88 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
CLE. Eat il, 
of experiment, in the ordinary way, moulded with the 
plough, &c., and had only at the rate of 100 barrels per 
acre in return. The extra cost of labour was 40s. per 
acre. But he had another counterbalancing advantage 
from digging well and deeply—three barrels more of. 
Wheat than from the part tilled with the plough in the 
common way. It must, however, be stated, that the 
same favourable result did not attend the repetition of 
this practice in the year 1838, owing, it is supposed, to 
the great moisture of the season. The plant deriving in 
consequence a greater proportion of its aliment from the 
atmosphere, needed not, as in the former year, to pene- 
trate the great depth of land prepared for the ramifica- 
tion of the fibres, if so disposed; yet even in this case, 
the advantage was sufficient to repay the extra cost. Such 
and so varied are the circumstances which must combine 
for the successful culture of vegetables. To lay down 
general rules is therefore often as unwise as difficult. The 
result of an isolated experiment should not decide any 
doubtful question, which can be only satisfactorily solved 
by the results of a long series of trials.’ 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS /or - the ensuing week. 
In the Calendar at page 24 I stated that the Conservatory ought 
to be in a blaze with forced flowers from the stoves, and I re- 
ferred to a good list given by Mr. Green for that purpose, at page 
148 of Vol. i. of the Chronicle, and continued at page 227 of the 
appears, however, that this volume is not in the hands 
of all the present readers of the Chronicle, as many correspon- 
qo supplying the 
pearane e in the See and ladies would often think it 
lost sae to walk through the houses. With only two families of 
plants oN a eg and Pere OE) Mr. Paxton auc keep up 
a constant bla: 's all the year round in the large con- 
servatory at Ghatewortits with only one drawback, namely, the 
want of blue and yellow colours. The latter he could supply all 
he year round, by beginning with the early Tulips, Narcissuses, 
Acacias, Calceolarias down to the Yellow Chrysanthemumsat the 
end of the season: the blue colours are not so plentiful. Will 
some kind practical hand assist me in making out alist of blue 
flowering Laas that can be bloomed in the etka IY throu Le 
out the year; beginning with the forced blue Hyacinths ? 
though I have thus shown the minimum by ae a blaze & 
bloom may be kept up, I do not of course mean that we should 
confine ourselves in this way—far from it, as my list for January 
sufficiently shows. From my own observations, however, when 
visiting the best-kept conservatories in this country, I know that 
the effect is often marred by our wish to show the extent of our rich 
collections, and that we have not yet paid that attention to the 
due distribution of Garis that the gn deserves, both in con- 
servatori ae a oe ardens. ir progress towards this 
desirable result, senonId never abe ‘satished with our own ar- 
bitrary Titi of hee rection, but consider the goal already attained 
as forming only a fresh point of departure. To the list of plants 
wer last month many others might be added, according to 
circumstances. 
rove PLAnTs that will flower freely in a temperature of 45° 
sre—Poinséttia es rima, Aphelandra cristata, Justicia spe- 
ciosa, and coccin: ranthemum pulchellum, Begénia octopé- 
tala, Breatatctyon azireum (sweet), Phdius grandifdlius, Eu- 
phorbia Des nanORa Echevéria gibbifiora, Gesnera elongata, 
longifiora, lateritia, and mollis, Pancratinum amcenum (sweet), 
Ardisia ine (for its berries).— CHIDACER. — Zygopétalam 
ackaii, sinense, Cyprip rede be AS 
epidendeam nutans and cochleatum, Trichopilia peed On" 
sand Cavendishianum, Lelia anceps and Barkerii, 
Odontogiossum Rossii Se elatum 
—KITCHE N-GARDEN eal ORCHARD. 
or Departmen 
Pinery.—If the coin plants hare been potted early last 
autumn, they will probably have filled their pots sooner than 
usual this mild visenee and ae NGertore require to Ds re-potted 
earlier on ee ac . hat soil, pots, dung, leaves, or 
, are ready for chifting them soon, but do not ec? them by 
increased rest for that purpose. 
