9—1853. | THE GARDENERS? CHRONICLE, 133 
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th a mixture of loam, leaf, and Mushroom-bed 250 : ~ — — 
Wiek, w о ih we atraigh tway planted 1000 | distant from it the level of the sea, and two mies able, tor the place where they are made ; but we very 
4 plants, those which had been rum po о mue es ion the amount ot cold whieh our corre- 
At nights, and when the weather was cold, we Pam [S2 8 = ы ьш ы е : трой в instruments have indicated. As to e ther- 
eet — h in covering which had been used | алг ЕВ 2 | поте having fallen 8° below zero, that we find inere- 
zue the conservatory, and which was s ficient 221505 E | di e. 
protection for Verbena: Now, the point that I want = 8E Е Preserving Timber. —I "o 2 the ee mode 
to come at is this, 712, that by this expedient we found . I practised by ship earpente They 
not only po room for the cuttings unpotted, | = — M quantity of timber for Phip-boiking 3 bilo the 
but we arg br Det Ра: pianie 35 tl an N | eee es Cee en es he Le tide ; it „ e twelvem ths, 
throve muc 8 in fac P elvemon 
1 never saw plants а the beginning of ] ау half PTT serv 1 tie uch 1 ger, This they conside 
ye Беу 8 then remove 9 1 5 SS 78 8888 id experimen í rot, 5 ut fee Bee be it 
hails, and without sus мло. ny perceptible injury, - E M I was only practised on w 
the beds and ban e flower garden, ov . S eg ers S for sip building : 
which they began at са e — This year it is ia 24 БЫ coo rame us uo vi arly Forcing 7 "Vini We à sometimes hear of 
intention to deposit the greater part of our bedding E Xt d wy y house not setting their fruit well. 
in trenches like the one I have just des ribed елер м юе E st Se 2 one time I attributed this shyness to deficiency in 
MI thus set the frames at liberty 8 a | the маса fructification, as in some instances ће male 
than I have hitherto done, for the receptio of ae = Peek PMNS 288 sc vp - м: eh: ge n, € leas le its natural state incapable 
plants, Kc. But the important point is, not merely m кошш s E р и ЕК died bi SE ctiveness. This evil may 
obiaining a; or Lm bui getting mahos of the be 2 remedied by collecting the pollen and distributing it 
ne Season ettigrew Pieces - ele over the shyer setting sorts. But the 
The Weather: ac A parasti cte A Ed which a dod an Cou ick a pr . the nen alg in early forcing is equally 
7 ad re 
few miles made in the temperature on the night of the rer P lig a санаи 6b ie gach ipe from th | of 
Lith inst. is worth marking. It was here what is called to |i © i & mi Б | Е in proportion to the excite- 
: t; wi ry br lmost boisterous, a|s ment the top receives ; hence the necessity that exists 
N.E. by E. My thermometer, hanging 5 feet from the Blrewearee ene юе ог! Р : ttom heat to arouse the vital forces 
п E. side of a tree, registered 10°, or to | fo OR OD K d һо A ә о 5 | £ and counteract the demand that the leaves and b 
E > duces Mal ade e ele oer йен at e ead быгы is period; without the aid 
118, it registered P or 90 feat At Chiswick in the e "ad un AE M JESUS EUR AE e | & stimulus the roo are ble to — tm 
> е The extreme east of Suffolk is about FFF functions, the bad results of which І need not pourtray ; 
ue east from , so that we have the 1- CCT m —9 bloom expands freely enough, and may 
lowing facts. The wind in travelling 90 miles attain ®|/SRESRSER SHEN |@ b F kuit bei 
7° of warmth, and in passing from here over par of is ——— begin to swell, it all, or the greater part of it, 
AN to i bout 30 miles due west, 8° were E © "es s the case with all where the branches 
have East Suffolk, 3°; Sawbridge- 8 8 ee b А Se stimulated, and the roots left to be 
— 4 ij aed Chiswick, 18°, It will be of interest to $|»orst m wen only by natural couse: | ue : 5 
