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1843.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
633 
Pits with peat walls, 
a year ago as rete very warm and good, will 
last for many Gates: if well made. They merely Peaatte ‘eto be 
supported inside by an et stakes here and Ca Rpcony, 
slope at an angle of 45° outsi 
form excellent, border fone 
we have had sent from other a ae but your aD Were are the 
largest we have seen.* 
Lornosprruum.—H. I.—Unless the spotting on your seedling 
comes more distinct than in the specimens sent, it will not be 
worth keeping. * 
Mavuranpia. . Miller. fe A should like to see some flowers 
of your crimson seedling. 
Warwick. ~Yucca, Sccueeiedower -stem off your pas gloriosa 
directly it has done flowering, and take away all the suckers 
except three of the strongest. Then remove a Tittle of the soil 
round the bottom of the plant, and aio: it with a dressing 
of equal parts of sandy loam and cowdung. | 
Lopenra rutcens.— Persona.—This Site” vill do best planted 
out in the open border, ina ee light soil, as early in spring 
as the weather will permit, where it may remain until Autumn ; 
when! the roots should betaken ‘tp and packed closely together 
into a cold frame, and kep' © from frost during winter.t 
eee Cc. E.—The following Tist of 24 Roses comprises good 
free-flowering kinds for an amateur’ 's garden, we a ooally 
e red or- 
dannt de Lanny, pale blush ; Cres 
; Double Yellow Sweet-briar, bright yellow; White 
White Hip, white; Rose du 
adam Desprez, rosy iz: 
lame Campan, spotted ; Triomphe de wes 
white ; Duchesse d’Ango' uléme, rose; Sh hailer’s Provins, pale 
rose; Queen of Denmark, blush; Riego, rosy lilac; Parny, 
Slate; General Lamarque, dark crimson ; Jean Hachette, rosy 
lilac; Madam SiN white. 
Fucustas Reader,—It is very doubtful whether you 
may sucece plants to produce (as a permanent cha- 
racter) Blbeaie Similar to the one yousent. It is a mere sport, 
a thing not at all uncommon with this species; you may, how- 
ever, at the seeds for the sake of the colour, which is good. 
wer Fuchsia affinis, pinch it well in the pot, ie give it 
little enter until it shows Hay mpromsn of f fowerin ng n give it 
a good shift, and treat i —A respondent 
under the pr ceding ieee eS nek ie pie if a seedling 
Fuchsia has been raised with the true Fulgens’ bloom at every 
leaf, instead of being in clusters at the end of the branches? * 
Camenitas.—A.C. E.—When your Camulliashare done growing, 
clear away the soil carefully all round t) and examine the 
State of their roots, as probably the old ‘ball may be very dry 
below, or very damp, or probably the soil in which they are 
plant ted may not suit them; in either case they will have lost 
all their small roots. If their roots be found to be in a very 
‘tate, take them up and clear as much of the old soil off as 
Possible, pot them in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, 
and give them a good watering; afterwards place them in a 
close house, where HAG es low and rather moist. If 
the roots be sound, take away a portion of the old soil, and 
replace it with amixture of three parts sandy loam a and one 
part peat, Ree which my, be added a small portion of well- 
decayed cowdung—then give them a good wa ering ; and 
should the od ball be fount hard and ar an iron rod, 
pointed at one end, nee Nae e the old balli in’ various directions, 
to admit the water to 
Gotp or PLEasur eC. M. Leth is plant is Camelina sativa, 
formerly called ieee um EScnitat a plant allied to Rape, and 
possessing similar qualities. Itis the egvoseoy of Theophrastus, 
the puayeoy of cou ee cod ay the Irio of Pliny. 
tifound ¢ apparently wiid i f this country, but may 
have been pmerqduved sth aes On‘ the Continent it is ealti- 
vated for its seeds, which are crushed for their oil. We are not 
kets that it reece threac 
uBLE Frowrnrs.— Timo Bae —Double Soee cannot he ra, 
teed ettout the assistance of single if they are re: 
double, that is to say, ave all their tear of fructification 
metamorphosed, will single flowers produce double. 
