JAN. 16.] THE 
GARDENERS CHRONIC 
LE. 
plentiful, from 4d. to 6d.e barat ch. Carrots are remarkably fine and 
abundant. Turnips ai ore plentiful, and of better auality 
than they were at the beginning of the week. Leeks are 
cellent quality. care kale is goo! 
app: 
aiid, do 
erved also three very fine Paci a 
beautifal Cypripe Laas ~— and good plants of Cin 
King a Hendersor p Vrahios “Eigucintiee 
and Na a ha 
PRI 
16, 1841.—FRUITS:— 
Sea each, 3s to 5s 
fed 
CES, Sarvapay, Jax. 
pples, dessert, per bushel, Peyas 12s 
Puke esse, per hf. “sve 0 108 
Sweet calmmaiie scan ae? 
Chesnuts, per = 4s to 8s 
Oranges, pr. doz. 6d to Sag uts. ss per bus 
per 100, 3s to ie ts, per — 
“Bitter, per 100, 9s to l4s Brazil, 20s 
— ee peer i fei Qs _ Spanish, 24s 
10 12s — Barcelona. 
VEGETABLES, 
Savoys, per doz. Onions, Sot loz. 28 to 6s 
: gre oz. 2s as bunches 2s 6d to 3s 
CER Ww Ree a“ 
Red for ick: per a to 6s 
Cabba, age Plants, p, doz. beh. 3s to 5s 
Paonia Sprouts, hf. sve. 2s she 23 6d il igre 
German Greens, or — vet _ tol — Scco. 
Salsafy, per bundle, led 
Horse Radish, per eer 1s 6d to 6s 
Spinach, per sieve, 
oer cap vented, ya 6d 
for hres hrdaet 3s to 4s 
to Corresponden 
Tue mutual inpeteaaa of gardeners oo ‘their ap akon 
Broccoli, White, pr. bch 3s ros rue, or Small, 
—_ Green, 2s to kale, er punnet, 1 
Potatoes, White, per ton, parts ce, pm score, ls 
—_” New, per Ib. 2s Endive, per score 
Jerusalem Artichokes, per half-| Celery, per bundle (12 to Is ti 
sieve, Isto Is. 6d Small Salads, per punnet, 3d 
Turnips, White, per doz. b., 3s to 5s Watercress, per doz. small bunches, 1s 
Carrots, per doz. Punches, Bs to 6s Parsley, per half-sieve, 3s 6d to 
po slated get doz. 6d to ls 6d Thyme (green) per doz. bchs, 3s to 4s 
Red Beet, a Is pore 2 Sage (green) per doz. bunches, 3s to 
Scussnere er bundle, Rhubarb Stalks, undle, isto ls 6d 
i ls 6d 2s 
sh 2 * L 
Morels, per Ib. 
Erefies acid, sae Tb., 12s. 
ma per Ib., 2s 6d to 3s Gd 
of these en nds, will e gladly re 
i lf-seeking preju iced, 
sonal manner ; but, on the contrar, ry, we invite fair pn 
sion Bs all I vided it is con- 
ducted with good feeling and ome temper. Iti is, i indeed, 
@s an cas 
make the Gardeners’ Chronicle of the greatest value 
There ew gardeners, and still fewer amateurs, who 
not on occasion require immediate information upo 
i But eith om an unwill as 
te a a too often fail t 
of. 
o obtain bag information 
Let all's ome 
uch persons commu 
with 2 
stakisial “on what pel they ask them. The subs es 
£ a per: t of ch he to know. ,He 
is the wisest man who is conscious of his ignorance; for 
how little do _the wisest pipe now ! !—except that they 
know little. d with a fact, how- 
dence we requi 
balers however, a prac ractica 
his na 
sends a reply fo founde d up 
y thing f for which we are dispose 
the man pal ts 
t sure of our practical friends, are the 
ie tar § 
nowledgments for the m: 
Mr. Bailey has our warmest ac! 
We hope often to 
in which he assists our uw! ndertaking. 
from him 
If Mr. Feage L. wilt send a specimen of the kind of articles he 
whee contribute, and we think them useful, weshall be happy to 
a to his = 
We eo — not 
our own. msideration. 
argumen' eens cat p tines case 4 “Abies hies Khutrow, as om) 
the peeeee edwin Lined question is not what Mr. 
ha’ < pect bot wha originally fi 
azed with hgh = laps, and not 
rroof. The occurred in the 
of abridgme 
The hecti little epiphyte from Ruck: Odentogios 
sidietom, a new §| peigigs= = io 0 Roa oe uss 
Of the epiphytes tages essrs. Loddiges’ Dendrobium calami- 
forme is rew, andso is the B Epidendrum, which, from its = 
habit << Fimiey- 3 young plants at each joint of the old flower 
will b d E. viriparum. 
plant is Pimelea syliestris. 
