Еғвволву 23, 1861.] THE 
small pale green з central | star forme d by a green b border 
GARDENERS’ 
[аз to get the mass в well aired ; but at the same time 
nd the bc rder, are both of 
the 
entre which зери а iex ат 
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soil is chiefly of Jight dry sand 
quarter. 
a a glossy bronzy green, purplish while young, but wh 
y the same tint as that of the Primus 
T he upper surface is sprinkled with red 
t fthe Celosia. К кы make three 
sowings, О ne in February, anotl in March, and the 
third in April, and these rte а d succession of 
hairs, the under 
red and shaggy. It із — a son coloured plant. 
(To el.) 
CELOSIA AUREA. 
Awoxa recent introductions, or rather among plants 
vitii tue recently become popular, that which heads 
this notice is not the least ipai for for whether con- 
Ay 
vin ng prepared the soil we will next proceed with | 
veins, and having also a few taken to keep it dry. Some ofthe| with very к^ clay and loam. А kinds of 
bh dark green markings at th T, | outside derat of the compost. will be fit to use after | Coniferee thrive wel, and many of them in a 
e scarcely bullate, and the under surface is veined it has been exposed to the action of the atmosphere | warm season mal nishing growth. Now, 
with n А "tta aches nearly to B. argentea, but for ks; but use with caution, for pil has invariably happened that a. cold piercing 
marking is obviously zonate. roperly prepared it will be almost as strong as guano, | wind се m the N.E. has inju: more or les the 
3. B. Queen Victoria.—From Messrs. Low & Co., | and much too strong for indiscrimin: mpost | young s s of most of the Coniferæ ens, 
and Mr. Veitch. he leaves are large, de d be-|of this ki sufficient for the f a n | killing the tops of the branches, turning the fi foliage 
hind, a 1 deal like those of B. Quee ngland, | should be prepared every autumn while the soil i is d brown, herwise rendering them s nsightly for a 
but e stained w red; and they are speckled on | and if sufficient stock is prepared to have six|time; when, T ne late frost i" in, I was ap- 
the dark ground colour of the upper surface. The|months' airing before any of is used, it 1 ould be a sev e sufferer, and lose 
centre of the leaf consists of a small dark red-green so much the better. Where hunters or other | ће greater number "t my pet pla s. v5 эр ehen- 
tar, speckled with silver; and the border beyond the | horses are kept in loose es it is a capital plan to sions 1 am "ci din sb фы are dire fulfilled, and in trying 
zone is narrowish, of the same dark red-green colour, them with зны instead of straw, and a quantity | to discover the eason 1с eto the conclusion tha t the 
dotted as in B. Queen of England, and kled | of that taken w it has accumulated bei e depth of | safety is owing 
between the dots. The stalks are shaggy, with red ma or 18 inches, tead of | which ed an aridis tion of moisture at ihe 
hairs; and the veins are hairy above. ung from litter, eae, the finest боной in the | roots, notwithstanding the great rains of the year; 
m B. gra andis, — From Messrs. c & жент world. Compost like this, or similarly prepared, is | апа as e mentioned, а absence of а continued 
| the secret ofa large proportion of the splendid plants vin ЖУ wiad. I have b; means escaped altogether 
dise a таев t the variety reserved as B. G Quen |seen at the metropolitan exhibitions, and it also to nscathed, ‚ but your readers may assure themselves 
to have been regarded as the sam all | some extent supplies -the yof two pl have ground on which 
трон growing in e sized pot one in point of jour | it is ett to pest Conifere and eris е xol. 
