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Jone 12.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
the parench: chyma, er eases in the perfect s' pcg oe Ae hy It is only as ornamental objects that NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
y 
Many rem: medies ave been tried t 
though 
The best method, however, of preserving the crop, 
ce! 
dus’ 
whi 
insects have timeto destroy the tender ones. Fo 
d to be an excellent pal tency and in some 
hs rid of the nuisance, het 
d of wormwood. 
i morning, which 
insects, prevents their feeding. 
, is to use some 
others nitrate of soda been observed to be useful for two 
pecing years. The latter must be applied with great caution, 
chiefly to plants of the Cruciferous order. 
Pale of the Weather for the Week ending June 10, 1941, as 
a at the Horticuitural Cae Chiswick. 
‘Taxneomereas::\—'} Wind. | Rain 
J = ve “Miia: Max, | Min. ; Mean 
‘riday 4 30.357 | 30,300 72 46 59. N.W. 
Saturday &| 30210 | 30.004 73 46 59.5 Ww. 03 
Sunday, 6| 29.981 29.923 59 40 492.5 | N.E.| cor 
Monday 7 | 29.956 29.921 57 46 5LS N. ‘og 
Tuesday 8} 29.974 29.958 56 46 $1.0 N. 
Wednesday 9 | 29.917 29.911 57 39 48.0 N.E. 
Thursday 10} 99.815 |__ ‘29.669 7 41 56.0 N. 
Average | 30.034 29.955 | 63.6 | 43.4 53. 08 
very 
6. Fine, but cool ; overcast wit! 
7. Col id ‘and dry in the morning ; 
rain ai 
ut, 
9. Boney a a pana in the morning; | clear at night. 
lear a 
10. Overe: 
at night. 
very fine; 
. Fin dry ; clear at night. 
Fi Slightly pail fine; rain at night. 
h very slight Tain. 
3 Gomes with cold north wind 
t. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 years for 
the ensuing bain 
ending June 19, 1841. 
of 
| Aver. Greatest 
| ars Lowest a ong i quantity 
J | Temp. | Temp. of Rain. 
une } 
Sun. 3 73.8 50.9 62.4 6 0.56 in. 
Mon. 14 73.5 50.6 62.0 6 0.20 
Tues. 15 |. 73.8 | 52.4 L 7 0.30 
Wed. 16 | 71.8 2. | 62.0 “8 017 
‘Thurs.17 73.2 51.8 62.5 10 0.80 
ri 73.2°| 52.2 | 62.7 6 0.25 
Sat. 50.7 | 60.8 ZT 0.37 
The highest temperature garieg the above period oc 
the 15th, in 1836—thermometer 86°; and the lowest, on eae 4th, 
in 1833—thermometer 38°. 
average ; the 17 
The number of es von Sear the 
17th was wet in 10 of the above 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN 
‘ _ For the Week ending June 11th, 
otwithstand: 
“pong 
Ne ling the weather has - at naiasiditiy cold 
during the week, the supply of fruits and vegetables has by no 
means. ised, and e quality has been generally 
Plarits and ent flowers, of a superior description, have 
wits, Pines of good quality are plentiful; the kinds 
are and Black Jamaica. Hothouse Grapes of the 
usual sorts are rather Cheaper. eac! and Nectarines remain 
at the same price as-—last week. Cherries, th forced and 
natural, abound. i if Strawberries may n be had, 
a ips are excellent. Young Potatoes, both Ash- 
leaf and y und. The supply Asp: s is dually 
decreasing ; some tolerably ay still be obtained. Salading 
kinds is excellent; there are some fine Cos and oth 
PRIC. 
Apples, per halfsve., 4s to 10s 
bent kinds—a large col 
and a number of h: 
ES, meee satan 12, 1941. FRUITS -— 
Oranges, 
crept ood 8 
00, 6s to 
Strawberries, per panies 9d tols6d 
pare ee sonst, soe to 30s Teme . Is to og 
Nectarin fh th gel 1» 2s to 30s saggy 
Cherries; per ib oe eave ae ep os 
a per sieve, 2s6d to 58 ae ae per Ib., 32 
Curra: a Green, per half sieve, 3s to 4s 
Pine Apple, p. 1. pbs oo ee 
Cacum ers, er to 3s _- Beate 2 
Melons, Eng! fab oa wack: as to8s 7 — Barcelona, 297 
Grapes, hothouse, = Ib., 4s to 10 — Turkey, 16s to 18 
Walnuts, per bush. és to. 208 
VEGETABLES. 
