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648 TH 
E GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[N° 40. 
ft the Ash ‘than of the Hawthorn, when the latter is im- 
proved by the reduction of an old hedge to half its ae 
height ; and so far is s the remed dial | disbranching from bei 
contrary to nat b 
of it is rather $0, inflicting, = ‘it dows 
‘aap our vai a 
n the of deca: 
without any of the interest 7 old a 
and expose 
sec ogrenan pa from want of proper and timely et 
o tall for the besos gra eats they n 
e hide-bou 
pr deny 
as. a he only ae is a severe one, namely, to 
enable the tree to forma ead » more perfectly adapted 
to its ate by first cating o oO 
be sho} rtened ‘back to four or five eyes; this will cause the low 
mes to sw ell fuller and afterwards break stronger. The ear = 
have been uncovered should have their pits Lay 
er they are pru 
soft soap, m: 
following proportions :—to one peck of 
four pounds of sulphur, add rain water until it becomes of the 
aaewile e pound of soft soap thoroughly 
in the whole. 
Peacu-House.—The in the early houses should now be 
pruned if not already pn Pane which, before the congue - put 
on, every old beg ought t 0 be nyse , and t ae 
fte thin coat ok pal 
recommended for 
present summit should be applied first above 
the point where ‘the seb ots a nreperes diverge from the 
ee al ones ; indeed, we ma observe, pag this 
d lower ‘down, that ide t is mast giving a kind of 
hint ‘th at she is pre epared to 
ds 
mediately expat 
hi ae of the entire height j is often 
f, q 
leaves fall a 
MELONS.—' to give them general treatment in stop- 
ping, &c., as mine ‘it will hardly be necessary to water them after 
&e.. 
this, anless they ae = _ 
CucumMBERS.— those in fram r on ridges every 
night, and keep them (he, > fro m idiobaaed frat. or rene. syringe 
the plants in the stove or bs daily wits water heated. ‘0 70°. 
MvusH#R00oMsS s.—The most importan' pes 2 requiring Pease cular 
attention here i he 
ge r fine. 
ng 
he flue om steam the beds by 
watering it - ei pe ba ae house to dry their surface 
early the 
iad t-door Departmen nt. 
In dry weather nt up Celery ; tie up Endive to blanch; 
up Carrots, Parsneps, pbs. ge ther roots whose tops indicate their 
mat aturation ; in taking up Catvots and Parsneps to store for winter 
pri ing, | do not ane t hem—the bene way is to toe them 
e of th sag rough- 
pa sd or ely ’s eye, if —. but each — ought 
to be tw a, the frst. cut being mer ely to ge et ba: * 
l 
vegetables whose tap- 
now if vacant, in ew since 
the second cut very arena made at the proper os 
one = ra feet lower down. 
eT 
he shoots of the first summer will, perhaps, be we 
but afterwards very strong, until a new mney capable ral 
bearing every blast, has been completed, and behold, 
instead of a ide-bound victim t i pauls 
n 
pose gc a So. ee ind- a ag 
red Ash of the hedgerow may be taught to peas its 
ed, blackened twigs, for those 2 Moreen which 
ite able to nourish, when re- 
o 
i=} 
=— 
its period of ftps! wth was past. 
in the cor of his w wo! ary Mr. Selby will 
attention to to the Elder Tree, 
sand where | 
means undeserving consideration, 
t and Amateurs’ Guide, by Joseph Wake- 
ie isa sina monthly sa tay devote. principally, 
ing, 
the value of ar 
} s by 
“matters connected with” . Wakeling, 
he pr. rk, is well k 
with w elineates flori qo > e 
embellishments of this work are exclusively confined. In 
this department of his art, M kel o rival; h 
is rist himself, and combines a kno of the pro- 
perties of flowers with the requisite skill i his ss profession 
in 
ities we must add another 
f oe :% - 
spring or 
ther all kinds of pickling articles before frost comes. 
