320 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Eau Taa 
UIT FORCING 
Pines — Shifting x may be proceeded wi 
active stock re creased 
be applied — N Aly 
een dry. he fruiting - pit excessive heat 
as the young 
room. . must 
the weathe 
tan An uniformity of vigour 
support each fruit. a regulation pe aris may 
a sith lade te ouble, 
GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
The prolonged duration of fair and summer like 
weather has pr d a marv 2210065 and delightful 
thy and vigorous 
der these 
insta 
wane of e prg tone of those w 
a delicate tint of any co 
urs 
flowers, those e 
well vith ** 
with t 
more or less arp n all these associations. 
S — * OWERS. 
Pijiks. These flowers wil Aad vial the — for a a 
dressing of decayed co ma selectio 
of the stem or stems for blooming, Seay? in 3 chat 
the grea e number of flowers each plant has to 
bring to spas wY shee they will be; we advise 
one stem, which if en attended H will pee osd 
the most ‘satisfactory bloom anunculuses.— Water 
between the rows occasiona “lly and effectually j 3 by no 
means stir the — soil. Tulips are now in full 
d. 
central position in tlie pa ‘others may be 
stem; these, of course, should not be in the m 
neat and proper 88 xh gina hnde in all col- 
ons, and now is the proper time to e the requi- 
W. all wh encing 
visit the collections = the most eminent 
ecti 
S Gi 
lomens ; Salvator Rosa 
byblomens ; Lady Middleton 
and Dixon’s Monument, feathere d Roses; and Lady 
Lilford and Catherine, fiamed Roses. Auriculas and 
3 require o knees cool 
as seedlings of e 
they should be pricked out at a 
inch and a ha 1 way) in store pans, gently watered, 
— kept in a e frame till they ¢ get established. 
Carnations and Picotees,—T. 
inks. up the pres as they “av 
tight j: oy thoron e! soak the pots when water is stig ; 
do ee and often principle, —— 
n as convenient; shading an 
æn ts 
cot Beans and Scarlet Runners 
may be planted out on a warm bord Bas 
joram may be pricked out. Frame Potatoes shold 
be covered at night. We have observed no appe 
atte 
by i idiciously stopping some and favouring the 
— of others, by the removal of unnecessary and 
neighbouring shoots. 
COTTAGERS’ GARDE 
ane deficiency of manure is denen serves 
inferi vegetables, yet it is not unusual to find a 
side — gouty of weeds r with the useful 
crops of the garden, to their direct injury, as weeds a 
8 active pe or ng the fatness of the land ha 
bles oid the 2 m sauf ng weeds into 
the eel fh and burn them 
with all rubbish t that can K co olle ected, want a useful 
material will be obtained to keep the Turnip =e or slugs 
check. Stir and water Onion, Parsnip, and Carrot 
bedi’; ; a little rh expended in W wl be well 
resi Sow Kidney and Harie inches 
apart, row of Seite —.— should t: all means 
be e got in; for suc ny w Peas, Win Beans, 
r Beet, Mangold Wurzel, 
awns—C W F twi — ae 8 
monia is e 11 with rain w: 
Dissolve the sulphate at the rate of ria r 50 much ine 
water. Plant the omen 
ence of your i shows to be the 
be some early so 
MeELons—Sub— 8 practice of * inocula the blossom 
be recommended, more ee in dull cold wea blossom "ist, 
when Melon forcing is be e pollen = 
blo: is sufficient to fertilise several fe 
deners generally use the bloss emale flowers, Gar. 
a 
, Genista micro 
3, Ceratonia Siliqua, — H H oa 
mannia gier ashire—l, Muse 
2; Myrica “Gal "3, Pie e sA N 
5, e Snow ‘yapium, —. 
