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Nov. 6.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
737 
e to collec’ 
a ge fel equired, poet, gf See laid on oe borders, 
in Paniie st ay be du Ast anthemums 
in or out cf emits bie eh Ms expand nee! now 
i e or drawing-room supply them 
iy i eon Ed 
eeres it h has not wad an untidy appearance, but is injurions, 
If Aphides make their ce ii te 
with tobacco. 
TOMOLOGICAL NOT 
a garden, however email, ~ which may not 
o Amgust, the Soodeas Pebble son» a 
ather than inch 
and another, black, on the margin. The pire of emai a 
urs in May, and the second in the autum when 
merous, they do considerable inj Cal fear and plesitex “a 
of Horse-radish. The Caterpillar is eight or ten lines lon ith 
the head, of a light brown colour, and the body is yellowish green, 
with black longitudinal stripes J he only method of de- 
‘ing these C: illars is to hand-pick them, which from their 
size will be very tedious: if, however, a mat, or a piece of 
be laid under the infested plants, they may be 
linen, be 
it, and thus a great D number might be collected in a short time. 
Wear London, in most of the Market Gardens this species is very 
abundant. 
MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 
Tur Widgeon, the Gadwell, the Silk- tail or Waxen Chatterer, 
the Golden Plover, phe Golen- eyed Bacher. si ee header! 
Pocher, iy the ——_ ay tive ce 
present month. Ther Bae pert 
State of the Weather for the Week ending November 4, 1841, 
as observedat the Horticuitura! Garden, Chiswick. 
Oct. BAROMETER. t ‘THERMOMETER. Wind. |R ajn- 
Frida Max. Min. brah — | Mean. — 
y 29.818 | 29.765 47.52) N.E.| .09 
y «Bll 29.776 | 29.721 Pe ‘is 47 N.E. | .06 
ys 29.877 29.798 53 46 4 S.E. -19 
OF. 
Monday 1 30.063 | 29.901 52 4 49.5 “ee es 
30.226 30.187 55 37 46.0 N.E. 
W 30.309 55 36 45.5 E. 
Thursday 30. firs 44.0 EB 
Average | 3 a7 44 
Oct. 29. fone a ss aiuahies sear and fine. 
30, Rain; mensely: overcast ; ones overcast at night. 
31. Drizzly; o 3 
Nov. 1. Rain; ly 5 4 
2. Hazy; fine; overca: 
Chiswick during the last 15 years for 
the aaning Week Leone Noy. 13, 1841. 
ae oe in | Greatest Everaling: Wine: 
Highest fewest ean| Years in Spencicy eee oe 
py ig aps * Temp bik a TF Rain es ale é iq a) = 
- 7} Be | 36.3 9 9 
Mon. 8| 49.2 | 34.9 | 42.0 € 
Tues. 50.4 | 35.8 1 6 
Wed. to} 31.7 | 37-2 | 44.4 9 
- Thurs.ti | 50.6 36.6 | 43.6 5 
Fri. 12] 49.9 = 43.3 
la} 51.6 44.7 10 
gakne highest ae during theaboxe period pre on 
i 7th them hone Hing ep ometer 62°; and the lowest on the 1ith, 
ataerior RT ON COVENT GARDEN ot 
r the Week in, Ssaieatt§ er 5, 184 
sequ iz su ll kept w; sae and in con 
am fence of the fine weather of the last fee nae Sy the demand 
tly d, though prices ve altered but aoe 
iful. Hothou pes, both black 
d quality abound. Brussels Sp rout: 
Plen’ ” = _Canlitowers are scare “The supply of 
is large, and the quality is i earatia excel- 
Baty, Jerusalem Artichok bundant, but French are scarce 
neat Of Salsafy and Scorzonera are offered. Leeks 
tolerabi, ens mand. Salading of kinds is excellent and 
lass aa Dlentiful.— Flowers. A few Chrysanthemums in pots 
fal cut tower the gaiety a the market this week. Many beauti- 
and ited, including several kinds of Camellias 
bes PRICE tunpay, Nov.”6, —FRUITS: 
ae ser boa S26") Oranges pas 100, 62 to 200 
sir, dene < per one as th rte Lemons, per doz. Is to 2s 
Baincor sr per bie re eae nen ae 
Cucumbers? BePlb- 58 to74 Walnuts, per bushel, 160 to 28s 
eine s oe shel, 102 
ee Dutch, rst Tie, are ee es “a Pa 
to ats. 