Th t xr Coleworts sho’ lanted ; 
cig fo! or beso may be dug 
it two feet ay with some dung in the 
a ugust 80 wn plants may 
be potted in large 60-sized pots, and ent in the late Gineries or 
Peach-houses, and by being re-potted the spring early before 
planting-out time, they will meray Tay strong plants, and 
r early ; plants treated thus have proved invaluable to us. 
ion TT .— Plant brown Cos, green Cos, brown Du! 
mit dy green, either in frames, or in d eltered 
ecouticans ere the severe weather is least likely to destroy them. 
Love-ArpLes may be gathered in bunch the 
stem attached, and hung up in a dry place fu’ 
Sataprine.—Keep a succession sown and bk: 
Orchard.—Pot some of the best-rooted strongest runners of 
Myatt’s Pine Strawberry in small reed and ie ae them in old 
tan, where they may ‘ive prot ‘e weather ; 
top- s with well-rotted dung pr atrr cor Stra wherries, if 
not do: dry weather continue to gather and carefully store 
it; prepare for planting fruit-trees 0! ki . ncies on 
ed for forcing should mulched ; preserve Grapes 
me ie late wall-fruit from on ah and od iniaesct S. 
II.—FLO spades rng ve } gles ERY. 
door 
sentati f ti je not imaginary 
énesses ; there is *‘ no’ on extenuated, nor aught set 
down from fancy ;” they thful transcripts from th 
originals. The letter- aoe yom a of the work we consi- 
vwement, and would a mend 
der susceptible of i a 
Mr. Wake eling to hav: mae attention paid to 
CALENDAR OF Oe st ~ bs ensntng: Week. 
Tuts is one of the bes! for transplanting or 
frait * Shox the erie. it is, 
and not ; eee who have is to 
plant, or wish to check it trees growing too 
first . The most important things to 
observed in ig trees to ensure success, is to preserve 
roots from in as much as possible, securing unharmed all the 
finer fibres prefs t roots, and should any 
get cut with 3 + let e inj parts 
iil be visible the next season. 
I.—KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
In-door De; seating 
—If worms have become 
wich * oa Phoate ble, first ascertain it thelr rohieet to th the ctor 
used by the too violent heat of the beds or not, bnt in either 
if the tan i 
pe a watering of lime-water will destroy them, is 
hot will to cool it also, although this must not sted 
to, but m decisive means taken t serve ts of the 
plants from sia All the plants will be growing fast through 
this month,—do — crn all the temperature of the 
t give air at e possible 
opportunity even im dull brea to prevent an plants being 
drawn up weakly in Soa cai growth. Water must be given 
‘with great caution ; watering of liqu: anure for the 
peered rope Aira ears End oe as rane S- 
ut having reco 
os er using external sent 
a crowns, W which are ascer- 
: should have air given them every patio 8 
Tris probable thats great sumber of s suckers will now be ready 
r removal from the old plants; these should be taken off 
care- 
ES ee about three days to dry, be potted and 
: ; ; they may be planted in a tan 
bed until spring, case will vias at 
root through the winter. In inter, 
winter, 
and 
quentiy p 
VENERY. reat 
recommended 
by their ing yellow and falli off. We may men- 
tion as Poe mip ormodes, rage aromatica, and 
(ris pbs of like fore removing 
e soil they are gro’ rhein should be per- 
rectly ay or the Probability ts that their roots willrot. Zygope' 
oe or any ich have m growing again m ust 
receive maker gute ae prin of water. Be cations in 
watering hard-wooded plants, and keep Gloxinias, Gesnerias, &c. 
erfectly dry, but give air whenever <— le, 
EEN HOUSE.— ves will Try num 
pits upon plant hich have been ‘ately renga fea ‘the 
= very fre- 
Lep. fae. 
Kee Lg see 
thus, Rhodanthes, 
during winter, in the most airy part of the house. 
Prrs anp Frames.—Carnations, hes genre Stocks, Neapoli- 
Violets, and similar plants in frames must have free exposure 
during favourable weather, and be v fe tious in ering 
them only at such times when they will quickly dry again ; it is 
oe th old r coal-ashes, as they then 
perience fewer changes, and require 
Valley and eg plants for ewe Carnations and Roses put 
into pron aspen heat sop ee wered about Christmas ; the soil 
Roses. 
t- Door Depariment. 
