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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
553 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN MARK 
For the Week ending August 20th, ey 
‘Tue late fine weather has considerably aay the quality of 
most articles offered. The i ropsasin n plen- 
pn om Cocoon teehee risk. Plants Swectse rr flowers 
oe ass Pines of good quality are penta, Seam 
and 
f ding 
q i velties among plants in pots 
een offered this week. The ie ut flowers include some good 
Carnation R 
i tions, and Roses. 
Ea mei sae ay, AuGusT 21, 184! ‘RUIT: 
Apples, kitchen, 3s to Gs Melons, Bont, eac! a ae toSs 
5 6d 
— dessert, Searebet, ‘sa to Ba — Dutch. 
A be 4 Grapes, abn ety per Ib.,2s to3s 
tay! a be = 8 6d 
= hse 
ums, dessert, pr- ponuct, Sais ls 6d 
— Muscle, pr. oe sare ten 6d 
= Violet, pr. hf.-s 3s 6d baer ae ees =o 
Damsons, 
per sieve, ato on mes i, es a, 
G es, per punnet, to 2s 6 r ushel 
— Baking, = aide sve., paps albers, fen ila 1b., 9d tole 
Gooseberries, per oe 40 6d 
Currants, Red, per half-s' rae 
Per cies rr pe gallon 0, alto le =_ "Bras 20s 
-_ parler, oe 
Fine ple, eae Se a 7s - lés 
=k z er dozen, 6d to 4s ifs 
VEGETABLES. 
Baek . doz. hands (24 to 30 each) 8d 
EN rip, — bunches, ls 
Guiaeente Splaach, bec Caafiee 
Peas, per sane. 3 . ee mr a Onions, for apes pr. hi 
per halfsieve, ls 6d to 226d pan , per doz. Shona Bed tose 
— persack, 5s to 12s _ Spasken pe Sona $e to 
Beans, p. hf. sve., 2s to 22 6d Ls doz. bunches, ls 6d be 
Broad Beans, per sieve, 3s Garlic, per 1b., 6d to 8d 
Scarlet Beans, per half sieve, 2s Shallots, per Ib., 6d to 10d 
P » New, per ton, 7¢s to 100s Lettuce, Cabbags age, per score, ls to ls 6d 
per Fats ie? = a _ be te 
ushe] 6d to 
she ree Sr6d oe ae baa: ps to ht lstols6d 
sere » per doz. 28 to ae esse per doz. small bunches, 4d 
Turnips, pec ee ho te Parsley, per half sieve, 9d to lz 
Carrots, per doz. bunches, 3s to matoes, per punnet, "Isto ls 6d 
> per bunch, ls ‘apsicums, Green, per 100, Iz 6d" 
t, pi ioe dozen, Is arias e, per 100, 2s to 2s 6d 
» per bundle, 2s Gd to 4s Mushroo: 8, per pottle, 3s to 326d 
ts ices to Correspondents. 
numberless books giving the names of 
A Lady.— There are 
British wild fio iret 2 Hooker’s Flora Scotica, and British Flora,’ 
and Lindley’s Synopsis of the British Flora, are those most in use. 
There are so many Arte debe of drying plants, eed hay? hae bo- 
tanist has a plan of his o nly poin' e to 
dry the specimens quickly, thofouishiy, and henbath, Fi pres etha at 
no! h them. ey ai or-apt 
empty s' een each that is filled; then to place th 
napkin press, and to press them gently for the first day or two, 
just enough to prevent the leaves and rs from shrivelling. 
When the eq & ‘ate them, spread them 
on the floor e) can become a little dry, and 
then gather them together and place them in the press as before, 
rather increasi he pressure. This o ion is repeated daily, 
st 
of any on 
paper should be stout foolscap, cope cut 
smooth at the edges ; and vps leaf should be separate, not sewn 
up into a book. We will ere long give full directions about all 
J. T.—As far as certain from a withered leaf and 
flower, tis Gesnera ag ager 
=. F.—The plant is a ‘dysentérica. The Rose-apple, or 
Pincushion, is form puncture of a small fly called Cynips 
Rose. If E.F. wered, been ac 
his letter has never reached us. We answer everybody. 
