308 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [N° 20 
the pans of water laid on |} latively cool, th J In July 
rushes in Tadia to collect ice are as complete evidence as | soil, and ‘remaining roe to absorb heat even one the | the bulbs are aren up, and ats leaves being pulled off 
— — t there is no serious obstacle to radiatio on in | wor rst cir mstan es, that is to s say, ina perfect calm, only they are laid down regularly, each bulb on the Lae 50 as 
tudes 
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£ di 
in ere ane to ‘a coe of tthe cmowphery and 
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this a if any were required, would be 
othe mere humidity of 
say to the proposal to > make the 
prevent the r rowing again; after is they are 
ered over with dry soil, one inch above the belies and 
this state for about a = ve ight, to “hore the 
roo’ loose skin eke e bulbs. Great 
must be taken durin tim ain t 
the air, 
1 
say, the anion t th of th pace, which | the bulbs by the ot ote stention should, therefore, oe paid 
to do with its power of obstructing radiant heat. Th e va- has, in spite of every endea - | to keep them well covered o' When 1 take en fro im this 
pour becomes obstructive only when its quantity is great | ral tendency oceans beaied, nd, abo to pour it in | situation af e sun, 
on particular portions of partials plan pt lly g witl get » to eh i 
ecessity, exist much more constantly i in high latitudes, ] Z i: their t g sc hed Li sta h hey g ossy 
supplied as they are with moisture-laden air from lowe bef llowed to slal hirst d d bult 
Jatitu a4 less post moisture _ After this —ee the bulbs require a few weeks’ 
1 (Want - Ewen compels us to defer the remainder of this paper 3 for whic h pur rpose they are laid 
of creumpolar caaayaes 8 which “appears difficult tay | Snexeweek-3 ety ee ie we = ther, 
explain, li hae po Seen ce ee which enables us to loo! em over occasional! ‘co 
dition of Von Wrangel ; where it is stated | of | COTTAGE | GARD) ENS. —No. XVII. , | this is done : principally that they may have a goed ec 
the shores of one bake ere 
that 
of the polar seas could wit 
ns 0} ‘iter’ - Somes which he 
and, if true, 
are e fond of Cu ucumbers be egin to make preparations for 
ring them, without any other reo al _ da. chaps, 
than the little heat fi rom the dung wi the 
tion of air betwee 
i 
on both sides o' f the w 
ind we are able to give gogo 
| dried and ready to be packed. The 
vers the 
LE g hat é centre | unfrequently causes the rere A to aed damp ; and, t 
b Ul d for tk dal- | they may have been sent off i condition many 
n below the ey or to — porter yuna 2 though it is necessary that it should hi well sheltered, it | them are found to be spoiled me apiece arrive, 
the pupil puiceived during a long polar night—or, lastly, a at the same tim thee have a exposure to the} The Hyacinth is increased kya offsets ; but to multiply 
g g onday sun. aoe space need not be eof any great ext the ber of offsets, cu’ made in the under part of 
The rapid vegetation of the short summer in high lati- a few plants proper y managed vom age re: an abun- | the bulb, which, by pro management an and a Hittle ex, 
tudes, which has also been quoted as proof of ae solar dant t supply of fruit during the season. When the spot | will be found filled with — next 
power, has been explained in Dr. Lindley’s ‘* Theor , ’ The Hy: acinth i is subjec' sro different ditcsit the first 
Horticul by the fact that a long period of r repine ree feet across, and about 18 inches deep. Fill these the sap at the time om 
furnishes v bles large accumulation of available with = long RE IREE OF Wee: ds, 1 ‘ ll th h 
matter ready to be il Shake them well ie ta a sing. patedeids The seco’ 
will permit. Imust notice, however, that even Dr. Lindley | ¥# hab’ h he root, io pacers 
t phon or ten gtree deep with some of the ich. 
of 
all he vital poe Though oh “diseases have shown 
ous 
no general ¥ 
z 
protect them s frome wet with a “tower pa or os la 
ci un 
it about 
casually in the air, perc er temperatures ; for which B t and be best 
reason I think that the 
ol ed tem rtain soils, _and _the so-called 
tem tures 0 overing they have vegeta 
in the “ rticulture,’’ will admit of a more 
Theory of Horti 
decided inference in favour of Fear and therefore 
re 
th 
especially the latter 
preventing them has 
wt aes found en we 
ho owever, endearour 
spare no trouble to 
of radiant heat, than Dr. Lindley hi as deduced from them. ariety of gourd, i preferred to i this splendid 
en it is said that in acertain si nm the te empera rature | any other, and will 2 found meet pinitrk le to Cottagers | flower, and have not been 
of the soil was 52°, and that of tl uns .—J Tolman 
50°, there can be little doubt that the air was in fact less | and rich, approaching in some degree the flavour of mar- Mooy, Haarlem, at Mr. 
