88 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[FEB. 7, 
the Museum ot 
specimens of hollow 
ug 
wmoament accidental overiouked, 
th Scientific 
up within a ner 
deposited, m 
Institution, 
‘Romans, and d 
ented together by genuine Roman cement. And, 
no ** a 3 ike 0 our 3 ones for making 
them was also Romans. It would be in- 
the 
strength of these brik, and of the 
ared w 
forming a etly dry floo: at a 
floors of Borie brick prove to the kitchens or ce 
some of our damp localities. Builder, 
Calendar of Operations. 
( For the enswing week. on 
LANT 
n. As a matter of co „where valuabl * are 
ept, a stock of the various kinds of loams ond po pes 
is always kept in For all potting purpose 
dug, not more than 6 inches deep, with 
the turf, and being stacked long enough for th 
rass to may be considered fit for use. Silver 
sand, rotten tree leaves, and dry well rotted cow-dung, 
n ingredients, in one form of com 
. The peats for growing Heaths, &e., are 
locality. Clean dry pots, 
dry — — enable you roceed wi 
* old 
in li 
d 
pee layerin 
bed ior supplying bottom heat. You have the advantage 
of heat, light, and moisture entirely 3 control, and 
pr the uncertainty of the pit and e management 
s FLOWER GARDEN | AND SHRUBBERY. 
Wi ted on in the 
1 grounds, nothing oo “so much to their beauty 
close, velvety law ften, howeve seak 8 
considerable ‘trouble to effect this desideratum atum 
ils the 
s the mosses attain 
eatest, perfection, it will N Wand the best time 
* eg sharp-toothed iron rake, or 
o best implement for this purpose, 
up the moss, which should 
m 
wos 
rass ande rested Dog s-tail, 
— h 
e | sional rollings to keep the 
ood s here 
i W herba cous 7 
r strong growers should be 
lifted, and a 1 full of fresh soil or dias iia under 
eac will prolon ag ow period of blooming, and 
increase ry tity of bl 
FLORISTS’ bow E 
The weather lately has been anything but 8 
to flori operatio: t so that 
matters which ay have been overlooked or 
forgott e wo recommen ething li e 
following to be attended to. T tion pegs to be 
| repai required ; the metallic wire with which 
they ha ed, sorted, and tied oni ta the 
ave been fasten 
pegs washed and straighten 
ciency, a quantity more cast; leaden tallies should 
Wiis in this important „part of plant growing 
I of late y 
corate the principal rooms of country mansions with 
ow be pro- 
for room decoration 3} should be selected 
24 LL 
the plants for this 
> 9 
Sed. jag 0 will bea * tine to put mne — peru 
everything — to be useful, or which are in 
and fragrant. As 
wanted i in mali pots, to — — 
ie be prepared ; hand-glasses of = 8 da should 
ght, so th: red E ai mateur 
e righ 
ay be ready to his hand arücnlariy 
see to the soil for potting Car aes ns ; we like this 
operation to be attended og ear 8 and the sooner so 
essential a matter as compos reported free from 
vermin the 
better. Look rel to = 8 e drips,” both in 
those of Auriculas and Carnations. Al possible, 
except when it em ge or blow gale of wind. Towar 
Take 
nor the other are chat down 
plants for the purpose. 
oir * DEPART oe 
Pinery.—B yal 
fairly started, —— bottom ihe at that sta "Dm 
which will insure a regular Progressive roo 
h „ ha femeile 
fruits, as sudden cha anges of — at the ir roots. 
As the fr fruit advances in growth, ~ plant's systém is 
y drawn upon — support it; 
a he by sudden 
made em, the 
vanta 
n be 
can be supplied 
Where the old 
oo 
regularity with which thej 
with Vaii | by hot-water pipes. 
— is followed, i 
account, if the bottom- 
1 — and the 
Be 
> Sailing plants are of 
n ha 
ive | fF r vegetables intended to remai 
d for 
radish r 
_ | Soil ; miii 21 feet deep, and dig in 
neh 
CHEN GARDE EN. 
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a 
e above are required, the ground 
be got in hand. Bee wih aring ground 
years, it will s preva 
cu vi 
the groun 
nase 
er, and a alight 3 
er, ig! an — to 
rse-radish, sown, 
come off before the Ho 
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State of the Weather near London, for the week 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Ones a 
n araarida cin thr 
Sinn the bed turn 
ition of fresh tiii di leaves: This will stimu- é TEMPERATURER. 
