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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Surely 
Stuve and Ureche .s.— Nowe ot tue Bletias, as also the old 
Phaius grandifolius, are well adapted for producing 
winter flowers. Such should have their growth com- 
be constantly broken up at this period and filled with 
some kind of Greens or Turnips. If the cottager is 
Short of manure, extra spade husbandry will in some 
pleted with all possible rapidity ; they enjoy ak 
of liquid manure. Keep the old shoots of the Russelia 
juncea cut away, and healthy shoots trained in their 
room ; and beware of the green-fly. Stop the shoots 
occasionally of some of the young Euphorbia iens ni- 
degree p for the want of it. This is the cot- 
tager's chief capital, and is generally most efficient, 
FORESTING 
There has always been much difference of opinion 
about the summer pruning of young forest-trees. Some 
Eye i 
floras—they will produce a o; ter 
blossoms. Thunbergia seedlings having been provided, 
they should have most liberal shifts, and receive a good 
staking or trellising, in order to secure good healthy 
specimens through the autumn, and perhaps the winter. 
Two or three plants in a mass (one of each colour) pro- 
duce a pretty effect.  Orchids.—Let those making 
surface-roots be attended to in regard to top-dressings 
of peat, &e. Continue in other respects last week's 
directions. Mixed Greenhouse.—Some of the Statices 
—as sinuata, puberula, &c., exhausted with blooming, 
may be shaken out of their pots, and repotted. These 
plants delight in an open compost, with thorough drain- 
age, and some of them are partial to a close and moist 
atmosphere. Stop gross shoots of the greenhouse 
Azaleas, and see to cuttings of the best Pelargoniums. 
The earliest sown Primula sinensis may now receive 
their final shift—these will blossom through October 
and November, when flowers will be scarce. Continue 
to pinch off all blossoms from pot Roses intended for 
flowering in November and December, and stop all lux- 
uriant shoots. Young stock of these for winter work 
should now have their final shift. 
KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING. 
Pines.—Continue former directions; little new can 
now be added. Those who desire constant successions 
of fruit should make it a point to give the final shift at 
various periods from the end of May until the end of 
August; after which period nothing, in my opinion, but 
extreme cases can warrant extensive shifts. Vineries. 
— Follow up former directions with regard to Grapes in 
the course of ripening. Those ripened weeks since, and 
roaching a state of rest, may beallowed tosink quietly 
into that state, if required for early forcing. If ripen- 
ing Grapes are not required to hang long, a consider- 
able portion of the laterals may be removed. This will 
slightly increase the colour, add to the saccharine cha- 
racter of the fruit, and assist in perfecting the buds for 
the following year by exposure of the principal leaves. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
Let a good planting of -Leeks be made directly, using 
as much manure as for Celery. Endeavour to get out 
good breadths of Celery forthwith. I prefer what is 
called the Scotch plan, viz., beds of from 4 to 6 feet in 
width, These beds, which with me succeed crops of 
Peas, are trenched two spits deep. The bottom spit has 
plenty of raw manure or half-rotten leaves, and the top 
one old manure. The principal secret in growing very 
tender and crisp Celery, irrespective of size, is to sow 
it rather late, and grow it very quickly by means of 
plenty of manure and moisture. Shallots inclined to 
ripen should be raised slightly with a Potato-fork, in 
order to admit air to counteract mouldiness. Let a 
good breadth of autumn Turnips be got in without de- 
lay, choosing for the kitchen garden the Dutch or Stone. 
I prefer the former. | Orchard.—See that watery 
b is progressively done away with in the 
wall and espalier Pears. Have an eye to Strawberry 
runners for forcing or other purposes. The Elton is 
invaluable for late work. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
The late abundant rains which have, according to the 
papers, been general, will furnish a good opportunity, if 
the time can be spared, for a thorough rolling of lawns. 
An English lawn is ever reckoned an object of admira- 
tion, and thorough rolling is necessary both to preserve 
its beauty and to facilitate the business of the mowers. 
