JAN. 23.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
57 
re 
Sir E. J. must not place too much pais nfidence in the assertio 
of reviewers. “The waiters in the be Review, who says ‘that 
the red a am = reat 0 have been introduced some tw 
three (qu. red) y ago fro. dg Contin ent, and ba calls 
it an Pato evan ntly ttn eckhinns of the subject on which 
he writes ; for the submarine oak timber at Hastings, ie cekine 
say nothing 
ani our oldest buildi 
—The bes! - which to fell timbers oe 
afer ie fall of the leat, because at that time the wood is drie 
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elled i 
but the bark must be stripped - soon as it will separate toon te the 
wood, and the tree should then be lefttodry up till the succeeding 
autumn, when it may be fe! ng 
It is true, Ss. Fe states, that il the practice in the 
ries to cut ¢ e tap na of forest ‘trees as gn pra in — 
rows where th be were sown. The erymen r tree- 
i space an object. 
private nurseries, here Soack is jens consideret es is sufficient to 
¢ i ‘OW! 
sow s corns and chesnut! r ud to cut their 
tap roots as recommended in the calend; 
The cone from Mr. bert is t a m calls Abies 
Morinda, and is one of the two Hi pri We have not 
room to continue a discussion about Wallich’s Abies Smithiana, 
but must confine o ives to thi additional observation :—If 
re is any foundation for Mr. bert’s upinion that the A 
Smithiana, tet figure and description, is imaginary, then there 
and sig peepee be cancelled. Butwe a i 
that Dr. Wallich and his draftsman ¢ 
justice of his 
expe! alone can give, cannot ay fe 
will with e ever-varying, spare aterhieci A hanes how- 
ever, is not the place to explain how “ to do this or that ;” what 
he wishes us to teach must be taught as ae separate subject. We 
have in preparation some pluin rules how best to do common 
things, and they shall appear as soon Res nou find room for 
them ; but our motto must be Festina lenté. 
Mr, iting will find Mande a 
- Wh veolens succeed 
in such circumstances as he describes ; better, in fact, than in a 
warmer house, where it has a a tendency to’ grow too much to 
leaves. Tweediana 
i trae does 
house, but it seen in greater beauty wher: 
ne rare thas S waeae aoc Brion so 
The new Mexi 
Bai oe a@ green- 
hou: sires os mote bs namely, 
| # longifolia, tyrianthina, purga, and Ramana gh un certain 
bloomers in a cold gre eenhouse. rtd it is omer to have them 
there, ech ai med re sea Geom in heat early Pp as the 
Eo, eon rt for them. 
0. apo sia ogise iam Mr A, Saut for his paper on the 
cou Kscomb, i in Number IL., having 
e vi list he wishes for; but it is tin and 
pies more space than can be at present spared. In the mean 
while it is better to ti a correspondent’s taste, than send 
him names the application of which he cannot understand. e 
rchidaceous plants ia the vicinity of Rio itself can scarcel 
any novelt i i ro) i 
viously unk * 
which 
tion produces something previo 
Witness sok Brocklehurst’s noble a a a 
pomad on miscuously with other thin; 
ust n wie dateicn is fgrrccg ert. cinaencen ig aa 
We shall es much indebted to our correspondents for ad- 
pene facts iy ing the Bark Matopely, and we trust our 
e frierd be able to sg mie the tes he expe 
and deserves to 
» 
ip 
bene ‘ong deco: 0- er, and wash plant well 
it two times till he finds the insects are dead ; 
w the plants should be well ith clean water. A 
will be found very useful to cleanse the axils of 
skins of the chermes, which the water does 
sre through them than wood 
of i 
— or ii 
Ll and contains a great deal of useful information concerning 
Loudon’s cape ae Nore of plants is gre pas useful to 
eae = persons. S. D. had better look at them, and see if they are 
— he wants 
il Dh. peat inform us what the depth is of the water-trough 
in bin cucumber-pits >? 
Rusticus will be able to 
large hurserymen, either in paces or coun 
is 
wants of an’ 
Covent Garden, is celebrated for the large supply of annual Sears 
which he always has to dispose of. Messrs. ingh Liver- 
pool, are the nearest nurserymen likely to possess stove-bulbs. 
F. D.—The seeds of the Laburnum e: 1 isonous, 
and y fatal cases have Soe in consequei of their 
having heed eaten by chilur They contain a deleterious prin- 
° give 
cultivated and indigenous can be had f 
two guineas ; perhaps, ate Macreight’s Manual of British 
the 
Botany may answer urpose, as it contains a great many of 
the most moa honky} kinds. 
Will some one give us the of his management of 
the Musa Cavendishii ? 
C.D.—. = observati 'e very acceptable to us. The 
advantag f iron roofs for hoehouses re chet they ey more 
durable ice wi wood, and allow a far pg as of ha viene 
of temperature, which can only 
tion, which is sive, and oe consumption of fuel. We 
should say, use iron if prefer success and ‘ul form to 
it, and can vine ly upon the attention < your people ; but employ 
wood if you ar af i a to study economy. 
T. G. will recei answers Scie i 
EP . pe ges oy happy to hear from “oy Clark, mina to 
G, Edgbaston will be able to procure Luculia gr: ines com 
any nurseryman who grows greenhouse plants. ——* Peg not un- 
derstand from his letter whether he wishes to purchase or exchange. 
