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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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Canpacns.-- W. Road i by some for 
preventing thi ubbing of the roots of Cabbage-plants; but 
as your soil is of a light sandy nature, the adding any more ot 
that material might prove injurious good dressing of marl, 
if it can be got, is equally effective in preventing the disease, 
and will at the same time improve your light sandy soil for 
almost every kind of vegetable. The disease has also been 
effectually cured by the following mixture, viz., 1 gallon of 
fresh soot, and 1 lb. of pounded saltpetre ; mix them with water 
to the consistency of coaletar, and dip the root of every plant 
in this before planting. is si 
“By this simple method,” says a sub- 
Scriber, “I have not got a single club-rooted plant in my gar- 
den, although many of them had begun to club in the 
Seed-bed,” + 
Cetrars.—Villager.—Cellars, if frost-proof, or capable of being 
made so, and dry, are very useful for gardening purposes. 
They will preserve Dahlias, Verbenas, Pelargoniums, and 
many other half-hardy things. Even Oranges and Myrtles 
m in winter. z 
. H. R.—Your plant of Crinum longi- 
folium, which has grown luxuriantly, bat not flowered, has 
i is quite hardy, and 
poe profusely when planted by the sides of ponds or wet 
itches, + 
Decipvous Suruss.—An Amateur.—The following hardy de- 
ciduous shrubs are showy, and form a succession of flowers 
1, Amygdalus nana, 2 feet high, deep rose; 2, Cytisus purpu. 
reus, 2 ft., light purple; 3, Ceanothus americanus, 2 to 3 ft., 
white; 4, Prunus japonica, 2 to3ft., rose; 5, Daphne Mezereon 
and varieties, 2 to 3 ft., pink and white; 6, Pyrus japonica and 
varieties, 3 to 4ft., scarlet and blush; 7, Ribes aureum, 3 to 5 
ft., yellow; 8, R. sanguineum, 3 to 5 ft., red; 9, Spiraea bella, 
to 4 ft., crimson; 10, S. grandiflora, 3 to 4 ft., pink; 11, Rhus 
cotinus, 4 to 5 ft., greenish white; 12, Deutzia scabra, 3 to 5ft., 
white ; 13, Hibiscus syriacus and varicties, 3 to 5 ft., pink, 
white, &c.; 14, Calycanthus floridus, 3 to 4 ft., brown; 15, 
Syringa Josikeea, 3 to 5 ft, purple; 16, Viburnum dentatum, 
4to 5 ft., white; 17, Euonymus latifolius, 4 to 5 ft., green, fruit 
handsome ; Coronilla Emerus, 3 to 4 ft., yellow. : 
Epaines.—_W. H. R,—The following plants are suitable for 
edgings to walks, viz., Thrifts, Daisies, Primulas, and 
Gentians. Erica cinerea, carnea, and vulgaris have also an 
bloom, and with a little dressing ani 
The varieties of dwarf 
r edgings. Sulphate 
of ammonia is not suitable for the purpose you mention. 
Frepine Pras.—Anthony.—You ask why meal water fermented 
is so much more fattening than sweet meal. The process of 
digestion is in many points similar to that of fermentation; a 
great portion of the food has to be transformed into other sub- 
stances before it can enter into the animal system ; it is possible 
that in sousing meal for pigs the process of digestion may be 
Considerably facilitated, by the food being brought into a con- 
dition more favoural r i forn 
tions effected in the stomach. There are a great many points 
connected with the philosophy of digestion which are very im- 
berfectly understood. £. i 
Frorr-rrens.—Brighton.—The following is a good selection for 
Walls. Peaches : Acton Scot, Grosse Mignonne, Royal George, 
Noblesse, Royal Charlotte, Bellegarde, Barrington, and Late 
Admirable. “ Nectarines: Elruge, Violette HAtive, Balgowan, 
and Pitmaston Orange. Plums n Gage, Purple Gage, 
Royal Hative, Kirke’s, and Coe’s Golden Drop. Cherries: May 
Duke, Knight’s Early Black, Elton, and Florence. Apricots: 
Large Early, Royal, and Moorpark. Pears: Jargonelle, Dun- 
more, Gansel’s Bergamot, Marie Louise, Beurré Diel, Hacon’s 
Incomparable, Glout Morceau, Passe Colmar, Winter Nelis, 
aster Beurré, and Beurré Rance. With the exception of the 
Jargonelle and Gansel’s Bergamot, the above-named Pears will 
