74 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [January 28, 1860. 
TT ase th eit and ath tered a question if it would bear comparison y with the practice | ‘therefore no danger can happen if they are e gathered o, 
go y iiig oa he seed trade, | eaten by children.” The reason -of may 4: ntruding upon 
a 
four y 
grate, so as be oi up fresh coal from a reservoir belo roshnistening adopted by some in t | 
as recomm y Dr. Arnott. Afterwards came | whic mong “ amateurs,” but pu yass _ below | beer = space is, | that as the ' as 1s approaching the- 
forth the article in the Builder, and w e abt ted the nm of a Practica l Ga induce some of our present 
fire in the morning at top, the result was (the grate} Clima ar sent ae.—Allow me = ‘state o that ed | | scientifi growers. to bestow a little of their fostering 
per prett ty deep) ‘that we |} had no oceasi on to lift the | thermometer a x3 Cumbrae #5) ah $ Zax mbra upon on aay 4 oe wh aga sa g if not 
} x pass a 
ving | pate tent. It will be seen (p. 25) that the ass of colour, 
got out f order, it is now quite disused, and the well is | rature {hore is 24°; the unusual a hi is sonal Mary re azirada, Eagle Lodge, Old Brompton. } 
eo the. wt solid bricks. ta: thus a kerh with | for by t the influence of the Gulf Stream. There Ray! Arpe ance of Wasps:—If those who dow. _ 
no vacant place below it, even for ashes. This fire is | now full fi jr: d fea s of daring are styled heroes, please to 
wan Bery by the family fro “£7 aM. till 2 o’clock, being | both the larger and lesser Cumbraes. A Constant Sub your list, I killed a wasp on January 16, 
occasionally, but rarely, inte it then = no atten- | seriber, Greenock. active, and in good condi a Woglog, Dorset. f 
tion till about 5, when the room is quite w though| Rainfall in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire, ih 1859.—| a Gutta Percha Labels.— I take the liberty to forward 
the fire appears extinct; a good dist arbance, Soe nen $5 or inspection three specimens of Gutta Percha 
now revives it, and in a quarter of an hour it becomes aSoe teasers Pe | labels which we make and a eee fruit trees on 
a coal with small Aickering ames, soeyupesk® SERSESISSSS g | walls, st os rd sate A — ne ie one perforated ` 
BS EPRD E $ | h e oyed for wall trees, a 
vay. Fe ye half the grate; tom mind no ordinary EP EE EBBE etre | a e ends is enis te oS e but aaa t 
equal it. At 7 o’clock we take out a EB See ue eS ERRS uses | {thev ightly, are 
quantity of the contents, which laid aside to cool PeSPE SE Eas | PERSSE” es | | used e sunken: m. Baxter, Gardener, Rice 
above the woo e next m g ee aa oo | Ewse E po | | Herm near re a, at [These are very nt 
Of course this remainder varies wit eather; but Besersrs | sere 2 | | legible labels, easily om 
as a rnle we never have to add coal in the course of the ! SSgre sk Enig, è 34 | . tes now are when they are ex. ex 
day. In another room the fire is lighted at 1 P.M. ; Bae Ser pores En | Ee to hot suns cold nights, and so light 
this is a drawing-room grate, with no preparation rao oS B A BNE ss es ede | | that the loops w which suspend them will hardly wear 
ogoni à picts of sigut lee Te , fee pum BR S| jro a n ha te ~ pi mead provement ta 
ere is a first-rate fire all the afternoon ; ; on the roo as gr pSSpopuopn | s rub the face with white lead and oil, as that would 
ro K á q e ates Pad ref = | | 
left at 6 o’clock for a short nas the servant may : A -oP Ewe] 3883333583: |5 | ronder the lettering more conspicuous. | 
m t on about ahati et mps of coal, and LS EE SSeS S =a 
eain t till bed-ti with occasional disturb- pope Sst Wee So E ee eee eee | | ; 
dy ager frequently till midnight with addition 4 ERE 38 : | SasaRssese 5 N | Notices of Books, 
Refi. peat pre M Dis "for my = KES or F F ë sireceeeer 
3 ul aod > f 3 Stree Saar 
four or five hours, I am sure of a speedy and busy little 3 te Ss EB LS So ee at my 8 Kalendar for or 1860:20 appead 
fire on disturbing it, th ugh = grate is ve l OTAR D S38 ape e i go po ro h | & vee “Moe OUE R200 ang a 
TERASI m. If I admit PIEH La EF | ssssssase’ |a| [pa mn st a ea is contained in ae 
u do not faRGlaily baie (though you ought to re a8 E 4 ets a van y” witha ealanrad-yiow: 08 A 
han a hot, well-burnt-up fire to begin the day with, a 8 & eE So n } ec: essesss = Conse: of considerable apparent magnitude, , 
when you come down first to breakfast, r think I hit g æ £ F rS ssssrBbBST |3 Papers Ansa Botanices Systematica. Vol V. 
