468 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Jury 24, 
M. Fasre’s experimen dr f SA : 
s of a ee th 
Baspt the — 4 
berry, be will, deserve ys he placed by the side of 
oe of the Crystal Palace. 
the great 
s greenhouse 
than ev 
this kind ofi da a had gone so 
whether the 
ts affected . ever get over it. 
red the sym 
y 
before the heat, and escaped. 
mip dere we ere it over and over again, 
i E different t circumstances, 
st 
in 
and in n different * the 
weak ived. 
phenomenon 
which, of i 
unexpected ? In the eng? a better . and produce mor 
we 8 *. Larah he following. 
The old of an bee plant at 1 ae 
along hard, deep green, and seemingly | sto 
Sail of’ heal th, ss nevertheless ee ee their | i 
nor n in a 
ew weeks t 
os 
c 
one should unless the 8 
8¹ 
PO, PELE ED 
here 
Wit any LEEA who complains that 1 . 0 he e higher 
VES 0 reta 1 
peat 
; adding a sifficient efter hell 
in Pla 
ned by strong light, . a free i 
culation r; flowers w ke produced but s soot | 
d will sous bly f before attaining perfection: 
if ‘ada ly arene, “he plants may be removed 
situation rvator, eee ware 
rrents of air, 
ined in the stove. 
ose part of the 
— 8 sup- 
when they will 
are desired, 
a treat them as to temperature, &c., as 
— — 2 e handsome specimens will be 
ane beten eg pn in any 
use turfy d loam’ in about equal . e e 
si 
the mass porous. nts that are not inte 
kept over the winter have 3 reno sixth of thoroughly 
decomposed cow- oer added to their soi oil for the last 
potti l 
as | Wintered in it, as it 
pe flowering, worms will se 
the 
to throwing amp 
rvi 
ON WEEDS.—No. III. 
On 
growing that which is standing | Kinps. This ubject is one to which much attention 
still; just as in the political world, old, though | has b — ; scientifie men of high d 
tly healthy, institutions are perpetually | repute spa instituted 8 for the destruction 
eath the ci yaoi force of a progress | of weeds on such — s; and others, also, to prevent 
ich they are unable to acc ny. One of the their 28 wth. Gar N o, of eminence in thei 
ire nces attendant u upon ge a c green da age’ >| fession have direc . their inventive faculties to attain 
of the leaf is, is, that it no longer evaporates in any con- | this “ consummation” so “ devoutly to be wished.” 
1 appears to e 
that each ea ma, 
heating effects of To studiis. In the youth of the | 
leaf, on the contrary, Tee goes on with great 
force, of Which a 12 eas he necesssary 
accompanimen us, we peita the burnin; 
AI of the sun îe mitigate tel. J 
If this explanation is 
than ever certain, that 
the burning of young Vine 
which gardeners so muc 
cold and not to heat, as we 
endeavoured to othe on a former occasion 
RUSSELLIA JUNCEA. 
Tus gracefal and beautiful a — long 
attentio 
is right, then it will be more 8 
when upe upon a small scale, depending always —— 
the mity of the destroying — > its price, the 
facilities | for transport, th 
the ity ¢ 
n of strong so 
little or no mene et at a 
de — of from 4 to 5 inches 1 
e surface; and that e ts h 
n the commonest plants have 
of weeds, there 
asii de ie troyed by saline pene Powe Ae but so 
them will flourish with greater 
salts of soda or potas 
Plantago coronopus a 
sage and winter, | a 
If large plan 
shift into 15 or 18-inch Bags in March, | advising 
rich porous soil. I} q 
J y 
age and hardly make their appearance | 
LKS, CoURT-YARDS, AND HARD SURFACES OF ALL = 
w wages, and | 
the N of — ag eee their peculiar fou 
foo rop o may be, peres 
of 
luxuriance, — 2 — za 
h. The growth of som 
The utter ee of the growth of w 
is . e the seeds are born 
constant] o : alan t distan To tena 22 
upon which they . — o and w 
from disagreeable ell; no Eel lcul hich st siali be free 
dresses of ladies, f 2 tain th 
gravel, wi m 
3 
weeds on wall on Walks 
by the winds 
ts expense 
said e ene cutting ‘off the 
estroy them ; and 1 
will languish an re tedious. 
way of getting 110 pr them — uprooting Gia at once. 
