THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 10, 
water, and so Lee ie for, that some will be absorbed by 
apy and that it is the superfiuity that 
Kotte ourse all depends on the quantity of 
ammonia which the manure contain: the 
which it is prepared 
method mentioned in 
Omega.—On no cus commit 
your dunghill. You-had n 
green vitriol, powder it ane, 
it Over your m re. 
jorn.—A. E.—We ca nnot answer the qr 
all chalk on ys Aiea ene ii 
be ae a4 barre 
the 
E: aL You “are quite 
only flow wet, und 
ing will re: inane tb quickly ; 
does 
it. Horsetail (Equ 
ined, or heavy land. Unde 
and cons stant hoeing will 
sep its r 
die the 
He 
—We agree with you that the s 
obtaining bottom. heat will work quite a revolution in hothouse 
Ing. 
Vines.—Bacchus,—Do not be alarmed at your Vines having at 
the junction of the old and new wood an immense number of 
popuee thrown off into space. Let them alone; they oe good, 
not ey feed on the air, and show that you have 
aay vate Vines well in a very damp atmosphere. 
Wines. —In reading Ue Paper of the 27th ult. I see a corre- 
spondent desires my system of cultivating the Pine. Would you 
inform him that after I pio the results « of a few experiments 
which Iam trying this summer, it shall be made known in 
some AS Stage cartels 
Pracu-rrees.—H, 
trees on a Bcthans: aspect os 
ap, 
d 1 state of your Peach- 
as ascribed, p. 361, to a super- 
abundance o g from a full and sudden supply of 
moisture after previou, te ness. ord 
s kept molched rains d watered. 
Gueption whether it was so to the full extent of the roots, and 
whether the Reentiey and tem ture of the water sup 
were equal to those of rain falling in sufficient quantity for a 
south wall border, This quantity depends much on the nature 
of the soil and subsoil, but it ated at not less than 
three inches per month du Hh 4 of summer. Ss 
amounts to 5,607 oe for a border 300 feet in length and 12 
feet in width. Moreover, if the quantity of water supplied 
was froma ey a of the coldness of spring water, e: ace 
proves that the growth of the trees would be materially 
checked Quits the timeit was applied, and thus render them 
liable to a Sigetabuneant Boal ve say on the oc aa ofrain 
in it He tad and c genial temperature, 
Fies.—4 S iber states pe t a ma: the latter end of ‘March he 
began Sinton first crop of Figs, which have been remark- 
ably fine; and ernin Antew days he “WeGOne erop” looked 
unusually well; when all at once, as if ee upon by magic, 
they shrivel and drop off; at the sam e the remainder of 
swell oft he nit in the highest per- 
d behind a Vinery. 
na more advanced 
Too high a temperature ‘has therefore most probably 
been the cause of the y ropping as abo stated, 
whilst those ripening euistees no When Fig 
to drop, there is no remedy for that portion of th He crop that 
is so disp ead eh future the crop may be saved by a somewhat 
lower temperature t 
INDIAN ear it is not BA th attempt 
Indian Corn for Catt ‘le, for 
than it will return. Howeve ete wish to try the experiment, 
sow the seed in a hotbed, and pric it the 
Tows, on rich well- manu ed land. The se 
mers, will cpa Ae open ground v 
not so strong or soon as if r In 
this they would pro baby rot in the ground. Asto the distance 
at which the plants are s Aes nat ieee on the sort whi 
a 
Ss 
ay 
e 
to grow 
uch more 
Yo 
ham fotofatona. ‘Poa pra 
some White Clover or Black 
Dactylis glomerata or Ag 
T Che a all probability you have over 
ts, and foreed them into leaf Altra of 
they will fruit well next year. It is of no use ti 
destroy them, unlessindeed they are Hautbois, many of which 
are always barren. 
ASPARAGU: Ponterdulais and some other mecca a te 
answered in in another column. Give it salt now in any 
you find most convenient. We should also feed it Beone 
Manure-water.——On this point we niin refer Wi inton be 
others to a leading article i 
Festuca duriuscula, with 
On no account sow 
Be 
Kill your ehesp on Lisbig 
your Asparagus on our: it not 
others find salt extremely disanteeots 
to Asparagus, your failure es ds owing to something a ? 
