THE GARDEN.

(By Hoktus.)

Calendar of Operations, JLxig. 11.

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Tbbk Fkrns (Juno).—These are usually lifted from some well sheltered gully, consequently aa a, lule they do not transplant well in tho open. They should never be planted in an exposed situation. When so planted the wind would entirely spoil the beauty of tho fronds; only well sheltered situations suit them. It is too luto this season for transplanting; March or April ia the best time of the year. They wouid most likely die next summer it trans planted now. Bulbs U.K.). —If your bulbs are growing they should bo planted out at once. A succession of gladiolia flowera caD easily be kept up by planting bulbs ovary fortnight or three weeks. AS tnoy ripen off, dry in the sun for a few weeks and replant, but recollect if such a ooorse la pursued that you will deteriorate the Quality of the flowers. Tan Bare (J.A.).—Tan bark may be decom posed by adding nme to tho heap, and then turning it over until I'errnen lation commences. But it is scarcely worth what it will cost, and if you cannot burn it and use the ashes, you might employ it as a mulch around your fruit trees, or scatter it thimy over your pastures and meadows. Of course, tho potash ia the bark would bo valuable as a fertilizer if it conlri hR extracted, but as this is not practi cable, the bast way to aioposo ot guchniuteria, is to burn it or usu as a mulch.

HINTS

Soot should be mixed with lime for white washing tho stems and trunks o£ trees. This will change the colour to brown. Sulphur mixed wuh the whitewash might be used as a protection against fungoid troubles.

Very careful experiments made m New York last season show that the flat culture of pota toes produces the xlneat tubers and the largest yields. Tha best, results followed the Dutch method o( planting, which consists of keeping the surface o£ the ground level, planting a single eye in a place, covering it six inches deep, and allowing but a single stalk to grow in a hill, which, axe a foot apart each way.

In sowing seed in the open garden, it is of the first importance ;o thoroughly prepare tho seed bed, and have the soil in tine, crumbling condi tion, bo that the tender rootlets may easily pene tsate it and find sustenance.

Be careful to sow iv drills of one uniform depth, and cover lightly, making the surface tolerably lirrn and even, then cover with flah netting at onoe, and If the crop is o£ a kind that slugs and snails prey upon, dust the bed with Boot and lime at Uio first sign of the seedlings appearing above the noil.

In tho case of sowing seeds under glass, put ample drainage, say one-third the depth of the box or pan, ihen one-third rough soil, and rill up with. fin«l> -sifted sandy soil. Press this down quite evenly and firmly, and give a good soak ing with water, and as Boon as the surface is firm, aprinklo the seed evenly and only moder ately thick over tho surface, and cover with flnWj sandy soil.

Place tho boxes or pans in a position where they can bo easily shaded from tho midday sun, sad if tho Boed is very minute, such as that of lobelia, musk, &0., cover the top of the pot or box with a Bheet of *lasa to prevent too rapid evaporation, and above this put sheets of paper, which make good shading.

Remove these coverings in the afternoon, and dew the surface with tepid water from a very fine-roeed water-pot; be very careful that the son does not shine too hotly on tho soil, aa if it becomes too dry the whole batch of seedlings may wither in an hour. As soon as large enough to handle, prepare large boxes in a (similar manner, mid prick the seedlings out in regular order.

KITCHEN GARDEN

Plant a few more early potatoes, also make mnaii sowings ot turnips, carrots, and broad beaus, for early use. A small patch of onions should now be sown for salads ; main crop tnd of this ruonth. About every fortnight make a sowing of peas, so as to keep up a succession. Fork over all the ground about the seakale plants, giving plenty of well-rotted manure, then cover the plants with boxes,- with moveable tops ; cover the boxes with long straw or litter. This will hare the effect of branching trie shoots ; the moveable top to the box will give easy access to the plants. Keep up small successional sowings of radishes, mustard, and cress. Sow round spinach lettuce.

FLOWER WARDEN.