r Ib., 28 to 5 et kr mage 
pelts, 8d to T 
Spanish 2 pee Beak 16s ti 
Oran, Eine Ib, ls to 2s _~ Barcelona: ‘42 to 28a 
_ gon to 20s) 
Vv TA 
ee ee 8d ti Gatien tacit 7 -sieve, 2s to 3x 
lee “old dees marek: — Green, per | ae peat 
~ Reg ora ‘ead, p-doz., 32 to Gs — Spanish,per dozen,2s 
ciibeleds Pepin: Is w4s ks, per doz. oe mches, I 
Brussels per doz,, Garlic, per Ib., 
Broeeoii, Rita P-hf.sve., 2" to 2s6d | Shaliots, per Ib., meee 
a Pieree cro od s 6d oe © hund., ae to ie og 
Can} ge ‘ 
Seater per dozen, 6dto 4s ae Cen rene 2 ee ss 
> yp. hf. we la to gs Endive, perseore, nee ty 1a8i2 
Celery, Red, p.bdie, ‘1 to 15) 6d to e6d 
pd dad — White, pr bund., Od'to Is 
Bin Fer bushel, 6d ees 
s s t, Ba 
Ni idney, p. bush, 2¢ toge6d | xeon aw tle 
Paz bet pound, 6d to 9¢ | Parsley, per halfsiere, 
aagderiale mech, perdoz. 2s toe om, bunches, 2¢ 
arty for gor panehes eto ber dox bunches, 
Lp ig tes ae _ a nen — aches, 
5 
Sesrzoneras 19722: 8d to Is ed mint pe pet ems Tumehes, 2 
ieee ar bundie, Is 8d. to 128d | Sorrel, per half-sieve, 6d 
Bore. Sete eles >| rematieg: poe hale diene: $5 ke 
Satish, > Be hands(24t #020 each) tetny aon me See ‘ea tobe - 
ieee, ae ai : Mushrooms, per geet 
as aise, Geer pound, 2s 
soiree “il savas us ze a their 
be pointed 
t all dead leaves, and destroy | h 
lect that edener are not oan with money < 
had bees answer 13 let 
y ters upon the subject 
communication, and to pay the postage also, we are per- 
suaded that the laint we ha’ t be con- 
sidered to be without foundation. 
Constant Reader, Ryde, has sent up Gold 
It is a stove-plant and will bloom rea os ag in a moist = Hew 
exposed to light. 
A Reader.—Your Lichen is a fungus, the curious Niduléria 
striata. The cannes is lobata. 
J. D.’s letter on Palma Chri 
it will appear in athe spring. 
Myrtle.—We cannot commence ve i f i 
They form no ba 
of we oom 
ght to be mi meconntial about preserving correct 
memoranda of the native county of the seeds you raise. This is 
most ae neglected by many gardeners. 1 is Berberis 
aristata, and no more came fro! es Swan River than from the moon. 
3 and 4 are Juniperus chinensis, male and female; 5, Coll 
ts peck rc t goes 
nosa; 6, epee! 
os C. "K No.1, Eni refiex 
imia; 5, grandin  tombectiane i Tnorida ; % calphares; 
es dina + es mutibilis 11, conferta; 13, purptirea; 14, princeps ; 
15, 16, versicolor major; 22, Témpleya ; 20, . Statice 
arvel of Peru roots during the 
winter, and preserve them like those of the eran or she may 
keep them i ss the ground if in well-drained soil, by covering them 
any species of Erythrina, or Coral-tree, 
i Caltivaithes that we cannot tell i" which her maa applies. 
seepthina laurifGlia and herbacea fiower freely; others very un- 
willingly. We do not understand the question put to us about 
budding. 
D. R.—No plan can be worse that of turning potted plants 
into the open ground without re-arranging their roots. Such 
negligence is, however, only to be found among v bad gar- 
deners. After a plant has been potted for some time, the 
quire a spi irection, and their points are turned towards the 
centre of t This di 
ways 
aus read horizontally. We are quite aware 
n is impossible where plants ee been long 
in pots; & but Beats ‘that have been too long in po! ght, on that 
very account, never to be planted in 
A. B. €.—Your Heaths are—52, purparea Teflexa; 39, 
curvifiora rubra ; 3 110, tricolor; 126, Baten inal Bi We e have not 
seen elegant ir tanten rarest Bs fruit out-of-doo! 
J. H.— Au a ill be alerts soon. 
the open ground. 
nosum, Aponogeton monostichyon, Dionza m ipula (for the 
edge of the ~~ and a os lateum: 
e to recommend o1 preference.to another. 
All respectable such plants if they do 
not possess them. 
yar bulbs of Lilium longifiorum from 
to move. Do not let them get 
pots until you see 
iter 
mné Blanc; 2, 27, Marie 
on; 7, Aston Town ; asd 
0! 
