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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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thus fixing in the soil, in the form of a soluble ee tree | 
tivity is reqnired without, everything which it was possi ble 
ammonia which would otherwise be lost with the water | Manor ae cate th reeds Seng —— aaa “our nd at 
| han lescription will be found in the best order ; 
that evaporates, But for all the details concerning ‘the | astock of labels, flower-sticks of different strengths, and layering- 
& y' & 
the work tet anures, we must refer the reader to | pegs will be carefull red up; d ts will have been washed 
e rk i and arranged ne ccording respectiv izes; pot- 
erds broken ; compo: equired for early potting will have been 
pos st d more a ee the pres f : mixed and frequently turned ; frame and other light t in us: 
p- we fin e asse e quantity’ Of food | wilt have be efully cleaned and repaired; and the very fire- 
that perey a 2 e Nw their nourishment diminishes holes, in consequence of a thorough clea: ‘ing, will have assume 
increa: é proportion as it contains more or | #9 Unusually comfortable appearance. uld expect every 
place to be lean, even to the out-buildings, that to find cob- 
less of the substances Saat nitrogen. A horse may ebs, a journey to the stable should be necessary, where they 
with potatoes, which contain a allowe dispated possession n the principle of the more 
77 9 intity of nitragen - bus t life thus bi gape bier hs bri flies. ; In Set eof gee rasan aol of koa 
en shou ready for operations the mo weather 
a Pp its. As regards the hothouses, we would repeat what we 
size nor retrength, and oi under every Mapcrsyro Now, | have said before,—use the utmost caution against exciting a ra- 
ith g sie we ubt this pid pols whilst the weather remains dull; for hay my Leung 
ha t bee 
fact extrem If we are not much mistaken, ian are 
proofs to ra contrary, eign in Irela rch and we 
should be glad to learn the experience of s of our 
The Flora of Yorkshire. W od two Plates. By H. 
ve carne bog ndon : Lon, ngm n, 1840. _8vo 0. 
ady bee 
sure ‘lose of “Britain by the works of Sowerby, Hooker, 
and others ; still there is much to do, and this y be 
Tick 
local Flor: ores, like the Flora of Yorkshire, than 
proach 
fall hen of the physical geography o: he country, i 
whi . that “ Yorkshire is more ric vege- 
tabl ms than ‘most other r English co counties ; its surface 
secompanied by gradations of elevation from the sea- 
shore oe ms of 2400 and even 2600 feet high ; 
its mates ries accordingly, eer it lie es in such a _ 
ae 
ecmcos ie Scottish and English earth This 
ee ae us for the 
e distribution of plants 
pe . 
thirty-se northern lim’ 
cluding Dianthus cargo, Hippophac rose. 
Mr. Bai yh dig he 
show 
the caune 
P 
eaks of | 
structure, aspect of in I reas the =a 
cabana of eo plants. 
which this 
gical botani features of shire familar to all 
who will take come even to glance over it. After 
= follows the mer copay of Pinsis, oe ranged according 
o th tural and which, though a mere Tist of 
pha agree the ar geste | 
es irons the plants, poetical allu- 
and sometimes _ ing. ee names of such 
sts in pore 
es. 
SUMMARY OF oF CONTENTS, 
pes fal 
almost total once of bright sunlight, plants 
ae to giv — _— hal 
i eak, pale 
growth and sterile flower trawberries will throw up trusses of 
bloom incapable of supporting themselves right; roses will 
drop theimformed buds; and n throughout the whole forcing 
department similar evils will presen emselves, which are ti 
fi laid to the charge of unpropitious Ss . The state of 
ther has certainly great influence in forcing; but these 
fects are more ae only caused by injadicious treatment, in 
prmempeea force plants by artificial means, beyond what their 
functions = amar ven to perform. 
—KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
gig and Forcing eee 
nt, 
—Giv r which it is desira- 
be prima show Sait early ; they pee: tent have a slight addi- 
of bottom heat ; but be cai refal not to excite the other plants 
ic cumeanvelnion growing too waity, y water or extra heat. 
