824 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
(Dre. Co 25, 
2 tongue, | but narrower. aga = 8 round and round 
~ the mossy.columns of the ws Rodis garlands, 
t 725 7200 wondrously- elegant state nop 
from 12 to 18 feet iong) Springing from sd 
kan, and v ntly out ie sight 
again ; cand ‘hon I Dada aog whieh I answ red | by 
and Dick soon bounded t me, followe d by 
ar r 3 with the 
id of Grass or any kind of WN but 
with Fern e like a thick, s ven m 
5 thousands —of Fern ‘ne es gre 
of near] orm size, and at equal distances, all straight 
and erect as chiselled pillars, and, spri nging from their 
living ching, ern 
av 
gro oof of the daintiest N thro 
a ay of “ight ia xe down 
place strangely suiting z with i its almost meroa character. 
Openi 8 med like arched 
through “Jon dn awn 
Fl and stray dition’ of sunshine falling across Son 
were faintly reflected on the fret aN ult abov 
Dant jy might paint — scene; or perhaps one of Ca der. 
mole’s wondrous water colour a lat done on the a 
mgit convey some irah le idea of its form cal colour- 
ing, but a mere slight ske be h were racy useless, After 
reluctantly leavi ving our temple in wilder ie we 
time ionger amidst he grand and bea 
8 
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= 
n 
d 
where, e, rem 
. twilight of the | nu 
somest bunch. 
ing. As a change from the present to sever 
5 5 spd come on suddenly, be provided with ame 
eans for covering pits, frames, ig s eanan 
555 = deg: exception of forced pla 
ihe — of 
thing e 
rse for ala 
h po Og p Pah Bebit in e . subjecting them 
be Fe bey igs fae 0 Ne 1 esent season of the yea 
n light—so impor to the hea althy action of 
8 e le cannot 3 ny it. e Achimenes 
and Gloxinias are’ required to bloom catty, a few po 
nay now Mei started by plunging them into a little 
bottom-hea 
= 8 
FORCING DEPARTMENT. 
ches can be 
mber, selecting the one > aga to form the hand- 
Tying i e young wood should be 
eer mp en bringing ok shoots to their proper 
pos gly deg the danger of their 5 9 65 
i fte the 
th = 
time, and before the trees are nailed. 
For the week ending Dec. 22 ese 
Friday., 17 
Satur... 18} ¢ 
DY FRUIT GARDEN. 
il 
HA 
nst s will require some 
Fig i wall protect 
mater ial | placed aids th 
E em in tlie Midland and ; 
— 
is dre his 
weather, ir possible, that it may 
STATE OF THE WEATHER NEAR LONDON, 
as 8 at the H 
TRMPERATURE, 
Of the Air, 
BAROMATII. | 
| Moon’s Age. 
Max. — — Min. Max. | Min. me 
208 30. 026 49 
119 30.007 52 
29.999 29.771 56 
30.053 | 29.925 | 51 
29.794 | 29.738 | 49 
29.905 | 29.769 | 51.3 E 36.1 7 | 7 cy 
17—Pantially overcast; fine; Ea with li i a 
18—Clear; fine, with sun; uniformly overcast. gn og 
19—Densely overcast; slight r u ercast, 
20—Fine; densely 
17 "39.239. 
30. 
