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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
193 
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By Epwarp Souty, Esq., Jun., F.R.S., 
Experimental Chemist to the Horticultural Society of London, 
m. of the Royal Agricultural Society, and Lecturer 
on Chemistry, at the Royal Institution. 
London: 3, Charles-street. Covent.Garden, 
Notices to Correspondents. 
To CorRESPONDENTS.—We have to icit the patience of 
R. Preston, and a host of other correspondents: their commu- 
nications shall appear as soon as we can possibly find room. 
Frunca rse.—W. P. P.—The variety of the Gorse which is 
found ‘ance, and there called Ajone, is of quicker growth 
nd more juicy than the common Gorse which grows in Eng- 
land and Scotland, and probably better adapted for fodder ; but 
‘we have no personal experience of it. seed could only be 
obtained genuine from France. The safest mode of obtaining 
it is to order some from Messrs. Vilmorin and Andrieux, 
through some correspondent at Paris. It will not be expensive. 
It will probably succeed well in your soil, if your marl is not 
wet and springy. Very little preparation is necessary beyond 
stirring the surface and sowing the seed. M. W: 
that any pamphlet has been written upon this subject. We 
ANURES.—Oriola.—In applying sulphuric acid to a liquid 
manure-tank procee: it of the wholesale 
dealers, who will let you have a carboy of it. Pour into a 
stone jug as much as will a quarter fill it; gradually add water 
till the jug is full. Then pour it among iquid manure a 
little at atime; if much is added at once, violent effervescence 
takes place, and the liquid will probably be thrown over you. 
Stir up the fluid when the effervescence begins to diminish, 
leave it for a few hours, and then add more sulphuric acid, 
provided it causes a renewal of effervescence. The cessation of 
the latter is a sign that the ammonia is fixed.|—— Stowmarket. 
till it is of the colour of small beer, or with five or six times its 
or charcoal powder. It is very similar in its 
action to putrid yeast, or pigeons’ dung.|——Anon.—You will 
find at p. 5 the result of an excellent experiment on guano, 
which we would advise you to repeat with your Carrots. 
this week give you another on The best disinfecting 
powder to apply in emptying your cesspool, &c., is bleaching- 
powder, which costs, wholesale, 6d. a pound. Two or three 
pounds will go a long way. You cannot use a worse substance 
than quicklime, which drives off all the offensive odour, —— 
i a 1 1d 
acre of each. You will 
spondents. If you find the expense too great you can 
the quantities. Our advertising columns will inform you who 
deal in such articles : we never recommend one person in pre- 
ference to another. 
Tiauip Manure.—T. A. N.—Cloacine and Urine, after being 
disinfected, should be diluted with at least four times their 
bulk of water previously to being used upon plants in the open 
ground. 
PLantine.—Patience.—If Ivy willnot grow on the precipitous 
Sides of your bank, we should have small hope of anything else 
Succeeding: but surely you must be mistaken ; for Ivy will grow 
almost anywhere. ‘he following are also worthy of a trial— 
Hypéricum calycinum, Vinca major, Ampelopsis quinquefolia, 
Vitis odoratissima, Clematis Vitalba, flammula, and other 
Species of that genus. 
Vines.—T. W. T.— 
Would be running a great risk to paint it now when the Vines are 
Just breaking.t——Cornish Man. i vi 
quality, and usu We should imagine 
that you might with safety allow strong Black Hamborgh 
Vines, four years planted, to ripen from 12 to 16 lbs. each. 
Grafting the Vine by approach must be performed when both 
After joining the two accurately together, tie them closely up 
Sei 
you more about grafting the Vine next week.. 
Corp Pine -AmueThe height of a Cold pit above the ground 
Must depend entirely upon the use for which it is intended. 
For general purposes about 4 feet at the back, and 3 feet in the 
front, will be found most serviceable. t = « 
Hornen.—7. A. N.—The best height for a brick pit, on which 
to place a small frame 34 fect long by 2% feet wide, is 3 feet. As 
itis intended for raising half-hardy annuals and striking cut- 
tings; and as stable dung is inadmissible on account of the 
inconvenience of carrying it through the house, we have no 
doubt that refuse hops, as stated at p. 158, would answer 
the purpose. t——@. A. C.—Your Gardener is right. Your 
Melon bed, only 1} foot high, will soon lose its heat, in which 
case your only resource will be to form linings around it, 
Trg newing them occasionally as the heat in the bed declines, + 
© off by Autumn frosts. t 
evere fros' 
Will succeed against a south wall, provided it is protected from 
t. $ 
be roor.—A. #.—There is no better method of destroying the 
tees °f Crowfoot or Ranunculus, when thrown into heaps, 
‘an by chopping them to pieces or burning them.t 
GLYCINE SINENSIS.— Veronica. —It is not unusual for this plant, 
when newly removed, to make but little progress for a con- 
ider i ard: growing vigorously. 
