Dec. 4.] 4 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 801 
find plans for laying out out flower-gardens ns of 
9g. Hazy and damp; overcast; rain commenced at noon; | athree-inch pipe to extend from the boiler and along the front Flosculus.—You 
showery ; very heavy rain during the night. only, = areturn pipe without a cistern, will deters various sizes in * mtbr “63 Suburban openers ca 
29. Heavy ram; overcast; heavy wre at night. E. B. says, “ a to let me know if e itors showing John Kyle.—Apples: No.1, Beauty of 2, Kirke’: 
30. Boisterous, with showers ; clear at night. plants in pots containing the cubic contents of tie numbers spe- | Nelson ; 3, French Ri Russet ; ri Reinette du Sale; 5, Nenana 
Dec. 1. Slightly overcast and mild; evening fine. cified in the peniaas of the Horticultural Society’s shows, | Nelson's Codlin ; 6, Minshul Crab ; 7» Yellow Bellefieur; 8, ae 
2. Cloudy and damp; fine, with sunshine occasionally ; over- | sixes for instance, will be entitled to the _ if the plants be | land Pippin; 11, Alexander, Pears: 15, decayed, — >, 
; rain at night. adjudged deserving, the same as if showed in a pots of the | enné pm 16, Beurré Diel; 17, Glout Morceau; Easter 
[ee usual sort ?’—We answer “ Yes.”” 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN MARKET, H. Z.—We will comply et ith y nas Subseriber.—If your Pelargonium t growing, they 
For the Week ending pens 2, 1841. cultivation of succulent plan remain without injury in the seme ase pat in which they 
bbs been but little ch: since our last report: gene- Sylvia.—Keep your seed of “Pinus Lamberti till next spring, now are till the spring. If, however, they are gro ase and you 
% THERE hi ange long before _—_ you will find full <r for hood oma wi — have them early in flower, you had peter shift them at 
rally speaking the supplies have been well kept up, and some | of managing it. Leave the seed in the cone till i me to | once. 
articles have somewhat advanced in price. Fruit.—Pines are | cow it. an Orchardist:—Your selection of fruit-t is i fdr 
excellent, and the kinds consist chiefly of Queens, with a few A. H.—Berberis dealbata is quite hardy. B. fascicularis is not object in view. “amon gst your A Apples yo 8 ‘may aa perly in- 
Providences. Hothouse Grapes are very good for the time of | jt must have protection in the neighbourhood of London. We do pate Braddick’s and the Scarlet Nonpareil. 
year, and are worth from 3s. 6d. to 6s. or 7s. per Ib., according | not know such a plant as Mahonia alata or montevidensis. The N. M. *s letter is, ny seaacrytara of me contents, thought 
to the quality. Apples of most of the kinds in season are plen- | Rose-leaves do not rosin to Lowea a they m: ay be- | unfit fo pobtlensinnt It is, in mong . libel w _ both nurserymen 
tifal. The remarks made on Pears in our last Report apply to the long to Hardii, which is a hybrid betw m that 5 species and | and focal ers. What he sta y be true; but who are the 
present; good Medlars are plentiful. Cucumbers continue very | R. clinophylla, as is supposed. offenders, and where is the soo 
scarce. Vegetables,—The supply of Savoys and Cabbages is Toby has anticipated o entions. Vegetables, shrubs, and Mr. Cuthill next week. 
