| Avevsr 9, 1862.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 741 
rests the stro f d is better adapted | tt ff than their neighbours, | brought it is of little consequence. І co re this, 
Е E s ‚ country һап European Gras су) which аге =; wey It must take some time to | not by any means with a view of йерей x. kind 
river about half a mile in length, just zin completes | dry through во compact a mass, while a bath in a tub | of e mrs ars what I P y be held out to 
tbe category of wor rk at present done at em E at апу time soaks it through and =- it up for days. | Ње lager Ъ ut t beca effectual i in working 
which if carried out as commen nced will for i i asily; ever 
respectable garden. ` | thing with them easily о сошов апа goes - easily, If t A sdarah man is only & allowed 
]t would be unfair to 1 ject that itis sooner va but: it | to exhibit his refus a on € he had better not 
without. e {о the garden of atiis Cs holds after all far l dius se the water of pon exhibit at all; and exhibitors under those circum- 
is also a patron of вве, employing а French uk not soaked up flows, [o and thus à 1 the stane ces are few. an nd fa ar between. "There ar e not enough 
dener direct his work. In above demai hollows left amongst the so that the pl ud 
garden are e erected some glass houses for Pine Tu water. incial societies can afford to have grand s 
айдо, the only ones existing in n Egypt; with the "n believe this is one reason why things often grow hey gr te also to be able to afford the cot 
exce of this novelty there is nothing worthy of kie sand. Itis дие кадор aitable opportunities eei displaying their dinum 
: D notice ety close р Of сој in many things that blossom | produce, either by granting them a separate show, 
itted t g y otl fine tl we have n: oxi any need to trouble about | or by putting thém on such a footing in con- 
duced such ext and caution. It is the las en е. great show аз will effect the 
e grow and flower in а manner that Е that apoda require it. The Myrtles for instance, | objec! In numbers of country towns and 
боп from all who see poem and I never уеб Ше Rhododendrons, the Firs, the ,lvies, the three е: жей pe ‘gran nd shows are not attempted and 
d get a а lady away from this queen o | where Cot pis eed Meme have been got up, th 
without [бог her some racem ч E 9. fine magenta- vith advantage smalllumps of sandstone рө with | claims b e la ack 
гас{в have seen it ing a space of|the вой. Among these permanent plants w y also | ledg 
40 square feet, a perfect blaze of "Pa Peter Wallace, | class the Jas ШШШ nudiflorum, Öytisus, Daphne: of | parishes groupe ed together, or only a | single district, the 
m Green several sorts, Berberis, Acacia, and C ї pl 
(To be Continued.) for the most part in the winter and ddr spring ; : and score that they cannot have been prompted to their 
—————— Azal amellias and Ericas, when well covered in |exertions by other than a kindly feeling towards their 
frost, do pee as well ^ a * pi deal npe the|resident poor. In all undertakings of this kind, the 
or Gardeni "e * Belgian reenhouse," or in the window of a m|funds at the disposal of managers are necessarily 
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portant, oiher үт, $ed in windows sE for үза of emiten and often доа of the beer М of—how make the s go 
the little hanging greenhouses which w e been | ai: r they need. poss sible ? Miti is most usual to pq “2 two cit 
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seems to m about these which ют €—7 plants that we pm most ін select wint 
i , t to mismanage or neglect — two | stock. eer is P work, and often Merate ers a to prizes for ihe best specimens of produc 
Point, ia fact, of which window d d Md the|to keep up in autumn а Ше, r vele — to the latter must be added ex Lg gom the 
very mention—: —1 allude to potting, and still worse, to | plan Жат Ког А йы however, I ord | show—but which, if well mana ma 
most earnes stly. The little red China Te а the diminished by charging a mall а. to bas p 
so ce ever has had three window delightfully in а | admission, and by poo cim the show attractive by pre- 
to take care ust. be aware of their ге ү to ie without heat. They M. however, to be vailing upon the owners rers in the 
ted flowering now if we hope to have dui дык, to lend t маш for s occasion. Now it is of 
Two reasons сз tend to produce this ui blossoming in t mes г. E. A. M. ost frequent occurrence hat the eniries for the 
e en rizes are <А. few in comparison 
2 the whole num ped of cott age gardens 
Bey eco allo n е ше —— €: ithin the district arishes over which 
ат һе, so that when we cut off one-third of| Cottage Garden —We in vie ike d with the appointed judges of ui society have jurisdietion, if 
each new в op the lower part becomes bare, and Th and “admiration x the ет splays of|I may use the term. Three ur ind men 
| asort of bush of sprouts breaks out suddenly round | fi and fru xp Ноне Society's| have attained the knowledge pies habit ү pi ing up 
| "um ver the triump h:of|their gardens satisfactorily —they carry off ie prizes 
indow gardens it is а great sh ^ MN cote iue emiten; after year—the others cannot touch them, they 
diei always to, кз this ugly and irregular | o humble gardens and watch with hope, not un- try for a short time and then abandon all further 
gro of saving for — roter for the use of 
шр, от dwarf fruit t in pots, it seemed | tions; we may re egard with satisfaction our own little run fed - веч Тһе prizes тау, be stretched 
to me to be the most feasible wm for such pot plants | successes; we watch eagerly for © latest — ?|out to a fourt t et the 
also, Ihave tried it often, and many people also tell | of new plants; we are deeply int erested in knowing | great mA the mass, is left untouched. There i is 
me it answers well In this case you only pinch off| how many, and ice "rS the “ forthcoming brood” | nothi ing о vie or wrong in this, D is " t jus ust that 
