1843.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
505 
built in front of the border, and on the outside of this a drain 
was formed, to prevent, if possible, the roots from penetrating 
beyond the border; but upon examining them lately, it was 
found that they had extends, themselves beneath the drain, 
J. D, therefore wishes t © know, whether we can suggest any- 
surface of the birder sh 
good manures: i attri a the as 
Black Prince did 
cutaway. The 
bone-dust, or some other 
towards the surface. The reason why tl 
our pataieat Nee ae 
acked your arenes is one to which 
plant is not able to supply. 
by the fact that the upper portions of the bunches, and those 
parts most exposed to the sun’s influence, are the first to suffer, 
and goes far towards substantiating the assertion that the 
Shade of the foliawed is necessary to the well-doing of Grapes.t 
Anacatuis.— Flor s is commonly 
vated in a pot, aid kept in ‘a cold Pale through the winter, for 
turning out in spring against a south wall ; or r it may be grown 
a the greenhouse and be treated in all respects like C. pyram- 
jalis. 
Conoweastan—7. R. E, R.—We cannot state positively that the 
berries of Cotoneaster microphylla are not poisonous ; but in 
all probability they are not more injurious than the fruit of the 
—T. R. E, R.—This plant will grow very 
er —If seeds of this are 
n 
3 
e seeds of Brompton Stocks should be sown 
May, in moderately rich and light soil, and in a 
Begun Ptere they are not too much exposed to the sun. 
Keep them well watered when they begin to grow, and thin 
them out to six inches apart. Early in the following season 
they may be planted out in the borders. Ten-week Stocks 
Should be sown in February, in i slight hot-bed; they willthen 
be reney, for planting out at the same time as other things.t 
Evercore upEns.—A Weekly Subscriber. —There is no ever- 
are the most 
has some young Fi r-trees on a gravel 
coloured and die. Ree ange and remedy for this disease 
known to any of our readers? 
Cacrn. ~Flora.—Your seedling with rich violet-coloured Bowsers: 
having a rosy centre, and partaking of the form and size of 
Jenkinson, which the plant resembles in habit, is bites new 
‘8, and is certainly a beautiful variety. The flesh- colpured 
seeding ie prety ut not equal to the above.t——F, T.—T! 
eing turned into the open air suas 
sami provided they are fully exposed to the sun and do not 
receive too 
arlet.— If you have plenty of 
room away. an winter, and are desirous of 
obtaining large plants, it 8 better to leave them unpruned; 
but where room is scarce, it is better to enn ie Bey down to 
some of the lower shoots. They will not damp off, provided 
they are moderately watered and supplied with, abundance 
of air.t 
Rosxs.—W. A. S.—We cannot assign any zeae why your stand- 
ard Rose, which is very flourishing, hi ever borne a single 
flower, while its neighbours are e ely ARE is and of 
about the same age, and have Ruwibetlees flowers every year. 
Doun.e Pansy.—Curse of Gowrie.—Your double Pansy is a very 
Curious production: it is about an inch in diameter, and con- 
Sists of four flowers placed aboye each other with’ tolerable 
Me Une a few additional purple petals to form a 
wn, Itisacuriosity only: we are not aware of its being 
of any value.* 
Hyrrip Graprort.—J. P.—These seedlings are poor and weak in 
oe aot cannot be regarded as improvements in this class 
of flow 
Pinr-appies. 54 Well-wisher says that at a Horticultural show 
last year, a discussion arose as follows :—There was a fine- 
grown Enville Pine, with what is generally termeda 3. Cockscomb 
this 
it is aA caused by bad gardening, DoF cares of being pre- 
our, for dab Pine-applesare cultivated.) 
