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THE GARDENERS' C 
HRONICLE. 
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be stopped and top-dressed when necessary ; also give 
them regular waterings with tepid and clear liquid ma- 
nure. See to Kidney Beans in pots. Mushroom-beds 
next week. 
FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
Choice things in the parterre can no longer be de- 
ended on as to display; it is therefore desirable at 
this period to look over the masses and beds, and see if 
there be any choice article of a tender character which 
it is desirable to secure for next year ; such may be 
potted with balls, and wintered in the cold pit. Altera- 
tions may be proceeded with, planting, turf laying, 
edging, &. > 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. | 
The time is now arrived when all Tulip beds ought 
to be properly arranged for planting, so that the bulbs 
may be got into the ground not later than the last week 
in October.. Some means also should be adopted to 
shelter the bed or beds from heavy rain, as it is ex- 
tremely prejudicial to the bulbs before they have begun 
to appear above ground, and in fact excess of moisture 
ought at all times to be avoided. Attention ought also 
to be given to those bulbs whose spike has elongated, 
aphis or green fly being apt to attack them,which should 
be carefully brushed off. Carnations and Picotees.—In 
obtaining new varieties the best plan is to have them 
immediately, better plants will generally be obtained 
now than in the spring, and they will have time to es- 
tablish themselves before winter, which is highly neces- 
sary, if they are to be kept in a state of health till next 
spring. Auriculas.—Mind that the frames in which 
these are to be wintered have a proper pitch, and that 
all the glass is sound, so that the plants may not be 
subject to drip, which will infallibly ruin them. Free 
circulation of air should at all times be, promoted, and 
when properly managed few flowers are more hardy 
than the Auricula. Pink and Pansy beds, we presume, 
are already planted ; some of the plants of both are 
occasionally “ long on the leg,” such should be supported 
with small sticks, or they are apt to be broken over by 
the wind. 
KITOHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
At this period let every inch of spare ground, if time 
permit, be trenched into sharp ridges; spare ground, 
however, to any extent, under the circumstances of the 
Potato murrain, will deserve the name of bad gardening. 
Let a stock of herbs be potted for forcing in winter, such 
as Sweet Marjoram, Mint, Sorrel, Tarragon, &c. 
Early-ripened Seakale for forcing, in dung beds or the 
Mushroom-house, may be trenched up with every root 
entire, and heeled in the compost ground, in order to 
e drawn out successively as wanted. Let a good 
breadth of Cabbage plants be pricked out at once on 
rather poor ground ; they will all be wanted in spring. 
House a good breadth of) half-blanched stout Endive 
plants in every spare frame ;,also stout half-blanched 
Cos and Cabbage Lettuces. Gather Tomatoes as soon 
as they begin to colour, and complete their ripening 
process in-doors, in a good dry heat, Examine Onions 
in store, and give occasional ventilation to the fruit- 
room, shutting up as dry as possible. Gather all remain- 
ing Pears and Apples forthwith ; if unripe, they will 
receive no benefit out of doors after this period. At- 
tend to the remarks in last Calendar, as to the removal 
of fruit-trees. 
COTTAGERS' GARDENS. 
The Carrots, Parsnips, Beet-root, &e., will soon re- 
quire to be taken up for winter storing. I would advise 
cottagers to begin betimes cutting or mowing off the 
tops daily, and feeding the cow or pigs with them ; they 
may thus be worked up to advantage. Where time 
permits, and where land is in good working condition, 
and labour and manure can be spared, I advise what I 
have often practised, viz., manuring for the next crop 
on the crown of the roots, and trenching them out, 
leaving the land in ridges for the winter. Carrots and 
Parsnips, if grown in beds, may, however, be cut close 
down, and soiled over about 4 inches deep ; they will 
keep well in this way, as I have proved, and may be 
taken up as wanted. Look to the section * Kitchen 
Garden and Orchard." 
FORESTING. 
Those who desire to plant Holly hedges will do well 
to prepare the ground forthwith. They make an in- 
valuable fence, but the ground requires more prepara- 
tion than for quieksets. It must be well trenched of 
course ; and if of a poor or gravelly nature, may be 
improved by mellow ditchings, furrowings, and peat or 
any old black vegetable matter. Great care should be 
exercised in removing the plants; not a fibre should be 
allowed to get dry. I have seen some good folks in 
this part planting them after travelling for hours on the 
top of a cart, tied up like besoms; in fact after the 
manner of quicksets. The young hedge is full of blanks 
Subsequently, and the country folks console themselves 
with the idea that the soil is unsuitable. The Holly is 
partial to a fat loam also, if friable. Clays, however, 
would require a considerable amount of sand or loose 
soil as well as black vegetable matter. 
