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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPT. 26, 
Nearly all house plants may be kept thus (except, ofj 
course, stove plants and Orchids), until the early part 
of November, taking care to mat up at night in sus- 
picious weather, and to give abundance of air in the day. 
The glasses or lights should, by all means, be washed 
thoroughly. Such a course as here detailed will pre- 
vent the hurrying off of late annuals, Achimenes, and a, 
variety of other gay things, in order to make way for 
the real winter stock. Towards the middle of October 
the Eiryranthomums. will be required to be staged, if 
not before ; and the housing of these is frequently the 
cause of a tota portion of 
other stock, Those who have a house or pit for every- 
thing uh not need any advice on this head; the 
majority, however, are very differently situated, and 
unu to the old saying, * Little things are great to 
little men.” 
ONSERVATORIES, STOVE, &c. 
Conservatory.—Continue "b weed out flowers of a 
temporary character on the eve of decay, and to supply 
their places with prime specimens of good things. The 
introduction, however, of some of the hard. wooded 
tribes, whieh have been placed out of doors (unless they 
ean be placed in temporary situations for a while,) will 
fill many of those vacancies. Every attention having | 4 
been paid to autumnal and winter Roses, as recom- 
mended in former Calendars, they will now be found 
of immense use, both in this and other ornamental 
structures. For this purpose, I would recommend the 
following, particularly; viz., Armosa, Comte d'Eu, 
Mrs. Elliott, Madame Laffay, Dr. Marx, Earl Talbot, 
Lady Alice Peel, Lady Fordwich, Duchess of Suther- 
land, Baron Prevost Pierre de St. Cyr, Phoenix, Gloire 
de Rosamen , Bel le de Florence, Caroline, Aricie, Le 
Pactole, TES Malton, Elise Sauvage, the e 
Yellow, Harrisoni, Crim: "Perpetual, &c. Xe. Thes 
cularly adapted for EX 
g flowering, provided due pre- 
parations have been made. They should be at this 
period thoroughly established in their pots ; and all 
attempts at blossoming having been duly checked for 
months past, they will now be compact plants, full of 
vigour, and full of the blossoming prineiple, hitherto 
confined. They should henceforth receive clear liquid 
manure—very weak, and be placed in-doors betimes, 
where they may receive abundance of air and light. 
Stove and Orchids.—Proeced as detailed in former 
Calendars, dispensing with shading altogether if pos- 
sible. Hardening grow:hs is henceforth the main 
business. Mixed Greenhouse.—Much of the business 
pertaining to the Conservatory, as well as the introduc- 
tory remarks, will be found to apply here. In housing 
the out of door plants be sure to place the Geraniums, 
and forward Cinerarias, where they will enjoy both 
ight and air: and near the glass, if possible. Hard 
wooded plants must be content to stand farther back, 
unless it be young stock of Erica, Epaeris, and such 
choice things ; these well deserve a good situation, The 
Chinese Primroses will do in partial shade, and in the 
dampest part of the house ; these things should he well 
attended to, as it will help to economise room, which 
is a most important affair with those who possess only 
one house. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
Where annuals have sown themselves on borders, I 
would advise that a great portion of them be carefully 
retained ; they will bloom early and strong in spring, 
especially the Californian kinds, and may moreover be 
transplanted in February to desirable situations. Let 
every attention be given before the season closes to 
stock of all kinds for display in the next year, Caleeo- 
larias should be obtaiued, if not already done, by 
examination of the old plants ; ; they should be put in 
Store pots, and receive a cutting treatment, somewhat 
coaxing, for a fortnight or so, at this late period. 
Lawns should now be well followed up, iu regard to 
mowing, rolling, &c. ; and Dahlias, Helianthuses, tall 
Phloxes, Asters, Delphiniums, &c. should once more be 
examined as to secure staking, before * old October” 
commences. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Tulips.—In preparing the compost for the best bed, 
we would advise a sprinkling of unslaked lime to be 
applied ; this is especially necessary this season, and 
act is requisite for the offset “bed and breeders. 
