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by the glass. But the con while the bark is ined distinct trom the sub- | theless, | saw ripe truit on a soutu wail the tee day. 
roof, With glass deat my The gills are pu re white, _ distant, have ed some yao? Brow n the Tomato successfully i tă 
cad no P aiye hot Euil fom ehh Tha Sed om ndei behind, sometimes f -houses in any vacant place, either on the 
be derived, the internal air uld ooled | the stem, which is sunk into the Anno of kia pileu fron om back tel planting one, two, or three, 
down to nearl °, 0 rly ty to the kiesni (Ag. ean te gins 1 but cay where the pon to the e at command, ee thai 
of the external air, however low that might be. It transition is re gradual, rug A soars the ste em, and | closely Pasties in; they occupy “gered room, and I thus 
may be observed that the back wall of lean-to facing | are slightly a ade xed, but not i firs well-ripened fruit. . John 
the south will acquire the mean temperature of the | decurrent, Balington,. Winch Hous e, in ombe, Birk en head. 
in air, less the amount of radiation. from the| The dry and hispid pileus and velvety st th Education of Gardeners.—I consider the remarks of 
outer or north side of the back wall. That amount rominent tin tions between this and 4. r aa catus, | “ Cotton Twist ” trod be the oh setalble that Tae ve 
will be very little if there is a close shed or other and there e moreover m inute tan in the inti- appeared upon this question. Mu nyt hat has bee 
buildi t the back. Such ge ves ee I f the gills, which were first pointed out | written appears fo me absurd, unless can strike at 
where circumstances will permit, other eit would | to us by Cor da. the root of the evil and eradicate it, “which I greatly 
well to ott s means The cartilaginous coating of the stem in this, be done. one who undervalues 
to prevent, as far as possible, radiation of heat fi l alli u duca unless état stad ie en can be 
its external pad and if this be done its temperature fon. with the absolute or comparative freedom of the sA k hettar appreciation of their talents, a higher 
may even be raised al than the bat which a founds his sub-genus Collybia, | remuneration for their services, and h 
g. tl ug ew Agarics are associated with them from | them a higher “social status” than t n joy, 
sun’ t th Ae seoan in which the substance of the L ear that it be im le to bring about a better 
source is retained ar he wall Ten mioh time as the air oa is sata tate of things. If employers are desirous 
of the loa oii colder ; then, as it is the property | A. lo ongipes is not sufficiently common anywhere t bett let tl 
of all warm bodies to radiate heat to the of inquiry whether it be wholesome or | by pee in Jein een inducements to intelligent, 
colder, t to th educa will ere long be found. As it is 
= ‘st the some, thereby rendering the use of fuel | gardeners may strive Mie elevate themselves; but t 
in ce instances when otherwise it would ill work, for those who meet wit 
bn absolutely essential. a due appreciation of their talents are few and far 
From w pt pe on stated it appears that a lean-to between. If you educate a man possessed of good 
roof is the m onomical vy Sosa fuel, and at the d, his ideas, and oie sn 
same time it Lerin an ery g great extent those | more sensitive to pi and injustice; and w him 
icissitudes of cold to which Vi lants under who becomes so, for he will often be inaani kod fe 
i roofs are liable, unless placed u ore special keenly and deeply. Such, indeed, has tesit my case, 
agement than could generally w afforded to one 
aall Viies. Forone of this description the lean-to form | 
is therefore to be preferred. p 
The, Siseeniore of the structure must be determined 
to c e 
ircumstances the width should zm b 
less than 10 fee wise the Vines would have too 
little scope for their wth owever, that width by J 
20 feet long would answer tolerably well; but feet 3 
24 would be much more desirable; for although by 
ting the latter dimensions the first cost might be 
increased, p y p } 410 p $ y + +h A + g 
h lta 22 =- 
but for as ma ny years as the Viney ^ would stand om 
The site should be chosen so mand a southern 
or to the 
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groom, ita i in fact, is ikely 
some biog creumetanc or other than either of 
ust mentioned. mfess to ha 
thet two perso’ Ico 
held afferent. views i years , an 
hee ard at my studies, thinking that reward 
redly pean but no, I find ften that 
| the rdr t informed a a ly subjec' the whim 
tiot i 
tice of 1 tiy oprofsiön may be 
apparent by the fact that pke the 
last eight ude I 
iv. If the whole of the so portion of the sky was awarded at the London S 
I as low he horizon, so much the better ; vincial Shows between and 
but this ser r oe inian gece not have too | ; yet I never made ing a 