30 
® 
Pe 
2 aE 
w 
88 
y fine; rough 
22— Suben i) 0 = 
Mean temperatur 
vercas’ 
he mere six days was 4 deg. 3 
wandered some u- ee increased of course by day, agreeably with BLEUE ame WEATHER AT JRT 
tiful scenes around, a collection of small hea of the weather; gradually advance the night . the last 26 ye ding Jan. L. 82 
Ferns and othe nev one temperaturo to 60° and ae to 65°, the S%. | 88.152 — 
very ornamental shrub, bg es known as the “ Tallow e the flowers are ready to open; keeping the or ie fia | fsa | 33 | Ye | Quantity mt on N 
tree” (fi asy pulp of the ie aa ther ometer from 10° to 15° hi gher by day, according L | 288 | Ae | ained, of Bain. 22 2254 
growing * . abundantly, and in great luxurian to the amount of light you can command. Keep up the 7 si eau 
but every o 5 ae ind was growing out of TA heat in the external border esi an when necessary; | Nen 2 493 30 % 9 1 mind FRET ut 
tree, the foster- ted bearing in mind the i ard effects any sudden check woe: x E23 ct ae ee e 7 4 
pes withering, whit the nursling throve most v vigor. to ther e now in action produce on the coming Tears, 30 143 337 39.0 le 0.30 171 i 
ously, eemed, generally, as “if a seed had lodged | crop. ing succession Vineri ries into work as wanted. | Saur. 44 | 335 36 § aa ea 
in the ai haaa rind of the Fern 8 nd had sprung Late Vinee in which Grapes are still ag = “The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the Shh, 
„ 4 
e | require fires da aily, an 
and air ety ent to kee 
and fruit dry ; remove dec 
re 
and well 3 5 the roots fe frost. For a late Grape, 
1833—therm, 56 deg.; and the lowest on the Ist Jan,, I887 - therm. 13 deg, 
1 to Correspondents, ; 
e Horticultural Society’s Catalogue may 
Lí the Barbarossa a rs to possess va me r ti 
a foot fig d t WA H ot s 8 S were | Peacu-Hous Pin an ectar which have gos had through am poy nei 1 
ough, an eir great, coiling, snaky root- beg fo d f. 1 Coke Bricks e — 5 no in on 
shoots cil about the poor da hoary Fe ef trees, mt Ho 5 Ebuds, erg oftentimes produce a lare ge these beyond what is given on the authority of the Weekly 
These t ite 4 or p ly o imes, at p. 631.4 
dark p andsome, with rich, e trees. A natural consequence of sieves these CucomBers: WC N. We cannot eo borea 
b n, gloss ossoms, succeeded | to remain, are weak flowers, and inferior fruit and wood. Faurr Tares: SM. As pedis ning. 
y most brilliant oured berries, kiny when | When, therefore s "the ase, the trees will be heavy crop three years n, 
7 7 es ? You must thin the spurs, an and shorten moderately; — 
„split moe and nd th se flying back par tially dis- | gre atly benefited by well thinning the — om ewi Wir pearly — off, for by 80 o doing yod; 
s the bright red cluster of seeds within, like a little leaving the Nest and those most fa von rably 4 neu — T ‘wait some years before blossom-buds nan 
P Pasante with an Orange-peel husk, Th e beautiful | of course a con siderable number will be still left to 4 0 form ||—W M. If the pakehouse et 3 ; 
Tasmanian Sassafras tree is also a dweller in soms parts for casualties. Syringe twice, or oftener daily, till the £9 Yona — *. 3 vinches away from the wall in 
of on 5 tree valley, but not in those we explored | bloom isr ady to expand, when it must be discon a Vie der to retard the blossoming, which would 
on the present occasi he flowers are w i 3 S th” Wee ö 0 as to be in danger of injary 
2 e Da Latu DA = hi re whi 2 me the night temperature may adva Se Wee nes z brought out, 30 
$ . ge right green, and t i from frost 
bark . beiti, in A being, a ing park * 3 sr ie a ic: Gai rrive: 8 Wax: 12 5 3 oe hg Ta 
decoction, an excellent tonic medici he wood is Bho 8 pa if wanted early i increase the heat a 8 nag d melt and mix them we — 
hard white, with scarcely any Mess ae but is degree or hve weekly. Pinery.—Pines are on bro paper,” which, 3 a 9 2 he 
e or shaded wisn li w egular occa- | deficient in e at this seas ] 5 applied. We, hone prefer grafting ale unable to gire 