Amid the devastation caused by frost and mildew last 
blooming season, we may mention some few sorts that 
particularly attracted our attention. Arlette, a splendid 
feathered rose, raised by Mr. Dixon, of Manchester ; 
Pauline, a flamed rose, broken from the breeder by 
Mr. Wood, of Nottingham; Grace Darling, a flamed 
byblomen, one of the Chellaston seedlings ; Countess of 
Harrington, a flamed byblomen, sold at Mr. Thackeray’s 
sale near Nottingham ; Table Monarch, a splendid 
feathered byblomen, exhibited at Leeds; and Shak- 
Speare, shown in good style, beating most ‘other flamed 
bizarres at Leicester. We predict a great revolution in 
the collections of this favourite flower throughout the 
country in a few years, from the immense quantity of 
seedlings which are coming into bloom and breaking 
into colour, greater pains evidently having been taken 
in the selection of seed, and care being taken to gather 
only from those having good. and pure cups. Carna- | 
tions and Picoters.—Get off all layers ; those which 
have but little root should be potted and glassed inzthe 
way of pipings; this is better than allowing them to 
remain on the parent plant. Auriculas may be put i in 
their winter quarters, only covering in heavy rain. 
Dahlias.—When the soil is dry, draw it up round the 
stems to protect them from any ualooked for frost. 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. | 
Give every attention to the autumn Broccolies, also 
to autumn and winter Lettuce, as to watering with 
iquid manure to make them crisp, and tying in regular 
succession. Let the blanching of Endive and Celery 
also proceed frequently. Cut away all superfluous 
shoots on Tomatoes, and if the plants are gross chop 
away a portion of their roots. Brown and Bath Cos 
Lettuce, as well as Hammersmith Cabbage, for early 
spring work, should now be pricked out; more espe- 
cially if getting what is technically termed “ proud.’”? 
Orcharding.—1 would advise people to gather some of 
their autumn Pears, which are apt to become mealy in 
the fruit room, a little before they are what is con- 
sidered ripe, as we have had so much sunshine this 
summer. As instances, I would adduce Easter Beurré, 
Althorpe Crassane, Fondante d'Automme, Delices 
d'Hardenpont, &c. he same course may also be 
pursued with regard to Apples. Everything this 
autumn is two or three weeks earlier than the average. 
OTTAGERS’ GARDENS, 
So contradictory are the reports, and so fanciful the 
pinions, about the causes of the Potato murrain, as 
well as the means whereby to remedy itin the ensuing 
year, that little conclusive is yet to be met with. 
Autumn planting carries, as it always did, considerable 
weight, and in my opinion justly so ; Nature has been 
trying to teach us this for many years; we, however, 
too often prefer far-fetched notions to solid facts close 
to our elbow. I would advise the cottager to keep his 
earliest Potatoes as cool as possible for a fortnight or 
hree weeks longer, and then to plant his whole stock 
in raised beds, covering them 7 inches deep with well 
wrought soil, 
State of the We , 1846, as 
obse: 
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29.478 | 70 | 52 | 6LO | N.B 
29.556 | 71 | 55 E. 
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pira argo? the Mask. deg. above the average. 
State of the Weather at t Chiswick during the last 20 0 years, for the 
ng Week ending Our. 8, 1846. 
Prevailing Win 
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Sept. quantity |, 
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A 27 54.8 J1 4. 
ES 2 b4.9 8 
Ts 55.0 12 
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Sat 54.2 10 
The hig gli Rescue during ing the aurea id e Redi on the 29;h, 
1802—ther nd the lowest on the 27th, 1828—theri 
Notices to Gorkarpouden 
APPLES—-Z Z— The Pear-shaped Apple, Pa you state is 
always produced of that form, is very curious, but its 
quality is only second-rate.|——4 Z—For a south wall, the 
old Nonparei 
BEES— Iria msi tho ems in your top hive had reached 
the one below, most e bees would hav 
force must be EA pate they would desert their 
established home, Remove the empt; 
decayed one, and secure fresh swarms from it next season. 
When you think the Jast one has left it, the SE bees 
may be dislodged, by inverting their uve and placing the 
one containing z the swarm upon it. that the mouths of 
the hives fit “close e together; then dom or tap upon the 
under one to make ne bees ascend and mix with those above. 
