Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Oldfield, Esq. The Portuguese and Azoi-ean Herbarium of the Baron doCastello de Paiva, presented by that nobleman. Hatjtbois.—I believe Mr. Knight is right about the deri-vation. It is Fragaria elatior (higher in its stalk), andhence it is called Hautbois. The name may also be derivedfrom the plant being found in high woods and deep forests.—W. F. Eadcltpfe. Wood Pigeons.—I hope you will suggest some prac-ticable means of getting rid of a, plague of wood pigeons,which light upon the Gooseberry bushes in scores, breakingthe branc
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Oldfield, Esq. The Portuguese and Azoi-ean Herbarium of the Baron doCastello de Paiva, presented by that nobleman. Hatjtbois.—I believe Mr. Knight is right about the deri-vation. It is Fragaria elatior (higher in its stalk), andhence it is called Hautbois. The name may also be derivedfrom the plant being found in high woods and deep forests.—W. F. Eadcltpfe. Wood Pigeons.—I hope you will suggest some prac-ticable means of getting rid of a, plague of wood pigeons,which light upon the Gooseberry bushes in scores, breakingthe branches, and strewing around all the , Are they in search of caterpillars ? The most cunningsportsman cannot shoot them, they are such wai-y birds.— 110 JOTTRNAL OF HOETICULTTJEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ AQEuat 9, 1861, CULTIVATION OF THE MELON. (Continued from page 64.)Of the appliances employed for growing Melons none arein more general use than an ordinary frame on a dung-bed,which is represented in fig. 2. a Is a common frame 2 feet. Fig. 2. high at back, 1 foot high in front, and 6 feet wide, placed onthe hotbed 6, and resting on bricks at each corner, c dotted Hnes, d d, show how far the irame is to havedung piled up against the sides to maintain the top heatwhen the bed loses its heat considerably, or when a greaterdepth of soil is placed on the bed. The dotted lines, e e,drawn perpendiculai-ly through the bed, show those portionsof the bed which are to be taken away when it becomesnecessary to line the bed from the bottom, to renew theheat when declining; the space between e e and the dottedlines, //, being filled with dung prepared in the same wayas that for making the bed. The lining should not beapplied at front and back at one time, but in front first,before the heat of the bed declines too much; the backlining may follow the fr-ont in about ten days or a to the bottom are only needed for early beds, andnot always eve
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