Sept. 18.] 
GARDENERS’ 
EO EP, 
613 
choked and strangled in their tyings as most o 
examine 
= 
one bunch, and found t stood in in | 
f th hey seemed. to thrive amazingly in 
The watering- a is of little use to "So seberry- | it, I think there can a ben o doubt that the sede was, in - 
| bushes if swe have no other supp ply. At — I bate pay case, the only ca a the honey-dew, it having got 
ve ain this yn. the w vines from the € Cactus and as farther proof, after 
vented the pai Gane dried up by the sun. ‘These bushes 
as iste ore wr the same results again took place on the 
floral, ev ES 
and chek ‘the ey call ¢ ever of aon me to be 
have plants of the same seat 
Po 
nile pe permesinteie above it, although i ina sighte asatate 
Ww of i es in ti 
In we 
+ oh 
e fri I 
growing ina sets situation, but they have no 
nd have been 
ia 0. W. Dick, Fagg 
rigorously excluded ; and that the plante ed near them, a eae’ 3 mic fall in in- Paint alg 
as they grow, wel it is 0 not the bes' st grower that gains t afte eh de no wood, and 1 Efit of Seton P elargoniums.— In April last, (see 
awar ost artful and practised manipulator. t fruit fell off, and . 265), i asked. your ns inon erent est. the 
These things wn the pothouse-scenes often going jtoge- ealt hy. At the commencement of the Gardener's Ma- > you answ wered me, that you 
ther, brought many of our old-established “shows” into | gazine, the editor was prejudiced against the Lancaster | thought thi 
deserved disrepute the coun etapa ek Jul uly 1831, Mr. and Mrs. Loudon | sects, bi sendin. a short time a 
55 ow they are revived on a greatly improved | w er — for your pat I pd d to do so, 
footing, 1 th e Gar ’s Magazine for the flowing bat a since that pe riod I have ones ree them closely, and 
old objectio tionable practice: This of ¢ e doe cna tober, p. ig it is ideoak that “ we seem ral 
apply to. the training of plant, which must he regulated varieties of the large Luncashire Gooseberr | d by ad i at all particles of soot on 
by the nature and mode of their growth.— Old must state that, cuanto to our them, and reading, i np. 947, y a peices man ie aan 
Solon ige. * to that of the old ones es | of soot on vegetation it rem of s es I 
C..N.’s Fin —_ and “ag —A little quicklim 1 made on the subject. In Apri at t the tie “e sont to 
in ap hole: with the 7 ok aoe Cauliflower or | superior for preserving, as well as for eating, and that they you, - perceived my Pela pilot ge were ooking sic! ckly, 
Broccoli, is a complete cure for what is called ‘‘ clubbing,” | require both less boiling — es sugar.” —4 lanes t the leaves were rapidly 
as has been strongly sat eo idedly eps cua in a gar- Compos Seat Ore hidacee.—l have lately used th ry his sg 8 the front and top sashes of my greenhouse, 
aon not 100 yards from where I no Hislop is in f the town, were eratien ally 
Ashtead. Ty og M Pp In that- numerous particles of soot had 
The Savine.—lIt is not, — Entemet known how | I have it dried, Go ph Oieel 6 I add llect lo the ae and wi part of. the leaves, 
beautifal_an. ornament to a law half-rotten Willow or Poplar wood Cy eake s these lar] e former, and. that those ono 
a ee when left to ‘its tural thi on account of their li = ess and the absence of —y were the siohe ones “affected ; I — bserved that the soot 
open. space kindly soil. I have on tan, which cho pped into small pieces of various sizes, the largest not | did not immediately act on its umulating, aye 
is now sate elaeypetes years old, and measures twenty - these I = der stra 1 
tw nian eden circumference. Its_ ‘branches radiate from a | tum of sphagnum which has become ost peat, li ke- | a manner as though the leaves ‘be arise i it, and very 
gl herin ng all wise chopped firm,—the whole in on equal parts. minute tran msparen nts pots were — In a few weeks 
th down to the — an nd r ris- | These make altogether a light open compost, which ap- fro ion, -by 
ing ee ut three feet in naeti iddle. I heir gradually turnin: ng yellow. gore similar 
a hea ok toon: but in the spring, when it has put forth | and thrive t o my e entire ettiafection. I use it chiefly for | otheats on other persons’ plan gh not to the extent 
its tender shoots, or in the oe when oboe with | the species that grow upon th were affected, from the.circumstance of their 
dew, it is particularly beautiful—P. P. ow true is | the ground I use stronger vaare , an account of which houses being near the outside of the town; but from the 
this eulogium! and oe how peta’ is the Savin neglected ! | has already appeared in the “Ch sar oes Jars rs 
It is among the hardiest of ey = will grow “equally reen Fly.—Having observed in your pap y re- | which have been slightly injured by the soot, I should say 
well in light land at in heavy, not refusing even that | medies for the green- “ eniere the following, though | that the foliage and _— of all ga oe in and 
stubborn of all soils wt e London oly On the lawn, | very simple, may she n to some individual 8 injured. 
