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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
827 
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T' ce epee 
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ved experiment tn not less 
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sending pack 
. t qué ity | 
than a pint measure of the 
BE Ge BoE NONTe maller kind: zh to Dr. Daubeny, at the goes Garden, | 
and W. & R. Chambers, 5 " Oxfo ee Pe when 
d the circumstances in eid ey 
‘Tie € Gacveners ners’ Chronicle. en pr aces. should be stated. Also statements of 
———— any retrospective experiments, if carefully made and 
Y, DECEMBER 18, 1841. accurately recorded, will very acceptable to the 
~ S4TURDA 4 committee, and may be sent to the care of D: 
MEETINGS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. beny. We trust some of our readers will have the 
Monday oe isente ese ee means of this curious investi 4 
Tuesday . + -- - | Pete bare 
Weisiste} Wicreiejeal ut Se shee ON THE SEASON FOR bono ges 
last week the 
oduce under the direction of aie cote 
have been struck wi 
but he prefers 
the aoe ‘enntla, because in spring, , summer, or au Samak 
that the ar wil = pe injred by the sun or 
dry winds ; but in winter the epee | 
e | damp, and any patra we pecan d with, if I 
may judge from the “adhe r bag ne 
present ne os, 
beneficial to the pleat rather The 
cess of winter-planting checioges  etienty Spent ina 
eat on the sence and action of leaves ; 5 for, 
oh een long in the package, 
risk of many bo — losing ys leaves 
h the best manage- 
soo 
ment it will be jong before the ys em recover.” 
wa will be seen rom this rem “alte cers tty 
winter than in autumn 
consider- 
or ‘spring, if they have to be nti and sent a 
It may be well to observe, in conclusion, that I have 
perso 
it h th ioles, 
Agricultural Society must have it e gio! 
rae im f these gatherings under such food 3 is absorbed fr: 
bi ture of these organs , a0 tel : abity v to inju 
manag ip cages were perfect; no zen ’ 
disorder ra to be renisrked auon g the hardly possible to pre ge considerable guanty er 
hi tled each other in. the galleries and themyieeen by Be en and care; and as 
t is who jos 8 ot ly duced by leaves, it fo 
= 
+e 4} Pear 1 
to ascertain vee a is the “best season for traneplanting 5 ; 
thoi pits = m the I have been 
led 
T 
msidered in the 
pens, nor pie 
It is ca “foweves, = ve sake of Of pricing that 
pars Parone no fresh roots could be formed to supply th 
t be co 
aia coer to try the fol- 
place of those men re till the buds began to regette 
16 owing tie first ‘opportunity ‘I have, =f tomers itasa 
ou oseberr: 
which req o praise from anybod p 1 consider one of 
ae of er enticing the cart which is out of our pro- | of aqueous sap would be absorbed by the y le plan| orien ales and of one 
ce, that make these observations, but in the | ter, a] ti laborated sap would b given variety rt would gotancr a lot of plants, an and when 
Manel alee paneaest to exhibition of vege- dissolved, the ce would be fectly old, Iw vould select € ight as nearly 
table produce, with a view to its improvement = would not acquire that size P 
Th btl fire sure of healt d vigour. ne first emitted leaves | wie the leaves | be an to two in Noveniter ii i- 
after, ere were, doubtless, some specim es . 
pes occasion ; for example, long TR val would be comparatively small ; Og breadth of fe ly fe o about Christmas, and two 
ae Se" | would be thus s exposed to the lig qi y es were about to unfold in spring ; all to 
fe bs, of Ampthill, measured 24ft. pres annually for three or four yeai 
in length re leg + haan pene and some er; and hence the puny growth of the. 7" and you "g at the pata Boe ey mes at which they were first planted ; 
u Mang » trom the same grower, was 3ft yoo § and the crippled state of fo cont ‘or that yeal and as the athe shoud Gant would probably produce 
i cireumf _ Mr. skirving’s improved Swedi least. It would, in fact, ge had the eee which no fruit, in order to judge more accurately of the success 
Rudorabse was a one case nearl large; and there | is gaa understood by the phrase, a ‘ ted tree.”’ | of the trees by the wood, it wou ald be. required to deprive 
‘om others of a Globe Turnip,| Wit — Be tanga gin sp the b 11 the oth 
weighing 2 aslbs. = of Green coped wy ve Carrot (from | are about to o leaf, I do not think it is ite If deciduous trees of other species could be conveniently 
Lord Duci cie) weighing ae of Drumhead Cab- | to defer taping till then if it can be a voided ; a transplanted at the same time ai s the Goo seberries, the 
weighing 25lbs.; of Swedish Turnip Sys Mr. 
