208 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
over the beds until all danger from burning is past, , and 
then only half at a time, taking care that the linings are 
in good order at that period, or an injurious depression 
of the temperature will suddenly take place. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
Proceed with the business of former Calendars. I 
will this week say a few words about Asparagus plant- 
ing. I hold it of the utmost importance in kitchen 
gardening to give every attention to a proper rotation 
of crops. I make it a point to grow all my Celery 
(which occupies, I imagine, about a tenth part of the 
whole kitchen garden), in what are called Scotch beds. 
These beds with me are from 5 to 6 feet wide, and I 
every year break up an old Asparagus bed or two, in 
order to force it. I make it a rule to plant at least an 
equal quantity. Part of this Celery ground is prepared 
in 2 special way, with a view to its being. laid down with 
The ion eonsists in trenehing it 
much deeper n the rest, and in burying a considera- 
ble quantity of raw vegetable matter in the bottom of 
the trench.—Old refuse, vegetables, Cabbage stalks, 
weeds, or what is very good (if it can be obtained) half- 
rotten leaves, with which some little manure has been 
blended for linings i in the previous year. The upper 
part of the beds have some rotten manure of course for 
the Celery, In taking up the Celery for use, the bed 
is broken up a great depth and the alleys with it, and 
thrown into a ridge, which ridge remains as a alleys 
until planting time, when it is merely levelled for plant- 
ing.* It should not be planted until the early part of 
April. Ca and Fruit-trees.—See last Calendar. 
OWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
This i is an excellent time to sow a good collection of 
Annuals, whether hardy or tender. For the latter, a slight 
hotbed is requisite. The more choice hardy Annuals 
should be sown in patches, and covered with a garden 
pot, taking care to remove it when _they are coming up 
in the day time, covering them again at night. If any 
rude or unimportant shrubbery borders require a little 
gaiety, and business presses, a mixture of some of the 
hardier sorts might be made, such as Collinsias, Clarkias, 
Escholtzias, Malopes, Larkspurs, and Candytufts, and 
strewed at random over the open parts of the border, 
after a thorough cleaning. Dahlias should be in- 
creased without delay, and an early batch of Chry- 
santhemum cuttings, or suckers, put out.  Lobelias 
should be potted, and put into a dung bed. German 
and Ten-week Stocks should be sown in fresh soil, in a 
cold frame, or one that will soon cool down ; and a few 
early German Asters on a slight heat. Let "walks in ill 
condition be turned forthwith, and fresh coated with 
gravel, filling them nearly brimfal : they harmonise 
better with the ERU. Scenery is when deep. 
RISTS' FLOWER; 
Auriculas.—Give air on every Baeble occasion, as 
the effect is very much diminished when the flower- 
stems are drawn up weak; a finely-grown Auricula 
ought to support its truss without assistance. Whilst 
the blooms are unexpanded, slight showers will be of 
service, when not accompanied with boisterous or cut- 
ting winds ; but as soon as they open, moisture over 
‘head should be avoided, as it is apt to disturb the paste 
of the eye, and to give the flowers a smeared appear- 
ance. JPolyanthuses.—1f not parted last autumn, may 
now be divided advantageously ; if the plants are re- 
quired for exhibition, of course this operation may be 
id 
[Man. 28, 
[| State.ot the Weather near London, for the week ending Mar. 26, 1846, as 
observedat the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Mar, | Mpors| Banos. Bü 
x 
rid. 90 
at. 9] 09 
un. 22 «0f 
on. 23 03 
Tues. 24 . Y ; 
Wed, 95 2 i 99.361 3 . 10 
Thurs. 26 | se | 29.710 | 29.43 | 54 | 37 | 455 | W. | ‘oe 
Average | E 
Mar. X, nearly 2 inches deep; cloudy; very clear; frosty 
—Sharp feat) densely clouded; boletezous, with heavy rain at night 
—Clear and fine ; sunshine ‘and rain at intervals; showery at night 
3—Rain; cloudy and clear 
; cloudy and fine; clear 
5— Fine; overcast; showery; clear t intervals 
'6—Cloudy and fine; showery; clea 
dan vomperntureot the week 2 dep, below the average! 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 20 years, for the 
K Week ending April 4, 19 
LR. Winds. 
