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THE GARD ENERS' CHRONIC LE. 



— ^"~" : ^- ,..n„«-w - i . To train | have m 



[June 22, 



. 



and train the young plauts, as b 



ruanent trees, and occasionally 



^J^BME these will require attention occa- 



"£} % IT^-Watarin, -d.hadin.th^r^lanted^ed. 

 lings ana other things arc still re site. J* e ha*. '"^ 

 where I reside yet. except passing showers, which are nan y 



sufficient to lay the dust.— W.B. 



8» M of A. Wither near L~*~ he*. ««k «««»*, '«•*>' 1.44,*. 



June 



observed at the H„rticuliur»l Uard^n. Ch.iwick. 



H ft»MUM HTst* 



M.MJfH BAMuMKrK*- 



Prid. 



U 



Sat- 



15 



^un • 



16 



Moo. 



17 



Tuet- 



)9 



Wrd. 



19 



TKum. 



20 



Aif#. 



Aver*** 



I 



9 



4 



Mas* 



tO.OJO 

 30 W* 



aoi 



3*). i 

 30.041 



..■.11 



Mtn. 



30.1 

 30.1(58 



».«7H 



• 44 



Ma a. 



Mia. 



73 



49 



78 



43 



7f 



4 



77 



M 



77 



54 



M 



40 



74 



43 



7*0 1 



48 1 



Mean. 

 6*0 

 60.5 

 500 

 «4.5 

 65.5 

 66 

 63.5 



*1 5 



Wind- Rain. 



\v. 





w. 





N.W. 





K. 



.04 



E. 



,OA 



N.W. 



."-' 



N.W. 



.01 



have Grapes with, ut wen nue heat ifl autum n, in 



SSffiBS=aS jsj -T=t jssts 



SSmJher U ttt'TjSKSKt" W o should 

 «•"* " B .' , .°" .T^h^Li, i of Marclf to wtthln t»0 fee. of 



-I* 



June 14 Clear; fine ihrou«h.mt. 

 _ 16 Wry fine ; cl«-r hi ni«ht. 



lh .slightly clouded; very rine; clear. 



__ 17 Hot and dry ; eUodf ; ram «i n. K ht. 



IK Rain • fine I thunder in atirrn<ion, with ahowera. 

 - !2(»^.t heavy cloud.; ih.m.r.; »li K htly clouded, 

 Z 2, So'vncut; .li B bi.how.r. S cloudy and fin.. 



and fine. 



30 Densely _ 

 Mean temperature of th. week 3-lOth deg. below th. average. 



State of th. Weather at Chi.wick during th* 1 art 18 year., for th. emuln K 

 hUWMtn. w..k ending June 29, 1844. __ 



Prrtralllni; Wind. 



allow the bottom to he choked with we 



hedge will soon be 'e^ ed ^ gutters for 



when buried in the ground ; >t» better tons e or 



You must not rely upon your botrorn-heat r or * 



poses; at that t*™*.™;^ feet, let 



and most have iron pipes to supply u. » 



A I be 64 feet, C D 10 J"*"*™ »" } he. ^o \ fi 



Height ok Tkkk..-.i S f'"£l r /ZueV R "provided with a level 

 the height of trees is a ^"J*« ; ^^^ke a station as far 

 which is furnished with *™™™*J£;*tof rom the ground, 



«£&- S^JWa*" 2 root, having 



the 

 wire 



June 



Sim. 2» 

 Men. 34 

 Tuee. *5 



Wed. » 



Thur.37 



Fri. 



A ver. 



Hi«hett 



Temp. 



Arer. 



I.OWfft 



Temp. 



73.2 





7*1 



41). H 



714 



i 



7«.t 



60.4 



60.9 



51.1 



7*.* 



31.0 



T-'.O 



41*. 7 



Mean 

 Teinp 



61.0 



■ 

 609 

 61.9 



'.1 

 61.6 

 G0.B 



No. ox 



Ycati in 



which it 

 Rained. 



I 



6 



I 



7 

 9 

 A 



4 



Greatest j 



1 . i.i 1 



* 





• 



quantity 1 

 of Rain. 