pretty large, and the quality good. Broccoli of different kinds sowsrs will each be treated Lot in detail, as nearly as possible at | _J. Abell.—Some of the most successful instances of removing 
are not so abundant as last week, and consequently fetch rather ason when the dire s are wanted. Firs four to eight feet high have been those which were trans- 
ahigher price. Turnips and Carrots of excellent quality abound. ti may oo oot prane ae ksi: ould not per- | planted in August into puddles of mud. Another plan is to dig 
Onions and Leeks are plentiful; many of the samples of Spa- | form the operation very severely a frst, ire ytie = effect of a | round them in frosty weather, and to allow the balls to be frozen 
nish Onions are particularly fine. A small quantity of Sea- | gentle cheek, by cutting the roots through to within two feet of | hard, which. is easily done if water is poured on them; then 
kale and Asparagus have appeared. Some of the samples of Let- | the —— zt en a very large one. when the roots and earth form together a solid mass, to remove 
tuce are rather indifferent. Good Celery, both white and red, is €.—The following are half-a-dozen of the best dessert | them onatruck. Root-pruning will doubtless have its effect upon 
abundant. Endive, with the other kinds of salading, is pretty com aia ate (trteneitho Marie Louise, Althorp Crassane, | both Magnolia grandifiora and Glycine sinensis ; but you must 
good. Mushrooms are tolerably abundant. Many excellent Glout Mor mata Passe Colmar, Beurré Rance. The first only re- | be gentle with the first, and the second ought not to omnis: it 
samples of Truffies are offered. Flowers.— Among the plants in | quires a wall ; if such can be afforded for r any other, the tite J. Adams.—In your list of Pears No. 4, 12, 15, 28, 30, 35, 
pots many fine Chrysanthemums are exhibited. The cut flowers | Jast are the most eae. Very good aera ~ the cultiva- | and 58 are unknown to us, at least by the names you give aa 
consist principally of a few Pelargoniums, Camellias, Heaths, | tion of Pears are to be found in the “ Guide e Orchard and | No. 11, Beurré a Argenso , iS a synonym of Passe Colmar, but 
Chrysanthemums, and Primula sinensis. Knhan paket. this has only occasioned you to plant a double quantity of what 
PRICES, Sarunvax, Duc. 4, 1841.—FRUITS :— A Subseriber.—If your Pear-trees are not too old, take them up | is really excellent; No, 18, Belle de Jersey, is the game as Uve- 
Kitchen Apples, p saphena hashed Rea Leap hema carefully now, and re-plant them in good fresh soil. If too old | dale’s St. Germain, a stewing Pear; 65, York Bergamot, is the 
at eee ine ssleve, aged tot its} Atabllahy pee peck, Yo to 8s for see ka actin introduce as much fresh soil as possible among | autumn Bergamot; 26 and 27 are suspected to pega foe Pears 
Medlars, per hf.-siev ws 6d to 5s, | ian Siionds, i noaeds 3s to 3séd | the and put well-mixed compost over them, by which | 20,31, name probably apo aeons Catillae ; 66 are baking 
Pine ageles, perlb. 5s t0 pee pth gn will encourage them to put out fresh roots near the | or stewing Pears. We wo dispense wih oe 28, 33, 36, 38, 
Beted, Dretek £10: a Wainats, St eet surface. The Strawberry plants you describe as straggling be- ms 9, 57, o, 68, ond mould pon tate Beurré Bone. Fondante 
Grapes, allies pee to 7s Cobbs, per TEx thee ta leek tween the rows are not required, and ought to have been pre- , Seckle, son’s, Suffolk Fan ithorp Cras- 
Spanish, per] be viata te Nuts, pessne hel vented from growing, by checking the runners in summer. In pee = goer de du Bois, joon de Witte, an 
Portugal, pay ib. 3) Is to 2s 6d in kg? dressing between the rowsa fork is preferable to a spade. soon as you can procure it. 
r dos be Sa aaa W. D.—Cut back your young Peach-trees as soon as they are | __ W. C.—The treatment of plants of the Deodar Cedar, raised 
“ee 54 10s to 14s d planted; and as the season has been damp and unfavourable for | from.cuttings, is described at p. 781. 
é z VEGETABLES. ripening the wood, you ie apep hs Lis in shortening the shocts to 4M. €. will find directions for packing ripe fruit at p. 485. ‘Tro- 
Savoys, per dozen, sai't0 6a Horse Radish per bundle, Is tose * | 2bout 6 inches, 5 RE Oo @ central one at a bud that | prolum tuberosum flowers crap: we believe, when out in 
Cabbage, White, per dozen, 6dto Radish, p pnd pein ns (24030 cach) 1s | will ensure the straightest he Dian ro in a perpendicular direc- | the open ground in light rich head Be has been tried as a culinary 
— Drumhead, Bir ake Spinach. per sieve, ls 6d tion, with two buds immediately below in the best situation for | vegetable, but found not good en 
nee Red, for pickling, re saree oe 2s to 38 prarrge Sor lateral branches. Beurré Diel is named after Dr. Au- W. D-s insect is, there is little ‘doubt, the caterpillar of Noctua 
poten Lpaimapedir eat po rars rs Green Ge #2" | gustus Frederic Adrian Diel, of Nassau, the most eminent of a meticulosa, the Angle-shades Moth.—R. Your 
German Greens, or Kale, per doz., 6d sh, per acces, te Gd to to 6s German pomologists : the pronunciation is, therefore, according | seeds of Poinséttia pulchérrima and Parkinsénia aculeata may be 
Broceoli, White, per bunch, 1sto3s | Leeks, my lozen bun to that of the German language, De-el ones in the a ture of sandy loam and peat, 
RP St cei eer tae ad ke G.—In report upon the conservatory in the Garden of the | and afterwards in a gentle hotbed. 
