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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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tate of the Weather at C the last 16 years, for 
e the ensuing betas ending Search 12, 1842 
Aver. | Aver. |arean Year a, Greatest “Prevailing Winds. , 
Highest) Lowest jo, ohtek Qs py of + led} .s ra ‘: ite 
Mar. Temp. | Temp. ‘ Rained. of Rai ~|% 2 lg a aid 
———i~,. baits BR od | \— 
. 6} 48.4 33.8 41.1] 8 0.25 in. |—| 4; 2!—| 1] 2) 81 | 
rom. 7 | 49.6 | 34.0 | 41.8 7 0.10 1) 9 1).11 8 3.4) ¢ 
Tues. 8 4 33.7 | 42.1 5 0.15 2} 2) 1\} 4} gj 2! g 
Wed. 9| 51.7 83.3 | 42.5 3 0.18 1} 2\.1) 4} 8] 4} al 3 
Thurs. - 52.8 35.5 43.6 6 0.21 1) 2—) 8) 2 4) 8) 4 
Fri. 52.0 35.3 | 43.6 7 0.20 —| ai 1, 4] % 5) 1| 1 
Sat. | 5 34.5 | 43.5 7 0.22 1 bebe 3) 1 er = 
highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
the gh in 1826— re dprwecsaes aaa and the lowest on the gth in 
1839, and 8th in 1840—the 19°. 
REPORT ON_COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
For the Week ending fae 4th, 1842. 
Tur Market continues gradually improving as the ad- 
vances; there have been good sirpplies of onoat datienen: aavind 
the week, sand the € pri rices have undergone no material alteration. 
—Fruit. re plentiful this week than they were 
last, consequent homed cay ~ state lower. Apples, both kitchen 
and dessert, fetch r than our last quotations 
i = —_ claret a — forced Strawbervies 
are offered = - ipa sh = 
abbages 
quality is abunda: ore abun . 
8 ARCH vont ss he te — 
Apples, Kitchen, per bush. 3s 6d to 7s 6d| Lemons, per 1 4 
Dessert, per bushel, 5s to 15s rat at age 
Pears, de essert, er half-sieve, 5 to 16s | Sweet A — per pound, 2s 6d to 3s 
ee > oh rig 3s to bs 
Cucumbers, each he od 4 berts, English, per £100 1bs., 1408 
Grapes, hothouse, per ceoee. 15s to 25s Cols roe od dented 3s 6d 
— Ss — per lb., le to Nuts, p: 
Portugal, per lb., 1s to — nh . 
Oranges, per pos 6d to — Spanish, l6s 
10, 38 6d tol — Barcelona, 20¢ to 24s 
Sere re 100, eto lee — Turkey, 16s 
Lemons, per doz. 0 2a 
ES. 
Savoys, per dozen, 6dto Shallots, per Ib.,{1s 
Cabba e, seb nee per ‘edi Isto Js 3d Calbhe, Old,’per {veel ® 22 to 386d 
d, for pickling, 2s to 6s or pick., per hf.-sieve, 3s to 4s 
Satexe Plants, per doz., 236d to 4s 6d — Green » per rT doz. bunches, 3s to.4s 
Brussels Sprouts, per hf.sve., Js to 2s 6d — Spanis. th, od dozen, is t one 
Broccoli, White, p. bunch, 1s to3e Aaparezus, per 100, large, 8s tol 
a ate se - 4 Beton or Middl ling, 3s 6d to tac 
Sprue, or Small a pak 
= * domes 
Turn ps, br ps a 
Kidney nag fore ty Aas oe 226d to3e 
anu Ls ams 
tye) 
Sea a ks i agen poorer Ay 
Letiuce,Cabba age, p- hf, eve. m4 Mietdtom 
Endive, perscore, ls 6d 
pare Celery, | ited, p hale (19 to 1s) 6d tole@d 
ons geld ae ], 126d to » per — 6d to le 3d 
idney, per bee ae e “ee 6d | Small Seladn: per unnet, 3d 
Artichokes, Jerusalem half sieve, | Corn Salad, per h af sieve, 
lod tols Watercress, p.dz.small bunch., 6dto7d 
sou, pr. ree bunches, 226d to 3s} Dandelions,,per punnet, 9d 
sgt rb — 4s to 5s arsley, per half sieve, 3s to 6s 
tan Re, ye per dozen bunches, 4s 
riage: ot ie le to 1s3d Fennel, per dozen bunches, 3s 
Salsafy, pe  Conate, Isto ls ad Thyme, per doz. bunches, 28 
Horse Hadish, per bundle, ls to5s Sage, per doz. bunches, 3s 
cere _— doz. hands (24 to 30 gs Mint, per doz. bunches, 4 
avory, per dozen br 
ie sieve, Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle, 6d to 143d 
Eek ge per dozen ler ted 9d tole Mushrooms, per pottle, 9d to 1 
rlb., 8d Tru: per pound, 2s to3. 
