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Tne beds should be well worked, aud of a uniform state wa ia a ex alte Pol by y your ` specimens. 25 “ret d F TOWERI ; 5 de, | 
3 eet ah ae » 4 Notas wel! known a ipe E ed Polydesimns ALCEOLARIA E pupa s have been made, 1 
of moisture, and the ball of the plants thoroughly pepe history was given in H Chron., vol. 1, p. 196. um is| andare neolaria, and the seedlings W 
with moisture a few hours previously. If dry weather Morea abundant ie most gardens, | amd often injures} of the pre pass ti 
prevail for a week or two after planting, let the newly pu of Peas and Beans, when they do not vegetate fr .| those we had DS vi ve Í 
planted bed s besprinkled two or Vises times a day, ear no pu tain mode lefore eradicating t this pest has been dis- | the common t or im ‘too ait i m E 
p covered. J © C—1t is the Coccus Rose which infests of form varnot the seedlings t ; 
ckening the surface, and in order to prevent yor r Ros d the rat z are now hatching. R.—R M W. in many are weak and undecided, as $ is, 
dry, rather than to impart any ud as a and many other nS; 10, and W—Y ow e | 
| Some of ‘the gross kinds of Pelargo- ects, is injuring the s sof ine lack! Curronté Du fo E. Vide We 
jums i I iu undue beds : p e n pm ces. I hope you will rear the moth and send it 6, and s are no! 
ee et ES pega: priy wil ag pa beetle TEN oleva and will not hurt vegetation... eO! bes. 
check over nee. The Frogmore Searlets, weevils ave the MRON s pic they are CE of a good 
however, will re » cultivation. The lest the. wee means of de; 
Y ever i ry life. -R yro 
dul i C er is den ete i rs i o pm Proctotrar 9, a good brigh 
hmond nurseryman, avout) Viator, yhich was 1 y in this Journal at «ding cin 
were planged overhead in a mound | p. 36 of the 3 7 and the bri; 
ashi nes, ‘aud had rooted through and over the| Gr ay oe : D Kni 2 1 d o im ot ue ‘tive Jer gs ama fü 
n RE PC SAT cad EJ EA Mou “ Brit, En 2^ 7o] um rieties, we ried in their colour and z 
| pots saps the e absorbed a greater amount d »eus, UE feeding on the 2 the other ame character, but they are much 
| of heat on account of t Smaller o aa USD mela Polygoni. Neither of them wi smaller 
COTTAGE ARDENS. any ha J #—The strength of RIAS—J Ve —No, Lis good in (obi En £09 
| ghe s Protecting, Wal- some sampl io better than a TAE mor um a pretty, EG and bri ili y 
plants will ioe more than othe 1 s will flower in colour anc ir 
| i oe 0 CHOR more when old than when young. Therefore exact quanti- —J.T Pa 
| f the Onion, Carr ties cannot be given, and ery, pretending to d very detic 
| s joor, the eottager v n afford it] instruct, but spits to misle Tug E SENS by d 
ell 5 sow a sprinkling of good guano over ment w] uu UN a T will MUT nc se 
oliage is no! uen 
oosing the first shower for that purpose, sowing the ammoniaeal iqnor ofthe yway.* 
, it whilst the rain is falling. Potatoes should be well| g s, diluted with 10 or 12 times è of wate “Both your seedlings are showy varieties ; the 
stirred with the hoe, and all weeds from the more] is a certain remedy for green Apply it Toi OE iis a large stout 
| forward erops totally “eradicated. Strawberries should m ain nge, fanless you prefer the carbonate ot id 
be well watered ; a newly planted Apples, Pears, or Mortar oat DU —The specimen ou have favoured us with sa flower up s he corolla 
| other fruits. The Gooseberry bushes should be watched | areno onem ndced, a curious case ; its eee gu ce |t is a good 
for the eaterpillar ; shaking them off on a eloth is the habit, D as fu : ied id our “columns für 1842, p.307. No ety ar ^u vor gn grov vins the sma ness 
x qa A Dok touch of this sort M ho al ut we pre! 
