1843.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
together by stone or slate-facings. Wood will, however, do 
very well with good management. 
CELLARING PLANTS,— 
is a mean 
must be consulted. 
Dog’s-tail, 5 Ibs, of hard Fescue, 20 Ibs. of Rye-grass, 5 Ibs 
or Black Nonesuch. 
will supply you with the proper plants. 
EEDING.—Monmouth.— You can never be much at a loss how to 
our Grass when you have a good store of hay for the 
The most profitable use of rich Grass would be to 
butter, if you have a good dairy- 
keep Milch-cows, and make 
in; Or you may buy in heifers in calf, and sell them when 
they have calved, i 
never sell to a disadvantage, r else 
Rosrs.—Rural Chemistry should put in cuttings of Roses that are 
not Chinas at the present time; and if allowed a very trifling 
bottom-heat, they will form rooted plants before winter com- 
PELARGoNIUMS.—Rural Chemistry.—As soon as your plants have 
ceased to flower, they should be cut down, leaving only two or 
three joints to each shoot. The prunings may then at once 
made into cuttings, and will readily strike 
in the front of a south wall, if shaded while the sun can reac! 
‘eter.—Your collection would be 
rejecting Joan of Arc, 
Duke of Cornwall, or Gaines’ Rising Sun.* 
Curysanrusmums.— Paw re 
for 1842, p. 221, in the article ‘ Amateur’s Garden,” 
find a list of the best Chrysanthemums. is 
Aravucaria,—X. Z.—We see nothing materially wrong in your 
i ‘e was no advantage, 
is; th 
however, in sticking them upright in the soil, 
fresh, the probability is, that you have given them too mucl 
water before they were able to make use of it, The history 
of the Thrips has been already given at p. 228 of 1841. 
Txe Liry or tHe Firrp.—R. 8. V. P. complains that under 
this head we lately (page 429) spoke of ow: conjecture about 
the white Lily not being the one intended in the Sermon 
on the Mount being confirmed by a letter from a gentleman at 
Aleppo; and he says that fe first called our attention to the 
fact some months ago when he remarked upon the extract 
from Lady Callcott’s book upon that subject, and afterwards 
Sent us a copy of a letter from Dr. Bowring that confirmed the 
fact that the white Lily was not indigenous to the Holy Land, 
We trust that our will, upon i i 
issimus is much like several others, with the 
same origin, which we have lately received, itis rather paler. 
These are all fine flowers, but not equal to either C. grandi- 
florus or speciosissimus.——. Kenny.—Your Cereus May- 
nardiee, between C. grandiflorus and speciosiss! 
the finest we have seen of this new race. Its colour is nearly 
that of C. Ackermanni. 
Constunt Reader.—There is no single work by 
which a man could instruct himself in architecture as con- 
nected with gardening. He must first learn to sketch freely 
by hand, by copying from a few numbers of “ Hullmandel’s 
Sketch Book,” 1s. each, Then procure “Smith’s Elements of 
Classic Architecture,” published in Edinburgh at 2s. 6d, For 
garden structures, he may copy from Austin’s work on 
artificial stone ornaments; and for plans, &c., from Loudon’s 
“*Suburban Gardener.” The price of the whole would be under 
30s. If he wished to attain great proficiency a teacher would 
Woopnice.—Miss 
Woodlice which eat your Melonsis to catch them, and this may 
be done by laying pieces of any tubular material, such as Bean- 
and blowing out the Woodlice which 
congregate there into hot water, as is done wit! 
Grups.— Hz. D.S.— 
ing these amongst Carnations. Nitrate of soda has been lately 
Tecommended, and may possibly be effectual. You may pre- 
Pare your soil in autumn with a dressing of soot and lime, 
Inseers,—H. M. and others.—Put a pint of gas-water to 10 pints 
State. $, 
ISCELLANFOUS. Rustic.—Ail lias no 
English name. It is a very common hardy tree, and ma 
had of any respectable nurseryman, You will find it in every 
&o0d catalogue of .—— Cartmel.—Fungi 
thus gland 
Nothing further is required than to make the 
slope firm.— Judius.—Apply to 
maker, 
Regent-sti 
P in " 
4 Female.—Your plant is Euphorbia lathyris, a weed in many 
of the country. i ‘ 
Spurge, from the resemblance its fruit bears 
(Capparis spinosa), commo 
it woul 
is called English Caper, or Caper- 
© the Caper 
Z,—Your plant seems to 
it. —— 
If they are hung up they will probably become too 
n in this respect, for which experience 
G.—For your lawn, sow per acre 5 Ibs. of Wiklias 
. 0) 
For American borders, any Nurseryman 
Having a good stock of hay you need 
under a hand-glass 
improved by 
Perfection, and Proserpine, and filling 
their places by Foster’s Favourite, Sir R. Peel, and Lyne’s 
Peter.—In the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
you will 
PrLarconiums.—G. P. 
