28 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND a 
—————— > 1 a fas from these defects, and is, therefore, a more | mowing more tedious and diffi 
sg the kindness of rich relations, return home, | Dog is free fro e defects, and is, therefore ig dious ficult, h on ap is a an 
wher e they abuse the land they have left as a i agreeable companion than the King Char les or may 
s the name implies, it was origi- he necessary here. Sweep | sai occasionally $i Be 
lead an idle independent life, trading with y y brou ght from : Matt It is a ver iem of fallen bits of branches, &c., and use the roller 
Professional men, Vaag eget in ier pon the ey at one time was tho gbt to be extinct ; but tł moti Pe rem is secure a firm smooth 
number of competitors fo public favour, occasion ene | are still apean to be obtained by those the stock of plants, except those that may 
per, but industry and objection to pay the price which is demanded for be wast furnish cuttings des ene pig i to air 
requisite in New Zea siand.ae ins. Be “sno nd. High a waist o- | these pa etty little creatures. Routledge’s Illust 1 er the wi eat ill a hem 
rity rk that ‘the poor shall never cease eiet the | Natura Sra event 
and ;” „bu t in New Zealand those only are poo who The Tea Tree in India. — Mr. Henry Mann, an of their having to be pri covered up fo some time: 
who left Chi of the sto: ck from whic’) many chitin 3 are wanted 
not work.” ago, has introduced the Tea tree to Southern India should be removed to a light warm situation Pb 
having formed a plantation on the Neilgherries, which loss s of time, first washing. the pots a and clearing and 
st Magazine Almanac and Insurance Direc- | is now Ta ee: f the ball. Some 
tory So, eed price “Gi, consists of 144 closely ited published ei report upon the subject. The | kinds of Verbenas, &c., are very subject to rm when* 
PES relating entirely to Fire and Life Insurance Com- plantation i is k atako about 2} miles above Coonoor aR a in bin in the winter seaso amb this is easily 
panies, rates of premium, directors of such bodies, com- | an aisa of 6000 feet, with an exposure to t pl y let t the sulphur 
panies winding up, together with the usual misc cella- | north- t apt contains about 6000 p ants. pp p 
ee age in other almanacs. pip is about 4 acres. The plantation is on a a slop FRUIT AND “KITCHE N GARDEN. 
‘apensis, or Illustrations of the capa The ee — land is found most suitable for the eats: s.| Tf ie ssianiiee of fruit trees still remains to be dor 
African Fl tora, by Dr. Harvey, Part III., contains ex- | It now only remains to we the leaf and to procure | this should be seen to very soon, and every available 
Sear a and accou nts of the foll E rare skilled manufacturers. This the Government warg despatali used to get i it completed. If it is worth while 
x k i 
a ot 4 
s » ary ator of Forests, ) " 
railed plant with blossoms no bigger ree application has been refused on the grounds of the in- ree 7 anting them, it ce ihe 
those of Chickweed; 52, Tames t of Government interference with private | Froese pres whether the ground is in the best possible 
53 and 54, Brachycorythis ovata and pubescens; 55, | ente erprise. The importation of skilled manufacturers | state of preparation for being planted with fruit trees, 
arenaria ; Stenoglottis fimbriata, the | on speculation will not probably be ventured upon by |a = to incur any expense and trouble v vhich aid 
four last small flowered terrestrial Orchids ; 57, | any private individual z many years. The culti alo mart 
yg og Hy naar a handsome herbaceous plant of Tea in the hill districts of India seems to be spread = made for the kind of trees with which it ís k be 
with large white flowers, but we fear uncultivable ; 58, | ing fast, and as these are the localities recommended | planted. 