This will perhaps be the case with yours. your soil is not 
rich, it would benefit it to water the roots occasionally with 
liquid manure..: 
mateur’s Garden.t 
Rampion.—A Subscriver.—The treatment of this plant is described 
at p. 364 of 1842. + 
SuAmrocs.—W, R. W.—The true Shamrock is now believed to 
be the Woodsorrel, and not any of the Trefoil kind. + 
HEMLocK Spruce.—A Sudbscriber.—This plant likes good light 
dry land, but it is not very particular. Like all the Pine tribe, 
it dislikes soil that has been long manured. Nitrate of soda 
applied in small quantities, dissolved in water, to the roots of 
Coniferee when they are pushing, will probably do them good, 
unless they are yery unhealthy, and then it may do harm. You 
must, however, take care that the Nitrate is not much adulte- 
rated with salt. 
PomecranatE.—F. H.—If you manure this plant too freely, it 
will run to wood without blooming. It flowers best when 
planted in modeiately rich, dry soil, in a warm south place, 
where it will make a rather stunted growth, and ripen its wood 
well, The more it is pruned, the less likely it is to flower.t 
EVERGREEN ye 
K.—A, 
during summer. They w: 
in a close, moist atmosphere. + 
Cacrus.—A young Beginner.—If you are anxious to forward the 
blooming of your Cacti, they will not be injured by being 
transferred to the stove, provided you give them plenty of 
water, ¢ 
ern aspect is best for them.t——7. A. N.—If, after pruning 
Roses in winter, the terminal buds are killed by frost, it is 
e shoots in spring to the next living bud. 
We have had no experience in the action of Bone.dust and 
ie may be 
It is not likely, however, that they 
W. B.—The most approved kinds are Keen’s 
Seedling, Elton, Myatt’s Pine, and British Queen, Roseberry, 
Downton, Old Pine, Grove End, American, and Coul Late 
Scarlets. + 
Subscriber.—We are not sufficiently acquainted with 
it is suffi- 
ripening much earlier in the season. 
The Ne plus Meuris, Easter Beurré, and Beurré Rance are all 
late Pears of first-rate excellence. The two former are the 
most hardy; but the fruit of the latter, from a standard, in 
favourable seasons, is the most highly flavoured of the three. ¢ 
—A Subscriber ab initio.—Mr. Dillistone of Sturmer informs 
us that the Barnadiston Pear obtained its name from an aged 
tree of this kind which grew at Kedington Hall, formerly the 
seat of the Barnadiston family, The Pearis stated to be of good 
quality, and to keep till June, being about the size and form of 
large Swan’s Egg. If you are desirous of obtaining scions, 
Mr. D. will forward them to you upon receiving your address 
and two postage-stamps. 
Grarrine.—E. §.—It is impossible to graft the Pomegranate on 
. the Orange, or the Rose on the Vine. t—— Amateur.—It is much 
better to bud Roses than to graft them. It may, however, be 
lone now, and in the way you describe ; we advise you to 
employ clay rather than grafting-wax.+ 
VeckTABLEs.—Lusor.—The vegetables of which you have re- 
ceived packets of seeds from the borders of the Rhine are, with 
one exception, known in this country by the following names : 
—No. Yeisser Kohlrabi, or common White K 
Libaun Kohlrabi: when you have grown this Russian variety 
we shall be happy to receive your account of it; 3, Rosenkohl, 
Cos; 7, Montze Ballenfuss, Tennis-ball Lettuce; 8, Grosser 
Mogul, Imp w 
Black Spanish ; and 10, Rothe Lange Rettig, the Red Spanish 
Radish. All 
Cucumbers.—An Amateur.—We doubt the propriety of applying 
so strong a solution of Nitrate of Soda to Cucumbers as 10 oz. 
the difference in this respect between various sorts, that, under 
tment, Oue will show fruit as soon as it has 
half-a-dozen leaves, while another kind will cover the 
ss land, 
Anrs.—A young Beginner.—As long as you keep the sand in 
which your Pines are plunged dry, so long will you be an- 
noyed by ants. We would recommen au to saturate the 
sand with water, and afterwards to water it with a solution of 
chloride of lime. Most of the ants may be destroyed as they 
are endeavouring to escape. + 
Wireworm.—A Sufferer.—Spirit of tar is the best remedy with 
which we are acquainted for destroying this pest. The mode 
of application is described at p. 821 of 1842. t 
Drarnacke.—T. A. N.—When moss is placed over drainage in a 
pot, it should be removed every time the plant is Tepotted. In 
is better to ret 
Drisp PLANTS.—Hertford.—You will find a full account of the 
preserved. t 
Srurrinc.—T. A. N.—To spur the shoot of a plant means to cut 
it back to a certain bud or eye, situated at a short distance 
from the base of the shoot. + 
Trevuis.—Asbestos.—In 
of the natives. The conclusion to which we arrive is, that he 
ought to seek redress from the Colonial office, and not from 
the New Zealand Company. Outrages connected with disputed 
possession, or 
quarrel was effectually settled by a police magistrate and the 
show of a few muskets ? 
