800 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICEE. 
[N° 49. 
many of the rare kinds of Heaths or New Holland plants during | 
summer. 
pecimens of t 
artnéllii, eximia, 
jasminifiora, and 
Loddige: es Hackney.—Many of the Orchida- 
here are now being repotted and trim Bowy up for the 
winter. were in flower we observed a speci 
men of the singular Mormodes lineatum, with seven strong spikes 
of green and brown flowers, by acer were Sacks fragrant. A very 
fine Fae - Epidendrum nutans made .a better display than 7 
large ry shoo 
a > s of green pape AS — - 
» BTOWIng O 
had ope a spike of nate flowers with st pn p RoR tee 
> ata“ cay enone ve and bict 
well as Odontoglossum Rossii. 
se with a repro aan of flowers, diffuse 
cd ar 
tng specimen of the wake mint Zygopé- 
Fc “Mackall. observed a plant of the rare Stanhdépea 
dev in ; it is one of the best species of the oe 
oniensis ~Aaee 
the white mods of poets so strongly vanes with purplish brow! 
and indeed have ee 
gene ware be ae Sar oes which originally 
er them has been oved.—Nov. 29. 
Review. 
The Eastern Fogaetwrp. &c. By James Grigor. Long- 
n and Co. 
We former! hg in terms of much pret of this work 
in cians 
rat 
mencement ; and the vo deen by Me Ninhsin have con- 
tinued to be "excellent dewey with the Deaap exception 
It has small ‘oo at the back, to admit a current of air 
he 
uisil 
much ain those that lave gone halons, so » he 
those who are to come 
| ceived 
feels bound to transmit much to 
after i 
‘*His domestic ee seem to imply a lon 
se —— so apt to 
bio which I roth ve noticed En English gentlemen, oe pone rous 
POU but: high ane ao = open 
which ri and pyra- 
“There j is an 
e 
t 
finity ities aes 
Oak, in the pride and ‘ities 
to take its range w ct lion and t d 
the eur of its attributes, rs heroic an 
e 
But still greater things have been said of t La 
his “ Conversations,” = ‘the following rem see le 
— Don Pepino! 
Tr, in 
pass ges :—‘* Ah, old trees creed Moab 
state are the only things that oney cann 
Rivers leave their b run into cities t 
tains for it; obelisks and arches, palaces and neingies, Sy 
cooagurt oe up like hago age at 
ts b of man, the only thing 
| | erat on earth, crouches a 
way = “a eae sa venerable trees. What 
ris there! When sit? Sweeter it 
f the Pine i 
the oldest upon earth, if I cou old per 
al 
[is . 
that gracefal specie 
ny of its branches. Pity, s said he, that it _ hides half the 
ber trees of ‘and, 
his is a most Panaaile pent 
and we trust it is only ‘te fore erunner of other 
with the two Pin 
“ 
utumn. 
local | his- Don Pcroaty pie I, the French, who abhor what- 
tories of th ie saine 1 ever is old and whatever is great, have spared it: the 
tombs, | Austr: ians, who sell their Gare aaged Sp their armies, ng 
» hav sold it.... Mus 
a should Poy ary to those mice buildings erec! aed fall! Shall the Cypress o of S haut a x 
by the will of the Creator, which a so glorious in their | hope to have left the seighincericd before it happens ; 
youth, so m mg ema in their old pe and so venerable | for, events which you will tell me ought never to interest 
‘at on™ before us a ruin stricken by the hand of | me at all, not only do interest me, but make me (I confess 
it) sorrowful. 
t resist th “‘O, who upon earth could ever cut down a Linden! I 
‘issues from Mr. Carer’ s phen: ts reference to this How many 
subject :— 
“Tam fond,”’ says Washington Irving, “‘ of a 
d and how many lively thoughts have been poche 
fon 
under this tree! how many kind hearts have beaten here! 
