Jonz-19.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. ~ 4301 
ay decayed leaves or flowers ; attend to the train- | Beans are scarce, The supply of Broad Beans has been | their cocoons mi EE SES 
ing, watered; rem ores pay d general neatness of an placed out, | pretty good. Carrots and me are much improved. Borde state.] oe ee ee 5p saga 
as much as if they ‘ceupied the house; the ometimes over- resweece nasi been brought in large quantities sparagus is Cc. D. *s one to E. M. 
looked whilst out-of-doors ; take care that the eater passes freely w. beco; yery small, i n is nearly over for it. Sa- G. et elaleuca armillaris; No. 2 is Sonthwillia 
through the Pee and that © tay Oe do not continue under drip, ladin of pte kinds abounds, and the quality is excellent.— nobilis, oberee Boman Stercilia platanifélia. 
if placed near trees. Flowers. Ther an excellent show of plants during the If X. 0. P. could send us any part of the plant he inquires 
Pirs anD FramMeEs.—Propagate China Roses by cu‘ k, including man es, ths, and Geraninms, and about, we sera from _ it is really impossible to deter- 
tinue to increase the Dianthus tribe. eine Pg sae specimens of Metrosideros floribundus, Fuchsia fulgens, and Po- | mine plan 
d m as their young growths nearlyripened; let the | lygala grandifiora. The cut flowers have been esYs and among H. A. C., Ieee ant is not a Myrtle out of health, 
wounds have time to dry before the cuttings are planted; bud or | them were fine collections of Hearteenses| and Roses. ae on Aficuba japonica the spots on its leaves are natural 
graft th itrus ti ; t in cuttings tsease, Double RICES, fa Tog Jonx 19, 1841, FRUITS :— 
Rockets, Geraniums, and all other desirable plants of which on, p posite 0 is Gd | Oranges, per a 6d ~ Gardner’s plant is Hydrocléys Commersé: 
cuttings can be obtained ; water Auriculas and Poiyanthuses fre- Raopberr ri Hed. per feetaies 64 tols S T 100, 6s a A Young Gardener's Vine leaves. are ap} aera attacked by 
quently, bat not overhead, and keep them clean ; pot off seedlings Wontasineg, ce metie anee oe ee some parasitical fungus, which ust breaking: through the skin. 
and rooted cuttings. Cherries, . 6d tots > pet peck, Se He had better eee the poorly with tower of-sulphar in very 
Out-door Department. Gooseberries, per hf. sve., 236d to3r6d_ er r bush. 16s to 208 small quantities. Most likely his Vines have had a sudden check 
FiLo re round the beds and borders frequently - ae per alt sieve, Ge ae ushel— from cold, 
to tie up ayalls ate icing fiower-stems ; if this is neglected until the Fine Aprio, pal (3 eine 6d wo 5a t no ae ‘A Constant Reader at Stoke Newington had better water his 
plants get too pire d, no after-treatment can make them look | Cucumber’ per brace, 12 to 2s Baby SE Ae lawn with the ammoniacal ean or of the rm lweke in the pro- 
neaf. Attend to Dahlias—tie them up ne d water them if | Melons, English, each, 3s togs — Turkey, 16¢ to 208 portion of one part of the liquor to six of water, it will kill the 
necessary ; t in climbing plan’ inst walls ; rapes, h » per to 10s _— Savon promote the hms wth sc the grass. Perhaps it will 
take up Hyacinths and other choice bulbs—they may be sg in the VEG BLES. also appear to kill the s, but the latter will spring again more 
reserve-garden for a short Aen. if their roots are fresh; ae, per a zen Garlic, per pound,— wigoroaely than 2 agg 
vy the cand faced borders neatly ; sweep and roll gray: vel vue eabbaxe lants,, sper Porhaty § Shallots, per Ib. Is The Cape bulb, from a correspondent whose name is mislaid, is 
‘aulifiowers, per dozen, 2s to 58 ‘ — Green, per bunch, 4d Babiana rin: 
iow law: Peas, per sieve, 3s to o Asparagus, per bundle, Large, 3s to5¢ Tingens 
= acaba Bud Apricots and Roses ; prevent, by stakes or other — perhalf sieve, 22 to or Middling, 2s 6d Siler will find the management of 
means, newly-grafted trees from being broken ; continue to = arg aaoee Beans, fore., 100 oar astibes aa Sprue or Small, ls 6d to 2s Soames plants in “ * Sweets Hothouse and Greenhouse Ma- 
hard-wooded trees and shrubs; water and weed seedlings of e Broad Beane portlets Lettuce, € se Pa 
greens; d weeds and water spring-planted trees s, per tou, af 1 i Celery. ix eek "e iF 1g wo Bee “Fidel, Suburban, X. ¥. Z. 
