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THE . 
CHRONICLE. 
(Jan. 
how to bloom. When ey greenhouse at 
4 found all the petals 1455 bn Se nn dite) i 
thought this remarkable, but conceived tha 
r a longer effort at o 
rpose 0 when, to 
my a =e dt I found that al all by petals s whioh p 
d in ing w 
steals of the 1 ght] ‘ide were then “rally e ex- 
panded! The left petals remained closed. The 
was a full-sized fats healthy o [The seed promises 
mature ecem Jo ‘Iti is obvious, I take it 
then, apk — law perre gof these 
owers, ich normal! y ca ses them loom at 
night only, tnd for 14255 — ros tar 3 affects eg 
individual petals t the totality of the bloo 
Hence if, y sae — n w 
petals mistake a dull day for the night, and open, their 
have begu twelv urs’ 
n.. and an see beer more; and th ore 
wing compani eep closed till true night, 
Siad flourish none’ in ‘their glory,—but wori do it, 
dependent of 8 co e- De and present decay o 
often no 
their companions. 
tus Eyriesii @ remarkably rapid re 
Echinocac 
bud. 
in react exact state all the day, checked by the igh ‘oad 
ot begin to burst till the sun is goi 
Pie Tontmin —— bey oan als of Natural History. 
are happ 
* 
increase in the annual subscri 
s’ Benevolent Institution.— 
* 8 that a aa ee eee is Institution 
on Thursday last, under the able 3 cy o 
Robert Grosvenor, the su subscriptions at ir dinner ere 
reached the sum of wh viz.: 148/. donations, and 
50%. annual subscriptio Among the donations were : 
The Chairman ee ee es ee 
W. Stuart, Esq. ae oe ee ee 101 
Duke of Cleveland .. oe oe t. 1 
Robert er 2 oe oe «> 101 
Dr. Lin es ee oe 
The Sherif 0 oe „. 101 
Robert 8. Holford, Esq. ee ee ee 101 
W. F. J. Farmer, Esq. ee os =. 
Rev. J. H. Fisk oe . ee oe 
Messrs. Henderson and Co. np ee 
. J. Webber, os ie oe 4 
At the meeting in the morning, the usual routine busi- 
was transac and the accounts shewed a small 
criptions, 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing We 
Roseberry is preferred by some for forcing fo 
first cui, ve few surpass Keens’ Seedling for an ‘easly 
ai contin we have seen the Princess Royal 
Daphne (odora) i greenhouse plant; another ; 
8 with * red flowers (Cneórum); a 
had of any nurse: _ 
Epucation—Z7 P—Y our views deserve praise 
en 
pesi. voei s0 Soltero 
N GARDEN AND ORCH 
Ifa Da eee of Asparagus be e e 
over e 
preserve = eara ng suit pga the kitchen garden 
stacked an mented ; make an excellent 
manure. ver Rhu barb sd Sajak for forcing: 
ea ue a e system of pruning in the orchar 
e imma ao was of Apple trees wili probably oe 
it not rem short ne . This isa good time for 
the application of — soil to fruit tes where “it is 
required, 
R GARDEN AND SHRUBBE 
io the h ah pany and protect pes ro If th 
removal of evergreens has been neglected, e 
of mild 
the surfac 
t oam, Vegetable nitas: and id: 
may sang be employed. 
RISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Propagation of Dahlia ias amy & now be commenced in 
good earnest. The roots may be placed in a moderate 
hotbed, or use is still b better, on a tank 5 hot 
water. As shoots elongate they may be cut 
just Glog! a ent giving = leaf on each side the shoot 
r kota by which m hey may be pulled over and 
the bud on each side aì at rile base of the shoot exposed ; 
very s 
ek.) mould, in pots, which must be plu — in the soil of 
the hotbed or the material (sand or dust, the 
CONSERVATORY AND GREENHO former is best) on the surface of the tank ; bell-glasses 
Tue continuance of wintry w — 4 — allow of should be put over t There is, however, no mys- 
any essential e. of, treatment deg The precau- | tery about striking Dahlia cuttings. We have seen 20 
to ecessity 3 put into a s earthenware pot-stand, whie 
e 
tions previo the n 
= ailowing-gxterior influences to to gov rh, in a measure, 
tem within the house, ‘may be insisted on. | every one emitted roots dnd made good plants. i hilst 
Should high winds prevail, little d be admitted; hard ther co — let compost heap s be Lee ho ntly 
of our glass houses so tructed as totally to| turned ; give air to Auriculas a eT favo rable op- 
_ exclude air; aided by the pressure of strong currents portanity shieltew Caimnations fick cu vii and 
it will v igh every crack and crevice, | beware of heavy cold rain when th — b up. 
