664 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Oct. 16, 
middie of tine days; if your frame is kept too close, the 
steam and damp generated will cause —— to“ fog off.“ 
SEEDLINd FLOW 
RATUM: B A. Too much e, before 11 ee us, 
for us * be able, to form a any o Las t. 
buds, so as to produce a succession of flowers. Allow 
them a light situation, be the blooms may expand 
freely and ge a od e 
ire ERY it 
Dasa: HH. P. 
seen. The petals are bold, — and con cupped ; centre 
March, or beginning 
lost i in closing up e hous — premisin 
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average ; t defici 
in depth. As a tirst bloom, and at so — a period of the 
year, we consider it of some value and m pro 
PETUNIAS : ichester. Very maohi: peio ~ being 
packed in dry cotton, but apparently of little value. 
Miscellaneous. 
A Royal Botanist—There is one king in a who 
is a em practical botanist, and who must look back 
upon the hours spent in the arrangement of his tine 
arium 
in a vain and retrograde course of politics. 8555 monare ch | in 
in question is his Majesty of Saxony, in his 
scientific r as g pect, 
Many are the stories told by his subjects of their ruler’s 
adventures when foll g his d ess 
y ; how, more than once, astray from his yawning 
courtiers, he andered in h of ‘was vegetab 
ross the frontier of his legitimate dominions, 
and, on attempting to return, was locked up by wn 
yora s ggler, nce he could produc 
nọ passport nor give any more proper account m 
0 
self Gian the preposterous Aer that a was their 
king. Fifteen years ago he made a famous excursi 
to the amd and piratical 1 1 7 ha itt of F 
as literally a voyag tanical 5 
the potentate sailed 008 e „ Adriat a steamer 
il 
laya oit his plants, ably and 2 zealously 2 by his 
equerries and aides-de-camp, and guided by the advice 
of eminent botanists, who accompanied him as members 
of his suite. 5 a kin 
uch ly progress had surely never 
bee before, u e Great may hay 
relieved the monotony of conquering by making occa- 
sional natural history ursion h his guon 
tutor Aristotl tenegrins, o eca- 
n ordinary o 
means trustworthy 
modha ked b worst 5 
of the nne, Korn Highlanders mystified 
to render spi onour ngr and unusu: 
ey 
wi s me dry, non-conducting 3 
tis fortnight pas should be dressed, if n 
with young Vines (which, however, should never be 
Tawid. so early, if it can 1. avoide ed), whose upper 2 
are apt to break before the lower ones; and which, in 
consequence, should be kept to nearly an horizontal 
i days, g 
temperature. Use the e Beaty: reser — 
the house is elosed in ons afternoon, to create 
atmosphere for the ning. Where pot 
are started instead of — ones for the first wien 
_ | to their fruiting house 
sey al stooped to to he a new or rare specimen, the 
with much ceremony, presented | an 
8 iew. 
j poo Vineyards.—There are at least 1200 acres 
of vineyards around Cincinnati alone, giving employment 
à no less than 600 efficient ore at an annual cost 
tha w 
amilto ords e direetly and 
indirectly, 10, 0 „ us and sober people. 
American gr deners Chronic 
Calendar of 1 se 
(For the N week.) 
LANT DEPARTME NT. 
Tue present bright — 45 55 2 Ren ooh will a 
of advantage to gree m, by 
assisting the ripening of thei 5 aa vers have | 
free entrance during each 215 day, Arm so as — 
avoid draughts, which, u nder any circumstances, ar 
injurious; yd weather should Shewide be taken adoni 
ey may (after being e cake be men ged into a pit 
or deep frame, and hay 
abun 3 — to — Gra EACH HovusE.— 
may now have the necessary pruning, 
preparatory t o putting the sashes on early next month. 
other houses should be untied aa exposed to the 
d l s be kept o 
rough the winter, a good com — of hent ee 1 
is ti 0 inter 8 ate — — 
o -shotlld be the maximum rature. 
n giving air, avoid letting currents of cold air come 
in contact with the mre but ss 
peaga and stop every appearance of mildew by 
sulphur, The boxes or beds add 0 — er en . 
to | slight surfacing of turfy loam, to encourage sur 
ts; water with clear soot or diluted fo wur 
water each alternate time, using it at the temperature 
of the arangi 
GARDEN AND SHRUBBE 
In Sibh Aoealides the frost of the oth ‘ill have 
li destroyed the Wer tender plants of the flower-garden, 
and such should be removed immediately. Proceed 
with potting —— plants as it is desirable to preserve 
and = ag anges a N 8 ee ce be applied; 
to eral 
a 12 weng flowering — i fly 2 acceptable 
as the more gands E nts of summer ; and steps should 
now be taken up the beds 2 are cleared, 
i the purpose ' a i te a to the enjoyment of 
ing. A ellaneous mixture of dwarf early- 
— 8 aon al plants, and bulbs, is most 
or 
commonly ait 3 but in ener laid out, 
be carefully d bund 
flowering — 2 bulba to form a rich ri varied 
di isplay, if properly arranged and carried — shee 
pe awl give a list of the most useful p 
Leon in the meantime a good — ae kx 
should at once on procure ed. Lawns wi ill at this season 
ire dail 
13 the last 26 years 
—Overcast; fine; overcast; clear and f. 
