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iGARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[DECEMBER 25, 1875. 
h as have attained the meong. of mode rate- 
suc 
sized trees, 
mand 
Tulips, R mall Azaleas 
hiemalis and E. edit up posa Mignone 
Lily of the Valley, Primulas 
-bearing Sola 
сепа terminalis, viridi: 
к, Myrtles, E onymus, green and varieg 
ree Box, Laurustinus, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Thujas, 
t3 
‘oO 
cu 
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and] Pteriscretica albo-lineata; and Pa Ыт тоя 
bonica in а small st tate being a favo ut flowers 
consist principally of Camellias, Tea. Rind buds, Lily of 
the Valley, white French Lilac, Eucharis amazonica, 
Gardenias, р тат Сатет Violets, scarlet 
Pelargoniums, Narciss Hyac inths, Bou- 
vardias, reda nd white. very and the following 
Orchids—Phalenopeis, Dend АР m formosum and D. 
nrincinal 
moniliforme, Lycaste Skinner pripedium тщш, 
Calanthe vestita, C, Veitchii, окаць апа Ойоп 
toglossum Alexandree. 
uquets are mainly 
ta. 
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and treatment in bringing th m 50 as 
to produce their flowers in a condition that they will 
stand as еа as possible when cut, form at the pre- 
sent day a rtant part of the 
of his pur s, and i ally imperative upon 
him to produce their flowers in the best condition. 
The m ce fronds of Adiantum m 
Pteris hrivel up when exposed to the air, 
or whose flowers droop when subject to similar influ- 
ences, would soon find t had no purchasers, 
no matter how his productions were at n: 
sight, To pam forced flowers of man in 
early as it is possible to Le кчы od with the ability 
to stand as required for considerable 
een and close Serai of the due of the 
р 
As to the market itself, the less said the better. So 
far as m the requirements of the present day, it 
is la deficient in every way. It is mean in 
Atn no time in the year is jit near 
ch occasions as as Christm 
never get in at all, but has pa » Rad in the streets 
leading to i 
come to purc 
a hundred even attempt 
P get their vans or 
ardet but leave them in the 
өв Saturday -— at 3 os in the morning, all 
the streets—east, уй orth, and south—leading to the 
Saverio em for ote a quarter of a mile), 
were 
market (in 
1 g these, 
jammed full with a double row of vehicles dows the 
and the n 
pm leaving a passage on each side, which 
the horses often necessi с g 
right on to the е It may very n 
ow are the thousands of (tons of produce got 
out of the market into the purchasers’ vehicles? It i 
by an army of porters, numerous enough to 
throw up earthworks round a beleaguered city of 
considerable extent, and the way these men th 
tein mei with the loads they carry through the 
a century ago. At the present finie we 
question if there is a place in devoted to the 
sale of commodities of any description so ridiculously 
out of proportion to what is уро арреагапсе 
and every necessary convenience it is а disgrace alike 
to the richest city x the world, and to those who 
et the high ren e who are com- 
лее to put up with it. 
ORIGIN OF THE AURICULA. 
Ir any English horticulturist were aiked the parent 
form of the garden Auricula, we presume he would 
answer without hesitation—Primula Auricula, Linn., 
the glory of the Southern Alps when first the sun's 
warm rays compel the snow in the earliest spring to 
Mery of Lo mele can 
Towards the close Nd the sixteenth century the 
won riri: beauty of the alpine ze appears first. to 
have attracted the ees of plan in the 
ing tow 
also feat isited by foreign botanis 
time investigate ud the alpine Us especially Pona of 
Vero Kamerer (Camerarius) of rnberg, but 
Mc» б by the. me Belgian botanist t De l'Escluse* 
(Clusius), who live Mes Eos Dod s otl at 
Vienna, and during that t scaled many of the 
alpine peaks of Carinthia, ‘Styria, and the ty rol, in 
search of floral on which he transferred to ‘his 
garden in the Austrian 
For the genus Prim ain Clusius had a special affec- 
s, and Р. elatio 
vated in та as we 
under the or Primula anglica ; and 
to naturalise arden- a considerable number 
tinguishing each of the varieties or species by separate 
numbers. Ofall these anted species Clusius 
finally ed in 
su ing 
uricula Ursi I., or Primula — Linn 
Auricula Ursi IL, or Primula pubescens, Jacq., roots 
of which he transmitted to his friend to der Dilft п 
any, an 
middle 
to variation, was com neglec 
time died almost éátirely out of cultivation ; while 
P. pubescens, Jacq., which is shown by Kerner to 
brid between P. Auricula and P. 