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pq 





/ 



> 



• 



/ 





m 



0.40 in- 



i 



1 



2 1 



2 



6 



4 



1 



040 



— 



2 



8 



1 



2 4 



6 



1 



o.;9 



1 



1 



5 



1 



2 3 



3 



1 



1.00 



— 



2 4 



— | 1| 5 



5 



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1 



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1 



2 1 



2 



SI 3 



6 



M ■ 



0.65 



9 



1 



3 



J 



2 



8 



J 4 



0.20 



9 



3 



2 



— *■ 



~^ 



5 



4 



2 



and as neariy ** ^'""'^r , ~ d uuon looking through 

 placed the instrument ejel, and upo s croM _ 



sights, make a ma k on the fee «n » moveable part of 



in the sight of the level 1 1 hen ra b Lookin g through 



K ttfiMLSft «Tlaa US with the top of 



The hi K he.t temperatur. during theaboT. period ccurred on the 28th, 

 J82e-therm. 'Jl° \ and the lowett onth. «8ih, 1843-therra. 40'. 



the sights observe "XTmnVe t"he"instrument backwards or 



^^ttiXfSSnto.Soun* to the .„a lk) and the son, 



U the »<>' V^*,, / HWeTpWer. are the youngr of Aranea 

 IxsBCTS.-C.F.-Vour "roe »P o(her jDSects> and 



species .*.--»JV *■ ,. " J° if thp pvaooration be great, fumi- 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Vfc have again to announce that Mr. PAXTON'S COTTAGERS- 

 CALENDAR is out of print. We have given ^ str ri uc c t '^ s f ^ 

 a new edition to be prepared immediately, and .shall feel 

 obliged if those gentlemen who propose distributing copies 

 amongst their tenantry will at once order them, that we may 

 judge how many to reprint. .w-— « 



AoaiMovY.-^conomica.-This isaperennial, and may be pro- 

 na-ated by seeds or roots. How much one person may con- 

 sume we cannot tell. Its leaves are to be gathered when f.ill 

 grown, and before they change colour If the p ant is inot 

 illowed to flower they will be finer. They should be dried 

 in the shade like Chamomile flowers, and when quite dry 

 be inclosed in tin canisters. They are aromatic and tonic. 

 Both Hawthorn leaves and Sloe leaves are astringent. 1 here 

 , is no harm in them when dried, nor any good that we know of. 

 Books.— F. W. C— The last edition of M Sweet's Hortus Britan- 



nicus" was published, we believe, in 1839 A Subscriber.— 



•' Hamilton on the Pine," M Roberts on the Vine," "Sweet s 

 Hothouse and Greenhouse Companion." 

 Camklmas.— T. G. //.-These may be inarched in June; but 

 care should be taken not to keep the plants close and warm, if 

 you wish them to flower the first spring, as they are apt to 

 fnakc a second growth. If worked in June or July, and 

 kept slightly shaded, they will be fit to be separated from the 

 parent plant before the rest of your plants are housed. *- — 

 A Subscriber.— As soon as the present year's shoots are ripe, 

 take cuttings off, with a heel, and put them into pots prepared 

 in the usual way for cuttings. They should be placed in a cool 

 frame, or under hand-glasses, and kept shaded until they have 

 commenced forming roots, when they may be removed into a 

 brisk bottom heat. Shoots of the middle size make the best 



cuttings. $. ■ 



Cape Bulbs.— A Reader.— Your large bulb from the Cape is, 



%e presume, Brunsvigia Josephinze. It should be planted in 

 well drained pots in light loam with the bulbs half way above 

 "the soil. They should be watered sparingly until roots are 

 formed -, but when they begin to grow, water may be more 

 freely supulied. In autumn they may be placed in a light 

 situation in a cool greenhouse, where they may remain until 

 spring. During this period they should receive only a mode- 

 rate supply of water. About the beginning of May they should 

 be placed in a stove where they may be kept warm through 

 the summer, and in August or beginning of September the 

 flower-buds will appear and rise rapidly. The Elephant's 

 'Foot is Testudinaria elephantipes.t 

 Climbing Pi.avts.—.I. M— The following is a good selection 

 Clematis azurea, Sieboldi, and montana; Glycine sinensis, 

 Solanum crispum, Chimonanthus grand itlor us, Jasminum 

 revolutum, Ceanothus azureus, Magnolia conspicua and 

 grandiflora, Berberis fascicularis, Passiflora ccerulea, Big- 

 nonia radicans major, Caprifolium flexuosum, Eccremocarpus 

 scaber, Cobasa stipularis.f 

 CoNSKavAToaiKS.— A Subscriber.— V our plan looks well ; but 

 you are losing too much room. Better connect the stages a' 