2, Chryso 8 e 3. 4 
xylobiu 5 
capi a 
deri; 3, „Cystopteris tenuis, © ed a 0b C. 
fra . S——D S—Dolic he Botaniea iape 
is froi 
2 j 
AN 
nista canar ien sis; 
sid 
ragi ilis os lignosus, of daw 
zine, not of Linnzeus an ug ot I 
ard: 
NSIES— OF. 
‘Supreme, Thompson’s Pizarro, Gosset’s 
lison’s Perseus, Hooper’s Nonpareil, 
PEACH- hope our Pe — re 
fine; excessively ET air; partially overcast. 
Overy fine ; dry air; clear at n night, 
0—Very fine; slight dry haze; clear. 
n—stighe hs ae hago Ee sare ＋ hot and dry; clear. 
Mean of the k, 4 deg. above the average. 
1 
State of the Wi Ck he last 22 y , for the 
g 8 y 20, 1848. 
28322 : No. o Prevaili i 
82 8 82 8 8 2 anoo È Hit revailing Winds. 
May. 558] SE 5 2 5 which it Quantity Ser = z 
Ae E a Rained. * EE E 
Sun. 645 49.2 | 523 8 0.66 in. 3 4| a| 1| 3 4 2| 1 
Mon. Ie 65.7 41.6 53.6 6 0.41 2 2| 1| 7| 3| 2— 
| Tues. 16 67.2 43.4 | 55.3 7 31 4 5 25 1| 1 
Wed. 17 66.7 42.2 54.4 8 0.58 115 4— 2) 4] 4) 2 
Thurs. 18 61.8 45.4 55.1 8 0.17 115 4| 2) 2) 5} 3j— 
Fri. 19 65.4 44.8 55.1 8 0.50 2| 5} 5) 1| 16 2.— 
Satur. 70 65.9 447 55.3 19 114 1} 4] 5| 3] 3) 4] 1/1 
The highest temperature during. the above period occurred ou the 17th 
1833 —therm. 86 deg.; and the lowest onthe 15th, 1838—therm. 26 deg. 
Notices to Corresponden 
Botany—J K M—If you understand “ Schoo y * 
have m = the first Firm step. Then pro 
a book on wild 2 ts, such as Ho coker’ Bri lora,” or 
Babingt — 5 anual,” 75 n sy Synopsis; * and com- 
pare — it canbe lly any plant you are certain about, so as 
rself t ei applicatio om ‘of technical terms. 
If} * aoe ay 1 oe latter, procure —. * s so epee 
of Botany,” A prea ee nier ar ja ae till 
2 have st tudied n flow rend Bor sh “Bat. 
ne pe the wild Lychnis, Timothy pat S the wild Hy ee 
the Oak, the Honeysuckle, the a on wslip, and s 
eeg Byt understand the 
subject. h he more time you spend over. each plant the 
easier will be your task afterwards. 
CALLA ZTHIOPICA— 
è 1 e. 
with a pan of w the pot ards October with- 
hold moisture, grey aio the plant is 2285 Bri ly but not aoe 
dry, in which state it may remain until the beginning 
ary, then repot again as before. 
e ee oe ey may be a good useful sort, but they 
The 
are very much the reverse of handsome fruit, 
es—Leyton—The sam is terribly mildewed, probably 
—.— to an insufficient circulation of air among the Vine 
leaves during this unfavourable, rainy, pee spring. We 
GAAP 
thy, ge some 
sufficient ir has, 
Haste 
neat 
= “We 2 cn 
ca pile 1 wide 
the trees should va rough barked in 
he winter, W.——H —Beat the surface of your lawn with 
a fiat Aires and poor boiling water down the burrows, the 
form: ill incommode the perfec’ s which are ae the act 
of forming their nests, the Dater will — their progeny. W. 
—D S E—The little white objects upon the leaf aaa are 
the eggs of the a Aphis. -lion fly, which will be giao — a 
— 
— you withou eing a pralke amag pr 
“glassy looking maggots” which, attack the Strawberry 
plants. A pill-box eut down to the thickness of $ of neh, 
ora lacifer-m atch box, would have cost nothing 5 — 5 the 
postage image your 5 with 8 liai 
to whicha littlè sulphur has been ith a dec 
tion of Elder leaves. 
