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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[JUNE 3, 
ture of Bees which the late few years have produced. Its 
most peculiar feature is a description, with figures, of a 
great many different sorts of hives, and a practical account 
of their respective merits. In this respect we regard 
Mr. Milton’s book as peculiarly useful. It also contains 
many good instructions for the management of Bees, 
and a collection of passages from numerous writers on 
Beecraft. We understand that Mr. Milton deals in the 
hives he describes, so that those who are ambitious of 
trying the various ways of management which Bee-authors 
have described, have an opportunity of doing so, in the 
oar advantageous woe ree his assistance and that of 
00 
4 F Catenitue for Young Panis, . By Cuthbert Jobn- 
> Esq. Ridgwa: 
A simpxz, plain, and eset work for the guidance of 
a young farmer is much wanted, and might be most 
extensively useful. When we received a copy of this 
work, we opened it with a high expectation of its merits, 
coming from the well-known prolific pen of the author. 
We must confess that, as is often the case where there 
are high expectations, we have been disappointed. The 
work before us consists of short questions and answers as 
to the operations on a farm for each month, intended no 
doubt to point out the most important objects of attention 
for that period. In this it resembles the headings of the 
months in most common almanacs. The most import- 
ant part of the information is given in the notes, and con- 
sists of copious quotations from the ‘ Farmer’s Encyclo- 
peedia,’’ by the same author, and of other works. Many 
things well suited for an Encyclopzdia may not be so as 
a foundation for a practical system of farming, inculcated 
with confidence, and such as a young farmer can safely 
follow without danger of failure. Many of the recom- 
mendations in the notes are founded on facts and experi- 
ments, by no means certain and universally admitted ; and 
some are directly contrary to the experience of many prac- 
tical farmers. We will only give a very few instances. 
Salt is invariably recommended to be mixed with com- 
posts, or used directly on the land. We were startled at 
, by a direction to add a bushel of salt to every 
cubic foot of earth, or pond mud, intended to be carried 
on the land: but we found afterwards that this was an 
error of the press, and that a cubic yard was meant, asin 
page 16. Asa general rule, we cannot admit even this 
quantity on all kinds of soil: on gravel it would be soon 
washed out and lost ; on clay it might do harm, if the 
weather was very dry, and its use is doubtful even in 
moist weather. Barley, (we presume Spring Barley, as 
Winter Barley is sown in October,) is recommended to be 
sown in January, as well as Oats; we think most practi- 
cal farmers would not venture to do this with so tender a 
plant as Spring Barley, which a cold, wet February, such 
as we often have, would entirely destroy. 
Fallows are to be broken up in March. We believe that 
this practice has been abandoned very nearly a century, 
and that all good farmers in heavy lands now break up 
their fallows before winter, and if they have an opportunity 
to do so early, give them a second ploughing or ridging 
up before Christmas : no notice is taken of this in Octo- 
ber, November, and December. 
A curious mistake, copied from the “ Farmer’s Alma- 
ra is made as to the value of different fodder, (note, 
.» 14). As we could not understand this, we looked at 
the article in the “Journal of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England,” and found out the mistake. Instead 
of latter math hay being equal to 102, in nourishment, 
when good hay is 100, 102 lbs. of latter math hay are 
only equal to 100 lbs. good hay, and 90 lbs. of clover hay 
are of the same value, and so on—which is unintelligible : 
the richer the fodder, the less is required. A very young 
farmer might be puzzled by this table. 
There is, no doubt, a great deal of good matter in the 
notes, which, if systematically arranged and put into the 
form of positive instructions, under the correcting hand 
of an experienced practical farmer, might be very useful. 
In its present shape we fear that no great assistance will 
be derived from it to the young and inexperienced. The 
most important directions with respect to ploughing, sow- 
ing, and reaping the crops are entirely omitted, or only 
incidentally alluded to. 
