1843.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. - 
REPORT ON COVENT-GARDEN ARSED 
For the Week ending Jan. 13, 1843. 
[The BEER Ae fase . » + S$imperial gallons, 
The . . 
The Bushel Sieve . 
The Bushel Bas! ae 
. ” ” 
Punnets for Seattle are 
” . 
7% in, wide and 2 in. deep. 
. 8 ” 2 
+ 10E 5, 3 
» 1limperial bushel. 
+7 ” : 2, 
” Mushrooms . 
” Sala tea: ae eee ia 
Tue market has been well supplied with both frat ae vonetables 
during the past week ; but the demand h has is not been great. Ir-wit : 
The supply of Pines is not la: large, wtitenes Grapes of fair 
ae are offered from 5s. to 8s. per i TAS aa the dessert Pears 
d St. Germai) ave appeared ; the former at 
8s, and the latter at 6s. per half. Paley Good samples of the Old 
Colmar at 10s., and of the Beurré Rance at 6s., are also offered. The 
prices of dessert Apples remain nearly the same as in our last Report. 
The demand for Nonpareils has been upon the increase, and their 
price has therefore parent alittle. Excellent Cockle Pippins may 
bushel. Pummeloes, or aineee FE Uae haye 
made their appearance, from 6d. t adeuusiae The 
of late somewhat im proved ; the est 
Belts Seakale is abundantly supplied, and i 
little cheaper ante in our last Report. The price of White Br Recoil 
has also fa aaa good samples Hs obtainable from 9d. to 2s. per 
munch, Turnips are excellent, from Is. 6 0 2s. 6d. dozen 
bunches. Wi A Hane some young autumn. ss hse ‘orn Carrots, from 
4d. to 6d. per peels peat is very little in demand, and may be 
procured from 9d. to 1s. 6d. Of Celery there is a fair 
pen the White teal from 6d. to 1s. 8d., and the Red from 
9d. t 0 2s. per bundle. Ausrooms are still plentiful, from 4d. ue Od. 
per potile, Flowers : Amongst the cut flowers are I inths, 
Tulips, Narcissuses, Cyelamens, Gardénias, Amaryllises, Ginerdrias, 
AzAleas, Abitilon striatum, Pyrus japénica, the © Chinese Primrose, 
&c. ; and in pots are some eal forced Tiyacinths and Tulips. 
OE eleeay Jan. 14, 1843.—FRUITS :— 
ple, per 1b. 4 Lemons, per doz. 1s to 2s 
Grapes Hiothoute, bs 1 ber rb. Be — ‘per 100, 6sto lis 
Spanish, 0d « Almonds, perpecky 6s to 7 
anal, ty 10 106d Sweet Almonds, per pound, 2s 
Apples, aster, per bush, 3s to 7¢ we Inuts, per Daag set C4 ues 
eee Qs Sd | veh Gs arte pel 
‘ammeloes, each, 6d to b Nui 
Melons, Spanish, 2s tour Kae pe push hie x 
Oranges, BE dor, 9d to 26 = il, 168 to 208 
cm Spanish, 18s to 20. 
- bitter, is Soo tbe to 128 — Barcelona, 24s 
VEGETABLES. 
Savoys, Per doz. 6d to le 
Cabbage, per doz. 64 
Re ie its, per dlis i fy Md as 
ck i id to de |Onions, per t Pails 4s G2 to 
Parsneps, p per dozen. 6d a ls 
nach, per sieve, to 2s 
Leeks, per doz. bun,, 1s od kes 
Br aay mits, 
anee bE Apcieibae ing, per hi 
a per gues | 9d to 28 = create doz. ma 
arple, 8d to 1s » per doz. 