and the necessity for admitting it by other means o kt k 0 d-glasses, Carnation 
viated ; at the same time more fire-heat quired to | sticks, shades for Carnations, dee „Ke. &e, and see 
—— gg va tempera of ie — is | that everything is ed and ready for use. Straighten 
am ; ermo indicates so low a degree | leaden layer pegs that h 
of cold without, Cinerarias and Calceolarias will re- on es, if met * d. e ben bs Sen aes 
quire a liberal supply of water and ibly increase 
om. must be cautiously en | 
to pare Fa The i for nhouse plants 8 8 8 — Fee N 
y wer- BAROMETER. | THERMOMETER. =] : 
Man ™ = 772 2 l| Wind. | Rain. 
30,131 srs | 32 30 31.0 N. E. 00 
3o23 | soon || 38 | „ Nie: || oo 
30.358 | 30.338 || 37 | 29 | 330 || NE. 00 
4 | sere | 2 | B | i] SE | 2 
30.134 | 39.93 || 31 | 19 | sol f. 00 
33 ps sey ee. in directing the 3 —Densely ov —— 9 — L SPRE sat 4 — 
« 
— 22— Overcast. and. cold. i nat 
—— 
"as ercast ; 
Seated, ig gabe s labala renew: 9 = Clouds in in strata, sin the gw Roeder it from N. E. 
Ta 5 , dry boisterous at n 
eh FORCIN 955 dusk bese: pi agen Gare ig te 8 bes sharp frost. 
Early Vin nery.— e advantage a low. roofed itme pv 3 5 — ; clouds of dust along the 
tures, built in situations that afford them — — from temperature ot tie . 10 — below the average. 
that usually 
5 State of th 
n, and yet cord mare e Weather at Chiswick feng dha the last 22 years, for the 
St 
ceive p 2 ion fi jis gs. 2 5 Din Winds. 
those who have adopted them for earl . A slight en. E H 43 win Quantia A 
inerease re llowed to foll <a" |< E lla ine 
. ise must be un. 434 | 322 |373| 5 Z-Z 
sider e a day, but not w r oaa 42 J i 
-copi . Employ mats or other beri” Is tect . 1 | 426 | 309 | 38.8 
%%% VV 
due amou P humidity materi jally ints the de jim 3| SS] Se (Bi) n | ei 3 41 31] al stale 
velopment of the buds. Allow a moist heat of 50° sn me on Z__i_o.89 Alal 3! 3] 1 31 31 31 s 
t 800 p a * The highest temperature during the above period occurred the 4th 
pelo rage -A healthy ah tga wth. e ae and 6th, 1343—therm. 56 deg.; and the lowest on the 5th, 1830—therm. 10 deg. 
) an expos re wea 
= af in hothouses ; a hide ‘Tights of ae 5 oe es = Correspondents. 
e Viueries be only k RAYTON MANOR MEET EEC ES t — 
turned . P 4 85 E — a Sole Sud ay CULTURAL MEETING at D GAZETTE fon been reprinted 
8 each tr 0 e or n 
have an increase of hens, 555 to 65° may bution, at Two-pence 2 y be ane z ail 
acceeding houses in blossom re a free circulation | Booksellers, and single copies will be sent free by post on three 
of air. The e treatment E he ued with poenae stamps being forwarded to the Publisher, 5, Upper 
n N p ellington-street, Covent-garden, London 
erries ; they do not suffer for want of DapmNeEs—X X X. None of ~ 2 thrive in cold clay, 
water. Strawberries must eee potion that permits ‘all English clay must be. They love warm sunny p 
them to uw p full Eg eA — and air, they Spure Daira 3 ao otha ee th 
5 urge requires the light warm 
will grow, but great heat. The soil formed in woods by leaves, Sweet 
* 
ya 
aagi eudon, affording an early and splendid | ment. Study the Ai book of Euclid, chiefly. 
