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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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as there are few subjects =s =n so many different opi- | of glazing I tt f your readers to 
nions exist. gal 
ing, g both as to a shape e of the | in ; which I can El para as T have poamernat oe 
panes of glass. Some gardeners are advocates for large y practice. I should like 
panes, as gi to not ik el ing y laps | th 
reasons. In 
ui ess M Eechew: Candee e . 
upon any faa of sand, and the saltness o} 
they — endure.— ielder, Gr. ruce 
Esq ne Wea tings ¥ 
pA es 50.]—Altho ough your orrespondent will 
the fi likely to be | methods. 
broken, when bia a ra vights rd gre an vi hail fats Countess re Bridgewater, Ashridge Park, Great Berk of information, it may not be 
— i a one is broken it lets in so much cold in afiaet hee beach ess or uninteresting to him know w 
ore to — ody a smaller one. Sup- “i answer to E. M. W.in P- 685, B. Evans, of | means our Continental neighbours adopt to bring about 
pose a a pone or Peach-ho to be glaz Merc panes ten m, writes the desired ends. I shou! owever, first, that the 
ill be fo nd. lsat keeping by him | sever Aifferent sizes, which hi rmans generally setae hat Ped S are, of the ves, 
after a severe winter, that many of the panes are split uses acco He pa sufficiently sweet ; ence that the perry requires no 
the middle; and when rad out they are a5 Gale fit for each hive | with about, a pint = ae made of sugar or addition of sugar; but, in some eps they do eten it 
mending with, which, at and in every structure, | honey, or wine, When a apie a rs galt at an end, one 
looks unsightly. I have had an | an. ently Vinery of this de over I th nch | gb and basal, and _after- es | eaded of white ‘sugar to ut f 
scription under a | e, and know hives the bees in the usual manne then ly subside = Mh ‘a 
of large panes. I have frequently thought that t from 12 the perry sends up no more yeast, the casks are bunged 
ought to be three or four sizes of panes used in horti rial never had a swarm desert him. He always oe ie down and stow chy away; and ina week or so th ling 
tural structures : or example, t the largest si rms, orde ler that - ics know their age § and when | may be commenced. In order to impart to this” beverage 
Vineries, Peach. , and Fig-houses ; the next for Pp eptember, he weighs them, and if a fuller and sallor flavour, and to improve its quality, 
en Melons, and d Cucumbers ; a third size for the weight of the young swarms is about 30 lbs. , they with the sugar, pint of rum to 
mallest for handglasses. d the winter without a 34 but if much ‘under, he | every ‘three ga allons. ey i formant assured me, with an 
wd arra: ae ‘bes will be — a by the saving feeds them i in proportion. The food he uses ‘ni ne ‘ames rao smile and a retrospective rub of th Se? 3 
of glass. In many gardens the Vineries and pits. , Vinegar, or wine; and w | that by peg of this last-named i me gave his 
glazed \ with the same sized lg that th , he places small pieces of 1 f. th erry a “gut | Bese chmack.’ thus saan 
broken off, they must be removed, to wick he has found better than anything else, as he 
h The subject ‘of ‘Cirenceste 
they cannot be ats in the pits on account of thei k Salvia pia —Much has been said about the hardi- 
the same tie ; but had the panes in the pits gots a a | but he says that he never gay them been three years ; | ness 0 of Salvi ia patens, and as I have te sted its hardnes 
5 i those e Vinery, in all probability | and, i wag rag kills other the be- 
they have come in without pote s. PP age, as he has always found that the younger the Bees — of May 1840, I ja ‘two a filled oh it, 
oprah regularly over ge of the Vin ries a many the better the veg Si He e remarks, that old Bees i in <4 seg a bed, an a : every 
a tes are fouai € . e plants were to t th tive for 
these will of a the pits and fra advises s E. M. W. not to shift his ee but to feed thea the stems only being beset with stakes. te all 
and thus little lo When Arpiney He LvGy quick, Pre about the 
repair going on ion th the ewe A ei the he lair ought to de beds were one entire mass; but i in their r flowering I I 
begin with that in which the largest sized panes are first, lig pads as ca oe described, | was disappointed, for, with the 
the 
wage down to the smallest, and not, as is frequently 
me. Tn my opinion, there are no better sized panes for 
half a 
per prem Siok mm 
they will repay all the trouble. 
ce-Houses. little exp had on this 
salesect has baw: since led me i the ‘coach that for 
and purposes ie Foch above > groun und, or 
uarters by three inches deep ; for 
with a lap 
Ging tnaj nk Se hoes iaiey wgsinw: the ribs (which 
rH 
So 
ie 
and 
y some gies), but oom shonld be : 
ex 
the pla ib 
dropping their flowers, and maa peg in arent stages 
of their growth, I have n them in a greenhouse 
and 
e best. 
