688 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
very early in the spring, by . unusual heat of the 
w when the cold wea r recurr —— and . 
he 
Plant Sales. pie foll — three sales have lately 
s: Ist. A collection of 
Cacti, Echin ti, ee — succulents, in all 187 lots 
of some 10 or 12 plants enci, fetched on an average 
0 134 lots of rp averaged 
3d. Conifers ; 
mbricata fetched 
m 9s. — 
2 
Lilium lancifolin umr 
10 good sized plants of Araucaria im 
from 9s. to 15s. ; ditto of Abies Deodara, = 
2 2 mag sG ia s. to 
Gera raucaria imbricata, — — 
78. rr he — ol Conifers in all —— to 125. 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing Week. 
CONSERVATORY AND GREENHOUSE, 
stalks, manure the beds, and throw up a port 
Where Carrots, ——— 
iar ogress ; ; eo. nt water 
st be rains; a stra of stones or 
bricks should intervene between — bor — 
tom; we have 
sary in all cas ut 
they can be vic propriety 8 with. 
ue stock of plants fairly housed, arranged, staked, E 
e rom tie * — les T R T 
ordinarý atte nt ns Ke and regulating the October. | Meow s Kenaan ia ees Wind. || Rain. 
admission of air, little is Salik ak Trees liable to the ~ —|—|— | = | 
— of scale should be narrowly koke over at least | ft: 5 Inn 
once a week, that it — be rep i A per- Sun. se $ 3 46 | 572 || ay. || 2% 
petual bloom of s may be anaged ith com- | Tues... 10 59 41 | sco || W || .00 
paratively little arti) . young plants k, SN . 20 i = 
in — —— 
spewing. sabe n Ave 645 | 43.5 | 54.0 I 
e lak ke ot a activity rogressive shifting and 
w rich sti + pagk rast ties early forced — 
Siem n botto 
will be found. quite sufficient for this purpose. 
of a store of the var wo —— of soil for 
potting, should invite the precau 
sufficient stock for winter ace ee before 
drenching rains of autumn have — it unfit for use. 
branches of 
as well as the esse 
most intimate and active e 
adapting circumstances 80 as 
simult taneous act ion Sern two 8 
3 ected, 
nd late A Gispes, on on ñe vigorous . 
by the sudden bitin s an 
and it 
ders. g an 
with in Pier ep it is 
houses every year. soon 
they should undergo a thorouphr purification, Cucumber 
pits ager dt demand attention. 
FLOWER GARDEN AND rath ae oe 
“Although a Siew early frosts and heavy marred | 
for a period the — — of the flower gorden, a — 
e plan 
3 Ane tis 
z. . . 
is — ineurred by the 
Large Fu 
or in any situation. eee cted from frost and damp, bu 
of tender evergreen or still succulent plants 
light must 
Ž 
— 
8 
ety yes attended té before planting. 
greens. The aceu a of leaves 
e must be prevented. 
KITCHEN GARDEN A — ORCHARD. 
“The early part of the month is = period 
most generally preferred for t planing the m f 
ee The quarter selected for the the purpose ep 
aor mie = pg tly manured to suppo: 
the dem ich will be incessant on ihe 
nths. A reserv 
neces- 
ret, ever- 
es on borders an 
in the “orgy sw endati y 
E regard to the precautions necessary for secur- 
=A an be aapply of — throughout the winter 
ba NR a rand should by his Ses be 
well established in a good — — 
Endive, which — be cons up on the approach of DAM 
weather. Protect Tomatoes when werk is apprehended, | 
continue — N ä border cro of | 
Beans prote me 
6—Clear; very — slightly clouded. 
2 fog; fine; caine fine; cloudy. 
Fine; very fine; o vercas 
1 Fine; rain; * at night A 
loudy and fine; ; rather boisterous; clear. 
Gate fine; cloudy. 
12— Fine throughout; slight shower at night. 
Mean ure of the week, Iz deg. above the average. 
