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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONIC 
LE. ` (Mar. 14, 
tend well to successions of Melons ; do not allow them to 
become stunted ; they are never the worse for age if 
Give Kidney Beans very free 
waterings with liquid manure ; stick them if requisite, 
a day; keep 
this be guarded against. 
and syringe them two or three times 
the late ; although it has been too much the practice to 
set the late crops in May, and even June; the conse- 
quence of which is, that the seed is never ripened as it 
ought to be, and this circumstance (coupled with fer- 
mentation B. bags or pits) is at the bottom of all that 
t " ituti 
them in a light situation, with a humi 
Give Strawberries abundance of both air and manure- 
water. Thin out succession crops in due time where 
set too thickly. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
Keep an eye to seed-sowing as in last Calendar ; 
Prepare a fresh plantation 
of Globe Artichokes if necessary, by deep trenching, 
and high manuring, for if encouraged in this way they 
will, by judicious thinning, keep much longer in bear- 
ing. Keep up a succession of Lettuces, and get those 
raised in boxes in heat, pricked out in a warm situa- 
After planting out the winter 
aulilowers, there generally remains a quantity of 
small plants ; these, if pricked out in a cool and shady 
border, on rich soil, will make a succession, and form 
the eonnecting link between the principal winter plants 
and the spring sown ones, Silver-skinned Onions should 
now be sown for pickling—the poorest soil in the garden 
is the fittest; work it when dry; throw it into high 
beds—the higher the better—and after sowing thickly, 
tread it as hard as a turnpike-road if possible. Top- 
dress Hautbois Strawberries in beds, also other kinds 
where the ground is somewhat exhausted, as soon as 
get grafting also completed. 
tion, highly manured. 
than the old or spurring-back method. In the mean- 
time cut away all over-luxuriant wood close to the 
Clear 
away all scale, &c., using a wash, composed chiefly of 
stem. Destroy all insects before the trees bud. 
clay-water and sulphur, on trees liable to insects. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
The weather being unusually fine, and vegetation very 
forward, the mowing of lawns will have commenced in 
many places. I may perhaps be allowed to repeat, 
carried out, it is of 
the utmost importance to take every possible means in 
the spring to ensure a permanent green sward through 
the summer. Lawns, or portions of them, having a 
hungry sandy soil, and liable to “burn,” should have a 
that where “high dress” is to be 
slight dressing of some kind every spring ; even com- 
mon soil will benefit them, as it induces another tier— 
if I may be allowed the term—of surface roots, of course 
increasing their volume. However, a dressing of marly 
or clayey soils in a highly pulverised state, would ob- 
viate the tendency to “burn.” A slight dressing of 
guano hasa capital effect in such case, having consider- 
Those who desire to have Moss 
and Provins Roses through the whole summer should 
now cut back a portion for that purpose, merely pruning 
Superfluous 
able saline properties. 
away the parts which have budded. 
suckers of Roses, Lilacs, &c., may be removed, and 
planted out for suecessional stock, and the old stools of 
Roses richly top dressed. The pruning of Roses in 
general must forthwith be completed. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
The late frosts have proved the necessity of attention 
to protection, which has, of late, been so often urged ; 
from the forward state of Tulips, Auriculas, &c., they 
are verymuch more susceptible, and it will doubtless 
prove an awkward blooming season. Auriculas will 
require double mats over the frames whenever there is 
any indication of frost, for, should the trusses of ex- 
panding flowers meet with a check, they will rarely ex- 
pand satisfactorily. A moderate supply of soft water 
may now be given whenever necessary, and where there 
has been no opportunity of top dressing the plants with 
rich compost, an application of Brain’s liquid guano 
about every ten days will be found highly beneficial, 
Ranunculuses.—Seedlings which are just out of the 
ground are extremely tender ; the boxes or pans in 
-which they are sown should be placed in frames, though 
all air must be given as often as possible, to prevent 
their becoming drawn. Carnations and Picotees are 
“spindling” fast ; these may be removed if they have 
flower buds on them, and one of the strongest láte- 
ral shoots encouraged to take the lead. In procur- 
ing fresh varieties, do not forget the Rose Picotees, 
which are not only beautiful, but extremely fashionable 
amongst florists. Fanny Irby (Wilson’s), Princess 
Royal (Wilmer’s), Mrs, Barnard (Barnard’s), Ivanhoe 
(Crouch’s), Correggio (Wilson’s), Queen Victoria 
-(Green’s), will be found amongst the best. Tulips.— 
The beds may now be gone over carefully, breaking 
the surface soil with the hand, at the same time expos- 
ing any leaves which may have the canker, to the full 
action of light and air, Attend to covering as occasion 
may require, Pinks.—Vacancies in beds should im- 
mediately be filled up, others may be potted off in large 
pots for blooming 
.  COTTAGERS' GARDENS. 
