528 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, [Jury 2 
2 
ear. 
j (londy and mild; rain at night, 
fine, 
July 25. Overcast and fine; ol 
25. Ov reast; slight rain 
26. u 
e freely, 
Knight, proceeds from the highly inspi: 
dry 
sin; showery; cloudy and interstices of the masses; the foliage is large and perfectly in and farinaceous varieties. The same authority asserts 
Mean temperature of the eek 3°.7 below the av. healthy, and 17 fruit, each weighing 2 Ibs. at the feast, were in that it may be prevented by taking up the tubers before they 
4 4 “7 below the average, one year produced by a single plant so tre K. are nearly full grown. That the disease is thus originated is 
7 Ga Riek cyan PLantine.—Anonymous.—In a contract for planting trees of a rendered more probable its appearing after the lat t 
State of the Weather ae Mes during the last 17 years, for the ensuing Certain size, say Larch, 18in. to 24, the length is to be measured summer, although you had never observed it until this season 
—_“S sading August 5, 1843. ve from the tip of the shoot to the ground line, after the trees are for the last 16 years.t 
% | No. of |, P; 7 properly planted, Is it possible that any one fancies the roots Buppine.—R, 4, 7T.— tis better to remove the piece of wood 
‘had Mean| Years j Rae ‘0 be included in the measurement ? in the bud after being sliced off the twig ; but 
Temp, |Temp| Tcne eteHene Ne TIN juichenet.—Your letter is forwarded to Mr. B, place even if it is not removed. 
C.D. 
B 
t p. 348 of 1842, is some information upon tank-heat- greens are not budded, but they might beat this seas 
iver- 
‘on if there 
50.5 in; We have some matter in hand upon this Subject, which were any use in doing so, 
49.2 will be as Speedily published as we can ascertain what is the TRANSPLANTING.—J, J. G.—Everg: S may pl at 
righ é best means of constructing the apparatus, At present, we see this season, and Sometimes they succeed remarkably well, All 
a 7 no objection to gutters lined with cement and covered with the Holly hedges in the Horticultural Garden, and the bank 
8 flat tiles or slates, being substituted for iron pipes, and placed of Evergreens at the back of the new stables at Windsor Castle, 
8 in the same situation, were transplanted at Midsummer, But a much more certain 
=F} 8 ea vival Heatine Prr: S. RB, 8.—You cannot do better than procure season is Noven.ber, 
The highest temperature during the abo d occurred on ti 1826 one of the boilers you deseribe, and erect an apparatus similar | Fy TILIZATION OF PLANTS,—T. 
thermometer 99°; and the lowers ve '837—thermometer | ibed at p. 848 of the Chronicle for 1842. with the pollen of another of 
‘holson.—¥or a small Vin supposing that t! 
% you to obtain, 1 Royal Muscadine and Chi las Mus L, . 
REPORT ON COVENT-GARDE: MARKET, white Grapes ; theremainder m 
For the Week ending July 98, 1943. Jet it ran apo Yur newly-planted Vi 
do it yourself, if you stand on your own property. 
bours should not’so act to each other, Itis far better to prune 
S$ Of 
th. sert Plums are becoming more plentiful, 
consisting of the Orleans, with afew Greengages. Cherries and 
Strawberries are less abundant, although the till 
obtained at a low price. Raspberries, Currants, and Gooseber. 
mies, are offered in large quantities, and at a reasonable rate, 
Kitchen Apples are to be procured, but they are stil} very small. 
Cucumbers from the open ground are plentiful, and there are 
Some fine specimens of frame growth. eas continue to be 
arene in at abundance, Windsor and Long-pod Beans are 
e 
pulchella; 6, §; Holcus. 
are Now supplied in large quantities, Early Horn Carrots have 
nearly obtained their full Size, and, with Turni maculata; 4, P, crassifolia; 5, Potentilla 
lent. Good Caulifiowers may still be met with, and Cabbages , 
| 
| 
The bread is very like heavy bread 
y no means so good as unleavened 
other plant produce the same effect > 
ALVIA PATENS.—We received several more communica- 
tions on this Subject, but, as we have already stated, we can 
i ‘oom for them. Quite enough has already been 
for fodder, 
Blitum chenopodioi 
Statice mucronata t 
—A Reader 
it has been used 
latust——S, ¢, 
i 
asmine, Sweet eas, Scarlet Pelargoniu 8, gu 
Orange-flowers, Japan Lilies, Aconitum versicolor, and flowers 
of the Tulip-tree. 
