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THE GARDENERS X4QARQWIGELB., 
[DECEMBER 18, 1875. 
Walnuts are found left by the rooks ; A of their method 
of proceeding with reference to the nuts there is no 
о і sn ut on m turf is held 
e 
five great lumps of bread at once between their beaks 
and fly away may mention that she rooks as 
a body d rt me during some portion of the — 
leaving four rooks—which al м remain, I presum 
to keep guard and prevent intru Previous to the 
ks as us 
s ; immediately that a s obt 
lump of br ew away with it the rooks 
ju the w, de him t, and directl 
seized on the bread, = sometimes a fight between the 
ensued. mention that the shells of my 
Walnuts are thin ; Т y crack th ith m 
ow a few words about birds generally. 
know some persons with gardens hav ot omm 
зау, Key э my plan—feed them. it may cost you 
g sum of Id, daily, in very severe 
ut this is an extreme expendi- 
e, and you will Аи the јоу of hearing and seeing 
sane of the Great Author of Nature’s most graceful 
and creations, for a garden without 
ithout an inhabitant ; and you 
' our fruit and Eu 
com time give 
vegetables. ime you 
description 1 of "ie bi rds that e for although 
close со the city and the кезүү WE ion they are very 
numerous an ot common—at least if ат think it 
may me a ow of interest to any of your many 
readers. A. K., Taddyforde, Exeter. [Please carry 
out your intentions 
—— Allow 
DS. 
e to thank Mr. Ollerhead for the 
prep 
for it, without те evidence е Ње box of shells he 
ly offers send m t is interesting to 
open 
note, however, that the method of breaking 
the Walnuts, as stage of ripeness at 
corresponden ecc v 
— who bro! 
to he evidence of Me, Earley, takes 
es the ка out, **the operation being done 
both slovenly а on inconsideratel The Kentish 
observed by I 08 takes the nuts 
«t before the shell borot hardened by ripeness,” 
-— having the power to break openthe shell i шы 
is full 'imbledon 
the case of an old ook all 
rere Ai striking Literie 
АЕ 
Ee не 
shells о: 
expeditious 
After getting the Nut to a place where he 
meyers "et free liberty of action,” “‘he pec e Nut on 
the side with su ch a determined i 
rce. After stealing his Nut he cooll 
turns it up, **hits it v violently” in the Бъ part 
with his * double spear-like bill, and the nima 
immediately fails шык, їп 5 diets 
"Walnut. Rook, has now bon said 
of this ribje Eps. ] 
Oncidium bifrons, &c.—I am very glad that my 
notes on Oncidium bifrons have called forth from 
| riparium, To get 
. May, if well establi 
of leaves in a 
| ting up Tit of an 
they \ 
‚Ор Кэм сы is 
реа tala both in 
woul 
belong w 
species Ом тш 
Warscewiczii was ove mo d. Mr. Bull may rest 
assured that I did not intend t to Hunger his statement 
that "* gees discolor ported from India, 
althoug note unfortunately р x ts it in that li ght f: 
What Í I ea to y wast > кы pant! is probably 
not a native of India, M E. 
another n ‚ ай 
Eupatorium Weinmannianum,—Any one hav- 
ing to keep upa supply ‹ of flowers d during thé winter 
stock of it. The strongest recommendation [ can 
give it is к; Бы: that it is much superior in every way 
o E , a plant that has for the last few years 
ardens fo 
ver likely to avt the other variety, as it c 
much earlier into bug has larger flowers of greater 
purity, and has additional recommendation of 
t. powerfully scented. The foliage, Bo although 
not so ample, is of a more pleasing 
he n rich s inin ini 
weedy appearance that fro 
t the latter in idus even bs 
Christmas it is necessary to n it to some 
emunt of . peeing, whereas odora! comes in 
y about that time, and by 
slight heat it may sa induced to bloom by the end of 
October. By bring ing on a fewat a time, a supply 
refore be kai i 
character, being 
aos ut t 
Sweet-scented flowers гэв e highly а А at an 
and 
wae r, when there is so little 
in the flower way, excepting such as require strong 
heat, and are, «edes. not s ing or useful i 
о 
cut state. The Eupatoriums are ve 
sized, servicea 
e 
they can be kept close for a few nog By the end of 
blished, they should be plunged in a 
or frame, where ‚ут shut- 
make a тар growth. Мой 
-blooming plants — Е better 
treated in this way than when = on shelves in 
the dry air of a house, F. Sheppard. 
