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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 421 
allowing them to flower, they may be treated as they feel perfec 
wh 
were last year, or they may be allowed to flower in the o pleases to 
abo 
A warranted in asserting that any amateur | 
adopt the few short instructions that I 
greenhouse ; and if good plants were obtained to begin | am 0 ofi r may feel con a t, at a very 
with they should be sufficiently large ne re first | trifling cost of labour, he can still handsomer 
season’ ‘owt worth Attention blooming | seedlings than the hesutifal bee that I have had the 
spec The will last kada if sides pleasure of introducing to the public. As to the treatment 
from the forenoon’s ee of seedlings, the first are of seed may be made in 
soon e beauty of the flowers is over cut the pans about the middle of March; so soon as the plants 
plants back to about "lie second join y an be con 
n the young e 
ogether any weakly shoots; water boxes, at 
them i hady pi 
ve niently handle piek Wels out into shallow 
he 
ee 14 inch, where, in 10 or 12 
Curtis finds the mixture effective, and free from any 
objectionable qualities ; it 2 piston: very in 
able. Corrosive nee te, 2 drs sulphuric ether, 
3 — Dissolve A eee alcohol, 3 oz, ; spirits o 
turpentine, 2 02 M.. . 
e Can any e orrespondent of the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle produce evidence in proof or disproof of the 
meee 3 of 3 "E from the Darnel, 
teen temulentum! Can it possibly be true that this 
Grass is —— 
ee ia a and place them in a shady pit, or weeks from sowin othe wil begin to bloom; = moment] Scarlet Runners.—In ce ” 
nhouse, until they start into growth, | that a tee 155 ed e wei must be e pot ted off or | observe that the economy — So . Ru —4 
and then shift and encourage a vigorous growth. Old weeded out, according to its merits. Any thin p ly on the supply of wood for purpose. 
nefi y occasional waterings wi hould at once be seeded into suitable ex rrr It would not pay the London market gardeners to “stick,” 
ear manure-water ; but this should only be | varieties; the seed must be sown the moment that i account of ra difficulty 6f procuring wood cheap 
applied n are in active growth, and when the | ripe, and the plants be treated the iia. as the first rate. In the country, where T wood i ost 
pots are full of roots, and this need not be used until — — —.— this "ans that, in order to economise | places easily procure, sticking is much the tidiest oh 
size of the specimens renders it inconvenient to | greenhouse room, a part of the — may be placed in and the are nama — — the ver . 
afford ges an annual shift. 5 d part of the hn 3 by adopting this plan I | ornamen —— Scarlet Runners when 
t at and one part light turfy 1 3 4 have bloomed 1600 pl expense | ported iby poles or sticking rane te The Writer of the 
fa fein a suitable soil for this Pimelea. The loam | of y limited space of greenhouse accommodation. Ca len 
— peat should be carefu — broken up by the — The second crop of seedlings may, with good ma nage- 3 imperialis.—This has at last flowered with 
rejecting all the e pieces, add a liberal ment, be induced to yield se eed for the ensuing spring, | me, after seven years’ expectation, opene 
tity of silver-sand, the proportion of which should | where 7 ork is an d. As one pod of | one pa though there were a 8 pare of buds on 
be re ture of the soil ; enough to | seed of any cross ply sufficient, great | the ast autumn. Its flower much resembles a 
keep the latter open and porous. A sprinkling of small | care ought to be exercised register every flower that Gloxinia, t is delightful 3 It evidently 
otsherds or eces of charcoal may be | is fertilised. To accomplish this a smal paper requires a hotter and drier summer than we usually 
added with ad TA. pots, cure | diary should be ruled in the following form: have to bring it into bloom; “the weather last September, 
thorough drainage by placing plenty of potsherds in th and my having been transpl root-pruned, 
bottom ; arrange these carefully, c with som | Y. Wa} 8. were no doubt the causes of its setting bloom buds. C. D., 
rough fibry pieces of peat, broken — so that they | 1 | Punctata 2 3 4 Chichester. [It would be well worth while writing this 
can be partially mixed with sand, to prevent them from | more in detail, — — — — mention. 
becoming sour and unhealthy for che — Alpha. | B. Mice in Pla f your correspondent (see 
OE AIS PTS |. 2 4 Brenda : p. 405), cannot 1 poison aie mice he complains of by 
| layin arsen i 1 sink a few ae 
Home Correspondence. 8 |. Blandina k | i ans into — soil, abo a 18 inches deep, leaving 
yacinths and hardy Climbers.—I am the ihr | the top sope 2 with the soil, — ‘il them Reue r more 
which I buy in London in the autumn and plant in | B. than half full of wate e pans should be well g 
the borders, ‘ower a well the first . ‘and | 3 — nor 1 between the water and the top. The mice will reach 
Mien 
eve er e catia 
a) 
e 
nerating, or any treatment by which they he be | fertilised. 
ir firs 
ne first line reads us: No. netata 
thu m | The first column arp the number that mp the | Per 
ock 8 y yr names which stand in the second column; the other 
us | numbers indicate with what N the ant has Todi 
p! 