It is with reluctance that we criticise the production of 
a meritorious author, who, with the assistance of those 
who have much experience, might have produced an excel- 
lent manual for young farmers. The work has been too 
hastily compiled.— M 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
Aut the China, Tea-scented, and Bourbon srcangy that have 
been forced since last Christmas will now be on 
oe be well pruned pacts and all the ee 
re are many of them so fertile for blooming as to 
eorienes in flower yet for eel 3 but it would 
ment to let them do so, as ther 
next six weeks. Teiatop laste ec eainreren seen shaking away the 
ae portion of the soil from their root be and placed in a shady 
situation for about two een pinching out what flower-buds 
they make during that time, they oom ie ee condition for 
autumn use in the Se ioeaay seat arge pla f Sweet Briars 
that have also been forced throughout the Inte should now be 
entirely cut down to the surface the pots, and plac 
shaded place. It will te answer os prune Briars, that neve been 
forced, like other Rosi The: hard in the wood by being 
constantly deprived of their foliage, that Ha short of cutting 
down will bring them about again ; this s: svete the same 
ay 
for a few sliltings, a they are all 
ndeed, ee r cheapness and high colours were my 
reason for pointing them 
I, Rgrihess ee ee AND Cec eeee 
Tn- or Depart men 
inERY.—I once anne ardener oe had three-fourths 
of his fruiting Pines fully vated about this time of the year, and 
to all appearance likely to ripen at one time. He turned out 
half of them into a close, cold pit, and after three wecks he began 
oO take back a few every week to the fruiting-house. He thus 
managed to make a long succession of them. fter the succes- 
and younger plants are potted, shade them a little in the 
middle of the day, Pe keep them close and in a moist atmosphere 
till they take freely to the new soi 
Vinery.— Keep Stiniate the berries and stopping the laterals 
as they advance; which, mee syringing and giving air, is the 
principal work now in Vin es. 
Pracn- HOUSE AND eens es.—These must take their chance 
me weeks yet, till the fruit is all off. Keep the houses well 
enuilatedl and dry Ce night, and the glass as much down as pos- 
eee oon the 
—As ou earicae plants ripen off their fruit, be ready 
Sth a Seacle of healthy, stout plants, to fill up the frames again; 
first taking the precaution 
The rafters and sooo ork shoul 
require it. A lit 
Mie rest aurea a cate 
in the same position. By no means let the bottom-heat decling, 
thongh the weather be ever so warm 
KipNey-B&éAns,—If your first spring crop in the open air is 
ome up thick, now is a good time to thin them, and plant the 
thinning in pots for forcing, if you have not already succession 
enough on hand to supply you till they are ready in the open 
ground 
Out-door Department. 
Never did the crops of fruit and vegetables oe better at this 
time of year than in the present season. Peaches, Cherries, and 
baat ate in Bisse so thick, that unless they EG weil thinned 
ot be good for much besides exhausting the trees, 
Agus will be much iniproved if the 
till ene berias begin to turn colour in the aut shee Recollect that 
this is the proper time to cultivate Asparagus, else half of the 
gardening ng act as if Woes peonend otherw! 
Leexs are a very useful vi able in winter, til this is about 
the best ane to plant them Bae seen the seed- ‘veds. 
ONrONS are api ares by being left too thick ta the rows 
nin, sow, an mt your succession crops as their different 
states eee ite, 
p.—The wall-trees have pisces been almost free 
from TaBeete pa with the return of eather we may expect 
eo: and must be prepared for Chet destruction. You cannot 
pay too much attention to thinning, stopping, and training the 
Soros gr a ths. S none of the trees have more than a 
fair e late rains were so favourable to the lawns that 
there ie no wae of short grass this season for the Strawberry- 
beds. The green Gooseberries are swelling fast now, and will 
soon be fit to gather, 
[1.—FLOWER-GARDEN aN pS ae 
In-door Departme 
TOVE.—Of all plants stove ones are ths most easy to manage 
and to propagate; that is, ina generalway. Butthey must have 
abundance of room for their be too crowded in 
sae heads. Large quantities of water they will always require in 
er; and a strong moist heat, with the atmosphere kept 
Firact by free ventilation, is the life of these plants. In the great 
parece they shade their stoves peeue ys in hot weather, 
ves watering, and young plants grow with more freedom under 
partial shade; but for an established Becek of specimen plants it 
is the worst possible plan to shade 
i sE.—Thereis bspacennh boat general or more difficult 
must have ee portions o: over or among them, 
te @ moist atmosphere nile they are growing, and flowers 
will not stand this with impuni 
CoNsERVATORY.— s in flower here are be oe 
shaded while the sun is strong on the glass. I have often heard 
ladies say, while viewing the large Pelargoniums at the Chiswick 
shows, how much they should like to have some of their own 
plants trained in the same way. Nothing is easier, if you have 
plenty of plants of each sort to be so trained. When the pleats 
are just coming into flower, put four or five of them into one large 
pot, keeping the best side of the plants outwards, and, with a 
dit ae. tr aining, y you can at once make a specime’ n to any ordinar. 