Hurry the lifting and transplanting of all the different shrubs. During the late fine weather all these should have been finished. .Prune back all evergreen shrubs which are giuwn for their foliage, All herbaceous plants which are getting old should be lifted, sub-dividej, and trans planted. Commence sewing some of the hardy annual, prune some of the roses, continue planting out some of the bulbs. Transplant the different border favourites, such, as daisies, violets, pansies, primula pinks, pensttman lobelias, etc. Attend to lawn and lawn edgings as directed last week,' Some of the early spring flowers are now beginning to make their appear ance—keep the ground well stirred around them.

GREEN HOUSE,

The watering of all plants which are coming iato flower should now receive care ful attention. Cinerarias and calceolarias that have become established in their flowering pots should receive occasional waterings with liquid manure. Stillcontiaue potiing mto flowering pots as they become large enough. Azaleas and camellias water freely, aho syringe frequently. Give plenty of air on all favourable occasions.

Fruit Growing.

{Continued from last tveek.)

GRAFTING. Without the art of grafting it would be almost impossible to propagate the many different varieties of truit which adorn the orchard. It is also ea«y to perform the operation, involving only a trill 'ng degree of bodily exertion. The art of grafting simply consists in affixing two cut portions of a tree or a plant in such a position that they will become permanently uuited, but certain conditions must be observed. First—There must be a certain degree of affinity of species between scion and stock —that is, they must belong to the same botanic family. Secondly— vyhea bringing the two cut portions of scion aud stock together, care must be taken that a portion of the inner bark of such stock and scion must meet and fit closely, so that the ciiculation of sap between the stock and new head is properly maintained so that a proper union may take place. Wood already formed is in capable of further growth, aud'therefore can not unite. The union is effected at the point from which the'sap exudes from the scock, namely, between the wood and inner bark, so that iv performing the operation it is imperative that in fixing the scion and stock together come portion of their inner bark must meet and fit closely. It is upon the accuracy of the joining of these the success of grafting depends. This principle applies to every description of grafting. Thirdly—Stocks and scions should, if possible, have about the same constitu tional vigour, commencing to vegetate about tLe saute time. If there is any difference, it ia preferable that the stock should be a little earlier in vegetating than the scion, and also more vigorous and hardy. Fourthly—lt is indispensable that the two parts grafted should be closely joined —a better union is effected. When cutting the parts, cut them in such a manner that when placed together they fit as perfectly

as possible. A great deal depends on the skill of the operator in avoiding wouuda, and in claying or putting on graft ing wax so as to preserve them from atmospheric action. Fifthly—The best time to perform the operation is in the spring, after the sap has begun to flow. The conditions of sap should be nearly similar in both scion and Stock. When it is not so, it is much better to have the scion in a less advanced stage than the stock.

There are a great number of objects to be gained by grafting. By its means you can produce fruit spurs on a tree where they are deficient. A detective or exhausted tree can be restored by the transfusion of the sap of a vigorous kind. Also, you oan bring together on the same stem the two sexes of inonacdous plants, so as to facilitate their reproduction. A great number of herbaceous plants could not be reproduced by any other means. Theie are a number of plants which, when grafted, grow more vigorously than when on their own roots. There are a great number of different modes of grafting. When heading down and re-gratting large trees, vines, oranges, strong stocks, etc., clefc-gratting is gener ally resorted to, which consists in cutting oack the stock or branch to the desired height, luaking a cleft with a strong knife or chisel in the crown downwards, taking care not to injure the pith. The cleft is kept open by the chisel. The scion is cut iuto the opening prepared for it, and the chisel withdrawn. The stock closes firmly upon it; then clay so as to exclude the air. i*'or young nursery stock, whip grafting i 3 the mode most in vogue. We will there fore give figures and description taken from the "London Amateur Gardeners' Calen dar " :— WHIP GRAFTING. Whip-grafting, or as it is sometimes called splice or tongue-grafting, is performed in tee following manner : The stock is first cut over at the height at which the scion is to be put on, and a thin slice of the bark and wood is then cut off with a very sharp knife, so as to leave a perfectly smooth sur face ; the scion, which should at least have three buds and need never have more than five, is next cut so as to fit tbe prepared part as accurately as possible, at least on one side ; then a slit, or tongue 33 it is technically termed, is made in the scion and a corresponding one in the stock. All being thus prepared, the scion is applied to the stock, inserting the tongue of the one intothe slit of the other, then the scion is tied up with matting and It is clayed over, or better, with grafting wax, and the operation is then complete. Grafting clay is a composition of two parts clay and one part of cow-dung, worked up into a paste, kept for two or three weeks before using, ihen kneaded again before using.

