1843.) 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
577 
Se ee ements cones 
Cubbages, per doz., 9d to 1s 3d 
Caulifiowers, per dozen, 26 to be 
cans, Kidney, por 
— ’Scarl 
ndsor, per 
per cwt., 3 
"> _ perbushel, lead to 9% 
‘ows, per do; 
r doz. 
Red Beet, per dozen, 9d to ls 
Horse Radish, per bundle, le t 
Radish, spring, p. doz. 
5 
— Tum 
Carrots, Horn 
_ — ‘Long, per d 5 
Shallots, per'ibes ig neh 
— green, per bunch, 4d 
Spinach, per sieve, 25 to 2+ 6d 
they have the appearance of having received a slight sprinkling 
of Snow. You may apply itnow, and again once or twice early in 
take the Common, Turkey, and American Oaks, the Elm, Ma- 
Lime, Ash 
ch, 
Walnut, Ailanthus, Pines, and Firs, As Fo 
Cnorcr Survurs ror norpe 
Beiberis aqnifolium and dulcis; Spirzea bella, arizefdlia, tomen- 
c sieve, Is to 1s 6d 
New, per ton, 60s to80e 
ewt., BF to 
z., 6d to 1s 
4% bunches, 8s to 5s 
0 Be 
- hands, Gd to 1s 
ip, p. doz. bunch, 9d to 1s 
» p- doz. bunches, 3¢ to 6s 
ca; Calycanthus fléridus, Ledum palustre, 
Rhododendrons and Azaleas. As Evercrer x 
Common and Portugal Laurels, Aucuba 
VEGETABLES. 
eke, per doz. bun., 24 to 4s 
Onions, Spring p. doz. bch., 1s 6d to 3s 
— Large, per doz. beh., 2s to bs 
anish, per doz., 1s 6d to 3x 
8d 
# 6d sack, 35 to 63 
Cabb., p. score, 9d to 1s 
Cos, per score, 6d to 1s Gd 
Celery, p. bd., (12 to 15) 9d to 1s 6d 
Small Salads, per punnet, 2d to 3d 
Sweet Basil, per doz. bunches, 3s to 4s 
— per 
Lettuce, 
Watercress, per doz. sm 0 6d 
Parsley, per half siew 
Tarragon, pe un 0s 
2. bun, 2 
» 45 to 7s|Min 3s 
rjoram, green, per bunch, 4 to 4d 
} |Mushrooms, per pottle, 2s to 4 
Wallouts, Green, per bushel, 7s to 9s 
—As Forest Trers you may 
h, Birch, Horse and Sweet Chesnuts, 
WERING TREES OR 
Tulip-tree, Deciduous Cypress, 
ulus, Pavia, and Crategus ; Arbutus, 
ND SHRUBS 
mea ; Snowberry, and Common and Asiatic Berberry. AS 
Roses. Lists of fruit-trees for any situation or aspects 
year’s volume, + 
heated by any of the s 
should have a sonth aspect, because you will never find light 
ng of the year; if, therefore, you must 
He been with it. There 
anes recently published which we can rei 
of the most useful have been occasionally given in ourcolumns. 
‘Ww are to be met 
culturist,?? 
Porranre G 
ul rida, montana, and Viticella ; 
assiflora czerulea, Ampelopsis quinquefdlia, Aristo- 
greeca, Clematis Hender- 
Bignénia 
» Honeysuckles, Glycine sinensis, and 
-—You will find hot-water 
mall boilers, now so much advertised, 
tures having hiding-places. ‘You should also expose the interior 
of your cupboards to the strong gaseous exhalation arising 
8 » and placed where the 
Ants most abound.——A Subscriber, Macelesfield.—The insect 
which you suppose to be a Butterfly i Moth, belonging to 
the family Phaleenide. It is called Hipparchus Papilio Sdrius, 
and is of rather uncommon occurrence in this country. 
