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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
atmosphere is necessary, in order to obtain colour and 
flavour. A free and wholesome circulation of air early 
in the morning (not later than 7 o'clock), continued 
until evening, and a little all night if possible, will be 
found to increase both flavour and colour. LateVines. 
—Be very moderate in fire heat until these approach 
towards blossoming. Keep the syringe employed morn- 
ing and evening until the blossoms begin to open. 
French Beans, Sirawber ries, &c.—These will want 
abundance of water. They must not be allowed to flag 
by any means, and if the weather prove very bright, 
they may be removed to a cooler and somewhat shady 
shelf. Melons.—Keep up a steady bottom heat of 80° 
by renewed linings ; attend well to thinning the shoots, 
stopping, &e. Melons will never succeed if the shoots 
become crowded, and overlap each other. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
This is an excellent time to make a principal sowing 
of all the late or spring Broceolies, such as Portsmouth, 
Sulphur, Dwarf Late White, Knight’s Protecting and 
Somers's Partieulazl Late White. The ‘latter 
latest Broccoli with which I am ac- 
with me, for several years, 
and formed the link 
Sow Rampion, Chervil, Chiecory, 
and a bed of Sweet Marjoram on a warm slope. This 
plant is much hardier than the Basil, and will do very 
well in this way. Commence disbudding Peaches and 
Nectarines betimes. ne not suffer the green fly to 
establish a . footing for a day, if possible. "hin out ie 
suckers of the double bearing Raspberries to abou 
three of the strongest; these hould bestaked out thinly 
and oum p well manured. * 
WER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
of Pise manuring and dressing will proceed in an 
orderly way. High dress ground should be mowed at 
least once a week at this period, for a well kept lawn is 
always a most pleasing object. Let all herbaceous or 
nixed beds or borders be finished dressing without 
delay, and prepare stations where blanks exist to receive 
as, , Heliotropes, Calceolarias, now 
in the eourse of har dening fi for this purpose, and for form- 
ing masses. Self-sown Annuals, the Mimulus family, the 
Forget- me-not, and othe: useful little things, as also 
Pansie: may be trausferred with balle, to fill up 
blanks. See that runners of the Neapolitan Violet are 
provided for the next winter. Many excellent things 
in the herbaceous way have been lost or rejected, to 
make way for mere novelties ; 3 these things, however, 
are brought to public notice again by some of our use- 
ful periodicals, one of the best of which is * Maund's 
Botanic Garden,” a work especially adapted for the 
amateur and small gardener. 
FLC SRISTS? FLOWEE 
Pansies.—It sometimes happens that these plants 
assume a straggling habit; in such cases the shoots 
must be pegged down to the ‘surface of the bed, in order 
to prevent their being broken off by the wind, which is 
very apt to be the ease. The beds ought also to be con- 
stantly examined, and every means used to entrap 
snails and other destructive vermin ; if not attended to, 
the chance of obtaining perfect blooms will this season 
be smallindeed. As seedlings flower, remove the bad 
ones, and take cuttings of thos which it is desirable to 
retain, as there is great risk in removing seedling 
Heartsease when in flower. Tulips.—In many parts 
of the country serious loss will be experienced from the 
very prevalent injury which the bulbs have sustained, 
arising deum the Praed state of the foliage, and the 
very t eason throughout; unremitting 
attention must be Eia to the removal of all diseased 
parts, and to thorough cleanliness of the beds, Protect 
as usual from frosts, which have latterly been frequent, 
and attend to the fastening of the elonga ating flower- 
stalks, as d last week, are 
having quite moisture „enough, and it is very probable 
that the bloom of this favourite flower will be fine. Let 
seedlings in pans have the benefit of warm showery 
weather, when it arrives. Carnations and Picotees.— 
Do not allow the surface soil in the pot to become hard ; 
stir it from time to time, and finish putting in the sup- 
porting dis) without delay. Pinks will also require 
s they are now spindling fast. Dahlias 
may now be planted out and protected, by i inverted pots 
or other Se E the night. 
"'AGERS' GARDENS. 
Let the cot oe een ? a sowing forthwith of Scarlet 
Runners : a couple of rows about 5 feet t apart, and the 
sticks from each row meeting overhead as an arcade 
has a very good effect, and is altogéther a serviceable 
plan ; Runners delight in a rich soil. A couple of rows 
about 8 feet apart, and running north and south, afford 
an excellent situation between them for a raised bed of 
Cucumbers. Late Peas, as Kuight's h Queen, 
as well; the sticks should, however, not exceed 
7 feet in this case, and the Runners should be kept 
topped constantly. A few Kidney Beans may also be 
put inona warm border. A few Annuals may be sown 
in patches, such as Collinsias, Clar kias, Chryseis, 
Malope, Iberis, and Carnation or Dwarf „Poppies; these, 
with a few Dahlias and Hollyhocks, will keep the garden 
gay till November. 
a 
FORESTING. 
