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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Mar. so. 



manures are most useful in the growing season, when, too often. 

 Asparagus is left to shift for itself.— R. F. [In last Calendar, 

 p. 184, 12th line from top— read, •• spruog ones/ 9 instead of 

 g ■ spring: ones/*] 



Vl\— A RBOR 'CULTURE. 



Old Woods.— Be careful to go through these before the trees, 

 shrubs, &c. get into leaf, and relieve any young plants that have 

 been kept down, forced to one side, or otherwise injured. Cut 

 away all or a part of whatever injures them, as recommended in 

 former Calendar*, and take off any rotten or broken brauches. 



Coppice.— Great attention should be paid to clearing them of 

 all the saleable and useful produce, as well as of the useless spray 

 from the stools, before the young shoots appear, as they are 

 easily broken off. 



Younz Plantation*.— Continue to forward all the works that 

 are necessary at this season, until they arc completed. In 

 recently planted ones now is the best time to hoe among the 

 young plants, in order to clear away all weeds, Grass, &c, before 

 such get firm hold in the ground* It is of the greatest advantage 

 that the fiist buds and shoots should have a fair start; and it 

 ►aves much labour to clear away the weeds now, as the ground 

 is in a loose state after the frost. 



Hedgetotcs.— Attend to former instructions before the season 

 Is too far advanced. 



Nursery Wurk.— The weather still continues unfavourable for 

 many kinds of work that should now be done, Lut it must be 

 put off until circumstances will admit of its being performed with 

 propriety. The hoeing, weeding, and clean iig of last year's 

 seed-beds, and nursery rows of young plants, &c\ t should be 

 commenced and finished as soon as possible.— W, B. 



f ever the weather Is dry, the young plants should be plentifully | manure as the buds begin to swell about n mm 



watered to promote their growth. At the beginning of October, take care to keep it from the foliage.* ln a f °rtnigi 



Sute of ibt W«»ther it Chitwick durinjr th* lait 18 yean, f>r the ensuing 



Wr.k ending April (J, 1844. 





Aver. 



I Arer. 



Mean 



Temp 



1 No. of 

 Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



9 



Greatest 



i 



1 4 



Pn 



Mar. 



Highest 

 Temp. 



Lowest 

 Temp. 



quantity 

 ot K«in. 



I.M 



Bun. 31 



537 



370 



45.3 



0.24 in. 



]i 



Moo. n 



63.0 



S'J.l 



44 5 



lu 



0.7* 



Tut?* 2 



63.3 



37 7 



i&a 



9 



1.10 



3 * 



Wed. 3 



54. A 



*47 



44.6 



8 



07 



4 



3 



Thur. 4 



64.2 



a«.a 



45.2 



7 



0.14 



5 



Fri. S 



55.8 



87.4 



«6.7 



8 



O.iO _ 8 



Set. <J 



*6.0 



»7.C 



44.8 



7 



0.13 



S 



4 



PreraUi ng Winds. 



- 





;l* 



X 





I 

 I 



1 

 9 



I 



1 



r. 



1 



r 



5 

 2 



4 



8 



4 

 3 



X 

 '1 

 6 



4 

 1 

 2 



4 



1 



a 

 1 



l 



4 

 3 

 t 

 9 



8 



The high.it temperature during the above period occurred on the 5ih 1UJ2 

 —therm. 74© ; and the lowest on the 5th, J84i-thenn. 22°. 



State of the Weather near London for the week ending Mar. 38. 1844. as 



obserTedatthe Horticultural <»;ird*n. Chkt»i.-lr 



Mar. 



M mi n't ! 



Ajr> 



n 



Kri. 



9§ 



3 



Hat. 



83 



4 



Sun. 



84 



5 



Won. 



85 



i 



Tues 



80 



7 



Wed. 



87 



3 



Thurs- 



88 



y 



AROMKTBR. 



I 



Average 



Max. 

