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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Frnavanv 96, 1857. 
garden seats of Yew tree, tables, or Fern-cases zinc- 
water-barrow: ere they а nd all 
e A [reg large trade is done in syringes. You 
y have а German or an inferior English pen. 
costing ише and not good for nt lig 
syringe, fitted, and very inferio s eod 
English- ата article, having weight бар) е, 
modi of brass, and lasting for years—Cooper's 
patent, throwing а fine spray “for tender foliage, is a 
good thing of ms kind. But we must not stop too 
long in one e if we wish to inspect one-half of 
this attractive ia! 
Passing on we eome upon baskets. Here is the 
Princess basket, used by ladies in picking flowers, and 
used i den 
holding fruit and vegetables, or such things as weeds, 
stones, or rubbish of any kind, which may be gathered 
into these cheap and strong receptacles. А new 
industry of recent years is represented in these ample 
stores by a large stock metal and porcelain 
aths and crosses, representing such flowers as 
Asters, Camellias, Carnations, and Roses, and leaves 
of the Ivy, Oak, Rose, or Vine. They are all 
painted after Nature, and. some of them are artistically 
made and somewhat —€— anging from 
vate rooms, halls, 
made of dried 
as the white and pink Rhodanthes, 
Cape flowers, and Саре pin Арне resembling 
satin ribbons, and dried Ferns. Among the most 
istle heads 
fugitive, but the Fairy Flowers are m the бем 
surmounting the seeds i 
wire. The white Cape flowers may be hased in 
convenient i loose; and Statices by 
the pound, and many other kinds and colours per 
d, dozen, or per thousan 
The list of dried flowers, eh presses; and 
artificial plants and leaves is a long one, vem articles 
in this department filling ten pages of Messrs, 
nd perha the most interesting 
rs is that in че a number 
of women and girls are engaged in wreaths 
bouquets, weaving and tying Pl and 
blending them with Ferns and leaves, 
The 8 8 m are dri 
the premises, while & great many of the flowers and 
s in those countries which 
produce them. In this’ line we are much indebted 
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Agrostis pulchella Uniola paniculata, Stipa pinnata 
her cg Millet, Phalaris canariensis, Briza 
maxima, and В. етти and we will elose this long 
list with the remo 
In another 4 ment we come ynas Fern cases, 
Hyacinth mii vidas boxes es and aquaria, — 
here and very various in ‚ Size, and cost ; 
well as tal flower-pots in chin Wedgwood, 
` cotta, majolica, and other There 
ere, but too төр Е description. 
"Phe stocks of ered in 1 are immense, 
wn, or tulle, and 
med with images 
_ Sticks, labels, glass and jaista, санев for em 
kes for Dahlias 
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November 9. Bamboo canes are imported from the East 
Indies ; sticks, plain or painted and of € disci 
from бена many, in bundles of 100. Am requi- 
sites is raffia fibre, the best material к» 5 а апа 
is obtained from the Palm tree of Madagascar 
(Raphia ruffia), also Cuba bast, the best budding 
cotton, Archan 
cutting zinc labels; and Daisy gru 
Enives, lines and reels, and garden rollers, water- 
prove a welcome gift— gal 
tools required. They also import large quantities of 
French secateurs and pruning tools. 
We have not enumerated a tithe of what we might 
have done, but we have ж enough to show how 
n , what an extent of 
capital is invested in а pursuit which the unreflecting 
might think of but minor importance from a com- 
mercial point of view. 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
POLYGALA CHAMJEBUXUS. 
somewhat remarkable that this plant is not 
more "ioca met with, seeing the great number of 
ars it has been under cultivation, The first we hear 
a it is that it was cultivated in the Oxford Botanic 
mention а нет D calyx and wings of а beau- 
tiful purple li, who greatly admired this 
plant, has кы four distinct varieties, which he 
describes as follows :—“ One with white wings and a 
yellow keel, one wit а wings and the keel red 
at the tip, one wit 
yellow 
It is 
tinct genus, In the typical plant the calyx is com- 
of three nearly white 7 арк the two outer- 
mos ost petals 
showiest in cultivation, and as it continues flowering 
more or egr from May to October, it is found extremel y 
useful for 
ely in a partly 
shady spot; a few aes stones introduced around the 
plant are very bene 
ss we prefer cuttings, re taken off in 
have made sturdy little plants 
towards the next spring. 
MIMUELUS FREMONTII, 
This is a pretty creeping Monkey-flower, 
introduced from Santa Barbara in e iforni rnia, во 
eer 
shape of the leaves, and in the slender ршде 
stems, It forms mice fresh green tufts, rooting at 
the nodes or Nnm as it creeps along, and is maby 
very easil ; each of the nodes emits a 
few thread-like roots, which soon take firm hold 
when placed in fresh soil. The flowers are not by 
any means large for a Mimulus, though large for the 
size of the plant ; but their siae is amply compensated 
a 
for both by quantity and effect, the corolla being 
bright crimson and very 
Bigelovii and M. 
к, cultivation, p fro 
them we can assure b gets = Fit there is yet a treat 
in АЫ for them 
Pornrvracas, 
When well grown and planted so as to bloom in 
ses or onths, few mei 
piens exceed in bea auty the Portia Bei 
succulent plant abounding in sap, its roota aie Sine 
theless few, and delicately fragile; it is needless to 
say that the best ealtaral results vat be looked for 
parts of the island. Like the Sout} petis Purslane 
(Portulaca sativa), all the hardy annual species 
appreciate enriched, well و‎ thoroughly drained 
deep soils; and dislike crude lumpy soil in any form. 
Probably the charm of these im со pe in their 
prostrate form of growth, very large flowers, com- 
paratively speaking, and the endless variety P their 
lovely colours, Until recent years single-bloomed 
for ly existed; during recent years, however, 
double flowers have been raised which are reproduced 
varieties. 
minute seeds should be sown upon the bed or 
whereon the plants are to grow, or in pans and boxes 
or subsequent transplanting. My experience is, 
that excellent results have accrued from both. 
been said, to choose a w: ite à 
Manure and neatly dig pe over, Чын prepare & 
dding equal parts of sandy 
6 inches or кө we эе а Шыл row is be 
place such mpost elevated row 7 inches in 
depth iini: it is intended = mt shall be. Pat 
this down into somewhat conical shape, but with a flat 
surface. Sow the ен ‘ets about A 
very slightly cover with fine soil, When the plan of 
to bury the plants bey 
time of aapki), «е them in freely as 
I am adverse to late seed 
{тош self-sown seed, and to transplanting seedlings 
when too young, which is also a mistake frequently 
made, William Earley 
THE BOUVARDIA. 
w remarks on my T of adn gen: Es 
prove acceptable to some who have not met hers 
that success in the ي‎ of this p wi 
is not only possible, but easy of attainment. 
CuTTING-UP THE Roors. 
mic are done Mee cut err 
soil. 
if otherwise, into two parts. 
pans or boxes, fill them to within L1) inch 
through a half-inch sieve. 
roots and stems, and cov 
of an inch of the same со: 
has à : 
Melon-house is just the place. The young edi 
will soon show themselves above the ground, : 
with the leaves will appear the roots 
