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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 8, 
to their richness without adding to their bulk or depth, which is 
a great recommendation, : 
Pras AND Breans.—Continue a regular succession of these 
and other successional crops in the kitchen. garden, and as your 
time will admit, you may sow Leeks, Cardoons, a little Cabbage, 
Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, and Autumn Broccoli seed; and 
3 
all these young plants are encouraged by being planted on shel- 
i See that everything is 
This is the first regular step in 
ascertaining the true name; the glands and serratures, if any, 
on the leaves will be the next step by-and-by, and you will then 
have a chance of making out the name when the fruit is ripe, by 
mise that Peaches and Apricots will set well. Continue to disbud 
them gradually, thinning the buds from the strongest shoots 
first. The point of a sharp knife should be used for disbudding, 
in preference to rubbing them off with the finger. 
II._FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-door Department. 
Sroye.—When the greater part of the plants are shifted, keep 
the house closer for a week or two, to encourage the roots to 
strike freely into the fresh soil, Keep 
ousE.—For the next four or five weeks greenhouses 
are, for the most part, very difficult to manage well; between 
the Vines on the rafters, the Pelargoniums, Heaths, and other 
ard-wooded plants, it is often difficult to determine the best 
course to pursue on i 
mus! removed, to 
they be sheltered till they get hardened enough to bear the open 
air? Every one m 
wt-door Department. 
The late showers have brought forward the grass before most 
persons were prepared for mowing; but every kind of work must 
give way for the scythe, unless it be planting a few evergreens, 
that could not be done soon: 
to their country seats till the end of June, it 
of gardeners have set their t 
i a d similar plants, have increased so much, 
Ten-week Stocks and China Asters, forthe first crop, should now 
be sown. The Swe :t Scabious, if sown now, will come in useful 
next September, to fill up some bed or blanks when flowers are 
getting scarce.—D. Beuton, Shrubland Park Gardens. 
set 
State of the Weather near London for the Week ending April 6, 1943, as ob- 
served at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick, 
| Wind. |Rain, 
29. 0a 
4 
{ 
29,484 | 59 50 
29.452 59 48 
9.572 61 46 
29.205 7 41 
29.702 56 38 
29.646 | 55 | 61 
Average | 29673 | 29.506 | 67.8 | 45,7 
bushel; New town Pippins are selling at 4s, per dozen, Cucum- 
bers are plentiful, from 2s. to 5s. per brace, the greater portion 
consisting of the Syon House, which does not go off so well 
since the prickly sorts have become more abundant. Vegetables : 
Asparagus still maintains its price, the best bunches selling 
from 5s. to 10s., and the smaller ones from ts. 6d. to 3s. each, 
Seakale from the open ground is becoming general, which has 
somewhat reduced its price. White Broccoli is abundant, 
per score. Celery is inferior, and fetches from 6d. to 2s. per 
2s. 6d. per lb. : 
several boxes of new Potatoes have arrived from Lisbon ; these 
sell from 4d. to 6d. perlb. Rhubarb is abundant, and sells from 
4d. to 1s. per bundle. Mushrooms are also plentiful from 3d. to 
gd. per pottle. Flowers: Cut Flowers are offered in great variety, 
comprising Camellia reticulata and various other sorts, Peednia 
Montan, Magnélia conspicua, Heaths, Acacias, Cloves, Pinks, 
Anemones, Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, Jonquils, Gardenias, &c, 
PRICES, Sarunvay, April 8, 1843.—FRUITS :— 
per Ib. 6s to 10s 
ise, per Ib, 10s to 208 
», Per Ib. 1s to 1s 6d 
Pine Apple, 
00, 5sto 14. 
Grapes, hoth 
— Spa 
— Portugal, 1s to as Chesnuts, per peck, 4s to 7s 
Apples, dessert, per bush., 5s to 14¢ Almonds, perpeck, 6s 
— ” Kitchen, 4s to as Sweet Almonds, per pound, 3s 
ears, dessert, per hf. sieve, 4 to20e | Filberts, English, per 100 Ibs. 558 to 658 
Strawberries, forced, peroz.,1s to2s |Cub Nuts, per 100 Ibs., 60s. to 752. 
Pomegranates, per doz,, 6s to 128 Nuts, per bushel— 
Oranges, T doz,, 1s to d Brazil, 16s 
Per 100, 5¢ to 1 
— bitter, per 100, 6s7to 308 — Barcelona, 24s 
Lemons, per doz. 9d to 3s 
~ Cob, 128 to las 
VEGETABLES. 
