SEPTEMBER 22, 1860.] 
AANA 
that the rain may sink in when it is desirable that 
regards the quantity as w 
duce, provided a shody 
| adopted for the Vines thems 
it should do 2 ty should be just enough to allow 
the water to r by any covering that m may be e put 
the rface, l 
prove injurious. 
me that have a good command of drainage may 
with a drain as low betui ee feet below the surfac 
isvel of the ado oining we 
would be t thereby carried of as effectually as if the soil 
bee sera that hei igne It must be admitt a 
that s fh d nage will pr 
oy whilst the drainage r 
liable to be stopped from various causes, The root 
Seconp SHow wie 
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12. 
HITCHAM LABOURERS’ 
Oe ae URAN 2 egal 
tr tele 
course 
elve al. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE ah ae natn a 
las the Rivet of the pro- 
management be arg 
853 
ing that of pan 
AND MECHANICS 
on the Re aw 
ee oi sstulocet only for Lapses. Tanira 
as opportunity offers Ly as in 1 the i Amon ng 
obse 
otographs of hi 
are ym to insinuate themselves by 8 such crevices as are 
andoncea 
root get 3 in, a mass of fibres commences to be formed, 
which ultimately chokes the ea 
i if the terrac 
cts 
Aeree i 
o the wal 
he R so that hatariy, it 
hen the 
ave 
average press ib. ‘will beds follow: 
On the 1st foot, reckoning from he top 
apa. 93 
gai 
On the 2nd do. do. Z 
‘Onthe3rd do. o Te i 
Total pressure on 1 foot run of wall=279 
That S iat of a border, 24 feet long, would be 
about 3 
__ This sawed pressure being resisted by the wall, 
ecautions have been taken to build it strong 
enou gh t 
compress ion on the, mass inside. 
A arse bear th eir share 
o wall, | still the ns cori 
saturated, kold roae T ° similar | 
of the border ie gs 
cre, B “Bat 
$ honental — can take it an "ft the soil 
should at any time become saturated, which indeed, is 
not likely to occur. The soil of the terrace being at 
liberty to swell outwards, it is always more open than 
e same kind 
p! 
WOE W Ath circular 
cimer a of our s 
rvest m $ 
Sp 
. Pea 
ly 
hly 1 magni ified "objects of | ° 
are a fly’s 
disks o 
Ma agnifed representations of 1 
snow crystals. 3. Case containing 
aye mammal, the 
oa m fow 
( 
1000 miles in length 500 in breadth, and 
‘od 
is species, which in my Catalogue I had 
named D. m ses PRE from the glandular eili of its 
us leaves closing upon flies and other Psa 
which pr to gne HER ge is s remarkable, as 
this respect resem uscipula, Mich is is 
| placed in the sa 
Ne T sond you the 
following novelties in pelle Sal ements :—1. The 
ai Gatherer.—This has a hollow tube hindi about 
s h 
p 
or injuring other p. 
held by the spring as it is released by the hens. 
2. The Peach Gather is holds the fruit without 
the b 
1000 Ter thick), has been ay produc ced b y | handle. This 
these ic creatures ! required 
n the rial 
t Gatherer, oe ka iL eg the 
fixed on a long handle, and fruit can be 
rom a tal fe ree withon t froshle or stems to 
liv ing s 
ery light; none of them are liable to 
yoiiga Riddell, 42, De Beauvoir 
[These little contrivances are neat, 
and will pr ably y“ acceptable to ladies or the owners 
in “ eed K 
I P.M. barra pep Bs 
Prizes to v 
i) 
Ha 
Z 
I.B. The species to 
llotment re 
f r 
n SEG 
we 
he stewards, 
God Sav 
sion prove 
offe 
ve og Queen. 
Eu 
a Pa 
from “Eucharidium 
e's 
7 
t House Fe 
et oF 
0 the I Isle 
Herbarium sec me 
+h 
nspectio’ 
ady fo 
Tage botanists of the fi 
“Wild fruit Sang C yi ied Grass = 
archer 
uperior per O Hatcher sreo 
imens this Show. Tha 
m: 
dings 
0 remove ET from the booth. 
preet to restore cheque and £ ize 
Ready grandiflora, 
babies (0 tò 2 years old, and ticketed ditto (2 
to 4 years) admitted as heretofor Gore 
Good night. 
blessing, without a ner instance of 
ence S the laws of God or m 
e Corresponden 
Diren k actteoutth I take the liberty of pi 
ing for yonr inspection two new vanoties 
aed um gran ndiflorum 
from 
great fa to have your opinion upon th 
perhaps you pire scar name them. W. J. H. D 
nett, arm, Dedham, Essex.. 
them i is white, or "nearly 3 so; the other is st 
ean tty and distinct; 
le of Wight.—My attention has been | 
called to k A of the recently published “ ae to 
whic! 
per of he ugust 4. 
