Jury 28, 1860.] 
aa bok in @: wi 
the PEE 
to pro- | a eg Borneo. | 
eats GARDENERS! CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| that so far they are in a qe ng- Ey ouse. At the 
native of 
We, however, — Ay distinguish it fi 
jee 
f o 
n | Very fine plant, with ya Tiia than any 
e leaves are like Srog of rs 
iyane: 
extremely lastin ng; 
In that | than other 
wise, SO that « afte er ar the 
venustum, but distinctly 3- “toothed ee 
Lepanthes: a peculiarity which oc 
genus. 
oa The lip has" the same dull wine colour as the | 
= ae is sede polin ta of burning the air 
nor risk ae xplosions of gas No is mene is 
irty ash-pit, nothing but 
Dren Tt is fed by woo a 
which accumulate in the interior 
ages “their heat, 
wanted, n 
admissible to t a bedro 
n 
BEDDING FUANIY a MOSS. 
Y| Tr is now I think some 14 or 
Y | uson, of Stowe, first ott ulgat ated h 
AT. 
td 
aie n this 
The sepals are white, elieately. stri ied with house of th 
with tem 
| so edt cmiahed 
ind woul de ng 
in every establishment, not only for protecting bedding 
plants, ie also for —— vec a pásalo &e., 
the pri ent time, and especially i ason like 
this, when it has tee 
plant of value to the drenchi 
had. Mr. Standish tells. us of 
cat impose ible “to trust a 
ning rains we have lately 
the frost- Pere) power 
nny p 
scheme, the Han of his plan consisting in RHE ithe 
e | plants out growing in Moss instead of pots. Like many 
nts 
other original thinkers, Mr. Ferguson reaped a harvest 
of ridicule, and in some nie anything but mea- | gir, it might, if 
depend ‘more upon n the size of the hou 
hie os is covered with. 
house s a volume of 
“it was tolerab 
ne 
ly | air proo 
red abuse for his propositions 
‘Strangely enough rent articles are not procur- |i a these 
we in England ; but they magi be oT ex- 
i In France they may be had of| 
d for vt 0 or 40 francs 5 ;a omg 
e th ot econom penditure 
convenience o wage we the BE ex: 
peer oR BEETA and desirable. In the autumn el 
| last year the frost of October overtook me, even befi 
I had thought tting my autumn- struck beddin: 
Geraniums under cover, and the conseque 
Ro 
ne 
, ad “the destroyed | 
me ain 
ea on the nae er ae an early forcir tie’ 
s | others throwing a shoot o: 
at the base of the cutting 
en 
"a 
pas. 
su 
ng co y pass u scathed t 
Boe TaS al WISH Se while in ro small house at the rectory the 
ed to bet seri all frosted. 
e: 
bo Her ts 
y | they remained looking most sheaths pee rotting, 1a 
rt the dorm 
days when ee plants ext resist a frost of 6° or 8° below the ering point, but if 
it contained 500 feet onl. oes it 
through and through. 
walls failed in pete. weet 
ao 
lt raptor 
why glass 
this the reason 
Ne a cold might 
cceed 
mservatory m: 
It i 
rty eof the covering, 
stored opi in the atmosphere, which is the real pro 
s not the heat-preservin 
but the quantity of heat 
rotec- 
nR 
pruden Unong to ob 
quiet enjoyment of his inve inven ston. uch ail other it 
plants a real p hehe cov: ering. 