on the skirts of a shrubber upon vasa itis the owt he plants in much | larly the case in dry pombe when tare tenons 
most beautiful of all ested with rar ey that their health was material wash off the ettamelated particles of soot.—X. ¥. Z., ” 
—— 
Puity, to remove Old (ast "Ye 
placed them a ho ri- 
iron, which being 
26 the e plants, having 
io 
zonta 
Cornwall. 
is mentioned in p. 537, 
_— a eg times over the putty, 
Trifacial Oranges.— Wi ith regard to B oz Bey’s 
eet Citron, the fact of the existence of — a fruit will 
strike those who are ew ed with the 
‘he Destruction of Moss.—It 
that smmoniacal ior diluted with water in the propor- 
tion of o of the latter, will destroy Moss. =. 
ing water, ereneree the plant so as to allow oo water t 
reach every par' te By this means I yan ah in entirely 
being tc orments, and | never found o 
nace 
J 
in the proportion of one to two, end also 
te in the — where they are largely cu ted, e of Soda.—* S. N. V.’s"’ remark towards the | te of soda at the rate of lewt. peracre. I have fo 
as impossible. well known that in Spain, Portes ce of nis communication at p. £65 of your last Number latt be ent a and more productive 
Ttaly, and Sicily, thre isa fruit commonly called “4 s rather too sweeping, that this salt should be entirely | afterwards. I in grass which sprung 
Swee t Lemo mon—insipid, ald. be a bet tter name for it. ithheld from Peas, Beans, and Potatoes. In the culti- tch of a covered ‘with Moss in the spring, 
vat sharp and quick soil, I have employed it as | but te ak been watered with puré gas it has entirely dis- 
‘ same variety ; i oe a notorious for garden manu it! at success im forwarding and | appear eleaiibaecs 
tein cio to a very peat zt a r variation in Spain and picloaplagric rops of Peas for the. table, particularly in Fla inate Spinach.—In your Chronicle for Aug. 28th, 
Tnly, and probably wherever it is grown, viz., that of | those situations where the haulm has at am early stage | B- 564 5, you recom the cottager to sow the Flanders 
bearing the divisions of pulp w within one single fruit, the root, and checked the maturing of | Spinach, which a quite as hardy as 8, gies 
differen’ I it would 
rae rent flavours, he common story is, that ithe sour successive pickings. _ From garden Ih se al fro partes = itiae ore have 
the case generally, though it may have occurred. Boghoz | each ¢ n succession, till I oer “nitrate of soda in | sent for yon gardeners in the. . 
