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1848.) 
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THE GARDENENS CHRONICLE. 
S jag 
ay. 
anting and 
mare ne of prone ti had better be Soppiched as geen as possible ; 
a the laying of turf. Protected shrubs may n artially 
NUR Spe AND FOREST DEPARTMENT 
wae S eek sooner or later is not o f great conse- 
aay “of, seeds of ee sp tag sr it will be ad- 
art of the transpla’ 
pe 
that is not accessible, of sandy- loam and leaf-mould, for seedling 
er paige and Az These, with the Holly- sakved 
Begveres, © ry fe oe largely propagat e 
ForEST E Woo s.—Persevere in planting, but 
only on acy Ae ake “Old hodeen. may be plashed, and new ones 
planted. Finish the cutting of igs -wood as speedily as. pos- 
sible.—J. B. Whiting, The Deepden 
wiser cf bm Weather near London for the Week ending Feb. Pee 
observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick 
AROMETER. HERMOMETER. Wi ST nati. 
‘eb. Max Jin ax. in. | Mean - edie 
; ay 30.367 30.316 47 24 35. N.W. 
Saturday 19| 30.377 30.194 9 30 39.5 Ww. og 
unday 20 030 9.881 40 31 35.5 S.w. 
oom £ 813 29.771 48 7 37.5 S.Ww 16 
Tue! 29.753 .616 50 34 42.0 s. 
q Wednesday’ y 29.444 29.167 50 40 45.0 Ss. ai 
7 Thursday 99.171 | 29.115 | 47 | Ba | 40. S. wu 
F Average | 29.851 29.723 47.3 | 313 | 89.8 740 
Fe b, Slightly overcast ; clear and fine; sharp frost at —_ 
, 19. Frosty and foggy ; hazy ; ; faint sunshine; slight rain 
h 20. Drizzly ; overcast; cloudy and cold. 
7 91. Seer ercast ; cloudy ; — rain rhe afternoon ; clear at night. 
22. Drizzly ; cloudy and 
e-, Thickly overcast ; Goudy and fine; drizzling rain in the 
ing. 
34. Overcast; dense clouds; overcast with light haze at night 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the it “ years, for 
the ensuing Week ending March 5 
A ve | A ver. |nrean Dp =. Grsatadk es Winds. : 
ig est! owest Temp which tt wanstity «lt . ia i 
ena | Toes: Tomri Rained, | °f Rain. | | Als |% iat 
Sun. 27| 48.58] 34.6 | 41.6 9 0.40 in. | 1] 3, 9} 3) 4) 3 
Mon. 28} 48.8 36.3 42.7 2 6 0.34 —| 4 2! 1) 2) 8) 4 
ar. 
4 Tues. 1| 46.9 87.1 | 42.0) ELT 0.62 - al 1j—| 4) a) 4) 1 
Wed. 2{| 49.3°| 38.8 | 440)/2 5 G45 3/1) 3} 1} .5} 4 1 
| Thure.3/ 650.1 -| 36.1 | 43.11 ¥ 7 0.22 1) 2} 9 4) 2 8) 4) 1 
a Fri. 4/ 50.7 35.3 | 43.0 6 0.23 1} 4'—| 3] 1 3] 3) 1 
4 5 | 49.3 85.1 | 42.29! ™ 5 0.22 2} 2 3—I 3 2} 2] 2 
a The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
q the 27th Feb., in 1828 er and the lowest on the 
5th March, 1840—thermometer 19°. 
a ON COVENT GARDEN age Po a 
4 the Week ending February 25, 
ae E diffe -teets has occurred since our last ‘Bed the sup- 
a plies sof most articles h well kept u 
Ra 
eae entice. Cabbages and Sa- 
s still 
rather 
the com not very eon trim, 
ae Rong ¢ he cat lowers this Week we noticed beautiful specimens 
of Fy psittacina, and reticulata, and many forced Roses 
s 
CES, Saturpay, Fez. 26, 1842.—_FRUITS 
Apples, Kitchen, pes bushel Bs to 7s 
4s 
ear! TB we 6. 
