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JAN. 1.) 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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gentle heat. Hyacinths and other bulbs should be forwarded 
slowly. 
t-door Departmen 
of Fuchsias, salvia patens, and comine plants, should b 
ready 
povnicthonmet and other’ choice bulbs, therefore they ought to be 
_ strictly watched. Protect eige trees and _ bs of which the 
ki 
Satdineas 4 is doubtful by some kind of coveri Planting might 
be proceeded with if the weather i - ete + a the ground suffici- 
ently dry. Avoid planting when the grour tity tA be wa 
NURSERY AND Sones DEPARTM 
Nu —Take up young trees which require Sener 3 prune, 
and ae ret in rows, the largest at increased distances. ‘Trench 
and otherwise pr ae ground on which it is intended to sow 
sph —_ —Continue to an t agorgy 
req Also nd prepare for plant at every 
b aritaendt S ap poctmatty, in Linutine, Car the kind = 5 tree to the 
nature of the so: oil and situation as far as ast too little 
J.B. Whiting, 
,» and 
The Deepdene. 
peti of the Weather near London between the 23d and 30th 
1841, as observed at oe Hexticuituras Garde, Chiswick. 
Baromerer. ‘THERMOMETER. Wina “Rain. 
Dec. Max. Min Max Min. ; Mean — 
Thaseley™ 23) 854 29.793 46 27 365 S.W. .06 
Friday 24 0.016 29.902 50 42 46.0 S.W. 12 
Saturday 25) 29.769 29.657 49 22 35.5 S.W. | .0¢ 
unday 26, 29.944 29.755 39 24 21.5 | N.W.| 01 
Monday _ 27; 30.121 30.08% 36 25 30.5 W. «| .02 
Tuesday 28 30.063 30.054 44 37 40.5 N.W. 02 
Wednesday 29) 30.078 30.035 45 39 42.0 | N.W. | .05 
Thursday, 30} 30.166 | aed | 42 a1 36.5 S.E. 
Ay 30,001 9.90 43.9 30.9 4 
a - 23. Hazy ; ; doesn cloudy and fine 
ight. 
g; rain; slight frost at night 
’ Rai the showers and fine thr oughout the 
Prien 3 very vaeea in ae evening 3 fros 
26. Overcast ; fine with light clouds j frosty “* iy agi 
27. Frosty and SOREY's 3; hazy; thickly overc 
28. Cloudy and fine; slight rain at night. 
29. Drizzly ; dense fog; overcast; close ie | rain at night. 
30. Hazy throughout the day: calm and overcast. 
State of the Reem a at Chiswick during cal and . years, for 
suing Week ending Jan 2. 
No. of ae ling Winds. 
Aver. | Aver. |yr Yy jn | Greatest a 
Highest) Lowest|ponu| which it | TWantity |. [ji sled] (S|. 
Jan, _| Temp. | Temp. |7eMP| wich Jt | Of Rain (| ola | ee 
un. 42.5 82.1 | 37.3 7 0.21 in. | 1} 1) 3}—] 3! 3] ale 
Mon. 3| 42-5 | 30,6 | 36.6 8 0.30 1] I} ait al-sl 2} 3 
Tues. 4/ 41.0 31.8 | 36.4 4 35 9} 3| 2) of 1) 3 i} @ 
Wed. 39.7 80.7 | 35.2 4 06 5] 1] 4h} 1 ately 
Thurs. 6 | 39.6 28.9 34.2 5 1.83 1} 3) 2} of Bl 4) th 
Fri. 7 | 238.8 28.1 33.4 3 013. 1} 2) 3)9) 2 8} 9} 1 
Sate 3] 37.1 4 33,2 2 26 2) 2 51 4) li 
ighest temperature during the above period occurred on 
teat oth i i oped cad 6th in hei wins Bereta 53°; and the lowest 
on the 7th and 8th in 1841—thermometer 6°. 
cae ON COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
e Week ending December 31, 1841. 
The ie Pac Sat generally speaking, well supplied during 
the week, though many articles are of dull sale.—Fruit. Pines 
ul and of excellent quality; the kinds are 
Foreign Grapes are cna gee 
Imeria ; a few igen hothouse may 
Apples of good quality are abundant; set 
the kinds are par hee Ribston Pippin, and Blenheim Orange. 
