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THE GARDENER’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[N° 30. 
is, gent Now what would be thought of our physicians | 
3 ee 
work s The Fruit, Flower, = Kitchen-Garden,’’ We are 
ing Oo and have no hesitation in recommending this and s rgeons, | if they r grafting is the m month of 
as incomparably superior ¢ to any stuffing of moss, hay, or ? And yet gardeners, who are pro- March, but it may be commenced as soon as the sap ia 
preventing the chance of seis npleasant flavour, | have uA one e term for the saqqired nourishment, and but j the first half of April. oe you could give — 
which might arise froma varies mass of vegetable matter The colour t | whe a ged, or the prac. 
between the two cases. It i not essen’ tial to use exactly | of the leaves of a plant, afford as strong evidence of the | tice of grafting improved, or if there be any rule con 
eight cord. tl of a plant, as the tongue and pulse | upon phy ye P 
cases. ny sre by which the i inner case is sus- | do that of animals. Is it not obvious then, that _ before in at partment of garden: ing — Pe ter Mac 
pended, and at the same time y great prog 1 b [Our correspondent must observe, that the dates — 
against the outer case, will equa ually well answer the pur- science of Horticulture, a vocabulary should be won by beaten and Reid, being according " the Old Style, 
pose. A still be tter plan for a who have re pate d? You may be gratified by the sight ofa fine - } must arded 11 days; so that the. period of com. 
ruit ansmit, woul and b: knowledge tl p i gral aft, instead of the latte ter a of Jan “200 
te the inner case by tokets sping with sci addition h 
Fs mae portions of felt or woollen cloth 
br: rat ions. 
mit the vi- 
y the 
bat pi you thus value the oft, how 
would b 
valuable I 
springs 
t sat betas mely well—d. Ros. 
n the Chronicle, No. "29, — wi a 
— or of told a ilver medals, awarded to successful | 
mpetitors at the Horticultural G: s. A lady, a re- 
pre t of this town, has, at this time, a most magnificent 
plant of Yucca gloriosa in flower, entirely ma ed by 
herself 5 i it stands nine ~ high, and has upwards of 800 
and h ° 
the foliage is of a very fine colour, 
and, in fact, the plant ‘has a most seaman: = ssc ONE 
1 pla ced a ongst the s splen did s spe- 
eck, 
—Jos. Hepwocd nar Ne 20 
Penn’s, oe warming a 
air, was ublished in the year 1824, by Mr. n Hay 
wood ; ;” if you allude to my book, you will une it t should 
have been—Joseph Haywar 
Retrospective Criticism _—The subject of io onre 
their pst seems to have attracted much attention 
lately. It has been generally attributed to ae o ven r 
in the plant ; and in corroboration o 
a by hot 
um say, ‘*a method at 
this statement, we | ca. 
have noticed, that Lupinus polyphyllus albus, and other | 
te ere ioe —_ 7 een still be vat in pt for 
thea mane sip buds of the scion are a nded, the leas is 
Grafting may t n be 
te of success. coma 
ith an ted during February, Mar ns pat April, if 
ig spring is a backward one; but March is, generally 
pookins. the best season. Whet sii Ons were 
v mon which 
~ ‘That 
& ques! 
hey es c late years 
been a nae is big bat me pe 
se a century back; and on 
weather, when the ie of food is ‘more. limited. We 
to ar 
were any aa pe = — it in ee 
Maidstone. 
e Chronicle of last week, I 
am — to give my « opinion as to pa —— ns rpm 
In the case e do able ¥ ellow Rose an 
which seem des ad oe to do = there Saul 
be peste: Py eae and mulching, applied a little 
before the er open 
-—_ pe 
are 
id’s Kalendar, published 
in ae it is mentioned am aa the directions for —_ 
that ‘* graffing is ati in snare! tid cia. se a i . marked, 
that ‘* the wea his month, 
the nights aoe Fg — blighting winds from the 
east are still to be exp ected. ¥ ” Switzer Wrote in 1724, and 
ters to cover by fairly forme: fFe f a full stimulus 
aa ac’ fiat them ne ecessary, p ieube rly for the rte of light, the deiner should =a shaded a few coh co 
linin off the water nas falls on ths lights S. they burst. Do uble yellow Roses have bem, known ¥ 
I na a paar va has them in use, lower r to 
convey the w fallin, to ge east and trained paaigh rst the north side of the wat : =s 
ater, Eee 
yest corners of his pit, gry it fi mall dr rain 
way. 
