368 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N° 93, 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN Ma ARKET, 
improvement upon Coronation; Flash, 
For the Week ending June 4th, 
the fin 
cide: 
Fichly coloured flower, snmaawht similar in c meer, 
co Alpines for autumn fruiting, if not done before. Thin out the 
an 
eas go with its large trusses of flowers, may be classed with 
1 The fi an i 
of A 
young shoots of raspberry stools to three or four. Destroy weeds 
caterpillars. 
kod ¥ consequence of ne w ers the sw on both of 
th pact form, broad stiff petals, and pure wiite ll.—FPLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. and Vegetables has been very great, and the ily has heen 
n ir. Foster’s Nymp: will ensure its being a lasting fa In-door cee yee es been good. The de! dh: sear’ tty brisk duiing the week 
vourit n. foi desirable. variety, its colour - Srove.—Continue to syringe on c moryings, or early in | and from that cause the prices have varied considerab} ts 
teasting well with the delicate rose-coloured varieties which seem | the afternoon: shift, “a oo into owe pots or ibs ‘ll piants | and cut flowers of the usual kinds are bro’ in profusion 
t dominate in this beautiful class. If size could ided to | as they may require it ; propagate whenever suitable cuttings can | Fr Pi chiefly Queen, and Providence, are plentiful ; ie 
the extraordi: colour of Firebrand, it wor q) be obtained. — _— ote noes = — Excellent hothouse « ’ 
sition ; but its flowers are too : and we fear that Ruby, | Greenaovse ~Give those plants that r in the house aches N hi war 
Ithough a rich and desirable colour, will never open sutfficienth: abundance of air, and re-pot soft-wooded ree Sond time to time } jast ae ais ipcueciy 0 ths, Sei Cherries eaper 
Th gret, «< purples are much wanted. Leila, a | as they need it. Syringe occasionally overhead. See that those | a large quantity of Cherries mM poi e 
French white, somew' Alexandrina, prom ‘0 be | plants placed out-doors have free egress for water, that they may ring the week. and fetch seas Is. per] si 
the best of its class, tresses of well-formed flowers. | not get sodden with wet; at the same time watch that they have | anusuall dant. Melons of excellent quality are plentiful, 
In some of the other houses we noticed very fine specimens of | sufficient water, or they will lose their colour, and probably their | The supply of Cucumbers is pretty la ge.—Vegerables. ( auli 
Sylph, Comte de Paris, Bridemaid, Lady Douro, Jewess, Erectum, leaves. fi ad ant ; some of the heads are very ‘ 
&ec, an ¥ he Older sorts were in great perfection. The Pir: D zs.—Attend particularly to young seedlings as | Peas abound, and price is consequently much lower than it 
stock, whic’ mip! plants of all sizes, is very extensive, and | they te in the heel pots. Remove the flowers from reserve | was last week. A few border : otatoes have be rod 
is in bh y and excellent condition. The Calceolarias are in| plants intended for the nic ag of <alceolarias and | fetch 6s. per doz. Stone Turnips Xcellent. Asparagu 
loxuri: wering; some of the varieties i from the | Verbenas; repot Chrysanthem' and Alpines as they finish | good, and though so near the end of se y is 
north look miserably by the side of Mr. Green’s splendid seedling | flowering. . large. Mushrooms are pretty good, but scarce.— Flywers. Many 
varieties, which certainly merit. general ae Out- es artm tine kinds of cut flowers have been exhibit uring the week ; 
enias, Heliotropes, and Fuchsias look well; and we F.LoOwER-GARDEN. — Water mar mul 4 if possible, newly- | am he: oticed Salvia patens, Gladiolus Colvillii, La. 
new rose.coloured variety of Verbena, with the desirable pe Pro. planted Dahlias; tie up earefaly the flower-stems of Carnations; | thyrus grandifiorus, Gloxinia speciosa, rate, 
perty bateyeeed very sweet scented. The trusses of blosso: a top. dressing of horse-dung will be found beneficial to them. os seo an _ Carnations and Picotees. A large and hand- 
large, and it grows and flowers free’ Take up bulbs as their leaves decay ; where they have occu- sortment of Plants in pots, including Metrosideros flori- 
we ied beds these must filled directly from the reserve stock of ean Saetabie pea several kinds of Cactus, Heaths, 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing Week. -hardy plants or annuals. Some kinds of es now be | Calceo! ener cease Pelargoniums, have rendered the market 
Ant. plants turned out of ie or pluni in pots, at this oe See eames: 2 whee eee eee pos 
ig . ers of China may be increased by cuttin, Hedges of all kinds shin S, Sarumpay, June 5, 1841.—PRUITS:— 
gs. 
