1848.) - THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. aed 89 
a smailer one, and hoes of different sizes, will be all that is 
required. A small light one horse plough and corresponding 
harrow would greatly assist, leaving sufficient manual labour 
in bringing the surface to a good tilth, forming regular 
its jake dep 
ground in which the seedmay be deposited by hand: any wheel- 
wright would make it at asmallexpense. It would not do the 
BerBenis GLumMa'cEA. 
y expect in March, from whose drying effects it will be 
hardly possible to preserve your plant, when newly removed.t 
—A.H.—This will succeed in any common 
garden mould: your plant probably does not like the peaty soil 
in which it is grown.t 
Cypo'n1a sAvo'NIcA.—A. H.—It is stated that this plant blooms 
freely on a north wall, and certainly it ought to do well ona 
wall with a west aspect. The soil in which it is growing must 
either be bad or very damp.t 
Mapia sativa.—N. W. G.—This is an annual, and has not an 
English name. Seeds of it may be procured of the nurserymen.{ 
Fucusias.—A. H.—The following sorts, in addition to those you 
ground with slight protection: F. cdnica, gracilis, globosa 
major, formosa élegans, Clinténia, and Thomps6nia.t 
—A. i ictum we are not 
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work so well if the distance between the dibble-holes is small. 
Heartine.—G. A. Rendle’s Treatise upon the Tank 
System of Heating is not yet published, as you will find by re- 
ferring to his Advertisement in the columns of our Paper.—— 
N. W.G.—Mr. Rendle will shortly publish a treatise, containing 
a plan and descriptic..of his apparatus for heating. 
is a good and economi®al boiler.t——H. @, B.—You had better 
defer putting up your apparatus for a short period. We shall 
probably be able to give you some further information in a 
short time. + 
system, 6 or 8 feet is too great a Jength to leave them at the 
winter pruning in the second year after planting. Two or three 
feet will be sufficiently long for the strongest, and the weak 
ones should be cut shorter still, in proportion to their strength.t 
— Perth.—The Dutch Hamburgh is synonymous with the 
Grares.—A Gardener.—If by the New Black Hamburgh you 
temperature, and producing larger bunches and berries, with a 
less musky flavour, than those of the Muscat of Alexandria.+ 
Prerenniats.—W. G. B.—The following are good herbaceous 
perennials for blooming in pots :—Primula cortusoides, Saxi- 
fraga oppositifdlia, Epimédium macranthum, Helénias bullata, 
Phlox nivalis and setacea, blooming in April: Ramonda py- 
rendica, Dodecatheon Meadia, Hotéia japénica, Cypripédium 
receive. 
AKS.: 7. S.— Quereus suber can scarcely be said to be 
hardy in this country. It is only in favourable situations that 
it attains to any size. The same may be said of Q. virens, 
‘e do not know what Q. virens heterophylla is.t 
EVERGREEN — Fl dow r Evergr Oak, if 
headed to within 3 feet of the ground, will shoot afresh ; but 
it would be better to use the knife less he larger 
mutilated appearance. t 
Ivy.—A Subseriber.—We have on former 
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acquainted. R. barbatum is at present scarce, because it is 
difficult to propagate. 
CHIMENKS LONGIFLORA.—J. L. S.—This plant has been repeat- 
edly advertised, in our columns; it may be procured of any 
respectable nufseryman. We cannot undertake to name the 
price of such things + 
Oxa.is Bower.—Forel.—You have done wrong in turning out 
of the pot the plant of Oxalis Béwei, which you received in a 
be potted 5 or 6 in a pot, in sandy peat and loam, and should 
be placed in a warm frame until they have each formed several 
ARTICHOKE-LEAVED Lerruce.—B, C.—We are not aware tha 
the Artichoke-leaved Lettuce can at present be obtained in this 
country.) 
Rep Srrper.—R. W.—Your Clianthus is infested with the red- 
spider, to whose attacks it is extremely liable. You willfinda 
an i ingi i 
moist a 
to be the most efficacious remedy in destroyi i 
ying these insects. t 
Booxs.—M. Ryde.—There have been some useful treatises upon 
our Paper a week or two previously to their taking place.t 
Lawns.—J. J.—Hand-weeding or constant mowing appear to be 
the only probable means of eradicating the Chrysanthemum 
leaves, when they may be removed to the 
they will continue to flower for a length of time. + 
Trer-Vioter.—D. W.—The tree-Violet is a semi-double flow- 
ering species ; it may be procured of most nurserymen. 
account of its treatment, see p. 73 of last week’s Chronicle.t 
Conservatory Ciimpers, &c.—Rus in Urbe.—We really despair 
of your being able to get any shrubby or climbing plants to do 
wellin the situation you describe, ‘‘in the vicinity of Regent- 
a scandens, Eccremo- 
carpus scaber, Ipomoea Learii. Si Pimelea decussata, 
and hispida, Chorozema varium, Correa pulchella, Hévea 
Celsi, Cytisus rhodopneea, Acacia vestita, pulchella, and ar- 
mata; Cinerdrias, Tea-scented Roses, Chinese Primroses, 
The above are strong-growing things, and will do if anything 
Locomotion or Puants.—J. K. S.—Perhaps the explanation 
we gave is not clear. What was meant was this; that many 
underground stems seem to move upwards, in consequence of 
their new stems growing upwards, while the old one dies, and 
is left behind. it is difficult to make this plain without a 
rawing; perhaps, however, the following illustration may be 
intelligible. Let a cube a be buried 3 inches underground ; 
suppose it produces on its upper side another cube b, and that 
ground stems. 
