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GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
investigation, and 3 appliances, might confer much 
ice on a etable physiology, by instituting | 
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experiments on this “a ; nevertheless we abide by 
the opinion we e nat the connexion 
may be between the jor sate ofa — and light acting 
upon vegetation, we do not perceive. ] 
Late Peas.—The soil of my garden being very light, I 
Biss A essen periodical recommends. planting 
in a trench, like Celery, with loam and manure. In the 
wants them to commence bearing. I have thus treated 
Prussian Blues, Knight’s Dwarfs, Hairs’ ee dee and 
British Quee ax They have been well watered at the 
roots, and mulched. - But, excepting the British aai 
they are all sadly mildewed. 2 ears ago, on was 
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returning: from France; in October; I wrote to you, 
remarking the gy io of pes Peas even at that late 
Season, = was hopes orresponden 
acquainted with Sen in tat county, ares e 
some —.— But information has m 
appeared in your oo th 11 ; uite clear that the 
are rarities any now — then to 
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tion on this subject made to the Horticultural Society 
many years ago, by the late Mr. Knight, — ose in 
another colum. 
Rough Plate Glass.—A gentleman about to erect a 
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o wreath moke a mile and a half ahead of m 
could — tence ne “cures those tcf — “es York (Strong echt 
world), that what I 1 was right. It would, overflowed and killed a strip of bark. 
be difficult to convinee that 9 inches of raw breadth, down to the ground, In 
pigs’ dung are eee * a sufficient quantity the sides of the bark with a shar 
of stable-dung, which would raise the heat of the] the open space and the wound 
ul ewi from tin im i as I 
as circumstances might dic de to th - ree pe thinking to get the bark and wo 
portionate to the 8 mperature within tlie commenced running as badly 
house. I very much doubt if Mr. Mitchell, of — ton, raised the elay from the tree 
applies raw pigs’ Aung = ot — border It u altogether, Fears are enter 
heats, but remains ac cold mas n rarai — the tree. If any of your e 
precluding all the genial 9 o be derived from | could suggest a remedy whereby the bl. 
solar rays acting on the soil, an ia on e the stopped, or say if there is ( 
border is deep and not properly drained. I believe | killed, they would oblige . C., 
— if 9 inches of cold, raw, pigs’ — were allowed “ holes with very dry Elm wood 
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| e e —— , and other evils must inevita a . gee 
ensue, Might I request, in conclusion, some of your S0 cietis, 179 
able correspondents to express their opinion on tlie sams ie 
| subject. J. 4. W Tooting, [Our opinion is that you} Calnboxlax HORTICULTURAL, Aug. 7. 
Remarkable Flight of Ant es — following may ae, and especially of Carnations and 
be interesting to those who ta leasure in — were superior to — that had been 
history :—On — . 17, about 5 o’clock in in Scotland. The following premiums 
the afternoon, I was in Romney Marsh, — saw ea — For the best 2 Fuchsias (for which 
dark 3 N 1 at — thought was smoke. It competitors), lst, Mr. Walker 
a quarter of a mile from and its length was with Clapton Hero and Pearl of 
ards of a quarter of a mile, and = breadth I should | Crombie, gr. to A. F. Adam, Esq., for D 
thik e 50 to 100 yards, n —— me I Voltigeur. Best Exotie Ferns, including Ly 
omposed of an . which se seemed to have | Mr. Anderson, gr. to J. Hende Weir 
suddenly collected — from | quarter rs of the | of Pinks, grown and exhibited in pots not exces 
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— — this — and the millions which were oe ae sgt tye Buck Gist, Laura 
left i ges, am, the mer). For n Carnations, produce 
orkmen, who work three miles from the place a 8 ow 
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column was observable I know not, but for a — four meng . Rainbow (Hastings). ee 
miles ; it 82 uoki at the rate of 6 or 7 miles an bridge (Ma, i 
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answers for the roofs of such hou: He is aware that the east; it was very sultry, | (Slater), Flora's Garland 
en rec ded for Vineries and o forcing; and there was all = appearance of a thunder-storm, | land (Elliot), Magnificent (Ely), William I 
houses, but he wishes to know whether it has been tried for | which took place in two hours afterwa Ki d Napoleon (Le 0 (El 
t , and if so, with what ses ; i ing | Spence tion a similar flight of ant flie 1814 in | blooms of Picotees, produc 
be required where it is used? H d likewise wish Kent, and in 1812 in Suffolk. The ex dinary circum- | Med a 
