672 TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
Eero si nee. 
[N° 41, 
and seers any which appear likely to feed luxuriant growths, 
carefully all the finer fibres ; do not plant deep, and 
and 
if i. 
be treated as formerly recommended ; those 
Sin pits Should be sy: mune poirs oy ge leaves every 
in tate o! isture, and 
in boxes, should now 
rst sy filling the pots, 
atfirst, aboat evondpac 5 oa their —— soi be earthed after. 
SrRAWBERRIES. p Alpines in frames from wet, and water 
fully. 
-door Department. 
wr to blanch Endive and Cardoons, 
roots; prepare ground ean] 
Out. 
Continue to earth-up Ce! 
to foe up Pordtacs ‘and other matured 
rops by ridgi igging, 
rwardest to a shed o1 
ay. be laid horizontally, with their heads to the 
north; this will be the means of protecting their hearts from 
ing the snow to cover them, and the check caused 
ier, by lessening their vigour. 
which will 
command, 
for pose pcan < nates hee tke Pp 
ridge-upon the surface, Pri pra th : 
this with turfs, laid grass-side downw , and finally with a 
layer of soil taken from the ed, th ge, the removal of 
.—Commence pruning Goose! berry an: and Curran’ hes, 
sufficient of the strongest shoots for pr eeeraans plant 
ers, and prune away the old canes, if ak a 
area transplant fruit-trees of all kinds 
es commence ae Continue ae store 
age Grapes or late Plum: walls 
Srove.—Some s species and Epidendram 
are now apy en to grow, oad may, ee be potted, if 
sei on sHaRe, ween given them; destroy in- 
sects by ee minister water ‘according to 
the individual — sof each plant: oe give airat all opportunities. 
GREENBO we decayed leaves and ee yo latter 
y ulate id en- 
ener ol age when left on ; give ae 
i of water ; bern young plants together for the 
winter, not accoriing to oe but for similar — 
carefully and b serasts day and night during dry mild w 
. Pres anp RAuES.—Auriculas and Poly Polyanthus should cae be 
idisot hoe ; they m just have'’all the air p le, only pro- 
tecting them or severe 3 — very spar- 
ingly and keep - " from dead lea’ the surface-soil 
in the pots should be ceasionaly. ‘Pot ‘named pots Cape 
bulbs, as Antholy \ onan ie oben &e.; water spar- 
ingly and sive ‘ 
if done weil covered with a Tulip-awning they, will form 
beautiful of flowers. 
Nuexsery.—Tr — all kinds in nursery rows 
or otherwise, whether seedlings or la ; this is a most import- 
ant month for collecting tree seeds, as Ash, Alder, zoe 
Lime, yreont cent re joasen Chesnuts, Pret argin &e. Chesnuts 
should be sown immediately Ae rer the trees ; in seta eis 
sews those from eanhguane trees ‘0 be preferred ; destroy 
Forest anp Corrice Woopns.—Continue to prune young 
copse woods, and commence ares evergreens of all kinds; 
peary hedges ; drain gy =e era —e and ee which has 
been under low may ridged with the plou eep the 
surface dry.—Joseph Paxton 
it in beds, will 
from excessive rain ; das oo Ue oiehaa mak 
is, to to bend afew Hazel or 
or a piece of can’ 
soil, ; those that are meant to flower 
Jater sd for some time, and must be kept in a | 5! 
cold frame, in the . Lxias, § Ba- 
biana, and the like, should be potted in a mixture of loam, 
, and a littl wed 3 about three bulbs ina 60-pot will be 
sufficient. A’ carefully to watering the plants in the ~ 
house during w: eather ; if damp appears, it will be advisab 
to light a small ery now and then to dry the h 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
Tue caterpillar of the Umbre Moth, Hibernia defoliaria, which 
appears di the t ee does considerable 
injury to fruit-trees, i apple- The moth is gene- 
rally branes = the neighbourhood of of ‘London; the hws is 
pe en than an inch ac eawiy'e ca its wings are 
tary wings. The wi 
cinber of black dots = 
© Upper margin of 
Wwe! ome : the under wings are 
and they have also a central 
oth lies under clods of earth or stones 
ascends the trees to de- 
Ee numbers: these eggs 
ie leaves appear, and the 
ae that time they are brownish, 
the sides, an dish spot on each 
be. 