‘totey jae ite. per dozen, 6d to Js 6d} Shallots, “Ac Ib. 1 
cau lowers, per bwosig 2sto be ny ee cee 
Eee, 7 “ethos arto 43 100, Large, 5s 
er half sieve, sco Sr Gd Second or Middling, 
oe peaks Joe — Sprueor Small, p. bdle, 2s to3s 
ey Beans, forced, p-100, 4a cy og aa stole 
Broad Beans, p. half sieve, 2s 6d to 316d tols 6d 
Panasoes, : = 10s to Sf je (12 to 15)'9d 
i Ib, 6d to 1s 6d “3 + Pa 
hokes » per dozen, 4s to 98 s 5, 6d toad 
fare h ie ‘doz, ponch:. es to. Bs lfsieve, 9d to le 
rots, Horn, 2 Gd , per doz. bunches, 3s 
Sed Bees Dasher nd - bunches, 1s te 2s 
Horse Hal per bundle, 1s 6d to 4s bunches, 3s 
Radish, per doz, hands (2¢to 30 each) r doz.bunches, & 
od wie ad inches, 3¢ 
rnip, p. doz. bunches, Isto 1s behs, 126d to 2e ‘ 
Spinach, perslore, oe 1s 62 arjoram, perdoz. bunches, 4s to 6 
Onions, pe: 6d to 5s Savory, per doz. bunches, 
— a idigee ved es, 2s toés | Basil, doz. bunches, 6sto 
per 
z th 
in the It iso 
‘ advice to give *e  gercanes Les 
prove all. 
= tem eof'a 
we should burs 
Guerr mens 
use Frid core post 
at noatiois m this 
rim ont a heap fi peti; to which = ae ae to 
r Ce 
h corroded with 
Ponca =the 
il the Fevck canetan, 
erist.—None of the American Oaks are of any value in this 
question of timber, summers are 
country, so far as it is a 
Our 
rth growing, and there are not many — cul- | 
> if 
E defeat of the French Ministry in the Seay er of 
cle 
Ty he was a 
reriarkable exa: unconscious absurdity, his believers wi rer on the Bill for the recruitment of the army, is the 
much more remarkable for th ost important intelligence w nett receiv ‘aris. 
7 . 
I Codstent Reet mee Miles are a ‘1, calearata; 2 pers’ ppears that the Government had so little anticipated 
folia; 3, canadensis. The fruit we do not ge i opposition, that ad already been the for. 
J. T,—1, Epidendrum nutans ; 2, Maxillaria gracilis ; 3, Epiden- matio; th reserve, which niust now be r 
: : 4 —_ postponed to 
drum variegatum ; species of Setaria; 5, Briza jess 6, another year, in con ence ‘e the admént.’ This 
Begonia petalodes; 9, a species of Eupatorium. Th rs re- | 2 yoy Bes amendme 
quire more time for ion than we can spare. feat f M: 
ES es On oe the Rev. J. Philpott is a small variety of | shal Rael, bat by the influence of the Court, the Cabinet 
J. M., 2.—The plant is apparently Eupatérium leiophyllum. is again Ith ided-wh 
J. B. "Lares has sent a very good Mimulus, which has a paler ; ry 
ground colour than in the varieties grown near London. will re the Deputies to consider the amendments 
The wasps from Clericus Cornubiensis are females of Vespa vul- | Of the Peers. Independently of ¢ 
V. rufa, Curtis’s Brit. * 760. The neuters appear | to politi jes in Paris, i 
about a month after the females aided rasa their he bei aay i ra te re a bs th ore 
therefore, occasi ly apy at d of May, but I tre. | general character as confirming the prospect of peace in 
member to have observed any so ear y — urope. ‘rom Spai e lea that the 
C. P2s insects attacking Mangel Wurzel and Potatoes are the | oO ung Que health hi + ie Bd pe 
ame of which we will eh give when be - ts ween’ 2 gain g . 
bscriber will find ample directions for growing Pelargoni- 
i rs eo 
£ on 
ing 0 office a cat 
ums in our article by Mr. Cock, in p. 83, and in one by Mr. Cat- 
leugh, in. p. 100. 