A Subscriber. —If you will turn = the figure of the seiipaabi et 
P. 469, you will see that the cord to which weights are attached 
passes ‘Sel'ue = = fronts side ofa block e, and that the Ao of the 
se fixed in block, bat at a short distance back- 
The a ge this j is to give the weight cht lever- 
= me = Ree to pull the wire forward, when the catch 
is disturbed in consequence of the bird attacking @. The block 
moves freel “rah the screwhead shown at its lower si 
Ce Reader's me Pardanthus chinensis. 
R. R.— ear-wi e the A aye tof Sying, though they are 
cia most eee: ee 
replaced pes wi ity. 
Feathers and all other searing Sevens answer only for a time; 
nm ed an 
ie the 
bright gs that thet sie cane” whieh have tried, to prevent the 
vencester. Bathurst, Siddington, near Ci- 
An Aberdonian will never obtain pure seed of Melons from 
Popa carte them only, less he keeps of val access from the polien 
edie ake doubt the Melon-flower may be influenced 
can berie 
‘The fruit from Stow Honse is the ‘Cherry 
SM. sree sb endeavour Co tate i Tr ; 
hich will 
useful paper with a wood-cut, delay in 
publishing it 
R. D,—Your Heat! not any of the forms known to Tt 
comes inane to E. ost as corolla, and to E. Sghesewsr in habit 
and calyx. Itis probably a garden variety of E. nana more 
r peat 
™m 
aring of | ee lateral 
hhoots of your vines; the older wood now bearing fruit will form 
: 5 fruit-bearing spurs for next year. 
i Thai 
ks to Mr. Barnes. We always give the names of winning 
ished reports of exhibitions, provided they are 
e have no power of being in all genie? at the” 
in every other merous besides, we are wholly de; epend- 
a rior etoanai upon the local secretaries, who probably find ee 
t 
impractic: get the names fect exhibitors We know, fro: 
o rience, how feet it is t = oo 
— pinot is a Desm 3 bul o large and difficult 
ag ies cannot be Gererinined oath so small a speci- 
men. If Hel, the Himalayas, it may be Desmédium e! tum 
ali longatum. 
Should bash desire further information, we a trouble you for 
hr mnboree more flowers, fruit, and soi e account of the | 
Pao 
iio ort numbers 
occurred capone Your plants are, 1, Comp- 
angus’ sti lia; 3, the white var. 
bad. 
nica mariti lina ? specimen very 
Mr. T. Webster’s mi , which have eat his Cu- 
cumbers for three barge: are one wt ci patie of Ixodes, supposed be 
have been introduced with the which is used for litter. 
might easily be port aren for the Red Spider, but epee sie 
not belong to the same genus. As Ixodes rici ttacks dogs, 
and yet ab perm amongst Fern,’ it would be rathe rin Singular to 
find an animal so near! wee allied, if not the same, ting its 
ee ee ronal plant 
Y, Z.—Common rolied a obacoo will answer Lory as well, 
thai Th 
ised may be 
ay stronger. We consider pcan the — effec- 
of destroying the aphides in houses, providi 
BD rl wt 
J. D. Parks. —The principal recommendation in your 
nium is its size; it is the largest we have seen, m 
Tue chief event of the week has b 
second Parliament om og Majesty, which was opened o: 
aratey b Th di 
NEWS GF THE WEEK. 
abel! 
een the sii of the 
comm @ procee bin he n the House 
ned ts the Somat corms on the 
ore a anew Parliament ; Qi 
th Houses, - 
of bo 
Peers took the oaths i in the usual manner, and the How 
ore 
when Mr. Shaw Lef 
d, Lord Joh 
R. Peel, - the leaders: of their respective parties, too 
elected. 
‘i Saket and ae 
Ik 
hilt 
recer 
cases of Trifoliam repens becoming | 
m 
in several gbsibacorysk res The 
judgment, snd. impartiality with which ‘the Speaker had 
discharged the duties of his h 
liament. 
Our foreign news is of considerable interest :—We 
igh office in the last Par. 
France that the Minister of Finance has ad- 
refects of Departm e 
coe fal i in maintaining o 
g of Napoleon at Boulogne, 
assed off quietly and without any manifestation of 
| political feeling, although an attempt was made to create 
turbance for the purpos f plunder. 
