96 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Basaran 4, 1860, 
soil; that Magnolias and Or rehids were mingled | the course of the coming summer, and w “most | off close, is, of course, inserted in e soil; 4 the 
with large flowered crimson Vacciniums, Loniceras, strongly co ounsel those who may jiko to erect malaise idles but not immediately, finds its 
Vibum s, ies, and an endless n mind the foregoing remarks. It|way up the ve disle of the runner the noy 
of other glorious plants both herbaceous and | m may not be necessary to provide a Sikkim atmo- independen nt plant; ied Siae ust be b be in mind 
rubby. T pearance of the first part of Dr. | sphere, but this can be avoided by drawing off| that the runner still the nucleus of a new 
OOKER’S ork Himalayan Rhodo- | water from the portholes, and there ill still | plant, and if the damp a p still goes onward 
dno in the isp of external me the | till it arrives at the core of the plant, then death 
must follow plant 
a 
er communicated 
ciety sa nage siiani papers on the | 
n and Clim Sikkim,” an universal 
fel ese trea- 
WHEN a practical gardener describes the manner 
in which he treats a crop of which he is known to| w 
be a highly successful cultivator, 
Shere deserves attention, even thou 
tell the world nothing new. eee cy i 
often a treacherous guide. old practices | 
new Rega ence re ‘ways at least 
rth seis member a man who 
uite new methods 
| of galias nS: budding pian S See rmed, and 
ap tenait poken of with all the enthusiasm of | remo 
„ runner was. gut o 
© 
BE 
unt | tube, oes be cut through, 
1 the causo at disease vill at once be apparent, 
oid s the runners ought to be cut long 
enough, so o that the cut end should be out o of the 
when pla: 
oS 
his accou 
ugh 
gratifi Thou 
been reared at Kew 
dispersed, and now the Rhododendrons of Sikkim 
3 
‘however, soon discovered that our hor- 
skill was at ss lt with the noble 
ger: , pr roduced | their 
flowers pretty w was to 
the vigour Tavlayed E pai P W nog aa ha and vu a - t o 
which a congenial climate had long been provided. | or ea the re ald pia of his ingenious novel- 
ies t 
It was, 
ticultural 
f 
it, 
Ei 
w plic- | lyi 
ly ardy, n a skilful treatise on | 
me sdei, that a ie whip. “er — “ed hay or far more valuable, 
od. Da E an s have Peet suggested by . Helo 
» CUTHIL LL muska is, that 
no harm, a 
Sagt's “when cutting it cides off to cut 
That bei eing | a e—in fact, to carry his knih 
aa a like effect i ihe e very heart. of the young plant,” Of course 
if this is done the young pen nt is very likely to i 
rot. believe is the real i 
ing of the passage we Seye Ag uoted. ‘At all all events 
Consequences 
z i 
y | PRESENTATION A > ee MEDAL TO MR. 
ingeniou eat 
It tis iae known that he makes pt wW 
o he 
And ye Ee 
4} 
is rather ey o beat ee zeighbours 
ro- Vi e doe oes, an 
duces the finest vegetation has been carefully and 
minutel dseribdg b oe Hooker in the papers | 
Shere e allud he two peer Sy peke | 
it Eey in tis excess of dampness 
rature, In the months of May 
HILL has rea weit) 
acted with candour ; p that his little ; pamphlet 
August, and Septem RF zy | is a perfectly safe guide. 
state of moisture etkin — | the author s at a jength the ras ae ne nas | 
122 inches hig ae fal months. In | published; may touch upon ar 
ee e thermometer falls to 16° a points. 
pane and thr ree-quarters of rain. In the first place he trenches very — 
wattle g runners — 
Upon the 
joe 
n Strawberry pce 
ows his coun: 
Thre 
How man 
i Steele = indeed a a — = 
naaa 
more Tori with moisture, In August, when a amateurs do ie 
_ therm rmometer rises to 133° in the sun, the rainfall | hardly more 
try m 
| 
a | (The following is an weer SRA é ease of the President 
g aileni aag — ier = pyem pe this = t the = sheet Sn of the Reral Society.] 
“The arkable which distinguishes all Mr. 