this I regularly adopt this plan, and find it very usefw 
ith a many other plants, as w with Pelargoniums, They 
are so many portable Lich er-beds on A emails cale, 
ut-door Depart 
Flower-gardening feu fife next four ianeiet is the most pleasant 
of Core ones provided you have a good stock of succession 
l up vacancies as the is a subject that 
requires ag aaon deal of forethought; buat in tite larweue places the 
flower-beds need show no want. of flowers till the oar es Hh 
mber, The routine of mowing, rolling, watering, and king: 
after insects, no one forgets.—D. “Beaton, § ‘Shir ubland Park ‘Gon dens. 
State of the Weather mdon for the ee ening vane 1, 1843, as 
observed atthe piroreetredad Gare 
9 (3 
20.813 06 
700} 29.506 | 08 
A 9.815 | 29.669 _| z 
- Blying clouds, with brisk SW. wind j 
. pil Re Yi clear and fine at aight 
thunder at 3; squally; sun- 
rs, partly hail. 
se “cold and heavy rain 
gh 
sey alowerys 
‘ain ; clow mild. 
aug? aieweiss very fine. 
fomperattr Of the week 2.6° be 
‘The depth of rain in May of ‘the present year 
a greater amount than has Jalle any m f 
lo ve average. 
as inche 
es and a quarter, 
Teast the last V7 years, 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during Sten, ie ch i 
_ Week ending June 01 je ensuing 
\ “P 
Ao — 
Mean| Year "a ant 
senna which i | ora Med 
| Av 
Tune, Hig ipwest 
| ve 
ae above period occurred on the 1ovh 
the lowest on the 9th, 188 By the 
“The gra 
and 1 
mozieter 86es 
REPORT ON COVENT-GARDEN MARKET, 
For the Week ending June 3, 1843. 
Tus continued wetness of the season, and the greater warmth 
that has been lately experienced, have rendered all those articles 
which flourish in the open air far superior this week. 
Leelee the case with coe and Gooseberries, Peas, 
s, Cabbage, Turnips, &c., 
teen ate now getting fine. Art asuowes are also now supplied, naie 
ay French ae, fine autumn-sown Onions, inmense Turn’ 
Radishes, and very superior Cauliflowers. Pine-apples are 
unusually n: eerce and good. Cherries are excellent. Peaches 
and Nectarines are much improved. Grapes, likewise, are better, 
and most abundant; and Strawberries are exceedingly plentiful, 
The latter are principally Keen’s Seedlings ; but there 
besides, some handsome Myatt’s British Quee en. Phlox Drum- 
monde Genista panto, Polygala cordifolia, eae ent kinds of 
Verb , &c., are among the plants in pots; is germanica, 
tion ‘Sulbiveram, Jasminum revolutum, the Yell low Banksian 
ose, the Double-flowered Senecio elegans, Myosotis palustris, 
ae Double Rocket, and the Double Red Hawthorn, are the chief 
of the cut-flowers, 
PRICES, Sarunvay, June 8, 1843.—FRUITS :— 
Pine Apple, per Ib. 4s to 10s 
Grapes, Rothouse, per Ib., 28 to 5; 
see goanish, per IB. te to 196d 
— Portugal, sal sso be 
Peaches, per dozen, 10s to 30s 
Nectarines, per dozen, "108 to 308 
Lelons, 6s to 12s each 
Apples; sext per bush.» 99 to 2s Filberts, 
Kitchen, per bush. 6s to 10s | Cob Nu 
Strawberrie: 95 fORCEC ie TOF Bd to 1s 
Lemons, per doz. 1s to, 25, 
ny 
ats, per 08 10 7 
Nuts, per bushel — 
Goosebersies, per half sieve, 2s Ga to Bs Brazil, 50 
Currants, per pottle, 8d to.1¢] Spans 
1 
haley, 
BENS poe ADE is 3 ad hrcelona, 228 
— | per 100 — Cob, 12¢ 
= ultier, per 100, GF to 208 
VEGETABLES. 
