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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICL 



Chronii 



, i • ■ • u> say an. 



thin* further on the s --*• IV« • 



ii i she is round F •— the cic 



(p. ») descriptive of the e gar M at lit 



appears to have h written trton of son 



in eard mi : " lf *r ■ ised that wl 



garuemn,; 

 he was coi ran ; the "wicker- v. L" wi 



skets o ns 



;ives tb 

 appelant if "I ;e baskets of ever gr< 

 to the beds on the lawn at tl t pi :e, b t advise 



its removal lr i the r, in»t< re- 



comm . us use t beds of i >* • 



other { ► Ifitis wr wi- Jt 



is at ] tern , on would " G. 



istify its use on the ie 1 r beds of I In 



my or. in i wi er-work, or ind< >gs of 



kind, are alt :r out or > surronndi 



flower-bed*; and tl we se in n - v 



pUces where c. 1 1 aoexei '» 



of better ti et they ere not t to be to led 



on that a I gard f * lil ; not 



many i I from ce where thia is * ten, 



t I with cable rope nai d o 



itron »• about Iff inches hi ; and > render sue 



an ng, it i luri , the rope 



, re ^ d- over wkh tar. At 



I im, and I I >er at Cha tb, som 



of the fl - • Is e« with d d oak 



which as ? Uy ' « Bl 



the i n « ti for flower-b I * 



although fashion—'. h may be in gardei ing i -ters 

 df »ated the whim or < rice of i — may 



•ai o such thins, then c*nnot it 



their b ing in di t i opoaiti. a ' - I taste, 1 



not so much bo, ed f wi work, J b t- 



woik moat be gjtrde. '» let 



as i i for wi'd . I, and is il habi 



for t Itii nof i .—A gus t I [It 



wou not be e< alt to a: these ol us, 



in wh we need •] 



rt/„ ._A/r. '; , of Sutton, i. - 



q es what the dil em n Mr. Dal 'a y n 



ofg ringPine-a is and t r. Hamilton ; and 



* ier that ot the latter is d t from way in 



w Pinesprodi uit ..I state? II - 



mark.-, that the Pine in its n ivo country product 

 suckers which bear fruit in BttCC on until they become 

 so crowded that i y break do.vn in large masses of a 

 cartload at a time. Finally, he states that the best fla- 

 voured fruit from plants iu a \ ', is produced from 

 those growing iu sand. 



.... v r have no 1 than hU ruud of land — an 



Wtt M *t |t, bl e 1 e ol • cosasnittee we 



ave not A we )W to be the Ian of truth, when 



it says, * The garden a it system is a powerful 



means of bettering the co; tioo of the poor ; nor are its 

 benefit! obtained at the expenct of any other class, nor 

 accompanied bv any corr londing . disadvantage. ' " 



" Steeping Seeds. — The most ill-foi ted idea that 



lias been sugg* I by the. minds of those who have bee 



labouring to improve the arts of cultivation during 



ist year (1 Si 1), is that by steej . - ?.?rls in certain 



lions the vi r and fecun y of the plants to 



bich they give I h might promoted. A certain 



egree of h<*-at, oxygen g . and w r, are all the re i- 



sites for germination ; and until this process ha? cono- 



u ced, no liquid but " r, at common temperatures, 



will pa through the integuments of a bo\ So i n 



as germination has commenced^ this power to exclude 



foreign fluids ceases but the organ* starting into activity 



— the rati :le au-1 the plumule — are so delic that the 



weakest saline sola are loo a d and offen e for 



m. So utterly ln'capa • the infant roots of ini- 



bibing such solutions, that at ffrst they are absolutely 



def dent themselves for their y erii uj»on the 



st eaves, and if the^e are removed the plant ei'h 



B no far advance, or alt :ther perish fany 



years since we tiied various i rua to facilitate the 



iinatton of seeds, but, with the exception Of those 



which promoted thed^com; «tion of water, and the co i- 



qnent more abundant evolution of oxygen, we found 



none of any efficiency. As to keeping the se Is in 



saline solutions until they germinated, we never, 



r'alnly, carried ocr e so far as tl ; and we 



shall be most astonished i. ; ' mj Other effect than injury 



or d fh to the plant is tin: consetjuerrce. Such has 



en the result in tlie Hort il ■' -iet>-'s Gardens, 



where the seeds of Lupinus Hartwegii were made to 



•rmi.a'e in a v k si i of phosphate of ammonia." 



