THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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= Flava, Lady Sefton, Prince Albert, | n- Ce. — Earth-up the Aindrcsnite t favourable inte: 
Bosntind at an poe’ J enned Seedlings. ries Youell informed us that Feat rie hai gi ither side.” from cattle and other i the ‘ante are dry ; if the soil bedamp, aoe up the cae 
he alway his s and Picotees from pipings put | JUf¥» DY 4 ditch on either si i 13. on: hours before putting it ants; loosen the 
in in June. says y sa better plants than when raised = planted; and keep it well watered, if rs 
from layers, and that the high-coldured Nr ne not aa to | houses at Christmas with sprig gs 0 of ¥ t Cas oe PP Lord a eran oar of Colewoi 
e Carnati a small i reen- NDIVE.— for a winter su m 
an absoe wee hie cabinet te seston sto | Our readers, and appears to be of very ey encant date Dr. OvE-ArhLES. “Keep ‘re: = 24 nail hey be. 
young ts of Ixora coccinea in fall bloow a good speci- Chandler supposes it may have been derive rom the | come bent and unsightly—the leaves shading ite ‘Trait, ae. 
men of Fuchsia Youellii, which has a fine drooping habit, and | D are said to have decorated their dwellings, Tvurntes —In cold districts a good crop of White Stone hould 
a num! rose-coloured , 3in. long, wi rith evergreens, * tha tt the sylv an ri ow be sown, in war. ighbourhoods a week or will 
the e1 each shoot; it was from Peru.—July 14. ss nf Lf lo: soak the seeds in soft water until they swell i 
and sow whilst the ground is fres id moist. ” 
cold winds, pa milder season had ren ed the folie iage | Orchard. ree ties ahem ; ue budding; make new 
Rebiess. - of their datling abodes ;’ but it is aoe _— - arte been — of i — Strawberry-runners a look carefully 
over Vines on Ss, Op an’ "a i ‘oots 
A History of British Forest Trees. By P. J. Selby, | first adopted by the ent Christia’ sata bp went | qusie=: keel the young: growths of Wall trees neaaty there 
= A es an saa ® vee Me, Voorst. | Holly had ne een used, as an €m 00 wishes, |' mildew makes its appearance, dust the parts immediately with 
Tats is the co: of a strations | 12 the great festival of the Saturnalia, celebrated about sulphur; give the trees a washing with the-engine-dcca. 
leted, form a that cea of vod Rion sionally; during hot, dry weather, where it is wished to preserve 
ot Baeh Porest-tress, = pee Beto 
to Yarrell’s 
we have found the hares and rabbits 
pik. injtaione ‘te arty Hollies; and in the long-continued 
nen eo — and February 1838, many plants of as 
ras3 or 4 in. were kill led to the surface of 
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companio; * British Birds,’’ wie other stand- 
ard ; works ak by the sam e publ isher. Any criti cal a 
work is finished. . In the mean while, we may ye! thet 
pra plant treated et is illustrated by ecuted 
with both taste | and care, and that the paper i yeiadan 
In preparing the | pean ting 
Selby has evidently av oided the dry details ¢ ti 
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aecoant oft the Holly will serve to 
** The size which the Holly frequent whi a sae 
uty an 
eith: er ey a se 
sas as an cs ‘shrub, added to 
poo tree o 
We are now obliged, when “planting 
animals could reach. 
in oods, om cor each with a ice nd 
Hollies the wo 
w years, or until t 
peat Bo rereagt and size “sufficient to resist the bbl i 
Phe apr of our ve ors game; or else, previous to 
| planting, to dip them overhead in a thi ckish” mixture td 
soot, pen ng, sat water, which protects them for 
least a “PP of seasons, and does not injure the grow 
of the 
CALENDAR — cheradiy, cg hbaatic act the ensuing Wak. 