Pears of va —— kinds are plentiful, and among others we noticed 
East rré, and Neli: i 
ite B ernie becoming rather scarce. 
plentiful, and of good quality. Forced French 
cellent and tolerably plentiful. The supply of pp emake Lg 
Sea-kale is incr nares and ee uality is Ser ge 
ndive, and mos Sgt nope eb Sa gps 
r kinds Som e 
of the Lettuces < eonehtly Pcie 
d Truffies are tolerably plentiful. aad Amon ong c 
aware * were Stenorhynchus speciosus, Thunbérgia alata sail 
aurantiaca, Amaryllis Aulica, Bignonia’ venusta, and Jasminum 
grandiflorum. A few pots of forced Tulips s and Crocuses have 
made their appearance. 
1843,— 
8, + pet — Fe 
e 
Grapes, hothouse, | we x Walnuts. r ata tie | is ota 3 
on Spanish, per ]b., 1s to ls 3d Filberts ae r-100 oe 1208 to 1308 
— Portugal, Ib., 1 ri kes per — 
Oranges, doz., br a uts, per bushe 
ae iter, per : 100 ie l4s Bs inte 
: ce) — § ii 
Connie wa -& Spanish, 16: 8 
VEGETABLES, 2 
Savoys, per dozen, 6d tols} 
saps “vt White, per dodees 8d to ls 
—. for pickling, 2s to 4s 
6s 
Geriaae Greens, or Kal r doz., 6d 9s tolls 
Broccoli White,p. bnch, 2s_to 4s i e, ‘is 
~ ape, ls to 2s — Sprue, or Small, 3s to 3s 
Kidney Beans, forced, per 100, 3sto3s6d| S. ge punnet, 1s to 3s 
Potatoes, per to’ i ) Pre » Gd to Od 
He 
0 4s 6d Cos, per a 
rR eS [omnia i 
r bus. ts Celery e to - . 
Archos, Jerieklew § r half siev “” White, pr. bur bund., 
spate 
9d tols 6d atercress, -dz.smal 
Fete ag pr. doz. bunches, 1s 6d to 2s 6d partion Pr Cas. al aleve, Se to 4s 
Carrots, per doz. bunches, 3s to 5s ‘Tarragon, per dozen bunches, 6s 
Parsneps, per dozen, 6d tols Thyme, eng Ruachass rie 
Red Beet, per doz ls 6d e, per doz. bunches, 2s to 3s 
Sco Ta, undle, Is to le 3d Mint, ged er aig <2 = Be 
Salsify, per bundle, 1s to ls x. Savor 
Horse Radish, per bundle, 2s Rh ubare St faalkotpe big emt le to 2s 
Radish, p. doz. hands (2tioaae tnt le Ces ae pers 100, Is Pod to 2# 
Spinach, per seve, s, per sans ls tola3d 
Gone doz od Trudien, p ——- a to Be 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Cc I] par- 
cels which are not sursent- Sages We will, therefore, beg those 
of our peta toc who for any reason *send packets without 
€ carriage, to water us by post of their having done so, 
that they may cme be refused. 
T. C., or any other correspondent, did send a parcel to the 
ithout paying the carriage, it was, as a matter of course, 
iin. 
on will find an answer to his ae in tLe advertise- 
to- 
r atlas Vis 
~ Ta gene- 
ral a strong loamy soil produces the blue flowers, and any com- 
mon garden soil the red ones. By cutting back ne Fy’ ‘Pe 
strong-growing Pelargoniums at various times during t 
mer, so as to keep them from flowering, you may Hoe thes 
bloom late in the autumn, and particularly the scarlet and — 
leaved kinds. Gas-tar and the ammoniacal I iquor of the gas 
works are sate, eee you will naad of this in a leading arti- 
cle in a week o 
Mr. W.  Havet: pr Cheshunt, says he remembers to have seen, 
about the aes ori at the garden belonging to the Castle- row 
Salt Hill sort of semi-double Ranun- 
er a long time, and seed- 
ing abundantly. He has never seen oe of the kind culti- 
vated elsewhere, and asks if any of o him 
—Gaérrya — isa ya A oe well known 8 
London here it flow r abundance. Pray give 
us the deer tatadne of raed 
T. D.—The “‘ Botanical R Register ” contains the greatest num- 
ber of new plants, with coloured plates; and as it comes ou 
monthly, it exactly answers your purpose. With the year 1838 a 
Cw SeiICs 
what pecoetes it. 
