THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[N® 38. 
to be grown and fruited in pots) was | 
the Vine (to 8) 
discovered, and strongly recommended by Mr. Mearns, the | 
du 
y curator of the Leeds Zoological en, 
at the paling, which surrounds any grass land at this s 
son, as for instance = ae in — Regent’ s Park, without 
in the mo orning, re 
worth 
ring the time that he was gardener rat W elbeck. 
tist expected, yet it may be u to a certain extent 
where there are means to carry it ee properly. The me- 
thod of ane: eb Fea f fen fst pen pid described :-— 
Procu € lon years old, with a 
with th 
the shade “of the thorns and ¢ ~ and i we 
attention, five sixths of them will be ‘found a re fe 
- | which are 
spread so curiously at the decline of ‘Summer ; 
but the s' apt of this gnat, and th which 
¥ 
ene persev ¥ 
Bir rds ‘also come 
are often abundant, hangi feet che 
= ree ae with cold, t! their wing 
es sed on their backs; as 
Even in the chilly and frosty mornings - quite: they 
ng byt their for 
ay a ae Sy they 
pot ina ‘ae third with “teh aa soil, then begin 
t wah amr ewe M? the soil, aad: 
ing it slowly to prevent breaking 
1 the shoot mene 
the 
yecabiabed, and at every step t the gra: 
ies throug’ 
mu eatita des of the gnats rise dragging their long legs an 
bodies after them. Iti is uncer rtain whether the da ter spe- 
s hybe 
ry often foun 
in his aig Btenieltat ¢ 
HOME encase dace is 
7. Pat bes 
rugm suaveo- 
lens. —As it is s generally, I believe, considered t that this 
as a 
brim, leaving 
and round the pot, until it re: 
tain roots reer they are i ato the feocin anon The 
heat there a eg should ery moderat 
{ ee 
ing the per year * 
elesfield.—( To be con 
aaron et ea 
COTTAGE GARDENS. —No. XXXvV. 
eo f th 
n, that I have had one for roar years Sia 
to mentio apt 
diameter ; and that I have not int dis. 
nine inches in 
of the larvee or pup Wve through the winter, from which 
flies oceasionally make ree Sop ecto again in May. 
Linnzus named the e-fiy Tip from its 
being found at “4 roots of pert “both sexe 
of a brownish-ochr ta colo our 5 the head is 
prey almost siebeos th the horn: 
are short, setaceous, ‘and gomcmery of ‘thirteen joints * 
the eyes are black ; the 
le (fig. 3), 
coat 3 Frocesses, tinsiltig the 
lls and are stained 
abdomen is long and spindle-shaped in the fem: 
a terminated by three 
= ne? ; or ci a set aad =e any ce 1s 
when a few of the outer 
fibres were removed and replaced by fresh earth. My 
eine is to sc it quite 7 and torpid during the e winter 
cut it down low in March, aoe to = ‘ 
ti 
r of aeons as’ each year 
be ae _ a cha 
dentally 5 eels off. The dingy 
rors are si. seeder, and clubbed ; 
~ base of 
useful vegetables for a family which can be meee sy 
the cottager, where our directions respectin 
erence, the p lant about six feet hi, Ae aa 1 we a few inches 
being this 5 ’s Lsiykepat e and it is well Eber with large 
W.J., Roc: 
N urserymen "3 Advertisements. “Since the publication 
I have 
le} W 
ich t d 
are seldom i aT pa made so wha of with us as 
they are‘on the Continent. There they form a pecan at 
ble bot th 
the Gardener’s Gusetle, but I met with one by chance 
the othe r day, in which the leading article dwelt on the 
pe eggs W 
Pair Briere eed they are die gem i ee Shining 
blac’ ck, and not Abeer game amount to 300, which fall 
th in ae er aa winte! 
easy, and attended “ar 
so little trouble and expense, that we think 5 re 
—— the serene pe cottagers in in this country 7 they 
to adopt the ractice, which is as follow: 
pods are re gathere red when crisp and full sinc 
y hard and woody; after bei i 
slices, they are well rubbed with salt b and put 
s open at one end, 
ne these a flat 
piece of slate is laid, and a Sane ae upon it, for the 
oof: giand keeping the beans in the 
ine in which they are salted. Nothing more is necessary 
c ‘ jar and i aside. 
ad 
P 
might be sent by post sand I only wish te cou uld persuade 
some of your advertising friends to try t e experiment, as 
ed, with Mr. Loudon, it would be profitable 
t accommodatio n to — of 
a 
two dozen British Queen Strawberry plan 
Myatt in ba =e — two dozen ‘Seeinston Seedlings, 
flesh 
Pres) hi. 
two 
some oe these corsa in the gare 
tise a me of presen stating that coal or 8 or r 10, as 
to) 
len at the commencement of May, 
roots of scarlet-beans, lettuces, potatoes, ieee 
mines be, could be sent by post for 2s. 6d. ; and 
so hey =e say of Geraniums, Fuchsias, Pansies ; and 
them at the 
= sore “en week i in August, when 
me very larg e spoons which had been de- 
lias, and ot — garden 
after they have. bee! 
