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- The “ бауйепеуз' Chronicle" in Am to from 5 to ro acres, and by degrees the work- | Fay, George IV., Madeleine Hariot, Malte de 
[HE ANNUAL ‘SUBSCRIPTION men have transformed the waste into thriving | Gouin, Pears: Beurré ФАойь, Beurré de Ghélin 
pleasant garden ground. The great majority | Ch : iine ФАой, Jacques 
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Indi ding кчы ө ы is States, і is = 8420 gold, Yo of the miners in addition have built houses and Guise, President Payen, Professeur Henna, S Pe 
which add premium on gold for U.S. ncy at she time, | Outbuildings for themselves on their plots, and | teur Reveil, Souvenir de la Reine des Belges, Stevens’ 
and 25 - exchange POENI vance. it is satisfactory to be able to record that now Genesee, Grape for the table: Pécon Tendre, 
AGENTS essrs. B. K. BLISS anD SONS, Seed 
Mai dimit; T к 4, Barclay Street, New York: Messrs. M. COLE all are prospering, happy and contented, Р —— One of the most делк nes seen lately 
AND CO., er No. “ej Atlanta Post Ofice, Atlanta, Fülton That which has been done in Cornwall might a garden in Bed 
unty, eh T, 814, Chest e be done in every county in England, for in SEEDLING PETUNIAS, In their. way they are unsur. 
vun esee en ne whom Subscriptions may be se every one there is more or less land lying idle, passed by any other flower. The beds in 
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HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS, 1875. remunerative crops—if not of choice vegetables | like this they "e RM: worth nis a note of, 
at any rate of hardy ones fit for the consump- 
NOVEMBER 
— Royal Horticultural Society, So E Kensington, Менш tion of man or useful as food for cattle. 
of Fruit, Floral, and Scientific оа 
pose, some for another; the labour bestowed | ofthe genus, but also а very choice plant for rock. 
hemum Society ys Ir he ә wa Hall, Hackney. would be sure to meet an adequate reward with m , lt is a native of the Cape, and if not quite 
tor . . . . 
25. Toe 1 Horticul E TR Society of ыт apton, E. o Winter the right thing in the right place. & There are SIGUE very nestiy их һе leaves аге produced in 
bition. Sec., А. hoa 28, Westland Row, Dublin, miles upon miles of railway banks in England 
ECEMBER. which would grow any of our kitchen garden 4 inches high ; about sixteen are here fully expanded, 
Аер ie cultural Society, South Kensington, Meeting | produce ; and many of these banks, from the | This plant is growing in a small 60-sized pot, pl 
oral, and Scientific Committees, in th il It should h SI dc 
formation of the soil, the sunny and sheltered | in the so Should have a sunny position, Liatris 
pycnostachya is extremely handsome, The stems 
3 feet in length, thickly covered with narrow, graceful 
THE our outdoor vegetables ; yet, save for the few | jeaves, and bending over with the weight of. their 
^ Ф yards. around station-masters’ houses, these | dense terminal spikes of lilac flower-heads, It isa 
ar 1015 | ront p valuable slopes remain uncultivated. This | very fine plant for autumn iix a lasting in 
$ flower a considerable time, Begonia Martiana, an old 
need not be; it might not, nay, would not, be 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1875, | possible to utilise every yard of railway em- bby pr от Baum lou, quie daa | 
ты bankment, for many places are too steep ог | useful for the production of new colours in this very - 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. ineligible from other causes. Yet, allowing for | useful section. In the garden o f a well. known culti- 
TUR. On uc bp Patches das at Stevens Re "Rooms all those parts unsuitable for cultivation, there | Vator in Cornwall we believe it t wild. 
носна, оаа { Jersey Horticultural Society's Chrysanthe- | are hundreds and hundreds of acres, now only i.’ The алей üdtüber óf "ii Florist anit Phil: 
n ua Sale of (аро rch fette Rooms. covered with poor grass, which might be made | gist conEaias & a coloured plate of LANE's PRINCE 
Puy hg ale ablished Orchids, at Stevens’ | into excellent gardens, both useful. and orna- e I T APPLE, Nest Ao m uns bore 
Oct. 16— om Sich Bulbs, at Stevens’ Rooms, mental ; indeed, no more striking instance of rou to be much more widely editti, 6 ft was 
——.— —— what it is possible to do with such places could | raised so since by Messrs. LANE & SON, of 
AS it should be the aim of every man to make | be found than that at New Cross Station, where Berlchampsten, 1 from The Russett. Non 
one day's labour provide for more than the | may be seen an excellent example of the бањ n umelow's Seedling, and is remarkable both 
in its excellent quality as a culinary Apple, and for 
day's wants, so it should be the aim of a country | style of gardening. its prodigious bear ities. évén the $ 
to produce not only that which is necessary for On the sunny slopes of the southern counties trees being usually Tg y. 
aden with fruit." Кіа 
its own consumption but also as much as pos- > AM A te Mà i Марви and | very handsome and peculiarly solid fruit. 
