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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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should use both, and as much as the expense will justify. 
There is no fear of such land being overmanured by any ordi- 
nary amount of application. The bones had better be half-inch. 
Jently fermented ; but if this cannot be done, or if Couch-grass, 
and such weeds, cannot be so killed, it is better to burn them 
in the usual way, and cast the ashes on the land. 
W, B.—It is very difficult to heat well so small a 
12 feet by 4. 
‘would overheat it. 
cinders and such refuse for fuel, you might manage to keep it 
in good order. In a week or two we shall publish a little plan, 
i might advantageously adopt.——A Yo _Pine- 
grower will find Rendle’s Treatise frequently advertised in our 
columns, Other matter next week,—— W. M.—Your plan will 
answer, provided the inside of the flue is well rendered with 
the brickwork and 
ops.—J. H. 
well as elsewhere, if the soil is rich and strong enough, and not 
Cuimeers.—W. P.—Consult Mr. Beaton’s excellent Paper just 
published, or the remarks of a ‘ Devonian,” at p. 629. 
Cannartions, &c.—A Constant Subscriber,—Picotees, Pinks, and 
Carnations, will grow 
the uncongenial nature of the soil, 
Fucusras,—G y 
»—G. R, 
heat, —0. 
dried to enable us to ascertain its name.* 
PELARGoNIU. i 
as.—The cause of seedling Pines shanking, as it is 
called, is unknown; but the disease never attacks them when 
raised in pure loam. The sketch of the Araucaria seed is sent 
Keep leaves healthy, and 
the leaves will take care of the bunches, under all ordinary 
cir D.—i - ificial 
Son, with proper management. It should be borne in mind that 
the very best i 
of the future produce, under 
any circumstances, must inevitably result. || 
InEs.—E. C.—By all means improve your border; and with 
Guano if you like. But be careful to apply it in very wet wea- 
ther, when the Vines are beginning to swell their buds, and 
ey are growing. i 
‘aac often is the rule for this and all other such substances.—— 
Vi 
being 
ae © premature bursting of the Vines.|| 
RANGE-TREES.—H, M.—In a warm Moss-house, well lighted, 
e will be safe in winter, if such be not severe ; 
but when the tree is likely to experience a temperature below 
40°, you must endeavour to find ways and means so as not to 
F Subject it to any lower degree. 
RUIT-TREES,—A Constunt Subseriber.—If your Pear and Cherry- 
trees, which blossom abundantly, yet bear no fruit, have not 
been injured by spring-frosts, i 
. tate they are vigorous, 
ut because some of the resulting shoots are apt to become too 
i to gum, a di 
Anne,cutting back of the old branches would also tend to induce. |} 
LES AN: 
Apples 
enretully one b; , and plac 
eG will succeed those left to ripen on the trees. Look over 
© fruit-room e i 
the day? 
trmove a few occasionally to a warmer room or kitchen, where 
ayaa Will soon get mellow enough. 4 ‘ 
of thi also be gathered before they are quite ripe, and the last 
them may be selected for the daily consumption, D, B. 
RS.—H. 
Dot at nN * ry it of the Persi: eae 
B all equal in quality to the fruit of the ‘ersian varieties, 
TQLLY—A Subseriber.—Te is usual to. bruise and mix Hoil, 
ny Or yw them in a light 
the Y soil, in drills, and cover them about 1 inch in depth. If 
with abe ay and very light, they may have a gentle pressure 
foot. t 
RORTADLE Marrow.—A, B, C,~Flowering precedes fruiting ; 
therefore the fruit of your Vegetable Marrow could not die off 
before coming to 
jose you mention as 
When the latter are taken off, others may 
Of course you know how to fertilize the females. | 
Subscriber.—No beds 
then give them a good washing with the syringe.} 
Arrow-roor.—R. G.—The Arrow-root advertised by Lopresti as 
sf as been examined by us with care, and we can assure 
you that itis perfectly genuine, and of the first quality, although 
only 20d. Cheap Arrow-root is generally a vile 
advise everybody to try it. 
Guazine.—W. C.—A good glazier will sort his glass, a bad one 
will not. British sheet-glass is quite flut e fear you 
f your glazier does 
oked panes ought not to lap over fiat panes, 
you had better look out for a workman with a little more 
common sense, 
Country Sxows.—G.—If we do not insert the names of plants, 
but only those of the owners, in many of the reports of Country 
Shows, it is because we cannot get better information. The 
local reporters are the persons to be blamed. ef ii 
as much as we are helpless. If we thought thata 
non-insertion of allreports without the names of winning flowers 
would correct the evil, we certainly would adopt that plan; but 
at present we doubt whether the result would be what you 
imagine. 
Insrcts.—G. E.—The insect you complain of appears to be the 
Chelifer cancroides, or common Mock-Scorpion. It is nearly 
allied to the family of spiders. It seldom occurs in the abund- 
ance you speak of, but is not unfrequently met with under 
the bark of trees, dead leaves, and i i 
books within doors. 
much diminish the numbers of this 
it.—F, H, S.—The 
fleas in your stable, kennel, &c., will probably not trouble you 
tion to this point.—-M.W.— We have examined your 
e can discover no insect on them, ex- 
of “how they came there” is more easy to answer, as the mag- 
gots, without doubt, result from eggs laid in the Fungi by some 
insect. Youneed not fear that these ‘devouring reptiles,” 
as you call them, will attack any other plant.—— Hste.—Your 
Caterpillars were much crushed before they reached us, how- 
ever we have seen sufficient to make us suppose them to be 
the larvee of common Cabbage Moth, Mamestra Olera. 
cea. We know of no better method of getting rid of them than 
by diligent hand-picking, or dusting the plants attacked with 
quick lime. S. A . 