SHAKALE.—Ponterduluis. is not so necessary to this 
plant as may “3 supposed ; for. tt naturally flourishes in ols jay on 
the Sea-coast. Salt is well suited to it, and reel be Pees 
It likes dung al 
on the contrary ag ie 
these means you will render your plants so strong, that they 
will furnish you with an ad crop} next spring. Never 
f you can help i 
4 Constant ‘Subse To propagate this 
plant by seed, sow the as soon as it is ripe in shallow 
pate filled wit! th light Tay soil, and eae Age in a hotbed. 
n the young plants are thoroughly up, pot them in small 
fine pots, and keep eaten fi n a warm place vor awhile, after- 
wards transferring them to the gr¢ Feb Use. 
Winter Frowr The following are a few of the 
bats loses plants that flower in winter, or very early in 
spring : — Helleborus niger and lividus, Eramthis hyemalis, 
7 
ber, 
no. S.— 
AnECiORE nemorosa, Daphne cneorum and mezereum, Laurus- 
tinus, Arbutus Unedo, donia japonica ; rabis alpina, 
Aubrietia deltoidea, the Russia Violet, Ch: rae eae 
Draba aizoides, the varieties ue i epatica trilo ussilago 
. fragrans, Viola palmensis, Gentia’ Conyds sis bulbosa, 
= tuberosa, ae i 2 Moe pMiodce ?eras., Leucojum vernum, 
” Seilla bifolia At ibiri Mahonia aquifolinm and Leucothoe 
Yhese are “al ee and you will easily get 
and hei ote as 
C.—The 
ia imbricata are 
dation tn Det setenire exposed to the 
Nicur-smeniine Fu -— op pe 08 known why bf the 
Night Stocks and meine ier oh nit their perfume or 
night, but it is supposed to be c rected: ith the ex 
Of carbonic acid, which is most copious at night. It is 
vegetable physiology. 
Monsrrovs Rosns.—Cornabi our Roses is 
mon; the mischief is produced by rete pean: stamens, 
&e. changing” into leave: Excessive vigour, or too much 
wet are thought to be the Mi Bae itis 
Greennouses. — An Original W ber, — Greenhouse 
lights are about four feet Site and from six to eight fect Jong. 
The cost of a house depends on too many circumstances to 
give any estimate that would not be ‘raleleactngs You had 
better apply to your, architec ye have not seen brass 
frames, but wood o n frames fitted with copper bars do 
Il if ear ernily Rete, The same house will not 
greenhouse ae poueus 
not certain. 
ee 
ceed well 
if there be suffici: 
year and Hothot se the ong - the tre ses 
Architecture, are A contr eer to the Ei dinburg’ ii Sengeg: 
at by the late Telford, and that written for ne 
ing Iso 
with some trifling i in the works of Mr. Loudon. 
not know what you m . The term is d 
sean Bu NTS 
bys 
Constant Ss 7, who ha: 
ed, should, eu once. have them 
from si 
in the r 
new ., remove them from is vinery 
house. They. er require ee protection, nc fi 
stin The Ri pee Jericho s tial te soley treated 
PE. EREUOH —We are en puéz = ba he di 
in the leaves of the re sou It is ve mon. thi 
year, and Parente rally ascribe it to cele ewe, how- 
ever, do not see on nee evidence th r rae is formed ; 
the appearance of the disease is against its accuracy. Itis 
more likea malady induced by bad oat It is, 
present a problem bide are Nhe to solve. 
Conservatory Prants.—J. J, G.—Ifpr operly planted, itmatters 
little what time you Hae Out: your conserv: 
ing are certainly the 
month of October will perhaps be the most suitable. The kinds 
you mention are assuredly not adapted for a lofty conservatory ; 
and the taller growing sorts Bg bil ats ‘able. 
Succu aes —H. ts —You can g Ae dens gratuitously 
all days of the week, afer i-relonieh We are not 
acquainted with any other lege public collect tion. 