The operation is best done in the evening of the same day 
the bees left the Loser and having the season before es 
they will soon make up the eae of brood left behind. It is 
mon practice in some parts of the country to Een 
hives to heath districts in autumn, and if depriving sys- 
tem was aomen ae y deus ed E. avete 
BELLADONNA—D u have pea that the berries 
belonged to Soli EA as state what the 
proo: CU a be allowed i i 80 serious a bns 
Booxs—B Z—Kead the ** Theory of Horticulture.". C 
MUTANT RAE DAN DU except in the editi 
Donn's Catalogue, published last yeai Mo R- No such 
plates are to be had that we know of. Ml common terms are 
explained either in Dr. Lindley's ‘Introduction to Botany,” 
1839 ; or the same author's * Elements." He has a complete 
Glossary in preparation. — Subsor iber—Perhaps Johnson's 
** Gardener's Dicti y” and Neill’s “Fruit, Flower, and 
Kitchen Garden” SIDA: ks ou, The latest ppor will always 
contain the latest i ameero nts 
CucumBERS— Oxford —Cuthill's Black. spines Suma about the 
beginning of March. 
DISEASE IN Vines—A Hodson—Your wood is so spongy that we 
presume it has become diseased in consequenee of over- 
growth. In all probability your border contains too much 
azotised manure ; guano, for example. 
Fias—A Lover of Figs—We have now searched through 
Italian books on Pomology, and uin eria that the «edeli 
cious little round bright green Fig: ith insides the colour 
of the deepest Mulberry, kae Peal Gets lorence,” are the 
Fico Brianzolo, or Fico Passin, EU is spoken of as the 
free i in the Milanese. You have no chance of ob- 
in England, Apply to Messrs, Baumann, of 
Boltwyller, , in the Department of the Rhi 
IEATIN —— We cannot advi ou to t EEAO I, Why 
trya “Rivers m EUR Vp will have no 
difficulty with heating you but we fear you will be 
ruined by damp. You DEUS n pipe for drying 
the air while it warms it, as shown in the pit figured. at | 
p. 116, 1815,— The Sion House eta Weer You 
cannot usefully heat one house from pparatus in 
another at tance of 25 yards. SE  Polenaise to thé 
ise. 
Hortynock—H H H—The flowers of the Hollyhock for com- 
petition, should be double from the edge, the crown well up, 
and forming Kao: rather more than half a ball. The | 
fringed varieties shoul separate class ; the centre 
Pan oft which poe form half a ball, and the fringe be 
‘ow.* 
| Insrors—F H M— ‘The fly i is named Eristalis tenax, whose his- 
tory will En be published. 22.——Murphy’s insects are the 
Eupteryx pieta, a species MR S Nettles, Potatoes, 
2 and that is all that its econom. —— 
Celery-fly, Toph s Onoporditis, is figured in 
the first vol, of this Cones eral its history i 
is no better rm M than cutting off ie bi 
burning them. X. 2 M—' The holes 
bored by the beetles, which are Be amed, Scolytus destructor : 
vide Ourtis's Brit. Ent., fol. and pl. 43, R. 
LAWNS—Z S R has been advised Yin to apply soot to his worn- 
out lawns, on the ground that for the whole of the ensuing 
year the ground remains black. Who could have so advised 
our ondent? The idea is absur ay s the lawn is 
buried in ab instead of being dressed v 
Morrnotocy—P M—Your leaf has grown! to tho footstalk, of 
another by iet backbone. 
Names or PrawTs—JHenry— Olerodendron fragrans. What 
a mite! LIP Pos rins "Torenia concolor; a very nice new 
M. " was one of Allan 
plant. in 
Cunningham's TRE mames,——l/—The Lantana is 
pretty ; but not worth ne I—— Promenzea graminea. 
— Jolm Aitchison — Stan is.— C 36 Reading— 
s pl 
send up a sketch of its habit. 
ria PU 
num; but who can name it with 
for examination must be perfect.— 
Rodriguezia recurva 
hao Ve never name I 
red— 
ens: 
on mmu Lop ata.——. 
2, Physalis Mkekemgi, the Winter Cher 
Alkekemgi.—— P—Quereus Cerris. 
nocturnum. 
