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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
97 
State of the W pou pace Seton Re | the last 15 years, for 
eek e 
arr g Feb. 12, 1842 
Winds. 
Aver. | Ay Me Ye tind a Greatest Frevaiag . 
\aatie Lowest Temp which it | areal, Zio ad : la a > 
ae aa Mata Maiaed “el 
ome’ oe . ‘ — 
F @| 746.7 33.5 | 40.1 8 | 0.25 in. |—| 1) 3] 2) 4) 3) 24 
pe ms. 7| 478 | 351 | 41.4 0.28  |_!_| gi_| 3 | 8] ¢ 
8] 466 36.3 | 41.4 9 ="0.67 ie a | 7 tie 
Toes 9| 46.6 | 33.5 | 40.0 5 030 jj 4) 1 apes 8) 3\ 2 
moore: a” | 45.9 | 39.4 39.2 8 0.98 2/3) 1) 1) 3) 5] al 4 
Fri. 45.2 34.7 40.0 8 0.34 2} 2!—'\ al 5) 9] 2 
Sat. ' 46.6 33.5 40.0 10 0.28 . 2'—'_ | o 6) $i 1 
| | a 
hi 
hest temperature during the above period occurred on 
h QI 
the 10th, in 1831—thermom wba I and the lowest on the 12th 
and 13th, in 1838—thermome 
RE EPORT ON COVENT GARDEN can 
SCARCELY an th ie nathet since our 
last Report; the pa of most articles have — tolera 
well kept up. 
e kinds are chiefly Envilles As Queens. 
A few bunches of new sewuke G n plant ats -* pots, 
have been offered at from 20s. to 958. thes i; Spanis re be- 
coming very scarce. Apples are a and the kinds on the 
same as those mentioned last week. toler: my ee 
» and the best sam fe i 
§ 
z 
s 
f 
4 our last Report apply 
t ren excellent unin’ ‘tops ‘have been brought 
t ket this week. ney Beans are scarce. ae see ply of 
Asparagus and Sca-kale i is by no emg anaes s 
the prices are pretty high. Lettu 
t 
] 
4 
I 
hrooms are mE apandant-” 
of forced oar om idea and 
Narcissus have rendered oe nein gay during the 
CE ATuRDAY, Fes, 5, 1842,— 
Apples, y anon per sana: * to “a 
ss per bushel, 5s to 16. 
‘8, de: Reowngrcrs r half- — » 4s to re 
Pine e Apple. peri. ete Valnnts rb 
8, hot ae lg +» 208 to 258 Filton’ English, p 
— Spa oon Tinie taia ee scm er Golbs. 1408 
Voragts® per bys. zie to3s6d | Nut: vane bushel— 
Oranges, per doz., ore omg! hg 208 
per 100, — Spanish, lés 
£1001 0 be. 13 told0s 
Bitter, as 100,610 16s — Barcelona, 20g to 243 - 
Lemons, per doz. 9d t : key, 163 
VE GETABLES. 