The barking season must now have arrived in most 
places. OF course, the getting it dried an im- 
portant point. An elevated d spot should be selected, as 
the sooner it is stacked the better, provided danger 
from fermentation is over; this, therefore, requires 
some caution. Place it so that rains will speedily run 
off, When the natural sap is dried out, it is ready for 
stacking ; the stacks should by all all means be narrow. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week Vedi gus 30, 1846, as 
observedat the Horticultural Garden, Chis 
April tae iS SRL Wina. | Rain 
ce. | Max. . | Max. | Min. | Mean, G 
29.865 | 29.746 | 57 | 34 | 4&5 | N.E. | 0 
39.90. | 29.784 | 60 | 42 | so | E. |r.40 
29.018 29.762 | 53 | 30 | sus | M. | co 
29.885 | 54 | 08 | 450 | N. | ‘03 
1 | 27 | 460 | W. 
| 60 | 33 | 465 E. 
| € | 44 | 525 | W. 
Average 99.674 | 58.0| 35.1 | 46.5 IN 
April 2 3 dar 
25— Hazy and damp; showers; hazy; extraordinary heavy rain in the 
ight, the quantity being greater than has fallen within 24 hou.2 
nce Sept, 
soria HUE clear; frosty 
27—Clear and fine throughout 
98—Very fine; QUE partially overcast 
29—Clear; very fin 
30—Clenr snd fine, 
ean temperature of t 
State of the Weathor at 
Wing Week ending Ma 
week 4 deg. below the average. 
uring the last 20 years, for the 
y 9, 1846. 
The highest temperature during the us 
period os 
1930—therm. 81? ; and the lowest on the 5th, 1645—t 
irred on the 6th, 
Notices to murresposdents. 
Post-orrice OrpERs—In order to obviate the i 
lay. 
NURE—A Walton would be obliged by ‘Lyston” informing 
rte what is Lage by “Extract of Guano,” a: pu by stating 
how it i e prepared, and whether the use of itin & 
diluted dit is DA recommended for panes y vegetables 
as for flowers ? 
Mice—Hortensis—Since the phosphoric rat poison answers so 
pres for destroying rats, it is very likely to suit mice, if 
ade sweet enough. We would advise you to give it a 
uu 
MonPnorooy—May it please your worship,—Partington’s ** Sir 
Solomon” being detected in an Eas at double-dealing (in 
sport), © rought up for judgment by your ancient and quiet 
wate! chman—Dogberry. In this ALTE the flowers are be- 
conse PERSA by a very curious change, which we shall 
specially describe as soon as the E required for illus- 
_trating it can be made ee 
LA 
D—Rondeletia cordata. — JG 
acia ; either a broad and Ms leaved Td of 
lata, or an undescribed species. We believe it to 
be the latter. — Kennedya POS 1, Zichya 
ylla ; 2, Z. angustifolia. 
IRO summer treatment of Roses which kave 
been forced is this :—If they are of the Provins or Moss class 
they should be hardened Areata in the leaf without abuse, 
until the first week in May, when they should be plunged in 
an open eR out of doors; the pots should be covered. 
over with three inches of rotten Dd Ens the plants 
should be well esses to ABE water tj the summer. 
If of the Hybrid kinds, Bou , &c., the ae ids be plunged 
aha situation until he end of June, and watered 
anure occasio: mally. They may then be par- 
PATNE in rich and mellow soil, and 
encouraged by all means, keeping every blossom- 
bud pinched off until the madle Emr They should 
be oare by Michaelmas, blossom Téspedtably 
through the autumn and winter, 
with Agee 
tially disrooted, and’ 
which are now constantly being experienced by parties who 
small sums to the office of the GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE, we have to request that all Post-office orders 
may in future be made payable to Mr. James MATTHEWS, at 
the Post-office, 180, Strand, London. 