The annuals will now be gay, and amongst the newer 
kinds I would point to the Schizopetalon Walkeri, the 
obelia ramosa, the Ipomopsis elegans, the Calandrini 
p system, based on stopping 
with the finger and thumb all competing leaders for 
a few years after planting. Others seem partial to the 
operations of the saw and'the bill-hook. For my own 
part, I prefer the former ; and I am of opinion that 
the rivalry of competing leaders may be easily pre- 
vented by the simple operation of stopping, if per- 
formed in due time. "These operations, however, could 
be well performed in the winter; as stopping in the 
middle of summer might cause the production of late 
and immature growths, which, in the case of such trees 
as the Sweet Chestnut, would be somewhat prejudicial. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending July 3, 1846, as 
observedat the Horticultura] Garden, Chiswick. 
BAROMETER. 
Moon’s 
At 
9 20.129 
10 9.990 
n '9.608 
12 39.448 | 7l 
18 29.744 | 72 
o 29.764 
15 
M 72 | 58 
29.760 
July 3—O vercass; cloudy; clear and fine 
4—Soultry ; hot, wi-h very dry air; clear and fine 
5—Hot and dry’; excessivey hot; the temperature In the shade higher 
than it has been for 20 years at least; thunder half-past 2, and 
at in in torrents 
6—Halo round the sun early a.m.; rainbow} heavy showers; cloudy ; 
rain at nig] 
; overcast and fine throughout 
light drizzle; rain at night 
eavy showers; cloudy and fine; rain. 
Mean temperature of the week 2} deg. above the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 20 years, for the 
ensuing Week ending July 18, 1846. ` 
Prevailing Winds. 
No, of | 
Aver. | Aver. No. of | Great e 
July | Highest! Lowest nan Years in | quantity |; | |: [E 
Temp.| Temp. Rained, | of Rain, az 
Sun. 12| 732 | 520 | 62.6] 10 1.10 in. pE 
Mon. 13| 73.0 51.3 | 621 9 60 |3| 1 
Tues.24| 747 | 508 | 62.7 8 1.46 |7|1 
Wed.15| 742 | 50.4 |623| 1n 15 E 
Thurl6| 757 | 501 | 62.9 4 0.46 |e- 
Fri, 17 77.2 54.1 66.0 4 1.29 551 
Sat. 18| 73.7 52.4 | 63.0 9 0.60 6j 3 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 17th, 
1834—therm.94? ; and the lowest on the 13th, 1840—therm. 419, 
"Notices to Correspondents. 
Our CORRESPONDENTS are prayed to write their inquiries on 
only one side of the paper. If they knew the inconvenience 
of their not doing so, we are sure that they would endeavour 
to oblige us. 
Booxs—A L—Read Solly's ** Rural Chemistry ;" it is the best 
00k for you.——G—Murray's “ Home and Oolonial Library” 
is one of the very best books o; e always notice 
such of its Numbers as relate to Natural History. 
Dorss— Tyro—Lilium lancifolium is the better for protection 
in winter, if the roots are left in the ground, he following 
are autumnal flowering sorts :—Gladiolus psittacinus and 
byzantinus, Amaryllis lutea, Crocus nudiflorus, Colchicum 
autumnale (double) and variegata, Tigridias, and Amaryllis 
adonna. 
Cacri— Emily—1f your old Cactus isin good health do not repot 
it this season now ; itis too late, If overgrown, thin out all 
superfluous branches, then tie the remainder to the stakes, 
or over a trellis, They like rich free soil.§ 
AMELLIAS—S—We did not say that Camellias should not be 
pruned at all; on the contrary, few plants will bear the knife 
better than the Camellia, but it is very bad management to 
cut off the young wood, seeing that on it the flower buds are 
formed. it is necessary to prune overgrown Camellias, do 
it in spring just before the young wood has begun to grow. 