The Deen and Couch Grass ete 
of life, will ont n su 3 ating we impunity 
time; the form of these will spring up 
again if 7 3 pad He out of the grou and.” 
order of annoyanee to the perennial weeds, 
such as Couch Grass, Da gory: Col tsfoot, 
Nettles, and Thistles, which e yea! be got rid of by. 
erfect extraction, wou ake of annuals, and of: 
adow G «the sth troublesome ; =. 
r. * eeds, and 
produces itself, mber of crops 8 in 
one season is almost Wadde. In the heat of summer, 
and amidst the rage e of re a it 
Its seeds decal a pet H 
. and so of many more of these annual productions which 
I could enumerate. 
me, in conclusion, 5 impress upon those 
who are forming new walks the importance of — 
proceeds from a germ, over whi w he ħas haint! 
ei anng ingrediente oS e take which, if he allot it to be carried abroad, will 1. 
judgment 
— 
walks certainly appears 
sted onslaught might, 1 m 
nything that would 22 estroy the vegetation . 
emembering alpen important and 
that s the motto of . 
* - 7 and negligence 
eng ak 
attested fact, 
and Polygonum 
tioned as being m much cronies by the use of common 
Ga — . 
introduced to this coun es 
than —— Its remarka ably ele 
habit of growth, and its bright — flowers, 
with which, der p 
covered during two mon f the year, 8 it an 
objeet of great . It is easily cultivated, requi 
3 a tem ol uy 60° to 3 aer 8 
from 
yo | 
or =v in June, it will be 
form 
salt—see Gardeners’ Chronicle for 1845, page 642 ; and 
of a slim nduced by heavy dressings o of, salt; 
see ibid. for i84l, page 846, n this fac 
ed for by 
pee 
Cryptogamic plants, which would have, when young, 
described. Sulphate of 3 will kill 
* = 4 aL 2218 
Prof Henslow 
weed that has lived to 3 che W daa 
Nature the formation of seed; and beari 
where only one grew 
What shall we, then, 
a ae Mae from 
ur walks ? 
n ANNA id not re b and T foel -that wo 
ceeded in destroying weeds by the use of a solution 
rosive sublimate, and he also attests the efficacy of blue 
vitriol 9 of 3 and green ae “alpha 
of iron). The ate is ted to 
sublim: 
to yaks game all vegetation,” 8 the ee er corpor 
ave 
and iro 
saien en 
size the foll 
pe Sar ced ratios, ‘ee tee tha ¢ 
no permanent 
th of m sof bers 
from 50" to 339, . water 
if necessary. 
s x that 5 soil — “kept i in a 
— is — n exciting the plants into growth 
at that ear when it will be 3 to afford 
them —— light and Bige the young | shoots will 
any ao 
and d so le the vegetation of agen 13 3 —5 
Nad The a je common salt i s pre 
e ta ear: into eres 
| =a pene: of these rin eer ints 
| the danger of usin — kia 
— — 8 = 0 
ogee I do 1 think — 
ee dels 
y one or two applications of 
will be sufficient to to keep them 
Hb 
8 
f clean and 
: "The plante should be read fi 
. y for ng into t heir flow 
25 aie sort 5 4 iad 
not be allowed a | 
it, as — will flower more profusely if not 3 
4.— be considered sufficiently 
ens in tbe Bere a 
is dear, an 
sely 
verance, and guided by 
e this e e sa are — — 
t 
eee aby ‘the fact that three ou 
gd Freer Let ri 
ress 
ee all indebted to Get Son have means and the dispo: 
n to experimentalise. H. Bailey, Nunehams, Ozford: 
eee 
TRADE MEMORANDA. pce Sn 
Who is R. C. Bradley, of 10, Belvidere- 
k-brid 2 3 who is“ comple 
— g: G ha Cot Se 
of 4, Edge-terrace, Kensi 
Rev. J. Blomfield, ‘who, we e believe, is 
the nursery trade ? 
Home Correspondence. 
What is a Footstalk !—I — induced to ask this her. 
t single 1 
understood the word —— to mean here = 
— which supports the flower or flow e does 
whether the habit of the Rose was to 
singly or in clusters. On another 
ten 1 8 ised to find my 
marked * too 
inquiring of 
etal 3 — eingle blooms. he 
enter a 
ers 
. decision was wrong. 
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