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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
41 
and Scotch snuff. From the appearance of the 
we should judge that the trees were attacked by canker, from 
the roots having penetrated into a cold and unfavourable sub- 
oil. ¢ 
Fuisam Oax.—M. B.—The specimen sent is the Fulham and 
not the Lugombe Oak; the latter has much smaller leaves, 
i The deciduous which you 
The Lucombe 
Evencreen OAks.—Georgiana.—These trees should be pruned 
just at the time when they are beginning to make a fresh 
growth. The remarks upon pruning the Common Laurel 
qvhich were made at p. 467 of last year’s Chronicle are equally 
applicable to the Evergreen Oak.{ 
LEAGNUS REFLEXA.—JM, H.—You will, we presume, be able to 
procure this plant by inquiring for it of the London nursery- 
en; it came originally from Belgium.+ 
Bicnonias.—A Subseriber.—The best of this tribe for greenhouse 
cultivation are Bigndénia jasminoides, grandiflora, and Pan- 
doree, with Técoma capensis.t ‘ 
CamELutas.—A Sudbscriber.—lf your plants are in good condition 
you had better not run the risk of watering them with nitrate of 
soda before they flower. If applied at all, it should be given 
when the plants are in full growth, and then only in very 
, LUS BETULABFOLIUS.—J.R.—This plant succeeds best 
in an intermediate stove, potted in a mixture of turfy loam 
den in summer. ¢ 
Versenas.—Verbena-Killer.—If, as you say, the Verbena cut- 
tings which you have placed ina small greenhouse, and which 
keep dying off in spite of all your attention, are well rooted, 
at is probable that you have giventhem too much water, and 
not sufficientair. Place themin a light and airy part of the 
greenhouse, and water them during this dull weather only 
when they really want it. If you were to procure some good 
Verbena-seed, you might perhaps raise some handsome vari- 
ties. The seed shonld be sown towards the end of February 
uv shallow feeders, which should be placed in a gentle heat. 
“fhe seedlings might be planted ont, in summer, in a warm part 
of the garden, where they wonld probably flower in the au- 
Leonoris Leonurus.—J. R.—This plant requires to be grown 
in arichloamy soil, well drained, and to be kept in anairy part 
It should be allowed plenty of pot-room, 
When all danger of spring frosts is 
ever, the pots should be plunged up to the rim in a south 
border, where they should be plentifully watered, and occa- 
sionally with liquid manure, They may remain in that situa- 
tion antil the end of September, when they may be removed to 
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—J. R.—The bulbs of this plant should 
be started in a warm Cucumber frame, towards the end o: 
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Eayprian Sxeps.—A Student.—All that you have to do, in order 
to raise them, is to place them in a hotbed, and to treat them in 
Egyptian plants will not do 
t in frames in very warm and 
airy places. 
Danctas.—C. S. 
cannot in any other form publish accounts of seedlings, of which 
we have no personal knowledge. 
Dauiia Seep. —T. Wollaston.-— We cannot recommend one 
seedsman in preference to another. Every respectable nursery- 
nan ought to be able to supply you with good Dahlia seed. 
This should be sown in a hotbed about the latter end of 
February, and as soon as the plants are large enough they 
should be pricked thinly out into wide-mouthed pots, or 
feeders, When all danger of frost is over, they may be trans- 
&s good liquid manure for Strawberry plants in pots as any 
other which 4 
uu must not, however, 
€ach tree will b i 
Riera) e sufficient. 
Ss N.—The Siberian Crab, Cherry Crab, 
upreme Crab, and Biggs’ ing Crab, are 
a Protected from birds, will retain its fruit all the winter. || 
growth of Asparagus; and, to give some idea of the proportion 
jn which it should be applied, we recommended that it should 
be spread over the surface of the beds until they were white. + 
‘—Hibernia.—Nitrate of soda may be applied to Asparagus 
beds at the rate of 2 cwt. per acre; salt may be uscd at 
the rate of 2lbs. per square yard. 4 ? 
Canapa Kaue.—A Shropshire Subseriber.—The true kind is. 
like the common “Scotch Kale” or ‘* German Greens,” but of 
a dwarfer habit; its heads should now be in perfection, affor 
is not Horticultural. The word has no meaning, but was used, 
we believe, as a piece of nonsense in the burlesque of Tom 
Thumb.—J. Woolwich.—We do not recognise the leaf 
‘here is no such plant as Pomerania splen- 
WISE ee mot make a point of inserting 
articles in the Rees as soon as they are received. Many 
d- 
ing abundance of sprouts in spring. It was for 
a small garden, because of its small size, allowing more plants 
to be grown, and consequently more sprouts, on an equal 
plot ofground. We presume seeds of some spurious kind must 
have been procured: the true sort is excellent in quality at 
this season.—P. 
