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‘Serreasse 15, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 8:8 
position of the rods favours ; the development of = „are representations, have also been published in our Tof straw ; ; eis a passage through this wall, d is t 
lower buds, dini is apt not to take place if the Vine | columns, ae in those of our volume for 1844.— | side door of the Li J being that of the inside, 
is traired u THR In Fig. 1, B is a conical hole in the ground, | Make the straw walls very close, so thatif the wa allw 
will have been observed, that when. Vines are |C B are dohos or rubble 18 inches deep to act as | cut across as a at nn in section B, ft 
trained ngninst a wall, the upper surfaces of the leav es t Th oof (C) is pein 
are turr ed a ‘om it. f Y sre clean yee prepared Wheat oe Rye straw, 4 feet 
1 aves l: spik Ad be turned so as to face the wall, they thick.—Fig of another contrivance for 
will a aga n n tr urn their upper surfaces to the li ight. On p n: “thie A is s the ice, B a:wall of Fern 
t] from 3 to 4 feet in  thieknes , and C.the thatch. The 
trained under glass in the usual way, it will be seen that | 
leaves prsh from points on all sides of that shoot, 
and that the ue of the leaves elongate directly 
towards the gods 
e 
first strewn over the top; Fern 18 inches 
WSs, a 
eans of straw thatch. This kind of house is baer 
petioles of the leaves which originate on the opposite 
side of tke shoot tae either to the right or left so as to answer perfectly when placed on an incline so that 
to present the upper surface of the leaves to the glass. water may naturally Foe en 
When the Vin feat ch is older purred, and the It should be remarked that excavations for ice-houses 
leaves in a given space more crowded than on a single should be made in ei Fe par wher e, if niente, the 
shoot, they do not all = to the glass, owing to the shade of overhanging trees can be oe An open 
latter being obscured by the intervention of other drain should also surr rround the fe carry off 
leaves 3 but in or the leaves of Vines face more or surface water, 
di Se 
less dir. ctl a 
whether that, 1 tl th tly, eee Home rampage bir nate 
in asp fl half the most : Bougainvilleas.—1 was much pleased t ve by I ate 
emici cient leaves face the gr and el the north. | numbers of your Paper that t the beautiful Bougainvillia 
When the Vines grow fi spectabilis has been wet Kage flo sete edin Engla 
side they form a screen n which intereepts most of the ere it grows and flowers in the greatest Tuxnianee 
a of “Tight, and those that do pass thr ough openin gs and beauty. I ived pla tof it ab Teoriaa 0. 
foliage are so pl d in the open ground and has never been 
x being refracted in passing through “the glass, trained, l i it 
oe the Vines on that side prefer le | become ver ry much o of the form of a dwarf bear 
their leaves to the nearer light, although that c A hay stack, about 15 feet in diameter, and about the 
towards the northern portion of the sky. The same number of oe in height. It throws up from 
question now is whether it would be better to h P ? near the root every year during the hot season, a 
half the foliage to face the north and half the vouth, a as Fic, 1. | number of strong ‘shoota ; they grow to about -pi or 30 
in a span roof; or the whole to face the Leave uth ama s to their own weight, and having 
lean-to, the satel deme oF glass employed being equa a drain ; 3 is ms gr R feet beks — ~ — no support, they take aicnrved ftii ing down over 
both cases; in other chain whether half t the gent z is rap doo ym the nae of previous years, until their points reach 
of leaves, and fruit it may be added, should be against phase “the. ol posite “rid, to be. “opened "in = the und. t the aaa taal of our cold season 
the shaded side, and alf ai ainst the sunny air, and carefully closed when the renia biar they iael stop growing for a e, until the weather 
side, or oH aginst the latter. Certainly that bes 3 to get ever when hey throw out lateral 
next the sun is to be preferred; and consequently ae on each side nearly their whole length, and these 
n 
jateral growtlis are 
want „bracts, which continue i in er about three 
a lean-to with a southern pepeo i is better ‘ipa a span- 
roof with half the surface of glass fa aeng the north. 
