_88 
= the — of which are epparently eng aa but 
ma 
upon n the in favour of its applicatio nas a ure. 
npon fw oat is 
one recorded by ie Hillyard, of Thorpelands, Ne 
Pr 5 whic erves to be made e,generally. ies Out 
of s 
x kinds of vaheat which were dibbled under nal cir- 
cumstances, in loamty soil, after mangel wurzel, the fo! +e 
er Acre. d. 
Whittington white produced 4 qrs. = bus. worth 13 16 9 
Surre sate 2 1414 0 
Snowdrop w Pia, 7 26 Se 
Brown, called ‘Suter “. 5 0 1513 6 
Essex bro nc a 0 135.17 0 
Barwell . 5 1712 0 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS fo: for the the beet Week. 
Purtars in no business tatio: meagelengeers: 
in te sprinz, and yet 
ploymen ts and time at this 
vere and dela. 7 balamgsie i such 
season! more especially after sev 
as we h; ienced lab erly, Lf which the ¢ os! a ae 
the oid- 
ol P 
t tho pel who 
des 
erided 
wancing surel cp hee Gad 
eS saaabent sine en, hy the increased | 
tion of which will becom th 
of day, Of solar tofiiense, and other propitious circumstances, 
eae. a be taken wit cas soe ition, nj wor 
when a 
tion Kept chats yal in propo 
ble, with referenc: e to external bri ya pone 
_ ia ou ¢-door nic th 
time : 
reesei to be onli from the zardeners’ 
ust be shown by actions, or it will signify 
aha enance delays ; eae Aeths  a 
wiil be rye = unav praital ble regret and se! f-cond 
—KITCHEN GARVEN AND OR CHARD. 
ine peers and. Foreing Vepartment. 
Pingery.—tThe succession: and suckers in da ang-pits, if they 
hare become dry, may have a litt!e water ; let it be Warmed, and 
in the morning of aclear day} admit air at all fitting 
opportunities; prepare tanners’ bark by frequent turnings, &c. 
areakt sie net alow tue shoots to touch the glass, or they 
be Ae rabal ably; be destroyed by cold, bes:des the risk of being 
a ingen cu-fly 
re ; Should the green-fiy 
make, its e wr ners veka ately ; 
thie vo remove n + Stilices mS 
ry ne To bat eee use, water for Rectan or for 
waite at.the root, below the. for cherry. of the house. . 
Exe: HoUSE.—The obser cheérry-ho jouse are ap_licable 
Cue the temperature, that it | 
does var sink we 70°, see the bys. with well-pre- 
pared dung, if — are re own in frames. 
Mcsugoom-BEeps made last month. may now be spawned, if 
their Semmens 1 Beaboue t 60°. 
Sz d, Keen’s 
seadiini nig, OF 
PoratTors.— ety kinds poor hotheds for succession ; 
those bro: waht Beoenas in pots may be planted out if a wher 
oe pots and remain 
Sacrand other herhs. — 
the peach-house a ta pees 
ay ov Orchard Department. 
Cav tenn them ancévered aay and night, except | 
ia very nots or or gy weather. 
Cress, MesTarD, AND OTHER SMALL SALADING.—Sow a suc- 
cession in boxes. 
Pras. ee Kni hi’s Dwarf Green Marrow, and similar sorts. 
ADISHES.—Sow in a warm situation, and cover with mats or | 
litter: 
SpIvacd. =a swnalk” quantity May be ‘sown in a sheltered 
pera piot, Et 
Nectarines ; it will keep 
Prue and nail Peaches and 
pinay ie enen. are coated with a mixture of lime, sulphur, and 
Set soap lal oo abrush ; do not'use old shreds unless pre- 
viously pie 
—FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In Dear Departmen 
Srove.—Give ite eee Uae ae &s spaingly a: 
consieteit with the Leertabigirss of the healt: of ae ‘pisnes: # 
any vlants show indications owtn, their repotting should not 
be — vel. 
