40 THE 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
(Jan. 17, 
"remarks apply also to, those 1n pots on the old plan. Mr. 
Hamilton is of opinion that a sudden rise of only 5? will 
do mueh injury, whilst 10° degrees would inevitably lead 
to disappointment. "Those who are inclined to try the 
planting-out system had better postpone it for a few 
weeks, and even then Mr. Hamilton is decidedly of opi- 
nion that special compost and previous training are ne- 
cessary in order to ensure success. Karly Vinery.— 
Supposing the buds to be now considerably advanced, 
thinning them becomes a daily and important operation. 
In all "disbudding, do not take Nature by surprise— 
gradual, but rather frequent disbudding is the maxim. 
Above all things, ensure a permanent ‘supply of atmo- 
spheric moisture ; if this is accomplished by fermenting 
materials so much the better. See that they are fre- 
quently turned and d. Put abund o; 
covering on outside roots, and if it be slightly ferment- 
ing so much the better. Late Vinery.—In the majority 
of cases the last Hamburghs and St. Peters will now be 
all cut ; if they are to be taken out to rest let it be done 
forthwith, the pruning performed and the wounds im- 
mediately dressed with thick paint. They are best, in 
my opinion,laid on the ground, and covered up with 
straw for fear of injury by frost. If the late Vinery is 
devoted to Vines alone, throw the lights wide open di- 
rectly. roceed cautiously here as re- 
commended in last Calendar. Supposing them to be 
in course of blossoming give a little more fire in the 
day, only to enable you to give more air; the latter 
cannot be given too freely if the weather is not severe, 
and the thermometer within can be maintained at 55°; 
let it, however, sink at night to 40° or 45°. If the roots 
inside have not been watered, or only slightly so, and the 
drainage can be relied on, apply another thorough water- 
ing with rich liquid manure, clarified of course, and 
heated to 75°, part of which heat will be reduced imme- 
' diately it comes in contact with the soil. Cherry-house. 
— Follow Nature closely in this house; no extreme here 
will sueceed. Plenty of air, permanency of atmospheric 
moisture, and a very moderate temperature, are the re- 
quisites. Figs.—Steer a course with these about in- 
termediate between the early Vinery and the Peach- 
house. In sunny days, however, the temperature 
may rise equal to that in the Vinery. Observe to fumi- 
gate in all the aforesaid structures, the moment 
one green fly appears. Frames or Pits. —If the 
hot dung is sufficiently worked, let the seed-bed 
be made forthwith; for Cucumbers and Melons 
a two-light frame is very handy for this purpose. Coyer 
the dung inside with 6 inches of old and clean riddled 
tan and plunge the seed pots near the. glass mearly i e 
depth, taking care if the bottom-heat exceeds 90 
keep it subdued with cold water. The more weit 
the latter is applied the better, and to be able to accom- 
plish this keep up lively- linings, Endeavour to get a 
spare frame or pit for early Potatoes ; a bottom-heat 
of 70°, that will last for a month, will be amply suffi- 
cient ; the sooner it dies away after that the better, a 
continuance of bottom-heat too long will draw the 
haulm. Ifa frame can be spared, sow Horn Carrots 
and frame Radishes in alternate’ rows, 3 inches apart ; 
a very slight bottom-heat of 65° will accelerate them 
much. Proceed with successional Asparagus; the 
early beds, if kept well lined, will do again, or they will 
make excellent Potato- beds, or for early Carrots and 
Radishes. Provide successions of Kidney Beans and 
Strawberries, as soon as spare room can be provided for 
them. Remember that Strawberries are best started in 
pits or frames with a "bottom-heat of 70°, with abun- 
his favourites venture above ground, envelope them in 
a covering of wash or Calais sand, as before directed. If 
possible, eo the beds from excessive frost. 
HEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
quse with digging, trenching, &c., whenever spare 
ground occurs, and time permits. If some of this 
ground should require digging a second time, previous 
to cropping, so much the better; it will amply repay 
the labour. All fruit-tree planting not done in the 
autumn should be proceeded with at mild intervals ; 
wherever the subsoil is bad it should be entirely re- 
moved, and a platform of brick-bats, rubble, or cinder- 
ashes, rammed hard at about 1 foot below the ground 
evel. On this, place, if possible, a little rough turf in 
a fresh state, and be sure to mix some fresh maiden 
soil with the compost. Sound and tenacious loams for 
Apples and Pears ; sound, yet mellow loam for Peaches, 
Apricots, &c., and free upland soil for Plums, Cherries, 
Vines, and Figs. Follow up nailing and training of 
fruit-trees ; lose no time, when the weathér permits, of 
advancing these matters. Where such is completed, I 
would advise a syringing with the laundr suds ; 
saturating every crevice in the wall. This is an old 
plan, and praetised by Speechly, and a very cheap and 
good one. few Onions may be sown on a warm 
border shortly, for drawing in a young state ; if they 
should be destroyed by frost, the loss will not be great. 