Forgst anp Coppice ps,—Continue to prepare ‘or es lew, per incr hk ES Salads, per punnet, 2d the Rose ee ved next weex. 
ting ; single trees which were planted last spring ptt ne eee tb., 4d to 8d — Waters TESS, rs all behs, 6d to 9d P. M. may be assured that the woolly-leaved Currant is really 
sh ex from time to time, and if they havabecome | qirnin White nerd fen ee eve dn aifsiovey te we ibes petraeam. The figure in “ English Botan any” had the Rowers 
wind-waved, the openings must be filled dry fine earth; | Carrots, Ho per do . bane h, 45to98 | Fennel, per dos ag ore placed erect by some mistake, and they are Sorsiediy ies soeesieh- 
keep all young plantations — and ae the herbage from Beet, per doz Thyme, per doz. bunches, 3s yellow, oe “rubicundi ;” the latter, however, so: 
bed joseph Past Horse geome . per bu Bindi Is 6d to 4s — Lemon, per doz. bunches, 2s in a faint degree. 
erranty * (24't0 80 each) | Sage, per doz. bunches, 3s to 4s An Amateur Gardener.—The unfruitfulness of Strawberries is a 
NOTES FOR SMALL GARDENS. oo Tetaibispie tla aribis pp asic fee ces, 4 toce | Very general complaint this year, and the evil seems referable to 
Carzrvuty cut off from Rose bushes all those flowers which | Spinach, persieve, Isto ls 6d Savory, per doz. bunches, ar circumstances connected with the panty occurs under 
have a green tuft in the centre, as if left on and allowed to pro- heansa eer ea sie ores Se bs Basil, Ber doz. bunches, 6sto 8s varied di as re: soil and situation. Your soil be 
luce branches and leaves they materiall: t. Also | poces’, st Sag ea Mushrooms, per pottle, ts tols6d~ | dry » Manure will prove ben 3 it should be ap- 
Temove all dead blossoms, which are not only unsightly, but pre- —— plied as a mulching late in autumn or prin, Ki the 
vent, in some cases, a secon: tec being prod oo - * #3. in (7, , _— clear of runners. ae 
Verbenas, and Ss, wi av out some ‘ger Q. Z. will, no doubt, find that the Mulberries he speaks of, with 
time, and hav: grow, should be tied up, or pegged on sed tw pratt i —Will as any 0 of 0} ur correspondents lobed leaves, are the common sort. When young, or when very 
the ground, Pleasure of the proprietor ; if this is not done, | 8 Succeed crag Rane plant favour as in a day or two | vigorous, the leaves of this plant are always lobed, and they re. 
as they make their growth, they will soon become , and : der which it sar ng  feeeeere, lorelity, :anil a semble Fig-leaves ; b it gets older the leaves assume the 
give a neglected air to the flower-garden or border in which they tie ken sath Saag ming We shall be much obliged for mmo; ap mee. There is no possibility of a 
sare placed. Continue to plant out si : 0 sinned here ile formation, obtain it from all parts of t mule being formed between a Mulberry and -tree. 