in of Cologyne whose culture was n 
to. its being of indigenous | grow wth, are cir rcumstances of 
like the ‘present, and to ‘place it amo e British for 
k. Thereare rn we believe, os 
are scarcely aware of the size to which a Holly will grow” 
plant as they have seen it in shra , hedges, 
hrubberies as an 
underwood overtopped and shaded by the Rents oft the fie 
yest; such surpri = learn that ¢ 
exam 
under 
any 
a that have 
ined a height of 40, 45, ‘ad ~ 0 feet, with ae 
from two to four feet r. Su 
we adi are not very > eget ila ake with in 
“admit, coauiam 
woods where the Holly is indigenous, 
cramped in its growth by other trees, or where it has been 
‘ afterwards treated as a tree, and not as an un- 
‘imat of England and Scotlan d appears to 
ticulacly favourable to the growth of the Holly, fr, a 
16 ; api : e geographical d 
butio the | e 3 tn cave 
arope, in no part does it. attain so large a size as it does 
with us, i origin is satisfac d 
its ce im ins of all ou) 
Rs forests;' thas, in England it abounds in 
Needwood, in Staffordshire, the New Forest in Htampstie, 
and many others. In Seot land, few natural w woodsare 
cla assumes the fen = 
uch 
in mavwa 
Gredbons in Aberdeenshire, and those mentioned by Sa 
pa e Lababd in dee Syaice of Blackhall, upon the river Dee, 
Ys In Nor thamberland we know several 
and he many have attained ual 
record, AL- Detchant, near Bell ina 
wood, there. a 
See ee their valyable timber cat dow the herring-cu 
“Ae Twizel House there are also | several Hollies of ancient 
growth and sop iene naet d 
remains of natural 
om “ The nsual, and iniead the only objection to the Holly as 
however, we think will only be found to hold good where 
f the plants, have been 
neglected. We a seen Holly- hedges — 
in as ime 
gprs sieges t almost aay other rae of 
— bah haw ve peckg Tn all such cases, however, 
was ta the }emoval of the plants, and the 
the soi al the annual 
jing shoots, 
es seldom falling sb short of 8 
the Solicit = 
and proper insertion o 
ti t td isposition 
pleasure the Holly was. much more extensively 
used as a -plant than it is at the prese Ja 
lyn, im his Syiva, speaks with honest pride and rapture of | 
his iovpregnable hedge ge Ae Soma phe fe in a 9 
fe. high, and 5 ft, feet in dia ndards 
distances Saas aa 2 46. 
sonar headds, ‘ eeieiapets the weather, beasts, 
or hedge-breakers.” ae 
nemo impune lacessit 
* Tn Scotlan nd, t the most 8 ry 
at Tynyngham, the seat of the Earl of Haddington : those 
at Collington Honse; and those at Morton, near Edin- 
burgh. At the sed ig aor there are 2952 
Holly-hedges, most of them planted about 127 years 
In height they vary from 10 te 25 ft., and are from at 
13 feet in width at the base. They are regularly clipped | the 
ht protrude thems 
indications 
nich 
tdi umiasiione of growth ; forcing ape stn owths by co! 
pane have found produces shoots without 
t 
Pr }w fruit now, or after 
this time, the most arenes situation to 
swell off for abe’ fruit ; tipecee suck 
moving a few of their lower leaves may 
and plunged to the rims of the pots 
should not be given them —s few days, or lo nee, 
if the soil in 
which eer were potted bang Masticpen ms may now be 
commenced for the final potting o! oe viz.— iz 
—selectin; 
pots of a proper size, and Levene Fol cleat core of good ma- 
Forials for drainage, and taking es: that the soil ena 
the best possible condition, \ We. prefer tates early potting th: 
late, that the plants may have time to — yrssala well 
in their pots before winter; they are not s teretepsa 
by moisture at the root, or other fontaine counnits 
d late are; sph: ihe: aaa couiannnad tee geen a 
the quantity and healthy state F th ri roots 
their superior fruiting depends. Good drainage is indispensable 
tosuccessful Pine-culture at all times, but it is more ia aegis so 
pov = potting. a oceasi th 
its growing vi; cd 
ey of the tan- ea, ety ng ae dewings with the syringe pained 
fine clear weather, gi eely upon every favourable 
sion, and Ares eins ible. 
ter ionally with manure 
or 
St. 
eep late, should not be allowed 
are liable to retain 
A hit 
eyes burying them ; er @ moist atmosphere whilst 
air is on the houses by. ‘frequent sprinklings, and Sedasrara the 
Li getiog ud thas agl performed principally in the morning, but 
cire 
the early house, 
Fie- worse. Give 
a watered.” 
atone Admit air freely whenever the weather is calm, and 
 gereee ee erlaapadepga. 1 gag influences the “tye aon 
pits or frames, sprinkle plants frequently overhead, an 
take care that they receive soticient su) 
ies at the root; Sesser 
@ moderate hay ogptneey in case of cold wet weather occurring. 
Should there be e fruit ripening off at once than required, 
they may be k foe coches tinea ie dry room or cellar suspended 
innets. 
Cucumszrs.—Give them abundant supplies of water, and con- 
pomee to stap or remove nage growths and bad leaves, —_ 
rom the effects of high winds, by pegging fhe m: 
iionohbe down. 
Musamooms.—This is a good period for making beds for 
autumn and pared bearing; keep the house very moist, and 
admit air for a short period daily. 
Out-door Depart 
Hoe between all newly-planted soi apr there has been 
whether there be weeds or not; cut herbs whichare —— owes 
| flower for drying or ae ing. agora soaps Si Wi ar Greens, &c., 
tay ‘still be planted out; gather vegetables or 
flowers, 
Brans.—Sow alate crop of dwarf Negro Beans ; soak the seed 
before sowing ; earth- a ame aint and top Broad Beans as 
they come inte flower. 
