A place on e from the fruit-room is to be pre- 
ess; and so sr as itis going on, and until the 
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jared by ti he winter; but if injared it «1 it shoots still Iater. If it is 
killed wep tt er on kip baer madera fore ~ igs a 
are dry, they should not be moved. — Fi Med Reader's — are ame. | mookene _savety of winter. 
Eveenaneiamen ti octrenaniiedl es itis ee - | Gerénium phzeum ; 5, G. sa sanguine! 6, & Ontack eae litea. Nos. | down in the ing (March or ce Petihont teviee’ “ia = eae 
the species of beetle to which they belong; | 2 and 3 appear to be different states of Rudbéckia le reer but | by et: it tw most ¥en foes or become unhealthy. The 
I conjecture, however, that they are the l f Anisoplia hor- | they cannot be determined fr trom such fragments as are sent us.__ | Arbutus, pabens may te prone aif} 
The same mischief attended some grass-lands in Hant A Planter’s leaves are those of the Fulham Oak, whi ich may be | ously prchey nt ie — Siteae except in very severe frosty wea. 
ince, and 10 acres suffered severely at the | increased by grafting in the spring, taking the two or three years | ther, It may be propaccted te cuttings formed frome the ammullest 
same time in Oxfordshire, when the rooks and starlings, assisted es — for scions, and using the Turkey Oak for the stock to | shoots about July, when they are growing, or in the state of what 
by smaller birds, set to ork in good earnest, a e ok o wy Grmantaielcenten wanton inthe state of what 
the ground that in two seasons the Grass | "'E, a. Wor. Bevan has been so obliging as us the | Notices to Correspondents of October gth, but cuttings are not 
cau ur dhatiine ieiamainonaes aan sae reply to her inquiries ay sconcetve the | So certai uccess as layers. If, however, atten paid to 
resorted to, with the view of settling the undermined and dis- fa pbedurtiven ee of her bees has arisen from causes which have | Selecting the cuttings properly, they will succeed may fre- 
ie best remedy against such grubs is to strew operated pretty generall: uu be seen in the provincial nurseries, where the double va- 
ed lime over nero neve peor tee Spben' aro et of |i icular localitis ety is so increas t t off the head of any large plant: and 
winter sets in, which is said to ; : : : emp ban? i 
it is presumed, will destroy arg porno —R. 
A Constant Reader will fi we know of the Celery-fiy at 
i 7 S. P.—The plant is Cotoneaster microphylla. 
n hard 
J. D.—The “lungs of Oak” are the roads nat lichen, called They may be removed at any season of the e year, pes.h a eay 
Sticta saleinnilcon. It is not eles that the Hampshire pen for growth, apa ided bes ‘weather 3 is moist when they =e shifted, 
sants should use it for the same complaints as Iceland Mos sontaayes 0 for several days ; the best time, however, is the 
because the latter is a lichen ese pe ing Anemone foes 
should be en up as soon as their leaves begin to decay, and Viola, hee sake on the a ny of the Pansy was given in 
kept in dry sand till the beginning of March, when they may No. 10, p. 147; we recommen we sg followi ing kinds :— 
analy one a ier apa vhere they are to remain durin e Delicata, Thomson's, ippoo Saib, Gaines’s, 
afe to oo e lay ‘s from jb ee mi t a Unique superb, do. Eve do, 
Puchsias ie asane ey ar Verbenas cannot be kept pee find that Po bees bc store up honey for her as wi for Eclipse, do. St. Paul's, Cook’s. 
ive with any c pauls pay aor all winter; the best cover- themselves, ‘f they be suitably accommodated, whether on the Jehu, do. ; & Midas, Brown’s. 
ing for them is old tan. J. D. should have taken off her cuttings | plan which I peveanincran <4 or on the collateral system. For the Dr. Lindley, do. Countess of Orkney, do, 
ut the of Au vas done they may remain in eh tive Miss Stainforth, do, Alert, King’s. 
ropagating pots tilla few weeks before they are planted out i Flora superb, do. Miracle, Catlengh’ 8. 
im the spring, when they should be singled cut ; Diadem superb, do. Globe, Burley’s. 