 the back wall : otherwise you will have only 4 feet, out of 15, 

 for plants. Your borders, moreover, ought to be at least 3 

 feet wide, if bushes are to grow in them. Freestone is better 

 for stages than wood. , ' 



Cottage Gardens.— R. H.— We are much obliged for your 

 note. Perhaps we have been remiss. We will endeavour to 

 do better. Such hints as yours are always most welcome. 

 Elder Flowers.— J.McL.— If these are dried very slowly, in 

 the shade, and without heating, they will retain a part of their 

 fragrance : but a great deal of it will disappear. They ought 

 to be put into the still when fresh gathered. 

 Garden Walls.— A Novice.— A garden-wall will face the sun 

 at l p.m., if you build it at right angles to a line corresponding 

 with l^ point of the compass from your meridian, or 

 N. by E. i E. If you are in doubt about the correction for the 

 variation of the compass, you may consult your watch, put- 

 ting yourself in a line with the sun, and a stake fixed in the 

 ground, at the hour required, having first corrected your 

 watch to the time of the sun's coming to the meridian, on 

 ' the 20th of August ; and surely this will be sufficiently accu- 

 rate for all Horticultural purposes. t 

 Grasses.— R. G.— The m-ist valuable of all Grasses for grow- 

 ing under trees is Dactylis glomerata. For Aisu Caespitosa, 

 p. 392, read Aira C, but it is perfectly worthless— scarcely a 

 creature will touch it ; but we have the authority of Messrs. 

 Lawson, transmitted, we apprehend, from some German ex- 

 perimenters, that Aira lutea, which has the same habitats as 

 A. Caespitosa, is a good Grass, with Anthoxanthum odnratum. 

 Melica uniflora, (a very elegant Grass), Meiica Sylvestris, 

 * Festuca Svlvestris, Bromus Sylvestris, Arundo Epigeios, and 

 Bromus giganteus, also grow in woods under trees. The 

 versatile character of Lotus corniculatup, which usually fre- 

 quents only the sunniest downs, is one which has not been 

 generally observed.- W. P. Taunton. 

 GaEBNHOUSE ViNEBiES.-0/nco.-The points to attend to in 



SmTe 5KcS.ltt5Tflif.tt.. r with ...phor for twenty 



tmng luui PKterna i a ir must be excluded.fi. P. W. 



^xt^^rnl^^^ Pini, which only attacks 



ronSSrousteee-: it has been numerous in various localities 

 coniferous trees ^^ Qf extirpation in young pi anta- 



have more or less of the Chili in their constitution, as Myatt't. 

 Seedlings, which require that runners be early established for 

 bearing in the following season, as the old plants are apt to 

 die off. As fruit can be obtained earlier in the season frora 

 plants that have not previously borne, it is advisable to renew 

 some portion every year; but the propriety of annually de- 

 stroying the whole depends very much on circumstances; 

 and therefore, the method cannot be recommended, except 

 In particular cases. Where it is adopted, it is of the utmost 

 importance to root the runners as early as possible, either 

 from plants established in the open ground, or from such as 

 have been forced. Where practicable, it is one of the best 

 plans to lay the runners in small pots. This plan has beer* 

 known to insure complete success as regards a crop in the 

 following season, when plantations made Irom plants not so 

 rooted in pots have borne but partially. I 

 Vines — 4 Subscriber.— It will be in favour of the future welfare- 

 of your' Vines if you reduce the number of bunches to 10 on 

 each seeing they have not been long planted.] 

