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i Marcn 13.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 169 
PRICES, Sarurpay, Mascn 13._FRUITS:— refer him to Loudon’s Arboretum Britannicum. As long an an- r 
Apples, dessert, per bush. 4s to 30s Cucumbers, per brace, 5s to 108 swer as we can ourselvesafford time or room for is the following NEW s oO F TH E WE EK. 
* Pears, dessert, per hf.-sve. 4s to 12a Pummeloes, 9d to 1s 4d —Elm: Coombe Abbey, Warwick. Holly: Merton, Norfolk. 
Strawberries, forced, per oz. 32 to 5¢ | Shaddocks, 3s to 5s Scotch Laburnum: Sanchie, Stirlingshire. Lime: Moorpark, Tue arrival of ici overland Mails has supplied us with 
x Pine Apples, p. Ib. 58 to 8s Almonds, per peck, 7: Ke PP: 
: Grapes, Spanish, per Ib. 9d to 1s Sweet Almonds, per Ib. 8¢ Herts. Norway Maple: Kew. | Sycamore: Cobham Hall, Kent. | news of great interest from India, China, and the Levant; 
S sbichap es pr. Ib. 1s to 38 Chesnuts, a2. peck, s to 7s Bedford Willow: Syon. Walnut: Finborough Hall, Suffolk. nd th H 
Oranges, pr. — pon = ble uts, pe wat & Ash: Cobham Hall. ns the packets from New York have brought recent and 
—_ ‘per 100, to ‘ats, per b H. Thompson.—The Flanders Spinach for winter use, and that | important i from the United States. The news 
Bitter, per 100, 8s to 16s _ 5 ay ‘to 208 * 4 
; L ss . 3% 2 mentioned in Ci geese stake 4 ny of feeding pigs China expeditior 
oR Lexy 6s toe _ a at midsummer, are both thi Melon-seeds shall oe of the is not more favourable than that 
i ee Mr. Strickland. - by the last Mail; the negotiations proposed by 
Savoys, pei Is to 28 6d | Garlic, per poun lod _S.E., received. 5k ska Sc ks gal ans Admiral Elliot have beneficial It, and the 
Cabbage, Say F piel ome pr dls to 226d | prmee —e pound, s 2d ticultural Society, where information concerning them can be * . é 
Cabbage Plants, per doz. 3s to5s so Det a Large, Lip i procured hereafter, upon nang Admiral has the command, leaving the con 
4 Brussels Sprouts, hf. sve. 1s 6d econd, or cfoeat Ldbage 36d i, Sea The te Seiden Ic : ng 
German Gzsone Or Re te epi as Se eahieies past . $ , Ryde.—The term ‘maiden loam” is generally applied to | duct of the expedition to the Commodore, Sir Gordon 
Broceol White, per bunch, 2s to4s | Sea-kale, per punnet, Is = o¥ that which a ene from the Gace of pasture-land; ‘‘ yellow Bremer, who ‘ 
‘russia ‘Phen pee mechs ka papa ar ae a de en loam,” to soil of that colour, whether from or cultivated » who has threatened immediate hostilities if the 
arnip Tops, per sac =e : 2 ground ; phisnr sandy loam,’ the one or the other, when iations be not henceforth carried i 
| Endive, 35 Bd to 5s 7 4 ° : ; earnes 
‘ matey tos, ger ts Ps 100,42 tods 6d th ae eee are - tates ‘edtoSe mixed with sand naturally or yp atleg We do not understand the Chi Commissiz oe a3 . 
Antanas, per pound, adtwoz. | Smal Salads, per punnet, 3d your other question about the brick . Brick earth is ape age we on communication from our 
t Jerusalem Artichokes, half- | Corn Toreressy per dor. sma poe tenacious and ic ; loam is friable. gives a clear and 1 
H Taine Whine, pct Sane siete Meberiigier. ele aleve _— _ K.—The plant commonly found in collections for Iris sinensis, ree age Te SED 
id 28 to 2s Gd pe Parsley, per half sieve, tt to2s 6d is a variety of Iris germanica; with darker fiowers, and is \- 
‘arrots, hes, 4s to 6s Fen per doz. bunches, 4¢ ee I. defiexa, of the Floral Cabinet. If our correspondent | COnsequen on the death of the two last rulers of 
Een in) sah piper ge Thyme, fing: iim eans Pardanthus ee that plant Soe be rested | Punjaub "¢ the Levant, have again 
Med Beet, per dae Ye tose Mint (green) per doz. b “ during hp rea Lares kept — ab a little OF ¥ * assumed an 
Scorzoneray per bundle, 1s 3d Yeppecmiss (dried) per doz. bunch. 1s | artificial when led in consequence of conditions which 
; » per bundle, Is ‘arjoram ) bunch. 10d i Porte ‘ Pacha r 
Horaealieh per San 2tose | Savory died) pep dog gchoe |g rong stat to be informed whether ‘Wells's White ae has Aniposed.pnee, pee "deny oremeion 
yi » per punnet, ls ri 3 i im. 
