THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



they do by 



weasels and otto 



jjesiaes tne great service they do, while beating after 



:>y, by destroying shrew mie. 

 seldom kill, and also beetles and slugs ck 

 vegetation.— J. Wighton. 



Thompson think 





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 myself, would effect great good this winter for those 

 who need it. When we leave work I give my young 

 men two hours' schooling five nights a week.— A De- 

 vonian. [A very good plan ; much to yoi 

 you should ever be — -* 



ever be out of place 

 heory and Profit 

 y of my fellow, gardeners, I diffi 



practice, and that there ia also a nearer and better 

 by which to come at it ; then somebody less bigote 



etl.i; ' ' 



L' shall :m.-0(;Ii1| ■'.ish I 



en theory. He ne 



i Queen Pine 6 lbs. in weight, i) 



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then comes and sees it, and says, « \\ , ... 



have believed it if I had not seen it." Y 



to poke with his fingers into the pots or the bed, in orde 



a nod with his head, as much as to say « I have got il 

 j ear." He trie 



Aeration of Vineries.— 1 was much interested i 



I. II. of the " Journal of th 



r. Thompson's report on tli 



cm. Among th 



many valuable observations made by Mr. Thompson i 



M OP M. Bergmann's method of Vin 



u yet seen any notice "taken of them, 01 

 venture at all hazards to do so, hoping to direct tin 



i. Bergmann's method in Mr. Thompson 

 ■words. « Parallel to a range of forcing houses, on th 

 •alk in front, there are two rows c 



id moisture, but with a deficiency of light and a: 

 ill produce as good Grapes as Vines (such, for instant 

 M. Bergmann's) having an abundance, not only 

 at and moisture, but likewise of light and aw ; ai 



ar a season of rest, is it at all reasonable to expect i 



rry tie principle out in cur Vineries. I would he: 

 (!■ .v ur to ur-. the importance of air. To improp. 



d secure, as far as it is possible, light, too, in abund- 

 i shall labour in vain.— M. Saul, Exotic N 

 Healing.— -Lust winter I heated a 



3 3 inches thick : within 



lospheric air through i 

 e from the fire I carriei 



Xmber h adrah 





board at the top, and high enough to admit of a persoi 

 walking between the rows of Vines, trained upwards o> 

 both sides. When the Vines have been grown one vea 



VUie^are °' w* pkntation ' By this ar ™ n g«»ent th, 

 the open air, and so on alternately. Fii; 

 wider glass. This fact/' adds Mr. Thompson 

 tten^roceeds COnsideration -" - : 





from the col : 



ouse through the opening \ 

 This answered the purpos 



stove, I could regulate the combustion i 



heat or the ingress of air. Arnott's pru 

 be studied.] ^ P 



Changes.—! shall feel obliged by your 



! a paragraph in last week 3 



stating that I had succeeded, or was to si 



m Towers. The report is w 



-sibly may do me an injury 



my friends to believe that I have succeeded i 



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% Leaves.— Have ready a 



[Nov. 



efXnhfEJ 



Lloyd has not strictly followed Mr. Hoare's direct 

 as.regards planting the Vines. Mr. Hoaie directed 

 soaked in soap-suds, and then covered over with °Uw 

 materials recommended for filling up the hollow column. 

 But Mr. Lloyd had turned his Vines "out of pots,\nd 



followed in the garden of the Horticultural Sodety"S{ 

 the plants died. Afterwards one was tried by turning 



appear to ripen earlier than tha 

 Grape on the adjoining south aspe 

 Practical Gardeners.— I have ! 

 about men who call themselves pi 

 lighted to learn that you propose 

 what to me appears a sufficiently c 

 my own part I have just been obi 

 practical, having found him utterly 



lupersedemy 



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Antiquities of Gardening.— Having 

 v Housewives' Garden, 

 e " Husbandry of Bees," by Simon Harward (1660), 

 have taken the liberty of sending a few extracts, 

 hich may be worthy of perusal.— R. E. " General 

 ules in Gardening — 1. In the south parts, gardening 

 ay be more timely and more safely done then with us 



ir ground so good. 2. Most seeds shakt, by turning 

 e good earth, are renewed, their mother, the earth, 

 leping them in her bowels, till the sun, their father, 



*ve no top more then an handfull above the ground, 

 ir more then a foot under the earth. 4. Twine the 



ginthetop.butinwi 

 le garden for " 



Rosemary. 10. In all your gi 



. Seeding spoiles the most roots, 

 ! herbs tender and green, the sap 



watered with puddle-water, except 



i, to plants. 