15. B. essrs. Rollisson & Sons. | may be ch t3 g dis 
pe variety had lea се the the medium size. The |at 5 Voi of the e pric impunity. Т name p: particula 
ar азе баркен s 
injured by the severe 
followi 
ар 
macrocarpa, 
o 
EPA y 
autumn of 185$ 1 
whi i 
anc 
| leading stem was killed 
ires Min 
de stoc А 
pot them off into 
of the preceding compost 
mellow loam Ue aene with sand and charcoal. 
e the young plants the advantage of a bottom heat 
ot 80° at the least, * moist atmosphere and as mu uch | perviren 
an 
winter, when they ; both lost their 
proved to be. perfectly hied it ought to i 
collection. 
sidered in relation to its adaptab; 
men, the elegance of i ts habi it, o 
е | wi 
о 
it ot , always bearing in mind that the night 
+ 
not fall much eg 60°, "n in 
vw erret annuals | 6 
flav or obtained it by foreign introduction, I 
am not Ji but however it was pro- 
Ж чш чч эү үг; och дилар] 
of та "e habit, for I 
regard this 
much more useful and siega |à 
fT fon rmal waxwork looking things | 
day time 
the ing to 80° or 90°, 
with sunheat m Ав 
mpost, but metere 
m гс 
a 
the pots fill with roots, s, shif into Tyre of a ger i 
e 
winds, 
Chri, stmas ; another ully exposed is і njured all, over, 
hey КЕ 
у be grown in| 
k Б айаш the 
je cp at rich 
the 
тиши bs 
ua EN аыл e ош 
Nera inv rd | тын ; 
Melor of cultivation than “my Cucumbers ” or * “йу 
elons, " and ‚етеп some ^s the present time , Consider 
given, themselves so оа 
plants get too ei E d or 
lant stoveis a suitable place for 
aparatively dry 
sary, always bearing in mind that spid 
to feed upon the Cockscomb, pur —— it n be 
the comb. For my own part I see but 
in these stereo forms; it may be 
one - good 
the formal 
foul 
not | Gar 
| cosas on the subje 
Seed 
Celos 
BAUER and I a bes after t ча rige get cold. the |o 
mperature of an m 
апа 
smell ‘complain f by so correspond 
of your 
| Mágtolia iri, Against a west wall, Pa cn in os 
M. ll, 
porca milarl 
? 
н 
йй ce, its ge g 
n | entirely Geeska Many other examples: might 
be adduced, but I will nd м, that it is my belief 
it is not always the. iuc n of low. E 
er likes | nection 
the most suitable for 
Home Corresponden 
Geothermal е leading met pe^ е 
s' Chronic Feb , alludes 
e inte е ing 
sideration and discussion. - 
ted in the arti ed * 
-|sh Skingra about during w 
to | tightly screwed down 
metier че | bt f 
Dlianoós бае. can suggest agai 
damp of our "ine Е р 
avoided ?. Adolphus Kent, 
lechi 
wo ld. crack 
if the panes are only held со own: in the middle at each. 
side, it appears to me that the wind g 
low w edge would break them i in two across 
of the |. 
Е 4] 
crops. Steam t be used, so 
action of the frost on ^ cete id. sil ak. bie of 
the plants, and when gentle | 
further iafornsition he would give 
oig x уы G?” 
les Eih zry.—Allow me to direct 
it with the draining of the stable. 
be turned t times until it 
procure four 
у, во 
cre came— 
pene 5 action would mrs place "i thue i is anything | 
t more capable ponas in ау. think of it. Stea 
Late "уздик. Frost.—The injury caused by the 
late frost to ee bm 
it effec! 
= 
has 
ng been modified 
circamstan 
vom 
on an eminence аб the west oth tape of the ze | Е 
е north-east, 
of Blechi which 
rr fally exa -slopes towards 
no means been|season, the wor. 
d by йу лыс kinds for br many years: 
sufficient tly mre a long row 
wit omes as I find that by 
ce of: Wa 
attention to Poe with us the ary is 84 red Rasp- 
berri It is а vigorous grower, eat bearer, and 
трдн fruit x excellent iaa үте? last 
t in m mier for us fruits of all. 
to discard all other 
of Tt ic itin whiti be cias = 
сгор was ain à Taon 
kinds, and ] 
the 
eat round the тушка 
һе 
the boiler on. its way to the 
e i rip brick wall which - 
