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THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 





moisture is obtained, and no water is required, from the 

 time the cuttings are put in until they are rooted in the 

 pots. So suitable is this treatment, that when the bud 

 at the axil of the leaf has been damaged, or otherwise 

 abortive, those at the root are excited and suckers are 

 produced. All kinds of Roses will root freely under 

 this treatment. — J?. P. Drummond, Gwernant Park, 

 Cardiganshire, 



A FLORIST REFORMER— No. I. 



THE TULIP. . . 



That there is great occasion for a reform in flori- 

 culture none will deny ; but concerning the means by 

 which this may be attained much difference of opinion 

 will exist. Some may say that better regulations at 

 florists' meetings will have a tendency to accomplish this 

 desirable object ; and also that by paying strict attention 

 to the appointment of competent and impartial judges, 

 something may be done. But the greatest evil is the 

 selling, as well as exhibiting, one variety under several 

 names, well knowing at the time that the plants are alike. 

 It is astonishing that men, for the paltry sum of a few 

 shillings will hazard their character and reputation in 

 this respect. The dispersion of the late Mr. Clarke's 

 Breeders has been a source of much confusion, each 

 possessor upon breaking one having named it without 

 taking the least trouble to ascertain whether the same 

 variety was ever previously broken. 



I have often been surprised that southern growers 

 have not set about reforming this notorious abuse, pos- 

 sessing, as they do, the best means of doing so, as the 

 Breeders were principally in their hands. If this had 

 been the case we should not have had Polyphemus under 

 so many names ; and I must say that the parties who 

 have again named it ought not to be classed (even if 

 innocent) amongst those entitled to the highest rank 

 amongst connoisseurs. 



Much of this abuse might have been remedied if in 



catalogues annually published the synonymes had been 



given. I was the first who noticed in a catalogue the 



various names which the Tulip, as well as other florists' 



flowers, was sold under. Now, if this had been done by 



the southern florists, much inconvenience and mischief 



would have been avoided. I trust that they will now set 



about the matter in earnest, and in future, catalogue 



each variety under what is supposed to be the original 



name, adding after it the whole of the synonymes by 



which it is known. It is to aid this object that I give the 



following list of Tulips, with as many of the synonymes as 



I know ; and if they are not correct I trust I shall meet 



with the cordial co-operation of good judges in efTecting 



this object. 



That the amateur may be benefited in making a ju- 

 dicious selection, I have classed them in three divisions. 

 The First Class contains all that is worthy of a place in 

 any stand of 12 or 24 varieties, and possesses every 

 requisite of a fine Tulip. In the second the varieties have 

 either fine forms, but tinged stamens, or else have rather 

 long cups, and pure bottoms and stamens. Those in the 

 Third Class are such as deserve a place in any collection, 

 but are not calculated for a southern stage. 



FIRST CLASS. 



THIRD 

 Roses. 

 Admiral Kingsbergen 

 Alexandre le Roi 

 Camillus 

 Claudiana 



Comte de Vergennes 

 Duchess of Clarence 

 Emily 



Fleur de Dame 

 Grand Roi de France 

 Incomparable Hebe, alias Iphi- 



genia, and Rose Hebe 

 Lady Willmot 

 La Vandyke 

 Lavinia (Clarke's) 

 Lilas en Cerise 

 Maria (Goldham's) 

 Mary Ann (Lawrence's) 

 Rose Monty 

 Bianca 

 Quarto 



Primo bien du Noir 

 Unique 

 Sarah (Lawrence's) 

 Strong's Daphne, very like if 

 not the same as La Vandyke 

 Thalestris 

 Vesta 



Walworth, alia* Glory of Wal- 

 worth, and Glaphyra 

 Byblomcns. 

 Alexander Magnus, alias Mcon, 

 and Grand Marvel 



Angelina 



Bagnel, called also Black Bag- 



nel 

 Baluruc 

 Black Tabbart 

 Catharina 

 Chef d'ceuvre 

 Competitor 

 Czarine 



Ely's Queen Victoria 

 Fair Flora (Buckley's) 





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• • 



CLASS. 