o, mse the thermometer, though in the air, | TOW, if dressed when abou Een rete It may indeed be room’s Nursery, Wal- 
fully oerumey to the radiation of the soil. If th cooked in a variety of ways by every cottager at rae —_ worth, : 
ter had been cut off by Dr. Wollaston’s concave reflector, | of its growth ; even the ps tops ns the shoo | Wesu 
the air would have been found squite unable to maintain the | cellent when boiled as as greens or ship aa 4g will eres corepondent on pee 
us temperature. be cs u = ace ae table ot ties of a good H rs 
In temperate latitudes we experience at and abou the fruit itsel or are desirous o <A well-gro yt 
diffe £200 | ape A) cinth should be of ee 
day and night; that of the d ay being taken i in y ct midal form, 
ae both being called the temperat . the Fagg Now, ce asit deserves to be. The a are _ ee AS Ladi i trong, and 
thoug , iously shown, that these tem- | and we would now recom mmend a few to be Nea a wy, upright stem, sebaloyerk 
ee do not truly be pear’ the heat of the atmosphere, “aga Sey, m 
st be admitted that the air is h than by | Be particular in attending crops, and | hed by t 
pho wctive fl see that-such as require oe 4 gon ge a cna rae a hori woutat pea 
as a mere consequence of rape supplied to, or with- earthed Lup. The Peas and Early Po expnerg — on no to the stem. The 
held from t are more Yhells should be perfectly 
atmos sphere canni t becom e great by day and small by | benefited by: frequent earthings ‘than they are. Weed. and double, composed of broad, 
eae in regular CNetuetiate: except as a consequence of thick, waxy with 
the diurnal heating and cooling of the earth beneath it. | of sufficient size to be removed. “Dull weather or the the centre of the er 
operation; rendering the form 
little water may be given nto settle myex. bells 
ms tho air, are my ance ‘te sole ingtruments ‘of ita | the urs about he roots —M. EH. apy about one-half the 
is process Se ae ee gth of the stem, with 
vantage, it HYACINTH. permost bell erect. 
must be for that th yacinth is so generally admired, that a descrip- flowers, whether 
with }tetceteriseed pr its existence. tion of its cultivation will not be uninterestin; man loured or 
The variations of temperature due to latitude are also | amateurs. The following has been the treatment adopted should be clear and bright, 
ig up b ather and my successfully fi years, ving a co 
the earth and the vegetation. The air E pentphes of this we have _ impr roved Hyacinths gradually both in bloo colour in the centre are 
yeh in some, but evidently i in an in degree iL, fi 1 most esteemed. 
Giveysase: receiver rather than as anim we of ‘heat. As stones, roa not mixed with any vegetable matter ; neither a 
ppr Pb ught the-ground to po been used long = ‘different HOME eer ge aioe 
and sea atmosp| es greater, and the bs or trees, as we have found that to be injurious to| Effects of the Winter es have suife 
the breeze i iets fro porrhis quarter are evidently in in- | the eres of the roots and fs — the ain they | be the in 1838, oming to their ir being Signy in a dormant ner 
creased. It is joie indeed ¢ _ titudes are, | are subjec Ve are always particular in o the frosts a News ee emaber, aS Dec. 1837, the brid 
for the most epart, romans d by roading ot was so mild hat Noisette, and many Bath 
is such as to let the superfluous water pass away if re- | China, and pushed forth, as In geet 
a constant tendency to displacement, cay by reason of | quired ; and, at the same time, it should _ = too high, | _— massciy pee tly they suffered to 2 grest 
its reduced s mye a Rese as is well se as the roots will be injured from the want of moisture; : apr yes ge ee Hiybrid De sa ae ee 
ely affected b saben an important point in cole cultivation, | on of of the ses, 2 mos! ne! 
me thing t eas = > am at Y barns Sadh injury, as have the varieties of 
the air is not the heating ore. The winds which se roots are pong in October, the soil being pre- | Damask Roses, se! irens, and all the ois 
have areal: a burning des: d by h cow-dung mixed with it one year | Bourbon, China, Noisette, and Tea-scented ae ea 
vapours of a boiling wamp, & pi nities 45 exceptions ; previously tothe Eime of planting. We use 2 barrowful of | their own roots, pro 5 branches of. sore Killed 3 
» but we do not often require conservatories for the plants dung per Du a ‘oede < square of ten yi The | uninjured, ha only their late autumnal s pa tae 
which thrive under such influences. The air, on the con- | ground being to beds, th f | these are on , on a cold clayey Se eal 
trary, is by « day the moderator ‘of the sun’s s radiant hea me, the first to whe * depth of ye inches, and thes ae are | exposure. e varieties on a dry, ae agen 
lanted y on it, so that the under r part is well sur- | eastern slope, planted against low 4-inch bri sage 
cies of Socom and the same air returns to the plants at rounded with the mould; after which they are covered protected by branches of furze, are to pve ene 
prong heat which it had abstracted during the day ; re- | over with en out of the next bed to the same tee nb to the warmth of the soil and ieeere frost. at 
turning it as it becomes evo! de pth, which i is then ready to be semis and this is pur- paige tly kept in a growing state till © ater has give 
this the more abundantly as the once checked and killed them. The Persie BE 
coldness of the night make it necessary. Without this the| As soom as severe weather d jn tha 
<xiseubailiitaa conan t eight inches deep with Serge 
duced i Sieleeaeor hich i he fi ting th as it woul bed amy ean oni int agppowenent. gece n Se 
Vitality—a aceite hash te vert ff the roots from the bulbs. with safety assert that none e Bourbo i 
Ww SE Ne i me cng owt rae the “ ecooliog soon as pe cor is i “the reeds are. taken off, and ihe sette, or Tea-sceni mated Roses ean hedepenten | rd pon 2 PS 
now proposed for the first ti time to d il bei nd, | mil 2 prowilie atau and only : a moderately to 
a climate formed within | which sometimes does great injury to the fites jeune sem tte all the varieties of those Roses oe8 are ted here 
ding, T ‘think that the first: ions that would | tops of the Hyacinths; for which Bourbons were a : 
god eee would be the di of | made round the fields, of the reeds with which they have | by prepares standing in the aN non de l"Enclos, 
om becoming heated, and the ot — Philemon, Marshal Villars, Antindus,* oe chese kinds 
e upper strata would be the sage - ‘The flowers having opened, and: being in perfection, are Fisstive, Armes, Fuaws ee uaa of OS 
biptee the sie of salsiriols elie climates is re- | all eut of to give greater strength to the bulbs, and to reall of more delicate growth than many 