Savoys, per doz, 6d to ls Spinach, per sieve, ls to ls 6d 
Cabbage, Red, per doz. 2s to 5: Leeks, per doz- bun., 2s to 3 
o 
—. planta, per doz. 1s 6d to8 | Onions, per bushel, 5s to Bs 
Broccoli, White, per bunch, 4d to ls 6d) — Pickling, per hf-sv., 4s 6d to Se 
Fi ole — Green, p. doz bun. 3s to 42 
P. 100,18 6d to 2¢ 6 — Spanish, per doz. 1s 6d to Gs 
to 75s Garlic, per lb. 6d to 8d 
Per cwt. 2s Gd to 4s Shallots, per Ib., is 
oa 2 1, le Gd to 226d | Asparagus, large, per 100, 5s to 10s 
— Kidney, p. bush., 1s 6d to 286 Sprue, or Small, 1s to 3s 
_ c) 1, 
pn ar 
Beans,Kidney, forced 
Potatoes, per ton, 4: 
Scotch, per bushel, 22 Sea-kale, per punnet, 0d to 2s 
= ew, perlb, Is to 2s 6d | Lettuce, Cabbage, p. hf-sieve, le to 2s 
Jerusalem Artichokes, per half-sieye) 8, 1s to 2s Gd 
ive, per score, 9d to 28 
jeve, 9d to 1s 
x doz. sm. bun. 4d to 6 
per half-sieve, 9d to 1s 
ands, 1s to 1s 6d] Tarragon, per 
éd| Fenne 
ardoons, each, 1¢ 
Horse Radish, per bundle, 2¢ to 4s 6¢ 
Radish, spring, p. doz 
— Turnip, p. doz. 
Carrots, per doz. bunch. 45'to 6s 
_ lorn, per bunch, 4d to 6d 
Parsneps, per dozen, 6d to ls 
——_—_—_————. 
Wotices to Correspondents. 
DrariwacEe.—J. J. M.— lan of having cross-drains is very 
good, and is worth the additional expense. What is the use of 
depth of your drains must depend on the depth of the soil over 
the firm subsoil, and the depth at which you mean to plough 
and subsoil-plough the land.— M, 
TirLace.—A Young Farmer.—It is yet time to top-dress upland 
meadows, if they are not too forward; but no time should be 
lost. All the substances you mention are useful. 
in a dilute liquid state; urine should have undergone a partial 
or it will burn the 
returns, as the quantity sold is generally small.— 
Grass-Lanp.—M., Carnarvon.—When It: 
N as soon as the Barley. 
© sow a considerable quantity, say from 30 to 
Mar. 31, Cloudy and fine; clear and fine at night, 
April 1. Overcast ; rain; cloudy. 
2 Cloudy ; boisterous with showers and sunny intervals; clear and fine, 
train; cloudy and fine ; clear and fine at night. 
: ei squalls: cloudy and windy at night. 
5. Fine ; heavy clouds ; hail shower inafternoon; clear and fine. 
6, Overcast; cloudy; rain at night. 
erature of the week 6.6° above the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during 
Week ending April 
Aver. | Aver. | No. of Greatest | 
April. [Highest Lowest| Mean! Years ia quantity |,-| 
Tel P| Temp. | Rained. | of Rain, | 
a6 | 267 | 45.7 Bis 
B51 35.4 45.2 5 
55.2 86.3 45.8 8 1 
54.2 37.9 46.0 10 | 
56.5 36.1 | 46.3 4 
58.2 37.9 | 48.1 6 
53.2 38.8 46.0 9 
The highest temperat 
1840—thermometer 70° ; 
REPORT ON COVENT-GARDEN MARKET, 
For the Week ending April 7, 1943. 
of the weather the supplies 
Fruit: Pines are 
0 208. per 
a Strawberries of good ee are offered from 1s. to 2s. pe: 
- Easter Beurré Pears, of which there is i 
mse a small quantity, 
at 20s. per half-sieve e mild weather having 
brought in a plentiful supply of Rhubarb from the o count 
@ depression in the demand for culinary Apples ; 
Nonpareils fetch from 6s. to 20s,, and Golden Pipping 15s,, per 
a. The latter can be procured in small quan- 
tities of Mr. Fothergill, 40, Upper Thames-street.t—Jack 
‘pratt.—Gas-lime will always burn grass-land if applied by 
itself, or not sufficiently mixed with mould. We have seen it 
produce excellent effects when properly applied, and we should 
not have expected any injury to arise from yours, which seems 
to have been sufficiently mixed. 
in your case it was stronger than 
it during very dry weather. We shall be curious to know 
whether the Jate heavy rains have not recovered the grass, and 
produced some strikingly favourable result. Those who have 
used it say that it drives away insects and their grubs.t 
Sorns.—T, A. N.—By fermenting leaves, and turning them over 
frequently,they will be most readily converted into mould.—— 
Tewpyos.—We sce no reason why tufts of sedgy Grass, such 
as are commonly called hassocks, 
perhaps you used 
bable that it may burn the young roots of the 
quantity put on, and the state of the land. 
a light, poor soil we would not recommend lime, unless farm- 
ii The failure of your crop 
exhaustion of the soil ; 
rendered all the humus soluble, and thus promoted the first 
growth; but the crop may have been starved afterwards. 