9 -Pront ; clear with bright sun; are Walke 
. rain. 
overca * 
ht. 
en uniform ba 8 — * horigo 
ze; clear above, 
temperature of the weck, 75 de — tk She horizon, 
+ 
ATE OF THE WEATHER AT ae 
ending Oct. 23, 1852, 
Wee — 
Sia 4 2 d oot |g esi Prevailing Winds, 
BSE | S23 | 58 | which it Quantity N 
“m6 | 36 Rained, z 5 * 
eee 
3.0 0 | 505 8 0.18 in. 11 “LS 
8.2 | 43.2 | 507] 13 a 417 HEKI 
98 | 40 ox 11 ois = 22335 
93 | 4 95 12 0.3 27270 
83 | 398 | 49, 10 0.6 2 32 344 
8.1 | 44.2 | 5h 17 05 241055 
715 | 415 | 49.5 17 0A 3212347 
+h | — — 
inet and th during the above * od therm. a daga ah 
Fague de * 5 U 
require 
roll constantly, wherever the turf is hollow, to keep a 
firm sward. Wellclean the gravel-walks for the winter, 
and 8 ap — be well rolled, that the water 
e surf: 
tage of to clean the surface soil of pot plants, and to actively pan with, as the wea y not co 
wash the 5 of the pots, to promote free evaporation | tinue so favoura tie and one day now is worth two 
from ‘the. soil during damp weather ; great attention in a month’s ti 
and paths | free from dirt, decayed leaves, &e. "Thess | 
ttle 
look at a season when flowering plants are getting scarce scarce. 
The ae servatory and stove creepers trained under the 
roof will require an additional N in, to allow more 
light to pass to lants underneath ; — 
well thinned out Wa 
As a supply of alvling i is 98 in request during 
he winter, a stock of nearly full grown Lettuce and 
Endi ve should at once be tran 
e yas, and N her 
flowering creepers, should, erae r, not be disturbed 
at this season, 
labelled, that no confusio n may a hey are É 
wanted for potting in the spring ; all c of ‘the above kee 
much better in the pots in hich the ey grow, and sho ra 
be placed to winter in a ro om or shed, bi fe there i 
ros lo 
to the stove by night and d endeavour, 1 b 
a low night temperature and liberal admissio missions of air by 
to 
Winter Spinach, thinning it out 16 in 
STATE OF THE WEATHER NEAR LONDON, 
For the — ending Oct. 14, ee AA he Horticultural Gardens, 
bie k — 8 
it is that the putty — y works out by 2 
expansion and contraction of the glass. We 
There rial with large 
— they do cme exceed a foot in width. 
w WEED: Diss. This is the ee 
hich ts Marat = has published a 
vies — st 0.1 
intend to add a —— of inem in id rg 
y les, 
e., may sti hoe etween; as should 
ches apart. 
objections 
Wua Guanes: RS. You had best plant 22 s 
undy, and Early Black J dat %. 
y 23 
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Notices to e 
Standish zer ain A ook oi ag 
P és The Winter Garden,” by Barron, wil possibly mit vee 
| CucomBERs: Delta. Cuthill’s Black Spine is one of the best 
be 
Shen you any farther advice. — bi are a man of intelli. 
e able to apply the information we have given; 
fr st — aah you — — —— stay at home, or or keep 
your money from 1 
Reader, “See p. 133 of our current years 
n no account use Kyanised timber fora 
greenhouse roof, if it ts ever to ie exposed toa rü fa 
The mercurial salt volatilises and 
There 18 no harm in sulphate of copper. But a 
— 3 — der eg rape soi originally well constructed, will 
e n 
— 5 that the TER n to — . saturate . 
5 4 Z. It i 
ub s s positively re. 
quired — ALL tm 5 tnd Pears piz fruit), 5 shall bo pa; 
e and perfectly coloured, or it will be disqualified, 
See the Printed * 
J A Tinne. 11, Blenheim Pippin 
ouse Russet; 14, Scarlet 1 
maeti a ppin; 5 5, Blenheim Pippin; 6, Northern 6 
3 
y Heath. 1, 9, Beurré Diel; 4, Glout 
ontel ; 6, 10, eurré Rance; 1 aa 
Louise ; e — — 12, Beans e 13, Passe 
4, Golden Reinette; a See oe Nonpareil 8 
RD, 1. d Blenheim Pippin 
Reinette du — — He Mignonne ; 5, 2 
: WE. Den pero chrysanthum.—L, It 
is the — torulosa, a very fine, tall, hardy tres! “4 
grows fast, and is indifferent to poll; if it ia n 
ot calcareous. 
tly. It looks well white hens, "e 
may prune your Deodars now, ae — n the len 
have pushed 6 inches, and are pably iio 
o 
you prune it at present the bett It ill ‘ee 
itself.—F D. 1, Scarlet Arbutus! ey Pomegranate: 
3 
H. ep lant 
8 onds suticiently 1 with the igure s «ad description 
in the Fl. Peruviana of S. procumbens 
e 0 
We are not aware at 
the berries of — of the —.— po A nonya 
dible except S. geniculata, which, from iy 
character given of its 3 e a 
small. Open of seed. when ripe, and you will 
o see no objection to your Plan on 
lh he oof 
it be — you do aot eo wear snaps i tor r 
bel 1 idg os * 2 “er 
below t si ridge * Tour 
the heated air t 
cure effec w If you, 
ull account, ts 
8 your, bed 
man previous c 
tubes of hn fy 
IPES : a W. You had — penne — 4 is oped 
The la 
tag 
to be an earl rly, Bla at wall 
of its meri ex wall in in good 
16 feet high the Royal Mus: ripen Grape oe 
cadine will cable a y 
probably the best 8 Malvasis fr 
on the 
makin 
24 H. P 3 Thellussoni is an annual. growth; 
— 215 en they show symptoms them, 
der pi oe bate ethod oF t oy them is tO . 
of t 
reating pots 12 
