70 TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
i See 
he it. No mildew will make its appearance 
till Iuly, ont but Kittle then, compared with aan mr 
pp Tf mild 
its peter syringe the trees with watt, eer 
a 
1 find that the mila 
Kyl 
Oaks. cla allusion to he subject allow me 
to the qualities of a 
ed oak. This variety is tlerbly common in the woods 
in rhe na ee my near Stans’ 
y builde ers as to their estimate of i its seis I re- 
When 
nt pe 
pes sh at the timber a 
the coun pal on y 
for the co no 
is not Peres oh than half the “mag 3 80 that 
giving om per foot for the sm 
| we are 
Ty, 
spring, I remarked that all those pansies which the men 
had turned under the Beng of the 
nure) during the winter. The luxuriance and fertij tne 
remarkable. I n 
never saw any a finer con. 
the autumnal diggi not only fresh, but were grow- dition ascaar Get The soil i is a strong loam but not Poe: 
ing vigorously, thought ‘blanched through the absence of fan nmcy also that the det, 
light ; ang thos e of the numerous detach ied and previously matter fi stimulant to 
y beneath fi have 
the surface. This has “taught me that, instead of using | bed of selanieorhic under period the trees'g grow ve 
frames and glasses, which all who delight in this pretty luxariantly. No one hing Fe. fore go Gree Pip | 
flower have not always at hand, I can now p e o be _in a state of deca saw ted ‘so 
securely by burying them. I first trim and clean the Fcantes dh 2 willow 
ground, if it require it, and loosen the surface carefully, | T, G., Clither 4 
and the’ the whole about half-an-inch with a ‘atahaiag Pinks-— —A friend 
dee 
good rich compost. In the spring the plants will be found 
perfectly” ‘Protected, and every extremit ¥ spri inging up in 
ac jh. 
The 3f ¢1 
of m ured some 
pinks very hes le with rotten ‘woollen 1 ‘eg, “— eel im. 
soil be congenial to them. Tf laid i in the soil, einige of 
js the depth of winter, if it is waging le ~ amaten 
0 procure them at that season. He lay th 
whale 
n fac’ 
To coal’ of your "readers as are feat a of the 
be information worth hay ing.— capt G. 
the Birch 
ak this may 
espondent re- 
than 8. per foot for the for y he 
the. white oak ? No: we should 
reckon that we cheated our customers if we used it in any | 
as it is not at all calcu- 
so that it is not buried above half- beter ora fittle more. 
It will spring MA . most of the joints, ~ due season, 
vi Matt and healthy. The soil used Why e best pansy- 
minds us that the account given at iio 37 of the 3s dill 
y 
; lated to resist the action of the 5 anosphere, and yellow 
deal b 
after Pow am very la oak sta ding, he was * frightened” 
to think afterwards that it might, on cept Ws bee to be 
the oak, an eavy loss. 
= grain of the wood of the: red ¢ k fe b 
is of +3; 3 g 
localitie: 
d abo’ 
opr the former. Th only u 
that generally applied to the growth of early cucumbers 
sd i on a see ve ie bloo oms, in the early part of t 
ixed with 
mt one “part of the latter to 
sed a similar compos on te 
He says with great reason, Tn writers 
stoeld have altogether “sdb old Miller ‘out of the way ; 
surely ere is more goo od sense and informa tion in his 
bo ok tha an 
ith him. 
os ‘ it is like bad m ahogany.”’ I can youch for the 
sectivany of the at as from my tareat a saaee I 
have always mes 3 var oak avoided as totally un it for 
gate-posts and o urpose$ requiring lastin 
The roofing of se ‘Abbey Church at St. Spe 
of Spanish chesnut, and I cannot help still 
ere ~ of Westminster-hall i 
ad 
tiful pyrami- 
alba, or erican je" as which 
cold pel soils ow its own roots, its 
winter, grows well and per- 
fects its shoots so as soon to make a handsome tree if 
grafted on the common oak, T have be ac Daas that 
will not flourish in i 
an oak h 
tT poy set gree Se the nchered blooms the g 
ection in the pansy, but the beauty of its paincting. ie ts 
well proportioned ny finely-spread Lie eo —John Mearns, 
FAS, al G 
F of 
ag 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
Boston, Massachusetts, , Sept. lath, 1840.—Mr, Cad- 
ness 
f London, “has been eae: Curator of the Botanic 
Garden pec I am sorry to ‘say, however, ne a bad piece 
of ground has been pri bo it lies so close to the sea that 
half of it is covered with salt water ring ie ve Lageocrrns: bis 
thor gh 
is but a small portion “of the ground occupied. | The = 
offer a few 
of f his. com: anititlalieis which “refers 
 seeecere from birds,” that ie ing his motive ie originally 
rote he at all mar ardeners in Germany have 
rmany 
ory ed «ogee hed i eculiar manner, 
mics te dye blue, a poi on wie, i they after long 
oe Sees all s paral birds, but especially ae 
and that t thi rer is 
hich is apparently nothin ies a variet 
aniles fabe lige 
Jota w 
ler, with Land he South of Franca w I have vary re- 
ceived teenehe the Sou ee once from Algiers, 
} ony to Bee pe on the contrary, "highly “probable, | 
well- 
» inasmuc ch as it 
there is 
excepting a few flower-beds scattered about as if by 
accident; the other part being a so a Tt will take 
along time and a great deal of money to make a-good 
garden of it, as i " propr rietors cannot 
city, who will not allow them to do so: on -this account 
t lies too low. 
