THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIC 
LE. 
rreet. 5 sometimes occur 
exh austion, os excess of walle se uy 
to this effec 
— 
82 
8 ele 
akea. ee found a most extraordinary plant, | e 
& species of ye gori 12 or 14 feet high: the 
true leaves of the e 7 or 8 inches long, jagged 
and sinuated ta, but b 
d specimens, 
ize to the uppermost 3 which ar y abo 
ï ; ; : If the ro fined to the hou pplication of 
ches across from outside to outside ; bira Anat is e 3 would, doubtless, prove ee e 
e plant after — be e first flowers. m op-dress Vines in rich t 
racts 
the colour of dr 
veins and margin 
et “The green, which 155 
ara e first 
below change to 
| darker and duller shades, until they ultimately a into 
the 
Ciuiues, 
wers 
Tt have note seen: the stem and buds of the upper series, | 
and they re; regularly à 5 in 
ut 4 
e by an Nadie bend a of tepid water, an 
the roo ess of 
— ti N ilar 
r | pe 
ing 7 fa doing 80, sees, 
three of the lowest 5 5 which 3 vil h 
e house damp. Suc- 
moderate an 
gaia on of the trees 
fluous s to ba 
Keep the leaves in health. 
noon, regu e 
ja the aimoaphere externally. 
autious in regard to temperature here, parca if 
the slightest doubts are en e of any de 
ency of healthy roots. Redu 2 temperature 
át night from the rts of 60° tó about 45° or 50°. 
| Early Vinery e mitting air some caution is re- 
quire iad to prevent direct currents from striking the 
tender leaves eep the surface soil of the house 
ep: ee  suificiently to produce at night a pan dew. 
are con 
© 
E 
ou 
oor 
pots with 
er a dry temperature, varying from 70° to 8 
may be permitted. Second Vinery vill ene nde 
he èr 
the task of . = Abbie forward shoots i 
diately necessar “ON erries.— A supply shou d be 
ara 8 for removal into the forcing 
t 
kept regularly watered ; 
the effects of light and any a a quick oe he eav 
1 oat 725 1 necessarily a rapid evaporation 9 
It is advisable to provide r this by plac i: 
apa pan 8 each pot 
KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
en oats the nn ae permit spade operations, a w. 
border or quarter may be prepared, oe a favourable 
opportunity 8 for getting | in a 80 of Early 
the other series contain seed- vessels, N perten 
this oh oe most 3 vegetable 
or other early Peas. The Maz seat fe Dwarf 
Closter Beans should receive the me attention. Make 
rops 
__ seeds. To 
ae which I ha, gfe 
L have gi a ths . es N 
Victoria. Tt, will soonbe cultivated i 3 gardeno of ee 
in Europe, and in 5 other countries 
in M Botanical Maga 
8 
wild or cultivated state, 
een, Hakea 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing Week.) 
Every one has opportuniti 
able effeet of congenial soil 
sume that p 
minate in their 1 of nutritive os but 
possess selective ee. The ex of every 
gardener assures him of 50 and de vient "application | ” 
of soil becomes rig te om of th 
t 
gent ; the g gen 8 
“trolled 4 influences that would demand endless modi- 
fieato: he advice 
pot ting. We have nen 
potted i in fresh cut soil: 
oe hee AND GREENHOUSE, 
The advantage ased so 
be rendered N arent by the increased b 
used 
8 greatly — by bei sei oy 
Jar light and heat will 
of vegetables, 
with a view = eee a a ilar 
the same 
small sowing ot Lae 
| bo opera stone of prun 
compelled a e of the operation should now 
no longer herd a ed. 
pint) FLOWER 
Polyant mihise Las t year’s sondage will now begin 
to throw up occa 3 trusses of blooms. Those which 
have “ pin eyes,” — h show the pointal above the 
Be 
stamens or thru . usually discarded ; but we would 
pe hy onr 1 F readers, who are e fond of hybrid- 
anual eee to sav flow wers 
ich ged er other first- ra 
owing a 
Carnations and P Priks will soon be ready 
as much as possible, and ave these 
„ j W which may be re- 
inj a 5 5 W should long afford a 
tri- 
arden as p 
0 a tittle more water, but not over the foli iage. 
— 
: — 4 — 3, 1848, 
temperature repress the g 
n 3 o 
weather will Ail easily es 3 and 60° ir in bight 
FRUIT FORCING, 
Tic Alon no diminution of bottom-heat. En- 
. Sr, RIE 
Moon’s BAROMETER, | THERMOMETER. 
Age. FFF 
Max. ; Min. 
a 
820 
20 27 
29.235 
29.763 
20.153 
30.241 
20.40 
Jan. 28— Snowing ; clear and frosty; bright sun; sn 
sharp frost. 