Hellebore,—either Veratram album or 
: 4 ¥. 
NAGALLIS.— Vestal.—We ourselves measured Flora’s Anagallis, 
and it was really the si feces I, 
Firs. —J. G.—The best time for transplanting Firs is the 
month of November. You can do nothing to aid the growth of 
—FRUITS :— 
| Cherries, Wall, per Ib., 1s to4s 
Apples, new, per half-sieve, 136d to ge 
| Oranges, per de 4s 
mella,7 
ryllis blanda.t——R, 7. Ocarpus cyaneus 
have No. 33, 1842, for one shilling.—— Ome 
duligera. The grass is Agrostis stolonifer: 
-—E} 
MIscELLANnrnous.—F. B.—1, Malope trifida; 2 Lantana 
3, Cynoglossum glochidiatum 3 4, Salvia splendens; 
Gh 
ot cut them back as far as your hedge, you can 
rge sq 
small ones of crown? A good deal is saved in the expense of 
glazing and making frames when the squares are large. 
Woop-Pavina.—C. C.—Mr, Stead’s paper upon wood-pavin; 
mixta ; 
5, Clarkia 
—1, Rosa stylosa; 2, 
R. canina; 3, Rubus fruticosus:; 4, Salvia Horminum,§—— 
, P. 
Hedysarum 
- €.—We do not apprehend that the removal of 
the terminal bud of Spathodea campanulata wonld retard its 
blooming.— Maia.— Trifolium rubens ; we are not aware that, 
i f¢ ea Butomus 
des, or Strawbe 
umbel- 
rry blite.t 
Ramsgate.— stat . W.—Statice mucro- 
hata and Escallénia rubra.t——A Regular Subseriber.——White 
ni m; but we cannot 
determine which from a leat,—— . NV. D.—Some species of Tre- 
la.t——W, B.—Hippeastrum attlicum, not a bit BI Seana 
Cal 
ega.— Impatiens glan- 
‘a, or Piorin, and is of 
tl those which you removed a fortnight since, except to keep the little value in Agriculture. + 
ow Per 100,108 to 308 soil constantly puddled about the roots.t ener a 
emons, per doz. 1s to 2 s —E. Bvergreen.—The genera Carex and Scirpus belong 
Citeumbers, per bene areas to the Cyperaceous Order, and Juncus to the Juncaceous. ‘The SEEDLING FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. on 
Almonds, per peck, 6» number of Grasses usually acknowledged as British is 123.+ Fucustas.—s, fiainaeee vou ae Ea ee one A os 
| Sweet.Almonds, per pound, 3s Hearus.—G. Pile.—We are making experiments upon the effect in colour, that, were it not for a sligh erenct : 
| Nuts, per bushe) of manure-water upon Heaths, and will report the result in | the langth of the foot-stalk, no difference would be discernible, 
= fo hae erceth aa due time.t The vermilion colour of the petals is particularly bright, and 
Gaspberries, per gallon, 54 to ad (Pee Rar Eri ly Paruntas.—J. Ross.—These are not florists? PWers,@nd no rules | the purple of the petals, thouzh pale, is clear, No.1, in our 
Cherries, English, p 121}s., 196d to 8s Ga | have yet been laid down for judging them,t opinion, is the best.t—R. 0.—Your seedling is too mug) 
VEGETA Oncuipackous PLants.—8, + S.—For growing in a pit heated like several varieties Iready out to make it desirable.*——M, 
Cabh: aORE Gi Pte re " by hot water, we recommend the following : Cattleya crispa —Your Seedling is neither remarkable for form, iva nor 
Gaulitlowaty peg inet eo 1 32, |peeke paoner4 ee estes, “b © or 'violheen, Gueiticns papflio, flexuosum, or gattatum, Oden brightness of colour, and consequently cannot ‘be recom. 
