1843.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
793 
is arcane by peat at p. 693 is what is called in Ireland bog- 
mould, 
Heatine.—Amateur.—We doubt whether a brick tank will not 
be too damp for a greenhouse, the fire in which has to be often 
heated. For occasional fires, if the house is well ventilated, it will 
do very well. Youmust make it oceupy the whole space beneath 
your stage, in such a house as you describe; anda bad arrange. 
ment it will be, after all. Much better carry a gutter all round 
your house, if youcan. Notwithstanding the plan, that might 
Perhaps be done if there is but one door, by making the boiler 
work both ways, by means of double-headed pipes. If the 
is to be lower than the gutters or tanks it must be closed 
. P. P.—Your copper boiler will do very well. Its 
Size is of little consequence; 4 gallons is enough ; but less or 
7 
with water; but if you can manage that by converting the leg 
AB into a syphon, by taking off the pressure on the water in 
-K.—The best manure for your light hungry 
lay is marl and clay. After that stable manure will act, 
thovgh not so well as cloacine. Of all ways of preparing this, 
the best is to mix it with charcoal-dust, or soot, or cinder-sift. 
ings, in alternate layers, and after leaving it till the smell is 
gone, mixing it all together. + 
Micx.—When Cantad sends his plan of destroying these animals, 
we shall be able to judge better of its efficiency. If it is as 
good as he represents gardeners will be much obliged to him 
Myrins.—A Subscriber.—-You may preserve your Myrtle 
through the winter by placing it in a dry room o 
from frost, and wh is 
ri 
Louise; 4, Beurré Diel; 5, Ne Plus Meuris; 6, Seckel; 7, 
Glout Morceau; 8, Williams’ Bon Chrétien; 9,12, Chaumon- 
tel; 11, Doyenné Blanc; 14, Beurré Rance; 15 
gamot; 17, Gansel’s Bergamot; 19, Easter Beurré; 21, Doyenné 
Gris. Apples—1, Court of Wick; 3, Scarlet Crofton ; 5, Lemon, 
Pippin ; 6, Downton; 7, London Pippin; 8, Margil; 9, Worms. 
ley Pippin; 10, Minchall Crab; 11, King of the Pippins ; 12, Kes. 
wick Codlin; 15, Kerry Pippin.|I J. G,—Robinson’s Pippin." 
——D. Judd.—Apples: 2, Dumelow’s Seedling; 3, Court of 
Wick; 5, Boston Russet; 6, Hollandbury ; 7, Minchall Crab; g, 
Northern Greening; 10, He 1, Wool. 
» Duchesse d’Angouléme; 2, 5, Ambrosia; 3, a 
variety of Rousselet; 4, Old Colmar; 6, Passé Colmar ; ae 
(decayed), |) 
NAmxs or 
LANTS,—R, Plant,—Only a pale variety of Acrépera 
—7. B.—No. 1, Scolopendrium officinarum; 2, 
*— Domhuil.—Siphocampylus bi. 
Oncidium uniflorum, Cyrtopera 
Woodfordii; 3, Epidendrum phoeniceum; 1, Masdevallia 
nov. 
ov.——J. C. 
do.—No. 1, a Cassia; 2, Lotus J: 
Zeyptiacum.—P. N.—You' 
difficult to name, even with good specimens. 
tion of the flower we suspect it to be O..Suttoniim— W. 
ge; of no value.——Apollonicus. 
you to our notice on this subject at Pp. 744.—., 
Tithonia tagetiflora——7, W. 0.—Ci 
P.—Cut-leaved Alder.——A Subse: - 
New Zecatvanp.—It strikes us that our correspondent at. Ply- 
month is reversing the order of things when he invites persons 
in 
th try to send cases to New Zealand upon the chance 
of th being returned well filled with valuable plants of that 
coloy Q of the manner in which liberality 
her met by gratitude there, does not induce us to become a 
party to any such recommendation. Nor is it neces, ry. Th 
Let no one, however, imagine that plants of 
the three islands can be returned in that way. We are equally 
Unable to agree with our correspondent in his estimate of the 
Person he mentions. He regards him asa very great naturalist, 
nelle and Marie Louise may be the Summer Franc-réal, Dun- 
More, Summer St. Germain, Ambrosia, Fondante d@’Automne, 
and the English Caillot Rosat, || 
PeLARGoNiuMs,—Aliquis.—When these plants lose their lower 
leaves they are ouly obeying the dictates of nature, and show- 
ing that their wood is, what it ought to be, matured v in 
add nothing to the varied directions given in 1841 for the 
Management of these plants.——A Novice.—All the treatment 
which Pelargoniums for planting out in spring require during 
Winter, is to store them up, four or five plants together, in pots 
or boxes. ‘They may be planted in almost any kind of soil, and 
Placed under a greenhouse stage, o: 
they may have a little light and be kept dry and free from frost.t 
Pits.—R, @.—The peat used for building walls of pits may be 
cut from a comm i 
are used for burning; but of course considerably larger, In 
building, the walls should be made to slope outward a little, 
and should be well filled in behind with solid earth; the inside 
May then be cut neatly with a sharp instrument, and a mos 
€Xcellent wall will thus be formed. After the walls have been 
built, all that is necessary is to drive down some 
Test, as well as upon the turf wall. If at any time the turf 
Sinks, these Support the sill aud rafters, and by pushing in a 
little turf below the former the vacancies will be filled up. 
