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FEES GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[NOVEMBER 6, 1875. 
rich scarlet, very showy. ‘This is but a limited 
selection, € ж serves to indicate the varied hues to be 
=. d in vds wers. d as well as English 
ме P cers ; and every year sees the 
importation of some má forms from beyond the 
'The herbaceous Lobelia can be used as a decorative 
ways—in 
кү in pits, or dotted here 
A bed of L. fulgens, 
y its brilliant appearan A bed o 
out side branc 
е main spike, and de bushy plants die 
are secured, 
ts, thes 
hey should be 
in cinder as es, 
keep the soil in the pots cool and moist, till such time 
as, hrown up their помене stems, the plants 
They must 
sandy compost, proe in a little 
heat, ina mid stove -— руг арн - = 
plants into as the 
require it up to е Е Е e put into their 
looming pots. Т hey s дог — three or four shifts 
between February an d M 
ay 
ed, and in this 
50, then they 
planted out in aga as desired. 
„Е t of the сае yield seed, апа it uw be 
in pots or pans immediately after it 
амар а эе sandy compost. The surface of the soil 
should be pressed down a little firmly, the seeds thinly 
sprinkled over it, and then the barest possible layer 
of fine soil. The So mera ша be sufficie ntly 
), there is = ang lus 
ina frame, and covered with hand-glasses. | 
the seeds will begin to hay ee ep 
should then Баш. o i into other 
ired during the 
ey 
Let me conclude 
an old cator: :—‘* The 
ck ou tak off every autumn ; for, if 
Zu be neglected, the plant will very likely be lost, 
e stem will die down and rot, thereby weaken- 
ds if not destroying, the growing plants." A, D. 
Forestry. 
TURF DYKES are often erected by preference, 
on account of the materials of which they are con- 
| dio it dye only such turf can be used as is con- 
veniently at hand, for it will neither pay the expense, 
mor endure being roughly handled or from a 
"pu. Ж Z X54. sk. Г. +. | issus 
he wor g egun by 
setting a row of poles i the centre, from which 
ment of the dyke arked off on both sides. 
The base of the dyke self is n um wide, and a scarp- 
ent of 8 inches additional b it on both sides. 
The height of me e from the ee of the solid 
ground is also and eet 
The ditch in Poses is specified 
top, 2 feet wide at botto 
oft the due up, as much 
arth is excavated from the ditch ad кА йй the 
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Ma мр than the turves on each side. After 
ntral part is all firmly ^p "rs levelled, гй тиа 
tier of e is set up, an e process 
«ле, s^ he be to break band in placing 
the tury о have two joints coming 
opposite DAE aber 
other way E building turf dykes is to lay the 
а ; flat on their back hee the grassy side down, 
m" to build jet. д. "ъз т till the desired height 
eached, _ This р i 
very rapidly down, bringing 
e ing or solid part o dyke after it 
'The advantages, on the other hand, in building them 
upon the new poppe are firstly, the im n 
of turf, w nsideration when diffi- 
lt to procure ; y oe the turf being placed о 
edge, with the рт; side out, immediately strikes 
root, and becomes firm and solid ; thirdly, all crumb- 
ling and wasting is prevented, and cattle, sheep, &c., 
which usually do so much da to them when built 
ot wW. e new, the surface 
whole body of the dyke as 
being e 
firm as the solid "оша; fourthly, 
former way do not bu ulge outwards, as they do in the 
ive way at one 
merely of an inch or 
ien 
very common but false opinion enter 
MÁS: respecting è turf itself, as — in the construc- 
of dykes, a few woni about it may be 
diarias and most fibry ps etable matter. 
w the is the case, which the 
follor owing practice m pec ners, in preparing 
perth E potting their flowers, collect that which 
contains most mend fibre and | trast solid "и. апа 
for ‚р alpy, 
decompo osed mass, э Мн roots being t n fist 
most deca correspon han 
takes place with the | turf 3 ina dyke if laid horizontally 
and in layers one above the other, 
built with the same description sd hed the ae laid 
flat, and the other set ge a — : ме 
latter iere be found fa and канна long а 
has fallen down, and probably two or mie 
RES 
times reich ed. 
The cost of building a dyke of the dimensions 
y costs from б, 
one, to 
margin—a p» 5 
produced, c. Y. Michie, Cullen House, Oct. 25. 
The Villa Garden. 
SPRING FLOWERING BULBS,—It is now high time 
that steps should be taken to get some o of these 
of the flowers that can be grown, whether under glass 
or in the open ground, by way of bridging over th 
chasm between summer and winter. What we should 
comprehend under the general head of *'s 
" are things of a thoroughly nd 
wintry w weather 
can within-doors, and some of them are 
especially fitted for indoor culture, as, for имин 
Hyacinths, Polyanthus Narcissus, and Croc 
In commending these bul 
for going to a gr 
d Aces ad Жаксы Tulips, and Crocuses can be had 
at a moder: 
Н AUD. in "Glas 
ure 
er s is one of the most 
T Hyacinths i in 
ater, and onwards up tothe ene “ December. 
Та obtaining them, if the pur OW- 
ledge of the varieties himself, let him apply to 
some one capable of givin the ecessary infor. 
mati This is 1 n importa a 
r 
and oe еу are all dps vi varieties, 
in glasses ; beca 
they are very m o be preferred w the double kinds, 
both in resp 
espec or growth in e 
and their decorative value. Pink, red and ro 
Es = Duchess С Richmond, Emmeline Tord 
Madam -uag 
handsom 
andeur à Merveille, Seraphine, emis- 
tocles, and Victoria Regina. Lilac, violet, blue and 
purple :—Baron von Tuyll, Bleu Mourant, Charles 
Dickens, Emicus, Grand Lilas, Mimosa, Orond 
egulus, and William the First. Yellow :—Ann 
Carolina, Alida Jacoba, Heroine, and Prince of 
lins Some of the coe here enumerated are 
ыу опе ће "irrita ths shown in po 
ait ou ur large 1 Hyacinth exhibit If something less 
expensive than these are кары. ood picked bulbs 
out of ie mixed усаа used for pees | can be 
had at 3s. 62, or so per ood 
varieties are certain to be ONERE "Slagie 3 vule 
should be aske 
or. 
Mom ees decim are now produced in such hand- 
as ast be e^ acceptable as sitting- room ornaments, 
and they are useful for holdi 5 cut howell rar. 
a es portion of the year, as well as for growing 
н 
better ois it is still m 
their common appearance, ее 
advantages attending on thei eee 
AH can "be employed to keep the 
ht iss secon nd being sss the lowers 
capsize the contents. 
the other Mal, the a types of glasses have dat 
decanter-shaped bo: 
The — and bulbe obtained, first drop into each 
Е four pieces of charcoal, about the size 
with ease ino glass. en fi 
She we can gearcetr recommend the 
in water, except it be 
e dro 
On the other hand, glass s Seer ves els that can be 
filled with a mixture of si an 
or moss, Cocoa-nut else made 
grow those bulbs we have du. ‘named ; but if 
| there is a chance of a them in soil in pots 