Beans, Ki idney forced, ei sed 2s to Bs Baniety oe Te ‘6d rs 8d 
Pot: agen Re F ton, 50s to 704 Shallots, per Ib., 
r cwt. 26 6d to |Aspai est larg, te T 100, 8¢ 
Tl 
it | os 
Scotch, per bushel, lf 6d —__|Sea-kale, per 
ew Autumn, per ees Lette, Cab, p. se. Ad to od 
Jerusalem Artichokes, per half-sie Cos, 1s to 1s 6d 
id to 15 6d dive, per score, Od to 
‘turnips, per doz. bun., ls 6d to 2 6d = |Celery, p. relate Ta ae 
Red Beet, per dozen, 9d to 1. Rhubarb Sint, per bale, od ee 
Scorzo: Small Salads, 
to ts 
a ere er doz. sm. ee to od 
8 Ga 
Eee a per dor, Aine 
Carctt™ colons Wohire to Tatil Sages pee duerbuNGhea ae 
arrote, ier or de bunch. 3s to 5s Mint, per she ‘hn 8, 26 to Bs 
om ig Horn, per bun., 4d to 6d| Mushroom: pottle, 4d to 9d 
best of all manures oe litte “Mix them with ay earth, aaa 
top-dress with them ; or add them to a Muay of manure ; they will 
greatly improve its quality. rine, which is salt and 
Water mixed with a little animal matter, can only 
be used as a 
three months. At the end of that time an Galles manure oy 
light ya Lit bn apt to burn, willhave been formed.——Querv 
€ are sorry t we have no information reapectiol Mr. rite $ 
doings } tay ond Manat we have stated.——M.—T’resh vegetables are 
4n excellent manure, and he must be a very ignorant person who 
Sie that they breed EG If they do not benefit the land, it is 
‘er because it does not want manure, or there is not enough of 
best way, however, to use refuse reseed is to throw 
with gas-water, or fermenting 
h they will maa or See 
i e well covered ies with e: Sub-« 
hbase Sootis an excellent manure mixed or are oT tie ie 
MA Y, oe orerer) to apply it, is as a eantenel to work up Ware ferment- 
fg 's of cesspools and similar places. sae —We should 
lif tocar thought thatnothing wouldhave been more'easy than fora bai- 
y a few leaves of turmeric paperin es to beused oc: 
found of contriving an 
he As tothe length of time that manure 
i ‘eas will lie before fermentation begins, that is so CaM depend- 
‘nt upon thetemperature of the air and the nature of the mate- 
; gi Bxamination 
heat of fer 
for two or three 
: e. 
along Will show the extent of their putridity. ort the 
entation Lt Hada the amount of 50°—60° 
Nelged it will in general have carried decomposition far een ¢ 
ay mere eoripleks the decomposition the better, provided ¢ 
manta ia formed in the process is not lost. If heaps of Seeds 
ne oh re just moistened with gas-water, or if waste yeast can 
haa ded to them, decomposition will be greatly sabelacad ted. We 
Salt forgotten the statement made By Liebig, that Epsom 
‘§ mixed ith cloacine formed a powerful manure for 
Potatoes, an tind tie fades os hue book ‘is so bad as to be almost use- 
applying this agent is 
restore to Potato-land the magnesia it has Hee AaAE an 
uld be an ample supply. It you Se) Rie 
Te patrS 
apy a =, P. K.—We would not recommend you to 
will be a seta avira now to aren which you intend for Onions. It 
ate est in fea ifyou water the Onions with it weekly, after 
¥® CEsspoois.—Theta.—The best means you can use t 
alata, and prevent the unpleasant smell arising from 
is to use a small quantity of bleaching-powder mixed 
r. ee 
old, 8. ‘Tf you have wlntations five or si 
facet roy the ne do ieltor than dig b een the trees, in hier to 
however, be shallo 
th king a fresh plantation, we & as 
ell to grow Potatoes Between 
round is ma. 
~Tlther the Royal the Blac! 
sh ee we oyal Muscadine or the Black 
a nitable Vines for gro’ 
is ce of air, with little fire. aera ive mn et 
rr mn. + 
TREES A, Walker The heyt Paves ibigh bag gome ynder 
our notice upon the culture of the Peach under glass is one from 
y. Errington, which was published a few years since in the Horti- 
cultural Society’s Transactions, eS of which an extract was 
given at p. 7 ofthe Chronicle of 1841 
Anemones.—S, F, C.—An easy way noe protecting Anemones and 
anunculuses A to bend across He bed BES or iron hoops, 
securely fixed in the ground; upon ti n be thrown in 
cases of frost or snow, but care must ie? taken that ‘they are firmly 
Secured to the hoops by pegs. 
A‘RRYA ELLIPTICA.—. —This plant does not require to be 
pruned. It succeeds ati in peat, but will thrive in almost any 
soil or situation. t 
Cees Ros A.—The Christmas Rose will grow in peat, 
ut it preters, a ERE wet soil. 