State of the 3 at Chiswiek during the last 22 years, for the 
ensuing Week e Oct. 21, 1848. 
e 
Oct, 
ba F $ 85 5 i in | Gree atest Prevailing Winds, 
. Sts | SEs JE: which it it (Quantity slal elake le 
gee | ES | 5 of Rain. . 5 
Sun. 15 8.8 41.6 50.2 9 1.04 i 11112 2 5 
Mon. 16 8.8 43.1 50.9 9 0.52 — 1 3 7| 3 
Tues. 17 8.4 43.0 50.7 6 0.18 1— 4 6| 4 
Wed. 18 8.4 42.8 50.6 11 0.85 — 2 1 9 2 
Thurs. 19 9.8 40.0 49.9 9 6.14 — 1| 2) 3 6 4 
Fri 20 59.5 40.0 49.3 10 0.25 1| 2\— 5 1 
tur 21 58.8 29.9 | 498 8 0.64 113114 6— 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred ov the 2lst 
1826—therm. 72 deg.; and the lowest on the 2ist, 1842—therm. 20 deg. 
1 ara No. 40, table for the week ending Sept. 28, read, for the mean 
p. of Sept. 25th, 62 deg. instead of 64; and the aver. max., 65.7. 
Notices to e e eee 
o OTR itep Der aeit May we it to be understood = 
we ca inquiries privately through th 
— ay to 2 any reasonable information in — —.— 
through our columns; but we cannot consent to the labour of 
writing letters. 
Bers: EAL: If 3 try to keep your old stock wind and 
water-tight until next season, and fill other hives with the 
swarms from it. If increase is not your object, the best 
time to oe the — — Sey oat the ——.— of April. In 
order to do 8 k, put a r hive upon 
— tie a cloth ae both whe ere they — 5 v kee 
; drum o: 7 the under . —— the whol 
other, and e combs in the 
if the queen is not left let behind; if so, place her 
ben 
hive to * 
amongst tis bees: which will begin to work like a fresh 
swarm. If the aia —— = . and the bees even 
housed amongst , they would probably 
rish 8 ring Pps 5 e however liberal, could 
—— up the 1 oss of both pollen and brood unavoidably 
destroyed in the — ock. W. 
Booxs: J Abe e “Manse Garden,” or Neill’s “ Frui 
Flower, and cite arden." Grantham. Robin’s “book 
f| Name 
nothing, except 2 a 2958 stock for being 
stable manur 
the plants be remov ed, ai 
on. i fly 
caying 
uently with 1 water, and repea 
alternate day 
MONSTERS : cD. The Walnut is thus 
wo or four ca 
placenta. 
ch — 2 in 8 inside 5 
F FR 
S surro 
„Knight s 
not well known 
name of Louise B 
from the 
E Pike, 2, Seckel; 
NAMES 
appe. 
25 ‘aml rette. 12 
MES OF rae 
Garden aig 
foot is attacked by a Fungus e 
X. Calam fficinalis 
rt sent m 
ven st 
tend 
yomg plants in shade, Sc Ke. ‘Tt 
mber of specimens (entire ae 
gung in the locality you mentio 
laciniata, 
done blooming{——D W. 
e 10, en 
—WL. Tecom 
called by 5 Lindley Cpanttie wi 
POTATOES : JBH. 
— 
rae het, cae be applied to some 
Miso: Silex, Lists of 5 and 
at p. 784 of our vol. and 
now. — 
good end. The trees are merel 
as 2 would with ered 9 
es coccinea i ked by o 
n beck gn T if it is applied in 
ÅNTIRRHIN SGP iM 
but Re difference 
be brightest : an 
n colour, — $ 2 oe — are both 
parte t whee ea shunts aed 
Cacti: J Hubbard, The chief fiae in managing these plants 
is to allow them: an alternate period of h and rest. They 
ould be n in a mixture of lime rubbish and loam, 
with a little posit sant — a cs drained pots. In summer 
they should 8 to the sun aud well 1 
but pes sch. th 
3 
— mt ey should be kept almost 
not q 
CHICORY : 1 7 P L. This is Pi ag ttle n Yorkshire for the 
suppl of the dealers in coff know nothing of its value, 
as it is not ner, London 
CRYPTOMERIA : is quite hardy. We will answer your 
: J A, 
enquiry more pariiculariy next wee! 