best P. lan where the quaatity of bushes is limited, A ES OF PLA T—We eue heard of such a Bous- account of ii colours, 5—— L R R —Y our 
tle Lettuce or othe or salad me iy be sown on a shady pet asc lodes. What doi s name mean? Thef is very large anc 2 stout but th E es of «c 
and moist border. common. species, 3, Daselloide , is a green- dope ed sweet-| the sepals whi figu nor do they 
| FORESTINC cented climber. wirer—C t inereases fic: E the ne m of the flower altogethe } 
| Some foresters prefer the early part of the summer n gu gu seeds, Your 1d tee very foul and in —Your seedling | pants the strong i 
s; im coni Does i ant draining ? exonien: to } 
| for pruning side shoots, or l lers, in you d Moore — | AME bloomer, Fuse is infe: 
| thriving plant Preparation should be made as eth se AN JAR. eneral form, 
| "future plantations. Draining is and are mere border ter; t 
à cotton wool 2—— EU oung quis. second-rate ——A. Constant 
| joptieras or melan r some st jur seodling is à largo handsome Hower, of good 
| dou oF cae werk ending May 28, 1846, as s. on Quee SHE n uU = Conran fona great substance, and rather Movel Inia COO n 
| TUM yon ae d € DIRE purpuro-ceruleum, TEA upper petals eens or ple, the lip having a bord 
| — — wh wich Hu S evperennial oot and annhalstenis) rich brown ppears to be a cruinple or bd nytt 
| | Vina. side pota als, sab di gure it; is this common to 
| pun Clither blooms? j A. perfect specimen ail make Efe AEO 
| We do "hot now wher d.* self, a flower. of i 
podium may be obtain i th |] 
| ard, diluted a Ii tile with ante | 
| to Cucumbers you had better E] 
|  Cutümper,/a little book Jn whith | 
| Sod will o "mation you seek. Much H | 
been said anh subject in the columns of the Chron Oblige us with the n you intend | 
| cially in our Calendar of Operations a good dark self, the lip Li 
[ E ITED GARD: The thing ion to the other petals.*—— 
st ena fne, thoroughly. As your occupancy is so short you may 1 to Sulphurea 11 
Ta nai M i do this by means of bushes. Also prune your shrubs with- o 
| ix te deos so as to let in light and air ; and keep the ground A à flower of good substance, large with | 
| a Wery Clear ed. In addition, give the soil a good ng of | ime white ground, m e belting and ay peta fine, and | 
| * 8 de, ove pe sraige. rubbish, Pr om old building These things will go far to Bop show ore wanting a i lite ud y | 
| xu last 20 yearn, for the ot a perfect o PE, 4 Subseribe: 
ne 6. 1046. ed from epa p seeds at we mong Boos seedlings ; it po: ses 
canvas ended ir es of the petals are Smoother, and 
on upon oue PERDE a Better form, and the flower alto 
Cuttings will duin avel, v better outline; t will make a bold ae 
W G B—You will find the following 36 var flower ; it pus the others a Mir ate appearance ; they 
ppm dm. — Brown's Gurion, Arethusa, all want roundness, have a notch in the lip, ahd are rough 
| ; Buxton's Ne plus Cook's M oer on the Eid of the petals, with ier exception of No. 5, which. 
| Albi B stands next in order to No. his the lip wants 
| ug's Ex e, Sulphnrea elegans, pe T and ihe« eye mixes too much ith the marginal colour 
| d of Ducks ; Hunt's Wellington, Hamlet ae ‘Pom Pinch ; ZEN a large formed flower houg! 
| i Turner’s Dido ind Caractacus ; Major’ ride; groom, Duke of lour, n rather deficient in aea 3, per- 
| York, al Ring; Thon rro, Excellent Cyg- ven that they have the ap- 
| temperature daring the above Period ocurre ca mera | nus Exemplar, Eclipse, p areh, pop eye striate nd fine in 
| Path bd eit ont he therm, 359. v) fection, Constellation, ERN Sappho, Ne plus Ultra, jeh ge, round, ‘and fas, of great 
| superb, Azurea grandi | Duchess of Rutland, Lady Mid- with mue belting o uin, 
| dleton, and Major's Purity. M Pl e var tri th the eye visible ; fineflower 0] 
| ler to obv OR ineonveniences | near eac n other which you t letihe | a stand; 11, form, ce, re, Said bolgues A ERE 
| eing experienced by parties who bees do the re: se eae tants, the portion xm the eye on n ilis lip bi 'iated does not appear to 
| E: proper ime isass e anthers sn dw wilen correspo: 1 with the blotches on “the si 
| You will find all the uisite information as to their routes low and EUNT. mulber 
| tion by Séfaming to ae back volumes of the pam Chron, and substance flat, 
| Ro Dan BOTANIC Socrery—L P— our report united to top petals, m d ct belting of 
| Pico da inse uA s tha 5 the weather, b: f un 1000 per- distinguish one mh uni; 
| added to thi hd en S tor tho n Botanie Soy du pucr s a little too oh Wi 
f ribu not ther ours can DAS RR AL die AT A a EE AT Ur NE GS EQ HS Qe IRR O Pi PITE A and _substane V 
D pete s we could ourselves judge, ntm s Section of the company, 
ss one vie Sand pour the EON WE oal ea AmS (o Hai ber AC between 10001 1600: 
wa ES fear it would peas Wmzwonu—L G, John. Haw Afediensis— The term ‘soda 
nd I pen mane nently E Du pla ati to grow in. ash" is usually ‘applied to ine tick mixture of sulphuret of The 
i Zne gclopendia of Gardening,” sodium, caustie soda, and carbonate of soda, &c., obtained ul; larger ac. ‘better flowers, 