Continue, by a strict regard to cleanliness, to remedy the 
oy of beauty ; a aiskn garden will please at a seasons. a 
ip va not intended for bulbs with Rhododendrons, Aza- 
icas, &c., from the reserve pean they snffer 
mm any time, if ni? carefully. ‘Ground im- 
may now be com menced. Mow and roll lawns; lay 
sings, &e. 
Nursery.—Transplant layers of evergreens to ni 
ect seeds of Toee-Chean ut, Beech, Ash, and any others bara 
ripe; plant cuttings of ;_30w nuts and stone-fruit of 
various kinds; gather Haws, Hips, Holly berries; lay and plant 
pe te s of deciduous Lega soon as their wood is » &e. 
For AND Co: ‘orrice Woonps.—See last week’s directions. 
- NOTES S FOR SMAL 
NotTwitTusTanpINe that the beauty of fast 
minishing, it may still be prolonged Pag paying att m to 
cleanliness. themums in beds out-of-doors, against walls, 
r in pots, mus’ properly tied up trained, 
“si be lk 
‘ost. 
cing, such as Ro: -the- Valley, Neapoli- 
tan Violets, and the different kinds of bulbs, — now be potted 
and placed ‘in frames ; pat bulbs should be covered two or three 
d when th 
no 
tes led plants, such as Ver 
Primula si paeeres and the ag? rca should be placed 
driest and most airy part of the 
jar aaeee eee NOTICES, 
Asmone the many kinds of Caterpillars which defoliate our fruit 
trees are the larve of the gy oye of 8Motk, Episema cceruleo-ce- 
phala, which great cays A See 
ally appears in 
with extended win; 
upper wings are bluish-grey, net aniaings aa 
cloudy spots; in the centre is a double kidney-shaped 
= pa ean 
whitish-yellow spot, somewhat resembling a figur ; hence 
the English name. The lower pa are ash-colo sea with an 
a reyes the numbers of this insect where they are pata 
ous, is to hand-pick and destroy the Caterpillars. 
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS 
Dvaine the present month the Teal, vine Grey Lagg, the Roy- 
ston Crow, the Dartford Warbler, the Merlin, the Lesser Guille- 
T 
mot, the Woodcock, and the common Shovelle arrive. he 
departures are, the Hobby, the Martin, the Sa , the 
ae eared ie the Land.1 bmg: the W: Se -Rail, the tart, 
Redshank, and the m Sandpip 
State of the Weather for the Week ending September 30, 1841, as 
observed at the Horticultural! Garden, Chiswick. 
Baro: | Ta METER. 
EE ee 
pt. | ax. ag = Max. | Min. , Mean. xed bea 
Friday 24, 29.526 29.480 64 50 67.0 S.W. 25 
Saturday 25, 29.481 398 65 50 87.5 | S.w. | a0 
junday 26) 29.480 | 29.422 64 50 57.0 s. a 
onday © 27|-«29.567 | 29.471 67 54 60.5 w. ei 
day 28, 29.281 | 29.310 64 58 60.0 s. 1s 
Wednesday 29} 29.967 | 29.167 65 59.5 s. 35 
ay oe au) 29.413 |_ 99.172 | 65 45 | 545 | swe] cn 
ee | 20.445 iS 348 64.9 | S11 | 58.0 [se 
Sept. 24. Cloudy ; 
25. Very heavy shawls onnently 0 vercast and mild. 
Cloudy wery ; boisterous mee — at night. 
Overcast ; fine y with hea’ nand lightning at night. 
26. s 
7: 3H 
28, Rain with warm S.S.W. wi i boisterous at night. 
29, nny intervals ; windy atnight 
30. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 15 years for 
uing Week at Oct. 9, 13: we 
| Aver. | Ave rly of Greatest 
fean woe in 
Perec} lowest eap which it vanity | 
Oct. Rained. el | 
Sun. 3 62. 44.9 53.4 ‘2 0. '4in, 
Mon. 4 64.1 42.4 53.3 7 0.27 
ues. 5 2. 42.0 52.4 5 0.57 
Wed. 6 60. 42.0 51.1 6 0.73 
Thurs. 7 61.6 44.1 52.8 4 0.58 
Fri. 8 61.0 -| 436 62.3;| ~ 6 0.63 
Sat. 9 60.6 44.1 62.4 | 6 0.52 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
the poy in 1834—thermometer 80°; and the lowest on the 5th and 
6th, in 1826—thermometer 29°. 
