Ave. 14.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 533 
ma arene GARDENS, No. XXX. Elder, but having used it with 
Protect i the rie ade I have mentioned it that persons may try 
hi them together, or not, as they think fit. The roots of 
rous swarms of flies si wasps, which in warm seasons | some of the Aconitums would answer equally well.—H. 
Groom, Walworth. —No. 3. We have, for some years, 
1 d Hellebore, and eee it very Laeger in this dis- 
half filled with sour beer, ho — > and water, or any | trict it is generall yu Some years e had a va- 
clammy liquid that will auiswert purpose of sd heer lot of plants, oe were like to ‘be ~resteoped =. 
insects ; = in favourable ser? where a Peach gether, and had kept one man picking for about € ight 
ultiv: eat ex \< 
covering of the fruit very thinly with Fa adding as soon as ried quicklime, potash, and soda, without effect, 
svcd. 1 i ns ‘ 
he 
when ci above aie and bacco snuff, sometimes used for the same purpose ; and 
7 eon happens os the fruit 
begun 
effectually had all our: bushes completely cured at the expense of 
nt resorted to. Gather up any arg lf ? 
ely kinds “Of aaa es and Pears that are blown down by or a mornin g- The f th 
e high winds, which not unfrequently occur at this ped to hold up- the branches, aa expose the under side 
sohteng and do considerable damage in places that we dust it with our finger and thumb, 
sed. Lay the fruit carefully aside ‘on a dry floor or sitam the caterpillars are ‘t be seen 5 if the 2 oxi is 
shelf, and let those which are bruised the most he placed | dry, and i 
the cted fo’ i 
ea. nue 
to remove the summer crops and prepare the ground as pillar, the latter may vn seen to ae as if stabbed, od 
formerly recommended for other vegetables. Plant out | n ho our or two >» nothing but the skin is left. Some pre- 
those that were omitte: t week, and particular in with a puff, without examin- 
keeping every part of the garden well stocked, and clear | ing where “the caterpillars are; in this way, there is more 
from weeds. Towards the latter end of the week a small | waste of powder and less oe Some dust it on from 
sowing of Cauliflower may be made in an open “ — red | above with a nae box, but 
4 y spot; and should the winter not prove too se e, the pi illars so readily n this tie A great many prefer an 
Ce on plants now raised will be very serviceable i f the ins er in water, which is said to'be very 
| \ ‘| use the following season about Desionig of June. We efficient, but we have always preferred our first plan. 
think they deserve a trial, alth a fe ew of the plants | Disappointments have often occurred from the powder 
Tt had not been see hung up | *petors bodies resembling may only succeed. Where P and the | having lost its pungency by being long kept and damp: 
spring-sown crop has either failed or is considered insuf- | if it has only lately been damped, it may be helped by 
Webatie e perceptible at their extremities ; by-and-by these.| ficient — * winter su spol. an edging may ar ap formed | toasting before the fire ; but if old and damp, which may 
swellings cnbaget into flat reniform Ticities many — of the best ecw urled s cg ns will + eo — come up | be known, by its making only > faint poets pe 8 on 
in diameter. The root portion | remains ¢ attached a sooner from seed pre = ind better, nostrils, Sa will do no good,— RR. Lym burn, [We hi 
than that in s sik: gricr will grow 
er y 
formed which fi in any common garden-soil, Lt the situation be | to the same effect.] 
oer - (Feb. 1st) ca ea sensi of the ‘ball is | Shaded or ccmotealt but whén too dry it is more liable to Buddin te great deal depends on the bark being 
h them. g run to seed than when it is partially shaded and moist. | cut seats a method not noticed by your former corre- 
“tte ea alee rit ner the plant. I ha da very fine | Although not 1, and spring or autumn sowing is spondent is a great hel elp as to this. In the act of cutting 
pe phe osc oa be wing in a pot, and standing in | always preferabl the old plants, still the ith th if th 
er a shady jaatof e house. This plant had several ies may be made to tatt for more than a year by cutting done, the knife is soon blunted in the edge and the bark 
4 oT raterisereand as soon as they make their appear 
eat led. F stvpeiaal the pad with its pot in the most Look to the Onion crop, which is sometimes | jt will a always come out rongher than with the following 
exposed part of the house. After being so raloris all goons injured at this season os I to be wet, the | plan, and besides the bark i xtraecting 
the reniform leaves produced were turned downwards on | rain causing a secon wth to take place, and thereby ro wood after it is cut off the shoot. All these may be 
the'outside of the pot, as if to prevent the sun drying up Lig sag wc ba e swelling and ripening of the bulbs. When | prevented, by ego. = bark all round the bud, to the 
roots within. No soone T was s the front exterior of t the this bl act shape and s anted, without cutting the wood 
han tt fally, ets d@ down, without breaking them, all those ms all. After this, it the thumb is applied to the 
pot and its artificial covering, and produced young pla — that are large and thick- necked; the effect of which will side of the bud and Sail squeezed ed the bad 
at their ¢ extrem ities. cope, ® Feb. 1839 I took a plant of dl J enlarg 
Bot s pot, and rolled the ball bf | that of the root. ar E. H. 
