THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 23, 
264 
What we жюн want is some 2000, “blotched and 
self-coloured varieties. · Of late years cultivators have 
devoted attenti ost exclusively to to the marbled 
and spotted kinds, whilst all others have, great 
measure, been ight of. Of , too, ta 
few ; all these I need scarcely say ngs tend to 
diversify a i as a matter render 
it much more interesting. Let us hope w see дөн 
this turned in this direction. W. 
Socrety, April 21—The principal 
peus of, pl чн —— Ein erarias and reri which were 
aay = E ho Messrs. G. — 4 Bragg, | Sutton, — 
&c. class Certifica warded t r. Turn 
r fora 
7 — Monarch, — Pi gold с — and 
intense rich deep maroon belting. It is very smooth on the 
edges, and good in outline. A similar award was 
made to Mr. Bragg, for Pansy, * Sa — Iso 
a ye d ety, of fine subs y rich 
colours, It is of the “supreme” class, but larger, an v dissimilar 
in colour. Mr. Bragg sent a stand of blooms con -— ral 
seedli he best of which Mr. — — 
wit help t to keep down spiders and preserve a humid 
me ni through the night. Great care on ee 
— to 
water may be given three or four tim 
during the vidi of — fruit. Keep up [^s baton: 
heat, and let th meter range from 70? by ni 
to 85? b 
GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
ts inte 
require more attention to ma 
purpose t than «ei ordi inary beddi ing stuff ; select the 
а: Hunt and 
In Cinerarias, National, shown G. Smith, obtain — 
class Certificate, It has a vie. ground, edged with rosy lilac, 
and v ood in shape Messrs. Sutton, of Reading, obtained a 
of Lady Hume 
und 
Label of C end. ade to Mr. Smith for Cineraria 
Vesta, y white sort, with slight blue tip. A 1 of 
„Commendation was also awarded t ineraria, “ Antagonist,” 
white blue, shown by Mr. Turner 
.Crnerartas: T T. A neat good flower, but the disk should have 
been dark, 
Miscellaneous. 
i ith satis- 
st was 
5 4 
s 
the 
ever was scientific honour more 
or 24, 000 
loads of timber, but ates ced to 16,000. contract 
was ultimately made perd for 13,812 (ern in 1843, 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensui sonny week.) 
PLANT DEPARTMENT. 
A — of the young hard-wooded 2 should at 
this remov the rowde 
houses to pits or fram la ter i in — will 
have been prev — за pie 
r 
porary be 
This — out ‘of t 
it choice and specimen plants to stand | 
which ean hard] 
the 
Royal PAS dd; of 
40; and in 1850, for 16,500 loads. Mechanics’ | de, 
ne. 
7 [should s нр ўва at night, 
of frost, and*duri 
more pot room may have a small shift ; they should be 
— in a к = . " themselves, agi e th 
re easily be managed, so as to becom 
вц queis. "furnished with flower bude by the time 
the sid ы The mos cefu ts for vases 
those w with 8 leaves ane rather 
—— Ач among which Agapanthus mae y iine 
several of the wee lus, Phormium tenax, dwarf A 
and Yuc Tritomas, &e., will be found the 
un 
useful for centres, surrounding them with plants PR a 
trailing, or ereeping habit, to grow over the side of 
he vases. In addition to the above, of the dwar 
growing scarlet and pink flowered varieties of the 
horse-shoe Geraniu well adapted, as 
variegated leaved kinds, and some of other varieties. 
nthes coccinea m ok - id Me 
major 
get ана things for v. ; Fuchsia 
d globosa are + Fac MUS "the latter 
age Qe d. 
, the 
е еп grown into low stand 
and made е 
ases, &c.; in this 
n when arranged іп a stiff formal manner. 
H UIT von n 
Remove any пагар. — 
Apricots, &e., as they а 
e of ight ‘however iiid," 
reens, &e. 