ee slvr an t Huenare pte) ae Sakg Climbing Rose” or “ Wells’s Seedling” be the ‘same rose as | ™ans transmitted to him. It among other 
Onions, old, per bush Lavender (dried) per doz. bunch. 38 | Madame D’Arblay? If not, ional “ i these firmans in 
.7 ae seis aie aztorea auer ubarb Stalks, per fete to ls 3d canot find a rose under ein gap c 
oe Capalaba pier Goke aieel 0 Morse on st 8 7d her answer we can nm is this ;—There were several Seedling Roses verde 
Chives, per bitch, od Tru pales (ae (asied), ua Th, Ve. lds. te bie be rangi | Mr. ‘wee Pg rag poe out, they were : é 
; — per pot ) per por marked Redleaf, . 1, 8, &e, pga the best for flower- * a ee 
: Ieeks, per doz ch. 28 ee Wear Garland Noisette, probably is that here pea aman mg due for the last three years ; they 
ap aa meant. We arenot aware of an; "of th Redleaf Seedlings ikewi: uire hi build no n ships, to reduce hi: 
_ __ Notices to Correspondents. the same as Madame D'Arblay, which is said to be a’Frenck | on et vata wi ag oe pe oul 
Mr. Curtis oe a ests that insects forwarded to him seedling | army, and to surrender the appointment of his o! to 
may be accompanied by every caxiieuieie relative to the places S. Buckland.—It is a mistake to suy ndistac! | the Sultans and t reserve to Porte the of 
they inhabit and the mischief they do ; otherwise nothing can be | a rer sang poss or greenhouse Sex gies ie en ae procured > Pere ad oP op i 
sommunicated to the public which is either useful or interesting. | M‘Nab, of Edinb urgh, many years ago, from the Botanic Garden inating t 
—11, Robert-street, Bas: tead-road, London. i at Kew, wate it had been cultivated in the greenhouse or stove, | ants. To the last of these 
B.—an Ind ndex, as we have already announ be published we forget which. He finds it succeed perf in a pond in the objects, appealed, it is said, ialen ge f 
| #6 the coud fe Feed : air, where it flowers i ery year, ripens it fo ‘odifi of 
ex.—The following varieti and sows itself in hundreds _ If you are desirous of growing it in | for a m cation the PP’ 
ard trees in the climate of eo the pine-stove, you cannot your young plants in better cir- ent tertained in begga sf and ‘Alexandria that this 
; _ Apples. cumstances than those you describe. The seeds of Lisianthus Advi 
i Devonshire Quarren-) Keswick Codlin . Baxter’s Pearmain Russellianus may be sown any time from March to August, in peas cco 
a Rae a eae : ree Pear- | order that the plants raised — Bogen ay dk be strong before the | from hi ith 
ty Ha m Pippin commencement of winter. tted off and 
Wormsiey Pippin | Tower of Glamis_ Braddlick’s Nonpa- | established in 60-sized pots, gic off the ce of f the young p plant, we Uaited States are more and more seriously 
: Kerry Pippin Claygate Pearmain whic i pram “— to — — laterals and become bushy. ceuien the * 5 Ser br Foreign Affairs have re- 
. Margil ‘ees Pearson’ § Plate : Coe! one le Pippin Kee) he winte: a temperature between a stove the demand of the British Minister for the li 
| of the Pippins | Dumelow’ 's Seedling | Northern Greening and pth tay foi itin ieee serine | in some rich free soil, and ported % 
: ythornden ‘| Bedfordshire Found | Sturmer Pippin shift it again as the pot fills with roots. It is one of those plants tin gE Mic WET aedh Seatifvings Sha yiags of the State 
7 Cornish Aromatic ling which if allowed to get unhealthy are very difficult to recover. We | of New York, and ing that his capture was justifiable. 