bulbs have been enup. Water ly rything ly Snags bays ample directions mi in the 
Planted, as it may be required. Tie the buds of Pinks, or slip a dalle’ ir. Murra Sen ill find Paronjchia argentia described in De Can- mbers of this ee on 
ound pi over thent, to-prevent their bursting; | { aries sce rt natse 0 ). It is a little trailing plant age po Tyro, if he wishes to investigate what are supposed to be the 
nny weather the flowers must be shaded ; or if it is rodeat Ser a ie 7 uations on the north side of on basin of causes of the directions taken it parts 0 of plants, should study 
to accelerate them for a show, a small hand-g! ed some other gre ott Fes: A t pe be obtained in the Edinburgh or the’writin Dutrochet. We donot know what the fact is 
“ver a stake will be found useful. As the petals ey 2 SMler Lhe Ente (tai fee with ba Avena, but in general the st and os 
should be regularly arranged on the card, especially if intended = nthe very 500 e the yore of | of vegetable tissue are owing to differences in the size of the cc! 
as iwer should be .in diameter; the ead ‘orest. trees. In the present oa can eeepc say, it is better | on o part which 
be white with rose-coloured edges, and a rich dark we Alle mae tem at all than to prune them ill; and —_ =~ ore | _ 4.—From the state in which the flowers of y 
rly black centre ; the cas must be | * sire —— etewor acct from the first, they scarcely y require arrived, we find it impossible to give a correct judgment as to its 
——- marked and clearly defined. Give abun of air to al cases. % calour of the flower is id the mn 
thegpeenbote es, and attend to waterin; ae &c. as before. wide Lover of Truth complains that in an Advertisement lately im- | of blue surrounding the under petals has a pretty appearance; it 
Make a iperc! ese ged eae alas at eis: season, i m intend to in this Journal, it is asserted that 200,000 Standards and 
flo marked. soil 
for the Pansy; for its cultivation we refer r you to page 147. In 
obtaining new varieties by cross feriization, take rome oe all 
things, that the form of the parents is perfect ; 
consideration 
M. WwW. 
EN’ NTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
REAT injury is sometimes done to the crops of Cabbage, Broc- 
alk and Cauliflower, by the larve of two large tory one called 
cars bye 
would requir en acres of ground: and 
Cabbage-moth, Mamestra Brassicz, and the other the White- 
200,000 s' 
that as Dwat'h Roses for budding: pee Feat ly planted in rows two 
oe The fi ou have experienced in obtaining a 
dine drown-eyed nioth, Mamestra oleracea. “The perfect insects | feet six inches apart, and eight inches es plant from plant, at this | fine hea aon te ade your’ Pelargondeise: Sais sine ae bly 
‘appear in May and June; the fo’ is t 1$in. across the ex- | Fate an acre will hold in round numbers from 25,000 to 27,000; | arisen ie m the plants not being judiciously artic ge 
aended swings, which are light brown variously ked with 0,000 would therefore require nearly 24 acres, so that 800,000 | point we refer you to Mr. Cock’s — on his ered of reutivation, 
7 bangs and stripes, and have near the centre of the upper | R0Ses would occupy upwards es inste: fe p. 83, and to Mr. Catleugh’s, p. 100 
wings ayge spots, one blackish and the other grey e | teen,” as advertised. Our Correspondent mast us an- | petals will fall quickly, and if bees | ered ti to into the 
<aterpillar is green shaded = grey me black ; on the top o 8 mite seed ae ba en piney pcre e any | house thi e ‘the same effect, and prevent your having 
ack it has # , and at the si lowish one. peas © public must judge for them- truss 
it appears:in a great mischief to ne | Selves of ba credibility. We must, however, pn that any fle’ open ona at the same time ; and-many of the 
ar instance it is quite sible for a Lo Truth 
to be wrong; for rEg ge ae may be called Deer we 
OSes 
mes - id darkish eect Ste ard pe * seethaed Nered the soil, this Lopietttare 
in series oi with a white m an e-coloured P: A Subseriber.—The ‘colour of ar Pelargonium is exceeding}: 
pot near it; near th of the wings is a white an ne —The Bossizea is B. paucifélia, geod, but the under petals are too long and too narrow, y 
pe. Th rpillar is brownish, and has a dark stripe on its s pl ant i is hipped yas frutescens. C.—No. 1 is oe vulgaris; 2, Photinia serrulata; 3, 
‘oack and sides, and a light one placed over the feet. Tt feeds in Egtantine’s Rose may be an Aleyrodes; but unless speci- | Crinum , Heenixathus multiflorus. 
