760 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
Pearson’s Plate, Pitmaston Nonpareil, Old Nonpareil, 
Sturmer Pippin, Lamb Abbey Pearmain ; all table fruit. 
Askitehen Apples, Mauks and Keswick Codlings, Bedford- 
shire Foundling, Blenheim Orange, Dumelow' s Seed- 
ling, Wheeler's Russet, Northern Greening. To these 
might be added many others of most excellent charac- 
ter ; any one, however, desirous of planting a moderate 
sized garden would do wellto obtain these kinds. 
CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, 
Conservatory. —As last Calendar. Flower forcing 
pit.—Now the leaves are falling fast, it will be easy for 
those who have a pit at liberty to make it up for flower 
forcing. The leaves should have a portion of well 
wrought dung mixed with them, if to spare ; this will 
bring the leaves into perfect action immediately. About 
nine inches of tan may be placed over the leaves in order 
to facilitate the plunging. Let the glass have a thorough 
cleaning. As soon as this is completed, flowers for forc- 
ing, if in proper condition, may be introduced immedi- 
ately ; such as the various Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
Moss and Provins Roses, Persian Lilacs, Sweetbriars, 
Camellias, &c., taking care, at this period especially, to 
introduce nothing unless it has gone through a proper 
course of culture during the summer, such course con- 
sisting of early made and thoroughly ripen’ wood, for 
unless their condition is such, it be in vain to 
attempt early forcing. The e S and Narcissi, 
potted i in September, 1 may now be examined, and may 
be in small to this 
pit, when their buds are two inches long. "They should 
be plunged overhead at the front or darkest part of the 
pit, covering them four inches with old tan. 
KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING. 
Pines. — Keep a high temperature during sun- 
shine, but be very moderate at night, and duriug 
dark weather. Syringing may now be almost en- 
tirely dispensed with, provided plenty of atmospheric 
moisture can be supplied. A little through the stems 
of the fruiters once a week will, however, prove bene- 
ficial.— Vineries and Peach- houses at rest should have 
the remaining dead leaves stripped away, and. be 
thoroughly cleaned out. Any pruning necessary should 
be performed directly. Early pruning is of more im- 
portance than people commonly imagine. These should 
have plenty of air day and night. Vineries and Peach- 
ouses, for early forcing, having been prepared as 
described in last week’s Calendar, may now have their 
temperature raised slightly by fire- heat. It is an ex- 
cellent old plan to introduce a body of fermenting 
matter within the house if convenient: this will as- 
suredly cause the trees to “break” with more regularity. 
See that the wood is dressed, if not already done, with 
the soft soap liquor. Mr. Paxton recommended lime in 
addition, I think—a recommendation from such a 
quarter is weil worthy of notice. Look well to the 
borders. Interior arrangements are of a secondary 
character as compared with the exterior. 
State of ee at Chiswick during che bak 0 years, UNE 
suing Week ending Nov 21, 1 
Lok | RENE Winds. 
Mean Vase Ho edi 
Nov. Highest Lowest T mantit: > 
| "Temp. | Temp. Tanp while it E UC Rain. Is 
0.32 in. 1 
0L 1 
9 040 1 
13 0.41 3 
$ 12 0.87 i 
E | 49. 0.33 2 
San 30| 58.8 | 400 |494| 18 0.36 1 
The »t temperature during the above period occurred on the 21st 
1833, a ae 1844—therm, 59? : the lowest on the 16th, 1841—therm. 15° 
Notices to Soe sae PAL LM 
Back NUMBERS or diss GARDENERS’ CHRONIC: blister 
ars ie also be had. fee 
office stamps equivalent a 
Nu as are Eanes tee will haye them sent free 
as many 
by post. 
Iiei 2, 4, Gy 8, 2, n ma 15, "d "b 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 
pon 
EE EL 
, 15, 16, 17, 18, 
21, 30, 31, 32, S A 39, 40, 41, 42, 
D 
E 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 
3 3, 81, 35, 36, 37, ‘38, 39,40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 
46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52. 
184— All bat Nos. 46, 47, and 5 
ME ,8, 9, 10, 1 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, te 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 
1846—1, 3 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 
A uw a 23, or 26, 27, 28, 59, 30, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 
Jue TB ‘When the plants have done blooming, with- 
hold water gradually from the roots, and let them have 
plenty of air to ripen the tops. When the latter have become 
Drown, cut them off within an inch or two of the surface of 
the soil, and remove the pans (soil and roots) to some cool 
ex out of the reach of frost and damp. In this situation 
ey may remain all winter, and when you wish to start them 
a SHA ma; n out of the pans, and the remainder 
left for successions. Tf the d ev started early in January, 
they will flower in May, and o month afterwards is quite 
often enough for keeping up a. fus succession.—No. 2is out 
of print ; 1 
Bres—H R B—Remove the glasses from your hives, qiie 
them tight at top, and thus follow the example of the bee 
rears’? d teman under the hives, s Orden ther e is 
EA above fo: ees, but not if other for 
known that t they SE mt GHNedal rp new CU EET 
The pure combs in both the glasses under- 
of much use when the bees begin to work afresh 
in them the next season. 
