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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
overpotting. In one of the houses a specimen of hee old double- 
flowered Clerodendron odoratissimum was sh its fragrance 
around, and eus regret that th fi f new pla 
old wood, or partly old and. new, is preferred. We — 
several stools which had been layered, and scar 
Lee's Nursery, Hamm & grim sa eaths were in blos- 
som here, and among them was mam ajor, a variety with | 
large ribbed crimson tubes, valuable or Piadacigae a succession 
<3 , aes throughout the ae ead Sng other kinds now in flower 
verti blos: ‘e the colour of red sealing- 
wae 3 ane. has ohitetbens 
$ eabica ma 
es 
ee in p. aie. have made a rapid growth. Echinoca: 
tha had produced several brilliant yellow flowers, rice 
with crimson 
two ol Agu of the ¥ Mammillarias were studded 
fruit. We saw some plants of Ipomeeahybrida flowering quite as 
freely, thongh the clusters are not Lethe as Horsfallise ; its 
flowers are purplish _— = fone: Bic e the “sega In the 
vinery. poi Grapes eing tested ; po called D estar 
rather h: e-loo! poling pfiin thinned purple sae Tigges 
ning the berries Tare, ae 
sitse Bet og nes Waco) Come pareiens. 
— es to th ts 
3s B Dill Esq., F.R.S, 
vaya Rie, FR. Bays, Baan 841. 
Iw this little ee there are some sbeattitibes s on the 
effects of ‘the winter’ of 1840- 41 on the me a os 
make 
Royal I enslitution of South 
J. 
was of longer continuance and nearly, 
ntense, as that 
mouizs.to erection; pn ge 
and shrd’ me particu 
when og severe fiat set i 
1838. Jn that winter it mapenray's Sppeared th 
afthe damage was occasioned by the repeated 
whieh, ‘towards the end of January, took place from i rm 
an back to frost ; and it was then that 
rst exhi- 
larly suscepie of | peat 
> that . = 
alternation: 
- re 
een seasonably cold ; 
=P 9 
| ofa ey a — one ae leaves, mat is ni 
; Rho 
no at the ment of 
Hippophae salicifolia, uninjured ; 
nearly to the ground ; 
sai tre lis, 
con- 
Jasminum revolutum, ‘and at sanaiee on a 
J. pubigerum uninjured ; bal humile, at Sin 
t; 
me 
sideraby bur’ 
an hinad um 0} NG: wall, uni chaatats or 
very gustrum Tieideiza, Bc drt Peonia 
moutsn, pal se papareracea ere and in a 
int at Penllergare are ” uninjured ; Paliur 
uch in jared ; Photinea arbutifolia on P. serr 
fess: d P. vera, S  aakagueed: Pit- 
tosporum es red; Raphio 
and many hybrids an 
endron arbore a 
sce ey uninjured ; 
Pp 
ies, in tba 
Pp 1 
ne 
eee 
> 
o 
g ae 
> Ftp 
er le ere un 
lanum crispum, not materially ar eile gents 
conservatory ; i Spartiom junceum, nea rly killed. almost 
+3 f+ 
erywhere ; 
ee iow I have not observed any 0 
corpius™to -be-amere-than. slightly in, 
penned only the last year's sbastet 
other species besides S. 
jured. Stranveesia 
injured.’ 
CALENDAR bad OPERATIONS for the ensuing Week. 
scare she cvaedoenied ie. some. 
cd 
- 
— Cambrid, im, &e. 
in a temperate pean anwnd plenty of air, 
ee) two mon! ~_ ca Fh wae ent me their 
a rataghd 
er-buds are 
19) NF t 
growing state, and which a ——— pe- 
healt 
iNERY.—As the capt at this season are in the height of their 
growth, great care must we taken to give air se dha opportu- 
nity, — ae favourable period be ever so short in duration; for 
if the heat in the beds is bris ie 3 and contin’ ped eal we ather oc- 
cae er wen of air — certain ured, 
thin leaves and we: 
‘it to be weak and small with the leaves, and 
probably 5 fants are ing ; 
water wi requir e frequently, especially to 
large ones, if plunged upon smaller » as we have recom- 
mended, their drainage being thereby rendered more perfect, an 
no accumul: oisture remaining abeut the bottoms of their 
ts ; never use spring water, rain- is best for watering 
—endeavour, therefore, to save all that falls upon houses 3 
the 
this purpose; manure-water may be occasionally given, accor 
ing o the state of the plants—the strongerand healthier they ae 
the more nourishment the: ey will paneer og digest. 
to 
emor' ey ap) 
ogee of successional bearing-rods is bch ised, that a esiek 
e 
es. The effects of rye tee pruning, even ‘ore tae 
ave faien will be that the secretion, which would have 
led in the removed branch, is deposited 
them 
sir an hers than ie following had 
das a i—viz., = Nea dealbata, it feet hi igh, so 
bis as xd i 
Laurels; Brogm a coccinea, and ¥ felianthus | major. 
During oe first week in February, the frost: was ac 
of Acacia armata, and several other tender nities 
eh , had retained a rich lle, then — assumed : 
at least lost 
their leaves. 
The anable are the more remarkable plants which 
Dillwyn states to have been uninjured:—Arbutus 
hy brida, and procera, uninju ured o} or nea Hy 
nedo 2 15 yea 
EF 
a 
during the day, but feats at nij ht, or close entirely, if cold or 
wet; destroy mi mildew gre red spider with sulphur, in the Manner 
recommended before; keep the shoots neatly tied in, and thin 
out any unnecessary ‘or crowded branches; see that the lights 
; | fhe fortncoming se the earliest house be put t in the best condition for 
forth: 
tl 
elevated position eep 
nad to remove superfluous gr: crow 
; take care that a sufficient heat is mare up in the beds, to 
nally to = the plants, by giving air daring 
and be cautious so aka at the 
dew the fime-rosed 
g-pot on fine days. 
