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THE GARDENERS CHRONIC LE. 
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bea eS 
, ca A German shoeisien who made 
hedgehog a particular object of study, gave it a stron 
dose of acid, ic, of opium, and of corrosive 
i The hed 
eds apples, “an 
when it can get nothing ‘t Tikes better. 
boees feat gs 
cig slugs, snails, frogs, 
—Penny Ma 
nary food muna of w 
es mi 
Pe oO 
deen) on isp Fey: can 
of 60 ton 
per Irish acre.— Weaford 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
am.—The collection of Camellias here is 
cy Among the kinds 
n of ‘Reticalata, having 
s in ~ hy erfec- 
Independent. 
we observed good spe 18 0! 
eximia, and picta. With the Heaths gonaty some Epacrise 
of these grandiflora, impressa, and pupgens were in flo en - 
Jan. 31. 
Messrs. Fairbain's, Clapham.—The most choice things now in 
are a few fine oe heme of Heaths, among which we ob- 
red variety of Sebana, the singular white 
Lechendultia formosa, 
covered with orange-flowers, fo a good companion to the 
Heaths, and with Pimelea, ened which had Be me many 
heads of white Jan, 31 
Rebreo. 
_ Proceedings of the Been Society of London, 
IV. 
of yee readers : : 
Same, gave the Hee accoun 
of ‘the circimstances under which Citro Oranges are 
rksop :—‘ The plant ‘that produced them 
at the back of a large conservatory here, has 
t eight years; it has gin ten a 7 
I send being the a 
tom- -heat, as the tub iti is plan ted 
hot 
The sgiellomeead-ecemget and lemons are he trees planted 
out in the borders of the same house. Two lemon-trees 
sgt have produced more,than han 400 fru it, and are — 
at table. The Guava, trained on the ba 
of cia eas Lous e, has ‘ripened two ee ie tly 
all through the winter, a is pr ed here for the * Sn § 
to any fruit. ne ripened, the i become as 
as § prvealiy acticioen,t ae ing a straw- 
in rt <u fin d no difficulty in their setting, as 
berry in fi 
we have ae to or them out to git then fine 
Garden Committee, Feb. 1,— Mr. Thom mpson 
reported from the Fruit Departinent oT woe fruit in 
kiln-dried straw had been I. It 
pre Giese, n 
w does when not deprived of its natural mois 
nye. ‘16, 1841. —A ‘paper was re ead by Mr. Fortine, = 
gar. rden n, upon the effect of mercurial yapour on venetian 
ting, which shoot, when I left the country, had attained 
ay the length "of ay inches. Whether 2 not roots had 
been rae mp have coger 
to aes ee r iF appr nt vege- 
ion ; bet iti is s difficult to proche that such strong shoots 
should ushed forward and sustained by n eo tolaneat 
derived only from absorption rah the bark and_ A 
cutting ing a flower-bud was at the same time lac 
in the above-mentioned tank. In about a month it began 
rd soon after Christmas.’ 
March * 841. 
est from t 
* Results of some cong hatte Se ie with Coke and 
med in the c 
vented by J. Rogers bai" 
The experiments are now ended which have been in 
progress ughout the winter to test the efficiency of the 
proved conical boiler, and to ascertain whether coke or 
anthracite is the cheapest and best fuel to burn in it. So 
far as the boiler is eo the results have been per- 
fectly satisfactory. n the apparatus connected 
ac 
trongly co pshated oer well built in, as it has ae 
nd as economical as any 
boiler with whic hin wev 
s chief recommendation is the kind of fuel which it will 
—coke or comm certainty wit 
0 
o the manner 
of This 
the fuel f falls  deia into the t 
which is continually reiki et sel the bars, waa te 
complete power of re ating the supply of this, when t 
apparatus is as i oug! to be. The fuel was trie ed in 
nuary sutra 
burned, against the two urned, 
which. will not be! fair, , owi ure of the weather, 
coke, 
al. Bang anthracite, 3 tons 1 cwt. 2 st., 4 ‘18s. 
to be considered 
ost prefers with 
asure ot anthrac 
perc ane therefore | vie only thing 
beyond this is, pi 
m 
ch wi e. In the month em- 
er last, when the weather was very cold, it was not possible 
to keep Orchidaceous house to 60 degrees with one 
oiler filled with the best anthracite ; but this could be 
done co! en into small pie as used instead. 
