THE 
GARDENERS’ 
5 
424 [Jung 24, 
ere the | ed | skin ts b allowed to can be] rather have been ‘the web-spinning lackey e 
used for the Vinery, only slighter, those I support and roots being allowe remain hey P p g lackey, oF small 
pa ese about 6 ft. at hack and 3 ft. im fro 1 Soe =~ Fed separated eae difficulty. fe ‘vill often, at — my „ year, ~~ mischief, and — 
cover a row of Peach a Jectarine trees Sad this season of the year, ir attacked with the 41 Ä or are infested by. Thrips, and m „ W Vig 
the trellis made of the pieces eut from the een n- fly; r ts e them w mel-hai h. Keep stone — x times, and then syringed with clear bein, 
were not planted till early in the spring, and | the plants in the shade, ‘aid occasionally water them; Nau i appar jas ee. s—8 E : gre um eari tre,—_¢ A E 
is not one which has not fruit, and some e have a fair crop. |as the capsules of seed become of a rownish tint, r, not determinable in Pose 333 * d' fome Umba, 
There is them with the stalk. Tie eight or ut together, foaren hereafte: — —1, Epidendrum 9 dee fruit ang 
ig „Ep. tripterum superb i j 
trees than those on a wall, and the protection ‘of the | and let them * carefully; ae hie t the heads Ep perbiens in a dam; 
glass ‘ances the trees first against the frost and cold | in s paper „ and hang up in a cool airy 8 eae cen MP gag mithholding water when ta — 
winds in early spring, and next the ripening of em | place till they hex wanted to b nine Pinks.—These| Ji, a Pithecoctenium, 4, a Ualllandie n; neither ine fa 
in a bad autumn. And thus a thing better than a may be piped or struck from cuttings. There is little} for e t determinati on, nor can wei 4 
t N A E r ri volvin serious s 
of 14 feet high, is obtained a than half the cost. | art in this operation, as if kept 5 moist in | bs leaks adits und uate time as the naming exotic plants 
e trees were small, the border, which was pre- or situation, , they will soon strike root. ns] send them will also supply full particu sg. Meir bite pig 
in August, Sats with Strawberry plants, Picotees. 1 ce origin. —M J. P—The fragments are not British; ta 
a ; but they 
under the ge 3 under glass they would amal flowers to one; if the variety is hl song, bn The Verbascum is h ~ 8 
ruit a week or fortnight before those unprotect two buds may be left 1 blooming. wan is by ac ia 8 7 * as are m — ; 
The hot matai ee has brought those in the bid . cree off, b o means e i the n the 2, Epilobium angustifolium ; gment of soar lan’ 
open ground this year into bearing jate as early, and | bud, as mething extremely p bre glica ; 6, Le 
under a heating un e glass; butina dicii i in the 77727 of these N p earn ele ,n a ; 
bad season, I take it, this would be otherwise. It wi TCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD. where the trees are apt to get too dry in summer’ fret 
be obse: es are o all round ; that Lose no Sinio in planting out Broecolies = — stances render it necessary to lay an orchard down in Grass 
there is no labo care requisite beyond what is | gree erally. Br rou too and if the latter be mown, the ground should be . 
necessary for trees ag la ep- highly recommended. Continue to ridge 5 ‘Celery. j red. 1 rer B shorten 
tember and October to have well ripe ood, whilst if Ano wing of ma, tri Keep the hoe . ee y aR vag! 1 3 inchen 
we have a wet autu y Peaches against the wall will | in action, and so Aa revent the soil e about grow- Pear t fail to produce a mass of i 
1 ing rly as 71 i ing crops. h up Potatoes ; as yet we are entirely | What you must a at jonas anche ‘to select & 
Although the sides are left open during the very cold | free from the disease. Stop Peas and Beans, and stake directions “horizontally. Teate them 1 tree in all 
winds, my gardener had for a short time —.— Al piece of ground should be trenched and ut shorten, and thin out all others. Shorten first by taking 
front some nets or mats, as a protection richly manured to receive a batch of Strawberry plants a little off mall the points of the shoots, excepting leaders, 
against the wind, but I doubt if previ oia necessary.— of this season’s forcing ; they are to be preferred for} Then, 8 ee qaae ose to 
Dodman. th tap! oa 0 Practice to e and n sprung from almost the same n order not to depri 
P. S. In giving you an account of what I saw at Saw- d each n. It is advisable to begin the selection the tree of too much folinge at U, iiaa 
en, spirn I omitted to notice the large collection of and potting of Strawberry-run 0 t year’ the thinning, and then 3 her shortening the 
re hard bs which Mr. Rivers is cultivating with | forcing as — as they are advanced sufficiently for the upper part of the tre treo, e, betore th ine lone 170 rot 
reat suec ed I believe there are ob purpose, en they show a disposition to root; avoid the contrary. r Winter Nelis has probably been 
here which mf 8 3 ained. Is gst a peg nearly filled with rich loamy checked by cold in iint en the first of 
in 
&c., a — frame of well 
grown plants of Rhododendron robustum 
8 of Operations. 
hem in small pots 
ne and probably Epi Collect a good heap of 
compost for r ultimate potting : we employ successfully a 
mixture of l aren * — cow-dung, and decomposed 
night-soil. 
State of the weather near London, for the week ending J 
trees is prevented, they frequently make a second effort 
the same season. 