dede eee e 
had become most valued 
The na 
history of Primula rea ac 
ай of our garden Auriculas, is 
ated. his Historia Plantarum, ^ a 
Уз Clusius 'states that in vain 
his Auricula Ursi 
J q, th 
then investi- 
in 
as 
: ne Austrian and Styrian 
alps, and that he first saw it in is 
friend Professor Aichholtz at ipee. 3 but subsequently 
records his d ing it in 
h of Inns 
P. pu- 
zens. apparent i in - is origina. са неа Тра 
а chasm Кп Hematke ehl, n 
bescens 
brück, in 
There осле im is: 
= a only oF биз penes OF Ce me SR 
consequently e| A о! 
P. Auricula and hirsuta, which are partial аса 
different ay DLE ds ce sc „ Other, habitats | ofa a 
the Meer of ntl кт 
Pro 
to 
alpine plant which come 
into сан cultivation in b: guides of pm rest of 
Europe. 4. И. B. 
FRUIT ar ume Qu WORCES- 
ны 18 werd to be one of the 
fruit-producing counties in England. Such 
— the case, it will not be without сенн to glance | 
the system 
many instances 
wack i ish tb ч surface being seeded down 
with a raw hungry turf. selection of site, 
with еу ЗН ЖА NOME no ин 
ап 
Ep medendi Clusius’ 
sought for 
barely out of their teens, we frequently see. These, 
doubtless, tend to show that the plants lack those 
conditions favourable for the activity and deve- 
opment of their roots. e same time the 
soil may not be originally deficient in nutri- 
ment, if those mechanical conditions, such as drain- 
age and deep cultivation, which impart fertility, were 
extended to it, Yet, with so much enlightenment as 
now exists upon the yes methods of culture and 
improved appliances, there are those who do not avail 
themselves of anything in the shape of fostering tillage, 
s is most assuredly evinced by the state of those 
the surface; and without the — s rd 
of a deep ric r ittl 
is afforded A trees so planted to scel This is 
no means an unusual procedure in the manage- 
ment of orchards, 
one of general interest. to the — to whom these 
of superior Apples 
sumption неч quantities 
vez on Aga unt of their yielding the 
annually in dem 
greatest quantity o 
ch bein. 
x nd ч from a е r state of culture. 
nagement few plants in 
In poi 
cultivation are 
that is, neither too light n 
Apple, Prid 
of medium texture— 
containing much c 
and Plum, as well as 
soil in valleys is rich in the 
so much, any far more destructive i i low-lying 
of when this one consistently with the other 
Bellis 
north. 
-east, and north-west, mos 
from the more exposed poin 
such shelters should not be so near a 
obscure light and sun. 
every cultivator recognises the adv 
As vantages 
derivable from the mechanical 
up faili 7 ОЇ © 
dii which i is requisite, more "particularly in 
p Fik gp 
This lack of sustenance and 
most disastrous upon light hungry series 
soils upon bad subsoils, 
moisture is frequ en ntly 
and shallow 
g in- 
A 
done early in autumn, it is ntageous to surround - 
the roots with some fresh pasture turfs, to w. 
the roots cling, and they have a ency to multiply 
e roots near to the Plan , 
on y stake, mul he 
manure Never t upon as some advise, as it 
presents a slovenly appearance, and tends to no 
ince th ts are not upon the sur- 
face by any such means. Peri anuring, 
the trees ire i о be 
gc- Ш 
Their аи nevertheless is ` 
Su ing the КС Tet us consider л зг җен н 7 
more - 
pliable than the Apple and Pear, A deep dave soil E 
trees generally attain large saiak with occasional | : 
osts, from which 
| henry crops, spring e blossoms ^ 
iz 
— pur should always be taken advantage E 
hat which "protects from the north, | 
is the (—— at | 
the same time, while we break the force of the wind . 
ts by means of planting 1 
t hand as E 
and physical condition 1 
uence - 
essary that those anit rr con- - 
dum should, as far as possible, be imparted to the | 
means of escape for E 7 
surface 
capable of maturing their fruit, and canker and хене : 
ie — of soils where the surface is good but the s 1 
e underlying stratum should be worked . 
ed p some чу» ‚ yet by no means should the raw, © 
worthless 
Wa | 
s regards "planting, which operation is best - 
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