 £ad in Vineries, where an a 



l obtaining 



earthen pot, or w , len cask w^h "the ' head off*' W S 

 with rain or pond- water ; then put in your leaves or 

 the woody fibre to be completely formed, but not too 



dry from age. Let these re- 

 o uk without changing the wat< i 



; 



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hen perfectly clean, bleach them 

 Jf lime. Magnolia leaves of all kinds re. . 

 turn from three weeks to three months 

 Pear, three weeks ; Ivy, very pretty, two months : 

 Butcher's Broom, nine montl 



Orange and Lemon, six months ; Mul- 

 -eeks. Seed-vessels are 



Uy looked at everv two 



v.— A Lady. [Thanks. 



: published the above in 



. __. G.'s" attention.] 



ediars.-Cm anybody inform me of a way to cook 



' - ' pm, tarts, cakes, &c? Having a great 



r (difficult), two 



address, we ha 

 hopes that it -™ 



rip.. 



; > Medlars.— ^ 

 large slate, placed ti 



t of garden pots, 



finished as directed in Mr. Hoare'„ 

 hes. On Jul, 9ty?846,1wrVmeTwe h re 8 rL 7 ove e d 



the earth. The 

 in Mr. F 



Penny-royall, Daisies, 

 mfortable. 11. These 



mi! \ iolcs, are seemly and comforta 

 require whole plots : Artichokes, Cabbages, iurnej», 

 Parsneps, Onyens, Carrets, and (if you will) Saffron and 

 -k. ruts. 1 1. < ,ather all your seeds-dead, ripe, and 

 Iry. 13. Lay not dung to the roots of your herbs, as 

 or trees. 14. Thin setting and sowing (so the roota 

 itand not past a foot distance) is profitable, for the 

 lerbs will like the better ; greater herbs would have 

 nore distance. 15. Set and sow herbs in their time of 

 growth, except at midsummer. Leeks yield seea w> 

 Talf Z r Lriit'JZ nl 7S Cead^TonyS 

 IwayJs green* good prt hert, evill for the eye*. 

 Strawberries : long lasting, set roots at Micbael-tide,or 

 the spring, they be red, wl 

 when they be great and soft, some by M|a™ 

 us. The use is, they will cool my hou- 

 they be put in wine or cream with sugar. Kue, or .^ 

 of grace, continually green ; the slips are set. g 



long, as Rosemary, Southernwood. Too sir 



, !a^ue. Rosemary^the grace o',^ beg 



and tender (as I take it) brought from hot coun 



the cold north; set thin, it. becornes >* *£„ 

 ...... The use is in meats, more m P'.- 



flowers, commonly called Gilly^ ^ 

 ' of their sent 

 rerin July) they have the name of Clow- o ^ ^ 

 ay well call them the king **%"*" j ; July 

 Rosef the best of them are ^f^JloSvk*** 

 7enof themas big™ Roses ; of all flowers (»« tfd 

 amask Rose) they are the most pleasant 'J°J^ e d. 

 lell ; they last Jt past three or four years unreal ^ 

 ike the slips (without shanks) and 

 extream frost : but especially at -> 

 e is mu"h Tn o'rnamenl and" coforUn,^^ 

 ■ the sense of smelling. Carduus Bene ^ ^j, 

 eased Thistle, seeds and dyes the , n»» . ^ gar- 



it vertue thereof I refer to herbaUs, tor 