Beans, Kidney, per half-sieve, a to 5¢ {on "Larges per dom behing toglossum grande, Maxilléria Deppii, and Epidendrum aroma. | mended. + ner i 2 lings is No. 99, 
Theodt indsor, ver sieve, is to 1s Gd 6d to 8d ticum. VERBENAS.—S, Girling.—The best of your seedlings 92, 
Potatoes, old. per tons 1 WrvpowPrants.—Annie, with 
The foll owing are inexpensive plants, 
hel, 1s to 35 pegs Ik. suitable for a window in win 
mooth, flesh-coloured flowers, fading to white, In 90 the 
ter :—Chrysanthemums, Pelargo- flowers are crumpled, and few in number, 83 resembles 
i v1 s, ¥ i i simachi: a ‘hers already out. 
ey, p- bush. bb. 9d to1 niums, Myrtles, uchsias, Heliotropes, Aloes, and Lysimachia many other h 
bus ss Ber score’ Od te tea nummnliria.t : eA’ TH. W.-—Both your seedlings are very large and fine 
q en, per do bd., (12 to 15) 9d ta 14 6d 2S.— S,—! flowers, measuring more than three inches in ‘diameter ; they 
> OSES.—Ignoramus, 5 & A d Her in fort 
per doz bunches ee a 4s Roses make very vigorous growth. 9 not bloom, is easi are of a good colour, (a bright light purple,) and bet ise a m 
per dozen, 9d to le | Watercress, per di in. 4d t0 6d accounted for by their being: i y f Hae any large Specimens we have seen, being less indented in 
dle, 1 |Parsley, per half siev north-west aspect:’ In such a i the outline, j 
— urnipy p: don ran, od t0 fay Bee mons pen do 8 28 to as the soil is retentive of moisture, they dom receive much | Panstus.—A Subseriber.—None of your flowers (aes worth Kesh 
Carrots, Horn, ‘p.doz. bunches. ae toBe [Mints per don Paitin as benefit from the sun; the wo ing ; they have neither Ze, DE ey) nor other good qua i 
Shallots, per ib., is Marjoram, green, per b ich, 4d to 6d long watery shoots, instead of flowers, are ties to nd them.——y,— he Pansy you propose to 
«— | gteen, per bunch, 4d | Mushroom 2s D. B.Yo name ‘ Hope’? is quite a second-rate flower; the top petals 
Spinach, per sieve, 1s id to 2¢ | Wallnuts, Green, per bel, 85 to 1082 Perpetual Rose unti are too small; the the petals generally want 
= injure the roots as little 
: ————. Ae 
Notices to Correspondents 
Back Numerrs or THE GARDENERS? CHRONICLE.—We are so 
often applied to for particular Numbers of the Gardeners? 
Chronicle, to complete sets, and so many are now out of p; 
| that we think it Will save all parties trouble if we publish alist 
4 of the Numbers which may still be had, 
will forward to our publisher Post-office stamps, equivdlent in 
J value to as many Numbers as are Tequired, shall have ti 
Sent. Those Subscribers who are very anxious to complete 
their sets should write at once, as we have very few copies of 
j Some of the Numbers, 
1841 :—1, 6,8, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 96, 27, 28, 29, 30, 
31, 32, 33, 34, 
1842: 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 19, 16, 18, 30, 42, 50, 51, 52. 
1843: 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, 27. 
. AcriconrurE.—Anthony.—Mangel Wurzel and Carrots are very 
apt to run to seed if very dry weather comes on before they have 
Sufficient roots. It may also be owing to the st 
ut danger. We 
Fucustas.—Hibernicus.— 
of the flower in sevens it 
not handsome enough to b 
STRAWBERRIES.—W, 
Victoria Strawberry is a lai ge late kind, a profuse bearer, of 
good flavour, though not so high as that of Myatt’s Queen, and 
much esteemed for preserving, He introduced it some years’ 
ago, and has since improved it from Seed—a fine dish of fruit 
having been exhibited on the 12th at Chiswick as the ‘Chi- 
tine? 
chester Pine. 