Examine your soil, and see how much organic matter it con- 
tains ; this may lead to a solution of your question.—_M, 
Sawp.—R. B. H. P.—Sea.sand fer Horticultural purposes will 
not serve as a substitute for silver-sand, 
Grartine.—Rusticus pugnax.—In Stating that itis better to bud 
Roses than to graft them, we referred to the degree of cer- 
tainty attending the two processes, and we believe expressed 
the lime may have 
AMPHICOME aR 
the general opinion of Rose-growers. d e 
any evidence to the contrary, we shall be happy to print it, and 
pril, it is unnecessary either to 
inclose the stems or to cover the border with fermenting 
ial.t—— Ficus.—You ma; x graft or inarch your 
must wait until 
feet in length,t— 
J. H.—We would not advise you to cut back the unsightly stems 
of your Pot-Vines within a short distance of the roots, unless 
there is a shoot of last year’s growth below the point of inci- 
sion. A better plan will be to transfer your Vines into larger 
pots, and coil round the interior the old stems, which will throw 
out fresh roots. Ou must not expect your Vines to bear frnit 
unless you pot them annually in fresh soil, at the same time 
shaking the old compost from the roots. The size of the pots 
must depend upon the strength of the plants. +——Jemsheed.— 
Plants of the Kishmish and Aleppo Grape may be obtained of 
almost any respectable nurseryman. So also may the Pomme 
wer 
Aravucarta.—T. M, C.—Your seeds are those of Araucdria im- 
bricata. 
pots, filled with dry loam, and afterwards placed in gentle, but 
not damp, peat, until they show signs of vegetating, when they 
commenced growing you m: 
spring they may be turned out into the open ground. Aurau- 
This tree is quite different from 
that which furnishes the wood called Kawrie. 
ConirErm.—A Constant Reader.—The seeds of Coniferous plants 
should be sown in pans, in dry sandy loam. The pans should 
and placed in a close frame 
for a few days. They will require little attention afterwards 
beyond the ordinary routine of watering and shifting into 
larger pots. + 
HIMONANTHUS.— Salopian.—This plant, when grown against a 
south wall, ina well-drained border, will scarcely fail of bloom- 
ing profusely. The probability is that, like your Roses, it has 
penetrated into the clay. ¢ 
Rose Acacta.— Salopian.—It will not injure your Rose Acacia, 
which is growing out of bounds, to cut back afew of the young 
shoots to spurs. It will perhaps induce it to flower more freely.¢ 
Srocxs.—A Subscriber.—There i io means of distinguishing 
between single and double Stocks until they flower. The most 
essential point towards obtaining double flowers, is to procure 
001 
Iroma@as.—A Young Gardener.—The best time for sowing Ipo- 
moa Quémoclit, and rubro-certilea, for planting in the open 
air, is the end of February. They will both succeed under simi- 
lar treatment, viz., to sow:them ina gentle hot-bed, to pot them 
off separately and encourage their growth, until the end of May, 
when they may be planted out in light, rich soil, in a sheltered 
situation, Tropa’olum pentaphyllum and Maurandyas may be 
turned out at the same time, 
Lity or THe ALLEY.— Ainsley,—The only manner in which you 
can thin your crowded beds of the Lily of the Valley is to take 
up and divide the roots in autumn, and replant them six or 
eight inches apart.t 
LOWERING PLANTS 
Bigndnia radicans, Clématis 
dersonii and flammula. + 
Rs.—T, 
montana, Hen- 
Fi 
much afraid of carrying the mound quite up to the hole, if it 
The first distance is, however, the 
Oaxs.—In reply to a correspondent, Anne states 
ly evergreen Oaks, 
freely ; the soil is decidedly chalky. She does not find that 
the Almond and Apricot grow well, though the Peach and Nec- 
tarine succeed. 
: . L.—The only effectual means of eradicating 
Plantain, or Rib-grass, from lawns, is to eep continually 
cutting away its leaves as often as they appear above-ground. 
I salt is dropped upon the wounded crowns, it will 
accelerate the destruction of the roots.t 
e is no effectual means of removing moss 
Seuacnum.—4 Subscriber.—Sphagnum is a coarse kind of Moss 
rows in marshy places. On account of the power 
it has of retaining moisture, it is particularly suited for 
gardening purposes. + 
SANTHEMUMS.—H. Gray.—We beg to refer you toa paper 
upon the cultivation of these plants, in another part of the 
Paper. ¢ 
Irom@a Learnt 
We suppose you mean Calla wthidpica, it is impossible to give 
Y advice respecting it. The probability is, that you 
I fot exposed it sufficiently to light. Instead of keeping it 
in a sitting-room during the summer, it should be placed out« 
and if in water so much the better.t 
UTA.— Salopian.— This may, 
Situations, have proved hardy, but it is not generally so, The 