" Lindley's “ Theory o in the first stage o ng cart . v from salt, viz., by o y in eu Yc ee | 
hen Garden,’ heating sulphate of soda, coal A and chalk 5 compo- form ‘andl ome truss, but. NEPTIS Puer p d: 
i den,” and London's sition, of course, ants " ns ita ontains sd and itis very common in T IB S—No.lis rather 
ith TT will be set up.—W R—| of lime as Vien soda. "Some peop sall kelp s small, and asthe petals h ES mot decide upon 
ts sol Botany ” Serio ash, but i Roc ertiddor- Era MED 80 many persons theapuok s ot the fewer EE The 
ystematie Botany. nte Resta d: in this arl p Raph our Andover friend will ever, are ad and wi ped; of a Ad eautiful d 
cover your h Clematis say Tee EEE MEATUS E n DE iliS forming one of the UNE approaches to si 
on each side, and a Ru: Pyracan- | Mrs Swainsont We entertai ar ry to mium, The flower is uniform in 
The 2 Papae will grow api aná Orchids of. any gm from being Tu mong id s, if the spot in the uppa petals ; 
sthe Py ill form re not allowed to become too cold. Soft limestone is ès; 3 AED right and well- 
| and be very Ben best. Es ects, plants will not be mone. free ftom: that flov h intense spot surrounded with 
| numerous clusters of red v uid than elsewhere nor less so. , Qa brilliant and pretty Y: Sty , very common 
| L ilmon-eoloured, and so are several other | A oio" via etwo qualities in which your seed 
| —C R—In drying p ints for a Herbarium, car The July meeting in the Garden cf the are very defii "doy want form and substance ; 3,2 
| auch as to crush them. | Horticultural Society is on the llth.— it is] Save instances of this; the lower petals are too Jong, aun 
leaves, such as He: Urt better to qo ill the Sn nen. Tom your the upper ones very thin on the edg Colour is the best 
| should be dip ter before they are pressed. ach Brompton Rigel — Ws 1 aasta as point about them, but as form and substance are cs: ential to 
| pecimen should ber d | between A sheet of brown UA introduced, h En A good flower, it is useless to eritis, m ian 
i d d sheet several empty one ould be plant psu a garden, and kept there exclusively ion as PW 64. This flower, though too 
| t day or two the pressure should be only} well have remained abroad; and although literally intro. exquisite in colour, and the tinge of blue E the centro, which 
ut the leaves and flowers trom E el.| duced is not introduced to any usefu purpose Krin 8, seems impart brilliancy 
| ng. th apers are damp the plan: ould be shifted Tf Lilies of the Valley are healthy they do v d high-colo puted variety ; the predominant 
| ry ones, ine reasing u pressure after ps shift ul the a few of their leaves bua pulled off. Thy Hey are, E in obleni nna a Cris :«htvermilion ; a deficiency of form is NE 
t some degree inj every time a leaf i removed. Thereis| rent when the flowers fally expen ed, the lower pi a 
He ering your eE till the crop of | no objection to removing the lants if very thick ; butitmust| too long. same fanltin the forn ible 
6 then adopees omaise, You will hear be done in the utumn when the leaves are dec 1d.—— is also a Hower ear SY See COUP, 
[ move about it before Bs tin Why not piace youshould not cut um be said of 63 and 5 
| your pip SES your floor with rut c us mud and nu y t the rour 
| But under no cireums m get a manage- | before it is E to grow; but dth of pe! m dus ionally the substan e of th o best 
| mosphere without open tanks. ot heated water, | material.—Reader—Any person, B ii EGRE. of tis Bow. oe ie eset aa 58 provement in 
| the evaporation from which you can check at pleasure. No Horticultural Society or ne He exhibit at their PU in| form, the lower petals being short ; um ones are a little 
doubt water in one tank hardens. All gardeners use Regent-street, The next meeting is on Tuesday, the 2d of too high and thin on the edge. 65, narrow top petals, edge! 
| ym pumps without inconvenience; yours must be affected | June. When herbaceous GATES AC MAV done towering, with pink, with pink under peta als, a clean and pretty flower, 
by some unsuspected cause. Your thermometers are not remove ail the old flower-stalks and dead leaves from the but s Toe. ition of an old variety, 63, pink with white centre, 
the: uld be in the middle of the house| stems, and top-dress them with a mixture of light loam and| and 76: retty, but devoid © X form when expanded. 
i Vif placed at the door they do not indicate the | silver sand, th as to cover the principal shoots. Remove Por Ber The bloom of your Bizarre had been seas rather y 
f the house, in consequence of the continual in-| them to a place, where by the end of September they | too long, the ends gf the petals having decaye ed he cha- | 
s aughts of cold will have forte roots, and may be potted off separately. racter of the flame i very fine, and it appear to form a good 
Iwsters—J B H—They are the true wireworms, Cannot t you}  Byrepotting them as they require it, good flowering plants} cup. The principa al OBISCHOR to o the floweris ti t 
s soda ash? I know of nothing else that will banish will be formed by next spring.} of the cup is not sufficiently pure and free from stain. 
