Dec. 11.] 
State of the Weather for the Week ending December 9, 1841, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Ba 
Dec. 3. Fine ear al at night. 
4. ; hea’ a noon; densely clouded at night. 
5. Cloudy; ene and fine; overc: ast. 
cast ; very heavy rain; ch 
igh’ 
as! driz: rain at night. 
8. Rain ; cloudy with sunshine occasionally ; 3 Overcast. 
g. Clear; dusky clouds tinged with red; very fine; heavy rain 
at night. 
State of ~ Mylo at Chis i + 
ing Week anal g Dec. 18, 1541. 
| av F Aver. Gre Pi i 
Mean| ¥. ar ; 
hac a Temp mt E auanticy F : Ss 
2 De | Teme : Se al ie 
Sun. 4.3 | 35.5 | 40.9 | 6 0.2 3 5h 
13} 46.7 | 33.0 | 39.8 4 0.16 15) 9} 
ues. 14) 45.2 33.7 | 39.4 | 5 0.52 2 
Wed. 15| 443 | 35.4 | 49.1 8 0.50 aaj 
Thurs.16 | 45.1 35.4 40.3 | 8 0.45 93,3 
Pri. 17} 46.2 | 37.2 | 41.7 10 0.28 5. 1 } 
18| 45, 37.0 | 41.4 | 8 0.20 a sd a 
a a ee A eee. 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
= ys fa aber wilipe airy er 57°; and the lowest on the 14th, 
Tmo! 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
For the 10, 1841. 
= has been scarcely any aes in the market t during thiS 
THE GARDENERS?’ 
THER! 
e The supplies have Leer tipicte sh gece mee A sewed 
— differed but little —Fru made 
G iaactiee 
e: qu: 
x st mand a pretty good price. Caulifio is rather 
ferent, and not plentiful. Small quantities of Asparagus 
have been offered during the week. Sea-kale is becomin; 
ed ming more 
plentiful. Some of the samples of Lettuces are indifferent, but 
good may be obtained. Endive, and the other reage of s ssinzing, 
are generally excellent. Celery, sepa tem e and Red, is abun- 
dant and peer its 
forced Rhubarb le its appearance. 
—Flowers: i Cat Flowers moored Phaius grandifo! 
Crinum erubescens, forced Roses, cissus, and Tuli 
PRICES, Sarvrnay, D II, 1841,— FRUIT: 
be spe nia sg by Ssto 7s) ae 8, per peck, 7s to 
weet Almonds, per pound, 8s to 3s 6d 
Pears, ante perhhes love, te tolds Breer per nek is re be 
an: A ie, Perl ut toads Pee r bushel, 16s 
use. to 8 i lish, obs. isetots00 
-_ pont cpenclcls Gee ibar Gert te bbs, er 160 Ibs aos 
— Portugal, per Ib., 1s t 6d — eactonaees 
Oranges, per doz, Nats, per ena 
i tae s be of re ig 
> bi per s — Spanish, lés 
Talbcnessas = Fs Loam Jona, 20s to 24 
& VEGETABLES. 
voys, per dozen, oes c eggemles 
5 WWwhite, er ae: a, 6d to Teepe per bedel 2s tods 
me: ead, per dozen, 64t0D4 — Green, “Cie ne, 3s 
for pickling, 38 mene Liaappeniah ope r dozen, 1s 6d to 6s 
sameness doz., 2sto Garlic, per ib., 8d 
B Sprouts, p. a a igee aie ea to ed | Shallots, ab od 
reens, or Kale, per doz., 6d | Ag) 8, 0, Ia; ‘Bs%to! 
Srecell, Ware ee: 3 cad or A meg tae 
Pp le6d to3s 6d) — 
” Purple,6d to 1s6d 2, Or Sn ae weed 
Caulifowe: ‘ers, per dozen, Isto 3s Sea- sai 
per net, 
et y pease, pore Bee 100, 3s to 4s ro nnyina page nae oery tols 
tatoes, p ‘os, Is t ris, 
En ndive, pareiees la 
0 3g Cieys Hed pate Ue asreranta 
ey, per washes te to 3s tT. bund., 6dto is 
— seen? Leys me ‘ido 2s S 
Artichokes, Jerusalem, alf sieve, 
apsic Ri 
a p- doz. hands vor to30 each) ls Stes, ver pute, es 
Spinach, per sieve, 2s to 3s | Tr Ss, per pound, 2. 
