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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Duc. II, 
per compost; but if the plants are in 12 or 4. inch 
pots they w will. carr out, e fair erop say from gix to 
(eight bunches sich; Aa When 
and general manager 
1 2 healthy they will quire 
the r thre 
m July to October. N 10 ght to moderate. early work, the Gro en 1 
be without a bed of this charming plant, whose colour is one of the best, with the addition of Cuthill's Black me ORO “bin, 12257 unn an night, rs 
is very distin t of any other ding plant; Prince; of the larger sorts, none surpass Keens’ d- 0 1 ae R 
and therefore it cannot fail to be an acquisition to ling as an early forcer arora 2 d bearer. ew seeds ende i 
the flower-garden. It looks well planted on the of early Melon and Cucumber should now be sown for 
borders, intermixed with other flowers. To grow it in the first spring sors ; dire a the plants are up keep ATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
perfection, it requi soil. It does best in em near the glass, to prevent their becoming drawn. bee the last 26 years, for the ensuing week, ending Dec, 18, 1852, 
as the winter — a little heat. The best way to . * 
cessful wick it is to take the plants off tie bed en 225 Saah ag Wer | Gresten e 
po oe they have done blooming part them (every bi 9 continuous w arnations v Picotees will] Dee. Bee pg 3 SE which it Quantity ae 
will grow), put them in : N the iem | certainly require rotoubled attention, else mildew and <n | <7 
in a little heat till steel are — “ety ; 1 — e spo will jA 15 ete Viet sult. i w — opportunity | gam, Sunday 12 ee 3438 |420| 8 | 026 in 77 
them to ler house, taking care no ive athe 4 ieee tii 1 oyster by b Sof t tiè coe cat te 15 Br : ie 7 Taes. i . % | 397 13 | 032 PEF i 
much water at the roots during winter, only just ur. tlodges — either by accident or carelessn i j Wed. ie 46.73 | 36.00 4 14 020 1377 
enough to keep the soil a little damp. Pot them afresh is Somefim and when i is so, wet is do ubly | Friday 17 4696 | 3473 % 14 0.37 127 
in ake in: Ma d encourage them to grow u to te pla wits Raise the frames on bricks | Satur. 18 45.53 38, 40 12 0.33 1157 gle 
trong ; ia as they begin to root, give them à each corner, so that there may bea free circulation ites sy in — the above, period obeurred oa * 
water, a d'Keep them in tio house til April After- of air amongst the plants, even if the light pt i 
. . a cool pit o frame, Eoi down. Attend to Auriculas in a similar manner. has — —ꝛͤ2—mũ S= i 
Pj har sieaa them a little before planting out: been a Serious time PENS t e 11 th, ; 
p 
1 Hoddesdon, in Turners Florist, Ae and 
Garon Miscellan 29. l 
Calendar of — 
(For the ensuing week.) 
— — 
PLANT DEPARTMENT. 
continuance of dull rainy weather will render 
casional fires Saanaa to greenhouse plants; they 
should be ee e morning, that 
thrown: — — day, to pro ircu- 
i up damp, and help t to E asip 
The more delicate k 
eee of air; oes wil d 
“i in a healthy sta 
s this so ny 
dt ue th iere should be Ae means 
t, nee in bad eater, 
e. | 
and hard-wooded pets = often wanes 
W 3 not induce asa ji 
do n how far our anticipations 
may be hee but we anticipate a larger A eter: 
9k flamed flowers from those have been 
beds which 
exposed to 5 wet than from those which have 
been protected, 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBER 
Let the lawns: be well rolled directly the Bi a suffi- 
ciently 9 5 to N the turf after the iri one 
he turf should Pe e n 
Nothin g Kiis 
kept 
won ness of on i 
loss of more sene 
t the s = 
ab W, that they ‘sy 
eam 
tra 
| — ee m 
d with, i 
the sashes. During the 
ni 1 ventilation should 
the internal air of 
make wood, white. ae present mild w 
is encouraging man plan ants t at the ne soil 
of the pots be pny stirred, as rem 
as we o pro a freer —— ion from 
Page, which have been out of bloom for 
and have matured their wood, should 2 
pare house, where the 
? 
or in frosty weather. 
made above a geil hela ye wooded 
— er. — Pelar, largon s, Cinerarias, 
eolarias ; these latter will requiro a night temperature | 2 
near t as 7 
ight. 
as should have a shift 
Jadis iar trong, paesi rut be 
ee “bloom We 
eie 
s eg the e as 
permit, to obtain all 3 ‘advan ges of 1 
Seedling Cinerarias and Calee 5 
of 45°, 
sto and fumigate on the first appearan 58 — we ver, a bad prac etice to leave any 
As many plants suffer from drip at this | description of fruit tree to itself, as it would in all cases 
season, à careful look-out should be given, and either the | pay the cultivator to prune them once a year at 5 
cause i ped or the plants d. Orchids will 
more es V, require frequent 1 as TOHEN GARDEN. 
exposure to its effects wer be most injurious. As| Whenever the ground becomes dry, put in a second 
Camellias i into bloo e rather a drier ee arly. Pea zagan ans, as the first 
atmosphere in the house, — the flowers soon become 
spotted and decay when the air of the house is damp. 