Pinus Wesprana.—A Salopian.— Itis probable that this plant casts 
its old leaves after having been eee eas itrate of soda as an 
Save of reviving nature, and that i ‘ot yet ha time to renew 
hem. he leaves will nota muded branches, 
et in all probability the buds will burst aeroucly this spring. + 
NS.—Mercator.—Any nurseryman can supply you with these 
plants, peome you may find in old walls, in hedge-rows, and other 
wild pla any 
—Liquid manure, not applied too eee will be be- 
neecial to Roses which are just po sa blooi 
ona ey eataplatit wild 
sane vo budding. 1t may be 
proceeded with whenever the weather i 
ILY OF THE VALLEY.— Foung Lady. ay hen it is desirable to 
transplant Lilies of the Valley at the present season, they will not 
be injured, brevigias that itis carefully done. The autumn i is, how- 
ever, the best e for removing them. + 
Bee pnenneens F. G.—It is too soon act for sowing any kind of 
flower-seeds in the open border. If you want any for blooming 
early, you had better sow in a slight hi hoibe Arf such things as Collinsia 
Dit icolor, Nemoéphila insignis, Kaulftssia amelloides, Schizanthus 
pinnatus, Clarkia pulchella and Glegans, Godétia Lindleyana, 
‘e ais tricolor, and the Rocket + arkspur. an will be quite early 
ough, however, i you do this six weeks he 
Papanconi ee Subscriber. a Th He following sorts are 
the b ‘iral Napier, eae Washington, Isi- 
Soria Diadematum Tice Alba tea eae King Rufus, 
Emperor, Madeleine, Prince of V *—— Amateur, 
—Well-rotted cow manure, 3 years old, ahd better than leaf- 
mould for Pelargéniums in pots. 
Picorees. H,—The following Carnations and phy are early 
i, bloomers, and will pea ‘suit your situation :—Picotees: Gar. 
ratt’s Lai ady Dacre, Hufton’s Will ig keley, stati " Prince 
George, Wood’s Talisman, Tee 's Mar. Pe ee 's Moonraker, 
Gidden’s E Smma, Wood’s Joan of Are, Vv rilimer’s “Maid of the 
ie Norman’s Vesuvius, Cox’s Clarence. Car- 
nation Duke of ieee and Earl Fitzwilliam, Snooks’ De- 
fian: ate iret ato Rainbo: e of Bedford, Hoge’s 
Epaminondas, Addenbrook’ Ei oy, Hogg’s 
Blue Ribbon, Lascelles’ Queen a Sheba, Hogg’s Duchess of Kent 
and Queen 0: * 
Pears. — Li n’s Incomparable Pear would probably 
Leet in three or four Feats, if grafted on the limb of a tree in full 
earing. + 
Tramnine.—W. W.—Quenouille training is Snes at 2 705, 
Vol. I. It consistsin ee one aprigut central shoot it en 
mer, and gion it down s at the winter pruning, 
in order that it may at that height ane branches ronnie a 
tier, to be peace A the first ins' ee horizontally. The shoot 
produced by the uppermost bud is, however. teiiiod as upright as 
possible during ue summer, and is at back so as to prov us e ano- 
‘ier 15 inches above the first, and so on, unt i the tree has 
reached the aeatieal height. In this po it is necessary ke iat in 
the shoots downwards, which is easily done by tying those of the 
first tierto ae stakes, those of each eribeeaatte tier being fast- 
ened to the branches helow them. When the shoots as thus 
rchsd ‘townards at full length, hey soon come 
into a bearing s' but, in this climate, if cut short, as the 
French do, they only send up a number of shoots annually. This 
plan answers yery well where it can be at all times properly at- 
tended to; but if this cannot be guaranteed, the ordinary form of 
dwarfs is preferable. Quenouilles require more time to be devoted 
to them aera E ered ‘s do. || 
Frurr-Trexs. A.—Standard ae and all other ds of i 
trees require pruning more or less, at some time or other. || ——. 
