THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
152 [Mar. 6, 
ranean and in Sicily, our winters are 8 a those of | young fruit and shoots, It is 8 the Entice to] Feb. 27—Hazy clouds; uniformly overeast at A 
the Continent. A Paris winter is a vile compound of | leave the final thinning of Peach trees till after stoning, a Sten po 1 1 3 ys 
old, slush, damp, fog, and foul 8 A ee one | to aa for D droppin go off a t that critical period of March 1—Fine į cloudy and de; Seer E 
is all the preceding, plus sleet and storm German | forci We inclined a 1 that this having D clear and frost 2 * 
‘winter is an affair of stoves, double windows, fur m on the e Nature carry on to perfection, 3 frost; clears bright Sun; clear and etz 
mantles, and foot-warmers, frozen fountains, and no is the principal reason why adie frequently fall cek, 6 deg. below the average, 
mail every second or third day. s a dozen t time, refore advise only a few 9 — to be eas oe 
-tlimat M rain i oth, in | left than will ultimately be uire crop State of the i Chiswick, during the last 26 years, for 
diminis degree. Florence alternates between an ill n : w be setting the fruit. The — week, cuding March 13, IIR e 
Irish January and a West Indian tornado. San Pho 1 8 should be wall syringed in Pi afternoon of ee. | se. | wn | No. of 3 Winks 
2 N ae 2.2 2 [og Years in Greatest 
Sirocco, come fog, mud, and neuralgia ; with tł ach fine day. Watch for N eep the floors, | March. | 5 58 SE | which tt Quantity 
montano wind you have ee potte ry and 3 Tae, of teok houses of all kin 8 particularly 405 e |55 | Rained, | of Bain. 28 25885 
Rome is Ireland War a Pontine fever; and Naples is during bright days. STRAWBERRIES vil enjoy tale, tae SE rg ora T 8 - el ad 
All that sun and win . it. e autumns are | weathe ay attention that the supply of w is Nen 8| 497 | 328 | 412 9 oy | a4 3 29777 
iformly fine 8 finer and less Wege than in regul Whenever a sufficient number owers are Tues. 11 n et om: 4247 HER 
ore As for spring, it n sts . . et n's set to form rop, ff the remaining blooms ; Thurs. TN get hc oao 1743 HEP 
The continental su t unex-| this will both quicken the period of ripening, and add} Satur. 13 50.8 348 | 427 | 11 898 823 1 ial 
ceptions good, In m trae “distr sle ther are | materially to the size oF 155 fruit. In the number to be The highest temperature durin K the above period e, — 
rtain periodical rains, but pow rarely last long, or kept, be guided gi the sort by: Strawberry and size of | 1826—therm. 68 deg.; and the lowest on the 10th, 1837—therm. 7 deg, 3 
much inconvenience 8 sh Invalid has few = pot. Bring on regula a of plants to 
valid reasons for leaving b own 2 as | succeed ‘those now been of their Sri tices to Corresponden 
the change of scene and the no 1 8 of “in Sit agg LORISTS’ FLOW AMARYLLIDS, &,: J TA. The collection — which jou 
Pisa, it is ers some advantages to the v real We borp advise our frio gi whe rad to try the | _ inquire was sold by wea 
chested ; but then the ees available Salani of Pisa i ex ent of PENE to z eee: ⅛˙ E TO Dike DTT 
pert grov ots, y y grown with plenty of 3 heat, such as 3 tan pit wf 
the quay along the way from this, yo u en- thei eir plants in the pone bs for ee g. The soil, give, and have a good deal of — to run i he 
rn 
counter cutting w 4 and cold blasts, andall the rigou 
r are a few 3 nooks 
pi stre and 
sea-air with a 
the 
ofa tropical comet Dickens's Hous hold 
Orchids. a few fine plants of Vanda ea jus 
imported «were sold by Mr. Stevens on Tuesday la 5 pots. It will be 8 ral to go car ae ver the 
he fetched ‘oan L. 18. to 3/. 15s, per lot, 3 con- Tulip pe there will be weeds to remove, and 
sisting of several plants. the soil should be carefully pels so that eracks may 
led up, and the ade m ely bout 
the neck of the rising plant. Hollyhocks should no 
= dame ee of Operations. e planted out. eng soon ot] yea asm 
For -the ensuing week.) should have their shoots (which are no nt) 
teih REMAR reduced to three ; those which are taken off, ifi aed 
in carrying on the several departments of 8 in small pots, in ern loam, and placed in a gentle 
whether on a large or small scale, a e of the | bottom heat, er soon strike root. 
