1843.1 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 797 
VEGETABLES. 
Broccoli, per bundle, 1s to 26 Onions, Spring p. doz. beh.» 18 Gi to Be 
Be 
Brussels? Sprouts, por hf.-sy., 1s to 2s | 
Be Is 
Greens, per doz 1s 6d to 2¢ 6 
auliflowers, per dozen, 
Beans, Kidney, per hf-si 
Tro ttlets per hf-sv., 2 toss | Lettu 
Potatoes, per ton, 40s to 75s | 
1 
eve, 4s to Gs | Chil: 
id 
sdtoGs — |Shallots, per Ib 
nish, 
pickling 
sper 100, 
ce, Cabb. 
sto 25 
,p- score, 9d to 1s 
Cos, per score, 6d to 1s 
= ber ewt., 25 to as \Celery, per bun. 6d to S¢ 
c= per bushel, 1e6d too | Mushrooms, per pottle, 1s 6d to 2 
Kidney, p. bush., 2s to 96 6d. ‘allnuts, per bushel, shelled, 16s to 285 
Artichokes, green, per doz. 1s Gd to as |Sina ds, per punnet, 2d to 3d 
Zurnips, per doz. bunches, 1s to 2s per doz. am. bun. 3d to 4d 
fred Beet, per doz, buaches, Is 6d to 2s 
BAA 2 2d to Bd 
Joram, green, p. doz-bun- Is Gd to 25 
rvil, per punnet, 2d toad 
afy, per bundle, 1s to 1s 6d 
r s 
Garlic, perlb, 6d to bd Scorzonera, per bundle, 1s to 1s 6d 
Notices to Correspondents, 
Mr. PAXTON’S COTTAGER’S CALENDAR,—At the earnest 
solicitation of many of our Subscribers, we have determined on 
Again reprinting Mr. Paxton’s ‘ Cotte 
of a small volume, for general distribution, price 3d. each copy. }t 
. Ervin, 
AvnEsive Paper 
made by dissol 
ager's Calendar,” in the form 
Gentlemen wishing to dis. 
of brown sugar, in water, and applying the mixture, of the 
5 dry it may ‘be taken off the board an 
TGNONIA vENUSTA—Argo.— The 
d laid by in a dry place. 
Vines of Bignonia venusta 
May be shortened back as soon as they have lost their leaves, 
canker in Melons. 
Booxs.—¥. R. and A Well-wisher.—The best books on Landscape 
Gardening are Repton’s works and 
Pes, b 
——J.P. B.—The 
Price on the Picturesque, 
“Revue Horticole” occasionally contains 
Some good matter. “Berleze’s Camellias” is not, in our opinion, 
of much value, The Bon Jardinier 
books of its size ever published, and 
Would gain a knowledge of Frenc 
Cactr.—Fukoniens Your Pope’s-h 
* is one of the most useful 
is indispensable to all who 
ortic 
ead is, as you suppose, 
Melocactus communis. ‘The rose-coloured fleshy bodies which 
it has produced are its fruit. ‘The flowers blew in Jamaica, and 
Jeft their young ones lapped in wool to be produced afterwards, 
You are not very likely to flower i 
Bb any light soil, in which a little lime-rubbish has been mixed, 
Water BS) then be given by degrees, but the chances are that 
ro 
it will 
Carcrouanras,— @. B. — Standis| 
hii, Barnes’s Landmark, 
. D. 
