288 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Apri 29, 
forms and waves demonstrated to > sight, and the power to | 
| pa a nap ti with other good qualities ; it is only by 
grees that aon is attained. 
and another be as complete as that to observe asss action 
4 water when disturbed by any material ca he 
experiments are likely 0 Ae ere 8 ene in the 
Royal Society. = Athene 
A of Operations. 
wo sage 
CONSER ORY AND G 
Tue gaiety * 4 of che “feral display in in the 
rvatory 2 not at this season s the 
slightest degre inks, ee Pela ar- 
— 2 still be N by the . pit. 
ARDEN A 
N 
8 Lf H hl 
nent amongst the many_ brilliant pame s that 
ur gre Amige a „ stand the Azalea e pro- 
they produce, of rich and var ied shades | 
abit and easy cu e 
ery collec 
ewig este: 
n a 
h have made an increase of growth, and succulent 
a cool, 1 shady spot t for summer Turn ps 
lime and soot and sharp eyes ee 
“el og to stopping, dis- 
of the 3 
fro 
as plants for ot ddin 
n-fly, in addition, s means. 
„ Inspeet regularly all grafts and n adopting every 
o | means available for their preserva 
State * weather near London, for the week tk anda April 27, 1818, 
ired, av king the stakes obse rved at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
too prominent, and let the habit of the plant be ex i aN Banomersx. || Tueamomerun. || ind. Rain. 
pressed, Gardeni ow be showing bloom, 4?" | Age. || Max.) Mim || Max.) Min. Mean 
flourishing in a close atmosphere: a pit with dung fr... 1 17 || 29.507 | 29.412 || 54° | 45 | 500 || Nw. || .09 
linings is most co ongenial to tbem. Air must be ad- Sater 3 s || fonr | aes || 6 2 % ih oe 
mitted cautiously, tuati ided, | Mon... 21 20 || 29.923 | 29619 || 50 | 39 | 445 || N.E. os 
pss 9.923 29.7 2 40. E. al 
5 e 5 chara r of the we ther Thurs, 2 39.399 793 5 30 435° S. W. 10 
‘Pay ae 2 been that of February, a he than the genial | Avraze . I| 29753 | 29.638 || 54.1 | 36.1 | 45. 3 
warmth and sunny bri ightnesss esss of A April; in the 3 April n- Drizzly; overcast; rain at night. 
of eee ee e of given, while the neces- — Boe oH overeat 3 3 
— 21-0 ve d:izzl d cold; t. 
si ists of maintaining a temperature pr proportionate — 33—Deneely y clouded Seng overeat, ` 
to ae an ro 8 of the Vines, recou - be — 26-Slight frost early A. u.; cloudy. 
had to every artificial appliance to procure ial J go beige hen 8 Soret 22 L er 
atmosphere. The necessity of 5 = r frequently 
being generally allowed, an State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 22 years, for the 
system of ventilating othous ry is yet seers : E 
the imperfection of the rdinary plan of vetting b 228 | Sea] 28 eren | Greatest || Prevailing Winds, 
the front and back lights will have been felt by all andi, S | £65 ŽS | wbi ch Quantity il ceil fet Leb 
‘ L i d Mey. 22 88 D w it IR „ lal l= 
necessitated to its adoption during the late cold and “=| AE | Rained. | FAI ea 
loomy weather. Pines.—Keep the e j the Sun. z0 | 637 | 422 | 529) 9 0.31 in. 2 2| | 1| 3} 4| 2) 3 
Ming of succession pits. A pression of tem. r ; 3 | 420 | S81) 9 | ost 244 
3. — 3. . $ 2 — 5 
perature during the early growth of the 8 8 16 933} 1l 00 yaa 44103 
k x 3.0 5 70 5— 22 
checking eee — = be likely to see serious | Fr, 5 | 612 | 433 537 14 0.25 3 3 i 3 3 101 
injury upon th Wa of excessive bot m-heat. — 6 63.9 410 | 524 10 0438 — L21311 
Water e in proportion to the “sheers e highest temperature during the above yeriod n on the 6th 
z e y of the 1830, and h, A J — 
plants. Attend 5 stoppin mag teat ing Peach tree 1 vend aths 1833 therm. §1 deg.; and the lowest on the Sth, 18: 
3 ving been stopped, laterals will b 1 
produced, which must also be stopped early. Keep t Notices to Correspondents. 
