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GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
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paths every evening ; this facilitates the bursting of the 
calyx, a necessary step to secure fi Vin 
State of the eid near London, for the week ending May 14, 1846, as 
observedat the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
not possessing a lively and safe action at the root, ive 
sometimes much difficulty in bursting this. Melons.— 
Those now ridged out for autumnal crops should have 
a good depth of soil ; light and superficial soils will lead 
to red spider. The soil should be a stiff loam, filled in 
when dryish in rough lumps, and trod somewhat firm. 
After this a slight casing of common sandy soil may be 
laid over the whole. Cucwmbers.—Stop, thin, and 
water freely ; those for the ridge if hardened should 
now be planted out. See that the ball of earth is weil 
soaked with water previous to planting. Kidney Beans 
for transplanting,” raised in hot-houses, should now be 
transferred to a cool frame ; after hardening for a week 
or so they may be trusted out of doors. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
A little Endive for a first sowing may be got in. 
With regard to Peas, Beans, Spinach, Radishes, 
Cresses, Lettuces, Horn Carrots, &e., I may repeat the 
advice offered in one of my earlier Calendars, viz., to 
sow a little more if possible when the preceding sowing 
is fairly above ground. A good sprinkling of the Cape 
Broccoli may now be sown; likewise Grange’s Impreg- 
nated Cauliflower, and Walcheren Broccoli; these will 
succeed the Cauliflowerssown in February. Sow arow of 
Gherkins if not done. Those raisedinheatin boxes should 
be hardened forthwith, preparatory to.planting out. If 
a slight amount of fermentation could be provided for 
them, after the manner of those on the ridge, by means 
of cut Grass, or other refuse fermenting matter, it 
would tend to insure a crop; these things are not so 
easily managed in the northern parts of the kingdom 
as about the metropolis. Orcharding and Fruit Trees. 
—Carefully attend to disbudding, according to direc- 
tions in the early part of to-day's Calendar, Effect 
thinning of Apricots in a gradual way ; remembering 
that,as the spring has been rather capricious, many 
may drop in the stoning process, Use the engine where 
the red spider is feared ; those, however, who have fol- 
lowed my directions as to the use of sulphur, will save 
themselves endless trouble, and the trees much starva- 
tion, which these cold evening ablutions are sure to 
produce. No wonder at the Peaches gumming ; a rich 
and deep soil beneath, and such sudden depressions of 
temperature in the shoots, are quite sufficient of them- 
selves to produce the evil. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas must not be forgotten because the amateur 
has now many demands on his time; shade them in 
very hot sunny weather, though they. cannot at this 
season of the year be easily too much exposed, provided 
the regular attendance is given to water, &e. &c. 
Polyanthuses cannot bear the mid-day sun, except on 
very cool subsoils, A shady situation, under a hedge, 
with a north aspect, will be suitable for them during 
the next three months (that is to say if grown in pots). 
Tulips.—Do not forget to fertilise some of the best 
breeders, in order to obtain good seed, It would be 
time and trouble thrown away to cross yellow grounds 
with white ones, or vice versa. In choosing sorts to get 
seed from, let them be as thick in the petal, round at 
the top, pure in the cup, clean in the stamens (for foul 
stamens, though perhaps not yet acknowledged, are a 
very great defect) as much like the old Catafalque in 
the cup as possible; and then the raiser of seed will 
not be far wrong. Apply the farina with a small camel- 
hair brush to the stigma of the variety intended to be 
operated upon, covering the flower with a hand-glass. 
Carnations and Picotees,—Should the present dry 
weather continue, they will want occasional waterings, 
which when done, should be done well. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
It is now high time to think of bedding out some of 
the mass flowers; at least, such as are least liable to 
injury by frost, and have undergone a proper hardening 
process. Much D be done, as to display, by a judi- 
cious of both colour and 
figure. As a Feneral principle, our best authorities 
seem to agree, that the various shades of orange and 
yellows will class well with the various purples and 
blues; whites are suitable with the blues, oranges, and 
reds. White, however, deranges the effect of the 
yellows, as also the violet shades ; 3 whilst the various 
red or rose-coloured flowers are, as Hur as colour is con- 
cerned, capable of forming a bed by themselves. Every 
l bed of a fi den should, in my opinion, 
be complete in itself, both with regard to colour, and 
also outline, as to the. arrangement of the heights. 