Plants in pots are best placed out of doors for a few weeks 
after they have made their young wood. acti and other 
suceulents may also be turned out of doors with advantage 
during the summer months, 
FucnsrA— — The flowers of Smith's Queen Victoria we 
havenotseen solarge or so fine in colour as in its first 
At the present time it is rather out of c! 
speciosa, and the Ipomoea elegans, as worthy a place in 
every parterre. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS, 
Carnations and Picotees.—The most forward may 
now be layered ; they should be put down in light soil, 
consisting principally of leaf-mould. Those shoots, 
which apparently will not get sufficiently strong, may 
be taken off, and treated in the same way as Pink 
ipings. Take every opportunity of fertilising blooms 
or seed; do not cross a Picotee with a Carna- 
tion, and prefer those which haye broad, stout, well 
derah] 
that it is not only well drained, but so prepared as to prevent 
lent paper on this subject by Mr. Reid, of Noblethorpe, in 
the last Journal of the Horticultural Society. It is better 
come quick to hand. houses, you had better consult 
some garden architect, as directions without plans will be 
useless to you. 
GrAss—We find that there are two respectable window glass 
formed, and smooth petals. The risk is 
even under these ci ; but the ifieati 
arising from the production of one first-rate flower re- 
pays all the trouble. Dahlias.—Remove all misshapen 
blooms, and place neat stakes round the main stem, to 
which the lateral shoots may be attached, otherwise 
they are apt to be twisted off by rough winds. Pinks. 
—Oceasionally examine thé pipings which are under 
md-glasses; remove any which have contracted 
mouldiness, and carefully extract all weeds from amongst 
them. The latter blooms have very much improved, 
though now nearly over, except in the most northern 
-~ districts ; and varieties, which, owing to the extreme 
hot weather the early part of the blooming season, could 
hardly be recognised, have now assumed their dis- 
tinetive character, Continue to put in pipings as well 
as cuttings of Pansies, &c. &c. 
OTTAGERS’ GARDENS. 
The cottager who can afford ground for the luxuries 
of Celery and other salads must keep his eye on the 
kitehen garden portion of the Calendar. Little can be 
added here at present. Let every spare bit of. ground 
d spring, and although carelessly planted in 
heavy land. Once dried, Hollies are ruined. 
Insects—C L—Your Ichneumon fly, which is considered rare, 
has been named Rhyssa persuasoria, It is a female, and the 
long oviduct is employed for depositing eggs in the larve of 
other insects, which live in timber. R——P C—The Silver 
by a species of Eriosoma, I believe, which in 
all probability is the cause of the trees dying. R 
BE! ther wood nor iron are suitable for tropi- 
cal countries, We advise you to employ zine, and Burrows 
und Thoms's ink, which is invaluable. It is advertised in 
another column. 
Kzw —.D C L will find upon further inquiry, that the 
Turkey Oak in question is scarcely “encroached upon ;" 
not certainly “crowded by” three trees of the same 
relative size and age and beauty, with the Oak; but 
opinions may differ as to their being of very ''inferior 
value," “D € L” is perhaps not aware that they are the finest 
Cedar of Lebanon, the finest Oriental Plane, and the finest 
Ailanthus glandulosa, in the garden. 
Monstnositrrs—M O D—The Fern-leaved Beech is a mere 
accidental variety of the Fagus sylvatica, and is very apt to 
“run away? into ordinary leaves,_—Renville—The collec- 
tions of small twigs on trees are supposed to be owing to 
branches having been attacked by insects, which have 
arrested the onward growth, and compelled the buds to break 
into innumerable laterals. 