flower is rather small.* 
Picorrrs.—1 
fl 
you discovered under a garden-pot which w s standing i 
cayed vegetable mould, belongs to the genus Cilibe of 
Latreille, all the individuals of which are confined in their 
phical distribution to our tralasian colonies. The 
present specimen was probably imported in the larva state 
with some plant or another which you May have received 
from those distant 
Oaks, Ashes, Willows, and Poplars.t——Crimun 
< Agr: 
writers, and arguments for and against it are so plausible 
that no final sion can be given inall cases. Much depends 
on circumstances. The chief advantage of burning consists in 
destroying the seeds of weeds, and the insects which infest 
Soil. If a good crop of Turnips can @ raise: 
fj these fed off by folding sheep on them, the 
another specimen in th: i Se cality clean top petals, but rather crumpled at the edge 
» 00d si Zey 
it 
and clear, 
the top petals and the broad belting of 
the lower ones are of a uniform bright golden brown; the 
of no use as a show- 
S. C.—Your seed- 
make a good greenhouse variety; 2, broad round under petals, 
¥ of good substance ; plum-colonred spot in the top petals, veiny 
destroyed and evaporated will be replaced. Wherever there is try, if any er obs io i idati beyond; the ground-colour instead of being white is tinged 
old herbage and a loam burning ma this sub: i ” i with lilac throughout; 3, petals long and rough on the edges, 
; light sands are deteri Care should be them. 8, Noble.—Your moth is the Tortrix (Orthotenia) i 
not worth preserving ; 4, white, with plum-coloured g 
is rather large, with lines extending beyo 
Somewhat like but not so good as the 
We know of no experiments } Turionella, It is not peculiar to the Pinus insignis in its 
Although employed as an attacks, as it has been known to do great injury to the Scotch 
nare, it is doubtful whether i as Fir, particularly on the Continent. S, 
i i Ants.— 7, Keen.—We cannot advise you in your case. Water- 
ing the earth where ants abound is a good plan for driving 
light centre, with clear pink under betals; 
pot, which 
h.——J. Clewley.— 
9, 1,is a large and well formed flower, with broad petals, 
a slight inclination in the petals to turn back 
i them away; but were you to do So, it would most likely cause it is superior t many of the cultivated sort: toe 
i your grass-land, your Melon-plants to canke showy greenhouse variety ; lis flower is of a bad colour. 
q as long as it ]: 31 jaterial for the same Rep-Spiper.—J, J. G.—There are no means of removing Red- and deficient in form and substance, 7, 
) purpose, but it must be mixed well with six times its bulk of Spider except by damp or by the fumes of sulphur, unless the | white, with small plum-coloured spot, is a flower of 
i ashes, or peat, or soil of Some sort; and must be applied in wet vapour of ammonia should do it but that has tobe ascertained stance and good form. Cato, a pretty fi an 
f weather or it will burn the grass. We never heard of cows experimentally. stance, color ear, somewhat like Erectum, but not bt 
4 refusing grass from land manured with guano.——Observer.— 8.—A. B.—Mix corrosive sublimate and soft. soap into a paste, good. Helen is a well.shaped flower, having the petals st i 
i Thanks for the seeds, Gas-water is the ammoniacal liquor and ter well the joints of the furniture, No bugs will stand and broad ; the upper petals are too much curled at the e ae 
i through which §as passes in the process of purification, that. If they still swarm strip off all the paper hangings and and there isa slight indication of the same defect in the sone 
f Liquip Manurz._S. R. S. nm economical plan for saving burn them; fill up all crevices in the plaster with corrosive ones. No, 100, under petals long and narrow, very in ae 
i liquid manure is described at p. 83 of this year’s Chronicle.t sublimate and Plaster of Paris; and, moreover, poiné all the to Helen,.——R. W.—The darker va: yis n form, 
i LEA¥-mounp.—Anonymous.—We are informed that the Melon- fi S 
ares in wood-work, or the spaces between the flooring boards 
with the sublimate and soap, You will see no more ot your 
, from the enemy.; and we trust vou will not send any further supply to 
18, as London is sufiiciently stocked already ;—not that we 
received the lively specimens you speak of. 4 ey had for- 
tunately escaped into the letter-bags, for the benefit of some- 
e 
hed made of leaf-soil, spoken of in “Paxtmne Magazine of 
fany”” for July, was made thus:—A leat-lec 
ly. It contained masses of semi-decayed leaves, body else, s 
8 of sticks, twigs, and bark, with some fibres of Grass, Povrators.~—Muark.—The curl in Potatoes, according to Mr, 
tis also thin and flimsy in texture 
and not worth preserving. The lighter Slower is better in every 
