^2£ tfusirt chiefly of Oak Larch, and 

 .^ some Spanish aiestn-. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



are straight, 



a of°°500/. w< 

 sold as rail 



7** "ilS » sound' are these to 

 ***2r»d by the contractors fc- ■- 



r Asparagus, 



he had marked abou 



Mr. Rivers's trees, Pears, Apples, am 



turn in parvo ; and I 



r^^ThearBomaVpraisesofrny Asparagus, 



KB Sure" as° a drLing.'my system being 



^rtion of one pound to every square yard ui 

 l^rtion oi on y ^ ^ e ^ ^.^ say 



JSr Ct I am inclined to believe that the autumn 

 Slr?n^c?iv2^owth e ^'beThas nev'er 



-men small produce, i thong qui ^ fa . 



ad my tab! 

 w2. TTh 



ms. But gardeners, however eager, must prepare 

 • disappointments. Not Mr. Rivers himself had a 

 tier show of bloom than I had ; but alas, for the 

 lit ! Three-fourths of my Pears (fruit) are eaten up 

 caterpillars ; and as to the Apples, nine-tenths were 

 ten off by some insect bred in the bloom bud. Al- 

 >ugh a constant reader, I have never attended much 



it I must see if the evil is to be averted by any care 

 in the next season.— Dodman. P.S.— lias Mr. Rivers 



grafting Pears on Medlars. This might be important 

 whom very small trees were required, and where 



th Nuts.— Having noticed the observations re. 

 ig the use of Eartti Nuts for food, I have boilec 

 aked some, and find them a very pleasant anc 

 a nignly farinaceous food, particularly when baked 

 They taste something between a mealy Potato and , 

 roasted Chestnut. The largest I have found are abou 



Symxy day. My forced Pota 

 tatonnd.— C. R. Bree, Stowmarket, J' 



Smu observes—" I have, invariably found that 

 m produced so good a stock as putting them into 

 ■per hire, and in a large majority of my expenme 

 fetes have left the hive altogether." The ~m 



ii-at least, belonged to a late' swarm the previ, 

 mm, and of course desirable for another set ot b< 

 *>ae good judges in this respect, and eagerly ti 



^i\hkn n the S y Snot ^ except by force 

 Ii Mr. N. aware that young queen bees often deposit 

 «gs in both old and new cells, on the second or Oiird 



* is a fact so well known to apiarians, that it 

 «pires no comment, though there are doubts respect- 



» nil as respecting their precise period of life. 



5 the Sis re^Tre and tttoncf ttZlel 



Pw bees " depositing grubs."— W. 

 Beers' 7Y«cA*._Notwithstanding your article oi 

 fewblent bakers in the last Chronicle, and you; 

 »tt»ee to the 6 and 7 Wm. IV., cap. 37, I am stil 

 lagine that the poor man who i 

 *»W is without a better remedv than refusing t 

 "Twhathe cannot beg or bake, and 

 *• starve." For let us suppose that he goes into 



?« himwhich " k8 f ° r " l0af ' and ° Ue ! 



! «ighed;no objection is made,'and the loaf being 



EE to w! scale ' prove8 10 be only 3 lbs - 12oz - in 



*?T. * hat more can he do than refuse to take it 1 



2d it! not acted contrar y t0 the act above 



S!? ^ not ref u s ed to weigh his bread ; his scales 

 25? ; Sot U8 We - ghtS are - dUly Stamped h ? th . G 

 t 9m hrai and the poor man has (as I before asserted) 

 »«gdy but to try another shop ; when, if he has 

 ■W wighed, there is no doubt of his finding it 

 g^got.-^. w. G, June 7. [We will look into 



JJ3«w»« of Pear-trees.-I think Mr. Rivers has 

 ■ he'o^. J ' 01 i r " Constan t Reader" satisfactorily as far 

 T* K ' WOuld have been w ell if he had referred 

 fSUst^ Lindle y' s "Theory of Horticulture/' 