Savoys, per dozen, 6d to 1s 6d eeks, per dozen bunches, le toleéd 
ie Fag oa per svat; 1s to 3s Gene, rlb., ~ 
for pickling, 2s to4s Shallots, per ib 
Cabbag Tice: per ann. » 28 6d to ds or wage oe “er iba, large, 82 tol0s 
Brussels Sard hf.sve., ed me > 286d or Middlin mi = to5s 
coli, Las om nch, or Small, 3s 
ot es Sea ran ter punnet, Wy Ga - 
Turnip ‘Tog, per bushel, ls tole 3d Peters Cabbage, oles 2g ” teed to2s 
Kidney Beans, for per 100, 5s to 108 Cos, per sor 
Feuuseeh; pe rton, an fs = Endive, yardeacs 
— per cwt.2s6d Mate” 0% p- bd die! one 6d — 
— er bushel, Is aes 23 6d — _ White - 
ney, per aed 2s to 3s 
11 Salads, per punn 
Artichokes, gc pl rhalf s sieve, Watercress, per tegen bunches, 6d 
Sd tols rsley, half sie ve, 28 to 2s 6d 
SSamabenon.: doz.bunches, ls 6d to4¢ — per dozen sect aia 2s to4s 
Carrots, per doz. bunches, 3s to 5s r » perdozen bunches, 4s to 6¢ 
e 
nt, nches — =~ 
Sav: ag cer pitino iin 
0 33 6d Rhubarb Stalks, net bundle, rv “A ‘led 
r pick,, per hf. oc Is 6d,to 4s | Mushrooms, per p: pie. a O 3s 
een rth ch, 4d Truffles, per poun ma, 
— Spanish, sia Rema 
Notices to poe vie Slo? ndenis 
L. To Potatoes is the M Manly, a round 
white one of erate size, men prolific, and equal in size. One 
of the best late kinds is the Bread-fruit Potato, a ase er large, 
round, Ee. a: tng is a good bearer, and eth 
A Subscriber. —Ro — nical Boiler can be htateed from 
any senpectania ui sonme 
a: ae acs s pit, deve at P. 36 ( ected is an excellent on 
a tga Cucumbers and Melons in. short time macene? 
a ths Pre hieg will appear, whi ag pean perhaps answer 
your purpcée i tter. 
ID. moeceved with than 
lished as 50. oe as the woodcuts can be got ready. 
X X X.—Itis poten 4, = to eoencl us with not giving imme- 
diate insertion to “ge e 
Ca apr ifoliums are twiners with long ‘flowers ; 
eras are bushes: . The Honeysuckle left is 
Cariftiam lon, 
ongiflo: 
ing déaahire Subserider.—The large Pear is Beurré el; 
the siete’ Passe Colm ws 
oung Beginner. Your Gems are,—No. 1 
wnton; 3, French 
a a 5; is the Chauphoater® 2 
€ are not acquainted with a good forester ; better 
apply to Mr. Steen at Chatsw aun 
wire rag ‘he “relia mcs rane rvaeache: 
e a few hol pee the root pice the 
a ph sn Sgn sapwood, 
Reinette Grise; 
4, White Nonpareil ; and the 
in the spring, 
t deeper ; fill 
rt Opium, or corrosive vahiinese; and the tree 
We have not space roy present to go into the compara- 
or co: 
»” of which are first 
reach y cost 50s. if you 
’ you. a e your purchases to the “ other 
rane Bj i ‘Farmer’s Encyclopedia”? is what w 
improves very much as it goes on, 
ies Hite and o lath who have asked for information concerning 
ts from seeds are answered to. to-day. 
leading articles on foresting a 
e trust Viater will find our ] 
= tne to his letter, 
. May in good turf in a few months by sowing his gro} 
in March-with such Grass seeds as 0 dealers in thee wo rane 
commend. Crested Dog’s-tail, Mead Poa, Hard Fescue, Black 
Nonesuch, and White Seeing ver will be ‘ aes supply = D- turf. 
ings’ w ill do, 
ill h per acre will be enough, or 1] 
~ bat the lawn will erin ey oa be form: ore uke wate 
i a succession of wet 
een against the sun nand 
wind, and and 1 by paddle ~plinting this cannot be applied to ex- 
R. ebruary shift your Rose, and 
alt or utebbens for a —_ or ten days, and 
hh roots move it into 
to the 
Sei hea 
Ba ssh 
a edungin. If t 
r bank sand, na mix it with the soil, artical re round the 
plants then mark your ground out into beds four feet wide, 
w about two feet six inches for the alley 3 plant two rows ie 
p98 bed ear ly in spring, with two . There is lit- 
tle v } ome hn sorts, the great qivirenee” Saar caused ws soil 
and culti 
Rusticu. Seton wall of 60ft. in eee. facing a point to the 
wa, of tg may be planted with Haco 
‘ol 
E 
n yo 
district of ‘Lincolnshire, you had 
allot the intervals for their trial. The sorts may be the Acto 
1 nes, and the Violette Hative Nectérine. 
so 
porte than the _impe: ratrice Plam for bed a. “mae nnd eng 
this :—Ther 
mateur 
weur, 
wtiten: , one ¢ alled xanthic, or yellow, ‘ie he 
blue ; and if aspecies peters 2 - bogs it will not vary to the other. 
