86 : THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[N° 6 
athered “ bienfait, “i “and 2 a flamed Siam ; 3 rd bad the 
+ * Sotteville ” is the _ greatest bearer. a f 6oz. pro- 
n 28k. 500g. (57lbs. “Engi oF 152 
Mzeres s, a clea: rece red Platoff, or “sur 
pala 
falque,’” and a filam “ Captain White.” I should ¢ 
greatest profit ; 
Ros e, snipe! 
spamely, oo rena 3 Yellow 
&e. &e. : 
times ‘its own ‘weight : it, however, | yields 
16 Pp 
a list a ee score or two of London flowers, with the pro 
perties for our stage, keeping also in mind the elean- bot: 
tom, round Large tr rs stiff well-rounded petals.— Rad. 
and aaah may perhaps give a different result to some 
farket,” ise increases itself ans twenty- one times, | 
elds h starch. Soil 
e.eich 
weig eg 
pe snc? red Paris M: 
&e. &e. 
| oo quantity 
early Shaw, Brest — 
; and those who require the starch (of wh: 
is used i t 
» Mailloche, early White Rose, Se. es.;.. 
‘7 Pruning Foret Free. ae observe in your directions | farmer to plant the varieties which will afford them the 
y Mr. Paxton, irects close-pruning as regards forest aE eas — 
ees. Now I recollect in Norfolk, some years ago, man zs Baas “2 \o8. (Sa lee 
aa the rian there were much taken with a mode, | £2 \ése fo |o3. sa 23 2 
ted, e, by Mr. Thurtell, of teaving long snags ; } g3is oT peach ba oP me Solidsconsistof | S% |> 34 3a Sis 
bee Spine Gat auc giants OF the timber, the new wood} || ;: 2 (E35 rr : fe leosl oe Bo3 
never united nog the ent a fege 1 recollect that at ge) 3 Names. evar $ yee es 225 
= } & o ~ 
sin th the late Lord Suffie £ 3 Times) Kil. gr. | Water. | Solids. | Starch. aienee Z£ |E= $3 |Es 
brian 2a, |6 
pruning. 1 oeties it will be capone eri you aaa r led Sotte ville i | 3 :. 2 hae; = — 
invite re on so important a subject—H. K.,| F |rose Rohar la: | 4s. 0 
Cheshun : rose Ronan (ean early) % } 12. a ) 1 
R 1g Forest Trees.—It o to SS + 3a or : uu. 4 
root-pruning may in some cases of forest rerées ona Aor bind Champions crs et quality) a : ¥ ; = 
shrubs be usefully adopted: almost ev who plants, white | Noble Ox 1 
ants too close, and having planted close, neglects to thin yellow a (first) d 13. 1 
time, and t fi g t m overpowe sb far veep American * ; 
hers, and it b ary either to cut them bse Very easly white and rose | i ; 
away, or head th hen it is necessary, there- - bn ae 1 1 
fore, to keep a tree nearly stationary, perhaps cutting yellow mapgpelag isd 10. 1 
i round the roots every year would be found useful. Lp Algerine est quality) os : 
take for yellow arly 2. 
Regent’s they are too close and rose Variable . ll. 
egent's Park : already ey y bay att Paris — eye 
avenue would for four or five years spoiled ; bat "t rintet Choice red bs =a 
every other one were root-pruned, the gone 6 would be yell _— * Z 1.6, 
ni gm The unpruned would so one — . . : 
d without spoiling t bos appearance ; besides, the roots ye entre pions (secon s) g : ins : 
of the unpruned would gain more space in which to yello’ cane A F ; 10. 1 
obtain nourishment.— H. K., Cheshunt. F [rose etbonne . i 13. 1 
_ Birds and | Nets. —Mr. Bathurst’ 8 account of the dis- yellow ad- fruit. . . 13. 1 
~} lyellow phepeese wis a ll. 1 
= 0 vio! et re . 18. 
exists of putti gh of “speckled worsted” yellow | Dutch . 5 13. y 
C) row of new-sown 5 rif and the notion is that — _ art Ea . 13. 
birds are afraid of tie worsted; but if Mr. eens is a sionexet sana! § . < 
correct, it e blue-grey colour they fear ; ed Dutch aE tf oe 
coincidence een the an and oe + Engi oe yellow | English Ash- leaved . . 17. 
