i y form a | raceme being yet in bloom, wh hile the double flowers 
This is easily drawn up by sewing four rings to the | tropica cal mp In the centre of the greenhouse|of the second series are beginning to expand below. 
g y is formed a arches, 2 pe high, ornamented | But I notice much irregularity in the order of expan- 
After end — is cleared of bedding plants, — n — "planta such as Cissus, Dioscoreas, Big. | sion of the second flowers, as might em been expected 
border vor ae the summer is v onias, and Thunbergias, in the pie m of all which are from their monstrous character. The 4 * flowers of 
useful for — — ants owing to its shade. ^l groups of ornamental and variegated leaved plants. the raceme — some alteration of t e stamens, 
-—— give the border ts two cn soakings of water e observed among other things most of the new hot- | indicating a ney to such doubleness as E common 
nue watering until — Marantas and Dracenas. From the Journal — Ten- week eda with which I presu caben T this 
Iean see that it h — the end the | d Horticulture Belge. se has some analogy. I “pad nol Tragen f these 
soil * drainage, hav ^ n tab ‘sok = ur pose particulars 2 to the 20th May, on w rid day I 
From the end of July e border is allow: — tc pe Home C | Pla ded to the or which 
as dry as —— ble, wen the : — a good shelter * T" orrespondence. the Society of Ar Arts have awarded me r of 
seeds, herbs, Onions, &c. „Bees i dur has been a curio proficiency. It is remarkable that this tnde] mation 
This ient o onchard Winery t do^ 25 bos been: stated, with bees in all parts of ey y. 7 The e terrible affects all the flowers of the raceme in which it occurs, 
much more than answered what. was . — the best frost which occurred at the 2 plants ts which grow in the particular 
proof of economy, and was probably the. canse of the scarcity of | field where they grow, which may be accounted for on 
dnd the cost of production. The average crop "^ ‘the warme during the (— May and June. Those] the supposition that the pollen from the first altered 
season would more than pay the entire cost of the 0 P^ 8 however, had them i but | flowers, not being affec ted by the change, fertilises other 
house, and in some seasons A» exceeded that, for the flowers in its neighbourhood od, and so the 
entire cost was something under 200., and the carpenter’s stocks and a very large honey harvest. 8 mor ity is propagated by seed." John Gibbs, 
raising the back wall u foot at one end to | did my bees wo ork during June and p^. that stocks Moulsham 
inting,. plasteri db Bine newly Sapplied with Stewarton supers of great capacity Death 2 Mr. Barter. Intelligence has been ved 
— Aad the wall was very old, and full of nail | [pa in ear in the open air as well, and I bad | of the death of Mr. Charles Ba rter, botanist to to pe 
holes. Arnott stove was an after expense, 2} years 2 r of large combs formed — - board. This d ve Poser ei 15th July at 
after erection, and was 17. ar including about 13 feet ites a y th the Ned zr giver] on the river Niger. His brother 
of pipe for chimney. I may remark that I give all England, and many who had — ore, see 1 vs from Dr. 
in the eg with a view to retard ‘freaks were in a quandary what to do. 22 ehm Gilb bert edes (We, in common v 
n nsit, Su and ence the MP zm knew Mr. Barter, t Ix his ic Nes 
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E * the — for hey lants, lest the frost, | bo Tes ; 
arly in in Ng, Yon find the — g Vi oots — weather makes them quit the combs, I cut them away | man al a ong intelligence ; 
resist-it. But wih te covering 1 bavo hither erto had — "8. be a bers rera By ide combs, | tions of both livin and 
— fear, and from rer dr ly emerge Mid ui v — Es waft geno! Bed ior proved that his in 
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while I MN. the — bate — and to o farther short season bees enjoy in this emn. my de, such climates as the banks of t x 
retard assisting to d tethin heat, c the | scription of the Indicator Bee Stand (Gordiners succeeded UE Gustave Mann, a young Hanoverian, 
house early, — t forking the border, and sprink- | Chrouicle, May 28, 1859), I stated that in 1858 the | who sailed for Lagos last Monday. May he do as well 
ling soot, ash increase of store ceased * — 15th of July. This year r Barter, —＋ meet with a better fate. 