W M. The fo —— be recommended: 
e imperatrice, and Pitmaston Orange 
eee Acton — rosse Mignonne, Royal George, 
. eee. nd Barrington Peaches. 
RAPES: Anon. . — berry of the Sweetwater Grape 
will weigh 100 aii and Fak Will on one of the Black Hamburgh, 1 
HEATING : A L-heating is anything rather 
new. You will find — — vious volumes — in 
e’s pamphlet on 
properly manag 
Hover: Apis. You need not exclude the plants you mention 
from ‘your garden ause they are said to oor fins? poi- 
sonous — ee have too deeply tubed flowers for 
hive bees to reach their sweets; and you may find pure — 
3 os sacks = bags of wild bees yaly amongst Kalmias and 
romedas e kind wers produce of course 
— honey ti . others: d — — name any sort in 
cular that affords it of a noxious quality. A little 
oney, orem from Leek or Onion blooms gives — whole 
in the hive a bad smell, while that from honey dews“ is 
inferior and of a 
honey may — arisen ng sometimes 
smutty colour. The notio — that bees collec 
t 
poisonous a state of stupor or dead “ broen plants ; but as 
e subject. It is a very good m 
= 
that often wes ag amongst Lime tr 
excellent hon ome! Raped is warble to another eau 
— . ki undag prad e by hay: ing eaten — 5 — 
we aa ‘or that never happens when — 
—— K undan In such e 2 à 
—— avert ot natural èth, 
SETS E The insects which have em — — 
rata are the larve of Otiorhy 
“in ae Chron., 1841, p. 292; 1842, p. 316. w= 
sent, "which in AY abounded to 80 to so great 
eR K 0. The insects 
ur seedling 
tis not superior 
cultivation.“ — 
Hikiscus: S Z. Your seedling is 
parent. 
itted to us in a 
n pack 
av 
ae : 
lowers 
cimen is a bit of Cuphea 
commu 
an extent in your garden, which is 
conte that in the arent ther will ” elean 
wets 
dec Pot na ther ve etable 
Syringe the Banksian Rene with 1 9 — bane 
to show that the ovary of ere may be com 
72700 unding hee one 
not nets 1. a similar 
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The ‘plant is Ero sat * 
Je ie very Jeina hae 
is to have 
n. 
— B. Vallota ee Let its go to gt A hee 
ea 
So much shrivelled Bo — ne render 4 it quite indoles 
. A fair average —.— of Potatoes is 
Lang's Potato-tops are unaffected 
for 
year.? Sor ten Reader. Tour Yucea 
T C. To reprint the i edi 
SEEDLING Fl ens. l 
our — ‘ars are very gooi, 
oe t dene 
; they are large, 
is a stout and and god foen iHi 
to varieties of the same class in — 
e colours E 
: ible to judge of 
ere — s, It is imposs ie — 
ed i 
are flowers 
mainder of ne meal 
— in form Salas ; 
is the best. is no of 
ncas: Sub. Your seedling ežbibi bort 
8 from * cultivated plants of the : 
silenoides.: 
— detained 
also 
Oer. 14. 
den, which is Highly e 
Julus, © Tanured wig, 
Mus 
‘81 7. Its lar fdr 
=e 
that it — — 
composed seeme 
reed fee 
instance, 3 
false 1 ava 
Apne 
0 water, and 
at this p 
far curious 
the Jersey 
irgouleuse is a winter 
ts) sent — 72 states, a 
my — a; fadin 
n unpublished plant, 
ae 
Picotees 
at 
on seale wou 
gp 
s not exp: 
have Al the 