TV-fore we dismiss Mr. Johnson's useul book', we must 



not forget to correct an errdr into which he has fal i, 



in attributing (p.44), son • iryeuH s exj iments on 



the power possessed by muriate d lime of r lining 



moisture, to Dr. Lmdleyl They were realty n I 



r. Edward Solly, in the course of his exami : Ion < 



various facts brought under the notice of the Chemic 



Committee of the Horticultural Society. 



The Garden Almanac. By G. Glenny. 



Trash! 



Westley. 



Hrlcbicliis. 



The Gardeners* Almanack, for the Year II 



By G. \V. Johuaon; Esq. 



1 is what it calls it and somet!iin2: more. It 



is exactly what such a put : ; on should be — full, ac- 

 cura' and novel. >• - \ of very closely 



printed n r are crowded with information of all sorts, 

 upon subjects of horticultural interest, besides which 

 there is the usu d information contained in a p ket-book. 

 In short, we can recommend it to a. >ody who wants a 

 Garden Almanack, as the best of its kind. 



Some extracts from it will give the reader an idea of 

 the authors mode of tn his subjects : — 



"The Allot nt Sys — Many years since, the 

 present writer advocated, to the best of his ability, this 

 best all aids to the labourer, and he is glad that this 

 improvement iu our social system has at length so far 

 progressed, as to have attracted the attention of the 

 legislature, to whose judgment a Bill, regulating and 

 promofing paroc I allotment?, will bs submitted - the 

 Hon. \ . Cowper, We implore every member of that 

 legislature to give it his support, and we give our tes- 

 timony in concurrence with the evidence produced be- 

 fore the late Committee of the House of Commons, that 

 an allotment of iand to every cottage is the most efficient 

 mode of improving the condition of the labouring classes. 

 Indeed, it requires no t ence to sustain its merits, for 

 all experience testifies t a man, with the occasional 

 help of his wife, can, durt over-hours, cultivate a 



quarter of an acre — and that this space will nearly gup- 

 ply with Potatoes and other vegetables, throughout the 

 year, the parents and four children. This is a fact b- 

 yond the reach of di :te. Then, we a k, what argu- 

 ment can prevail against i a sj e being the least 

 allotted to every cottage ? We have heard it gad that 

 if men grow V ]] :?h .; , it will j at detection 

 should they steal their i ; : — to ich we reply, 

 that supposing it does prevent the detection of one t f, 

 yet by giving a good sup to every cottage, you save 

 hundreds from th term tion to ig. Again, we 

 have heard it said that the labourer who toils iu bi 

 garden, expends the strengt ould be hue banded 

 for his master's service :— ro which . >oded d 

 of a heart worthy of the i -iwner we reply, tl il 

 experience demonstrates that those labourers who de- 

 vote their leisure to tl r own s, are inv iria ly 

 the best characters and the best workmen in a pari 

 But, suppose that the error was troth, and that the m«u 

 who dug in his own garden could not labour quite i 

 vigorously on his hirer's land — yet, if that garden kej 

 him from the poor's rate, the fa tr would be more 

 than a gainer still ; and it is a truth* to which we have 

 ample testimony, that nts of land do keep the 

 labourers from requiring paroc' I relief. We have no 

 space to go into detail, bu~ we implore every h dator, 

 every country gentlemau, to act up to the spirit of the 

 31st Elizabeth, can. 7, which \ d a ' being 



NOTICES of NEW PLANTS WHICH art? EITHER 



USEFUL OR Oil \T*L. 



Gayi.ussacia f pOovACctwrvM. Bilberry Ice 6 ae- 



Wi . {Hnrtty GreerUi w Shri >. V :. De i 



Monocynia, — The is Gay. :ia, so na. ned after M. Gay 



Lussac, ttie eminent French chemist and phi >pher, 'S 



frorti Vaccininna in the same way as Aret sta;; os from A 

 butos— it has but a !gle seed in each cell. Ti ■ species 



chiefly found j aztl, where! a, aw 



North of India, and anvmg: t are sei \v! s this 



species shows, would be worth introducing to cultivation, 

 G. psendovaccinium is stated to be a native of san< y, ope 

 plains in Brazil. Auguste de St. HiUire ays that lie touud it 

 on the coast from the city of Ca.v*\ os in the pr ice of 

 Porto Seguro as far as the i ' .d of St. Catharine, that it 



•forms a shrub from l foot t> 2$ feet hi<?h. At least it is to be 

 esutned that this is the plant he meaos, although hedescribe 

 the corolla as somewhat narrow, and the ovarj a 

 with one-seeded cells: for the flowers are much too glohn , 

 and M. de St. Hilairc adds that the fruit of hi3 plant lias 10 rib 

 when dry, in co: quence of its contain: li) se< ; whence 

 it is eviu-. nt that his account ol the ovary is erroneous. It i 

 a hardy and very pretty greeuho. shrub, whic 



n in a mixture of sand: -.and leaf-mould, and tr d 

 in the same way as Cape Heaths. It may be increased either 



eds or by layers. Seeds e be sown in pans fii 



with sancy peat about Februtry, and c ered with a beli- 

 The layering sh( effected befjre the plant commences its 



fr growth.— Botanical Register. 