Attend to early Peas; proclaim a war of extermination 
against all rats and mice forthwith—the new phos- 
phorus preparation seems to be excellent. It is a good 
plan to sow some sawdust amongst the stems of those 
Peas already up, provided the leaf is not expanded ; 
when such is the case top-dressings are apt to do mis- 
chief by preventing the action of the leaf. See that 
your Lettuce plants are duly protected: I suffer mine 
to have a thin screen of new straw on them, night and 
day at this time of the year. It will do no harm while 
the thermometer does not average above 40°. How- 
ever, if very mild weather intervene, let them be un- 
covered. If frozen, endeavour by all possible means 
to keep them so, and don't uncover them until after two 
days ofa thaw. Some early Peas should be sown in 
boxes or pots, for fear of an accident to those sown in 
the ground. m light situation in-doors will answer. 
COTTAGERS' GARDENS. 
Those who possess even very small Een will have 
to follow much of the routine business contained in the 
kitehen garden and orchard division of the Calendar. 
The Apricot, the Cherry, or the Pear tree, against the 
gable, will require of course the same kind of handling. 
Gooseberry and Currant pruning must be completed as 
soon as possible. After pruning, it is well to top- 
dress the bushes a little: To accomplish this, draw a 
little of the surface soil away with a hoe, then apply the 
manure, and, finally, soil the whole over about 2 inches 
deep. Ifthe weather be mild, and the soil in a mellow 
state, the Cabbage plot may be hoed through ; and if a 
stock of August plants are at hand, on such soils gaps 
may be filled up at the same time as I observed in 
last Calendar. Early sprouting Potatoes are better in 
the ground than on the shelf ; and under existing cir- 
ly advise all who have 
ground to spare, to plant such forthwith, taking care to 
have at least 6 inches of soil all round them. 
FORESTING. 
All pruning and thinning must of course proceed 
without delay, Where principals are crowded by 
superfluous stuff, or nurses, let them be removed. 
Remember that after all the loose discussions about 
pruning young trees, intended for timber purposes, the 
dance of air; and thence removed to the hothouse 
shelves E necessary. 
LOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
Little. can be said about these matters at present. 
Proceed, as before observed, with all alterations before 
the necessary spring work arrives. Take vehe eH irs 
preserving a good leader free from competition is the 
principal object. The pruning-knife will do this as 
well as the bill-hook and saw, if timely applied. Attend 
to Coppices, thin and dress the stools, remove weak and 
naels shoots. Drain and dig, or trench ground for 
New Coppices may be planted in 
labels of all kinds in readiness; see to h 
plants, and tree Roses of tender habit. x. perd 
sereen for the former, or even Spruce Fir boughs 
stuck round them, and meeting at top, is a very good 
ey suffer as much by close 
covering as by frost. Frosty winds are perhaps more 
prejudicial than anything. For tender Roses, a bunch 
of Wheat straw bound round the head, and sawdust or 
riddled tan gues pu base, is a very good protection. 
ORISTS' FLOWERS. 
Fane dieu not let highly stimulating ma- 
nures, enter into the compost of the beds; night-soil 
has been used with success, forcing a magnificent bloom; 
the succeeding season, however, the roots appeared to 
dwindle, and many were lost. The advice given last 
week will be found one of the best as well as the most 
simple methods of forming a bed for this beautiful 
flower, and in their cultivation we would advise atten- 
tion to the old adage of ** Let well alone,” for amateurs 
may be assured that the less complex their management 
is the better. Auriculas.—The surface soil on the es 
or boxes in which seedlings have been picked out, m: 
now be removed, and a top dressing of leaf soil hed 
cow manure well’ rotten, and blended together in equal 
parts, may be applied, taking care that no dirt lodges in 
the leaves. Expose to all air in open mild weather, 
avoiding cutting winds, which are more detrimental 
than fr osts at this season of the year, covering well up 
at night, though especial care must be taken not to shut 
them up wet. Carnations will require considerable 
attèntion just now, removing all mildewed leaves, stirring 
the surface soil in the pots, and making preparation by 
turning and well sweetening the soil for potting. Make 
d of plenty of leaf soil, get it either for “love or 
money ;" in composts it is the florists “right arm.” 
Tulips will give the amateur some employment, and as! 
feyottable situations. 