Follow up sowing the necessary crops as inthe kitchen- 
garden portion of the Calendar, Carrots and Onions 
on trenched ground, the manure in the bottom. Sow a 
little Celery on a warm slope ; throw small sifted ashes 
over the surface to prevent the depredations of slugs, 
and cover up with a little litter, Celery seed must be 
kept constantly damp, and the bed should be very rich. 
grafting should be finished off hand ; the cottager 
would do well to graft a few leading shoots in his Thorn 
hedge with the new Scarlet Thorn. Potato planting 
should be proceeded with, both with the early kinds and 
that renders the plant an 
easy prey to any disease. The cottager should sow a 
few hardy annual seeds directly, plant out his Carnation 
layers,finish planting the Ranunculus, and attend to 
his flower-beds generally. 
ESTING. 
March winds and bright sunshine are very trying to 
new plantations ; these should now be looked over, and 
if any young trees are loosened by the winds they should 
be instantly made firm by treading well when dry, and 
if necessary, covering with a little fresh soil. It is 
advisable to dip the roots of forest trees (in late spring 
planting) in a very thick puddle; this is highly neces- 
sary in March. See that all trimmings are cleared 
away before the trees begin to shoot. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending Mar. 12, 1846, as 
observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
HERMONATER. — 
Mar. ~ ——| Wind. | Rain. 
Max. |Min. | Mean, | "a | Poi 
Frid. 6 53 4l 47.0 W. 
Sa^ 7 x8 | 40.5 w, 
Sun. 8 34 | 290 | N.W. 
M 9 41.5 | Sw. 
Tues. 10 43.5 | N. 
Wed. 11 42.5 | 8. 
Thurs. 12 37.0 | N. 
i—Fine; overcast; fine 
vercast; very fin 
8—Clear ; cloudy and fine; clear and frosty at night, 
'rosty ; i 
li—Foggy; very fine; clear and frosty at night 
12—Foggy ; very dense fog in forenoon; clear; slight frost, 
Mean temperature of the week 4 deg. below the average, 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 20 years, for the 
ensuing Week ending Mar. 21, 1846, 
Prevauing win 
mar hren Aver: | wrea xor of. | Greates eming wi 
ar. |Highest| Lowest a quantity |,- i| ls] - lc |. n 
"Temp| which it ZZ EE 
Temp.| Temp. Rained SIE Acs | du 
n. 15| 506 | a&.6 | a8 n 0.49 in. | 9 5| $I—| 2| 4| al 1 
Mon, 16| 532 | 8359 | 445 7 035 |=] a| 4—| al 6| al 1 
Tues. 17| 503 | 357 | 430 5 0.36 [13 s—|1/5|s| 3 
Wed. i8| 50.2 | 3&1 | 426/ a | 0.06 |a 5—— 1/5| 6] 3 
Thur.19| 511 | a49 | 430] 4 | ooa |18/a-|1|s|5 2 
Fri, 20) 522 | 358 | so) 8 | 018  |1|1|a—-—, sl al 5 
Sat. 21| 520 | 374 | 447 9 0.2 LEES 3) a| al aly 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the loth 
and 20th, 1836—therm, 69°: and the lowest on the 20th, 1845—therm. 16°, 
Notices to Correspondents. 
To our CORRESPONDENTS— We have every wish to oblige you by 
answering all questions relating to the subjects treated of in 
this Journal ; but we must intreat you to be reasonable. We 
have had before us a letter containing 17 questions, upon as 
many different subjects, every one of which have been either 
answered repeatedly, or can be determined by a very cursory 
glance at our columns for the last month ; and we regret to 
mi 
which they have previously taken 
ine for themselves i; S: ry body. 
