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1842. ] § 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
57 . 
pved without a a great risk of breaking glass, and the plants mus 
ce remain in darkness for aay foo, .anae 4 Unless the ies 
= La by fire, the plants need not e any water while the frost 
~ -door oe arg Hg 
In addition to the wo k pointed ou t week, would 
the preparing of holes ox trees in shrubbery border, or tga — 
where the turf is not of sbey see. ect * er all kinds that pro- 
nd their pro mug: e cu 
— NURS SERY A AND ) FOREST DEPA 
For Fs — Where much plan ting remains to 
- eas: all bile cable k, ae ak as felling and thinning, should be 
hastened, that after the breaking up of the fi rost ther re beer be no- 
=e earnest. —J. B. Whiting, The Deepgene. 
State - = Weather near London for the Week ending Jan. 20, 
194 
observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
AROMETER. ‘THERMOMETER, Wind. | Rain. 
Jan. Ma. Min Max, Min, ; Mean. |———— | —__ 
Friday 14 29.704 29.558 36 22 29.0 S.W. 
Saturday 1 .953 29.919 39 20 29.5 sS.W. .02 
Sunday 16{ 29.900 29.681 42 31 36.5 3. -02 
Monday 17| 30. 30.042 43 22 32.5 N.W. 
Tuesday 18} 30.399 30.3: 33 3! 32.0 N.W. 
Wednesday!9| 30,452 30.197 33 27 30.0 s.W. 
Thursday 20 098 | 30.088 | 33 | se | 325 | N.E. 
verage | 30.102 29.955 | 37.0 264 31.7 +04 
Jan. 14. Overcast; cloudy and fine; be frosty at night. 
5; Frosty ar and overcast ; fi 
n oudy at night. 
ay Clear ; fine with sunshine; clear anid hau at night. 
. Thic k h oar frost wi th haze ; frosty and foggy throughout 
a 
0. Hazy ; slight ie, with change of wind to north. east. 
State of the Weather at arg atten the ret 16 years, for. 
9, 
the ensuing Wee ne ng Jan 
PS aR os a ae areas ha Sig in | Greatest ‘prota Wink Winks 
| aan * Temp whic oh te quantity : sg J a ui |= ls = 
ned. Rain, |Z pA a 2 
Sun. 23 ae 34.0 | 39.0 0.12 in. |—| 1, 8} al eal alg 
Mon. 24] 43.1 83.1.-] 38.1 6 0.51 2) 2 2) 1) 2 4! ol y 
Tues. 25} 42.1 31.2 | 36.6 5 0. Y) @} 2] 1] 3} 1) 4} 9 
ed, 26 6 33.3 | 38.4 5 0. 1] 4 1) o—} 6) a] q 
Thurs.27 | 42.7 31.8 | 37.2 6 0.21 2) 8) gi! at 5] ol. 
Fri. 98 | 43.2 329 | 38.0 7 0.17 2 al ie ee ie 
at. 29 .3 81.1. | 37.2 4 0.32 2 see 1] 1) 2] ala 
highest temperature during th © above peri riod occurred on 
The 
the seen in 1834—thermometer 58°; and the lowest on the. wn 
in 1839—thermometer 17°. 
Fa EERSTE a 4 
REPORT Jb COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
For the week ending Jan. ai 1842, 
Litre difference has ta — lace either in 
of artiel 
aragus is gradually in 
sp: s u in- 
Lettuces and Paidive are rather | ® 
Forced Rhubarb is good and abundant. 
are plen and ea — Flowers. Among the cut 
pod a racemosa, and Cypripédium insigne. 
S, Sarurnay, Tan, 22, 1842, 
flowers we ob: 
PR 
Apples, ‘on dutuk a 
alf 
» 5s to 8s 
pound 
panish hvper Ibe into te 2 
ri mageg »per lb 
ver 
oa 10 be, 120410104 
ee Filberts, rs er Mh 
Cobbs, per ehh ae 
oamaeee od to 3 2s Nuts, perbu 
sper 00% 1 a 16s = roe 
— 494 oO 
Lemons, per doz. 1 Ss 
¥ 
Savoys, per T dozen, 6d to 1s'3d 
Wabbege, White, per dneny rhode 
Red, , for pickling £, 
Leeks 3, per d 
Garlic ] 
Shallot aod I 
en bunches, 9d tols6d 
a 
, large, lle =" 
bb: doz habe 
Brussels Sproutes p-hf, sve., le ba beg —s cond or Stigaiing, 
28 to 
Bed 
Broccoli, White, p. Ig 
urple, ls 
Kidney Beans, forced pe ips 100, 3s 6d 
Potatoes, perton, boy 
pes Endive ersco 
pes og: i to 2 S Celery fgets wa 15) 6d tole 6d 
. 