to asce from those who have had it in stance is that the ant flies seem all to have taken wing at for Ganymede 8 Princes Royal ( 
time, if dirt does not t on it more than o the same moment from all quarters of the marsh, almost | Mary i te ten ae ey 
having a 0 ‘face ; condensed | 30 miles in length, and to have coll ether so (May), i „ Ophelia 
- vapour rising in every house to the roof runs as freely quickly, At first I thought the column must have come Pines Arar atone) Guilo R Pa 
* of this kind as it does on good sheet, as he is over from the continent, but one of my men who was Mrs. Bar (Barnard), Alfred 
afraid the roughened surface impeding the flow of collecting ants’ eggs for me, tells me on a sudden he Pride of — Village (Kirtland) ; 
might o. drip more so than with other | found himself cov ese flies, and on looking | for Sebastian (May), Duke of Rutland 
glass; and as the: of is fixed in his he saw the s covered with the flies, Gem (Youell), Portia (May), 
t it h evil, it be which ran top of the strand and then took win 2), Ophelia Mey): 
more like pen with rough plate than good sheet. They were all on wing in about five minutes from the King James (Headley), Queen 
e is aware that it has been strongly recommended by time he first observed them, and from that time, | Isabella, dark variety Cee 
e es jaria ot had sufficient ee to although he continued getting ants’ eg Tenus ] he pri f one 
w. g to: a conclusion ; hardly a fl in the nests 1e man has collected | through the Society, by Messrs. 
now wish — elici cit the unbiassed opinion of all aras have | eggs for me for some years, and he says he thought | to —— pete ma amateur 
had a engthened trial of it, and hopes they will be 
n pointing out its defects as well pe si merits ; | Severa 
candid in 
he = r tempted to try it, but before doing so 
nform 
of your correspon dents, who have had experience in the 
matter, will fayour him — the required information, 
made ts for commen 
used is 
with, Rothe ner 
ine Borders with Han Pigs, Dunge—The 
S eee Vine 
3 statement may afford some little instrueti 
to young gardeners, and it will certainly be the means 
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the course of a few days. Now, I rejoice to — n 
the Grapes far 
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s length. ~ flies were from the nests of the small 2 8 ji es 2 
ntly dead. On Henderson, with M orman 
me- examining imi roots I found their extremities rotten, | (Matthews), King of Purples (Ga 
i > the kin bark towards the i Prince of Wales (Marris), 
is wanted, in order that the work may be progressed | wi ; 2 
can only y repeat i 
hey ap eted. is es N N — 
on | to 1 foot deep on gravel ; the average girth of the Oaks | Alice (Wood), Portia (May), 
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late | which appear like little brushes, used for sticking into Bizarres: Duncan 
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whereas, if this reeking, moving mass (when — 
slaps er 1 odour, was allowed 
about nine years since in a damp situation it did edged Red Picotee: Mrs. No 
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there were — eggs and flies than usual this year. Carnations, was — y Mr. H 
sses Lady of the Tak A y” Hale), Mi 
tell me they think the column was more than a mile in | Lord Pollington (Ely), Justice Sallow (i 
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of ory, land ( 9 
near Rye. 
Diseased Oaks.—In an avenue of large Oak trees the | Messrs. P. Lawson an r the 
foliage on ee of them became quite — about a which there were four competito 
nelose eim ur 
t : ngus have caused their decay, | Su therland (Burrou pn, are 
by what means can the others be served ? as | Foulis, gr. to J waa 
is ay feet at 3 feet from the ground; the girth of the 
ore the ay rot t ook possession of them 
of y I ieties: Sear: 
of what wood the little sticks are are made, Rancliffe (Halliday), 
e : 
— Youn Searlet Flakes 
really efficacious | (Simpson), Cradley Pet 2 . 
Garland ri 0 
Having planted an a imbrieata | Beauty of Woodhouse (Mansley), 
should shun, if poudin a “contagious 
C accused b m pom 
deny P toch 7 : only motive which 2 — a 
Poy i that I might be able to 
an appeal to the whole gardening | 
making holes about 3 "smag and about fo s — 
| a 3 ine res. apart, t 4 f. ere an ; 
ee from the ground. The woun st . * sent Stove 
person had i 
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e. should — three of the upper laterals — the many extra 
end of October, and allow the fourth to become the —— and 
bel Roses, 
ancifolium speciosum 
| Bleeding e Tree. er ——_ eynen ago two leaden | with Achimenes, and stands 
— aA th Plan — — — 5; 
the Tiew of sipping the Ming — — 22 and stands of 