to conversation of English gentlemen on rura ral co 
cerns, and of noticing ‘imine i getk 
and what ‘Strong, unaffected interest, aa will cuca USS | as a a a an tenderness it has witnessed. What 
topics, which in other countries are abandoned to mere | ap o the puis er heavens! what en gr esti 
woodmen, or rustic cultivators. I have heard a noble | to ‘the everlasting tains ! what protestati eter- 
earl descant on | ae ¥ science and condanares +++. from those vie - now 
and feeling of a =. He dwelt fpr mee jar +++.they, and their shrouds, and their coffins. To 
beauty of particular trees on his estate, Suxersiens pie | see this Linden was worth a journey of five hundred 
the merits of statues in his collection. I found that 
recta eames fs lee er trees ohith 
were it seems that 
trees, like horses, fi thee “Plblnhed point of excel- 
th in Englan whi ch enjoy 
* There is something nobly ‘imply pre pure in such a 
taste. Te argu {thinks ¢ eet and generous nature, to 
brs this strong relish for east 
art of 
he 
= ame renin es of trees 
sor’ noxious ties of the 
brea forth a purer atmosphe: ay tora Er 
they drew from us all sordid gle angry passions, wai 
mi i There is a serene 
ancient and hereditary groves, too, that 
embower this island, are most of them fall of story. They | § 
aS 
of vegetation, a 
as tm of the forest. | 
Pp 
ages, who have sought for relaxation ‘among them, from 
the tumult of ie or the toils of state, or have wooed 
the muse beneath their shade. : 
“Itis : for rg high and generous —— 
h thes: 
of an ancient uation, to cheris e sacred groves 
Surround their ancestral mansions, and to perpetuate them 
‘to their descendants, Brought up, as I have been, in ri 
publican habits and principles, I can nothing of 
for titled rank it is ti 
rk 
— “it looked directly up the lake in the centre of its 
} aoe and facing the boundary mountains of the Val 
Tellin 
“Th 
here the first battle was fought 
betweeen Hannibal and Scipio, i is — the oldest tree 
upon earth, with one Sere * in my opinion the 
object must worthy seeing in tigut a it be the statue 
| at the base of mere ch fell = 
Surely these are noble sentiments nobly uttered. 
CALENDAR OF Oseeaeee parte the ensuing Week. 
Goop age is a nec ct to the successful stray 
of wet land, either for seonine. 3 2 Paeeniiag; or or Agriculture ; an 
not so much attended to in it as its impo: = 
entitles it, either fro: apprehension of the first outlay, whic’ 
very gto the advantages it confers when well done, or 
from not understanding its principles or value. But being the 
most important step in the improvement and working of wet 
land, cause, so it 
al 
ow 
which nye ones must be 
carry 
Ss 
that point. 
the surface, wa’ S$ Must -s cut at distan 
strata, ae jous 
ces requi and ascertained—such as, 
whether th the springs emanate from one or ‘different fevels, what 
aa intermediate strata is composed of, &c.: and when thes: 
‘ i oa — must be made near origin of f the 
zs, at them off from the land below them, in 
es, as ‘the « pity or other circumstances may dictate. One 
ing the drains too small and 
ed 
ing up above th 
hm aya or — oth 
— 
‘fruiting. 
oa a rman go 
be sifted, reserving the large 
for the top of the new bed; let it als to) D undergo s a thors 
ing. Sow peg boxes pate or where there is ta can 
K e dun 
Vinery.— Keep t ng or tan placed in the ea “ 
of active fermen or aieg it may be occasi ooaae fm come 
have a few fresh tree-leaves added; or if tan, turn up a — 
surface and water it. Remo caying leaves or berries Psa 
the latest houses. Prune when the leaves have fal] a 
ms, and coat — the mixture as before _— 
H-HoUSE.—Light gentle a! to exclude sev: 
e late houses ; but in the mid the day give bay npn 
posure. Syringe the trees in the castient house, wh ri “side 
commenced, with a temperature of 45° . 
‘Water ; but a: 
moist, when the pi 
r' caps t 
hem fresh air ser Hf ts ber ever s mall qu shire antity, 
other 
us.—Anot bed for may be: “aan 
the er as the last. Faeer duag by t noe madi 
tree- raven, &e. 
t-door Depar 
wun Caulifiower tein Tettuce in rig an the exposure 
> excluding frost; pick off any dead leaves, a anage uard Bis st 
lugs a re there is no means of planting Parsley in a Peach. 
he — situation, some should be protected out-doors 
fro: on r. Continue to ridge, trench, &c.,in fay: 
able pent Celery may be earthed up whe dry, if the to 
not already i b na Gena 
with a and litter, a 
oan: according tnt when it; is requir ie 
Orchard.— ue - forward the 
N AND sir utteiaete: 
* De epartment. 