a tan inexhaustible pons a hea 
wing a ia effect of on winds ‘aa seit 
werage. We 
el, lett e ele * VR od, Tage 
ay Cage see that 
the brickwork, which forms the only shield between the 
"the other; when that is done, the panes must be taken 
litera gecko potty Sak in the rebate; the 
a 
B 
rapidly introduces heat. In making “an. paca above 
| ground (or it may be sunk a few bape provided i it be kept 
the bottom frame bedded in the putty, so so as not to | 
leave a vacancy. bglend an 3 of 1838, we had occasion | 
rebuild two old Vineries ; ‘they were re rebuilt 
with cast-iron by Messrs. Barwell and C6. The pan 
were ft t! 
at about 500 
in in the manner 
ner I have de- | i 
age), one of. the spore ae 
+h +h t 
| heat wu; 
gee en 
wards by eart! d this 
shavings, or 
ish ; 
ended L by Cobbett, ud per- 
Eyet £+h 
any of a, made two or three feet thick and kept dry, 
There should be a door at each 
surface, and a acon bundle. of straw to all the  : 
and be kept open as 
itl as ayia These howerer, = trifles; the main 
the Cie bs 7 and roof, wade of tage 
— ee table or earthy inti, pos g Fhceg very dry, and very 
a piece of cas corner thiek.—. 
ee to keep the stem of the Vine} The Pee ation ao gery se Pear-trees.— 7 
place. The doors are id, as they are | now for the fourth time, and in different situations, 
better kept in order than iron ones, and easier and lighter | stored oi crap Peartees : a healthy seein, ‘and 
toopen. The roof of these two hi contains out | from almost o fruitfulness, by the fo 
9,216 panes; the two ends and partition 1,579; and the ing 
fownty pocen fhe ser fs Sone 0 in ea ie smear "took each alternate Tend brandy sawing 
ing a total of 12,775 panes. 
a: ae, F 
t smooth the ey a 
the influence 
do no 
cracks hy 
y 
time, October Tak Mee egg 
plants, from whi 
Those which I “left to their fate in the o 
covering of soil of three inches dept, I 
Ms en about the middle of March, and f 
had pushed more than half way throvgh te 
that was laid down to protect them; as I w 
ground they were growing upon for fie fits 
had them taken up, potted, and placed in a cool frame: 
, they would have grown un- 
took 
surprise many; each ng above 
shoots, and all having a tendency to 
PROCEEDINGS ia SOLE yolks: 
of thanks stl bg 8 passed. Mr. coenelse exhibited 
stand of 38 varieties of Chrysanthem' 
serena SOCIETY. 
Nov. 16th.—Edward Forster, Esq., in the Chair. Sir Oswald 
Mosley was elected a Fellow. "A na ation of drawings, of plants 
ten sun more after e a one; cae animals from Syria was presented by Dr. J.S. Irving. Speci- 
tumn. summer trees Linaria, found growing near L. repens and L. 
ie ext we will send forth young mene of yor, a sretary read @ paper on vege- 
with and » 80 as to enable me to by the Rev. Mr. Hinckes, The paper was 
lay them in at a distance of four feet apart, similar to | illustrated by specimens dried and in spirit. As examples of 
Seymour’s mode of training th cutting the | adhesion, the author exhibited—1 The fruit of the Grape, ip 
surplus wood to a single eye in the winter pruning 4 Which fiveof the carpels adhered together, 2. The Nove 
"4 hich were united. 3. A specimen 
. I h which Facog incr united, and an excess of 
fio ok one I retain « moderate supply | development of pars wae the Cosenienc iat tere 
pag Paes —T. : 
verted into stamens. 2. imen of Gentiana campestris, 
‘aed my tees with a double supply of bearing wood, in whieh all the parts of the flower were transformed into leaves 
on the spur and young wood system. J differ from Mr. nl of increase and decrease of were given—l. av 
Errington lowing young system, arvensIs, In W: , e petals being Py 5 
oxfesapaaliag hice De agrik eg sepals, the interior parts had dimi iahee ieiee 2. M 4g 
bracts caryophy! as bricatus. 
come, Cree et eS The third of Citic, in pion the bracts were comverted nto leaves 4.4 
glazed be-| autumn, in November, I prune and nail my trees, z of Convallaria multifiora, called | bracteata, 
the border to its original depth, pruning the roots of eg ody Haman rien je Ly he ped er na ress Of in which 
trees as I proceed ; distance from the base of the of deve parts om-one side of 
being regulated and size.—D. R. | the 
the paper of Me. Fall at p. 701, upon pre 
of mi ears by burying the 
ie 
the 
ecg age, health, R. 
p. 749, that Mr. W. Taylor criticises 
preventing the 
frond. 
A paper by Dr. Jardine was commenced, on ae een 
the dew-point on the temperature of plants. 
oe 
Rieti ge ESE ee tlt 
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