HESS b a 
ied 
sane up wie Moss, and “thea suspen nded it, inverted, t So For ice Plums, Beaches, and = trees in pote 
ee roof of the house. The branches HOME CORRES OND ETVE- iece of wood is apt to 
an upright position, and it still continues to grow me Publie Parks.—Your correspondent 4., in the Chro- | fly out between the bud and bark if “the bud is well ri- 
flower 7 in oe = bead ser to it. | niele of the 31st, takes a just view of this subject. Surely | pened, but it is apt to fly out at any rate by any of the 
+ mention. } i methods ; the base of the bud is however uninjured, and 
to the Bibra musi a ee of Trinidad. A x plant | open the whole eamel to be trod upon and a the |as remarked by your correspondent, if this is left the wood 
of this spec’ s taken out of its p 1g verdure. In St. James’ 8 Park, the verdur ¥ pre- | is easily regenerated. It has been long the general opi- 
of 1837.38, a sumpesiag with copper wire, as all the 3 = in the trade, that the a is essential ; but we 
others were, to the roof of the house. During the spring | ing sheep. By the by, light moveable iron bu oe often marked ‘pieces of work done with buds where 
ie = it eel = a beautiful spike of ¥ amide after | even sheep-nets, sould look arma than the unsightly, the wood had come-out so hollow at the eye that the base 
ring, a shoot was produced on the lower side of the | clumsy w wattled hurdles made u: of. The idea of th he b mores 
posing whick iss flowered during the  aoting of 1839. | ing open the len of every p ceed the R. Lym 
When this flowering shoot decayed, was. pro- | couraged by some members - ‘the Tate piecndewry who Dis in Oat Eure twas siteal ca years rs setae 
duced which flowered freely last csi Thin curious overlooked jaar ‘mcnselbetoney 2 by an intelligent Ayrshire e farmer, in the 4yr von See 
plant is entirely supported by the water which it holds times again st the pro rofligate expenditure of public money | that much of wh g used 
within the folds ofits leaves: When first joy up, it that the rents ane from those - the state of the ground. If the soil was 3 plo aghel 
; of more: than a foot long; it is now 2 feet 6 peperen in | parts of evox parks that were not thro’ he onl went | damp, or was dateratty radbsaawt: it was apt to lie in co: 
length, and has no perceptible roots. by is now pro . pub- lu wera ted bites sm moothed above, holes : a be et 
i eing shoots — at both extremities ted i if 
fig. 7. Other plants of . es Fae ten are now in | in rate order. While I quite agree with A. on this sub- 
ject, I must protest against the accuracy of his is errata | up to rom the le be not Siety hl esti if waa 
Golds > ee are, by fr ror r perhaps naturally spongy or mossy—from 
of all that human hearts ¢ ee whatever cause, if the interstices below were too large, 
i revehich ee orkings cau caus D.P. ot rop failed, and was greatly benefited by rolling an and 
hea showers. ppear t blamed for more $ 
[If the entire opening of the Parks, were Re destroy 
their verdure, we should se ste -_ to advocate tlte expe- 
of. R. Lymburn, 
Wnerioan anes and Coal Tar.—t me Coal Tar 
and Gas Tar to be different names for the gat article. TF 
ann y is v i mi with 
i do not see be it cou in be ego Gas Tar to an apple tree very 
Sete se Actes under the same sa e American blight, byt means of a Pmhich the b on all the 
stances. It is o pedestrians only thi ry tion: erga 
— * be = “horsemen being kept to the ‘road Sa abiaihe te athlon se thoraneg 29 Mapes of hich 
. tu ar iFit : did, we cannot think it | was ih pees pe aes “This application was made fi 
0 icy te D t, at | yea —C. Lawrence. 
good pa i seee nage ey espectable part of t Humble Bees. Yous aay —.. . . Bo 
‘clans iu ‘o the injury done by the 
to e rs that na correct, I have no doubt, as jury 
— Lis ine akire te abi Hae a row. ble-bee ; and he, as well as any other party d 
wher yg C rs _ I have heard that | of ocular demonstration, Banat be Sy, where 
Se pacsaiatd simple remedy was 5 proved to be quite effi- Messrs. Chandler ystends % Poany hanes wher 
apart sta the pen iiesaen Oe es wth wate Fuchsia Chandieri, perforated, in the » 
4 Fe hd th ay) - ni sel near the } 
jot or garden-engine, an bag f 
i ing a “gag This forms mud on "the su surface, | had the hun 3 by damag 
i hich 1 pose is taste of these vegetable Sly nels gn on the flowers wok some very fine “plants 
| - : Fike |—No. 2. Make a strong bol Dt parent case or s , the ‘bean uty of which they % 
t decoction t i ellebo: ni essen by 
re omni as ie Elier, ey Pp revels among the flowers, the petals 0 = a soon 
nd handful of E'der-tops to drooped, and rapidly advanced to 
of the Hellebore-root a p 
P' 
have no doubt, by syringing the | bustling gentry had retreate o 
it will oar tall te caterpil- | Georgius. [We add the follo wer 
when. cold, to an Old Farm No one can be: more” 
about years Tthus. com Letel destroy ed | ld Farmer: “ N 
bat aS on a i ae — ie wisdom and goodness 
the leaves ; as I b nothing are these at! 
be dried o1 ing es more wo} Caarngete 
ciel destrayed by pBeg “the | | than in the insect world.. My observations, : 
te arpa rai ; ried, T donot attach | not a matter of opinion, but are ut are founded upon facts, which 
