[ТАхтАЕҮ 11, 1862, 
ua siksa CHRONICLE Anp AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Gentian (Gentiana verna), is з well|the stem of one of these plants. - Теве р plants 
x o - tg лот phares, 1 although it does not | were both nearly allied to our British form 
und H а 
h while trying if it 
t 2 е rally appear till March, and the blackbird ала | —would it not wort trying it, too, 
2 Pe th rae tdi pris s ЕСЕ vult hrush тр 8 heard аара sweetly. Unhurt by | would succeed better in heat than it does under cool 
фо ked as if only Just — and yet all were the sa frost, the long delicate fr onds of the Maidenhair Fern са 
снаи v Pests appear t dn dee нө ема m fully cultivated in the stove than in a cool h 
ive 1 the Water Avens (Geum rivale) iu ood flower. Тһе | Шу cultivate опзе or 
X EE Er UE node A ее € modest "es ens (G of the Spring tz SEE NE Ж па), frame. There is, for exa ample, Asplenium marinum, 
d 4. ас ез E: 
чая prr a Pech ну" Aes ота e EXE zu. > * e. Р, Т. ; Foot | four times as large as the finest native specimens, I 
hav 
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i rder. 
ondes and gene v arrange erbe o^ iffer nt species | a 
every where a 
ws Yell, T ou p "M NT 1 Qu kx ur we Ld an |glossum under these pieno but it is evidently 
i tse i 
river sep tn Paris кта Jes у =: à (i xem 
ае of keka ertet ILE йә vi з ч е чег and A fam mily or pu buds ei orld, а Sp nl tho ex we have tans gora om 
est а d much public favour, and F or be xS a experi cceed if 
ea houses and gardens where {тате liers n Ар esi im ion ied, either by а т dormant бам mes T b fairl deae С. W. : 
arge | spores, that же often find th "Ens nt, unknown to the —Your correspo С 
: n dent “W. C. E^ m 
und i ts way into one | see wen 1f he he comes "this way, a house for the growth 
extent of ground is devoted to the culture of Pears, E 
t de di mitia there only until some | of Mushrooms quite as good as need be. is 24 feet 
Plums and Peaches, a sketch of which I күкне EET E „ы pe other rson n who knows its | long, 11 feet wide, and 63 feet high, with a walk in the 
wu I know | centre 3 feet in width, and two beds 4 feet wide on 
botto i 
Iam at present busy filling glass cases with various value, sees it and i е : 
fF of se rdens where unique окса of Ferns | either side; the Seco; 
e ot Bem е oo E iu of bult чч exist— MA. e it has never been attempted to ic en Tas 3 feet from the . Мез 
soon д ds will ropagate, and no which other ffected a n 
pe a ie ^" » ready — might be enriched P them. М көш presuming to be | о and return pipe. This house, tow 
sal iip us p wal supplied with Mushrooms all the 
ho really study their profession con ar round, and notwithstanding Mi vi demand from 
amore who could not give some little scraps of in- the] kitchen, I could now go and cut 40 dozen of Mush. 
ETE EE, ormation which would be not only interesting but rooms. On referring to my naki book I find that 
valuable. Th ere are ints connected wi ith the intro- we 
THE YEAR 1861 AT egs HEATH, Кз ‚р де а Mushrooms. As regards culture, I leave that to 
SURREY. | efgrowtb, d iptions of little details of treatment | M: ‚ Ingram who Ux Hr more skill and experience in 
oss d pac I may, however, just a 
to geta g 
them for you ires I leave. I am glad ч Ley that 
the Albion has 
D ure 
from average topics the p a dr could give mori, Der that I get m m Mr. 
Wind. Weather. аіх зема mation. While at the same time ee ia be an апа that I taven aimam found it good. J. Dell, Sto ke 
+, above; eg ual number of subjects upon which ght like to | Rochfort e -——— „1. 