A rtichokes, Jerusale: prhalf sieve, Small S Sh a Pi olnee Beatie, = 
carnips, ta doz. aches, 22 tods 6d Waterotenare a soe x 22 
6d to ar 
a nebo per dozen, 9d to lg Farrage pb a eabunchts 6 
ryonera, per bundle, Is to lead Thyme, per doz. bunches, 2¢ 
Horse Radish, perbundle, 1s to 5¢ age, per doz’ bunches annem 
Onions, ee bushel, cc.e Fad get ag og to — 
Apt Y » Per dozen bun 3s 
ag img caper he. sieve, 3s to3séd| Rhubarb Stalles, per bundié, le to 186d 
— Spanish,per dozen, 2 to 6s Truffles, es, per pecan, $c igre st 
2s 
Notices to Corre. indents, 
regret our inability to give Lord ra 
NiO: 
e report given in f the Bat 
none ¢ 
ponate utelligence. It's to be Men 
What would be the of 
at the: "mouth of a 
iquor of gas-wor 
man 
ped BS 
velly mountain soil the Grasses 
he Alpine wh ine i Ronse ga De 
ete rbinaede 
revel to te hii aps No 
mode of 
aoened moeaters 
5, Veltheimia glauca; 4, 
grat, be sypsum and urine; or seaweed; or a moderate 
or gas-lim 
e.. Constane 1 Reader's plants are so very a hat we erate ce 
inty tell what species some of ree; are. 0. 3 is 
3 No. 5 is Polypodium piloselloi 
B.—No. 1, Bupleurum robundits stium he comm a _Fly 
ese gered 3 is Honesty ; 
xpi ae seems a mo 
some a 3 The 
understand the rr taoed tubers. Does ‘* T. B.” mean 
ne Pota 
A Com ren ader has an old friend, a fine 
Pear-tree, sodas 50 years old, that he is anxious to 
circumference of the extent of the wanes is orn 40 porn and 
of t i . 0 8 years ago, 
ut during the last cit or oe Phone 
i — mca A produced _less ‘and less, and in’ the 2 las seas not 
ruffles, 
standard Fre, gern 
The 
peated shortening of the shoots. Whatever proceeding tends t 
ood disposes 1 to pone —_sr it 4 
weaknes oer with 
ously 
cane 
nat t carried so far 
In this s respect. summer sn : 
pe at oe is more efficacious than wi 
shoot cu 
base Seed could 
8. 
gered prunin 
ued after M mmer, in 
order that the setae of fi ara may 7 not suddenly and in- 
juriously, but t gradually effected. f the tree 
s 
S 
a & 
im: 
r manage! ment to leay 
0 pecks 
droppin off when Soe the siz eofa The circumstance of rie 
partly attutabie to the series of ungenial 
thlate frosts i re spring, which have of late been experienced 
As. ‘the sername are of so great ex role the roots must also hav 
mone in the 
—— me shoots at rll leaath, — 
sho ortened one-third or one- ‘alt of their length, and others from one 
ba Green-gage is “aston when 
ly ear in as young a state as Plums 
gen on We consider the Per rple-gage eq - the Green- in 
 serped! and - beautiful fruit, feeagposons, bd, contrast of colour. 
Red-coloured Apples, for a may be the orale Apple, Seated 
Nonpareil, "Brabant Bellefleur al Mére de Ménage ; and the Louise 
) Pear, 
ead far and wide, seve oe soil within their 
aehausted ae t Reader” alludes 
t f it is advisable to use root-pruning in ~ 
latter case, it must be done with a view to obtain young feeders n 
home, and must be do’ us a e 
uch nae c f 
ay veh é ena ie ore and pec Sr being introduced for the young 
fibres toextendin. Bullo i i i 
m. 
suitable manure ; So cows’ or horses’ dung, and night- ‘soil, 
mixed with gypsum. The Celeri Violet, a French Set, is oe paras 
and fine. We should be greatly obliged he your mode 0 f grow 
Celery. 
Totty.—Nitrate of soda is best applied to meadow-ground when 
a thence is about to Wer pede its sprin g growth; and the same is 
of garden-plants. The aries from 1 to 2 cre. 
A Ag pa epee sell it; we 
Tak 
xperience on the eubject of f Vandyke 
an improvement upon the old 
catch the first rays of sun in the morning, 
and the last of rec ee. at 
.—It is of no use. to apply for Seren books to English 
bool llers. As your letter bears the postmark =f Hecate 
you can have no difficulty in calling on Black and Armstron ng, We re 
North, or Mr. Nutt, in Fleet-street. Either will get 
e dare say he i : is what 
can 
him gfe 
; to think 
adishes — if he will but sow their seeds less than. ‘four face 
ue ie 
H+ te He 
nder-groun hich some authors recommen: ut really when h 
a gardener, asks us to tell him whether Cucumbers My oath or <r 
not to be im a hat 
tnner,—The word is cordifolia, not cordaf 
__Anti-Slip- -slop.—Will y ou allow us to defer year Pec hors we 
which w e fo 
e time been inte ending. ulty, and so diferent 
opinions a entertained saeate it ty par informed and sensible 
pester n return for this 3 we will comply with nn wishes about the 
seeitseienties; 
the c subject. 
bscriber from the 5 Bepiing —One ounce of Be ss of cop- 
of dissolved in a gallon of water is strong enough to kill Moss on 
gravel 
re: —If you ge fumigate your Cucumber and pes 
its wi th Tobacey-a smoke once or twice, we have no ddubt that y 
will faa the a) es. 