: E _ Pears. t do not yet know enough of the patent asphalte to judge whether ° = 
4 Summer St, Germain] Louise Bonne (of | Knight’s Monarch it would be a good material for lining a pond for gold and silver fish. | It was generally believed, even by the members of this com- 
Dunmore Jersey) Nelis d’Hiver K.—The Early White Chasselas Gra: es, is | mittee, that issue of peace or 
Hessel Althorp Crassane Passe Colmar * doubtless the Chasselas Précoce, a S are ‘, the bj 
. Flemish Beauty Marie Louise Ne plus Meuris lata grapes, the Muscat Escholata, and Escholata superba ; wi — ike by a bill has ae 
ae peeee tiene Beurré Rance the first of which pee ne be tee. iis Minseat-of Ale introduced it 
; ‘own acon’s Incom: andria, and the other will probably be found 
‘ o Black Ma i ts | ment ead put the frontier defences in an effective “state, 
: : lums. sé . AL specimen sent is Soe, Ah acca 
Gisborne’s Early Reine Claude Vio- | Shropshire Damson | mascula), a very old inhabitant "i our gardeee, W tro tory ; and it was supposed 
Early Orleans Jette Downton Impera- that the Peeony produces seeds out of doors ; yea your ° ¢ 
Royale Hative pane trice vont would, if protected during the flowering season by two | that Mr, M‘Leod would ay pean and executed. 
; z erries. sashes placed thus 4. We fear a person who should undertake e, Parliame occupied i intro- 
a Kentish Late Duke Winter’s Black the office of Botanical Demonstrator would not be sufficiently ss esti . ait Hee: Pavers bei na = ge 
=. ™ eck agie me Nee me remunerated for his trouble. He would do no service to any one nigh of ne fe amendment of the criminal 
may appear that such a delicious plum as the Reine ve ell-informed man. Ww, ishing capi i t in certain cases, but 
; Claude Violette id be here included; but it is to be remem- criber, whose es not break at the lower buds, tal ing it in the code, with a ind Pl Eo 
that ifit does not ripen so as to be » it is in a | should depress the shoots upper extremity until ONS 56g LOE betas nsportation 
crisp state than Clingstone Nectarines or reer angry 8 are. | the lower buds have started. If if his | ment. In the debate on the Jews’ Declaration Bill, Lord 
No Pear succeeds better as a dwarf standard fersey | shoots at the place where the buds are dormant, he will find the ussell essed his i ;. support British Jews 
€haumontelle. te tl pearance. ammoniacal of oo at mers ISS ~ : _ is 
4& Subscriber wishes to know the best time and method of re- | the will destroy moss on lawns, and im. | in for | all the privileges to other 
a moving’ Wainut ‘ree that has been planted 10 years, and fs the | 
: ‘16 years: borne fruit, is in a flourishing 
old, which has 
aad on account of interfering with other trees must be 
> qxtcpall = advise that a trench be dug round it Ja rtp 
sar as to cut all the roots at that distance 
be r adily got at. It will then be ready for stamdhaeationy te 
Novem ~s next, at which time we s! “age” remove with the pru- 
ning-knife a few su. perfluous branches not exceeding one-fourth 
ead. 
Re OS Say ee eee ee nee 
satay whole hi 
M. G.—Mr. Tovey states in No. 8 * that Scotch snuff laid in or 
4 near the holes of Cockroaches will them.”’ 
Will he have the kindness beg the effect produced by the 
snuff the Cockroaches? they eat it, and are they b 
that mean: ? Or does the scent of the snuff deprive them 
of life? is the odour of the snuff un; the Cock- 
sere tera that means deterred fr: g their 
the 
conseq non. appearan t 
gined that taey Shave been destroyed? “MA Subscriber” has 
placed Scotch snuff in a trap occupied by Black-beetles without 
@ay effect. Query, ee en ae 
the same of destroying Black-beetles as Cock- | Pentstemon ovatum 
Foaches, or can he communicate any other means for their de- me diffasam 
Struction besides a Hedgehog, mentioned by “*C. B.” in No. 9? Phlox and others 
A. I.—¥e ee tae ie oe The most expensive probably will not 
af ef the nai system of Botany ans of ‘‘ School Botany,” a era Ce rman OF Mies wie 
is whi —Potatoes once sweetened 
near London; we ors aims ithor coreg ad 
liable to stamp duty. Its blossoms remain open from 
ing roots. The U less heat, 
answer in a conservatory. 
Mr. Spencer.—The works on Cucumbers will be reviewed by us, 
pers acaeesfs ar aceon their respective merits are. We have 
in the. 
e learn from the Dublin gp 
waived his claim to a seat in 
mrp ntirr—o papier ee oe 
Register for 1839, p. 76. a the Elements of Botany, which 
appear in about a month, some further account of the system’ : 
a -eteoneaheod prvi peor -atung 
‘The best answer we ¢ can give him to to such a question as this, is to | 