7 was noticed in p. 366. 
not uncommon. Why 
ceatency $0 to deformities of this 
les are Shieby ary fd 
by 
- 
holdi 
ment ii receiving any sees during sah session ; the 
— as 0 ae ah eT et saree 09% 
sie a large majority. 
oe complete 
division, party feeling is to have considerably 
sided i i 
ed the Cortes. —In “Portugal, another Mini es 
—Except where wood is required for r future bearing the 
oo te Ebayer should ee = at the second point —S the | © e and on 
Sanch ax oot eas ms matings Be : so far, which willbe the the continuance of the n newly-organised — In con- 
J. M.—Carson is not an author, but the great dressmaker. No | 5a¥ence of the o sae de o both these measures, Mi- 
jeupeions om goad eee nee: of Chevreul. We shall pursue | nisters had tendered their resignations, rg m the 
important sul ‘orest-trees from time to time. . inistrati * 
G. W. should consult a come aby man upon such points as ifficul —— “2 new = tion, a yesomspore 
are pene us about, — rape epee answered baa tion of the existing Cabinet was expected. Th 
out more information than he given us. Werecommend nition .of Maria by the Pope, and 
to apply to A. Ain -» 10, Doughty-street, London. Where Pe, arreare- 
Ghierer 00 be piers. pas re So various, the means of attaining them a et the diffe —— ‘betwee en ie al and the Holy 
uetatg deo bovis also. In general four-inch pipes are the bes The race 
Ske Lis Cornus macrophylla, not hardier than Ben- of “The Rhenish } provine es of Prussia opened o1 
thamia ; it was killed in the hard winter 1837-8. 2 is eueeipgos 23rd.—The Pruss re net dieappeos ved a = 
pe oncom oe of the hardiest, but killed in the hard winter of meas f Aus’ n regard to © Swiss Conve - : 
1837-8 Cissus orientalis, perfectly hardy, but not very orna- Swiss Conven br 
mental, exceptin the the aaaty pare of summer. os the Canton of ane spine a circular to the 
ae SY ew cantons with the view of bringing the question so ca 
ts s hetnsiee tn the stals. Trim your a ie n . r = q zat 
and attend fo ite y in the mext season. jo ti tho rs you = issue to an equitable conclusion.—From Italy we learn 
are c! iy classi ‘writers, useful to stu * Sains ior curious bo- | that in con: i 
a “ih old books ean 2 farnis consultation b mere tyros. ‘The | Spanish Pika ifn ‘gre tie aerate tn 
ie! the fees. part; the price o ? 
oes, catalogues of second-hand book- | has threatened a of 
se 
He tothe stems of young fruit-trees, and to The negotiations at Naples on the Sulphur Question are 
Gé— a eeing close 
h of a foot, will undoubtedly injure very m 
especially if done late in the 5} spring; yet the surface ought to be | 
_ loose by shallow digging and hoeing, otherwise, in the soil | 
subsoil which Clem describe, the roots will not find sufficient 
ry 
ant Es oots of vines, thatis. poms opeae or) 
of leaves on shoots of the present eas m’s growth, 
att ced, with the exception of one next to whe re the 
shoot i is stoped, or shortened back. Care must be taken not to 
ds also formed in the axils of the leaves, but 
which ought not to Bigs 3 into shoots till the following spring. 
To prevent this taking place is the object of leaving a inal 
leader. Brompton Stocks thrive very~vell in common black gar- 
D 
den soil, bu’ it better if manured with a 
| advantageo: ous to this country i isin progress of com — 
The particulars of the concessions grant. Pacha of 
pt by Porte mapproved he Allied 
ers ; they settle the hereditary succession in the 
Pacha, and leave the revenu 
intment of. officer: 
colonel is. also conceded. In the event of these 
terms being refused by the Pacha, abil | it is a 
The pro 
te tranquillity, a Secideariadiig ina "it 
ha’ . 
it. 