TR . W.B.—The only lai 
re és & keep this plant Banh On a cire’ ule tre 
the shoots closely together, and take care to alter their SOON 
as much as possible; that is, either to ye them a spiral turn, 
or, te ae s els be flat, to carry them backw: ards and forwards 
s frequent ly as practicable. Corrinsia i 
enti ‘rely dartAc oat ba namein books. 
propagate the pp of E ee y cuttings in May or June, 
placing the cuttings in pots of ees soil, and plunging these 
in ae menting Bue Ik oe manure in aframe that is partially 
45 
3 
5S, 
2 5 
“.—The mode of constructing. a 
hyhematory is ‘faily described at p. 659 of our Volum 
co or other semi-transparent roof will dane 
tant Subscriber may increase 
t can be taken, about the present 
time from the shbecs ‘hat will not flower, Pratt 
soil, and placed in a hotbed, where they will re 
They must be svatered “With tHe greatest care, oe Hey aan gs 
killed by damp. 
Anutiton STRIATUM.—J. W. W. 
in light loam, in an ordinary greenhouse; or, i 
convenience, plant it in the border of een iees Uees whee it 
will eee a handsome tree. When its leaves can be sheltered 
—You may ror ein aNd ee 
from win be placed in the open border during summer, 
but it mast ite 1 guarded, by syringing, from the atta f the 
red spide 
NAGALE BREWERI.—M. Brewer, eee —The flower your 
pare very large, and of & nt deep blue tint. If, 
is of a green and seers habit, it will be a very 
desirabe pian 
HAWwTHOR: —The Red-flowered ens may be 
ecreaet. by erating 6 or ae 4 on the common ki 
He e should attach some wen toa 
I sine si in a pot made to form a dwarf 
standard sea aUent: 3 ft. eile pithy a ado: f from 3 to 4 ft. 
in cir cumfert ‘ence, and having rat 
flowers; the plant in good health and just in its prime. We 
poet consider a plant ot 4 ee ana, imbricata, about 2 ft. ad 
cumference, in good bloom, | 
ing them both exhibited: toge- 
oh 
By 
worth by erdutinetiant San po: 
ther, GI cine sinensi ought to be iy firs 
Waitt C.—Tobacco-water not, we should 
think, sa these ‘pests, and it would neither be of service to 
he roots of the plants nor injurious to their leaves. If you 
lay pieces of Turnip, or aay, succulent yeeeobles about your 
garden, you will readily cai 
one answer to the of “A. 1.8.” I beg to state that 
oO rare occur Putte: 108 a strong stock of Bees to swarm 
tines tiene during the season, but it is for one that was weak 
in autumn. The extra feeding was the cause oy “ALLS. ie 
weakest hive’s prosperity, and though he prof 0 be 
w well a others moult follow his 
ceding. “thelr tes, pecially in 
ba 
ive in autumn, and careriliy observing it in anes it ishard 
to say how it became the weakest. I may, however, offer the 
following, which are proce of nes ill to Bees: 2 Want of 
rey ent food, enemies, m ad hives, damp and 
ey, I may Aad DaRORAae OF ine queen. Able Ei ae oe 
log: ve thrown a slur Me the eee belief. Huish had 
some “wasvish words with M K ind Spence in rela- 
tion to it. The “ tat-tat’”” sound tear in the hive proceeds 
from the new. hatched queen vide ently making her 
the hive, w bile} a oe who are still 
ces, rs shy the weaker founds «off, off,” to her call. 
Sometimes, but very sree this calling fas been heard before 
the first swarm has left the hive. Such an occurrence may be 
accounted for in two v WEY ys, either by an accid clay ser of the 
+ original ahead who lead ma lays before 
any rivals are hatched tO dispute her novectienty or by the 
delay by s tormy weather, , until the Young queen or queens have 
made their ap ‘ar nt?’ from * 
bed of E Brompton F Paeth gS stnpe- 
fying in ees, as he states there was no 
Most BESBABIY the dead Bees lying before his apiary were cast 
out from the weak hives f there had been fighting, I should 
say it wat ed by Bess about to swarm, who wished 
to tak n. Aye ANE. We eaneae stock. Some 
Bees collect a oo honey from the Rhod 
y opinion in this re! 