INeRY.—As the eyes break, increase the heat a little, and 
attend to tying and stopping the earliest a joint or two above 
the bunches ; keepa moist which it is It to 
do this season, as strong fires are not required. 
As the trees go out of blossom, increase the 
temperature to 60°, sith plenty of air; regulate the wood-buds 
cayed flowers; but as long as the weather keeps damp this 
should be avoided, i in order that the paint with which the trees 
have been brushed over for killing the eggs of insects, &c., may 
gleams of sun than those of the Peach, and must be guarded 
against casualties of this kind. 
‘1as.—The earliest have now set the first crop of fruit. The 
shoots must be stopped above the fruit, and the plants well sup- 
plied with water, both at the roots and ove! erhead, as ies Fig will 
soon resent any neglect tot this sort by casting its 
etl ge AND Mz.ons.—I find these plants. as ‘better by 
. Green’s method i 
Bite at since the introduction of the 
be thrown over them in frosty weather and at night, NE answer 
very wellif they are planted out in turf or other cold 
Srrawserrizs.—Successions of these will be Saar into 
frames and houses according to the means at command; the 
whole stock for forcing this season should be looked over and 
placed in some litter at the front of the houses or south walls; 
if they have not, indeed, been there all He winter. 
Out-door Departm 
Rapismes and other Salads with Canthower plants must be 
looked over occasionally, to see that no failure occurs from damp 
or vermin, Successions of ele and of Spinach may be sown at 
intervals os the weather per 
—The Apricot ai Peach- trees have now got a most 
Rewectatics ‘check without sustaining any injury. No time 
e lost in getting them pruned and nailed. Look out 
what. heii earns) esas you have to protect them with 
by and bye; and if are short of these materials, get Spruce- 
boughs or ‘fern ready. in case they should be wanted. These 
eee seem in a ripe and healthy state this season, and if we do 
t get wet at the time they are in blossom, a few degrees of 
{root will do them little injury. 
I.—FLOWER- GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-door Department. 
Srove.—There is no change wanted in the temperature here 
yet. The late snow has turned more hands into the houses, and 
in many places, not before they were wanted. All the plants, 
labels added to oe plants, the climbers trained, &c. If a small 
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men and ere plants than if they were done in cold, comfortless 
sheds. men will not be so liable to catch colds as if they 
re in ae out all day, thus depriving their su ayers of their 
labour for some days, after the retarn of mild weather, when their 
services are most wanted. Many of the Grenidnees that have 
many te ces: be. necessary to prevent damp while the weather 
keeps dull, and ae watering will Hew wante 
CONSERVATORY. — hing more nlaniets to ee 
blooms in pos are than currents of cold, damp 
mellias are the first to indicate this; a few of ane placed see 
the wenulators eee be your guide, rather Wane the thermome- 
x, which at best is of little use at any time in this house. As 
the forced sath palbs are done flowering, cut off their flower- 
stems and remove them to the reserve pit 5 n them out of the 
pots, and plunge the balls fe a light moist compost, and protect 
then in cold ee is pit does not require glass. 