RTATHsca btm a. Hairy Tetratheca. (Greenhouse 

 Shrub). Treir.anaracece. Octo-Decaudria Monogynia — Wher 

 le name has been pu bed which this pretty plant bears in 



.aniens I have failed to ascertain. It is certainly no other 

 than Tetratheca hirsufa, snd by no means a Tremandra,Tf, as 

 seems clear, the essential character of that g; i co n its 



anthers not term ina! mat; r openi by a pore at the 



point. Messrs. Eollissons received it fr Baron 1 in the 



merof 1S43, and flowered it 1 larch. Jt is a very nice 



ohonsc - !ant, gay with pn, starry blossoms. It grov. 



fre^ in ace 1st or peat 1, nd in equal prop k>n 



and if a few potsherds arc mixed with it so much the belter. 

 1 1 summer plenty of air and water - uld be n, and shad 



in sunny weather. In winter the plant should be ph* 

 some any part of the house, it wdl besecure from dam 



ire-heat I t be applied, e.\ t to keep frost. 



ay be propagated by c . s in the usual way.— Mot, Reg. 



,..,,--,- ,,-.,- P ln ?» wlli ch is an error into which many fall ; but this is 



bui.t unless four acre, f land were appended to it. Ltt^ not the case, for the plants exhibit good cultivation as 



Garden Memoranda. 



Horticultural Society's Garden^ Timiham-Green.— 

 The Chrysanthemums here have been a f ilure this 

 season, probably in consequence of their having been 

 put into the conservatory too early and placed too i 

 irom the s there. The cuttings were struck about 

 the end of March, in a cold frame, and were potted off 

 and regularly shifted from GOs into 32s, 24s, 16s, and 

 ul'imately into The soil employed was a mixtut 



' loam, peat, and well decayed cow-dung in nearly equal 

 proportions. After receiving the last shift, which was 

 about the begi; ng of August, the plants grew very 

 rapidly, and soon formed hand me bushes. They were 

 watered with manure v r once a week from the b - 

 ginning of August until the mi »f October, when they 



were removed from the open air into the conservatory and 

 placed along the side of tl pat ay. Here they continued 

 growing instead of im media [y setting for bloom, and 

 small ill-formed flowers, showing the centres in many 

 was the result- Had the plants been weakly we 

 should have attributed the cau*e of failure to late stop- 



; [Dec. 14 , 



,eu s v h » a iititade of >tronsr 



•s c r d with ilth reen foli: everv 



root. Want of 1 air and | bryatn. 



themums in ] r require, and 1 which thev 



it be expected to su( , seems to be at the root 



of the evil, to which c weather occurring when 



the into were plac in the house c r a hot 



I dry summer, has do >ss contibuted. I Q tbe 



Iconse story a mt of Bona par tea juncea, now called 

 Lit cei geminifl ►ra, I in bloom for at leait 



thr mon'lis. The flower- n is upwards of 15 feet in 

 height. 1 ■ omr iced proi ;ing its dull • * blos- 

 so s about 3 feet ve the plant, and is n [ n f u 



bl >ra beyond tl of th \ stem, the lio ; * gra . 



dually progre iwards. The two flower-s-.ukes on 



celia super \ the larg • >ve, are ah dy 3 f ce t j n 



length, and p B to ver well. The Aristolochia 



gigas, trail alo roof of this house, h is since the 



2 of Oi: r, produced 1G3 fully 1 ib*ers 



besides many < rs whu li have not * !. It proves 



; tow. limber, th iyde mected 



with it being its bad smell, which, however, Wh it is 

 trained on the roof of a stove is hardly perceptible. 



In tl is house was also in bloom a new Gesnera, having 



flowers somewhat resemblii those* of Achii b picti 

 or j lunculal . It was sent by Mr. ] tweg, who 

 fo C in the wo ; near Bogota. In one of the pits 



g to the harily departn )t was a ;n (;on _ 



lining young plants of the Tuss-tc-gr • , \x h 1 ve^e- 



I fi in a 1 (Tsoil, in a greenl e tfempe ure. 



