Ша, peng the case the decomposition of the fertilising | a "iue t plant, and as under these circumstances it looks 
y US THE GARDENERS' CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 235 
sm ore e rapid and uniform, y like a poor starved ТО; Е Rhubarb, this шау 
Та mom, ог йз) арреагапсе is far better than 
de tile p ы Sreet Verbenas are plants that every л җе shor 1 | рге] he plant among some 
; but it is very odd how 1 tained fi land f tl who saw it; few way 
E in striking them at firs ted. his increase soon тераўз the expense f id j 
юр way I know т the ESI is to ia either ls xe ш еж air pipes. He also states that in the enc Ew in the open ground. A better id it might 
The best ed shoots, and plant them in soil as usual, | of the Vine the ripening of the fruit is greatly accele- — been obtained from a singie leaf cut od a good 
tro 
hat Be ten А 
is the most certain method, thoug h e yu. n which cde experiments. were conducted blades m the leaves on a fine plant in the Royal Botanic 
2m consists o d lay (argilo-sa нун үн rdens at Kew, last MA as qe more than 4 feet 
| фиш, eg grows much the quickest. The dif- from. 13 dis Er Айша: „деер, resting on a subso eg nor and eif h in diameter. The 
2 is, that it must be kept moist and warm, and ded pe ebble- wid ence is inco onspicuous "hd arranged in a dense 
тм іа of ше field is another brook, арад cone-shaped mass, which is almost hidden eps the 
T Verbena ену де elights in n "s Thi le aves. Тһе plant is a ШШ of Chili, and Mr. Darwin, 
certa Шу, yi one of rom ost į tion w dr the duin subsoil, made “ The Natural History of the Voyage of the Beagle,” 
his whether the beneficial action of the a air iré атн; not | says hat he has seen it there with leaves 8 feet in 
Those used to have | be owing di It v will налету attain а size as great in 
a child grew in the border all summer, | water. The field contained rather more than this country, ту ti th of " 
the nursery window sill | an ad. been in eii — wes but pia plan of the folia age. Fro 
dies you iL ог returns, а out six m [M me ten we e that t the inhab itants eat the 
eds on the|of s „ Mess SSTS, Fichtner placed four air talks as we do tnose of Rhubarb, that they obtai ain 
n quite | de deg о eir bita: бану black d dye from the plant, and 
nd best with a little erect sucede was s 2 inches. Тһе teld. thus бас was leather. ,, Whether it will ever become an economie 
i Хог window gardeners I am begin- | div ided into „а number of be ds, e |P a question which cannot yet be 
is i robably grows too slow € hy would 
occupy dn mu in room for such a pur It needs 
only a slight уок tenog winter, Paeh is a fact 
elt. For growing plan d tl | very much in its л 
cold, qp in well drained pin = bit gin a hend whilst the other iet rh ter-| Red River Fru f Tree. —In the fir 'st volume of Мг. 
quite believe this daily | minated in an air tank, the sides of which were of ES elo expédition wes the Red River, he 
prevent many dropping Verbena leaves, | masonry. eaks fre quently оЁ the Me- aska- tu-mi-na tree 
ре meg buds—results of a sudden The surface of ground furnished wi inage ( Аш canadensis), aid 
r dryne he furnace - а нн of the of very Sa Meore fruit about ihe size of а Bla 
too, to lad йг чүч des great | pipe was intended to show that the atmospheric air | Currant. "s adds that in some parts the tree itelt 
; 74 is во регр ав to | could reach the fire by passing through the soil. То IN vas „20 fee t high, Is this tree known 1 ИП Еп gla nd, and 
wai If one says dani ps s water | prove this the opening at the e extremity of tl 
rou agh, the saucers being es ied | qom was completely closed, and also the furnace and 
„ in such a way t i: do air could reach 
glect does come, sound not соед with б чүш ОР ihe four 
о be just 1 do 
f it has, it might make а useful „addition to onr 
кси i 
A iuste baud 
y 
pi ihe support combustion except by 
росны red porous Rod ров по опе ei че soil under which the pipe ү mm {о | than a variety о oA dor oda he common Snowy Media, 
egislate—a couple of hours in a hot the fürnace was buried. The fire however burned | which may be had of "wd s the nurserymen who sell 
sun or in a windy place may дек ыл а dry | perfectly vla throughout the da To burn ms) trees and shrub в for the fruit, which we 
tan n a moist damp place, проп |10 lbs. of wood in 2 vami wou! йа require | have не tasted, we сап pe nothing in its favour, 
it may во happen that they keep moist | 8000 cubic feet of а air, and this vould have to traverse alton ч; gh, had we e been as hungry as Mr. Hinds, it is 
erbena, however, at any rate should 108,000 lbs. of soil before it er ach the furnace. ld have been of his opinion, 
siad in the late autumns, when similar гео, „though le ess active, must take pren rs —In answer to the queries of. “ Excelsior ” 
unding the pot should provide it | place wheneve (p. 238), I beg to say that the largest of the group of 
nd the Myr rtles | should be we Н of the air in the drains and that of the atmosphere, “ Picea. Ceph: alonica ” aree is—height An feet, width 
and aboy: ыт from Sisi e citum that have been made it has been тни) экооно ра irth of stem 2 feet 8 inches, 
und that a difference of this kind takes place at least | They ar 08, oest, o young, 
is in 24 Е ours. "M. æger remarks that wherever | рау b Boen planted out, small seedlings, in 1848. No 
e тс MN M a furnace exists, its fire e may be цве efully employed i in | э mA arae е їп 4 gea where the ey are of 
ON T fertilizin by means of air er size. nnom, 
" ES. мо and that ганса might thus make good use of their ate Flower Z at Ghent.— Toe. хною; 
hot thouse fnrnaces for improving borders and other occurring, as it does nat 
parts of their gardens. 