Names or Puants—A B—The fungus that infests your Carna- 
tion leaves is the Depazea Dianthi. —— W #-—Euphorbia 
Lathyris, à powerful purgative, and not a Caper, as it is 
vulgarly called, It was one of the medicinal plants cultivated 
Monks.—— Quercus—Jurinea elata is a hardy perennial, 
A 
, Poa trivialis ; 4, Bromus mollis; 5, B. racemosus ; 6, P. 
i and vena pratensis; 9, A. flavescens; 10, 
Arrhenatherum avenaceum ; 11, Holcuslanatus ; 12, Festuca 
ovina ; 13, F, rubra; 14, Aira cæspitosa ; 15, Poa fluitans. 
Fix your specimens on with glue. Cartridge paper is best. 
Common printing paper is too weak, ‘Hortus Gramineus 
Woburnensis” will probably suit you.$—— T S P—1, Dactylis 
glomerata ; 2 and 5, surus cristatus; 3, Holcus lana- 
tus ; 4, Poa trivialis; 6, Bromus mollis.$—-——4 C—Platycodon 
grandiflorus, one of Mr. Fortune’s beautiful plants. ——A S— 
Cicer arietinum.— Dorothea—Paliurus aculeatus or Christ’s 
Thorn, so called because the “crown of thorns” was made 
glass. || 
PLANTS, &c., TO WITHSTAND THE SEA ArR—-D Milne— Trees: 
Acer Pseudo-Platanus,;Hippophae rhamnoides and conferta ; 
Pinus Strobus, Pinea, and Cembra ; Quercus Ilex, and Pyrus 
ria. Shrubs: Coronilla Emerus, Pyrus japonica, Leyces- 
teria formosa, Tamarix gallica and germanica, Spirwa sali- 
cifolia, Colutea cruenta, Sambucus racemo: Herbaceous 7. 
Statice latifolia, tatarica, and others; different kinds of 
Armeria, Lathyrus grandiflorus, Coronilla varia, Saxifraga 
cordata and crassifolia, and Iberis sempervirens 
PorATOES— A says an elderly person who is very a 
suffers more from that disease when scraping Po 
Ru 
sthmatical 
tatoes than. 
Mrsc.—J € Li & Boroughbridge will find a receipt for Rhubarb 
m 0-0 — IP i i i 
E 
are so s that we must beg to be more 
explicit. Stop your Camellia by nipping off the end of the 
shoot, and it will form laterals by degrees.——Jgnoramus— 
‘here are several yellow Portulacas.——R A J—Grow Car- 
doons like Celery ; consult French cookery books as to the way 
of preparing them for table; they require a good cook, Seakale 
plants should not on any account be cut down at this season» 
Treat Vegetable Marrows like Gourds and Cucumbers out of 
Subseriber—We believe that all insurance offices 
will insure a man of 62, if he is in good health. 
Yucca flaccida is quite hardy.t——Dev 
liferus is a greenhouse pla: 
be increased either by division 
Veuwation—See answer to ** Distres: 
is impossib 
'OrS,—— —4. 
— Amatew 
est way (without taking the plants out 
of the pots) of destroying worms, is to water with clear lime- 
water once a week, The cause of Fuchsias shedding their. 
flowers when kept in a window is the dry atmosphere, an 
allowing the plants frequently to suffer trom the want of 
water, particularly if their roots are confined in small pots- 
The only remedy for such is regular attention to watering 
and air. “The Fuchsia paper” hereafter.—— Tivysider— 
Clematis azurea will possibly suit your purpose.$ 
unfold, and give the flower a rough and lo 
E AO) i 
Hower." 
J n colour, but 
coarse, with a corolla disproportionstely small for the size 
under petals, are wanting in substance, and the spot in E 
former on account of its colour—the latterhas good form and 
clearness. ite second-rate 
varieties ; 1 
B L—Your seedlings are very 
S—Your seedlings are small; in colour and 
W M—Many of your p 
time of their arrival; proba "m 
£ the Moss did 
112 is a large and finely-coloured flower ; 102 40: 7 
fe upon. 
ErrArum—In the article on “Entomology” at p. 444, col. b 
line 23 from top, for “their,” read “this,” . 
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