may now be clipped, and box edgings, in cloudy beigerir Mow 
Apples, dessert, per ne sve., pes to 10s | G: » hoth , 
lawns weekly. Tie up neatly all advancing fiower-stems. Hoe = 9 i pepe tate: eee poms Lat Ib., 6a te 128 
ac to 
a ‘Sauce,. ish, 
traw 0 
place, the principal roots in the pots will perish, and in autumn d rake, and a strict regard to general n ‘ berries, per oz. 12 ranges, ey — ; yt me 
when the plants are lifted again these outsi ave to be RSERY aoe planted shrubs ro trees should be regular! — ae pottle, Is to le3d — 100, 6s to. 
removed, for y rarely be gotinto a pot In consequence watered. Roses and many other shru® y pe layered; toSs8 Lemons, per doz. Iz to Ss 
of this the become unhealthy, and in man do not ceptions of Laurels and other evergreens may be put in; stake Fosches pet doaeny 20640 30 Miwindis pen etony oe 
recover the turning out. Plants fora small greenhous: um- | newly-grafted trees, also last year’s budded ones ; those budded | Gooseberries, per quart, 3d to 4d Sweet Almonds, per Ib. Se 
mer fa’ ny disadvantages: and it is, in cur opinion, a bad ieee intended for trainin, ng s should be cut back to five or six eyes, | Pine App! a Lhcbag i Nuts, per bushe! 
practice totarn th out, though at many places unavoidable ; Cucumbers, per bi died il, 
he laterals traine« ou! Melons, Engish, saab) ry to 108 — Spanish, 202 tofte 
‘where this is the’case take care that the water has free ¢ Forsst Anp Co mares —This is a good season for prun- | Melon: oy Reach, $2 to 108 — Barcelona, saz 
and prevent the plants rooting beyond the Simits of the pots. ing the side shoots from ae established trees, er cleaning Walauts, per bush. 12¢ to 20s — Turkey, 162 to 18s ‘ 
J.—KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD, he A dt jantati d for in m the f= VEGETABLES. 
Insdour Denartm cies nae aad yereae pantetions, and for carrying, ON OPO | aca pur denen, Die fol Shallots Greeny per bunch, 4 0 
d suckers sho , ber. ace Cabbage Plants,orColewort, p.d. 2sto3s canes perbtodle, Large, ee 
net iy done; suckers of Providence, or other large kinds, NOTES FOR SMALL GARDENS. Fes vangia) cro eva Be toe Second or c Miaiting, 3 
may be removed from the old stools and stuck in the tan fora poke last woe Of on the kinds of plants to put out of door: sag hank aa to 6s Lettuce gece Rimes.) er 
sh g potted. Any early ripe fruit may be re- | fo oat and ai looming, and we recur ag: ‘O = ber r halt siete — ‘Cos,6dtoiséd 
1 until wanted, and their places filled by | subject for the p rving that in those gardens which Calesy- ger buinala{is ve 16}ix 
— sige teres ruiters now in flower should not. be syrin out in a series of beds, each bed should cont but one id rr i 30 2stear Pm boon ad a 3 nt 
exhead. b the heating of the bark-beds ; about 90° Fab- | jin: t, or at least plants of one colour, arranged in accord- New, per Ib. 64 to leSd Warecte inh; onc ies mae eel 
patil is Went afew deg — on de above 1007 side Saas will = much with th le in p 261. For example, suppo: Borden ‘Gs a ones = paisley «Pe doz. bu ches, 22 to 4 
signity, but it should not ut up sufficiently | the flower-garden to ist of a seri ircles placed round a Z ee ‘arragon, per doz. bunches, ts 
Sty fa the afternoon to es at 65° through the | Jawn, the frst bed may be filled wi Petunias, the next Gacroter Horay per catia cca ga become oes Gaauecaben 
night. Give the young a verhead, and shut up | scarlet Geraniums grysimum Peroffskyanum, then a of Beet, per dos. 4 — Lemon, per doz.bunches, 3s 
qwerm cr ernoons ; let the water used be warm, and white Rockets; after which may be placed Ainothera Lindleyana, | Horse Beam. per Baal, i ed to4s | Sage, per doz bunches, 3¢ to 4s 
§q paind to be more sparing with it to the black sorts, as Jamaica, | or a plant of similar colour; Kae yellow Calceolarias ; the follow- Rindtells per Was Renta (6 CEE Sushih:y Beta, per doe." babe: tee see 