FS ocean ae ee probably pega eg tro mar ped 
now ¥ for planting out ; 
the Sit ferourabie omporsiniY do this, and earth.up those ree 
Currants and Go oseberries on the trees after they ar 
them securely with mats, when they are perfectly 
II.—FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRU BBERY. 
Ti em Ew deere 
—Use every mi unteract the ess of the at. 
innoumad at this season es frequent syrin; nd flooding the 
ths during the day ; at. the same time air as possible 
ete pr ‘opa gation of Geraniums, 
Cal id all other half. Nandy plants, of which it is desir, 
able to to ave" Seven plants early next s: ngs 
he: 
re tis 
all other advancing young plants; plants in small pots rahe <4 
vigilant attention, as regards watering ; put in the tops of some 
of the seedins 3 baentpa es of Chrysan anthe: emums—they will make 
dwarf flowering plan y 
r Departm 
Out-door 
e to take up bulbs, as Ane 
moO; 
Iris. ro any other = when? foliage = with itis ym 
throw succes: of flowers should have the tine ae 
reenaved a ag perce ived—their duration will be 
lengthened by this means; top Riad vi aw look over 
limbers weekly, to biti “their growths becoming ent 
as bef 
mow, —— roll, &c.. ‘ore, 4 
~ Nurszry.—Continue to bud Roses, Acacias, and other shrubs 
to cape “a "and put in cuttings of PRidgd chica ee spring 
grafts, and remove suckers and o ots, 
weeds, petemegeec.. 
Forest 
becom ry; practised, although a 
great bene: ent and saving of time ee Re patie t= but 
people seldom ner: of ore 3 forest plantations until they are 
past redemptio: Joseph Paxton. 
eres" FOR SMALL GARD) 
Att dead stems must be removed from the 
borders or beds, es; from such as will bleom again in the 
autumn. Attend partic! ‘ly to thin out their branches, 
d keep them constantly tied i many places earwigs 
bottom ; these should be 
insects shaken out into.a pan 
of water. Keep lawn: y mi » and instead of cutting 
down the edges with a spade, which gives an hi - 
? shears. 
the ¢ edge pots 
sonra pg ms little Dentuas $e beat vo Suey. will fc 
plants by st i and m: potted off in single pots, 
or suffered to remain till the fellow . 
"ek MOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
We have noticed, = 328, the ravages of the Rose Mi andwe 
now select for the subject of our notice a neary-allied kind, the 
uring the present m: ry Oak-waods 
ssi 
remedies. e they do to trees is extensive, preventing 
them in agreat measure from completing their growths. ‘The onkr 
method of lessening the numbers of the Tortrix viridana that we 
eae st is, when the larvze appear, topless 2 under the 
trees, and beat them sharply, when the caterpillars will fall on t 
the cloths, when they may be readily destroyed. To entrap the 
Moths by means. of bonfires at night, in the same manner asi 
Semoun with the Vine Tortrix, a Sonal would do but litte 
service, though it might be attended wit good effects. 
State of the Weather for the Week a aly 15, 194T, 83 
bene at the — chi Chiswick. 
done in 
| Wind. | Rais. 
Jul ee ee a ae Sere 
Frit 29.949 2 44 -o | We 
Sat oe | akane 7 2 0 | SW.) oF 
Sunday 29.268 7 43 3.5 | N.W. 
Monday i2| 29594 | 29.573 64 44 0 w. | ed 
| Tuesday 13/ 29.719 29.630 6a 42 55.0 w. od. 
Wednesday 14} 29.733 | 29.570 45 56.5 | SW.) OF 
Thursday 15} 29.742 29.646 a3 51 59.5}. Ss. += 
Ave: cot 9.58 | 68.3 | 454 | 56.8 r 
Ate 
ae ery fine with ight 
vo ‘anenghesh the © cay; “rain at — 
ca eaten overcast 
14, Very fine in the morning; heavy showers ; cloudy. 
15. in the morning; heavy showers with thunder ne 
out the day; at night the rain was unusually heavy. Es psn 
— la # of rain amounted to very little short of an 
and 
State of the Weatlier at Chiswick during the last 15 years for 
the ensuing Week ending July 24, 1341. 
Na 
Aver. | &’ Greatest 
Highest Faber Pome wach yd 
July Te Temp. Rained. me pS ia 
jan. =F 72.2 534 c39 7 1.22 im. 
Mon. 19 713 52.1 61.9 z 60 
Tues. 20 we S15 61,2 8 OST 
Wed. 2} 720 | 61.0 | 61.5 z 0 54 
Thurs. v2 62.3 61.7 5 <4 
ie 72.2 53.9 
See. 4 6.08 