Wh th boilers were filled with anthracite this r- 
The author. stated that in consequence of Kyun’; that wood 
he 
s patent Ld re 
‘ c 
in the naeti for the purpose of ascertaining how far these 
opinions were well founded. In one experiment a small 
i tempe 
ti ld easily be maintained, and they would last twice 
as long 
equal balk Produces nay equa 
will give oie as much as a ton o 
portable greenhouse was prepared with Kyanised wood, | 
ee es ees te ee ee ee 
euinsiiees Hees Kyanised Sonia cnsbaviags whe an gives a very steady heat. This may make it 
ene i with ¢ inks leah, or ere a mmeroary, or salts fare TA tear ape eee expense is not on 
“that metal, regs best vessels taining | for everything depen pon this, coke is nly the 
| aoc “ig —— panty sees high temperature of a | cheaper fof the two, but is much the easier to manage, 
canna ohen oa Pepa es Sm sickly, re- | requires less stoking, and b , as may be seen by | not 
pane we bn tere : anaeets. meron rerereRe to the quantity of ashes left by each. Am 
vapour, ckened again when again toi 
™m 
ual proportions answers very well 
with: of course, intermediate results.’ ”” ” : 
set, the night temperature should ri 
: but the atmospheric tem 
‘| to enc ourage th perature 
ought not to be vase apn 60°, a7 the plants sw see of 
renew ‘or in 
would at sigs e them to prot prema’ e weather 
poses ow milder, the pits may be uncovered. earlier in the 
Vine Ae Sad buds of the Vines which were started in 
beginning 0} will now be rapidly lengthening into shoots, 
and will consequently require to be + 65° 
emt increase. 
the er tage t 
PEACH —After the oh in the oes) house is all firmly 
range bet n 55° ar nd 60°, 
ae air, if possible, syringe: or the 
engine should be bereits eet tegen if cee least sign of 
red spider is perceived. When the trees root only w vithin _ the 
e bo rder, and replacing it with fresh prong 
5 cine in the late houses. 
SE, ts iam a dai ey with Riga water those pod 
which are n That yetinb 
she es have been kept upon the house va 
i e do 
bably be bel IR in wh 
y 
night-temperature now to about 
ily. 
RAWBE Rrigs.—Do not allow runn 
fe ers to abad upon the 
plants. Take in succession-pots as r required, but n tly 
ver direc 
faa a high Semper ratu ri he “y can - avoide 
. CucUMBE pb ME —Kee a good store of young plants 
of different how P 
when practienble, be stone upon at thi ck layer of fagots, which 
might be ot sf prunings of shrubs, or any wood of ve 
value ; then ings become cary, a cae channel is 
afforded i ‘te paclon pea ¥ the heat beneath ep bed. 
ASPA —Let the lights be drawn off the pate in fine 
unny ikea tha! flavour of 
thi is will improve 7 e gras 
tted as recommended in the, beginning of last 
month, gaya will now be ready for - 
time tubers which are just 
plan oie pie na similarly prepared bea Which W 
cessional crop. 
ELERY.—SOW shebaca’ quantity; that sown last month will 
most likely run. wel 
n bec t for use, on a ihe hotbed. Of Cos pro 
Atkins? s pss ty rial is eee of ve earliest and best; it is also sold 
under the name of ** s Acme Cos 
Lane REE 
7 et. Sse Depar inen?: 
a sHES.— Where there is the advanta: age Ay! a very W 
si Fare ee may now be sown, and thickly Breicion 
with fern or dry litter; these, if the weather be mic pwert fa avour- 
cae ne ag tate t ae soon a! ° 
—As bed of y Dutch should be sown ona 
“s equal space might be sown every week during 
will be a safer course than sowing a large 
breadth at one ame 
s.—The Frame, or whatever early kind may be preferred‘ 
= a tales sort, apt as the Blue Prussian, to succeed ee should 
ae south border. ‘These will succeed the latest 
—_— er Prolific (not ‘‘ Early Prolific,” 
ar. + re Cron. 
may be ssn on : i border, & 
xs 
to flow: 
a dubiou 
on 
wan wing. A pi 
every year (autor oe -. Seelersite "esa will pated ‘fail, 4 
roduce sound Car! 
se: d, "aun ‘and nail Vines against walls. Do not covet 
uch Peaches, Apricots, and other trees 
whieh face the a s aeh ri be first.done. Any large wounds 
should be covered with paint, or some other. adhesive substance. 