FORCING DEPARTMENT, 
Vin Nery.—Presuming the Vines in the early house 
in order for commencing whenever con- 
nected witch the demand, and the time 13 ante Aye is 
likely to serve, po "out i necessity. 
routine of NR en must be ed as directed for 
follow 
s the outside border = have pa 
imilar m xclude 
3 the covering dry, as before 
time between the * plan 
be this should 
an 
use are 
on the move, a second d Vin nery nae 3 hey put a 
reco e 
will retain heat for a ee time. 
f intend fo. an 
But with the exception | of the more tardy we ds, — 
J. Decidu- 
ous shrubs s may be pruned whenever ered is ime, except 
frost. Many 5 the larger pion ing plants 
0.0 
firmly can — after pruning, 
reasons exist contrary. The 
* — — g in a clim bing "planis on . 
areades AASA — 5 n till February. Man he 
above ke — vergreen, * when pru 1 at 
pt n 4055 trellises, 22 have a somewhat naked 
ough the winter ; any — ing loose 
pattern should, however, fe cut a away at once 
“HARDY ——— GARDEN. 
92 out previous ons. Where orchard trees 
have been for some. years. Jott a. urgent 
of e. d Mazagan Bea 
rop wil — ost key fi ful ee eae the wet state of the 
I n quarters the drills 
should be Fete tg hy by a idge o of ark left to the north 
e rows; k n mice by trapping 5 they 
re crops of the above. On 
soil 
e seeds s germinate, when they should be uncovered 
every day when not frosty. A frame a likewise 
be placed a. a to botiom-heat, for a s of the 
above, to ace some prote eve ve material 
round the —— of Globe Artichokes, o or rr them "p, 
to keep off frost. Celery ons may hav 
a final earthing up, if the vem ‘has 1 its 
lhe eg P oe , Lettuces 
uently done sto growing crops th 
as by keeping the surface loose and open 
penetrating to any great 
~ 
Books: 
uh » As usual, many ee 
i at depth, 
{sud te ot of lute Se kept in a more active gee © 
$ 
„STATE OF TAE WEATHER —— 
E 29.608 ~ 2 52, 1 
3— Fine th 
Peel 13 
5—Densel 
Notices to Corresponde 
GJ. We 7 Ay aig oe dealers; any boo 
can procure “A W n Season” if he ‘choo 
** James’s Gardening,” Ato. 
Catico: W C E. would be glad to know the kind and priol 
calico used s0 1 for ten years at Nema Sutton’ 
and no i i i : 
ELERY: Wyéa 
little“ ts 2 part next the root. 
CUCUMBER and Co. We are unacg 
variety 3 ee t 
Heatina: G B. Gas applied as * at p. 
HEATAS : Am ur repor rts of the- pci 
exhibitions yer Chiswick, in May, vane, and i t 
furnish you with lists of all the best sorts grown. 
London, i 
* p VB. We see nothing remarkable in the 8| 
Many annual op pe y produce roots at thei 
even in seasons n t like this—for inst ance, 
Indian Balsams, 
Names oF FRUIT3: Su 
Beurré Rance; 6, 
8, Yorkshire Greenin 
Russet ; — * — Greening: l-E P, 
Die eau. The Apples, k. lit 
Beurié Diel; 2, Marie 
N 
Diel; 
Doyenné — 
Nen or PLAN 
Lomaria bor eile ey p L. 
tion, nevertheless we 3 lt 
2, L dilatata, There is n seer 4 
on Ferns generally; beginner ` 
Newman’s or Bores ** Hist * 
general account of the gene 
arrangement, 1 $ published in 
1841. S. Bota Your fro: 
Polystichum e (Boch) 
favourable 
tragon 
Amer,, 
SR B. Kepler 
. Try the — rat 
some time ago in our columns. 
7 Bloomer. 
ber bru 
with the more highly-fia met ‘Tuber 
m. The latter — — has not yet 5 5 
82 . 18 3 m metimes 
ruffles — — 
case it Hog useless to hunt for the 
stivum varies 
is nearly 
vier 1 2. 5 7 according oe 
velope 
TEGATED LAURELS : Sub. agi ie 
ire abt, ane ot one ue. They ogeu" E 
-eig bbe 
: H RM. Your queries 
cats at the end of the y 
ear. 
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pae Saam mwaa contributions is still 
