* 
8 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[N° 
in depth with old bricks and stones, on which w: 
foo 
lad three inches of lime rabbis h, out of which all — 
particles had latter w: 
si 
of heath soil; y,a 
The pruni ing. knife had be oo seers spp | 
pe othe yous mood previous to removal, mo. 
and. finall 
erect was swept — all the 
ole ve € of 
the last fruit is gathered the rg is completely | 
battered with water g nd the house 
ft ith a thermometer of id 
to 95° of sunheat when n be obtained ; 
course is nite in oni the leaves turn colour, when 
ene —Prepare horse droppings for spring-made le beds, 
According to ‘o the yin resources of eos gardener, and — 
peg one ath the follo ‘atio: be proceeded 
= time this month :-— 
ow on slight hot-beds short-top radish, mustard, 
‘on earrot, for Seine nate in May ; sow in boxes, 
» peas, a 
° at three to 
the afternoon. By the ane wood is 
acts ripened, and in runing cu like 
oak than i ach-wood. During all "he ripening ae the 
bso mete the house is allowed t dry ; 
ater entirely withheld fro 
pode author has had it as high as 
o’cloc lk in 
most co! 
i 
“the. moment the 
erceived 
co) 
ry 1 ld 
towards Aas ge The author Beit by ad 
ile 
aie 
ood ocr pein sor in cases of stro: ong necessity. 
The tree once placed in its situation, vad fibre of bos 
root Was as careful lly trained as _ the shoots, care 
ach-tree have never 
LJ 
1, t 
the front arches, into the ou mide border. In the first 
week of February the tree was dressed all over with a 
mixture of soft soa 
into 
ing ‘were coated o 
aint, f Fe cbraary but the 
heat for the first betncet does not a 50° by day and 
<< by n ight. The house is steamed i 
th with the antud watape of the flow 
me, and during the ripening of the fruit. After the 
hae are set the heat is increased slowly, and for 
r eks is about 60° ih fort and is allowed t 
, for the lights of his pea 
planted.” 
SUMMARY. 
and the 
heat, kidney-bean onions ; plant pieton a sete ferme 
rhubarb, lettuce, “atragon, and mint. If you a ve room ig 
houses or pits, take a few strawberries of eith r the Groy 
End Scarlet or acer Seedlin ng. 
ut-Door and Orchard ee owas 
n frosty weather, wheel man ground, prepare 
| composts. 
A —If not secured from frost before, this should not 
be Bap toca te up the stems with straw ~ orn van fend them 
up aie hom 2 or otherwise mulch with litter 
and as far as the oe pars gee 
Pla: ee early Mazagan a warm situation for trans. 
oons.—Continue to protect carefully from frost. 
eats shee —Continue to protect in bad weather; gather off 
we mci and slugs. 
y.—If the weather is likely to remain severe covera 
ae rows with dry fern or litter. 
‘ a ivE.—Tie up to blanch in fine dry days ; protect in severe 
ros! 
Letruce.—Protect from bad weather, but expose freely at all 
£. 
S 
& 
& 
other os es. 
Peas.—Sow Early frame or Char situation ; 
for sich it has been catallsbed. Riod readers may ae 
hb all s being worked o 
ine extent of our ineans: tio aetien 
a ee an of altering on Gardens, and for 
the regulations of the Exhibitions in ig ie rde the 
Horticataral Society, we refer to tw 
i 
draw a hittle earth ie hemes prey “op 3 pair ‘ieaiae severe wea. 
ther occur, protect them h fir | branches or dry litter. 