State of the Weather near Lon 
don, for the week ending Oct. 15, 1948, as 
Observed at the Horticultural Garten, Chiswick. d 
12—Slight fog; hazy and damp; foggy 
13—Boiserous, with slight rain; clear and co! 
14—Densely overcast; rain; overcas ‘s si 
15—Rain; very heavy rain in forenoon ; fine; rain at night, 
ean temperature of the week deg. bslow the average. 
arare of WOM SOE A SERIES 
d as night 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during che last 20 years, for the 
ensuing Week ending Oct. 24, 1846- 
1 Prevailing Winds. 
No, of — 
Aaral Aver. | Monn| Yostre in | Ote@test| Tor q. TE 
Oct. |Highest| Lowest |p, ears n | quantity |; ld |a lei s | lE 
Temp. | Temp. Domo hich te | eras. |Ż fa É [A A3 |F | 
58.5 | 50.6 9 0.42 in. $|111,8| 4| 7| 2 
593 | 49.0 a 0.14 1| 2} 3| 1| 3) 6| 4 
59.6 | 49.9 g 948 3|—| 3| 4| 5| 4| 1 
589 | 495 6 0.64 3) 1| 3) 4 g= 
52.8 | 5LT| 14 0.50 =| 5 1| 5| 5| 4| 2 
57.7 | 49.5 13 0.40 i|- | 2| 4] 4| 6) 1 
56.1 | 48.9 8 0.93 | 1| 1 E 7| 4| 5| 2 
n 
The highest temperature during the above period ocourred;on the 2lst, 
1826—therm. /2? ; and the lowest on the 21st, 1842—therm. $09. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Post-orrtce Orpers—In order to obviate the inconveniences 
which are now constantly being experienced by parties who 
wish to remit small sums to the office of the GARDENERS’ 
them. 
The Fourth Reprint of Mr. PAXTON’S COTTAGERS' CALEN- 
is now i y. An index has been 
Parties wishing to have copies for distributi 
Ferraria antherosa,— A, Young Beginner—1, Heemanthus 
coccineus ; 2, Teucrium fruticans ; 3 e sort of Flax.—— 
T C—If you wish for correct names you should se 
aminable specimens, not small morsels of things which are 
easily mistaken for each other, In future we will beg you 
e your own plants. 
PuasrANUS Cononicus—JAlicklewell—A thousand thanks. Mind, 
itis the white Cr. longifolium. 
Prans—J E M—The Flemish Beauty should be gathered in the 
beginning of September; and, as a general rule, all early 
autumn Pears should be taken as soon as their seeds begin to 
acquire a tinge, * Winter Pears, 
lout Morceau, should be allowed to hang as long as they 
can be left with safety, or tillthey part from the spur by 
merely raising the fruit to a horizontal position. All 
varieties that are disposed to turn mealy should be taken off 
before they part so easily as is indicated by the above 
eriterion.l| 
Poratozrs—No Glass Dealer—Chemists have already done all 
that you suggest, and more; their results have been pub- 
lished, some in our own columns, and they throw no light on 
the subject. The Horticultural Society and others have made 
all sorts of experiments, ant eresult has béen or will 
published. Some of your suggestions are—forgive us the 
word—Utopian.——J N—If planted in autumn 8 inches deep, 
there is little danger of the gets being injured by frost. || 
Prouninc—Delta—The advantages from pruning the Peach-tree 
in autumn, as recommended in an article at p. 20 of last 
fully proved. Autumn pruning 
Spring prunings impair the 
say that when 
vautageous ; 
ear's volume, have been 
the buds left, 
but the vigour of the tj 
with greater safety, by summer pruning. || 
GROME —W 
e done well it must be a long and 
It will be in the form of “ School Botany." M— Roberts 
on the Vine,” except that he makes his borders much too 
animalized.——One of the Old School—We know of no such 
books. Mr. Ayres formerly gave some useful directions in our 
columns. 
| FRUIT-TREES—J N, Bolton le Moors—In proceeding to plant an 
orchard of Apple and Pear-trees you ought to well drain, 
trench, lime, and manure the soil. Let the bottom of the 
trenches have a regular slope towards clear drainage. Plant 
in November, on slightly raised mounds. The following 
varieties are considered suitable for your climate :-—Apples : 
dessert; Cockle Pippin, Court of Wick, Early Harvest, 
Hughes's Golden Pippin, Kerry Pippin, Margil, Braddick’s 
Nonpareil, Scarlet Nonpareil, Claygate Pearmain, Pearson’s 
Plate, Boston Russet, Wormsley Pippin, Sturmer Pippin. 