the “ Quarterly Review?” T-Vol i 
quality in the honey has ee referred b: c 
eo onus nature of th hodgdehdien, ‘whieh "shone in 
those t from inquiries wh: a we have e at Drop- 
more unt dee or oe ahonnditie: this Atul we cannot 
learn that any ed in the honey of those 
districts, or indeed thet the common Bee at one), is ever 
seen to settle on its flowe nay add, tha Have thleensthe 
honey from wild Bees amongst pHoaedendiotict lowers, and 
found it good, though I did this boyish trick on white-piped 
Bummers. I neither expected to be poisoned nor found any- 
t 
otliers to 
et 
you will r 
subject you will find it applies tc hole genus V 
as the 2a which soa the Me eden of flowers are there 
Seamed, I am sure if you work them out you will not be 
na Poti e W. 
PA 
st worthy of the notice of the Temperance Scciety.— 
hi 
In: eu 
having destr Oak Tree, 
called "Tenthredinidee, or 
commonly Saw-flies, A great number of species of the Saw- 
| fly kind inhabit this country, and the eee of several 
are known to be very injurious to the folia, 
the perfect sare appears, which it will do Srey in great 
numbers, we should be glad of of some suas 
the species ana ely. S. A.E.—Your grub and green 
caterpillar were both ushed b before ae reached he nants’ 
We cannot, therefore, answer your questions, but we shall be 
glad to do so if you will send us some more specimen: ns The: 
should be by into the gt portion of a ALN quill vane o 
at each end, and will n travel safely. S.-—R. 
minute ne eeamtad you findi in such abund dance in the Eanes 
of the bark of your Oak-trees is one of the species of the genus 
Acarus or Mites, a genus which has not received that atten- 
ek from naturalists hg it requires. We are not aware 
that it is injurious x trees, although we suspect it may 
be, and should it Hae: es you will find the att sance easily 
got rid of by whitewashing the stems of your trees. S.—— 
Agricola.—The small beetle had escaped from your jetta uares 
it ned us, owing to the pill-box in which it was inclosed 
having been cr Hs vevnatra send us another specimen 
or two in.a quill, a ieeeeaith ented aboye Ke A . H., we will 
answer your questions with ey 
1 and 2 of your inclosures are 
planatus and 
Ne ‘Num! 
tively oly esmus com- 
Tulus palchellngs A both belonging to the class 
yria If you refer to Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1841, page 
196, you will find all you wish to know about them. Number 
b of an Elater, or SpHug Beets , well known as one 
rms.- The spe is probably wee (Catopha- 
gus) lineatus. See Connects Ofatonarzes 1841, page 40, under 
the head of Entomological Notices, for an ae ee to your 
¢. Helen’s should consult some such 
‘kas “M Tatosh? 's $ Practical Gardener ” for instruction on 
growing Pines. 
ly colour of the flesh of the a 
— S.—The Spirzea appears to 
A Vous: Welsh Subscriber 
n. Olid Subscriber. —Yo r plant 
ie a some Basie "of Sandee: a G. ¢ acest the 
yellow Rhododendrons of ao pees nurseryman, PRorbitort, 
Surrey, of Nero he will lea he price.- wen eer: 
name Roses,——Juvenis ior should empl me 
nent better than in also) offensive ana aol a at 
inoffensive person. é <There is no such plant as 
of Pleasure is Ganelina 
ant i ce scat crocata, of which 
eHow juice mentioned in. 
ae Ms ason advances. 
regret to say * is impossible to name varieties 
of Aibadodauaran’ ; they have mes. Zine tee et 
not bear ne friction of metal tapes suspended by ii 
7.—An angle of 25° is well suited for the Mook of e 
A Way Subscriber.—Hal 
nithégalum umbellatum. ‘ Ho oker’s te 
edition, will help you to determine Britis 
belliferse ; itis arranged pom the Natural Sy tem, so that you 
will offe wo objects wit the same time. Rhododen- 
drons are sometimes SouNts} Hie: if you can strike the brated 
a AeA ia. 