Leeks, per dozen bunches, 9¢ to 1s'6d 
No - 
pki x 
newsman who he ‘hem, a ps us, aS no sent 
fro aarti and : fading 
print their name and 
su 
If it is al 
thering it, and is supposed to induce fertility. 
pooner of the latter effect we confess we d 
A Yorkshireman. —The following are half-a-dozen Peaches suit- 
able for asouth wall in your maereg —Acton Scott, Royal Googe, 
Nobles: sine er siire Sr Bellegar and the Walburton Admirable, 
will pi Leese te Peach arches the Catherine, inasmuch as 
the latter is only a Clingstone, and are not worthy of culti- 
vation, where a melting on in. be substituted. 
Glaciers.— Ice = ld be Sous inded or Seores oy when being 
put into an icehouse, and salt should ia mixed with it. 
Mr. Halliday’s plant i is ioe mma 
hav: 
ni. 
An Original Subscriber shail answer to his question 
about Gooseberry pruning next aes: 
A. B.’s piant is Lycopédium stoloniferum. The sand for 
Dahlias should be dry. 
; D, F.—Potatoes rming small tubers are 
not so fit for seed as thos which cot not started. zoe have 
Grass called Droke in Cheshire is Bromus squarrosus; it twill pro- 
bably cause e ttle by the hanical ij apy sa eh sa 
coarse ds. The hh is Juncus sqt sus. We 
Tecogni: cases which are sticking to it. 
Inquirer.—All Potentillas seed freely, except the hybrid kinds, 
d they are easil reased in the autumn after beet diy! done 
wering, by slipping off some of the young shoo’ o the 
If the sorts are some of choice hybrid iz 
shoots should be treated like cuttings, and placed in any cold pit 
or frame, kept close. The more prs = - mpd runners, like 
cd 
orts 
y be si y time from 
September i in the open nea and i i. ‘Hight, eres eit but the best 
ime to sow them is about the same time as biennials, transplanting 
Probably your i sem are some of the 
ana, 
hybrids, such as P. Russelliana, Garneri Hopwoodiana, 
gueii, Mayana, &c., which never produce perfect seeds; but 
P. atrosanguinea insignis, Tematid hroa, formosa sa (nepalensis); 
and all the ine species, will seed free! ecly, if in good health, and 
. . ripe 
anksian Ros: in eral are rather shy flo flowerers, 
They require to have a 
an east aspect wi 
the plant all over with a mixture of sulphur and soapsu' nds, as the 
plant is subject to the tame of a small grub which destroys the 
hearts of th er- 
buds, and freqnently destroys all the flowers. 
o wea , and shorten the robust ones in summer. 
tulanus.— Any plumber and glazier co make the portable 
eerie eas if proper directions were given him. 
G. K.—You must discontinue topping your Pelargoniums now, 
as you wish an early bloom. 
me M.—Your varieties of Primula sinensis are not ni They 
may be increased by cuttings, beara shod sae ones nn ibe Do 
tained, erica sandy soil, and placed on a hotbed. Your 
is Passe 
ik about 100 yards long, and 
h he wants to plant with 
shrubs 
He 
cotta 
Subseriber says that he has 
about 30 broad, the top part of whic! 
forest and ornamental trees, and the other bie become 8 
and evergreens : the soil, he says, is rich, of a nm colour. 
wis! ant tu sorts of hard: 
tae entaeks go i hesiiuimenvon siantatg chee: tn and 
with the large yellow fruit of C.aronia, and like C. 
nerd ap rosea aipese tthe new scarlet Thorn) rt be in 
ery ornamental plantation.—Philadelphus inodoru: id Gor- 
donianus are — most ornamental aire bs; ; they are seated wit! 