Pine. Apple, peri. 8s to 
mber: r brace, 6s to jay 
ian s per lb., 
i oa? cof ib. co “at to = 
Nits, p ey Buchel 
Oranges, per doz Mess 
00 B 
Og Cobbs, 14s"to,l6s 
Bitter, et ‘100, 7s to 16s _ eer hg 16 
Lemons, “4 doz. Je 0 2s _ Barcelona, 205 to 24s 
per 100, o l4s — Turkey, lés 
VEGETA foi 
&voys, per dozen, 6d]to Is Gas erlb,, ee 
agen Palme per dozen, 7 tols 3d Shallots per Ib., 
ickling, 9s to nions, La beset 23 to 386d 
Cabbage P Euee r doz., 3s re 6d for pick., —_ ee to 4s 
Broselss ruts, per hath slave: Isto2s] — Gree ci pes — Bs to 4a 
Brocec bof —_ mch, ls:to 386d — Spanish, eae s 6d to 6s 
* Ca sparagus, per too, large ae tolis 
Bro —_ on sigh r Middlin, 
p Tops as-tee a nde ‘\ead tols 9d Spr oe Small, 32 
Kune Beans, fo poet a T 100, 3s to 4s Sen kale, unnet, ls to 2s 6d 
Foratees, per cats oss Le ettuce,Cabbage, * hf, sve., 1s.6d to 28 
per ced = Endive, per score o4s 
— ibe tt 1, le 0 256d Celery, Red, p. bale “(atts 6d to2s 
idney, per gong 2s to 2s Gd — Wh hite, undle, 6dto ls 3d 
Artichokes, Jerusalem, pr half sieve, | Small Salads, et, ad 
Is tol Salad, per half sieve, 9d 
Turnipe, be doz.bunches, 2s to 3s 6d Watercress, p. dz. small bunch., 7dto9d 
Carrots, per doz. bunches, = to bs Parsley, per half sidve, 3s to 4s 
Parsneps, per dozen, 6d ‘ar m, per dozen bunches, 4s 
x Red Beet, per dozen, 6d to as Fennel, per dozen bunches, 3s to 6s 
Scorzonera, Lad bundle, 1s to ls 3d gerne, per doz. bunches, 
Salsafy, per bundle, Isto 1s 3d t per doz. bunches, 3s 
Horse Radish, per bundle, ls to 5s Min » per doz. bunches, kta 
Radish, per d ca. basis (9 (24 to 30 each) Savery, per dozen bunches 
3s to 4s Rhubarb Stalks, ver bundle, rv tols 6d 
Spinach, per sieve, 3 to 3s 6d Mushrooms, per pa ttle, to lsad 
Leeks, per dozen bunches, 9d!to 1s Truffles, per pound, 2s 
Morvaged to Sorreeponlens:, 
BS THE publisher is Ni 10 
and 3, iti 
ae are much obliged to — but have ib epi and find 
2 the cost for reprin g as he suggests t to 800l., 
which is more than could ever be hoped to be voatued. 
R. Pe —No. 1 is Helichrysum proliferam; 3 is not in 
is Hakea ruscifélia. The Heaths we have not time to 
—We are unacquainted with any mule between an 
perennial ; os between Papaver orientale and som- 
undertake to name eer: 
are not objects of cultiv: ation. 
nd. Reader 
rato next week. 
). F. G. ~An extract in our paper of to-day, under the head 
eviews,” will direct you to an excellent account of the man: 
in the last n 
q. 0 
ear’ tee 
. Drain first, then lime and clay, and 
This cannot be inverted. 
"dig Se fércing Melon had very little flavour when 
tral Society on the 18th January. Its 
iD hare been its productiveness during all the 
4 Subscriber has asked us as many questions as would fill a 
Me with th their answers, even if they could be given, which, 
be imarnscnt state of our knowledge of artificial manure: ures, would 
impossible, _ He had better consult “Johnson on Fertilizers,’ 
eppo.— Bi 
exhibited to the 
appears to 
Been 8 
and our columns from time to time, in which the subject is never 
lost si ~ of. 
—Your Sapa r contains many gms subjects, which, 
with your permis e will use singly, as opportunities arise. 
oe our wowed article ‘Of to-day. 
T. C.—Mi th — The su bjec ct of we = no tae interest- 
ing, bec [the m for collecting it is past. We shall be 
very sad | "4 print a; yor next year. Gb wanted in our 
columns of to-day is the last that can be inserted during the pre- 
sent season. 
A Solicitor.—Have we not oe i our promise? Surely we have. 
What i is the Amateur’s Garden? and what the a on cultiva- 
on every week since Chris Perhaps we do not clearly 
understand your objects. 
Amicus.—Sow for your lawn, Cres ted Dog’s-tail Grass, 
Poa, Fertile Poa, Semin Foxtail, and White Clover, at the rate 
of 40s. belay os acre. The seedsmen will send them in oo 
propo ou double the quafitity, the Grass will be the 
closer. 