COTTAGERS' GARDENS, 
A small Cueumber bed may now be made, by dig- 
ging a trench 1 foot deep, by 3 feet wide, jn a sunny 
and sheltered spot ; well sheltered from the wind, which 
is of the utmost importance. A thorough &ollection of 
all the weeds around the garden, the trimming of ditch- 
sides, old Ferns, hedge dubbings, &c., blended with a 
little hot manure, will do well. Keep the manure low, 
and fill up the trench as a mound, nearly 2 feet above 
the ground level. Soil it over slightly, and raise deeper 
hillocks where the plants are to be set. Those who 
cannot get hand-glasses may stretch some sticks or hoops 
across, and cover up at nights with old mats or cloths. 
Such, however, should not trust their plants out until 
another week, 
FOREST 
Little can be said at pees 
have made much progress. 
seed beds. 
Barking will of course 
Keep an eye to young 
Wind. | Rain, 
03 
«04 
Mar 8-Overcasts exoeedingl y m “clear 
Light clouds; very fine thro: ghont; clear. 
ight rain and fine; hail shower is afternoon 
JL- Very fne thronghout: clear and um at 
19— Yer fine; parsially ove 
jo ids: overcast; rain 
ery dry air; clear at nigh 
‘Mean CIE E the week 3 deg. OSRAM average. 
State of the Weather z Chiswick during the last 20 year, for the 
eek ending May 23, 1846. 
Na t| FERA Prevailing E 
EUR lad H - d 
| quantity |: | | sli | «hz |. lm 
hich it | of Rain. Az AA EI 
7 0.58 in. | 3] 5| 4—| 1 a| 4| » 
6 0.14 5| 2| 1| «| s|— 
7 | oso lels 1| 1] 4 2|— 
9 1.4 Y4|5saa— 1 
8 0.36 3 il i 8|1—|3 
0 0.10 bj 2| 3| 3| 2) 3 2| — 
1 0.21 14) 8) 4) 1) sjaja 
he highest temperature during the sbove period occurred on the 17th, 
1959 - hern B39; and the lowent on the 17th, 1838, and 23d, 1837— therm. 40. 
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ums MEET ** Guide to the Orchard," if you do not 
want very great detail, Neill’s book is a good one, The 
other we cannot recommend.—R G- the informati. ion 
ble Kingdom," mun 
be applied with great advantage ; and I think it would be 
an excellent substitute fov Sea Kale."l| 
KITCHEN Pra ENS — Corksorew — In order to drain it 
uftcient outfall. Having found this, Y a 
ma through the centie 4 f;et deep, and run the side drains 
into f eep at the highest point ; so you will get 1} foot 
fall, don is enough for the distance the pipes must run. 
Connect the main drain with the outfall. 
ELENA tr C a Dd may apply guano-water to your 
Straw! h advantage. Do not give it strong, but 
often ; (pun of poena to 12 gallons of Saton will be found to 
be a good proportion. Roses will also be benefited by it, 
administered in the same prepertgn, Diluted ammoniacal 
liquor will do, but not so well a: 
MISTLETOE—. soon as the EXE areripe rub them into 
Da in the bark ; ;they will adhere by theinown acidity It 
, however, necessary. that they iram be contact with 
ie bark, and so placed that birds cannot find them. Side. 
toe grows freely on Whitethorn, Apple-trees, Sycamores, and 
Limes. We never saw it a Walnut, and doubt if it would 
take. The peculiar juice sof di Walnut-tree would probably 
gieo gree with the parasite, 
PorMAISE— T P—We cannot improve upon your plan, except 
that are would connect the warm air flue at the back of the 
house with a ground flue or two s brought from the front. Of 
course you will effectually dry the air, 
Names or PnANTS—D S— d opcdrat o be a starved captains of 
Acacia pulchella.——4J W G—Epidendrum oncidioides 
D L—Lonicera alpigena.—— 5 B—Menziesia ferr: ugine 
roniea fruticulosa.—— Lady M.—Pittosporum 
F (—Yes ; it does not seem different AUS it.—We must 
tax the patience of a few questioners till next week, when we 
shall be able to answer all their inquiries, It takes a long 
time to name some plante cori UA 
SPECIMEN PLANTS— no ow nothing ofthe grounds 
upon d the Sudgos decided the Fuchsia prizes last Satu) 
day. In determining the merits of that kind of plant tho 
quality of the flower must be very carefully considered. Other- 
wise, the following may be regarded as the great points in a 
specimen plant :—It s Heald be well EUN the foliage clean 
ealthy in appearance, with abundance of richly- 
euren flowers; to this must be adde judicious 
training, keeping in view the natural char; oe of the growth 
of the plant, whether drooping, semi-drooping, upright or 
bushy. It has a good effect when the lateral branches com- 
mence seat un surface of the soil, in order to hide the upper 
part of the 
REES—C Cun omand Areo may be thinned at any time; but 
if you wish to use the thinnings for timber d e work should 
be done between October and March. marees once be- 
come bare poles from neglect they rarely feathe er ayain. 
