1843.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 57 
for particular Numbers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, to 
complete sets, and so many are now out of print, 
exchange them, if clean. 
anxious to complete their sets should write at once, as we have 
very few copies of some of the Numbers, 
1841: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 46, 47. 
1842: 1,,4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 39, 41, 50, 
51, 52, 53 
Manures.—Amateur.—You are perfectly right; so much soindeed, 
that no marking the spots is required to prove the fact.——A 
Subscriber.—For your Beans, try Potter’s Guano mixed with 2 
or 3 times its bulk of cinder-siftings, peat-mould, black earth, 
or any such substance. and a half an acre will be 
enough.——No Chemist.—Gas-lime that has been reburnt is 
not what we mean, and is of no importance. It is the offen- 
sive lime, as it comes from the gas-works, that is valuable. 
manure, or old compost. 
have made, consists in your having employed a great deal too 
much of it unmixed with other substances, 
Saut.—An Amateur states that he has a small garden which 
is much infested with cockchafer grubs, which have de- 
stroyed several valuable plants. He has been told that salt, 
them. We should imagine, that 
salt would be more likely to’kill the plants than the grubs. + 
Limn-water.—A Yorkshirema As water can only hold a cer- 
tain tity of lime in solution, it is immaterial how mucl 
of that substance you mix with it. The mixture should be well 
stirred, and should be left until it has become clear, when it 
will be fit for use. We should imagine that half a gallon per 
square yard would be sufficient to destroy worms on lawns. 
Woop-asurs.— 4. B.—D.—Wood-ashes will not be injurious as a 
top-dressing to such plants as Ixora résea, Stephanotis flori- 
pbunda, and Mancttia cordifélia, We know nothing further 
respecting their action upon worms than isstated by “R.S.V.P.”" 
Lauren.—Inquisilive—There is no doubt if your Portugal Lau- 
i has grown to the height of 25 feet, were cu down, 
anda few leafy shoots were preserved near the base of the stem, 
it would in time become a bushy plant. t——J. M/. H.—It is not 
too late to transplant Laurels; but this kind of work should 
be concluded as soon as possible. 
Cumpers.—Z. M. H.—We recommend you to plant the follow- 
ing climbers against your S. E. wall: Wistaria sinensis, 
tis azarea grandiflora, Sieboldi, grata and Hendersoni, Jasmi- 
num revolutum and officinale, Magndélia grandiflora, Bignénia 
radicans, Caprifdlium gratum, and Ampelopsis quinquefolia ; to 
which you may add the Lisle, Bougainville, and Ayrshire Roses. 
Hervacnous Piants.—Oikos.—There are so many good her- 
baceous plants that it is difficult to say which are the six best. 
Besides, we do not know what your objects are. The follow- 
ing 6 are amongst the best for general purposes :—Alyssum 
saxatile, dwarf, flowers yellow; A‘rabis grandiflora, dwarf, 
white; Asphodelus luteus, middie sized; Anemone vitifélia, 
middle sized, white; Delphinium grandifloram (double var.), 
tall, deep blue ; Phlox paniculata, tall, flowers lilac. § 
Furze.—J. W. @.—Where strong layers of Furze can be pro- 
cured, it is probable that, if it was planted as soon as all 
danger of severe frost is past, it would form a cover in muc 
Prrisre’RIA ELATA.—W. M.—This plant thrives best in a soil 
composed of light turfy loam andleaf-mould. It should, while 
in a growing state, be allowed plenty of pot-room and a goo 
supply of water. 
IAME'LLIAS.—Z.—You cannot do better than shake all the soil 
from the roots of your unhealthy Caméllias, and repot them 
into a mixture of turfy loam and ed, they 
should be plunged into a gentle bottom-heat until the plants 
are fairly established.t— @. F.— i 
briated Camellias generally form a large number of flower- 
" it the flowers 
may be prevented from opening until the sun has more power; 
unless it is your wish to have the plants in full flower very 
early. 
Fecnsta sprenpens.—B.B. H.—This plant bears considerable 
fulgens, but is superior to that species in 
f its colours. The reason why your plant grows 
So Inxuriantly and does not. flower, is no doubt caused by your 
i i i It should be rather under 
t 
Tux Tussac Grass.— W.S.—This is the Festuca flabellata of 
Lamarck. We will give you more information about it next 
reek. 