Booxs—On nithologos- s—We e ASE: SE yes that Bech- 
stein’s work on [uen Birds is the bes: 
Broccori—S $—Next week 
Lr W—You ma ay grow these very well with the 
a cold pit, mae over in winter ; 
e e to have them in flower ve 
regam pagation, they are easily increased from seed, 
or by dividing the plants after they have done blooming and 
commence: row again. If the latter mode is adopted 
after having Ri the dead flowering stems, it is an e 
cellent plan to plant them out in the open bordei er, 
they make fine young shoots, which, on being taken off and 
ed, soon m fine strong plants. „In toisin, seedlings, 
gather the seed: SIS ripe, and sow i ots or pans filled 
With light somewhat r or, in the. case of the plant 
being planted out, smooth the soil a little round about it, 
and ill sow itself, producing young plants in 
FLOWERS ONLY. — Sub— A span-roofed 
house or pit would be very eligible. Ifthis form is adopted, 
it should run north and south. DE foot of bare wall, 
besides the side-sashes, ought to be e the ground-ley: 
"The span or pitch of roof should be r. eae flat; but must 
glazed with the clearest glass, and in as large panes as pos- 
sible, The walk pup be under the angle, and the flue 
from the boiler might be carried under this walk, and covered 
dry as possible, Use “horses” or 4 lofts,” as they are 
called in some places, to avoid contact with the ground, 
in order to preserve a good colour, which it is well 
known is considered a criterion of quality. Like hay, 
iles. A pit on each ede, with a chamber tank- 
‘ould render it complete. The face of the pits might 
have peace sliders, in order to admit when ry 
8 
atmospherie moisture to the house from the open tan A 
plunging medium of clean sand or ashes, 6 inc m sep, might 
placed over the chamber. Pon SA iUo of tue watt 
need not be wider (had. 30 inches, which, with a walk of 24 
inches, would give a house of 7 feet in width. roof cover- 
ing would greatly economise the consumption of fuel, and 
contribute to the health e the plants, by dispensing with 
much of the night-fires. X. 
GnaPES—J J—It would appea i s if the wood of your Black 
Hamburgh Vines had not Dia sufficiently ripened last 
season.|| 
RA Dodecaiheon—In some cases, as with Fir-trees, it is 
ible to make Grass grow beneath their shade, In 
'$, with the Oak, there is eu difficulty. The best 
Grasses for the e purpose are Poa nei oralis, Milium effusum, 
Phleum pratense, Lotus s major, dat White Clover. But all 
plants UE. hi Mg light and mois: sture. Guano is an excellent 
top- ied in small quantity, BU with fine 
ear th, and eppied i in wet weather; 2 cwt. an acre is enough. 
ulphate of ammonia will much improve the wanes of lawns ; 
a applied in November, We ai re not aware that 
BUD Cue Carrots have failed in the new crop. Sow 
ag: We do not know that Deodar pu can be bought 
finus ny. is as much 
out of date as the Geography of 8 e Pars snip 
a fusiform root, and co: Hea Mackintosh’ & “Flon 
Garden." We might, perl haps, advise you about your eden. 
gage trees, but it v e necessary for you to describe their 
„Ca Be much more minitel 
Arbuthnot—We must confess that your plan is not 
A wat m would recommend. The plan of forming a floor 
with hurdles and rushes over the open tanks is ry common, 
and a good o ne as long as the materials will la: ut they 
soon rot. To heat a tank by means of a pipe canned dim 
aste of materi ED The water will heat as well with- 
out the S as with We do not like the flue carried 
through the house ; it is ‘falling back upon an old bad 
tem. Take the pipe out of the tank and place it where the 
is, for air-heat, and for ES are CIS pz E 
uiry, which, moreover, is 
less legible than could be desired No doubt a Cucumber 
bed may be kept sufficiently nm by filling a central tank 
with hot water once a day ; and, if you have no objection to 
y labour of doing it the Geddes plants ean have no ob- 
jection to the mann 
Hy esa nay e never seen a ux 
those called yellow, are of a buff cc 
ht yellow Hyacinth ; 
Insecrs—C M—Our Peas are spindling a and irregular, orate 
uw same rie he en mus eats into the Pe 
tHe ground, a Curculio nibbles he leav: a ES what remains 
is shared by the slugs. R.—J M C—The: he larvæ of the 
ecrane- fly, figured and around in Vol. i eu 2 of this 
Thereis no remedy but removing hy earth carefully from 
aper. 
around the drooping plants, and li grubs ; three or 
four may often be found round one re R0 ere 
must be more than one ponte of insect in your frames. The 
one ae as far ae can be judged from a RA ‘oken specimen, is 
hem, when feeding, a watering with 
Dios E. or d ammoniacal-water, formed by dissolving 
an ounce of smelling-salts in a g: water. 