Vines—P N W—We cannot guess what has happened to your 
Vines. But ifthe ‘‘corkscrews” remain heal , no harm is 
likely to come of the Scu We should like fae uus the 
result hereafter.——J M— You will get excellent a 
theparty you name; n your questions would be Di 
swered on the If we understand your plan it will work 
while the AS. is hot ; but what will you do when the fires 
are discontinue 
Yams—J B—These are stove plants not worth growing. The; 
take up a great deal of room, and are very uninteresting.: 
Yo w them in summer in a Men e in light 
Ete cd Do not cut them or they m. 
Te 
, differing 
——Anne— 
wild species from the Canaries,.——O P—We do not i- 
pate any injurious effects from galvanised iron ; but we have 
no experience of it. For water-pots nothing is better than 
tin well painted. Directions how to use Symmons' s 
Orchideous Plants. There is such a Gesnera. Will qs 
explain more Een. the inquiry about Orchids ? We do 
not understand the question. 
BRoccoLr—J EE Waite—Your variety appears to have been bred 
from Knight's Proteating but it is scarcely so white, and the 
curd is not so que and firm, being what is termed frothy.|| 
GnEENHOUSES—A B—Outside shades are only required on the 
sunny side. the simplest way is to construct them like 
rolling blinds, guiding the uae by cords at each side. The 
canvas should be worth about 5d. a yard ; a cheaj aper ae 
too penen Copper wire is much better than iron ; 
9 inches from the glass. Keep Symmons's ^o 
between 25? and 40°. not aware that water 
pans is injurious.——C Bw mu not o 
without sunlight. But you may eaves in health, and 
if M can expose your preciosa | plants to the sun, out of 
ae oors, one summer, they will flower the next in the absence 
f dixect s sun rays. 
cim Puants—Paul Pry—Greenhouse rg pee 
to be grown in peat mould are numerous. 19 
20 of the magnificent 2d dud annually shown ae Chiswick 
are grown exclu: bes Qs sí peat mould. The NOE 
do iut. in E o :—The different kinds of Azalea, Heaths 
should certainly be given with it. Mc will ent aw 
r wire is cheap, though expen 
Jio Droccolbis yer yy good indeed, but not petet EEA 
Protecting or the Walcheren.—. tou will EA our 
water of its impurity if you compel it to filter through a thick 
bed of sand ; Sen He as it comes from a hill, will be easily 
he account you furnished was little more 
than a list oin names, and not fit for publication. We are 
much obliged, but we threw the „paper away as useles 
Piers aah Lupe is an Alpine plant, and i 
titled to be shown as such. is any other Tiu Olyb- 
togam which is usually EA cnt a not a 
mon for Pansies to be sweet smelling, but it is rarely th 
possess die" fragrance of the white Violet. }—J Ki mu Yo 
cannot obtain new varieties of Fuchsia by potting your seed- 
lings in different composts. ason why your plants 
drop their flowers before they expand is, they are either 
starved or kept too he Fuchsia is a thirsty plant, and 
should be well ESSE to with water, in which, if a lit 
guano is ad aded now and then, the plants will thrive all tho 
ert — —Y our 
be 
and produce few flowers in consequence ERE. gol beu too 
rich, What you must do is this, you must remove a ortion 
a the soil in your beds and mix "the remainder with sara 
a poorer nature, or you must cramp the roots by plung ing 
de plants. inthe pots as you Propose, or by some other means, 
MUERE v: b , Corrma speciosa, 
plat; yp i, Eriostemon buxifolinm, Helichrysum proliferu 
ana humile, Hovea Celsi and pungen s, Eutaxia n stifolia, 
melea spectabilis 4 and decussata, Lesc! henaulti ja formosa, 
isis hylla and macro- 
phylla, Kennedya Marryattæ, Polygala speciosa, Hibbertia 
per! HS Gardoquia Hookeri, Bossiea linophylla, and 
Witsenia coryn ie 08a. 