Woop1ice.—L. J.— Various methods of destroying Woodlice 
have been given in our columns; but it isa difficult task to get 
effectually rid of them ; their numbers may, however, be con. 
siderably thinned in the following manner 
potato into a smal 
two or three of these traps be put ng the ba lof your 
Vinery, where the Woodlice are most numerous. ‘hese traps 
show examined every morning, and the insects that are 
collected destroyed. By persevering for some time in this way, 
they will become much less troublesome.— Ireland is also 
answered in the above. fs i 
MiscELLANEous.—C. A. B.—The Spirea is apparently quite new, 
at least to gardens. Send it in flower and we will name and 
publish it for you. 9, Colletia spinosa; 8, Potentilla insignis ; 
3, Antennaria margaritacea; 1, Podolepis jaceoides; 5, Some 
New Hollan i The i folcus, 
—Rosa tomentosa and Hieracium umbellatum.—J. F.—M 
chantia polymorpha. —J, Mason.—It isnecessary to have a b: 
ter specimen, with the leaves, &c., in order to determi 
plant. Itis very like some species of Podalyria, butif it be 
to that genus it does not come from the East Indies —A,— 
ar- 
et- 
of Ep. latifolia.— A. B. @.—Probably the Grape you received 
under ii 
x-Grapes, because they smell like a fox. . Fowler. 
It is fully late in the season to bud or layer Roses. Some of 
them may, however, yet succeed.i——H. D.—Achimenes longi- 
s , e is no periodical work on 
Kitchen-Gardening which we can recommend. egular 
Subscriber. —Fumaria spicata. — W. G.—Govenia liliacea. 
tl aniculata, Tolpis barbata.——P. R. W. 
—Pyrus aria, Chlora perfoliata, Sedum rapestre.——W. C.—All 
the plants in the list are hardy, and suitable for rock work, except 
the following, which are rather tender, and require a 
tection, viz. :— 
im. not Leonurus Cardiaca, 
but is Stachys densiflora.—— Hydrophilist.—Much obliged, but 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
CaLcEoLARtias.—A. G. N.—Your seedling is a very pretty and 
r; but larger specimens, similar in character, 
have been raised by other growers. 
Fucusias.—T. B,—The b 
C greater contrast of 
colour is desirable. The sepals to 41 are coarse, and terminate 
in a bad colour; the corolla has a ragged appearance, and it 
partially unfolds; and 40, though a very large flower, tl 
Cy not expand sufficiently to render it a desirable intro- 
PANSIES.—R, P.—Most of the dark selfs now cultivated are 
better than your 21, No. 2 is a flower of good properties, and 
would be desirable if size could be added to it: the same m: 
be said of 52, which i 
this is very 
well-formed flower, good eye, ground-colour clear and uniform. 
There appears to be a defect in the petals, as the substance is 
not carried out to the edge. 
As usual, a host of letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
THE announcement of the Queen’s return from her 
visit to the French Court had scarcely reached the remoter 
parts of the kingdom, when Her Majesty set out on her 
second marine excursion. The visit to Belgium which 
we have this week to record may be deficient in the 
political importance which was inseparable from the 
excursion to France, but it is nevertheless suggestive of 
many interesting topics. The visit of the Queen to those 
fine old cities plentifully scattered over the Belgian terri- 
tory, and which for. centuries have been associated with 
important events in the history of Europe—the promised 
visit to Brussels—and, above all, to the plains of Waterloo, 
cannot fail to be regarded hereafter as remarkable inci- 
dents in Her Majesty’s reign. The details of the Royal 
progress, so far as they have yet reached us, are confined 
to the preliminary ceremonies and receptions, but nest 
week they will doubtless supply matter enough of more 
general interest, to engage attention. 
The accounts from Spain contain the details of another 
insurrection at Barcelona, which has again made that 
unhappy city the scene of fresh anarchy and bloodshed. 
The collision anticipated in our last took place on the 
3rd, between the forces of the Government and the troops 
of the revolutionary Junta, the president of which fell in 
the first attack. The insurgents made themselves masters 
of the city, while the citadel and the fortress of Montjuich 
remained in the hands of the Government troops. On 
the evening of the 7th, the fortress of Montjuich com- 
menced firing on the town, and with results even more 
destructive than those which followed the bombardment of 
Espartero and Van Halen. The Exchangeand other public 
buildings were seriously damaged ; upwards of 50,000 in- 
habitants quitted thecity, and the canals which supplied the 
fountains were cut off. The firing still continued at the date 
of the last despatches, and a general rising throughout 
Catalonia was hourly expected. Meanwhile, the proceed- 
ings of the new Government at Madrid are said to be 
impeded by disunion in the Cabinet ; an open alliance 
had taken place between the partisans of Espartero 
and those of the Infante Don Francisco, and doubts 
are entertained whether the Administration will be able 
to hold together until the meeting of the Cortes,— 
‘he i tion in Italy also continues to excite 
Ok ~—Your 
plant appears to be Epipactis purpurata, but it is a mere variety 
alarm ; Bologna was proclaimed in a state of siege 
on the 26th, and the mountains as far as the Nea- 
politan frontier were overrun by numerous bands of armed 
men. Several arrests had been made in the northern 
provinces of Naples, and the king had adopted extraor- 
dinary precautions to prevent the movement from extend- 
ing to the south. No authentic explanation has yet been 
given of the origin of these disturbances, but they would 
appear to indicate a more extensive combination than the 
Italian Governments are willing to admit.—No tidings of 
the Indian mail have yet been received, and there is now 
