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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
seh 
year following, when the contents were spread in the 
garden like other manure, and no difference fee ce: 
John Patterson, Agent to the Duke % nag alto: 
filled. th 1 supply the plant 
| Proper nourishment—J. Mur 
side i in a corner of the frame. A ood-lice feed in darkness 
’ 
assiflora ‘@ Buonapartea. ie ‘have in my greenhouse 
_ 
awe - bt — eir pe 
loose soil 0; 
3 the moss is han refore nec diciony 
Shrubbery Beds and Border H. Bow wer, of 
Laleham, di 
m, disappro ves of leaving Seathelas to gre as | 
a eat hole i in the con and has grown for si some feet out | 
to pooh them - 
bar 
remain in the pot, to which they will —_ in hundreds 
dt 
recommended Dy 
had thi? 
he particularly criticises the 
by leaving trimmings and pas he me Loi over tie en 
ground. He defends the ec 
I 
this van it iva be — fare ard, which I should con- 
raking borders frequently, 
made between the plants, and eam the mould gman 
of hoeing and ceive ould be very d . G. Fox, Bridpor 
napartea is apparently 
a mere variety of ome en Jet P on mfr ee ris.] 
Chloride of Lime.—I observe that o of your c 
Heal oa ves dents I d proportions o 
FE 
at ee meth 
shrubbery, sd alten it Pal dead leaves, cutt ing a 
other rubbish, mixin; with it to hasten decay ; 
mass is aie 4 Rata over gone) ange and aris well a SF 
Sores: — pak shrubberies and du But with 
respect t can beds, a observes, that they should 
they should be reso durin, 
Ssh wel fermented leaves 5 in Ap ril 0 Ma 
Art a. 
bed th 
the purpose of rererrry 
ended to 
. ary ers A cent 
the enema at of seeds. ay have been reco 
should fancy from | 
very morning the 
pots shou! e pits and the insects de. 
stroyed ; the same bait will serve for a week or longer. If 
proper pete warns p half-a-dozen pots so prepared + 
soon a frame of this troublesome insect.—J, B 
Whit 
pre si3 ty rep atari N 
Paris, wa ys —As information is conti nually 
Sango see lh horteultarits a Pines, perhaps a 
o the vari re 
decayed leaves should be raked, strewing the mould taken 
out of the Sapa er the bed, which i — s ae ply re- 
freshed. system in a country re e gi 
scarce is are b 
Melon and Cucumber Pits —Mr. Cathill, florist, Love- 
£ xh) 
be used very carefully, and the length of during 
which the seeds are immersed must Sopasld des oe thick- 
nes skin. I tried the effects of the solution on 
mustard-seed, the time of immersion being six hours, a’ 
grain has vegetated. ds of Strelitzia regine 
erg immersed for 24 hours, and being sown and pla 
otbed on the Ist Feb., are now swelling, and will 
ah Is Ww 
probably be upin a-week or ten days, whilst an uns 
er of seeds rosso ye to the earth on Ist Jan. are 
ju appening — Oxoniens 
Horses and Pota iia. --Hles not Mr. 
Carroll mistaken 
eties in in Paris, and the 
may not be cation cable. The Potager, 
moval Ki tchen Garden of Versailles, — — merit of 
nodneis this and other fruits in the gre 
an establishment, and all that skill and rent can 
require is accomplished ne the able direction of M. 
“ The Pi 
aki with hot water ; it contains abou plants, 
yenne Lis 
and ‘Epineux, Providence, Enville, Smoot Black 
walk, C 
‘amberwell. 
Sere Liebig means to say on reat alone, whereas 
h and 
St. Vincent, Havana 
d M 
re ites fi ie ‘A Montserrat, Welbeck, Ripley, Globe, Brown an 
a ist the mortar should not be “thorengily dried, te | Mr. C.’s. horses were fed with oats and hay in addition. Oui rloaf, Lemon Queen y vi 
2 id 147. 
= is attended to, the mo’ ny ort 
? nitrogen is an ingredient, hi as been on; ory however, more than 1000 plants are 
— oe rete wnt datos 7 “2 . n die if sare are oy alone | annua lyfe ed, — 700 Gnsina, and 300 Cayenne, 
ere ro i ‘al Tthough on starch, sugar, gum, or other: substances which do not oickly’ and Providen The Cayenne, both smooth and 
contain this element.—J. S. Henslow ickly, is of an cellent flavour, and weighs on an 
the walls were coated with cement to the thickness ofa 3 seals 0h Youh 0 to 191 ¢ 
quarter | of an inch. _ Mr. Cuthill enn Se 
ause he 
is able to apply ho Sas n the 
former case, and cathe latter it is necess ary to sw osratiy it. 
the 
to Mr. Green’s. 
onicle, p. 35. 
__ Bvorgreens.—Me. Street, gardener at Biel, near Preston | 
ie sawn off, and th 
_The best 
oy principal branches should always 
y large owe °* 
, covered. with bra 
6 feet; their * yond 
aurels are trained up 
Bnet lterts me 3 
For ester’’ recom: 
ia’ 
ur corresponden 
Rp 
wy 4 
would beeas y to show, u upon physi a} 
‘* A Young Forester” i is right, ts that the evectine he 
| recommends for the birch should be applied to all trees 
cw - ae for stools. 