large white ers in June aa July, and attain from § to 10 ft. 
za. height.—Amelanchier penn ‘(snowy Mespilus) is an or- 
mental small tree with white blossoms, during the 
carly part of ater Ft teas burnum (the common Laburnum) 
tisus ureus : the latter li 
d Cytisus purp' 
aera with bright purple fio’ J — 
and the varieties, with crimson and flesh-coloured flowers, are or- 
ental nearly al lacus and 
oom. 
ental durii 
of bright red 
cia) is’ ae outa plant, 
ad eee when they have eee clusters 01 
— Robinia Mh ered 
aes — (Juniperus 
pram teg a meceseney 
irgi , and the savin — (J. Sabina), all 6) which are wee 
rens (common ox) and Bu Dal pawipi ocd 
added.—The follo namen! 
for the top of the pag #sculus rubicunda (scarlet Horse- 
ttains high, and flowers 
chestnut), ai $30 or 40ft. high. macrophylla are 
iy D.m 
tenant to 
pinion may 
must excuse o1 iar pablishing his note about the power of a 
Temove his plants. As he is nota professional man his 
eee which we are sure is not om wish. A 
we it my 
Clematis; Phebalium alternatum is a ruta- 
belia articulata and Bossiza 
Bulbs and Trellises are 
ir time. We are oppressed 
upon us. 
ie what i is the matterwith awe nites 
seem i+ Aceon ilmcrsin? ‘om drain- 
Tater WV & Shall be gad to hear of your application of Foxglove- 
Oncidium 
-—There onght pot to be any kind of crop 
turf it over onid be one of the worst kept clean ile plans Ars 
= pa asin any poh opel irk 
emt 
- ec ohrlidieate —No. own to us; 2, London 
3 3, Royal Russet; 4, Yellow Ingestre; 5, Downton; 6, 
Beri aaide tity, elo Tage = + 
3 Germain 
J — Pears : Chanmontel: 3, 
3 5, —No, 1, Lon- 
“Kirke’s Lord eu” 
bridum (Neapolitan Maple) and A. sph 
i trees, attaining a very size,—Tilia rubra, alba, and 
very ornamental; the twofirst on © rghage oat 
nea aides) see fine 
rdifélia (th nego aesee Eeae } {Picola 
and part of the wint 
and grows nearly 50 ft. po yas hr oiga pari 
be most sor owns, of all the Elms, and Yon 
ich contrasts well with some of Fir tril 
banana e the Larch.—Quercus (Turkey Oak) bas psa 
siliflora (white English Oak), and Q. ambigua are the hardi 
most ra) kinds ; “the latter is the best and hardiest 
all the American Oaks » for of Engiand.— —The Folh: 
is also a very desirable su tree, large = 
and O, Ilex is best suited to withstand the strong gales in an * 
posed situation.—Castdnea vesca (sweet Chesnut) and some 
its varieties are fe timber- met 
ia finer effect 
tree a 
Walnut) pee wet: a rs 
¢ ae tg 
een 
ba 
hie jetter baie eg ESO 
| SS aera 
CHRONICLE. 
817 
atis N.M.’s case. We cannot make wholesale charges which 
beecand have the’ effect, whatever the intention may be, of sowing 
distrust between tasters, Servants, and tradesmen. The _prac- 
— Ber whi “9 N. gio es is cone we should hope, so comm 
oO justify laarane usation 
oleae the. ipuean as well as 
= practices at all, we must do it i 
a © a imen of urrajong we will endea- 
vour to asce what it is. The owl ucculents will do 
for the small parlour fra — Echinocactus onis and tubifio- 
Tus ; millaria pa, and tennis ; Aloe, the Partridge- 
breasted, biformis; Echeveria sccunda ; 
lil 4 lant in winter 
B.—We have no doubt that many S$, as well as your- 
, are often ‘zied with nog errata ames ich garden 
and farmers give to loam; not 
5 chemical analysis is gene- 
sity “ ‘Tittle ie experience is absolutely ne- 
ong to enable you to boca the a5 oti nes $ in common use, 
foam is so variable that w: y find the in two places. 