soil within the house (the tree being planted inside) * THE TREE Rosk.—At the request of numerous subscribers, 
stirred, or under the shade it is apt to get sour and “the ae pena of this work has been reduced from 4s: 6d, to 5s. 6d, 
with d Mel 0 5 an ree), reprinted from the Gardeners’ Chronicle, with 
green n wi amp. Melons. n no account sa 13 additions, is — 5 ready. Published at the Office of this Paper. 
diminution q va a the Melon pits. See to pips e ah a’ oa — Your ee Apple, which you state to > 
the e . nent rain excellent for culinary p ears 
bes > sc ata the eer rae s 3 pen, chilled Dumelow’s N N is ies known to be of jee 
P p laterals quality. Whether or not bee seedling excels it can only be 
early. The fruit is injured by the a Ae 8 val of a abcertained by a comparative trial of both. | 
e Of leaves Back Num nese oT eae ach will be given for * . 
LOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, ing Nos air ie F 
Whilst the weather remains damp and cold, man men 
b : z , Many 3 MG- Bevan o te ‘the song ys t 
operations will of ne wg etarded, ake u —A Subscriber—Pull down all io oose paper, remove all 
3 of work wap = sere as ee 3 Joose plaister, remove all old carpeting, &c., and consume 
Rolli g a ing should b pr 3 and e e ill u = plais wet Nea with plaister of 
ae nd corrosive sublimate, Fill all eracks in wood- 
pesto ancy Newly I laid turf should be e . work with corrosive sublimate and putty ; fill all crevices Sin 
e groun th. en surfac the floor with soft soap and corrosive sublimate, Fill all 
heir 
es. Roses 
oak be visited 
aaa vise 2 tly, and cha fora of super- 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
We often foel grieved at the 5 confusion 
ted 
which appears to judicially in the 
signation in the collection of his bour; thi 
know to be the case in many metropolitan collections 
a om _— we learn, the nor n we 
r predicament. We know of i 
soir a ae a more lasting benef tte et 
than some first-rate ist to examine the different 
collections during the ensuing heel 8 8 give the 
, &c, by which many of the new leading 
are ki aie 5 ao ld work of very 
b 
eracks of furniture with = latter; ditto the joints of beds, 
and you will a inate the bugs; not otherwise. 
CaMELLIAs—Storri oa We do not eee what is the matter, 
unless the plants are watered with something which dis- 
agrees with 
CUCUMBERS 8 E Your sreang Black-spine — 1 5 are 
ro To cimens for the season, and, though ra 
ess ee me hater’ 
ur, 
ondsey Bee, Marquis o of War: 
cester, Eds arah, Teebay’s "Fulwood Regret, 
Turner’s Louis 1 Pa pes Eas Gem, and yse; 
Bragg s Antagonist, Trenfield’s A inira] Sto ford, 4 
Beauty of Sussex, and Perpetual Grand. . Miele 
W K—We sot not find that the Metropoliten Sani- 
Commissioners have any particular 8 as to 
chine water-closets, or "that tbey know anything of those 
e er, by Ne Ry elieve they — none at pre- 
sent that they consider as auler, or tbat do not require 
pon. 
persed through sever 41 . 
3 a of Dea rs of — .. s “ gerbe 
RAFTING VinEs—Sub—As soon as your Vins h 
leaf, graft opposite toa grire shoot; stop 3 4 abi 
has made two joints, and cut it off entirely when the graft Las | 
pushed. || 
GAREN HOUSE Novice We are quite unable 
to 
will and many in our 3 . a — qo — 
{ 
byl 
~ ne as 
u may po 8988 Corrie 
Smarties Diosma — P 
reve G 
3 15 3 eee ns and Pico- neee Töm Thumb. 2 eve * aea 3 
bloom are to be attached, which EATING—Sub—Do not use any boiler, but Polmaise your house. 
a swt ad be innere in the — os ers“ conical boiler is a very good — Ja 
pots. Seed must be or sh erer B- Sink some po'tles of fp erdi iaa in the 
xa 
wood-lice ate there i 8 
be minute insects found in neh 5 
ri 
| Ing are a species of Aearus, allied to the ear, spider, We de 
| likely they will attack the Ea a a question 
whether it it be the same species as that found on the Ixias. 