TTAGERS' CALENDAR 
j Àn index has been 
added to this present edition. Parties wishing to have copies 
for distribution among their tenantry can have them at the 
25 for 5s. ? 
-H —Thanks. Your paper on the white- 
emmed Amaranth will appear in the next Number of the 
“Journal of the Horticultural Society." The A. oleraceus is 
new to this country ; of course not to India. 
PPLES—F C—If professionals do not know the Duchess of 
Oldenburgh, they should become acquainted with it ; for it is 
beautiful, distinct, and good. See the Fruit Catalogue of the 
Horticultural Society. It has no synonyme. 
Booxs—M W—Mackintosh’s “ Practical Gardener,” and Lou- 
don’s ‘Suburban Gardener.” ‘—You should now pro- 
vide yourself with ** School Botany,” the study of which it is 
full time for you to begin.——-X— Roberts on the “ Vine." 
——MD—We agree with you. The books are unreasonably 
dear, but the first is a good treatise; the last has been suffi- 
ciently criticised in our columns.— Zambert—You will find 
the information you seek in the “Vegetable Kingdom,” now 
J C—Mr. Barn 
Frames—Woglog—We advise o | 
* Mills on the Cucumber,” and to build your pit exactly as he 
directs. 
GrAziNG—2B C—We do not understand your question, As to 
laps, our e. ence is where it Was; our opinion is favourable 
to dispensing with them. 
Grares—Ap Llewellin—Apply to the London Nurserymen.|| 
GREENHOUSE CLIMBERS— L Keane- Tacsonia pinnatistipula and 
mollissima; Passiflora Loudoni, racemosa, Herbertiana, and 
membranacea ; œa ficifolia and Learii ; Clematis 
azurea grandiflora, Camptosema splendens, Tecoma aus- 
tralis, Bignonia jasminoides, Kennedya Marryattæ, Harden- 
bergia digitata, macrophylla and ovata ; Mandevilla suaveo- 
lens, and Dolichos lignosus.! 
Insects—T C Alton—Your Wheat is attacked by the maggot 
of a little fly called Oscinis vastator, whose history you will 
find in the ** Royal Agricultural Journal,” vol. v. p.493. R. 
—L I V—1 cannot discover any insects on your plant, but 
there is a resinous deposit on the pubescence of the leaves, Ze. 
——A. Subseriber—If your plant be small, immerse it in weak 
Tobacco-water ; if not, the only remedy is to pick off and 
burn the le: are most infested, and wash the 
J M H—The looping caterpillars can only be got rid of 
by hand-picking, and if you persevere for a few days, you 
wi 
shoots, 
MARKET GARDENS—Bolion—Y ou may grow excellent vegetables 
in such a soil as yours, provided there is not an iron “pan” 
above the gravel. If there is you must break through the 
an, or nothing will thrive. n sewerage is the best 
manure for you. If you try guano you will obtain the same 
result; but the quantity you will need depends upon the 
degree of exhaustion of your land. Give a preliminary dose 
of4ewt. an acre; and if you find that you have not used 
enough, add half a similar dose when your crop is growing ; 
if mixed largely with water it will act the better. Cow-dung 
is valuable for you. 
MinpEw—Jow—Your note is so illegible that we cannot de- 
tain the purport of the facts you mention, yours does noi 
seem to be different from other cases. Why i 
predisposed to mildew an 
growing in your pots. 
Names or Frorvs— Youell & Co—1, Fearn’s Pippin ; 2, Dume- 
low's Seedling. || 
ing a Gesnera, and would be much obliged by your sending 
us a pot of it to 21, Regent-street, in order that its habit may 
rutila, The red 
is. 
B, A Constant Reader, and others—If you can 
afford the risk, you may as well leave your Potatoes in the 
ground, and watch them as they grow ; for if they fail, you 
will probably be aware of it in time to plough them up for a 
summer crop of something else, ——Z—Your new crop may 
have rotted from the dose of lime and soot which you applied, 
for that would cause an extrication of ammonia, which, under 
But we suspect 
that, although they were perfectly sound and greened when 
is the same as yours. Som 
yery limited. 