The nes. are good Chry a = viz., King, Diadem, Olympia, do. | King Edgar, Cook's. 
seni tion, Golden Yellow, ome nchantress, Vesta, Rival, ng of Beauties, do. { Ultra Flora, Thomson" 
Hadonna , Memnon, Criterion, Wank. Waverley, Widnaill’s. | 1, 
= B.—It is not possible to say what a Dianthus is by its foliage J a 
H. Venn.—We recommend you to try your seed! yellow 
Dahlia another year; the blooms were sea an fl oa 
in oc bat it is now too rap oe — season to form 
opinion of the properties of this 
4M. W.’s Fuchsia is a fine flower, hank eniiieanak 
Omikron.—We cammot ascettain your plant by thes leaves Sow 
ee ‘The other questions shalt ‘be 
wered next week. 
a P.’s Fuchsia was very much withered. It appeared, how- 
ever, to be a well-formed flower, of a very rich colour, and to be 
on 
it, plant it on rockwork in a sunny place. It requires to be 
starved, and you are halt sit Dep D. Balbisii is one of the 
capitate Lea and rather hands 
Owen Glendow epee pretty Vittle Apple, wit ith firm and re 
ably orange flesh, is the Foxley. It would be a 0} acy pare 
Foxley 2 in ‘order to distingu! ial it from the Foxley Crab. 
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be Sepeny belongs to anuther variety. It has not becw dis- 
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more distinct in its character than many are. The Chronicle will 
ered among the great number of Continental importations that be sent for the next five ¥ ecks. 
hae of late years been ma nel d 
as R—Vines should bi ned i m in preference to 
wing ; if deferred till the Fastin pea pm are apt to bleed; ipparatus weak 
butit pruned i in autumn the buds left are strengthened, in conse- to resi m i ed sugar. eno! hy asyours. ACh 
quence of a Sh hechamag ged es whole of the sap; and they break - S.—Leave your Tobacco plants growing so long as there | stove might do if you could get a draught forit; but it would be 
ieee igour in ring. the 
with We know of no remedy for | is no danger of frost ; for they cannot be too much ripened in | better to introduce branch of some other appartus. Could 
be Rose mildew. this climate. Pull them up by them close you not bring into the greenhouse a pipe heated by the boiler of 
J. T. L.—The Shropshire be cao aH Ot raised by Mr. Knight. Do the kitchen fire? 
It is figured in Brookshaw’s Pomona, published in 1812, ‘froma X.Y. Z.—The plent is Marchantia polymorpha. The 
fruit obtained from Worcestershire” whee trees of it were abun- tical’* gardener must go to school again; aa eve saee i 
dant, although then exceedingly scarce in the vicinity of London; that the © Cloth. of-gold Crocus is the Crocus ee as tifterent 
€ven now its cultivationis less general than its merits deserve. a) fr low as a partridge froma pheasant. Give 
Ignoramus Ardens.—The distinction between it trees | soonafterw ‘. y them over each other yacinths ni « chalk nor salt; charcoal will do no harm ; the 
called Quenonille A Buisson and Dw: f Standard, will be under- andfuls, and press them under a board and tip dig for ane glass may be filled one-third — me Paema grown in Moss the 
stood trom the following definitions:—A Quenouille has one up- | days in the same ict es as above till they ferment; after 22 aa requires no other tr than if it were in common 
right cen’ item, like a distaff, from which the ches are | whic’ ges them and pack them in a box. soil. e Moss eameng 9 a ‘lamp rather than wet, and the 
trained in successive hori tal tiers as the come annually - Your fruits are, Apples—1, Belle Harvey; 2, Downton; 4, | bulb Piers stand upor The ba per: dt re of 40° is the best 
developed ; the oldest, and of course the l..we: , being the most Pinata Queening ; 6, Minshul Crab; and Pears—7, Old Colmar; for your plants in ro —_ ome 
extended, ppermost tier the shortest; a regular grada- | g, Glout roscoe A Novice.—Those Vines kes rip e may be turned 
tion i-4 tained in the respective length the branches H. R?’s cra’ s the e Pyrus prunifolia. the others must wait till the wood} is =e Sesh adh ‘Keep ear id 
of intermediat so as to give the tree a conical out- A, B.'s. boleh is the SS ae eps ay. dry in their pots till they begin to grow, and then repot them 
line. “A Buisson has a low pruned-in head ona ery short stem Ragged Rodin has sent us Rhodiola résea, the common Rose- fully; but take care that they have very little water at first. 