20 Founy fine; clear and oas 
—Overcast ; sligbt showers; ercas 
ee and uniformly . 
5 7 t; clear clear very fine; 
— ; . Overcast ; slight frost. 
Feb, slig. ht frost at night. 0 
sun: 
Sta l kd he last 22 
cumaing 8 12, 1848. 
e | Oe A N 
22 8 aea 8 8 Leere in | Greatest 
Feb. | S38 | 525 SS | which it Ir Rain. Ls 
Za“ Ran Ae | Rained. 2 
Sun. 645.3 
Mon. 7 46.0 
Tues. 8 45.1 
Wed. 9 45.5 
Thurs. 10 44.8 
Fri, n 44.6 
Satur. 12 45.6 
Pw during the above 2 occurred o 
afm ta 65 deg.; — the lowest on the IItb, 1845—therm, 3 
zero, 
s to ‘Gorsenpontne 
DRAYTON MANOR anna: he SPEECHE ecg 
CULTURAL KENA ING 95 DRAYTON hava T 
trom y 3 
anner o 
orm whioh we hay s a 
oli ; we suppose it to be s hatis 
oppy Anemone, a very fine race, certain nly. Th 
shall be sown carefully. You must, "ho Owever, thank 
your elimate in part. 
ASPARAGUS s—J 4—Salt should not be applied when the e beds 
are made ; but when the plants are growing— -frequently ang 
in small doses. Water no salter than that of the be an is 
whats we recommend. 
Machine A Gardener- New Zealand by all means, 4 
GREENHOUSES, &c.—In consequence of the great he | 
applications whi ich a re continually to ns, de, 
we are obliged to stata that we cannot furnish then; 1 
impossible to do so in a newspaper. All that is 1 
is to point out canbe principles. Itis for profession, 
to work out — po a 
Hot-water Pip 5 saddle. backed pans, 9 
sno £ 
tdo. They are a great convenience toa 
should be appiiea: But it is possibl 
with them by constant syringing 
upon the heated pipes, so fill th 
that is to say, by substitut ing labour for iron, 
not rec commend zine for the purpose, 
+ 
g winter 
the articles ought to be ed over very carefully, 1 seei 
B wb attacked by. the “grabs, which — be destro oyed by q 
put of brimstone. ; 
ner — The object of ae method suggested for the dest destruction 
ow! — Gooseberry chrysalides, was the battering down the 
the winter or spring, 30 that r when 
disclosed they could not make ther 
h the hard earth. It is a doubt 
is 3 to 2 attack = caterpillars then. 
calves. waa z ery uncertain specs 
tor we think, however, that t your caterpillars will fig 
with the . they feed « on a al ge moe, 4 
Py all kitchen 1 ; 
— MANURE — Monte 
— it i the crops 
baie fed che surface throug! 
y. t pl 
9 
ndsor Sear let- fleshed, and Beech 
ee 
cumbers, it matters little; you had better 
your seedsman, explaining to him — ¢ 
~_— 8 esire. Stu udy School Botany. 
s—When plants are sent't amed, iti 
most particularly requested that they may a th 1 wer, u 
s perfect as circumstances permit. Most especially i is it 
res. that 7 country whence th 
and whether 
ens by post are geteralt bed and A nd much 
Eons by a whic ite i i pia 
less wasted, —J K—Plants not in fl 
They are prob species of 
ently Oncidium nudum ; but your leaves are in 
unusally large. A Young Garden 
Plat. as 5 ~ ae 3, Lastr 
Ruta- mu nk oa Be pong 6, L. 
noide: 
togteris ee 1251 Pt 
14, Phymatode s lo dai — cionit a. 
Ferns are sent to be 3 Mi paaro countries shou 
mentioned, and specimens should a 2 : full g 
plants S FE 
ee erinitum 
adding ple ay 0 f d 
rt it early into povai -m it og ha 
to perfectly ripen its ts while 
ete 
* 
Ty 
usa regalis is a sr —— 
bs be found he hea ei 
> know what 
mater e e Te e not to exceed } the price 
Meness i t it co of course, zan upon ‘he l 
non! 4 
the 165 
K i 
-Your 10 is r 2 er 4 
is unjust bots gay 
warded it to abe: party concerned, We ill “not — 
. de . we to be insinuated awa ay. 
isc—J S—Mr, = Battersea, near London. —4. 
and A Sub, Ireland — We make it a e — : 
dealers... ‘ovr soil seems suitable for Heaths, 
that it is rather . — n table eee thout 
information say what is with 
3 Read the papers on Hekth.growing now being b 
lished in our colum 3 ee 
inter. 
fener letter. What was the ques 