RiES.—R, H.— ‘e unacquainted with Napier’s 
Seedling Strawberry.t - J.—The British Queen forces 
rel we sie inacquainted with the Neer iRe poeta aa 
vevsinen ‘o check the mildew upon these, remove 
the worst, “of the reeves) pra the > remainder ‘wit eee and 
the winter, if the situation is not too much exposed :— 
“Be, Vanac! Lettuce, Har Hammersmith, Brown 
 Broceott; Henight’s Protecting, Danish; Onion, Brown 
inf gal. We are not at present in possession of sufficient 
ny formation respecting the ‘‘ New Brown Hampton Court Cab- 
age yee i 
Me tee 7. §— Your singular caterpillar is the larva of the 
wa ula, or Puss Moth.t——R. H.—We presume you 
ed your Pansies by using too much Tobacco. Plants, like 
Sel) are easily killed by doses of medicine which in 
pa erate Seuanetay will be beneficial. Gas-water is a mu 
we eas dy for green-fly, as is stated in our ecu ae “ast 
week—only y take care to get it of the right strength.—. 
tr eRe ‘ar-tree is infested with the Tinea Clerckella, or ie 
for lister Moth; and the only means wale. we can suggest 
e leaves in 
of May or veginning of June, 
moths are pairing ; when valuable trees are onl. 
vartially attacked, to gather and burn the blistered leaves as 
soon as the spots appear.t—— Inquirer.—The insects which you 
findin such numbers on the floors and walls of your cottage 
have probably come out from the reed thatching which covers 
your dwelling. WV you take to be two different insects are 
the larvee ae perfect states of the same. The insect is 
of the family Cimicide, or Bug- vt and belongs to the 
to lilac. In 85 the colour is brilliant, but the flowers do not 
seem to open well. 87 is pretty, being of a pale flesh colour, 
tinged with rose in the centre. 81 appears to be a very rich 
scarlet, but it was so injured in travelling, that we can say 
nothing further respecting it. The rest are not so good 
Boeke other kinds in cultivation.t 
genus Cymus.——H. H.—Your small C insect is 
Anobium striatum, or the common Death-watch, It abounds 
in old houses, and doe: 
work of wainscoting, chairs, tables, &c.——. ubseri 
Your insect is one of the Click, or Spring-beeties, Elater 
(Lepidotus) murinus. In its larva Oe it b one of the wir 
s.——G. S.—The excrescences w! uu have observed 
gt the ‘* bottom of ue shoots of the Fir, casing the leaves 
to turn rusty,”? seem hats se bye int-louse belong- 
ing to the genus ies y ie with gas-liquor and 
water in the CRORES ‘mentioned ma the Gardeners’ a ronicle 
for 1843, page 465, would, we expect, effect a cure.—— 
The grubs which you t forwarded to us are those of the  Gotke 
chater, Melolontha vulgaris, in ayoung state. We 
. H.—No. 1.—Under petals small, and top 
ones too high ; when fully expanded faulty in form, the petals 
folding back, and not retaining a regular shape: 2, lower petals 
too long and narrow, the colour “surrounding the spot poor, 
having a faded bead sce the edges of ae upper petals want 
smoothness, and the flower when fully 
tion between the Speer and lower petals: 
long, the aes petals thin and imperfect at es edge, having a 
wal 4, poor, thin, and common in colour.—— 
u to turn over and expose the compost you are making to the 
The frost and birds will do 
h to destroy the grubs which are in it.——A Subscriber, 
near Shrewshury.— The little beetle which accompanied the 
Calandra granaria i is Silvanus sexdentatus. This is a common 
insect in sugar-casks, one we were not before aware that it 
estructive to The saccharine nature of the 
Malt eta the insect to tea ck it. i 
pointed out for the Calandra will be equally applicable here. S. 
Brrs.—Apis desires to know if any writer on Bees can inform him 
whether, if a swarm were allowed to remain on a branch, the 
Bees would construct cells upon it; also, how long it would 
be before they contained honey and brood ? 
Rep S$pipeR.—. ‘ant Reader.— Whenever Red-: peice makes 
its appearance the best remedy for it is a damp atmosphere, 
which should always be maintained in Vineries or Pits as 
soon as this insect makes its appearance. If your Grapes are 
beginning to change colour, you cannot with propriety either 
eep your house damp or try the effect of sulphur upon them, 
because either remedy will deteriorate the flavour of the fruit. 
‘ou must therefore let them remain as they are until the 
Grapes are gathered, and then ply the foliage well with water. 
