528 THE 
GARDENERS’ ai i i 
Avg, b, 
Coleworts ; in either he g d be d ug an and 
manured. Spinach sufficient for ty winter en supply 
t 
an v cies should 
weather fa e operation of transplanting, and it 
should be remembered that the present is a of the 
nt fo pleting g 
active preparations at once comm r pr oviding 
a due proportion of serie we last rey — ; it may 
be planted with ad raised beds. A piece of 
2 favourably — poy be held in reserve for 
sowing of Oni 5 w Radishes, Lettuce, and en 
t dro oppings for e m beds, and 
ponn 
t 
speedy formation of Strawberry beds. Examine the 
ligatures of stocks budded i in July. Budding may still 
be perform 
TTAGERS’ GARD 
On every side we possess 3 ot the active ma 
lignity of the Potato disease, but t the small gardens and 
ore e 
lightened eae —.— — che rrie pi — 
Turnips may be sown, and a good batch of Coleworts 
e out. Clip — and perseveringly pursue the 
eeds. 
State of the weather near London, for the week ending Aug. 3, 18 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chibwiek. s 
duly — Banomeren. e e e | Wind. | Rain 
and Aug. || Age. Max. Min. | in. Mean | 
Fri... 30,084 | 30.006 || 73 | 56 | 645 || W. || .00 
Satur.. 29 28 29.096 | 29.055 4 48 63.0 S. W. 00 
Sun... 6E 29.927 | 29.654 | 71 58 64.5 S. W. 18 
Mon, .. 31 1 29.512 | 29.360 72 51 61.5 S. W. 04 
Tues... 1 2 29.689 | 29.369 69 5 59.5 S. W. 34 
Wed... 2 3 29.949 | 29.880 67 54 60.5 S. W. 10 
Thurs. 3 4 .856 68 43 S. W. 1d 
Average... 29.727 | 29.5 14 | 51.4 | 61.4 0.81 
July 28—Fine, with light t fleecy — — ds; very fine; cloudy. i 
—  29—Overcast; very fine; clear. 0 = 
89- Lightly overcast; cloudy; rain at night, 
31—Rain; cloudy ; overcast. Shs cloudy. 
Bnd and rather boisterous; — eee with thunder; 
ee 
; Overcast ; 
Mean temperature of the week, 1} deg. Male the e average. 
State of aan Weather at Chiswick during the last 22 years, 
ensuing Weekending 2 12, 1848 e 
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can 
ee 
leaves are att acked b y the slimy grub o f the Pear tree 
saw-fly, an article upon which appears in another column. 
The trees 2 — be 8 with lime-water me pg 
water, for ral successive days. ee 
which — “the large caterpillars is named Ammo phils 
sabulosa, . ee 1844, p . W.—Cossus, 
You may rear the perfect insect by ‘placing the caterpillar, 
2 a weer — sons wood in which it is found, in a jar, with 
e dam 
“a l British. batterfiles and m hs is Westwood and eel 
— s British Butterflies — Moths, and their Trans- 
formations,“ in three volumes Tee 9 5 coloured plates. 
A pocket Synopsis i is in the printer’s 
LAVENDER: Este. Sow in gentle 3 ind wriet ‘the plants ar 
sufficiently stron 8, harden them off and ifht ri them out in 
e 
peat mixed with a little loam s at ouwardié best. Is your 
sires eb not at fault? ?t—cJ. The Jasmines you n are 
green e plants. Fuchsia Corallina will do — "of ‘doors 
in * Layer your Climbing Roses. - J J C. After 
your crop of Melons i i vet set, thin out the shoots sufficiently to 
admit plenty of li ght and air for the * Vines 
Names or PLANTS 8 E. Silene n —J N E. Gaerne 
rubra, apparently its variety 8 aay Tis. Sc Setaria 
Italica; Camelina sativa, or — of 1 —G S. Your 
Rose haves are attacked by Cœoma Rose, a very c e 
— . ——— age Rose rae the — of its season; 
Not n be done with 1 the 
88 yn citeh and wi N —P 28 Epidendrum calochilum 
A Bolbophyllum unknown to us; near B. striatum, ‘but ap- 
parently new.—G@ N. You should in vail cases give the history 
you ha A bette tions A . Your e . — 
ness in directing your isem “has caused it to travel all over 
ie apie T eee. us. The greater part are morsels 
such a n waste time uF on. 1, 2, ‘Mosembryanthe- 
mums ; Kee Leontodon palustre ; 5, Digitalis s lutea; 6, Poten- 
tilla ne alen nsis ; T T effusus ; 8, Scirpus setaceus ; 10, 
Carex ; 11, Car x; 12, W mus sterilis ; 14, Arr hena- 
therum prez piaia — ety of astrea dilatata. 
