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{4 DECEMBER II, 1875.] 
“GARDENERS 
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floor in a shed at the back of the vineries, At the 
present time the bedsare literally covered with Mush- 
rooms in various stages of growth, and during the past 
week he h athered re than fro 
small bed feel assured that although his method 
ay not be new, y uch of your 
s he 
has would be welcome. . Taylor p^ 
favoured us with a photograph of his и which are 
made up for the most par the common Bracken 
Fern, d the plan seems és prov? байнн; Eps.] 
The Weeping Willow.—Few trees are mo 
graceful and more becoming in suitable situations dn 
the Weeping Willow. Its hardiness and free growt 
render it ** everybody's dos © abyloni 
was erroneously applied to the tree, under = suppo- 
sition e. ^s upon мч 
Israelites hung their harps. eu phratics, а 
Pop 
species къри a its mitior ema is, how- 
it need only ps said P uF hg should be oe 
treated, and trained o: тешз. І grow mine in 
large 12-inch fon, sibel e a исса арай trellis. 
hey are not allowed to expand any flowers during 
hem off as the buds show them- 
About the rican m iot November I eror 
rg into a day temperature p 60°, and 55° by night; 
her a ey flower freely pre. all the nn. Blue 
Apro 
s озы One Pound of Seed.—In regard 
to the extraordinary produce Mr. Ford states that he 
has obt ained from I Ib. of seed Potato sets, sido isa 
matter ed 
in his A and upon which may “ thereby hang a 
7. 
tale.” Did Mr. Ford obtain 1082 Ib. of Potatos from 
I lb. weight of seed tubers, or fro I ight of 
cu from several pounds of Po ae 
states, **the Potatos for ee. were cut into sets, 
ghed, and counted, &c.," and therefore his ow 
of your readers are under the impression that Devon- 
shire, being one of the most southern counties and 
m 
y nope - lowest temperature of last week, namely 
hich was stated зе in error, 
which 1 sould Penn was ri 
gi 
and north-east since the 25th ult. up 
to the мї зем ea except on the 28th to. etre east 
Fig. 156.—SALIX BABYLONICA, 
er, probably the tree intended by the ЖИН 
The pr о 
fessor to be really a native of China. Ses 
Present i d (бе I 56) § shows a fine specimen of 
the tree j и the Oxf en as it appeared in 
ke, when its undi elegant boughs were 
resplendent vri ix h icy < 
>p 
ber = 
this tree » ied te history о 
the first pida. sid of the poet Pope. 
White 
Useful subjects 
біні upo ч soe e t has 
М, to the old расты white Minds and C 
culture of 
Belle. On e Primula I need say 
NE e ium of do 1 Of the Carnation 
"e for Winter.—Here are two 
o manage, and at all times to be 
e m wes not 1 Ib. of bru weighed first, andthen cut | 
Ib. 
t I Ib. of sets cut from tubers, and then weighed 
a ае If the lat M. case, it is evident: 
that at 1 ree times the num g ey 
from this sort of competiti thing perier 2. эг 
t to brag ut, О ег, itis a 
не mode of advertising, what а elate Mr. 
The Weather in Devonshire, —No doubt some 
zB 
IN THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN. 
for a few hours. At ped is d идегеп б). i 
o owing slightl 
since; at dusk it came 
time of writi (7 P.M.) it мла o de SR OE 
appearance ng, the wind being north e d 
north-east. Myt блан! is а self- maxi 
and min рое 2c and when I say that 
„© 
this morni adr 
could not penetrate it, its cannot 
tioned ; moreover, as I have taken a register of the 
weather for nearly six years, Ihave no doubt about it. 
be ned because at only a 
m here only 
observed, but when I state the diese of the situa- 
tions, perhaps I am right in saying such dx erence in 
i ite possi ° was 
served, it is 
Exe, where it has 
the salt t water, which is known to have 
inflnen ence 
where. 17° ' was registered it is ME 
Ken, and within 40 yards of 
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