Sulphur vivum is generally considered stronger than flowers 
of sulphur : either of them will injure the foliage of plants if 
used in excess.t 
Cockroacnks.—A EE Lol destroy these, mix 1 oz. of 
t tallow; and melt Liss 
these pieces of wood are placed in those parts of your kitchen 
w ee ke See frequent, they will attack them greedily, 
and 
Books. Children’ 's books are entirely out of our way; we c 
only state that Little Red Riding Hood and Holbein’s Bible 
Events, both published by Cundall, in Bond-street, are weil 
Suited, one for the amusement, and the other the instruction, 
of children. They are beautifully got Wicca core 
unacquainted with the art of Short-hand writi ‘ing ; but we be- 
lieve one system is nearly as ie as another, The difficulty 
is to decipher it after it is writte: 
Pirs.—Leyton.—The best Pits are “of brick; but very good ones 
may be made by throwing up earth into banks sloping outward 
at an angle of 45°, and kept upright in the inside by stakes and 
a turf facing. should be not less than 6 feet wide inside ; 
their glass sashes in angle as possible, 
to secure the wet being well thrown offin winter. We should 
heat them with hot-water gutters, as described in late Numbers 
vonicle, ani oiler, like Stephenson’s, 
which requires no setting. We hardly know how to recommend 
you to proceed with your Phallus. Perhaps pouring a solution 
of corrosive sublimate over it, as fast as it appears; would 
extirpate it. 
Nerries.—A Constant Reader.—These, when young, are re- 
garded as anti-scorbutics and purifiers of the blood. It can do 
no ban My ry the effect of Nettle-tea; we have, however, no 
reat fai 
ces sual Reader and ee is our invariable 
practice to publish an account of all the Country Shows. 
reports of which are forwarded to us. Where this is not the 
case, we of course cannot notice them.t 
PRESERVES.—Mr. Sweet-tooth asks how he is popteierre Rhubarb 
i nter. We do not profess to be much in the 
@ most probable method for 
use, poet them into a wide-mo 
the bottles in a stew-pan filled wit oa water, and boil it till 
the rhubarb is tender ; take out the bottles, fill them with boil- 
jng water, and cork ‘them closely ; then rosin them oyer, as 
MISCELLANEOU: It may be propa- 
now by “cuttings. bens ees —1, Burebéllia capensis ; 
—A. Pettigrew — We have 
pis. Semis 
ives 
pie ‘ica Gale, or Chuitteneay 
Any ee, London 
You have sent two sorts of Portulaca— 
one P. Thellusonii, the other splendens. (?)-—- H.—The 
variety of Rosa tomcat ee fceareieypedarae by Batard, and sub- 
globosa by Smith.—-J. P Statice acerosa, avery rare and 
curious ent We pr Band "you are the sole possessor of it 
in this ci try. Your hybrid Gladioli are very interesting ; 
the fact that Vieja mulesare fertile is becoming every year 
Ue R. ‘assia, and apparently C. aus- 
Your Algerine eae isa new eont 
pretty species of Githago. Pray send us a plan 
Oss is the old but anon aatreMnAn a iatifatom, 
otus major; 2, Hypericum monta- 
e skall be obliged. by the 
Pommunication. peat?) R t.—Lychnis coronata. 
We know no more respecting the eanae Gian acto than 
jg stated in the advertisement.;——F. B.—1, Clém: fidrida; 
2, Genista tinctéria, var. hispida ; 3, "(without tower appears 
to be Fuchsiatenella; 4, Matricdria chamomilla 
pie Escallénia rubra 5 z 
in.——E 
t—— J 
ciliat 3 2, Linéria_ speciosa 25, Fu cha Rivcart 
cathe undertake to name Roses and Verb: etisoules Set 
Tamarix gallica, Genista ease and (apparently) Helminthia 
echioides.t——A. B.— xt Weel anes 
nications have been received, vena his RSpUEAtONS ‘vill betaken 
into consideration. 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS i 5 
VERBEN. NnAs.—S. Girling.—The best of your seedlings, in our 
opinion, is No. 86, the flowers of which are large, of good sub- 
stance, and of a bright lavender colour. 84 is also very good ; 
and is remarkable for the length of the tube; it is large, of a 
pright rosy purple when first expanded, andafterwards changes 
anor House. 2 Woue seedling is no improvement upon 
flowers we have similar to it in colour; the upper petals are 
upper ‘part of the flower is not so Good the spot is: feathery ef 
. D.~No. 1, high-coloured variety ; the petals had fallen, tt 
from the shape of them it med flower; 
and lower petals: 2, lower petals too narrow and flimsy, top 
petals thin at the edge ; the flower altogether pate eke carlo 
3, an ill-formed flower ; top petals pes hak am ‘th, curling: 
back irregularly, and forming the outline of the: seal into 
Spe) 3 itis ate. deficient in Hees for a flower of its size. 
