THE dr sro CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
rE 1 
[DECEMBER 31, 1859, 
lira upon the wing is ihe . which | 5 pe 1 the localities to whose welfare they are mos :| cient degree of moisture can easi ly be ] kept by 
with the first peep of dawn, cawing and flop pn g hi owing chiefly to an ignorant impatience for vos sults wilen in ling the fioors and heating apparatus several 
the ay: The parroquets » follow =) vast companies pue ring their v, 5 nature must be p ospectiv. he fact is over-looked daily. Regulate the admisso of pen 
and screaming in exuberant exci €: _ Nex e cranes a that sucb foundations are designed not for individual ben efit, e 3 air 80 as to have 
Saai, hich fly inla e des ing pl rick at sunset, but for the collective advantage of communities by the gradual a gentle current all times through the hous 
i the branches on which they hed passed the night, application of science to aterial development. Objects at | increased, of course, by day agreeably ith j 
waving their wings to d umber them of the dew; a first despised and insignificant become sources of colonial! state of the weather. Gradually ad tes 
stretching their awkward legs behind, they soar away in the | wealth under the auspices of the botanist; and, on the other | ^: bé türe d 5 1 y vance the 
— 58 — € a ES E. seaska The and, productions upon which the prosperity of a Mad may ae ab temperature to vig eos to 65° y the f 
songste s fo tation to t to n and decay in sence | time snes flower 3 
— in Es bird ere seule) nd dis * w Y oriole, 
the p „ The j * o. 5 in the dense cover, | one, t 
shouts his reveille ; not with the shrill clari: f his European | co n 
type, but in a rich melodious cull, that ascends from the depths | moment, 
of the valley. As light increases, 
pigeo 
y ui 
is wise 7 12 d petat 
CA 50 NN explored 
tii per ake, 
3 17 
he } 
the future. arg i ~ eat dte injurious effects any ben ee, cheek 
to the snow in action will produce on the coming 
$ 
s mal cl 
ith their plaintive ey which pa rs lec f fruits and ts of all kinds, for mie | crop. ‘Dring succession Vineis! into wor 
the distant lowing of cattle, Theswifts and swallows sally forth | museum of botany, should take upon himself the poen rof a | Late Vineries in which Grapes are still 
as soon as phere is sufficient war! ath to tempt bow minor insects | library and the formation of a hortus siccus for consultation and will require fires daily and air suffici 
abroad; the bulbul lights on the forest trees, and the li ae reference. These duties, together with his furent CORP espon 1 1 or 
gem-like sun-birds (the humming birds of the iia t) qu uiver on | dene exchanges, the reception of scientific 1 ae „the louse an ry; remove decay 
their fulgent wings above the ope ning. flowers. * i journeys of himself and his assistants to explore ountry leaves, and well protect the roots from frost. Fi 
during the first five hours of day tr and collect botanical specimens, and cap gee publications to | Gra e "s ling is found 
literally to teem 8 5 life and 8 he 17 — die wi ith excite and sustain popular interest i — 
e woods resounding with the simmer 
asti 
qt; =A thee earth * with 2 form of living | can fai] to 
ng | cons 
colony properties. Praca Hovsrks.— 
aches 
yeap | B e benefit of such labours if judic idua sly dis which have been forced ! for several 135 oftentimay 
E as the to the meridian the scene charged. But the dissatisfact hich casionally mani his more es 
83833 SEES i x Si than the fested itself in i OA arises not alone from a want of due} Yet 
— ful i mi^ succeeds the os of the early | appreciation of the leg —.— duties of intendent, but xd > 2 
T URN eclines nature recovers from her O from an unreas le expectation of services not legiti- | VO remain d 
languor ind exhaustion, the insects sinh n Sutter's across the | mately wit his pueris ince. A knowledge o ic , | When therefore such is the case the trees will be 
PA E m ea sh s — apon the ing, and | horticulture, forestry, PT, toxicology have each | benefited by well thinni 
e larger mals saunter oder ver, and ay | been demanded, as well as the philosophy of climates, the thal Gand eh favi 
in the direction x the ponas pet. pentane: The Dave re- | geologic nature of rocks and 38 755 pe S, i seb ail se DNE SNO 
s his suspended journey, and the husbandman, | and the ccono s abits of anim: it onsiderable number wi 
impati ient py ours of fading night, tens to| is within my own knowledge that fn the Coftes planters casualties. Svri 
resume the interrupted labours of the morning. The birds there have been remonstrances to the local government as to m is ready to 
which had made distant excursions to their feeding grounds | the propriety of applying public funds for t E aintenane e y 
.are now seen returning to their homes ; the crows assemble | an institution from which, in regard to their pue ca they Te night temperature 
roun wile ed to dabbl the r, and readjust their | had failed individually to obtain assistance in c ction with | increase by la 
epe t e retiri. 1 5 ight; i wr parroquets settle with | the ont ue sore "à A tar s generous eduction ma may, E ission of ai 
afen: pice on the crowns of the m tre eir ou more or less familiar 8 les, ven 
ests; eA ue 3 and sea birds, wit s weary wing, retrace if a scientific botanist felt diffident in propounding opinions or 50 eee, D andi if w intel early’ € 
their way t ee r b ^ 1 alude y some solitary water- etta ing directions in i5 ble to them, et peculiar 5 nts eekly. 