 *>73© 



■ 



80 0*55 

 88(-44 



80.r-3i 



219.884 



M in, 

 89..W3 

 it* 513 

 89.51J 

 80.573 



29.617 

 89-851 



80. ^y 



47 



68 



48 

 51 

 60 

 60 

 60 



TflRRNOMK-rltS, 



Air a n 



M 



Wind. 



in. 



4i 



595 



S.W. 



4)5 



m 



3D.0 



W. 





35 



41.5 



s.w. 



.03 



43 



4.'*. 5 



s.w. 



.0* 



46 



530 



w. 





4! 



50.5 



s.w. 





&y 



44 5 



N. 





Rain 



29.691 A4 7 37-4 



4S.U 



.14 



March 23d Overcait ; cloudy; slight rain at night 

 83d Overcast; r-ne ; clear and frosty at night 

 84th Cloudy ; boisterous, with rain in forenoon : overcast 

 85th Over* ait; rain ; fine 



l 



*«th Very fine throughout 

 5r7l, » klflhtly OTorcait ; finp ; hazy and mi!d 

 Wth i> in« ; T.ry fine, with bright nun ; clear and fine at night 

 Mean teir.p.rature of the week. 3 d.j. above the average- 



Notices to Correspondents. 



heat from escaping throng!, it. By thas lowering the furnace 

 you can doubtless increase the area of your fire- bars as much 

 as you please, and the heat will act more powerfully and 

 directly upon the bo.ler We shall be glad to hear the result 

 of the change, if you make it.— A. 



Calckolaria8.-j4 Subscriber, Manchester.— Stan dishii . Barnes' 



fSSS&tSKiiJS* cocci,,ea '"""-»• Miss An "° b »- 



Camkllias.- Short.— A small portion of well-decayed cowdunir 

 may be advantapeously mixed with the soil for Camellias t 



^^ T r^?44°/ W W~*Z? t0 dcstro >' this formidable 

 Su £ * n . U ^ a5 /V ,Ce atracked timb er, nooneknoves. Your 

 only remedy is, to take out all the infected wood-work, and 



^u n inH f ^^ US y H° U V l l kiU the tm S™ that Produces™ 

 evil, and ail its seeds. Before replacing the timbef. you should 



watered to promote their growth. At the beginning of October, 

 or as soon as the leaves wither, the young bulbs should be 

 taken up and dried ; they may be replanted again at any time, 

 placing them about eight inches under the ground to prevent 

 the frost reaching them, for very severe frosts will destroy th?m 

 if they are near the surface. The seedlings, if well encouraged, 

 may be expected to flower next year. If the peat is close and 

 lich, it should be mixed with sand, to prevent its rankering 

 them, or causing them to rot by the retention of too much wet 

 in the winter, t 



Gra&s-skkds.— Subscriber.— For permanent pasture, Mr. Lawson, 

 recommends the following :— Anthoxanthum odoratum, 1 lb. ; 

 Dactylis glomcrata, 5 lbs. ; Festuca duriuscnla, 1 lb. ; F.elatior, 

 lib.; Lolium italicum, 4 lbs. ; L. perenne, 5 lbs. ; Milium effu- 

 8um, lib.; Phleum pratense, lib.; Poa nemoralis, lib.; P. 

 sempervirens, 2 lbs. ; P. trivialis, lib.; Lotus major, lib.; 

 Tfifolium pratense perenne, 2 lbs. ; and T. repens, 3 lbs. A 

 plan of a Piggery is given at p. 44 of thisyear.t 

 HortiKS. — D. R. — Holly-seed three years eld is not worth 

 sowing when fresh seed can be so easily had. To form a hedge 

 you may either sow it or plant it. A light loamy rich soil is 

 what the Holly likes best. 

 Ixskcts.— Anon.— Keep off green-fly with weak eas-water (see 

 p. 697* 1843). Do not use train oil, which can do no good, and 



certainly doea harm. Anne.— After the most diligent search 



amongst the Moss we could find no living animal— the box 

 having been crushed it had made its escape ; we therefore hope 

 to be favoured with another specimen, better secured. R.—A B. 