Lady S. for the bouquet. If she she observés with 
m the operations of nature, she will always find Bess the 
power ohich plants possess of forming deep colours, is in propor. 
t 
tion he quantity of ligh' 
We quite agree with Miss F.im the fact she mentions; bat we 
arrive at a diffe ‘onclusion. t a plant will “*ourn up” 
when exposed to bright light in mhouse is bri, ; but in 
cal 
nm Of @ pane of 
glass between the a and the source of light must diminish, not | 
increase the latter; and a nie ane lant sarang less light than 
mB 
in question is produced ote dryness of theair, reo y be guarded 
against by moistening the greenhouse, by syringing, soap byt throw. 
ar Hoong oA on. the paved floor; or, which is much better, by pro- 
viding the greenhouse wi with broad shallow pans of water, from 
w prandiiiore jew A oem taking place. . 
G. R. G. R. will find his statement that road-scrapings preve’ 
the. clubbing of t the roots of cabbage-plants, ee bs Mr. 
She rwood, in his moot on the cultiv: a of brocoli, p f this 
does 
ro) 
ni 
disease ; whilst at thi its action as a 
ba will be strikingly evinced by their healthy and luxuriant 
er In very ol den-soil, full of decayed farm-y: 
RG. 
called sour, os will moaitionn find ita 
proc 
A Young Sandia will find a Chunk stove answer his purpose 
better than an Arnott, because it is less like a philosophical in- 
n 
sh 
ed horizot ontally 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Two important documents have been — this ig 
—the Speech of the Queen of Portugal on open 
ari and = Message of the President of oe ies oa 
States, Mr. 
The Queen of Portr 
tat ‘the demand of Spain relative to the navigation - the 
that the Government has claimed from this country 
4, et a 
to Lapeer apes from agyression that mea sures hav 
bee! o place the aie im. a state. of defence, 
sip = war ate mere = ed out, 
aised. But se preparations are hoped, 
mire an reed aaa and Sopestgiiis ae’ held out that 
the peace e of the Peninsula will not t be _ dist urbed. —The 
out a a of peace, and enters ‘fully i into the whole system 
fA _ pF } } & Be me | _* a +} 
pe of gas at 
The stove ae be placed ia - 
joints, Shick mu 
is a little below the level 
r o 
sses the desire of 
mall excavation, so that the fireplace 
the overt of the it. 
re r to the inquiries of the Rev. Edw. S. is furnished by 
a persslececinaeetio signing himself I. R. 
witnessed the good effects 
lating to the B y question express 
the g t it t final settlement as spee- 
dily as possible. The “Mess sage further states, that the 
I. R. has of the following compo- . 
sition applied to fruit trees; it ao ped — on hares in attention of the cor sai bs d that 7 
——- _ and c — the —— ped . _— oth, and nm to prevent that c being carried on under the 
11.—Mix with a quantity of chamber-ley, or oe deaiiee of a j 
dunghill, lime, cowdung, and drift sand, each one gallon; wood ee erican flag.— nce we learn that M. Thiers has 
d coal ashes, sifted fine, each half a gallon ; and use the com- de his Report on the Fortieatons, and that it is con- 
position freely wit lai sh or small broom, spreading it e Government, with whose v 
ee.— 
d 
d that D 
ation of b Ss 
it agrees in its material points. “This result i sig tegar ats as 
aa 
fini _ gs 
riments on the preserv: s du He ho 
that 5 oe oe other pest ey ae bso favour the eae with some 
pony ical remarks on the nagem of those industri- 
us ins ecte. 
A Putron of the Ga ‘s’ Chronicle has pointed out a matter 
favourable augury of the stability of the present 
Intelligence has — Jaa that peace has 
od with RB a 14 pg an 
and as a 
Ministry. 
h 1 
rdener. 