The letters give the distinguishing mark. 
th r Pur 
= 
= 
—.— not Ts really good things, the 
se oo easily satisfied with his p: 
28 deci de d improvements should 
eho on. eim 
Dielytra spectabilis. —A few weeks ago I t (in| t tolerated: and nothing should be reserved for the batik 
answer to a correspondent) a description of a Dielytra | rot ould 
sök: Mim 
spectabilis, and 1 a further 8 on a 5 
disgrace the greenhouse. e properties o 
are robustness of habit, with a tendency 
gain on Thurs t, June 24th, te profuse 9 — The flowers sho e large, roun 
— 
and it is indeed a —— a 43 feet in height, in the foe 
by 22 in circumfere: erence, with several hun sag bower tube, and 
on it. a owner this time was at home, an ought 
e it would continue blooming freely for | Clap. 
and of course 
e assure 
the next two: om mths, 
— than at present. The pl 
rt than 11 formerly mentioned. My own plant Slate is ex „ an 
cut down by the frost is (economically at least) except for the 
spoken of as having been 
growing freely and promises to bloom well. T. 7.,| But slate is, 
Colche. 
would be much Cork Pots. ero difference of —— 8 both 
material sha 
lant has Wed no more | as 
3 le, owing M After Mr. 
in igent arti at p. 405, no — there will be pot, but stil 
inquiry after 
mowing machin the very best slate are woo 
often been cast as 
ne: ther du 
who maintain that t — machine, for of a slate 
I 
t of perseverance. For that the Portuguese and Spaniards supply the places of | soun 
the benefit of the public wield: it not be as well- if these i cork bark. The s 
e, and of good substance, possessing a short 
i T isti 0 
— 6 be visible on the light varieties, A. 
and the 
8 
so deficient in this res as the e 
l the fine —— which go to the sides — ae 
ot b at adv 
e we Aa moi; — Seated: implements re was led to the consideration of this question by observing 
various machines could be tested, the same as agricul-| bark is either taken off whole, in rings of 6, 8, or 10 
tural implements usually are ? It t might mes well if the aes long, or if th 
cil of our Man 
n 
Coun — ee Garden e take | down the middle and the bark is off in half 
the matter up, an small pre circles and joi ails, and a bottom either of bi 
for—plots of g ground; might be allotted t to each | or cork rough imperfections in the 
mower on the large la ir garden PA te“ on | fitting leaving quite space meats for draina; ave 
the day, or the 2 —.— an ne on might be as in Portugal, during the h season, seen collections 
well. Proper rules regulations might be formed | of Camellias arrive by the ers from 
for them to abide roa and the 3 n of the Council c , an ch were perfectly fresh and 
would be the most fitting to judge of the quantity and vigorous ( t being observed, is one of t 
their work. I know of or three | rfect conductors of heat) whereas I am certain that 
Petti merits of od machines; Mr. in a clay p amount t could have pre- 
— no ls would be willing to send his for vented the sun from burning up every root as soon 
les, Higher Broughton, [An it had sed 
plants in 
myself t the fun on mining r of a evaporation 
esata the side. nh believe that as regards | to 
ts which a shy be weer to the 
re h 
for this purpose in 1843 I ste aa M. pot ; this, dee rather . 
lorist’s f 
Moodii (which was the only tolerable variety then in are not carefully attended to, there is often an accu- 
7 vation), also a few inferi includi water between the first and th 
crimson and white North American | 3 pe Dodma 
Seedling ; since then I have attempted to hybridise 
poo oa an but recipe for ¢ 
M. 
8 
8 ine ariegatus and the Rev. urtis, 
any , Pereeptible of Philadelphia, a chemist and botanist. It is an 
ay Plame in the Herbarium.—The following 
this purpose has lately been transmitted by 
A.C who sees it from Mr. Durand, 
ö 
— was visible, and it was ‘only 848 that | improvement on eee pe e mixture, in which 
nus, and a few . aia induced | the corrosive subli is only held in suspension, and | 
rane bes en zs might be atiained ; since an al ic m ! 
pid that II in fungi, i 
r plants, | st 
in common with the burnt clay pot, open 
o a serious objection, viz., its capacity as a conductor of 
Pettigrew’s | heat. It is not i 
e — be s * whe never the sla e is di 
done, there is a slit | 
eagerly after the grease and fall in by dozens. Thorp 
errow.— An efficient remedy for your vehi gh 
may be found in procuring a few live weasels to turn 
sufficient number of holes about 18 inches deep, 9 inches 
at the mouth, sat from 15 to 18 Bear al irk » — 
and make the inside as smoo 
as possible. Bait the pits with 1 a a little. half-b 8 pers 
meal or roasted cheese, examine them every morning 
you would be kind enough to give your se wl as to 
whether you thought it had ile Ws o with the 
isease remember Mr, Smee kavia referred 
, 
something of a similar kind three or fi ago 
8 partie are as foll Wale 
toes dug in pori last, gre su ten 
days since —— have been laid out on the floor of 
pA observe that none but diseased 
pe ae such sent ected with aphis, all 
d ones being perfectly free from it. d 
ts of the di appearing about us. Craig Pillans, 
Pak, near Cirenc LT his has no 
relation to the disease. ur 
sprouting Potatoes, as it will, under favourable circum- 
ces, attack anything else. be also d with 
tobacco-smoke, just as it may be killed ogre any o 
p * It is probable that the e of 
Potatoes contain more sugar than otha and are 
in anini poet y the 
e aphis]. 
Orchid Shows.—I find I was quite wrong in advocating 
in your paper . e at Chiswick of collections 
of small specimens r beautiful Orchidaceous 
plants. The Council ee the e Horticultural Society,it seems, 
had the same view as I had, or at least deont eee 
rarer on 
perhaps one one cherished flower. When the“ well-known 
actors” quitted the stage their eyes -n “be idly bent 
on what followed after; however, I do not like to give up 
the subject, and am willing 
