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the former are grown. Myatt’s Prolific is now the the — a would be produced by a bad co abov 
most extensively planted for an early crop, it is driving dition of the roots, brought 5 french. th the soil e I P description of ———— ^ = 
the Ashleaved out of cultivation, as people find it ecd been sour and unsuitable—a complaint under parts of the wr in which som ^ Pair 
a 50 cropper, and only ew days , which this plant very often suffers, It cannot endu examples of ias i. oduced He then 
later in coming int : омеъ grow | anything approaching a close, retentive soil ; to gro treated very fully the formation of bo и nd re- 
no ot ut rally to it well it requires something like a mixture of Orchid ferred at Gla s Castle, Trentham, Garston 
depended d being ripe d on for "lifting before the ompost: the fibrous portion out of good peat with | andthe Quinta, after which he dealt ab noun length 
e is develope Rom ; > "ind can then ep -— prm for all the earthy matter 95060 out two parts; Sphagnum | on artificial manures used in the formation pa фе мб 
inter. ey a good samples o yatt's opped, but not made too fine, two parts ; add t i or i 
orale until Christm They have so often lost the | this. a good sprinkling of broken вА э or A ot in all pana у на rp — — 
entire crop of late рано that they prefer cropping bout the size of Hazel-nuts, with a little sand, the | contained i e manures ma be x p weiten 
e wit hing th be ended on, | whole well mixed together, Material of this descrip- border by the application s мые ted t 
and by selling part of which they will be able to buy | tion will for two or three years get sour, or unfit | the roots in a soluble state, which r a p xt ia be 
what Potatos they may want in spring e p the roots in a healthy state, even w lost . The construction ie м 
lan suitable, Celery, Onion and Ca re | the large a of water this Anthurium re- | tio Was S ар B bb ut ы z T 
found to be safe and paying crops. Т to crops | quires. The plant should be turned out of the po 2 ter discussion was а Ae ы о the " d 
i neral were very promising this season until t and if the soil is fo in a wet soapy state take a applicat of cial 5 ri A e та s an 
rains in July an ugust, when the d became | bucket of water, at a temperature of 70°, plung ing it was a and ce ica 
rapidly developed. e crops in the gardens soon | the ball in it, and e fingers carefully work all | majority of members that Mr. No т ; 
ent very bad, in many places three-fourths or more | the soil from amongst the roots, leaving them quite | Bank should prepare and read апе 1 the cul 
rotted in a very short time. The rains continuing for | clean; this is much better than the ordinary process ns in sag the ens ever OR F, ture 
some time the crops in the fields soon showed the | of shaking out, as it does not break the roots, Pot i an чы uing meeting. (rom a 
isease, but dry weather setting in about the middle | at once in soil such as above described, at e 
of August and cont g for several weeks led | timegiving a moderate watering, and place the plant in * 
to the hope that the crops when lifted would turn | a house with a night heat of 60* ; this higher tempera- 
out pretty well, but they have not, but are the ure is necess to i e th speed Formation 4 Che Heather 
contrary much diseased, especially on heavy stift | roots after potting. Little syringing is requi : 
soils, On light soils the crops are better, but even on | the stove at this time of the year, anle ess with plants mine fe niin li es A THER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON 
these they are li and of inferior quality. In | especially subject ә insects ; 80? is ood tempera- и saw G WEDNESDAY, Ост. 27, 187$. 