RHODODENDRONS—Sigma—Y ou will certainly not keep them in 
health unless you give them half peat, or decayed leaves, or 
some soil of a similar nature. 
Ror IN BEANs—A Young Gardener—Your Windsor Beans are 
rotten, or rotting fast; the ground is too wet and cold. Your 
Peas are weak, but ail nothing else. There is no reason to 
suppose that the Potato disease will contaminate the ground. 
SEA-KALE—Apiarian— Trench and manure the ground well. 
Line it offin beds, 4 feet wide, with 2 feet alleys between. 
lant 3 rows, which will be 16 inches apart, in these beds, 
and let the distance be 18 inches from plant to plant in the 
rows. Ifyouhave not good young plants, better sow seeds 
at the above distances.|| 
SEEDS— W J E—The seeds are of no value to you as nursery- 
men, with the exception of a few species which you will 
readily pick out for yourselves by their names. 
STRAWBERRIES — X M N— For extensive cultivation, Keen's 
Seedling is the best. The ground ought to be well trenched 
and manured. The plants should be in rows 2 feet apart, and. 
18 inches from plant to plant in the rows. Keep them clear 
of runners, excep! for inerease if required ; in fork- 
ing the soil between the rows, take care not to injure the roots. 
Mulch with fresh stable-yard manure bi 
to grow in spring, and they will bear well for 4 years at least.|| 
TENDER ANNUALS—C L— Since i ini 
artificial heat, you must defer sowing your seeds till warm 
weather comes. Then place them on the surface of the 
ees, 
TRADESMEN—G. T——y—You must excuse us. Itis our prin- 
ciple not to recommend tradesmen. Standing in the Position. 
we occupy, it would be most unfair if we were to do so. If 
those who haye goods to sell will not advertise them it is 
their loss—not ours, nor yours. If they do advertise them, 
and they are worth haying, they are sure to sell them. We 
know that some persons think advertising unworthy of great 
unworthiness to advertise when they have anything to sell, 
or want to buy anything, It is therefore one of the foolish 
prejudices of trade that advertising is infra digni ih 
the meanwhile those who do advertise run away with the best 
part of all retail trade. 
onms—Anon—Lime water is your only practicable resource. 
Misc—15. will be given for No. 36, 1845.—— 4n Amateur Florist 
can have the two Nu 'equired to complete his set.—— 
Hirudo—Ccleri navet should be raised like other Celery, and 
pianted out shallow in rich sandy soil. Radis d’Hiver should 
be sown in July; Potiron jaune in very gentle heat, in pots, 
in April, so as to 
——Apiar 
soil you describe will yield a large produce, and animals 
thrive well on it as part of their food. For your soil try the 
Breadfruit, Cornish Kidney, and Regent’s Potatoes, Sey- 
mour’s Superb White and the Violet Celery are amongst the 
best. — You cannot bud Roses now. From the 
beginning to the end of August is perhaps the most certain 
time, as the sap is then in full force. The best period, how- 
ver, varies in different years. The great desideratum is 
that the bark should part easily from the wood, showing a 
a rich supply of sap below it. W Tebbett—We never name 
florists’ flowers. 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
CAMELLIAS—J D & Co—Your seedling Camellia is a handsome 
flower, of average size, with slightly reflexed petals; it re. 
sembles eximia in colour and general appearance, but it is 
much fuller of petals, which gradually diminish to the centre.* 
CrNERARIAS— Y—Your seedling No.1, a large, brilliant crimson, 
with broad petals, is a yery good flower, but not one of a 
superior character, No. 2 wants colour.*—J M, Cheshire— 
Your seedlings have not been received.* 
Panstus—A B—Your seedlings are too small; 2 and 3 are 
useless. No. lis the best flower, but this will be of no use 
unless it comes larger,” 
*y* Asusual, many communications have been received too late, 
and others i ly inedtill the necessary inquiries 
can be made, We must also beg for the indulgence of those 
numerous correspondents, the insertion of whose interesting 
cypher more than three-quarters, As far as we can ascer- 
contributions is still delayed. 