Nycterinia natalensis a ‘a he gem with brilliant white for oad sane colonisation, we may yet see India rivalling 
flowers, crimson at the , 89, Cyclo ptychis virgata Chin 2 this tr: ade, and stur rdy Anglo- -Saxon pi — S 
a Crucifer ; 60, yas rye oe + epicted o 
61 and 62, Erythrina at eg a super' b Legu umi nous tailed men 1 of ‘China. engl Burkaru. 
son 
W ork Ir nvolyv uch 
Seek outlay, for provided the ground is well Grated 
there is little else required except labour, materials for 
y concreting, and a supply of good loamy soil, all of — 
‘whic i bout m ces. 
a ; 
But it is useless to plant trees except there w a he 
i ell dtt 
t of their 
phylla; 64, Crabbea angusti tifoli Ciss bees roe of bibl a ioe, fab mobail “ORES can be more conveniently, 
lanigera. the Z e ensuing wee. heaply. er A 
loos, wh o call it “ Tambesi,” pene for the toothache; 3 aN ma athe J» Pome efficaciously „made before planting than- 
afterwards, and the requisite preparations should be 
66, Raphionacme purpurea, a tuberous Asclepiad ; 67, PLANT DEPARTMENT. made, even- if doing this itat 
Gomph us truncatus; 68, Dicoma Zeyheri, a hand-| CONSERVATORY, f off planting until another season "Push fe e putting 4 
some white “ Everlasting ;”,69, Corymbium congestum ; | the roof are, grown in boxes, or have but limited root | digoing or trenchi b v 
70, Eumorphia Dr little Aster-like shrub; 7 an r a aA a cs 
, Eumorphia Dregeana, a little Aster-like shrub; 71 | room, as much of the surface soil should be salah vacant groun nd turned i as ‘soon after this as circum- 
and 72, Rafnia crassifolia and lancea, two Broom-like | annually as can be done without seriously injuring th 
shrubs ; 73, Hibiscus pusillus, an extremely pretty | roots, replacing it with some good rich, fresh a 
rennial, with great red or yellow flowers, which | and this cannot be done at a better season than the TATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON. 
certainly ought to be introd uced from Grahamstown, | present. The conservatory or show-house should now or For the Week ending Jan. 12, 1860, as observed at the Horticultural Gardens 
where it is common in ; 74, Combretum holoseri- | very soon be full of floral beauty. Camellias, Luculias, | | panos baler 
; and 75, Combretum um Ze ey heri. Epacrises, Heaths, Primulas, Mignonette, Tree Violets, | January Ee © | = Of the Air. 
e are glad to see that a second edition of Captain | Cinerarias, Daphne indi „an other one z ax. Me: 
Hardy’s How to repel Invasion has been already issued | things, may easily be ha h 
(Hardwicke). Our own opinion of the value of this | and, with proper convenience, a few Roses and ed Satur. 
pamphlet has been lately expressed (see Mg ‘LL of last | forced plants, as Oranges, bulbs, &c., should also be | Mon” 9 (2 | sau | 3024 | 46 
wa EE Defence Ne ve ye more sa sadak coming w D greatly ass assist in maintaining the tper 28 u ENE : 
e late Earl of Selkir iety so desirable h $ 
z T ila, te y a pdt ih of Sy pages, written in the KEET FORCING DEP ARTMENT. cera apy re 
re-issued now by Sir John Wedderburn, | pi ropy hI difi lt — PEET ites; 
+ a nakared contribution > the great subject whi Oh ie] ie see Fee aon bie pete ralge hale I moon. 
now occupying. all m — fruit at thie season, and where this i s the case e = SHighy areca Geia ki 
? ery a , 
tains reds ao one are pro t. bably we to the | advantage should be taken of mild m RE to maintain — wo—toeay i baay; lense erinra me pisht. 
+ gees canna pe the s ho; of saps a brisk temperature, which may be kept at from 70°} aid, ree mone o camel thes 
in ie o . o o gi 
tothe formation: o latal Aitik regiments; adv. k alte 75° by night, and 80° to 85° by day. The di eulty seer Bhan Lani OF TaS ooo CHISWICK. 
of getting plants to show fruit is generally the result | —7 pera SE ork, ending Jar ay ae 
by Lord Selkirk, for we remember enough of them to f thei Eh: nok hy b shes x ing Winds. 
know that a more worthless undisciplined force could | °; “0er gro nor having: Dee propeny Sik Ai 
not begot t r.— Spain and the tk M orocoo time to allow the plants a period of comparative rest 
(Ridgway) is a pamphlet by Mr. Dalhousie Ross, who before subjecting them to forcing Mea the view of - 
ls “to that great engine of pnblic o inion—th Cie hem to show fruit, and where any difficulty Pe heal Reet Mee ag 1l Stim. | 3| 4] 3) 3] 3] 8 
press ‘of England—to eee ~~ „a more friendly wd ee eas is experienced timely attention should be | Tues. 17..| 427 | 313 | 37. ; 
ains olh preparation of the plants for another Wed. 