© | bed 
them out, but ee 
should be réi in es and 
thin akc 
is essen 
ding plants thoroughl: Aap planti 
i b en they 4 are put into we _ ae 
ore removing t = — er beds, the compost 
g- Iam a ie to 
these frequent removals My checking the oor 
Soper but of the tere 
wo! Mes 
pat that ofr for bedding plants, only 64 
spa 
—— Some time ago it was mentioned in our 
columns that the important duty of obtaining a 
india a supply of seed of the CINcHONA T bad 
PER inier s 
Mik HAM Chr 1859, 
p. 464). We aia not tel t justited at that time in 
adverting to the as pte. 
ts and 
var ie ra ty i aed 
With plants in a 
and healt thy the 
floriferous habit, apak vt facility gpi 
to mts per day S 
each requires a daily examination i iE be ein ae A firms 
Moss a wateri eek 
E igjen 'a large 
$ to 
vin 
ao | 
Erot 
of plants -out is a pme 
In beddin 
he so oil and cl 
an n inch, or twoin depth. In this 
quite sufficient, as bei a bedded in 1 light 
roots ere uch wider 
than if each was 
as | will d upon the 
yn | plant but as a genera 
e least one- -half more, and, 
enig, 
Our ow 
o kks 
the Tarry but then 
a T 
agniries. i into 
ed tha 
pip asco Aie dout 
PA 
the hos, dolos, s the watering poi 
cece in having mo pats to 
“zoil the way the plants pies require’a second soeg but if 
roam eee AD they do, A 
small pot. y of 
A E AA Fo Fi 
ASCENT OF pester ripe FERNANDO PO. 
| Bintan sent extracts 
r. Gustav Mie ill 
the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH was understood to be required if the eee were Se yee wie. 
and attention required by 
a tithe of what would be necessary if the fimta were 
iven then a quantity of stove plants in A ce ch or 
is oe" successor 
Niger Expedition, eath was ieee rded 
in oat m a From the Gistarbed sat of the native 
eee it. am ~ nae ta 
of poor sehen to the 
hose un 
has been un 
Il health, Manm able to 
ant a mission j be intrusted t 
A 
e we found that a gardener to ie them in after ATA are Mossed. Generally 
act 
r 
ç, 
or fra 
n 
as an assistant under 
Pea 
wert 
ad is rg 
z ‘Key in igh | who have r Pome forcing shea may make 
rfect fitness of the chief of the | use of avy pirar space for os tee: moe : tram | et 
my in ie 
e difficult task he had under- fall of them without the slightest injury to the prin- 
ipal ero Rieti Bs ok 
mee once bad to be Gey of light soil, such as 
w learn, upon w 
would 
habitats, but I have 
pp pete 
d Euro 
i koisten aon sinh 10 ooo 
give you 
- hat crop. The place yt ate 
“authority, that Mr. MARK way d 1 
; i; e has accomplished thins rin phate Alan ede ean an cc ae “enced 
a 
ge e inferi 
certain amount of- pay for his teady the 
tntinguithed services, ind that the whole business} Next pre opit a quanti f Moss; this, if matted | 
has to again us, it appears that in = Le gpa will 6 better of foe prepared by bez iting 
hands w She British Government fi a eii e as plasterers prepare hair for hair mortar. 
ow 
0 giv y 
h I sent by the ses ae 
ote atit because I w weak, pon! Ee 
nergy was requi ka ws ck my dried 
living Le ants for hink I ra 
; I had another atta aren of fever, I am no 
pape informed you that I had succeeded 
mount ain, It was a great 
ore | tie securely. tring may be usei 
but a much more anra ous and safe plan is to use 
thin iron wire. This Baler 
sam me PESI tai ; ir te 
Have we any au 
dog-days 
o the plani PE 
diating A r B 30°!! Pali of the plants. It is 
thenticated parallel to this in the | wire galvanised, as 
roots will 
va 
Unde econd growth t 
z the prin es + eta Fag toa ae pisce for I suppose 
C. 
at the last meoting of the oral. ‘Committee of | plants are fit to remove 
e oe | lar i Aexodiaelinth 
ion | ae a th th reached the 
y ol nCalentle, and eet “gener 
dle These last w 
wl 
which pe oe. i S, SI Maik rted from bee e (Port 
Clarence) on March 23d, and by the close of 
had attained a nttitnde of 00 
eg the 1 
the smaller 
PT found the 
| foun 
e growing s 
ara phet they are in flower they will pra quite a 
E Poa a e i O 
Capt. Beecroft w: 
