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PRRI GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 18, 1874. 
the oe to a couple of inches above the level of the 
soil, to err for settlement, with har 
as if for 
e 
; iy day, ap ig put sr Bagh Ao i wide mouthed g gas. Pickle, 
with good cold vinegar, ht. 
Samphi a heeds ao salt o 
added, if approved. pee 
perfectly To 
own proper v 
ae an arom: 
tiscorbutic, es T for hygienic prom on ani 
ingredient for salads, sauce: 
is more ed 
apers, 
Crithmum yai if not to be es at t tae in the 
al way ol e, would ‘eg be obtainable 
from botan: ka gardens. So intoritiog and peculiar 
a plant would probably be grown at Kew. Æ. S. D. 
OREN AIR VEGETATION." 
American species, ugar 
Locust trees, deciduous 8 Cypress Ti =, Tulip trees, Cat: pa, 
agnolias, 
Owing to the lon conan and ae sun the leaves 
ee species look if they would not become 
propery d eveloped th this season, as they are now 
zs 9) ve . We experienced some hea 
showers ofr rain on June 25 and 29, and slight showers 
al occasions but the moisture not having 
i e trees, a full develop- 
rap baad sand from p a present tent at 
i Ieee of iage w which they 
=~ not seem as if they 
this year. 
flowered Horse Chestnuts have also been 
2 rri heals being from the same cause, none of the 
the spring. é 
Scarlet- 
in mensem ; water r was appli 
Since ne joi on June 25 and 29, the young growths 
the Open-air Vegetation at the Royal Botanic 
SAE om n aeaiabtergh Read by Mr. M‘Nab at the July meeting 
of the Edinburgh Botanical Soviet ety. 
oe all the Conifers have made rapid progress, and bid 
t r re generally 
late of starting, but are n orous. 
Since the last meeting of the Society the six lowest 
mornin e 42, I4, afi a 
S 
go 
E 
2 
| 
oOo 
5] 
n 
while the six m 
July I, 2, 3, 4% 8, and 9, thdipating 7 wae 
53°, and 53°. 
mpe ioh oc ‘on 
55°) 53° 
Florists’ Flowers. 
BLE PrmIMROSES.—Had I been told 
months since that there were no les an twelve dis- 
tinct kinds of the double ninale- so in culti- 
vation, I should have received the statement ha 
smile of incredulity. e saki so little of late 
other than the White, Lilac, and Sulphur 
kinds that it was excusable if the belief prevailed that 
m 
ay, but, in those of our home establishments at least, 
it was a arkable circumstance if more than the 
bove three kinds were included, and this result natu- 
a 
rally strengthened the belief that other kinds had 
t non-existent have still a distinct 
i a crimson an rose- 
pi gd years ago, but these samed. iya 
far-off past tbat lived only in 
peed pe PY to lif = an existant 
reality, but some ee faces have a ges 
them, and these al a r form a group that may o 
may not constitute all the ob ia members of a bail 
that ever were, and ever will be, favourites with those 
who ey love the lowi denizens of our spring 
ardens n classifying these lipad kin aa ʻ begin at 
r. start ie 
one of the purest of p“ 
the best known of all t 
hade 
S a Spo m 
Perhaps it is a trifle less robust in "growth Msi the 
characteristic strength of growth in pro 
portion to depth of colour seems to run om through 
these Prim The Double Sulphur, as it is 
pssst ian ened, the oF he Pue is undoubtedly 
est to ~ bloom 
perdi rath ssy, smooth and somew exed, 
the flowers are of a pale sulphur in 8 fi jee are 
orne very freely. el i called, are mis- 
l waei are per Pag ooon red, or at the best 
ery pale iffering mater ny from 
Fe Sulpbari in ail 1 respects. Of these th thr 
distinct kinds. — Late Yellow is a robu: st growing kind 
, hand uneven in 
` the | ELA sare € Ea N ; . 
orange-buff base to cack p 
ne Giant by the aot rounded pe of 
w has flowers of the 
green hue, 
ing kinds, and an 
centre petals. Occasionally it throws up a short 
pélyantl stem, but this in no way detracts from its 
> 
double crimson kinds, of which there 
beauty and usefulness. Last, but not pire are the 
appears a 
two stain bape 
One I call the Bright Crimson 
moderate size, full and ri 
S foliage. longs rounded at the top, but pe 
This kind is well-known 
rdi 
n the possession of patient, 
of the country. 
England. 
humid Erpe sc that largely pervades those par} 
the kingdom favours their growth, whilst the warm 
@ 
B 
~ 
o 
rare or ‘* miffy” 
that te are best preserved in pots, which should 
1 in ashes under a nor wall o or fence, 
the common kinds 
Apiary. 
paaey respecting the sat form of hive that iti is4 
easy for novices to ) decide which to 
few po oa tip on this part of the sı rey base 
fifteen or twenty I 
and killed ra off every ao 
e 
said to be a great venture. After a few years, p 
our or five, they all d It was d 
ue did not ot 
ss in all sorts of nR, — Icould as ae a 
era 
om tenantless old ones, peire 
pn en into a opt Chari A fine | 
well, having ae 
| Fee es from 
eo: Kos 
4 +) ae 
purplish red in colour, are not so full as those of pre- | frame out 
ac a is seen to the |- 