uch pits will last for many years, and when covered with good 
ue Matted also, and it is certainly desirable that the mat should 
Prout on when the tree is quite dry. 
RUNING,— WW, C,—Prune your Cedars and Deodars either now 
when they have begun to grow in the Spring, But why 
oe them at all? Youhad better let them alone. 
Soil, a stiff loam, in 
8.—Oriola,—If runners are troublesome, remove 
hea With a strong rake, or pare them off with a spade, Ifthe 
or Wants loosening, do that after the crop is gathered and with 
to fork. Itis not necessary to expose the fruit to the sun in order 
. ripen it. All that is required is, that the leaves should be sO 
Xposed. The fruit will take care of itself. 
fae Wauus.—Matilda.—Copper wire is More lasting than 
ae eee fee as coppered Bab sue process, if you 
y ro} i. e absen i 
must trust to sas puseeiepodre ta faey Sunes 
Zinc LAnets.—G,—Zine for labels can be procured from the 
zinc-cutters ; ink for these may be prepared as follows :—viz., 
verdigris in powder, 1 drachm; salammoniac ditto, 1 drachm; 
lamp-black, } a drachm; water 10 drachms 
MiscELLANEOUS.—-One shilling will be given for No. 20, 1842,—— 
A, B.—What Passion- flower? We cannot help you unless your 
question is more precise.——T. Sams.— ‘e can per- 
ceive from your letter, the only rémedy is to do as you propose ; 
and with regard to the salt getting through the brickwork, 
there can be no harm in that.t——A Subscriber.—A list of or- 
namental hardy Evergreens is given in the Amateur’s Garden, 
Pp. 757, of this year.t+—Rusticus.—The vine-leaved Anemone 
will thrive best in a moist situation; Berbéris dulcis is quite 
another species from the old stoneless preserved Berbéri St 
A. H.—If you refer again to the description of Rosa Hardii, 
Pp. 775, you will find nothing there said about its being worked 
upon a briar, as y have stated.t —— Z.— You will find 
directions for grafting Vines at p. 744. If the young wood 
is badly ripened, ent back to one eye above the two year old 
wood, Figs will be noticed soon. The Winter Nelis Pear is 
the same as the Bonne Malinaise || 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
FucustAs.—d. B.—Your seedling is remarkable only from hav- 
ing the sepals so much reflexed as to hide the tube: it is also 
very small and not good in colour.——J. J.—In colour your 
seedling bears a strong resemblance to some of the earlier 
sorts raised by Mr. Thompson; it is not equal in beauty of 
form and colour to his Formosa elegans, and it must be of a 
very fine and prolific habit to make it desirable. * 
PAnsigs.—H. B., Essea.— Belvidere is a very pretty seedling, the 
eye remarkably fine and decided ; the beiting still wants deci- 
sion in the side-petals, and there is a deficiency where they 
should meet above the eye ; the flower wants size also. Moon- 
light has a singular eye, but the flower wants substance, and 
is very deficient in the form of the petals. Glorious Apollo is 
fine in colour and substance, but deficient in size. Unique, 
fine eye an ‘ood form, but too small, and the belting of the 
side-petals is watery and imperfect.* 
As usual, a host of letters has arrived too late for answers this week. 
Errata.—In Messrs. Burning and Hxary’s Advertisement, 
inserted Nov. 4,11 lines from top, read “ The boilerbeing com- 
posed of two truncated cones, one inserted within the other,” in- 
stead of ‘ one insected one within the other.’ —Cape Iridacez. 