Vivery.—During the cherie see of the weather, allow forc- 
proceed 
ing to as paneer as possible, and in the absence of sun 
a corresponding on of artificial ——_ should be 
hdrawn ; when Scout are sufficiently advanced, let them 
— at two eyes above the bl 
£ACH-HOUSE.— ar 
ead up rather early 
cessary. 
Cuerry-nouse.—The thermometer may now be kept to about 
50° maximum, mening a free poor magee mo of br 
F 
air freely 
n the pone oon, that less fire may be ne- 
upper corner wi 
and . admit a little air at night. 
or lung be well prepared, beds may be made 
for early kinds. 
ASPARAGUS.-~-Make up a bed to succeed the made in the 
first week a ‘this month. See also to oicemaions or stream 
Rhubarb, French Beans, Strawberries, Radishes, Mustard-c 
and sow Cauliflower and Lettuce on a slight ho tbed. 
Out-Door and Orchard Department. 
Clear off all crops hag oor en 8 frost, wheel them ina heap, 
and cover them with lim clean banwrons 4 the cin’ of 
Brussels Sprouts, Savors, = per green crops: but remove 
their rotten heads and old leaves, and leave the stump: — pro- 
duce s: spronts 
Ontons may be sown in a warm situation to draw for salads. 
Prat sowing of ‘dstiat Marrow or Prussians may now b 
made; draw some fresh to those under the walls. 
Lerrvce.—Sowings may be made of the hardy green Cos and 
brown Dutch ina sheltered “ape 
SPinaca.~ Bjorn eed and remove decayed lea’ 
Orchard.—Leave all your saw. ips smooth pay pie at- 
opm > this, - ne as those oom with the knife, ‘ wid Faeal 
of wi may be removed and bes 
ance of the trees; but after — 
oo ey = 
steam. 
hnowe. —If the 
plants; tilt each light at 
the egress of 
the tees remain to 
vtech Bes =; we = 
warding of ater iperwiition “in very cold waahni, and. twice 
uch nailing can be better performed at favourable oppuituntities, 
IIl.—FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-Door Department. 
Srove.—Orchidaceous plants, as they 
gtowth om their buds becoming prominent, aan be re-potted 
and supplied with more heat and moisture}; great care must be 
aa not toi as their roots in repotting; it will be found also 
the _ feted. rable opportunity of eradicating insects, if they 
are infested 
show indications éd 
Gardens, tha t we are induced to —— we subject again 
into our pore tg 
in the Bands of those ae) have the means of acting “upon 
Pee “Indo- 
of 
philus ” ” gives an account of the important 
the India ‘Company, in in Se 
. overland mail; amon; 
thousands of y r Cedars, now growing in 
communication.—A . paper on — Hawkfly commences a 
er ects useful and mischiey- 
ns.—Some buildin on the Management 
id several letters in our Home Corres- 
pondence, will interesting to pi —Pro- 
r Henslow’s suggestions t Mi 
we have no doubt, be acted ~~ ae some page our 
+h + 
pels us to omit our Forei ign Comme ondence-—In ‘Garden 
Memoranda will be foun , 
from Derbyshire, ——— Devonshire, 
Cornwall_— mi oceedings of is 
i day by mead Beneraen 
Gs rden - On 
bo nt the 
d, object bene- 
all countries, and Horticulture is so highly 
valued, — — be Nea want of support for the 
———— 
CALENDAR OF oon ee for aro ffs onal 
Most of the out-door ns usial at 
been iy eoekuak ane —_— ire 
porary yg of effectin: ch improvement 
when, in. consequence ¢. f the delay, & more thaa t 
ut 
GREENHO eedingly careful that no plantis watered 
except in actual pcr of “t; _put in cuttings of any plant it is 
desi ange te whenever they can be obtained. 
Pits s.—Cuttings of such nts as it is desirable 
to iar in jabundance i in the open ground should be ‘pat on that 
they may be ready in May,—as Petunias, Calceolarias, Salvias, 
Verbenas, Heliot seri fien &c. 