Famitiar Borany.—Une entre Mille reproaches the author of 
.the articles under this name with his neglect of that gentler sex 
will, Weshould imagine that Ferns would also succeed well. redolent of high rents. She says that she, with many more, 
We cannot recommend any nurseryman in particular. 
Sxrps.—J. L. S.—All the seeds contained in your list will be 
benefited by being raised in a gentle heat. t-—C. R. D.—The 
seeds which you have received from the Cape had better be 
sown on a gentle hot-bed. You will find good practical direc- 
tions for sowing seeds in the Calendar of last week. Leuca- 
dendron plumosum is a Proteaceous plant, E’chium ferocissi- 
mum a Boraginaceous plant, and Aristea major an Iridaceous 
plant. + 
Rosrs,—J. N. V.—We doubt whether it is possible for gardeners, 
fair, week after week, to disappoint those who think his papers 
the best vindication of Botany from the charge of being & 
Corrace GarpEeNs.—E. Johnsione.—We will attend to this sub- 
who are now only beginning, to get Roses ready for showing in ject shortly.§ 
pots sooner than 1844; by that time, however, they may be quite | Warp’s Cases.—d. H.—An improvement has been made in 
prepared: and therefore we would advise you to offer your pre- 
at year, As to the conditions to be imposed, we 
hardly know what to advise until the practice shall have begun. 
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You might distinguish two classes of Roses : climbers, and not are kept in a constant state of excitement, they will continue 
climbers ; and you might separate the Moss Roses from others. 
We think, however, that it would be as well in the firstinstance 
‘0 offer your prizes merely for a defined number of Roses in 
pots, leaving the growers to suit their own skill or convenience.t 
a due period of rest is allowed, a deciduous plant will shed its 
leaves at the proper season. We doubt whether such bulbs 
tern.—The following are good Roses for planting out proper season of rest were given to Cypripédiums, Satyriums, 
in a border upon their own bottoms: Moss.—Blush, Crimson, 
De Meaux, and Common. Provence.—Old, or Cabbage. Blush, 
—Maiden’s and Celestial. Hybrid.—George IV., Globe, Whit- 
thep, and Village Maid. China.—-White Sweet-scented, sangui- 
‘ nea and common, for flowering in the autumn, 
opinion that Ivy renders a house dry rather than damp, and this 
changes to water, trickles down the walls, and never thoroughly 
evaporates. But this is a rare occurrence, and may be pre- 
vented by beating the Ivy after snow storms, and will only be 
an inconvenience when houses are built with mud. No doubt, 
when walls are not of sound brickwork, or of some other hard 
materials, the Ivy may introduce its roots into the masonry, 
and thus do mischief, allowing water to run down its branches 
and to follow them into the crevices where they have insinua- 
ted themselves. But in all cases of well-built houses we are 
aquifdlium, 2 to 4 ft., flowers yellow, March and April, ever- 
Ribes sanguineum, 3 to 5 {t,, flowers red, April; R. 
atreum, 3to 4 ft., flowers yellow, May. Amygdalus nana, 2 to 
3 {t., flowers red, April and May. Daphne cneorum, 6in., flow- 
ers pink, May, evergreen and spreading. 3. Bérberis empe- 
trifolia and dulcis, 1 to 3 ft., flowers yellow, May, spreading 
and evergreen ; Calycanthus fléridus and varieties, 3 to 4 ft., 
flowers brown, sweet-scented, June and July ; Ceanothus ame- 
ricanus, 2 t ft., flowers white, June and July; Coronilla 
merus, 3 t flowers yellow, July; Cotoneaster rotundi- 
eties, flowering in the autumn and spring. 4] 
Unprrwoon.—F, E. C.-'The following ornamental evergreen 
and deciduous plants may be recommended for planting under 
trees : common and variegated Holly, Aticuba japénica, Laurus- 
tinus, Bérberis aquifdlium, Viburnum opulus and oxycoccus, 
i CG. sanguinea, Hypéricum androsemum 
Gi and calycinum, and Symphoria racemosa. + 
REEPERS.—A Subscriber.— For a wall with a north aspect you 
had better procure the following: Caprifélium gratum, Jas- 
ees officinale, Periploca graeca, and Clématis flammula. ¢ 
Rena H.—Ample directions for grafting the Mis- 
ce letoe will be found at p. 304 of the Chronicle for 1842,t 
Ue Leto d — Animal manures are found to be injurious 
, to Juniperus, Cupressus, Thuja, and similar Coniferous plants, 
C 8 well as to Abies and Pinus. 