A Dwarf Standard may compared to the, top of a standard tree | root. Col. M.—The we been abundantly sup- 
oma si foot in length Buisson left to take its T. T.’s fruits are—2, Beurré de Capiaumont; 3, Bezy dela | plied with cnt ore Pear by the Horticultural 
atnral gro , With the exception of a little regulation Motte. No.1 is unknownto us: Society. and th: must have it forsale. Itshould, howeves, 
thinning, will as haracter of a Dwarf Standard. In order 
A. A’s fruits are x Codlin s 4: Haghes’s Golder Pip- 
pin; 5. Rambour; 6, Fone eather: : a Golden Knob ; $3, Hollow 
The Plum was crushed 
The inconvenience wil! not be diminished by the use of any par- 
— ee ot earth We would train in such a place the dif- 
t kin i - 
di ur collection of oewencear tied the Syeenenead am: 
-—Tam O shanter,. Mary Queen of Scots, Siig mer bake sn 
mily, Hill’s Champion, Habranthum » Mis: 
tnt be ite strength they are generally cut so as to leave room for 
‘ormation of ae bai the base. Dwarf § tandards are merely 
regulated by c at cross or are too 
‘ame of your plant is Tecoma capensi! 
it is in spring e summer, sele: cette 4 
te, Rho- 
—The gree, Puls 
Champion, Smith’s Queen, &c.— lace these with the fo ‘ollowing, 
pera with a si 2 tom half-ripened wood, and if they can 
iam 
and your collection will be much improved: Erectam, Cyrus, 
Cressida, Comte de Paris, Clarissa, Sidonia, Rienzi, Nonsw ch, 
Nymph, Orange Boven, Priory Queen, Lady Douro, Leila, Splen- 
A Constant Reader——There is no such plant as a prickly-leaved 
evergreen Oak, or an Oak of any kind, in Australia. 
W. F.S. i 
T. H.—Any gardener may fee gt wos for exhibition 
at the wseetee of the Pinar caijarares. ae hon expense, 
No certificate is 
weet Lord ort 
i and may remove them again afterwards. didum, Bridesmaid, Arabella, Anette, Amet 
following plants to your collection, which will increas quired. ~ can, Rosetta, Prince Albert, Roseum élegans, 
ene Supply of winter flow: ellias, cularly the double P. Q.—The fruit of Pyrus spectabilis is of no use. D., Sussex. The fly is Bibio Marci, which, oie anew: is 
Cc oa fi ed, Pimelea hispida and decussata, 
at ata Sisal the pi amare kg become cne of a 
much re srendy cr — of the extracts for our cohimns; <a (Contia cccar 
Ma * allied its. - 
sima, and the Tai im odoratissimum, Luc unless mad io ee, ae thes airy sitti 
= hich flower in winter. To these you may | the paragraph aa ae us from ‘“‘Stanley’s Birds’ contains a state. xd ba 
ern poweenarg roses, Cinerarias, Chrysanthemums, and com- ment that is not true. The leaves of New gene = me oe the | well for Camellias, ided there is plenty of cna aged 
and yond Sowers, 5 Hyacinths and Lilies of the Valley, e of sueculent. The other questions: shai are not constantly used. There is scarcely any veces ce of 
= Jour greenhouse will be very gay all the winter and spring, pa oid hardiness of Camellias; any of ee ; ma 
ee friends are at all reasonable in their demands upon yo G. Slow. —In the absence of specimens of the affected pessoa eran ha its flowertbuds in. 
nts fr It is impossibie, in many cases, to and the insects Compuathed of, it is peg Possible to tres a er Rie ener a tee ae much too late for answer 
Tpomera am, the inspection of single leav satisfactory answer to your inquiries. It is —, ge the i crag many letters have arrived 
6 ne val we ist say nothing hea buff-coloured larvee on the Pink may be the maggots of a Syr- ¢ oF 9HE 
a berculata ; the Fern is Pteris si i 
. ac S OF TH E WEEK. 
cea. 
ibiflora 
‘doa ra) young pl plants from the points of an old one in 
in = 2 2 en Keeping them in small pots. If placed 
rita ins Ta, it has a greater tendency to grow strong than to 
NE 
Tae slat f the Caledonia, steam-ship, from Boston 
ae ‘Halifer, which was expected to to br ring intelligence of . 
kinds the Greenhons © Azaleas a) 
approaching to the deciduous 
Wood nee be kept rather dry in winter, and if ponitie the 
vatbnne Varieties should be well ripened im autumn. 
the political and commercial cireles in reference to his 
oy 3 - 
het Hipenen = ek been growing ea fe ee last year, and trial, has 
rin 3 
has been hithert 
“wilt + After this 5 od may leave them longer. © 
Fie best buds for fruit are t ee third or fourth from the 
Ne shoots, You will gain by training th 
sh Ste ‘fulétrecee ter Se ae suai 
Ee George, Noblesee, Harrington, 
Metts Of Grapes for nes? Elrage’ end 
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