Bey's frat may be on only a more ~ arkable variety of this solution Toe their early growth. a prickly ¥ fae which led me pm es must 
Sweet, or sephenn ixed; lemon. The idea that such vari- —_ Tha iled to bring + es’ of the Flanders, as — 
sties, thoug gh propagated by grafting, owe their origin to : nty supply into the house—some on ae pr Sphieeh* " Tihettore metic tos ‘London m. seedsman = 
it, is atone confirmation.— ether sara tp aa the successful sppiction of the smeot th-seed oa and prickly, who sent the latter, 
., Gooseberries. “enka in p. 392 the of 8 oda above —_ ae © smooth-seeded. Will you, therefore, 
p neer , and wishing to see the result, : ig y e goo sihitee to inform your i prea _ 
P ome in pans on — 14th. . The fruit will not be | tions —F’. H. S. true landers Spinach has . a smooth seed; 50, 
pode for ~agend weeks, con ently they will — had the The Venetian Sumach. —There Js not a more orna- it may had genuine? Ms he true Flanders ders 
for seven how. y imp 
ever, pat ne all either burst, or, what is somes called, f 
obled. i: Lo gee eis Nas a or was said — similar spicuous pen in pphente' a oky A pla t here the Vines. ee answer to Ww. dD." 's inquiries ‘in p- 582, 
rs a bas - of water placed und er the berr rry 5 a | sures 70 feet in circumference at the extremities 0 of 0g g rig eae 
round the stalk of the berry, uch eing so numerous as ee to hide the foliage. * an system I mast leave him and others to ale In order 
two.ends of the cord cern in the Leeper eae te sn id first expand, are of a yellowish green co colour ; | t 4 d, i will suppose that the. einen have, been 
conductor of moisture to the berry; but this was foun 4 but b caposane to the s y aeqet s fine deep red he t When sont ning season 
Not.toincrease the size of the be — oe rries | tint on P' ides, which add greatly t Sees th down to the uke these. sil 
from for Gooseberry shows are carefully casted beany as they droop in masses, or wave gracefully ie Test he "vines ssoetiinsis groand > ~ 
' wet, because, should a slight shower fall on them at — ea ia ting, The ~— ee es which reach the whole length of the rafters. 
the time th are swelling bet Pees re forcing was com- reac’ ters 
te ns oa ase ¥ burst.: = This amie: laced, at so obtained aaa the pruning season ia at hand, if 
Persons who raisi ma de = a ab disappoint- si tet the my th Deccan ~ i Wapreee ‘ praree vi shoots have been lefe on a plant, Li redace to 
ent, for, should it be a wet season when they first ripen ca, a tall specimen of Cactus gcioclions, just by wal ecole sage 
fruit, the raiser’s hopes are destroyed for a year. Goos: ough to reach the vines sess it, which are trained one | one, selecting the bes eae aes we _— 
berries ee a ; “80 a tips, praia he Cactus was infected with the com- | th r. ae persons = ee know 
and planted in a warm and dry situation. The period arrived for thinning | $0 long a ste i to.insure 
folowing spring they: are well watered, after which the 
or at least while in the 
fruit at every eye, 
n bro sole when the 
iat ~ ‘berries | from the bunches, 
f thinning, } 
hole lengta of the rafter. My 
observe r eSectual t 
ea ode the of the vine immedi ly ek iii 
described a — < warm monet petra ant 53s 1} I Cc I Snectty ‘conclu d that green-fly in | the ‘vetoes as it may do it. Re armey aae co Beet 
the present’ time the b s cane-trees. bare e part py the. house wi uns use of it, but after strict | son — = eye et are ow he ha — 
re the appea of large bunches of ng than of search L could find none ; a the hone’ cages w kept adjoining front Bete ‘excepting 24 t the lower ex- 
of Goose ies. It is am istaken notion to su - asing j I en deavonred (3 arrest 7 progress by sy- | adjotning 1 iJ ce foreing ea th ait wae > Cie 
Pee that the Jar “ P an the rest of the house, but | tremity. cor ae fb Ree 
Smallcrop, for, in reality, - rng to have no effect id howerer, | cold which the Mant oe t ne ie cmt ae aa 
Abies the soil, situation, a ; e of the plant that must be | spread i confining itself mostly to the one ape ety one to a = fo jour eyes; the me being 
Considered : q oa Sr bush i = on in its” —* wd slightly imfecting that part of the other nearest “7 ie begin t ; 
testing large fruit when about 5 old. Let me ask | Cactus; I therefore. suspected. a sees oF ihe womaions a! 
M8 foe a pe Produced the aie described in mers as pe immediately remove by 2 in which situation ag the sap increases, I beg in Ro Bae a 
Vated this ion of those who have not pe sane a to ek the wien = pare inches ;_ stil daly one eye at a time, until reals ole is in : 3 
tion, with a whether his ~—_ g — ci kept increasing amazingly 0 here thi bee means I never fail to obtain af a 
—— y sabsoil—if they are : tail wea 
Sane Se i 
am re spreadi! 
; er rection, ere T could a none oon he 
Cactus had stood.. At this ti a ey 
a leaf wo. 
seloped. wi 
ng in 
dew 
wine tava a aoa me 
sing 
| come to the s ie of pru 
In praning these vines, 1 
and when housing season 