[State of the Weather 
ond e week ending Jan. 15, 1846, as 
observed at ‘the Hort 
feurel ry "Chiswic. k. 
Rain. 
in. | Ma: 
30.529 | 49 | 47 | 48.0 
0.374. 89. 
Sun. n J 0.937 | 42 | 82 | 37.0 «01 
Mon. 12 29.846 | 36 | ai | 33.5 
Tues. 13 15 29491 | «8 | 85 | 4L5 
Wed. 16 39.499 | 50 | 37 | 43.5 
Thus, 15 17 29.729 | 49 | 36 | 425 
.048 | 46.1| 36.4 ^ 40.7 
ifort clouded at night 
ae ‘ihroughout 5 SENE rain at night 
azy am 
LEO a Aio 
ery fi 
Average 
an. 
ko Oso average. 
State of she Weather at Chiswick during the last 25 years, for the 
g Week ending Jan. 17, 
af f | areara |e revelling Winds. 
Ui Ed 
Jan. fiios Koment day mi. Du E 
| nfa ed, | 9f z 
.1s| 317 | 417 |857 run Em 
Eur 999 | 4Ll |a55| 10 n 
804 | 40.3 | 35.4 6 
333 | 498 | 38. 8 E 
350 | 43.8 |399 9 1 
344 | 442 | 39.3 E s 
350 | 43.2 | 38.1 7 1 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 19th, 
1828—rharm, 60°: and the lowest on the night of ses 3o, and morning of the 
30th, 1838—therm.. 45 tug low zi 
a otices to Correspondents 
n you have tried failed to cure 
little port wine or salt in the food, but when bees have 
plenty of honey, and when their hives are dry, there need be no 
fear of that AM nor of any other.— 
Booxs—s H— ab! ly, for your purpose, Paxton's ** Botanical 
Dictionary." vU useful one is the ** Dictionnaire Rai- 
sonné des Termes de Botanique et des Familles Naturelles par 
Lecoq and Juillet.” A bookseller. will 
we never do that.——nquirer—* Mills 
and ‘ Moore on the Cucumber” are the ur books which you 
most advantage.— £F F— Macintosh’s 
er,” 
OKOE AND a3 Wc Deuda: ae sie i mu uu 
sorts, and moderate in : Elys 
Colonel Wainman, “ioe s Duke of Jede Header s S Willim 
Jobbet, Caan s King Alfred, Puxi e Albert, 
Soorn’s Blooms! sbury, ig 5 Colonel of nis "Blues, Leighton’s 
Beller ophe m, Addenbrook’s Lydia, Eis s 
Brooks’s Flora's Garland, Fletcher's Du 
Picotees: Gidden’s Teaser, Sbarp's Duke of Wellington, 
Kirtland's Mrs. Annesley, Brinklow’s Duchess, Hutton’s 
Queen of Sheba, Brinklow's Conductor, Wilson's Pluperfect, 
EM Grace Darling, Syke’s Eliza, Gidden's Diana and 
y of Hemingford.* 
PERSEO says, “ I have 
which would be very useful for 
peri colation of Ms MAE. the brick arches 
pose covering ther 
(as it will be Eu ue SCENA ree dye ODHE ODY 
your advice or that o: i 
‘ents, which is likely to answer best, a 
in my garden some prere onni 
tools, &c., but for a 
at top. I pur- 
placi 
E gka of 
itch or lime should be mixed with gravel for the pur- 
eing to make either an "asphalt of pite. and 
a comp: e and gravel as may be recom- 
(Ob Buy. cub oblige U SPERANO by Ani 
information on this point. 
mixture should be made properly. Thanks. 
Bradley’s works well. They are of little value, though 
curious, 
RAPE! " Foster—We will report on these next week. 
Grass EpGINGS—G —We agree with Mr. Errington, The 
width of the edging of Grass will be determined by the length 
as well as breadth of the walk. For yours a foot will be a 
proper width. Indeed, it is not often advisable to have the 
edging narrower, because it is not easily kept in good order. 
The VERUS to it is the expense of mowing, pide 
GREEN EO use PLANTS—Clio—Yes, you can; they will S Te- 
fuse you. The remainder can be had of any good London 
A E As to heating, one E inch pipe is s enough for a 
small greenhouse. You only w: to exclude frost; and 
even a little of that will not hurt bes Fourrows of pipes m 
a greenhouse! w why your advisers must live in Bedlam. 
stove might answer, if you can manage it: buta a 
Joyce's ied do; it is not deal enough. 