Books—Sub—'* Hamilton on the Pine-apple."f 
Cunrants—Z Z—No White Currant pete the flavour of 
the Black. ‘fhere is a worthless dingy thing called the sooty 
Currant, and sometimes the “ ee Black? IO which 
may have oceasioned your enquiry. 
ELDER TRE Es —R A J—May be propag: T by seeds, cuttings, 
or suckers. By cutting the mer generally preferred ; 
now orin v Febr uary, like Currants 
ENDIVE—Z A J— This will not bear 5 be blanched in trenches 
like Celery. Ta requires dryness in winter.|| 
Exoric FERNS—T' V—Your plants will succeed much better in 
a box plunged in Moss tha : 
and also the soil E EUR by Mr. Cameron, 
er such plants will do 
better in a greenhouse than in a stove is, I think, rather 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
As full grown Coleworts turned into head, like young 
Cabbages, are rather impatient of frost in a severe 
winter, I make a point of taking them up at this period 
and heeling them near the frame ground as thickly as 
they can lay together. I cover them up as soon as 
slightly frozen, with new Straw, laying a few stakes on 
them to prevent the wind removing the straw. By this 
plan I throw the ground at liberty for trenching, and 
preserve with certainty fine young Cabbages all through 
the winter. See that Mint, Sorrel, &c., is potted for 
forcing. Plant Shallots on raised beds ; ; dig plenty of 
manure in, burying it deep, and surround the bulbs 
with sand on raised drills, putting the bulb just over- 
head. Get some straw covers or old lights on the 
prime Parsley bed, for fear of snow ; also on the Nor- 
mandy Cress. See well to winter salads. 
something about these in next Calendar. 
must beg attention to the early part of this day's 
Calendar. 
LOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, 
All ings liable to injury from severe weather, and 
which are requisite for another year, should be got 
under protection without delay. Such. as Fuchsias, 
Lobelias, P. Sh; ! Salvias, 
Tigridias, ECs will require this treatment.’ Modes of 
storing- these away differ in different situations ; some 
ean afford pits, some even can spare house-room, and 
some are driven to the cellar. Whatever mode be 
adopted, let it be borne in mind, that confined damp is 
nearly as prejudicial as frost. A lean-to shed is a ver 
good place ; and plants with a ball of earth dried on 
them, after the manner of Dahlias, will keep very well 
here plunged in coal-ashes, with the addition of an old 
mat and a little straw over the, shed during very severe 
weather. 
State ot the Weather near London, for the week ending Nov. 12,1846, as 
observedat the Horticultural G iswick. 
| Wina. | Rain 
Noy, 6— Fogey; hazy fue Mc 
s Foggy ; Tarkon 
—F ggy shroughi 
Joy cold and d: 
partially overcast at night 
nd dry; clear at night 
i6; bat cold with brhi qure wind; olear at night 
12—Hazy clouds; ee overcast; clear, 
lean temperature of the week 1 deg: below the average. 
doubtful. I never saw Ferns doso well in exposed situations 
as under partial shade, and it can Peackely be supposed that 
plants from warm countries, surrounded by a humid atmo- 
Sphere, should d o better in a greenhouse than in a stove, 
yh y that provided by 
FRUIT-TREES—J B, Penrith—Wall S.S.W., Pears: Winter Nelis, 
Passe Colmar, Glout x au; Thompson’ s, Hacon’s Incom- 
parable, n ght's Monarch eengage and Reine Claude 
Violette, s ; Moor] pe Apricot; and May Duke Cherry 
W. ; Royal Apricot and Elton Che hemy. Wall ENE, 
Eos ; Morello and Ke ntish Cherri ot AUD 
pe il. —A Constant Reader— Your ireas Seada t be 
ved from walis will be better Beneads as espaliers As as 
open e nuu by throwing out a trench 8 feet 
the stem gitt dhe full depth of the roots ; then 
work in on the js el, On E the earth from amongst the 
roots with a fork as you proceed, As the roots 
liberty, tie them in bundles with matting. Follow the same 
n with your Vine; and now is the time. Train the roots 
almost horizontally, covering them with a foot depth of good 
oil, and over that. plenty of mulching. The latter will pro- 
tat the roots from frost in winter ; and in summer it will en- 
courage the formation of roots near the surface, Plant your 
espalier trees from 15 to 20 feet apart.]l 
Froit-rree Borpers—J B, Penrith—The bottom being dry, 23 
feet of good soil will beshallow enough ; any depth oflimerub- 
bish at the bottom. Chop and jour turf with the soil, 
Espaliers not exceeding 3 feet in height will not affect the 
walltrees. Espaliers have been de recated because the trees 
against them have been too generally unproductive through 
d management.|| 
Gas v. PLANTS— c D—Vowever pure gas may be it is very 
doubtful whether the air of a room Hehted by it will not ite 
deleterious to plants ; because if not contaminated by the 
least too much dried by it for their healthy 
ne 
Sine 
Se 
GrAss—4 T—The case is scandalous, but it can only be settled 
by legal remedy, from which we fear that you are barred by 
your own act. “Praygiveus the name. Plant Potatoes now, 
deep; earth them E well, and bre ak down the 
eer in the spri ing when frosts are gon manure; but, 
you like, a dressing of ha MEA Eu gypsum when 
planted, with 2 cwt. per acre of sulphate of magnesia broad- 
castin the spring. The sets are unimportant; no one can 
tell good from bad. 