In the note on the cultivation of these plants, in last wee 
Chronicle, p. 774, middle column, 19 lines from top, for “ Wat- 
sonia gracilis,” read ‘Gladiolus Watsonius and G. gracilis.” 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue Grand Jury of Dublin after several days deliberation 
have found a true bill against Mr. O’Connell and his 
fellow-traversers, all of whom appeared upon their recog- 
nizances on Wednesday and answered to their names. 
The trials will commence in a few days, but there is no 
chance of their being concluded for some weeks. 
The Overland Mail from India which left Bombay on the 
2d ult. arrived in town on Monday. The news it brings 
is of great importance. An insurrection has broken out 
at Lahore, which first manifested itself in the murder of 
the Sovereign of the Punjaub, the Maharajah Shere Singh, 
with his two sons. The chief conspirator, Dhyan Singh, 
the Prime Minister, and the Sirdar Ajeet Singh, his accom- 
plice, were themselves assassinated shortly afterwards, 
and a wholesale sacrifice of the wives and children 
of the late Rajah took place at the Palace. A child ten 
years of age was placed on the throne, to become perhaps 
a victim in his turn. This dreadful tragedy is considered 
to have given the finishing blow to the great empire 
founded by Runjeet Singh ; and it is generally believed that 
the fertile territory of the Punjaub, with its immense 
revenues and population, will eventually be annexed to 
British India, Lord Ellenborough had already, as if in 
anticipation of the event, concentrated an imposing force 
on the banks of the Jumna, and British intervention will 
probably be necessary to suppress the anarchy which now 
prevails. The rest of India continues tranquil, and Dost 
Mahomed, who maintains his authority at Cabul, 
appears to be desirous of keeping on friendly terms 
with our Government.—From Mexico we learn that 
the British flag has been insulted in the city of Mexico 
by the President, Santa Anna, at a ball given by 
him in that capital. Mr. Doyle, the British Chargé 
d’Affaires, has suspended all intercourse with the Mexican 
authorities until he hears from his own Government, and 
has demanded an immediate apology for this intentional 
and deliberate insult to our flag. — Krom Greece we 
learn that the King has declared his determination to 
abide by the will of the people as expressed at the late 
revolution, and to adopt the representative system which 
formed the basis of the movement.—In Egypt the Pacha 
has a fresh cause of trouble in the revolt of Achmet 
Pacha, Governor of Sennaar, who is said to have declared 
himself independent. Great preparations, however, are 
making to resist any act of aggression, andthe next arrival 
will probably put us in possession of further details, — 
From Spain we Jearn that both Chambers have agreed to 
the necessity of declaring the Queen of age as the only 
means of pacifying that country, and a change of Ministry 
is said to be contingent on the declaration of majority, 
: Home News. 
Court.— Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of 
Wales, and the Princesses continue at Windsor Castle, and 
are quite well. On Saturday Prince Albert came to town 
by the Great Western Railway, and proceeded to the office 
of the Duchy of Cornwall and Buckingham Palace, His 
Royal Highness inspected the Summer Temple in the 
Palace Gardens, jand viewed the large Chinese bell and 
other trophies from China, which are placed in the library 
of the Palace. The Prince then visited the Polytechnic 
Institution, and afterwards returned to Windsor by rail- 
way. On Sunday morning her Majesty, Prince Albert, 
the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbsurg, and 
the whole Court, attended divine service within the Castle. 