This To 9 different appearances 972 ng upon 
age and 1 reumstances. S,— * 7 he ti n from Not- 
e Ps pre rigida. S.— TFH lant is muc 
magi by 5 oe but it appears to at a Bolbophyl- 
lum logyne. It had lost its pollen masses, 
an fee 12 ny ibe a The Rose Tricolore de Flandres, 
received some weeks since, had — to —— As far as 
could be judged from its petals it must be a very handsome 
stripe. We did not know from 3 the ti ame. Of the 
ZA ad = ve * we have ar Mi i 2. 3 101 § * 12, 
an 1 to 5.— T D. ocarpus and 
— 5 —— T 2. Es aatia: — 
zs cannot e privately.— Siy R 1 
J Ellis. Cirrhæa Loddigesii.— t a nothing 
more than ook variety of Mie ata Bweek N If : 
true — it is quite new. I— O L M: Torilis Anthriscus, 
ES: Galega officinalis 
Ontons: W E. It is a very common disease, committing great 
N Try sulphur dusted upon the leaves while the dew 
on them, 
S8 22 > . of P: ili 
om | Sahaj ga Greatest — 
August. 885 5 Ba g8 oy 4 2 fits 
ot a i o Så Sa x | of Rain. kl + || 
<2 an Rai Fier é 
Sun. 6| 724 | 530 | 62.7 7 | os8im, |- 4) alt 
Mon. 7 741 50.8 2.4 5 0.57 >i 22 — 
Tues. 8 72.0 | 518 61.9 7 0.38 2| 3| 2|- 
Wed. 9 73.3 617 63.5 7 1.06 1| 3| lim 
Thurs. 10 75.4 53.2 64.3 9 0.36 Hua 
Fri 11 75.0 51.6 63.3 10 0.36 1— 2— 
Satur. 12 2 51,2 63.1 8 0.00 1i l 
K hig 18th 38 d on the 10th 
tices to Correspondents. 
To OR ConzEsponDENTs—May we begit to be understood that 
we cannot a — ̃ ˙· — Geough the post. We 
are ready to give any reasonable information in our pow 
through our columns ; but we cannot consent to the labour of 
22 
B EES: ‘degen — was weak and injured b 
the wet weather, notwi ding the supply of food. ka 
d not cause its destruction, for they do not attack 
eyt 
0 ue h use a s, oth t ones onl a tobacco- 
alone: ape gin 2 hg all risk of being stu: ung, W. 
4 uy st vol. of Sowerby's English Botany,” 
. ex L. Your Melons aper to have suffered from 
ary, then at — — sae grown too fast, then having become 
been again noo om A forced with water. 
ris mo thr 
me rom rm seems t work, Is not your 
EMIGRATION : Flints, Read Byrne’s “ Emigrant’s Guide,” — 
out; it will only cost y a dich and ma 
ruin. Noman ought to think ro to the mews —— 
ments unless he is p — to “rough it” at first in good 
; est, 
«Insects : Sub. Your Cucumber leaves are infeste i 
of thrips which may be appin by se ns i 
a. having — 75 = a quan f bruised Laurel leaves 
em. W.— Bh ow pon yie Wheat is not named 
eor — . it i 15 the r% granaria, andi is not, we believe, ma- 
3 Anjurious to Saal a op. W.—W P. Your moths may be 
killed, after being pinned, by Sarid them in a close box 
with bruised Laurel leaves, or by burning sulphur under a 
Slass, or by introducing a little powerful acid into the body by 
en en blowing the skin out by means of a blow. 
