Jury 21, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ete AND whe foot oe ae 
673 
ought to be treated, an fortes 
e had yee included) of al 
I 
he slender opportu- | 
ired the Crassula, and inhaled the 
going to any- school ae dll: even T shoa nob 1i k Timber.—Is t a- seized with symptoms more or less severe o 
have b able to write ihis letter if it had Sot ordinary ‘mistake about sap in = Osk timber P the codioary seg we By. che, sickness, affection of the 
heen for the wise instruction of a good and kind | faulty g s? Whe n a tree is felled it is generally | bow els. „Not —_ to what “ya to attribute 
father ; for I never went to school one day in my life. | bewn on 7 a nt ack, the aid of a chemical friend 
PES also speak of others who have laboured under | thus entirely removed. The other porti ons are com- peor eet in, who “ingly sahesi to woh 7 the 
the same disadvantages, yet they are holding places orem small; from whence then could the builders | mystery. I inclose a copy of his repo: If it be 
that well eduented fae would be glad to fill. It may be e boats in question procure so large a peer rai admitted | that the flowers of the Crassula coccinea 
asked: How ? The answer isplain: Wibisana iho) sa mber? I believe that if any builder exhale t t is high ti 
are men P rhian ‘and perseverafice, men with a fix a advertise for the sap of Oak he could by no means | was commonly known, in order | _ that we ‘should be 
ness of purpose, men who are dete adie sen to get on in| obtain enough to build a gun- soe even if | i we invite our g and 
the world. They love their profession, and Kin the co = through, and yet on = porer that phi all that cottagers should cease to cultivate them 
Solomon has said: “A m me Ns Saab in i business shal some of t i ats were at als ve their small confined apartments. Derwen 
stand mao re kings.” rely this h o pass in the Rainfall T owing ount | “ July ‘13th, 1860. I have been prevented by a 
presen t day; for instance, Took at Sir oF Pat on "and ga uged at Springfield, near ‘Chelmsford, yin the} rom home from munica to you the result 
many others ised th with the corresponding | of my investigations in the mysterious poisoning 
igh 
the proud positions in life they ermee Was it not 
rather their determination to get „on? _Recollee ct, I 
six mon a ap pa 
quantities for last year 
pring more than myself, for I thin 
tha a garden acne to be well but Jadiciousiy 
ET hive often sadly felt ee ue i lea 
myself iba it has been a source of grea! ret ta aiie 
that I am not a os scholar than I am. ot howev ver 
of yo 
mg of his ‘scheme ahire 
useless waste of time and a practic: 
men of o and in life. 
Gardener, aak 
should be well 
Pin of that object in “the mosi 
eat boon. 
- | average for that month in this neighb 
On the 
fell in the space of about 17 hours, and produced 
higher floods co any kno 
for many years. Rain fell on 21 days in Jun 
bour mc durin; 
| clusive 
wn in this neighbourhood 
e last; aea í fou 
as m 
: re TUN ly free from any no: 
1000, a feii LOM owers produced the fo! iow wing orap My chemical. 
Inches. Inches. assistant, who was more or less their 
ua s ` 0.74 1.97 influ uence for some little time, was d with precisely 
February °° 0.64 1.04 } 
rele ed | ety from their effects for two days. 
May Li 1.28 3.84 A kitten confined I in a gl 
un } 1.87 4.79 for ved to prevent | ~ death 
7 | vs |from what — at rhe ‘the narcotic powers of ai 
otal _ 
plant. A small r 
evening and ‘iia PF "a 12, 27 1. 54 yari fonnd To these pr rett y con 
d dead the imin ‘morning. 
ay add that Mrs. B.’s maid was attacked 
re on inquiry it 
Y, 
Mr. P 
f the basket containing the in ers. Mr. P, 
Sunday, 
ner will indeed be a gr n con pate Pid - i ail hed n very unwell since 
: th } w ve 
Tr geally, Dne Eo weak 0 A epa h the hee gt months of the gar, ree inches. J. C. H. ‘he also had been in their vicinity. I am 
Laoté until they” one dge Seo a ae A ga va the clans and sorry to hear that your husband oaie ms ‘ted 
tters, th eur gee is give aydn’s Dictionary o! the effects of his exposure to this si 
pa bs Sah in ed "the tional ma and obliged fesul In this the Myrtle i is named : as the badge of the | -_ seems to b e parii poison. I man bend 
great measure to support Chicane. it iw át] Campbell: I believs Datak Ayrila per: ži 
this period thai useful instruction for young x ait wd S79 Par I remain, dear Mrs. —-, yours th- 
rs ought mmence, namely when they are Can any of your corresponde corro my tally 7 A Bell?” “TWe never before h or 
engaged as apprent will assume that the village | I I also find the Laurel is We to the clan Graham. read of such plants ing narcotic. Some 
schoolmaster has laid the foundation; it now falls to | 7*1 393 l, of them are acrid, but E more is recorded of 
the apprenti ter to apply himself by giving r Bay (Laurus nobilis), t ortugal Laurel, the them. The experiments with a kit tten a rat are 
ina J to young pupil in the following Coote Laurel, the nage gpa l, or the Alexan ndrian | unsatisfactory : these a ae may df 
ting, arithmetic, geograp raphy, grammar, rel (Ruscus racemosus)? Iw. Impres th lungs. ] 
atonal ‘ied trigonometry ; the two ‘are most |*ion that all the badges of the clans were indigen Large Cucumbers.—Herewith we hand youa 
essential, He ought also to ake ay yomg yilik to the | Plants, and all the Laurels, co called, I| brace of Cucumbers which measure 20 inches in length, 
er garden and show them asure figures, believe the Spurge Laurel only bar any claims (and | thick and straigh the ey are a m Carter’s 
abi Gees to serbe them | those: claims are om tful) to be ed a native of | Champion , and at 
mn paper according to a scale. If the place is too ex- en otland. I also wish to know the ‘botani eal 3 names Of | the same time are double the te a e find that it 
tensive for the head eae? to have time for this, b ie os ng plants, which are given in Ha aydn m s|i is a good vari ety . We 
ld d s foreman, who ought to a PP iad ter’ on, 
be competent to take the olico head gardener in ao B CLAN, E. shall do away with Champi 
this respect, and who for a little R A (part of Semen: sCommon Belew ad MOL AT ze iB ý io Psi 
the apprentice fee) would ‘gladi, 0. Still the Grant ra OE ci neste ris? some fruit 
gardener must not think that e entirely Me ” Five-leawdHeath | MeK partic a 
free by this last proposition, for then I would have him | q seperate wtih Me berry Heath | other purpose va m ne. 
