576 
as GARDENERS’ 
and purchasers, also, are on the look-out for T e 
tt exhibits some singular phenomena, Occas 
proceeds in a 2 line, sere not = the ‘all to their beds. “It often happens that t bargains = ~~ — 
grown trees, but the small s just gu one 
Then again it goes i — acco trees in the who are starting in n the janey at at o a 
in iate spaces sound and vigorous. e trees die elves in the hands of so 1 see 
just as though they had been girdled. The leaves | grower, stating the amount req 5 ey caving “ 
wi and fall off, and the trunk soon runs to d eir honour to sup the best strains, &e. &e. e 
i t does not attribute the cause of this of splendid flowers may be th obtained at a compar 
CHRONICLE. 
+| POTATOES : 
MK we must beg that it may be authenticated by their real 
i ffsets 
range distemper to worms. worms seen | tively cheaper rate, than if purchas d singly. O 
al it is th 25 mon one peculiar to the Pine tree - id most certainly be got into th 1 p 
Hi ion is, that the cause is entirel o- | early part of next th ; therefore, — t ee i 
me, and that rem an be found for it. heir reception is not prepared, let ah be done for + : 
Vegetable, like animal life, appears to be the subject of | Carnations and Picotees.—Attention must x pal * 
-epide and doubtless this disease is of that na 7 the layers. It sometimes happens = ave see 
In all probability it will pmp through the entire Pine | several s ee have suffered severely this season) 
region of the United Sta that th ung ones, alm in 
FF hairs) have insidious introduced se een 12 
i 5 ith of the laye heir ee destruction: wh 
tor te Se, Wek) — des — it is advisable to lift the pegs which 
SERVATORY AND GREENHO hold down the others, and closely examine then 3 if at 
Esta —— 8 have been never tate Within the the i the stem bran-li pearance ble, 
house have very probably been rendered somewhat | the enemy is not far off, and it must be carefully sought 
delicate by sighs k Protection, and should be secured from | and destroyed ; otherwise the loss of the w p 
-any considerable dep mperature, while at pene in the pot will be the consequence. — 
the i ey ald ‘be al owed to enjoy the full en ave numerous varieties coming out this 
advantage of favourable weather. Plants of Brugmansia, seas in fact, there is a rapid progress making in this 
whose f blossoming h ay be closely interesting flower. Jenn pears be a fa- 
pruned isterous weather and cold foggy nights vourite name among florists ; for we have no less than 
will suggest the advisability of removing tender ree or four Pinks, a Tulip, and several Carnations and 
m its influence ; as soon as they are introdu i s, commemoratin ie- 
the house, the state of their roots should at once be ties had better be purchased now, and old ones planted 
looked to. The injury ere by insects should Hae A out. Dahlias,—The late heavy storm wind which 
a held i pe mis, and their timel ha c the past week have made sad 
at this 3 dvisable. Stor devastation where these pe ey have not = sei a 
‘Cleanliness er be scrupulously attended to within staked. Attend to tying the side presas this is 
is department, bebe su eee = arge on. Br requisite. Remove all malformed flow i = 7 
should be apna e 3 e 
use ought also to be kept clean and sweet, — nie ane — 
‘by plied. eee of water pretty often, and liberally August. leere. Earn Tao, || wing, . 
* Age. Max. Min. Max.) Min. M 
UIT FORCIN na — — 
eaches.—The a spider should be constantly as- Fri... 1 20 224 276 oe 3 835 A DA 
Alle as it appears; igorous trees it ma Sun. . 20 21 || 29.960 | 29.882 7 | 35 | Se S.W. 17 
E d with a few applications of sulphur, but in the | Mo™- 3) || 29.4 | 23370 || es | 34 |as || siw. || 306 
ease of a si its eradication is more galt; | Woe 201] lt yet Bee iat dee 31 
trees suffering from dryness are more liable than others. 5 i — || —|— * 
If the scale happens to be in y se it had better | Avetaze- — — . — 
well k ked after 8 W. N i bd Pes rpi * e 2 — ae fn fee, sith fight clouds, 
water, otherwise it will spread entirely E 
range. Fineries. — Treatment to facilitate the perfect} — e . — 
(not premature) ripening of the leaves, and conse- — žine, ee Tae ign in he esi — S 
-quently the wood i ly ho from which the fruit Mean f the week, 43 deg. below the average, 
is removed, mus ractised. Employ gentle fires in J.. for the 
the late houses whenever the ex temperature is eee e He Lane 
w ; the iy pre process can only be effectually 228 32 8 No. of | greatest Prevailing Winds. 