T. Hughes, and Olitor S aenscnlsnets ——We should think any re- 
spectable seedsman ee reine you with seed 0 the Cucumbers ; 
or if neue it did not possess the variety himself, he could no doubt 
—We do not know where you can procure the white 
‘cimaee exhibited at the Surrey Zoological Gardens in September last. 
A Constant Reader.— soil as “ie as that 
Asparagus, prepared in the following way:—In an open situation, 
make a irenth three or four feet wide and two feet leon if the good 
soil will admit of it. Then place at the bo' he trench about 
six of good rotten d ; up the h with the soil which 
had revio' out; or, if not rich, mix wi 
been previously taken out; the soft ; 
it a little rotten Fined before filling up the trench ; it will then form a 
bed some inches bie 227 than the common level of the ground, As 
poeta pieaene sp pee ga serge nog” a aguemarmegher gr Maly wpe 
a single crown lant them in the centre of the 
on each, an bed 
intervals of ive = six fick. and cover the crown bout two inches dee} 
when plan’ a littl ig 
years. None of po mg 
you 
; management of 
Vineries throughout the volume. Speechley’s Treatise on the Vine 
is, in general, pest Oil-cake is not a suitable manure 
to cut the scions, which 
gor he ight Fans plenty of ais; ot] 
ve of air, 
ane eg hen the 
‘¢ he living re 
t 
iver, 
** Maclean's Favourite ” is an 
is Cacdlia KL 
aver 1, Enon 
=item 2, Cyne hide cota ae 
ilies such fragments. 
Domestic 
-canariensis, uel 
_ Camellia —F rom your statements we have no doubt that there i is 
as the 
very easily grown if the right method is followed. We will comply 
with Phoad requ an and put you into the right 
via.—Y ou will find ample directions for the management of Lu- 
) 
y are 
hie gratissima at page 21 and 52 (1841), and in the * Ay 
Correspondents” in our last N o ve probably kept it in 
a higher temperature than is n ; it well in a cold gree 
house if planted out, and in a temperature - 50° or 55° if grown 
any w we know. fe —. in pots, but 
o with things of Hager description. We ad 
p yo 
be Lilia as are, L. japonicm, Thun- 
and L. speciosum and pune- 
0 last he ines coe expensive kinds, 
eee a hothouse 20 ft. mperature not quite, 
bit atehost that of a stove ; has 12 light columns about 12 ft. in height 
; and wants the names of 12 climbers r ditto—six to grow in 
se ade: es six without bottom-heat. ants also As names of 
we -a-dozen Orchidaceous a which would do 
ire baskets @ a the back walk, 
by 5 5, i in the centre, with bo ttom- heat ; wanted to ra what plants 
pocae bottom-heat venusta, Combretum purpureum » Per- 
nite, pdcoadlogan Quisguals indica, Echites suberecta, 
Rein ce ithartica. hout bottom- heat : ug Ala cordifolia. 
ii and anti, Sp mesma alata and Kermelina, and 
Tpomea 
Stephan ollicularis. — Odontoglossum grande, 
On ‘Stan 
d Heliconia ye shall 
ticia s rea ae, 
if he will send us oy cies which he 
feel obliged ty to ‘* Amateur” 
pro 
we Dib sy 
to remove ail * 
Give it as much cat as you "possibly can, new a a slight protecti¢nn in 
cold ry. 
repihas it , adding, at the same time, 
auantiy of fresh soil. 
D, D. ig our question requires a longer answer than we can give 
is wee 
a eee next week. 
. S., Clericus, and some other correspondents, are answered in 
one of the leading rrpeene cles ot aan re advise the f first to ae 
t 
og rola rsfailie grows and flowers well 
enough on its own root, but it ase not strike 
if h up in 
ts or on wooden blocks :—Dendrébium pul m, cu 
and fimbriatum; Lelia anceps; Stanhdpea tigrina and oculata ; On- 
cidium Cavendishianum, ampliatum (large var.) and bifdlium ; 
Odo: ‘ossum grande ; Aé¢rides odoratum, and Saccolabium gutta- 
tum. To grow in pots on the tan-pit, take Bré maculata, Mil- 
toni : Papilio and ceanum ; Zygop¢talum 
édium ; Cattleya labiata, Mossiz, , and crispa; . 
Dendrébium prey and Acant! aig . All these are or- 
and free-flowering kinds, - see what sponden 
says about Maar of soda at page 724 (18), ia cena ae ae 
use it with th tion ; t statements are at 
variance, jie ad better satisfy” 
Pi i many letters have ve arrived much too late for answers this 
week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue foreign relations of France still continue in a state 
serious embarrassment, 
ttle hope appears to be enter 
tha 
Ccegitintn the Emperor by out bp in its” 
proof 
é hee intimidated by the unus 
of these trees The Address of the 
in to the S; 
sired shape, and then | 
and litt tained — 
| that Sigtsaatic relations with Spain will be restored during 
co f 
overnment is endeavouring to” 