T 
К at Heitzing, near 
new 
s ye intense interest es the aen 
System of culture, i 
of Belgium, y by. amateurs an d NIS 
men f (1h E 
g be passi 
his consists in placing lobi ti ги nd thus гак whon es strenuous «йог o be well represented at 
ls pierced with holes тй x LM lar s oxygen, an of t И m this pra gathering. It See the күс al patronage 
ughout the mass deter ermine the changes effected in these espects, = the pou and everything that can be done to render 
e A the i worthy of such distinction, and 1o give it. a national 
E its advantages are numerous пиа mparatively with that of the atmosphere, T e: s importance, is done by p President i 
ou q— ас found, "aie several days uninterrupted heating by ne k and oe, vd the Eia a з н ,being the c 
which th lati 
e pipes, are furnace, ү go je iiie HA s ation ien eiie ht bo ons sidered Же [Бп iara «поо of the 
ered | 
төс actly the sai e atm As MM 
bemid em. The (21 per cent. of oxygen, and 79 of nitrogen) and con- the pea I бо now to Даке à us RE remarks 
aid depends on the | tained in 10,000 parts 12:80 of carbonic acid. Two upon s such plants as showed superior cultivation, and 
| Ча ; not kept up tubes | V First, then, as 
ans of the | pad only 20-88 per cent. of oxygen, and contained | scene the plants. On enter ing the exhibition room, 
in it becomes 20799 of carbonic aci idi in 1000 parts; and from four о) шу attention was directed to some Dente. specimens 
т the mE ә bi six ы, үү the йге was let out, they foun MN i лэш a argo Лок Pr кр ш; - 
x f carbonic acid; 
Eee „than usual, aid are onus atem = ч ку кєз nd 38.73 рег ight 1 foot 6 inches oming as and about 1 foot шоп} well 
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ed die E circulation of air | only found 4 per of carbonic acid in 1000 of the air zo borders ap miden rur were 
а ra anke, | in the atmospher а size between 
у ride cerit ars “ ж pro oduce 5 temirda acil even taking into Я e ni бар some of the bulbs. had thrown u up several 
tinued drought, the эбе ася "^ the Га ecount th - due to the working of the soil i apuro афа T. E He к 
ми он = & | laying the олдо E nns of не рес тя OR un maed 
of the external air, and | nt «ndo oy year ш дона the Tesu alts 5 е kno i Camelias, whioh are favourites with the Belgians, and 
supply of m hich [игш increase was observed in the yield of. 6а 
рУ of moisture which they | Beet. On the estate " Totis in Hungary, where | Pey arr » 
passing thro ough sour soil causes the | е 
› 80 that where only bad herbage 
е finer Grasses can be produced. : 
ore particularly observe aii ex eriments which are being made shall have been ды wed upon them t that поб а leaf or flower is out of 
m һу ground, which may thus be changed |. n ied on for a кобое pho of time. Gartenflora, рор. А этә аи gaini се эйт: grent Pep ct 
Pil leing always kon "ed 1860, abridged im the Journal de la Société dI | Loy odes ede hand at uy gri eed cipally 
і, can be more ma 5 mie 5 and fom its | culture, Paris, 1862. ш Cam „пшр je € one of the most дра 
(е accumulation of муран cultiva POET DRE S C ELE f asuros об the Mie ; stir 
че earlier i ‚ ЖЕ" дш laced at the top i. 
mproved produce Home ерове, | its symmetry and. сопвїйегаЫ], marred the h harmony of 
9 е verystrong,| Gunnera scabra.—On ассо t size of it arrangement. Next in point of the 
There is о» оте по id голасе this is one of the ists efetive e plants that can | Azaleas; two stages re шу tho wh whole] зр 
š and hence a considerable | be used Meu. Nnnc n lawns. Although it has| of the room were filled. with these plants, an 
been for some me in enltivation I we it| ith the Å ўзан n) ete тош [^ bear poenam 
more energetic in their action | lowered it co ques D be EE: propag and i t to our summer exhi- 
way than in that which | therefore hardly so ya ыл ке Specimens 
he reason of this being, | asit deserves to be; v, ронена «зы, seeds | Kia co and for t this early sens of the year 
E the aërated soil is | in this country, and бефо plants w lsoon Бе more f they were well coloured. Scarcely Аче ай but а ers 
hout its thickness, and | plentiful, The Gunnera has been publicly exhibited 2 could be seen from one end of the stage to the other, 