We do not know whether Ivy will 
‘whigh h has been painted or done over with oiled ve 
with Roman cement o 
should: $e “ig andes p without delay, Batatas 3 
oil; it will upon a wall covered 
whitewash, 
Turnips, and Spina N 
and Swedes may if — also be 
State of tk h London, fi ding May 11, 1848, 
Chiswi 
May | Moon's — — a | Rain, 
Age. M i Max. Min. Mean | 
— G 2 30.166 30.1 71 36 558. E. || .00 
Satur., 6 3 30.089 30.022 78 8 58. S. W. 00 
8 4 30.045 | 29.993 7 7 57. S. W. 00 
Mon,.. 8 5 30.112 | 30.036 76 6 56. W. 00 
Tues... 9 6 30.222 | 30.353. 7 8 58. E. 0) 
Wed... 10 » 30.30 0.260 || 76 | 36 | 56. E. 09 
Thurs. 11 9 $ 0, 84 0 62.( 8. | 00 
Average 30.179 | 30.123 77. 71373575 1 .00 
May 5—Dry, with slight haze; fine; clear. 
— 6- eng very fine; clear = night. 
7— vor ‘eae t throughout; 
8— 
to bea 
to 
n the border. Do not 
ieee 
rees 
by a disease 8 termed alete is 
— ae changes from — pe to very 
is — — y too much strong man 
os it get too — at any time orien 
keep the fo'i a clear of oon bl 
La u state that you 
riy 
be —— into aog together with many that yrould ots. 
fru — ds. must not be 
wise form The terminal shoots 
stopped at — a nly some of the most forward of 
those next the Sending shoots till further n „ reel 
Vin ave u idea: unless there has been an 
escape of gas from flues or a pa ting apparatus, 
Misc, — Neophite— —Pelargontums have ‘fren flowers; Gera. 
niums regular o They are W Lary 2g pave pie 
Lik aes advantage in curviline 
A span-root is one which ope 2 a Arbe Ieee 
cob should be taken eff so, as to enable the roots to 
— S—A a 
through the pots into the g cape peg brag 
—J T—We plat aneta such a q 
reasons. How can what Will or will not be exhibited 
in a given place 
W FLOWERS. 
1 are r specin are de 
aud very e and marking.* 
seedlings ons pers ey ‘Salis me flowers 
revails in all of them 8 that — — er seine e ‘too 
an colour; the 
rs There are some fine 
good in form an m; atid in 
eo pi form it 
ch stained.? 
— peri rect, and the ssi 8 is too m 
CIN ERA B B—Your seedlings are e me 1 
very 2 e specimens 1 mia A sent. No, is an 
attractive nom 25 with dark disk 
1 Se 74, disk 
divided bet white and crimso: 
11d etwe . op ee 
of pet peedings are equa 
present day. —Your seedling i 
the form 
Fe ad ee seedlings 
Pre 
etty flowers, but similar coloured varieties are 
3, a large, wn 
th 1 — ad margin o 
eye bold and fine. “This low 
, 9" 7 J C—The best flower i 
i "r substance is 
pyan of the petals; thi 
perior da eee selfs in ee e, 8 5, 7 
stance, colour, and shape , i 
preserving ; they 2 are all gm small. s bete 
HODODENDRONS—G R A P. es | 
good for 8 in Gen nthe seem 
deficient, Serpent in marking, with the ex 
are weak 
EnRATUM.—In hr. Walters advertisement nett 
week’s No., bottom of col, ¢ a Geran 
Superb,” read “ Sylph Superb ; 
read be aleer and for “ Victo ria,” 
* As — any e 3 
late, and hens are Gasca oidabl. 
inquiries can be made. We — . 
kei those numerous correspondents, t 1 
interesting contributions is still delay 