REPORT ON COVENT tae ane 
are 
ouise, Josephine, and Gansell’s Bei 
mot. mples of bodys are rather indifferen 
Vegetables. Cabbage is excellen 
agend Laat — Fenairenine 
tioned last pe 
» Li 
Celery a well 
kets of Saompniré mee made their appearance gutin phe week. 
tees a Cu ac wers the Dahlias and autumn Roses 
are the pert en 
x 
a 
atuRDAY, Oct. 2, 1841.— 
Apples, kitchen, pe: has rot as to to Grapes; ee 2s to 5s 
— dessert, per F hiahel; 45 to Ss pang per ap ‘bd to Is 6d 
r. hf. 6d ti Poxtagl, ae 1B, hed to 2s 
7 
Apricots, per dozen, 6d to Is 6d mons, per doz- 
Plums, desse: ts pee punnet, Is 6d per 100, 6sto 14s 
Damsons, per half-sieve, 2s 6d to 4s di eck, 
Builaces, per half-sieve, 2s 6d to 3s Sweet Almonds, Coe pound, 3s 
Mulberries, per gallon, 6d to 10d Walnuts, per bushel,,)6s to 285 oe 
igs, } ed dozen, se tr i Filberts, English, pr. 100 Ibs. 7! 
Pine Apple, per 0 8s Hazel Nuts, per 23 6d 
rarest per Heat n, tie to 6s Nuts, per bush 
oor — tries, Tans half. on ags vag to 3s 6d — Brazil, 208 
ions, English, eac — Spanish, 20s 
atch, is ih Barcelona, 24s to 289 
— anish, 2s to 42 — Turkey, 16s to Us 
VEGETABLES. icmae 
cebhe e, White, per dozen, 6d to!s Red Beet, per dozen, 6¢ to Is 
ioe Pp- pene te? to6s Seorzoneray per a 1a 3d to 1s 6d 
‘ved or pickling, eas, per sieve, 3# 
Plan hepato tir ., 186d | Salsafy, per bundle, ts 3d to cor 
Brussels Sp peabeae hf. ae ls to ls Ss Horse ish, per bundle, Is to a 
Broccoli, White, per bunch,-Te to 1s 6d | Radish, p.d. hands (2¢to3each) 4 5, 
Purple, Med tol 93d — Turnip, pr. dz. meraoeggns et 
Caulifowers, per doz on,jed to 4d Onions, for pick., pr. hf. -sve-, 2 “ 
esi, Sra nif, pamaetedend — Green, perdozen a 
Broad per half aay 6d Spanish, per dozen, 2s An 
Scarlet Beans, pe ave, is sto1s6d | Spinach, per sieve, ls to 133d 
— tar et 10 Leeks, per doz. bu Ee is 
—F er bush el 23 6d Shallots, per Ib., 8d to Is 
— te ney ely tt lash, 3s Gd toe | Lettuce, ExSbaze, per score, 62to ls6d 
‘ichokes, French, perdos. 23 to4s” Cos, 6d to 1s 
arose 1s 6d Endive, pe score, 9d to 193d 
= Tere salem,”p. me es 
‘Pacnipa, per doz. ibescssdbcs Ba 
Carrots, per doz. re a ee oe 
Parsneps, per dozen, Is to ls 6d Small Salat 
Celery Re: “ed, Seas 
ee ee 
Notices to Correspondents. 
As many cage sat oxy sage comp 
letters are not attended aly 
answered the second 
, 
hs of the Cynips apterus, & 
ris these er fee cere sa 
is described b: 
gg by Coquebert. 
= z by Coqubert ynsia arborescens. ample ac- 
Broce paper will be found to contain Of wil 
Jahliashows. We always p Cape the es fs thent- 
ning flowers when the Secretaries ies of th 
obtained by our “ 
Reigate.—We in preparation a 
which, we wc tent Shoe eS very usef 