 - Cannot you cover your Peach-trees,one at a time, with a thick 

 mat or carpet, fixing it close over the top of the wall and letting 

 it touch the earth at the bottom ? By introducing the spout 

 of the fumigating bellows as low down as possible, after being 

 well charged with tobacco- smoke, we are convinced you might 

 get rid of the aphides. The best period will be as soon as you 

 detect them, which you must do by examining the under sides 

 of the young leaves duilu. Be so good as to send us some infested 

 leaves, and say, as the spring advances, how you have suc- 

 ceeded with the operation, if you can adopt our plan. R. . 



*S. //.— After the most attentive exnmination of ycur Camellia- 

 leaves, 1 cannot discover a single insect ; nevertheless, a few of 

 them seem to have been pierced sometime since by the little 

 Thrips. I regret not being able to assi>t you in remedying 

 the evil, for the little exotic insect called Thrips can sustain a 

 very great amount of heat. Probably cutting off the leaves 



most affected will prevent the spreading of the disease. R. 



J. W./of Down, transmitted three pupae of some fly, saying 

 he failed in procuring more specimens, and desired to know 

 the name, which we cannot ascertain until the insects hatch. 

 We shall feel obliged by his communicating their history, for 

 we know not to what he refers. — /?. 

 Lawns.— X. Y. Z.-We said nothing about diluting the gas- 

 water; because we have orer and over again stated that it 

 must be lowered by water: with how much we cannot tell, 

 because the gas-water varies in strength. Four of water to 

 one of gas- water will probably do; the stronger, however, the 

 better, if not too strong. It will scorch your grass hut that 

 does not signify ; tie lawn will soon recover. But from what 

 you say, we should fear that your cage is hopeless without 

 thorough drainage, and perhaps burning the upper spit. 

 Manurhs— Tyro.— We can but repeat that as far as we have 

 seen it tried, Potter's guano is a most useful substance; but 

 we have no t seen its effects on Onions. It is used at the rate 

 of 3 or 4cwt. per acre. We would also advise you to try on 

 your Onions the following mixture:— One peck <f salt, two 

 pecks of soot, well mixed and left for a few days; then applied 

 as atop-dressing, or lightly forked in. Vie hear of great effects 



thus produced on the Onion crop. lnexperitnce.— Both 



lime, soot, and wood-ashes can be used advantageously in a 

 etiff, clayey garden, especially the two first ; but none of them 

 will prove of much service unless the ground is thoroughly 





will never sret good Carrots on heavy land; all such Ion-, 

 rooted plants prefer a deep, light, rich soil. 



Mir,\oNKTTK.-557.— If you cannot please your wife how can we 

 hope to he so happy ? If we were you, however, we should 

 see whether slate Mignonette boxes of rich soil, exposed to the 

 full sun, and carefully watered, would not satisfy the eentle 

 dames expectations. We presume that your plants die off 

 in summer ; but you are very chary of explanation 



Names of Plants.-*. G -A Dendrobium, which we do not 



recognise J. 3/.-Gnidia simplex. A Reader. -Eric* per. 