erease of temperature as ä 25 Ф PECRE CES РЕР S513 immature fruits is attributed to this 
Progr 
the west. Under all ordinary circumstances my r BS cause by the late Mr. Knight. have four Vineries 
P^ ae ee eee tallies w im rd Chiswick LR Med A СТ Castle. ey have been planted six years, 
We have at pe pre — 1 foot of snow and | . Anat Отв, Doncaster, і in 1852 :— этед the fifth crop forced in them. The early 
os t On the night. = пок e s FE 00 Q9 of | January 5 . jpg | house, e roof of which is not at all e. for early 
frost, for my register ы ЫЫ Febmüry oss . e 106 September = 2 250 |foreing, has set its fruit begu swell (in — 
Thomas sen 3 Aes бетт h, Feb. 91. 5. ng * oao tober oes 230 | thinning is commenced), I never e 
New A spar sparagus Fun -Win you vile me. Mey - «s ^ dun November ea better at any p ; they consist of Black Hamburg 
correcting a typographi траге 17 19 P oor зм Black Prince, White Sweetwater, White Muscat, 
Saturday 1 cx (a 115,44 Din — d Съ ? К Pa otis 255 | Grizzly and White rontignans. From the commence- 
on & fungus lately "noticed by me on the roots of The following is the stat of the weather in January, pan ce epic ren ae to а 00у boii MON, 
dh 10 Е 1853 :— and with the best results. , Raby Castle. 
ж er garden plants at Ely. The local | 2—5 New 5 Mode А2 Potting Plant B eddi Muc 
ee A* which the pest is known should have been Extreme | Heat at Extreme | Heatat |I know h 19 ants fo or Bedding out.—Much 
prin: eopper web," ahd not * coffee web." These Cold. |1 o'clock. Cold. 1 veloci. ow has been written by way of remark, and also 
ваде often эс шеш мо and éjn e Pisa e AMORE. — suggestions for a long time ꝓast as to the mode of trans- 
exactly cisely th ulixr character of the 1st ер 5 g Deg. | planting from to the open ground. Asto single or 
plant —— tbat I confess to a үгө affection for е за аз 4 еше 33 42 yr y there is but little inen anten 
correct nomenclature with. {о them, than eae 46 19th | ^45 54 ger, except the unsightly crowding of the roots in 
8 a sient » 8 ath ey 50 ӘБ 41 52 the — end bu to delicate seedlings, 
А Se : nist| 5th...... IRE а. 35 53 and the like, raised with artificial heat, and 
ed io the myeeliom $7 Ho uA fee | e often very crowded ina pot of moist loose eari f 
pper-re ce ME E í s [sth 4p s 42 is so much danger of destruetion of the tender plants, 
NT n ; 5 : E р / 
: hence the very appropriate name of * copper | 10th... mo W соевое ай er e en hall wi to ће tops by inverting the 
name for the Anacharis alsinastru ih 36 3 -|lostn 4 » bee es tum узе ieces, * 
eee to Штат 28th ...... 32 40 
„ whic n gave to it 13th. 35 29th . 38 41 suffer so much that if the weather be jhot, dry, 
a rivers—is | 14th ...... 32 44 Soth 34 windy, they are much retarded in pen instead of 
appellation, improvised at Sicht. 17 Mata ER. е 10h 5 0m - 4t — |growing vigorously. Another very great 
fa б km this slant? We have the frost severe at present, with not m EN the common * at get smaller чониб the 
i 2 but I invariably lose snow; the lowest point was * 8 on Monday morning , that, if from unavoidable delay or bad 
ae y first winte à of « cul ultare 1 the 1 Ach inst. W. Gardham. ? | weather the tender and spindling plants are kept too 
fo], nmm ot find othe cereus uchm Temperature of January, 1938 the gerit "e ако Le the йеп нир жге ш matted t 
ink it isone of the h andsomest herbaceous | Chronicle of January 15, 1853, you es the averag "ja vada таан у being pulled in pieces to single 
perennials ie bere. in ine the ШШ! temperature of January, 1838, to h out. To avoid this, I ordered to be made for me some 
Š ing it the P Y, „to have been 27.79°. E : 
х ower-pots open at both ends. When for sowing 
reason it is not seen at the'exhibitions UE уез any A. E. kept a register of that month 10 miles s < 