‘the same manner asthe Cabbage-moth ; the only remedy w. Te "leat or “£0, be transmitted in apill-box, it ismeither | C..f.—No. 1 i ‘Curysanihermanear pyrethriféliam ; 2, Crategus 
acquainted with for iessening their numbers is to handpick. A seme “A ar Ga its name nor to suggest a remedy.—Zt pundata; 3, Taxédium distichum ; 4, Perfploca grec 5, ee 
from feeding. Tne {ue Plan's with lime might prevent them | tty ‘Notts! does nes Capes dae Erom, the lias of Costock | RanehantvincetSsicum; 6; Andromeda Cassmcfate; 
i > 4 fere! <, 5 ts 
2 oer. Other avocations have compelled us = ion Fossil Loma tla oe Ss need 
State of the Weather for the Week ending June 17, 1841, as ‘ ingeaguees Study; but we shall be be glad to receive information u:; nesount tof the iaoatolas Sodom blind. 
seas at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. = b weather in March, and the rere go toe in April, Festa to ‘hare 
|___‘TARRMow | Wind “ ‘inns ua is Malcolmia maritima, no doubt escaped from a monk general complaint. Strawberries 
ro -- Mak: | Mian, ect ind. | Rain, gor ee ete. endure ere and protracted winter, and yet-bear a Bray 
rida: Ww} 29.7 29.687 54 45 49.5 N. Bingen e Ong our correspondents who favour us | crop, pe ded the sbeuber Y proves uniformly fine after it once 
Saturday 12} 29.973 | 29.907 | 53 37 4.0 | weE | oo | WF communications, t to be careful in distinguishing matter | does set in. A steadily cold winter and warm summer are con- 
Se, rr errs, ae oy oral a x She Naw: which is not bone Bs n from what is their original composition. | ditions for which the ey are naturally adapted; for such are the 
Pasty 151. 00.007 | anme | ae boon? toes pawl can ii bebe — that a paper on the Advantage and Economy of | characteristics of their native cl North America, whence 
“Wednesdayis | 30.208 | 30.111 72 a "56.5 s er, print Pp. 342, is an extract from a paper by the | the species ishing t of the varieties in cuitivati ere 
‘Whursday 17 | 39.079. | "29.873 | 70 4. | 555 | § author of “The Domestic Gardener’s Manual,” in an old vol originally ed. The one of those curious cases which 
Average | 30.931 | 29.889 | 65.0 | 414) 6387 oz, | of the “Magazine of Domestic Economy.” manner in — os gece of ee plants are 
pra Towers must excusé our occupying our columns with produced ; they are not un 
- Overcast and cold; cloudy vid fine. monuahe ee priority of discovery. Satditnattess are merely D. C. L.—Haatbois arias are re much Gr mens for 
=: Slight rain ; overeast and fine in afternoon; clear at night, | PeTsomal, and rarely interest any one except the Parties con- | the London market ; yet the true sort can be obtained in the 
13. Overcast; clow udy. and cold. cerned. We do not find that our corresponde: it who strikes cnt. principal fruit-shops. “Under this name, , several o' 
ii. Dry andcoldn onthe wick, ‘tts sunshine; very fine; overcast | gs in water, takes any credit for originality; and if it were Varieties are vended in the streets, such as the Surinam, 
atnight, worth while, it would = easy to show cae se pur is pee me s ite Carolina, all abundant bearers, but of very infe- 
12: Slight drizzle in the morning; cloudy and fine; coldat night. | er r. Powers jor flavour. these are now by Keen’: 
16. Fine but very ary clear at night. {than with our pts sc on | Seedling. The thing you can your tation 
ottemd aes 2 | there a paragraph headed Goosehtary ieee eae ace | toile Hauthois s'e ig them ay and oh megs ee eon. 