aie Gluten 
trunks 
then 
Moth sre not constant i their attacks on 
times = w line, Gabant eter 
wr 
again, and “ 
‘We answer everything and everybody, -excent 
diately if practicable, and by the next ‘week at I ©: 
Hollyhock.—Cuttings of Arbutus, common Holly, and Sweet 
B: a tolerably well HS now pot in at the back of anorth 
wall "put 4 better if put in earlier. They 
w a ue dread po beat floor. 
instead of in boxes, tal cayed or dam: 
leaves are removed before they are placed in on cellar, 
W. T. B.—Your Apples are, No. 2, Yorkshire Greenin ing; 3, 11, 
Blenheim Pippin; 4, Minshull Crab; 5, Hollandbary; 6, Kerry 
Pippin ; 7. Hors pay 8, Nonesuch; 9, Downton; 10, Wyken 
pin. Nos. 2, 4,5, and 8 are aeties Apples; 7 has little 
merit in this Presid 36 is an excellent a dessert be aan of 
the nes r i, — Blenheim is the most valua No. lis probably 
corr its local ae 
if posi an in the leading article of last week. 
red in 
P, M. —We think the weight of evidence is in favour of the 
Wood-sorrel being the Shamrock of Irela nd not the Trefoil. 
This qu oe had been overlooked. 
B. &—For so small a house as yours the simplest kind of hot- 
water eat is the best. It will cost at first something more 
than flues, but there will benoafterexpense. *A sketch of the best 
kind of stage will be found in the last Chronic! — you prefer 
making it zig-zag, that may be done with the 
agate the shelves ; but we prefer straight stages, 
Amicus,—The high character given to “* Mac 's Fav 
Horticultural aoe 
ttecghe and = 
rtions 
It 
Ss 
proves excellent, possessing all th rate des 
sert Apple, many gan! Acie Poe it will irundoubtedy super- 
. The Pine seeds are doubtless pignons, or seeds of the 
— — peancens generally, stoutly deny 
e herbaceous plants, there are 
n 
ge 
Reads 
less to dispute t correctness of _ tore in 
x of your paper, than to Leslee d ‘ooted 
annual, or a biennial, is not a her 
ith that bldpt the # — herbaceo 
word herbaceous, it may be ee 
ii as herbaceous if eee bnay asa ‘anical 
tec! hnicality, is applicable to a “plant simply on eg sry of the 
duration of its fiower-stem, I am atalossto conceive why bulbous- 
e 
exp! ening, and a third in botany.] 
Major, An Amateur, ad other i ee will find an answer in 
i er that the laps in glass 
hould ras pattie’ than that coer cioula be open 
T. L.—Wati ur Pelargoniums with lime-wat ates and you 
will drive aan ann as well’ as areca The same application 
will prove effectual in borders, provided the lime-water is pro- 
de. 
‘The best time to remove a Vine growing out-of-doors 
is as soon as it has lost: its leaves. 
y so 
and yo 
w | kind of weather when th 
On 
ing them with some fine soil at the same time; close the hole 
with the soil taken out, and throw some litter or = covering 
A — 
in fresh lo: The Ceda ~iesatin’ wet place: 
H, S.'s lett 
m. the 
2 
oa 
a 
Pan 
og 
ae 
os 
<6 
distribution of heat, 
esembrydnthemum coccineum, Salvia eae and 
pseudo- pie Grit Helianthemum formosum. The Fuchsia docs 
no’ ndl 
t appear to differ from F. Chai 
arris.— Cypripedium barbatum i is not ye 
otanical Register.”” It is merely defined in the ts ef aneous 
matter of the present year. r C Lindley: m. nor Irapea- 
num is figured. Thanks for New Zealand Orchidaceer, but we 
abound in them. Seeds of Silene chlorzfolia may p 'y be 
dof M nderson, at the Physic-garden, Chelsea. e cha- 
x ager mentioned in connexion with the genus Orchis is new to 
divi isions, as at present crass ge hese if it thr 
chides beontash the others again, it spoil a grou: 
very natural and convenient. 