Kidney Bente forced, per 100, 52 Sonhain por pacort, be tobi Horticul ety, ht to have Mestncented Ci- Thy MERC e Sole tee 
Potatoes, per ton, 55s to 808 Lettuce, Cabbage, er score, 6d tole | nese Rosés, as these are the kinds planted im the borders for win- | called by mistake Don Juan. There are Scarlet Bizarres,— 
— per ewt.3s tote — Cos, ls to ae oe ter flowering, and not the common Chinas, as our correspondent | Merchant’s Don John and Marshall's Don J: 
= womageic (ie Endive, dpe thinks. There was only room for a few kinds, and as the Teas | Must not confound Mr, Twitchet’s flower. 
ieee me Pibehe 2 8d 0 = a Sgr ies ae (a 0" —— are very beautiful, highly posta, “oe and will not do welt out of Fylde.—There was no good white Dahlia sent out last season. 
nities Teton m, pr half sieve, iy saibeacesinya teks small bunch. 4dto 6d | doors at Chiswick, they chosen. The following are the | The best yellow sent out, we believe, was Yellow Climax; the 
tols Parsley, per doz. bunches, 2to 3s sorts :—Bougére, Belle Hélene, Goubault, Blush, Yellow, Seléne, | best maroon, the Burnham Hero. We cannot name six good 
= per ioe oo Sao = it et aS intents %to3¢ . | liza Sauvage, Triomphe du Luxembourg, Hardy, Carolir a Belle | whites: Lewisham Rival, Virgin Queen, and Mont Blanc are the 
Parsnepss per doz oxen; 1s tale 5 avory nahi hay og ande, Hamon, Mancais, Jeanie Deans; there o the | best; in Yello Arg6, Defiance, hiverteny Topaz, Rival 
Red Beet, per dozen, 6d to Is 6d peices, Ripe, per 100, 1s6d to5s Yellow China and Yellow Noisette. Plants are not caieinged at | Queen, Superb, Comte de Paris. offered for the new 
Scorzonera, ete bes bundle, Is to 143d ae ebraterd per wel, 9d rs ls3d the Horticultural Garden; they are given to the Fellows of the | White Dahlia would, no doubt, be tesirable, and Mr. Wildman, 
‘syste »letolsad__| Truffles, Eng., per pound, 2s to #64 | Society and to public establishments. We do not know the Roses | Secretary to the Floricultural mvciety would be happy to receive 
call a Fg de Fontenoy and Enfant d’ Ajaccio. any communication upon the subject 
‘ Notices to Correspondents. A ‘onths? iber.—The main poi re to observe in build- |  Bulbous.—The following is Mr. Kern ode of cultivating 
Quesitor—No. 1 cannot be found; 2is Leptospermum ericoides; | ing aed pit for greenhouse-plants in winter, and for Melons in | the Hyacinth. The soil he pecans e a mixture of rich 
3is a Lupine, but not native of New a Nea where the emensa summer, is to have your flue as low as aoa can place it, and | loam, well-rotted cow-dung, decomposed leaf-mould, and a 
unknown in a wild state; No. 4 is very like Delichos lignosus, where it can be easily got at. fy you put it in the middle, it will | sixth of sharpsand. He says,—‘* October and November are the 
Senex.—The Normanton sh Ane be a is one called Dume- | be too much for the plants that stand over it, and your pit being | best months for planting; but I have known bulbs of all kinds 
low’s Seedling. It is an excellent kitch ae pple, im season from | only 6} feet wide you cannot afford to leave a open space in the | do well Lor: ited much later. When wanted for winter flowering 
November to March, and pee middlin,; e. middle for the flue. Better let it run along the ends and front, ther should be planted in September, and not later than the end 
A Constant Reader's plants are,=No. 1, 4, mate: uscus racemosus ; 2, Le not along the back. You will BETETs. A gate grow Melons | of October, in the mixture mentioned above, in pots of 54 inches 
Erica multiflora; 3, A’rabis grandiflora. uch a pit unless you have zinc pan: all along | width at top, 3 inches at bottom, and the depth of about 6 inches. 