To the xanthic belong all fi n which yellow exists, mage 
ure or a lia wand 
| pen 
blocks or in baskets. 
pots with holes in them. 
their roots 
& 
-gage and the Purple-gage will prove more 
e two 
ther pte or 
therefore a blue Dahlia is not to be nthe other baa, 
The Iris , however, co mprehends 
Waxy, rY het + YD. 
so by being grown in soil with acold retentive ene, and t 
. little chance of growing them better in such atcuetions. 
eems to be the case with yours, as by salting the ground 
Potatoes became worse, salt always havin 
Th 
state, to lighten the 
or 
— in light lehiey land are always mealy, 
at 
mix them with double their b fine sand; then dig a hole 
about three feet pms and as lar 
fiici 
; ge as you 
rries when placed from nine to twelve inches thick; 
wn 
a & 
# 
n' 
then put a piece of old mat over them, to prevent the soil from 
with them, and afterwards fil] up the hole, os ath some 
long litter over the bt to prevent ret Nyt rom penetratin In 
uary or Mar abs e the tory dd 
or broadeas 
Febru 
drills y good lo 
alf an inch deep ;_ they 7 will then 
keening clean, until the second season, when the largest 
anted. Afterwards transplant every year while z7% "ihe 
nana ji 
- 
é A Subscriber,—The fruit of Cucumbers 
amy soil, covering them about 
treely watered in d it also 
rth few on or wet days vecusea ber 
Sarco th 
Keeping when 
» an sudden checks,’ is the best pre- 
ventive; but insufficient light. or water, and improper soil, 
cae pa eas in the early part of the year. Cane mbera require 
1, pl saan ~ oe and moisture at all seasons, particularly 
the elong-fruite 
We are sorry ve been so slow. The following oe 
Be ni some of the best varieties of Ranunculus i in en poh ene 
of 
They have been carefully ek a 
pleasing variety :— 
Ca sh ecomer Sesame anceme Pe Herald 
Aust’s Challenger 
os ore 9 Demosthenes 
,» Adeline ‘3 Spheroid 
»»  Mirabelle ‘oe Bonny Jean 
6 ilo a James Watt 
» Nelson a Conqueror 
Wonder ee em 
Alexander’s Phenomenon ae . Conquering Hero 
- Aurora % Achilles 
pe Unique of Wellington % ee — 
” 
aa Marshal ag 
Lightbody’ 8 Demosthenes < 
Em pator Andrews? May 
oy meen 
% Lord Durham Waterton’s s Hover Burns” 
e ib Ro: 
a Ten Pounder a Tau O’Shanter 
js William Penn pe H. Rae 
ae Neptune ia lles 
PP ito ce Gainsborough 
I~ ge cS 
ie rs. Hemans of espeare 
re Sir J. Moore Tyso’s Herbert 
” Euripid ” 
” Antiquary ~~ »,» Dr. Horner 
me ns Felix 
» Pauline 
Sir John deGraeme} ,, Selectus f 
The "following are some of the finest of the old varieties :— 
Viola de Vrai Noir | Grand Bravura N 
axara jan Othello 
Eil Noir Newton 
ixos Fontenoy Marm: 
Nonpareil eg Domitian” 
Dion fanni 
Charbonnier on Niobe La Favorite 
Dr. Gun’s Crimson Ma Délice, or la Sin- 
e. 
a F. W.—The a described in the last two Numbers 
is k: 
e common Quick 
* Oliter bee care nex 
d M. next cat, 3 Mh f powitite personally. 