te ener oom 
che din, " 
ould have milar offe ct. We would, from observation, 
Tray’s opinion 
y to say more _—s them ; ' 
hat is called dear A Beech hedges are very subject to | 
Ww 
had them in use, that they Pr revented the dung’s fer tents 
ng freely, an re peat - ess Sho uld par 
pulars as t he construction of <a 
used an 
as covers. be useful, I will | Pa much pleasure in 
them.—George Mills, Sure shury. 
were carat a singh from late prams —— severe 
| dr roug hts, or r other T causes 
J 
ba a sweet [ere consistence on oe ria 
* Tike jen 
ly 
present seg season. more comparing ee abel Br Sits 
of Peaches, Cherries, Plums, &c., in 1727, we — P 
1827, there appe ars no material deviation.” 
cludes, from astron omical observ ations, at ‘he 
any co 
I espondent, can point out any, and say w ae there be | 
f them without breaking up the 
grass.—Beschwood, N. oy 
mi fo dew.—That saccharine matter i is profusely pro- 
J 
; and from observations Tr have made oa 
—Since I came + I i th greatest abund This : sea- 
excellent cows, and put eae on ths lawn with so t 
: Tomy great . found the milk | here by spring frost; the — was not sprung at the 
and the cream perfectly the butter was abominably | time: ib the aphides are to be found more than usually 
ad, of a taste I cannot describe, and not much harder | plentiful on the Larch. ie yrily agen g shoots how- 
than thick cream, and of a rae waionier- acing got ever d swelled in the v ie ok = young 
found that this had been _experie wood, as if punctured ; perhaps ore _Some- 
al ey te : a that | times be i — Mr. Tillery’ 
t the quali atter, for it must pea) ing | nesi e bein; isin a w 
ghee 4 posers id ing apg s a Be ith 
that of Sir Saat mphry 
nesia, when Neuer ana having parted with its carbonic 
“= not recove 
d remainin, ing lo wae in a caustic state, being ae 
t t state wild the mane and acting 
delete eriously on the the 
table 
a (in wine) it. may = remarked, th 
always succeed bes rticula tio or socket 
Ge ‘species, Tam 
dew is the produce of the aphis, and spontaneous 
dation fi ee. In corr of the fact of 
the enormous quantity produced by a single aphis, I 
to call your attention to the tatement.:—Some 
ears since, o! some le! in a drooping state, 
pulled one up, d th of the stem and 
the roots covered with the brown aphis which nat — 
Lettuce, 7 » and whi 
Acolony of ants were in attendance, and I << foe 
watching ay 
| the cutting, when s separate fe fee comet ; and as there 
} are generally a great many her at ae aoe if these are 
not scraped carefully off, and also oo all t other buds, 
oar suckers 
complained of in 
R. Sa oe 
Law of Gardens.—As you have, in a former Number 
of the Chronicle, quoted an Act of Parliament respecting 
of 
Nea Chroniole are likely to appear.— 
Lm 
ilmarnoe: 
for the last 2000 
ears. ] 
To destroy tke ‘Brown Scale—I have succeeded in 
finding an effectual method of destroying this i insect, > by 
eous acid, and bi rushing the insects over with it: ¥ 
a safely be eel when the insect is o 
0! Th 
i n. the stem 
e acid is destructive to all ‘aie 
ick and smooth leaves, such 
v ly , Aye 
of one plant in my 
ns, the leaves of 
some 
‘acid on 
pliers er plan by the Scale, 
sult, whether those leaves have 
hn! apa icati ion. 