years they have fallen a little behind us in wealth a nd pect “ay ioan Sen Ps bp agen them at | Friday - 
commercial ity, i t nati i $ Te 
7 and worthy ‘in “ver ery m a any 7 mtn: ny AA with backward plants will be to take advantage | | The highest temperature during the above period occurréd on the 
England, o 
amsn 
Joesonowo 
~ admiration and es Pee in bright rs that m: ere: to Ree hee bep ae Re Towed ORDEA IE MOO 
with Spain, hav pe i e T O Lie ee ee : 
‘jeu Rs vie having roided 3 Pe e leie AI ORUA with sunshine; nr pa Sr a akd pa seated at Notices to Corresponden 
We E E crehocs E T eE h oe A ‘nee: o ot 
TRADE sts RECEIV meas Lorazan’s List yringe ose S pe: ea are showing A ex on, then wi 
of me lage sin and ‘Agricalturel, Sodde, Tupe fruit. Also that the roots are in a properly|Hoxev. Wrerkow. to obtain pestis Em ee a 
ments, &e,, Glasgow.— A. Cabldeagia. of Selected V. moist state, using tepid water where any is wanted, eee without having a sample to ex: That 
table and Flower Seoda, old by Taos & | an aet Iaoa Taxes 4B. We cannot x mishjicotrecives legal: si 
Co., Nurse: Dumfries.—Catalogue | Vin AK ECR UBTLY 5 and where necessary bend the If the Commi ers will not believe you or ‘your ook 
of "Forest, Oenax nan mt , and Fruit Trees, ines, raisi ng the backw: ard buds to the highest point; | you must ngs ponte tito sa — of solicitor. 
with short descriptive ‘notices of the | miam: 5 Conife- maintain a moist ene è the Vines nae Wood Leovas are bored into 
ye also Descriptive £ Select | the nig and afternoon: Wen the bus to break | pard o 
ret: d Flower Seeds for 1860; e aei 1 temperat ncreased a few ; 
‘Seedsmen and sit for 1960; Stirling ; and D Spie Boi exceed ‘55° until they are all fairly 
annn Street, Dublin. 5t day shonld not be exceeded except 
Mi scnshing'and 
with piese an air, _Rub off all Superfluous bu ds, 
Miscellan i e is any fear about the show of. fruit, it will be 
The Maltese Dog. —A em celebrat ted but ex-| advisable to leave all promi ising buds until the bunches 
a rare, “toy” dog, i Maltese Dog, the | can be perceived... It is only in cases, ‘howe ever, where 
nd most loveable of ake toe pet dogs the Vines are in a bad state that eer need be any fear | 
of this tiny creature is very long, extremely | about Powter all su us buds as soon as 
this 
superfluo 
ai y P, so beauti- i bie don ge a air on every py eat day, using a suf- a thee 
ass. In proportion a cient amoun eai maintain the proper tem- ‘crm willing] 
ws jhe ag is so long that when pera’ rature. Look well l to „the chaga and see that it is than fe eng roe 
, the real shape is alt ther | pr tod G Jesa Fian, Aberin, at reer tee 
line of flossy hair r. One th ft 
es i lbs in weight ht |as 1 as n ari prim a small cn of fresh leaves 
castrum,—. 
compre ty th one across | heat writings cine latest Peri arik ties 
T enr h are distinctions blend 
back, and 1 alts fo a of silken _ Let Fay sans bel sis off ‘arouable n poral while 
of glistening | it lasts to push forward new work and all out-door 
good-tempered little | operations, P Where the tur is at all unlevel time 
sandi curious little ways ! shoul this or next mon 
spared in course o to 
brough a 6 | regnirosmte n AS a oe fio an it might erria japonica, ETA om ti sane 
iad Gomes attention dont it to take quickly. Unlevel| R, y 
moring a e breath, but the Malt ltese: turf is an eyesore the round, and it makes the RD Ne eh sis ave, POS 
