The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN

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'of prayer---one for Jesus, for Abraham, for Solomon,
and for Aaron, two of which are even more intricate
than the one above. I regret I had not time to make
drawings of them, but I took notes of them on the spot,
and my brother did the same. Upstairs again ; examine
the mosaics under our feet ; in design they are like
the doors from the far East exhibited in 1851, of
curious interlacing lines---zigzag ; much variety of
colour. The lower portion of the mosque is chiefly
surfaced with encaustic tile, generally blue and white,
full of variety in design; some quite like Renaissance."

nevertheless, it annually happens that a great amount
of this kind of work is put off until so late that the
plants have no chance of pushing a few fresh roots to
enable them to resist the cold drying winds of March ;
and there are doubtless many of our readers purposing
to shift large shrubs and trees this season who have
hardly thought of commencing yet ; but we would
strongly advise all such to start as soon as circum-
stances will admit, and they will find that things shifted
during this month will require but little attention in
the way of watering next spring and summer, com-
pared with others transplanted in winter and spring.
Also get ground intended to be planted with young
things from the nursery turned up as soon as possible,
especially in the case of strong adhesive soils, which
are quite unfit for planting until they have been some
considerable time exposed to the mellowing influence
of the sun and air. Give diligent attention to the pro-
pagation of bedding out stock, and get cuttings that
are sufficiently rooted potted off at once, keeping them
close and moist until they become established. Those
that have been potted off some time and have got es-
tablished in their pots should be gradually inured to
exposure to the open air, stopping the shoots tokeep them
dwarf and stocky. But plants that are not very strong
should be shaded from bright sunshine for a few hours
in the middle of the day, or placed in a shady situation
out of doors ; let them have the benefit of the night
dews however if kept under glass, and guard them
from cold drying winds if removed from under shelter.
If any of the beds appear to be suffering from the
want of water, give them a good soaking at once, and
see that late hollyhocks are afforded a liberal supply,
which will greatly assist us in prolonging their beauty.
We have already had some indications of the near ap-
proach of frosty nights, and it will be well to be pre-
pared with something with which to cover any of the
beds liable to be injured by slight frost, such as helio-
tropes. , &c., and the variegated geraniums, the foliage
of whichis very readily injured by frost.
FRITIT.—Any of the peach or nectarine trees which
are observed to be growing a little too freely should
be gone over, stopping all the stronger shoots ; and
those that were treated in this way a few weeks ago,
should also be looked over again, stopping a further
portion of the shoots, if this appears necessary, to
prevent the formation of gross strong wood. Pear,
and, indeed, all trebled fruit trees, should also be gone
over, removing all superfluous wood, so as to expose
the trees to sun and air as fully as possible, which will
be of service towards getting the fruit spurs and
bearing wood well matured before winter. Where
mulching has been used for peach and nectarine trees,
this should be removed at once, if not already done,
for the fruit seldom flavours well if the roots are ex-
cluded from the action of the sun and air during the
period of ripening. See that strawberries in pots for
forcing next season are well cared for, placing them
in an open sunny situation, where they will have all
the light possible, and do not allow them to suffer
through the want of moisture at the root.—Gar-
deners' Chronicle.