Peaches, 
w breaking ` and the 
a weak 
„ on W on, are used 
рога оп 
uring cold cutting winds 
н des 
proteton to Plum 
bloom, 45 uld ону nights occur. e 
disbudding of the —— forward Peaches, Nectarines, and 
= эзини ge menced, rubbi 
s dme or foreright shoots, 
8 at ‘he upper ends o ear's wood (excep 
course, the uppermost oe) this will encoura 
et lise the growth. 
with Strawberry planta- 
besides 
the | injured and if an year's runners remain o 
d, 
at once be made, or the vacancies 
ear oreed plan 
d N e them out neatly in the desired form, and deeply , wat hold of 
by abundant ventilation, and keeping the plants | the ^ well muleh them during the hot weather of 
near the prevent anything like drawing | summer, and they will repay y A produ sing tod М 
from taking place, when few a season when it is not usually ob cu 
needed ; lly with weak man KITCHEN GA 
Plants in for specimens should de enen Directly a change in the — be place, the 
examined, over-luxuriant shoots should a spring raised Cauliflower, Lettuce, &е., should be 
stopped back, and, having the ultimate foem: 25 Bau і is | planted out on well — rich land, as the earlier 
to obtain in his eye, the cultivator should steadily follow they are — the op ill be the check by removal. 
ensure its attainment. Fast-growing | It es perm iique ^ of rather h — nature 
soft- plants must be shifted as often as the state should be preferred for growing! ne aber and other of 
a ts| the Brassica tribe during tl mmer. are a 
nea — growing the — d-glass be: row- 
in a trench 3 or 4 feet e 2 feet deep, and of 
sufficient length to furnish the required supply ; this 
— А nm i 
arm the earth thr 
which d should be 1 1 foot i in jo thickness, light rg sok} iva 
— $ = p ne glasses = 4 feet apart, and 
sow a few seeds зеі each ; these should "t 
¢hinned to two or three, which dence the 
; keep a and 
about fea ; they wiil 11 
"C pee e ee house with a к 
which suits them best. 
* 980190 DEPAR i i TEMPERATURE. | b 
iNERY.— Gradually redues tne heat in the early Wind. £ 
e | she eari Of the Air. Ot the Earth | Wind. 
erop is ripe, as no will then be i 1 foot|2 feet + 
= Pisces keeping | se dry and air: Max.) Min. | Mean deep. deep. deep. 
p rapes from damping in wet w ; 51 | a2 | 463 7434 | N.W.| 00 
while the moderate temperature will help to keep the s | ио tia | ed | NW) de 
in a fresh state for the some M SE Shae Bono 
ELONS,— When a sufficient number of fruit is e; . . N. io | 
the me e A if Leges » a house, should be — кПа О ү 5 125 E 
genily syringed over head each fine afternoon ; this | Armee sos! ana | apa | вл ал! | S 
STATE OF THE аас DEAN LONDON, 
For the week ending April 21, eric t the — сн Gardens 
April 15—Overcast througho! — 
16—Overcast; fiue; overcast. 
— 1j7—Five; overcast ; temptat ure of day and night nearly equal, 
— 18—Very ‘fine, with hot зип; overcast at night. 
— гени; pti rain a ight. 
— 20 — — € hw white clouds; overcast. 
— 2! on — icht. 
Mean 1 of p tos 3 deg. above the average. 
— — — 
be OF THE WEATHER = A riek 
Чы g ge ril 30, 1853 
282 „| Ss. No. of — Wi 
THEHHEIESUE S ИЛЕ Н 
April. | SS | $25 | SE | which it ABET. 7 
258 | 335 ё | Rained. zi a 
Sunday24| 58.7 | 361 | 474 10 0.55 in. 4| 2/ 5| 4 
Бањ 25| 593 38.6 48.9 11 0. 2| 7| 4l — 
s, 26| 59.6 36.7 43.1 13 0.12 2| 6| 4| 1 
Wed 27 59.7 866 | 48.1 13 0.12 8| 1| 4| 2 
Thurs. 28 613 37.1 49.2 12 0.32 1415 4 
Fri um d 29| 61.6 2 50.4 9 0.75 21 3| 5| 2 | 
Satur. 301 628 52.1 10 | ost 12361 | 
The The highest — — during the above period occurred on the 28th 
n - E 27, and 26th, 1839— 
1840—therm. 81deg.; and the lowest on the 25th, 1827, 
therm. 25 deg. 
— to Correspondents. 
р Am: HB. We cannot undertake to explain the 
Aiserepanetes i in question The first article was written 4 — our 
columns by one of the most able chemists in this country 
a 2 in the inquiry you shone repeat 
self. 
