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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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seneasine erate —— 
others may may ‘be elicited by y tliese few remarks.—H. Le Mdire 
Witham, La tear neg Barnard Castle 
‘oses.—Permit uggest to you that it would be 
of great use to is me, saa “thioa uld think also other Rose 
amat eurs, f yore cotrespond - 
| had also produced fruit, for the first time. ting flay 
was délicious, and very — resembled that of the 
i. bston Pippin. Some of the ee oy weighed. ml much 
eleven ounces. The ey hav also Amm and 
ents who cultivate Ro: oses; to give you a list a name of 
in the garden in aE abuadinte: The ney also had 
and wi ge ishing state.—Of the 
bere 2 Roses which have been injured by the | 
on of the Ffon. Bast India 
or mers Ay > for. ir; as 
re ps diy b consi- 
eredae as thjared ait only the Leis 6 the inetd até killed 
If I had known as tatteh at the beginning of the winter as 
Ido ering I should not have had any of m a Roses injured, 
ia by @ 
mpany; Se Fale: "of ‘Sharangere Lyne # “ The 
erb; and w Ow in the 
gard adm 
of Rhubarb had come up at Mus 
Raspberries and Stranbertis werd ” thedving, but none o} 
bought. If you would publish! ists of those Roses 
whi rr ges suffered from the effects of this winter, you 
would ’ PoP means of saving many valuable Roses from 
I doubt not information o 
e very a eceptable to a great majority OF 
erage I have between 50 and 60 summer Roses eens 
upon tocks of vi 
0; 
‘oots, killed to the é groand: Josep im he toi 
sien standard, is almost dead ; Fat T Hove Lag ae Ras 
will yet put out some buds. Pe al “cumin 
had not oy ine etids of its shoots aired. a My F Boise 
Roses on their own roots were effectually protected. T 
had aad ie "thick oiled paper 
and if the paper did not quite reach the ground; q heape 
round it it spent t bark procured from the tannet’s: “this 
a pabicthes This method is too well known 
quire any farther description. Iam rE to Mr. Ri 
vers’s Rose Amateurs’ Guide for the idea.— ‘ose Ama- 
particularly invite the atteatiod of our cor- 
is in 
. R. mentions the 
nig ce ls a rd 
In order to eounte 
Ny i strated he pe = 
th 
Toobtain a Moist Atmosphere. 
fee: dry sulphureous 
flues in forcing howses, 
a stout woollen shred in water, which it soon absorbs. For 
experiment, he took five shreds : two were 34 in. long by 
2 of an inch ; and the other three were 54 inches 
long, i inch wide he sho 3 
sorbed and di one pint a half of 
hours arid a half, oan et ones the same quatitity of 
rater i hours ; so that the longer the shied, the 
slower does -y:  dispersiog take place: D.R: thinks this 
syste peg gees where a more pe ve 
yeats 3 820; 
several o pon the late Mr. James Yous, of es 
som, et ag 4 visi to these gardens, he saw so 
ghich 
dily gave him, and to the best of my recollection I 
ark Ard as follows: Ist, Wells’s Large yt 
White, Mr. Young afterwards named Madam 
Patten; 3: a Red-leaf Purple Noisette—this, Mr: Yo mer 
hose to name after Sir Walter eo I very much re- 
retted the alteration, as it ca confusion ; Red- 
eaf Noisette ; I am hot aware that Mr. Young al- 
one. The Garland Rose is nothin 
Large Clustered White; the fi @ small 
pink ery and ave swebt-scented ¢ 3 it is also one of my 
aE cuttings of this td Mr. Wood, itursery- 
aicbteta, who sentit out as‘ ‘ 
eo eke 
pen} tt “Wells’s Garlan land.” Most of my & 
in Mr. Wood’ van ogue for re ti Aa te e: 
The Garand ( ells’s), a Pe 
do., or oS Ary: elles Pp e Noite te (Sie 
ae ao ott) 3 Wi ik do. ; Wells’s Red do. ; Wells's 
Wells's Dwarf PF Vouigoa do: 
FOREIGN " CORRESPONDENCE 
—— ro een letter: india dated the 
: of Ja anu = earn tha w had re- 
nine and had | been stay- 
ing for ao a fae at t 
eather on the hills in the Peninsula, 
where he 0 llections of seeds and plants. 