‘LOWER-POTS.—O. S.—The usual dimensions of a 24-sized pot 
are 8} inches in diameter at top, by 8 inches deep. t 
S.ate Pors.—New Subseriber.—Slate pots are square, and are 
more expensive than those made of clay. You will find where 
they are to be seen and purchased by referring to our ad- 
vertisements.t 
Gop Fisu.— W, T. C.—The Gold and Silver Fish bred in this 
country are quite as large as those from Holland. They may 
be procured in Covent Garden market. ne best time for 
i i May: it may, however, be done now, if 
cautiously performed, in which case the fish will spawn in their 
new habitation. + 
readily give our opinion upon them. R.—Clericus.—Be so 
good as to send us the little white worms alluded to, and we 
will tell you what they are. At present, we cannot undertake 
to illustrate the Wire-worm, but we hope to do so in the course 
of the year. R mes can have it by sending six ee 
tamps.— —H. T. cacia is A. lophantha. + ES 
Your insect is the Vine Weevil, figured and described at p. 
292 of Vol. i. t M. Q.—Your plant is Malvaviscus arbé- 
eus, alias Achdnia malvaviscus.t——Amateur.—We are so 
accustomed to be plundered, that we are not at all surprised at 
you point out. Much obliged for the information. +—— 
Myrtus.—We regret we cannot give you the information you 
ask for. We never state nurserymen’s prices, or recommend 
one person ratherthan another. Your question can beanswi 
by any respectable nurseryman. +——P. W.—We wish we could 
say we approve of your plan of heating; on the contrary, we 
think it a decided step backwards. It is the business of the 
patentees to make their invention known, if it has the merit 
claimed for it.7- W. C.—We really cannot undertake to 
name Cryptogamic plants, when they have no connexion with 
Horticulture.t——A.K 
Mediterranea; 3, E.carnea; 5, Omphalodes verna.t--—@. €.— 
our plant is Gesnera Douglasii.,——A. C.—The Apple is 
the Hanwell Souring, excellent for kitchen use.| 
As usual, many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tu Parliamentary proceedings of the week present 
few subjects for comment, with the exception of Lord 
Palmerston’s motion on the Ashburton Treaty. The 
chief features of this debate were the speeches of Lord 
Palmerston and Sir Robert Peel on Tuesday night, which 
may be regarded as an epitome of the great questions 
which for half a century have endangered the relations 
between Great Britain and the United States. Lord 
Palmerston contended that, instead of resting on the case 
established by the decision of the King of the Netherlands 
and by the investigation of the British Commissioners,— 
viz., that the St. John was a British river, in accordance 
with the terms of the treaty of 1783,—Lord Ashburton 
had granted to Mr. Webster concession after concession, 
surrendering a tract beyond that river to which the 
Americans had not a shadow of title, and obtaining no 
concession in return for advantages gratuitously be- 
stowed. The effect of this weakness, in his opinion 
was manifested in the tone assumed by the United States 
with respect to the disputed boundary on the shores of the 
Pacific, and if the Oregon bill had been passed by Con- 
ress he considered that it would have amounted to a 
declaration of war against this country. Sir R, Peel, in 
reply, claimed credit for Lord Ashburton and the present 
Government, in having settled a question “ the festering 
sore of half a century,’’ which Lord Palmerston, although 
ten years in office, was unable ta adjust. Its settlement, 
he said, was essential to the security of Canada and to the 
maintenance of peace ; and in adopting a conventional 
line, Lord Ashburton had obtained a boundary better 
calculated to protect our Canadian provinces than that 
awarded by the King of Holland, while it secured to us 
much greater advantages, and a larger amount of the 
disputed territory. He disclaimed the reference to the 
celebrated map “ with a strong red line’’ in the archives 
of the Foreign Office at Paris, and contended that there 
was no evidence to connect the map with Dr. Franklin’s 
despatch. After some remarks from Mr. Macaulay on 
the tone assumed by Lord Ashburton in his correspond 
ence with Mr. Webster, the debate was adjourned. It 