WER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-door Departmen 
se Pipa ig Cae neras fois be watered over the 
lea and not exposed to direct sunshine. As 
the die tabers rae Bre thy should be shaken out of the old 
soil and 
Gr saan iaute. —As the days increase in light and warmth @ 
more liberal supply of water will be required by the plants, 
bearing in mind that s quantities - ieameygea d applied are much 
better than an overdose at once. y plants that are 
likely to ane for want or that alien 
ay.—Climbers had better be dressed and set i 
not to be watered till they bert to 
-door oor Department. 
If not already done, all v must be manured and dug 
without delay, Tulips, eens and other bulbs and tubers 
= not planted in autumn, ought to be immediately p at into the 
NURSERY AND FOREST DEPART avril 
Nursrery.—Plant stocks of wil 
cuttings of choice Gooseberries 
all the buds except the four sage rea 
state, sow seeds of all sorts of Forest- 
be mt bs hat oF OPERATIONS for the ensuin 
i about to relat Tue weather ises to Mane fhe ourable es lh Forest r always 
mportance may, —, —— Gi; out door operntiond,; whiclt shoeld Bi Sion the EST AND Coreice Woons.—Persevere in planting, yo, 
who, like me, cultivate the Rhodode ndron Dore and — with all possible hs ever the gro’ rl Ere hoe driest ground first. Thinning nee peer ce 
enough to work kindly, s' egetables as are indicated under | the sebelinser hae soba wean Said ale a 4 ate gs J é 
I ha f the proper head, may be sown for an early crop. Bat, for th : = tot email of accelerating the planting soils.—J. 
ve for some years been i in the habit * ‘praning ihe part, this preliminary sowing cannot be confidentl: P hepdis Yates: Alcon i «Any 
sub ; and —-. mivon.sgod and t of the penal will led Pa nae ne .—Page 69, col. 2, line 39 from the top, read, Any 
find that they “i the knife w well, an d readily assume the flower, or be cut off by cold when very young. ergreens, &c.” 
character which wish to give mes Last penton Tn hears, we weet et soils, tsesh brig “hue en to attempt putting State of the Weather near London for the Week ending Feb. 3 
awhile ed in ak operation, it occurred thes 1 | ae ‘be gained bys ten seuaiblbcs eres sedson ; TB od or no 1842, as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick-__ 
t make some eve < the ee I had cut off, gee ee nr of wasting . Banomeren. ‘TPuERMoMETER. ind. | Raine — 
oitse r by ripening the seed-vessels left from the flowers of hortly begin to swell their buds, no time | Friday” Max. | Min. | Max. | Min. | Mean. |——— |. 
y 88) 20. : 2 f ‘ 
last year, or by forcing into pres biokéom the buds already showid be mas opleting Se oben deen 4 usual digging evr nage <4 oe Ag a i ag : 
formed. With a view of accomp - eT the first object, i tween the row! pthc hee which, ide: bab a iss of Monday 31| dose | 20.990 | 47 30 305 sw. | 2” 
d some of rte hes bearing seed-vessels in the d time, is a positive injyry to the fom Sheer dnicat: | “Seana pe wiles 
stove; but they soon withered an pies tonothing. Ot +S seek thet cee roots, and forcing t those welch. we] veft Welniay poset | B00 oe ee Le 
re placed i Ke i ; she in a wet or otherwise inappropriate sub = 30.409. | _ 30.37 eevee 
aced in the mud of a tank in the damp stove, in soll, In digging among fruit- thé pours, sab- siaartan 1 Tain EY 87), $0 ie 
which were growing Humboldtii and other | intended to be cropped ought ght not to be stirred deeper carter, ae = 90160 | a0.018 |~a5.8 | ~aa0 | seo | 
tics. This was done about the oof of November. tor nT CHEN-GA 2 SRDEN 20. weer: bein clear ; fine; slondy one frost at ine 
The leaves, meee — — the cuttings re In-door ead! PRORARD. 30. Set te mera overcast are 
4 ed for abov month puny a te I Pinery.—Stronge oe 31, meat ly overcast, heavy sae nights 
the "capsules were boil ing turgid and full of might now be sifted int a = sonata selecting | frost * $ at night, with sig 
coming from each cut: urpose those only which haye plenty of of healthy pata frost ; 
shoot was ing from After shifting, a slight increase of bottom-heat should be given, | - "2, Slightly overcast, very fine; slight rain in the evening. a 
with slight haze ; wind veering east, and haze 
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