sible for exportation. When the acreage of cul- | even Melons might be grown by the ton. allies | 
tivated ground is large, the population scanty, or Again, there is no reason why the Vine should | tows mE ocior: (Ве. 96 ө Pn et pia pas 
the ‘soil ric climate propitious, this is | not be cultivated here ; the gentle, sloping banks | Flora Garden at COLOGNE, to which we have alluded 
easily done; but when, as in England, the of Kent, with their chalky subsoil, would surely | on several occasions, especially in connection with the 
country is very limited in extent, compared to | be the very spot on which to put the matter tothe | recent International Horticultural Exhibition held M 
the numbers of people depending upon its | test, in a manner similar to that now being 
produce for subsistence, it becomes highly im- | carried on at the Marquis of BUTE'S estate, works were executed by Herr NIEPRASCKH, the 
portant to husband every resource and utilise | Castle Coch, near Cardiff. To lease out the | present Director, | 
every foot of ground.: When speaking of com- | surplus land adjoining the lines of rail could e Transactions of the Academy of Stiena 
paratively barren lands or bleak exposed tracts | not but prove advantageous in every way. To Sh. ane (vol. ii iii, No. 2), Mr. CHARLES RILEY 
iti шь аа said, in answer to any questions | labourers and cottagers, who might thus rent ies detailed descriptions and histories of the 
to why it is not cultivated, “ Oh, nothing | sufficient ground to provide vegetables for their | BERRY (Celtis) BUTTERFLIES. There ave two species — 
w there !”—a reply, the about of | families, and, in some instances, my feed | which eee indiscriminately upon the different species — 
vend gro 
which is evident on a moments reflection,-| а Pig, it would prove invaluable, while the com- rm lis belonging tq the tame genns Ax e 
le Em Я „ус: 
Vegetation springs spontaneous from every soil, ES ДЕ оша derive the advantage of increased A. Here, an and they had tot previously b been properly — 
and Nature clothes the rocks as well as the disti oth NM are 
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ico with verdure, although not of the same fépreseht^ ie erent Oi a though а тосе we geal o the E A. Tris, Азыгы 
kind ; we, then, should take a hint from Nature, | and be the means of providing work for that right L y Ке exclusively ^ A Celtis, and А. — 
dy her in every phase, and thus b bled . Jonon NAE ыс 
study yp ‚ап e ena | surplus population which is year by year | Carry- | Herse as А. Clyton. : 
to aid in | her development and add to our own | ing more and excite its manhood and its | — Tor 
We cannot ! caer to enrich ot er lands with the superin 
e cannot grow Grapes on Thistles, sdb tendence of the xi Mage a rg Place, ard 
n sand to produce the e plants common 
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to alluvial soils. Man's labour can do much, — THE Gold Medal given талау by din oki Place Hacks: i, oed inked eee lin. 
M: man's labour aided by scientific know wledge Pomological Society of France the Ans AND 
n do more—can make the wilderness smile | 185 contributed most to the cause of Ардай» oe ——— The Dorser NATURAL HISTORY abb. 
"i lent d render t 1 m warded at the recent Congress at Ghent to the | ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB, which was oniy 
with plenty, and render barren places fruitful. distinguished Belgian Minister of State, M. CHARLES | lished this year, promises, though late, to be - - 
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The IMPROVEMENT OF WASTE LANDS is a | ROGIER, the founder of the Royal minuere of | least important tf field clubes it now x 
subject which rises every now and again to the | Pomology, of the Arboricultural Society, and of the | two hundred members, many of whom have une 
surface, is discussed for a time, and then falls | Schools of Horticulture in Belgium. the ^ е аме та чт пе ptm on 
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into temporary oblivion, and nothing, or com- —— At the Congress of the French Pomological Sept. 28, and was ras well atit "The out-of-door work 
paratively nothing, is done towards the further- Societ. held in connection with the recent Inter- | consisted in the exploration of the celebrated vestiges 
ance of so desirable an object. Pe мони vere a "d that Ghent, He K pula of Celtic and Roman occupation about the dh 
TS were mitte Д at 1s, considered worthy | matters which gave rise to much int ; 
We allow thousands of acres of ground to of cultivation : — Apric Ae use d 'Alex- in which the yel "e. а Professor BUCKMAN 
grow wasteful weeds va after year, while we | andrie and Mas ué de vini Rasp i Sur- | and Mr. E. CUNNINGTON took part. r dinner | 
annually import tons upon tons of fruits and | prise d'Automne. Peaches: Belle de Toulouse, | an interesting paper was given by Mr. E. CHARLES 
vegetables.. н, it would be possible to bring ated Meri GRE Muere Salway. | woRTH on some shark's teeth from the sme ve 
оное part of so-called wast ears т е, Мапе ist, which а to have been orated in | 
= Adde apes oe Rho d Ra Gr régoir en wi nite way as the South Sea Брит does ue ai ie | 
: : uc c Il de Burc einette des Carmes, Transparent de | shark's teeth for the p of stringing E 
| done Hm certain dis- | Croncels. Plums : Early Favourite, Tardive Musqué. | necklaces; the ас being, that it the = à 
Que. s of r Downs in | Grape for the table : Rosaky ;. T wine-making : | teeth really were bored by hum p шай Mo : 
Cornwall has been reclaimed by miners at the | Mourvéde. The following varieties were rejected :— | have been coeval wit ais grs pL 
. 6d. рег acre—as was formerly Cherries : Gros Bigarreau Noir, rep ч S then read by Professor BUCKMAN on two ршен 
paa: for it, and the men have a ninety-nine үкө үм С. cnm А: үз Cd Trans- | occurring abundantly on his farm, wen 2/3 h 
lease, The size of the holdings is limited | Визы айгы tue Jaune, Concourele | Той апа Orobanche Pieridis, both of which, thoigh 
years' lease, oldings is limited Montégasse, Реас Anne Précoce de | now so common, he viewed as introductions 