soluta alba. A-Dillwyr.ia cinerasccns.j / L £-, 



Asterotrichion sidoidesj 2, Erica Bowieana; 3, E.iphorbia'me- 



„.. _ ~.^.„..,., „, raj iic s nme ana silicate of notash 



Any unprepared timber will probably be again attacked not 

 withstanding all the precautions you can take? Be thanlcfu? Vf 

 it does not spread all over the luwerpart of your house or 

 even mount to the ronf. ' UUUK ' or 



Fros.-Z.— Figs are liable to drop their fruit from various 

 causes; but ch.efly from their being badly condoned w 

 regards temperature and water. If the fruit-buds have ad 

 vanced into the form of young Figs, and then for want of 

 sufficient temperature are allowed to remain stationary for a 

 time, they are apt to drop in consequence, even although a 

 proper heat is afterwards afforded. But supposing a due 

 temperature to be all along maintained, if the juices of the 

 p.ant have become greatly inspissated from the want of a 

 regular supply of watr in sufficient quantity, the vnung fruits 

 become tough like so many pieces of India rubber 11 



^'u^ S -~, S - rath - u la — U y " U * raft >' our wall/trees which 

 you have cut in with some of the new varieties of Pears 



i« C H°?!. rnend ^? J n SOTX l e rccent Numb <*s of this Paper, you will 

 nodnawl. ■l b ? r abun( ! am, >- Cuttings of Apple trees will 

 no doubt strike by inserting them in a Potato: so they will by 

 inserting them in the soil. Potatoes contain a large pro, or 



St\v V° t0 V ,C,r com P'»*itioii. But when decompo. 



Winter Nonsuch, and Mere de Menage T ' Round 



F KiV'i S ~ M \ W : *T Cut tnem doWn *t once ; take care that 

 they have plenty of pot-room, and are thorou.hlv rf & ? 1 f! 



Anon.— Hypnum ruscifolinm § " ca Pensis4- 



Names of Fruits.- C. C.-Pears: i, Beurre Ranee- 2 Winter 



Hon r.hrpMon Annloa. o fVAU n:_ ... . ^ ' £ ' " ' nrer 



Apples: 

 Bedfordshire Found- 

 London Pippin. (I 



winter rearma.n.! A. Z.-l, Chaumontel P 



1, Royal Russet , a , Blenheim Pippin ; 4, Bedfor 

 hng; 5, Brabant Belle Fleur ; 6, Aifriston; 7, Ln 



7«7. Yf;*~c Um ?° W ! 8 Secd,in ff; Z.^sopusSpi-zenbergjr-Z 

 Este.-Your Seedling Apple has become rather mealy it how 

 ever, appears worthy of further trial I Y ' ' 0W * 



OttANoss.-Jt/. C.I'.— One kind will train a* writ o„ iu 



except the dwarf, small. leaved kinds Ne it he7 there" much' 



seen, and recommend you the above 12 * 



RnononKN*nRONS.-J.3/.-See p. 88 of this VM r t n 



Ornamental Shrubs, seep. 149, 1843.+ ' cai > »or a list 0/ 



Roses.— Amateur.— Your stocks are covered with * 

 roinating Mosses. They do no harm, but thev o,n» S Br »»• 

 ground or your air are too wet, and not well \Vr ti'T, .!" *>* 



should be cured. /. C.-That your China Rose ' £?' * hi ch 



late, they should be left unpruned until th PV ^ rbIo °* 

 blossom-buds. When these begin to appear von lL° W their 

 prune them as you would do at an earlier season n then 

 however, advisable to leave all the plants to be rr "**, 

 late, as they bloom but sparingly. If some of th»>£ 1°^ th °» 

 about a fortnight hence, they will flower earli^l^ cut *« 

 more freely, and the others will come in in succ««?« ma< * 

 J.il/.-Superphosphate of lime, or Potter's R ua nn ? i?*" 

 for Roses than the substance you mention, of wh eh * k w 

 not a good opinion. They may be applied at the r»h» «»' • • 

 glassful to a24-sizedpot. We are not acquainted »?»?»*- 

 Rose "Beauty of the Prairies. "t a w,th tlie 



ScaklktGkraniums.- E. B.— Compacta, Brighton n«« « 

 more Scarlet, Waterloo, Smith's Emperor, Green's s/edl * * 



Skakaik. — Guichentt.— It likes good rich well t 1 

 ground ; it will succeed quite well in the situation » n „ „, .. c ed 



TAN.-H. P.-Tan will keep up a good bottomheat for ! ^l* 

 derable time. It should be used in a moist state a, i. ?>'V U 

 dry it will not ferment. When the heat begin, tn ,\L\ to ° 

 tan should be forked up and mixed with a little hel^T - h . e 

 in order to raise the heat again.* n material, 



Trinidao Pi vks.— A Subscriber will find this, and T ,u» . 