the DEN on = e Hoani in seeking for the cause of B Sg > es š a ase. 4. is Par syaa with Styracaces, ii 
objection of the public to i . Are we NG 2 ; 5 SeEeee seer =] term of Ac: 
“then such creatures of habit that in tie a fireless ¢ + ko l 2 > 8 ESS = Jeter sat a bes meng SF Aven wee a 
nothing short of kitchen-fir repe must Loe wc E HS mq | PRE seHen| a A new and very pretty edition of Hothen has been 
greet us at the breakfast room? Were it a necessity ae nE S 2 8 zsg2333833 |7 issued by Mr. Murray. In this age- narrative of 
- to bear with half a fire till 10 o’clock, one would think aS Pee Ser, x; p | [travels in Eastern lands, which 
that a saving of 50 per cent. in a an Sees a 2 io SRE: geese seese? BITE critics, there are fi es which ‘atonent mere hor- 
day, with a be ea varmed ri st of the 243 ae AN Ag 299° 9 SS Pa = evertheless we = rre 
> Wi glowing fire at pleasure,» wold repay SESLE In | wenesseney w the first of which, the history of the old'trees which now 
patience. It is however not of n iat ‘owen s | Sesssesss™ |F stand alone on a Se an 
; “the fire should be black nt breakfast time prt Ree SES pe LES = 22 glory, is probably ne new to most :— 
that as coals differ, as grates and chimney vary, an cod a zs Bes | Soho Pere! 9 «The p: seme 7 crossed the Lebanon is like, I 
-the wind or roe ae a og alteration in the 4 3 ra 333833835 | think, in Pits fo es to that of the Foorca in the Ber- 
management is called for, a greater degree ZES EB nese Oberlan Foni toiled 
than anre old beg EE h aie at h. many an ear] ers ees aa epeka a peed a rather painfully through the dazzling s ; 
$ SS e k SssSsssss |1 y s ng 
hod Aa Ana ga T da a BEd EERTE E T fons ol nding a 
brief—t Mi a little soone ES 
with ia altel more Viberal allowance of Wood: or, it i 2 3 ši Z i z prepne g os . ne ee, ara T 
may be li lower down (say in the middle), 2gHesgers eee AS e shoulder of the mountain 
z laid hollow, j ae Be cn P c tho ti ally, S as Š 5 $ | SSERSSESS = z another minute, and that the 
x botto: y be omitted withou psing Swassasss’ IE nether h n fleecy € 
in t ance the ben he fi $ 
2 Little, Carlesgill. ar down in the air beneat 
gradually downwards M wht Td not be dife alt = readth i 
to bisit the plate after the fire is well burat up, Dd &e., at Itchen Abbas, near Winchester. softy 1 ~via on Ps west of the Leban 
oe Faria Se e of heat up the chimney. ‘To con, S i Days of | of the sea which cl Ho ti 
advisedly declare that no “modern fnmovation Rain, | Rainy | Days‘of| Days | thunder | wel] used of la 
7 i days. | snow. = te to the peop 
` Asia—well used an 
that tf i+h AN i 
ROPES desert lains, tranquil 
-in n Paas. two- ikin of the smoke of the to ill = —_. 