A Butonian.—Do you take us for the wondrous Michael Scott, 
or for Lord Cranstoun’s goblin page, that you send us such 
puzzles ? One leaf like a Dolichos, another like a Mallow, and . 
sprig like a Leptospermum, crushed in dry cotton wool, without 
being protected by tissue-paper, with the information that they 
were raised from seeds, would puzzle the greatest master of 
“‘Gramarye ”’ that ever lived. I’xias, Watsdénias, and Gladidli are 
from the Cape of Good Hope, not Br azil. You will find some in- 
formation ahonit them in the wey ading article of to-day. e 
Gloxinias dry and cool in win 
The double yellow Rose ie prddtide ced us some further corre- 
spondence, to which we shall yee in a short time. 
7. C.’s plant is Maxilldria Harrisénie. 
. D’s account of the Bokhara Melon has already been pub- 
lished in the cuenta Pp. 503 (1841). The seed can only be had from 
Bokhara, oe of the B. 1. Com mpany. 
arac th 
ey 
AB 
are the : same gt ony 
Salopiensis.—The Pear is ithe teem i pe Pitts is Lee 
bly Coe’s Golden Drop, and if so e ferrugino 
specks on the Foot of ‘me fruit ‘coadalboaially, a 4 char acteris' 
‘siialisacraad ing in the specimen received. 
.— Perhaps we were wrong. We have forgotten all about it 
now. Another time we will try to be more critical. 
thousan 
Mr. Towers 8 oon. 
W. D.’s plant is Fachsia thymifélia. We doubt whether the 
-earth ‘vit salt cog he shes Rakes suit pred as of tree; perhaps 
try Ow. 
.S.— ‘roradtion 5 is hoy sight to eat us to jndge why 
the Siscines- boas of your Pear-trees canke’ gh ee - 
soil wants under-draining. The Belstontia live 
é south wall in the open air, and flower beautifully, if Hite yy 
im winter. You had better m the bulbs you have just received 
aad turn them out next Ma 
—The plan of a snow-scraper is to us unintelligible. We 
have already given as much space to co! cerni 
en as we can find room for. 
‘or so stnall'd Notes’ Stageie’ boiler, if set reverber- 
tory, ’ will answer your ur well. It should have a flow and 
Peck -pipe carried along the front and both ends of your house; 
or one end may be without pipes, if that is an anes 7 int. 
cost. 
lo-fern .—Procure your Ferns in}the summer; a little peat 
wilh do to J ciated them ms , ad if the sah is once made damp in a 
ag ain become dry unless it is often 
Bora ere, without 
ert 
or Porkaed it may require a warmer situation than is commonly 
giventoit. We a pers ie to start a plant of it = early 
in spring and gro m greenhouse near the ves ae 
sure to check sp ve spider if if it makes its appearan 
leaves, of which it is remarkably fond. The Gesnera ‘s beeen 
not oblongata. The arte’ system is abandoned by all botanists 
of any a except for local floras. tea nge gor fn ** Enchi- 
ridion”’ only giv 
lo ae Ex 
Gagne plants are—1, Oncidium ranfferum ; 2, Rodrigué- 
it re a; 3; Maxilléria, very near M. vitellina, put different, 
and probably new; the specimenis not ry ben state for full examin 
on; 4,a Sm ax. These plants arrive ge in conse- 
quence of having been packed in aes wool without the 
protection of tissue- “ 
ilia.— ps — chara cle keep out fros' 
ay ners showa * be of tnd on, and so coaara 
all their smoke. eae is neve ia tittle probability of arti- 
ficial Tieht Deane employed in Horticulture during b oars nor 
would it be useful except in a very few cases. We obliged 
pe the books, which, notwithstanding their strange 
Timothy Corkhead.—Passifiora incarnata may be had in 
the nurseries. eS Bowiei — only to ¢* potted in kg ed 
ee op wes grr exposed to light, and it will 
not fi 
W. T. C.—The Pinus excelsa and Abies Khutrow are 
different AB arescns and eae re The question about fri 
will be an 
A Brother =the, se scaly iy tect Sih stems of Trevirana are called 
2B 
MW. RK. All the orate you ask about growing Hyacint 
e gtd are immaterial. The roots are not put in rer but 
uspended in an inverted position by wire atta agra snd 
pee “that will fe ay them steady. hsia co 
White Lilies, if forced, need only be taken out of ihe jhonien a 
= time it = a to gs them ; they like moderate heat. It 
as pom eH 
of sty apeiron you should insist upon your newsman procuring 
Ww 
A Su Motherte give instructions as to laying out a garden is 
beyond the means of an sna and can only be done by 
cere poeta Either common Thrift or 
varieties, and Laurostinus. If you fill your beds with the fallow. 
ing ae be Pind come Sealand Eat Meni gay: 
ennusis=noc as Neriopbia natn is Colina tole, ad Bry | 
P the meane of preserving 
of plants; their 
detailed ceapaitets: are to be found in his a Genera P yer ag Bali 
ery u } 
tender plants in winter, yee) » vey 2 lant b leagpees oN = patens 
and ~<a scarlet Pelargo s, Petunias, an nagallises. 
