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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. 18, 
with large light pink flowers, and quite distinct from the old 
E. tricolor. bloom a good plant of Metulze- 
flora, with dark pink flowers, having a curious bluish shade, and 
a well-grown plant of Jacksonii, with long flesh-coloured blos- 
net le This plant has been in bloom ever since the month of 
uly. 
white flowers, having stamens with dark brown anthers, which, 
protruding, make a fine contrast with the white corolla. 
were likewise blooming freely E. exsurgens coccinea, with beau- 
tiful dark red blossoms; mutabilis, remarkable for the length of 
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cal in cakes, and bronght the scale off along with it. After 
this the plant got a good syringing, and has kept quite clean ever 
since, In the east house was an ingii 
er an interesting effect. 
Epacris, and a young stock o| 
e near the Heath-house was a remarkably 
well-grown specimen of Crowea saligna, quite covered with 
beautiful light pink flowers. This plant should be kept constantly 
doors, as, when it is exposed to the full action of the weather, 
the leaves become discoloured and spotted, and thereby interrupt 
good plant of Statice mucronata, which is well worthy of cultiva- 
ise were in 
upper petals, 
m, with pretty small yellow 
flowers, Dendrobium densifloram, and Brassavola venosa, with 
d blossoms; also a variety of the beautifully- 
Spotted Stanhopea oculata, and two well-grown plants of Cypri- 
1 i, just coming into bloom, and a variety of Epidendrum 
ciliare, with greenish-white flowers. Thi i 
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a beautiful specimen of Erica refulgens, with scarlet and orange 
blossoms, measuring nearly 4 feet in diameter and about 5 feet 
in height; also a plantof E. ventricosa purpurea, which, although 
not in bloom, was remarkable for its size. jong with these 
were many pretty little plants of E. gracilis, with small purple 
blossoms, which made a fine display, and gave the house, in 
this, the dull month of November, the gay lively appearance 
of spring. The show-house was filled with many fine Camellias 
and Heaths, and the collection in the pits, which were principally 
Heaths, Azaleas, and Pinus, were in good condition. Ina range 
of houses belonging to Mr. Jackson, detached from the Home 
Nursery, were excellent large specimen Azaleas; some of them 
measured 4 feet across and 5 feet high. They consist of scarlet, 
pink, and white kinds, and will make a beautiful appearance 
more, Nov. 14.—Many improvements are going on at this 
place, in planting out different species of Pinus, which, in time, 
will add much to the beauty of the scenery. Pinus monticola 
has produced a cone this year, and Mr. Frost has raised four 
young plants from the seed. Abies Douglasii is now exactly 40 
feet high, and this year has produced a large wheelbarrow full of 
cones; already from last year's cones nine promising plants are 
growing. A great change for the better has taken place in some 
of the Pinuses, especially in the finest Araucaria, which has grown 
more than fonr feet within two years, and is now 20 feet high, or 
Tather more, 
THE NATURALIST’S CORNER.—No, XVII. 
(Continued from page 760.) 
62. “ Behold it is very good !”’ is the declaration of 
God himself, over everything animate or inanimate within 
the whole bounds of the creation. Weeds overrun the 
garden, and choke those artificial plants which man has 
sown or planted for his use ; but they speak to the slug- 
gard in language more forcible than all the laws which 
ever were enacted by human legislation; and impress 
upon man that, if he is to profit by the bounty of the 
earth, he must be diligent in performing those labours 
which are necessary for the security of this bounty. In- 
Sects of various kinds, and in different stages of their 
Multiform existence, are particularly annoying to man- 
king, both within doors and without ; but they proclaim, 
with Voices louder than all the heralds upon earth, the 
necessity of cleanliness and care. In this mauner we may 
_ §0 over the whole catalogue both of vegetable and of ani- 
arb pecs as they are often called, and show that they are 
2 erving of that benediction which was be- 
stowed uy) hem at the first. 
63. Depreidations of the Tipula prevented.—We are 
much ind to the rook and a variety of other birds for 
keeping wi limited bounds the depredations of the 
‘Tipula, vulgafly called Tommy Longlegs. A family of 
rooks consume 8,847 grubs in a day ; supposing: 
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the consumption to be continued throughout the year, it 
would amount to 1,404,155; and supposing a grub to 
destroy as many Wheat or other plants as might grow on 
a space of ground equal to nine inches square, a family of 
rooks would preserve from destruction more than two 
acres of corn. If we extend our ideas further, and sup- 
pose all these grubs to live and propagate their species, it 
appears more than probable that, if this one species of 
bird alone were extinct, the labour of the husbandman 
would be nearly, if not altogether, in vain. 
