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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
(Apri 1, 
Newtown Pippin, from 3s. . per doz. The 
dae of Cucumbers is on the increase ; ied fetch from 2s. to 
2s. per brace. Vegetables: Asparagus is of good quality, but 
ade is not plentiful, continuing to fetch from 6s. to 10s. per bunch. 
Seakaleis excellent, and much more abundant. White rocco 
some of which are very fine, sell from 1s. to 1s. 6d. per bunch, 
French Beans are becoming more plentiful, and fetch from 2s. to 
3s. per 100. 
cheaper, Bae from 1s, to 
Frame Potatoes may be eon 1s. 6d. 
: a package of early Potatoes, panieigal idneys, 
have also arrived from Li Cabbage Lettuces Be selling 
from ed to sd. tas score; and Cos, which are much be tter, from 
Is. 6d. t 
Flowers: The display of cut flowers has been very fine 
during the past week, consisting of Hibiscus rosa sinensis, Mag- 
nélia conspicua, Calla vethidpica, Detitzia scabra, ‘Amaryllises, 
Cacti, yellow Jasmine, Acacias, a great variety of Roses, Ericas, 
Deere Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, &c. 
oe ra April 1, 1843.—FRUITS :— 
Pine Apple, per Ib. 6: Cucumbers, per brace, 2 to 12¢ 
Grapes, Spanish, per Ths ls 10 e6d Walnuts, per bush., 12s to 18¢ 
ugal, 1s to 88 sesstse Pee peck ip to 
Apples, dessert per bush., 42 to 12s ana 5 sae 68 
Kitchen, ose Swe mondg, per poun 
Paiseidesen per hf. sieve, 4s to 18s Pilberts, English p er 100 ie a £0 6 
Strawberries, forced, par 07.518 to 28 uts, per 100 be. » 608, 
Pomegranates, per doz, Gs to 1 uts, per bushel— 
Oranges, per doz., 1s to 2¢ 6d — Brazil, 16¢ 
_ rer 100, Bs to 16s — Spanish, 18s 
itter, per sey Bat "to 808 — Barcelona, 24s 
Lemons, Ber doz. — Cob, 128 to 14s 
T_100, Bevo. us 
VEGETABLES. 
Savoys, per doz. 6 Spinach, per saleve, 1s $0 16 6 
Cabbage, Red, per do Lets, por dors vaia.e 
"ant per sa ‘is 0d Oniont per Pusha Gs 3 hd 
Broccoli, ie, per bunch, ed te 1s 6d Fickling, per hfe.» 440d to be 
Purple, 6¢ = ne doz. bun. 3s to 4s 
Testy eicieg troop to, arto Spa per aor. 1s 6d to 6s 
Potatoes, ce ton, 45s to Garlic, ie ‘ito 
i owt. 
Shallots, per Ib., 
Aspai raghs, iacreupen T 100, 6¢ to 10s 
prue, or Small, 2¢ to 3s 
r punnet, 9d 10 25 6d 
Ean » Eaves P. score, Ad to 8d 
LN vas 
Terusalem Artichokes, per half-sieve, 
Tornipe, per dea bine, te tM Gt | En 
er dozen, 9d to Cel 
dle, te 8d to 14 6d 
Saleafy, per bundle, 1s Bd to 1s 6d 3 
Cardoons, eac 
Horse Radish, per bande, Ont 
Radish, spring, per doz. hands, Me to 2s 
0 ls 6d) 
> De 
Scorzonera, per bun 
lor, per bunch, Ad to od 
Parsneps, per dozen, 6d to 1. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
MANGEL eee: —We have no experience of salted 
‘angel aves, nor of the process of salting; and we 
have no tise opinion oH the result. they are salted green, 
they will undergo a kind of fermentation, like salted French 
Beans, and we doubt whether, in that state, cattle would eat 
them. If they are to be first dried in the sun, and then Salted, 
our climate will not permit it. a the Beet with thick 
Jeaves and a small root, which in Germany is a culinary 
vegetable, may be good when patel It is grown for cattie 
and pigs by cottagers in most parts of Coenys —M.—. 