 Miscellaneous —Abdolonymus.— Numerous articles on water- 

 ine out-door plants are given in the Chronicle for 1843, to- 

 wllch we would refer you, and more especially to p. 499 of 

 the volume for that year, where we have expressed our own 



ooinion on the subject^ A Subscriber .-Gentianclla is 



troublesome to raise from seed. If we. I managed' the seed- 

 lines mav flower in the second year, but can hardly be 

 expected 'to do so before the third. Portulaca Thellusonii is 



a tender annual. Gentlewoman.— In the first place, your 



Strelitzia has suffered from removal, and has not yet 

 recovered. Secondly, it is probable that a little bottom.heat 

 is wanted by it ; though that is not generally necessary. 

 The genus does very well in loam, and will bear a good, 

 deal of dryness. We should expect that your specimen, if it 

 remains in health, will flower again next year.-— .f Lady.— 

 We have sent your letter to Mr. Roberts, and shall probably 

 tret an answer next week. We do not think you will find any 

 of vour seeds worth growing except Clitoria, Erythrina, and 



Noronhea chartacea. ilnon.-Much obliged. Jour letter 



is given to the Superintendent of Police, who has all the 

 arrangements, and will no doubt take means to abate the evil 



you complain of. F. //. fi.-The Number you require to 



complete your set has been some time out of print. — -An old 

 Subscriber.— Fruiterers may show at Chis wick against Market 

 Gardeners, but not against private growers.--^ Gallovidtan. 

 —No plants, except lichens, will grow on the steep face of a 

 granite rock, where soil cannot lodge. Unless some means 

 Ire found of enabling earth to collect, it is impracticable to 

 clothe the rock with vegetation. S. Andre w * - Cereiw 



crenatus can only be obtained by F*^^^"^"^"? 

 Society, until it shall have been propagated by the trade. We 

 have not received any previous note. It was raised at 

 Carclew,near Penrhyn. 



^,t^r aho^eVoXfo. a " & P.. 37 B . and U !s c^o Baphi. 



^U^CrvX/ You wU? Itod t'he histories and ngares of 

 ToarlnSts in*''Curtts's Brit. Ent.," folios 708, 520, & 668.-- 

 ffi£2«U-TI.. history and a fp~«rEj2&E 



given 

 di 



SirhrTou wm undouTeoryTtect the rea. offenders which 

 wfsh'.Kg.adt„see,K--r«^..-YoaMnsec js hemale 



Piim moth Cerura vmula.it. A.— If you win rase au 



our C e of shag tobacco, and pour a pint of boiling water upon 

 ?" and then dip into it the twig of a Rose-bush covered with 

 Aphides whilst it is tolerably hot, you will find the lice all 

 dead in alew hours ; and you may increase the quantity of 

 water until you have ascertained to what an extent the de- 

 Action may be diluted to be efficient; but unless you can 

 syringe Hie underside of the leaves it will have little if any 

 effect on the insects lodged there, and this renders fumiga- 

 tion far superior where it can be applied. R. 

 I 4RCHK6 \-A Reader. -It is commonly reported that red sand- 

 L s?one produces heart-rot; but we have seen good healthy 

 trees on a bottom of white freestone, which was in some 

 places so thinly covered with soil as to appear above the 

 surface of the ground. The Larch will thrive so as to be 

 a profitable tree in almost all elevated rocky places, or where 

 water does not stagnate ; but it evidently dislikes permanently 

 wet land. Rot often occurs in Larches growing in undrained 

 clavs in wet sandy subsoils, in moors and such-like places, 

 which afford a probable explanation of the cause of the evil. 

 Worn out garden ground, or soil rich in humus, is especially 



unsuitable for it. t f n«.»«.». 