gene the crops have turned out best from off dr ure at which to use the water for syringing, dne Cad vt | 
light soils that had been deeply cultivated, whilst on | the height of the (ee season, when it киз, war | - e- 
strong rich lands the crops have been very much | advantage, be used 1o°higher. It is good prac B | TEMPERATURE og | ductions 
iseased. On strong lands, well drained and highly | apply it both at the roots and overhead considerably чтива PA |Glaishers| 1 
enriched with manure, the crops will in favourable | warmer than the atmosphere of the house, 7. Baines.) А узек 
seasons be much heavier than on light lands, but in Р mes PRENE 
seasons like the present they suffer to a much greater Celery Fly.—The оа Й severe attack o + Е 
extent from disease. Тһе whole of my experience | Tephritis i onopordinis (Cele on some of the Ё Be 18 8 | в EH 2 sad 
confirms me in this opinion, and that to pus s certain Celery crops just lately, Digs 4, some other remedy Bea ess 218) gis Js BS 6 jess) SB f” 
crops (always excepting very ns), of | besides the usua pinching the grub in the яш FELIS I E | ge ess 1 ET 
good quality, we must always plant on "light soils | blistered leaf, ein cw à — Where — crush- БЕ ERI E йе ы EPE $ 528 45 
ey аид... and if newly broken up the better, | ing of the larva can be thoroughly done, it is certainly B ас | Eg s Dur 
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and to Eee ure a frequent change of seed. M. Saul, д best remedy possible, as completely destroying 
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Stourto the pest; but where the crops are on a e scale, Oct | Tn |n F2 |o e | E 
and, asat present, the leaflets of entire plants (save the vy ioc as s. oss 77. е, ibas aa “| oof fs Cam 
Ce elosia pyramidalis. —1 have sent for your in- | little green tips coming up in the middle) have been 22 |2934 —0.38 57.8 44 а 8/50 di + 2647. 6 от * 0.21 
spection some spikes of Celosia pyramidalis pe totally perishing, some more easily applied cure or | | s i 
grown here from seed, as advertised by me last spring. reservative is needed. During the last few weeks | ~ | 223° —94152-442. е Ta si ми | EL ESE dni 
They may be struck from cuttings, and in that wy I have been trying the effect of lime powder, ei Ao | Ж 4e. 16 52.54.0 8.547.4— оз m 5 99( м. NE 
| make pretty little plants, but never gorgeous on a mixture і lime, soot, and wood ashes, thrown or 25 | 30.01 pa Aae a uid oley] ofi 9E: Ts bo 
ard 5, Yates, Sale, Cheshire. [A very good чи ит sprinkled ov r the plants unsparingly, but at the same 26 o MM lig i's 
« s.] time gen tly : ia eo iO o lie on the leaflets. — 1553 736. ei bri ia TT „ишы se Е оо 
е The mixture does [injure dui grubs as аге іп the | 27 |2955 iss "^ 837. 2 9.64.8 — 6.137. 7 $i s SE (927 
Plum Raised from Seed taken Out of the leaves, but it cfe to me to keep off further deposit | | | | 
Jam Pot.—In the early part of the present year, a | of eggs by the fly to a great extent. The various rows | Mean| 29.62 0.10 54.6 40.8 13. 546.7 ~ а вч 49 sane мич 
lady friend of the riter's g ve the servants of her f Celery on which it w ied soon appeared more | Ке a | | den 
rt So some Plum jam for their use, and after par- | thriving, and the mee where part of one of the Oct. 2r. е -— me till 4 P.M. Overcast, and heavy rain 
ome of it, one of the Plum stones was | trenches was re-open ive the centre leaves air fell at 4.13 P.M. А vivid flash of lightning was seen 
placed in a flowerpot containing some — earth, | and light to induce fresh if ong are now recovering at eas P.M., "and et een followed. 
and stood in the kitchen window. of this trea- | themselves, О. n apr ав rare 
sure store sprung up a fine health oung plant of the là! nif LO yerenst; dili lico, aur Wak d 
Plum species. "The heifer arf youn ере to Yeast or Barm as a Manure, "E should be glad -— kim. m nn dana ll es. 
me, and after'expressing my a ee my friend | to know if any of your ШАГЫ" 5 һауе — 25.—A fine day. Cloudy and cold. 
took one out of the same jar, and planted it with her | yeast or barm as a manure. has beco 22907999 and dull day, Very fino at intervals. 
own hands, in order to prove tha t there was no | mere drug in the market, and "Y гй breweries, dot Mo сетери, dul, сом шу: ing 
1 want of a ready sale, it is run down the drains, and so 
Јат, In due e hers also made its appearance, a really very useful article becomes an "d waste —— During the week ending October 23, 1875, 
and both T have "rcm to grow in good health | from want of knowledge amongst our farmers and | in the Midi of the metr ораз ы reading of the 
asto thet Tm Безе сти was эр а йар tal, enue able M x Ought ie to “be “thinly : sorta a — e үм e - is ters t 86 pa sst 
reply was that the whole had been Саина to the ГЕ land? 3. In what quantity, and how, may ну бов ing of ће и rth T - 1 inches 
time usually given for such preserves, and the proof e given to x wo I AN ers it has very fattening ne E " Ө тарны. e rear 
of its being perfectly made was е fact bed its ied e s? F. Е pad - — of i E an 22 
good preservation during the period it had It inches by the — of the 21 
seems very astonishing that the vegetative power E. the The Aberdeen Show.—I read with surprise in | inches DUAE IE ko increased to 
kernel was not destroyed Habe d bn; long time the | your E of the 16th inst. an ani й anent the | 29.71 inches by the end of the week, The mean 
fruit stones were in a boiling If any vacuum | thirty-six stove and greenhouse plants shown at the | reading for the week was 29.62 niches: being 0,17 
Аа the kernel and ite watertight casing, | last show of the Royal Aberdeenshire Horticultural | inches above that of the preceding week, and 0.27 
| ей es y might act as a non-condu ucting medium, ociety, Aberdeen, by Messrs, -7 Cocker & Sons, by | inches below the average for the same week. 