Correspondent is desir 
manner in which 
it was used, and the result of its application.t 
Grass Srrps.—G.—To obtain permanent pasture on a fine loamy 
soil, we recommend you to sow the following seeds : Alépecurus 
Sorter 13!b,; Anthoxanthum odoratum and per Rev caren 
b,each; Dactylis glomerata, 2lbs. 5 esti a duritscula and 
dy ek, lbs, each ; F. ovina, 1lb.; ne ofan itdlicum, 4lbs. ; L 
bere hleum pratense, dibs. ; Poanemoralis and tri- 
, 2d1bs. ea Une Medicago lupulina 1lb.; Trifélium pratense, 
2lbs. ; ; and T. repens, 5lbs.¢ 
Manures.—Anthony.—The use’ of coal-ashes as to absorb the 
gases which arise from cloacine in a state ecomposition, 
which is effected by the carbon such ashes Pedy contain 
in the form of small cinders. A cheap and excellent substance 
for disinfecting cloacine is earth very baa in vegetable matter, 
and mud from ponds. We do not see tl je peculiar advantage 
of wood-ashes, to mix with night-soil, as there is no acid to 
neutralise; and if there is any acid present, in combination 
‘with ammonia, the acid will go to the ashes, and the ammonia 
will be disengaged. Wood-ashes are Monge but should be 
applied to land without any other mixture 
Saesoin s may be bought of all dealers in Tanueests 
must consult our advertising columns. We never 
one person in preference to another.+——An @. 8 
cellent manure, and you can hardly have too much SE it. 
you do not say to what itis to be applied. It, however, suits 
aimost everythin; er, as we have repeat- 
edly stated, varies so much in strength in different gas-works, 
that no rule can be given as to diluting it; four or five times 
the quantity of water is a good Breer It generally burns 
the grass when first applied; but that of no consequence, 
for the grass soon overgrows it. a —Guano can be pro- 
cured in small Ce ae of thé retail dealers, and of nursery- 
men, ma om have lately undertaken to sell it.t—— 
A Subscriber. Rey ‘er SOW guano in contact with seeds. Always, 
mix it well with sand, cr black soil, or cindey-ashes, or some 
such substance. It generally kills Plants when it comes into 
immediate contact with them, About 2 or 3 cwt. an acre is 
the quantity to employ; certainly not more than 4 cw! you 
can calculate the proportions for yourself. Your proportions 
of one to four gallons of water, when used as liquid, are good. 
B.—Gas- 
+——A, 
‘on would not have your guano adul- 
y it of respectable persons. +——A new Subscriber. 
allowed to putrify ; 
or three times the quantity of water ; 
ture a ae Gag powder, which should be occasionally 
hi 
but it is certainly 
We should not 
from either it or any other sort of 
: ampy ill-drained soils.t——Clericus.—Instead 
of strewing charcoal, resulting from your burning, over a wet. 
heayy meadow, it will be more advantageous to use all the 
charcoal for disinfecting cloacine, or any other offensive mat. 
ter. The ashes, after they have been eee by sifting, will 
,» and at two or three 
subsequent pi eriods during the time of their growth. It is best 
dissolved in vrater, and used very weak. A very little goes a 
g no effect is produced, the dose 
tila Reale is obtained. The da: i 
You will find s 
. t W. L.—Yeast, if kept until it becomes putrid, 
will form a very powerful manure. Hop refuse is used in man 
Peat for lightening heavy land. It may be greatly improved 
allowing it to dry, and by afterwards mixing it with stable 
a 
PEAT-MoULD.—H, ane peat bricks will not answer the pur- 
pose of peat x growing plants; but you may make 
excellent artificial soil of that kind by mixing leat mould two 
parts, old cowdung a part, silver-sand one part. 
PIRITS OF TAR. ew Subscriber.—The esnaniten of applying 
Spirits of Tar is to ai eae with sand, in the proportion of one 
gallon of the former to a barrowful of tl e latter, which 
quantity will be sufficient for 60 or 70 square PaNGH of ground. 
The sand thus abd is scattered over the land previously 
to its being dug. + 
Borters.—Frost.—No doubt yous pipes cannot convey hot water 
because they descend. The only good remedy is lowering the 
boiler so much as to give the flow-pipe an ascent to some 
extent; a little will do, or even a dead level; but a descent is 
an obstacle difficult to overcome, so as to make the apparatus 
work well i ay aad 
eles 
—Mr. Crawshay’s method of managing 
ine, as dgeeribed at p. 603 of 1842, is only suitable for the 
hariver kinds of Grape; the Muscat of A Alexandria would not 
ripen if so treated.;:—p, W.—The 
mixing with the border, for the formation you will 
find directions at p. 103.t——A Gleaner.—The black Red 
Vine may be grafted either upon the Lombardy or Nice. 