1 d—Your Champion of England, a 
d, is a fine looking Pea, "m 
in fi ht Peas each, 
are spot here a flavoured, and if, as you ae it is a 
eat bearer, and nE as early as the double bloseomed 
he ame, it must pro * desirable va: 
Ww 
Grifiths—Your r an Say trawberry is 
= 
or the ensuing T me 22, 1848, 
10 5 ATORY AND GREEN as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Contributions from the e should al assist the June. | Moon's Basomeranx, || Tuermomersa. || ind. | Rain, 
or = in maintaining Age. i Max.) Min. Mean | 
tory. The removal of some f the larger specimens | Fri... 16|| o || 29822 | 29.748 || s2 | 54 | esol) S. || 09 
ess the stove swil afford a useful space for = Satur.. 1 15 || 29.800 | 29.754 || 72 | 54 | 63.0 || S.W. || .00 
Sun. .. 18 16 29.992 | 29.365 || 68 2 | 60.0 || S. W. .07 
ung an cate portion of wet wat: which n W | Mon... 19 || 17 || 30.142 | 30.062 || 65 | 51 | 58.0 || N.E. 00 
ues... 30.130 | 30.075 66 56.5 N. E. q 
pam | be pirer and otherwise encourage ed, This Ret Wed... 21 19 30.065 | 30.063 || 77 Nr 
commendation arp ie e si e or recently in- | Thurs. 22 || 20 || 30.019 | 29.866 || 81 | 5b E. || .00 
troduced tender plants, which should Baii rask appliances | Average. 29.995 | 73.0 | 52.1 | 62.5 || 0.16 
to uce a vigoro as our June 16-Very 7 soll at We rain. 
i z 2 1 Clou an ue; bern 
are sadly trying to g 18— Densely overcast ao rain at night, 
ture of — week, I deg. above the avera 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 22 years, for the 
„be remembered tha ropagation of most ensuing Week ending July 1, 1548. 
plants is facilitated by the employment of bottom-heat oe. Prevailing Winde. 
and l ec quently to] zune JA 1 2 š wees 
look over greenhouse use plants plunged out of doors, and | and Jur. Age of Rain. ete Ali E 42 
check the Py of worms and the ro of — > “| 222 
and attend to their security from the effects of high dm 28 | 719 0.72 im. || 1| 1) 5} 1 2} 6) 4) 2 
Winds. Oke ids.—The pre d eath will Tues. 7 fit 8 3 ilaa] 6| sl 
nder the use of the syringe less frequently neces- | Nur 29 43 0:20 24 2 760 
sary. Atmospheric humidity may be sustained by fre- Sg, | 732 eee 
ee damping the house If the oh ee and Con- | ~ rhe hichest t à tants per iod oscar ge Sy 
us admission of air can be mana managed, however small | 1825 —t r 5 therm. 37 de 
the. the amount, it will be found useful. Let a ranted of 
turfy peat be kept at hand, to make up the baskets otices to Correspondents. 
IRRITABILITY —J M R—Drakea elastica is the oot ages you — 
FRUIT FORCING. senate ut. Iti isa Swan River e trial Lo d, pany known 
as With the gement and shiftin 75 e irritability resides in the stalk 
of succession plants, if n. completed, i “fiers â the ip whieh hae am Seba e N 
soon as ad 
the growth of 1 
of applying too much 
allow of n 3 
eae 9 ter 
= 
oe 
free circulation of 
to the Tipening frui, and beben 
ai — ber and Melon. We 
| Contrers—K C B— mentioned i he 1 
of Malaga, and aloni dis- 
tinct. Itis much quite h y. riety ds 
lonica is much ear it has lost all its 
1 po ne 
REENHOUSE—. ou LOW, 
e nme ag en a by a 
W ng, according to the o We 8. the 
— | They ay 
your to the 
~ quite: as s large as 2 * — — * ite flavour is 
not so good, we thin ance for the 
aused 1 cant 555 
go ad shula answer such enquiries by an 
nnot advertise for you. 
3 RoskSs 
This sort is isa 
ee 
have No. 415 ‘No. teti 2 4 
one pariet flower, 
Misc— 
ou have 
ou can 
spring. —4 
you mention. 
wing 1 
-— Reader—Statice arborea is a hardy stove 
8 N ig aag those which have store Pl 
of vari under the hands of “florists,” bebe 
special. 8 by which alone their merits 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
TIRRHINUMS— S N— Your dark flowers are 
— its gro tie they are sapr 
arge mete e ed urple an 
with the á 
erte TE >- You seedling is a very! 
flower. It is also Maas in colour, being 
with the purple in the centre of the flower. 
3 
8 inch dia mn 
$ inches in diame 1 
— but too smali “for nent 
] 
E 
0 
£ 
and more Oie a 
d 2 flowers. 
perro makes a good variety 
and bn 
— 
4 
and 2 are 
flowers 
ith the exception o ono 3 1, good 
different coloured flower 
and 3 in oe but in foot it is he ers: 
others, being rather flat and looped at the bles Foster’s Me 
Prtascomoue WL L—Your see resem in substance 
tilda, b to — = favourite and there is 
is 
pots in the top petals ; these varieti! 
date, as we have the same high 
——F F—Both y 
1 
the upper petals plum colo 
this is a A f, pea 2 its colo Calor, but 
where fom 5 are raised 
gs 
seedling is the ge sine 
are * from m o oa eollections tre h 
a usual, 
to late, and others are unay 
an be made, 
of those — 
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