. erly pla 
ss 
g 
2 
2 
i=} 
a 
le} 
f 
h Flora,” the / 
h Cruciferee and Um- 
fones.— 
one 2, Pyrus torminalis; 3, Staphylea 
‘Med 0 falcata; a sort of iaerne, and 
obsessing ti sim ithe qualities. ay a fodder plant —R. Arthur.— 
The article on Bokhara Clover shall appear hereafte 
0. eae aie Non I——P. —Charcoal Gat 
—The Apples you ae which had been 
kept in Wheat ae fe e sani sound; the variety i is not it 
Bohn’s Pippin is a name we have not before heard of. j— 
W. B.—All the nied goniums you have recently purchineae 
are worth growing.* 
SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
FucnsiAs.— i. M.—Your seedling named Pendula Sunes is not 
equal to many of fre SGC at sit grown, the petals are 
te faint in colow G. Imms.—We like the apnearanee of 
our ine, cwhiall resembles co Pinte 1 depend 
ed wi 
asa its habit and manner of blooming whether itis a desirable 
variet 
BROBEDERaEE® —R. H. Bellas.—Your seedling Spectabile has @ 
ne and compact head of flower, but from the state in which it 
arrived we c: gennoy form anaccurate opinion of the colour.* The 
other plan inchiom gramineum 
PELARGONIUMS. B.—The seedling named Hope is very 
ent in form, the lower petals are too narrow and too long+ 
Tin thou ugh of a much finer colour, has the same fault, 
the additional one of not retaining its form.—— W. J. Bx 
The, under petals of J Crow are too long and weak, ir ive 
the flower a bad form and loose appear ance. Wallace is hettor 
formed, but the under uteds are thi 
blotch appears very uncertain; 
and the flower altoget thet v 
appears to truss finely 
the upper petals are ie pointed and crumpled for a show- 
Be and it is no improvement upon the old varistionies 
W. C.—Your seedlings are both useless; us petals ate toolongs 
deficient in form and substan nce+ 
our white variety wants rdubetatiee ae fo 
the upper petals axe too high and pointed, and the lower petals 
am: elas. Mercury is a very fine colour, but 
he lower erg ee too long, and the upper petals opp 
to burn.”——J._H. aR. 1 is decidedly the 3D 
your collection, although it is deficient in form, penny the 
=< 
and narrow, 
0. 
still, possess 18 ee ce, ui} colour, and the flower 
ell. 0. is: Sstontey under petals, Is 
they appear pa come too often notched, and the upper peta 
with th 
g to the edge beyond the spot; 3, very 
he flower is loose, and th C petals ae 
well Be ; = yi nts form and substance, i . too fringe 
on the he same faults; 6, too v and Bars 
, bad eae eae 8, ie ah purple upper yetals ; e ts 
of the wove, petals too rough, and th want 8 ae i 
and purity of ground colour.— Chas. ‘Thurtell, RN— ate 
possible to judge of the fon of the flowers of your seedin ie 
from the petals being cramped with bad packing. Pv 
Roya. nder petals 
dark 8 pot in the capes fetals purroanaed with a dash of 
which mixes with a rosy tint, slight tinge of blue in the ety 
the lower Lert See a little too long, but the 1o wer is ‘en, 
and has a pleasi appearance, Amp: geriiss (the petals fa i , 
under petals of a good form and colour, white cen ae 
upper petals appeal to be +06 hi Bh and Fppeat to ie 
feathdring seen os the centre; both ‘flowers { 
i a single flower is poesracient “to 
firmness in the petal—but 4 
enable us to jud e with Si on this poin 
NSTE ees Fhe only flower at all worth keeping is the 
mes 
Beauty er Ramsga but this will be of no use un He raiaeak to 
larger; it has a fine eye, ee d both rornanee’ ae a saat 
recommend it; the white is clear, and the purple ona aes 
and deatra ‘abl ep eae hut ot will never do as a5! Oegalan 
unle attains size.- The white is nae mall, Posen ones) eq 
aabetente e ae mai as Sa wehaye. Oddity wan Me 
the lower petals are too je small. roa eve tr 
very bad. F. Aves BAe is no! Paae fet Dende oe 
1 to be useful, 
pyon.—Your se! eating rarttenl Audanis (0 smal 
Fras ieee ay of the bottom and side petals should be 
Ri paaenhre Ot Grady, Grove 
ete specimens of the Pansy ; they are large and of Ri te 
growth, and from the size and length of the stems the 