late the roots into action, and the p ts will be in much | ,.7*2- 2 Of the Air. Winal 2 
better order for potting next month, than when ther |2 a : å 
age — dormant state. Night temperature 35% ee ee 
o; day, as Guard against damp ; see Friday.. 30| 9| 29.979 | 29621 | s3 | a9 i ag ar 
fruiters are kept moderately moist. Plants in — 2 Sanday. I —— aie i $ | 10 
eee 200 $3 | 35 SW. “04 
ee ee ke Pure: is 28 h 8 | 44 SW 13 
8. W. | 
air ar eyelet in motion in every 8 „ | Average. 30.995 29.738 | 45.6 375 | 45.6 = 
suppose Polmaise is given up as a failure, — 2 the — 30-Bam; heavy ciouds; clear at night. = 
5 Eo correct as nature itself, Pra OUSE. Feb. I- Rain; „ ; constant rain; overcast, 
Follow the directions — eye till ně 3 3 . — z 
fruit se eee ifling advance in = e 7 
re — — of tie Week, 7} deg. above the a 
em u eather at Chiswick, duri 
ma Fd ensuing week yearn, for 2 
now be getting 723 So. No. kieg 
: 2 gs 8 
ol rather dry turfy loam; Feb. | 55 FA 35 At m | Gren Quantity es — 
inches from the 8 | 86 |e | jure e z 
erwise, and when the D erred m e Rs 
nt out the crop ; | Mon : Si mlm 7 | n 117 1 20 
should be kept rather dry, Wed. 41 22 ang 22 8 1 Jas 22 $7 32 
i d Friday 13| 423 me jar i | om li Bene 
eth — 2 — i T= atur. 14! 46.4 | 33.0 39.7 8 050 — 131 1307 2 
Sis to plan em highest temperature during the above period occurred on th, 
running under the | 1253 — 65 deg. ; and the lowest on the Tith, 18i5—therm, Fat bee 
s| Kew G 
Notices to Correspondents 
Acacta Woop: Con. Sub. The timber of Robinia Pseud acacia 
one of the most valuable we cultivate, Use 
ire 
Ba oti mark 
alow 45 cwt. to the oad, both for pope’ and coppice, * 
price quoted relates to the load my 7 
Binps : Repley. We have written as requ 
addressed to the Post-office, "Alvesford™ post as a Ba 
T 
on ore 
birds can thrive bett ter, nor look better than do ours— 
Elizabeth F. Try some grocers’ Currants, soaked in cold 
water for about an hour. They are very fond of these.— 
3 His 8 
ma round, narrow perc 
ant should be square, and 
arises from your haring given 
Perches — thee large-sized 
more subst al. 
never yet we 
from his kasin 8 "left i ina room w 
has seized him internally, and his head finding "ee ry 
behind his wing is no good sign, Prepare for the worst, 
. — 
thou uta fire, 
nor Flora of New 
W Ward, 
ae 
ane your she at | 
CRANBERRIES. Z. You may ae the oe Cranberry of any | 
| 
, 
ither uD 
Zealand; but Bi; Hooket has the 1 n hand.— 
eet's Hortus Suburbiensis Londinensis“ may pe 
respectable nurseryman, Grow it in a bed of peat earth in 
a rather damp part of ae garden ; it is not eager for water, 
but a orn — 
orwich, We cannot explai the history 
of i article i in — s “Qu arterly,” on which it certainly does 
not shed much lustre. The author seems to be re familiar 
€ e 
that Sir William Hooker’s her 
rium, contains 150, 000 species hp — 
estimate of not going 
2 Poti to 100,000. anes occidentalis i is a 
eis li ttle 
into their pote by 
simply absurd. The flowers of Hibiscus Rosa sinensis are 
a ladies’ 5 not to blackel 
used in China to 3 
their shoes.“ on. 
MEton Fram CMS „We can scarcely doubt that your 
border is ruined by the Melon beds being placed upon it. 
a 3 
= z 4 ave no information 
2 . =, except what i 
ver co 
iios "OF u i 
killed, — they would be by over-doses of any j 
Pentstemon cyananthus is totally different trom P. f 
and much han amaA „ % 
Names or PLAN CMS. It is a Hakea of 80 cas | 
not a conifero — Ps. “Apparently a leaf of | 
— W. - dygopetalam crinitum, 
3 40 
or it 
slight 
his for ae 
m rather at the yet 
Meat of the house graddally, and, by 
oderate 
, and keep a 
eat, with m terings, your 
13 
and one kind of — bs — — — — —— ons pot 
2 y : 
a are highly pgp cartes 
to que — — motives or to inquire into o wee E 
o far as they are intimately connected 
pu bite ee and we shall be obliged by our 
spondents bearing this in mind. suitable 
TRIFOLIDM MINUS : ee: bens yellow flowers. Itis 
for mixing with fine seeds for ne, where a 
and exposed to drought in s 3 In such si 
aiie | 
quite at home. speka 
Tor TREE: P F. In all —— rai bleeding you at te 
will cease as soon as the tree o le piet 2 — 2 
the wound by wi t and — enge = 
e 
them thoroughly, an 
wound; if th 
pt fails, try i 
e Numbers, viz., 37 for 1846, aT oydoni® 4 
again. d 35 fot 4 
out of print; the others may be had.— i 
j — is sometimes wn tandard ; Tor this pares 4 
work it on the Quince stock, Al * ornaments bea 
will succeed as tandards. f 9 