Prars—A Z— Two for a south wall, Glout Morceau and 
Beurré Rance.|j 
Paranconteus--Oneya — Scarlet ba Sane may be pre- 
served oy aie ter in a box, if packec th alternate avers 
of dry soil, sand, or peat, and placed in 2 situ: ree from 
frost or A, the plants must be cut back freely, and 
divested of all their ONES before they are pac kod, ane they 
should not remain longer than the be nning of March in the 
box before they are bs ae potted, y no means w: Stet them ; 
more plants are lost 
Pra 
inter by damp than by frost.t 
a Tom In planting fruit-trees 
against a wall, it ary that à border should be pre- 
pared, say 15 feet Wide, and M of this itis advisable to 
lave a gravel walk ath is also required along the 
bottom of the wall, such ae a person can walk along, to give 
the necessary attention to the trees. It should be 13 
in width, quite of a temporary character ; for ii 
quently forked ov rex and re-formed, not neces: nw 
bur during the g Vere it nearer the w: 
trees saute Be terie cd wart by the operation of watering, 
if farther, a person could not easily SE the trees 
E pr uning and nailing. Besides, it is of great importance 
a space of 15 inches sh ould. be “left between the tem- 
" pas footpath and the wall, in order that its surface may 
be frequently disturbed to the greatest Bir annoyance 
of i IER which infest Ae rees, Sometimes, indeed, it is 
ove the soil adjoining the wall, brushing the 
necessa 
latter cican to the depth of 6 inches, if the roots admit; and. 
this could not be so readily done if a footpath were formed 
close to in trees.|| 
PormaisE—We trust that the large number of correspondents 
who have favoured us with iuquiries on this subject will 
accept as an answer the statement , Leading 
Article of to-day. It is the only answer possible 
——W F—We really think that you are c ombating a 
We have read over with all possible care the paper 
emarks upon it; and we do iot see the 
m. 08 the contra 
that Mr. Meek refe e thing, a close chambe er, a church 
(with the door: s and adore us you to another—a house 
im . M. never said, that we can 
TUNE d be heated by hot 
We don't remember it. 
7i 
excuseus, He cpp ees Regt to “facts n 
opinions; We do notregard his examples as being such. 
—— Woglog—1f we understand your ens, the two might be 
combined but some ‘consideration as gs 
SIT UE ult Slaten: E S— t refer you 
Polmaise is quite appiicybles a 
es dm Cie bricklayer are all you want.—G W s— 
Under consideration A Regular Subscribe 
dale House, The Newbee will be most useful. 
Ph c ses CK 
Porators—Agri rocess, and others, by. 
wiloi needling’ Potted may beseaikens waa AU ECAN 
our columns rooms months since, 
Tae Lime FRurv—J42 ome Lime trees from the S 
Indies, which kG not Talt, one mu any gar 
where Lime-trees succeed nd fruiting ? EU 
course Hey. require a hotter climate than Londus. 
THUNBERGIA Canysors—Perseverance—Y ou will find the secret 
about Thunbergia Chr ysops explained in another place. 
doubt you over-grow your plants ; not, however, the double 
yellow Rose, which will bE the insects if you can hit upon 
place that suits it. Windy, s tony, exposed well-drained 
s, with plenty of ME EURO manure while growing, 
HS to be the RM x nnl 
—At Holmas. 
Have 0t TEONA DE other specio es. 
VINE Fon THE OPEN —— The. Royal Museadine is as 
‘ood as any; butit cannot be depended on for ripening on a 
aa aspect, except perhaps in a hot summer like the pre- 
xYécek oun T Crowe—Thanks ; but such things are of 
year! rly o 
—Ri fyc 
—We have received no letter Acn 
cinths, keep one half the bulb pum the susta 
Ei Ms mould.t + 
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SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
CALCEOLARIAS—L N-—Your specimens are varied and pretty in 
ng, but they are small and deficient in variety of 
mr M—No. 7, lemon ground, v brown spots; 
is a very pretty Bp 25, makes a good riety, bu! 
more comment in colour; 26, good in colour, but the ground 
colour is stained.* 
Fucnsras—Z Z—Your seedling is showy and pre etty i in cum 
but not superior to some already o —No. 51 
appears to bo a proli 
the sepals bein, 
AN 
E AS in the sepals, and though a la: 
not superior to many of the olde 
delicate, Qu ouy in colour ; 
the sepals sufi 4 
5 
5 B does 
our duct 
m varieties, wi 
they are all fine flowe 
5,4, 
with rather too Re colo 
VERBENAS—W A C 
Verbenas of the si same clo 
——Anon—There is nothing de or striking in yow 
No. 4.* 
not surpass other 
erally cultivated.“ 
r seedling 