Bee erst rem 
in | quantity |, 
n. 
Aver. | Aver. | neq, 
Mar. |Highest| Lowest ES 
Temp. | Temp. |T 9nP| which it | of Raj 
Sun. 29| 52.7 | 84.5 | 44.1 4 0.12 in. 
Mon. 30| 536 | 356 | 44.6 6 .50 
Tues 31| 447 | 862 | 455 9 0.96 
April | 
Wed. 539 | 35.4 | 446| 10 0.76 
Thur. 2| 546 | 37.1 | 458 9 1.19 
Fri. 3| 561 | 344 | 45.2 2 0.07 
t. 4] 55 36.4 — 46.0 7 0.14 
e highest temperature during the above period occurred on the dà, 
eas on. 73°; and the lowest on the therm. 169. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
The Third Edition of PAXTON’S COTTAGERS’ CALENDAR 
s i ee Edition is preparing, and will be 
ck N o; 
for 1844 and 1846 can be Had, bound. jm. cloths price Jl, 10s. 
The following Numbers in the respective years can 
also be had. n Subscriber who will forward to the pub- 
lisher post-office stamps equivalent to as inen. Numbers as 
ee E questons wil have them sent free by pos: 
, 14, 15, 16, 17, 15 2. 23, 24, 26, 27, 
2 2. a ai, EA D à, 3s, is ie 46, PA 
11, 12; 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
PN P3 a» oh, Wii 25 Pa ds "3. 35, 31, '2, 94, 35, 38, 40, 41, 
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, , 51 
1843—4, 10, 11, kn “3, Sa 16, "i "i, 8, 20, 22, 23, 24, 2 ee 
27, 28, 29, ie 31, 32, 33, 54, 36, 97, 38, 39,740, 41, 42, 49, 4 
1844.— ‘All ut Nos. 36 and 46, 
1845—A11 e Nos. 24, 34, cee 38, en 48. 
Booxs—A Young inted m Mr. 
ordinary purposes, —L, M G Now i is 
** School doen you should non dard for a sil nate week. 
ree Rose ” may be “procured 
trough s any bookseller, price 4s, 6d.——R M— Roberts on 
the 
a da wport-— Several excellent articles on the 
treatment of the Calceolaria, have appeared in former MIS 
particularly atpp. 67 and 341, 1841, The only secret is to 
pots in the first week in February, and then push them along 
in a gentle heat, CUR them free from insects, until they 
show bloom in , after which they must be grown in a 
cool, airy place, to B peeved the flower-stems from becoming 
too much drawn. 
Camis — C D—Your US are probably kept too wet at 
the roots, or they may require fresh soil, in order to enable 
them to expand their Sdowerbacel 5 
Curcory—Inquirer—Sow this in the latter end of se or begin- 
ning of May, in a rich, deep, loamy soil. double drill 
it, the rows should be from 16 to 18 inches bi width; the 
drills, 34 inches apart. 
CoNIFERS—A H— Juniperus pendula is appart ently hardy. 
CovvE TRONCHUDA— T'weedside—Sow thisin May. It possesses 
considerable meritas an autumn vegetable ; but being rather 
tender, it requires protection from severe frosts. Slight frosts, 
owever, ave said to render it more palatable, by removing 
the bitter taste which it quce possesses, The stalks of 
sage leaves are eaten like Seakale.. 
T—Good gardeners are of opinion that laps are 
deferred. Tulips.—Canker fo, a degree 
has made its in ma lleetions ; effectual 
means must immediately be E to eradicate it, by 
removing the soil and cutting away the diseased part 
to the quick, and allowing it fall exposure to the air. 