Cabbage-plants,per dor, bun.,1s to 2s 6d|Shallot ta, green, per banch, 2d t0 64 
8, per doz., 6d to 1s sa sparagus, large, per hundred, 
Grell werunner ooentes Sprue, or Small, p. bun, ae vo Batid 
Beans,Kidney, forced,p. 200, to asd Pens, forced; per ey 
Potatoes, per ton, 60s Lertiud, CuUbe pi sieves outa le 
per cwt. 4s to 5s 
TZ per bushel, 2¢ to 26 6d Celery, p. bd. 
= Kidney, p.bush., 1s 9 to 2e a4 in 
= Boos, “nes bushel, 2 mall Salad 
New, per lb., 4¢ to le 8 Be 
Jerusalem Astichol: es, per pall -eieve, 
Artichokes, green C 
Zurnips, , Spr ring, per anol ed to lst Fennel, per doz. Beaes ie 8 
Red Be cer tiset 9d tols i 
ex bundle, 1s to 6 
arlic, per 
Shatieee per ibs, ie to Ls od in p. doz, bin, 2¢ to 4 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Manures, &c.—J. S.—Bleaching-powder is chloride of lime. 
The best liquid manure for a small garden is Potter’s guano 
mixed with water. 
Weerns.—A Young Farmer.—It is bees use to cut off the heads 
of ee close to the ground, w 
mete is no 
fowls than ve DID; for the remedy, see ‘ 
M.——Salop will likewise be answered by 
TANK-HE. a —P.—We will notice your plan; but not with 
approbati 
Sreps.—A Rolie Gardener.—It is true that Peas ripened early 
in warm dry situations will produce an earlier crop than such 
are raised late on cold heavy land. But whether ype 
exactly equal circumstances seeds ripened in une will bri 
earlier crop than seeds ripened in September we cannot eet bie 
probably they would, You had better seenstle Lindley’s 
Theory of Horticulture, 
PLANTS 1N SHAD ‘They suffer from want of light and 
ran EOr foods THEE anches that overhang them keep off the 
sun and rain; the roots th ey must grow among rob them 
of their nourishment. All that yon ean wes is to try and per- 
suade Honeysuckles and Ayrs make an attempt 
at growth; likewise pou must uate ie ‘igen ing the ground well 
and manuring it. Laurels and Hollies will also do, but they 
S.—A, Weekly Reader.—No vegetables of 
any description ghonld be planted on fruit-borders within four 
feet from the bottom of the wall; and even beyond that distance, 
SAER ES Jones 
317, and is eects the plan a ie 
etetitod Sedan Test pSeasauy and saved all his crop, an 
sipenett some very la! the autumn ; which, he says, could 
ripen if left to eHemesivans Loudon gives the practice in 
rom personal obsery au De a the Gar 
deners’ Mag, Vol. vii. 263, and in some of is works, but 
the former is Se best account, and even ie “that in the 
Chronicteabove su aged to. D. Beaton. 
MzL roe s.—AS 
a: 
aS 
aa 
> 
Ss 
btless the unusually wet and clondy ASS 3 
lately experienced, together with a defect as regards botto 
heat. If the roots are kept in a proper a ey ETO 
plants will not be errs killed. || 
SrraWRERerKEs.—An Old Subscriber.—The Russian Alpine Straw- 
berry is the etre as that cultivated around sa iat Se 
ane Par B 
Forage Be ean can be procured from any ne off at this 
an.4) Be he runners should be cv 
time om plants in strong bloom, # Sates 
to make them very eo and do not desire ae Be 
ipumer in any way.—— Dea The error of yO iS i 
sists in supposing a metre necessary t 
ermen, whereas dry 
rae d 
soil; and if this is light al i 
rendered unfit for Wiest, which irene tts hl 
ts in . 
b Wane sare) WD Ah Bal , like broad Clover, as expe- 
ready, however ric] 
soil will be found among 
s le, ue followed with Turnips, sown 
Be coe as eae pone it foaery Potatoes, Carrots, 
m Tarnips. af ve rae, 
the sta’ 
orti nh depends on tireumstances and on - 
ne Gna secant year'—Barley and Oats, half of it with 