PAnsins.—A Pansy-Grower.--We do not recommend ’you to use 
either bone-dust or horn-shavings in your compost for Pan- 
sles; they are of too drying a nature for the purpose. Good 
loam, enriched with ordinary manure, is the best soil you can 
* 
Tuxies,—W’. S.—The reason why the Florentine Tulip produces 
One very large root and many small ones, 18 this—The small 
the large apparatus with which, as you see, nature supplies it, 
is merely to enable it to organize itself rapidly. As the young 
ts. + 
Fruir-rrees.—W. P. K.—Youhad better head down those sorts 
and Ne Plus Meuris.||——B. W.—Six 
Plat, and Boston Russet. || -—S. 
trees that usually produce well-flavoured fruit, the Chaumontel 
acquires a bitterness, and also fails in becoming perfectly melt- 
ing. The past was one of those seasons; its peculiarities, as 
affecting the qualities of fruits, were, a hot dry summer, suc- 
ceeded by wet and cloudy weather. || 
Grartine Srocks.—Simpleton,—Crab-stocks from woods will 
do for grafting on, and are generally more hardy than those 
raised from the fips of good Apples; species being in one 
sense perfect, whilst varieties are more or less imperfect. 
which stocks may be raised. You will find the time and man- 
ner of sowing at vol. ii. p. 745; but you will get stocks pro- 
perly reared from the growers at probably less expense than 
you can raise them. Cherries are grafted on Cherry or Mahaleb 
stocks. The other kinds of fruit you mention are grafted or 
budded on Plum-stocks. | 
Maypuxe Cuerry.—R. @.—That the Cherry known as the 
Mayduke for two centuries has derived its name from Madoc, 
i m, is ver 
a district in France where Cherries are much grow! 
describe the D 
Jand or Holland. Duhamel states that there are three 
varieties of the Royale, or “ Cherry-duke,”” 
ati ¢ de Mai, Mayduke, of which the fruit ripens in the 
ardin Fruitier,” describes the Cerise d’Angleterre, ou 
des Anglais. This, he says, is scarcely different 
Anglais.” 
Cerasus preecox regia, Dux Majalis, Royale Hative, Duc de 
Mai,” is described as ripening in the middle of May; and 
Kraft’s figure is undoubtedly that of our Mayduke. The Cerise 
de Hollande of the French has also been proved to be the May- 
duke. This excellent variety, it is admitted, is never perfectly 
May, unless when forced, and therefore the name is not 
the appellation of Mayduke, the Old Style was the mode of 
ckoning, consequently the 11th of June would be accounted 
proof requires to be adduced.|| 
Frencn Beans.—Anzious Inquirer—Your French Beans are 
infested with the red spider, an insect to whose attack they are 
extremely liable. The greatest check which you can put upon 
their ravages will be to syringe your plants early in the morn- 
ing before you admit any air to the house, and again in the 
evening as soon as it is closed, Theatmosphere of the house 
should also be kept abundantly moist for a few days ; there is 
nothing which accelerates the increase of these pests so much 
as adry atmosphere. 
Cius in Cappnaces.—A Subseriber.—The best remedy with 
which we are acquainted for preventing the Club in Cabbages, 
good dressing/of wood-ashes, which ma: 
burning the prunings of trees, refuse vegetables, &c. At p. 2. 
of the Chronicle for 1841, it is also recommended in planting 
outBroccoli, Cabbages, &c. to fill the holes partially with a 
mixture of wood-ashes and sand. It is very probable 
Woopvnicx.—A Constant Reader.—You may reduce the number 
of woodlice which infest your Mushroom beds by placing a few 
loosely with moss. These are to be set as traps in different 
parts of the beds, and must be looked to every morning. The 
jnsects which collect therein may be easily destroyed by im- 
mersing them in boiling water. 
the earth is pressed so tightly round them as to prevent the 
i a The grooved upper edge 
js then filled with tur, which effectually preserves the Mush- 
rooms from the attacks of woodlice, which cannot pass ove! 
g 
A, Be 
amongst Orchidaceous plants. t 
TimBER-PRUNING.—Arbo: 
this subject so much like those we constantly advocate. 