_Oacuarp.—Pre; 
was 38° a = big eee 
ut eight dozen poe in ns umm which 
it was planted, and during that, with t the pam seven | 
The important subject of British Oak is onthe = _ a 
contributor - who — himself ‘‘ Jael,” fro we 
aren have many more comm munications pre 
LOWER GA ARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
r De; pA grisea 
Sroves. cat e otcbidaheds plants as Ty encugh 
for rem Bog-moss (Sphagnum) will be found the best ma- 
Made as : i 
a rod t le 2,4 0 euedt2 a _fine fruit the pots, as S$ » for which peat must be used; gi 
a am i - P i ea" ? orre: de meutiind some interesting eve seo to °|"G ater in loa cete ‘0 the Apccd of As habe er. ee 
. REEN-HOUS cee ¢, and make fires onl 
ll tree se Presidency, especially w: nae rd t v sou in frosty or very wet at ES 
n Dece: neha ane was tek = See ce oo ite fu from which Indigo may be ned for comme aaitil ur- ae ND S paterrase a. rs aon Carestions, Dien ot Stocks, 
z . and all similar plants in Sanck, shou ave plenty of air given 
aw excellent wood, covering oes : a . eave of 48 poses ; and in the Pi ri oa vill be found some useful pearey cays, Dut water ‘aparingly sak alee ways in the diate 
feet. The author next. proceeded to soon information concerning er flower-market of that | Seeds of Balsams, Cockscombs, and 0 other tender foe 
management of the , a3 pr sae at Oul capital. I R ai s flowering in the greenhouse, may W 5 pete Pr) Roses, 
Park.. He regards draining of the greatest importan: ee eg Pinks, Persian-Lilac, bulbs, and Sent suitable B Renta fos liaties 
and also that the soil should not be too rich. A | he which <i mish a ail jeular attention ee | eee ee ee ont eee 
about half aig nm stiff and sandy he finds the est 5 the I * et id Should the weat! rove a all kinds of deciduous 
opini less manure the better, providin stipes eae beri mer shrubs may be shifted, oad pruned ; cut deciduous ane es; dig 
be what i 1 ¢ maide: a pai fro: fL the appl f try | and make neat the borders of shrubberies pene the fowekramdens ; 
land... If any manure Lg considered i eessary, it should hich, to be of re- evergreens planted in a “ieee e benefit by being now 
be chiefly, bone-manu If peach Gove signs 0 pak much snplieton ea re- aed: and con- FOREST DEPA 
ae after “yang ears in soil of th descrip- cerning which we ave say. There is ¥ oad ag she. tap-roots of such oup-Fete old seedling 
in Hie Peta en oenees Peto drensog, laying it 00 also an ext luable paper by ‘Mr. Errington | ovis; shestnus, and beso a5 have been sown in dll: and are 
beat in the winter, ani oving a portion in t upon Peach-forcin = the original of which we must | tween the rows of plants.; gather cones Fir tribe, and la’ 
uriance takes. place, po g> is y 
pe is if a 7, las io * ou | refer our — to dings of the Horticultural Eneaniiiem éxy 1aspeely tie Seascn, fy sekin: pale fat 
ee ints. of the roots without hesitation, taking care “apogiiow. Proceedings protect young plants of Arbutus, Cypress, hy brid Rhododen- 
Bs ay em in uperfi 10 | Society, i whi ch iti is publish ed.——So rac . nS, and germinating seeds from severe frost ; also any new 
luxuria: This root- cutting system he ursued for | fact: Memoranda, particularly cabal Oak, Fir, or forest trees, whose ness may be 
A jou 
seven years at least, and finds it eve bing that can be | with regard to to Pontey’s Nursery at Plymouth. e | st AND Corrick Woop.—Trench and drain ground in- 
winter pruning he thins his young wood to a | i H baand Sr paniieg. Pit those places where draining is eee 
prs , Br rt P go sat y pry dees and manner in which Mr. Paxton intends to man rs sary. Prune and thin Firand Larch—nurse plantations which 
great extent, * cane h Weekly Calendar will be apparent from the specimen now | have been growing e! ight or nine years; take care to cut elean to 
Tenses of the ahoeth jateedet He Po vBeat yeas erp, pives———"he ‘Mutecrologiesl Notices ‘te. explain the fol, sp not mows Gees Seales af barwbaetinan iiss 
renders the ump and well-ripened. Afte the pl hich they are to be drawn up. We give, in ch forest-trees as are injured by the nurses, ai move any 
wicaiie praning, he immediately stops every wound, Bs the first place, the fet: | her j i d ee rs Pec ree me a = id size. oe 
! * iF ie of deciduous trees for the form Joppices may be pro- 
ther fom pruning o: r from accident, with a coat of thick | 2nd, aged the facts as to the average = ne near | ceeded with, if the weather be favourable and the groand dry, 
white p: int 5 ; this is repeated o n all the la wounds, | Lon atl the last fifteen years in the week about to fol- | but in low wet situations it is better to defer it to a later period. 