xamine occasionally the progr the MeDouelt ĝi Bai Heath = PiE iab Moss o ium Payi loss to di: 
pupils, which would be a agreat sti the accom- | McDougal... Cypress. ?species | McNeil . ban Sry ya. D: g” perecives ny eed sere pay- 
plishment of the end in view. There are many acter Diss. 
things that could be taught a ha same way, such as "New Cos Lettuce.—Permit us to send you specimen: Fe ae skinny wari for 12s. per con ree 
bota tany. A very inter i g way of acqui iring an |ofa new Lettuce eit gee wi we intend he consider t account of his receiving these low 
Wee cates hone it, is for aneio a bringing out this a roved it to » be wag: a pays k via per wek > aeai 
excep ose requir ook after fires, ) larg: T, sweeter, pete man for the situation he expects i him? 
set out on what is termed botanising peyton for the | following that are “growing in the same field, viz.:— | If such be his views I believe them to be at total 
of collec native. plants, naming and | Paris White Cos, Paris Green Cos, Bath Cos, Black- | variance with the opinions other eni 
classifying them properly : and thus, it may be, superin- Cos, Drumhead, ersmith, Grand | The low rate of wages enables the 
tending pr fiae of herbariums which would be | Admiral, Brown Dutch, White Cabbage. The above to give employment to umber ‘of mem 
the pride of en, ing sourci ee sown on the same day have run to who may unfortunately be out of work. I i 
t ils i w from 2 to'3 feet high, t m oi ium paying to be bad, and a practice 
course ps events occupying and dischargin; g 
eficientiy the duties of some trustworthy situation. 
while the new Lettuce 
has iishal commenced to run, although i it has grown 
too vanes to be fit for table. ‘The specimens sent will 
equally as just. in the case of 
very good tes r gardeners, and gentlemen whose 
Premises nena pet ant should make aa pper- 
engage — ot ciel 
signifying at the same time “that they w 
what 
as to i s turning in like a Sugar-loaf 
hai 
is, t the yet = bes a ee at eee for 
no sooner have mechanics passed th 
Cabbage int we ourse as they 
r flavour i As Senn send altered. They have not been 
pose 
such a system to be carried into effect, a a the same 
thiig should be done by a gardeners Uhan engaging | 
foremen, as ami in a great measure gardeners 
their own examiners. G. G. S. 
A reset of Melons, your report of the 
last meeting of the Royal Botanic ee says, “ Melons 
She 
vig [alto 
grown f ut for the pur of Poa saving. 
James Carter § Co., 237 and 238, High Holborn. [Six 
EA a Aiia ir sy mm 4 lbs., 3 te 12 OZ., 
s. 15 0z., 2 lbs. — famis 12 oz. They 
as probably nen will ‘ever get 
is different. 
Hee bite, ve with 
a 
a bithe aen Sorn 
oft the Cos breed, cr he ndso 
sound, but on cutting them open Hed were found to 
t 
cot (iretana).” 
abundant in this neighbourhood cacy 
mmenced to run to see ed 
7 
ae plentiful, b r th e most part t indifferent in Bulbs erous Yarrow.—On the 5th of August last 1 
Pr This ri ak is quite applicable to the red- | sent you a precios of what I nes supposed, ort you 
shed varieties but ie to the green-fleshed class. The | afterwards pronounced Gte 1859, p. 672) to be mint 
Melon that | ee prizes to green fleshed | to the above Afterwards finding 
Digi no ly offered by the ty, | specimen n 
PEE a class wa: than common. t|ita Gall, I 
Exton H the first prize was a noble fruit, called found it not all last 
of all Mel, d, a sort commend to the notice | it without 
aa Pirie wers. There were also several excellent | trial. d 
case also ra be at the s previo sow, but in | question were a Gall it would contain the 
class w: in ndifferent. have | i 
heard some express sorp pein i e find 
aiti hienat tu, nah eae -I | egress might have been eff 
thi £ A 
reia might be ier oti dale this” superior ate 
press. of tho atmosphere, and for thi lants that the flowers 
Melons, like other tics sO sever = 
fi cannot | 9 mete 
degree of rhe ruits, ca aequire their highest matter o! ae wholly ynespecte, nl on ih e ; 
boring of sickly tater on a Melon plant is et S pon Poi to relate and to which I solicit your 
pe and as she pesos aor adi ay on Sian Ina t er soe. pat Paster 
season the of end havi ing a en p 
pong pr se nen maa Ne Seine i- t to Tie osi vo pe ry | 
ion, and fruit has been better room on the occasion of a dinner 
m than oa seg ono z is Ühing rom on & Vio questa. visited: the! 
E e no reason to thi: nk that it is not so 
parts of Ireland. -It is the 
loud. wae thickly 
iale, crimson shaded 
; Alexandrine hmeteff, 
fine; ” Anathalie Chautrier, pale rose, very 
Altesse Impéri and 
