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| DECEMBER 11, 1875.) 
THE ~ GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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Spiræa opine beans mi the yn re and well- 
d en at Highlands, St. Saviour's, Jersey, 
the lately acquired property of Charle Kipli g, Esq., 
the arge clumps of this beautiful plant, 
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bloom is very str rie, ЭЖ as every shoot produces a 
splendid sends or plume of flow Not having 
seen or heard of it being treated in ‘this way else- 
where, I Mone it would be interesting to florists to 
know it. A lar, arge bed of it would be very effective. 
С.В. 5, Ferse 
ing.—Now that we у arrived at the season 
ees 
give them s A instruction how to 
SOIT that here, rie "pend under 
a tr ѕ a general 
amon gst t head gardeners, but if on be the case, how 
are we to gain - knowledge in the art of pruning 
ЗИТ 
which is very e vitii to every gardener? Level. 
{Could the men епа to be trusted with so delicate 
an operation each trees i esi spoiled by 
unskilful prune are appren- 
If the 
tices, the гит should er M саан them how 
ае È 1] 
Foreign ys 
| THE DISTRIBUTION OF SERPENTS.—Ireland is 
tad for bs tropics, had been begged to beware of 
"Herborising is a delightful pur- 
D entertain 5 a moderate esteem, but I spe 
yi in botanising. 
cou g 
hat is the cause of the inability of serpents 
live in Guadaloupe? The distance between these 
i» the lesser ned ed thei 
ogical formation is simil una 
A different fa 
cog explain the matter, but that dude Md not 
Law Notes. 
RESISTING AN ILLEGAL Eos х me Bine 
bury County Court, on the Ist inst., of Burn 
x was heard. The plaintiff, jeo had been 
foreman to a florist and gardener carrying on business 
Hampstead, sued his former employer to recover 305. 
wages due at the time he left, and 3os. for one wee "s 
F went to 
[йет told 1 him that " should — Ы : 
es on the following Saturday, in order 
xe Ay еч the prd 
became 
he was told that he xg be fined. A wi ies: 
called нф. prov э ^ 
Ау лты 
d he (the learned 
d at the plaintiff's uar nce ; 
dant had not discharg 
5 ed the plaintiff 
or being inte, but for refusing t du , and as the 
defendant had no right whatever to do so pede 
rig 
ould be entered for the plaintiff for the full 
dlaimed, together with his and his volicitof 5 costs, 
The Villa Garden, 
REENHOUSE, — eek our remarks were 
directed to showing how e © exclude frost from 
h 
greatly assisted to keep out the 
frost is an enemy in a general way ; aired: it is a most 
beneficent agency ; but where it storms ones green- 
house, and assails many pet tender plants, it then 
becomes a marauder, to be kept at bay and defeated. 
We found that a layer of newspapers laid over Pelar- 
goniums, Fuchsias, and other half-hardy plants, vua 
fly covered оа soft sheets of brown paper, was 
ost effectual help. If laid on carefully they with ux 
injare the young shoots, and 
cases of unusual жый, 
we — adopt the additional к» of wrap- 
ping n rp round the Pot of some of the 
hotsek mg 
W w ascend to a higher level of gardening 
heated 
e wi 
scquirement, and treat = Ey greenhouse duly 
on ba pue 
by a bri ck flue Pigs 
cum character 
ing dry asi. ае 
bout his structure, and the 
then, of suffering f 
moisture, an over-dry atmosphere to ed 
y if the house is heated ans of 
a brick flue. In constructin eenhouses considera- 
tions of econ a е" economy, however, in 
the long run—lea 
дүз for КЕ ng pu Toss. 
ry 
it sho аба in the 
late in the day. W 
applied 
to get certain 
Cinerarias, Lily alley, &c., so 
in flower, and then it will be necessary to apply some 
warmth every night, except the weather is very mild 
for the t eran of y 
How nist complaint made of Camellia buds 
dropping of bo m dM zril just from 
on у M blossoms of Cinerarias, 
Eric our othe also adadli up, «id are 
robbed of half of deir] Бени, 
siastic amateur gardener who frequently gives his 
ouse a good syringin 
they shou plac 
but they need "А looked over occasionally, for i 
a dry atmosphere стату is apt to infest them, and if 
beco: 
they establish themselves the leaves ome curl 
and sickly lookin There is nothing like an ordi- 
ry low frame, hea y hot water, to winter Cine- 
rarias in. The plants should be raised up on pots, 
nd kept near the glass, and the bed e pit kept 
fairly bry fore s pir pn Fin wed given on M 
pibe; nces Vicar a оной etas . 
Camellias that are being p= on into flower as 
fast as it can be d 
h 
e plants, Large 
ing Pelargoniums iege water but infrequently, as 
the aim of the cultiv should be t 
roots become injured, and 
Zonal  Pelargoniums that me. flowering need to have 
They, t 00, should he ke it p moist enough to main- 
tain a healthy condition, and t 
an turing 
a 16-inch pot, which has th 
that are how blooming freely at their ios: The plant 
и до A pot-bound, and was ressed with 
ure during summer 6 assist the pro- 
Macon of Bowers at this stage. 
The "sd 
STATE And д WEATHER AT BLA CKHEA TH, LONDON, 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, Dec 875. 
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Dec. 2.—Overcast, bud day. Heavy fall of snow. 
—  3.—Dull, cold d 
_ аыл very E and heavy snow fell till 4 p.m. Fog in 
ornin 
— 5— А hos day v at times. idi 
—  6.—Dull, oM, 5 heavy now x tt 3 Р.м, Depth on 
ground 5 inches. 
— 7— —overcast, cold ur 
—  &.-—Overcast, dull day. “Slight snow at 8 AM. and 10 A.M, 
pred 
Fan alis 
uring the week ending Saturday, Dec. 4, in 
the nei eigh ood ndon the reading of the baro- 
meter at the level of the sea incr from 30.08 inches 
at the beginning of the week to 30.14 inches by the 
morni the > o 29.85 inches by the 
afternoon of November 30, i 9,89 inches 
The highest tem 
day varied — 3° o Бег 2 
Decem mean ‘alee for the i was 345°. 
74 On 
e least, 23^, on 
d, 30 $; r^ ра; TM the оао in 
E Eu respective averages we те—6°.9, 7^.5, 10°.7, 
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