d till th of September, -——— w the ^ Potatoes are idered a Garden Crop.— This 
m I took a second rin tor 22. ut peop warm of | cannot deny, yet it is easy to p^r ethe question asked by 
e previous yea agp rta o rom one "E Hd mdent (see 832 an . I wou 
quee BELGIAN GA GARDENS. | stock. E who pas mut good 9 er will see (ees Potate 0 : 
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3 residence of M. Waroc equié,of Mariemont. 3 miles from St. Paul's as the crow "files and I Tenit the season; and I believe wbere 
We need not k of either the Tte park, in the|reckon a take of 10 Ibs. stock a very fair result in| grown for 
midst of which still stand the ruins of The spacious | such a locality. True, the locality is : yr ^ and | gardener, say 1 or more acres, it is frequently necessary 
palace, formerly inhabited by BP em Albert of the new combs of this season are only ade less | that extra help should be allowed. For my own part, 
S z E. ae new mason qu quasi royal, * ad v ce than e he bet bee from the Nw For er to the late Sir O. P. Wakeman, Bart., 
w ere is an extensive iles | whic! country in the maik o of | Perdiswe Mores r, the Potato crops that bad 
round. Our business is With the Nawe gardens, Englan "ry Pin xh à en grown by the farm Vi v were in 
the fruit trees growing under glass, and the 2 is scarcely a street in the city of London in which you | conseque ence of ois mplaints — ng uality and 
tories, partly finished and partly in t the course of con- | may [^ get sight of living trees, and the gardens of | | on (the former quite lik 
struction t emple, the Bank, and the Inns of Courts prove less cookin ig) p laced u nder my — 1 found 
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Close to the mansion is a kitchen garden covering a|that London need M". s utterly destitute of l p^ to bear 
Space of more wx 5 acres of oie x v borders of | embellishme nts, _ So i gard to bees they may 1 e been once my great h oe) 
Por and perennial flowers, min derat f open without — 1 dep; 7 — uently, — ever 1 
it trees, which are of n "health. break country, b X -— ee take réva towards extra men, but the extra 
wine y of the square bi ards | tow oy more soot you get along with the honey.|expense was no 1 a my gard iei account but 
Fou the ary length of JA brings a. ear one cup of n ney taken here was so dis- congeda as extra labour for Potato planting, storing, 
8 glazed Aa fered on two | coloured that it took two months to settle, and then the | &c. uainted with many gent! laces 
sides by long perpendicular forcing | bottom of the jar was coated with a black deposit, when whens ony. 1 acre E 3 is planted annually, yet 
houses, under a network of Black Hamburgi the honey became moderately clean. In all m moderately | ex hrs deir enr allowed beri ener to plant aud 
Bends down beneath the weight o the na open sw x modes n strong stocks in June, p. Ed ennett, Osberton, 
taken in July, will be of a passable colour, and the The Weather in Yorkehire. On Thursday night, the 
ES ure pavilion are many very fine Apricot | metropolitans — therefore enjoy Serle pleasures that | 20th inst., severe frost Set in RE herm er indi- 
* ee ees planted in the open ground. In the | arise out of bee-keeping as ven if they cate of frost at 6 in of 
f 7 o k ese forcing houses, and for more than 80 feet | and then have D — that the. honey ie » v; Wight and 10° at 7 o'clock. A clear sunny day followed w 
Pi ength, are several ranges of hot beds for growing | enough to pd eir friends, It is t|a considerable ‘mount of lightning in the evening. 
pev 2 and early plants requiring heat. This rid of es and erased straw from the Dahlias, Calceolarias, Verbenas, and all soft-wooded 
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xtensive wx arden is almost entirely enclosed by | catal * ent 8 Nothing like boxes of things were a ‘bat i wreck. ba night 
n high w Il, literally covered with choice el ers jw ble capacity and double E iih stock them — o frost, which ed cut up Chrysan- 
ri trees, in pest heatth and e a 3 E there need inis * s Apr ven, no | themums, s Kn enia Ugni, ces A 
t „some distance behind the forcing „ ACTCSS rming, for two tea years, or perhaps never tolerable fall -p M o — Series, and severe frosts at 
tl mmis i - salir; ig "instead of « cu | lon he Sa ow ss Sonday n ights. This night 
„ the trees 8 Ibs. or 10 Ibs., bo 20 Ibs. t ee m Te onday) snow ont oa qni 
themselves yon comé to a gr eh hl deserves | taken 1 5 alor he m a am LA of | ca ing & of frost. Dahlias and bedding plants were in 
Be e name of a Rose garden, containing a were e time. Sides Hibberd, Stoke Newington ona flower on the aig of the 20th and it was a fine 
more o" 500 different artib of diik. Lar; 'onstrous Cardamine.—We have received from Mr. | mild day. W. Dean, B iford, Yorkshire. 
masses of Rhododendron ponticum, Azalea cuts, Wheeler, of Chelmsford, the following interesting ac- Weather in Staffordshire Thursday, Oct. 20, therm, 