Green’s Prince Albert, Miss Antrobus, Mary, and alba coc- 
cinea maxima. * 
Canava.— 
Jean Bapliste.—We certainly recommend you to use 
double glass for a greenhouse in Canada. If you do not you 
mats or straw, which will 
ing besides Oranges and 
Myrties and Oleanders. No mode of heating i 
oe d Ole * 8 is equal to hot 
water. As it will not do for you to risk your islet in a damp 
winter atmosphere, you must emplo: 
tanks, 
Danitas.— Stultus.—It is probably true that after the leaves only 
of the Dahlia have been killed by frost, a portion of the organ- 
izable matter of the stem will find its way into the roots, and 
in the stem spreading to the roots, and giving them a greater 
Wise would have. You see 
there is probability on one hand, and danger on the other; but 
‘ US for assista 
© fear, ‘om his letter, that he belongs to a rac 
in 
Whom noth 
than of their employers, He is maintained by the nurserymen, 
and yet he abuses them. Is that righ: 
last that som thi 
Edna. ae ea of. 
ae should be very sorry to lead our 
ubscriber and worthy correspondent, near Dartmoor, 
fisappointment and loss, which we might readily do by specific 
nstructions as to the management 
of his poor, sandy soil, 
had better follow the advice of his Cornish ploughman, 
he sees what his land will ytbduce 
. e may take a small 
if he can get dung for the 
* ‘wheat will grow without manure, and ma: be 
ploughed in when in bloom. ‘Two horses are required for this 
otim ur advice as to his future procecdings. JZ, 
USEs.— Cavanensis.—The upper plan, at p. 93 of Mackin- 
REENHO 
Sh, is avery good one, of the kind, bu! 
Vine: 
roan be found in Rogers’s Fruit 
Sa ty Clare is no doubt genuine 
eaths are j, vi i ~oai 
fay © infected with mildew—a 
(whic, -other unsightly, it may be bet! 
Water 2° Stronger,) into a sm 
Syring and then with the water, after it has 
Sive Sublimate and alcohol, 
+ No, 1 is the chrysalis, probab! 
Zot suit what appear to be your ol i 
Sup the rafters if you wish it. Some good information on the 
is 
u. P.—From your statement we presume that your 
1 young shoots may be well mati 
This will enable them the better to withstand thelong dull 
er ance Winter, and render them less lia 
sulph disease. ‘The mildew may be cured by the application of 
Phur to the parts affected; but as this makes the plants 
t the lower is better, Beds 
Cultivator. Mr, Youell’s 
in a dry airy situation, in 
ured and hardened 
le to this or any 
2,do.: 3, do. of a Noctua; 4, do.; 5, do. of the White Cabbage Ranunculuses will flower in a greenhouse. If by Arums you 
Batterfly; 6, Eyprepia caja; 7, Vanessa Io.; 8, ‘Tripheena mean the Calla or Richardia ethiopica, that plant will live 
innuba; 9, Callimorpha Jacobzea; 10, Plusia Gamma; 11,/ in the open pond through mild winters, and therefore will of 
Amphipyra tetra; 12, Triphena pronuba. Several of these} course be safe ina under any ci Se 
J. ill find figured and described in the Journal of the A Suffolk Cucumber Grower.—It is very seldom that prizes are 
Royal Agricultural Society. R. given for Cucumbers by the Horticultaral Society, and we do 
KeErine Apries AND Prars.—A new Subscriber.—The best not recommend you to incur the 
mode of keeping Apples and Pears is to place them in close ‘The real merit of a Cucumber c 
drawers made of wood that does not contain turpentine; these flavour, and notin its enormous length; so that it is not 
ing in a room so constructed as to resist as much as pos- well suited-for purposes of exhibition, except where prizes are 
sible all sudden changes of the weather, and in a cool but dry especially offer it.—— Doumhuil,—Ni is a Siphocam- 
Situation. Ligustram lucidum. || will examine further. 