Glory (Buckley f s) 



Grotius 



Imperatrice de Maroc, alias 

 Lady of the Lake, and Va- 

 lerius Publicola 



ImperatricedesRomaines,a/*"a* 



Duchesse de Modena 

 Incomparable Premier Noble, 



alias Grand Czidt 



La belle Narene 



La Mere Bruin Incomparable 



Lawrence's Friend 



Nectar 



Passe Reine d'Egrpt 



Patty (Lawrence's) 



Queen of Beauties 



n Charlotte 



Reid's Sir John Moore 



Reine d'Hongrie 



„ des Tulips 



Roscius 



Superb en Noir, alias Lysander 



Noir 

 Transparent Noir 

 Washington, alias Rodney 

 Violet k belle forme 



Imperial 



Pompeuse 



Rougeatre 



Triomphant 



Waller's 

 Bizarre** 

 Bolivar (Lawrence's) 



Carlo Dolci 

 Catafalque Superieure 



Duke of Wellington 



Emperor of Austria 



Jubilee (Rider's) 



Sir Sidney Smith, alias Mag- 

 num Bonum, Trebisonde, 

 Demetrius, and Franklin's 

 Washington 



Osiris 



Prince Albert (Groom's) 



M 



II 

 II 

 »l 

 It 



It is 



of Peas 



John Slater, Cheetham-hill, Manchester.^ 



> 



Aglaia 



Amelia 



Bacchus, alias Atlas and Rose 



Baccu 

 Carnuse de Craix 

 Catalina, alias Ponceau tres 



Blanc and Cerise Blanche 

 Cerise & belle forme 

 Galatea (Slater's) 

 Triomphe Royal, alias Heroine, 



La belle Nannette, and La 



Cherie 

 Madame Vestris, alias Clarke's 



Clio and Goldham's Princess 



Sophia of Gloucester 

 Ponceau tres blanc (Dutch) 

 Queen of Hearts (Franklin's) 

 Rose Brilliant. 



Byblomcns. 

 Anacreon (Slater's) 

 Bijou des Amateurs 

 Byzantium (Lawrence's) 

 Camarine 

 Eveque d'Amboise 

 Holmes* King 



Invincible (Franklin's) 



Mentor, alias Reine de Sheba 



M usadora 



Pandora 



Roi de Siam, alias Acapulco 



Salvator Rosa 



Violet Cook 



, f Sovereign 



„ Quarto, alias Violet 

 Alexander 



,, Brun 

 Zenobia (Slater's)* 



Bizart cs. 

 Catafalque (old Dutch) 

 Char bonnier 

 Curion (Slater's) 

 Duke of Hamilton (Slater's) 

 Fabius (Lawrence's) 

 Glencoe 



lago (Lawrence's) 

 Marcellus 



Napoleon (Walker's) 

 Polyphemus, alias Goldham's 



Albion, Ulysses, and Nourri 



Effendi. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Curculio lineatus, of Linneus, {the striped Pea- 

 weevil.)— There is no family of beetles more destructive 

 to the produce of the garden than the Curculionidse or 

 Weevils, some attacking the Vines, Peaches, and Nec- 

 tarines, others destroying nuts, seeds, and grain, and we 

 have received from different quarters a species which is 

 exceedingly injurious to the young Peas* This seems to be 

 a favourable season for these beetles, for they made their 

 appearance in thousands the last week of March, in the 

 neighbourhood of Hertford, and for a fortnight caused 

 very extensive mischief to the Peas ; in some instances 

 entirely eating off the second and third sowing, when the 

 young plants had grown three or four inches above the 

 surface. At that early period of the year they were ob- 

 served to come out of the earth about nine or ten o'clock 

 in the morning, and after feeding all day, they retired 

 into the loose ground again as evening approached. At 

 Stafford the same species of Weevil was equally trouble- 

 some, eating off the foliage of the early Peas, and it was 



not less destructive in the Isle of Wight, where it affected 

 the Beans also. 



which is the Curculio macularius of Marsham (fig. 2)- 

 it is verv similar to the foreeoincr insect in .;,o ' , 



[June 15 



now thirty years since a friend showed meTbci 

 in his garden in Norfolk, which was greatly i Q 

 jured by an allied species, called Sitona crinita by Olivier 

 " ' ? *' ^ "" acularius of Marsham (fig ' 



foregoing insect in size and 

 figure, but as the colouring and markings are different 

 it will be as well to describe this Weevil : — It is of a eriv 

 tint, more or less ash-coloured ; the sculpture and three 

 pale lines on the thorax resemble those of S. lineata bnt 

 the elytra are spotted with black, some having a' few 

 spots only, as in the figure, others having the same space? 

 especially the third from the suture, regularly spotted* 

 and there are series of short bristly hairs down the centre 

 of the furrows, particularly towards the apex; the ha 

 are similar in colour to the other species, but the thighs 

 are not so dark. 