one or two of kang leaves 
and inform of the 
N. Fu, 
It 
perfectly "“Ghienemaboe thet while everybody 
to rail at the introduction of alum into’ their bread, no 
ba’ 
sed with these aphides: ete ker could be found to supply bread without it; and 4 
the ant : of the aphis, and commenced a “to some of 5 your readers to know, that the law | the ostensible preten: r using alum was merely "render- 
dromming with his fore feet on the b: £ the for ing the bread whiter, there appeared no adequate, motive 
aphis, which cont por apa t by the 7 &8 of George 4th, cap. - 30, sec. 19,| for its continued employment. Na desi Lead 
time a pellucid drop as large a asa pin’s head, was ejected meen Seedes, to the of 12, to . sapling, meral in the metropolis for many years than that for 
from the abdomen of the aphis , growing in any oe iat garden, |. bread  sourness, harshness, and other bad 
by the ant; this was frequently peated, and alwa ways with pada g or avenue, or in any ground belonging to any lities p by London bread after it is two days 
some effec’ ugh the — was not always the | dw welling-ho use, is felony, punishable wah portation | old. It was tly incredible that this state of things 
same in quantity ; on tasting the ejected —_— w for “pm Page years’ imprisonment; and by the | should have for years on a mere question of ; 
but im ge with the bitter of . | 21s the euteciovaiee qatentine : damaging, | and on mentioning the subject to an intelligent country 
From the quantity y ton not s with sent oe destroy, any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable baker, I was informed that the colour was merely @ 
prised at the quantity of honey- rie: which I have sect en  groming i is Aeon. orchard, — sma real object of the al to coe 
mtirely covering a large Rose an neysuckle. As 1 b E Prciabay ke a oerain 
£ the aphid y ti F qua! of flour loaf five or ten per cof 
of them should not have pitched on any Sater and abou or eee of < value of x: injury and 20/.— | Saodan than al aie ne otherwie be practicable. Hi 1 a fat 
have produced the effect described by Sir O. Mosley. I this is true I am unable to say; and if true, I draw from 
have never yet met with honey-dew where I did find ap of Seasons.—I was lately looking over the} it no inference unfa b e bakers, who 
the aphis, but Ea to say that the exudation | K. Calendarium Hortense of John Evelyn, and was some- ieve, as hard wo: moderately remunerated 
¥ no —— saccharine matter. What as any class of kingdom. In wee 
nose the exu n is a question I leave to others: | U: ‘0 be done in the month of the fault is not so much with the trade as wit 
wy the perforation « “7 the a Walter Henry Hill, Jena in the pl 2 ee olitory garden, we are| the public, who look to sideration except Prt 
Bemtvtigs Beck Herefo rdshire. g and who must th 2} sed upon before they KA 
enue ion of 3 i of ff them in the sent to let n liye by his ing. For all ery 
leading srticle a No. 28, Te would first beg leave to ee Jobn “Rad, an early Sco a author on gardening, | there is no remedy like knowledge of the truth, and wi 
Ihave long since laid it down as a law of | who lived, I think, about the same period as Evelyn, in| the view of eliciting Ts crude obec 
ed bey plant oF tree will fructify, untilit has ac- | his m onthly directions for the’ kiteher garden, sy us i vations. If it be t that a ni may Be 
a: fod espa vin br ca — Jan r the en as well iter than penny one of eq i 
— it is supplied = ‘but then may ari graft; ’ and in February he says grafting is now in seas weight and of similar flour, it must be doing good pi 
: enigema — the term * food” be applicable to These directions were given about 160 years ago. Could the lic is Compare 
plants, Pe ys y f they were, I exercise no influence over the baker’s pro 
ina state of s tion in water? Opens a widefield | think it would be at variance with the observations of the| with this knowledge than without Be The word aH 
‘or discussio a; for although it is notorious that gra late Mr. Knight ; ere of his | is indeed inap ate to ae of baking, ¥: 
‘equire as ae a supply of nutritive mewhere, in whi made some remarks | upon te those to more perh ag Bali to any others 
their nature and their health are as variable, as as animals, yet ; the 
are; and one term only for 
soo 
are earlier now than —- 
yn lived. In that excellent 
propri 
Adam Smith’: distinction between 
: mith’s 
pad Bae 
ee ee those 
labour an 
feally the payment of A skill 
