. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. doulil ;li avo all he lias to lool; to. Pie will hi^ siiiiliiin- huiue, and blooming plants, .oil, mill liiisy labours, when he feels how iiiurli of his cDuiitry's wclt'ai'O depends on his steady eliui-ls and peaueahle demeanour. The exam- ple of one lionest, loyal, religious cotiaije (janhiier is a benefit and an honour to the pariah i)i which he lives; and who will not strive thus to labour for his country's service'.' TO CORRESPONDENTS. Onion-like Plant f T. Morgan).âWe cannot ** guess" wliat your onion-like plant is,


. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. doulil ;li avo all he lias to lool; to. Pie will hi^ siiiiliiin- huiue, and blooming plants, .oil, mill liiisy labours, when he feels how iiiurli of his cDuiitry's wclt'ai'O depends on his steady eliui-ls and peaueahle demeanour. The exam- ple of one lionest, loyal, religious cotiaije (janhiier is a benefit and an honour to the pariah i)i which he lives; and who will not strive thus to labour for his country's service'.' TO CORRESPONDENTS. Onion-like Plant f T. Morgan).âWe cannot ** guess" wliat your onion-like plant is, nor would a drawing of it assist us much ; the alliaciEe are by far too numerous and so much alike that we should very probably find it difficult to determine the species if plant] 'â the sections Sepals {Dimithus).âi::\iis name is applied which the calyx is divided. Roberts's Strawberry Tiles (/. flo6er/s).âVou observe that these being raised on feet from the ground the space underneath forms " a good trap" for slugs.âThere is something in this, but we prefer flat tiles as these do not afford any harbour at all for the slugs. You say that tiles not raised allow the dirt to be '* washed over them in heavy rain," and here your tiles certainly have the advantage. Having tried black tiles we prefer them to those not blackened; and we do not see how the flat tiles could infringe your registration, since a drawing of them and description were published in 1844. Whether we were right " shillings per 1 Names of I divaricata, {Little Tom).âThere is no doubt of your plant being NemophUa atomaria. Those flowers with blue-blac' ' ' -'-^ -^v _., Tonbridge Wells".' "See Gard. Mag., viii. 6l6. N.'S. (A Country Clergyman).âThe larger specimen of fern from your church buttress is Polypodium Vulgare, and the smaller from the ruined tomb is an Asplenium, but we cannot say w species without seeing a larger Q, and with fruit beneatlT'the leaves. (Alfr


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