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period to establish rather a robust than a rapid growth 
in the major ty of stove plants. Do this, and give air 
most freely at all fitting opportunities ; avoiding, how- 
wer, cold currents. Orchids.—The weather having 
changed, and the late thunder storms being suc- 
eeeded by cooling breezes, (as generally happens 
on. the breaking up of a period of drought,) fires 
must be immediately resumed, for without artificial heat 
it will scarcely be possible to give these plants the 
amount of air necessary. A lively circulation of air, 
especially in the morning, is essential to a perfect state 
of growth. Do not shade them unless the sunshine is of 
some continued duration, rather increase the air. 
Some of the earlier growths will now be approaching 
that state, termed by gardeners “ripening the wood,” 
and to accomplish this more sunlight is necessary. 
Mixed Greenhouse.—Clerodendrons will enjoy liquid 
manure constantly, with liberal shifts if not already 
dene. The Tree Violet should have the side shoots con- 
stantly pinched off. The Sollya heterophylla is a very 
useful plant, and deserving a place in every green- 
house. Fixe a trellis and constantly stopped, it 
forms a very ornamental shrub. ee to thorough 
watering daily, with a free circulation of air. i 
rovide 
suceessions of gay flowers for the autumn, and keep up 
a eonstant war with all insects. 
KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING. 
Pines.—Secure a regular bottom heat to all stock, 
taking care to renew it when it gets below 80°. Stir up 
the surface of the tan frequently, and syringe amongst the 
stems of the fruiters every evening. Be sure to supply 
aH the atmospheric moisture possible—too much 
through the ordinary medium, at this period, is next to 
impossible. Fineries.—Apply the principles explained 
in the early part of this Calendar to the Grapes now in 
the course of ripening ; not only flavour but colour will 
be increased thereby. It is impossible for a Vine, with 
its roots in a state of depressed temperature, or it may 
be torpid through stagnation, to colour its fruit tho- 
roughly if hurried. Late Grapes may be treated as 
nearly as possible as if they were out of doors, merely 
avoiding cold currents of air. Peaches.—See that the 
such should be 
ease the ripening process, sulphur 
should) be carefully dusted on the under side 
of the leaves. Don’t burry the ripening, and as soon as 
the fruit successively has nearly reached its full size, 
remove leaves sufficient to admit the sun’s rays over 
the finit. Pigs.—Continue stopping young wood. Give 
abundance of water to those in pots or tubs ; those in 
pets do well plunged in an old bark bed if to spare. 
Syringe eonstantly between the ripening periods. 
Melons.— Were pits are artificially heated, a late crop 
may now be ridged out. For this purpose I would re- 
commend a good hardy green-flesh ; perhaps the 
Beechwood, Syringe swelling fruit, and give abundance 
of air day and night to those ripening. No fruit im. 
proves more by slow ripening than the Melon. Lay 
shoots in pots of the superior Cucumbers ; they will 
make a fine autumn and early winter crop in pits or 
boxes, in a warm and moist stove. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
Continue to clear away everything decaying, and to 
introduce good things from pots in the reserve ground, 
A good reserve garden, if properly situated, and 
systematieally planned and conducted, would be one 
cf the most useful plots of ground about a garden. 
Such a valuable adjunct would, however, require the 
constant attendance of a man possessing some little 
knowledge of flowers ; and therefore could not be car- 
ried out where there is a stint of labour. Decayed 
patches of bulbs, which are required to stand for early 
spring flowering, may have dressy Verbenas, or other 
things, introduced from pots between them. Cuttings 
of Pansies should be got out in succession, before the 
shoots are too much exhausted. All boundary or other 
hedges should be clipped forthwith. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auricula and Polyanthus seed ought to be carefully 
collected ; it should be retained in the capsules till the 
Proper season for sowing ; perhaps the best way of pre- 
Serving it is to tie the stems together in small bunches, 
inserting them in thin paper bags, and suspending them 
ina dry airy situation. Ranwnculuses should now be out 
of the ground; when the tops are withered, they are 
extremely susceptible of moisture, and if not taken up 
will emit fresh roots, which has a most prejudicial effect 
on them. They may be parted with facility, and this 
is better done now than when they are dry and hard. 