MAnure. }. M.—As gypsum is itself an excellent manure, b "0 
you need not be particular how much of it you use in fixing vi eaflet ? R. R.—W annot assist 
ammonia. A valuable compost may be made by mixing BYP: 
sum, gas-water, soil, ashes, and any refuse. The fixation of s 
the ammonia is a slow operation, and it is impossible to give you receive it, you ought only to be charged 6¢,—— WW, Hughes. 
any practical direction as to the proportional quantities of —Your Pear-tree, which trained horizontally, covers 107 ft. of 
gypsum and gas-water. Buta small quantity of the former is wall by 10ft., is very different from any of the Bon Chrétien ; it 
requisite. vue you can add gypsum to your land it is the Poire d’Amour. The Grape is not known. It very much 
will improve it much for Wheat. Should gypsum be too expen- resembles one from Tarasgon, called Blanche only; but the 
Sive, then employ a good dressing of lime or marl. But you latter, which ripened in the open border, was Tae eo 
had better cart the latter at once on the land, and not mix it flavoured. Have these not been effected by frost? |—--J. 7.— 
first with your compost; for that would be a waste of labour. 18, Monk’s Codlin; 19, St. Germain Pear; 21, Lamb Abbey 
ULBERRY.—A Reader from the Commencement.—The soil most Pearmaine; 29 appears to be the Hollandbury; 23, Scarlet 
suitable for the Mulberry is a rich, deep, and rather light Joam, Crofton; 25, Orme.i——C.—Three rich dessert Apples that 
not cold and wet. It suczeeds best as a standard, in a well- will keep well, may be Pearson’s Plate, Golden Harvey, and 
Sheltered situation, open to the south. It may be trained Court-pendu Plat. Three Kitchen, Dumelow’ seedling, 
against a south wall with advantage, in a cold climate, but Alfriston, and Bedfordshire Foundling. ||— — yard. 
requires much space. || Your Apple is the Yorkshire Greening, esteemed for Kitchen 
Naming PLAnts.—Litoralis—We should be happy to oblige use,||——4 Subscribing Gardenc 
you, but we really have no time to name collections of dried Secretary of the Horticultural Socict 
plants. You are probably not aware of the trouble such tasks phia macrostachya.t——A Constunt Reader.— i am 
give. tamnus and O, Sipyieum.t——H. Franklin.— Brunia cricoides ; 
Oxcutpacra:.—Argo, — Stanhopea insignis should receive an Sow your Portugal Laurel-berries in spring.t——J. H.—It is 
abundant supply of water at the roots, and be syringed once impossible to say to what species your Ipomea belongs, from 
or twice a day, as the weather may permit during the summer the mere inspection of a single leafi-—D. M. C.—There is 
months, but as the season advances water should be gradually nothing in your seedling Gloxinia worth particular notice, dif- 
withdrawn, and in winter it should only have as much as ferent from other flesh-coloured kinds raised this year,j—— 
will keep the pseudo-bulbs from shrivelling. Your Cattleya . Y.—If the front wall of your Vinery is arched, plant the 
Mossize, which is growing on a block of wood, would thrive Vines inside.t—__4 Correspondent will find directions for de- 
better potted inrough peat mixed with potsherds, and raised up stroying Woodlice at p. 649. 
plant should receive little water at all times, but more espe- SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
cially in winter ; indeed, Orchidacez in general ought to be Fucustas.—F, T,—Your seedlings are rich in colour, and they 
kept rather dry in winter. are well-formed flowers, but there is too great a similarity 
Pansirs.—F. Chase.—Brown’s Curion, Maid of the Mill, Countess between the. 
of Orkney, Cook’s Mulberry superb, Alicia, King’s Exquisite, to be the bes! 
Sulphurea elegans, Pearson’s Black Prince, Major’s Bride- ing more of the corolla; 6 was too much decayed to judge of 
groom, Thompson’s Eclipse, Miss Stainforth, Corona, Jehu, its colour, and 7 appears not to expand sufficiently. ‘They all 
Princess Royal, Nymph, Regulator, Attila, Cyclops, Ven require the corolla to be more intense in colour, * 
Ultrafiora, Desirable, Raphael, Lane’s Sir J Sebright, and TUNIA ?.—There is no novelty in your seedling No. 14, 
. .R 
Lidgard’s Jewess. The soil should be rich loam; and should be a clouded rose-co} 
‘ loured variety, it is only a dwarf and prolifie 
well manured; in order to insure large and fine blooms, the habit of b) 
* 
looming that will distinguish it from many we have 
Prears.— Este” was answered, with thanks, at p. 736, col. a. 