to seconde M Enville’s, and o! up ‘obust kin Put stakes E ed bd Marjoram, per doz. bunches,és 
p - ing bed may be purple Petu: and finally a mass of Spheeno- = nchas, Sdto 1s 6d | Savory, per doz. bunches, 5s 
to Sapport the advancing fruit te the stems become bent by } gyne speciosa, capes irvine or some her orange-coloured | Spin Fags persis Basil, per doz. buaches, és 
their weight. f th the same order ini Onions, per halt si: te > Rhubarb bagi per hale 6 6d to ls) 
lant. If there are more e Si y be agai ‘Green (Ciboal: beh.ad M 
v eee cialis to Mgr the Lash) observing the cautions duced, and the effect will be excellent, particularly when looked | recks, per inset aprarss = me ss Is tle, le to 2 
recom on from an elevated situation. Where the garden 
soon, eeabing the ms eyes, whenever they only to admit of one bed, the ts in it may still van ee: 
stopped a few of tae top $s should wed for a time to aie arranged in conformity with the same 2 
‘grow, to prevent a too sudden check to the rising sap. Cockscombs, and other tender annuals intended to succeed the | Many thanks to our friend for a local newspaper of cables 
ee strongest branches, that they do not pinch. If | Pelargoniums in the greenhouse should be shifted into larger | an account of the Horticultural exhibition- 
nD es its a sce in the ama oe it be | pots, and indeed all plants that require it. Pick the young seed- Chelsonii ’s plant is is Vaccinium stamineum (the long stamened 
timely checked, by spreading sulphur vessels immediately off Azaleas and Rhododendrons, especially gsi oe 
tke house closer for a short time. the latter. Pinks may now be piped, which is performed i *s Ophrys, from Spofforth, appears to be the rare 
Psacg-nouse.—Use means to ets the early | follo manner :—Select a healthy shoot,. tear down y | O. ‘aiantione, sb Gadfly orchis 
hhquse as soon as the fruit is Wen the trees may be per- | some of the lower leaves, and cut it over cleanly ata joint, witha | Mr. Pope's plants are Oncidium crispum and piibes. 
featly hem before Pease removed. Le ag sharp knife. When the piping is made, oma it = < Cog & situa- | M. H. G’sseed belongs to some kind of fare probably a Sor- 
every fine pans ae the house closer, to | tion on a bed slightly raised above the comm soil ai andis, perhaps used for the purposes as millet or 
destroy red spulsr + dust mil rete are wih sulphur, and smoke the mould should be composed of rich solar By real corn. If so, it requires the same treatment as Wheat. only 
with tobacco if there be gr p the shoots in the later and driftsand. When ent num- | it must be in'a e, and well watered. M. H.G. 
honses wigatly tied 
aginst ES abundance of air and water, with general 
treatment as before. 
Mxnons.—Keep up a good heat by linin: Let no water fall 
om, the. frui it after it is full swelled, and a air more freely. 
Sprmkle the late Melons overhead early in the afternoon, before 
closing up the frames; a a air may be left on during warm 
k: 
(nothera with a smallish yellow flower, which really does not 
open until after sunset, ae Beicns =’ bod esa" does not answer 
exactly either to mollissim: f she will favour us 
All hard-wooded greenhi ouse plants may now be = out of doo! 
Give pet of air to the greenhouse, and attend carefully ea 
waterin, 
im wr 
nights, if the bottom-heat is brisk. Do not allow-the plants to ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. a —\ s specimen we wil tlle. rievar teacked UE ee 
heeeme crowded by leaving te many vines or leaves; shade’| Ar this e the leaves of panty every hawthorn hedge in the | nation, which was the cause of their being v unnoticed te Cur- 
Jightly taxing very hot dry weather. withenone of the metropolis are being devoured by myriads | tis hopes, therefore, that he y be fav with some in good 
UCU cee . watering and thinning out superfiuous | of caterpillars of the small Ermine Moth, Yponometita padélla. | time next spring. —-R. 
