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of matting ; the plants will thus be regularly arranged in single 
pn Lg + oy each will enjoy its share of light. Dig lightly between 
=e “SL. aires erate te AY! “gph lin. ot 
xe Depa 
—The operations ‘. “the coaidien s house recommended 
last wee eek may still be ca on. Some of the plants in pots which 
idly a as Phai di iberally 
supplied with water, but the greater ‘part ought to be or rather dry 
att on ; those which hang up, however, must be 
STovE. 
care not to give them too much, an 
Con SERTATORY —A pl no more fire tha tt 
clude frost ; s Roses, Lilacs, and other} fo eed plants in bloom 
ant oF meres Pow in which case the house should be kept a little 
it-door Departme: 
Proceed bees the digging of shrubbery borders, and similar rough 
places. Hardy Rose-tr be ned, "put the more choice 
sorts had po be deferred till all dan cant iol frost is over. In 
frosty weather, wheel rotten leaves, or other manure, on to the flower- 
ers. 
NURSE ERY AND FOREST DEPARTME 
The direc 
or, should bad weather prevent thei 
kinds should be got ready for ofa ttl number-sticks and layering- 
pegs made ; axes and other tools ground and repaired, and e oie 
pond got in readiness against the return of open weather, so that n 
time may then be lost.—J. B. Whiting, The Deepdene. 
State of the Weather near London for the Week ending January 6, 
1842, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Barometer. ‘THERMOMETER. Wind. | Rain. 
Dec. Max in. M Min. ; Mean. 
Friday 81; 30.211 187 365 S.E. 
Jan 
cieeaar 1 197 30.171 38 27 32.5 S.E. 
Sunday 2} 30.!70 30.053 37 25 31.0 N.W. 
83) 30.013 29.917 37 22 29.5 N.W. 
Tuesday 4 005 29 929 34 29 B15 N. 
_ Wednesday b 30.051 pe 36 * 30 — se : 
_«» Thursday 30.314 5 58 _ 23 _ 30.0 | NE. 0 
a pvereas ~~ 30.137 mee 37.0 | 270 | 32.0 :01 
"Dec. 31. Ray oughout ; overcast at night. 
goa = Fine; slightly overcast te Be ee frost at night. 
rapt ge w-flakes 5 
3. Frosty sale poe ane reg ‘sharp tros 
“- Frosty and cloudy’ 3 clear ; slight frost a tight. 
. 5. Frosty; calm, overcast and fine ; very slight frost. 
6. Showers of bived ate w-flakes in the omving | ‘ pr and — 4 
densel, ana sag ania) might aes hepa denoted by the small frac 
tion in 
State of the Weather at Lbiawiek —— the — 16 years, for 
the gW 15, 
“ari 
Highes —— Mean ee Greatest Preval a Winds 
ghest west quantity |. a - (a he 
ae Temp. | Temp. pone — ay of Rain. |Z) Ale w B 3 < 
un. 38.8 31.6 | 35.2 4 0.20in. | 11 3 2 3 3) 2} 31 
Mon. 10| 40.6 29.5 | 35.1 5 0.40 —| 5 2| 9) 3) 1] 1) 2 
Tues. 11| 403 30.8 | 35.6 7 0,83 3) 3 2) 4) gt) 
ed. 12{ 41.1 30.1 35.6 6 036 1{ 2 2 t) 4} 8] 2] 4 
Thurs.t3 | 41.5 33.0 | 37.3 8 0.29 aft Bi} 4) @] Bly 
Fri, 14] 41.1 31,3 | 36.2 8 0.80 4| 3 gi al tj ig 
Sat. 39.3 30.3 | 34.8 6 0.54 o> 2 982 2 3) 3 
~The hi highest temperature during the above period ¢ occurred on the 
= raed Sot tsecmar ter 56° ; and the } 14th, in 1838 
apne et ON COVENT GARDEN — 
ae eek en on Jan. 7th, 
m the et has Seca pier supplied durin 
orice have yee in price * Pines : 
Pe or Z few ory badass 
still be obtained ; are Loe rally e cellent. 
ples of the she kinds — = our nn sie 
me but little | in agrees Pears of the y. 
ntiful. many Forediant samples ges an : 
les.—The frost has rendered many of the vegetables indif- 
ferent, and consequently th advanced in price 
White roccoli ; 
od for the sea- 
nae Ai and Truffles 
ed 
e, Epacrises and 
ese Primroses, and forced 
PRICES, Sarunpav, Jan, 8, 1842, FRUITS :— 
er bushel, 3s to 7s 
a bushel, 4stol2s | Al: 
» dessert, per hf.-sieve. 38 6d to $s Sa Ad vend 
Pine io, we perlb so Chesnuts, pe 
4 Grapes, hothouse, pe Walnuts, ae hash 
: — Spanish, per oa via to ote sd en te aoed rors Tapete 1908 
“a — Portugal, “_ r Ibe, Nuts, 
 +Orang doz., Sie; ae om 
Ls T 100, 5¢t _ heraube nl 
r= Biter Per eto 84 — Bar hrocivas. 900 és Ste 
4 VEGETA BLES, 
_ Savoys, per dozen, 6d to Onions. 