A Poor Clerk.--Lilium longifiorum has white flowers; L. ja- antici the flue, or some other peal maaiets a similar kind. | In placing the bulb in the pot, leave about 4 inch above the 
ponicum ss a brown streak down the outside of the three | If you used hot-water -pipes, you might, i in that case, adopt the | mould. They should be then plunged out of boat for one month, 
outer divisions of the apo the former is sweet-scented, the | plan for a pit given by Mr. Green in No.3. It is not in our | covered with rotten tan or Sta ashes, 1 foot o' ia tk cw the 
latter is not rh nor is it so large or wide at the mouth. L. exi- | power to givé in a newspaper plans for laying out a flower- | pot; after that time (if. longer the better) ion avenge 
mnium is ~ white variety of L. specio: oan, and is of the Marta- | garden; we will, however, advise you not to think of famcy | kept well watered, and jteered as mnch sun id.uie 
Zon race. As you have neither frame r greenhouse, you had | figures for beds on a piece of grass 50 by 35 yards. Probably a | Hyacinths intended for glasses should be heey ton saest 
better sow oe seeds of these Lilies in anes in a pot of peat and | border 3 or 4 feet wide, round spsess gore with passages through | the middle of November, When so placed (the bulb just allowed 
Sand, just covering them, and place a piece of glass over the pot. | it to the ster would look as anything. At all events, | to touch the hong id ny should be removed into a coal cellar or 
Keep them in the warmest place you have until they come up, | the simpler hear very org e first fortnight. By this time the water 
and then let them be freely exposed to light, but not scorched by Sa: Yomaaenry —The word is neither Guysomeria nor Guiso- | will h goecons bth sive, when it should en a with 
the sun. In the autumn, when they die down, do not disturb | meria, nor Gessomeria, but Geissomeria. Poinciana and Poin- ek to rnsek a little nitre aan be added, about what would 
them, but cover them again witha piece of glass, and place them | settia are entirely different plants, The mehiye Jom aw of “ Paxton’s | lie ona shilling. This, I have observed, pakdces and invigorates 
in some place screened from cold. The second year they will be- | Dictio: of Botany ” is the most correct of any work we have. the fibres. Change this in eat week after, and twice a week, till 
come stronger, and at the end of that year they may be taken D. H.—The hoary morning Apple. they have done blooming.” 
out of their seed-pots. J.C.—We fear your question was misunderstood. We sup- A Constant Reader, Taxus, will find two most complete 
Moo writes thus :—‘“ I have a greenhouse heated with a co posed you to ask what was the proper season for planting, and | works on the qualities of fruit- trees, G. Tindiey’s “ Guide to the 
Mon flue, and a substantial brick frame with three lights ; but we answi now; and then that you inquired whether Comme- | Orchard and — en-garden,”’ and the Horticultural Society’s 
from not knowing how to manage the same, they are nearly use- | lina ceelestis should be taken up, to which we answered, yes. If | Fruit Catalogu 
less to bes ais hae if I could eye it, would ce be keep | the latter is taken irae seg potted and situation As usual, tt h Ioo late f< 
= greenhouse plants through th: for the | dry and secure from Yellow Rose next week positively. | this week. 
purpose of of tt iz thew out in the s - te e en — your Asparagus teas psec and st betaine Sno a —_—_—_———— 
borders gay, than to fill my greenhouse in the summer. | but there is no necessity for laying bare the crowns ; on con- 
house being full of Vines, | cannot expect to grow Geraniums, &c. | trary, lay over them about six inches es oe wish N EWS OF THE WEEK. 
in the summer, without their being drawn up. My frame is just | to have reaily well flavoured heads in spring, do not heave a 
now full of greenhouse plants that I have been raising and col- | greater depth of soil on your beds, for in that case Sais thes Neal be- Our Jsteti ot Siggy Sah a el gratifying 
lecting during the year, the last long and severe winter having | come woody before they get above ground. E' wey: 
Ceprived me of everything I had in-doors, even eight or ten fine| P. W. J.—Yes, pray do. | aswural e that the _ arrangement of ¢ the gre diffese 
healthy Orange and Lemon treesin full bearing. Mygreenhouse | M. N. and other ee wil | oi 
greenhouse plants, and some young plants of Cactus, A Constant Reader.—No one has a right to presen 
T always hitherto have lost, either from their being, as 1 | Horticultural Society’s meetings in Regent- ae eee "Fellows 4 
is ‘ 
empty, and undergoing repairs. I have some of nearly all the | appear next week. wer Se. t the Drench: m dives en his departure a. 