Near iail^lant Iryptomi a, from 



. Fortune, wh ■ ■ t it fr liae. This is said 



tb be a tree like a Cypress, of gr I 



attaining; a height of 1 10 and ; and if 



it ] re to be hardy, as it is e to , it will 



fbnro a valuable a n to Coni eg. In t orchard 



d rtmentprep j no in pr re* irrencwi 



the worn out 'tree! *11. Tin ew 



e side of tl 1 in front - are being 



l up; the 1 ; of them ah .^n a row 



ong the tst i 1 . A 1 it 



is upwa ds of 20 yen-, since e tn fcere first 



planted, 3 . being on Quince stoc r ed with 



nil abum . Tne I der is bein enched 



or the e yc Peac' -*r id a quan- 



tity of K h Hyde loa a has b rocured for the 



mrpose of g with the soil in wuich the trees are 



to be planted. 



Stackp'Je Court, near Pembroke. — Phormium tenax 

 is grown on rather a 1 e scale here, and to what may 



1 considei near perf n, e av 1 , over 



the whole plantation, from 6 to 7 feet in h t, A 



reat a w« lit could be procured if a r v mode 



ot" converting it c >e hit upon; and' we -dd feel 



o I if i of the n timer 5 corn of the 



Garde, w' Chro ' would furnish tome information 



on the su ct. — Dee. 9. 



llaneous. 



Kcw Uses of I ia-i her.— About three years ago 



its chief and almost onh- se was in the mi uture of 

 L>icinto;h's waterprooi loth, fabrw on of some 



surgical apparatus in lasticity and plial ry were 



the ol s desired; the rubbing out of bl lead pencil- 

 marks'from paper, and a few other min ■ and ummpor- 

 mt a itions. N -, however, this sabi nca is em- 



loyed in some highly important bran of our manu- 



Lcun j, and has lomeavali !e 1 nt in the arts and 

 sieuces— showing what an ; <>-' field the. rapid 



Jvan of bc mayo 1 up for the ap lance ot 



mater :1s hitherto considered as next to useless, rrom 

 itspeeu ire icity,j i erme lity to air and water, 

 s being : le only in 1 t, and f- m its great 



arability, it has been ally emploi m the 



f ibrication of various cloths, besides that 0: acmtesn, 

 r ■, -cushions, safety-belts 1 1 jackets ; ligaments ana 

 bandages for gloves, stoi ces, and er article 



of dress ; for boots, stoppers for battles, and n« m J ro ™ 

 other purposes. vV;th th J appfiances most 01 

 readers m .y be familiar; but few 1 y know, or migu 

 exwect, that it v :ld be employ rs a 9****™?* 

 st les, lobbies, pu ic halls, and e; ^^^ 



used in the construction life-be ; J 7 u * f 

 is also prop ed to use it extensively in the 5 P 



our men- ar. 1 Elastic Pavement Com • ™ 

 lately erected machin r the ] aratwn ot me * 



ter for tl e ii ortant purposes, and < tluc ' 



ms, 1 esul ien moderate Al ™ 



al adoptiou. As a p iv ot for t ,e __. ,; n<r 



iouc preparation is said to be uuet 

 the 1 ; of stale matl s, and tl r -cerr- 



noxiouse: ilati ; requiri : ,itl % an ^Lies 



• the knees and other parts of the ho ' , ■» fi 



,h are apt to received in stone-paved 1 » • iQ 

 a little precaution, the noi : - which no v e> ^ 



the injury of the. hoi s' health, may oe ^^ ^ 

 soldi .annre. at from 2/. to 2 per hor ^_ d 



The s'.ables of the Commissi ■ ot W 00 ^ ^ 



ive been paved with this 1 I for u deanli- 



years, and ate allowed to be 1 * la y tbcT 



ness, freedom from sir , and healthn to wn 



were previous to the laying down of the vH rniraltf 

 ment. 1 It has also b ' down in ^mnuuj 



courtyard, and the carriage entrance court 10 ^^ 

 Castle, where it has g 1 much satisfaction^ fae 



r spect to its appfn n to marine pu -t - J ted 



naihaav Gazette, " a life-boat is now b const 



it seem 

 general 



* \ 



,-eveutiag 



r consequent 



I 



//, • GaseUe, " a life-bo-, u now b tons' 

 n th, i ompany's premue* (34 Utt length W ■ - ^ 



•am), which, with the except.onO 

 ./braces, will be eiwirelj iorwea 



on tlie Uompany 

 12 breadth of b 

 keel and some 



