. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. warf,growing varietf, seems peculiarly snitable for frame culture. Theywere grown by Mr. Barker, of Littlehampton. The fabrication of from a mixture of and earth is now extensively practised in North Germany. As manyas 16,000 were used in one establishment. For forcing they arerecommended ; they are well adapted for nursery work, for plantsraised in pots, and afterwards turned ont pot and all. The roots ofplants penetrate the sides of the pot, and extract some nourishmentfrom them. They are ea
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. warf,growing varietf, seems peculiarly snitable for frame culture. Theywere grown by Mr. Barker, of Littlehampton. The fabrication of from a mixture of and earth is now extensively practised in North Germany. As manyas 16,000 were used in one establishment. For forcing they arerecommended ; they are well adapted for nursery work, for plantsraised in pots, and afterwards turned ont pot and all. The roots ofplants penetrate the sides of the pot, and extract some nourishmentfrom them. They are easily and rapidly made by simple machiuery. Mar. 18, 1876.] THE GARDEN. 259 THE FLOWER GARDEN. DWARF CANADIAN CORNEL. (COENITS CANADENSIS.)This is a very pretty but neglected miniatnre shrub, of which eachlittle sboot is tipped with white bracts, pointed with a tint of well established it is a very ornamental plant, and it is notat all fastidiong, but, being very dwarf, rarely is suited with a propersituation. It is lost among coarse plants, and totally. Ccrnus canadensis. obscnred by ordinary shrubs, ; it Bhonld, therefore, be plantedamong Alpine plants on a rock-work, or round or near the edge of abed of very dwarf Heaths or American plants. It grows about thesize of the Paitridge Berry, or somewhat larger. Wherever placed,rather damp sandy soil will be found to suit it best. It is a nativeof North America, in damp cold woods. Growers of British plantsmay like to possess Cornus snecica, but I have never seen it wellgrown nnder cultivation, nor is it so ornamental as the preceding. V. THE TUREING (in botanical speech Pyrethrum Tchihatchewii) is a native ofAsia Minor, and one of the ten thousand dwarf plants of the Daisyor Composite Order with which the northern world is inhabited. Itis a dwarf hardy evergreen herb, which I first saw in the Paris
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