216 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aprin 3 
which offers a cousideravie resemblance to the 5 sol ER GAR rieg AND SHRUBBERY. h March 2 Cloudy :overea Nr 9 
of commerce, and may, even yow, be of Among Cal e or grouping PEPS we have — 28—Frosty; overcast; : d dry air; clear and frost 
some experiments ir in dyeing, shdald the tient i think | found Frost’s Superb and C rf yellow beds — 29—Hazy; fine: s emit . vat night 8 
fit to ask M. 8 undertake them in his labora- the best; Vicosissima is 3 goo e-coloured variety ; —  31—Unif „ sea ean ely, 
tories. . me a considerable number | and Amplex xicaulis, a pale peas ire taller beds. Flori-| Avr Alcan heben colds fine; clea, sharp frost at night. 
of irog ere ae, 1 have been enabled to continue the | bunda an > 82 hurea eee will be improvements, T. below the average. 
study of heir habits ris, and have seen that the | but at p are rather scarce. For ‘ook coloured Stato of the Weather at Chiswick, during thelast 34 years 
myriads of eggs which they laid last autumn were | selfs int ‘blotched varieties, Kentish Hero, Shankleyana, week, ending April 10, 1853, N 
hatched during the winter, = that young ones 8 Sultan, and Gem, are the most useful. Bo th the tall 25 8 25 28 t a „ | Prevailing Mose 
ing from them are able to live without ent and dwarf kinds of Lobelias are valuable for garden| April. | 5%Ẹ | 5&8 41 ‘ae Quantity a 
til they meet with the plants on which — os 1 dace tion. The latter, eithe ing to talle 405 | ane |e Rain. 2 2 2 
“have = eriment on 84 rge scale at things, or alone for dwarf beds, are invaluable. Of Sunday 4| 560 | 368 J hi = JS 
Sainte Tulle, and I hope this year to rai ~ pegam inus compacta there are ral varieties, varying | Mon. 5) 563 |. 362 | 463) 5 085 . 4 PF 132 
crop of this cochineal to enable ee deere o be made somewhat in size and intensity of col deep blue. Wed. des | azı 4% i2 040 2 HE ag 
on larger taana shoni the results of 3 7 I | Australis ne Coronopifolia are both nice things with Friday 8 215 Ha paol ee ee i rit 
have ventured to ask of M. Chevreul give any encourage- honed coloured flowers. Unidentata, dee rple, is 2 — 10 2 4 3445 pe 
“ment to follow Kan Pak applicatio 8 entomology. | usef n over baskets, &c., or to cover the D 
Some very curious parasite: oa on this cock coe have retin round under taller plants. Lutea makes a neat 2J300ͤ ĩð2 a e genie 8 
discovered this winter, Ba will pro d give occasion dwarf yellow bed or edging. So of the 7 
for some interesting scientific observations.” Annals of growing kinds, as Salteri, Magniflora, Ignea, a N * to Correspondents. 
Natural History. as scarlets; Compacta, blue; and othe f intermediate | Ben WIV R: Const. Su b. Wine made solely from the sap of the 
colours, form 55 beds Lit the autumn: the $ 1 isa perfeetiy wholesome l liquor, an y be drank ia 
latter ire to be brought on in a slight heat, to get ine. y5 r intoxicating like other 
Calendar of Operations. as Ae a 8 : = 
them some size ape ai Bagi ; but they bef repay : N JS. Tendong edition o pton, or Downing's 
(For the een A 5. *. this extra trouble by their beauty. Petunias are so 0 Landscape, Gardening” m 5 3 
wee ero r growing 2 — a acon of 3 1 i E 
“season, above all others, when attention s 
directed to the point be obvious come free 
—— of air, and in most cases, of light as well, are 
1 0 
will the Indian Daphnes, an 
from New 3 
8 
ee supply of the Teas, Ci 
Ke.., a mass of n ill be tought together which it 
3 be difficult : match at any other season. Let 
n to water plants com myi 
to those which have been 2 5 
nsi 
mper 
g bright ahi | 
e remarks 
T, 
10use, and 3 a uniform, enjoyable te 
cessary duri 
moh ste ite h idity, and though 
a up the requisite humidity, an a e 
nothing like stagnarion 
ewhich the p a cee: yok the De a 
E eather, to plants in | 
continued. 
= the ground as 
` eo 51 0 5 5 s gee wind might sn 
zapr 
i abot: 6 b in Lane placed ed by the side of the ae. 