flowered seedlings, unless in the presence of Heene par tially 
double. If you are right in saying that the double Ten Weeks’ 
Stocks in your friend’s garden had meither male nor female 
organs, then they are absolutely, COG eae we suspect you 
have not examined nen with sufficient ¢ 
Creerers.—H. e following are shi roe “and hardy :—Clé. 
matis Hendersénii, dees blue, Pro uly to September ; 
Cl. montans, ste flowers in May; Cl. azdrea, large blue, 
flowers in nd June; Cl. Siebéldi, erly with purplish 
centre, nbwate: in June and July; Tecoma radicans major, 
annual or tender: 
purple, a flower all the autumn; T. peregrinum, pale yellow, 
all the summer and autumn; Rhodochiton Role, 
brown, ‘A n flower all the autumn; L ophospermum crubescens, 
Pink, in flower all the autumn ; re grandiflorum, deep crimson, 
er a the autumn.) 
. M. G.—You may as well attempt to a es eonne 
of salt bya Snel of feathers, as to graft a Fig on a 
be snre there is an old statement, as old, we Believes ae “colu ae 
mella, ths the thing may per done, but itis a piece of absurdity, 
and quit has been shown by 
the Mg) aie Thouin. 
More —The Mulberry Tree does not usually fruit 
age, atid when subjected to close pruning and train- 
ing ‘gaint a wall, as yours has been, till oe any Jast four 
yer it isin consequence retarded. Buta: r climate is 
Tather cold, you must endeavour not to lose the “benent of the 
Wall, which you will doina great measure by allow vane the tree 
to grow without pruning or training. You must only regulate 
and thin. the ene at the winter pruning; and stop the 
young shoo’ mmer when they have made lbs Tee cs T 
RANT-BUS eer in answer to ‘ Ran ae 
procuring in ion respect ting Ct h 
FOR rates! ‘Ss 
Work, will, fr € short time, send the requisite a ethete from the | 
office of the Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
, and very many more correspondents, must 
inquire or the seeds of the Eastern Melons of their friends or 
of the nurserymen, We cannot give away such things; our 
duty is done when we point out their existence, 
Asparacus.—Este.—There is no permanent aiweneniee in your 
As) paragus ; they are both one kind; uG eats in colour 
is Sue owing to ae i cir cumstanc 
Mur Ppa marine sen Bei LuerUSuUe Hulsthat this 
veers is Produeed fork your soil Licata hard and ¢; 
about t svof the plants; stirring it up and Leche: mit 
Moist might bet a preventive, but yeu w vill pay get thoronghiy 
Clear of it by altering the tondition of the soi 
Virceranne Marrow. — Persona. — There 
Work to the 
Mrtons.— 
ae different kinds 
best 2 
MzEApows.—C. L.—The bad state of the herbage on your meadow, 
having a peaty soil, is owing, probably, to an excess of tannin 
remaining in the peat. Lime and dung are the best correctives 
in this case. An kind of carth laid on the surface will im- 
prove the Grass. Sand, marl, or chalk, in sufficient quantity, 
will produce whii te Clover, and destroy the coarse tussocks; 
but if this has been tried without effect there may be some 
other cause of the growth of poor Grasses, which a careful 
shales of the soil may discover, J 
Corn.—Teodore.—Aceording to Gorham, Maize contains 23 per 
cent of albumen, and 3 per cent. of g) int en; good Wheat, on 
the Se contains, neces to Sake, from 12 to 15 per 
cent. of 
Monsrers, ae sey one —Your Auricula, forming an offset at 
the end of its stem, where the flowers rise, and the singular 
Pear growing out of another Pear, are not very rare, but are 
highly curious phoofs that all the organs of flowers and fruit 
are formed fro} onversions of leaves. You will a figures 
of the latter in Aue ae heory of Horticulture,” p. 59 a 
TRuFFiEs.— Persona is anxious ow whether rot kind 
correspondent the Rey. Mr. Berkley has grown any Truffles, 
and whether the Tuber moschatum would not be a good sort to 
make a trial with. Perhaps bee B. will favour our readers 
with come observations on this Hy 
Movine PLrants.—A Young ay te y move her Pelargoniums, 
&e., toa aistante of fifty “miles, oy ROEAIE: them out of their 
pots, or digging them out of the ground, and packing them 
tightly in moss, in a wooden case or basket. If space is an 
object, the heads may be cut off the Pelargoniums without 
injury to 
Moss on Fruit-TREES.—Ignoramus.—Scrape off as much of the 
Moss as you possibly can, and wash the trees with lime-water. 