Before attempting to find a remedy, it will be neces- 

 sary to ascertain the economy of these Weevils, and it U 

 very remarkable, that although the Sitona lineata is found 

 in myriads in Clover and Pea-fields, and is a constant 

 inhabitant of the Broom and Furze, yet neither the science 

 of the Naturalist nor the experience of the Agricul- 

 turist, has enabled them to detect when or where the 

 eggs are deposited, or upon what the larvae feed. In all 

 probability, when these maggots are full grown, they 

 retire into the earth, and there undergo their transforms, 

 tion into pupae ; yet I have some reason to believe that 

 the Weevils hibernate and corne forth in the earlj 

 spring, cheered by the sun and impelled by hunger, to 

 feed upon the tender crops; for the vernal specimens, at 

 far as my observation extends, are always rubbed, so 

 that they are much darker than the summer ones, and 

 look like a different species. I should imagine that if 

 soot were strewed tolerably thick along the rows of Peas, 

 it would protect the crop from the ravages of the Weevils, 

 and pulverised unslaked lime, it may be presumed, would 

 be equally serviceable in dry weather. The best time 

 for applying these remedies would be soon after sunrise, 

 before the Weevils come forth to feed; and if any made 

 their way through, they would not be able to return very 

 readily, but in all probability would depart to more agree- 

 able quarters, or would be rendered incapable of farther 

 mischief during the night, for it may be inferred from 

 their retiring into the earth in the evening that they suffer 

 from cold. If the crop is watered, strew the soot or lima 

 half an hour after, and let it lie at least half an inch 

 thick on the surface. These Weevils drop, as nearly all 

 the Curculionidce do, when approached, and are conr 

 sequently very difficult to find. — Ruricola. 



THE ROSE-GARDEN — No. XII. 



(Continued from page 372.) 



Failing Buds.— Failing buds should always be replaced 

 with others, (but, be it remembered, that not one in tea 

 ought to fail,) as near as possible to the place they were 

 before entered, without mutilating the branch or body oi 

 the tree. Two buds in a tree are enough. 



Untying the Ligatures.- -This operation must mainly 

 depend upon the weather ; in general, during jainy wea- 

 ther, a month may elapse. If the weather be hot si 

 weeks will, perhaps, be scarcely enough ; »^sometunes 

 it is a matter of indifference if the ligatures be remored 



Manteau 



Brilliant, 



Roses. 

 Brulante Eclatante 

 Catharine 



Cerise Royal, alia* 

 Ducal, Ponceau 

 and Moore's Rose 

 Elizabeth Jeffries 

 Lady Crewe 

 J<ady Middleton 

 Lac 

 Mason 



Mason's Matilda, alias Strong's 



French Rose 

 Pretiosa, alias Thunderbolt 

 Queen Boadicea 

 Rose Cam use 



Byblomen*. 

 Ambassador, alia* Atlas and 



Rose Baccu 

 Bailleu van Menvede 

 Bienfait Incomparable 

 Beauty (Buckley's) 



Buckley's No. 46 



Cleopatra 



Comte de Provence 

 David, alias David Poorpre 

 Davy's Queen Charlotte 

 Due de Bordeaux 

 General Barneveld 

 Imperatrix Florum 

 Incomparable Daphne 



„ Rowbottom's, 



alias Haigh's 

 Lancashire Hero (Buckley's) 

 Lord Denbigh 



SECOND CLASS. 



Lord of the Isle (Slater's) 



Lewold 



Louis XVI. 



Ne plus Ultra 



Prince Elie 



Queen Victoria (Willmer's) 



Rubens 



Sir E. Knatchbull 



Thalia (Clarke's) 



Violet Sovereign 



Bizarre*. 



Charles X., alias Waterloo, 

 Bartlett's Platoff, La Con- 

 querante, Gabel's Glory, 

 Royal Sovereign, and Duke 

 of Lancaster 



Catafalque Surpasse 



Carter's Leopold 



Donzelli, alias Wells's Lord 

 Brougham 



Leonatus Posthumus 



Lord Milton 



Lord Lilford 



Leonardo da Vinci 



Optimus (Hutton'a), alias Sur- 

 pa»se Optimus 



Richard Cobden 



Sanzio, alias Abercrombie, 

 Captain White, Strong's 

 Admiral White, and Strong's 

 Admiral Black 



Shakspeare, alias Garrick, and 



I Edmund Kean 

 Strong's King 



The group to which the striped Pea-weevil belongs has 

 been separated from the old Linnean genus Curculio, 

 and has received from Germar the appellation of Sitona ; 