Pl 
rs canvas on rollers, or * netting, such “should b 
t useless 
le ecided colour that will not 
fade in bright weather, and of 
e of the kinds sent how: Mig: not i fy tin two 
r three 1 ar rainy w Now falle 
Areen requiring the 2 of 
und i seer — 
now 
will be necessary, and to 
n the season, be particular = Fon as 2 * a 
as possible the first r three 
8 gral 
CARNATI 
ONS AND et be: po en ar lane 
tion is avo 
me layers will ered 
n brei 
me 
uring the summer months. 
ent this mishap, s 85 
m. Pot off rooted soe paar and put in others 
which are sufficiently lo = e liberal in the 
supply of sort water to both Auri nd Polyanthuses. 
g FRUIT GARDEN. 
Now the changed, some r toy 5 the 
protective eee asd over the trees -y 
be removed, doing this by degrees ; ‘tne ill adm 
more light and air to the blooms. Have the 3 
however, ready to be placed on again, a frosty 
weather occur. Wher e trees are covered with 
e drawn up 
Foll 
‘he | 2 practice till towards the middle of May, if you have 
means of doing so; gradually removing — a little 
ach morning, and putting them on later each 
2 that no check am! arise th the entire removal. 
After a N rer riod of drought ‘attended vis the 
para atmosphere we r „rain has fall and 
= vantage s should be psn of is to complete the eek 
out = all crops required, o ich the dr, 
had 
FORCING DEPARTMENT 
y the berries i 
y b. to a comparativel state. We do 
not a dden n d is 
ele colouring process, having found a 
cert: oisture to the final swelling 
of the crop and healthy action i — kerite in addition 
red s cost an M 2 of venti- 
lation by wight a mt = as by ei must be added. 
ay attention to th regulating 
e 
flower 
in the early house show | i 
the moisture, 
t Peppermint, and si 
tilling or 
is- 
and divided ; 
back, and ie whole should have a os dre ressing ot 
f sturdy habit. DEA 
fresh 
Divide and plant ou 
Cham: 
things sect either for dis- 
rying. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending A 
as observed at the Horticultural Gardens, e 1 
| — TURR. 
[Ofthe Earth. Wind. 
i 
as it will eave mii uch time daily i ` _ collecting them for 
itch omile, 
nera 8 3 
threes, he < others —— 
D LIMBS on TIMBER a 
them off close to the t 
9 
Gop FisH Well Pisher. 4 have 
fish in 
ly injar 
ved — . 5 (either Abernethy or pe A at nts 
r, which should be changed two or three Heh iter 
others. Many thanks. We were aware 
and shall use discreetly the others, 
You are perfect prim Bo in your conjecture, 
Insects: PST. The Beech trees in goie ark are attacked by 
a species of N which may be destroyed by washing the 
trunks either with pirane * . 145°, or with any common 
„ 
Lawns: 
just dick it in. Yo A co 
Liquip Guano: 4 B. It 
he bott 
SB. Lastrea decomposita, 8- S 4 id 
ee gro ie ee in Mitesh tl 
i i consists of the hairs of N 
The fragments appear to 
Yon will have the best chance of 3 
j — 
parcel brought from 
extinct crater in Hawai 
Flowe 
over 
Géntiana amarella, 
F 
you will be successfulin any case ; as Gentians are 
easy plants to rear.— 7 Dena robid macrophyllu 4 
Matico: C . This is a Peruvian on called ‘avast 
eT It is figured sai described ia 
nd (conomical Botany,” p. 133, It T related to the 
coat Cubeba. 
OnaN UR Trees: T 8, Clapham. Wash their 
them back into their tubs, with eo 
mixed with plenty of rotten manure: , 
eat, and hen ties have peng their 2 put them in 4 
sunny ined bei will do no good with them in in small p 
if they are large plants. 
RosEs : $ ee R mon. be pruned in closely now. You we 
may commence watering with liquid manure weer 
plants have begun to gro s 
SEED TRADE: 
Tosacco: R 
2 feet apart, ‘i 
frost is over. 
airy shed for a time to d 
ferment, then dry again, and the w. 
Vineny : G O L. Your . 
shaded by the Vines, an 
fruit under the circums 
can 
Vipeesey root froma thie d 
inery roo! s 
Ron 5 of fine texture; it will not 
will pi t scorching, 
and carefully forked up a8 
a sae wW. 11 E you y 
Misc. : — e on 88 
pabllbed on Friday, = Chron, ‘the 
morning. ve — y * N DB 
If arg aka 
our London Soni will 3 you.— Amateur: 
— — 
ga ardene 
by 
„h rapes are a 
may not be iocompatible tg ere J 
and interru 
fact the pA sina 
subjected, sufficiently explain n the 
whenever 885 
veracity 
Aglesetses| 