Dead leaves gener lly become more numerous 
inst ‘be! a ‘the = nts So eae growing: Te the pl.nrs be ever 
1 fine, their bets and the mers ‘ion they are casable of pro- 
diet é are efface 180 ig ws they are all wed torena n; cleaa 
dl the plants be re- 
the surface of tie 2 pots 
na ed legibly ets cor rect! .. 
tenet to, both in the 
houses and flower-garden, it will “ fear & great saving 8 time 
to the ipaere acer ource of uninterrupted enjoyment to his 
= ongaies 
Dp Faas —Ixias, Sparaxis, Anomatheca crucnta, and 
oe bulb: pra tsg 3 ss, shou} Pages ne potred in aan pots for 
tarnin# out to b y in the dower-rar ‘ens pte in Roses 
to torce for april; pes: pee SY Hyacinth, 
d. Persian flaca: er. Dal:ha-seed on a slig he + othed; 
mence exci‘ing old roots from which it is’ cesiable to propaxate 
‘Sow 8e@\s of Calceo'arias, Petunia salpigiussis, and others 
en. cael rasan otle heat. 
ut- Door Depe 
Remove suckers from Roses, ye yen flowering shrubs; 
finish vigeine shribberie<, if possible, ana beds in the flower- 
Lene hg cesar used for groupne, in ——— ular, pen 
anting, bulbs acca off-ets ae kinds; 
ates. pi far turneravel w: 
pera and walke 
bbe meg A.D POREST A dec ae 
ear-old seedlings of Thorn, Larch, “glm, and 
now ie drawa from the-seed-beds i+ ) open aan 
should not be destroyed,.as many seeds. not vegetate 
Begin a collect ¢ sttines for grafting ears their | 
ee? ocks of ail kinds Id be in ad ance | 
= aneens: wih: planticg all 
a : 
trees; at » the same, time shoagé i rather 
d nd Soa not bef cae 
Holly, Eaurel, 5 
A few plants in ar may be placed in | 
Many of o 
the ov Eh nciyal out-door ope'ations 
flow 
™ 
b 
and seeds should be pase over, and prepared for planting as 
soon as the weather bre: 
BP pose as iis sen SMALL Gh. 
oe a 
nd 
THE eisai eats! 
A EY but nar just 
Hl di 
a 
CHRONICLE. 
ead leaves in —s 
ney will create | lias 
paringly 
ty. 
Apples, desse: 
lata, Pheen ‘coma pro aia Cyciam: 
1» a 
Petre, dessert, per ty sve. 38 to 16s 
eA 
[N°-.6 
= Pippin, and Searlet Nonparei att m price they about the 
very small garden, | as last week. Pears are gi nesally o: ra superior Fanaiy, mnaibeias the 
_ " oapplieable to are eet Benrre Rance, Ne plus Meuris, Easter 
i Heurré, and Poire . Shaddocks and a toes are pien. 
pent of plants in | t:fal, and some oni mn very large. Oranges and Lemons are 
the small plentitul, and good in pile stash Mandaria 
, fruits, and vegetables best suited for vase gardens. is netsogond, Sav good. 
isa oe prejudice to 1 magine that gardens will not thrive near bage: scarce and of small -ize. Brussel: outs are ex. 
London, or evenia it, There was some years a spa cheer- lent. ‘otsand Turmips are pretty good, but the supply of 
ul garden in one of those sunk courts within the inner area of | the latter is not.so large as usual. Onions are not plentiful, but 
Somerset-hous at many trees and shrubs will bear the | they e of good qual Celery is scarce and of inferior 
smoke of Lond«n, is shown by the beautiful Plane trees near the | “escription. Asp+ragus and Sea-kale are of first-rate ex: ellence, 
church of St. Dunstan’sin tee East, the Lime trees in Princes- | and the supply abundaut.. Forced Reubarb is rath-r . but 
treet, Bank, and the Acacia tree in Wood-s'reet, Cheapsie. | generatiy good. Jerusalem Artichokes are no’ plentit Mush. 