In Spain public attention is completely absorbed by the 
manifesto Re, ly to the allocutic 
n its tone; it declares that 
the: eine is gone by when the pales 
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The i be rmed b: 
it has egenp Queen | Tsabella as the phones 
reign i 
of Spain we learn that great 
eoxie ty “ail patie in Austria oP account of cage onal 
f the 
arundinacea, and 2, the 
The es are, No. 1, 
, Phrygane: 
ynes.— The nasi e gave ina former Number of your 
Pans ra ccuitrmeed by the iepetat apes you have now sent us; its 
Kraerejain ~— defects were then fairly stated. Your seedling No. 
24, is not so good in form, and the ep rncbae aul lapge-egaons is a 
o! 
aS 
mpire trade is said 
erest Braun be well as s the size er; 
very pretty. 
#, A. M.'s Caterpillars are those of the Currant Saw-fly, figured 
described in this day's Ps Chronicle : : and the. COOP in« 
arent fly, called Nematus trimacu- 
‘0 be completely suspended. —In 
t France, Austria, 
subj 
of the conventual 
rty, has Ived calling ee the canton to 
pend suc sche it i a e pr 
of the s — From ae Pts learn. that 
Se Rares pe son no the sa of E as had an au-* 
pe widaal whom 
aed with ait distinetion : the 
latus, crak een fear of, the caterpillars immediately re- 
ding tI , when they have been forcibly detached by 
syringing, the inoue should be previously brushed over with train’ 
or fish oil. The two larvee are Wire-worms.—R. 
Clivia.— Lisianthos ssellianus sh raised from seed. 
early in summ kept in a close frame with a little heat to 
the plants u ‘strong en! smear to stand the winter. They 
should not be ed in pure ies but this should be weil Secs 
uid, and sand, to make a free and open 
perature from 50° to 55°, and not eee sae | 
comes round, repot them, top the young shoots, 
wares pit, wi with a a ai f 
When 
cofsey- sommes is entertained. The accounts: from: Sycne ‘are 
unsatisfacto; 
vinee, ca ts of Lebanon openly refuse 
the i 
wledge the sabeky of the Sultan. The rebellion 
| Cai nda i is virtually suppres ssed, a large number of the in- 
and wat 
liberally. ¥ou wiil find it the best way to keep theplants a anise 
in atemperature higher es a greenhouse, unless in the summer 
and autumn months, when they begin to flower. If once allowed 
to unhealthy either by pesae soins too cold, a apes —— other 
sib! er them. e of the 
get un 
cause, it is almost im: rs oe le to 
flower sent is Vallota prenees peayh: 
actively emrantgs ‘the 
i me 
of the British Leu in — they. havi 
veyed to ~~ 
jcus will be able to red Chronicle. at the end of a - sf * * 
Peon aieseriaseie atian oudtee heackateics by cutting off the | preparatory, it is A rig a campaign i Arabi 
three last leaves of each Number; that part mga with | the request. f the Porte.—Accounts from Ch 
Emreed tomakeascompletess posse. Weare mach Obed | Published in the Ministerial Papers during the, weeks 
by o ar Comeapeatiats — » wi y others, | which ar eerie) ) have been delayed until the present time, 
: iii of their arrival at Bombay too late to be 
plants” | ineluded i in the last over rland mail ; if euthenti, which ya 
2 
Oh 
every ———— with pia Elliot, ‘and _ ane 
the Teas and other a 
vival a the Great Wes 
articles of British co 
capagps however, a aoe « 
confirm th 
ese statements 5 is 
cit 
this news is not of 50 one a date as the pF 
i ae 
seems, 
as itis — frost- 
seem to the 
would recommend for the bank is albs. Crested ic fag ll 
bushel ef Sheep’s Fescue or hard Fescue, and ! bushel of Mea- 
> Grass, ¢ bushel Meadow Fescue, } bushel Meadow 
Sibs. of Clover. 
2fr. Wigan.—The address is,—Mr. 2, y- 
place, Regent's Park. 
A Lady. is the larva of the Pus Moth, 
Your Caterpillar 
 Cerura yinula, one of our most beautiful kinds. 
ERRATUM.— 
—P, 534, for fob Ever since the paper, read Kven, &e. 
te 
“not ear ps to take ame befor 
Pr basi 
Court. acai 
9 esha - the venue 
af the Sapre: 
cfenate 87 4 order 
of One’ “e zope ort oe an appe eal would be 
of the 
Wome Nets. 
Taj jest, Prince fats aa the Prince 
t Windsor 