course or ruined tan ves t advantage ifying the views or 
‘Sinks, a: neo f Fiat ing the operations of ornare, So charming is the sph R GARDEN AND SHRU BBERIES, 
ps into bee 2 re "eR 
htf: Tad 
twilight iade icd the crepuseatar me 
the 
of his ed that those who cannot esti 
t 
ere 
tance 
iable to 
and animals except he value of their ostensible paying a 
awaken from nage mid-day torpor and pre die o gm joy 1 their | ignore PA epee utility i A is contemplation 1 their ern and nea s. The bedding stuff, however, 
nightly revels. e hawk motbs now D the pla f the | menta Ae But vation and e can x 4 1 > hi bss: 
gayer butterflies, nich withdraw with the [d ot Tight; fail to diss Tals e expec Ganons: ahd lo okin cont attention, for in all likelihoo y things are s 
innumerable beetles make short and uncerta’ he | trans: itimal . of Ceylon, ang the future nich! is alread y|from damp, and such plants as appear to 
deepening shade, and in pursuit of them and th . — ae een * Sca ~ rever i 8 85 vietion is — aun We t no estab- uld be removed to other quarters where 
that ent the dusk, the night-jar, with expanded j lishm ony is so essential to i 3 the t kènt tl 
-takes low rapid circles above the plains ai ls Dark- Royal Botanic peeps of Pee | temperature is kep cep the st 
ness at last descends, and every object fades in night and Iti s well nd fo or Area 1 men like the vell oe d, an nd the surface soi 
gA but still the murmur of innumerable insects arises t with E api 
the giowing X bus d whieh thay hve € | Men biis attacked dot mildew e particular in kee 
during the day, and cluster round the Man d 
$ Md sen across the grey zx the owl flits in pursuit 
ebrii in pits containing e the thor 
Sf the night moths on a wing so solt and downy that the Calendar of Operations. prie a 
air scarcely fts pulsations: 8 w dese or F 
from, the ret of the 1 the Cocos where she had had wed da oe (For the ensuing week.) all tr 
; ollow ften attacked by a speci 
steal alon saio 47: u 1 beri birds, are co 5 
Lean while, prse the Grass surprise data with T the ES on ta DEPARTMENT. 5 the ted trees 
— worm 1 her N. cg € from = shrubs and i ONSERVATORY, mix of soft soa 
s ue sho of fire-flies, w flash t to su th Us fi lant int iri 
: sparkle i in the midnight ea till 0 purge dl dom SRI Od I pl J PERTE Sip of » pow sm sina ne r^ 
‘P T: en 1 are | in most establishments, Care should be taken before 
l 15 are moved to sitting rooms to gradually harden | show that din arts of the tre 
fer tan 130" p tie seni de "xS them fo r two either by placing them in che Let t 1 5 lied h 
engravings of the EF airs "ui iata conservatory or an intermediate house. In addition that it may remain on for some tim d 
ori the —À in apt, there is little now l a ee te ener et gay Zia blooming plants, trees are na ailed; washi 110 IS 1 pa 
learn; but in his wild state we have nothing beyo tie 
: 3 changed by grouping the ‘ia ants somewhat differ- . 