HEATING — George — Your chimney must be very badly ci 
structed. There is noremedy oi 
makes no smoke, for coal,——Alewander RE Litile’s letter will 
be laid before the proper authorities. The difficulty is to 
BR a house to heat, It is not worth building one on pur- 
Pag W—The rena you were so obliging as to 
send was destroyed fo; a cork stopper at the ends of 
the a to secure the animal, and prevent its being crushed 
by the post. R.—J L—Thanks for the maggots, which no 
doubt ate Sad "e nn" fag we can add nothing to the 
advice alread. n. R —— Entomologicus, SCUTIS i 
Eristalis ida ; pone stercoraria ; myza (2) 
5, Campoplex, a parasitic Ichneumon ; 6, ieromatas mur 
rum, Will not your Caterpillar change next year tothe Dagger- 
moth? We ot recommend you to o purchase the uds R. 
LEADEN PE € Z— Guborte is right, ey ought 
never to be used for the conveyance of water to be consumed 
by living beings. We have no means of judging of the cause 
[Nov. 14, 
may perhaps be remedied by S down a quantity of 
coarse char On d from dus 
MAGNOLIAS— adhere to cae “statement. It is not 
right to judge ie Mixes pode" such a summer as the last 
is capable of producing results that we 
youare desirous of trying the experiment y m had better 
order all the hardy kinds you can get. One is 1 ell 
S at your purpose as another; the dees wes kinds 
ds Ei The M. de dos Meses is the Italian 60 days corn, 
a small dwarf sort, id pri d the Erud as Cobbett’s corn. 
It is grown in the north oj e no idea that any 
kind of one cun.be prontuiy E grown in aeeland’; it requires 
a hot dry sw , Which you know seldom 
visits us, Re can be had from the Fellows of the Hor Pe 
EE. Society. e Haricot Bean is only a variety of t 
common Kidney Bean, Phaseolus vulg: t requires the 
same deme You will find some account of it in another 
column, 
Names of Fru 3, Shep- 
; 5, [m Wotpdi 
mus Wite Nonparel à b Goiden Reinette; 
Pearmain ; 13, 
Pea ME Plates 14, Mote Groton ; ^17, dis. Golden Pippin 
18, French Pippin ; 19, Anis ; 90, Lemon pou cy 
the Apple Turk’s Cap.|I—c CN KE 
L A H—No. 188, Passe Colmar; the other un- 
—& U—The new, not the true Golden Pippin ; the 
pim. Nonpar eil.ll 
AMES OR —J M Stansfield—The plant is a Rhizo- 
morpha.—— Ji— We are unable to name solitary flowers 
rare no sort of i Home about them. The two you have sent 
k like some variety oi VOS, 
odora „ Andromeda, race- 
Sambae.—— € R—?, 
— Amatour: 
arenes Mariana, q-— er—Teucrium frut: 
ae eae to ETE collections of Ch sani 
mums.{—— —Your specimen has unfortunately been 
lost; can you cond us another ?} 
PE. USE—J B, Penrith— E E be grown E good 
perfection in a house with a uth- east aspect. “The 
smoke will prove little S E if Tis have a well con- 
strneted furnace and a good stoker.|| 
EARS—J B—The Beurré d' SUM somewhat I PE a 
CIAM? Beurré, but is hardier. The Comte de Lamy is de- 
ribed G. C. 1846, p. 2 The EON is middle si ized robbs 
vits er peoed like a trout, ripe Nov.—Jan,||——4 & iber 
Protect the blossomsi in spring, and attend to the directions 
P S pru 
EAS—A haere arly Frame and Early | Charlton, well 
saved. Knight’s Dwarf Marrow, and Groom’s Superb Dwarf 
rank amongst the best dwarf varieties. || 
PLANTING—A Constant Reader: 1 the Pines will thrive upon 
and but none of the m , except the Deodar, 
e Douglas Fir; but are unattainable in 
quantity. and at a low price. Bios Sycamores, pla. 
cerulean Willows are almost the only trees t 
Ent the Birch. You may perhaps get IMs 
grow, but they im not make good timber. 