Shorten branches in autumn, with a view to the production of 
young shoots, a sprinkling of which will greatly invigorate tl 
trees. | 
Counrry Snows.—G.—We perfectly agree with Ae that the 
reports of Pachter Shows are too often interesting to none 
but the parties concerned ; but it is interesting to them that 
they should be recorded. ‘ive them at a great expense 
to ourselves, and at no expense to any one else, for they appear 
in our double Num ers, We hink our correspondents can 
hardly complain of them in fairness 
Insecrs.—F. M.—Your insect, as you EHPEORE! isa rentereue, ot 
old authors, but is now called Allanthus arcuatus, 
common species. ——A, B.C. dark- esieurell Thrips es 
to be the insect which is doing mischief to your Vines. Forits 
Temoval we should recommend is to syringe your Vines well 
with water, so as to give them a good washing, repeaHng, the 
Operation three or four times ae Saeteels of a day or two, 
Should not this rid you of the euseHee es with the water 
oie. a of gas-liquor, and proceed as — Philo Veritas. 
i Pines are covered with the ita? ‘scale in the way 
sou aieanbities we recommend you to destroy your plants as 
soon as possible, for you never will do any good with them. 
If, however, yon wish ‘y a remedy the best is the one 
mentioned in last week’s Gardeners? Chronicle, No. 35, page 616 
NSECTS, in the ‘' Answers to Correspondents.’? This remedy 
consists in ee the Pine plants to the action of steam at a 
high temper re. 
MISCELLAN NEbG eee . Mackenzie.—The term ‘ factitious” sig- 
nifies those short characters which are used to characterise 
genera in the classes where they are placed, without reference 
her considerations. Thus, ‘Corolla tripartita, labio 
to,” was the factitious character given by Linnzus to 
Amomum in Monandria Monogynia; signifying that all Mo- 
nandrous Monogynous plants which have that character belong 
to Amomum.——We regret an Old Subscriber should have to 
complain of the way his Gardeners! Chronicle is folded ; he 
should write to the news-agent w supplies him, as it is his 
fault.— Rhodon.— Cistus and Nata scabra will do in peas 
Smith's Queen Victoria, in our opinion, is a finer variety thai 
Eppsii. Itis usual to arene Aaa and other Ameri rea 
shrubs early in spring.* W. Bagshaw. —<Alting ia excelsa is 
Greenhouse p! O! and SS ee 1842 
if he will send his faress and 2s.—H. 0. K =e ots on 
your Grapes appear t e been caused by some ect: |— 
Co; —Itis not aichite nine credit of a nurseryman that he 
the | eases Nerine rosea, a Cape plant, 
—Your Plum is the 
should have sold you 
for a new yellow Brazilian Ama 
Nectarine Plum. | pi Fe i Truit you sent is that of the 
Cydonia japonica. a, J— Samuel Buckland .—Abroma augustum, 
—— Chemical Juck.—It is a Populus of some kind, but, without 
a leaf, it is impossible to say what species, — Croydon.— —The 
vate Pear, red next the sun, and speckled, wach 
you havi erial Swan’s Ege, 
Beurré de Mons. The other, under the name of Ast aa 
is the Hessel. | ——G@ovyn.—Send us yout address, and we will 
try to help yon with the Echinops.— A. B.— € unable to 
recognise your ae by description. “The TNOmceH is possibly 
an Argyreia—but it is of little use to conjecture. What i: 
Hibiscus Binnataee The freaks of Cares are now well 
known, ost surprising things they are, All sorts of 
European eeeue and roots are useful in New Zeal land; what are 
called Datch Toots would Be ae thing for that colony, 
cing Figs; but 
hed by many modern 
is. —S.¥, 
= 
® 
Parieneaa, Perhaps 
one to meet your res 
garden of the Horticultural Society is so overstocked with 
plants, that it would be inconvenient to have a large plant of 
CY and small ones are otey rae there. The Solanum 
i probably S. pinnatifidu is) illegalfor uy peron 
make malt RAH OCLR Ti ceneeNees . K.—For your seedling 
ta flower at this season is mine a accidental, and a al proba- 
bility it will not continue to do so.t—A. M.—Your Lobelia 