faults of your flower consist in the lower 
nari being a) long and the upper ones having a thin and 
watery edge; it is a showy variety, and appears to be a very 
free trusser. 
m is an Te ECE OHSS: ge is a malforma- 
Hon in one of the sides and in one of the t als ; werecom- 
end you to take care of it.——Ivanh oe -this is a Pansy of 
meee abet cen colour rich and fine, and the belting broad 
and perfect ; the ¢ eyeis certainly defective; had it been blotched, 
instead of striated, it would have proved avery desirabl 
CALCEOLARIAS.— . F, A.—There is nothing particularly worthy 
attention in at ‘collection of seedlings ; they are inferior in 
size and marking to the sorts cultivated in this part of the 
small, compared to the varieties now cultivated.— J. Plant.— 
Of your seedlings 73 is too small, and 21, 39, 45, and 46, we 
consider not worth keeping, on account of the impurity of the 
ground-colour; the other varieties, whic e very curiously 
blotched and Sane ad are very beantiful varieties, and desery- 
ing cultivati 
PiInks.— ae petals of your Pink we ae and well. 
formed, with very little roughness on the e s; the whiteand 
colour are both good, butit appears to be deficient j in the num- 
ber of its petals; eo 2 ale a flower requires another row. 
Fucus1as.— e blooms of your two seedling Fuchsias 
are scareely” distinct sale each other. Their colours ar 
bright, but there is nothing sufficiently marked in them to 
render them at all preferable to many Sees in cultivation.t 
As usual, a host of letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue proceedings in Parliament continue to derive their 
main interest from the debates on Ireland. The debate in 
the House of Lords on Friday night, on the resolutions of 
the Marquess of Clanricarde, was remarkable not only for 
the declaration of the Duke of Wellington on the policy of 
Government, but also for the opinions it elicited from 
Peers of both political parties on the present state of Irish 
affairs. The Opposition condemned the dismissal of magis- 
trates and the policy of Ministers, as the chief causes of the 
present excitement, while the Duke of Wellington con- 
tended that the Repeal agitation is calculated to endanger 
the public peace, and therefore to call for unusual precau- 
tions from the Government. He argued that it was the 
duty of Ministers to be prepared for any outbreak, and 
that they could not safely leave the commission of the 
peace in the hands of magistrates who might be called 
upon to put down what they had aided in bringing about. 
After an animated discussion, the House, on a division, 
negatived Lord Clanricarde’s resolutions by a majority of 
62. In the Commons, the Irish Arms Bill still occupies 
attention; every clause continues to be opposed, and the 
Bill consequently makes such slow progress, that many 
days must elapse before it is finally passed. Sir R. Peel on 
Thursday explained the determination of Government on 
the state of the public business now before the House. He 
said that they were prepared to give precedence to the 
Trish Arms Bill, to the Scotch Church Bill, to the Irish 
Poor-law Bill, and to the Export of Machinery Bill ; but 
that they intend to postpone, for the present session, the 
Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, the Factories Bill, and the Irish 
Law Courts Bill. With respect to the County Courts 
Bill, he postponed to scme future day the announcement 
of the intentions of Government with respect to that Bill, 
as they were very unwilling to abandon the hope of carrying 
it in the present session. With respect to the Small Debts 
Bill and the Bill for the Regulation of the Superior 
Courts of Common Law, their progress will ultimately 
depend on the decision to which the House may come 
with regard to the County Courts Bill. In the Lords, on 
Thursday, the Lord Chancellor brought forward a Bill, the 
object of which was to render valid marriages celebrated 
by Presbyterian and other Dissenting ministers between 
members of the Established Church. In laying this Bill 
on the table he said it must not be understood that some 
general Act on the subject would not be introduced. It 
was thought better to introduce the present measure at 