Cannacr.—An Original Subscriber.—The Early Russian is one 
of the best of early Cabbages ; but it is now seldom met with.t 
On1ons.—An Original Subscriber.—The seeds of the White 
Spanish Onion which are sold by the London Seedsmen are 
chiefly imported. t 
Scate on! PLants.—An Amateur says that—having seen in 
the Chronicle, at p. 805, a communication from Mr. Mallison, 
stating that he had destroyed the while scale on his Camellias, 
by having them syringed three times with Chamomile water. 
he procured a quantity of Chamomile-flowers, which he infused 
in the proportion of half-a-ponnd of flowers to three gallons 
of boiling-water, with which his plants, which were infested 
with the scale, have been syringed every favourable morning 
since the appearance of Mr. M.’s paragraph, up to the present 
time; he cannot, however, perceive that it has any tendency 
whatever to destroy the scale. But he may be in error, as he 
applied the mixture cold, while perhaps it should have been 
‘warm ; or possil r. M. forgot to mention some particulars 
as tothe time and mode of doing it. Would Mr. M. favour 
him with an account of his method of applying it? ——D. M.— 
To judge from the leaf sent, your plants must be terribly 
infested with the scale insects. Your best plan will be to cut 
off and burn all the shoots which you can spare from the 
plants infested; then with gum-water to brush over the re- 
maining branches. All that escape this process should be after- 
wards scrubbed off with a stiff brush. It is stated that 
syringing the plants with Chamomile-water has proved 
effectual in removing them; but doubts are entertained as 
to its efficacy. 
ooxs.—A Young Student.—Lindley’s Natural System and In- 
troduction to Botany will be your next steps. If you read 
French, De Candolle’s Physiologie Végétale may also be taken, 
For species you must study De Candolle’s Prodromus and 
Kunth’s Enumeratio, Endlicher’s Genera Plantarum, and 
Meisner’s Tabulee Botanic. There are scarcely any charts of 
Botanical Geography, except one of Palms and another of 
Amaranthaceze by Von Martius. None of the Numbers you 
mention can be had at present.—-A. B.—The_ only books, 
likely to be met with in a circulating library, which give any 
account of the vegetation of Himalaya and Nepaul, are Royle’s 
Illustrations of the Himalayan Mountains, Loudon’s Arbore- 
Britannicum, and Vigne’s Travels in Kashmir. + 
Exnrerrions.—C. H.—The mode, adopted by the Horticultural 
Society, of showing seedling Pelargéniums, embraces those 
season; and é 
to which prizes have been awarded, discarded in the second 
flower, will be at on 
gained by the former mode of showimg. ‘The d 
living at ‘a great distance from the place of exhibition is not 
increased by this new regulation; it is the same whether you 
ibit in trusses or in pots.* 
Garpenrns.—A. B. C.—There are good and bad gardeners and 
bad and good masters. Some gardeners are well paid, others 
ill paid; some get much more than they deserve, others much 
less than they ought to have. But we cannot settle these 
things; it would do gardeners no good if we were to attempt 
it. Let them help themselves by discouraging ill-conduct in 
their brethren, and persevering in good conduct themselves. 
Thus shall they raise the character of their profession, and 
with that character will rise their wages. For our own parts, 
we can truly say that many gardeners, or persons who call 
themselves so, are not worth labourers’ wages, and utterly 
ruin the credit of really good and deserving men.f 
Herparium.—Freshman.—Very few leaves will keep their green- 
ness more than two or three years; they all become brown 
eventua If plants are not succulent, and are dried very 
quickly without artificial heat, they are the most likely to 
remain fresh-looking. Some one recommends the use of pads 
filled with “muriate of lime for this purpose ; but we have no 
experience in that practice.+ 
Greennovusse.—L. Z. F.—Ina greenhouse which is only eight 
ft. wide, we cannot recommend you anything which will be 
more convenient, or contain a larger number of plants than a 
$ the height of your house is 6} ft. in front, 
there will also be room for ashelf for small plants above the 
f you were to build a pit i 
which you may have a shelf 
separate these from the main stage. 
however, only to be settl 
Excuaners.—C. 
All such matters are, 
ed well by actual inspection.t 
P.—We are very sorry to be obliged to say that 
we cannot undertake to effect exchanges. All such transactions 
can only be arranged by means of advertisement. 
however, congratulate you on the success you must have with 
your Cape bulbs. Few persons, if any, can rival you in this 
ay, 
respect. 
SLarE Boxe 
poxes for growing Orange-trees in, 
paint.—A Constant Reader.—Wash the pipes with bleaching- 
powder and water. } 
—You will find fnll directions for making asphalte 
will no doubt assis: 
—W.B 
.—Nothing can answer better than slate 
you in improving your w: 
Svucar.—J. E. rs 
the root of which it is intended to extract sugar; he thinks 
js some species of Nartheci is not certain; and 
pelieves that a company is about to bi 
Can any one 
gl . pie r 
subject? We know of no Narthecium to which this inquiry 
can have relation. n 
SCELLANEOUS.—Medicus,--Did_you pay the postage of your 
letter? If not, that will account for our not receiving the first, as 
i mu: arily stand over for want of room. 