For the pre-ent, the severity of the weather puts a stop to all out: ooms and Truffles are excelleat and not scarce, Flore: ~Every 
- work; but plants in windows ought to be now care'ully pro- | week add ark: tin this department; the 
aoy. sca ee and Ch 
— Sarvapay, Fas, 6, 13. 
sai sh. 3s to 20 
01 er 
SIR EAL os Aernl Be Niet nc = sper brace, 3 to ~ weet Almonds, per! 
rapes, Spanish, per lb. tols thes 
2 eer OMOLOGICAL pad ch ~ ae Rastaghee tate} Walnuts, ush. 16s to las 
As the still continues so inclem the gardener and | Oranges, pr. doz. 6d to2s Nuts, per bushe!— 
farmer ndlccoe ic io better than copia their people in searching f. 2 pikes er fis - Brazi \ér to 
and destroying all eggs, grubs, and ccc sons of insects, whereve te peep sercwte 
they are to be found, either in the granary, ‘bac. room, or on Vv LES. és 
fruit-trees. The eggs of the lackey moth (Clisiocumpa Neustria) | Sayoys, per doz to 2s Radish, Red, p. punnet of ¢ hands, 2s 
are now easily seen, arranged spirally round the twigs Gaerne Red for re. 1s6dto4s | Spinach, per half sieve, 42 
ipa, iS In 
uly the moth appears, whieh in size and colour is fet wie the 
moth. Its colour is light yellow, and s»meti 
he uppe: 
Cabbaze’ Plan 
‘oh 
a, es beh. 4s toés 
On ions: Perak ra 4s 6d to 5s 
aah Tithe » hf. sve. 2s ae » Pe nf. sieve, 49! 
1 mish, per doz. 18 6d to 5¢ 
they are full-gro — Digan. - Leeks, se he whes, 23 to 3s 
i Potatoes, oid ton, 5f, to 6/. Asparagis, T 100, Large, Ss to 10s 
lar spins between two — New, per Ib. 25 “eg or Middling, 4s 
‘s ioubaah i Jerusalem Artichokes, per ha rue, or Small, 23 
Ss a sieve, Is. 6d Sea-kale; tig punnet, !¢ 6d to 3s 
mth. Turnips, White, per doz. b., 5sto 7s 
6d 
ie eer LS apes «73 pect hif.-sieve, be 
| r 
dive, per score, 
es dark Parsneps, per doz. 6d to Is 6: Cele HEN undle rhe to 15) lstole 6d 
d Beet, per doz. 1s 6d to 23 Small salads, per punnet, 3d 
Tr nes are banded, and ee lower Scorzonera, tee bundle, Is 6d | Parsley, 5 aiae,t05 ; 0 Ss 
ic. Sn ale is | salsafy, per bundle, 1s 6d Mishoo, erates pe 0 23 
rse Radish, er bundle, 1s 6d to5s Morel: 
quen’ 2 Ss, Sot ee to Geonames fe 
pst not confine its ravages to fruit-trees, but attacks many e handed over the order to Messrs. Mudie, the Agents 
one? ees, Such as beeches, elms, poplars, oaks, and e vats pines. | of Le oaharanaoneotis = Fspanerites; as we do not pvicteshae forward 
The be: east esseuing the devastation committed by this | papers direct from the office. Have the goodness, therefore, in 
insect is, in the winter season, Cibefty to bela ht fruit-trees | future to write direct to Messrs. Mudie. 
& the bands ofees laid on the branches, and to ih them Sn M.R.—There are some large plants of ivy upon record. Mr, 
May, when the caterpillars are living in kockety, =the nests con- | Loudon ose one at Morpeth, the stem of which is nineteen 
taini —. i teas be collected and destroyed. Care must be | inches and one-third in diameter, at the height of nine feet from 
taken when collecting the nest; for if the caterpillars are much | the doll Ss of another Giz near 
distu roe ser let se deen hid down to the ground by means of ontpelier, which was six feet in circumference at the bas~,and 
bee ae n thread, and escape. divided into two great trunks, from two to five feet in circumfe- 
tri 
0. Hazy; drizzling rain at noon; hazy at night. 
omarea 
ningia is not aistinct from Gloxinia, ain which 
on the fs of sheds, 'S grew at first erect, 
— even eon mtbe tops ao walls, Seve Ps i of ichneamon all. The branches of this plant covered seventy-two 
bre nairoress ue hn si the caterpillar: msiderably lessen the peer and the soiree coset was eighteen gee when De 
Candolle examined it, but it had been larger; he mated its 
THE M RATION OF BIRDS IN st ete RY. age at 433 years. 