—Dr. Cantor, naturalist with the Chinese expedition, 
had been very ill from over-exposure in making collec- 
tions at Chusan, but was th acao, and graduall 
recovering in health—Dr, Gibson, superintendent of the 
Botanic Garden at Dapooree, writs om Hewra, a sm mail 
nursery belonging to if, that he is m neaged i 
ducing and cultivating the sugar-cane, and in tg ed 
medicinal substances, such as sénna, Loma 
medical stores- Ale letter tong Dr, Falconer m 
de they ad a vr : y sce 
et hy in crown 
ground, being spread o' aren Ret F 
on coach The apple tes & fatrod im 
De ‘Royle into the Mussooree Nursery, in the. 
the Goosebe or cn S had germinated, notwith- 
| standing ev 
Tries 
precau 
EEDINGS OF SOCIET Hoge 
gust 
Dahlias,— —Novi 24. 
offered, under the followi 
exceeds $/. a year, 
growing on his premises. Cot- 
ir flowers; fruit, and vege- 
0 prizi sty onde be a 
Hee West London ener's’ * Associ n for Mutual Instrue- 
tion, January ig ia pe = pated patie his Rig si? on the for- 
cite of Peactes € aitvised to heat the houses with hot water, 
Soartion of that elicious fruit; ard 
mage 
Ithough he-saw goo 
et “flues, nevertheless as they were 
that part hear the fire 
unfavourable for the productio: 
S pastures; with the addition, if not suffi- 
ciently rich, of decomposed. vegetable matter or leaf-mould, in 
prefere: dung; for a canker, and ea are 
brought on more ¥ “gross fi feeding than by any other cause. After 
describing the countries and situations where the Peach is is found 
to grow best, and the differences between the clingstones and the 
freestones, he Lo served that he always produced ripe Peaches the 
last week in M The seem Pascoe ed with a mixture of soft 
soap, sulphur, ana tobacco-water ; the shoots are tied and trained 
in regular order the trellis ; "the borders inside and outside 
lightly forked wee, and on them are laid three or four inches of 
rotten mat ith some long litter outside to protect the 
Seton ie trees are p @ the latter end of ember, 
and 
Hehts Put on on the a Dapemers a weet supply of air, 
pray the is given a fortnig) e sashes are put 
on. Fire is apotid Flos the middle of December, to keep the 
es ete ie Bort , allowing it to rise frort 5 
om webs and ultimately to destroy them jouse is 
sted with them a e nds suphur and hot ne mt mixed ti 
Freeper o cy OF and rubbed over the pipes to_be most 
of pain 
effectual for at Nesp toneeg: A strong fumigation of tobacco- 
water is suffici move the green fly. The mildew, a heavy 
es 
poses, Bate with flower of ‘sailor. When the is abo 
size of peas, he commences disbudding, leaving very few 
would be req! 
should be left depends upon the health and state of the tree 
When the fruit is stoned, he raises th ‘ure to 60°, but 
e or 10 this has pened, when it may be 
fifteen hundred pounds for his nostrum. He gave many anec- 
dotes of the various systems I pig 2 which had come 
under his own ee naan neni ¢ last thirty years, 
meet fruit was 
cee cluding the. 
of pat and the use of glasses for striking euttings.—Mr. Sher- 
wood said, as the object was to exclude the air, the more simple 
the com mpound the better, and recommended clay an csoeped 
for all purposes. —. y explained the ernie 
eminent Peach-forcer, Sag Pao elose, invariably eae a 
pa ah after the knife, ae ike Mr. Errington, always ke eS the 
ashes teeth houses and forced cessfully an 
cit 
sue 
op) the syste! m of alwa eet ne the 
By trees, and forcing eeu a pay years. pre 
was useless to take them off every 
vi ery fine day 
Sh 
gashes over 
year, as a plentiful supply of air iF coals be ef e 
he advised out bi to swell the bi 
fruit to pro sain to keep a low 
temperature. at night, 
st jem by Mr. Spong, the intelligent 
setshire, where he saw Mr. Forsyth’s 
ae deat red result; he remarked, althongh 
n0 less true, that 
—— 
acre Se tha wed, and n no i injury 9 was is Sustained, as they producé¢ 
abundant crop.—Mr. K spoke on the superiority of hot 
ceaiee over other systems ee ae houses; on the ady, antage 
of early disbudding; on the rhaicor rg rope the dry age? of the 
house was the cause of counteractin effects to be e 
f t by Mr. M 
from the low state of tempe: “Evoy, 
that the application of sulphur ing in. the consistence of 
paint was proyed to be destructive to the red spider by all mem. 