fancy, kk being, 2 . - siced ba 4 dri The P; bill of 
icy, kept too dry or _too wet ; but unless a would give me | of the Society ahd drama by ~ fia age ma dichiaint again ee “Gute i his ; accomplices ae 
Some directions respecting the management of this my small col- | person, however, has any difficulty in obtain 
lection, I fear I shail not ave a @the of it inthe spring. If you | the Secretary. Cockscombs may be exhibited. | late co nspiracy, but it ¢ contin no facts wr were not 
should beso good as to consider of and assist me in my difficulties, Clericus.—The red spider can be got rid of by the fumes fa ‘all noti ced in the epost Sak tae a Mae ok 
Berhaps it would be as well to add, for the better understanding | of sulphur. Wash your flues with lime and sulphur. Rhodo- y " addres: 
of my case, that I am a lad: er, ina very humble way, m ar does well under the drip of trees ina light uiry. ec ica apers 
= pin ing man (though professing a Lcewirepntes: Larter oe not in clay. ci Gia ; spe ¢ - a 
Carry greenhou: ir. Townley’s papers are recei 
me am pad arceryoe wager J and that economy is a ly. We shall be glad t to hear from him om panto the working classes of Paris, the result of which is ap- 
ing to be considered while indulgin; i m f with the amuse- A Lady must keep the Castor-oil seeds till th ; 1 rr oeak 
ment of gardening. yes peda arian to what I should | then sow eg = otbed, three seeds in a pot; when they _ parent not only i 49) the fai “38 of thei = or 9 places of 
grow, and how, would be most welcome. [We will keep this | come up, and havi e gained’ their rough leaves, she may destr 
letter before us, and take care that it is sol» answered *. _ two out of three; and in the month _—_ S wownuse ene, fredes:<< Dar diees from Spain continues wens. 
gree! she may plant ont in a warm r. if 
time, we god prone nso target her baxise pian tied without | leated visor winter, the lights ought not to be taken off. The Regent bas returned in feomph to Madrid f fro 
delay, and remove all the more tender things from the frame “i Dz. a a 2 Spee ent —— veretable is hi ¥ 
man perat 40° at ve uently met wi inkeyptw ere it is Barmia, 7 
and iam <n bist tena cocmaee in ooo = —- a is okie sot a crattnions texture, and rather sweet, and which to the apital was marked by the most unequivocal 
plants rather dry, and always removeany dead or damping leaves. | you think would prove a valuable addition to our stock of sum- pi i of popularity, and by such demonstrations of 
- Keep all the plants, parti the Cacti, near the light ; “Moo” | mer vegetables, is Hibiscus esculentus. It is used as an ingre- ublic opinion as can not fa il t 
Probably over-watered the latter. If she leaves any plants in | dient in soups, and may be bought dried in the shops under apne eupport _ consolidate 
the | Pu! 
ae ee eee. she must protect | name of Gobbo; it is much too tender for ovr climate. We | his si jority. 
ros ea ay Sa : ee ee = the 26th tet. has ri published ; - in its Eppes the: Re- 
Dr. He ill next week, and not, as is generall> s of Sp tnut. 
| Pe corns ra hothouse 23 by 1a fet Andenye me Goec tonics 2 as nr : viderest The 
: of Alexandria esworth burgh, in col = 
West’s St. Peter's, Red Sonia Hoon greenbouse : 2 Royal | wood used in the buildings alluded to was, we believe, in all in the e ensuing session, end ennounces thet sever 
Muscadine, Chasselas Musqué, 2 Black Prince, Black Hambureh. cases, that of Quercus sessilifiora, about which much was said in on and other important measures ©: be submitted tothe 
emt from be aie Game poe her thog Sint, cot bmodg oes re Chambers. No doubt noes t on 
Tound the other end till it terminates in a cistern the width of al W.B. oan ye yg orma majority will confirm the deerees of forest suspend- 
fcotpath from the back wall ; and then as much more fora return Pg eee asprin Redruth,—Miiténia candida | ania’ ing the allowance to Queen Christina, suppressing 
. +R PP, . to . Orchidaceum,” y - ‘ 
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