Gibbs) weighing 28lbs.; not to mention other cases. 
eee e growth of several trees which Ih 
| because it may be objected—t! though I di 
bo 
Rot 
But autumn 
£, a h 
had been toalaphael any time during winter. 
ppoi ere fee ma few ex- 
hibitors, and the majority of thes 
y in ed in selling th 
the uced. There was little variety among 
A plant, Ibeli 
more ‘susceptible of i injury from adverse weather in spring 
pease it isin autumn; and bya —— to Mr. Thomp- 
begin to fall will put ‘the above experiment to the test, I 
faEhes pte f er hs th v1 
tables in the Theory of Horticul! to the 
ar | 
's occupying almost exclusivel few stands that | Dat sniel’s Met cal E t wil ve found that the eas sit of the advantages of transplanting at that time. 
were thus filled. We remarked onl exhibition * cabo sy, - : a eee ey _ 
of Potatoes, by Mr. Chatwin, a an from Hun- | time oT would transplant in autumn, viz. about the two ——=EEEZ 
rd = but one Drumhead Cabbage; few | last weeks of f Octo. » ENTOMOLOGY. 
only one santipls ¢ of Wheat, and but little er than it is in spring, when the leaves are about to un- Apuies.= Genus CINARA. 
@iisinong ingen! fold. Thedry, withering onl winds which so frequently ae pees P- 747.) 
Number, p. 314, oe By once seen: Tow. inferior ett in the early part of spring, form the t ob- | 2d subdivision, or emit cotton- like threads from 
is was to the pare bition jection to nting at that time: if this sort of wea- wet ee, 
the more re oe real rl of ther shoul immediately after planting, it is Pro- ; | 10 re feed Cinara salicis?—In the month aor Seite 
last, ar ; we regret. The Agrinitaral bable that the plant would be exhausted of its sap, a the br: ow 
bacsian pee cos tag ould be d 
associa = eae be fi ; and if death was not the ole it would ¢ evi- of their appearance, oo not fail uo besa attention. 
me has ever been . 
aie rir irable ; and we ond wae to 0 see aia ae any time daring winter; but if, on the contrary, t the base, in iength not ore ie half 
iedeal porter to anything of the same kind | a few cloudy and otherwise favourable days should occur that of the aby, au of ddish-grey r head 
tne ote pelle else 
_ itmay be urged, that as the exhibition iesops, ‘and the plant will contain a greater quantity | very minute e silky pile of that colour, but upon the abdo- 
is the Smithfield Club Show, it is intended only fo: ots would be im everal milk-white spots of a cation Dey 
the exhibition of stock, and that egetable produce is | medial ately produced, and a success would be complete. texture; the tubercles were short, sw lien in the ce 
oti jects. It a 8, then, to be in vs 
take th mer . nee tens ability > which is the most eae whilst their colour, me a ee te ad a i 
occasion gins should * i Thave | with the dark eau body. coon ike sul 
ees produce be specially. arrived at may be summed up in a few won In the stance emitt phe Peaar apo or a 
it is thi iy ¢ ; the 
‘sible, that the 7 i bdo d hairy, but none 
injure ak ee ree ver ite while, 0 on pe prea aie pr d from enagr During the 
it is certain that if favourable weather Sd ee rare oat insects graduall, but 
| rienced, it would grow with greater vigo' although we we watched them on with grout: ssteuthna $e we could 
than if it had been planted at any othertime. It detect any ¥ individuals among them, 
is not probab a tree in winter will be species. Ci Brassicee.—Very ¢ the 
injured by a verse weather. It is almost sure to live; | under side of Cal -leaves near the a 
but it is, I the equally certain that its growth the | tennz are filiform, and nearly as long as the body, which 
g year, under the most favourable circumstances, | is at first , afterwards ehanging toa 
will be comparatively light brown colour. have transparent 
their antenne, Jegs, and tubercles Meio 
ipped with _— both se: 
re, be ete te 
nted then would be sure erage. sly. 
ges el See unfavourable. Much especially the females, are covered with a short iglies: 
aol said pence teeg season for transplanting _ pile, which ages to be emitted ‘fon every part of 
3 and al mom er Prod sroshoheall “ from vie the form of the tubercl 
tnidsumme to mid t has its advocates. ; objec- panda ve ota 
od ae ‘ 3d ee age the an- 
do not seem to me to “to evergreens. At the tenum are setaceous, and eit oa ie the body ; 
im ts the colour of the abdomen, when the imsect has attained 
i: its full growth, is that of a ly green, and short hairs 
trees conga nlp gee eg ah grow upon its extremity, as well as upon the legs; the 
may bea difference the perspiratory | roots of the tubercles ya! Foapand inserted i ia eager 
: ; tir ; 1 u s be pn 
M‘Nab has arrived at, from his extensive practice, 
will be found to be correct; he bas planted ten months | we are 