‘Fence tter m Ind yellow | Common ur: id ; F 13. , 
h yellow | Ségo' — * S a 
rose Rosy r . . . ke 
of red ? tt may be as well to inquire whether the Germans violet | BlneHora . bh , 
always use worsted : if that is so, it a be the Pee oe a Ligetioe % F 3 
= e. . . * . . * 
sarees, oe clings to oS taal feet, which frightens the yello Very 2 AN A an So ag : i: 
ORE cot rose * 3 é 12. 3 
outa Oaks. “caled Que rupee us that the Mexican a “hated cre al “iis tea y 
nee te be dy in the nurseri ir. Tonte oan’ ic: feat) Let lL. 
pate roves to be In a ‘perfectly i aaa, poratone omnes Soot fond o54 3 
ro - . . 
ry ken h ght, it sustained the'late | T |rose 3 
frost myo he f he m the leaves Quercus a ; a yore =e : 9 
yariety of evergreen oak, were destroyed. Qu. rugosa; yen — : : 
was planted in April last, in a stiff loam, withontatree or} r alow Premidres fasons oe 7 : a 4 : 
3 ie ct rs Saar tas et soci downey pay aa public exhibition of the Set rticultural Society | | ose od s for new centres of operation, 
eet y when and ne tel saeitea et sae of i . ll be holden in the Orange the Luxembourg previous your r proceeding direct to Santa Fé. These Gasenies 
: yagat— Having lately adépted @ mode of ‘caltivat- Palace, from the 8th to he Mth of March, ne ihe tot | Seman tae Rennes peeeatiots Se BANOO eoeee ae 
ti fat at deat Ravine foun wing twelve prizes are offered :— r the finest and | flanks, promise a rich harvest of beautiful novelties. No Horti- 
ves soils, I send aa a brief account “of it. z preparing 2 ad bes cultivated plant in flower. nied r the finest forced Shene th be i. Yemild sad pee ma: bet 3 aaa Deaatifal 
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plant i r- Sd. For the best collection of plants i sd ddadinatiie: phintay. nesié. O6-ail wen. tebohod: Regia 
pl flower. 4th. For th hest collection of not less than » ATE BS: with the most ificent species of Bejaria, 
twenty-five varieties of Camellias inflower. 5 r the | Taibeudix, Macleania, and other vaccinaceous genera. You 
Trae asparagus fit for cutting ; he ro in the spring of best ts tion of fifteen vesietes of Rhododen ‘Arbo- | ¥2l un mderstand that it is the e ly plants of these and 
the year, put a quantity of sand i ridges between om apa sh ITA Kor i h. r other genera that the Committee expect you will be able to pro- 
beds, and as be e asparagus begins to make its appearan ae tn Jess th 5 es are fT ai Hie ee a be, ae thieethenenntons, Sear? — snbeeliinetese 
of no Ss me i ¥ i of Indian t ‘ocuring species which will bear at t fngli 
gbere e the g d, I Ninh = the beds with sand about ro For th ti y ma eties. summer without protection "Abéctate plants we te not 
inc for, unless you can reach the limits of snow ; but the higher 
reappears until the sand becomes seven or eight inches in 8th. For the best ‘collection of bulbs in flower. 9th. For zones of the mountains will furnish beautifol greenhouse 
‘ath. Wikked sox aout thadkes thes samen T the most useful or pleasing plant in ago or fuk re-| and. bulbs, anouals, or herbaceous plants which will Jive in she 
{naar paragus agai eee : cently i ced ints France. 10th. For the best collec- | open garden during our war er, While, how- 
prs ah og it t for use, making the sand Jered again ‘Gomi ot ps lt ine thet taal podhete i yore heed these are the great objects on mission, Orch-daceous 
r each cul 7 y' stove ts are to gather 'e Opportun! 