Few maser. tints arrive during this month, e: #H. K. shall have an answer to his request concerning seeds, 
beaks and silktails, which sometimes ap in poms and if possible next week. He will see that sits are a herge eae 
weather. bert White mentions that la: ge flocks of hen chaf- | to run the risk of displeasing interested persons where 
finches are likewise seen, which are supposed to come from the bared prin ires it. 
i So The rds, which arrive — ie ve is to be employed to heat a greenhouse, it can only 
i — the and 20th of | bé 0 ae ne of the many contrivances that have been thou, oughk at 
aaa, —The Long-tailed Clangula sasnnis ; the | since Dr. Arnott published his. The ola German stoves, in which 
Tufted Wrees Valirater. so 8 Grey Goosander x (Mere us thei eh is come red-hot, is not suited to such a purp se. 
serrator) ; bse vager mir Coecothruustes tulguris) ; and ow good Arnott stove is the best of all, if it can be m but 
flake (Emberi Jisy. vants are not to be trusted with it; and if i so managed 
eas that gas escapes from its joints, it will do great injury to plants. 
State of the Weather for the Week ending February 4, 1841, as | A Chunk stove is cheaper than an Arnott, cannot allow gas t 
observed at the Horticu.tural Garden, Chiswick e escape, and a more easy to manage; but it requires to be 
BAGOMETER. TibeMoMiTER. ighted every day, which is troublesome, a man 
i lI | Wind. | Rain, | Will pot draw well. L. B. iN find a small hot-water appa- 
: * | ratus mach the best, and all more sive at first, far 
F =a 29 Mex m8. ” : | Max re Min. eras x. 2 | More satisfactory in its results. If, however, ly wants to 
matics 30 30. 281 30.2 a 1} 49 = W. 63 keep frost oat of his house, a small Chank stove will probably 
saute 31 65; 42 — on SS wee serve his purpose e will readily give inserti tiers con- 
‘eb a = | " ei perio ee action 0 3 Dumerous kinds re vated in a 
‘J Vi the writers wil Page and are not eres! 
Le -! wa seats 3 o es sie i Lele in ne tale of what they desc. all such stoves a pan Of 
7 ant End w. the top is indispensable. 
pay e a pig se eer 2 it te ah We ao. not wonder at Juverna’s diffic culty about the hybrid ob- 
saa sa} ayo a ae Ne. tained by Mr. Marnock between Sinningia ee and a 
rao f = Far Herbert is correct in say ing | that no true bigen 
pang See Ln tra -22_ | male is on record, and we do abt the ‘aecuracy 0 of the assertion 
fan. 29. Hazy, with slight hour-frost;. fi ; t in at that tod wea has been abeainet betwi oA tarehaeintl aurea and 
nij it B acutifolia. The tact is, that ‘the so-¢ 
ealied genus Sin- 
hit differs in 
Foggy in the moruing ; rain; "sleet and Saow; showers in | Suthing e. cay aaa winged ova 
thi ‘ihre yon. There are so many ways of drying plants; that almost & 
eb. 1. Overca:t; fi ng thick! ae a@plan of hisown. The only points for Mr. Tovey mie 
ing drifting with bi ack ix E. wind. attend to are'to dry his specimens guiekiy. thoroughly, and be- 
Sau wine Overcast; snow-showers ; calm and frosty at oleh neath a will not ¢rush them. If-they are succulent 
Sharp frost ; hazy, with cold and dry easterly wind ; wee apt to cast their leaves, they should Ba in <4 water 
frost at night. eviously to being placed under own mi is to 