Seedlings should be carefully taken up, many of these 
will be very minute ; in order that none may escape, 
it is a good plan to put the soil in which they have been 
grown into a fine wire sieve, then in working it about 
m a tub of water the soil will be washed away and the 
roots retained, which may be spread out to dry, and 
then stored in any place where they cannot contract 
mouidiness. Pinks.— Continue to put in pipings, shad- 
ing them from extreme heat. Extract decayed petals 
from the pods in which the seed is forming. Carna- 
tiens and. Picotees, —As seedlings show their colour, all 
foolish ones and selfs should be removed, unless any of 
the latter are of fine form and petal, in which case they 
might be retained as border varieties. In the south of 
England most of the main blooms are expanded ; where 
seed of good quality is required, the proper fecundation 
of the various sorts should now be attended to. It is 
foolish to leave this to chance, when by a little atten- 
iiom and delicate manipulation the varieties may be 
axossed, with great certainty, Look through the direc- 
culture required. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
Let a plot of ground be trenched and highly manured 
forthwith to receive a good breadth of Cauliflowers and 
the Waleheren. Grange's Impregnated, if true, is most 
valuable also, as it is of a self. protecting character, and 
if planted with the Cauliflower it will form a complete 
succession. ‘These things done well at this period, will 
insure a supply of those useful vegetables all through 
November, December, and even January. Let late 
Peas haye every encouragement, more especially by 
thorough sticking. The crops of Knight’s Marrows and 
British Queen should be topped when at the top of their 
sticks ; they will branch out sideways if the ground has 
been thoroughly prepared. Sow a little Endive every 
week in July. Good breadths of brown Cos Lettuce 
may soon be sown, as it will not be so liable to “run.” 
Sow more Coleworts of the dwarf and compact kinds ; 
also a pinch of Chervil and Corn Salad. Herb cutting 
must be attended to, choosing a perfectly dry day, and 
cutting the moment they begin to blossom. Cut off all 
the bloom from the latest Alpine Strawberries ; the 
flowers after this period will be sufficient for the latest 
crop. 
à COTTAGERS’ GARDENS. 
If the Carrots have failed, a small bed of the Early 
Horn may yet be sowed. Continue to fill spare ground 
with various winter greens. York Cabbages may be 
sown for autumn Cabbages ; they will do to plant in any 
small gaps that may exist amongst other crops. Stake 
up flowers, dub hedges, pipe Pinks, and lay Carna- 
tions. Cuttings of choice Roses may be made, choosing 
the early wood, now getting firm. 
FORESTING. 
Hoe or otherwise stir the ground amongst young forest 
Stock. Keep the seed beds clean, and attend to summer 
pruning of young plantations. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending July 9, 1846, as 
obser vedat the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
ere eens [| Wind. | Rain, 
Ere c Mae in. | Max. | Min. | Mean. G 
2 | 99.681 67 54 60.5 SW. 409 
8 29 797 78 50 615 | SW. | o 
4 29.850 74 58 66.0 Sw. O; 
5 314 78 | 57 | 66.5 W, 
6 29.978 75 48 61.5 S.W. 03 
€ | 20.014 70 | 58 | eso | SW. | .04 
8 | 074. 7 59 67.0 W. 01 
99.887 728| 548| 68.8 421 
ercast; heavy shower at noon; rain atnight — 
ine; cloudy; partially overcast 
Cloudy and fine throughout 
Fine; pir st 
30- Fine, with light clouds; overcast 
July 1—Fine; cloudy; overcast; rain at night 
2—Overeast; slight drizzle; densely clouded; overcast. ^ 
Mean temperature of the we eg. above the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 20 years, for the 
ensuing Week ending July !1, 1846. ` 
| No. of 
7 ver s Greatest |- 
Mean| Years in 
July | Highest! L zu ity lys 
uy remo. Temp Tomp|whichit | TARY | 
A cessi m ed. 
Sun. 5| 770 | s&s | 0.59 tn. |—| 
Mon, 6| 757 | 52.1 oas |—1 
Tues. 7 va | 54.1 0.93 12 
Wed. 8 .0 | 5L8 946 > | 
Thur. 9| 73.5 | 50.7 0.57 EI 
Fri. 10| 781 | 517 036 — |-| 
Sat. U| 748 | 527 O71 2 
perature during the above period occurred on the 6th, 
nd the lowest on the 6-h, 1842, and 9th, 1829—therm. 40°. 