You have done quite right in “slanting your ie but if you 
ma rain it, it wpe ee all the be 
sks how Aes Beaty <iecibbih and ey he 
um They Av talc a light sandy soil, such as equal 
Sage of peat and leaf. ‘mould well mixed with sand. nae should 
show any signs o 5 placed 
of the gre atvales, pend means 
rapidly during the dull winter ontheg: as they 
rds if this is not attended 
tural 
a light and airy part 
Sanat to grow 
will  enveiiaes: 
w 
this sigeneion it ide pd ‘ows to 
the tae 5 
the lg 
0 a great size, and flowers freely during 
autumn long after Pelargoniums are killed by 
"Hor rris’s suggestion will be taken into consideration, but 
not A present. 
Mr. Kinchant will have full information about Pine seeds in a 
short time. ere is oqendy of time; nothing can be done with 
them for some weeks toc 
hilo- fern. 
“ Petns shall be attended to. 
In the m mean time, we would ad- 
vise you no end for the collection for your case until there 
is ae danger a its being frozen by the way. 
Constant Reader must never use fires “gr ah exclude od 
frost, otherwise she will start his Vines hey oye 
lants which h 
that to 40°, will be high enough. Vin neries of this kind Shoot 
alw pers be ‘constructed so that the Vines can be taken out fae. 4 
vhich 
wint er, 
may be required. 
Nemo.—Nothing will be gained by binding your hot-water pipes 
with canvas. If you cannot reduce the heat without casing 
tremities ; the one end passing throug 
the open air, and the other ys ad gar pind along the back 
wall; this will produce a strong current of air, and will cool the 
greenhouse. In that case, your ro may be mene teegeoiste at psa 
t this s 
overheated, and can hardly urnished w 
7 were, the temperature of vag water ae to be capable of 
| g maintained at too low a point for the pipes to overheat the 
use, 
A Slug-hunter.—“ Bonnycastle’s Introduction to Mensuration~ 
wit Practical Geometry,” and ** Crocker’s Land Surveying,” A tod 
ses. When Professor er s ideas on 
eater. are ‘Paniebess we will report on them 
Pea oque, 
her is pone suing to ook this es y guard against oy 
woollen netting in the oe ry Ww hich, however, must be gradu- 
ally withdrawn as the heat a the ee creases. 
Mr. Bell’s plants are,—1, M tia cénica; the other, M. 
polymorp Either will, in all probability, do as well as M.he- 
mispherica. 
Medicus find instructions for the cultivation of Sea-kale 
eo 263 bent ire oeg aan old roots are ully taken up, “oe 
answer for the purpose of being once forced; but he had 
ae r procure one- ean old plants for his more permanent rpbanis 
tation. Night-soil will form very good manure Nae pitas: but it 
should be mixed with a ca proportion of any m soil, or 
still oe ie! gypsu 
G.S Meo bem mee ting of the Institution for 
eason. As your cr ed is not over rich, the 
runing will be Sorts most Pathan 20 of ealtieation are 
the Cosford, Howton ‘large square nut, Cob Nut, R ; 
and White Filbert. The plant is apparently Acacia Fe ab rcncety 
As usual, m: many letters have arrived much too late for answers 
this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEE 
Tur new nder c A a of consider. 
able interest " the political world, 
of the i 
maintenance te 
length Beri towards a settle 
Cham opened on et bya Speech from the 
— which is characterised by its pacific 
cowards other vocenre and by its uncompromising tone 
ener to affairs. 
to the Conveation a Jul ly, W 
yolutionary party, ebro its intrigues inst the 
| dynasty and person of the King, as obstructi ener- 
}gies of France, and retarding the development of her 
ree and pacific liberty. For u it declares, 
anguage not to be mistaken, toes the King and 
ment will do its duty, and maintain the authority of the’ 
laws. ing dae Cc ies 