‘dg inthe le rag Speers gent aged ee ee 
4 se My you will wi reac 
the winter ps pice spring months ; a covering beets rotten also be given for the best painting of koat or Hower, or rors havea oe wal 8 Boia ec =, Martha 
when the roughest po are raked off, and the same panty invented instruments for None but | the ° form extensive collections in the neighbo 
els oer ies * “Phe edvant ra French —— will be allowed to ot fr a fore; hood ital, because there will. be no want of nt 
t inding = metal af caltivelic th t the blonched tage * any of the agg gh in France | transport; and when you have gathered. sogethes sya) < 
bee fag ihe tig ere gene Tg of the Society, there are ag two prizes | Worthy of preservation, you will embark 8 a 
part of the asparagus is more tender, the colour more to England by way of Santa Martha or 
ke a the flavour improved; besides which, bez offered to them—one for ne most tare pant. 5 Somes to a —— ions are merely 
d tk ‘ intented ie express the wishes > 
arn de of sand Se orteed an oe te ps operator tion of plants. and that you are at liberty to exercise you rant: Bey 
i} ——— regard to the manner of carrying them into ae the So- 
the bed: ; ciety haying a firm reliance upon your prudence an udgment, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. pon Feo : 
oO ic orders from En can 
ee aotired to a Tout depth with gon prt soil.—W. HORTICULTURAL fs be So homed wees eater ae patingysicies cnet rhs 
Buchan, Blithfield, 28th Jan., 1841. Extracts from the Instructions sent to . Hartweg, through ies so little known to ‘oa will there- 
transferring him fr’ temala to Thave toi fore consult Mr. Skinner and your Guatem i as to 
FO OREIGN ee you that on aecount disturbed state of Guatemala, aud the } the most proper course for you to we trust tuey will 
g th last f probability that you will not Succeed in finding in that y | furnish you with letters to their ts in the places:to 
, January $2 ‘ew years plants suited to the oe air in Engtand, it has been resolved to wien you may proce The English Government have in- 
oernines in the Model we you from rome statien. It — sae opinion of thi cted Beepim consular agents to give you all possible ass assistance, 
d mittee nomi Council to - ne in wh: od the asurer of the Society will make arrangements for the 
you are next to p » that the st eligibl ie country plies of money for your journey. At Santa Fe you 
will be the equatorial part of South yee ng in the midst of the will find Mr. urner, the British envoy to that State, who is BuW 
lofty mountains and coe h table pt of the Andes of Popayan, | in London, wa who will have returned before you cam reacit 
Quito, and Guayaquil. on will therefore take measures for | that a e shall a to interest him warmly in your 
ee theGhty 0aGien aguil, or the nearest place, with as i favo woe er to packil seeds, we cannot too 
delay as possible, and ee apposed you will beable to do so by | strongly recommend yo snared open was bags Wel 
aS ee nage tee cone ot tamale. ‘ Committee | and freely exposed to the air; and in sending them to Europe iY 
would be gad that you shouldin the e first instance lish your- Way of Cape Bo rm a very at id be . if you 
self if possible at Loxa, or ageatgpinnd se s peecara: the moun- | could induce the captain t ¥ then, to 
ins near the coast, whence nec i] aj} sling ‘as ur seeds in his cal 
llection s have been. formed ok ok "geben Peenaeseba e to be Feb. 2 —Dr. Henderson, —a P. in the chair. Es. 
worth sending home. Of seeds obtained at that place Foe will | jun., was elected afellow. Exhibited - * Staagiifcent ecient 
reserve duplicates to bring h with you. exhausted Epiphylium trunecatum, grafted on the Cerews speciogissimus, DY ie 
the ces of that station, you will ei aeiaiene to- | which itis a plant, eee nese 
16th wards the city of Santa Fé ng with you the| flowers ata later plant was trained balloon Seehien 
: collect made m the road, or conveyance for completely covered with its rich crimson ceo Pt z 
oe them to that city. But asthe way may be expected to be long medal was awarded to » gardener to of 
those mo: th iffcult, it will be desirable that you steuld not encumber | Antrobus, forthis plant. Pelargonium aléum muitifioram, 00e 
there is a ed nee between | Fourseif with bulky articles, rg Papen epe tombe i the best varieties for early forcing ; aseedhng sprubby | ere 
* f the sorts ii ants n. | time to seeds of very handsome such objects as ar fave inige dunk. Somens 5 Rowers. nivwlce tor 0S, 
rhe value of many 0 sorts, not only as it: ‘pro-" ir te however hoped that boxes cane sent t , were also sent by Mr. Green. A brace of 
sace of tubers, but also fibre and starch ; for instance, the | Engians from Quite, or from some port in Popayan; in which sown ia an improved pit, with fermenting material 
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