4. OF veal cast; dry north-east d still prevailing, each specimen a sheet of paper, and to inter- 
Though 4 Litreancly £ ae nak as in ete between 
frost has recarred with 
ly winds, th 
2 preceding month, 
much severity in the aS eck a accom- 
panied with brisk dry N. E., or easter e bad 
pose 
place thi 
in @ napkin press, and to 
fh 
press them 
fects. f — so Servigtys tery Seer to prevent the leaves and flowers from 
aie thas os hrivelling. W 
hice are more ive smi on mauy kinds of Plante’ th, papers are quite damp, we separate bpeesic 4 
the former more e frost. spread them on the oor of a room where they can become 2 
RE RRO SS ttle dry, and then and piace them in the 
State of the Weather at Chiswick dnring the last 15 Years for pened as before. or inert tae Weeaante. This operation is 
the ensuing Week endiny: the 13th February, 1341 repeated daily, eill the plants are quite dry. A quicker and better, 
PE ee —— Sick sae tommhosoniee oly $e trehat SU ates ually Our of EE 
Sabet yp Ber reatest( Prevailing Winds. them 
SS el Sea 4 ol veesinlaumetityl eee ~ | damp into hot and dry ones, immediately p is 
caeise sist “tah fast a down; vbat tis is more roublesome than the other When we cap 
wasps Sheers of 2) 13 Me ength 
Feb. |a==12.5°|=©| Rai Rain Bh te | le find alittle ‘we will explain this matter at full } < 
wee \< : “ | <> Mr. Thomas fea gel gather the juformation he requires as to the 
j price of plants from some of the advertisements that have already 
: ap: din our columns 
Su. 7) 492 | 35.8 42.5 8 | 0.28 in.j—)—} 1)/—| 3) 6) 3) 2) ge Fb. shull have an answer next week. We have written to 
M. 8) 47.8 | 97.0 |42.4 9 | O67 | Hi} F—} 4) 7) 3) 2 | ur. M‘Entosh on the subject. 
a. 9] 47-6 | 889 eO7) Sf O30) Fl) | 8 S12) F., Camberwell.—Tau is not St to be employed as are till 
Ww. 7 == —- wiped Zz — 2) 2) 0) —) 3) 8) 4 | it isthorongily roten od way is to mix it with n fermendlog 
= =o srs poe bos Z post i : rape = = * a stable litter, when it : soon decomposed; but we are of xo 
Gi x oz < ne eke - 
S13) 46.0 | sa ast 5 1003 | tH 2i iis} 24i aie foemployitsaches. 0 dry and char it, Gr even to bum My 
perio $ portion of correspondent asked usa elgg fe two since if J: 
ing thi armest day in this 
February Gostrra on rae Tene in 183!—thermon.eter Be? 
coldest on the 12th and 13th, i 
ae 
Tae weather having again 
ruits and Ve-etables is, in con 
stoctres! Pip, 
in. 18438— thermometer 
ON 'T GARDEN MARKET, Tb 
r the Week inioog a 5, r8al. amongst the greenho: 
become very severe, the supply of the course of the summer Ciao two cittstert of flow 
, HOt so abundant as last has little bgsder-gp et 
ere 
Mamet Pipoi, Reinette tora P 
Bibston “Fippin, € t of Wick, North 
Pippi, London or S 
Garton 
asthe Laurustinus, 
and ricerigisy lum had ever blossomed in 
og informed us that 
quite Be andere 3 “wie t ramble away to 
rtrenlatly Porta: eae rah a not flower pivahine, wh ‘starved ay ery small pol 
ght into the market > ingules ek 
method ofereiatine the Pata will 
oa pas ge 
2 if 
Mr. 
it flo: eats pat r der his care 
of “the Hort Society some years ago. Mr. 
be ary aiso states: that asweihert last year a plant in a very 
pot was placed out ouse plants, a in 
it 
cote de So thickly set in toe cluster 
the exception foliage bank 4 