Manure—Ignoramus—Chop Rs old horses to pieces, and bury 
npleasant fumes arise, water the 
border with’ weak sulphase acid, They are a capital ma- 
ure for Vines. * Roberts on the Vine," a book you 
should read. 
Names or F. PAB etd ROR Pear is the Easter Beurré.|| 
Names or PnANTS—Zero—The flower is like that of Polygala 
speciosa ; Um theleaf is more similar tifolia ; the 
latter should be glaucous. It is very difficult ; indeed, impos- 
sible, to speak me from examining a. singief flower and 
leaf.——H C— Garrya elliptica ; the male.——A Young Gar- 
dener—Scolopendrium officinarum, We have not ourselves 
seen the fruit of Brugmansia sanguinea. The seeds of it 
re poisonous.——4A Constant Reader has not sent any flower. 
The bits of leaf probably belong to Helleborus niger, the 
Christmas Rose. 
OISES—A. An? inconvenience experienced by the noise of 
vehicles passing and repassing is apparently caused by the 
n from the wall next the road. The m 
will tetafonametemioved! by pulling down the wall and sub- 
SiO iron railings, a: 
wall would be as effectual. 
iji EDD trane—Screw together by the middle three stout 
laths, each 10 feet long, and so VIE them thai 
X other at. boe ngles. You will 
t atre will be 5ft. from each point, and the 
Donis will be 5 ‘fect apart. ^: you lay this on the Eo and 
Stick pegs into it at each point. s centre by shift- 
ing the star, gradually set off your field exactly Into 5 feet 
spaces, which cannot Wages ue 
PornwAisE—4A Constant R—We have applied ys HANE AR 
ings, and, when they come, will publish them, diffi- 
culty is imaginary ; the same effect will be rodica by a 
furnace at one end, provide ins S Ope ar- 
ranged. Wait a little, tili our pue are publish 
PoTATOES—AÀ correspondent asks whether it is ais VERUM 
put an end to the absurdity of calling toes M seed." 
ot answer his on ; but we the in- 
OU RU e the practice, which leads to all sorts of con- 
fusion a part of the slip-slop of rural districts, and is 
only EIAS dunt Malaprop and ildren, if she had 
any.—  Bennett—Y our steamer is a decided improvement. 
But you might easily conduct the VUE, Steam into the 
boiler, instead of cate! B ng it in We see no use in that. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS—H L mcr is NS several in your seedling 
specimens of this Primula the crimson varieties are weal 
in colour ; those of a lilac Solone are the best, * 
Pairs An Enquirer should a o the Secretary for what is 
due t e had. the une after it is awarded, 
Ses PD are reduired, and then as soon as they can be 
prepared : at least, that is the PD with the Horticultu- 
ral plea and, we presume, with others, 
Prunine—A B. —The shoots of your newly-planted i Pears 
are not likely t to die back if not shortened; but if cut back 
they will afterwards push with greater ipee 
RarLwAYS—It i: ler considerati: 
Rosrwoop—W S Upon; refer ring to Dr. Lindley's ODE 
“Vegetable Kingdom,” we find that this kind of we which 
im ri Boris call Bois de Nor bae is apparently RESI 
e Brazilian Mimosa (p. 553.) Ot) , however, have 
rini it to a Loosestrife called paysodalyrand floribunda, 
or to a species of Jacaranda (pp. 575 and 677), but these last 
statements are objected to. 
Misc—A Gardener—Apply to VA prinda bookseller in your 
town.— A Constant Reader—Calceolarias come from 
F Your uestion PES es us ; even our friend, the 
author of the ** Vestiges," would hardi, push theory so far as 
that. They have been obtained from C hili, where they grow 
wild, and have been changed by domestication, just as dogs, 
pigeons, e pier are. ES Daphne odora; on D. Due 
E you ose se! ist soil, and sow ther 
ring in d little iis PM ron—A 14-inch 
built 14 feet high, without supports or buttresses, if the work- 
men and materials are cae od. It is impossible to tell how 
ank requires, because you do not 
SS ‘of ammonia. Add the sulphuric 
acid, a little ata ova aslong as there is any effervescence, 
and not longer. Your other questions should have been ad- 
dressed to a brieklayer.—— Sub—Your Raspberries which 
you have taken up and replanted will soon form new roots, 
and become SURGE again ; i TT cannot be expected 
to bear so well this year as they would have done had they 
not been disturbed. You may wi with s advantage stick early 
Peas as soon as they are two or three inches ELE theground, 
previously SEP Que up a little, as a of protection 
from frost.{—— i—You will find a lst of fifty hardy 
her pepe. E t fatpstibtlar and D in our od 
for 18 
No doubt it is important that the * 