Grapres.—W, S. D.— Black eeu may be planted 
against a south wall, but it is only counties, and in 
such summers as the last, t that it will fire its fruit. 
Rust on Grares.—G, Much obliged; but our table is 
covered with eel 0; aii what the public wants is Facts, 
not opinions. Shrivelling i is so different from rusting, that in 
our opinionthe Mtg diseases cannot have any sort of connexion.+ 
BERBERIS TRIFOL not yet sufficiently 
acquainted with this plant to be able to state whether or not 
it is hardy. It will probably prove so in the same degree as 
B. eae tale 
Cypon1a Jaro ent H.—This plant is the same as Pyrus 
Septic and is really a Quince ; it is aera from Cydénia 
ensis, which does not suit this climati 
eee Sr EEcTOes —E. W.—This SANE: 4 quite hardy ; so 
also are the Déutzias.t 
Yuccas.— Ovdevos.—These plants prefer a light loamy soil, in 
the full Sa nies thoroughly drained; they abhor stagnant 
water. are not very particular as to soil. It is better 
to leave a Rae round them, for a year or two, when they are 
anted on a lawn. 
TA.—A, H.— 
Fah isa pretty Papilionaceous 
a wail the open air. You may sow 
the seeds directly fia seHbUIbed| and when they ke ac- 
quired strength, you may plant them out in the border: 
Dervrz: F. G.—This plant may be ic paatedl either 
by layers, cuttings, or division of the 
craves or.—R, W. B.—T! eee metic? of eradieatine Crowfoot 
m lawns is to cut off the leaves below the soil as often as 
ahen make their appearance. t 
ARCH .—. s.— e persuaded that all the sorts oh 
European Larch are identical, and that those who go to 
Tyrol for what they may just as well get here, are only eee 
ing time and money in a pursuit without an object, Larch 
should be from 13 to 2 feet high when planted out in ordinary 
plantations. The Weymouth Pine grows well anywhere, except 
exposed to the <n evtEy 3 it should be planted when of the 
same size as the Li 
ReGuoniDRoNeeed SURE. sly may strike Rhododen- 
drons from cuttings, in esi hel n the wood is half ripe. 
DanveELions.—M, W.—The best iia to eradicate Dandelions is 
to keep constantly path off their crown of leaves with a 
spud as often as appear above ground. <A little salt 
dropped on the wounded root would assist in destroying them 
more speedily.t 
Dwarr PLants ror Beps.— Oriola,—As yellow. plants for con- 
trasting with Verbenas, Nierembérgias, &c., in beds, you may 
ake Lysimachia nummuldria, Alyssum saxatile, and Mimulus 
schatus. No blue plant will answer the purpose better 
ah Anagallis czrtilea grandiflora.t 
EYBRoREENS.— 4, a north border, screened by trees on 
the east and west, and only receiving the rays of the mid-day 
sun, you might plant Yews, Hollies, common and Portugal 
Laurels, Laurustinuses, and the Arbutus. 
.—In 
Srxps.—dn Amatewr.—Now is the es time to sow seeds of 
forest-trees nee pha be procured of Nursery- 
men, and are sold both by the pol and peck, according to 
the kind required. 
USHES.: —The sweet Rush used at Norwich to strew the 
Hall is A’corus bab is. 
CONSERVATORY 
— 2. 
rium, Templeténia 
retusa, Géodia latifolia and pubescens, Eutdxia myrtifolia, Cy- 
tisus racemosus, Podalfria styracifolia, Luctlia gratissima, 
Hovea celsi, polygala, grandiflora, Magnolia fuscata, Brug- 
eae sanguinea, Camellias, Oranges, and Fuchsias. For 
pots a may take Aphelexis humilis and sesamoides, Heli- 
chaseor proliferum, Borénia pinnata, serrulata, and aneméne- 
folia, Garddéquia Hookeri, ess saligna, Coens ovatum, 
Leschenaultia oe and loba, Pimelea decussata, résea, 
and spectabilis, Polygala cordifélia and oppositiflin Witsénia 
corymbosa, Statice arbérea, is Bowei ee dia pinifélia, 
Sdéllya heterophylla, with Correas, Roa eash &e. 