longe r exist, and coals will radiate heat e owa vil i TR S 280 = 1 : > ari = = : me 
instead o eing driven up the chimneys. There is so Perae = | 090 os 2 ; a all th k catia rt th y 
little dirt caused, so little refuse to carry away, and so | April 3.08 19 3 5 a abai canto = “of t 
little dai oot Med oy z aed coal-senttle, that my housemaid a. e E = = into shrill Mi eile z 
sorry he pert to light a ath in an aly Ped = F 8 we whe wees Bed 
lke war aoa Aer aeai re r | ‘| 200. | git -| a3 [gales to the crash and re taller . My? 
master will not forget to take oat dindere nad Phe September “| ars | 2 Zh i aip acter Seon P md de 
Joose clay go aes s cinders, and the | Octo “| 333 | 2 i z A rnity, see the h “bir Past and 
b= gopa = oir much recom- | November; | 343 | 13 ee oe i that has no end, at left an old i 
er nl A E obamie ie ise i ould be too hot to | December. ..| 5.02 eE Ba i 3 crepid | Wor! d. ae reemitir 
7 “recently 3 Total . | 32,88 tyrannies expiring i 
“not be Controle i t ad Doe e See aver-)| 8 = z = a swathed, andt 
3 : g to know that Abies > corny pe the last 453 | 22 5 3 in its stead Royal 
$ orientali: is aurea, B. Sieboldi, B. i 21 ea ere Royal, an 
| Geprateest C- asenin atc VV, W. Spr <i = 
> Bas ‘3 
ans ‘Espino? e parae Cornwall in 1889The following is . troversy, well cea paS well defended—men 
ja Pat re igantea, ee te a a n Tehidy Gardens during the pas es shalor o! wh i 
2 mt the slig : x os : | buzzing—a race, and a slashing pace, 
ap Va 7 ‘Although very mach a a Em taking the eee ing ee p we 
co gay oF yards to in . > ngered 3 
Windern e. Sequoia sempervirens, | Mar the difficult Pass that leads from Though j 
: ica, and its variety Lobbi, appear to be almost April: = pete ee se and went 
{itled, especialy a lot of fine young seedling plants. - 182 [November |. m pwd “The group of Cedars, re 
or Bape se «Benen unt of its starting early into oo . Sak seater ge or held sacred by the Greek 
, suffers from late spring frosts. Je Richard- Cart Epe — [accoun 
Faa O | sin Sean ba Ae amet owe y 
jartal person, Tilly criei with your ANY CST E DACON D fia Meal m.—On the 20th of August lnst|side, and mang. of them are gnari 
 Amstenr” {sce p. 52) upon the lnet oF eke men oth Fe => DA about 300 berri Eventi seta implies great age, but except these si; 
paper ions cater y amd 1 one respectable house in | a and much darker ‘in foliage PERA oy in their appearance Pe ont that 
nother ; an ttach great i a : oraries of the Cedars empto 
Se ti fe. of vant ie a he Horta of “he specimens wi s E have i veto i Biome 5 mon’s Temple. The final cause to whidl 
: . I brough' nglan vivors they - è 
publishin g; re “at ly a the egotism 6th o mber, from which time it macley ted on the poar ri preserv: was 
eg ae ary. until about a fortnight since. The be uty |in the evening by a glorious old fellow 
ibly reminds me that a 4 ries “tee — who made me welcome in the 
sé Tin oat ıpidly falling, and the leaves are ing | In ancient times the 
TA 2 sg hs oo ee te to its having been nearly the | been covered with Cedars, 
, which Pe en BB a drawing-room lighted b; re) moe Teac A : 
Cos, a T hav y ice has i bees teri sheen i nly th more and more infes' 
: sen o of 2 wees some degree a statement made to me = S oF 09 aie se and tyrants of high and low 
multiply instances | whom-1 “bought it that * iti is so har te wil a by degrees abandoned them, and 
ie pick Gx Paps e peet riei e are ee re ee ae 
that ring the trouble of a walk up il won serio 
Dut I much ' winter, and its Meiles are simply “Tomatoes; | weak and 