near a P, e quickly dries the skin.— i 
water at night near the fire- 
place infested wi kets, placing some pieces of wood 
— Bd 4 to crawl up to the edge. . — eknown 
hats preventing the attacks of the harvest bug. As soon 
with a needle aad k HA 
and a oil wouns oug 
3 to by . 
The Pear leaves are blotehed by the mining — of | 
up 
rden M Q. You may leave the sucker if your Pines are 
Maw strong, but it will probably only produce a very small 
Porators: F E, AZ, A, C Hillyard, L A II, J Walker, 
L Taylor. Many t he for your obliging communi- 
pte with refer o the effect of luxuriance on the 
crop. When we have ä a great 3 such facts we 
condense them and give the 2 result. C B. You 
must really excuse us. We have n oom for such aidot 
ic 
has been said to do egg applied in that manner, 
but we could never see any advantage in it. The purple 
ne. 
SHRvuss: . You may ornament your parterre with Lau 
rustinus, Portugal . Laurels, Chinese Arbor vitæ, ——— 
conan B and buxifolia, Pyracantha, Rhododen ndrons, 
Box, va — ” Hollies, dwarf 1 Red 
* ee erent kinds of Yuccas, These may all be 
Mise : XX C’s 1 has — d and will re- 
ceive attention. — Erin. We have oe acknowledge, with 
thanks, the receipt of the Gardeners’ Chron 1844 to 
m inclusive.—J E B. You should apply to ardiei — 
A f 
+ 
ab 
cut. Ask your seb ry how to do it, if you — cannot 
find “re yourself, —. has seen some “ brillian 
* American leaves which have been varnished to 
tch them 
em loo 
wah English 3 rhs would be glad of — inf rmed 
— — Prag t ’ peculiar method of drying 5 
wil . 
packed like the Dahlias. 8 as 3 ” might be 
. Your 
a piece of p 
— name —— those sent, must be very pretty. It is one 
of the bes utumn-flowering wall plants we possess. t— 
J W. Your "Gloxinia 3 —— quite shrivelled 9 5 8. 
EEDLING FLOWERS, 
Aw 
asmall openingshould be baron igh sel HH. Your seedlings want variety ; there is so 
rubbed in, but the 
little difference that it is dificult er 1 the diff, 
is preferable to ia ae ae 
are the best among the darker sorts; and 3 e 5T ; 
entio; ned as 
varieties, In those we have 
1 
of the flower: the same varieties a 
a little attention is paid to the saving 1 raised 
ult os have selected are c] dead and to 
varieties, * Queen ictoria, ered pei, 
crimson wie fine in e colour, but a 
the front of the flower is a little a lle de ent i — 
0 it wants N in the lower part.“ Kurlea ff ! 