If they were all ine i 
‘imus, is one of 
CALCEOLA 
+ M. J.—1, Cryptogramma crispum ; 2, Asplénium tricho- 
inanes; 3, Scolopéndrium vulgare ; 4, Genista linifdlia; 5, 
Polygonum amphibium.§ —— C. D. B.—Countess of Leven 
Rose, and Pelargonium melananthum.j——B.—Acer negundo. 
Mr. Lawrence’s pamphlet is out of print.——Bumpkin.—As- 
trantia carniolicaa——H. M.—The plant you have sent is not 
recognised ; it was not raised from the seed-pod sent, which is 
that of some Crotalari 
1841.——Mowbray.—If the party under this signature amongst 
with his address, they will feel obliged.——W, R.—We are 
/hododent The garden varieties of 
——Climax.—Your Del- 
nus have no settled names 
0 
should have sent some leaves with the flowers.—— WW. Fardner, 
e have never received your Hoya. » Z— 
Listera ovata. Thereis no doubt about its being indigenous to 
this country. ——A Subscriber.— Astragalus glycyphyllus,$— 
An Old Subseriber.—1, Bromus mollis ; 2, Eriéphorum augusti- 
folium ; 3, Carex vesiciria; 4, C. stellulata; 5, C. paucifiora; 
C. cxspitosa (a starved specimen). §— ” 
suavéolen: . ovata; 3, P. maculata.§—. p Ervum 
—Zephyrus.—We do not know what the Madeira 
js Suds are very proper as a manure for all sorts 
of plants, especially if mixed with urine and aliowed to become 
putrid.——B. rvum tetraspermum and Lotus angustissi- 
us.——A. B.—Your varieties of Schizanthus Hookeri are ver’ 
pretty; but will they be permanent ?——J. H. Wanklyn.—Stan- 
hopea gravéolens, a variety of S. venusta. B.— Your Schi- 
zanthus is quite new, and is worth showing at the next Horti- 
cultural Exhibition at Chiswick. It willbe called i 
perfect and most delicate edging, and others partaking of richer 
penciiling.+ 
VeRBeNAs.—J. D. Parks.—Your Verbenas did not arrive in 
good condition, but from what was left of them, we cannot 
discover any novelty or improvement upon the sorts already in 
cultivation.} 
Fucustas.—J. alley.—Your seedlings are small. No.1 
we think no improvement upon several small varieties that we 
already have; the sepals havi Ni 
object to 2 on account of the tube being so slender, and prefer 
No, 1, which is similar to 2 in colour, and having a stout t 
this is a fine flower with less blue in the corolla. 
REE 
—Your seedling is not equal to many of the varieties out—__ 
-—The smallest of your seedlings is not worth keeping, 
nor is there sufficient novelty in No. 3 to make it very desirable, 
—-the light variety with the scarlet corolla is the best; and if a 
free blooming plant, it wil desirable addition to this 
beautiful class.——Lucombe, Pince, and Co.—The blooms sent 
of Fuchsia ewoniensis prove it to be a very splendid variety ; it 
is a flower of great substance throughout, seed-vessel dark, 
tube and sepals of a rich crimso’ ii 
hey expand freely, and disclose the rich crimson purple 
au 
Pansius.—Polly.— Princess Alice is a large, round, flat, and fine 
flower of great subst: 
cindidus, and published in the “ Botanical Register.” Many 
thanks for the specimen, and more for the promised plant. The 
annual is Gilia tricolor. 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS, 
imagine it to be. 
flower altogether; the bottom petals are not pure white, and 
the colour in the upper petals very ragged and uneven near the 
edge, which is thin; w 
Superior ii —Ceui 
coloured variety, of a bright rosy vermilion, wit 
centre; the flower is too long in form. Patroness is too small 
and thin in the bottom petals; and Marquis has the same 
fai i 
it.—_C. W. 5 
§.—— G. 
of confusion that it was impossible to tell to which flowers the 
different petals belonged. Had you p 
| f cotto: 
them all: take, for instance, ‘10, bad fe r petals too 
long, upper petals high and pointed, with jagged edges ;” this 
description would suit most of them: they want the form, sub- 
stance, and of goo No. 6 i 
lower among them.— John Davis.—Nos. 1 
badly-formed flowers; 2 is a pr 
much ; 7, broad under-petals, 
cloudy, liney, and uncertain; the best flower is No. 8, 
both in form, substance, and smoothness on the edge of the 
petal; 10 has good colour and substance, but the lower petals 
npactness and substance.——J, D. P,— 
Trentfield Nunis a pretty little well-formed flower, but wanting 
purity in the lower petals. In Cerberus the upper petals are too 
veiny. King of the Gipsies, upper petals thin at the edge, 
Cupid, singular variety, but not, we think, worth keeping. ‘The 
upper petals of the three first-mentioned flowers 
to curl back, but the lower petals are short and well formed. 