The aimacnain nly composed pews ee calcar 
decayed gb rar substances ra varions Ss proporti 
or fertility of it is, therefore, regulated tod the relative ‘€ proportion 
of these differ: rent Bio age tinh em by the dryness of the land. 
predomi ity then the ground is stiff 
» See at once > that 
‘ants also chalk or lim 
ig. The terms, turfy loam, suey 
&c., are rather indefinite ; but with a little 
wm is that 
loam 
be the same mixed with a tac 
tains more vin fact, haze gud} 
ct, 
H 
ra bhee ah Sposur 
effect 
ies is ona subject ar this kind ¢ or ag arficowural SOD tae will 
e day be of such service, as there is no reason why a 
purposes bus ns . To make them, cut them 
inthe form of a V, and half fill t! ith and small branches 
of any sort; the thinn’ an ranings of a shrubbery are as 
d pr 
good as anything. Take care the sticks are laid straight. ‘Then fill 
them up bab h Sol eae ‘rains cost nothing but labour, and =e 
be eas’ tomes 
Sim not be offended t our 
him haben a aaa tion he has made of a ¢ for him- 
self, On seat naneek both the Green and Purple Ga Gage Plums 
acquire the finest flavour, but they reer rive 
or west pen ear-tree w ete Boseamd wall Wyatt. by. 
St. high; you oom, coon train with an upright 
central stem and pendulous branches, and not with six upright 
ches t ch, aS you propése. You can prevent the roots 
from passing tothe other side of the wall by planting on a 
concrete, the best of all bottoming for it-borders; and if 
ou extend it with a gentle fromthe bottom of the w: 
agentle slope 
the front of the border, so as to have 2 or 23 feet of soil above it, 
Lite pendulous.trained trees will require but Littler Secaremen 
fF retieaane if you Passe Colmar, Easter Beurré, 
for and although the distich 
= Fa {btm ges it “aid so for bis heirs = 
axcimctir the, fru the improvement in 
pen diral is suchas to render it no geil br siemenae even to the 
cond. Voge Rye pee if your life ins ~~ to 10 more years, and 
if you 6 old st unos re pes your 
ecententa ro “half the above period, 
and at the amet time you i he mae May- Phe Cherries. on some 
is true, 
= Be foes pe he pe e fruit can sorte ero a net as 
to remove all 
it eae ne ype but we will endeavour to 
more 
Cottage Garden: yy the way, you must learn how to hold a 
ae assistance now. next wee 
B 
pruning-knife without ne your fingers, or we shall a ere rere 
up fora gardener. But for the Gooseberry-bushes ; 
with; if it hb “dead or brok 
away. Lf the old b: are too clo: af 
two that are nearest each other; then another in like manner, 
so on ti e whole is sufficiently thin, and only the best and 
t-placed branches are ‘Then shorten-in the young shoots 
e bran left to a few. b ads of their base, a Ps 
the mare ots, will thu: so far 
have wood before 
eiseee headed person 
cate } init very little of gar- 
stocks was, Lepobaat agra y true. 
or the nature 
the pres: 
— we aheala: ig that Kirby 
ugtionto Ent et no is-the best work for 
rmation; and Samouele’s 
best for attaining a knowledge 
ap} prs of insee 
and enlarge want 
ey ofthe cabbage eceeay ed, it change 
and when ¢ magzots are found "huside, it is a proof that 
> caterpillar osly er sace and inoculated by a 
wing in 
mbt, indace it to 
fibres. 
~"@. J. P.—Guernse ey Chaumontels 
Market at 12s. per haif- sieve, hich ccainioeouatee 
dozen sized fruit. 
A nego see bulbs icone Deppei exhibited in the seed shop 
do well in a consexvatory- 
as answered Dec. pre under the name of *ASub- 
szriber,” which was — ———— Do not leave the 
roots of Gooseberri posed. < 
letters have axrived mm 