be suitable for espaliers or dwarf standards, and in addition, 
he Seckel, Louise Bonne (of Jersey), Duchesse d@Angonuléme, 
Thompson’s Althorp Crassane, Knight’s Moaarch, Beurré Bose, 
and Ne Plus Meuris, ipples for dwarfs: Wormsley Pippin, 
Golden Reinette, Court of Wick, Ribstone Pippin, Margil, 
Reinette du Canada, Herefordshire Pearmain, Pearson’s 
Plate, Scarlet Nonpareil, Boston Russet, Court-pendu Plat, and 
Sturmer Pippin. These are all first-rate sorts. For further 
information, see the Advertisement of the Horticultural Soci- 
Plums and Cherries, as well as Apples and Pears. || — Clericus 
Hibernicus.—On your south wall you would have too many 
Peaches ripe at the same time. If you substitute a Bellegarde 
for the Grosse Mignonne, you have still one of the latter under 
the name of Kensington. A Violette Hative Nectarine may be 
Violette, and Kirke’s; and the Red Magnum Bonum by the 
Washington, transferred from south aspect. ‘Throw away the 
Swan’s Egg Pear, and plant Hacon’s Incomparable ; also some 
of the latter on the north aspect wall, which may be then filled 
Up with Morello Cherries anda Catillac Pear. Under the name 
of Blue Gage, you may perhaps have the Purple Gage, or Reine 
ee Na but you ought to make sure of having the 
Gtoxinras.—Flora.—Gloxinias are deciduous herbs, and conse- 
duently always die down after flowering; they are stove plants, 
and require a temperature above 55°, During winter they 
Shonld be kept pretty dry, but water should not altogether be 
Withheld from them, and when they commence growing in 
G Spring this may be liberally supplied. { 
RAPES.—H, D.—We last week stated that there never was such 
a thing as a bunch of Black Hamburgh Grapes weighing sibs. 
A correspondent reminds us that Mr. Dav 
obtained a medal in 1836, 
hibited to the Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, on the 9th of 
bane u O or three 
di es growing from the same bud. It was the subject of 
Gs Scussion among the Judges at the time. 
‘ASS LAND.—F, L.— e Couch occurs only in patches here 
and there in the field, it had better be dug out with the fork: 
field, the only remedy is a 
Sead Crovs.—Totty.—Carrots and Mangold Wurtzel will both 
; w on clay soils, and these two roots are well suited as food 
or milch cows; they wi i : 
» and Mangold Wurtzel on the remainder. J. C. 
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piltrate of potash or soda, at the rate of one cwt e, OF 
toe at the rate of 20 bushels per acre, would bea better manure 
eat. Gypsum is applied beneficially in the above 
8. J.C. 
Beanie —J. Waldron.—Your plan is, no doubt, a good one ; 
Insuone as the serious fault of being far too expensive. 
the Gelar ne Frost, — Thanks for better specimens of 
nion cnet eaves, which enable us to confirm our former opi- 
» that the disease is a minute fungus, and not an insect, R, 
Itis the fungus called Puccinia Umbilliferaruam,— B.—The 
insects injuring the Dendrobium leaves are the larve of a 
Thrips, a genus which has been described and figured in the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, vol. i, p. 228. R. 
Inises.—Aliquis.—Six bulbous Irises, with different coloured 
flowers, may be—Apollo, violet and black; Blandina, white; 
Constance, blue and dark purple; Georgiana, lilac and white ; 
Cassandra, blue and yellow; D: 
Six fibrous ones, with flowers of different colours, may be— 
Iris pallida, pale blue (very large); I. florentina, white; I. 
i i ii, brown and 
m ha 
Large Froir.—J. S. G.—We cannot insert anonymous state- 
ments respecting Pine-apples, 
Mane ‘ LIA.—Perseverance.— Your plant is Manettia 
cordifolia; it isa very pretty stove-plant, with brilliant scarlet 
flowers. It requires a soil consisting of peat, sand, and leaf- 
mould, or rotten dung, with the addition of a little loam.t 
Manurn.—J, A. 
garden purposes. 
—Villager,— 
plaster from floors, are excellent manure for stiff land; acting 
both mechanically and chemically. 