Seedling Tulips must be carefully attended to, and 
kept free from weeds, and their growth encouraged as 
much as possible. Carnations and Picotees should im- 
mediately be put out in their blooming pots, and placed 
‘in a sheltered situation on a layer of coal-ashes, to pre- 
vent the ingress of worms, &e. In order to make 
“assurance doubly sure,” place a piece of fresh-cut 
Potato in the soil by the side of the plants; and should 
there be, by any chance, a wireworm overlooked, it will 
generally prefer the former, and may thus be caught. 
Dahlia plants, potted off after they have taken root, 
may be gradually hardened by occasionally tilting the 
frame lights. Continue to put in fresh cuttings, as they 
get sufficiently long. Pinks and Pansies must be at- 
tended to as previously directed, taking especial care to 
entrap snails, &c. 
COTTAGERS’ GARDENS, 
Continue eu Potatoes; scoop out the eyes, or 
make very small sets; they Sut answer exceedingly 
well if they escape the disease. Both lime and sul- 
phur are recommended for dusting the sets with before 
planting. Get in plenty of Parsnips and Carrots, in 
lieu of part of the Potato crop ; and try a few Jerusa- 
lem Artiehokes on any inferior plot; a very slight 
manuring will suffice ; they must be topped when about 
5 feet high : plant on level ground, like Potatoes, or 
in drills 18 inches apart, and 1 foot between the 
plants. Sow plenty of Green Kale, early Cabbage, 
Savoys, &e., and a small peat of RUNI Swede Turnips. 
See to all water REA ha out all lodg 
rediens in sheet-glass, and wi INER little to object. The 
fear is that water will draw in at tl joints uring winter, 
expand! and chip the pike Wectouu tiie rat i EI 
cen far better to leave the bees in their winter quar- 
ters till the beginning of Apri 
rrin¢—Northwood—It is not necessary to cut away all the 
rr qr of a tree when it is grafted; but it is better to 
Greennovuses—P J—Nothing will thrive in your passage. 
ompel Camellias, Sez arlet Geraniums, New oand 
Acacias, and Nepal Ee to grow there ; but the 
want of light and free ventilation are insuperable e obstacles. 
HARDY bit cene tte — The following will possibly 
answer your purpose. yracantha, Clematis mon- 
tana, azurea, and Tiend ; Caprifolium sempervirens, 
gratum, and flexuosum ; Guintcran ting grandiflorus ; Hy- 
cine sinensis; Bignonia radicans major; Jasminum offici- 
nale and revolut tum; Passiflora cærulea ; Magnolias, and 
„Climbing Roses. 
leaving 
out what ickiyirs Call m urne ” Carry ur Pigeon- 
hole work all ri 
NsEOTS—J T C— "The "animal i is a minute Podura, which may 
be destroyed by fumigation. Employ Tobacco for that pur- 
pose, Lane it use su 
LJ tis a Thrips, but so injured by the gum that itis is 
impossible to tell you we species. What is it doing ? 
They are the gardener’s best 
AIZE, &c.—A H— w of no variety of Indian Corn ha E 
enough to be fit for pri ofa cultivation in this UR 
experience is agai The hardiest kind is the 4 duy 
corn of Lombardy. The Convolvulus Potato is certainly not 
cultivable in this country in the open air. We never saw the 
tubers of Cyperus esculentus offered for sale in England ; hn 
we doubt if it is to pe found unless in Botanic Gardens. Cui 
bono its cultivation ? 
Names or PrnAwTS—Jas. Rollins—We see nothing unusual in 
m Yew you have sent us.——Cork—Narcissus d var. 
—l, Gnidia simplex; 2, Acacia armata. 
Seedling oe cannot benamed, —W MX ki Abed rubra. T 
—s 'ord—Distinct double varieties of Ajax Pseudo- 
NAA of Haworth, 
NA 
and secure a perfect escape for superfluous waters. 