Colmar ucré Ve ert 19,2 
tel hanan’s i 
ashiul Crab; 7, Hall Door; 9, Wyken 
Pippin; 17, 25, aie on zm By Court of Wick ; 26, London 
See 27, Marm: Pippin; 32, Fenouillet Rou uge; 36, Lemon 
Pi 
ap.—The e Russian Violet requ Saneun cape scm the 
itan one; that is to say, plant ang run 
ave done flowering, jn a shady bat not ends Sito. a- 
Pp eaf-mould, rotten ie and loam, 
weather in ry ect 
not setae over- 
t cheek then 
a sloping mvex border of very old and 
A Constant Su —The following are 
Pears which will bear well as standards, some early and some 
keeping sorts. hold give them in their of ripening :—Citron 
des Carmes, mmore, Marie Louise, Beurré Bose, Beurré Diet, 
bn Ss ievonipantisle, Nelis d’Hiver, Glout Morceau, Col- 
ar, Beurré pear 
bes Cl is who te saurt a a beset 
br =e bas ; breaking up the e bottom 
uid be ag 
hes km 
Met as rough as possi! ible daring 
cw! chug hatigg nage’ aaa 
spring. The rains will wash 
speedily visible: Your 
H. K. M. has a small house which has been used as a Vinery> © 
she now wishes to turn it into a greenhouse, and therefore 
wants the names of 
in sprin, 
Col. Davies. -—The cae “Apples will doubtless ve good for 
kitchen nc Prat others are not distinguished ; eg of them, 
is very well flavoured. 
of a regul ring shape, ry 
which you gt under the name Great M 
Se! 
nyms of the , is not that variety, but the Black Mo. 
rocco. lis considered a Aamo wit! “i lead 
Moroce: it uld appear 
tricolor, pannosa, rryaite, Heaths, and Epa. 
s. The whole of these ma: be raised in a close frame, with- 
vat bottom heat; they must be kept moist and shaded from bright 
Sexenine: 
A Cot _ of the best Melons ‘are > 
fleshed, Beechw pose Pineapple Melon, Black of 
Carmes, especially the second, which is "the most useful variety 
known. Cucumbers: er Allen’s Victory of Suffolk, Wee- 
don’s Black Spine, Man mat Kent, New Manchester, and Mills’s. 
D. L. R.—We have always experienced di in ob- 
borne eas names wail eee at exhibitions; several that we no. 
i the sea: e would willingly 
rally ted. A better plan, Birigiisdes oot See per- 
inane ures f each bom, refering tox writen ist arsachied 
ies See ee 
Jeno, Shoes copenahi: a Nabi do. 
rey do. St. Paul's, Cook’: 
Beligess do. King Edgar, do. 
Flora superb, do. King of Beauties, Thompson’s. 
Miss Stainsforth, do, M do, 
We recommend you the annexed 6 Shrubby Calceolarias :— 
King, Greene Anna grandiflora. 
peop Royal Standard. 
Whip cis ina 
mar Myrtles withou h b 
cigs 
day to Ma their buds in the sprix oe 
ceessipn destroy papier Horseradish- iniihcciiiaiis 
it up, and pullin Lime will do no harm 
to Merag ons. 
B. C.—Your Pears are;—1! and 5, Chaumontel ; 2, Gansel’s Ber- 
gamot; 3, gerade e 5 nd 6, Passe C sere i Te wae ‘sical 
cean ; 8, St. Ge ; 9, Easter Beurré, 10, Orange d’Hiv 
Mr. W ilson’s plant is not only ia beautiful and eaeivelye ‘hew, 
but so unlike other plants that we cannot tell him what. it is till 
next week. 
oe most letter is so badly written, and so horribly spelled, that 
either read it nor understand it. 
ws s. Y.—God did not create sor n cee nae 
pastures, lawns, and all of open groun io more 
good than h he soil: open; but cele cate 
gure la get rid of them. The 
y puddling the ‘acl ‘ont 
destroying the ec get 
An gf. Fanci The blossoming of the Auricula this au- 
tumn is —s generally - complained of, f, and is, no doubt, to be at- 
tributed to the wetness of beg season. Your frame should. be 
placed at cian distance from eee ee eee 
being let down for the free perch rio is 
venient if yo wish to examine, or do peed Peds tothe 
cold and air will not injure rap provided they are 
14 wet that you should pro- 
Fave 6 cmtts at aspect is consi- 
‘ow in Sipecticane wint 
Yo 
s given in Dr. pieces admirable 
of the 
than attend t @ 
paper on the ich, appeared in the 25th Number 
Chroni 
sik’ eee ot; 2, Beurré de Capiaumont ; 3, 
Spanish Bon cociien Passe Colmar; 16, Glout Morcean ; 2, 
a much geopnee plea of Na emer 
. EB. w greenhou mbers are, Harden! 
hata Hla and di; ata Mander ‘suaveolens Dignénia 
ee aoa aii arii, Séllya linearis : 3 
ennédia 
yi cacmtee age ae oie ; 
The following creepers, which aren ; ‘will probably 
suit you: the comm hite Ege revo- 
lutum; Cotoneaster ia; Caprifélium f od 
virens; Crategus tha. Some of the Clematises would 
also retain their leaves fc considerable , such as C. bale- 
ne plants ma: ad in any 1 
‘ Beorré Diel. He will find th iow. 
wat, sl aaa ‘ ctor = eee ts sr aren _—ae 
* | Louie 's Incomparable, Glout Morceau, 
Beurré pom 
‘As usual, many letters have arrited much too late for answers 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
extraordinary express from M arseilles j in sp si 
pation - the Overland Mail, 
dia and Chi 
ina to a recent date; the —— - 
ust, and that from 
ina we learn that 
: - x 
down to the 24th Aug 