Names 9 —Brighton.—No. 1 is the Beurré Bose; 2, 
Doyenné Gris.|| —J. D., Northumberland.—1, 40, Louis Bonne 
of Jersey; 2, 27, Nelis d’Hiver ; 3, Duchesse d’Angouléme; 4, 
Napoléon ; 5, 13, Glout Morceau; 6, 16, Brown Beurré; 7, 
Beurré d’Aremberg; 8, 17, 20, 32, 33, 34, 
Beurré; 9, Doyenné Blane; 10, 15. i 
24, 28, Beurré Diel; 18, Easter Bergamot; 19, Bezi Voet; 22, 
29, Chaumontel ; 26, Passe Colmar; 30, 
25, Crassane; 23, 
36, Black Achan; 38, Swan’s Egg; 39, Autumn Bergamot; 
42,William’s Bon Chrétien. No. 40, Louise Bonne (of Jersey), 
stated to have been grown on a Quince-stock against a south 
wall, is of deteriorated quality.|——H, 1. Croydon.—Beurré 
Diel is correct ; but Glout Morceau is Napoléon, and likewise 
your excellent De Coloma. The one named Hacon’s Incom- 
parable appears to be Gansel’s Bergamot.|—— W. G.— 
Urbaniste. || ——A Reader.—1, Beauty of Kent; 2, Waltham 
Abbey Seedling; 3, Dumelow’s Seedling; 4, Minchall Crab ; 
5, Winter Pearmain; 9, Alfriston; 10, Rymer; 11, Yorkshire 
Greening ; 12, White Costin; 13, King of the Pippins; 16, Para- 
dise Pippin; 17, Wheeler’s Russet; 18, Nonpareil; 20, Red 
Streak; 21, Golden Reinette. Pears—1, Doyenné Blanc; 2, 
Gansel’s Bergamot. || 
Names LANTS.—J. Wood.—Such specimens cannot be 
named without flowers.——A. C.—-Polypodium Phymatodes. 
—W. C.—Fulham Oak.——W. H. R.—Dioscorea bulbifera, a 
Species of Yam; the small bodies upon it are tubers. The 
other is some worthless weed with which we are unacquainted 
in its present state. 
Ovranpers.—A Subscriber.—The cause of your Oleander, which 
has lately been remove m a greenhouse into a drawing- 
room, having prematurely dropped its expanded blooms and 
flower-buds, is probably owing to cold or to its not having had 
a sufficient supply of water. ¢ 
Pawxovynia inrerraris.—J. J. W.—In Japan this is said to 
grow to the height of about 30 feet. It appears to be perfectly 
ardy. At the Garden of Plants, of Paris, it has already pro- 
duced ripe seeds, and out of 100 which were sown in January, 
1843, 75 were up in 10 days afterwards. 
Pyrus specraBinis.—Take the plant of Pyrus spectabilis care- 
fully up, and wash all the soil from its roots, and replant it 
in fresh soil; it will thrive best on the common Crab- 
Ruopopenprons. —An ‘eur.—The more recently-raised 
hybrid Rhododendrons are for the most part known by either 
letters or numbers, such as C.’s hybrid, No. 10, or D’s hybrid, 
P's,t&c., they being too numerous and too much alike to give 
names to, The following are very good free bloomers, and are 
tolerably hardy, and easily procured by name:—1, Russelli- 
anum, scarlet; 2, Lowii, pale straw, with brown; 3, tigrinum, 
pale rose, with dark brown; 4, Nobleanum, 5, 
ing will answer best; but if they are strong, 
have a little bottom-heat in order to set the sap in motion.t 
SuEpLING PELArconiums.—A Friend of Truth has had his 
question answered, and we can admit no further correspond. 
ence on the subject. Ifhe wishes for more discussion he must 
have recourse to our advertising columns, 
STALL-FEEDING.—Lapis.—There is a useful chapter on the prac. 
tice of Stall-feeding in Professor on * Practical 
‘Agriculture; there is also a good article on this subject in 
Hillyard’s ‘Practical Farming and Grazing,” which is a 
cheaper work. J. C. , 
Sucar.—Veritas.—Consult the ‘Penny Cyclopedia,” article 
{Tun Breap-rrvuir Trex.—F. H. S,—There is not the smallest 
probability of this plant living evenin the mildest part of Great 
Britain. We do not know what variety of Banana is cultivated 
n Teneriffe. The Retama, or Cytisus nubigenus, may be had 
Cytisus filipes is almost 
of some of the London nurserymen. 