= ele 
zes 3 distributed ae 
a new device from ‘the last horticultural show ft 
is 
dl 
reason, an 
t class, for in 
of on — 
acity of the Humble Bee.—To be equal to the 
f 
| pendent ac nee! ae r nove el circumstances in 
PaaS 
brite f be 
al year nane very epim The cold a nd wi 
B | we have experienced has retarded the development of 
ake 3) | flow out rs, poe in consequence 
1 others | Choice exotic plants collected in greenhouses have been 
i than commonly frequented. by hungry bees. 
th. Not to| Humble bees have been unusually pertinacious in their 
tickets to | pursui! food ; and in the case of Achimenes longi- 
Ticketless | flora, ed a diffi- 
May the’ bes 
that I h: 
” they ar 
un- | 
[One of 
and others, which presenti 
of their flowers, the the 
the of “bees hav 
taken the Al y o pia a diiealty pi 
de cut ‘rough th the het pt est bag eg just above its 
tored ri of s the attainment of 
thei food i Na easy, T = im thes for hoes nglish bees the 
umph of overcoming a difficulty, aig the 
[prent becom a ae years back, never sa mete: gn 
| Sout tre me owers, W. L, Iw 
Mr. 
as 
Bowerin it it * would throw out i plenty of te plants. 
it 
we Can- 
na that 
While 1 1. beg to 
Sepriastingg tal full I tower, with a pen D ya 9 feet high,” 
sags hundreds of flowers open and others my the top 
enemy cut it down a little 
the flower spike, leaving oat two 
naar side as oe a few blooms on each, pu at 
nknown en 
pann po hia level Turnips will scarcely s 
yet if the soil is which 
From what iS been AtA it will Pe seen that th 
terrace should not be pone by 
desirable t 
of soil would ed if confined. If soil is 
ed, | than 
K T tor 
p 
A. G. More, I must reques 
would indeed have, been 
assed on the work, especially for that portion fi 
which I am indebted to the pen of my able friend Mr. 
est that you 
j! 
negiec 
visitors who wish to share 
nace in viewing it. The remaining flowers were of 
will relieve h 
as Mr. 
f astonishment, 
n |they were then cut off, together ily: ‘the bans 
pane spring of this year 
of the flower es 
leased to off-shoots from the base 
I was pl 
that might be in 
a wall is ps it odd be fonoa of perforated bricks. 
Nothi ps SO as turf for the sides of the 
terrace, which may be sloped at an angle o 
With regard to the construction of the is 
the width bein 
| severa! ; p- 495, 
onl 
an 
locality k o you 
eral tim and twice on p. 498; one 
connection wit on ‘Steph, which prep mention as * the 
where 
once in fenia with the chi near 
e | base which shall be remov. sien g rl: 
| this suggest the propriety of por ‘ace the “omer 
s to be found ; 
Ni 
iton, wi 
» ae 
e more an ss | d 
It must be admitted that ti the Sea Ee 
as the whole b 
be raised 3 feet hi higher’ than woi ald. aak nt has t to 
confounded 
ot w 
t is to 
hich, | i 
e | Mr. More truly states, that this rare plant so ed 
I Mr. | fór t 
isa step which doubtless rr will be unw illing i 
takes En if they would thereby preserve their plant 
e sake of its foliage it might ee: sa the trial. 
t Hambrough, of Steephill - Castle, that this| D. tA Rite fered Bey apt Be 
Alber 
senarna addition 2 the Flora of Do ae of ME oe 
r Edmund Venables. [P had aii 
This elevation how 
n the preter of s 
structures may prowess 
e or plo which have been 
roperly carried out, it ma b 
e mer that the results will be sat tslactory, as ma 
pea ge acco’ 
ll 
e | Sept. 15. 
n lowered to 6 fee m 
ntial points which should fo 
mall Vineries, i 
A 
to atigth upon t Sem? 
leaves of this uiai 
estion. In his ogo tio 
peewee om only 
thermometer has a range 
oth, 
Can 
t of the octets of. the 
a 
“pi 
aes the rainy siia, pea aie 
of not more than 10°, between 
yle is the authority "for Dei Seu 
sap 
ise occurs 
sI no | 
—On talking with a clever 
i gardener at Cambridge, 
[The Al 
will lyn answer in warm ca 
| stock still is the Apricot i 
er is not too cold for it.] 
onal Peach Trai 
he tree at one 
p 
a representation of the character o 