Grafting Wax.—There is a very good wax made of the following ingredients : pitch,^five parts; resin, one part; yellow wax, one part; tallsw, one part, with as much brick dußt as will give it consistency. When grafting young stock, always put the graft about six to nine inches above the ground. This i 3 imperative when grafting apples upon the blight proof stock. If such stock is grafted low down or underneath the soil, the scion or graft at the union will send out roots, and when such is the caaa the object for which the stock was selected is fustrated; the blight will attack and lodge on the roots where it will be impossi ble to eradicate it again. When the quince stock is used for dwarf pears, ihe same rule must be observed, for if the graft is put low down, and the union happens to get covered, the pear will in time push out roots from the union.

(To be continued.)

Lifeboat Heroes.

WHO is there who can read unmoved the heroic incidents attending a recent gallant attempt to s ive life on the part of toe crew of the Swansea liteboat ? and, with the story fresh ia their minds, who can help wishing to take at least some little part in such, noble work? On the stormy morning of the 27th of January a German barque drifting helplessly up the Bristol Channel struck on some locks opposite the Mumbles Head, and without loss of time the Swan sea lifeboat, with a crew of thirteen men, set off to the rescue. JNo less than five of the men were volunteers, while a father and four of his sons formed a' part of the regular crew. After a terrible struggle amid the raging billows, the life-boat ap proached the wreck, but only two of trie German sailors had been hauled on board, when a sea of unusual power struck the boat, parted her cable, and threw all her occupants into the water. When she righted, the coxswain, Jenkin Jenkins, managed to crawl into her, and to drag in one of his four sons aud another man. But time after time the boat was dashed against the wreck, and once more she was capsized, so that tho3e in it were almost crashed to death. Clinging to t*he lifeline, the cox swain managed to bold on while the life boat drifted towards the rocks, and then exerting his little remainiag strength to the utmost, he struck out for and reached the shore. There the old man lay exhausted, but watching the efforts of one of his sons who had also dune: to the boat. Several times the young man was drifted towards the shore, only to be carried out by the recoii;of the waves, until at last his father managed to creep down to the water, and catch him by the collar. But, alas I the limbs were rigid, and the face was stone cold. What a world of pathos was there in his cry : "My boy Imy boy ! it ia too late ! My Johnny's dead !"

That Settled It.

AENKGEO entered a store in a village in Alabama, and asked to look at some coats. The only one which suited him was a gar ment worth about §6, but for which the dealer asked Sl4. "11l give you §S," said the negro. ' My {rent, you must be grazy. Dot goat ish wort more as I ask." " I'll say §9, boss." "Shust as grazy aa pefore." "It isn't much of a coat," remarked Sambo, as he looked it over again. " Vhell, 1 don't brag about der cloth or der color or der making?, but vhat you shpoae happens to de black mans who puys der mate to dot goat 1 Dot ish vhat I look at." " Did he die of yaller fever, boss ?" " Not much ! Dot goat fit him so nice, und made him. look so shenteel, dot he runs away mit my cousin Sarah, und I gifs her §2,000. I haf ehust one more cousin left." " Well, boss, I guess I'll take it," replied Sambo. And he sot into it, and took a -walk around town to let the cousin look him over. The King of Bavaria, the most uncom. promising of all the Wagnerites, one day met.a soldier without a leg, aud asked him when he lost it. "Jn the war of 186G," replied the warrior gruffly. " Don't yon know me ?" asked the King, somewhat piqued at the soldier's manner. "Mo : how should I?" was the ;rep!y, "You don't go to the wars, and I don't go to the opera. ■'

GOSSIP FROM STAGE AND STUDIO.

[By Eutekpe.]

