jeer’ 
~ subject senanrebes 
of the 
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CHRONICLE. 
vary considerably, but they never constitute more than | 
a very small por Saal bn! the soil; _ influence =— 
es, in wet), as I have ace for the last six years, they | 10 
will find that it will give unto the bonagae A Sapo and | 
surprised | 
= 
yegetation is, howe considerable, r certain plants 
bt the crop would have been still finer—Francis 
Packet, » Frenchay, near 
seem to requi uire particular 
d corn conta 
dissolved in 
i hich I h sp dent T. N. ai Hiaty ts Be ehaled Dy oe parkanks 
Laan well in soils not containing them. Thus all kinds of | this moment. I T oeared last spring two the yal to | it may be it. “In ol of 
an in- silica and phosphoric acid ; the | each other and “og gid evel ~ . of them was frequently il kind: practi k e, 
Ikali, either potash or | watered with t the other not, d take t the whole. This is supposed to be 
ery ‘6 render it soluble, and enable it to enter the roots difference is ‘stoning. “9 had the curtoeity t ducive t y, and doubtless is so, even thoug 
water; i é tallest onion on each all the errors should be on the same side of the truth 
ated with a " which i is ator either lime or magnesia, it proved to be Erenty-thes and a half inches where the But Where it can fat, tee srranged that the errors must be 
way see Wed COA hatin charkha' er Gata? 
y matte E d thi hardly imagine any 
and in the sam’ 
quantities of 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
" Caleeolarias Hardy. —In n p. 441, E bem i that Calceo- 
ety is, has occurred in the short ‘space of five oats, 
be said, that the growth is facilitated one half; and it is 
They 
sible; 
my opinion sae if hgh in time it would be a ai 
I would be a destructive 
of-doors. In this pia, about 50 miles | to the South-east 
the com mmenced watering the other | 
bed, and pon it has onh ai 
of London 
without the slightest protection in the oped | border. I 
are clearly visible. vt trust this information | 
addaertty occurs, iene which’ ee pebin re 
fallen or risen perhaps one oat eae or more 
the observations have not been taken éqitally stone if fa 
a 
Gnie cabe the’ fall of the ‘mercury d a 
f 
had only two plants out- ~ doors, and th 
winter, and have for the last five weeks made a fine ap- 
| benefit who has rors 
phi make rh 
is to cut a double 
ner I 
handfal "of ithe tops heh the 
quarters of a degree, which is 
pearance, having aaa en to 15 ) heads of blossom, each decoctio: ion, is can be easily made with common care, still the mean 
ining from 20 to 30 fi (Wil place it in a bucket, and pour wae h 
Adelaide) t aving also s\ wates “Onitt till it is fall pose, for example, that ‘the true dew-point was 40°, and” 
+ as ar ve also Salvia Sc ialenhen, it is used.—[We presume this is owing to the yuslicy of | that in the first observation the thermome ometer ‘was not 
Graben, ind ag dstiolse: Salvia fulgens, chamedry- Ik porter elear- 
semen 7 killed, but} = If so, nitrate or sulphate of soda, or even wood- | ing of, the temperature had not been ascert eooerity 
seedling plant of the latter, self-sown, coming up in the | ren should produce the same effect. reached these 383 + i 
border. Maurandya — 23 age also so ae ier che voll ia Myatt’s Pine Strawberry.—Having just read the re Mids he. emesn at 2 M3393 “Se 
tion is m exposed to the north-east, in the leading article of the Chronicle o of the 3rd very near the truth; but in fact, as we seldom pecien e to 
stiff clay, almost’ like brick-earth.—A , Ken- | inst., on the difficulty of growing at it is all but certain that these observa. 
nington, Ashford, Kent. — berry, I am induced to hand the result of my own ex-| tions would have been called 39 and 41, of which the 
Pelargoniums i ina a inion I may mention to you that I 
wards of 60 blosso ms expanded at 
only things I attended to were plaaty of air, 
ae drabt wees The 
good drain- 
t to cultivate 
__ Heating Greenhouses. —Ina a paper in the Gardeners’ 
: by Mr. Ainger, “On the produc- 
tion, em age and preservation of Heat, with reference 
little manure-water. This information I give you for the 
rich light 
soil. rs” trial, was indeguate to 
means a the brmowphere ee as wea gored 
encouragement of those who have no glass, I 
of the us spéciosissimus in bloom, with 14 riot our 
nium were larger than any I 
‘arnarvon 
g leave to say a few words 0 
ies, er bono publico, in sandbqunan 
the remarks < of your correspondent, “B. 8. K.,” on 
autbois. 