Climbers may consist of Hardenbér gia monophyila and macro- 
aah poranane suavedlens, Técoma eenenaiey i 
, and Tacsénia pinnatistipula, for the border; a 
Prope a tricolor, brach{ceras and ceunallont Zichya 
sees tricolor, and villosa, Kennédia Marryatte, and ino- 
phylla, Canavalia bonariensis, Gompholébium polymorphum, 
and Séllya heterophylla.t 
LimBERS.— Daphne.—The difficulty which you find in bloom- 
ing Teenie and other climbers is occasioned by your gree! 
house being partially shaded by a shrubbery. Climbers require 
to be grown in a very ight situation, and it i 
the plants nearer f, or,lowering ie. ieee in front 
a 
shoots would only increase their luxu- 
riance, without cacievating their flowering, 
CARNATION: mations and Picotees should have all 
the air possible; they only require to. be protected from heavy 
rains, and, ‘when in blossom, from the scorching rays of the sun.t 
Cameniias.—J. 8. H,—The best compost for these plants is three- 
urths good peat and one-fourth good light loam. If the 
loam cannot be had, peat alone will do ey we ell. 
Acacias. — Origla.— For a 
Acacia armata, Riceana, vernicifiua, dalcheliay discolor, longi- 
5. — 
folia, mucronata, platyptera, and alata.t 
Hiniscus Livpieyt,—F. M. R.—You had better not cut down 
plant of Hibiscus Lindleyi lower than where the stem 
appears to be hard or matured. 
andy peat, and to spread a little clean sand 
The pots are then watered and the seed sown; 
after which as much dry sand is sprinkled over them as will 
just fill up the spaces between them. The whole is then 
pressed algae gently, and the at are put by in a warm place, 
where they enonle be kept m 
DarPune.—. aphne aera! rabraid is a greenhouse plant. It 
grows best ii ina ee loamy soil, and should be potted after it 
has done bloomin; 
Fucustas.—A. A.—We must for the present decline giving ai 
opinion upon the comparative merits of the new sorts. They 
are hae! yee known.t 
~Zetu.—Your Mimulus is handsome, and its mon- 
avons very curious; we not understand the structure. 
pe the branch which bore these malformations will pro- 
duce mort 
ORANGE-' eae. . D.—Seedling Orange-trees, if grafted 
upon others which’ nave borne fruit, will flower much sooner 
than when left to take their natural course. 
Carr Corms.—. H,.—We will see what can be done. Mrs. 
Loudon has evidently made a mistake when she says that 
Anomatheca cruenta has large bulbs and is very dear; it is 
quite the pies 
Grartine.—A, H.—Whip-grafting without the tongue implies 
the simple juxta-position of the graft and stock, which are 
secured to each other by nothing but the bast. Ta) 
—In addition tothe Medlar, you may graft on ‘ihe Whitethorn 
all the species of Crateegus, the Service-tree, Mountain Ash, 
and Pear ; perhaps the ‘Apple and all Pomaceous fruits would 
also take upon this stock.¢ 
Gourps.—A Subseriber,— Seeds of the Potiron jaune may be pro- 
cured of any respectable seedsman. wn will succeed under the 
same treatment as the more common kinds. The Bottle Gourd 
is rather tender, and only comes to agetrection in this country 
in very hot summers, like the last. To the Snake and Orange 
Gourds you may add the Crown Gourd, the Potiron d‘Espagne, 
Concourzelle, Courge sucritre du Brésil, and Porte-manteau 
de Naples. 
Cucumgrrs.—Cucumis.—The following sorts may be recom- 
mended: Southgate, Syon-House, Kerrison’: a Cron Mills” 
Frame, Allen’s Victory of Suffolk, and the Man of Kent. For 
early growth the first four are probably the best adapted. 
CABBAGE. Portuguese Cabbage should be sown 
directly, in order that it may be fit for use meters the autumnal 
frosts. It requires the same treatment as the common Cab- 
bage. The stalks of the leaves, which are eaten like Sea-kale, 
are ready for sly early in Lites t 
ASPARAGUS.—. i land is already pretty full of 
salt, you ane expect Fst avaieaee from adding more of 
it to your Aspar: Yet it seems difficult to give that plant 
too much of ib + 
Crate, 
.—The 
S.—AS 
. W.—This should be planted now. The 
Broun patenaed id it should be trenched two or three feet 
deep. en, with along, thick dibber make holes peatay to 
the depth of the crenched ground, and to the bottom of these 
drop pieces of the crowns of Horse-radish, filling up the holes 
ae fine soil. + 
Sra-K. —D. W.—Sea-kale should be grown in a rich, loose, 
and cep soil. Itis propagated either from pieces of the roots 
ae by seeds; the latter are, however, esteemed the best. Sow 
them now in rows two feet apart, and in patches two feet dis- 
tant from each other. The best plan is to trace out three rows. 