Limekiln Heating.—The controversy m this 
system of heating, for and seni is now 
rather hot; and the hearin Fi 
tac 
n the 
ATE up the lime chimney in 
form of “* carboni acid gas, 
surprise your catvedpoaden ^ Jonathan” 
We know that fishes are ве fried, but 
the coal bill where there is a good 
demand for the lime made, and where it is fit 
RED hen this 
he has n 
something of his o ent, 
Perhaps Mr. Colles еа лал e to get com- 
nsation from us for priority of his 
invention may account for his [acit E EPA The 
tee Garston, 
one or two local рз, апа һе {һеп рауе в 
name— Purlie, dp ample, sold it at t four 
times its prope 
uch, then, is the conduct o se w 
names at random to known and established sorts of 
Potatos, A pract ical gardener near me, to who 
gave Henderson’s, and who also bought Porter’s Ex- 
celsior from Car & Darling, declared to me 
veral occasions that he could find no difference. I 
preventing a pee ipa 
of na he e sort, and if the truth has 
Hi be told, as some will yet learn, the ЧА ilies 
iscussion is only of second-rate quality for ине use, 
which may account for i Messrs, Reid's 
gue for 18 in their peri dime 
fre 
stinctness of sorts 
NUS his cone in first in July, 1872, 
elw Turning up my memorandum 
of that 5 І Lond | I exhibited about twenty di 
articles at the said show, so 
required a due M аз үз attention, 
Porter, as his own onfines his attention to 
ED almost ЖЫ icona A xm if he will turn to 
clas of the Alexandra Palace iti 
Sept. а. апа 39, 1875,1 м. will find equally as good а 
comparison : wh od 3d, à Poster came in 9th. 
I hav " pl aced in 4 уз y. eminent for 
ing in Englan ches 
Potato grow m 
Exin and of Henderson's Prolific 
compared with Por 
firm in question will give your readers the 
after comparison next year, A. p nae a Gr., Fyvie 
Castle, Dec. 13 
gura ia Court Grape.—I am he 
same o as your correspondent Mr. T et am Ape 
р. H 52), respecting t he keeping qualis of this ed 
хоц he hem e—i 
ватра nal o 
e they a in past years? Perhaps the sid Се 
looked better than the "m Battram does 
WE: ad if the roots of h Vines are plant insi ide o or ould 
a good sample of Lady Downe’s or 
then he see a MS diflerence in узб» the 
— The I must ad 
la [ M" Grape mit has few equals 
ith me it does well; but 
for ine work KT! have tried it both ways, m ip 
t, always more or less 
Pa Ж, Gilman, Wootton Gardens, Dez. 
Orchids, —The following are x er here under 
the care of my gardener, Mr. Bea 
Colax j jugosus |. — oni я venustum 
Phalaenopsis bili % Ms ign 
grandiflora aurea раза formosum gigan- 
Vénbuni tricolor superba 
graecum pugioniforme Deihi chim шо раорир: 
3» ссе тшу curious) Stenia mbra 
Odontoglossum cumulatum Lycaste Skinne imer 
» р majus r leuco-flave 
» Rossi maj Mixillaria йа 
» Alexandre Miltonia candida 
», Pescatorea Oncidium aurosum 
,  bictoniense » lanceanum а 
» pulchellum majus » tigrinum 
Uroskinneri » Insleayi leopardinum 
Epidendron. omes BÉ oce ui 
оссіпеа sk ilio majus 
a faa 3? en жш мый 
Calanthe Veitchii » flexuosum 
ss Ve lutea » crispum 
»:».rübm ” — h 
, masuca thorynchum 
Cattleya bulbosa ji mo maculata 
Caelogyne species (new) lagenaria 
Cymbidium Mastersii да violaceum 
s» Sinense Sophronitis grandiflora 
м< ok die barbatum nigrum | Trichopilia tortilis 
» Zygopetalum Mackayii 
x JF "5 Moat Mount, Highwood, Mill Hill, 
both and late select 
а уг nd soil for the former, and a cold, stiff 
il for the latter. e ground as good 
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