acucstoming yourself t and 
display of iui; 8 er or no 1 2 75 thrive et f H dor gardening principles. a 
in this ntry remain s to be ved, drawing, land surveying, and timber ng we 
ilegi ea sh useful, and the two latter 5 è; the a 
mical knowledge are very im an get. 
mission to a course of acura Phi means t 
ph 
advantage € of the * especially W Ere Pi 
a 
UNnderst. 
er—The e Poinotogieal Magazine, il tand, 
Fruits—Lancast 
GREENHOUSES, 20 In consequence of the great num 
applications which are aap: oe ak to us for p 
we are obliged to o sta 2 Svan e canno t furnish them, 
soin n All that is pr 
is to point out general l 
to work out their details. 
HoLLIES Lancaster — Never remove Hollies except when yoy 
are sure that there will be a long continuance of 
weather. November is the peak month, 
take is obtained at Midsummer; but it i 
the worst of all 9 
Sometimes a 
s a risk. i 
tions rarely. 
Names or Frurirs—W Laing—The Apple appears to be a ao 
specimen of Tak Pippin. || 
Names or PLAN TS— When piants are named itin 
most particularly 8 that they poe rs ‘inf ower, and 
as perfect as circumstances permit. Most 1 
requested that the country whence they have b n received, 
and whether they are annuals, perennials, or N 
e or stove plants may be stated; because 
esd We gee —Jasminum Sambac aia jec 
ren 80 viola acea. 
Tin “A Ola i een Wea i 
you mentien. Your best plan w win Kal to “a r the Vee 
5 for it; and then with 
own. 
Porators—We have received a very long letter on this rote 
from an Irish ootrespondent who states that pr * 
about the cause of the disease, yoni — cure. 
he could say. Hen 
weather will p 
. 1 in rows 28 inches asunder. 
eee Sa Se pooh Shoots, 18 inches long, of Apple 11 
Pear trees will erally require shortening ; otherwise thy | 
sree pani = Gat “length of branch AR be naked, 8s 
n pruning these trees, Pruning may be pe. 
poor’ . in frosty weather, provided oie! branches are 
5 actually frozen. 9 for corey of the Plum ani 
S erry should be taken knife may be used it 
ummer greed a 8 9 — jis some cases a light pait 
of garden shears, may be ady anta geously empia 2 kiea 
TAGETES PINNATA— a R N We th such! 
plant. The name is d ede 80 mistake. 
catch the eye of G.“ he will proba 
If this shoul 
bly say what he meat. 
at Vines, if pruned when the moon is increa in light, 
wi a shoot out and spread, and grow tast, particu arly it be 
e in the second quarter Fg tse * the 1 of the moot 
Ne so does the sap in thet eA 
while the moon is decreasing in lig ght & t spread not 
grow fast, particularly if it be dona during the Nast qars, 
because the p decreases with the light. 3. 
down while the moon is increasing will so a 1 
particularly if fs be in the second quarter. Timber 
do wn when the m moon is 8 will last for — 
the last 2 
ernment would attend to ed s ipi e rule mè 
7 8 {If our Gov 
e just u 
as days old. and shr 
shoot 2 and take lel: root = lanted whee the. moon is b. A 
— eee eee an 
fale 
or 8 they take 
ny’s manack, 
so circulated itis aig for =p inke o 8 ts absurdity, ln 
can only be paralleled by the stuff fi in Moot A 
lumn of r le ft 22100 page, under 
—H A C—Prune it when in full | leaf 
to har ao W 
a 
nhéuse , without ae 1 
grow the Blac ack Hamburgh, “Black Prince, White Swee 
_and eo Muscadine. 
WIN GARDENS—E R—The causes of success or failure 
there delightful contrivances can rarely be ascertained 
sign 
article er colump,}——. y—The at 
have given is sufficiently explicit, Beck's Treat 
el ” 5 * advertised in our column 
received, 
c 
N bl 
“late, and pe _ tained till the ne : 
c: e. We must oes beg for the inan 
of those peo dents, the insertio. 
interesting contributions is still dela: 5 
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