gracilis can only be preserved by cutting There es no yenen 
fleshed Cantaloupe Melons t—— Persona. t think 
that Mushrooms eu succeed in the situation you moneens 
CeoE Re as tl would require a temperature of from 
—— My alt’ 7 Pine.—The CSAC between the Deus 
in neo arcu be about 9 inches.t—— Croydon —Mesem- 
br. Se eee dilatatum, Pyrethrum Grier flore BIEnE * 
uate .— App! parently Calystegia sepium, but without a flower 
canr Anat be certain. ;——Sarah.—Liparia saeutay Pyrethram 
Parthenium, Mesembry Rattan hispi peas 
Spread out your T oe in a dry airy steuution) excluded 
from the sun’s rays. t—— Edward Spary.—Your blooms haye 
not arrived. t—. ok Tiipsacum dactyloides, 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ On 
pose a ay —Messrs. Rogers and Son.—Your seedling No. 1 
a fine variety, having curiously-formed bloteites of alight 
merooy) colour, distributed over the entire front of the flower, 
upon a nt bufi-ground; it resembles the singular varieties 
Se y Mr. Standish; it isa beautiful and desirable flower. 
ear neared variety of the same character, but differing in 
the eclours, having ateGs brown blotches upon a yellow ground.* 
PELARGONIUMS,— Master Claude is no improvement upon 
some of the old varieties, a falls far short of the beautiful 
flow ers introdnced of late y 
riber.—Both dling Dahlias 
RYOUIIES all “ont we want to see better specimens before we 
can speak with confidence about their properties ; the flower 
with the adarvent tip has the better-formed petal, though, rather 
ribby ; but both these specimens show the disk. ‘The petals in 
the lighter variety are rather pointed; and though tra centre 
js well up, there is some confusion in thes disposition of thi 
petals. We should like to sce them again.* 
Fucusias.—T. Your scedlings are fine varieties, but there is 
tco great a similarity in the colour, so are in the corollas ; 
a selection a aie finer sorts would bi the most desirable. 
No, 20 is a flower of good form, with rosy red tube and sepals, 
the latter BOSSES in a decided green; corolla large and 
stout, of a ce purple. This is a fair-sized flower, and 
though not so large as some of the others, it is the one we 
should select as the most desirable for a collection. No. 18 is 
e next in order of merit: this is a flower of fine size and 
substance; it is 24inches long, tube and sepals of a bright 
red, corolla pees with rather more purple, forming 
contrast, 15 is also a good flower in form and substance ; it, 
however, eee purple in the corolla, and is surpassed by 
varieties we have lately seen. 16 is inferior to many we have 
seen of the same character. 14 are deficient in the 
corollas. 13 is no improvement. 19 a good showy flower, but 
wanting purple in the corolla. 21 is avery pretty flower, but 
also wants a greater contrast in the colours.——F. W. 0.— 
Your seedling is an extremely pretty flower, very like Devoni- 
ensis; the flower is bright and attractive; its habit is fine, 
throwing out several ower from each joint, and, as you say, 
the present year’s shoots are more than six feet 
excellent ae for the conservatory or border.* 
Waldron.—The small seedling is a pretty, lively-looking 
ower, and most Teer it bloomer ; "it is very small, and wiil 
fet suit the present taste, which is directed towards the larger 
varieties. The larger seedling, sea in bunches, at the 
termination of the branches, wants substance, particularly in 
the corolla, pees is thin and not equal to others which are 
0. 25 is a large and showy flower ; it measures 
four ence from the prea of the pod to the termi- 
ee of the pistil, and sepals scarlet, corolla stout, 
2 but a slight ee SE purple init. 26 is also showy, but 
the fener is objectionable, from the divisions separating and 
forming into ridges. ube and sepals bright red, corolla 
large and peculiarly bright i in colour. 28, ey and sepals rosy 
vermilion, the latter tipped with green and expanding well, 
corolla maroon purple; pretty variety, of a medium size. 