wings... If, the: frames mall they bee hee raised A placing | They likewise trees, and Euonymuses. Thesecater-| 4. T.—The destruction that is going on in the foliage of the 
bricks noder the cere: ‘wid the wioute: aliawed. run. out. lars are hatched ii autumn, but do not eme: from the | Elms in Kensington Gardens, and which gives their bare branches 
Rens all weakly shoots and dead leaves: stop and train thoes my covering formed for the protection of the eggs by | so miserable an appearance, is not produced by cold winds, for 
uender bay — and supply them aay with water. ti the spring: At when small, they burrow into | we rarely have had * a, and the Eim is is very hardy, but by the 
oe eo caret e leaves, but as th I they spin those webs which ravages of caterpillars of two moths. which are now changing 
for the destruction of | a-e extremely injui e id hedges, as well as rend- | into chrysalids, — eaten thei fill. The buds of the trees 
cae Spasewealy een Pabee gard carton it should be difficult i tly. About the middle of the present month | are uninjured, and will soon clothe the leaves again with verdure. 
sae yonalt Shes, ee ee et thi which are lead colour, spin each a strong web, | Instead of referring the ap} ce of pests to cold, we 
tothis mach = heh be oe together, in which they ch a brownish-yellow pupa. | should conceiye that it isthe long-continued weather which 
sir te conti way the Soe between al and | By the end of the month. them a5 moths: “In | hae ‘stventhem.cnwonted vigour: and pro first in- 
ajl bog reauting it, catecioty this ainly among the more beautiful of our assisted in hatching them in : 
se ing his should be cut just | smaller moths. The upper wings are white, with about 20 black | 4. H. ing! whether the purple and blue rays 
Before ey mir Wibancens, a ges on contain their | dots distributed over them; the under ones are blackish, and ion in one year those s, such as Peony, 
assent fester abundance than at any other time. both have a fine white - The feet, antennz, and body Rose, &c., which ordinarily do not spring till the se- 
Asparacus, — Gradually discontinne cutting close. white. The female lays her eggs in masses of from 2v to 30 near ‘Also what rays (whether the white or 
JEANS. —S ly Long-pod. Should the weather prove dry, | the buds of the trees. Birds and a small kind <a Ichneumon are | any of the others: will most promote th ing and maturati 
the d 0 $0! potosom mies of this insect. hina them | of seeds. We do not know. All have seen upon the 
an¢ pinch of their tops as they come into blossom, is, when the caterpillars are in —— to: eabect and destroy | subject ss y given in 0 ; we have no ex- 
Bugucons. a ant oat some of the largest try wether them ; and also the bundles of cocoon: cenelees i 
State of the Weather for the Week ending June 3, 1841, as 
the met? wat observed af the pave ences wick. Tt. naturall bits turbaries 
Bee 36. ae > ages Some of the conte sid may be . In i nate sr live for many years, 
ut 18 inches aj - ‘ mi sphagnum or 
Broecoxt. -Sow the proper kinds for bata Bes ies, in an iit if planted 
open. situation, such as Grange’s gate Picton, from a pond 
a arian, and Miller’s Late White. of Provi- 
CeLsav.—Continae to plant out; water ‘copiously that already inst the 
ant il as what remains in the beds. 
Cauitr.owea.—Plant out successions; and do not allow the -—“Tam ployed 
plants to suffer for water, either in the seed. beds or when trans. to superintend his seed 
ed. aves cay e nursery, nor was I ever 
inpive one f not already done, and keep the seed-bed : ‘Sons about the 
zegularly wat i — ‘ at nigh! ou are aware they are 
‘Kupyax Beavs. ae up ad three or | 39. Overcast and fine. es, bearing the same relation to each egw 
+6 8: a merchant 
of Tulips, { last s¢3~ 
this year 
of course 
ch acme tes from his. = 
weeerae Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 years for onthe myself ‘amateur member of the Cheltenham 
ensuing Week ending June 12, 1341. Society, ani at the exhibition this season obeaine? 
Ne ae prize for the best five blooms. An objection has 7 
bees. rat raised by the defeated that Iam not an amateur, 
ean) Years in x iy made o& 
emp! which it | Tantity | - ist a nurseryman, and an attempt has been MEr™ 
sos, ead EEE Sxbeoet 7 his part to disqualify me. He refers toa note appended to. 
Apricots ae 58.2 g 0.23 im. | 2) 5 of the laws of the society, which says.—*No person N' ieg 
56.8 4 oss | aia a gardener = : 
HE oe tS gee eas 
‘S i no > 
a i az 3 ners labourer ; neither am I nor bart 
as ‘to 
Che. 
ces, t 
prank the fruit being dirtied by ovine 5 negiecting ze wenatenr a 
= finest frait is often rendered unfit table Ne ia ote ion eae 
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