by four and a half, in the spring of 1839, thickly 
with plants which had been A nterorath into a bed the pre- 
vious viatihadt? these run together. The oe 
tel year (1840) I had a pn ~~ of fruit, but still n 
a satisfi The resto owever, grew Vi; 
though they had 8 mali id the 
plants is very true, for, some years ago, by way o! 
previous r, Tan 
autumn my evden to 
— 3 of short dung, to the protective 
, and thi eons een pry 3 to the yey 
om of the ples Now, 
to these objections, 4 oe appeal to yourself rhe 
T dia not rag” you a /arge box of Roses on 30th 
alee flow ore in the a 
aoe 
, were Fecthy 
exhibited this year at the Shows of he Horticul 
dens, and grown in the open air many weeks later in the 
season; and these produced in a conservatory by the 
a 2. 
perimen' t, I pulled o out all the male _ plants of a bed of | i and nutritive quali 
Ha ies of which T attribute the complete oon which fol- 
ites could be so call ied, d lowed, I i rop has been, | 
and perfectly ay. ut why does your correspondent} pro- t fine and high- 
ti 
and i is, a very abundant one, and the frui 
flavoured. Last autumn I dug up a considerable quan- 
n_doub 
} one 
account which was “kept) which, in “comparison of 
hounds i horses, or shooting establishments, or even 
banquet in London duri e spring, iS a mere 
othin h i 
tity « of esr grows as ed, hie te le 
ed them. ( i d 
Seine pened ng; and g' 
, I will not 
e 
b? two stra es fine to look at, but of very 
little or no flavour. e might as well reco to 
lavender water with = Se penne. for where do 
find two's ries i as the Al 
and the Hautbois? “The lie is ‘ttle in 
land. As some out of my gar- 
den, pa and even three 
inches and a Cte the rewad if that is not large 
enough , it is di t to please 
fanciers. The fact is, people do not know how to culti 
vate them :—first of all, there must be beds every 
year, of the Alpine i i , and of all other sorts ; 
md the Alpine must a south-west, 
nd n border; i th them, if a dry 
Novem! I have sown the e Alpine in 
with wed up so well * and iaated nine beds in 
we — ten feet Aca Herd and a half, giving sing 
ncouragem: er ground, and the 
these I have a 
doubt that 
a and a composition 
4 p the | pane cool, apes a of bats at 
; on a cool 
and rather tenacious subsoil ; but this we cannot offer 
with a brashy 
, till December. 
February in a pot, in a greenhouse, 
May, and by July had a a very pretty crop; and it is the 
subject. of all sorts of Strawberries, cate apaateoon re 
even the best gardeners or fanciers, which is, to make 
fresh beds every year—and never later — the 1 12th or 
— of this month (July); if not showe 
attem: 
| plants 
orinjured. The Seat t int © applied a a 
liquid state with a small brush—Henry Curtis, Glazen- 
3 conseq' 
ae nie of any 
Kinellan.—In answer to your correspondent from this 
I: state that, 
¢ Trish), I may 
variety in béds 
tempt kept prog gta but the difficulty I 
arises from ii its, i 
£.= hi, 
then, if managed w “ai rote iro 
over them in November, you will have a crop the next 
gene nstead of which, if you plant the runners out 
me " prayer 
in fruiting the 
or fruit. " Thope » however, 
, that t time and i patience will : 
effect a 
‘erably tothe South, I t the plants run together, 
tet hoe Tux riant growth of leaves only. 
pce ence on fechire 129 Itis quite a curiosity 
my Cobbett used to call them the 
Mish to inform the growers of thie wil vegetable, tht | L 
ei 
ot tell) 
see Sg 
Util 
5 
Ey 
sho! 
they are broken up and harrowed i 
| e seed is sown, se 
be 
in és cart 
‘spot ina fold and gradually and regularly peat or 
nga a tortuous figure, to a large ex er t, and. re So ae 
if grubs were travelling below, and ¢ nsuming | 
progress. 
found ; and driving poaliry ov over ver the fields: whe 
the spring, B - 
goed: 
