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IHE GARDENERS . CHRONTCLG. 
SEPTEMBER II, 1875, 
ournal of the Association, Mr. LAWSON TAIT 
he results of certain experiments he 
the digestive 
principle or ferment, on which depends the remarkable 
power possessed Ld certain ce as ceps - "a 
Mr. DARWI E INT 
that 
possible to iced this principle Noni the plis кч 
5 So ies ту researches had 
ne he was able to confirm the vi en by Dar- 
hemical processes абое ed in animal 
and plant digestion were identical. 
—— Three or four years since there were some 
inquiries in our columns as to the History of ST. 
FIACRE, Һе patron saint of gardeners,” and 
how he e connecte th the pantera 
ft. Asthis estimable person may still hav 
craft. still 
v for some of our readers, we clip ihe e following 
e of him from the Gobe of Thursday las 
> E is one of the ‘ things R generally ode " that 
heres you hail а facre in the streets of Paris you are, in 
a fashion, addressin i i i i 
Nearly 
Saxo 
supply every part of i 
getting the islands, wit and religious men, 
whose names are still ed with а n of 
localities, institutions, a ys. FIA was 
born in Ireland towards the close of the year e 
went to Fra n th itation of the Bishop of 
as cd pg gst 
se i into the iod ern French cab, 
retaining. its ‘old name of s 
patron saint h cab and thi 
— week his Sete — was neg. observed 1 € 
The gardeners also t part in the festivities, for St. 
FIACRE is their patron = hys saint had a 
taste for flowers and a 
loved to decorate h 
»rilli 
practice which 
Dites ee guts re aed 
ER Lou анн еч to the- Daz 
A fom = Rue de Gramm ap че ith меа 
ест of Se nime phe as applied to 
"St. uc y from Ireland, was a 
lover of flowers, and instituted the first = in 
this country, he is therefore also the огыр saint of the 
In the 1 tury a t it 
be а ае t А а es let P deem out for 
e 
and 
r these cabs or coaches was in a 
wi Sn s shop erra S pedem, and d 
to St. FIACRE, "This is therefor 
hacre was given to hired vehicl cles. 
— The efforts of the Smitten, of of the STAM- 
: ETY to а first- 
may be expected. We are informed that the 
beautiful € e ten ч ч and in the г k 
prepared in com he wedditig of Lord 
BURLEIGH, will b bel left until ors the show. 
— The export of ee FROM GUERNSEY is 
said to be now assumin importance. About 
kets are being daily shi ied for the paren: 
оо 
viii on board the South-Western Company's 
steamer 
OR — ALNIFOLIA is one of the most 
lange nd. гапу 
should not be forgotten. — Athough the 
called alnifolia, the resemblance 
Alder we can call € 
Species is 
s otage to 
although there is perhaps a general likeness, e 
ee ends of the branches, and. 
$ 
are oblanceolate or nearly obovate, the upper half 
furnished with pointed teeth ; and the white fragrant 
flowers are in Саніна racemes about 6 inches long. 
the Bulletin of the Society we learn 
that th ae Soci peer mee DE Paris has 
warded a prize of 1500 fr to Messrs. VINSON 
Мон for the Success essful четт зр апа cultivation 
ze. 
f 300 francs for "his work, 
EN Etudes sur des car epiac and esum 
rst-class medals were awarded to various persons for 
services edes ered in connection with the introduction 
and cultivation of Cinchonas 
—— Mr. W. EARLEY, Meier Ilford, has jo 
us specimens of the “т ot-balls" of t 
weet Briar, the mes "Y of which is “apparently 
much more powerful than ordinarily exists in the 
leaves, 
—— We lately ohael s following verse written 
on a window England Hotel, imme- 
diately under a pane Gat. had been inscribed with 
tographs :— 
x — ee € chance to 
written on ris glass, 
Be: sure die owns ы diamon 
And his parent owns an ass.’ 
us such caustic verse is s m as a deterrent to the 
who are so prone to cd their initials on the 
pues of noble trees, = it i 
meet ete to oT -— so 
dis gee LO "Y to shame all "wis 
ics es aer sach a fashion 
— The Guernsey Advertiser states that at t 
present Per two A 
one at the residence of Са; р 
the other in the plantation between the Castle break- 
water and the London Brewery. 
Negotiations have ш been бал Het D 
the Bs a for the purchase of Ban 
Mr. 
H. COCKXÉ, EP BE Cod 
with the land adjo it, as a site WINTER 
ARDENS, the amount of purchase-money being 
423,000, new any will 
. capital of £50,000, in 10,000 shares of £5 each, and 
the scheme is look ooked upon as a vi ood culation, | 
Bailey’s Hotel, which was recently даа 
site for winter 
TIT papers d that the trial of 
the gardener CAR MINE PAISANO, accused of the 
he murder is beli = 
тнв walla етты trade jealousy. = 
TRANSPLANTING SHRUBS. 
THE best time to mense trees and shrubs isa 
subject often under discussion, and is one which we 
may ебам ѕирроѕе ани: to many. Tt isa 
does not generally crop up at mid- 
summer, "but rather at mid-winter and s spring : then 
is the time when gentlemen and gardeners have their 
thoughts on prove- 
Wn 
“3 
Ba 
е 
is most anxious 
to clear the stock which he has prepared for market ; 
is the time also when plants will tra 
ost safety to 
attached to their use the atmosphere is 
and cool. Winter eme ME are the seasons 
are 
we ^ labour and time t at command fo 
pe petta planting ; in short, to om the point of view 
of econo nd expediency, the winter and spring are 
ns for planting. Trees an 
shrubs are, however, things of life, and cannot submit 
with impunity to the shock of removal just as it suits 
our convenience most атса. time may not 
be ime to move a tree. W. en, is the 
best time to move a tree or b? it not when 
the tree is free from foliage, and "зея vegetation i is 
ormant in winter and early 
growth no heavy call оп T To this pro- 
position, at first sight, we might be disposed to 
answer Yes, ‘The success or non-success of hund 
though not under our care, last winter, has 
ес E season of conveni- 
| ence is not, , tlie Бей im the бойну of 1 
vitality. The ru cd reme have been the mo 
successful—that ery | 
ant—for P 4 
but rather : mon 
If ask qH very best months for moving. 
large evergreens, trees and shrubs, we should say | 
ugust and Se b ugh the 
y 
two's shade and ж: 
ing at the TF 
--been-led-intó making these remarks from being f 
obliged to move a quantity of large shrubs —_ | 
hot weather in the middle of July, i 
to 
include a pretty ^ е variety of sabjek and we | 
ork as a sort of fo 
strange to say, they have not turn 
were carefully spread out, an 
moist 
a large of 
is dead. pmi is бате. €: 
PA while the sa; sai, iu 
пой Таннын dil not droop at ай, the f D 
IAM ae old Rhododendrons drooped 
Беку! es of dense green foliage, 
much less risk than the hard- € t 
P Wir we УЙШ Ө 