64, “When we contemplate the wonderful works of 
Nature, and walking about at leisure gaze upon this 
ample theatre of the world, considering the stately beauty, 
constant order, and sumptuous furniture thereof; the 
glorious splendour and uniform motion of the heavens ; 
the pleasant fertility of the earth; the curious figure and 
fragrant sweetness of plants; the exquisite frame of 
animals ; and all‘other amazing miracles of Nature, wherein 
the glorious attributes of God, especially his transcendent 
goodness, are more conspicuously displayed ; so that by 
them not only large acknowledgments, but even gratulatory 
hymns, as it were, of praise, have been extorted from the 
mouths of Aristotle, Pliny, Galen, and such like men 
never suspected guilty of an excessive devotion; then 
should our hearts be affected with thankful sense, and our 
lips break forth in praise.” Barrow, 
65. There is not, perhaps, a more striking phenomenon 
in Natural History than the fact of plants teeming with 
moisture, and growing to a large size, in places where no 
other vegetable can withstand the burning temperature. 
In the deserts of the Hast, in Arabia, and those extensive 
plains where nothing save sand is seen on the round ; 
where the heat reflected from the earth dissipates the 
passing cloud, which hastens, as it were, to shed its re- 
freshing moisture on a more grateful spot ; where no water 
ever rises from a Spring, or falls from on high, and where 
the burning soil is intolerable to the foot even of the 
camel,—the Water-Melon attains the size of a foot and 
more in diameter; and, while all around is parched, offers 
in its cold and copious juice, a draught to the traveller, 
which has often saved him from a lingering and painful 
death. In a similar, though less efficient manner, the 
Melon Cactus refreshes the wild herds of the Pampas ; 
and the formidable prickles are not a sure guard against 
the powerful kick of the wild horse, who has no other 
mode of getting at its interior, but who is often perma- 
nently lamed in this extraordinary contest. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
Scarcwry had I seconded Mr. Haycroft’s system of using a 
flue along with the gutters and than a similar plan 
appeared from Hewell, Mr. Jones stands second to no man. in 
his experience and success in hothouse building and heating ; 
and Mr. Markham, like Mr. Haycroft—all three, by the way, 
strangers to me—stands deservedly at the head of his calling. 
These gentlemen, b: ir works, show that they are of m 
opinion in respect to the incapacity of boilers to appropriate all 
the heat generated under them; a fact also well known to every 
gardener who has used a hot-water apparatus; but it does not 
follow that we are ‘‘ opposed to science in an unfriendly manner,” 
as stated by an anonymous writer last week. Nothing ca 
distant from my mind than what this writer assumes. He cannot 
but be aware that there is a multitude of flues now in use, along 
with pipes, all over the country, and the introduction of gutters 
and tanks is daily adding to the number. This increase will go 
on until science, or perhaps chance, discovers that desideratum 
on which so much of both science and practice has already been 
expended, viz., an apparatus so adjusted as to lose no heat up 
the chimney, But allow me to return to the Pine-pit at Hewell* 
in order to correct an error I had fallen into when recommending 
the proper depth for tanks. It will be recollected that for a bed 
of 50 feet in length, I said two inches deep of w: 
necessary, ani 
up between the pieces of wood, and less 
chance of the soil finding its way to the gutters and boiler; but 
to those who are not afraid of too much moisture from below in 
this way, and who use open boilers, Mr, Rendle’s plan is cer~ 
tainly the better of the two. 
I,—KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD; 
In-door Department. 
Pivery.—Preserve a steady bottom-heat for all your Pines, 
and more especially for the younger ones in frames wrought by 
linings; these plants are more liable to injury now than the 
olderones. Little or no watering is now necessary, except to those 
plants next the pipes or flue; of all the plants we cultivate the 
Pine is least injured by flue heat; this will answer several queries 
this week, and regarding wooden covers I shall say something 
is as good as any other covering, 
Vinery.—A friend of mine about this time last year began 
to force a Vinery, which used to be forced not sooner than the 
middle of January, and his account proves what has been said 
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son, or much sooner than usual. 
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uctantly I undertook last year to have ripe Grapes on the 
3 day proves that we all 
have a great deal to learn and unlearn on this and other points, 
he Peach does not bleed after pruning, 
ou may begin forcing and pruning the same 
week; but it is not at alla good plan to “let them flower and 
i want for an average 
crop,” the chances being that you would have little to choose 
from by such management. ‘True enough, the thing ‘has been 
done on open walls,” but that isa different case altogether from 
trees forced in the dead of winter. 
Out-door Department. 
All trees or bushes that are to be planted or removed here on 
this side of February should now be finished off hand, without 
delay, as, after the beginning of next month, we shall be in 
danger of rough or frosty weather, unfavourable for planting. 
Get the quarters dug or trenched, also, before the winter sets in 
too hard, if the ground is at allina fit state; and the more heavy 
work of making new borders, walks, &c,, may be left for the 
dead of winter, TI i 
improved by merely changing part of the surface-soil for some 
out of the best quarters in the garden; and with a little fresh 
soil from the fields this may do some good for a time. 