different kinds of work should made, or RDY FRUIT GARDE 
sponding number of hands allotted to each department. As frost sights are no cherie the eee of 
3 iat Layo ill soon enable a wo , deren wall trees will require great c Of course, if canvass 
certain ae of 
ent enable him to do m 
Is sufficiently ipni a with a small iron rod or 
bal 
? blunt pointed stick, tl 
th 
e water may pass freely 
and 3 moisten the Ay mass of 
; roots. In » making the holes be careful not to injure the 
principa thi ts or tube in which the 
plants are growing may have a surfacing of fresh e compost; 
in growing most plants into specim ens, pruning 
may not required at any one p ar > a8 
the plant’s growth should be A watched, an 
coaxed into the desi a et, a number of things 
Will ire some of ing, and which 
at arma thiig By a judicious sub- 
„ gardening, like other businesses 
8 of work, will proceed, even h 
Š like the 
present, with regularity an 
work ; 
re than if “employed ‘indis- 
d be rich, rather heavy than light ; bein 
shoul 
halt ciated loam „with a fourth Were rotten manure 
and a fourth leaf-coil, and nu ani To our certain 
knowledge they are well gro in the vicinity of 
i nbur urgh ; and for the last 85 8 * e prizes given 
r Pinks by the Caledonian Horticultural Society have 
Deen gained by flowers which had been cultivated in 
or other screens are used on deer to oie a and down, 
they must be drawn up each morning. Nettings, &c., 
ral eare: 
this will permit th 
d | equally well as a E only 
covered with — spr ay or branches of — fea, 
m n es 
the death of the pee sm 
e 
s in some 1 n transition, at 
s season, from e Troit e PEIN to hot sun 
1 the day, causing a aioe ption of some portion o 
the vessels, conveying “the sap piits and ending in 
Premising he had. Š — this time prepared, the 
pees crops of Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, &e., may 
w be sown ; and for e ee ee, Leeks, Savoys, 
8 Broccoli, and Cauliflower, in a somewhat 
shel lac Sow Lettuce Radishes, and small 
3 in . quan sa sa 3 t through en 
season. Provided the pre ather continu 
the. Cauliflower and Lettu em = — eee . in — 
may be planted, 3 N this) a warm place, " 
where this cannot be , plant them in drills 8 
9 inches deep, pr 2 fact apart; the ridges Sealer the 
rows will afford them she be levelled 
; out successional crops of Cabbage, including some red 
and ma 
= the 0 n 
or ce W 
out summer 
ing the plants), 
i Plant 
ones for pickling ; 3 Cauliflower, under 5 will re- 
| d 
anino and +h 
2 
rather rotten dung may be forked in. A path alone between 
beds is 
3 oe between, and sow for succession, 
-| manure was laid on the beds in the autumn, nothing 
he 
land fine, that the heads may come * straight. If 
more at this time will be required; if not, some very 
necessary, and therefore we see 
pre, ror seen —— — 
State of the Weather near London „for the week ending March 
as observed at the Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick. n 
8 
pronounced Kerere, is that 
] : 
he Hempseed pce wh 
rump steak, moistened w 
regain his sath ch ao and 5 
green / Thot 
ye cage, 
hich it is — to bear i 
Bips: Francesca, Your bird is suffe ering from asthma, and no 
doubt caught a severe cold during its last moult, Let the 
regular food be Canary, Flax, and Rape-seeds. Discon 
once daily, i raped 
P s 
days. This will work a faa Pal pa little friend will soon 
ong. Do not give him too * 
living insects” you spe 
Pia cause of} your bird's illness, Procur e him a new pew 
Also 
detect lurking amongst his 
soaking t 
remove ‘with the point of a fine 588 every insect you can 
feathers.—R, Use canary and 
flax, only; and discontinue sugar a It is 
the — Pee be | seat apenas clean. Do n our birds 
for breeding till the middle, of Ap ee “Florent Your 
t, ova 
able to procure its living. 
there can be no difficulty in t 
w. 
do as you propose, The bat 
not wander far away.—Rosa. You is on no account, 
th 
these birds,—bringing on cramp and other asim excepting 
first-rate 
food you are in the habit 
— — rned, take the will for t 
birds, and then we will enla 
of all draughts 
lp 
gwen SERRULATA? ok A H. 
nsferre 4 Hagan aay be: a 
as our ha aving a — re 
plant. 
its hurting you. Who ever 
handle it 
ee Caultie. We cou 
— practical men in the 
necessarily inadmissible, Ke 
hav ve been selected for so. 3 
the Hempseed, - which discontinue. 112 u want a rsi 
very few weeks, 
we shall go fully into the merits ts of these rm valu 1 
t 
405 70 — pees out of the aa 
Boos: A „Both Ladies’ Botany” and“ Se 
hool Botany.” 
t is evident 3 plant z was 
d- 
large pot, after i sons _ 
it is 
me In 
advisable to turn the plants out of their pots, sod 
their eb te when first bought. The state th of the 
will, however, hardly aecount for the final dea 
that is to 
tis a dangerous poison, th b. afraid of 
heard of the nas those who 
Rose, the * of our winters, doing any harm 
ld — suspect your name tobe 
stronger than even 
be good keepers.|| 
have a shop at Farnham 
stools imm ediately after the 
should be be applied in April. 
mers . 
SULPHATE OF ÅMMONIA: J. J. 
come into er. 
eee EVERGREENS: 
as to the 
them to be September and O 
otza [Moon's 
SEAKALE: Q Q. F ork in your m 
best time for performing th 
England we have eey nd 8 p 7 E . 
e — — ot the pe they — 
lanted with — 4 in spring. If — tis 
ust when gh s begin to swe $ 
keep 
Si rose-coloured). If you cannot 
a then you might | substitute t the sn 
the dark purple ki 
fore can only 88 ceived! 
„ As ne many anata aie kog ne . 
ate oubt 
aii tance commonest amenities of ale oct 1 9 55 
Mushroo y be grown yell in m 
—.— on 8 Fearn's . 2, Pre 
33 
b; 2, 7 Blof 
Juniper, 
ted Onion: 
Ovi: Hardy and Son. The seeds of We od- 
from Shallots” grew well in the Society’s garden: 5e sð 
ams that the produce was clustered, 
urs, but most! sep ier with 12e 
j s: Alp 
—no doubt Cupressus ae — i aa Onions 
1s 7 
yarions 
ə Blood Onion, They 
OnrcHargrD Houses: JH. The sopes is not At Farnham, ro tippi 
3 near the town. Who d that Dodg eule for all men 
3 
tw 
7 <n art 
never to defend . till they are attacked. hs roms of 
anure between 1 The galt 
has ceased, 
u 
cutting 
raised in? 
Seeps: Clericus rusticus. All the ont regin pa > not bear 
hotbed, and treated as tender annuals, 
ur 
Half an panes a 
allon of water will be enough for Pelargo™ 
e flow ersity of or 
Q Q. Much phe 