Notices to Correspondents, 
ANTS—W R—Put some lumps of 
given, If i n you not pro- 
cure it directly from thé great manufaeturing chemists? If 
not you had better try a parapetticoat. 
Cacti—M W K—These, like other plants, are the better for 
being repotted ; but care must be taken not to injure their 
roots in the operation. 
CawELLIAS—M W K—On no account mutilate your Camellias, 
ver heard of such monstrous advice as your gardener 
has given you. 
CHERRY-TREES — Delta — Your success in moving some May 
Dukes, 10 or 12 years old, having been but indifferent, we 
should not advise you to attempt transplanting the Bigarreau, 
for it belongs to a tribe of Cherries with broader leaves, 
stronger growing shoots, forming wood more apt to gum than 
the May Dukes, after the check from removal. It dislikes a 
wet soil; and on the otherhand it will gum and die off in one 
that is too dryin summer, Better get young Morello-trees 
for your north wall.|——£ R—There is no White Morello.|| 
Fravups—a Constant Reader—No doubt it is a fraud to send 
out one thing for another ; just as a man would be cheated 
of his shilling to whom a showman produced the three-legge 
child instead of the little abortion called Tom Thumt 
RUIT-TREE BORDERS— X—In digging out entire gravel, the 
proper depth you should excavate, will depend on whether 
the gravel is dry or wet. If dry you may go to the depth of 
2} or even 3 feet; but if wet, the more shallow the better, 
and raise your border above the level so as to bave the above 
depth of good soil for the roots of the trees. A little good 
peat may be used ; but one-third would be too much.]l| 
Gnasses—W G—The Hard and Meadow Fescues, the Meadow 
Poa, and Crested Dog's-tail will answer your purpose best. 
In your light land you should add White Clover and Yellow | 
Medick. The fi 
a very good lawn in burning land ; guano will assist y: 
i Heavy soil is the better for being disturbed at the 
surface in dry weather, but light soil is injured. The object 
is to keep it cool rather than w atering with ditch or | 
pond water heated by the sun is advantageous, provided the | 
ground is soaked in an evening, otherwise it does little good. 
Syringing the leaves in the evening with water in which a 
little carbonate o: monia has been dissolved is a great 
help, if you do not mind the expense, 
GREENHOUSES—Subscriber—We see no reason why the conser- 
vatory should not join the house. On the contrary, if well | 
constructed it will be a great convenience to the ladies of the 
family,—— Andrew Citrus—You can keep Orange trees in the 
winter perfectly well in such a place, and you hardly require 
a stove; for mats will keep out frost, which is all that is | 
necessary. If you must have heat, a flue is as good as any- | 
thing. Orange flowers are not used that we know of, except as | 
for the work, It may be heated by some sort of small stove, 
Insrcts—W B—They are the larve of Dermestes Lardarius 
which infest bacon, destroy dried skins, and are 
structive animals. Subscriber will find the history of 
the Slug larvæ in vol. ii., p. 692 of this Journal, with the best 
mode, I believe, of getting rid of them. Cannot you dust the 
leaves well with soot or unslaked lime? They will, I expect, 
shortly disappear. R—Pull up and destroy the 
infested Onions, filling the holes with unslaked lime ; water 
the beds well with lime-water, and persevere in the applica- 
tion, or sow wood-ashes thick over the surface. R,——@ W 
L—The same advice is applicable to you, If, however, 
you ero; e same piece of ground annually with Onions, 
Without trenching, you must expect to s 
called myia ceparum ; vide Gard. Chron. vol, i., p. 396. X. 
——H B—Unléss we hai ive maggots, and could rear 
the flies, we cannot ascertain the economy of the insect. 
Dipping the Rose-buds in tobacco-water would perhaps 
remedy the evil. You had better trap the mice by sinking 
baited jars, or by any other means suited to circumstances, X. 
—— T C may possibly obtain some mole-crickets at Chis- 
wick. R.——A R—Your caterpillar belongs to one of the saw- 
flies, but we cannot tell you the specific name. f the solu- 
tion of ammonia be applied too strong, it would in all proba- 
bility cause the Rose-buds to fall off. R. 