few hanter” tales. The noble animal Pas at last found inr and adding a few nony ones, as —— ia the 
a historian worthy of him. During his residence in iest Palms, &c., for effect. Pa attenti STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, N 
andy Sir nnent had — „opportun e icd For the Week ending Der. 29, 1859, anobeerved at t 5 
crea 
the 
Plant indet, for daes blooming. fee should 
own and e waya 
kee 
g 
eans erforced to 
= 
x 
5 
8 
z 
E 
a 
8 
2 
e 
8 2 
a Y fags clean and health mber quie cue EE - 
oe of m airo — odia (ae iren rought forward will de nd on the demand and must | — em Eri 
«narrative. We must oware find 3 room for the follo v be tae sg nani A SEMEN BOTHE, ts, HERE 
med series a DD for forcing still out of doors shou Jd have some protec os | 2 3 x 
k weather re- our emove them to 410 A 1 
apos ed ler rendered sensclos fom feu uy any Spare house till wanted. eke Hyacinths, &c., | Wea. e i b! z 
e native ts asserted, feigned death in order to | Should Le iain: A a frame, as they now begin to roe 
1 8 80 tween | grow, the giae ate down to th A a 
bor wap eren n — ogee wee sight conn ed 5 na torche, | Surface of | the 55 to dem. nt them rooting upwa Emm peg 
beg T Aeg, t ix it [M 755 go on, . Md. sank to the Mignonette an Neapolitan Violets will require abun 
ne the 88 dance 
of light ‘and air to keep them from damping. As 
* —— as dead, that ho ane cxx to severe weather may come} Z 
araso = n 
eman by whom | pits, fomes P should it occur. As with t cep- RECORD OF TEE casing We 
5 tion of forced plants most other n are sow in an _ During the last 34 years, for the ensuing 
and e state, the eden + nt houses shoul 
„ screaming at the fall to its ö © Saeed with the safety of January. 
e long after it had their vari 1 
EH E gal 
Rained. 2 
ag o oom 
inmaíde, - 
A ore pey commercial products of —Pi pen often deßele iut e in flavour at this 13 
1 offe, which though an exotic has now lich i5 improved by exposin FID6UID 11 
become o largely 1 ir ih Nat arci to Mr. fruit to a the light you can command pep ving but S 
uson, an excellent authority, there were in 1857 little w A 1 kewi i TE H 
good supply of air is iewi fec en! 33.5 
e ^ 2 vfi — 3 producing on an at al od for pis flavoured fruit, and more th The highe E the above 
Veragi ` ve ee ? an ever necessary at this time. Continue an increase of Medi Nn. pci na yin, fni qum. 
3 ed labourers, Upon this sn wanted to start, employ ug it prin- M 
Fern . Vis E Ty full information, | eipally by day. " Attend to linings for Pines grown in 
3 3 — the te 101 dung pits and nd keep the atmosphere i in which they grow | 
Notwithstanding the length to which this notice has | areen a LY, VINERY.—Às soon as the banclies can be 
extend however than so important a 
af | removed, excepting such as m red for 
ha nave cannot conclude our remarks with ducing e wood nex T Pit these is k 
out expressing our hearty concurrence in the following importano MoET fr UM 
s —! view of the use of a Colonial Botani 1 — een liu: 
arden when under intelligent management, Speaki t T MEGRANATE: 
of that of Peradenia, which has : raised from ruin 5 basi th. Such shoots as have ih s than o ae ieee ate ripened por e 
oe . h : t real 
late | mee MM hia denth by firstly by the | ing z the one likeliest to form the bandsomest bunch, | be: owed on. 5 
* TON SUO nergy ing in n the e young s wood should 9 d car ne 
nent writes thus: 4 : Af 
: so avoid the danger of their breaking. Alter the bude 
i uu ur cd. [sé arteda few inches the syringe ma may be gradaally 
here object of such institutions, and withheld, as S 8 midit at this 33 W | 
gurators, sre are still imperfectly appreciated | times hinder both the foliage and bu and a suffi- too tender [y 