Gas- tar . 
viceable ch 
Holly Nene ar 
fly (Phytomyza 
which feed betwe een the two o surfaces of 
or some oil mixture, wo 
ecking their ravages, 
e attacked by the grubs of a small 5~Tow 
llicis: see Gardea Ch hronicle, 1846, 
the leares, 
not — — 
it unsightly, 
We know 
leaves in the diseased parts, 
— íi ad G—The 
a aa 5 
long-legs. 
tion of gas-tar 
80 destroy these grubs; but car 
atter so as not to touch the roots of pl 
be peat! a — eby. ey re 
—P 
Names or I 
B— 
9 3. “anid lamellata. =a 
name), ena’ m x. > 8 the s 
wi name of another e 
ow 
called E—— (h 
pointing out its 
ae, alluding to some of pors ae 
. 
becomes 
not Z., who 
bi a: he informa! 
PELARGON 
We wer 
perforate the stems of such trees as * As 
e of 
„ alth 
no other nan tore 
80 5 K 
e me a 
alen 
8 mm 
s, or crane fly (Tipu aia e 
ths cen a 
water, or a weak o corrosive s 
— be taken to use tha 
Would ali 
, Acriopsis picta; 2, Y 
Horten — 
oe f — 
he PER pan 
pera not defining hi: mer) 
being the same plant —, and ine 
s the authority for th aan te 
„ adopts 
ns; 2, Saxifraga crassifolia ; 3, Ki 
—— a juniperina.— Keri japo. 
tion : but we weet — 9 
al. is unknown to botanists, —£ A 
hiontas is not a new flower: some years 
since — was exhibited among the regular ‘aol hi 
the for 
SarUBS—E F 
mate :— Cean 8 . be 
Caprifolium gratu 
num crispum, 
grandiflora, B 
Berber 
trifoliata, Briobotrya japonic 
ran 
5111 form a 
of the flower being very 123 ent, it was withdrawn 
from ihe compet ng colle It 
among the fancy sorts, 
appear to be 3 
Eo 
ctions, as last season shown 
ut the growth of the plants do not 
. — co 1 for the purpose.“ 
any of the following for your mild di. 
s, Chimonanthus fragrans, 
m and flexuosum, J asminum humile, Sola. 
s dulcis, gi a — Berberis 
labra and arbutl. 
e will mention it next week, 
Bignonia capreolata and r: 
sia glauc esc ens,” 
toneas 
jel 
rotundifolia, Mespilu 
and Laurustinus, the 655 = for flowering in winter. 
WATER PLANTS— T io— us Papyrus and Nymphæa azara 
will 
Misc—4 H—Doubtless your Berberis ilicifolia is wrongly 
named, as iI the e plants have been for many 
nursery. 
S A regret to 
tion y 
time It 3 
in Corn nwall, 
8 
or 
bri 
that we cannot procure 
25 „ 
ra atuostated 
ati for, exce 
P W—The common Gor 
ers at any seaso nin „ 
3 4 a in blossom all the Je 
ellia g 1 
your e wry. — Z dee He 
r Heartsease. } —— Ignora 
AZ 
loam 
up; then remove them toa cold frame. Much depends 02 
pt eason, but we should think it is rather ae 
to sow Beans for seed. }—— W — In yo 
should think your Cucumbers become wilde ease 
ant of sufficient ventilation, f R M-T pie 
on lawns use lime-water, v gar ia 
sublimate, f Croydon — er ie 
lime- re but do not plant for a day or two 
ards, till it dries a little. Your peer | E 
bloom this year.{——Alpha—We should think your ron 
will b oom this 
d 
use lime-water A p 
humb Pelargoniums—the 
probably suit you. 
eller. The volume for last y 
CINERARIAS— G R— 
a narrow rin ngo 
The petals a 
pretty tlower, “superior 
ery fi 
in colour. 
narrow. 
2 is very superior 
the same rich 
JE 
ple c 
tio ist: This i 
on, h 
hae ee regularity i in their pos 
“e * 
arlier.{— i 
8 
season ; but of course 
the —— potted ear 
2 
æa prunifolia, have 
— We must kno 
t—F HS is mis 
. 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
Lady Tamwortb, variety: 
disk, is a good i, 
of white ee the di I formed. NO li 
od 
r * 
to = — se 
pets 
seedlings are very be ap mt ge 
of the 
NNO IIA 
B B. 
are e i md fl 
PETU pore. 7 Your s ronn, w is 
ros S arnis with white throat, 
8 plant is dwarf an and 
pec It the 
owers 
phe v 
vic e 
G A—Your seedling is a 
formed. 3 
* ee l round the tube 
d the 3 — ea 
elevated, and 
ments are cut ti 
blemish. In 
wi received 
al, many | Com ae at a ahe, a 
eply into the oey 
oo de eral form, & 
colour, gene 
avoidably Sign 