V.—The following Pears Suitable for Tspalier 3 ails in 
northern district : — nmore, Hacon’s Tater parable, Hine 
Bonne (of Jersey), Thompson’s, Winter Nelis, Passe Colmar, 
Knight’s Monarch, Beurré Rance. Plums: Royale Hative, Green 
Gage, Purple Gage, } ice. Chei 
ries: May Duke, Elton, Downton, Royal Duke. | ——J. Hayc 
ie as of good Pears that will ‘be fit for dessert from 
February to April is very limited. 1t will be advisable to plant the 
space you have allotted against a south wall for Pears of this lat 
description, with the Easter Beurré, Ne plus Meuris, and Bearié 
Rance. || 
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Mept. . G.—The seeds of Medlars grown in this 
aay, we not rites readily. They should not be allowed to 
dry e they are sown. 
By attending to this, you will probably 
be Ss: ctoueetrl than by following the ar ficial mode of subject- 
ing the seeds to the action of boiling water; which, however, has 
been advantageously Wipe in eon antng the skins of some seeds 
imported from hot climates. |] 
CucumBERS. (.—When it is not intended to force Cucum- 
rs early ‘there’ wi ‘ill be no adyantage derived by having the walls of 
your pit so high as they are represented in Mr. Mills’ Treatise. 
the cavity which is to contain the lining around the pit is two feet 
uo instead of tare, it will be quite pees ou will find no 
terial so good as turf for egyerii ots inside ; but where 
that cannot be proceteil small eee mas be substituted. They 
must, however, be laid very close and regular, co Gait the soil in 
which the C rucuimbers are growing will metals thr 
RHUBARB. ung Gardener Will forward rd ia nace to Messrs. 
M4 ouelland Co., we Great Yarmouth, they will give him every informa- 
is he nuit pete respecting the Tobolsk Rhubarb, and if 
oi ie for ive of its superiority it is at his service, as 
Mes Ye aul save ‘pean “cutting an abundance of it for some time 
past. 
PoraTors.—. 
i you find the haulm of Potatoes he ira vo 
decay, throw. ip in heaps, moisten it with gas-water, cove 
heaps with mould, ana you will soon ind it reduced ; 
‘and return the ashes to the land ; you will lose nothing but oa 
and water by the operation. no account cut off the leaves of 
the Potato at aN period ; if you do, you will ruin your crop. The 
Femoval of the flowers is quite yeuGthee ning s they contribute no- 
thing to the come of tubers ; but, on the contrary, take from 
Leaves, on the other hand, provide all the materials out of 
Which the Potatois formed. The rankness of Potatoes in India 
mite different from any kind of growth they are likely to furnish in 
acetal country like Englan 
B —Mercator.—Doyle’s ie y eines of Practical Husbandry,” 
Or) 'S at we recommend to you, 
Inguisitor— Take ‘“* Macintosh's Pr actieal Gardener.” 
L. 
book of eaterenicet We 
price you lune 
r oth her eee wil be answ fea ae ly. 
Y.—When these are required for hing pits, 
unity sits be taken of waking hem toge- 
ther during fine weather, when they are dry, Ifnot vaned omnectly, 
they should be heaped up in an open shed, or some other situation 
ere they would be protected from rain and snow. ‘They pu 
en except that of being thrown. Tightly ent iio Die 
over es they ae be equally are Lech et 
lown, so that they any not settle 00 
Hegianto heat, sehen, if the Ten J are oih good condition, may be 
mn days. 
ecb eretire te is hardly i od our Serer to give directions 
or ying out Flower-gardeng; that can only be dong on papers 
al & piece of ground as yours, the* hest effect wi 
ould pro 
ace ECan two & Bes “ovals judiciously disposed. Tho 
in paral 
in the center the Tem ning pa pall and another be placed 
Cerone 
3. me Toe eo at the Horticultural 
Boe Handling, two pinats, one of which is nev, aud the 
Tey as both deemed a allo owed prizes for each, provided 
the ee toe ly deserving, and are shown under 
New ZeAuann.—T—We have re : 
opinion ot this iolone for em rants: oe our favourable 
Auckland. We have no ae aS 4 
now, and therefore can oe ss that if we 
we should go there ourselves. 