 perfection at .Cunliffe Lister Kaye's, Esq., Manningham C 

 near Bradford. 1 had a small root-sucker from there „ \„l !' 

 of three years ago, which fruited with me, but onlv nrKJ, 

 a deformed fruit, from water having accidentally dropped 2 

 the heart of the plant in winter. It produced five 2n! . 5 

 crown, which are promising plants, but not fruitine here nUa 

 next year. Mr. Kaye told me himself it was the true Trirffi 

 or Pitch- Lake Hoe.— Janet Roberts, Eshton Hall. ad 



Worn- out GAnDus-s.— Subscriber.— Can't you get cow dim* > 

 If not, you may employ guano ; and as the soil is entire. 

 worn out, it will be better to do so at different periods of 51 

 year-say \ cwt. before cropping, to be thoroughly incorporated 

 with the soil, and then left for a week or two till rains have 

 mixed it ; more afterward*, when the crops are up ami crow 

 ing ; give them frequent small doses in a liquid form not over 

 the leaves but between the rows. Mind that your guano is of 

 good quality ; a great deal of rubbish is in the market. 



YiXES.-Guichenet.— Inarching may be nerformed at anytime 

 after the Vines have started so far as not to bleed.; 



M1scKLi.ANEOcs.-C/0Krfcn.— We have been paying lorf ner 

 bushel for refuse charcoal j but it is much too dear. We know 



"V-Tt . . .. 7«ur ueacnption of l he nm 



per ties you require, the following six varieties will most nro* 



bably suit you :-E,,pa' Wlnserii. Prince of Wales S?a, 2 °s 

 Colossus, Candidate and President, and Robusta Strike a 



cutting of Corymbiflora after it has formed its buds * w 1 



Venus Victrix.* n ' J - 



GtAnroLi.— A Subscriber.— Seeds of the hardy kinds maybe «own 

 in the American bjrder, in the second week in April. When- 



C^M^XS KS'suT p e nu S r°e n a S , BIaCk »"■ 

 B_ridegroom,Thom P so,,'s Eclipfe * Phurea ele « ans - Ma J° r '8 



not be allowed at any tim. tn L^Z} 1 at the border _ should 



Petunias. — B. 

 Peaches 



preve 



that too m 



should inse 

 trees are tl, 



be affected 



cold spring water must not be used. 



Pear-Trbb&.^ Subscriber, 



pruning; besides, as your ^o P«« MrV«bI^ , ?I? n '?"?*■ 

 it does rot appear that they require that opimTon ab A U » lua,ltI >' 

 of fresh soil and manure, applied as far as their roci t« 'TJ 

 will prove beneficial | as cneir root 3 extend, 



Poly ASTHV*us— An Amateur. -Buck's Georce 4th p q «.c . 

 Alexander, Cleir^'s Pari firrv Hiifinnf.c ■ « ' Pea t s °n 

 Kaac liffe . C ro^ 8 „aV4 '&^t^^ S?^",^ 



s 



Lord 



liquid 



many ways of selling bark. In the rough, 50 ells make aload 

 A Hatch- load of Oak bark is, the bark stripped from the timber 

 as felled in April and May, set up to dry in the open air.put undct 

 cover, and "hatched'-that is, the moss and outside routrh 

 bark are shaved off, and it is chopped into pieces from 2 to 3 in. 