Cab PwWhite, per pdt Bdtels _ cay hp per id {eves 4 tou 6d 
, for pickling, 2s to 4s — Green bnn 
2 Cabbage P Plants per doz., 2s 6d to ” send poe 
Brussels 5 routs, D. hf. ie, te Oa to 206d Asp: Spanishper do vs wit 
8, large, 9s tolls 
_ Broccoli, Whit p. bnmch, 28 oe Meceaal or Mind en 
' spbareley Is to —. Sprue, or Small, 32 ¢ 
ney ea fag ce Se Bsto3s6d | Sea-kale, per punnet, ls 6d to 3 
_ r cwr. to 4s Gd. apie pets ghaaas 
=. ashame ge Is to 236d 
‘ate Cos, per se 
ive, rscore, ls 
Auge 2s 6d to ie Celery, "hed, 
Whit 
Small Salads, per 
Watercress, p.dz. smal] bunch, 6d to 9d 
Parsley, per half sieve, 1a 6d to 2s 6d 
dozen bunches, 6d 
} 
per d unches, 92 
Sav portend Bead y nhsss Ganckeware toss 
barb Stalks, per Senex. ts to 2s 
Mushrooms per — Ange 6d 
ruffles, per pound, 2 
ree mere 
_ _ Notices to Lerresnoniants. 
eaag ANY OF oUR Connes DENTS FAVOUR US WITH A DE- 
: ACCO wana’ MODE OF MANAGING THE 
ee a are eaten for the Sake of the sweet nutritive substance | 
"nS Reheobiber The generality of American plants thrive best in 
damp places, vac se Rhododendrons ; but if too much s 
they a not flow ell as if they are fully exposed to the sun. it 
s, the ground should be neers yew the sun b: 
grown P 
the slant + tone 9 res, which must therefore be placed: close se por 
= Fort —Thanks ied the hin t. Your r wishes shall se page tiaahe you 
lookin e by us 0 
nch.—Up 
the rhs os f property in plants, we find nothing to md or fel or 
.W. rnot go on till we have made some progress with 
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Le 
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togamic plants are not eine of ait eee 
except Ferns, ats we oe un econ to nat shewrer 
Inquisitor.—The pipes in the hotbed at s Nursery are 
arranged horizontally, and are not more than six nt apart. To 
prevent the pots irom slipping down between them, boards are 
placed on them, and over thes: about six inches of old tan, in which 
“ikni 
mikron.— 
ba rape nd, will be fo lau a good substitute for = 
dodendrons is’ not of bes = h value to you, as wr of the stronge! 
be tra aba as stan 
. Bass sett. —Y ou vill Pd able re procure young aeiaitiediens cor- 
rectly x named, from any respectable nurseryman 
part of summer it may be kept in the Layee riba 
to show flower it a. be removed to the stove. | Duri ng 
of growth, and also when in flower, it may be freely supplied wit with 
Woke but at other times rather sparingly. The best method o 
proving coal ashes, or lime rubbish, 
which wil render it more open and friable, Perhaps a ond amen it. 
he early 
ead i Aso it ‘begin . 
our clay 
7 Gord dener. ~The ‘best method of pruning the black 
rant is ra thin out the branches where they are too thick, oe not 
shorten, unless where a shoot or branch requires to be cut back 
bee _ produce one or more additional to fill up an adjoining 
PG. S Shad better send ‘—m newsman a post- office order for 13s. 4 the 
half-year’ s subscription) in advance, and then 
culty about price. 
W. T. C.—The following yarieties of Pears and Apples will rae get 
any deficient collection :—Pzars— 
er Pippin, 
dling. 
—Wilmot’s New Hamburgh Grape can still be procured from 
Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth. See Advertisement in this Chronicle, 
p. 465 (1 841). Pei by-and-bye. 
Inquisi A Yorkshire Gardener. ae 
kitchen Apples me proper for dwarf 
d eB 
pareil, Old Nonpareil, Boston Russet, and, though 
last, none more suitable than the Court-pendu Plat. As Kitchen- 
Apples, the Hawthornden, Royal Russet, and Alfriston angrf be men- 
tione it is best to 
ep them within proper limits by pinching or otherwise shortening 
he shoots in summer. Kiichen-Apples for Standards—Dutch Cod- 
fin, Bedfordshire Foundling, Keswick Codlin, Wormsley Pippin, 
Ble so: Abbey Seedling, Yorkshire Greenin, Eeaies: s Seed- 
ling, Brabant Bellefieur, Northern Greening, Mare di rag 7 iehohs, and 
ert Subscriber.—Y our plan is a very good o7 
X. X, X.—It is the Minorca Honeysuckle, Capritiom balearicum, 
or implexum, two names for the same specie: 
J. M. 
of the 
Trifolium giganteum, which is a true Clover, ar not one of ore 
“ae —— If we can bet them, pr shall be sent by 
by no means put away your Stat, but have utayed 
it for’é a ganhe time ; we will, Saeae: A ae = 
mission to shorten it. 