On Monday the Queen and Prince Albert took equestrian 
exercise in the riding-school, and the Duke of Cambridge 
arrived on a visit to her Majesty. On Tuesday the Queen 
and Prince and the visitors to her Majesty took an ex- 
cursion in the Park. In the afternoon a powerful hydro- 
oxygen microscope, magnifying objects upwards of 
30,000,000 times, was exhibited by Mr. Paine before 
her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Glou- 
cester, and the visitors to her Majesty. On Wed- 
nesday, the Queen and Prince Albert took their 
usual walking exercise in the vicinity of the Castle in the 
morning and afternoon, In the course of the morning 
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge 
and his Serene Highness the Prince d’Oettingen Wal- 
lenstein, shot over the royal preserves. The Duke of Cam- 
bridge afterwards returned to town. On Thursday the 
birth-day of the Prince of Wales was celebrated at the 
Castle and in London with the usual honours. Her 
Majesty gave a banquet in the evening, followed by an 
evening party. In the morning the Ist Reg. of Life 
Guards and ‘the third battalion of Grenadier Guards 
marched from their barracks to the Home-park, with their 
respective bands, and at 12 o'clock fired a feu-de-joie, 
In London the day was observed with all the honours, 
and in the evening her Majesty’s tradesmen illuminated 
their houses. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours are 
expected to arrive this day from Paris, on a visit to her 
Majesty. Lord Byron has succeeded the Earl of Warwick 
as the Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Drummond has suc- 
ceeded Sir F, Stovin as the Groom in Waiting on her 
Majesty. The visitors to her Majesty this week 
have been the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of 
ambridge,- his Serene Highness the Prince d’Oet- 
tingen Wallenstein, the Marquess and Marchioness of 
Normanby, Viscount Combermere, the Earl of Aberdeen, 
the Bavarian Minister, and Mr, Patrick Fraser Tytler, 
the historian of Scotland.—It is rumoured that her Ma- 
jesty intends to have a marine villa erected at Cowes, in 
the Isle of Wight, as an occasional residence during the 
summer and autumnal months, and that the Woods and 
Forests have sent an agent to survey some estates at East 
Cowes, prior to the selection of the site. 
The Queen Dowager.—Sit Robert and Lady Peel ar- 
rived at Witley Court on Monday, from Drayton Manor, 
on a visit to the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty continues 
in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health and spirits. The 
Countess of Brownlow has succeeded Lady Barrington 
as Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Miss Boyle has sue- 
ceeded Miss Hudson as Maid of Honour to Her Majesty. 
The Duc de Bordeauw.—His Royal Highness arrived 
at Alton Towers, the seat of the Barl of Shrewsbury, on 
Saturday. His Royal Highness was received by torch- 
light, and with the highest honours. A great crowd 
was assembled to witness the arrival of the Prince, who 
was greeted from the Castle with the air Vive Henry IV. 
The Prince Robecq de Montmorency, the young Duke 
de Guiche, and the celebrated orator, M. Berryer, had 
Previously arrived at Alton Towers. His Royal High- 
ness had intended to visit London about the 15th 
inst., but has deferred his journey for some weeks in 
Consequence of the expected arrival of the Duke and 
Duchess de Nemours. His Royal Highness will take 
advantage of this circumstance to visit some of our manu- 
facturing towns, making excursions from Alton Towers, 
which will, for the present, continue his head-quarters, 
On his way to Alton Towers, from Drumlanrig, the seat 
of the Duke of Buccleugh, the Prince visited Lancaster 
and Liverpool, where he inspected the most remarkable 
buildings in the town, the docks, the Acadia and Great 
Western steam-ships, the Town Hall, and the Exchange. 
On Saturday morning his Royal Highness inspected the 
railway, where he was received by Mr. Wood, and the 
directors of the company, after which he breakfasted at 
Edge-lane Hall, with F. Heywood, Esq., who acted as 
cicerone to the Prince during his sojourn in Liverpool. 
Pa Me t. The Queen held a Court 
and Privy Council yesterday, at which Parliament was 
ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday next to 
the 19th December.—The Election for Kendal terminated 
on) Wednesday in the return of Mr. Warburton, by a 
majority of 63. The numbers were—for Mr. Warburton, 
182; for Mr. Bentinck, 119. 
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands.—On Saturday 
evening his Royal Highness gave a dinner at Mivart’s 
Hotel to Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Netherlands 
Minister, &c. On Sunday his Royal Highness left town 
for Blackwall, and there embarked for Rotterdam, on his 
return to the Hague, after a sojourn in this country of 
more than three months, which his Royal Highness chiefly 
passed in Scotland. 
The Church.—The Queen has nominated Archdeacon 
Lonsdale, of King’s College, London, to the vacant 
bishopric of Lichfield. Some valuable preferment is 
vacated by the Archdeacon’s elevation. His stall in Sé. 
Paul’s will fall to the treasury of the Ecclesiastical Com. 
missioners, his Archdeaconry to the Bishop of London, 
and the Presidency of King’s College to the Archbishop 
of Canterbury. The Archdeaconry has been conferred 
on the Reverend John Sinclair, Secretary of the Na- 
tional Society. The Gazette of Tuesday contained an 
roe ti 
Order in Council, at the suggestion of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners, for vesting the patronage of Barnton 
Christ Church, and of Chester Christ Church, in the 
Bishop of Chester; of Colne Christ Church, in the Vicar 