Brite curse wh —Some practical directions, which 
Se, will s i 
these ee oon be given for the management of 
UTus.—§. R. H.—If you intend toremove your large A’rbutus 
a4 spring, it should bedone immediately, tet withthe greatest 
at At would, however, be much better to defer its removal 
the autumn, on account of the easterly winds which we 
directly after it is gathered. It should be sown in a well- 
pots should be placed in a cool frame and kept shaded until the 
young plants make their As soon as dli 
are large enough they should be pricked off, about 2 inches 
apart, in pans or wide-mouthed flower-pots, and gradually 
rdened off. Ifyou have any seed by you, it had better be 
sown towards the end of this month. 
Mer.ons. — S. C,—The Beechwood Mclon, although not so large 
as the Rock Cantaloupe, is, in our opinion, when well grown, 
superior to that variety. The rind is thinner than in the gene- 
rality of Melons, a quality which the Rock Cantaloupe cannot 
PomEGraNAte.—S. C.—The soil best suited for this plant, when 
trained against a wall is a mixture of turfy loam and peat, well 
drained with broken bricks or lime rubbish. + 
ARS, — B. C. — The following Pear-trees, proper for being 
trained as standards with the branches downwards, will, in ad- 
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gards the future success of the trees, or the quality of their 
fruits, it is immaterial whether you obtain plants of the Chau- 
monteland Duchesse d’Angouléme from Jersey or from the 
nurseries in thiscountry. It rarely occurs that the flavour of 
PLums.—. » Subscriber.—There is perhaps no variety of 
Plum more luscious than the Green-Gage. || y 
Firperts.—A Young Gardener.—As your object is to have dwarf 
the ground, One clear stem is generally to be preferred; and 
in your case more than four ought not to have been retained. 
down lower than four feet, they will probably bear sooner thanif 
vered with clay. 
Pras.—Allingtonian.—The largest Pea in the pod is the Milford 
Marrow. || 
Frencn Beans.—A Gardener.—The dwarf Red-speckled and 
Fulmer’s Early are both good kinds for forcing. + 
BreiciaN Carrots.—E. A. C.—The beginning or middle of 
March, according to the season, is the proper time to sow the 
Belgian Carrot; ‘lbs. per acre is sufficient, if the seed is good. 
night before sowing, and repeatedly tured, then drilled in 
afterwards thinned out to a foot apart, by pulling out the 
smaller, which may be given to cattle. M. 
and other terrestrial Orchidacez, they would probably thrive 
in such a habitation.t 
MiscenLannous.—A Constant Reader.—No. 1 of your Moths is 
Sphinx Ligustri; 2 is Piusia gamma, described and figured at 
p. 52 of the Chronicle of last year. We cannot possibly under- 
—A Country Vicar.—Auricula seed is usually sown take to name Cryptegamic plants, unless they have some known 
importance in rural economy.t——G. A C.—There is a yellow 
‘ou W 
find, by referring to the ‘Notices to Correspondents,” in last 
week’s paper, that your question respecting the Chasselas 
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—Your Acécia is in too young a state to be recognised ; it is 
probably A. melanoxylon. The other plant is Ruscus andr6- 
ich i s you suppose. $—— 
ing calico has already been stated at p- a ee ei Chron- 
icle.t—— D. H. B., Bristol.—5d. & fol b 
the . G.—Your Apple is the Shustoke Pippin. || —— 
J.J.—Your Apples are—2, Court of Wick; 3, 
1 and 4, Dutch Mignonne ; 5, ae 
inchal Crab ; known ; 95 
eat Denrn aie © Tag ‘Worcester, 2. Easter Bergamot. | 
As usual, many letters have arrived too late for answers this week 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tur Overland Mail arrived on Monday, with accounts 
from India to the 2nd ult., and from China to the 19th 
Nov. The Indian news announces the arrival of the 
troops at pore, and the : t completion of 
the evacuation of Jellalabad. Their route through the 
Punjaub was unattended with difficulty or obstruction, 
put the troops suffered much from sickness, and many se- 
rious differences arose among the officers during the 
march. The chief topic of discussion in the Indian papers 
is the proclamation of Lord Ellenborough respecting the 
sandal-wood gates of the Temple of Somnauth, which ap- 
pears to have been received with astonishment in all 
parts of our Eastern empire. Even the journals which 
have uniformly advocated the policy of the Governor- 
General declare that from one end of India to the other it 
has been made the subject of the severest censure.—From 
China we learn that the last division of the fleet with the 
Plenipotentiaries ‘returned from the Yang-Tze-Kiang 
river to Chusan on the 17th Oct., and that, before leaving 