" PINAFOKE " in character is to be produced at Xmas-tide tor the benefit of St. Bene dict's Church Building Fund. Miss Staun ton, Mr R. W. Sceats, aud Mr Leedham will sustain the leading rOles. Miss Gribble's success in " The Barber of Seville" has beeo of tangible benefit to her. She has just secured an engagement at a good salary ia a concert company formed by Mr Parkinson, to make a tour of the country districts. Herr Schmitt has commenced the compi lation of a AS usical Biographical Dictionary, for the benefit ot the music-loving portion of the community. It ■will contain short outlines of the lives of all the great com posers, from Palestrina downward, and a review ef taeir leading compositions. The object in view, viz., the diffusion of sound information on matters connected with the divine art, is highly commendable, and should be properly appreciated. Mr Fred Maccabe passed through Chicago on June 2. Salvini has been playing since he was fourteen, is now fifty-two, and is worth £60,000. Mrs Scott-Siddons has been engaged to take part in a special performance of Men delssohn's "Antigone." Mr Arthur Garner has purchased " The Silver King " for Australia. He ia also trying to secure " lolantbe." Following up the success achieved by smoking concerts, Mr E. L. Blanchard has been giving a series of " smoking lectures " at the Whitefriars Club, London. Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr W. S. Gilbert have just contracted to supply Mr D'Oyley Carte with novelties and revivals for five years to come. Horace Lingard had his arm broken by » hansom cab just as he was about leaving London, and he is now walking around .New York with it in a sling. The new opera by Herr Yon Suppd, composer of "Boccaccio," has been pro duced with enormous success at Vienna, under the title of " The Voyage to Afiica." Miss Lila Clay and her troupe of female artistes have arranged to make a tour of the States with their unique production, " An Adamless Eden," Dr. Anna Potts, who has been lately lec turing in Oamaru and Timaru, has secured the Theatre Royal, Christchurch, tor one week, and will begin her course of lectures on Sept. 12. Lady Goldsmt'd has againpresented to the Royal Academy of Music a scholarship for female pianiate3 for the years 1884 and 1885, the last-named being the tenth year of her ladyship's donation. "The Merry 'Duchess " at the London Royalty is a tremendous success. The music, the book, the songs, the ladies, and the legs have all taken the popular fancy. There is a song of a certain kind that Miss Santley sings with marvellous intelligence. M. Gounod's first dramatic ""woTIc, "Sappho," originally produced in the French capital in 1851, ia about to be re vived at the Paris Grand Opera during the forthcoming winter, with a new fourth act Latest .English date, June 14.-." Treasure Trove" is the title of a new operetta, written by IMr Arthur Law and composed by Mr J. Caldicott, which was produced at Mr and Mrs German Reed's entertainment at London on June 6. Dion Boucicault has dramatised Mark Twain's "Luck of .Koaring Camp." The author has assisted Mr Boucicault in the work, and the play is said, to be a very strong one, Boucicault intends to produce it simultaneously in England and America. Louise Michel, who is at present confined in St. JLazarc Prison, Paris, is said to be finishing a novel on which she has been en gaged for come time. It is reported, too, that she intends commencing another suggested by her present surroundings.