errhere, is another family of real stove plants 
that vill do here “all the winter, and will be found very useful for 
the conservatory for three or four months after midsummer, if 
they are now removed to the stove, and forced till the end of 
ay. These ai ieti iscus sinensis, the 
double red, double buff, and the double fawn-colour; there is 
alsoa double white variety, but it is not very conspicuous—the 
single one is gaudy enough. There is also the Hibiscus liliiflorus, 
with a dozen beautiful varieties from it, all single and free 
x two as beautiful for summer conservatory 
pinata as any with which Iam acquainted; but unfortunately 
they have no trivial names, and they are difficult to be met with 
in the nurseries, 
ITs AND Framrs.—After such a mild putes the plants here 
'P, 
are not in a condition to be shut up cl close during snowy, dam 
or rainy weather. Il you can do is to give air at the | top and 
bottom of the sashes, presente the ‘same angle. This i a good 
time for the florist 
potting bench, to tive ow their spring top-dressing, and other- 
wise assist his pevonie Be aregular ee over top and bottom, 
or Departme 
Under this head I counted my: Sele eriously last week, by 
trusting to our country weather eronucta after all they are as 
to be relied on any more than the almanack-makers. As soon 
as the lawns getalittle dry after thesnow, give them a thorough 
good rolling, and send a careful man round with a barrowful of 
nice smooth turf. Tell him to pick out all the 2 Cock’sfoot Cel 
Piantains, and any other tussacks which disfigure the green cal 
pets, and let him cut off pieces of his fine turvesto fill the Benet 
NURSERY AND FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
Forest Anp Corrics.—All that I can think of under this head 
is, that, where the coppice stools have all been cut down, the 
soil might be scratched here and ee in Dae open spaces, an 
corns, Sweet Chesnuts, 
dropped in. If the mi 
seeds, they will come useful 2t some future period.— ms Beaton, 
Shrubland Park Gardens. 
State of the eae tes London for the Week ending Feb. zn) 
1843, as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Ch Chi: wick 
Tons ‘TaxRMomernn, 
Wind. | Rain, 
Feb. Max. Min. |\ Max. 
Friday 3| 29.517 | 29.130 45 +20 
Saturday 4| 29.757 29,348 39 16 
Sunday 5 | 29.854 29.798 39 108 
Monday ¢ | 29.868 | 29.736 | 38 ‘09 
Tu 7.| 29.993 29,890 37 | | 26 
Walneay 8| 30.038 | 30.024 28. 102 
Thursday 9| 29.966 | 29,092 | 39 | a 
Average | 29.856 | | 38.0 30.7 198 
Feb. 3. fata 3 stormy showers, partly snow; Very boisterous 
at Bit 
. Sharp frost early a.m.; very stormy, with showers of 
sleet fand snow. 
5. Clear and frosty; cloudy; clear, with slight frost. 
i . Hazy, with slight drizzle; aecser? overcast; rain at 
night, 
Mean temperature of the week 6° below the average. 
State of tbs Weather at Chiswick during the last a years, for 
e ensuing ; Week e cneing Feb. 18, 18: 
Rendle promises an SPIE ay fication of ee bide is 
which I shall allude next wi iis 
USHROOMS.—In spa eine: pre beds at this early season, usa 
about double the quantity of spawn that would be thought neces- 
sary at a later period; and unless this spawn is of your own 
Se or that you have already proved it, you had better take 
all the bricks, to have abetter chance of its being good. 
Be one are an uncertain « crop at all times, and any little at. 
tention we can give to these minor details will lessen our own 
reproach when disappointment occurs, If the beds are about 70°, 
and the house 10° less, with a rather moist atmosphere anda good 
look-out after woodlice or other pests, it is all that we can 
Porarozs.—Keep a constant supply of these in pots for seme 
time to come, and as uss begin to grow, or to be dra awn. up by 
a heat, remo: hey get 
hardened, labt them eat in slightly-prepared hot-beds; Seeder for 
the earliest crop, no glass willbe required, Thick straw mats, to 
| Greatest |— 
quantity | 
Temp) which rat Rain, 
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ae jie ips Mean Years in 
» | Wemp.| Temp. | 
un. 12] 47.0 | 40.1 10 
Mon. 13 | 467 | 40.1 7 
ues, 14| 46.2 | 89.2 5 
ed. 15 | 46.5 40.0 6 
Thurs.16 | 46.8 | 29.7 3 
ri. 17 | 45.4 | 38.4 9 
Sat. 18 | ‘444 | _|_ 88.0 eset 
0. 