_Out. Door eee 
Climbing plants on walls o: His m ow be praned and 
nailed or tied, hardy anid and {shrubs of alk kinds may be pruned 
and removed; finish rough digging shrubberies, if not don 
the Pair nota 
RSERY AND FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
Noersery.—Hardy eg trees may be transplanted in open 
weather 1 straggling or ill-placed shoots from young 
forest and ornamental trees dig and prepare ground for spring 
planting, clean seeds, &c. 
Forest anD Coppice Woops.—As the weather is now favour- 
able for = an ea it Peon be proceeded with, always bearing in 
mind that the should be so arranged a: 
standin 
made to 
answer e of a sunk esi it will ne becomplishing two 
desirable ends e time: pitting, i ues nie: 
&c., may be proceeded with, in preparation { janting. 
is urrounding sur- 
face to be collected to each plant; continue pruning, felling, &c. 
as before,—Joseph Paxton, Chatsworth. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
to search for the grubs of the Cockchafenthe s 
ro-moth, Wire-worm, and the caterpillar of the 
Winter Corn-moth (. 
about the end of Aug or of September, subsisting 
st on the roots of bat afterwards devouring 
tender ot be brerconre wr as soon as it begins to vege- 
trag- As inter app these caterpillars penctrate two 
r three suman deep into the earth, and make an oval cell, i 
which they pass $s the winter without doing any mischief. im 
the first few ~ aa of spring, they leave their winter quar- 
ters, . m the — of the corn till poe when they 
become brown besten ane pom remaining in this state for abo rated 
month, the hs com caterpillars, when full 
fount, aboat am inch and aif long, and as thick 
; their colours are brown and grey, 
in the mornings of fine days; | 
much resemble the clods of earth under which fos turk that they the: 
may be readily ov cna paill od 
night- cease see those of m 
fires in the night- — s sprinkling 
of bitter herbs, bpevse it i ; 
the caterpillars by hand-picking, eh taba them intoa ce ra —— 
crushing t to teir natural ene es the 
birds, whic’ are ways attracted by — _ ubs of this ‘and other 
insects, and never by the seed beings the hood = crow, the 
rook, the raven, the eee oe the ma spie are easin: 
them 
of the Weather near Taney for the Week ending Janu. 
ean, 1841, as haga pom at the Garden of the Horticuitaral 
Se ociety, Chisw 
B 
AROMETER, eine tiasican | | 
| Wind. | Rain, 
Ja | Min. Max. | — (ecu. | 
Friday aay 29.559|' 39 | | oe |} SB. iB 
Sata 8 29.631 29.365, 52 | pes | 46.0 | S.W. 16 
Sund. 17 | 29.729! 29.605), 52 | 45 425 | SW. | ‘en 
Mond. !18 | 29.725 29.685!) 47 | 33 40.0 | Web ae 
Tuesd.19 | 29.9:8' 29.778) 36 | 28 $2.0 a... oe 
Wedn. 20 | 30.182 petted 34 | 92 | 28.0 Poe 
Thurs. 21 | 30.505) 30.3 38 | 25 1.5 N.W, 
Average ions | | 37.2 | | .59 
15. Cloudy 
nig 
16. Hany, vane wien gears west wind ; thawing rapidly. 
17. Overcast through the day ; continued thaw, & clear at night. 
18, in; overcast; rain at night. 
19. Overcast; rain; slight snow - 
20. Cloudy and cold; clear at n 
frost at night. 
St. Frosty ; fine with sunshine through the day ; clear at n: night, 
The thickness of the frozen crust, where the —— was 
ed, was, eich to the tha h 
4 
cig 
in, with north wind; sharp 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 Years for 
the ensuing Week sve he 30th January, 1341, 
Se sh Os ape of )Greatesty Prevailing Winds, 
a2 Z 28 = g = Pte in|quantity| ~ ; 
os ge siss which it} — of se |e 
Jan. sian bla *| Rain ned.| Rain. |“) 
Su. 24) 43.5 | 33.6 |38.5 5 0.52 in.} 1} 2} 2} 2) 2! 4) 2) 4 
M. 25} 42.2 | 31.2 36.7 4 0.90 Hj 2} 2} 3) 1) se 
Tu. 26} 43.2 | 32.6 |37.9 5 0.34 1} 4) 1} 2—!} Sp na 
W. 27} 42.0 | 31.7 |36.8 6 0.21 2} 3} 2)—| 2) 5} — 
Th. 28} 43.2 | 33.2 38.2 | 7 0.17 2} 3) 1/—j|—| 7} 2j— 
. 43.2 1.0 |37.1 3 ay 1) 3/—]} 1) 1] 2} Sta 
42.2 14 \36.3 | 6 0.20 2} 2i2 21 
In the above period, the highest degre: 
mpc: 
ring in this portion of January, was Saheiinneed eas “the ‘sath, fa in 
1834—thermometer 56°. The coldest night was that of the 29th, 
in 1839, the thermometer indicating 17°. 