Ty, ly ae bie pics will, a believe, ts found of mite prc and Attention ought to be paid to the proper thinning or weeding of 
; ch Coppices as require it. The kest shoots should be 
with sates ea with sawdust, and. burnt in shallow | yalue tha cleared away from the stools, and a limited number only left to 
pans; and he afterwards dresses the tree two or th — me to maturity according to their size and strength. It is de- 
times with soft soap, sulphur, and tobacco-water, brushing WEEKLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS sirable, however, not to expose n too much at once, as it 
‘ P . — = nee co = a danger is to be ap- 
it carefully into every bu crevice with a pai For the ensuing Week. Grimeadead icc exposed. citnations: as Gaal 
brush; this mixtureis not made ng as recommended of the pleasure ied nearly all the satisfaction to | not eineine 3 at ae eet Selling 1 octeaed with if good timber 
p 
by some gandnaing. authors, as Mr. Bimeton depends om a garden, at this season, depends upon | is desired instead of bark. Joseph Paxton, Chatsworth. 
uch on the care al benching 2 and flooding every part of | a strict attention on the pat of the gardener to neatnes ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
the t ‘Th a lean! i department; and a s this, in the (Under this head it is our intention briefly to describe the 
injuriol’ effects in forcing if the gardener preserves jority of cases, requires attention pare than mu od teas cipal insects injrioas to the en = pee 
high tem monte at phen he had shad his ‘thermometer | aitional labour, we hope the importance we attach to hele snow encountering their attacks.] . 
di 
y be felt by our readers. The gardener will do well +3 
goreians with the determination of finding fault with 
im: 
necessity, for in his anxie' Ss get fruit en pene: he ae himself (not w ith his men n) 5 he will oft ften discover that 
probably have kept it to nearly 50° could he have obtasned | this i 
that heat; but he mvinced that it would pit — if it connate from his employer. The of 
worse for . From the period that p y dude, tat 
begin to swell off until they commence ai ig, th bab] 
in cold dull weather, he is a li-tle ni 
water, taking care especially t if syringes in the 
afternoon, it is d arly, so as to have the lea 
by the evening ; for a temperature of 34° to 40° 
The young wood receives 
utmost pases through all the growing period ; pbc 
robber i the finger and thumb as = as it 
is pring fone eyes ng: every su perfluous shoot that is 
not wanted for the next year’s bearing is taken soot and 
all the inferior shoots, which are much below the proper 
rength, are trained wing p — as nearly 
e sapi 
einolar as aang in order to dec 
$3093 author perceiy 
0 
ze | ge 
| 
e theo | 
he keeps fe re — first crop; delay principal trees to the end of the 
as —The ve observations apply equally to this fruit. 
gro ee Guceusees. a dang is used for these plants sweeten it 
| Seecr turnings ; collect tree leaves to mix with it; and ae 
wc a ion for c encing : the latter end of 
The young eae las now much leisure-time ; let us 
impress upon his mind its oe for i improvement 
and study. 
I—KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
rarscap reader coven Fore ariment, 
Prvgry.—If the tan beds have become cool great nm must 
be bcm in beg ts for very Tittle + water in cane ri cane will 
ce | will y the roots. 
¥ 
pope to be much bone 
tering 
the 
a damp atmosphere in the house by frequent syri! nging. 
Ps Hocse.—Give pe hinthoyidon of airduring the day, keeping 
ntle fires at the same time, so dont — or no fire may be re. 
qaiaite at — a in vi rare eather. 
Cuerey Ho Gentle potas on 2 w be lig! expel 
damp, previous to Torcing: Lage in tenes should a gata 
bed to pnaneat that used last month ; on 
Pox draw off Tao a to allow the buds to acquire their | 
tre in nurseries. ry _—_ 
of The year it is agro in a torpid state under ground gene: 
the roots of plants, in the form of a large white fleshy era ag 5 
a brownish bea “farnished with large jaws, and having six legs 
th th n i 
Se: a ine up and destroying these pests a 
per hun 
State of sre Weather near London for the Week ending Decem- 
ber 31, 1940, as brea gs at the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society, Chiswic 
a THERMOMETER, 
| Wind. | Rain. 
Dec. | M || Max.) Min. )M 
Friday 25 | 30. 368 anata 28 15 E. 
Satur. 26 | 30-595) 30.5 31 27 N. 
Sund. 27 | 30.644 30.882! 33 | 29 NE. 
Mond. 28 | 30.400! 30.275) 32 | Is E. 
Tuesd.29 | 30.306) 30.249; 36 19 Ww. 
Wedn, 30 | 30.412, 30,164 31 Ww. 16 
Urs. 31 | 29.990; 99.873) 45 35 0} NW. 
rage | 30.387/30.979' 95 | 24.8 29.9 0.16 
Severe frost, foggy ; dense fog, with intense frost at t night. 
26. Hoar frost, accumulating much on branches; hazy. 
27. Overcast; a 
23. Baye eee rude cee ee caste, 
29. Foggy; change of west; clear cual 
30. Clear in the morning; cloudy at noon ; heavy rain 
31. Cloudy; fine, with sunshine ; evening clear and calm. 
— 