be soake 
pickled 
eee Sai acrwars deed ¢ the same as 
if fresh. 
cottagers who 
time to deter- 
peep 
i bout 
on the hi hives t that are to | aa deprived of their honey, 1 tab 
flowers; and last Ric they were ‘reported to ave been 
very destructive 0 grass in Golden-square. Tt ms 
have been of 9 opinion 
ad jouché ns 
d vege- 
manure: and it is natty by 
for store. As regards the latter, we may observe that 
bs ate contains fourteen or fifteen pounds weight of 
f-rotten 
they come to the surface of _ cath by 
night, in multitudes, to feed. During August and Sev 
cha é 
tember the ey c ai - long fen with t 
Th, 
veigh el twelve pounds, an 
which i may be desira a pee canes should now be to 
until oes have sleet ae roper weight; but any that 
are we than this must eae all their honey taken from | 
them, and the bees united to 
er s' We have 
this arselves, by following the direc- 
tiens cont ima very useful little work by Mr. J. 
of Bury St. from wi we subjoin 
following :—‘‘ In the morning of a y in 
‘ew puts of tobacco smoke from a pipe 
he combs in succession, beginni ith th 
intron i 
oaes each side of the head, 
the segments corte ‘ted being says — enables them to 
he ek when = 
es be seen sicking a that some 
from the surface, as represented at 
smallest, s i the bees with a feather off each piece 
with acloth. The bees now remain as desti- 
as they were on the day of their swarming ; 
replace the hive on its board in the same place it stood 
e 
when full, and leave it till the evening, by which time th 
bees will be clustered ii 2a new swarm. So 
after sunset, blow a few puffs of t b 
door of the hive, to which the deprived swarm is to be 
especially where 
speinile it between all the combs, b ut 
he bees are thickest ney 5. six or eight table 
with hon 
and with one dap throw the ras out of the deprived 
k 
a 
ot 
to 
and history are 
and even cultivators litte suspect that ace meters | bel 
or Leather-jackets, as the pear. pe og ent 
hief im the market-gardens, are the 
offspring of our old and “snch, how- 
familiar 
ever, is undoubtedly the case. = is imp i 
*{ tink this system, notwithstant has been said 
sgzinett is wort a tal where tere = lent of om Whe: 
is not, it is ridiculous toattempt it,— i 
As these grubs not Sai ae do considerable m 
chief, it is advisable to check them under such eric 
stances, especially in ir paces ms. Itis said that lime- 
will not kill them, but probably if quick-lime was ade: 
ee on the grou: and at _night it would destroy mie 
and a 
thes are fou the walls, palings, grow prefs 
should be tilled, "expecially ee ‘female, which fuser pre 
groun: A wixtie 
of weg and 3 gas- -water duetribated by a watering-pot over 
the larve where they 
ie “his exceedingly destructive ; and by sw ee the 
tne with a bag-net, tt an angler’s 
vered with 
willbe found in Curtis’s 
5 Brit. Ent. | 
aceous | plants might be sent, as I ‘received m my 
tised I think w ould pa ay well.—a, B, 
t since I observed the bre 
vern we _ .’ of the Hydrangeas hb 
flowe shoots growing from 
poral singular at the tim ine 
from the appearance of some of the cym as th 
seg would change colour, which T reer since found to be. 
Ine. 
e case, 
8 
e 
+e 
<I 
— 
The e pla nt ing in very wet bog-earth, on a north 
ra i shaded Sith rs was trees. Another small | pleat, 
the e border ver 
terday I ge pl t growing 
rae 4 
said inet of gink. o Nes 
; tt. d 
Thave no doubt “4 Lady” will find the ik flowers 
ag = Se esmane Ogle, Rosehill Gardens. 
—I can bear tesa to the *+assertion 
Mr rt ited '* that a mossy surface might maintain 4 
ial spring in.an arid soil.’”? My garden is an art 
soil, in a sunny and exposed situation, and I found that 
my Azateas, though planted in a gocd heath soil, dwind 
and a When I replaced them J surrounded 
_ h wants = put flints upon that, and since 
tim hed as wpe ati set 
ree: fevered eval Wi ny 
radiati on? I do not think if we toa 
ald a ae Serheserins Do you 
d Mr. Daniel’s definition, mse 
I am obli 
Dressin 2g Flowers for Exhibition —I was m muclr grati- 
fied in looking ae ‘your leading article {this say ak to 
us alterations in rules 
ther the new regulations will embrace what 
ted, can hardly bet pacer — ir 
i= made upon 
bi 
i. are, 3s produce ced natur ally | on. 
: I 
My present object is y to ‘stal to you. what 
vine ot oe nal and which, if antot ® 
shade further, ee completely nian,» Oe 
flower in its natural Ero as. condition. - 
ing = think it was) on Lane's collection, I observed his 
¢ the moss, and were not so muck 
stood higher ‘abore 