Stagnation is as prejudieial in the forest as the field. 
The time is probably at hand, when the modern deep 
draining will be applied to land for plantations ; until 
such, however, takes place, the surplus must be got rid 
of. "Keep a watchful eye to the seed-bed, for fear of the 
Ee atone of vermin. 
ia,—Under head “ Cottagers’ CRUDUM March 14th, for 
h obliged : but we have no room at 
present for witty Lanes from the heathen stelle ogy. 
PELARGONIUMS—Q A—One-half tw vy 
and one-fourth silver sand, well mi 
dung, will form a 
PrNE-ÀPPLES—. or succession plants 
depends on the sorts ; for example, that absolutely necessary 
for Queens would be ‘insufficient for the taller kinds. 
may allow 2} feet for the former, Without knowing the 
arrangement of your heating apparatus, it is hazardous to 
an opinion about planting out of pots ; for precautions 
Errai 
“Bags ? read “ Hogs.” Under head “Cold Pits,” March 21st, 
for “newly potted Stocks” read “newly potted Stock.” 
must be taken to guard against the liability of baking the 
roots.ll 
Poxitics—G W—We never meddle with them. If we did we 
should take our side without reserve. As to printing corre- 
spondent’s questions as wellas our answers we have tried the 
lan, and abandoned it in consequence o: D enormous 
length to which it would extend this part of our P. 
Potmaise Heatinc—G@ E H— e had a DNE to heat 
we should adopt this plan; but as it will next winter 
fore you will have to use it, you had "us wait a little 
while iA you have heard the end of the discussion, We hold 
‘ast to the statements made about it in our first Leader on the 
aay ee Precautions must no doubt be taken with Polmaise 
as with CURL else, 
Porators—P G—We shall be most happy to find ourselves 
mistaken ; but everything confirms our preni views. 
ing us alarmists, why—we accept the name, Tt is our 
pene to alarm people when there is E SE it; and we 
desert our duty if we wavered or hesitated in the least. 
When the Potato disease first broke out ud Rise then called 
alarmists— PM had we not reason ? RIEGO d 
that a public journalist does his duty by on ju 
palsied hands in dismay at disasters, the probability of heh 
he ought to have pO outin order to wa: 
re not of that mind, —— 
into no disputes about this matter. Whatstatements we have 
really made we o ready and able to justify completely. But 
it is useless to attempt to deal with the assertions of A B and 
For example, i SUR just seen an assertion cut out of some 
Irish paper, that we estimated the loss of the Potato-crop in 
that country at 5-6ths. Such a OE. is nien false. 
Belts: N.. rance, and the South or ES and was, we 
fear, very near EIE truth; for the ana Rone ia 
officially stated to have been 4 4 or 2 Pd ihe Belgian esti- 
mates, although not official, are to the same amount.—— 
P W S—The tendency which diseased EORUM have to form 
clusters of young ones is well known. But we have no war- 
rant for saying that such young ones will e a healthy 
crop; in fact they are often diseased, or mere abortions. 
However, the experiment is well worth a trial, when such 
Potatoes root freely as yours 
RosES—A Young A TEE tender sorts should be protected 
in winter, If, ver, you could pack them well in thatch 
or mats in winter, | that plan is better than taking them up 
or keeping them in -J € L—The following have os 
found to force well :—Torrida, fade. Billiard, and Com 
de Paris, Bougére, Pactolus s, Celina, Hebe's Cup, ee 
quet de bots Nejplus u ultra, Madame Piantier Beauté Vive, 
and many other perpetuals and hybrid Chi 
SEAWATER- Ble your marshes are completely. soaked by 
sea water, they will not En good Grass till e iud parti- 
cles are removed. rainage or by artificial m 
water Grasses no not HRS till something has MESA done. 