us prevent the former receiving injury. | one signing himself ** Gardener," who must have been j з А 
Ў. Webster, thoroughly ignorant of what had been shown in Aber- The highest temperatures of the air at the height ot 
| een at former shows. Cocos Weddelliana was sho 4 feet above the ground ranged from 63° on the 21st, 
s e wn 
| © open л anche Picridis.—According to the third | in the first prize group of four Palms for dinner-table | to 524° on the 23d ; the mean value for the week was 
xn of English Botany (ed. Prof. Syme), this plant decoration, July, 1874, and again in the first prize | 574°. The lowest temperatures of the air varied 
to exist at Freshwater Cliffs, Isle of i group, Iu 1875. I would also add that Messrs. | between 38° on the 17th and 453° both on the 2oth 
B. Rei eek r Fhe 
| Undercli E areae St. ; i 
n - t. Margaret’s Bay and Kings- eid & Co. showed more than one fine collection : ' 
| Tum, South Kent ; Comberton and Caxton, Cambs; | of thirty-six stove and greenhouse plants, in ve д е €: ы "— PAM — 49 в Ы: 
В Е Itis not recorded for Dorset in the Cybele | were staged re ре Р ла" of the Phormiu ——M— n e Wick, meg ai) 
| ste хы» О. minor (of which "- con- | 9, №. О. xis, mote letters’ on this the greatest daily range being 23° on the 17th, and 
Tr it a variety) has been mistaken for it. Subject, Eps.] the Best E ыыы. The mean daily tempera- _ 
Anthuri tures € tive _ 
| pum Scherzerianum, —I have a young Tf bm eb E тт -| averages were as follows :—Oct. th 50°.6, + o*. 8; : 
| Pant of Anthurium Scherzerianum in a stove, and its Reports of Societies 18th, 50*.2, + 0*.5; 19th, 47.7, — 1°83 2oth, 
Young WM: many brown spots on them. д д 48°.6, — 0*.7 ; 21st, 53*.2, + 4*.2; 22d, 50°,3,+ 19,6 ; 
2 fS are worse than ld ones. Would The Wimbledon Gardeners ' Improvement iml 29, 45.0, —1^ 4 The mean tipae Tor the 
Singing with wat iety : 
Please water too hot or too cold cause it. | Society: Oct. 25.— This Society held its second эшл wes ak", being sane Ыса абай 
to be xt M me temperature the water ought | meeting on Monday evening, when twenty-one gar- 
? IL W, 2 syringing in a stove. W. М. | deners were present. After partaking of ће refresh- | tions extending over a period of sixty years. 
house ; м.” чел. to state the temperature of the жн m provided by Sir Henry W. Peek, The highest readings of ermometer with 
| Which his Anthurium Scherzerianum is. | Bar r. Ollerhead took the chair, and rea ad blackened bulb in vacuo, placed on grass in the sun's 
et be ke ihis time of the year and through the | a paper on T construction of vineries, formation of | yy, were 110° on the 17th, and 84^ on the 21st. 
ept in the night at 55°, more ally if orders, the planting of Vines, and artificial manures : А ith 
has х аж The lowest readings of a thermometer on grass wit 
e cei. ча as hot cad for Vine borders. The Chairman uta amet üs Wath expose d to the sky 33° 17, 
is . rom t escripti i i i elevation 
lescription given of the | of various des an mene and advocated the 1" on th e 1 Bh; dé me E ON PE 
eb ves are in, it looks as if it might have | of such houses borders in low-lying situations, or 4 
cold during the recent chilly nights, or ! where there is a cold subsoil to be raised as much | readings was oe 