; ‘Se outh-east of ; d 
Underwoods (see p. 20).—Absence from home and London, the thermometer hanging at a first floor west | е € og og nid of ннн ы —.— 
proper distan A 
In Y neighbourhood vari s distances have | below yours, and on the 20th the very cold da ен 
m = " 
Larch, tried, : each way rer ^ 1 for | the: rmometer was not so — d sei ry fen —— mes si end) Я and cover with apud or fine peor ^w 
ста Scotch Firs, ne never penis i in this district | stood at 1° below zero. I understood that at Knowle, oak 2 — x A wherever you wish to force by 
growi ppan the Larch being so much superior and | Sevenoaks, it was 5° below zero; af Sundridge, 9° et E x emen. out, make a hole in the 
mE eq equ lly well, In Holland and part of Prussia below, on the ground; at Chipstead (all in the same | — der уо eN depth 
the Fir seed is sown broadcast 
on the land intended for | neighbourhood), 89 below, the thermomete r ja 
woods, the са being slightly covered by mou тей 3 inches sen te d in the echt. place alt of the pot into the holé ; g with thumb and 
over the si E. joi ily register of anm i Chis finger leaves the ball of е and plants uninjured, 
En The is trifling, and it might 8 in 1838). The first column indicates lowest point during to be simply earthed there is this great 
d for Scotch Fi w an abbr is, from 12 0% lock at ni advantage, that if kept too long in the pots the 
da comm: I ^ 18 > о‹ 5 19th roots are din * the id end, not dius and 
happy to Lo ўер Ric А ret ay informa- till 8 o'clock a.m. on the 20th; „ the | iwisti "p 15 th d. If the — 
j a private comm on, | height at which it stood at the latter e. (8 o'clock twisting together in the narrow end. the erop of 
TET S Tht E s er | am 20th). W. P. plants is too thick pull out the centre ones with finger 
fict o T Анаш "Light on Plants.— bent and thumb; and though there is a little more trouble 
observed in your your columns that the light 5 the’ moss Night сж in a dozen pots instead o wo large ones, 
may have some beneficial influence on vegetati pee e is amply sated the putting out 
that the Crocus expands i ms under the light of i inso the beds where all trouble and anxiety of shading, 
candles ; this ealled to mind an project which | 24 . | mn 20 20 uut wes unne " the — 
w a trial, namely, the effect in green 5 — зок i 2 "si ? ip and uninjured, 
and hothouses of lighting them artifi The noti n| 4th... 90th. 7 n 11 ore not checked in their growth, but on the con- 
of e ment originated on having ed | б... 2186.4 2 18 E 00 qu pem out of rien x Pi 
je great power of light wi пау haat in the non бн EL — — push. This mod = lanting may be of use, not 
oF Pru Headey seeds ed from d Sch. , | 94th... 25 25 merely for seedlings in spring and summer, 
Wate e ac ger some snow was still on the groun |o | Ж 25 plants at all times; for instance, 
they produced pese of rapid growth, and of diem 10th e 2 3 | M iios — 26 re cessant rains and & new bed in the 
The eft of ati those usually attained in this country. 12th...... 9 әв] 28 25 E 4 prepared, I had some bulbs 
of artificial стега. nnd be Aeg 13th. . . 13? || 9008... 34 38 1 found had made pee ros 
ортой that means should be үзүү for carrying 16th 19 » т wr 4 without e a single root. F. W., Hust halte. 
den sir vind by combustion, 20 that it should not |~ * Que degree below zero in the night Weeds and Sulphuric Acid.— At page 102 а comes 
Rain ‘which fell at Thurston, à ирене ao af pondent makos inquiry as in the 22. ы уш 
Wee t rston, near xu N.B,| [This shows how much 3 is influenced 2 since, when entis the вош du deni, I years 
1841 and 1852, both inclusive Tias i locality. The accuracy of our returns is unquestion-'the acid in question » number of large Scotch 