ae jSumerstoo— lora—This been figured and de- 
t p. 889 of our volume for 1843, It is quite true, we 
aliere et it feeds on other slugs; at least it does not 
attack plants. Some years ago an attempt was made 
by the Horticultural Society to introduce the Testacella at 
Chiswick ; but none have ever re-appeared since they were 
turned loose, and the experiment er apparently a failure, 
They were greedily attacked by ants, who soon finished off a 
few that were put into a damp hothou ue 
TRAINING—Hortensi —We have many moi re of the plans of 
training in hand, and shall continue to publish them 
from time to time. You will see for Ee kinds of trees the 
ingenious author thinks them best adap 
Yew Bunnies—/ Ri b d these Gist! in santana ona: 
ot, mixing them with a litt 
sand or dry mould at keep hetero fermenting ; then DUET 
them about a foot pA in the ground, piscine a slate over 
the: mouth of the flower-pot to exclude wet; they should re- 
RAEN e i NE follow iE March, when they 
Seta be taken out and sown in the usual way. If the 
berries are allowed go becóme dry they will not vegetate 
before y va second yea mos > rd sow as soon as possi- 
ble olly-berries Ead ed in a similar manner. 
H — Portsmouth pnmo Chap peke cream-coloured 
is flatter and whiter.|——A Subserü do not know of 
what Mie adhesive mixture epo dd "by ud Post-office con- 
E ut we ourselves uae à composition 
di gum arabic and oi 
q to make it flow readily, and 
s dems rely nomoro we 
should e that isinglass and gi etter; see 
270, ——M € Y—The most EENE wood for tubs for 
Orange- me or other greenhouse shrubs of lange size is tealk. 
The best material is LSU te.——. reat your yellow Cana- 
way as you would any other dwarf 
Kidney Bean.j ——4/2 here is nothing uncommon in your 
Mop — fonsok Ra move all shoots from your 
o off cutting, 
H 
e 
dian Haricot in the A 
L—The mode of using 
D. 562 of our volume for 1845, 
gu 
Sa Dr 
marine g 
an Ale a, you laya RENT Cucumber in the frame, 
it will et as a od and you can occasionally examine it 
and destroy the inhabitants. Please to stop the quill i 
future ep cork, and not with a bitof Potato; the insects 
had all escaped except one which was mutilated. R, —— 
ed by RES Bom is difficulty of heating it. 
Treat Niphma exactly like en calico is 
varnished with a composition c agar of lead and becomes 
black, s because the black Sulphur et of lead is formed by 
the Bikar »tted hydrogen, to wr dne, paeo is necessarily 
exposed. The in the 
operation, The Simo js iion Wood Sorrel, Oxalis 
Acetosella, 
It cam jo use 
—M FLOWERS. 
AZALEA—B—Your seedling is no improvement upon the old 
white, the flowers are not so large, nor is the form so good.* 
CALCEOLARIAS—W J dE striking and showy pee ae pure 
yellow ground nearly ‘ed with brown spots, so bright in 
colour as to WUDPOROB S the flower is large add well 
formed.* 
CixERARIAS—Q /—Both your seedlings are good flowers ; 
are rather small, but the flowers are round and well: ited 
up; in colour they are rich and brilliant. —The 
petals of your seedling are too long and narrow, ET they 
appear to want substance 0; in colour we have several 
ike G our seedling is very peculiar in coloni 
and on that account will be useful for a collection." —J C— 
No. 7 is the bes er in your collection, the petals are 
broad and well formed, and the flower is good i in colour, In 
the other specimens the petals generally are long and flimsy, 
and not equal to the flowe resent grown." i P— 
Y our seedlings are to be principally admired for their colours, 
particularly 7, 10, and Ís; the last is the best and a en 
flower ; in n other mme they are generally not equal to th 
wn, oO the petals are narrow and EEUU 
_—— Spree specimen is rather small, 
but pr etty on accoun es S peculiar colour.*- J R—Your 
seedling is a well-formed ind retty specimen of a crimson 
flower, "rather small and common in colour,” 
ExicAs—S Whitehill— our Heaths No. 2 is rich and fine in 
colour; 1 and 3 are ri ather ely iin alike, and we prefer the 
lighter variety, No. . 2 the mouth of the tube is large, 
rich in colour, and finely for med ; 4 and 6 are very pleasing 
varieties the yellow specimen No.7 is decidedly an acqui- 
3 tis much like some of the others, They are all 
ties and deserving of general cultivation. 
Fucnstas—W A O—Rubens is a stout flower, with a large red 
corolla ; tube and sepals flesh colour, the latter end with. 
pm T itis a st oT flower, Particularly on the plant, the 
e being of a deep green,” 
PANSY. A Constant Re ader- fine large round flower of great 
bstance, rich yellow ground, with binay purple upper 
petals, mid belting of the same round the lower petals ; 
ne old and striking flower, e adapted for 
showing. 
PornvANTHUSES—Z B—Your specimens are common border 
varieties, possessing none of the properties of florists" 
lower 