Cockroacuns,—F. H. J.—We can 
By 
ae 
Water the pans 
through a very fine rose, and place them ona greenhouse shelf, 
where the soil will not be liable to be dried up by the 
sun. When the plants are large enough, pot them off 
three together into a 60-sized pot. ‘In sowing Ferns, prepare the 
i @ same manner, water them previously to sowing 
through a very fine rose, dust the seed or spores over 
the surface of the pot, and cover the latter with a hand- 
glass. Let the pots be placed in a shady part of the green- 
house or stove, according to the temperature of the country of 
which the plants are natives, and let them remain undisturbed 
until the spores germinate. 
Weeps.—A Correspondent tells us that *flint-pitching” is the 
paving of stable-yards, and other places with round flint-stones. 
what is possible. You may, however, be sure that a Fuchsia will 
i The rule is that plants must 
nearly related ; the difficulty is to know the degree of relation- 
ship, and this can only be determined by experiment. Sow 
Fuchsia seed as soon as ripe in peat,loam, and sand; or if 
ripened late keep it till the spring, for the seedlings may damp 
off in winter, 
Coxours or Frowrrs.—J. B. M. H.—Little is known of the 
means of changing the colours of flowers artificially. Alum 
renders the Hydrangea blue, and some saline substances, such 
as phosphate of iron and muriate of ammonia, appear 
heighten the tint if red; but there experiment has stopped. 
f, however, you cause your Balsam to grow in some red infu- 
sion, especially that of Phytolacca, the Virginian Poke, it is 
not improbable that you may stain the veins purple. Ifalso you 
‘row the cuttings, when in flower, in a weak solution of prus- 
siate of potash, and two days afterwards shift them into a weak 
solution of sulphate of iron, you will stain the veins blue. 
Compiarnts.—Omega.—If you will look at the Notices in last 
week’s paper, you will find your questions duly answered. 
MisceLLanrous.—Horn Bow.—Periploca greeca. 1, 
Alonsoa incisifélia ; 2, Agératum Mexicanum; 3, a Cistus; 4, 
rénica spici 
are no figures of Horticultural 
commend; some 
with in “ Loudon’s Suburban Horti- 
judiciously avoided mak 
tion or size of the Ward 
a Atpresent unacquainted with the best mode of either ma- 
Sing or making them; and therefore each exhibitor must: 
OSES 4n opportunity of saying something on these points; 
© meanwhile we may observe that it is only ignorant 
vases.” You will 
ip 
between which and the common yellow Laburnum the purple 
Means uncommon, as you will find by referring to p. 397. 2 
Mimunus.—H. K.—The seedling of a rich orange Colas nate 
fine variety; the le Ele are large and the colour bright and 
wer of @ rose vermilion colour is also ver: 
3 the other variety wants size peeoods 
x ‘oung Nurseryman.—The Erica you sent was too 
clear, ‘The flo 
1CA.—A Y 
Much bruised for us to 
L undertake to name seedli 
RAVES AND Frurr.—A, 
seg forcing is Keen’s 
tomes the preparation of the plants before subjecting them 
Myancat) will be found in late Numb 
Tee T’S PINE STRAWBERRY.—We & ed to Many cor. 
We spudents for valuable information on this point, for which 
Arn; hall find room next week. i 
Cors.—4, ‘ cannot account for your Brussels, 
Tonge, a 
ri ‘ . 
seit While those of the Moorpark and Breda continue to ripen 
Tat i ~ 
wets kinds, which renders them better able to resist excessive 
» unless there is som 
Aspar. 
ae evs A. S.—We h 
water during: th 
e ri jus! 
Sea-kale should pay 
al be treated in the same way. It is better to jarge and good also,—but, like Mrs. Barnard, (which flower it 
iene Shoots as long as the cutting continues ; how long fiat eernenitat resembles,) it wants two or three more petals to 
Trista nig on the strength of the plants. complete the crown; the rose edge is very perfect, neat, and 
folia. 12 Tansley.—You have sent us Gastropacha querci- delicate.* * 4 ‘ + 
find inet Lappet Moth.t——H, C.—The insect whieh ven Cannamiows,—W, Lodge.—Your seedling, Lodge’s True Briton 
An; 
¢ (reign origin, 
it; howey, 
C v er, you 
Crevices with plaster. fl 
also get some information at p, 852 ; 
224 pp. 244 and 796, of 1841, ieee 
‘ARURNOM,—A Dublin Subscriber.—The shoot which you found 
Mirae _Were answered. Sea i 
Sub: of applying salt ; because it is a vehicle for other 
itigpances> Such, for instance,'as muriate of magnesia, on which 
with eee that the Asparagus feeds. We should water our beds 
‘= your cupboards to such an extent is a minute 
Of forectly allied to the Myrmica melanocéphala. 