CucumsBeERrs. 
ers in frames 
The above observations apply equally toCucum- 
\g- and NW, are by far‘the most prevalent forthe 
oO. 
[N° 34, 
veloping the length of stem to be eart! with straw bands, 
pean — Continue to plant mts orhay-bands. 
nar —Sow the kinds for wintering out-of-doors, if not al- 
—Strong-necked ones should be carefully I 
with the ‘hand, without breaking their leaves ; this pr 
“crag and consequently — Ly i aang some wi 
en ma: w be so’ teen 
s 
Srinacu.—Sow the main winter crop, as recomm 
last, he oe reson situation, but not & a shaded ee 
printe 
ALADING. ken succession of all he 
Orchard. acter gs seman fruit from se every 
known means to prevent their increase. Kee Pp all ra oa trees 
mtinu == thin out su se 
3; remove runners from Stra oper — 
early buds orm ‘destroy weeds. 
Il. a GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
n-door Department. 
Sr end to Grehidacer ani 
water ae ‘het ai diferent fsa 
uch les: 
nds, 
sects, an 
Stocks and Mignonette 
in pots for flowering i in spring ; pot ‘Aarieelas neh pd anthns, if 
not already done ; transplant Neapolitan Violets their 
fiowering-beds, e that they are well rated but do 
ace a frame upon wu the weather renders it pomnerso 
a few may be reserved in pots for forcing in winter. ‘ontinue to 
propagate and pot off rooted plants for the Sonera ; 
% Lae earliest reas of ‘Carn ations =e other Dianthus, as ps 
f 
ted; put in cuttings of Heartsease for the spring bloom; 
dacty en nan give air cigkoasty® 
Out-door ead rs 
The weather latterly has been agai keeping ; but per- 
severe to maintain cleanliness by as 1 pl y tied 
up, the lawns mown, the beds and borders neatly raked, and the 
alks and edgings neat and clean; hat the early buds of 
Roses, &c., are not pinched by the ties; remove de fio’ 
from Dahlias, and other plants, unless be de: 
v — .—Cuttings of Laurel, Ye d similar e eens 
may now be putin. Seedling evergre en: ay be carefully trans- 
planted in age cin weather; send jeverite of evergreens of all kinds 
tinue the pruning of y 
coe s 
Fo AND Cor Waone. —Continue the o 
cataenca last shy ‘and the cleaning and dressing of hedges 
of all kinds.—Joseph Pi 
NOTES 7bE SMALL GARDENS, 
ADVANTAGE must be taken of the few = days to 
seeds as are ripe; they should carefully be kept pen and 
not wanted to be he imm es ay i — be Lips sire a iad ays 
nials 
in pots directly they Soe: vem- Dablias an ee Seam 
attention; we meg ey last week a s' s of securing 
them a; st winds. pat this il of no.use without former 
ties are ed to, for sometimes the stem is found half cut 
through by the matting, after having growna s| ime. When 
this happens, the former tie must be immediately uncut, and 
another secure one made nearit. Pelar,; at have begun 
compost ni eed not 
pli Biss "When panne y they should 
ysis where remain till they have Peay after 
seedlings thatit is desirable to grow 
of they will not a ve time to establish th 
winter. Any pst oo of tender plants put out in the open 
border for the summer, if out of pot, should be frequently watered, 
and afterwards have their roots cut, nets ore being taken up. 
Without this precantion pat plants are almost sure. to die. 
Attend as before to walks, lawns, and Tecan 
ba kage LOGICAL N neocaen 
THERE are few of us but have been aie pointed on crackin 
Filbert to ind it ‘sited aie either black or Samer dust, or a wie 
maggot, instead of the kernel; eh a ee by aoe pote a 
i Trav 
long horny beak, about the middle of which placed the an- 
. When the nut is in a young y male Weevil 
Pi it with her beak or rostrum, and a in 
she deposits a single egg. e maggo in about @ 
‘ortnight, and continues feeding interior of the nut till it is 
full-grown. The nut falls when the maggot is full-grown, and then 
t, a st immediately ground. The 
e of is, in the course e present eran 
frequently shake the trees, which will cause all the eaten nuts 
Basomerer. t HERMOMETER. 
i Max. | Min. ; Mean. 
i 29.772 7 620 
Saturda; 14} 29.719 29.599 
Sunday = 15} 29.736 29.687 7 50 60.0 
Monday 921 1 7” 58 66.0 
Tuesday 30.058 29.969 7 56 655 
Wednesday 1% | 30.173 30.140 56 66.0 
Thursday 19 | 30.197 30.006 pat. en 47 82.0 | 
Average iz 86) | 734 | 586 | 635 
see . Overcast ; cloud ; overcast at night. 2 
“ ; showery with outs intervals, and warm S.W. wind; 
clear a ieuighe 
15. Goany and fine; clear. 
16. Slightly o overcast ; cloudy and fine ; or 
17. Ovi ; cloudy; 
State of the Weather at Chisw 
the ensuing Week ending Sceeet 28, 1341. 
+ Prevailion Winlt ind 
| Seed ret et =e ci ie 
Temp. | ‘Temp. of Rain. is ay eee 
August_| =A Solsoead 2 fe 
| 072 Pe mi = a 
‘on, 33 2 
Tues. a’? 
Wed. a3 
Thara2¢ 3 
Fri. - 
Sat. 
the 25th in 1826--thermameter 8: and the lowest on the 26 
in i9a7~ thermometer ap-.—Winds from points ranging apenas 