and to leave an intery i if Bee feet for an alley, then to 
mark out three more ro The strongest plant 
only in each patch ghoul fe left at nines and in the win- 
a layer ol aves should be spread over the sur- 
i In the third 
winter the Pee At be fit for forcing. + 
EAS.—A Now ‘oodford Marrow Pea grows moderately 
tall, fowerdd in eats andl is, in this respect, somewhat like the 
Crown Pea; the pods are large, and contain full-sized Peas. 
It is not so well daaptea or eatiy sowing as the Charlton and 
others. 
‘Worms.—. ! . Z.—You may effectually destroy them by water~ 
ing Meie gravel walks with a strong pomion of corrosive sub- 
.—To destroy the Wi in your Tan-pit, you 
had behiek first water the riots plunged in it with lime- seeds 
and afterwards give the whole tan-pit a good soaking with the 
same liquid. 
GREEN FLy.— —The best remedy for the green-fly in pits: 
or gre eenhouses i is fumigation with tobacco. t 
Woop1ice.—Daphne.—By ‘ Sow-bugs” ardener means: 
Woodlice. Methods of destroying them are deseribed at pp. 57, 
102, and 177 of this year’s Chronicle.t 
Booxs.—M, W. K.—In Geology, read Lyell’s Introduction andi. 
Mrs. Marcet’s Conversations on Geology, In Conchology, take 
Catlow’s Introduction. For Botany, Tindley’s mlements and 
School Botany.t 
Ss ON AppLE-TREES.—Union,—This is always caused by a. 
damp cool atmosphere, and the real remedy is to give your 
orchard-trees full exposure to the sun and air, and a thoroughly- 
drained soi). In the absence of these you may employ lime- 
as is done in Kent, and scrape off ane moss with an 
instrument for the purpose. We would alsorecommend you to- 
on one tree only, by way of experiment, the effect of washing 
it with a saturated solution of corrosive sublimate, reporting’ 
to us the result. 
eh ee hea sh woe does aie like either Perch or Tench, but: 
for him, we believe, is small 
ic) 
Jimate.t—. 
peter maeehs rab Gndgen ms. 
Garprn Pors.—Rus in Urbe.—We cannot learn where the half’ 
garden-pots, to hang against a wall, are manufactured. We 
doubt whether they can be had now without special order.t 
Driep PLANTS.—, —A full account of the method of drying 
plants is given at p. 527 of 1842 
Founrains.—. '. Z.—We cannot advise you, knowing nothing” 
of the means + eh possess of forming a fountain. You must: 
have a head 0’ ater of considerable size, for nothing is more: 
‘iserable aah a little wretched fountain ‘which the first heavy 
rain seems to extinguish. You had better consult some: 
engineer near you.t 
Miscuuvangaus.— Cane.—The Sugar Cane does not tower in: 
this country. 
ed, nor do we learn that others have discovered, sate 
toads ee Hearted of worms were es by ee rain o} 
nesday » the 2tst ult.’——S, lol Bt 
name fig Se ctee of Rhododendons which eth hav 
they have no settled names. ;—— W. J. W.—The leaves sof your 
Dasreonsunte penbees to have been attacked by some mining; 
insects, for which there is no remedy except picking off those 
leaves ‘which are infested, and deernin; em. t-——.J,. Rainbow. 
—We will endeavour to meet your wishes. The roots of Irises: 
received from the nurseries in autumn or early in spring ought: 
to flower the following season. W. N. B.—We cannot pass: 
an opinion upon your seedling Cineraria, after the flowers have’ 
been crushed in a oss. t——H. My 
Kernan’s, 4, Gr Covent Garden. — 
W. T. C.—The largest of the Magndélia eae belongs to the 
Eximoath Dy aan of grandiflora ;_ the other is the common 
ind.t——A €onstani spree —1 is Eucalyptus pilolaris ; 2, A- 
Pomaldees —We had no intention ng” 
A 7 ts 
ane 
is.t—C, RB. 
your Teeunesy we alw va answer inquiries, but we have not 
zoom for controversy upon dry points of science. If you will 