8 to 10, need bones pone from 2 to 3lbs. The mode of cul- 
tivation ap ery si Linties to ye of of England, ex~ 
cepting, seas that ere the young plants have hee 
opel un culture i in summer ; the feakees eer 
October, and hog in ~ houses 
frames in the 
sandy loam 
ey Fe 
-d and taken into the pits. Some of fthe | fruiting _ 
echenaultia.— Mr. Drummond having sent t 
Rr bem 
of ead described as Blue Lechenaultias, rauch anxiety | 
The hot naam 
applied to all the Toa ranges of “forcing: 2 woes for Peaches 
d been fancied by a aut = in- 
| divin that ‘ne nfo raised from these gpa not 
ist and 
chenaulti as whic! h were known to 
SERES ET PS Ts 
Ses eee | 
ri 
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large overgrown ones, that have been “cut off three feet 
m the ground, fi Mr. 
dunt it Phowket come close to a stems of the p plants, a 
not — ing circle of earth round them, which renders 
ve iiebde to be injured by frost 
—This, the Lace 
, grows 
plentifully in ‘many parts of Jamaica, bough | if if the a 
0 
hat of Lechenaultia, the leaves of the former bein 
neled oF = the under side, while those of the latter are quite 
erm Robert F 
seneg ere i pom in the Garden Memo- 
Feb. 
> 
Cherrie: es, Grapes, 
et which i > 
trained against 
rama a feet high + and upon ww be see 
ruits - also White pegs Figs naiely "pel 
bro sill mea rapes, 
, and nch Beans fit 
aaa th e celebrity = has 
tained, ry love horti who 
| Paris or Versailles should on fail to inset it especialy a 
there is no — ulty of admissio — applic 
ca ons. M is no thos sie 
possessi 
a ctv rt geod pen have annem 
use or conservatory. In an edifice 
description a ct a friend of ree a —— saw the 
ot b mall A 
ape _— was 
quisite aie Citrus plants, Kem it grew po 
flowered freely. My own plant, now in ‘bloom, has never 
Itis fi 
ty, also obtained many from seed. These 
lt i t ti and 
vigorous state of their plants give abundant proof of the 
of the nae excellence of this : the post they use is 
more sandy nature than that of England; all their young 
t’s — _— are ——, in the open _ mer, and 
metimes treated in 
same way. 
tached to the palace of Versailles are po gardens and 
x ‘s and a kind of grass, like a j in “ Paxton’s Pliren of the Trianons: the nursery is upon.a large 
a 1a pba oval seeds as hard as bone, | Magazine,” No. 65, under the name of G. oblongata ; ee -_ chap above forty acres; here ae y ropegees 
which ura fe utiful nec i th axe t trees, Howering shrubs, evergreens 
ought always to be sent by collectors with the plants, and | ment I have made respecting its thriving in a low tem- a ts, required for the Royal Gardens of 
th should even be retain entific works as sy-| perature is fally borne out.—A Devonian. St. Cloud, Neal, Meudon; the Tuileries, &c. &c. Im- 
nonymes. ad the native name of Daphne Lagetto been Clianthus us punic eus.—In your — toa sco es mense numbe ers of R thododendrons, | zaleas, 8, Sc, 
recorded in the Hortus Kew ewensis, it t might by this t time _ ay that 3 will grow in the open air of Cornw ually ithert 2 
i id Devon : : this, as applied to our ordinary winters, is been an any striking new varieties prherters 3—indeed, ode? 
t; dizing was not. I believe 
wnself aif. Manures It i ce I made | not endure a ‘season as rigorous ‘as the present unpro- the pleasure garden are several fi 
experi on some ‘i : opcohe from | tected. itt f on introduced i into Europ also 
= the south co and again aoe front of the house, 
a south-east as tpt, Clianthus puniceus has attained 
the or a 14 or 15 feet, gor epee the winter and 
spring of 1839-40 w. met pe with ro racemes of 
ant a mass of glowing scar- 
it i apparent d — though i it 
may 28 arom dh shoot en "the root.—. 
‘urnip-fly.—A correspondent co ‘2. Essez) 
tn pg elder branches ry over eds in 
which turnip-seed is so will, gard 
cent design. 
ars ground, and : 
roots | tioad ts tones of sia! and this ome eT: 
if appli oe 
Pinus teda and rigida, Larix pendula 
Cuppa heterophylla, Alnus serratifia 
| and rubra, Betula nigra, Ormus polyga’ 
a Gere pal 
&e. &e. 
ricshcgeeetne es ok Se 
Mare <5 Petehens Wega pate Ser shee Dr. Cooke and 
Mr. Soubenecm were elected. Read—the description of a new 
and curious Monocotyledonous plant, Triuris by found 
near Rio Janeiro, 
iar ger eat the insects. The ; sam ‘acké cae. ee ae és 
correspon ent romises hi , arch 2.— enderson, chair. C. “ 
Coed ome rie cour of orig | gett, Mita act 
of feces. in the open field. distilled ot hater He OE distilled water and sal comet 
-lice.—By the following ve = method, distilled water and ammoniacal li water, sal a0 
frames and pis night be Ree comparatively fren fom | Renin Sr an'atcoatn! a Saiclwa oa 
woodlice; at any vom the insects might be so far subdued | moniac, and nitrate of potassa, or . Dr. Lindley stated 
injurious to ts. Putacold the results of this experiment to be, mariate of amt 
Wile feces, toa itis esi Galle te the pot by mney any cies Hyactith; ond that when combanod wie eet 
ving a little ha nitrate of soda, nitrate of potassa, or muriate of a1 
of enticing the insects to enter; then lay the pot on Bate of soda irae of pram, oF mana, of 