— E. M.—Your seedling is too rough for a show-flower, as all 
the petals curl back and show a puckering at the edges; butin 
the border it will be very ornamental, as it appears to be a ver: 
prolific bloomer,— .—Your seedling is no improvement ; 
the colour is common and poor, particularly in the upper petals 
about the edges. 17, H. M.— Shylock isa very poor specimen, 
pointed petals withrough edges. Llewelyn is much better, the 
petals are broader, of a better form, and smooth on the edge ; 
poth of themare small.— Juvenis, Cork.—Your 
in adry and bad state, so that no satisfactory opinion can be 
1 is evidently too small; 2 is a good form, but the 
colour was quite gone; 3 is a bad form, the under petals being 
too long; the under petals of 4 are rather thin, but of a good 
form, short and round, the npper petals were too far g ii 
‘A Devonian,—1, fine and clear colour, with the lower petals 
disproportionately long. 2, good general form, the edge: 
and uneven; the irregular veining in the lower 
6 (2) uneven and watery edge, lower peals too long. 7, bad 
form, lower petals toc long. 8, upper petals uncertain ; fower 
terminates badly; edges to petals rough; 12, lower petals thin 
se and veiny, upper petals 
e petals too long.——A. B. 
ee 106) long and loose, the flower wants substance, and the 
ey r1as.—A Constant Reader, Kendal.—No. 5 is a curi- 
marked seedling; they are all small, and common com- 
the varieties grown about London. 
G. Lightbody, Falkirk.—From the stems of the 
ously- 
pared to 
by names are some of 
pequtiful varietics we have seen, perfect in form, some with 
band of the same round the lower petals; this appears to be 
should like to see it again._—A Con- 
should like to see it again.——G, 
, Esq., Knowsthorpe.— Mrs. Meynell Ingram is an 
extremely delicate and pretty flower, primrose ground, com- 
pact eye, of a dark blue purple; the upper petals have a few 
spots of delicate blue away from the edge; the flower in its 
present state is rather too small.——A. 
were too much shrivelled up to judge fairly of, they are small, 
and there does not appear to be anything particularly worthy 
of notice. Y, K.—It is impossible to form ini 
a — E 
flower, and the edge of the belting wants to be more clearly 
lefined.* 
As usual, a host of Jetters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tur Overland Mail from India has arrived this week 
with news from Bombay to the 20th May, and from China 
to the 28th March. The proceedings in Scinde are the 
chief points of interest in the Indian news. Sir C. 
Napier’s conquest is not likely to be held without another 
struggle; Shere Mahommed, who was defeated at the 
battle of Fullalie, has rallied the mountaineers of the 
Beloochee tribes, and has advanced to within six miles 
of Hyderabad with a force of about 30,000 men. Sir 
C, Napier had sent for reinforcements, and it was expected 
that another battle would take place in the middle of 
May. All communication by sea will shortly be cut off, 
and the country will very soon be flooded by the period- 
ical rise in the Indus, so that it was doubted whether 
any continued military operations could be carried on 
until the close of the season. Under these circumstances, 
the result of the anticipated battle is looked for with some 
anxiety. Akhbar Khan is at Jellalabad, negotiating 
with the mountaineers for the safe passage of his father 
through the Khyber Pass; the Kuzzilbashes are in 
power at Cabul, and a Persian Chief is said to have 
established his authority at Candahar. The state of the 
Punjaub was beginning to attract attention ; Shere Singh 
had suffered from a paralytic stroke, which was likely to 
prove fatal, and thus render British intervention necessary 
to control the rebellious portions of his kingdom. The 
affair at Khytul has terminated in the suppression of the 
disturbance, and our troops are now in secure possession 
of the place. 
colm arrived there on the 16th March with her Majesty’s 
From China we learn that Colonel Male 
ratification of the treaty, but no arrangement had been 
made for the exchange with the Chinese Plenipotentiary, 
Sir H. Pottinger had declared his intention of proceeding 
to some northern port in order to carry on the tariff nego« 
tiations, but every means was put into practice by the 
authorities around Canton to induce him to remain,— 
The accounts from Spain are extremely unfavourable to 
the cause of the Regent. The insurrection now come 
prises two-thirds of the kingdom; and since our last, 