Cliviay’ inquiry about bulbs wi 
mt 
rows er Heror- 
ping at present 
re answered shortly 
be placed in the fruiter he 
too soon, if they withered i immediatel y after — gathered. The 
leading articles lately given upon the Y rait-r explain how Ap- | 
S e 
letoe will grow upo 
a is not often seen, 
can take up 
the course of the winter. 
wer to 
ind an inquiry about bulbs ina 
leading article i in some Gapar Number. 
C. W., Marlborough.—The following List contains 24 first-rate 
varieties of the Pink, some of the best at present cultivated. 
Neville’s Hope, a first rati rate flower, also, we believe, will not be 
sent out this vie ag but we recommend bn a to a anote of it. 
bend Pres ident Will adhere 
ine? Pulau "e Mis. A vstin 
‘d’s Bexley 
Robina Tinctuesth Hero 
Dry’s Earl of Uxbridge 
Stevens’ 's Lord John Russell 
Sir G. Cook 
Hopkins’s One-in-the-Ring 
Knight's Lady Acland 
Harris’s Emma Weed 
nonymous wishes to know whether he 
ed for Pines. 
Instea 
materials on the floor, they may be sarniitapeoull 
and if these are made of slate, it will prove in the on the 
material. Half-a-dozen black or red sorts of Grapes m 
following:—Black Hamburgh, Black Prince, West’s 
ake St. Peter’s, Red Frontignan, rizzl 
obliged to Messrs. = tton 
memoranda co 
An Peer gh Savine grows 
— by its berries, or by pat orasay 
rs —Lilium carolinianum is a distinct species, and not a 
single-flowered specimen ry L. superbum. We do not know 
where it is to be —— The se between it and = 
superbum is pointed adh onset ey ical Register, vol. 7, t. 58 
W. R.’s plant is Teco: p seal ogi 
Subscriber has oats ¢ to apply for what is due to him, when he 
will be paid immedia' If arrears accrue; it is the caries those 
who ro not apply for a sciitennens. They pete erneed wait a week. 
A Constant Rea: og —The plant is Barbarea vulgaris. 
J. M.'s Beurré Di Bet 2, Crassane, 
J. T.—The plant not a Fern; itis, in lity, som 
plant of the Ecntoonses order, and poche as vo "Urviltes vat 
Paullinia; but in the absence of flowers this cannot be determined. 
— Wwers 
ie nurseryman 
io é il have no beauty. 
W. H. H.—The Apple is the Golden Noble. 
S. L. has sent, No. 1, Triféliam pe trys 2, Triféliam resupi- 
natum ; 3, Medicago lupuiina; 4, Eup horbia exigua; 5, Arenaria 
loides ; 6, 7, Chenopédium eitipaten 8, ‘Artemisia mariti- 
ma; 9, Gnaphdliam sylvaticum; 10, Erédium cicutériam ; and 
11, Chenopédium maritimum, a variety with leaves more suc- 
culent than usual. 
—Your best time for improving your soil is bce 
is cleared of the flowers in the autumn. Give the 
ie 
find your 
jem 
na, 
Wistaria sinensis, Jasminum officinale, Coninuaiee pongo 
the common Honeysuckle, Aristolochia sipho, and the following 
Roses,~— Noisette, rnga, De Lisle, inc aeahn _Boursault, and 
e have already given 
tear: Holly hedges is 
—Th Orehidaceo ants sy name are not cultivated 
acne wah : e Gadfly Ophrys is not 
ar Ento: ical article of to- 
‘ant White caer eer attaining a Gowering 
per seit 
be ad 
3 for rincipal v: 
of lime which it contains ; and phosphoric 
a phosphate by com! bkang we 
resent in all soil 
in some elos 
Cuttings t 
“not 
Tulipa must his Tulip roots 
jared.” How does it happen that they are so forward > erous at 
Sor er eeGbetad inbe sme oe Se He 
this time, and is making sad havoc among the 