3 - * i autbois. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 years for respondent states that in Feb. or March he applies lime tothe: ors are pints coovack: they never Jatin bearing. Observe, 
the ensuing Week besten cremate 1341, of his plants, and that he has found this remedy successful for 36 nevertheless, in the first season after planting, whether your beds 
ee | Aver. fo of | nds. | Yeats. Several of my friends have read his account, and all find contain any sterile or blind plants, and if there is any eradicate 
Aha Lowest Mean Pes in | @reatest |__| it difficult to decide in what manner the lime acts so.as to pro- | them immediately, for they are stronger than the fertile plants, 
June _| Temp.| Temp.|TemP] which Fe) Saint fa A al er | oem ak: felony “The bu te osits its eggs under | and will soon overrun the beds, to the exclusion of the latter e 
Sd ee ha onl SE el g the summer, which eggs the lime destroys. R. C.—We have only a moment to wh, “on no account cu 
Sie ae 3 mab ic es” a a ga yao | Sage tet You mee” Wah Iota ok 
ry . . rs 
Wet | ina | a7 |ono| 2 | os three years consecutively, but with us the eggs are 
Bing ped fare 5 | os s o.87 se eng on the a ~ under sides of PRINCIPAL HORTICULTURAL SUBJECTS IN 
in, 2 7 5 are soon hate! cater- 
WO hr Hag Sa Ct ae eee pars com cnn’ ghelt destructive havoc almost before they are | Briars, double and bush wee “Tene an ind Canterbury Fand 
} o e SI Sov desirous Mr. Jackson whether ae oe at Hort - ~% : oo 
Pde x perature during the above period occurred on in the same way, and if so, how the lime og oe ee ee ae ie tae 
Stes st, i arn 91°; me the lowest, on the 22d, | applied months of February or March acts upon them ? Chemistry, its value in Horti- Leaves, p Propagat ing Litacem 
—thermomi " Poes the tree take up the lime, so render eaves obnox- Chemisty, ee ironed foe ee nee rhs ote 
ous to the insects which it the 2” (There aretwokinds | Chem’ Baral, Wo. XV = 379 ¢| Leeds Hort. and Flor. 3 
oe . a iar whieh adh Grea ss of | Shusaey collection of seeds irom ws | vr Sete na ‘Cleves was 
eb aise Epr the Week ending neo gage pines pH eroie land the Nématus Ribesii, described’ in Catungs, injarious to singe thé | Magnesian Li . Late 
eather o; we made but a difference |p. 312 other the larva of the bottoms of - 3855 OD bent ae 331 a 
an the general supply, though the quality of articles is not a. ‘The latter is white slightly tinged with blue, and Bisbdaing Bact Ne ste aa e Fhiprtiees ye asepre oh 
‘quite as in conseq f it. Plants and ent | having numerous blac! :On the back; it is called a looper Fines. a toageet i ae ete Soc. Si 
Powers of the usual kinds have dant.—Fruits. Pines | from its peculiar mode ; it fixes itself first firmly with ra" Magazine ed. 3 " wo 
Providence, Gee d plentiful daring the week; the kinds are | its hind feet, and then extends its body fally, after which it puts | Fore oreat-trees, management of : "Rowe 
Queen, and Enville. Hiothouse Grapes are excellent, | down its fore-feet and draws the hind part of its body as close | ¥* fees SRE ome te in 
on Su he pees der but little from last week. The remarks made | after them as possible, thus forming an arch or loop. We do not Gerardi dia fraticosa, a Penstemon me a4 
tue “Aches and in our last apply to with Mr, Jackson the eggs of the insect | Gloxinias, te grow 5 
Sterne es now become very abundant, those of a| by spreading lime under ; because it is unlike the Gramons Oak : . 3 
anger description still command price. Melons are good | economy of any insect that we are acquainted with to remove its Homans seaation ee 
plentifut. abound, but the quality varies con- | young offspring so far from their food, and in the presen’ Hops, to protect trom Iuseeie <2 ade 2 
pce se Canliflowers and are fine, and | the eggs are deposited on the bushes. it is more probable tres Handlet Florists! Society | 
f the fs (ont degy 0 Peas are in consequence | the lime injures such caterpillars as may have fallen down, or Turina Gia ay sfew + Be 
cians Weather the quality is not peepee a ee French | haye laid themselves under a clod of earthy or in the e soil, to make 5 alegre: : = 