You will find some difficulty in getting rid 
ay nN 
T-of-Paris, so as to prevent the little crea. 
w.—The Society has 
ing any regulations as to the construc- 
next year, 
judgment in the matter. We shall 
ants in Closely Glazed 
determine what it was, 
ings. 
B.C. 
We cannot 
utting out your own 
The fruit when 
ig 
est kind of Strawberry for 
Seedling. Abundant Jnformation 
ers of the Chronicle, + 
are obliged to man. 
pricots dropping off before they are 
e constitutional peculiarity in the two 
ave not seen your questions till now; 
ea-water is the best of 
he whole of the season of growth, and 
hen the shoots are beginning to move, 
Itis probably 
by carefully closing aj] 
wer. 
Pansius,—A. B.—Among so many specimens of Pansies, there 
lifolius; 3, R. carpinifolius; 4, R. rhamnifolius.t——J. L. A 
—Messrs. Bailey, Ironmongers, Holborn, will give you the in- 
formation you desire.——W. H. P.—Thanks.—Sally.—We can 
form no opinion concerning your blotched Alonsoa, for its 
flowers were crushed to pieces in the -bags.——A, Ef 
Strawberry blossoms are blind from one of the following causes : 
—1, They are naturally barren, as in the Hautbois; 2, they are 
injured by cold when young, as sometimes happens in forced 
plants ; or 3, they are wet when flowering, as occurs in such 
seasons as the last, or in bad forcing. E. E.—They are 
private marks. Myatt’s Victoria Rhubarb is an excellent early 
sort. Plant atthe end of October.——@. D.—Your Poplars are 
attacked by a parasitical fungus of the genus Uredo. ‘There is 
no known cure. isease only appears now, when the 
growth of the plantis finished, it is probably unimportant. 
Speedwell.—1, apparently Dracocéphalum speciosum ; 2, Cytisus 
nigricans; 3, Lysimadchia nemorum. Such wretched morsels 
are scarcely determinable ¢. ignis.—Veronica exaltata, 
Lupinus polyphyllus, Kitaibélia vitifolia, and an Aster of some 
kind.t——A. E.—Etcomis punctata.t——A. H.—The yellow 
Ixia is apparently I. bul a; the white is erecta albifiora, 
. B. O.—Stanhépea saccata.t——An Old Subscriber.—Your 
small green-fleshed Melon, which is very prolific, 
roves to be of rich flavour. It has a thin, but remarkably 
hard rind.||——A Sudseriber.—If Messrs. Youell’s 
ments do not give you the information, a penny 
from them by pos —D. Beaton.—Leucocéryne ixioides.—— 
—Ins 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Versenas.—J. N.—Your seedlings reached us in sucha crippled 
condition, in consequence of the bad manner in which they 
were packed, that it is impossible to form any just estimate of 
their qualities. The Phlox is only one of the many varieties 
of P. suavéolens, and is not at all handsome. 
Danvias.—W. Deans. he bloom of your seedling Duchess of 
Buccleugh was yather too much shaken in the journey. The 
flower appears to be good in form, round, with the crown well 
up; the petal does not appear to open freely, and the white is 
not sufticiently pure, it is very regularly tipped of an agreeable 
jilac. We should like to see another bloom.* 
Prcorses.— D. D.—Your flower can only be regarded as a border 
variety; the petals are too small, jagged at the edges, and the 
colour is too much distributed over the petals —Youell § Co. 