 "•dth'pn^v. i 6 , ratwnale of the effect of different stocks, 

 ^ eprobable cause of the flavour and quality of the 



^k Q TV t0Ck b , eing dlfferent f ™ ra thatona 



*Hort!«'u ? b8erTe , however, that in the « Theory 

 tobelJ?:,, the fruit on a Quince stock is said 

 Nence coloured an, i smaller. Mr. Rivers's ex- 



■* ttobZ 113 ^° be the other wa y- Mr - Rivers doea 

 ^fel h iV ertain Peara wm not 

 i :, d ^! c ?! d ^ ndoubl ! wo 



it I wish to lean, 



oes may be cut leaf by leaf, and every lent will make 

 i plant in a fortnight, and that verv ranch stronger than 

 ilants obtained from seeds of the Potato Apple. This 

 piece of practical information is well known to gar- 



tings, not only of Potatoes, but of the common fruits 

 1 flowers, which are so readily and economically 

 reased in this manner in the open air during the 

 mar.— Ale*. Forsyth, Alton Towers. PS.— The 

 N attacked some self-set Potato-tops 

 e, and fairly worried them to death. One or two 

 lerable stems I found in this state, but the crop of 

 tatoes here, at present, looks well. The yellow aphis, 

 h the dark eyes, is to be seen on the upper sides of 

 leaves of some Potatoes in this neij:i;t mrhood ; the 



of the same ; and I find it exactly siiuil Im' «.v. t a great 

 Seeing theTawhVsuch ™ Useful tree. I blame the 

 frosts that came after the buds had burst. How far 

 this opinion corresponds with yours or your cor- 

 respondents, I should be very glad to know. I 

 have also observed for these last five years, that the 

 silver Firs, in a wide district lure, from IS to 30 

 various f sStbXSeTroml 1 toT feet oTthefr tops' 

 entirely dead ; and many of a greater age dying in con. 

 sequence of a small white scaly insect, covering the 

 stem completely. Can any remedy be suggested, or are 

 you inclined to think the insect the cause ".-Cairo 



JKb^wXS 



- 



dividing like the Potato.- •__ . 



The future Fruit Crop.— la my j 

 follows :— " April 16, 1847. Severe fr 

 registers 22 degrees ; blossom-buds 

 Pears and Plums, just on the point 

 affirmative. My Marie Louise, and some oi 

 bloomed in the highest perfection, and under the 

 favourable auspices as regards weather, but they 

 learly all dropped off, and I have but a very s^., 

 3 rop. Is it so in the neighbourhood of London ? The 

 Pea™ raised by the late A. Knight, Esq., seen 

 jularly hardy. His Winter Crassane and D 







soon 1 m these poTs were filled with roots whi 

 July and the early part of August, I rep 

 8-inch pots, in a mixture of three parts loam i 

 dung, one plant in a pot, obsf 



plunged them in a chambered Melon pit, where 1 could 

 remained unU^New^year's^ay? wr "" " 

 quired for Potatoes ; the pots were 

 shelf in the top of the Pine-stove, v 



February. But i 



Seedling 

 ,he fruit from the Queens 



1 by them whatever ; auc 

 , Seedlings are giving th« 

 that I had the curiosity t( 



n ; ;;^ 





though numerous, were perhaps 1- 



Orchids. Cape Heaths, too, were numerous, and in 



wnieu :\ fe 



produced, and, as 



the class of Exogenous Plants, the first prize 

 8 ^^Ti^^J^^SanS" « 



weigh nine Strawberries of a disb or oeeauugs > 

 had occasion to gather the day after i"*0" 

 tement ; the nine weighed 4 oz.— A. B., near 

 >0 pr J opagation of the Potato from Cuttings - 

 may not be generally known to farmers and co 

 that the Potato plant may be propagated at Uus 



DC _„ of the year is generally warm, if nc 



therefore the plain earth nn 



moist, is a first-rate hotbed, as every garden 



bridge P. ^ 



CroydonT Veroni 



re "remarked Neotti 

 ailitaiis, Maidei.hea.l 

 thynchospora fusca, ( 

 nd, and C. depaupe: 



; ptford, exhibited^ 





tis grandiflora; N 



*PPMethT« i' ao suc ceed when double worked. 

 ^ft» happen, when the difference of th 



**» of th an the Qu'nce is so great that 



*■ cao4i tree T if diatl 'rbed too much ; or is there 

 «««£L The "ason can only be explained 

 ?*«ud& ,jJ? e \ U , antles of the " refractory" so-— , 



'•^Ifr 1116 thatMr - Ri ™* should give us manner; and if the » l1 f !0Ula .. De f"^"^ JTwet as 



J*** are tr^f rience on ^ matter, and also | and the cuttings inserted w it wj 1st rt » as 



*» Q«ince ^ e S0lls ' if any- ™ « i : here would be n ° occasion f >r "^3 and the 



^ £ Z^if- !t 4— also from a paper ing,° unless the weather w-as ^>«£$\£j>«>. 



tb « Theory of Horticulture," that in | locality very dry or exposed. The stems 



^ I ftSfo kJuSSSS the S K]^f Pabular 

 JnewB an ^ bl x e e *J|rtMr. Rivers should give us j manner ; and: 



Tof British Ferns ; and collections of Ferns in 