H. T., Underwood.—The green scum which infests your pump- will be i immediately renewed. te insurrection 
water is a plant, and we fear that any substance which would | the Turkish provinces, and in Candia, still continues, ait 
destroy it would also render the w: to your flower- | 5, coming more al: z 
garden. But it is probable that the water co some mineral 5 et ee ie re- 
which is prejudicial, and in thi we would advise you to | Sult of an = conspiracy in all the E pro- 
make more provision for colleeting rain-water, which is by far bia oO! ——— before 
the best for gard purposes. If you have any means of = ies 
keeping your etn the bearsbt in —_ rine er. oa = one were organised.—The arrival 
a joxinias wi re . the ie a r 
epee A asia : tae tod = 5, sins u oe steame aship, ae which much ant anxiety 
Ease with sage beneath able Peged en? ag big oar intelligen moar New ? ~ ‘ rh of 
is past this y lessen withheld during ew York; the trial re) r. M‘Leod 
winter monte, bot the plants should ‘alway Ye Ket i HFM | commenced on the 17th ult, expected to con- 
a to time. jon have already most irecti tinue for several days ; the stem of the defence was, that 
for the management ‘elargoniums. ; 
1d Priend inquires, “If T-wone to are ‘tig - M* acted as a public servant, d that his con- 
up the eye = cota, what pee ns the reslt ps duct was entirely approved by the e British Government. The 
result wo ferent! different cuttings. next 7 
useful to stop such plants as Euphorbias from bleeding Perineey ei mpost prob ygive it of the trial. 
but this is most simply done by plunging the cuttings in loam or | - ome, the proceedings of the of Commons, 
i 5 rr, not like to singe them, ements a general election, | com 
a injure from which we expected our = = - 
to come. The ws of a littie.common sell She Bayes of eam — ae a attention. po Lord 
striking cuttings, isto enable young roots to strike oved the order 
as soon as they are capable of the nutriment . Hi of theaay of the 
kind of soil affords. The extremity of the cutting should be in sequenct the recent 
plunged into the soil. There is no doubt that such our ion, Government i 
alten sia bn ex cond taba to pee aie a . to abandon, for this session, proposed conimittee on 
Corn-laws ; and that as it was necessary for the 
INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL 5 HORTICULTURAL SUBJECTS IN | to decide, result of ageneral election, the importan 
entuation, snes went y Caterpillars destroy i i ing, Ministers would bring the 
See Te tae aed Florists’ Soc: « © oy. | Session to a close as ‘ ‘, and summon the 
He eer apeg nee ey og 4g ooo ee om era me Parliament without delay. On Tuesday, the Hous 
Bath Hort. Soc... . | s67e|  — Greenhouses, aew without a division, Attorney-General 
Benthamia, to fower + » Sal} of 2. +e Se Se ag ‘ * 
Bireh-pruning - « 4 3650} Holt Hort. Soc. + - 3672} should be directed to Dr. Webster, of St. 
Catieugh's Geratlams noticed | Sere| =” Socetiey chjecs | Alban’s, for bribery at the last ; and leave 
Chemistry, Rural, No. XIV. ° 36k | Indie Ag. and Hort.Soc,’ | en | was given to i abilf'for making railways in Ire- 
Hierahincians, 3 Geet i amg | DSSS Hand. On Wednesday, in the division on the first clause 
Citron, Orange, sad os eS ee en ae LO Administration of Justice Bill, Ministers were Te ft 
Conkeshes uacaf . sigs BeOS} Osaka Spenish; kinds 5° S08's | in gf piinority. amt the bil 
Coecus om Peaches, eurefor ”. 2696} Orchidaces, culture of hardy. 364 ¢ 2 
reason for calling com- Peconies, new kind: eftree + as three months. On Thursday the motion fe Fi Addiohen 
Coniferous plants, propagated ” Potatoes, tocarthup - - 3695 | to the Crown on the Danish claims was agreed to s 
a re i a ere ity of 11; and cert : 
Cottage Gardens, No. XX. | 3685 Botanic So.» + > 368¢ majority an cer _ — in pw Bri 
leaved = - 365 ¢ | Rucker'e< 7 ome sess f 
g to strike in water - Be Salvia tens ay» See a ae lst a 
i: Sr ess : el ee or ee sonnel f Mr. Menners 
Exhibitions, articles named at mee Thetmemoters, self-register . 36a Election the 
Fig,hardiest kind... spa 7 has methed of Lords, 
opr ORS a Se} insummer — ott Bel Bn 
colours for yy rea + 367 es ae pealon tio ees Fac aes it 
promotes Sowers: 6. GSD better nie 2° oe majority 
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