A Subscriber will find an account of a tae ent of the 
vine Appleby in an early number preg: Jor ; we have 
not able to make room it. ae een da oe ~ 
the Vine to his attentive i If he will 
ii perusal in while. 
form us whether he Pair rer hags amg his heode early and with high 
nm what e will give him the names of the 
C. 1 D., hichester, writes that being, like our cor- 
res| iy Pile Buy yon of ce i a collection of bulbs, 
he bre pee a list o which heshould be happy to ex- 
he 
ch: DOF any one, i he would state what bulbs 
could offer in Antholyza zthiopica ; caus 
(seedlings 13 incu old) ; Crinum eg from Rio, he 
Lindleyanum, but has not yet flowere * Hippeastcam (Henslow), 
iia colednws inside ; r+ hahhoor one ; Ismene calathina 
(very fragrant); Ismene pedunculata; ta’ purpurea (offset) ; 
Zephyranthes ida; Zephyranth rey Amaryllis bella- 
ionna, Sprekelia formosissima, Nerine venusta, panning: 
luteus, are so easily procured, t he has t them, 
but PAilo-Bulé may have ifhe likes. 
The questio: B. is answered by the 
randum :—* The isa simple, and as I know expe- 
rience, remedy for i When 
most effectual = 
Feumaineaete in 1831, all, or sah greater part of the apple trees were 
py infested with this pe: i i kind 
is destruction to the pay aes I,- early in the ae of 1832, 
procured a small quantity of rape oil, the least e: could 
purchase, and instruct my men, witha pater’ brush, 
o rab eof oil upon every tree in the garden, or orc! 
where there were signs of the insect. After this had been done 
about a month, I sent him over them , and from that time 
to the pres there has bows no appearance of A blight, 
agh there is ple: f it in this neighbourhood.”—W. 
Bury Hill. Have an cee our correspondents tried 
? 
4 correspondent desires to know whether Mr. W. P. A: 
anthor of a practical treatise cn the growth of the Cacumber, i is 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
T hom apc near approach of the Session of nse 
ment is the principal topic of attention, and the prepara 
tions for peat event are = a Her Majes: 
will open the Session in person, in a Speech from the 
throne, to which 
RES NY 
* on accou nt of the i t 
; all parties look for- 
ward with wu nusual interes Several ch s will e 
place in a House of Commons, in consequence of va- 
cancies which have occurred during the recess, and the 
app! am elections are regarded with not by - 
dherents of opposed pi - The re t floods haw 
caused considerable damage both in't 
the metropolis and the provinces; at baer they have 
been Se ta with dros of life, and property to a large 
amount has yed. Mr. eG onnell’s ina 
th th }. out ce, 
sb as be Tepe qreition does not _appear a Seeks we been re- 
ance we learn that the Conrenton ime ded 
between Amid ena sa the authorities of Buen 
Ayres, has gi an energetic est from the 
ayo 
French srt any in «the repeals and sap ia my is oe - 
‘vacillating polic ticy Oo! of M. Thiers; it is, ow 
ecessary to cover the extraordinary 
chiefly by ve ate we arse policy ; sit hs isexpected that this 
and upon tional res ae bes sea 
er 
ce of peace. 
In “sina pate re! spestng lesional peste — 
Ecclesiastical q ns, have gi rise to a civil wai 
two esa ry ea seg poh already been iene 
with seri consequences ; vigorous efforts have been 
made t h break, and it is now hoped that 
Advices from ¥ s de- 
manded a further delay, in order to repl; is m 
of Spain; and that Spain to wait until the 
3st; on which day General to 
i _ the te 2 the affair be not 
then’settled. From Constantinople, we | th 
submissi f Mehemet Ali has been accepted, but the 
Porte | will enter into ni 
plies r 
submission of the Pacha is therefore > regarded 
promise, upon the fulfilment of 
epend. | 
Seott, | authority as as Viceroy d pr. 
ie 
Wome me eine. 
Tur Courr.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, anj the 
will leave 
pede nm of Mr. Ayres w! a, oe ae in Der. Court Windsor for town this day. During the 
DG tnd bates isisbea tat week, Her Majesty ga quadrille-parties distin- 
from some Fellow te the Horteaitarsl See Society wholes the pivter guished visitors at the Castle, and the Prince enjoyed the 
ad yearn ne og if sulphur is mixed een —— not } diversion of hunting in the Great.Park. It is again an- 
prt a) ts adeod sete : ail pasted ; hipaa 3 ee e : 
pte? he glass, or stoves, or on the heated pipes tamed that ofthe — plece 
Bt liam iamentary.—It is finally arranged that Her Ma- 
spider. ovrnis pest is 
and driven off by 
moisture, which it abhors; but it must be atmospheric moisture 
urserymen do not sell pina of frait ren 
tom the Hordcltura Soity throug h the 
eS We We are mit tinqunit experiments on 
soda in gardens, and should my pee ti hear the result of 
trial. eo ents are in progress’in. in the garden of 
cultural Society, but itis an situation. 
Indagator will easily understand i 
for him at present. 
halt 
We quite agree with oar excellent cocaine Chectapdiiiend _C. B., that 
the practice of putting real names to communications highly 
conduces towards maintaining a gentlemanly tone | and courteous- 
case of mere 
Bathurst, D. 
+» Delta, J. D., Pe ere Ae 
Flore, Versailles, G. G. Watson, T. 
bs Sa 
n the h of : 
e, SO recto te sahbdyosmraeg it will certainly destroy red | 00 the 10th Ft February. 
couraged dryness, 
. iesoipallng, & Setaraeeal 
. Vilmorin, 
2. It is pion of the 
Lords, in reply to Her Majesty’s speech, will be moved by 
Lord and seconded by Lord Lurgan.—The death of 
M.P. East Surrey, has —— a va- 
Capt. Alsager, 
cancy, for which wie Antrobus, son of Sir E. A 
e forward 
has com on the Conservative interest ; and Mr. 
ac | Lapent, a partner in an East Tntia house in the eCity 
the Ministerial candidate. —Mr. D y has an: ced his 
nor, for the representation of Reigate.—Mr. Octavias Mor- 
gan has declared himself a candidate 
imn 
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