AvrnvuEs.—A Gardener.— In our opinion, these are among the 
noblest ornaments of acountry mansion ; it has been barbarous 
taste to destroy them, and it is good taste to restore them 
where the house is of any importance. Limes, Elms, and Ash- 
trees are the best for the purpose. i 
Presprvine Nets.—J. M. an’s Patent is of no service in 
preserving nets. The best plan is to tan them. 
Locomotion OF PLanrs,—H. F.—Although physiologists deny 
that plants can. shift their quarters, and thus distinguish them 
from animals, yet it is very certain that they do somehow g0 
place to another in a mysterious manner. ‘These 
yemovals take place in various ways, and in the common 
tica thus : what we call the root of that plantis really an under- 
ground stem, which grows upwards from its Pomls Tost iy 
British Wines.—Amateur.—We have no fancy for British Wines, 
lly cannot undertake to advocate them. Those who like 
them will make them without any assistance of Horticultural 
not advise you to try the experiment of evading the law. 
MisceLiancous.—B. P.—You will find excellent directions for 
the ti of the sat pp. 420 and 469 of the Chron- 
iele for 1842.t——An undeserving Bee-keeper had better pro- 
cure Dr. Bevan’s work on the Bee.t——J. &, J.—Your Fern is 
the Asplénium Ruta-murdria. t——4. E.—Of your Brazilian 
seeds, 1. is Arauciria braziliensis, which is too tender to stand 
out in this climate. 2. is a Gomézii. 3. A. Sapindus. 4, So- 
phora tomentosa. 5. A. Canna. None except the Araucaria, 
lished for the last 20 years ; therefore, aS youhave Mr. Loudon’s 
we can only beg you to look again. Your question 
ered, and for that too we must 
Brown.—Of your plants, 1, is a 
do if you will send us some leaves with the animals complained 
of. R. i" i Post-office order 
may be sent.—Broughton.—Your nt is a new ci 
Odontoglossum. It has already flowered with Mr. Rucker, 
— ¢. D.—Your Apple is not the Golden Harvey 
very pretty variety, and worth cultivating.» —M. ¢€.—Yo 
plants are:—1. Cassia acuminata, 
Edwirdsia microphylla, 4. Schi all 
tender, except the Edwardsia, which will succeed, with slight 
protection in severe weather, against a South wall. 5. is some 
species of Rhus.t——Fair Play should pay in advance, either by 
the quarter, half-year, or th, as most v ts 
newsmen could not thus charge extra. At any rate, if a Post- 
office order is sent to us for 13s., we will take care he has 
Numbers.—J. B.—The native Pear is Xylomelum pyri- 
Society. t——A. R., Sandford.—Your A) 
some seasons, do not become melting, especially if grown on a 
wall having an aspect not in any degree inclined to south. I 
‘As usual, many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
Mr, PAXTON’S COTTAGER’S CALEND. 
quired, 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tur discussions on the Right of Search in the Cham- 
ber of Peers have terminated favourably to the French 
Cabinet and to the general interests of peace The 
amendments proposed by different Peers in the debate on 
the Address, for the purpose of embodying in that docu- 
ment an expression of feeling hostile to the Slave-Trade 
Treaties, have been negatived by a majority of 51; and 
the Ministerial Address, which contains n° allusion what- 
ever to the subject, has been adopted without modifica- 
tion, In the Chamber of Deputies, # result scarcely less 
satisfactory has been obtained ; the draft of the Address 
proposed by the Commission merely alludes to the sub- 
ject in answer to the passage 1» the King’s Speech 5 it 
calls for no revision or even reconsideration of the treaties 
of 1831 and 1833, and confines itself to an expression of 
the wishes of the Chamber, that at some future period the 
commerce of France may be placed under the exclusive 
control of the national flag. It neither specifies a period 
for this event, nor suggests the opening of negotiations 
for its accomplishment. No one who has followed the 
course of French politics for some months past can 
fail to perceive how great is the importance of this 
Ministerial triumph to the whole of Europe. M. Guizot 
eclared in the Chamber of Peers, that negotiations 
with England at the present moment could only lead 
to an act of weakness or an act of madness; the British 
Government, he said, could not yield without com- 
promising its dignity; and he considered the exist- 
ence of good relations between .France and England, 
both politically and morally, as far preferable to the 
abrogation of the Right of Search Conventions. ‘He 
was convinced that the national independence was not 