that name. Beye ine ow 
rs! Foor epee my in the 
lopedia,”’ tian: « efeph By h is iden- 
ith el ** New Lucombe 
ber. — 
= Eat ‘relates tes to the red an and white oaks is answered 
had given \ the result of his own Lett ate We Bese 
f both growers and buyer: 
upon such subjects. As to Wertminrterhall, 1 have at 
at this moment a imen 0} gs sub- 
ed 
persons 
speare on all matters connected with natural hi 
sions of he mals phe jous ways. “That bine should 
bea gree is: no more cap ea than bry red should 
tractive colour oe t this 
are at some distance The con nservatory is 
raised upon the ruins pr an pak} tiding schol, ps all the 
walls are of wood, which scarcely keeps e@ severe 
frost we have here. Tt has the appeara mce oO ge dome 
iti s capable o of Pogrer, $ 7000 or 8000 plants. 
of a lan 
‘Iti is, how- 
be an latter 
is can wie oe evid pet s few 
so Pa fowler 
inclined to doubt the 3 authority on 
the 
the by are ale but 
y formed a i in his 
try this experim t too. I 
o nature of this patent net, 
mhether it be a woollen Pry woven material, or made of 
chi loose knots—expan' he Bs knots, 
as s the inventor terms them. I have found the same sen- 
when icthdoatally getting behind the commion 
co 
twine 
the sets net may be dy 
bets copper ie he be rast to 
‘The includes 
| ferent i of ca meltiag, Prrecce all the OM | pened beth 
lakes collect 
grown in stoves in England, oy = ee brrgemsd: of 
ny s, I am told, are rare 
X ’ 
only because they p readily t 
flowers; even in the first rate pars (in of this State, the 
greatest part | of the fruit is sent to market to be sold. 
of Mr. Grey, the president, and what is paid by visitors, 
which does not average @ 20 dolla: ae cs mpos- 
lah 
t, and 
with 
twine garden netting that 
n fabric there would pos- 
re di hebarey if tested by ae = rmo- 
meter under similar Sao ae baa f H.K.o y of 
would | 
‘o know more of the. pocket 
hort e 
den 20 a 
mtaining a collection of ‘abo ut 8000. Plante: mith ‘such 
Fimited means; a garden in this country ae more 
pian and trouble than in England. In winter the 
fa collection of “he. 
ver ity 
structure of the German cultural ne’ ts, I Bch h 
. 
“ bs ght of our 
* . wild. 
panied by the fern, that i Cis, 
thet 
Lr ge the two different kind weg! used, acco ding rd | 
summers. _ The atta ‘for scam never r dowees = 
+ +h 
address given in the Wotic: to Corresponden th 
G.C. T have o only to request that delay in forwarding hs the 
lighter] grt the latter is 
ord ont was o: 
oak w bh the better —_ of te two. 
t 7 TE he i 
5 made 
ra 
n 
ael. ta hes ansrer de rouuindt of R.’s 
aramunt 
are iden: 
get tie peers of the fo: 
matter ?—So far J 
re- 
C. is 
always kn 
varieties of Q. i/ex by the rounded end of its leaves. Upon 
turing to Mr. Barker Webb’s book, we find that he re 
rin ae =A peer 
ei 
peher meri ay pherss paras ty itn 
that this communication 
like 1 
As 
to the 
gentom 
i ne 
be 
the ens cart rei the net might aod useful } 
e G. 
e hot 
months. "Tropical oe “appear to +e tessa 
lh a others, the heat here in summer —— equal to 
that of the West Indies 
Paris, 
Professor 
et, 
pind 
—Among the opinions expressed 
Jan, 21, 1841. 
in his lecture on the diseases of 
Henslow 
oy he. 
a] 
my care 
ederim mn Blight. 
neo Paes 
ago I had under t 
d from the bi ofthe Ame- | socie 
em b’ 
ies thank pero, hi i 
(hit chars 
oe ing sgh the hoe fabric of 
inions ; ee my experiments were. 
specimens, and therefore it may be useful to place 
- 
living 
. 
rm bs = deal in- 
with ice, neither trees nor 
The fllowing winter I syringed the 
with w r heated to ghee koe 
i trees are si ogee health. OF 
in the’ winter. 
Tro pel At sion of at . 
ine by the vere: of his. 
itor excellent 
mae ntl eng harles Meabarie, 3 January 1841. 
one ounce. 
Brick Rubbish a Manure.—One of correspondents 
Corr., Bee = 25) 25) iageires pt the pet eot is aren kJ 
f serv 
i ee 
microscope, th 
ntti le 
range 
he crops | ing spherical glo 
upon one aft the fields in this neighbo! urhood were always 
ery ra colo 
shay 
grew together, and were often mixed pre 
ee Bi 
wth, wt 
kilas had ond eight or nine iar before, and attributing 
this to the burning, I determi ned to try bri ick rubbis h in 
1 had been planted five 
red Coalet comtaae aaee 
bish (without » particle of ma- 