Srovre.—Continue to eradicate — by ev 
to keep the plants ere ba be 
troduce here some 0! 
the plar ants > ms oe 
Ty known means, 
0 give all pl ‘air tap ey in- 
Gispries t flowering Cer, e-label 
—Destroy insects; clean the leaves of Camellias 
; remove dead leaves and flowers. gens of Chry- 
ed off; water very 
&e. air possible to y young 
seedlings, uaa eset’ very sparingly; if Camellias are Subjected 
- =e greater heat than 55° at first, there is danger of casting their 
bit 
Out-doo: a ent. 
Mulch Oe Roses, npiseae uchsias, and such plants in 
the open border; protect eholee bulbs frolis heavy valid or severe 
frosts; keep the walks and lawns free from dead leaves or litter 
aa shrubberies, and continue any alterations oe improvements. 
Nursery.—Turn over rot-heaps of Haws and other seeds, 
por some at dry sand, if b gecesi pidtect young evyer- 
greens ; dig, trench, &c., vac ak uarter: 
For ust a ee cae PICE Wo bar Sana ‘e ground for planting, 
and in dry soils it may be pro meaaden wicks clear drains of accu- 
Souhetnd dead leaves or herbage ; this is important in all planta- 
tions. Copse ean may be lee Traps work relating 
fences may be carried on.—Jos: m, Chatsworth. 
NO bain onan RDENS. 
Watte the weathe’ tin im those situations where 
the late rains have ot endeved ‘tin Sumawastscalaak all alterations 
in the laying out of the garden should now be immediately made. 
— removal of spite sr or be ee plants should not 
s Fuel 
ww be delayed. carefully also to all plants, sucha ‘hsias, 
“a se roots pr ulching, d if the ieee Tr Co; ashes 
hed away from the root add more. eep lawns and walk 
1 ptup. Attend to plants in frames and let them have 
at every opportunity; go frequently over them, V 
dead leaves or blos: . Bring into the gr 
room a few bulbs or other plants every week or ten days, for 
early b g; the front stage of a moderately warm green- 
house is an excellent situation forflowering bulbs. In the green- 
lasts, a gentle fire now and then wilil be found beneficial ; gaat 
often applied, it will excite-the plants to growth, which 
avoided, if possible. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTICES. 
aaa insects that occasionally do considerable injury to the 
ww-leaved Willows are several different species of ee ci 
mee  aanitie, bluish or greenish beetles ; but as their habits 
very ‘similar, we shall here only describe the P. vulgatts ime. 
This kind is not more than one-sixth of an inch i 7 length, blue = 
green in colour, and of an oblong _— form. It is found plenti- 
fully under the loose bark of Willows which are growing in damp 
situations. 
own, when 
short tim: 
be to employ boys or women to collect the per! 
seeeaal when ba larvze are oe on the leaves, 
gregations of them might be readily crushed by the 
State of ea ae at Chiswick during the shee 
g Week ending Dec. 11, 15 
eee Sa ns Prevailing Wine inds. 
years for 
| Av x. | No Greatest ees " 
Mean} Years a : 
hips i iowent Noy a = | tala: ae PaaS 4 
sage. ee A 2 ez 
m. 5| 46.4 37.0 | 41.7 7 | oj8in j- | yo 
Mon. 6} 46.5 = z 41.6 i 0.21 uy bom 
Tues. 7} $7.2 42.6 0 0.52 1 Pip 
ed. &| 45.8 a 2 a4 9 0.26 1 in 
hurs. 93) 45.4 | 35.8 | 40.6 T 0.24 2 rir 
Fri. 10} 45.8 36.4 | 40.6 5 0.20 ot is 
Sat. 31} 45.4 | 33.4 | 594 5 0.62 
| 
e highest temperature during the above period aoe on 
‘ioe coun and 1ith, it 1696—thermom eter 56°; and the lowest 0” 
the 11th, in thermom 19°. 
State of the Weather for the Week ending December 2, Ts4I, 
as Scar ed at the Laster Garden, Chiswick. 
TER. | ERMOMETER- | Wind. Wind. | Rait- 
i. Mean. EE See 
lr Min. Max. 
Friday 26 29.798 41 Spies og ed one 
Saturday 27/ 29.583 5 hontad ogee Geom d 
Sunday 28) 20.464 | ot O58" | S.We pe 
Monday 29 28.948 58 53-5 08 
945 47.0 : 
saa ki odio 