the very end of a shoot that is likely to grow too long, of new Roses wil stand; we chafe under the dis-|the bes e gain Е 
or that is inclined to grow out without corresponding | appointments of а е R climate—in short E the | year агу year the Lorca the honour to ва Int 
айм зм near the stem. In all plants where the maipe doubts and fears beset us which more or the , the nu cad of 
does not depend on a good leader, this m ode 1 thin own gra чаан: їп Кее especial Е rticulars, and | compe etitors is also very often far too few, v, chiefly those 
we 1 when we balance our gardening accounts of pleasures | who have succeeded with their B rimari with the 
т-а runing ; where the leader is of importance v and regrets, we must feel that ey way the|addition of some whom the accidents of 5 
t must not be touched, and also we must |result stands we have а duty to perform, which, if done | situation, good soil, or a propitious din have enabled 
€ of E E T which blossom on the РЕ of the|faithfully, will add to the former and diminish mate-| to get fair crops and oem ti to try their sepes for 
hese, however, are noi at all numerous, | rially thelatter. This duty is чы fulfilled by simply |a prize. The earnest hope o той societies to extend 
Y petes тоте on the Jowg sida shoots, | admitting that the benefits o ne horticulture are their sphere of us vince to poin 
с method подно те uch, equal importance to cti x iu о їп their done, and to prove that. the good may be accomplished 
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reason that a plant n a pot must want a sort of close- | ciple Ж. 16 — res the direct xt aid за пера at all|this article, and as facts are more powerful than argu- 
packed food, like the meat in a meat lozenge. І аш |who capable of affording Шеш; calls з ments, I propose Le state as briefly as is consistent 
almost sure, « on the con tary, that the * quM handling" | t} as been done here by ben md 
Жаш {гайн чай y practised. else do fessional gard ith th , and 
i itl tion in devi t the tho Bleehingley t x мааа Cottage Garden Society 
са of whose pots there is a shrunk Em Lof earth far | best means in aiding their poorer ne iem ав where | held their fourth annual show in the m e Presi 
w the rim, and Teyi sn shaky? The nid may |they can aid themselves. Ha е Шу, the cene of dent for the year, Henry E. Gurney, Esq., P: en Nat- 
- have been „Soaked it was first filed y where there s good to | field, Surrey. Тһе show was held in a spacious tent, » 
bs iti ht Т Баба with a 80 f eet lo! ong by, 20 : Three tables, extending the 
empty space between the soil 23. pot, like т, good will, and nearly al ly. The cott he with cross benches at 
Fes ina wall built with new dry bricks to which garden has become an object « of interest and solicitude, side opposite tho А were entirely filled with 
се" > not ; but quite as often, perhaps, the | frequent g р aris! і р- 
aturi! уша in loosely and has merely caked n by i individuale апа more commo: пу by the fo rmation|tion of a collection of Ferns from Messrs. Ivery, of 
dryness following upon wetness, and thus of societies, whose especial care is to pro romote general| Dorking, and some boxes of cut flowers, chie! 
od fact, about one-third of the food it might amelioration by offering r rewards and pre for|from Mr. Cattell, of Westerham, nurserymen e 
br thei eir good culture and best specimens of th eir , produce. vicinity, who supply the patrons of the Society, and who 
а із really very essential to attend to such thing this that account solici assist in rendering 
рик Тһе great gardeners manage to have|of times and situations must of course ване the — attractive. Of the three tables the outside 
this plants h pots, and le wl tion"; entirely filled with cottagers' produce, the 
vd the Size. of pots—only we do not|for some years past been now ledged, that the number r of com s the ing and the number of 
TM us the same time to the well packedin soil|industrious labouring man RA qa a delight in his | sp е of 600. These two 
Anot} pinching system, saving a waste of growth. | garden is deserving not only of recognition by his] p: j 1 
Sid те, forgetfulness too, especialy і that is 
Where watering the plants has to be done by|or prize in addition to the actual reward his own парира! E the residen te vdesmen атас 
prevailed very fe ies indeed can hould | th about 250 
s upon to consider that a plant nearly level | not stop there, Ta while encouraging t those who ы. olet poe by the agricultural labourers, 
that is with packed soil firmly, nearly | already taking pains ly the resources within some being inhabited by the pen sies d cis 
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P im of the pot, and if shrunk refilled), | their reach to the vr eh of profitable culture, | deners, &c., who, by this Society, a 
а eo e x ran d We say generally | others should be induced to follow their example. Some | distinct division, and not allowed to 
let the water run of, but ір | provincial Horticultural Societies have established agricultural workmen, who form also a di The 
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Sur unless we are luckily i i t idered thy of т ваше st Lea s directed, in addition to the four best, to make 
бе EN, some moisture round the porous у covering as the pretentious M. sti Cucumbers of|a list of all find worthy of reward, classifying 
small po п that c case we really can hardly use too | the professional grower, зы жеге sem to be brought | them according to the degree of skill and care dis- 
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soil even if of necessity they —— унс | cottagers' competitions ^ fo left Ж, policier ; if lx he has | not making more classes in eac їз 
least content Ourselves with the hope that | anything to show he may bring it, and if nothing is | year, in the sente rudi ota Avi ision 12 w 