 it contains about 20 British species,* and the one before 

 us is named Sitona Lineata (fig. 1); it is convex, and 

 clothed with minute scales, more or less ochreous, those 

 on the head and thorax often having a coppery lustre ; 

 they are also coarsely punctured ; the head is elongated 

 and narrowed before the eyes, which are black and not 

 very prominent, and forms a short stout rostrum, at the 

 extremity of which is the mouth, furnished with a pair 

 of strong jaws, &c. ; the face is concave, with a line down 

 the centre ; the antennae are ferruginous, brightest at 

 the base, very slender, not long, and inserted at the ex- 

 tremity of a groove on each side of the rostrum, towards 

 the apex ; they are geniculated or broken, and composed 

 of 12 joints, the basal one long and clavate, the 2d 

 larger than the six following, which are short, the re- 

 mainder forming a spindle-shaped club of four indistinct 

 joints ; the thorax is cylindrical, with the sides slightly 

 convex, the scales forming a dorsal and two lateral stripes ; 

 the scutei is minute ; the elytra are long and elliptical, 

 the shoulders prominent, there are ten punctured striae on 

 each, the spaces being alternately light and dark, forming 

 five pale lines on each, in perfect specimens ; but they 

 are frequently partially obliterated, as in the figure : wings 

 ample ; legs moderately long, ferruginous ; thighs stout 

 and dark, but clothed with fine pale pubescence, and 

 chesnut-coloured at the base ; tibiae simple ; tarsi four- 

 jointed, three first joints cushioned beneath ; two basal 

 ones elongate-obtrigonate, first the longest, third bilobed, 

 fourth slender and clavate, claws small but strong. It varies 

 greatly in size and colour, some being as long as the line 

 in the cut, deep ochreous, with the stripes very distinct ; 

 whilst others are much smaller, and quite black and 

 shining on the back, the scales being worn off. 



* Curtis's Guide, Geuus 375, 





the second, to keep tne nps 01 mc v »«~---j— o 

 turning up with the heat, and disuniting tne woun^ tt 

 has barely healed ; but care must be taken that in iecw 

 ing these advantages, the bark, swelling with «e «r 

 of the stem, is not confined, to the injury of the b 

 To avoid this, as well as to secure the benefit of binding 

 up, when you find the buds 

 swelling, cut with the point of 

 the knife, (taking care not to 

 injure the bark,) that part of 

 the ligature which is just be- 

 hind the bud, leaving the bast 

 on, which will continue to pro- 

 tect the bud from the sun, and 

 three weeks afterwards remove 

 .the whole of the ligature. Or, 

 untie the bast, and taking a 

 broader piece, as not so likely 

 to run into the dent created by 

 the first, tie it on lightly to 

 keep down the edges of the 

 overlaying bark. It must be 

 remembered, that injury is as 



frequently done by removing h fee* 



the ligature too soon, where the supply. of «p n^ ^ 

 deficient, as by leaving it on too ; long, where ^ 



profuse. 'iiit. ell d of Oct.. J*, 



Shortening the Wild Branches.-M *" e , tocki| W 

 or whenever the sap has quite deserted tn brancheSf ^ 

 not before, it is desirable to shorten the jr^ ^ ^ ^ 

 for two rea 

 against the irosu, «©. i. -"-"^v;^;; Abo ut 



< 



for two reasons ; first, because it *™*££* it *ak' 



frosts, &c. ; and secondly, becau g ^ ^ 



the garden a little less like a thicket. ^ ^ 



inches should be left upon each shoot. , nQ{$ 



not to bend the branch too much on cutting 

 any way to disturb the buds. f„„ nll f,ntlf short* 8 ? 



?n nursery gardens, the shoots « W^l* 1 

 while the 

 placed b 



strengthening the plant, Dy un "~r — A n 

 means of its nourishment, viz., mc the 



amputations from a healthy stock, ^^ 



and branches are in proportion to e ^ en 



be injurious; how much more so, ^ ^ ? 

 is scarcely head enough to wor -, 



produce of the season should be leK « 



riery gardens, tnesuuuw«"- * . maklD r w 



. sap is up, with the ta»» tt0 ' , f j£ S» * S 

 uds ,ush, a. well as f rom a »» * n^ ^ 

 eniog the plant, b, the remo'» A „ ,£* 



bed 