Kitch Apples: Bedfordshire Foundling, Hawthornden, 
Keswick Codlin, Dumelow's Seedling, Lucombe's S i 
Park, Knight’s Monarch, Althorp Orassane, Hacon's Incom- 
parable, Louise Bonne, of Jersey, Comte de Lamy, Eyewood, 
Flemish Beauty, Winter Nelis, Ne Plus Meuris, Suffolk 
Thorn, Thompson's Seckel, Aston Town. || 
FRUIT-TREE Borpers—H C— Under the circumstances, you 
cannot do better than as you propose. If you could add 
6 inches of fresh soil to the present depth of the border, it 
would be better not to disturb the clay underneath any more 
than would be necessary to form a slope to the front drain. 
hen the ground is made good under a walk, roots generally 
do well in it, Il 
F stant Reader—P3 the following sorts :— 
Dr. Jephson, Kentish Bride, Venusta, Cassandra, Lady 
Walsingham, anı * 
GLAZING—A e have little experience of edge to edge glaz- 
ing, and that is not favourable ; the edges chip when frozen. 
There is no good work on the subject; if there were we 
mere greenhouse, from which frost is to be excluded occa- 
sionally only. 7 
Grapes—H C D—There is no white Grape larger, earlier, and 
ter-fi red than 3 ; and, therefore, it may 
be considered the best white Grape for early exhibitions. I| 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS—L-—The following are sweet scented :— 
loysia citriodora, Daphne odora, Jasminum grandiflorum, 
Luculia gratissima, Heliotrope, common Orange, of which 
the Brigadier multiflora is one of the best, and Mandevilla 
suaveolens. The latter is a climber, 
D—Mr. Meck will tell you all about tempera- 
ture hereafter: never fe = B—Paxton is right. 
NDIAN ConN—2D W L—There is nothing extraordinary in the 
stature of your Indian corn. So hot a summer has suited the 
coarse-growing sorts. 
Inpran Corn FLOUR is no doubt to be had of the bakers in any 
large town. 
Insecrs—We wish correspondents would do us the favour to 
ear. ——. 
ou may be right in your conjecture, yet it 
e over from the 
erda, We will shortly 
In the meanwhile 
esiste vei reat 
vriwn—Your plant wants cleansing reo 
The upper sides of the leaves are covered with 
soot apparently, and the undersides with a female coccus. If 
you use turpentine, it will destroy the leaves. We haye never 
tried the solution you allude to, R. ‘They are mites 
which always generate in the refuse of stacks and barns, 
There is no preventing their introduction, R. 
LzwTiLsS—J R A—These are the seeds of different species of 
Ervum. They are from the south of Europe, require warm 
land, and may be procured from the great London seedsmen. 
——A B—' 
T HERMONRTER. 
s Wind. 
Ex D ew 
pa 46 S.W. 
wu E] SE. 
929.531 45 SW. 
29.889 ne Au 
s3 | 29.50 i - 
24 | 99.001 Pe (x 
Average | | 29.598 w aal ns T 
Oct. 9—Rain, densely overcast and windy at night 
TOUS ai 
In hey resemble Tares, 
Names or Fnurr— 7 M—Apples, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are all the 
Blenheim Pippin, which the cottager has grown remarkably 
well 
Names or Pr. Derby— Asel 
e things. — 
JM Stansfeld —Bifrenaria. vitellina, ——0O F W—We are obliged 
i unconnected with horticulture. 
u have sent nre not plants at all. Apply to the 
d Burlington-street.—— 
PETUNIAS—. 
VERBENAS— 
, e agree with you that Mr. S., in jus- 
tomers, should send out with his instrument 
directions for use. Hang it in the shade towards the back 
wall; in a greenhouse keep it at 50° in winter, and from 309. 
o 40? in summer. A stove requires it to stand from 10°to 20°, 
SPANISH OnksNUTS—J P— These are best preserved by being 
barrelled up in sand after having been well dried in the sun. 