j An old greasy hat belonging to Wagner, which was left by him at a hatters in Venice on the occasion of his purchasing a Dew tile, has been sold to a gentleman of Berlin, who journeyed to Venice and bought it at an enormous price. Mr Charles Heywood, the well-known male pnma donna and bird charmer, has formed his troupe for a tour of the Colonies It includes G. W. Lawless, J. Drayton, G. Kobson, Robert Vita. Gardner, Gilmore, Sigcor Gonzales, and others, and a season was opened at Adelaide on the 28th ult. Mr Stuart O'Brien, actor, an old Auck land favourite, now a Boniface in Mel bourne, has been suffering from cancer in the mouth. Doctors Beaney, Gilbee, and BUir have been attending the sufferer, and they successfully removed the growth, but the patient is still confined to his room. The following is a charming instance of the multiplication of news in the course ot travel An American paper gravely an nounces that the scenery and effects which will accompany Mr Irving's troupe to the United States will weigh 1,000 tons. Some dramatic memorials of great interest have been found in a box onoe belonging to the late Benjamin Webster. It has been purchased by a bookseller, and is said to be filled with letters addressed to Mr VV ebster by various persons of distinction in litera ture and art, Messrs Swan, Sonnenschein and Co. an nounce a series of classical texts. The object is to supply students with trust, worthy working texts, accompanied by critical apparatus, and edited by specialists. The volumes appear simultane ously in London, Leipzig, and Prague. Mr J. B. steele, who comes to Auckland with the Polks, once played through the English provinces with a company of which Miss Braddon, the now famous novelist, was a member. She was not so great in the realisation of stage characters as she proved herseli in the creation of them in works of fiction. It is expected that tkere will be a regular " glut" of professional talent here about Christmas-tide. Hegarty's Hibernicon, the Polks, Bandmann and Beaudet, George Kignold, and Pomeroy are all said to be contemplating a descent upon Auckland as the starting point for a tour of the colony. Signor Verdi having formed his Operatic Company and engaged his theatre, was to open on Saturday last ia Melbourne. Miss Martina Simonsen is the prima donna, and amongst the other principals are Sienor and Signora Coy, and Signor Paladini. The repertoire Includes "Carmen," "Mosij in Ugitto," "Don Giovanni," and " Guillaume Tell." Duncan McCailum is business manager. Mr Wllkie Collins has written a new romantic play of modern life, which will be produced, after careful rehearsals, by Mr Edward Bruce, at the Imperial Theatre. It is founded upon a novel by the same writer, which is still in manuscript, and will not be published until after the produc tion of the play. Of "LesMau teanx Noir" (The Black Cloaks), which it being played in Sydney, a critic says: "The music of the opera does not display any great originality, but it is melodions and pleasant—perhaps the word " pretty" would describe it most aptly. It also has a smartly written libretto. The National Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead has just com pleted the restoration of that forlorn tomb at Westminster wherein for some 135 years Ana Bracegirdle has lain Tit rest. The Theatre pub lishes some exceedingly touching reminis cences of the stainless life of this un equalled actress. A hint. Given, an old parasol, a long stick, and a piece of silk that matches your costume. Fasten the first ou the second ana cover the latter with the ellk, made in to a case like au umbrella covering. You cau thus have a Iparasol to match every dress at a small cost, provided, of course, 1 you only want to carry or to walk with

REVIEW.

"2JBLJE NEW NA.TIOS."

A BOOK having for its avowed object the vindicating of the race of Ham from asper sions cast upon them by Moses —a work published iv the nineteenth century of the Christian era to rafuto slanders circulated more than three thousand years ago—is a curiosity even iv those days when the re mark of Solomon that "o£ the making of books there is no end" has a special ap. propriateness. The book now under notice —a ponderous work of five volumes, and published at the prohibitive price of two guineas—is evidently tic result of a jea lous zeal for family honour, tor the author, Mr John Morris, London, claims to be of the race of Ham, the race *o sweepingly condemned by Jewish writers as being idolaters and addicted to every other species of sin, that it was considered a virtuous undertaking to attempt their com piste extermination. Tnis race Mr Morrls takes in band to prove to be gentle, kind, honourable, generous,. and_ industrious, besides being true mono theists iv practice ; while, as a set-off, he concurrently undertakes to show that the race ot Snein h in been and is distinguished for gloom, h.atred. idleness", polytheisffl. idolatry, cru. lty, deceit, dishonesty, and bloudthirstiness. Japhctis dUmisssed from the calculation as ''an unknown factor;" and the author, by means of an exhaustive argument (chiefly philological, but also partly histoiical and physiological) proceeds to show how the worthy Hamites maybe distinguished from the villainous sons of Nbem. A family dispute of so old a date has no earthly interest at the present day;, a few thousand yearn may well take the spice out of the raciest kind of scandal, and rob the most viiulent feud of all ex citing features. But Mr Morris invests the subject with a present human iutereat by declaring that the despised and maligned race of Ham are destined to form "Xhe .New Matiou," who thall rule and regenerate the world, once they are identified and united. For he seems to believe that the Hamites have been "lost," much after the fashion of the tea tribes of Israel, and are scattered among all the peoples of the earth, instead of being solidly represented by the negro race, as ia popu larly believed.