The highest ¢ temperature during the above per 
the 16th in 1831, and 16th and 17th in igep—thermometer nr 55 
and the lowest on the 13th in 1838—thermometer 
REPORT ON COVENT- GARDEN MARKET, 
‘or the Week ending Feb. ee 
# late Hise change in the ee iie q s not, as might 
fave! Wee expected, made much alteration in rruice: Although 
ceding week have t well famnished, Fruit 
‘ines, which consist chiefly of Queens and Mo rrats, ave 
madea trifling advance. Foreign Grapes are well suited the 
Lisbon from 1s. to 1s. 6d. per lb., and White Portugal fre 
Is. per lb, Pears, from their searcity, are becoming: eect 
e and Easter 
Beurré, both fetching 18s. per half-sieve. Dessert Apples are also 
somewhat. nonperells Hi Aa 10s. to 15s. per bushel, 
Newtown Pippins as. per he American Lady Apple 1s. 
er doz. We likewise erred fa few late Downton Pippins, 
from 3s. to 4s. perbushel. The Wellington, an excellent culinary 
Apple, fetches from 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. per bushel. A few good 
Cucumbers are offered, from Sek to 10s. per brace Vegetables: 
The price of Asparagus has ely yaried since our last Report, 
in consequence of the trifling esa which there is for it. 
eakale is of excellent quality, and the best pannets fetch from 
18. 6d. to 2s. each. The supply of French Beans is very limited. 
Broccoli is somewhat cheaper, the White fetching from 6d, to 
1s. 6d., and the Purple from 6d. to 1s. per bunch. Celery is 
tolerably abundant, and of fair quality, pa small, from 6d. to 
ts. 6d, per bundle. Endive continues good, ar has advanced to 
1s. and 2s. 6d. per score. Salading of all Kinds | is piennal Mush- 
rooms, of large size, may be tained from 5d. to 1s. per pottle. 
Truffles are offered from 3s. to 4s. per lb. Flowers: The cul 
flowers consist chiefly of Camellias, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 
me a Amaryllises, Cinerarias, Hyacinths, Anemones, 
oses, with Sparminnia africana, Templeténia retusa, 
comererim Boeeuays Bere pubescens eae vestita, 
RAY, Feb. 11, 1843.—PRULTS 
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Pine Apple, cae bs sea Sucumbers, eat race, a. to 10s 
Grapes, Spanish,,p Ib. wg pe ae Spanish, 3s to 4¢ 
orate, Ts to.2 Walauts, per bush. 12st I @ 
Apples, aesierh per bush., 1 a8 to12e — |Chesnuts, per peck, 
tchen, 2s 6d to 68 Gd almonds, perpe 
aanraere er hf. sieves 240 to12s|Swee per pound, 82 
Pummeloes, per doz., 9s to Fi ieee Boats ae x00) Ts. 60s to O58 
ranges, per dor., Odto ae Ccb Nuts, per 100 Ibs., 60s, to 70s. 
= het 100. 48 to 14s tien par busheles 
— bitter, per 100, 8s to 168 — Brazil, 163 
- Matta Bloody per dor, getods | — Spanish, 18s 
‘Tangerine, 2s to Barcelona, 248 
Lemons, (he eye laneese = Col 
F100, 5sto 14s 
Va 
Savoys, per doz, ad t Spinach, per sieve, t+ 02 
Cabbage, White, per * doz ane Leeks, per doz. bun. iy 24 80 8 
— ’ plants, per doz 266d | Onions: ae bushel, 6 
— Red, pit, 406 — Bickling, per mE. u6d od 
saels peperuiss per hi is to 2e Green: p. dor. 
panish, per be Bto rs 
E purples Sailicy perl Gd to 8d 
Beans, Kidney ee, Pe 100,31 tos 04 shat pe 
Povatoes, per ton, 50s to large, 100, 5s 10.78 
er CWE. 48 = Secon ies be 
* Small, 26 to 94 Oa 
eS plas 9 
= perbushel, 1s Gd to 2 6d Sprue 
— Kidney, per ae 136d to2e| Sea-kale, per punnet, © G10 8 
< Se corch, oy be ey 1s 6d to 2s Lettuce, Cab., p. od. 