ed by a temperature superio — 2 the degree Aug. and 558 HA 25 . Quantity lg = it he 
indicated, Spey for early work, in pots, shoul Bet | amie | GAR | Ae de Cl 
be ex Aer; ial winter i in ue coldest Position Sun. 97 | 73.0 | 06 | 613 7 9.70 . 1 205 
that can d, and re in regard t ater. | Mon. 2 717 61.2 61.5 10 0.20 re 3 
„Strawberries for forcing, while in growth, ne receive | Wed. 30 | 719 | 50.2 | 610 5 a92 4 
a little manure water o paad a ; let the ß p si 
free rms and runners constantly stopped. . 70.7 | 485 | 59.4 8 0.28 Ls} ala 
. . oe ems ao 
-time to be fully — ex the general appropria- ti ces to Correspon Honti 
tion f the n gro de mpleted ; precautions for To ge 1 ie 3 to be understood that 
ing a continued supply of salads should be imme- | we answer i y through the post, We 
diately taken. Lettu or spring use d be sown| are Teady to give any 8 3 in our power 
t this „and te a of late winter panes re columns; but we cannot consent to the labour ot 
Spinach. No further delay should be allowed m 80 1 FES: G M. This subject does not press, but it 
p of bages. La; ps; in cases —— not be forgotten ; quite the contrary. We or letters 
18 wi w, ripen the bulbs and ‘others, containing useful information, 
the 
attacks of slugs are a 
about the plants before closing the earth arou 
Collect herbs for drying, 
table seeds to 
nests assist 
should be employed about the 
“baited. If the trained Pear and Pi, Wale trees . have 
been stop 5 be dis- 
N xs confidence. 
Books: “ Neill’s Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden.“ 
979779 
ruit, 
. We reprint — following mode of destroy- 
a hy 
pathol y ever since. 
eer: — at . 
remedies br 85 x A 
thar is sunk into the 
eak z to'sa * at T enà or = 
to ta 
3 wie toa on 4 N 
fender, a small washhand 
all oH Babe 
take the b 
— $ re — — ——.— 
months since the 
began to gain 
cost, I believe, of one shilling, a 
fortnig t since, and they are — * ag on the decline 
e basin has bait, I 
ar 
exper 
and more clearly that we ought not t 
—— 8 . 
cane $8 of the 
bit oat pan 80 wel 
which are ced in good ha nda : 
about the Lasi ocampee but we b alle 
pow hay W.— Sylvanus. Te 10 eve your 
keene the small hollow g 3 
you send us some 5 with the twigs 
crushed in the epost? W.—W S. T 5 
bi y be e 
the leaves over a ote Hinena — 
all on 4 3 —— when they 
gutt 
which $ 
7 
1 smashed to oa — — 7 Danis V. 
anulosa. 
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: Cantium. We doubt the 
list for a there inno sa Abel 
they 
ung up in paper 
m the A ina pr viele wae | 
e advise everybody to leave their crop N 
the ground, if they can. It gives the Potato tha the dap 
of surviv a diseased 
should be 
weather 0 
favourable to th — "practice “of pent Bg 
t. There is 2 difficulty in 
a last — 5 that the merits of rough plate E 
= no chan nge in ‘our held 
roperly 
pot ge 
—— rs it ae made 
Since you must Sift your ng oe ee 
diseased ga E wa Pit the 
north wall, 
— completely with soil fats bors Bi 
s possible. re keep them cold and 
main t attend to. 
egg Anon 
paist 
British “queen, 
r Alpine, $ = 
Whatever as our ea it is attache 
atey y 
nted with the 
chea = in ‘sufficient abundan You ae 
Ros = ither by cuttings — “band Vases or Me 
of hedges rune Laurel 
0 c 5 of . 
your Lilies of * Valley = 
h 
eceed, They ar 
not t- be disti 
I 
Á . et 
ete G FLOWERS, 
A : our seedling is li 
from ae bis ps * ye r 3 
— he it tof ts paren | 
. flowe 2 2 a ar ee, à x prety foret 
novel in ‘aol 2 mee gro nd profuse den 
ing will — it as desirable for 
beddin 
* i 
tas: WHM. Your seedlings are pretty 
3 poo yarn well marked. The dark in 
ind fom t inferior to it 
cy 
— pod — colour, 
ex panding more ; the 
hidden.* 
FUCHSIA sPLEND 24 JF. I = 
of flowers, but wa s not posses 
nd it 8 ee cultivation 
e 
8. inform hav unless you will favour us with Pee J W F. “Tn substance a 
i n you nless you will favour us a in 
m he 3 and the agen your re real 1 name, in confidence “it will be . to = that uni a i 2 porte, derai 
5 0 urin Season ot give pu y to so serious a ony- 
stantly held in mind. P ill be found most gen mous F patherity. We would also beg for ap he precise in- e side petals ; ant R 
rally useful storing Collect and dry ae —— not necessarily for publication, but for our own tors strate te flowers, very good 
ds. Sweeping, mowing, and rolling should | popiie: N B H. We do not think it ever fruited in th others in the same way ; th 
nen be scrupulously atte 84 to. On coar miy. ca did n poe = 5 they probably — — eee 2 eye is ra 
final or the season y e fertilised artifice * 
made. A th 8 sdi GOOSEBERRIES : ur seedling, a roundish, middle-| formed for a 
this moment hi údvi ‘bie of walks from ie ia at sized, hairy red, is of eg good; bat we regret that, owing colours, and b 971 
bepunt n 1 e rgreen cuttings may | to the effects of carriage, we could form no opinion as re. market v * the prese id s0b3" 
Put in, a made for the removal of gards flavour Eon Glasgow. Your Black Prince, a middle- = 2 113 better but 1 fle ne a . 
large shrubs by pioniere E the 5 d, like the preceding, merits approval, as | Soi pasod with the S show flowers = a 
LORISTS FLOWERS, pre fe concerned, but the flavour Pou mm RR, No pest omer amet 
Most florists h now over aca grea 8 He . van ed. 1 Newington. . of — e — ial 4 o same e 
Tulips, and have "decided on what they ha cannot 3 mwa’ J AD t inte dle in Dublin! as, for — cultivation.“ 