Manures.-;!.— From what we have seen and heard of Potter s 

 guano, we should say that it can produce no such effects as 

 those of drawing up and weakening shoots, and shortening 

 the duration~of flowers. We suspect your enemy to be dark- 



C. L.—ll land is poor, it is as well to give liquid 



SEEDLING FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 

 Patcrolabxas.-J. E. Y.-Your seedlings are not equal in size, 



colour or marking, to the Calceolarias of the present time.* 

 CarLat.'ovs^e Tp?cotees.-B. C.-Tne Editor will attend to 



the wishes of his correspondent as soon as the flowers are. 



rflmoLi-^. P.-Your specimen was so shrivelled that we 

 can give you no opinion upon it. We doubt however 

 whether it is of any value. Unless seedling Gladioli are very 

 Tcfdedly handsomer than the old ones they are not worth 



P A P NsrEst D !: H.-Your Seedling is of no value , it is deficient in 

 the qualities that ^constitute a^od flower. badly • 



-SLARGONiuMS.-W. D. t J""--* "} t "Z iich G f the flowers 

 packed that it was impossible to ^Jojlnhrtn^ ^^ 



the petals belonged ; they were ;a» ^-ken from 



and mixed together ; somethinj rs °« '^ u a "" a ppear F lo be 



over them. Judging from ^ PJ^^ a P n P d col0 ur • 



common sorts, deficient in fine to ' m ;!^^ ronB Vya variety 

 Cant. E.-Your seedling resembles ; yeiy rtrong T 



colour in the top petals 



called Garth's Witch, with more cc-ion - — ~ - 

 ereat fault is its thinness and want of substance^ 



Anon.- 



No. 1 , dark self, is a very good flow er .well form* but po. 

 seating no superiority above : many ^^Kgc' and flat ; 

 most novel ; the form is good, and the pet a^s ^ a g 



it , however, wants ^1^^^^--^ 



defi- 



rather thin, and too irregular 

 '— ~m~g uoth vour seedlings are common, 



in its marking.* E. ^-— Bot n h J°™L* acter that have been 



and not equal to sorts of the "**<*%$££„* very defi- 

 long in cultivation.*— K.C. -Your wedUB ^^ Rnd 



cient in substance; they are ^com ^.^ 



■>ecimensasyou 

 od showy vanet 

 that constitute 



character, and not equal to ™* ^necTmens as you have sent 



sen t day.* A Devonian -»nch ^^^y varieties ; they 



come under the denomination of KOods«owy fifst _ 



ness. 



manure to bulbous Iridaceae and Amaryllidaceae ; but few 

 plants want it less. When administered it should be in very 

 small doses, and when the plants are in full growth ■ the first 

 application may be when they have fairly pushed ; and the 

 last when they are fully in flower. Three or four applications 



would be enough. /. B.— It is impossible to answer such 



general questions. All plants like manure, except Heaths 

 and Coniferae; but the quantity and frequency of the appli- 

 cation depends upon their health, of which no one can judge 

 except an eye-witness. As we have frequently stated, the 

 proper" way of applying liquid manure is frequently and weak. 

 The operator must judge for himself, from the appearance of 

 the plants under treatment, when to stop. No directions can 

 well be given for such things; experience is the true guide. 

 Morphology.— I>«M.m>nj,i*.— There is no end to the proofs of 

 the truth of this branch of science, if people will but use their 

 eyes and understandings. Yours, however, is an unusually 

 beautiful piece of evidence, and we shall get M R. E."to intro- 

 duce it into his papers, for which purpose a drawing will be 

 made of it. By-and-bye we shall ihow why the doctrines of 

 Morphology are important to Gardeners. They really form the 

 very foundation of some branches of the art of Horticulture. 

 Names or Plavts. — Dugald.— It is impossible to name foreign 



seeds. J. E. Y.— Your Lobelia is not nearly so handsome 



as its parent. J. B. — Your plant is one of the curious 



shrubby Nolanas. We did not know that they were in this 

 country. Send us a better specimen, with two or three 

 flowers, and it shall be published in the " Botanical Register." 

 . W. K. — Caliistemon lineare. A Subscriber.— Irises can- 

 not be named with certainty from such badly-preserved frag- 

 ments. J. AT. — It is impossfble to name plants without 



flowers in an examinable condition. 

 Oak Bark.— Anon.— Next week. 



Strawberries.—^! Subscriber.— With regard to the opinion 

 that a fresh plantation of strawberries should be made every 

 year, to be destroyed alter having once borne fruit, and that 

 the finest crops can only be obtained by this method, there 

 are some doubts. Mr. Keens, the fortunate raiser of the 

 seedling which bears his name, and an extensive cultivator, 

 had a tolerable crop the first year, an excellent one the 

 second, and after the third year he destroyed the plantation. 