bers who had the opportunities of trying its effi th hot. 
water .—Mr. Caie detailed the following parti that in 
the ction of forcing-houses, the proper angles could he 
selected to suit period i ended for producing each partic: 
vertical r of the 
the cin: 
crop, and to be adapted Hed different mp rag to pat? Ag ost 
rays 0} ripening the fruit. The eclina- 
tion in nes mont ath > — oe vane 
ins. 
st January the sacar male is si mpeg 5 
gist February . 1 29 
21st M : : ° 19 
Ist Api : : . Pe 55 
it May . . ‘ . ‘ - 2 13 
21st June + : . . + 2 23 
gist July . 7 > sa oe 
st August - : : : ey 27 
mee September . . in cee .: 40 
2ist Lagost ar . . . south. 1 46 
is mber Soke i 59 
2ist posnuhe r 23 
When the sun has a north declination, or is noth er the equator, 
. Mains, 
From the degree of latitude, — 0 
say 
subtract the ae declination, sup- 
the 22 
pose al ae d June, when it is 
highes 23 «30 
a 1 required 28 «30 
deg. mins. : 
To the degree of lati « Boe 
add the err aociigaiitis suppose 
about the 22d Det., whenitisleast . 23 30 
The remainder gives the angle re 
The Eicerce: ‘ot pee — be that of the np a isos itis in- 
tended to erect the hou: 
Hammersmith Cucu iit - Show —The third annual show took 
place at Mr. Lidgard’s, bee Thatched House Inn, Hammersmith, 
The first prize was awarded to 
Mills, Esq., Hillingdon ; second 
1; third prize to Mr._G, Mills, jun., 
m.- . The specimens 
mt 12 to a 
eth ; e wn on trellis: Mr. Weedon 
hibited some very fine fruit, but not for competition, Senpeanal no 
other writer on the growth of the Cucumber was present to ex- 
hibit against him. 
NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE 
EITHER USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
q 
celle 
yellow colour, and the se) are yellow blotched with 
deep brown. The fi are a freely on 
panicles, varying from 3ft. to 5 ft. high:— Bot. Mag. 
SPREKELIA GLAUCA. iBone Greenhouse “Bulbous Plant.)—It 
is evidently of the same genus d favourite Jacobean Lily, 
or lis fe it *t Bae fromit in having small 
the. us, for the 0 d origin: ‘om 
mala, and this comes to Mexico, where Mr: Hartweg dis- 
covered it: It flowered in the garden of the Horti ttiral 
Soci coy. de May ! 
loam rendered fre 
ell. Oft : ert writes as folio . Ibs are 
ly and appear to like a low temperature; but they 
not flower willingly unless they have a season of drought. 
ey succeed 
int 
for a few months, they will fio tered in 
the spring. Fein 2 Register. 
SALVIA R pe Pic or aneng foe ong Plant.)—For this fine 
Mexic: an Gace oO Mr. ees as pert smeyy tons 
ociety. 
4 lo, and at 
Mr. 
Hartwi 
and from his specimens it wonid appear 
was inconsiderable. e specimens are older and the manage- 
ment Of tlie species is better understood, may be ex- 
pected to be more , and the bl pro jonately 
abundant. No. parti ent is required, as, the, plant 
to grow freely under common circumstances. It will not, 
however, become an out-of-doors decoration, because, like many 
other Mi wanats, it flowers too late in nac-oomtdhagenets 
greenhouse it is plant:—Botanical 
Irom@a pee lt 9 (Greenhouse Climber.) —The native co 
of utifal plant is unknown. It was raised from sat 
Road, Bath. 
degre 
tt more especially recommend 
attention; especially as it said to be accom’ 
sponding ‘diminution of foliage. 
a tuberous root. Mr. Wood thinks it will succeed 
enet 5 ee Ot ee thrives 
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