ional ia inking that it must etako the plea n is Improved by | Iypran ORCH 8 we believe that Cantor's 
nt f . P i nE Shi rp ripening 2 to all the light you can com- you the infor mation you ud ees ty gentleman at Madras 
e and giving but lit ater : the only agency established. z rather not 
pense oi bat, found it quite ma f care after the | ig is likewise 3 at all Aa et high. ee tt, I attempted to — dare f 
was remove z of it furnished Mr. Mere- | and more than ever necessa od this ti C pi <= h has already been attacked by btless, 
„with an excellent material for a beautiul to ei is. time, Continu way into Celery which has e of which has dou 
Tu ; y | an increase of heat to Pin wanted to start, ai of the Celery stem-fly, the presenc ter than 
sailing-boat, which he carved out of it for George: and this wet season, induce y to a grea with 
e Erte close, velvety texture of the ie ms Pate zr = s RaipAD iiy by day, Attend, to io a ad a Watering the ground round the Celery P vire yoa 
* ted for ng of any kind. The sa h 3 3 a to er 
hae and other bushmen familiar ma 35 tree call mich th pA re og 5 * atn for 
t indiscriminately “saucifax,” «5 * and those earliest saras when iy akon th 
action. i "3 2 mnie 
ee eee a i ee, ai 
- eroj 
should be ET slowly as yet. * 
Calendar of Operations. FLOWER GARDEN, 
(For the ensuing week.) cept in the driest localities nothing 
done in this Soe, 18 paying — to order 
PLANT DEPARTMENT. a ing-stuff, however, 
e forcing and pits oe ba ko 1 nyt thin 
activity, to supply the various calls fe plants in bloom, should ee oe 
which at this season of the are more or less in e ae * other quart ier ptoms™ ad 
demand in most ee d be taken temperature is 8 Keep the stock in in pits ge frames Spawn: W D 8 will thank som 
are moved to sitting rooms to graduall well ventilated, and the surface soil of the pots fre- MUSHROOM e for information as to — fhe 
harden them for a pa or two, either b i 7 | quently stirred. “Dust with sulphur tem agi Erving Mushroom Spawn, which an. 
i FF adi. (Similar ked with mildew. Be hotbeds and dung-heaps at this season, 
atory ouse. k the Fruits: Sub. 1 and 2, Beurt 
tion to Keeping the atory gay with bloomin — interior of pits, containing — of the 2 PLANTS. 5 TPe fresh s . 
l let e arrangement P the pot plants be — above description, as dry as as circumstances will permit, “ale tenera A A, Odontog n ie The dried 
sionally changed, by grouping the plants somewhat FLORISTS FLOWER eena and Meede things: pray thank 
8 and adding a few striking ones, as some ANSIES in pots, intended for ex shibition, must have us. The — interesting $ an 2 
rdiest Palms, &c., ect. attention to especial care of them; keeping them from the from Trian determina — lido 
plants intended for successional blooming. Insects pores cd = paty by slight Jerie. meme of ee. Hymenocallis, — 
eee kept ci it : 5 i bay fumigating, and of be during fine — * do. ; 3, 
enforced to keep the foliage clean and G AND Piber h jum Adiantum-ni 
healthy. The number of plants b ght sacks will de- bier: Mena but favourable for 8 ele. un Wot is ae Park should —.— some © 
pend on the demand, cordingly. | which are infected’ with mildew or black spot from the | fiene, Unie amy 
ee endrons, Roses, &e., still out of company of those which are healthy, and cut away all Poratoxs: Æ Triz, 
hee ig should severe weather parts. Keep free from heavy rains; give very goot; ba : trenching 
: or Stet e m to any spare till wanted. abundance of air, and ensure perfect cleanliness. — the dung sho 
0 they in now ino grok Ke. shoul be EN taba by afore, eee povon will now pi tres 23 roots midd! le, of D. The wh 
down to the plunging t to stock. Satvias: E 
2 = ee sn Vis wil |e do so at present 5 but we would advise à n the flowers e. which the w 
3 or Tight pik 3 re- | examination roots, as rot may make. serious havoc | The Viren PLAT? 
: ‘abundance keep them from amongst them this damp season, | ee ee 