SnapEs—S—We 'w of no particular contrivance for moving 
roller shades inside a house—but of course it could be done 
ifit were not for the plants Guinea over the roof. Those in 
the Garden of the Horticultural Society are external, and 
very D they are. 
MokY Our — Smoke —The person who could QUEM 
eure Mes EUM would soon make rtu E 
always difficult to form an opinion on such a subject moni 
HEAR inspection ; ut, in general, such a case as yours is 
by poe the chimney. e presume that the westerly 
Cae blow your smoke down the chimney, Can you not 
lengthen it? To Vick it Saal only increase the evil. 
Tree VrongTS—Jgnoramwus—In forming these train them to a 
suckers and low 
lateral shoots as soon as they appear. The mere pinching 
VixES—A B—You may train the old wood of your Vines up the 
rafters without wires; but you cannot dispense with them, 
do justice to the training of the young) shoots, even 
although you adopt the spur system, tside screen, and 
that a thin one, will be amply sufficient. Patty the laps.|I— 
T. O'Reilly—For a small house, Black Hamburg, Royal Mus- 
cadine, Black Frontignan, White ditto, Roberts’s.||—D— 
Better plant those Ms have in pots.|| 
Woop ANEMONE—A M D—The blue wood Anemone grows in 
Belen. Woods ; ah the Duke of Somerset’s Park, Wim- 
ledon ; near Harrow-on-the- Hill; at Luton Hoo, Bedforc- 
shire ; near RE Herts; and also near Canterbury. 
The double white wood Anemone has not hitherto been found 
in a wild GER W. W. 
secret consists in 
making it directly after ey pios is OaE We do not 
publish almanacks.——Jas —You must apply to ofti- 
cers who are in command 22 bus ps. The appo ointment rests 
with them, unless you can get some Lord of the Admiralty to 
interfere, in which attempt you will hardly succeed. ——.L d 
—We were anxious to see the Orobanche, supposing il 
have been some Brazilian species imported with the sate 
roots : that not appearing fo be the case, our r anxiety is dimi- 
ished, Pinus Gerardiana is a 3-leaved species ; Abies Smith- 
iana and Khutrow are the same; Pinus insignis isfrom eR 
for aioe s Dilutium was REN tised a 
rally very limited, and seems to depend mainly upon the fact 
that all plants demand a certain length of time for repose. If 
you compel a plant to grow in our summer, although it natu- 
rally prefers our winter, you oblige it to go to rest in winter 
in order to recover fr ee the effort it had just before unnatu- 
ay pow and iud change, once it due to go on. 
——AÀ plans Ret only r the manure 
ma What SEINS recap u refer tot Pn ive no 
Pr rom 
du or aye 
o your news-agent of the careless © 
manner in which the paper is folded. 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
Co.—Your seedling is a compact and desira- 
ble flower, of a light rosy red colour ; it is oi T medium size, 
neatly formed, the parals gently recurv. e; the flower is full 
and M cu the cen’ tre; the foliage is large FA handsome, 
a ossy green, contrasting finely with the colour of 
Aesi ERU d displays to great advantage.* 
PIRE acre r seedlings present considerable variety 
n the tints, Saa generally the flowers are well formed. They, 
Howa displ o great novelty, and are not equal to the 
best varieties i in ACOTA tions No. Š appears to be the most de- 
, Birable and novel,* 
ven usual, SOS VENUS S pare been PEE too late, 
"an ingu! 
CAMELLIA —T D d 
can o. made, a must also beg for the indulgence of thos! 
merous correspondents, the insertion ef whose p 
contri ibutions i is en delay: yed. 
ort of "ne last meeting of the Horticul- 
tural Society, [e brace of Cucumbers are said to have been. 
sent by H, H. Oddie, Esq. 
garden of Colonel Sad .——In J. G. Waite's advertise- 
E of last week, p.177, col. b, for aces Dog’s-tail 
b, 
Grass, 24s, per cwt.,” id “0945, per bush 
