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THE’ GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{NOVEMBER 27, 1875, 
fine ornamental variety distinguished from the last 
by its green bark, and by the mo я its leaves, 
i na pe base. e leaves are 
i e cream 
but 
recedi as or following varietie 
but bot — : the leaves ie -spined, 
handsom of tall pyram abit. 
Н тоц Жен ей, 1—2 inches long. 
ARGENTEA MEDIO-PICTA, Masters and 
i rron ; er š 
Lawson ; Milkmaid, Waterer, Fisher; albo-picta, 
W. Paul (fig. 142).—A well known and h ely 
variegated Holly, the ialt of which is that the varie- 
gation is rather n out, unless the alay | 
thereto is timely checked. It is of the green 
ts. The leaves are ovate or cuneately- 
ovate, I3—2 inches long, and about an 5a broad, 
strong and much divaricated spin 
our is g t the edge, with jarge central 
blotch of creamy white, which is irregu 
size, and position, but is Frequent i to the 
basal half of the leaf. 7: Moor 
E биде, 
Pme istata,— Stine mani get e 
tion of Gunnison’s route, referred to urray 
(p 549), І oT say That the “ Spruce Pine M esu 
Abies ouglasii, which e kos the name 
the few Mee res in that А. taxifolia, 
Tambet, is the same thing, with X" p difference 
e species of other 
ree from Widely- ч, ata ae ó this con- 
' exci e 
it 
Its range is is from p e's Peak, throught 
outhern Colorado to Po ai , Utah, where it 
It varies much 
h 
at Mr. Murr rray makes 
mention of Pinus Balfouriana in connection with P. 
he rig 
aristata. It sur y has t of priority, and 
ough stata is an merie name, in justice I 
Lunes A n botanists are willing to adopt P. 
Hauteville House, Guernsey, the Residence 
of Mons. V. Hugo.—The interest with which an 
details respecting the illustrious binge who so lon 
= is ae by a large class of readers 
urges me to r 
on 
Be 
о the criticisms of Captain Oliver 
unication, As the at 
way, for mine 
u But, as that i is of no 
а эш“ to readers of this paper, we will let it 
en has somewhat altered since 
Parthi Oliver saw it three years ago, and it is readily 
accoun! nor at an ur dieran it of an any beauty or 
interest йй Дале with its present каты 
being small and out. As to the 
itself, what I have stated referred chiefly to the attic 
wW. is seen cut overlooking the garden, 
gallery connect: ith it, 
ence 
uding 
wish himself to be, in identifying the 
apiyta edi whereon си ws "nicer d үтте. са. 
e “ sea- 
by e 
ne, 
been see 
oint wherein m 
ench- 
y ugo. That 
en at all neglected 2 
o many of us, as it a to 
ve ge a source of feret but, on th 
hand es is labours ‘solitude ‘was 
e mos 
Я Крон of the garden 
to read. They ar 
eet 
any inspection of island gardens would have Se 
In short, ZU is out of place Ума rashly offered 
on such matters, Zhos. С, Brihau 
Action of the mand upon the Subterranean 
Waters in үз Thames Valley 
f below ibe кыо, Md 
been mai wi 
water, but Ul no occasion so eve e pre 
year, Remembering the Fan | eu heavy. rainfall, 
owever, I anticipated its appear 
but: saw! по о symptoms until after the wind ‘veered r round 
ina day orao tof wae the stoke- 
ee add atthis height it rem morning of 
the 20th inst., when, the wind having shopped.» round 
to north- west by north, I soon found a gradual lowering 
af the water level. I at once had the water bailed out 
ossible, and а а drop has appeared since. 
revious bos the emained a trouble 
tance the geo 
еду саа d by. the 
t, therefore, in 
ing S eR per blowing 
hither eo Pace oe mouth of the Bristol Channel 
withdrawn, or does 
the d м wind facilitate this withdrawal ? This 
matter has no connection wit prevailing floods, as 
I have found the water higher and more troublesome 
when there has been no > special peruis of flooding. 
Alex. De Bedfont, 
in poaae —It is a w 
Cleanliness 
known fact ja is gs oe conducive Е 
tm 
y one who 
nd un о t 
rare employment when there is so much under 
inted 
er requiring attention, Any 
with m or fruit culture under glass knows 
ow im- 
portant it is that every ray of light it = ssible t 
get should t be cue des О all eos stru бан es фий 
the short dull days 4 winter and spring. 
хее ough this is so, yet how often do we see the 
oof- sashes coated over on 
e : m 
Xo Mae a which the houses are 
as s hea 
inst 
a ate in the 
interior of абе as well as the glass — havea 
thorough memes ng, A: after this i is done the 
should have 
m 
Ever in ch of paint i 
freely dur 
m the organic matter it c 
eni ticles of dust floating ea in 
that settle on the leaves prc the 
is allowed to re 
с w 
purpose unskilled our may be 
and, altho slower pro the above, 
Tittle extra tro Lie те tha i 
leaves present after a 
ow spared, 
e - can an 
са sight 
er and see what condition 
the outsides of the pots 
are 
now look a litt ` lowi 
vade d if 
E either of these 
canno oved. А 
over with conferva, it is а c sign that the "n 
m plants t been prone Am ith 
weder be carefully ips from 
тиу. ac rubbed from Air mt 
as necessary to e Lor of a plant as it ^ 
the ne „and it is vri e i 
e young journeymen garden 
pe requrrettica: tiie moisture loring 
of a reverse natur 
e—all sha 
periodical iuit 
Verbascum nigrum.—A 
terday a spike of this plant to ^ ae 
it, but they were 
rtainl 
Сайын Gardenias, &c., it had a 
excellent effect, ie xx $C xi 
worth recor кб EE ahi 
goÀn E. Daniel, 6, The p, errace, 5 зот, 
ers Excelsior аус - As 
appended to my notice otato 
i is calculated to oe 05 ә 
violated 
ton exhibition, I invite 
| | state that in exhibiting di 
bo 
without much risk of bruising id s the foliage — 
ugh a n 
it is much € satisfactory, “especially in E 
rich 
гой | 
мен d up by luxuriant glossy foliage. iC 
ponging | ove of these is е so formidables = a | 
it appears to be, as апу one at all active - 
y Р 
will be able to pers over several large beet ina im 3 
in health — 
e summer mo and, : 
€ er Sari so clear, it is sure IM ме а deposit, either 
a thorough syringing with soapy wat себ" 
ry, with of.the insecticides, after which 
they should be finished off wit ear soft 
ater. By ing them reclining on their side, 
as above, th n be tu about, a th the — 
Sas 
7. Rmi We 