much light. If rays can reach them over the pri ject, and I had to la 
tops of pa or oo the pa oc these under considerable difficulties, having 
so lon n shines; i 
the ease, and rage ci of | vale foie ~y E A AA 
rays, then the eee e dimi 
“ion to the extent of sky 
other ‘objects. Mr. Kni ae 
that the formation of eaa 
diminished in ion as he sl 
t in the absence of the direct rays of the sun 
the “ome of the Vine will elaborate 
tion to the amount of d li 
a p greatly the extent of sky . ariere: 
=y are Soina may be proved by a familiar example. into 
5 usk a person is in 4 room wi in = original t 
blind so far down that he can only see a limited portion aS ae oar T aoe £. the ran a at the 
ok È- the e sky, he may nevertheless j ust see to 1 read ; and not. Its principal Phar its reside in its intri y } eeable 
ature can thout © found it to 
n meee iia Ok sky, he can again | tain amount of ferfier M.J. B. one. If I hada rane sons I aoald be sorry to see one of 
see ee The eos tha g | them m become a gentleman’s 3 gardener. To prep Araian 
of sky to which an object is exposed, the more light such | d I may men 
t receives; and with regard to the Vine, the more arad Correspondence. S Ga before I left my last sitoation I advertised 
light it has the better it will succeed, for although some| The T se pamir as a first-class gardener, fully competent to 
plants a ne tbriying in the shade, the Vine | into our m pisarn neat it is scarcely possible to tna. undertak fi new 
38 not one of th ne should therefore be placed | another fruit whioh oa can be used in so many ways. tion of old ones, the erection of horticultural buildings 
it will kona as fall on eT to the sky as the fow was principally 
Dature of the situation will admit. || orient: non pig 
m 
wn for makin, a | on the most approved principles, and act teward 
req I stom adverti 
sik fo orming a a most delicious auxiliary. My late employer | 
used it extensively in salads—some eat i raw ag an 
Apple. In Amer rica it is un niversally ea A de fra 
MYCOLOGY.—No. XXVIII. tl 
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n Nature | me that the best way to eat To omatoes is 
ull.—Few objecta 
are Posšessed.of mo e beauty than the ahar of our | pepper and salt. Another method sa ag employed 
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present illustrati tion, though till a very ont period it | is to stew them gently and serve 
raw, gtr alittle | 
p like any other 
has not been strictly Pasar pega se rom Agaricus | vegetal able. _ Ripe Tomatoes may be re at tablo peany, 
the in of a Of course 
enh to wate to me at all. 
for my character to my salon and found. it “aly 
satisfactory; after nearl 
everything had been settled except terms, “which I 
neoah such results can | stated at what I considered much too low a figure, his 
seny related, it is a Peak by a | only” be pam a under glass by means of j fies intend 
management, and i ro plenty of heat is mmand. giving more than 50l ‘a years a be blushed 
wan Pek eae rom, or very rarely I gathered ripe Tomatoes early in June aisia a plant | when ho oterot te See oh TaTari Ten nont 
atisining the si n and by no means ae eeeslse | grown ia a S@-szod. pot wintered ina moderate | blush as as I write it. An Ech eee 
one meai orbs got eae 3 e. convex ae tempera’ sof t 
oe it advances rowt) eds were 
is rarely flattened and expanded hor as it pn good sturdy plants, which, with means 
ways a decided umbo, though the Bide 6 | command, may farm ges rd as early as April, or, have T 
times - very strongly marked. The cnticle is iy | the May. portant point in, the} No. 1 has pk cht 
and even, not gelatinous and wrinkled, and s cultivation of the Tomato i is the stopping process, other- | not af ton OSE a ono 
Me ice whic. core Be Blan short = ie ge “arg i |i think that your eorrespondent at Kew, who 
eon, See hi b t stron p ab the r i i 
hue, as is also the lene boties he Bto produ jit tg te a fruit, ie allowin ng latera : ted a parton a ~*~ kg oe sam acre E 
y- groov or te. ` mato requires a t y bh + 
, and of a pure white. P em reo mare m xt Te bedinary seasons there is no difficulty | quite correct in saying that aray of fhè di APA 
in length A is kiahod to fallen s dicks or mpos out of doors in England, but reports in A Lhe Pu ag: kar i 
more or less in if time indicate it to perish . 
to the aen of 1 ss. 2 feet, from which it ep Berry in | 7 arei n : cyte extent tian. TA ve a of | rr oe A If you will be =) me g inform a 
litary. More rarely rob: ably as an ile as e "9 è * “en 
mps, onting into them deeply y ikea nos ee mg p ien pel pt succeed well with such | produce a superior and an inferior cotyledon, 
densely velvety and at length things, but this season the Tomato loo 
ks sickly. kalos 
becoming under fiet or circumstances foliaceou 
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