The h-rculean nature of the task set him self by the herald of " I he .New Nation," ie at once evident, for he has at the outset to reverse all history and dissipate all received ideas. But he has buckled to the task eon amore, and the book he has issued ia the result ot thirty -three years of study and research, pursued in the intervals of a busy life. Lightly and airily he begins by prov ing to hi-s owu satisfaction that Moses was an hoary old fraud, a pervertcr of history, and the chief inventor of rn>stical religion, with iis priestcraft, superatiii.n, and de basement of the masses. The people of Eaypt or Alitr, the descendants of Mizraim, sons ot Ham, are held np as a devout nation, while the Jewish exodus, so heroically treated by Moses, is state! to have bten but the ignominious expulsion of a lot of filthy lepers from amongst an excellent people. Judaism.and Christianity a^ an oirsnoot of it, are alike condemned ; but ihe author deneunctis atheism al-o, arid takes his stand as a wor shipper of the only true God and a b3liev;r in the soul's immortality, and thus does not ba^-o his appeal ou any religious or anti religious prejudices of immunity. In true rationalistic style, he sweeps away the entire superstructure of the miraculous, and places the new religion of the New Nition on a conimon-sensu basis. His niethc Ic£ determining the qualit'es of the descen dants of Slieni ana Hum is peculiar, Dis cardiug all cue Bible except the genealogi cal tables, he proceeds to show by an etymological examination of forty languages and two hundred dialects, that from the names o{ hi am and his descendants have come all the words associated with mirth, harmony, marriage, domestic happine-s, cultivation of the soil, arts, good uovernmeut and good qualities generally, while the names ot the Shemite family make up a complete antithetical list of vices. In like manner he shows that the names of 75 per cent, of heathen deities are derived from Shemite names, and that very lew indeed can be traced to the Hainitcs. To those who ad mit ths validity of his method, and the correctness of his premises, the conclusions of Mr Morris must be irresistible. Bat the physiologic ll proof is ihe clincher. No present distinction of race, name, colour, or character is sufficient to mark, the Hamite ; for intetmar.iage has eradi cated many traces of origin, and the des cendants of "Japhet (many of whom are as worthy people as the Hamites) are constaut ■>• interfering with correct conclusions. The infallible mark, one which is hereditary ani cannot be mistaken, lies in a certain formation of the body, "in a place where no man may see," and which is the invariable sign of direct and unmixed descent from Ham. The existence of this distinguishing mark the author claims to have verified in the case of himself and others, and the usual etymological proofs are offered to prove the connection between such a mark and the names of Ham and his descendants. The conclusion of the whole matter is that Mr Morris invites alt who claim kindred with the accursed Ham to enrol their names on a register which he proposes to keep of the New Wat ion. The sole qualification required is the mysterious mark spoken of, which he looks upon as a surer guide to descent than the most carefully compiled genealogy, and a more reliable testimonial of character than all trie visible signs which are studied by the physiognomist. Most people will be of opinion that Mr John Morris suffers fiom a harmless craze, akin to that of the -inglo-Israelites, and one which is even less likely to meet with popular favour. Ihe New nation, we imagine, will not be boru in a day, and the roll of membership is not likely to be a bulky document. Mr Morris is a writer, however, whom tbe reader cannot help liking ; and if he shows considerable mental eccentricity, it may be retorted on his behalf that "the eccentric are the salt of the earth," and that the author's idiosyncrasies are but additional proofs of the virtues in herent in the race of Ham.

Mdme. Albani, it is stated, refused aa offer of 400 guineas to sing four timea at the approaching Gloucester Festival—she, or rather her husband, Mr Gye, demanding 450 guineas. ' '"

The Christchurch Druids have a Coloured Opera Troupe, which recently gave a successful performance in aid of the Society's Benevoleut Fund. The Auckland Druids are forming a Glee Club, which will make its debut in due course.

George Leopold, a men Beaumont, and Farley are playiog in Emilie Melville's Opera Troupe, which re-opens in Mel bourne shortly with " The Little Duke." At present " Patience," by the William- BOn troupe, is engaging attention there, La Mascotte" and "Xhe Pirates" having been withdrawn. Howard Vernon and. Fanny Liddiard sustain the leading roles. Welly Stewart and Ricoardi are also mem- Mrs of the troupe. •• Pinafore" follows.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPIjEMENT, AUGUST 11, 1883.

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