Peas AND Brans.—From this time to the end of the month 
and Cauliflowers; but it is not safe to leave the latter much 
longer in the open air, as, if a sudden hard frost comes, it will 
put an end tothem, 
ERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.—I have often heard it said that 
pheasants are fond of these, and I think | have read somewhere 
of people planting their spare tubers of them in the outsides of 
plantations. Iintend this winter to send some of them to the 
gamekeepers, in order to ascertain the trath of this statement. 
pivs.—I have seen a few of these plants potted at intervals 
through the winter, and especially early in spring, and put down 
in a cellar to blanch, and they did exceedingly well, treated in 
this way. 
anb AND Fruit-room.—Let one or two hammers be 
kept constantly at work at the nailing every fine day, beginning 
ith Pears, then Plums and Cherries, Apples and Pears for spring 
use may now, or any time soon, when you are driven in-doors 
from bad weather, be packed in hampers, boxes, or jars, among 
thoroughly-dried fern, or kiln-dried straw, and if they are now 
i d sound state they will thus keep better than on the 
shelves of the generality of fruit-rooms. 
I].—FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-door Department. 
Srove.—I never knew the Combretum purpureum to flower so 
long as it has done this season ; it has sca: 
the best of all the blue-flowering winter plants; while Justicia 
speciosa is a blaze of purple. Aphelandra cristata and Justicia 
pulcherrima are two distinct winter flowers, although under one 
ein some books. There is much more danger in overheating 
stoves than in their being now too cool. 
GreEENHOUSE.—Pelargoniums and Cinerarias require the warm- 
est end of this house, unless there is a compartment for them 
among the frames and pits. xcept these, almost all the 
greenhouse plants require constant air, and the house kept ina 
sweet and rather dry state. 
ONSERVATORY,— Where collections of the fine new Chrysan- 
themums have been brought in this season, now is the time for 
making memoranda of their habits, earliness, and lateness, &c. 
There are a few inferior varieties among them yet, but they are 
all beautiful, and fill up a blank between summer and foreed 
flowers. See that your Luculia does not get too much water—it 
is very delicate in that respect; it must go into comparative 
rest as soon as the flowers are gone. What a pity this most 
lovely plant should be so scarce! Keep up a genial heat of 45° 
here now> 
ne Prrs, crammed with all sorts of plants to flower 
in the conservatory and drawing-room, are now the most critical 
parts of our garden establishments; forced flowers are coming: 
More and more into use every year, and a new branch of trade 
is fast rising in London jn these, which will soon spread into the 
Provinces. The steady bottom-heat from tanks will effect a great 
change in forced flowers, as many who could not formerly ven- 
ture on this more difficult branch will now be able to do so with 
certainty. 
FLower-GARDEN.—The roller and the broom must dili- 
gently here until all the leaves are down, which they are loth to 
do this season.—D, Beaton, Shrubland Park Gardens, Ipswich. 
State of the Weather near London for the week ending Noy. 16, 1843, as 
observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
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Friday 10 | 29.720 
i 80.112 
Sunday 12 | 30.167 
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Wednesday 15 
Thursday 16 
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lazy ; fine, w 
15. Prost: ry fine; rain at night. 
16, Clears very fine; cloudy s frosty at night. 
Mean temperature of the week 64% below the average. 
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State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 17 years, for the ensuing 
Week ending November 25, 1843, 
‘= " Pare Prevailing Winds. 
Aver. | Aver. rene in | Greatest |), Teas 
Nov. [Highest] Lowest | Moen] Vata ie | auancicy |. [ei] |ai| 12] s:|2 
‘Lemp. | ‘Temp. PH Meained, | Of Rain. A a | lee 
Sun. 19] 4a1 | 95.4 | 417 10 0.97 in, | 1] 3] 2] of 1) 6] 2] 1 
Mon. 20 48.5, 36.4 42.4 5 0.18 —| 5} 1]—} 4)—} 5] 2 
Tues. 21 49.5 40.3 44.9 10 0.35 8} 3} 3] 2} 1) 472 
‘ed. 22 A9.5 36.7 43.1 12 0,26 2) 2} 4) 1] 8) 4) 1 a 
Thurs.23 | 47.6 86.6 | 42.1 0.1 =} 4] 2[ 1) 2} 3} 3] & 
Fri. a 48.1 33,4 40.7 6 0.41 2} 3] 1] 1) 2] a} 38) & 
Sat. 25] 453 | aa7 | 29.0 ai 0.24 |? a| 3] 1} 1] a] 2 2 
The highest temperature occurred on the QIst, in 1882—thermom, 69°; and 
the lowest on the 22d, 1827,—thermometer 20°, 
REPORT ON COVENT-GARDEN MARKET, 
For the Week ending Nov. 17, 1843. 
ScARCELy any difference has occurred in the prices of most arti- 
cles since our last report, and trade still continues dull. There has 
been @ very good supply of both Fruits and Vegetables during the 
week. Pines are very good, and quite sufficient to meet the 
demand. Grapes are also good, and plentiful, especially the 
Black Hamburgh, now almost over for this season, @ 
few may 
e to be brought to the 
market in considerable quantities, and there is also a few English 
ones, but these are of inferior quality. Cucumbers bring nearly 
the same prices as last week. Vegetables are, generally speaking, 
of excellent quality. Cabbages, Turnips, Carrots, and Broccoli, 
re abundant, and Leeks and Onions are likewise sufficient for 
thedemand. Thereare also good supplies of Celery, Endive, and 
other salading, i 
mosa, Double Primulas, Chrysanthemums, Camellias, Pelargo- 
niums, l'uchsias, Verbenas, China and Perpetual Roses. 