tion from the hous 
immediately all unnecessary water from above; the concrete 
will carry off 
e kept quite dry. ew turves should be laid over 
the tile-drains with the grassy sides down; the fresh soil may 
now be filled in, taking careto keep the roughest part nearest the 
bottom, and the work is finished. The young Vines may be 
planted in spring, and under favourable treatment shall have 
reached the top of the house by autumn. The temperature of 
the house now filled with P i b 
plants need never exceed 45° of heat during winter.t 
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Worms.—Capt, S.—You may get rid of these animals from your 
lawn by watering it with weak gas-water, or lime-water, or a 
weak solution of corrosive sublimate. Nothing kil 
gravel better than gas-water, except frequent hoein 
MiscetLaNnrous.—-A Farmer and Gardener's kind suggestions 
have already been anticipated, as he will see by an announce- 
ment in a few weel Well-wisher.— 
paid in advance, is 26s. per a m.—— Persi: 
lls Moss on 
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's will find a list of 
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auctioneer. We, however,have no doubt that the duty is payable; 
at least, it ought to be —Aleombe.—Thanks for the hint. 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS, 
FucusiAs.—H, C,—Your seedling was so crushed and dried up, 
that neither form nor colour could be determined ; you cannot 
epend upon their travelling safely ina letter, without the pro- 
tection of a box, 
short and sharp petals, tipped with green, corolla red 3 the pro- 
ight, pink sepals tipped 
with green, and expanding freely, showing a well-formed 
corolla of a deep rose-colour, which forms a good contrast to 
the other parts of the flower; it appears to be of a good habit, 
blooming freely,* 
nsins.—C. Judd.—Your seedling is a pretty flower, of good 
substance, but rather small; the shield in the centre is small 
and wants clearness ; the points of the eye running into the 
broad margin of mulberry colour, gives it a bluish character, 
and what little of the ground-colour is perceptible in the lower 
petals differs too much.* 
As usual, a host of letters has arrived too late for answers this week. 
ErraTumM.—P, 809, column 4, line 48, for ‘deduced figure” read 
“reduced,’”® 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
AFTER numerous delays the State prosecutions in Ire- 
land are beginning to approach their crisis. On Monday 
the traversers joined issue to the demurrer of the Attorney- 
General, and after a long argument, conducted, as the 
Court admitted, with great ability and moderation on both 
sides, the Judges unanimously decided that the plea of 
abatement was insufficient, and that the demurrer should 
be held good. Another argument then arose on the time 
to be allowed the traversers to answer to the indictment, 
the Attorney-General insisting that they were bound to 
plead immediately, and the traversers endeavouring to 
obtain a further delay of four days for the purpose. The 
Court, however, decided in favour of the Crown, in conse- 
quence of which all the parties were called upon their 
recognizances, They all appeared in person and pleaded 
Not Guilty, and it was arranged that the Court at yester- 
day’s sitting should name a day for the trial. 
From France we learn that the visit of the Duc de Bor 
deaux to this country continues to excite much un asiness 
in the Court circles, and that the visit of the Duc de 
Nemours jis condemned with equal animosity in 
the Opposition journals. The quarrel between the 
Clergy and the University is still the leading subject 
of discussion, and public attention is excited by the 
proposed dotation for the Duc de Nemours and by 
the anticipated debate on the fortifications in the 
approaching Session of the Chambers.—From Spain we 
have a detailed account of the proceedings which followed 
the declaration of the Queen’s majority. Her Majesty 
appears to have been received with great enthusiasm and 
to have manifested a self-possession and a dignity which 
was scarcely expected from her years. The Cortes have 
passed a vote of confidence in the Provisional Government, 
but a change of Ministry is nevertheless resolved upon, 
and S, Olozaga is said to have undertaken the formation 
of the new Cabinet. The accounts from Gallicia and 
Catalonia continue favourable ; Vigo has made its sub- 
mission without conditions; Barcelona also has capitu- 
lated, and there is no doubt that the insurrection is 
gradually expiring.—The accounts from Italy are by no 
means satisfactory; fresh arrests have been made in 
Romagna, and the people are represented as being ina 
state of great excitement. Disturbances are said to have 
roken out in Naples and in Calabria, and the sudden 
despatch of reinforcements to Sicily proves that apprehen- 
sions are entertained for the tranquillity of that island.— 
From the United States we learn that the Elections are 
still the topic of the day, and from Mexico that the insult 
offered by the President to the British Minister has called 
forth the marked reprobation of the Home Government, 
and that Lord Aberdeen intends to despatch a squadron to 
demand an apology for the affront. 
Wome News. 
Courr.—On Saturday her Majesty and Prince Albert 
took their accustomed morning walk, and after breakfast 
proceeded with the Duc and Duchesse de Nemours to 
Datchet Common, the place of meeting of the Prince’s 
harriers, Her Majesty and the Duchesse de Nemours 
rode in a pony phaeton. A brace of hares were found and 
killed after two good runs in the neighbourhood of Horton. 
The sport was witnessed by her Majesty and the Duchesse 
de Nemours as they rode in their carriage-——On Sunday 
morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual 
walking exercise. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness 
and the whole Court attended divine service within the 
Castle. The Duc and Duchesse de Nemours attended 
mass at the Catholic Chapel at Clewer. Inthe afternoon 
her Majesty and the Duchesse de Nemours rode out in an 
open carriage, accompanied by Prince Albert and the Duc 
de Nemours on horseback.—On Monday after her Majesty’s 
usual walk, Prince Albert and the Duc de Nemours shot 