which we would willingly teak But he will find that we 
have already too - 00 little room for Horticulture, and that his plan | effect has arrived in Pari Ad 
would still further diminish it. All the information of permanent 
inferéat alrekay. atoye “MgROil tin! aecian epper gpl sgpieeeeniged that the my ncunag which hae ve so long existed between 
commenced ; and we hope he will not find it very troublesome | Romeand Prussia on the Pag 7 Bodeda stical affairs 
to jy ase the first leaf of the second half if he attaches importance are on the 0 ag bly terminated. ie 4 
pi: R. will find an answer to his inquiry in Mr. Green’s paper | dispatch has reached Vienna, a, confirming the report 
n Cu si mrs Ts, published in to-day’s paper. If this information 
is not sufficient, ae will beg G. R. to write again s wa a fs ‘“ 
D. will find some observations upon the managem t of Cacti 
in seed pag: air : ae nmber. be va — rs — may oe At home, a ministerial circular has been issued to the 
is at of Mr. Bea’ OD, W! Ss e § - po! wl cinders 
within two jpches the top, 1 pad makes them a wis ary supp : government, officially announcing that Par- 
sand B apcidy ed - a little clean ee mach for. The pot geil ear liament will meet on Tuesday the 26th. Several remark- 
watered an) ie dkeds’ sown e ich as nd is 
ipcinkled jeetshensae win iuak Ol hg apcen etaheea thats: om eee af Leas wea’ 7? bath § in fhe metropolis and 
The whole is then down gently, and the pots are put by 
in any w place, where they The seeds will ah weer | felt b y the poor and by la- 
ate’ they make their little 
roots, and get firm hold of th il, after which they may 
pores and rooney heb sar nds the seeds to be 
own quite thin the fi instance, and not to transplant the 
seedlings till they 1 begi = to et crowded in the pots, in a y' 
These direction: e equally applicable to the seed: 
two. 
other succulents. 
We shall hope to hear from our correspondent C. J. H., near 
bade: ant 
= t sapprehends the 
étuert a Dr. hase xperiment. He pat no matter why, 
to save an old tree, and he found a better way of doing so Meat 
y employing Forsyth’s Composition. Casesmay occur where it 
paisa ble to save an old tree; and where quality is a greater 
bject than quantity o. chest of fruit it, especially of the green gage, 
such cases are not uncomm With regard to the other matter, 
the e was tit importance but it suits some per. 
the taste of other persons 
is jad not very different from that py poe Radford friend. 
B. inqui re ati gi sok he or some of our correspondents, 
can inform hi the follo kinds of tities are to be 
R. A. has not done wrong in tuki 
ing seeds of the Cedar of 
Lebanon _ of their coer for they will sustain no injury if kept 
in a dry as ould have been better not to have sown 
them j yet, e bas 
pero ays for his i eaae plants when they come 
rv to defer the sowing till apoio pce be February, ai 
be used should m calcareous lo; on 
other 
ee ae reed: we Chandler's Tilustra tions of Camellias 
ical treat the poe mg of these pla 
aie fib 
boures of all c our has reached town of a 
fatal a lesea 
Mere, on which 100  aege are said to 
but no particulars have been mies 
Wome News. 
—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and 
Sl. Wi erent 
scare is still ‘a Sudbury- hall ; Her antedey has 
towed 507. on the poor of Windsor, and has contributed 
351 towards the b uilding of S 
Whitechapel. 
Parliamentary.—Itis said that Lord Brabazon, member 
for the county of Dublin, and the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, 
shire, will move and second the address of the House of 
at the opening of the « ensuing session rf: Mapeh cgric ay 
Marchmont Pe D 
‘ood practi 
Camellias are able t red pen tall a thin of branches, either Home, ] Bart., to this = peerage, which ea oe aie 
—- wring, crowded in Sadi bac ocean or from the soil about rivileges during t as Ses- 
their roots being in an improper state. Mas t cure is eed he ms of Parliament, and which has alread 
the cantly part of erie: fa January or February, shake eo hace z of o will, it is 
sour ball of earth which surrounds the roots, re-pot them in good un cgthened hearing zs pe ace i ts pyr 
fresh soil, and pl them in a mild bottom heat ; or if this is € fo ‘view he hance ; 
convenient, keep the house that contains them er cl immediately after the meet of P; 
Fs 2E, 
e shall lose 
important subject. 
known relates to such iy ve 
We hope to hear ir. + Billery ome on the effects of the 
We thank WN. very much for his 
Wm. H., 3. Saul, K., W. EB. pags a J. W. Portarling- 
ton, J.R., A Subscriber iat tate “Wales, Discipulus, Mr. Cut- 
bush, Philo-Orchis, will all have answers next week. 
Bika Reba Pa C4 TRG Rd, 
Lauder, D. Beaton. 
eee A ul 
now in his 54th year, is one of the paigners under Si 
John Moore ; was close by the “pe oa 
Corunna, 
afterwards in man ny of the principal actions actions of the w: 
is pide that he unites in his person the represent 
ancient 
ms of this 
sinee. 
Grea 
tofore aoe ed. In the process 
rous dangerous Sk wei ieee, 
cad the 
ie ae ee sig w ¥ 
pea my means of inteligihia ing d 
| numerable buoys. were laid down, and lig 
| along the coast. It is intact ten 