Liloral alis.—-Callistésia Soldanella is the Convoivatas of that 
with 
name. Much obliged, but want of room ir accepting 
your obliging offer. We shall do what we can the local 
horticultural shows. 
. 6 itrat tash act much in the same 
things are always 
able ; both are book 
and we sometimes reco’ the one, sometimes the other, 
Merlin.—Much Segeas bos upon the strength of your Vines and 
the state of the soil they are now growing in; if it is 
hresresact shift the Vines, before putting them into heat, first i 
he smaller- sized pots you mention, and 
care germanica and that race is of er 
3 while Pseudacorus and halophila are of the 
r the Holly berries aes ripe; bruise and 
bulk of 
may rename. 7 fe hold 
t and sow them ee a in, 
require no further care, eine 
= 
generally becomes de- 
med for want vB -ppesarers yore and oaite ularly if 
id w 
Laws will take place on Wi 
quent debate, the Address 
. Lou! lr 2 
apse reanertnae to enable es oo aed 
| haan they wa & ian decane ake te ean eh t a. 
epee Spader nag Pinna 0-3 
dent kinds, such as pulchellum and cucullatum, suspended on 
We prefer baskets and forked blocks to 
Itis not advisable to remove the 
ulbs too soen, unless you are ous to propagate; as soon, 
however, as they begin to decay, remove th y 
ay be advisable to thin the bulbs, oo only when 
u 
s dries the atmosphere rapidly. 
b n the cultiy ation of Orchidaceous besa 
1 o Pay 0 gi dvice upon pre- 
serving your bank without actual Hie ota: f you had better 
m i Yom me ot: various lists 
of ornamental shrubs and e ergree in our former N' 
which Fe suit bape: but for wate or “eany peeing flowering we 
end the following :—Ga elli erent 
dies vot Laurustinus ; hi sta S 
unedo), tl fw ich is extremely beautiful ; Pyrus 
. on, Chim 
oth varietic es; Di 
ustralis 
It np a sa in 
layix toe meg your ae yo i, howeresy fina some remarks 
on this subject in the ‘‘ A hibateie’s Garden oO 
of tes commencing the 
shrubs which you menti 
an per’ and fs 
cuttings eve 
anted ina on aspec : i 
they require no more trouble except watering & very dry 
weather. 
durin 
Having riyageenaa a suitable situation, ene the apo 
oe. if iti is stiff, mix a on of eith y peat 
da 
m at a joint, and insert them in 
then give them a pha Teams watering, comps Pl they 
r them. 
the eee over This is on! ecessary for those kinds 
ou m m that do not strike trely, such as Cistuses, Philly- 
reas, Cle scatinae and Hydrangeas others will do very well 
without a ha dglass, if properly "i ‘or satin on 
selecting the cutting in a fit state, and on on any- 
thing else. The cuttings then require little tro’ } 
watering ery 
they will be ready for Leman. Se Some of the kinds that 
mention, s as Junipers, Arbor-vi and 
unip: vitee, 
will not ‘strike —_ Lace ig without artificial heat he and some of 
the others, such as Broom, Privet, an so freely that 
it is not ne erp while to strike 
The observation alluded to by Justus f co 
only to legitimate eries, in which the Vines have been kept 
rfectly dormant up to the view of ly: ial heat, and 
brought forward by as the Cale A 
Under such circu fa Abani the bads will not usually break in 
1 e e weeks ; alt Vines that have been forced 
t ear] iod for sev uccessive years, and through 
treatment have acquired an early habit of v 
bly begin to grow partially in a fortnight in a tempe 
Ju crop of fruit in his house, it ought to be’ a 
matter of little importance to him whether th ve si have grown 
one foot or one yard in length.—J. B. Whit 
C. B—t.—The Botanic Garden, bétobuepe. ‘What can we do? 
We can only eee plants; if the possessors will not adver- 
tise aotaca the st be content to go befor their sale. 
usual ,many y iattath have arrived too answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
THE new Session of Parliament was opened on Thurs- 
day by her Majesty in person. which was 
ties have been concluded with 