~~ i Queons, ‘exhibited tions the garde en Buitieny. ‘scientific ‘researc, the «logical, that 
the admiration |e are rises his writi Writings, ar ana e Bound gene = 
iç great measure 
n| of = es to the influence e ‘of. his wae the at celebrated legal theorist 
, wh 
earliest 
is nearly 29} inches, At that “oe ic pas 
e a vapour In gia 
heat advances higher (H2) bat pA sii “there |a 
is nearly 16 ine And e 
varps of 
| Nothin Ee s0 fine fad then been seen ; nothin, 
| has since appeared. It was suggested tate os 
ve been 
Je 
under whose san ic 
to keep the 
from lay t of an ordin nary eai ty ie Sikkim 
ay to November, we must t shut it up close ; | B now that the Se special cause 
If we Sees air the plants become drawn and 
are pretty sure to pete and rot. "There bay ypa th 
is the difficulty, but we think we can say that it is| soe © 
ners again after 
now remove an Now it sige be pertes observed oot 
e 
was very rencang. 
othe Ls b r, CUTHILL L is to 
a porte 
eee 
=y 
In the beginning q last year a very eminent this, heme useful. i uld be | Most widely distributed of the vegetable kingdom, and hai 
and scientific amateur in one e northern | fatal in others, Of this the author ee mot! fail to | have airing ot a a Sy Mr Benthan val 
Sikkim p aai it hopeless t e ae rages b h | warn his readers :— Speer of two extensive tea the nitents of which har 
nts in the open air resolved to builda} ‘+ It must be bo: u y been embodied in the ‘Systema Vegetabilium’ 
house expressly for their reception. Upon consult- ground in: very cat = ` fre the poai bria Mg poe aioe = a European - ae 
with gentleman sed to be well acquainted | compact it is made the better the ‘Strawberry | 217378 rank high as ‘models of sifu classi cation, -Tiwo 
_ with the principi be observed in constructing | thrives; still, it ie. hedda + get wth cuomuy teo maah timo- tospecify the very numerous mon 
such an edifice ved advice to the following | trenching, a fair proportion stable: manare scientific societies and dicals in this country and on fÈ 
effect :—“ The form of your house is immaterial, | for the young plants to root site but after they | Sonrinems and os Traon | 
a ak ee internal arrangements, ie grand | are established, the manuring on the surface is| may be nated Se erage g eee a eating 2 
desideratum is to secure the freest admission of! or many reasons, not so for the Strawberry, | *Pparently simple, but really abstract wontons a 
a iain ae night, ae at mean ost rege but w „other ` crops also the reason that | most rece at fence pho Ta British Plar Plants, is Nie is the fri 
gam rnai air when- | in d il hy they | indige: Flora of our Islands in which every 
ever you This ily ay soils, why they RA specim 
zon pi Prim be eftected by | do. svt. Boss, if be sigs soll before TER not from al parks of the lobe; i ia ibed from neces 
ance of what may be called ting | plants after ea ted. Let it n of qualities which can result only froman ezi 
pe PEs at th mbered kine of Observations, judicioush arranged anaa 
same bad: he supplying them with water oe that the | sol soil, for ine aot ieks xi trong di follows "The! President then x s ical Transactions, | 
in rushing over them to enter the| Rain an ae E EOE '; | contain numerous ers relating to y and eo 
be compelled to, load itself wit f course we do commend th > ieee aaoradh aro tually comprehended undar IM AE 
isture. (0) designatio al i ) 
a exhibited inthe Garden z po Hortioultural souenon of this paragraph. “eis z enough that 3 though t desirable that another Tnatitution ome oe 
ety in ey 58, an ribed i oth tai nce, which might Pronar the i A 
Gardeners’ Chronicl at the time (s ee p. pr = to, i is s the followin eraa and the last we shall advert be a ege oj pes thp- cultivation of tira » 
that year) will not ue eeu the p Do n d thi runners for planting out, I iok has been | made in at, depart 
s mus —_— eglect such a pre- eae di in pruni th ge car rte oE Ra not on 
meh and 1 fare no better than ne to the runn me the tak n ing the pant siecle scott Toal Bho Toas nara fn is cae of si 
urs,” old plan on ght t : I eee of „an 
We are anew — that the advice was acted | hes — ner o out it of pik inch fro Eok in the a mame of the Sodol È now n e yom) i 
. mon i 2 
so was deer hence a the m p ae causes ages should the reapeet which they na they hve for yon as = 
of the saparat as excee Arer ao ae pruned their se 
the vegetation of thes Sela fajokon neither can mee if too aoe ie OLOGY, No. IV. ate 
` already the our | be g them. ies either case, the end, if cut eof the mot plums Sato 
Dati ve slopes. g Cul f th 3 
Many houses will —— be constructed S| acre to obtain ot aty e ae a Suet howey. strong suspicio mes mi > be against 
TS ES CuTHILL. Florist Office, 30, Southampto no positive evidence to bring it. ty of death. 
toe, Strand, W.C. Prio lx is that several others econ == s nai t 