—, below. TN — ba ur Muir forth зт might| Саз res —Hav ing noticed a state menti in your 
as l as to hi mself. paper to the effect ** that ie is no gas stove to be 
Mean height of Ue til Am fi enh ^i 1 b 
4li „01 iher upon for use in reennouse, eg 
Жады | Days. T ; та ones | while write, spon which 1 А be very thankful leave to poi attention to “ the Patent He at Dissemi- 
Winds. | Days. |Mean height o ofthermometer: Iw 
|| Highest in | "Wir 677.29 1°.1364+ | [ле —— Es m stems of some E а Tree Having one in my shop, and having seen onè 
i 18 PI Д, exam uisi i e found two or three эр i this and last winter in a friend's greenhouse, I 
llowi 
г е wil 1 Ъ 
"ow 5 | Lowest . тт due sm паі holes (usually б m son fat triangu- | feel some Ne rcd in making the fo state- 
S.E, 10 |Mean tempera | larly), just below the point of attachment of the base | ment. The Patent Heat Disseminator is a gas stove, in- 
8% е: Баар, ES » 0525 ro Lad of the stipes. These holes 4, in size; generally the | vented by Mr. C. R.W essel, of London ; it requires no flue, 
wW.. 9 {Number of days t de have seen them nearly the | and is so constructed as to be perfectly free from all 
N.W. | 36 | which rain, ас eighth of an pss in dia eter, but most of үш аге noxious effluvium ; it affords great warmth at a sm 
fell ..  ..  ..191 days3. + | Baie smaller. They ar E seen in Cyathea canali The heated air given off is so pure 
Ditt ihoni, Augus. | enlata Need the Mauritius), Уаш, by Ыш: off the as not to cause “a leaf to fall, ‚Ог even turn colour; M 
Wettest ditto, November. silve: the п С. elega ns; -— he 
Highest Winds. суан саа Жем mining some dea | has all eases given perfect t satisfaction, Тыз p 
Jánuary 96. Range of mm ig [inches E — which мыт еса on the sides of Chrenee Ful, сочи the great set nr required for small 
Rangeofthermometer, ` | Fernando Po, and are now preserved in the Mus f greenhouses. C. B. Dunn, Seedsman and ist, 10, 
February 21. 79°.5 10.33 — the Royal Botante erii v Kew, m found t that "the St. James's Street West ston- super-Mare. [If there is 
March 8, 6, 7, 11 NER n ко | orifice communicated ne ai little closed chamber, as » no mistake here the stove in question is important. 
19, 19, 20, & 21. hig! inches 30.48 linches .095 — | e, st within the these cha mbers wer But we should like to вее its odis ona do reenhouse 
| кка 19. Barometer К in form and of н roce the no plants 
August 3, .. inches 28.91 |inches .145 + orifice. Now; I — ee to know what sd having been removed in that time.] 
September 14. YE IE - Ehermometer |h ey perform—what is use? No one who has) Neaľs Pastils (see р. 1136, ). 1861). —I quite agree 
' tho sun . .. 99°. 2.3 — | Studied Nature ever so diccre can doubt but that with what your Correspondent “J. R. T." np j 
November 5, 10, Дея 2.3 — they козы some purpose; but what that purpose may specting these. І have — jur н great ca 
12, and 14. Ton. Ж = RAN | Бе, I candidly confess І cannot imagine. Тһе only three or four times, and in case they have pear 
87.1026 1.56 — | plausible ic сена that ever occurred to me was that they grea „деа al more harm sk dk: n the firs deny 
- рег а 6-light Cucumber it with only half а 
W.F. H » а Weybridge Heath, Jan. 1 the. mud E the aërial roots upon which Tree Ferns рав, 4 sf ies Se dice ned, 
pe atender depend so ш ах see ki ma Som me o of our leaving. most of the insects alive. "Тһе мейн trial he 
readers may able urnish us wi tity f Verbenas, 
Home Correspondence. information, or some botanist whose works I have to my great disap nre ment next morning they were 
Growing.—As the maiis Horticultural Society never seen may have explained their mission, in either | nearly as y eeps. Itis right to state that 