ALCEOLARIAS—W B. Neither of your 
the flowers raised at the Present tinn estes leat 
brown spots 15 "i poll man wer but m 
Your specimens are very attraetine | owen a 
very large and showy variety, bright buff groun s ci 
maroon markings. Jessica, light bro 
— 
velvety spots, large and Per a ye oun, mit 
buff, having large maroon Byer “sl 
minute spottings is a good va ariety.* 
e are 
it very closely.*—A B. Neither of your seed| 
ently from thousands that are ansunily rais etm i 
desirable. No.1 is poor in colour, amaa s cara 
tween the tube and corolla. No. 2 —— g f 
teo ree - the aa 2 . at O aii 
but it i Rowe m the oa sorts 
* de as UF your r seedings we prefer general 
of its — white tube an ht s, the —_ ex 
and <i reely the c rolla, which i rd 
purple. e King is alas a showy v. 1 with 
scarlet iiia, and pink ge . repai Shyloek and 
rymple are too much ali ug 
— colours are wot so pe ee rs —— first men 
P M. No. 2 is the best ooe ong 3 your seedlings, bat 
e col 
in 8 N and they ma stronger contrast in the 
colours.*—J M L. Your seedling is a pretty flower anda 
3 bloomer; white tube and * 12 crimson 
rolla ; the contrast bas 7 good.“ — our flower is 
t is coarse ‘ie a 
wants greater contrast in the colours.*—A Z. Tour 
is a pretty little nine i but pen *. varieties N 
so nearly resembling it, that w uld consider your speci 
men not wanted ; rely . — is pre short, and not sufi. 
ciently seen.* . 
Gioxinias : J Band S. The varieties nam od Vices ee 
= — ng sanguinea superba are very pretty and distinct 
es. nt in colour, | an 
io Sneek like Albo sanguinea, and not so 
HoLLYHOCK : Norfolk. — of3 your 1 pre fo 
best and choicest specim we have seen. Yo 
generally are large and v ier z finely formed, with the crowns 
2 large, — —5 Beni beter cone and the petals 
in the best arge. = pure white, and in 
— of — — — ae — is wa all and the outside 
pes lar * B they are 1 i 
flowers, goo our, and rank with the best we have seet, 
The best e — exhibiting these flowers is at the Royal 
South London Floricultural Society. At the last show prizes 
PanstEs : J H. Your seedling scl have been 3 
thing damp ; it arrived quite gii and shrivell up; theg 
colour dees not appear to be uniform in all the petals, which 
is a great defect. T M. If your seedling had size — 
stance, it would be a paiia a 2 as the is 
form in all the petals.*—W H M. Your s nie i 
of — . Rainbow A the best a ron ia we aire 1 
flower is round, s stout, fo ve 
and vey deep paren rich in it is at 5 at present ne 
small, but — will no 8 e. itd 1 
PELARGONIUM our seedling i ead ey 
flower, white centre, with bright rose onal sl dopa 
in the upper. There are —.— larger and Fe ete 
varieties in cultivation. P M. Your s 2 
be ore on to those grown at the present ine? ih up 
are and flimsy, and the patches of colour in 
job ds dat more decision, they are e omposed t00 
lines.“ large wet 
Picoress ; Col, E. Your seedlings generally ae fine it 
with broad, stout, and . ** edging ; the 
c ; 
g 
no 
ec 
to the edging, the borir the e ance of 
too rich zŠ — X Au d edge; s Jenny Lit pera 
, light p 
4 J flower rian and pagan PI) 
sig t ‘iy cupped, f — erg smooth,” this promie pils i 
— ood: flowers No of the petals are n 
rated, seedling are, = snore ine ines id too Ie 5 ö 
8 — ‘hl mnie i nta.» ae in colour, 
f 2 d ve en 
VE — and F. Ko. 25 the 2 et vari n ready in ayia os 
not surpassing others of the consists 
* 
e different 
eee ; for instance, those w. -coloured faces, aoe 
n th onl 
in g the yellow a little li y 
ghter or deeper, or the veinin 
Thee or lighter, or a little more sprea ver the suntan, 
oder | flowe 
select 28 and 55. 55—then 14, 16, 22, 25, 30, 39, 54, and 58 whi 
— h 
are similar in character, "would be of no use; in yellows, 17 
* tp k 
Erratum In the Adv ertise in last mic, 
Office,” at page 3 of =; "N 1 been J. Weexs it | 
3 a — mee 
ng’s-road, elsea. tions have been the 
%,* sual, many communica’ till 
late, and others are unavoidably detained ne far ho tnie 
off 
inquiries can be made. We me reg oy o5 gsertion of 
z contributions spond ag, 