—The bloom now sent is a decided improvement upon the one 
previously received: the edges of the petals are smoother, the 
guard leaves are large and well formed, and the next tier are 
scarlet bizarre,) has large guard leaves, of a good form, with 
et smooth edges, the colours and striping distinct; but the 
next row of petals, and all the other petals, are disproportion. 
ately small—a defect fatal to it as a show flo 
must of course exist different degrees of merit, altogether, 
they form a very creditable collection ithe eyes are invaria- 
bly fine, and generally the substance is good; in some instances 
the combination of colours is very curious —J. P. ee 
i notch in f bs 
petal; 4, do., and too small; 2 and3 are deus in ae eens 
they are also, in their present state, too small and deficient in 
FES 
colour is peculiar; the lower p: 
grounded, a: 
with a deep blotch, surrounded by a dull crimson upon a deep 
lavender ground-colour. The flower is thin for its size, but it 
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The other is nothing more than the female bloom 
of Fuchsia cylindrica.t——R. F.—42-65 is one of your best 
seedlings, the contrast between the sepals and corolla being 
very decided; for the same reason we like 86, the dense ver- 
milion corolla of which looks well with the long, delicate tube 
and sepals tipped with green; 6, 8, 56, 58, 65, 121, 143, for the 
above, we should reject—the colours in these 
varieties are too faint and weak; 2, 
are not im- 
provements upon the varieties we daily see.——J. Brock.— 
Your seedling Fuchsia is very pretty in colour, but though a 
‘ood flower, it is surpassed by many already out.——A. B.— 
fully expanded these divisions separate. 
i appearance, and by partially 
concealing the corolla, which is of a beautiful purple.—— W, 
Deans.—Your seedlings bear rather too much resemblance to 
e deep, rich crim: 
each other, and from th: son carmine of the 
tube and se 
many of the varieties now in cultivation, * 
As usual, a host of letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Born Houses of Parliament have been actively engaged 
this week in working up those details of business which are 
always crowded into the last days of the Session; and 
from the preparations in progress, it is supposed that the 
Queen will prorogue Parliament in person in the course 
of another week. In the Lords, on Monday, Lord Mont. 
eagle brought forward his resolutions on the finances of 
the country, which led to an animated discussion on the 
state and prospects of the Revenue ; the resolutions were 
Opposed by Government, and negatived without a divi- 
sion. On Tuesday, the second reading of the Irish Arms 
Bill gave rise to a discussion on the nature of the Roman 
Catholic Oath, Lord Camoys and the Earl of Shrews- 
bury contending that the oath was not binding on 
Catholic Peers in their legislative capacity; while Lords 
eaumont, Brougham, and others insisted that it was to 
be taken in its literal sense, as prohibiting a yote contrary 
to the interests of the Established Church. After some 
discussion on this point, the second reading was carried. 
On Thursday the Bill went through Committee, and 
was last night read a third time and passed, without 
alteration. In the Commons, the principal topics of 
discussion have been the Bill for organising the Chelsea 
Pensioners as a military force at the disposal of the 
civil authorities, and Lord Campbell’s Bill for altering the 
law of libel. Considerable opposition was shown to the 
Chelsea Pensioners Bill, and numerous divisions took 
place on its several stages, but it ultimately passed through 
committee after a,vain attempt to limit its duration to 
five years. For the particulars of the debate on the 
Defamation and Libel Bill, and for the routine business 
transacted, we must refer to our Parliamentary Report. 
From France, we Jearn that Mr. O’Connell’s reply to 
the offer of assistance from the Republicans of Paris has 
given no satisfaction to that party. The Conservative 
press treats the whole affair with ridicule, and the Radical 
papers declare that Mr. O’Connell does not go far enough, 
and that French democracy has pitched its tent far beyond 
the line he has laid down,—In Spain, the new Ministry 
have adopted the decided course of communicating to 
Queen Isabella the national wish that she should be 
declared of age after the meeting of the Cortes, The 
address embodying this resolution was presented in the 
presence of the nobility, ambassadors and authorities of 
Madrid; and the Queen, in reply, signified her assent to 
the proposal. The adoption of this measure is attributed 
to the anxiety of the new Government to divest Espartero 
of all official character, to prevent the Infante Don 
Francisco from intriguing for the Regency, and, finally, 
to enable Queen Christina to return to Spain, which can 
Only be effected by declaring the majority of her daughter. 