PeLarconiums.—G, L. B.—Foster’s Favourite, Matilda, and Sir 
R. Peel, Garth’s Unit and Queen of the Fairies, Lyne’s Duke of 
Cornwall.* ny f 
Prrunras.—The Petunia from J. R., noticed at p. 774, should NE Ww S OF TH E W EEK. 
seen. 
As usual, a host of letters has arrived too late for answers this week. 
the same plant as the one described at p. 721, and the difference | { ACCOUNTS from Ireland have reached town this morn- 
» | ing, announcin bills of indictment have been sen 
and the latter newly opened. The flower opens with rosy | et ey 4 nt 
s s 4 i 
coloured blotches in addition to the blue; these gradually dis, | before the Grand Jury of the City of Dublin, against Mr. 
Ae and Lav ie nOReg eT Shen Bie Mottled upon | O’Connell and his colleagues. Mr. Justice Burton 
a white ground, and in this state the flower dies. ae . 2 ; a i a 
Praxts.—G. L. D.—The following plants will do well on a want | delivered his charge to the Grand Jury on Thursday, 
50 yards long by 5 feet Ria a chad pe and there was no doubt that the Jury would return true 
sinensis, this may be planted in the centre, and trained each | , . e as * . +. se 
wi Magnolia grandiflora and M. conspicua, Passiflora | bills. It is said to be impossible that the trials can com- 
czerulea, Clematis Sieboldii and C. azurea grandiflora, Bignonia mence before the end of the month—probably between 
radicans, Chimonanthus fragrans grandiflora, Jasminum revo- the 22nd and 27th.—In tl eee he Resseal : 
utum, the yellow and white Banksian Roses, and Ceanothus | the 22nd and 27th.—In the meantime, the Repeal Associ- 
azureus atio: i ene , higher 
Rep Sriper.—A Young Gardener.—We are not aware of any hy COR Meae eo meanad feeb eoppoutisiem tie a ghe 
other means of destroying Red Spider, than by keeping a damp | Classes of Society, and the titular Archbishop of Cashel 
wae atmosphere, or by the application of the fumes of sul- | has this week announced his adhesion to the movement, 
RuopopgEnprons, &c,—H. 7. S.—You may plant Rhododendrons | © grounds similar to those assigned by Mr. Smith O’Brien, 
aud other Medeaay is Pe with Sarena connate The Repeal rent also continues to increase, and the amount 
this season. Tartan truse.—In preparing a bed for Rhodo- 2 x z Sgr & nas 
dendrons and other American plants, your peat, which is inert | nounced on Monday was upwards of 30007. received 
and unproductive, will be greatly benesitted by adding the one | from Saturday to Saturday.—The trials of the} Welch 
half maiden-loam and about a third of well-decomposed cow- rioters by: the Special Commission have terminated 
dung.t x y. yaaa i 
SEA-KALE.—A Correspondent.—Your Sea-kale, cole oS still ina | In a verdict of Guilty against the only prisoner who went 
state of vegetation, must not have its leaves taken away 1, + t d Se 
before they have begun to decay, or you will rob the root of @ | ¢® trial 3 while.all the others pleaded guilty, in the hope 
portion of its nourishment. The pots for forcing should be | that their contrition might be accepted in mitigation of 
i ~ Ln’ the ls as h rney-Ge 
it ready for table. You cannot do better than cover the Punishment. I tt ‘ atter cases the Attorney-General, 
crowns with sea-sand, which, offering a slight resistance, will | On behalf of the Crown, abstained from prosecuting, and 
prevent them from shooting up small and weak; you may also | the Judges by the leniency of their sentences showed 
cover the pots with sea-weed.t eee , ot eat he soni oF 
SuevrEr.—F. R.—What Mex do you mean—Hlex aquifolium, | that they were anxious only to vindicate the authority o: 
the Holly; or Quercus Hex, the Evergreen Oak ? Rither afford | the law. 