The two latter flo we consider the best——W. Miller.— 
Your hybrid pecan eee A corymbiflora is a very hand- 
some flower ; seed-po' e long and slender, gradually 
increasing in size till the ciniietes is a quarter of an inch; the 
tube is of a delicate pink colour, having sepals of a greenish 
primrose, forming a strong contrast to oe bright red corolla 
seen between them; the wer altogether is 54 inches in 
length, and the buds are very handsome as they approach 
maturity; it flowers in a large, broad bunch, which is ec 
into branches, containing altogether 150 flowers. 
rich-coloured flower, with sufficient parple in the 
reeable contrast ; but it is not sufficient), 
-—The sepals of 30 are rather coarse, and appt 
of a faded cold towards the points ; it is large and show, 
31, large and singular 
h dull crimson; 
wants the violet ane tate latter is the better flower, as it 
forms a contrast to the lighter flowers.* 
As usual, a host of letters gee arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Her Maszsrv’s visit to the King of the French is, as 
might have been expected, the chief topic of interest both 
at home and on the Continent. The reception given to 
her Majesty by the Royal Family and people of France 
cannot fail to be satisfactory to British feelings ; and the 
French journals, with few exceptions, regard the event as 
agraceful compliment paid to the nation at large in the 
person of its Sovereign. In their leading features, the 
details of the Royal Progress are not less picturesque 
than those of her Majesty’s visit to the Highlands last 
year, while they surpass them in those incidents of personal 
and national character which will ensure the meeting at 
the Chateau d’Eu a conspicuous place in the history of 
our time. Notwithstanding the visions of commercial 
treaties which haunted many of the French papers on the 
first announcement of the Queen’s visit, they now express 
regret that her Majesty did not extend her excursion to 
Paris and Versailles. -They accept the fact, however, as a 
proof that the visit to France was not one of curiosity or 
pleasure, but a mark of friendship towards the reigning 
dynasty, which is all the more welcome, because asso- 
ciated with no object of merely temporary interest. The 
Ministerial journals hail the visit of the Queen as a pledge 
of peace—the most significant, perhaps, which has been 
given to France for 13 years, and welcome it as a proof 
that, after all the vicissitudes of their history, the happi- 
ness of a King or Queen still excites the sympathies of 
the French people. 
From Spain we learn that a battalion of one of the royal 
regiments at Madrid demanded their discharge on the 
evening of the 29th, and were immediately disbanded. 
The new Government, either from alarm at the movement, 
or from a desire to declare Madrid in a state of siege, 
arrested the non-commissioned officers, and ordered them 
to be shot on the following day, without even the form ofa 
court-martial. Considerable excitement ensued, the 
military were placed under arms, and all the generals in 
the capital who were supposed to be favourable to Espar- 
tero were summarily compelled to leave the city. In the 
meantime, Barcelona had manifested an increased oppo- 
sition to the new Government, and Saragossa and other 
towns were in a state little short of insurrection. The 
British and French Ministers, however, had officially 
recognised the Provisional Government, and the diplomatic 
relations of the three countries continue as heretofore. 
—From Switzerland, we learn that the long-pending dis- 
pute respecting the Argau convents bad been no sooner 
placed in a fair way of settlement, than a civil war broke 
out between the French and German inhabitants of the 
Valais. A conflict has already taken place in the neighbour- 
hood of St. Maurice, and it is feared that the Diet will be 
compelled to divide the canton into two independent 
governments.—The insurrection in the Papal States has 
also assumed a formidable aspect; guerillas have formed 
not only in the Bolognese, but also in Romagna ; and 
large bodies of troops have been despatched from Rome 
tothe March of Ancona. The armed bands of the Papal 