QUA : AH. Sa П not succeed in this 
— геу as greenhouse plants, a 
in pans of water. The yellow Nelumbium w 
f the water rises to 76°. 
ble t Enquire at Knig 
about N Nymphieas 
& Perry’s, in the King’s Road, now Veitch's, 
Books: C No book will answer your purpose so well as 
Watson' 8 New Botanist’ 8 Өш, : at all, for the same pen 
i t will doubtl ess be repri rinted. We not 
acquainted with ~~ Flora of Бе, that will pi you vieille 
information. We do not, indeed, remember recent Flora 
of that county. ви The publications of the Horticultural 
T —€— had at its house, 21, Regent Street; or through 
wk Sub. You will find good instructious on their 
ent in our 7 of Operations at p. 200, col. b. 
What — pene most is more ligh 
FERNERY : Alpha, M eren ieri “altho nothing is 
gained by green in ordinary cases ; yet Ferns, the natives of 
Grass WALLS: gx Ho t-water ` pipes might certainly be laid 
in them, if m think it worth while to do so. 
НкАтіхо: Constant Reader. What we should do d depend 
upon what we vod ld afford. * doubt hot — de 5 better pe 
ids е but if we could п 
HYBRID Dialis: WM he Cabbages you A sent are 
very firm-hearted and anit апове, except а slight purple 
сег оп the outs ide leaves of one of them ; they boil tender. 
to purel y save 
LÁWRELS : LBS, Itis the cust omary appearance presented by 
the branches of this plant when growing in close | shrubberies. 
the plant in 
mpens sate for the imperfect action of the usual roots. No 
—— there is something the matter underground, You had 
better cut the hedge down mig 
NAMES OF FRUITS 
. The description of the Pear to which 
you refer Perros enables us to conjecture 
what the sort is. 
fit is a melting Pear, itis not known ; if 5 it is 
probably the Uvedale’s St. Germain. The E 
resembles 7 8 ä Pippin; but in hae to be certain 
its nam imen earlier in the season would be 
desirable. || м 
AMES OF PLANTS: Anemone appenina.—P P, Paris. 1 and 
2 are both form d Schomburgkia pei 3 is No. of 
rms 
— : herbarium, and un 
t Brassia cinnabarina, hich i. ‘Schlim’ 8 5 1035. 9. 
bably Bletia Shepherdii ii; but viec whole of that genus req 
New GREENHOUSE: Sub not 1 necessary that 
be hard and ae ribbons а to being — the li 
u p, provided air is admitted freely elsewhere, 
B. See an advertisement in another columu of 
to-day' Paper. Until your hot — is — d, you may 
succeed in fruiting your pla 
fi in 
the Vines ues in full NO pe uit g the pots 
ong the back of a brick flue ee, heats t 
ho 
circums — of e: heat, more or 
immateri: tial. 
8ккрѕ, &с.: В PL. There is not E re difficulty in bring- 
ing them е Canada. piam seeds are ripe, dry 
vt ina em dry in an ack roots or live plants 
ра ease amon " — я — they 
cases are q 
us d 
between "Boards an 
llent press p gure in ou 
тараю PORTUGAL LAUR MC To bed 
ce an effect similar r te those at Trentham, they should 
1 in the lines. Those at Trentham 
e "y feet apart on ^ dh side of the centre wal 7 
40 feet Fere d op these there is a single row оп € бә 
side, close to the side walks, at а disfance of 170 feet from 
to plant t them in, but if the trees ha 
years in iiu preparation, they will move with beara in which er 3 
y be transplanted any time from 
rer Rong 
Vinery: О C C. No flues зен ever to dip; the conseque 
are 1 be a such as you describe. , Canno t you. shift the [3 
lace to the other end, ere is no door? + 
ith ‘inca te fiue 
Wants If burn t hard, 
—— бөек бад of “ па tile. pottery for 
те”{ 
holly and нек iy differ from 
pointed to toa ene 1 for Which 
Woops 4 e. m кын: В 
he is one . А political lo perpetrated which cahnot be 
strongly condemned, or a red ө eee is committed 
t be too ors ly со — ia her case the 
— suffers tts 1 A or B 
proté of a certain peer, те ink yon mus 
As usual, many communications . зет recei 
“and othe ers are unayoidably detained till 
сап be made, 
W ы. 