u ов prizes for the heaviest speci- | case I ет be very glad of information on ће point. | the pastils were iul allowed to prae in the pits а 
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Gourd 
mens of G it would not be mpeg md toi б раш! bg common Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum Mg m) short time. have a quantity of them by me, but not 
how far, or if in any way, in crease oi = те йс plant to cultivate. is this? гар І use e pon as 1 consider 
ucting т. in his * kn — k of British Ferns » says, them injurious to an es 
means of a piece of rag inserted in de dere p “It is one of those which seem to derive ben et. | desir d of injuring SN sale ud теь ап pe icle e, oi 
the Continent this is commonly done, in the firm belief | from the shade of iii) herbage, ad i in conse- the até entee can шине a pastil that "n il 
that the size and bulk of the fruit may thereby be| d nesque neatness i is inimical to it." ‚ Actin ng insects as effectual] Tobacco and not 
pe (oy any desired extent. When quite a Hoy ubo 1 this suggestion I it would be a Abodi to басе pe 
used to A pe^ een in this manner, E wit Ормон! ossum roots were planted, with the common it was Ме than Tobacco. J. B., Cagthorpe.—— 
то or er 7 LE i. m to consume a good Sunc comes x would look more neat and serve Some time ago I procured Ee packets, each containing | 
C thai ААД, M a а RUN when pu^ time | | the same Ж” e Grass among which the six deos for trial My house is а low span-roofed 
280 ridicu! fesis e етт о le, | plants originally grow. ied many plans, but never one, 54 feet long and 13 feet wide. Intending to test 
er. In my boyish zs ям: sein iius de mii Нат on. It will ! llected th t Dr. placed on th Ц peines тет тт от. ye 
grow Я у 1 ion. will be recollected that Dr. placed on the floor at regular distances apart, Ассо 
with the success «ау т to te no account Seman in the letter published in these pages ing to the directions I lighted three а ls and waited 
ue rra Aa te r was absorbed by the | describing his voyage to the Fiji аз 0 т, a the result outside. When consumed the house was 
m fa ois pai j ond give my attention T MP variety of the Ophioglossum which he owing in quite full of smoke. es entering I found the sensation 
: once more, certainly utis у | the Botanie Garden at the Маш КЎ Mp tikling bu ut agreeab e, the smoke causing such. - 
ormer process, Two basins full of wa d | was "igi фен sent Dun 
ced - by side, а the one connected with the Curator, to the Royal Garden P ow “Те " di nsect үз сей З * Coming that ^ 
he other not, would soon decide the mE е frond upon dn та p not e$ again aft of 40 px I 100) = in to watch 
| і О. 
= ерау the test of shelf Tear the iuri in the vid 1 
pro pied. х ced inde м which he price of 
ЕР О iu decur lcu " y i msn , icai n and the froud, which had looked rather теда when P lb. of Томесо; t the ordina Ely ж га жөн 3l 
үе ва U for my house, E 
а rere or winter:—Evergreen Oak, green colour. Six months а not passed away before peer din ce The er ny — м sd mam in death к С 
аа Viso к Oak, ra n r Onie, Pinaster, Г that алабер regia се han a dozen fronds. Та the less effectual, ver 10 t M e disagrconlile е tban 
еа гав пиз ваше sasise те Jupes pcs nts which were Tobacco. Many condemn the use of Tobacco by their 
Pops, Å ripae о no 
ый eni, E mm er phae, Holly. Ash, been done to disturb the soilin which they had been Seid of the Satis reb i 5 ей again. Р.В. 
Mildness of the den C n West Freland n аг cultivated, and we were much pleased опе Acton Hall, Notts: [We hope it will be observed that — 
Primrose is frequently even now t E i бы, а - d mone i of an Ophio- we have never said one word in favour of the invention] - 
1 glossum making their appearance around Mistletoe on the Oak.—Until a few years since, aplant 