A. B. and C. will find their question r. Ain- 
ger’s excellent papers upon heating with: hot water, ated sabtineh 
in our columns. 
Mr. Bainbridge-—We can form no opinion of the value of your 
prevention of mildew from the specimen sent. All we nee see is ey 
the shoot was covered with fungus, which seems dead ; but for 
jew de in thei nature of wiiaune before — the shoots may oy killed } by 
@ mixture, or the mildew ma; . If you will send us a 
bottle of the reparation, we will on its i clots and report upon the a 
ly concerning * sat nex 
week, In the note while Se etey can an be done with the Haws, sie 
to break them up with 
open ground. 
at night as the day? Tad our Calendar fr ‘or last spring. 
The different species 
require to 
Phere gms a rich loamy soil, kept cane ‘ay in erg but. i tealy 
aie ny snout 
aa aioe Bicone sph reeaog 36 as soon 
Belo a they are from the warmer parts 
(suet as M co and Texan do te seein them before the spring. 
ve arrived much too late for answers this 
NEWS. OF THE WEEK. 
By the arrival of the Overland Mail, we have received 
intelligence of considerable importance from India and 
China. e Chinese news comes down to the 10th Oct., 
brings an account of the capture of the great fortress 
of Amoy. ap from the detailed iculars of 
Parker and Sir Hugh Gough, and to destroy the fortifi- 
cations met with in his progress. until, in the event of his 
failing tain nb proses from the Emperor > pee his 
et renew his demand under 
a a city of Amoy, with its extensive lines of formid 
able fortresses, protected by about 500 pieces of cannon 
was host b aan on the 26th op 
able firing, but without the loss of a 
ing to the British forces. The her Dar of this event 
pic be read with considerable interest, as an assurance 
at the main objects of the Expedition are no longer 
likely to be thwarted by Chinese diplomacy. At Cante 
also, there have been some operations of a hostile cha- 
racter ; the Chinese having broken the truce by ir- 
e inese, intimating 
her breach of faith would 
by a renewal of hostilities. — Our 
h a 
asse 
Burmese frontier, in order to resist the ap- 
prehended attack on our possessions ; that the King of 
Burmah was at Rangoon, but it was believed that the 
oe preparations of Gaverasiane and the recent suc- 
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cessful in carrying the disputed defiles, but at a sattifice 
of life which has ac me severe comments in the 
Indian journals. The rnor-General has = published ah 
oe from the Directors, authorising the payment of a 
further portion of the b 
mese war, the amount = wih is sai 
has aris n_ betwee een 
e are has re- 
if the Spanish Go- 
previ- | 
ous measures, he 
; walls of Pekin iteelt. As = ae ee 
es 
vernment does 
the ign and domestic affairs of the kingdom, alluding 
with satisfaction to the aries co en of the late 
evolt, and to the favourable ns exist- 
in ith those Paropes an fegen® “which had al- 
ready recognised the Queen ; while it announced that 
overnments whic not acknowledged her 
pines political condition of the country 
atiph of the national 
Basque 
its ancient character, and the 
necessity of 2 geline faith with foreign creditors. The 
Senate and the Chamber of ea — since assem- 
conelud 
tion of i rise 
th 
owing to your having forced them vs bled for the election of officers ; pba rence 
36° is far ence the temperature they bear. You should have h are consid its a s aelhieaies to t 
placed them close to the light. pede re Kept raps th hly ventilated, : . 
if possible, so that the lea m, and thetem- | Cabinet, in which several changes are already antici- 
fe ent atthe _— re a tice sbsnwbiney di pated.—The accounts received from Germany in relation 
not also kept them as warm | to the accession of Austria to the Customs’ Union are 
somewhat contradictory, ones it is still urged that 
by a modification of duties the commercial relations be- 
Fi! : 
een the Austrian States the. remain 
will be considerably extended. From Berlin we learn 
| that of the King ia for London is 
now definitively fixed for the 16th inst., that 
Majesty may be expected to London’ on the 21st. 
_— advi from Turkey a 
changes in the Ministry, and the organization 
ilitary divisions in _ neighbourhood of the capital ; 
the one fei intended for the iers of G: and 
the corps of o to keep in the 
Prorheal cxtaies of the empire. se 
At home, active preparations re making for the 
christening of the Prince of Wels: which will take place 
on the 25th inst. in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. Tt 
gre intimated. 
tion of opening Parliame 
the Kings of Prussia i 
tary services will receive with satisfaction 
ment in nisterial papers © 
the sum received by eee the the sia 
ton has been appropriated as : Ahnt city. : 