Tpwrdretpos. Bik the autumn when the Bottages Laurel- 
berries are ripe. nd mix m with a 
e treated in the same way, but they must be sown 
with light s loam, and protected during winter from the 
Pone.—Abo e beginning of March sow German Stock seeds 
ust ould be 
igasindty given, nt ‘the dey are subject to damp oft; eres they 
have re Bak yh lea es, pot them oft into small pots (60°s) | filled 
with ri 
pot. Aboot the beginning of May turn the plants out into the 
borders or beds, an Peter n planting put a portion of ae dung 
into each hole. an Stocks may be sown bro ,ona 
moderate hotbed, if th the quantity required is Boas but ‘if the 
collection is numerous, and a little more trouble no object, sow- 
ing in eens is the best and surest way. It should be observed 
that th ly to be the doubl & 
ae should be preferred when potting. 
We fear you would not be able to succeed 
Bag Orchidaceous ‘plants i ina 5 peter even with a Serer" 
ture of 5 50 d eg. Thos S ceoenn mported from the high lands o 
sires temperature le at ver 55 deg. 
mois sograred agreenhouse. We wiil comply wi 
i i i ir management in ‘‘ The 
A Wellwisher.—Give your trduavighs gradually as much heat 
and light as you can command, watering it in proportion to the 
temperature itis keptin. Itis very thirsty. On no account let 
the ends of the ea be ‘pee For your apprentice-gardener 
— cee Be hi 7. on books now, and Is. weekly after- 
ards, wi end the following in addition to those he now 
pcubeniees Mar s Geography; Sweet's Hothouse and Green- 
house Cultivator, Test emttion’ Lindley’s Elements of Botany, and 
Theory of Ho: e; on’s Suburban Gardener ; Paxton’s 
Botanical Dictionary ; Lindley’s Guide to the Orchard, &e. ; ; Aliso: 
on Taste. If he has any money t Dr. Reid’ 
pra mistry, which he will find a “age 8 usi sef ul anes Fife his Is, 
weekly he can get the Gardener’ 3 and save 
the other 6d. to be spent on books whic irtierwaree 
—On your Peach-tree ore ky covers 76 square feet, 
you may leave 10 dozens of fruit. 
‘You may t Lamy and the Sec’ ome 
Pears from your walls, and ate o them among viay standards 
and entirely expel from your collection the Bon Chrétiens, both 
Winter and Summer, Buchanan’s Spring Beurré (for it is n 
Beurré), Green Yair, and Grey Achan. The Jaigagneile se Poire 
d@’Auch require a wall. The Pear you have under oa 
** Bondeminensis’? may Ppp be referred to Eero 
lines, which is the sam: Nelis d’Hiver. By « Monsieur la 
Cuse”’ has doubtless ron “i tended Monsieur le Curé. In the 
** Fonella”’ you will probably recognise, by its speckled appear- 
ance, the Forelle, pl an Pear. Your new wall may be filled 
with Hacon’s Incomparable, Glout Morceau, Jean de bed 
Nelis d’Hiver, Knight's sete er Pager Ne plus Meuris 
Beurré, and B ie loam, with a pyar 
peed of c ie We which thaght to be well mixed, will form 
weg a ‘composition for sip ha Pear-border. 
An neral form of a tree trained ‘en quenouille’ 
is that x orde ; aeees this form, it is best “5 
enaneewicn a young tree having one vigorous upright shoo 
This shoot should be cut back to within 15 ron pee phic the © ground, 
so as to cause it to push fort! 
laterals = trained horizontally, whilst me one pierarers shoot tis 
allowed to grow upright, for the purpose of being = back in 
autumn to within 15 inches of its base, and thus furnish another 
peor en oe Bam ches. Ina similar manner escent stages 
annually eeddneed: till the desired height, generally eight 
feet, is attained. Four branches in 
number » as will be 
ieanches Acoma eac 
pity reps 
= dow with a south 
anagement we 
ssible, propagate a ota ur Ver 
‘ioe. repot: the ol pla 
are over, plant the wile outin et 
Fuchsias until they 
the stems are 
dead. They grow well in cutel patheot teh 
or mia ung 5b but es succeed in almost any free soil. 
Examin ‘oots of your Hydrangeas; repot them if they re- 
Henrietta is answered oe in another part 
od0v.—Such of your New oe 
are all of hardy greenhouse ihrer and may 
lease 
heat as soon as you . As to those marked H 
such words co td no information of any use, can gel we can say 
cothine about them Lei s 
A Doubtful Bird shall} ti 
next week. 