Yours has been in type for several weeks, and will probably 
appear either to-day or in our next Number.t——J. Hill,_We 
have no recollection of the question to which you allude.t— 
J. L. od. mot inform you what your packages 
would cost. The only means of obtaining packages of plauts 
from Belgium and Paris is by the Diligence, or ordinary con- 
yeyance. We shall be obliged.t—R. @.—y. ‘h 
amongst our advertisements, where the first volume of the 
Chronicle is occasionally advertised. There is no chance of its 
i eprinted.;——An Amateur.—Your plant is Clématis 
balearica, and is also known as C. calycina.t+——a4. $.—We 
cannot answer such questions; they should be addressed to 
Subscriber may obtain the Index of 
mus will see by the list at the head of ‘‘ Notices to Correspond- 
ents”? the Numbers we have. For any Numbers not in that 
list we are willing to give 6d. each.—— Nursery Foreman. 
—The last Number for July is out of print 1.—We really 
cannot help you. Our letters, when addressed like yours, do 
not miscarry.—J. M.—We cannot read your writing, and do 
not know what you mean. What are ‘Sinetines of National 
Scots Fir Tree shones?»——Gulielmus.—On your Pear-tree 
it.——S. H.— 
abundant bearer. |——Cartmel.—The Apple, which you state 
has been cultivated in your neighbourhood for nearly acentury, 
is the Court-pendu Plat. || ——A. C.—Your Apple is undoubtedly 
Coe’s Golden Drop. You will observe that the fruit of this variety 
is, in general, peculiarly marked with rust-coloured specks. ||—— 
R.B.—Your Pears are the Gilogil.t—aA. S.—The Pea you 
describe as having been received originally in your part of the 
country from the Horticultural Society, and answering well 
both early and late in the season, is doubtless Knight’s Tall 
Marrow. The disease you mention is caused by a fungus, and 
is not peculiar to the Auvergne Pea. Its attack is induced by 
such conditions as are unfavourable to the growth of the 
plant |—C. C. B. P.—You will find a list of Potatoes at 
. 841, Vol. ii. A typographical error occurs from a transposi- 
tion of the figures referring to the above, at p. 857. || 
r. W. R. Advertisement of Seedling 
Dablias, inserted Jan. 14th,—for 2nd prize at Devon and 
Exeter, read ist ; and for 3rd at Marlborough, read 2nd. 
As usual, many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tun discussions in the French Chambers during the 
past week afford a good insight into the state of parties 
and the opinions of their leaders. Although the debates 
were merely introductory to the appointment of the Com- 
mission on the Address, although no definite question 
was before the House, men of the most opposite shades 
of opinion seemed eager to seize the opportunity for de- 
nouncing the Right of Search. The extreme party con- 
tended for the immediate abrogation of the Slave Trade 
Treaties of 1831 and 1833; while others, feeling that 
such a course would Jead to an immediate rupture with 
England, proposed a negotiation for their gradual aboli- 
tion. It was contended, on one hand, that the last Cham- 
bers having compelled the Government to refuse the rati- 
fication of the treaty of 1841, it was impossible for the 
present Chambers to sanction any other treaties which 
were almost identical with it in principle ; while M. Guizot 
declared that the treaties, though merely temporary, and 
contingent on the suppression of the Slave Trade, were 
nevertheless in force, and ought, therefore, to be legally 
executed. The result of this excitement will probably be 
the introduction of a passage into the Address, re- 
commending increased vigilance in the execution of 
the treaties. Their abrogation by a legislative vote 
would not only be subversive of all the principles of 
diplomacy, but, by the admission of all parties, would 
amount to a declaration of war with England. It is not 
supposed that the Opposition party is strong enough in 
the Chambers to effect this object 5 but the course they 
have taken thus early in the session may be received asa 
significant indication of French feelings on this important 
subject.—From Spain we have accounts of the enthusiastic 
interview between the Regent and the National Guard of 
Madrid, and of the rumoured negotiations between the 
King of the French and the Austrian Cabinet for effect- 
ing a marriage between Queen Isabella and the eldest son 
of Don Carlos. Letters from Barcelona state that, 
although the time for the forced contribution has been 
again extended, a very small proportion has yet been col- 
lected, and that many of the inhabitants are leaving the 
city to escape the operation of the decree.—From Por- 
tugal there is nothing new ; the Chambers have been oc. 
cupied with routine business, and with a consideration of 
the measures adopted by Ministers during the recess, 
with a view to a bill of indemnity. —In Prussia, 
public attention is entirely occupied by the recent 
proceedings of the Government against the freedom 
of the press. One of the leading journals of Leip- 
zic had lately published a letter addressed to the 
King of Prussia by the poet Herwegh, whose recent inter- 
view with his Majesty will be in the recollection of our 
readers. The language in which this letter was couched 
is admitted on all hands to have been indecorous and dis- 