HrATING—A Subscriber—It is impossible for us to judge cor- 
rectly of what is kon matter with your flue. 
thing wrong in the fire-place we presume. Flues are never 
heated by iron stoves ; à well. constructed fire-place is all 
that is required you nre near Glasnevin, you would get 
the best advice from Mr. Moore. 
NSECTS— Cla; Dita Wis cannot say what occasions the ex- 
erescences upon the leaves of the Aum tree; never having 
been NA to ise any insects from them, we "much doubs i 
they be R.——W M—You will find? in the entomological 
n "dele of i this 1 the information we can give you re- 
e larvze, which are the offspring of the Gnat called 
Tipula maculosa, R.——Amicus—The above answer given to 
tuf M." will apply caue to yourself. £2, ——- Naczara—]1t is 
ble to give a satisfactory answer "without s seeing the 
patie Ts cx us larva of Tipula maculosa above alluded 
to? R — We cannot give you an opinion withou 
seeing the SAU you complain of. j. ——J B H— 
sendus some of the worms in a quill stopped with cork at 
both ends, and we will give you an answer. R.—A Rose 
-Amatewr— Unless you send us the small grub we cannot ad- 
mee you, There ar various „Species that attack the Roses, 
ndt aries R.——J B W—Instead 
of stopping the aul with cork you used sealing-wax, which 
was crushed out by the post, and no insects were to be 
found. R. 
Kate—Aortensis—Y our Siberian Kale is probably the same as 
the Buda Kale, known also by the names of Russian, 
Prussian, and Manchester Kale. wing is a state- 
ment respecting it, by "us Wedgwood, “ Horticultural 
570.—'* I have been trying an ex- 
periment with Buda Kale, [AUNT crag ed completely ; 
this is blanching it as you do pet Kale by turning a pot over 
Ea and letting it remain covered tillit is quite blanched. When 
ut and dressed in that state it is excellent, and one advan- 
ess will be that the same plant will furnish two cuttings, 
for the sprouts are more delicate than even the original heart 
of the plant, I used no dung to force it; but this might 
1 eing alway: with a fine display 
of bloom.t 
SEEDLING FLOW ERS. 
AzaLEA—J S—Your seedling is of a very pure white ; in form 
it is not equal to Gledstanesii, which it somewhat resembles, 
and the striping is ee visible in the specimens sent.* 
ALCEOLARIAS—A R G— your seedlings are pretty varie- 
ties; at the same time dnm are too small, and not uncom- 
mon in the marking."—— W C— There is too strong t a E 
likeness among your seedlings—for instance, 3, 4, 9, 
5, are so much alike that one of the number is Amaea of 
these 19is the best. Again, 6, 7, 14, 16, 13, 8, 21, are merely 
repetitions of flowers alr sadni in many hands—they. are also 
deficient in form ; 5, 9, are the best; 20 is a well- 
formed flower, clear i in oloue and distinct in marking, buf 
small; 5 is novel, from posses: pum three colours, yellow 
ground, brome que and black s ppo j this flower also is 
B—These are large fine specimens, 
measuring from i inch to 1} i ran in diameter; the general 
i in Eee] s th vw flatness in front. 1, si buff [owe 
"S 
= 
ersized." —— } 
ion ; 4 is too d deüelent in form.*—A C Very com^ 
mon, Tee dig but not uncommon.*—— @ S M—Your 
p ecimens are pre t common in colour and marking ; 
3 appears to be the Ws S WHA large flower, of good 
form, but eS and undecided in colour.* 
CINERARIAS: C— Your seedling is similar to others in cultiva 
tio LW L—Your seedling is common in colour and 
ficient in sit ance,” 
PANsIES—A B, a Constant Reader—A flower rich in colour and 
of DUE substance, but rather deficient in a vidis outline.” 
— B B —Both your ae are large, and No. 1 is rather 
aes) MA rough edges to the Detaly with. He EAE 
uu not perfect ; itis, por a T formed flower. No. 2, 
ite ground, with fine petals, wi broad mar- 
giu round the Tower ones, ofa P deep bright blue ; a useful show 
flower, bold a: 
PELARGONIOMS —— our ir seedlings wantsize, and they are 
inferior to similar varieties in cultivation.” 
*,* Asusual, uM communications have been GOLES too lat! 
“and others ar detained till ingui aiies 
can be inde Mis must also beg for the indulgence 0: of those 
IODSCUdE correspondents, the Tiserton ef whose interesting 
contributions is still delayed, 