PLUMS—An Old 1h Chap: man's Prince of 
leans, but of more vigorous growth 
advertised by Mr. quud. Brenttord End, || 
PorxaiE—R A J—Mr. Meek has some observations on churani 
heating nearly ready. Your letter re dur to him, as contain- 
ing suggestions. As to s AES ity e them, w ESAE 
you to apply to the makers ; oes undertake to re- 
one over another; only beware of all ‘tales of a 
Stove." pom will learn the dimensions of any pe 
M.’s opening D measuring; the plan is drawn to a 
that, knowing one dimension, you have the other t 
the gentlemen who, you say, are trying to trip up Polmaise, 
nd are obliged P the 
shall tal 
ectual enough. 1e only mix on 
recommend is Mr. Plumridge,of Bletching 
the Holmsdale house, We begin to fear that deal 
ea apparatus are not the persons to consult about Pol- 
ies 
$ 
nis. 
Wales is of the 
It was 
ires 
we rar present 
ge , &c., which diffuse their odour—4 B—Chimonanthus 
fragrans, Calycanthus floridus, Daphne eneorum 
um ‘Philadelphus coronarius, Ribes aureum 
gratum, Jasminum o ale, Clematis flammul 
AES Cratmgus, Violets, Hyacinths 
Mimulus moschatus Ginotheras, Phioxes 
ver recommend dealers. 
J WR Its fruit is made into a sort of wine in 
of the Mediterranean ut we ne 
htly narcotic and diare 
the seed, mix the berries with s and for the winter, and in 
the spring rub them out ane SOW them like Rhoduden »drons. 
Tue Vinegar PLANT—A L—We have heard of this oun tion, 
pnd there was a notice of it last week in the Unit 
he vague and unintelligible accounts given c 
eae and. cities convey no sort of information ; not even 
enough to show that itis a plant a f a good specimen. 
is forwarded to us we will look to it. Whate the sub- 
stance may be, it evidently acts by exciting rapid, fermen- 
tation, 
Vines—Old Tull—Having erected a 8 or 9 feet from 
the ground over other buildings, and heated on (ue Polmaise 
plan, you may rear Vines and introduce them with propriety 
atthe height mentioned ; but you must take care to protect 
the stems, when they would Stonne experience a tempera- 
ture much different from that o! " shoots ins x The 
sloping area is immaterial, E un you make suf 
drainage at the bottom of the wall, By planti: 
you could not furnish your house so soon, and tr 5 
the rafters would too much shade your greenhouse plants.|| 
Misc— asella fruit is edible, certain! ot worth 
ing. You can no more make it fit for the table than you 
the worst of our harml:ss wild berries. The plant has i t 
to do p Phytolacca.——A B—Your leaves are 
Torula fumago, a parasite, or ees mildew. The tif 
to uy gardening. Wash them with a sponge and lime 
—— A Constant Reader —T hey Ws allfromVan 1 
Land, and some n hi: ngs are among them, es cially 7 Tey 
, 26, 46, 5, ut many of the others a st worth 
FREUE &. Consult the eek d AD s iegetable agclomn p 
the natural order ME guide you pretty well: e well if. 
you study th eo—Employ gypsum in Jou Pedo tf 
you please, Gut not em grit. An eighth part Hu please, 
yLEL wili ERE oe 
in another column, — Taxodium 
figured in Loudon's s Britannicum ;” its leaves. 
are distichous and linear, much stouter than those of T. dis- 
tichum. It is evergr Eod and a native of Califor nia. 
js no such thing as sempervirens pinnatum.——. 
descri iption and plan about which out MIE e been given. 
at p. 563 of the current volume. rid of 
rms, put some quicklime into à “tub of Fm. stir it well; 
and after the lime has SE water your Grass plot with 
the clear liquor. It will be as well to give yours autumn- 
planted Potato SINE a mtn additional covering. AG 
Directions for the management of Hyacinths in plasses have 
been given at p. 703 (1845). 
ore —: 
—To get 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
Fucusra—W D—Your seedling appears to be a well-formed 
and very prot d flower ; but not surpassing many of the culti- 
vated varietie: $ 4. 
EnRATA—Page jn a, Du 24, for “there,” read then ;” line 
of your well water becoming offensive. The inconvenience 
52, for “ten,” read “t 