When the latter is ens ge it must also be 
~ 
G 
et 
ecollecte: d, months. 
ba ee oe number of Vines must have t heir roots a mound o able colou ai 
rder, cold and shaded; and this is an by parties visiting these Gunde ona plants of t to 
inaperebl objection ho Repke y their friends in England, ina yin with difficulty - 
ery 10 or eet should be allowed persuade them that pn — be had there at very - 
the roots of the Vines. Tt should be raeed to the height a A tie MOADE iro, 60 thet the 
f plants amongst the inhabitants here, so thai 
55 3 feet, iy opp settling to about abov plant is by no means rare in this islan t howe 
The Ot of he tidien Sheva hr wave terri beautiful Bougainvillæa may be ina climate like this, 
soil. Preferably it should be substantial, but. not so where it 1 e ple f room, I sider it 
adhesive as to impervions to water. Rich fil ; to be the best R for gto DE aai 8 
loam is very good; and there are e loams thout a ox: oy ttention ti ene ti sll a ehet 
fibre bei cgi thet property of continuing nb when ; which I think will not be found di tto flower even 
thoroughly wetted, a ba Wi ied are still friable; such in England. two andthree yearsago I received. 
loams Sa alent for o n constituent of the soil from South Ameri lants-of Bongainvilleas ; one 
for Vines, ey may even bs ixed with a consider- was named Bougainvillea splendens, and the other B. 
able portion of any good garden soil that may be at hand, Brasiliensis. The latter isa ng growing paue in 
fesh horse dung m may anise ith AA. Aka ra Mha Aina peepee: ratory rr 
Fi Ann and the fl ery pale, nearly white. The former 
parri n pe Sit will absorb the ammonia, and this will | (B. splendens), » whieh is the species I iy beg to 
ae S healthy Ge mn oaee, If the natural soil is draw atten is a -nder kromi g plant 
gee Ae nS re íon tto, ee e de ech of a fe Page with dül "glabrous leaves; its brac 
materials, such as rabbish o o he colour th 
reps bailtings, be E With chalk, which can now be readily larger, and each leaflet of the bract is of a more 
procured by rail to pant gs || d , and what so much to its other merits 
tinued.) i : is that it ras to flower throvghout the whole year. 
—— ana Fė As an instan its free-flowering habit, I may 
~ ICE-H HOUSES. i mention that L have a plant growing in a that 
SEVER. 1, correspon ndents having made inquiries of atmosphere is damp. This pin is stated to be at once ows red lately without any p particular care having been 
us as a: the best mode of constructing Raintree cheap and efficacious.—Fig. 2 a house of another eek ue it. The her plant was planted 
we reproduce the following plans from former volumes, description. In this case a (Fig. a)i is iiie centreof a “te in: rellis in front eg my honse soon after I 
One thing n me in mind, w. eve ver plan is 10 feet in diameter. At this point a post is put up, enei E "put being in a very sickly state, it made 
employed ; ries foto rmed by the ice must | | but little progress during the fi ar; asi 
Micii to. ae nii without the > pomaibiity of air row it was trained to the trellis, and now covers a 
ii at the drain om è best v mg of securing | space of about 8 feet by 10 fe nie 
’ back it began -to flower, and has continued flowering 
ever since. It has been the admiration of every person 
who has seen it, and has consequently è 
f: ite , even here; and I ti ink there can be 
no question that it would be i t fo wing i 
Orchids besntifully in ay ell at the present 
viZ, Al bum and vee tear a, 
of the Tata T bave eter varieties, I bave 
fine plants about 10 feet je gn of ariš imc 
Azalea papyrifera in n flower; t 
globular er 7 ks ie top asaya the 
make it er yg sere or James pti pant 
Dunn’s Mark ing Ink Pencil.— —I have made such 
rie great eS ea in the re Pode of my Eeer 
th of | fect oe Ps level of the ground. bb Pencil ‘that } ain mduced to send you cae 
weep e y Naya de ined with dry Barley straw re ies Sas arte ve and about apart} It isso much harder than the one you former! ely lank: 
k. tes = ânnly — i nag he por s 5 feet Tigh. -Tho space between an¢ tter npon zine, that I think = 
Other plans of ico-houses, of which the following | these t and forms a wall will find it all that can be desired. I find that for 