Forester, eae re you have the kindness to send 
—Would 
ur address to C. Castleman, Esq., Monr weinbarag Dorset, who is 
desirous of consulting you reagan his ice-house 
W. D.’s letter is sent to Mr. G 
n Amateur must give us hpenca e and address with the 
munication he proposes to send. The mode of drawing up some 
F ~ will be seen by examining similar articles already pub- 
shed 
. C,—Myosotis arvensis is certainly an evened 
a White en ee Mev h is perennial, it is misnamed arvensis. 
Clare respondent peg id tif there are no excep- 
— to the ade s you have laid down for planting Ev 
ngland, namely, in April; or re it is a principle generally 
apuiicabte to all soils and situati 
“ D, A.—Your plant is Ficien eink 
A. L. M. is answered in the leader of to-day. 
sent Phylica plumosa, ae 
If you have 
| @ Ry has 
ur Catasetum is a variety of tridentatum, of a 
there are pe in the gardens. 
. L.—The os in which Lime-trees grow to the largest size 
is. a moist sandy | 
Png ot Chapma: aga e have several letters on the subject of 
T Potato, whieh. we shall notice next week. Your own is 
ber for ere Fogg cig but we shall give the substance of it. 
W. and F, Y. which 
was Mees badly packed, 
A Subscriber.—We S og know whether the Dahlia you refer 
to will come out 
Ryall Hill.—Full directions wee the management t of the seeds 
~ Conifero ous plants ar @ paper in p. 83 of the present 
beg l. "Mus ell Hill.—Your seedling Epacrises are ve retty, 
especially the one like i ee in “on a . ods 
_ E. —See of ,Brach AyCO e and RI hodanthe : Should be sown n 
tbhed. In order 
be sown now ; but 
oe 
© obtain | cca satan cary, ry 
if — is not an object, a 
bet 
obtained at the ratnecs ‘We 
never rec bite ay —. 
A Constant Forme ei ~From the state i in beeen Peper Cucumber- 
leaf arrived, ot de — e the ee — 
appears to go pope sie s aanan 
recommend you ‘freqeaney to apie the under side~ of oe sires 
with strong tobacco wa sae and after several applications the in- 
sects mg) no doubt, di 
OR Soe s the best Mtr § <4 start Dablias in heat. 
t, and afterwards 
not necessary to divide ‘the roots if you 
are saronan only to let < wan stem drapery flowers ; all the others 
ere be cut away as they appear. 
entilla.— Any respectable nurseryman will gt the Anri- 
of recommend one. are be- 
Pinas’ the Ontario Poplar, oa 
ps the Evergreen Oak, will succeed near the 
While the pr are tree Me we should es ona you to 
meee of arisk und them as a 
scale were elven: at pp. 
a 105, 131, 165, 169, and 229 fibsl). We believe the best method 
wash the infested plants wi 
oe destroy the ; and nee it cracks off, they will ad- 
here to it, pu A thus the plants will b ed without trouble. 
nquisitive Strawberries in beds should not be allowed 
to run together, but have their runners removed ° find 
referring ticle ‘‘ Fruit ’’ in the Co ar for 
Feb., that I have recommended beds.-—-Onions sown i . drills 
anne 
ould ri 
the best pny for planting them 
wet ones it is safer to defer it till February ; weak planted in ‘an- 
tumn they are earlier and usually finer. Beton J should be planted 
in drills at rage tna of t ate Ib, and s nded wi! or 
‘otato. Oni og be p! 
P 
The reason it ucete 
I Rie) 
, in a plot; but if mee are grown so, I 
should a say their own height apart would be sufficient.—J. Paxton. 
d exce 
young plants should,not vie die 
A Subseri —Price on the Picturesque is, we believe, out of 
-— Oiled co’ 
quantity of bees’-wax with some linseed oil and boil them to- 
a en steep the cotton in the mixture, and hang it up to 
A Novice —Soap-lees a useful rise rages but they will not 
lighten ¢ the land. re ag cat know their fruit-trees and 
ae eh pierge Fuchsia fulgens should be cut down close to the 
1 + lé Intn #, she 1 
> 2 
NE ame ay EEK. 
THE motion of Mr. flares for the poe of the 
y fed a 
i 
put we Mr. Christopher’s amendment could be pro- 
pos when there appeared a mt of 202 for the 
resolutions of Sir eng bs ae 
ters presented to 
for the more effectu 
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