In the Chesnut countries they are often kiln-dried.—Many 
very fine specimens of Yucca gloriosa have been brought into 
flower by this glorious summer. 
TEMPERATURE — D— The temperature given in our weekly 
tables is obtained by the indications of self-registering ther- 
mometers, one giving the highest temperature during the 
day in the shade, and the other the lowest in the night.|| 
ToLiP Brps—C N R—Dig your bed of 30 rows over, and 
sprinkle half a peck of lime on it; then fork it well in; allow 
it to remain till next morning, when the bed may be ridged 
up. Plant in about a fortnight afterwards. W. 
ViNERY—A. Constant Sub—In a span-roofed house, 60 feet long, 
the south side glazed, the north wood and asphalte, Vines 
will not do well under the latter. Better glaze the north 
span; but depend upon it you would do better still were you 
to add another 60 feet to the length, and so form f 
roof facing the south, instead of employing the same quan- 
tity of glass for a house half the length with a double aspect ; 
and the more especially as it is intended for early forcing. 
Vine BORDE 
peat, 2j feet deep. 
plants are allowed to root in the border. || 
WooprnicE— or two kept in your frome will thin 
their numbers; and quantities may be killed by pouring 
boiling water along the sides of the pit, if that ean be con. 
veniently done, A trap may also be formed by placing two 
tiles or boards over each other, between which they crawl as 
morning t conceal themselves. Tiles laid over 
Cabbage-leaves form good traps. f 
Misc,—J G P—An advertisement will cost from 4s. to 5s, de- 
pending on the length. Itis, perhaps, the best course you 
can take.——J 7—Canna indica will live two or more years 
The Violet has not produced its fruit without flowers ; but 
‘rom flowers without petals, a common oc- 
currence in this o the leaves, we presume their 
stalks must have been punctured by an insect, though not 
S 01 oses of nidi ion.——A St Quentü 
House, Cuthill’s Black Spine and Emperor 
Emperor and Beechwood Melons ; the former is green fleshed, 
the latter scarlet fleshed. Your other questions next week. 
— T B, Hornsey—The manner of constructing Rivers" brick 
Arnott stoves has been fully given at p. 51 of the present 
year’s volume, where there is also a plan.[——4A Bird—The 
Patent Protowide Paint is probably what you allude to, It 
was advertised 10th Oct. \ 
qi y 
Cucumbers, and 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
crown of your flower with that of Proctor’s Nonpareil ; if it 
will stand the test, you are safe in that particular point.* 
—sS H—We cannot give a satisfactory opinion upon your 
flower, the season is past; it showed a large yellow disk 
before auy of the back petals fell.* J 
Fucustas—C A R—OF your seedlings we prefer No. 2, though 
deficient in contrast of colour; it is deep and rich in this 
quality, and the flower is well formed. 1 and 3 are repeti- 
tions of varieties already generally cultivated.* —— J W— 
Your seedlings generally fall short in the properties looke 
forin the present day, more especially in form and colour. 
"The best in the collection is No. 3.*——.£ B Deal—Dividing 
and light kinds, we cannot dis- 
d 
upon the flowers already out. 
sepals of this variety do not expand sufficiently. 
lighter sorts, No. 1 is to be preferred for its colour, the con- 
trast being very striking, though in form it is rather deficient ; 
9 is uncommon and pleasing in colour ; 4 is very similar, but 
possessing a lighter tube ; 8is good in colour, but the sepals 
cling too closely to the corolla; 10 is a slight improvement 
uponit. Among those having bright vermilion corollas, 16 
is decidedly the best.*——G R—Our opinion is unaltered re- 
garding 1 and 2. No. 3 is inferior to many varieties we have 
seen this season.*—— r seedling is a large and 
stout variety, a little coarse in the sepals, and not superior to 
many of the old sorts. 
P—The specimens Nos. 2 and 4 are particu- 
larly rich and superior in colour, possessing also a fine 
velvety surface; these are unusually fine. 1 and 3 are not 
uncommon.*——S E—No. 7 is a pretty variety, but not 
uncommon, 
W—Your seedling appears to be a very good 
flower, but not novel in colour; if a dwarf grower it will be 
desirable.* 
*,® As usual,many communications have been received too late, 
10—B vate: in; partially overcast 
11—Fine; rain} constant rala at night 
are 3 
can be made, We must also beg for the indulgence of those 
correspondents, the insertion of whose contributions is still 
delayed. x 