 Jong ; it is then ready to go through the mill in the tan-yard. — 

 Anon.— If your Pear-trees bloom and do not fruit you must pro- 



tectthe blossoms. B.F.— Chimonanthus may be propagated 



from cuttings of the just ripe wood struck in heat under 

 a bell-glass; it is now commonly raised from lavers, which, 

 however, root unw llingly ; the best way is to get the seeds, 

 which are always found on old plants after a mild winter. It 



is not particular about soil. Farnhum. -Cuttings of the 



roots of Glycine sinensis n ay be struck in a little heat; it will 

 also root freely from layers. — \-w. F.—lt a lady cannot buy 

 the seeds she wants, there is nothing to be done but to save 

 them herself. No instructions arc required, as they will be 

 saved in the usual way. In sending them to New Zealand 

 they must be packed loosely in a coarse canvas bag, which 

 must be suspended in some well ventilated part of the ship. 



All European seeds are useful in New Zealand. Boulogne.— 



These is no objection to a south-east aspect for a small green- 



house. Many plants will thrive very well in it. M. C. 3/.— 



Next week ; the question is referred to one conversant practi- 

 cally with such questions. Argo.— The cause of the young 



bulbs of Orchidaceous plants damping, is no doubt owing to 

 their being kept too wet. The suckers may be taken from 



Musa Cavendishii before it fruits. $ Exhibitor is answered 



at p. 104 of this year.* P. — See last vol., pp. 303 and 



335, where a full account of the method of burning clay is 



given, and also at p. 85 of the present year, t Amicus.— 



Currants will bear grafting very well.* A Beginner.-C&Hco 



done over with Whitney's composition dries in a fev days; 

 the Beechwood is a better Melon than the Green Rock,- the 

 plants should be turned out of their pots and planted into the 



mould in the bed.* B. />.— The management of "Couv e 



Tronchuda" is given at p. 120 of this year, t D. G.— A Us 



of herbaceous plants may be found at p. 681, 1843. t Ram* 



bier.— We do not know it. Walcheren Brocoli is like a good 

 large Cauliflower. It is reported to be hardy, and requires the 



same treatment as other varieties.^ W. J.— A Pansy for 



across.* W> •''• 



ay be sent packed in tin cases 



with moist moss.* W. J.— Shape and habit of male, and 



colour of female, and colour of male parent.* W. J.-Tne 



"Florists' Journal."* A. R. Z.— See p. 197, i» to-days 



Paper.J 



SEEDLING FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 

 Azai.kas.— C. 3/.— Your seedling presents no improvement 

 either in colour or form, and the petals in the centre are a de- 

 cided defect.* 

 Cinerarias.— Winton. — Your seedling is a bold and showy 

 variety of good colour in the specimens received ; the edges ot 

 the petals curl back, which make them look narrow and irre- 

 gular; if this fault is not apparent on the growing plant, it « 



a handsome flower.* T. B. Y.— No. 2 is a flower of good 



form and substance ; the colour with which the petals are 

 tipped, is rather too faint, which gives it a faded appearance^ 

 but from its other good properties it makes a desirable variety. 



• E. J. L.— Rook wo<>d is not worth preserving, on account 



of its colour being weak, and the petals thin and small, *"7~! 

 Alice is a very good flower in colour, form, and substance, out 

 there are others in cultivation similar to it* Z. Z. Z.— For- 

 mosa elegans, a very lively-looking variety, surpassed bj r one 

 similar to it in appearance, already in cultivation, named tne 

 Dowagsr Queen. Rotunda, compact and pretty flower, b« 

 no improvement, and wc have similar varieties to Venns vic- 

 trix and Rosea alba, which are both pretty, compact variet ,'"" 

 — A. B.— A large and very finely-coloured seedling, of a 

 azure tint; the petals appear rather too long for their s Di- 

 stance, as they hang about rather too much ; no doubt pai 

 of this irreeularity arises from the faintne.^s produced by »- 

 veiling. We are glad to see these splendid colours B'. rad ' ,a jj 

 gutting into larger flowers; this specimen measures U »n co 

 diameter.* . . 



Fi'chsias.-Z. Z. Z.—Alba coccinea. We have the same dcucaw 

 colours in larger, stouter, and better flowers.* 



*** As usual, many communications have been received too la e • 



showing should not be less than 1$ inch 

 and W. J. and Co.— Flowers may be sent 