Journal, who after thre e 
colony, ‘and the most ample iri 
avout to proceed thither wth his family weg trope i ae is 
TrcuntcAL Worps.—A Subseriber.—Imbricated si; ce 
ee ee tiles oat - house, and is applied to the relative, position of 
Pits: bay, Cottager will find an answer in another oa 
pelea are B. fei 5 never heard of suc! thing as 
¢ Rhodanthe t—- ee —Lindley’s Blarients of Bo- 
a any sia) Cabbage. SGars sare, 1, ashe -flumiicea ; 
2, B aristata ; 3, B. dsiatica; e ‘Jasmin ans ; 5, Coro- 
nilla émerus. Ee Theta. — Your plant is Paltides canina, so 
called because it has been Feoutarsenced asa one for the ee ofa 
mad. noes its virtues are, however, considered to be im rt 
#. had better consult his solicitor. Wwe anon suppose 
that it he were - mautilaste that se the Jaw will net allow him a 
the land. If it is in v 
not otherwise. Should oe carr, 
sow the Norfolk White ee 
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W. B. B.—Your pretty little orchidaceous plant is Sophronitis 
yioldce —A Reader and Subscriber.—The Dablia you enquire 
Bou a sent on 7 ceed to the Floricultural Society ; at one 
meeting it was Le second-rate on the 
other. From the: sions it is fair to coksttnie a it is uncer- 
tain. Itisa soe exhibition flower when in perfec! 
Errara.—In the Naturalists’ Corner of last week, a Pp. "7, 
¢, line from the ee 17 and 26, for Jervius read ‘Servius, = “for 
Rudus, read Rue 
As usual many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
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have them delivered in any part of London by remitting a Post- 
omeporder to this Office, at the rate of 5s. for every 25 copies Tre- 
quire: 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tux news received by the Overland Mail gives a de- 
tailed account of the closing events of the campaign in 
Affghanistan, and of the return of the British troops 
through the Khyber Pass, which was successfully accom- 
plished on the 7th November. From the date of our last 
advices to the evacuation of Cabul, the troops were em- 
ployed in demolishing the principal towns, and in leaving 
behind them an enduring mark of vengeance. After de- 
stroying Istalif, they razed to the ground the celebrated 
Bazaar of Cabul, and spared no portion ofthe city except 
the quarter inhabited by the Kuzzilbashes. The Bala 
Hissar was left standing for the purpose of affording to 
Shah Poora, a younger son of Shah Soojah, who had 
mounted the throne, a means of defending himself against 
the attacks of the Affghans after the departure of the 
troops. On leaving Cabul, the Army laid waste the 
country on their line of march, burning the villages and 
forts, and showing, as the Indian papers tell us, no mercy 
either to friend or foe. They destroyed Jellalabad, with its 
fortifications and gardens, and arrived at Peshawur on 
the 6th November, having passed through the most dif- 
ficult defiles in Asia without the occurrence of any im- 
portant casualty. They were to commence their march 
to the British provinces on the 6th, and on their arrival 
Dost Mahomed and all the Affghan prisoners who have 
fallen into our hands since 1839 were to be restored. Lord 
Ellenborough had issued a proclamation, couched in the 
pompous language of the East, announcing to “his ae 
thers and friends” the native princes of India, that the 
sandal-wood gates of the Temple of Somnau' 
recovered after a captivity of 800 years, 
be restored with great ceremony and pomp ~ a 
naut temple, to which they originally belongee. wilt aide 
licy of this measure is much questioned by the Indian 
v reat offence to the Ma- 
papers, and itis expected to give § i : 
hometan population.—From Chinaawe Have accounts’ to 
had occurred 
the 13th Oct. ; nothing of great importance Tre 
since the date of the last advices, 4) and the progress of af- 
. | the ratification of the treaty had 
fairs was suspended unti : 
been received from England. The monopoly of the Hong 
merchants was completely at an end, and samples of tea 
had been sent to Hong Kong direct from Nankin. The 
| ee had been restored, and tr ading on a small 
scale had already commenced between the English and 
Chinese, who were daily becoming more sensible of the 
value of commercial intercourse.—Our European news 
begins to assume @ more important character. In 
France, the Chambers were opened on Monday by 
a speech from the throne. The King, after alluding to 
his recent bereavement, refers with satisfaction to 
the prosperity of the ‘country as attested by the rapid 
inerease of the revenue. He alludes to the pacific rela-~ 
tions of foreign powers, and to the harmony prevailing 
among them in regard to the settlement of the Syrian 
question. His Majesty deplores the disturbances which 
have recently agitated Spain, and declares that in his rela- 
tions with the Spanish Monarcby his sole object has been 