, per 1b., 4d to 8d Cos, bu to et 
Jerusalem viartidhake, Ber half-slove) Endive, per score, 1s t 
80 14 64 Celery, p. Raby (e015) 60 vo 1s ed 
ney 18 Gatos 6d | Rhubarb Stalks, per 
Turnips, per 
pas Pi a rs spetynet, 2 toad 
eve, 
Red Beet, per ssovens 82 S 
Scorzonera, per bundle, Ip 8d to 1e 6d orn 
Salsafy, per bundle, eee to le Gd re 
Cardoons, each, 1s 6d faraley, per half-steve, 1 
Horse Radish, Jena 1s Gd to 4s 6d) Tarragon, perdoz, bu 
Radish, per doz. hands (2 24 t030 each) | Fennel, per doz. bun., 2s to 4 
Ss 
Turnip, p. doz, beh» 1s to 196d) Mint 
Carrots, per‘ bee aude 4s Mushrooms, 
‘Hor lad £0 6 ‘Truffles, per Ib, Bs to de 
Pareneps, per Rozen, €d to 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Back Numeers or tax GArpeners’ Curonicin.--Numbers 
a ve be hoe 
2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 18, 4, MB 16, Mae 19, 20, 22, 
40 
ee 5, 6 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 1 sly uy 39, 41, 50, 
51, 36 “TRlve- pence each will be given for any Numbers notin 
this List. 
Be —We should be sorry to offend you, but still more so to 
* offen d good taste, by allowing captious disputes to take the 
place of gentlemanly pace In our opinion, turmeric- 
paper is not a good test for am in the hands of persons 
o its use; nor will it, in fact, under any os 
cumstances, indicate the presence of small quantities of a) 
monia so well as the excellent method proposed by Mr. Solly, 
With regard to the other question, we have already done you 
full justice, and we see no reason for troubling our readers 
pe in the matter. We are not aware that you have any 
claim to the eaten) that carbonic acid will decompose the 
alkaline silicates; but Wiegman and Poelsdorff have shown that 
it Hace as even earthy silicates, which the most powerful 
acids would not affect. you can claim that discovery, you 
should send Sane eee to some of the chemical Journals. 
Manures.—A Country Vicar.—There is no liquid manure better 
adapted for Saat eGnt arts OF that prepared from cow-dung, 
as recommended at p. 808.t——M. C.—If you have a tank for 
liquid Ee let the soapsuds drain into Mi If you have not, 
Amateur. 
vitriol. It is not worth above 5/, 
weight. Where such substances are wanted in quantity they 
should always be bought of the great wholesale houses, and 
not in the shops. ha much to use will depend on the quantity 
of ammonia as manure. You had better ascertain that 
which will yw in seedee any soil that is well drained.—— 
S. C.—Tan et slowly in the ground, andis by no heats suited 
to Sane as a manure till it is quite decomposed ; we have seen 
it, when undecayed, produce very bad effects. If you mix it 
with cloacine, oF any such substance, it will vie gecey, rapidly, 
agent; if you burn it, ‘e the best 
part, namely, the ashes; and probably this is the pneee econo- 
mical mode ee employing it, unless you could char it. The 
no and cloacine is “Gee similar: the former by. 
ae HPveaine or Petite in with seed.t——A. L. M.—1t is very 
difficult to answer your question. We will make some experi- 
ments, and endeavour to give you the jackal next weel 
Pasture GRASsES.— st Grasses, and their pro. 
portions, per acre, are cite rollowing 
White Clover, 6 lbs. Trefo Cow-grass, 4 Ibs, 
Trifolium medium. 
amixture of ¢ Anthoxanthum odoratum, Poa trivialis, Festuca 
ovina, and Dactylis glomerata, of each, 1 1b. 
e well prepared, and the sw urface very fine; som the three 
parcels of seed se} parately ; roll the land well; 
Grasses are up, mall again; when 5 or 6 inches ‘high, feed off 
and keep it fed off close, and you will have 
sown in March or August: the latter is the 
Srapz- EEL es ae S.—The Sapien for spade-hus- 
bandry are very few and simple. A d and a narrow long 
spade, a strong fork with 4 ‘lat prongs, a 4 strong large rake, and 