KITCHEN GARDEN Sor—X—In excavating gravel, and supply- 
ing its place with good soil for kitchen garden crops, a depth 
of 3 fect will generally be requisite. This will do for Sea 
Kale and Rhubarb. Asparagus 5 feet. 
Names or PrANTS—G L—Nicotiana glauca,——S S—Broom- 
rape, or Orobanche elatior.— 7yro—Potentilla reptans,—— 
Adelaide—A new Cyclolobium, Hibiscus Wray ; and 2 species 
cacia not determinable without their flowers. the 
Seeds received from Lady M. in Feb. last, a Convolvulus has 
come up, but not flowered; the other has not grown. 
J E N—Potamogeton pusillus,-— 4A Sub—Scirpus maritimus. 
—— EHE T W—Serissa foetida.—Anon—Juglans nigra. 
Pzan-TnEES—M W K—You state that Christmas twelvemonth 
you buried part of a pig near the roots of your large Jargo- 
nelle tree, planted five years, now covering 25 yards of wall, 
too dry. Recollect the border 
allowed to ge! 
sJ|——Y Z—You ought to admit plenty of 
very dry materia 
fresh air.ll 
Misc—Q—We regret to say that we are unacquainted with any 
lass manufacturers at Bristol or elsewhere, in the west o 
England. You had better apply to London or Sunderland. 
——Remus—No doubt your Woodbines are too dry at the 
S. € L—Your letter is sent to Sir Wm. Hooker. 
»ha—Y our inquiry is so extensive that we are quite unable 
to answer it. We should take whatever is handsome, grow 
it till we were tired of it, then throw it away and replace it 
with something else. S 
Sow your packets of seed next spring. 
mon Laurels will make such a fence as you want quicker 
and better than anything else, if you encourage them 
little manure.——J4. Smith—Rhubarb Champagne is made 
exactly in the same way as Gooseberry wine.{——F—Your 
seedling Potatoes appear to be sound specimens of the Ash- 
leaved Kidney, or something very like it.J—4 J 4 
have, no doubt, scorched your Cucumber leavés by applying 
the sulphur to the flue when the latter was in too hot a state.t 
——Reader—If you will be kind enough to refer to p. 116 
of our volume for last year, you will find a plan of a pit 
that may possibly answer your purpose. {——Jnquirer—The 
directions in the Calendarin regard to disbudding Roses were 
intended to apply to the disbudding o: se-stocks. The 
i edge-rose throws up abundance of suckers, as well as 
stem-shoots ; these must be kept cleared away, with the er- 
ception of a few branches at the top. The general treatment 
of dwarf standard Pears, as also of those on walls, in July, is 
to remove a great portion of the watery breast-wood, in order 
to throw sunlight on the fruit-spurs. "This is better done at 
twice or thrice. Ta the first thinning, a portion of the grossest 
shoots may be entirely removed, he second (a week after- 
wards), a few more ; and finally the remaining shoots may, 
by the early part of July, be “ stopped,” excepting those in- 
tended for leaders. is good management to remoye the 
breastwood entirely; certainly not until August. Such @ 
course would force many of the embryo fruit-buds into wood 
shoots.—2R, E. 
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SEEDLING FLOWERS, 
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lost from there being so 
No. 6 are the two best. *- M- 
showy, but the corolla wants deci 7 
There is no improvement upon the flowers already in cultiva- 
tion in your seedlings ; they are delicate and pretty, but the 
colours are weak ; J aud 2 appear to be the best," ——- S—Y our 
seedling is no improvement upon the flowers we have ; the 
sepals are long, narrow, and want substance."——4& W— 
Your seedling is pretty, from the tube and corolla being 8? 
distinct. We fear the sepals do not expand sufüciently.* 
Groxtntas—J H—We can see nothing in your seedlings tO 
istinguish them from others already in cultivation.{ 
PANSIES—G. Your specimens are very small, and will never 
equal in size show flowers ; they are deficient in form, being 
in each being small compared with the 
rather long ; the lip i ] 
other petals; the precision of the marking is the best quality 
much colour in the tube ; this and 
Your seedling i n 
te, 
*.* As usual, many communications have been received too lat 
and other: i y inedtil yinquiries 
can be made. We must also beg for the indulgence of those 
numerous correspondents, the insertion of whose interesting: 
contributions is still delayed. 