excellent shelter, but not better than Evergreen Firs, ews, z 
Arbor Vite, or Portugal Laurels. n In France the contest between the Clergy and the Uni- 
Tue Mrcroscorr.—A Lady.—The specimens of skeleton plants versity has assumed so hostile a character, that the 
ich you sometimes see, and ich we presume yo 
th | nai meer 
allude, are prepared by maceration in water for_many weeks, Ministry, it is said, have referred the letter of one of the 
rushes ; Ao it is Bishops to the Council of State, and intend to bring the 
said, by muriatic acid. There is, however, some secret in the - i uing Ses- 
preparation. In preparing portions of tissue for the microscope, whole affair before the Chambers during the ensuing 
it is most usual toslice the plant very thin rik a ar. or to | Sion.—In Spain the Government have presented to the 
boil it and pull it in pieces with needles, or to leave it in water 7 nda e Queen should 
till it is rotten, when the parts readily separate. two Chambers an act demanding. that th ; ee 
MiscRLLANEOUS.—A Kentish Man.—1, Blenheim Pippin; 9,| be declared of age. The C for ig 
» | this declaration have also been appointed, and as they are 
thornden; 17, Marmalade Pippin. Pears—1, Uvedale’s St, Ger. | all adherents of the present Ministry there is no doubt 
main ; 3, Marie Louise. |W. M.—Your Grape is certainly | that the Queen’s majority will be forthwith declared,— 
the Black Prince.||—~C. R. D.—Six kitchen Apples for espaliers FE ted hat ttempt has been made b 
may be the Dutch Codlin, Hawthornden, Blenheim Pippin, rom Greece we learn tha se ‘ Pp % y 
aud Alfriston. | Gen. Colocotroni, one of the King’s Aides-de-camp, to get 
i sry Cotte of | UP a counter-revolution at Athens. The attempt com- 
11, Pomme de Niege; 12, Hughes’s pletely failed, and the King immediately assembled the 
Council of State, together with the principal authorities, 
your selection of Cherries will be g das youpropose,| | disavowed all participation in the design, and declared his 
—Devonian.—Send your address to the office, 
and we will centiarsttl abide by the constitutional system 
forward you the book, —B. Y.—A, Colmar; B, Beurré Rance, | “¢termination to tas He : 
C, Passe Colmar; D, Napoléon; E, Glout Morceau; G, (de. | established by the recent revolution, 
cayed) ; arie Louise; I, Crassane; J, Seckle; 0, Doyenn 
Blanc.||—Crina.— Clavaria coralloides.— .F. G. F.—We 
are unacquainted with Phaomeria magnifica, which is probably Wome Mews. 
some new discovery of M. Bojer. Faterna elastica is probably g é 
Urceola elastica, the plant which produces wo india-rubber of Courr.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived in 
Penang: ¢- S--Xour plentlis Acseia thelatoxyloni, erecta town on Saturday afternoon from Wimpole Hall, the seat 
allied species; the other you mention is doubtless some other Py 3 a 
EpeCle When Zoologists can explain why a fly first comes | Of the Earl of Hardwicke, whom they had honoured with a 
into the world as a grub, Botanists may be expected to tell why | a visit on leaving the University of Cambridge. On reach- 
w Holland Acacias when young have two sorts of leaves, ing the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railw ay, 
you mean the Agave Americana, it may be kept in a dry cellar, the Queen and rete Dy by a special train to 
rovided it is secured from much frost.—T. Davis.— Panicum | Windsor, and arrived at t 1€ Castle shortly before five 
miliaceum.——Anon.—Narrow-leaved Myrtles will flower in a | o’clock. On Sunday, Her Majesty and the Court attended 
divine service in one of the private spartments of the 
Castle. On Monday, her Majesty did not leave the Castle 