REPORT ON COVENT ee ee berg FOR THE WEEK 
aoe NG JAN. aa 
Tue supply o eats es, and ne “Ger. Ds cel- 
Tent saving the res /not withstanding the unfavotrab le weather, 
Fruits—There are a few 
peed 
5 a m Orange, Court o! 
» Lemon Pippin, Gaiden Rennet, _Royal R 
and American New-Town 
Pears are plentifu 
4 
a 
ual pl 
vo f Red Cabb: 
rather small and scarce. Carrots are of first-rate excellence, 
and the supply h een good during the whole week. Turnips 
argeud —= and the supply moderate. Onions are large and 
of first-rate quality. Leeks ar uundant. Celery is neither 
plentifaln nor te a Spinach is scarce, but of superior qua- 
pee erusalem ke: ity. iS 1S 
. The Tulips. Wastincas aoe &c. are 
ter flower than they were last w Several plants of Calla 
are fin 
9 es, 
Christmas Rose, Violets, Epacris, and Heaths. 
Besides these flowers there are bunches of shh Briar and Ver- 
= which by their fragrance remind us of the bright days in 
‘ PRICES, Sarvapar, Jan. 23, 1841,-FRUITS:— 
Apples, dessert, per bush, 3s 6d to 18s | Pummeloes, 9d to 
Pears, destert, sve. 33 to 12s Almonds, per peck; 7 
toe Apples, p. Ib. gh herncneromre — - = 
‘oreign, per Ib. ls esnuts, per peck, 
Shaddocks, each, 3s to Walnuts, te bush. 202 
Oranges pr. sorphe Nuts. a 
per 100, _ to 208 
“Bitter, per Noor be' 1S tis wee t 
Lccutpge. Lea om = to os Pa 
per Gs to 122 
VEGETABLES. 
Savoys, per to 2s Leeks, per doz. bunches, 2s 6d to 
poet pire fe pick. 2s to 4s Garlic; aot 2 Bd 
Cab Sees h. 3s to 5e a ts, per Ib. Is to ls od ink 
B Sprouts, hf. sve, 28 to 2s 6d ibe, Tas » 73 Gd tO 
German Greens, or Kale, doz. coreg cond or Middling, colt ew 
Broccoli, White, pr. bch 4s to il prue, or Small, 3# 
— Brown, 26d to Sea- r et, Is od to 
Potatoes, per ton, cg 6l. Lettuce, per score. “et seg “ee 
— New, per Ib, 2s. Endive, per score, 2s 
Jerusalem arches per ~ | Celery, ae ome se ore 23 Isto 2088 
ieve, ls. 6d Small si es. 9d to 
Turnips, White, per doz. b., 2s Wi Lor ere 
Carrots, per doz, bunches, 4s to éz Parsley, per sieve, 22 to ae ee 
Parsneps, per doz. 6d to Is Thyme ae pay a doz. behs, wes 
Red &, per doz, Is to Sage (green) per doz. bunches, 24 10 
Scorzonera, per bundle, 1 Zarregon (dried) per dow. a PT 
per Nendin, Is Ca Mint (dried) pe: banchen a ie 
per bundle, 166d tobe ‘eppermin ) pox dos. So eet 
is es ones Eom 
medi g te 
Si vag a ee 
), per beh. 
— Spanish, per doz. {4 6d to 6s Has Gs Se. Tt tg 
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