 Those called Pine Strawberries, such as the old Pine, Keens' 

 Seedling, Elton, &c, will hear well in the same situation for 

 many years, if properly managed. That Scarlets are best 

 when the plantations are frequently renewed is generally ad- 

 mitted • and there are some large varieties which appear to 



but brighter in colour.* i. ^;7° t h e sam e fault occurs 



in colour, but wants form very much the same 



are deficient in the higher qualities tnaj «.«« the b t 



rate flowers of the present day. No. .iw £e in the 



-its white centre, and the substance and nne ^ 



lower petals, will make it a favourite, i w ^ ^ b a d, 



we fear the petals curl back. The petal ° r . 4 is too 

 but the upper ones are too V™**** n J^ M .A.T.-W 



much like many that are already kno^m Wit h . 



seedling very much resembles a ™*'**?£ loaT in the top 

 the petals are rather long, and any o™ er c rtne les*, it is * 

 petals would have been an improvement, nei '«" bac lc to 



Showy variety.* G. ^-There is on e gn eat ^ oQatioD 



your flower-it turns at the edges ; rt » ^ jj^ i5 beaaufol 



*' "• *' ame 1 



K MarranneTbutThere isgood colouj ' .^^^dUretainj 

 Mrs. Figs is the best flower in form and ^ ub f a "£ w no wer, but 

 Us form well.*— /i. and *;-^^ l ^VnmctanUy fro* 

 too fringed at the edges, and *°f "°* d '™ a a kno wn flower, 

 known varieties. B.ia animprojemen * Ugon • appe arsta 



named Lady Carlisle ; it is a ^e c|ear c J„ t t o0 |§ M one 

 keep its form well ; the spot is distinct ,\ bu iv o tUer .*--» 

 of the top petals nearly obliterate, the Jg£ * "^ yoU r seed- 

 I. K. L.-As the same character *»s2!u? 1 they all want 

 Ungs, it is useless to criticise them i»«^»^ e upper pet* 

 size, form, and substance, and the Jlotcn 10 caunQt haV e 

 is generally composed too much of feather^ l . No . 11 1* 

 saved your seed from the best flowers.*--^" *. and 



decfdedly your best seedling ; tne-ower »$"&** form 

 well- formed ; in the other three there is aacu gUnd9 



Tni suSance, and they are very common _in colon ^ ^ 



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next in good qualities.*— ^ n V °S^ Sent npon GartfJ 

 petals of your seedling are an mproverne d tbe 



Witch; the bottom petals are ratter loi ^ a ment ioned.*-£J 

 flower altogether, not so stout as trie "» c t pieces, hut 

 5 ^ T -Your flowers had unfortunately fallen to J? forine d. 

 U.e under petals are evidently too narrow tor a , 



K " is showy and novel, but the to m > deh f , 



r» .IItt/c — S G —Some of your seedlings are ; gss of 

 PBT 7im'uTove very acceptable to the lovers of tm ^ yend er, 

 TtZl is novel additions to their collection*. ^ dlvisio n 

 witoveiny surface, and having a lighte; : spot « \^„der. 53. 

 of the corolla. 56. similar to 54, but a deeper » ^ k n g 

 . wi th deep purple crimson veins ; a dji h dark vein* 

 flowed centre P v«y dark. 52, Peach-colour, w« § dPg;re e 

 and ..tensely dark centre. 39, grou« d-cj he dar ker 



Sarker, and ^J^J&S^V^^^^L 

 colour more spread over the surface. 3, r dist inct. «» 



the ground-colour lighter and the eeins ntoj el s u pgj 



b.ue^purple veins upon a lilac gro«nd. 51 , P ^ sU fnciently 

 almost a white ground. 39, 24, 55, and 50 ^ 



Rots n -i^.-Your seedling. B«~^ *«#£***' 

 in colour, a rich orange-scarlet, decidedly wor _f ^ ^ ^ 

 ♦ # * As usual, many communicaUons have been r 



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