Notices to kien ents. 
A Lincolnshire Clergyman.—We have —— feper nd - gab 
Paxton’s ‘‘Calendar;’’ if he will enclose ~~ 
many as he wishes to distribute, they shall be se 
A. B. can have th mbers she 
(Fee ee 
jast year’s volume ; but pray order them at once, as we are nearly 
out, ha but two copies re g of — ~ —_ Ra eg oe 
wants. This notice ret e qually to rT last year 
me Numbers to, pater Gh their sets. 
P the management of the crear coxsiAvATO RY 
_ the I Horticultural Gaeta would be to write a book on the art 
of cultiva 
Cons: fant ‘Subscriber.—To INOCULATE LAND it is only neces- 
sary to prepare it as if to - laid down with grass seeds; then to 
scatter over it fragments 0 f good tip ey and to pass a roller 
over them si as to imbed them in og 
Xn. —We know of no means 
som osin) 
the wind sets steadily across it. Great numbers will then fall o 
oad ee and may be killed be hag: spade before they Saad 
ote gain upon the stems of the 
—Insucha 
Connaught. terr 
‘ 
ow 
low metal pans 
oo dry in peat If you Fo with large 
ton as to avoid laps, and baka stretch canvas 
3) where air is admitted, if that is — 
tical le, you will also manele the soot of London, which oth 
the conservatory. 
the rir taten CLIMBING PLANTS suit- 
Any of climbing Ro: 
; Am an 
ch, however should be be htl ected 
You "will not able to sligniy’ prot your 
sticus foots ctans.—GUANO pet is the dung of sea-birds, 
nd 2 comes from the islands in the Pacific Ocean. It will be 
beneficial. fo: 
k sawdust in it, and add lime till it ret oe after- 
wards Grill 3 Se in with the seed. The best Grasses can sow 
ted upland PASTURE on oa soil are Crested Dog’s 
fail, Shee sees Fescue, Hard Fescue, and tvivialis. ” We shall 
waar much obliged to you for the Num oe 
at —We recommend you to apply nitrate of fais your 
RASS, ora ee quantity of salt. If, however, it is so rank, 
why manure it a 
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i - M.—You con sow your CALCEOLARIA seed n n pots of 
3 ht t earth ; as the seed is very small, it is better on ttf it witha 
mare Be oa and sow it on the su —— an Bond Baar The pots 
on a warm to the light, or 
200 9 ae a gentle hot ~ 
A New Subscriber will never obtain such gigantic ASPARAGUS 
iy hgd sold i in Covent-garden market, bibs strong oper” 2 eel 
Moist land, and very strong manure 
some infor 
matio 
Jngs of the cuibebeie subject in Our report of 
An Wow.—A MOWING-MACHINE costs from 71. to 9I., ac- 
cording to a Few it t can only be used i in n dry weather, and when 
é kept extremely dort, 
is seathine & : ‘more effectual than a scythe, and it has also the 
merit of not requiring any dexterity in using it. We, howeyer, 
prefer a i her: the hands of a g: mower. 
ie —We apprehend all seeps will GERMINATE most 
dily if en a little before they are quite ripe, for reasons ex- 
8) 
by ed succeeding winter. 
C. americanus and its varieties ; the others ar 
Caehats but C, aztreus, montanus, and pallidus will “live near 
Neither Cobsca sc -reennes nor 
live out-of-doors during 
the Gilinane —— santhemums are mie; We be- 
and m woody anigea —_ or as well in 
re hig in fact. omes a good 
2p rae ve bulbs, "Roses: ‘annals ar, 
benas, and such things, a ell known to succeed under that 
treatment. Haveno fear ar our bein, > ianieeien on by quacks. 
Arenarius.—No doubt the Pear will be a on the White- 
thorn, but its fruit will be small and bad; the cases you men’ 
ney not tothe contrary. Your poor are, ‘perhaps, over- onc 
r else you have a bad sort; the latter is the more probable. 
cour plan of forming MANURE is excellent, and you will unques- 
tionably find your account in the slate ~~ om Hi gallons. 
There is no doubt that it is best to pre aopey Sood 
the loss of ammonia Acie liquid =F rio poten “ or gypsu 
will fix the ammonia, and npr is no reason to seal ect that the 
amp Moss as in soil; the 
soil rich in alkalies. 
vie objection to yong caustic lime with niece manure is, that 
it absorbs a ge acid, and is converted into carbonate at ii 
expense “g = anure. Now, as chalk, shells, &c., contain 
f lim: not th rth, they can d ono i said 
by naiearting phowal acid. Carbonate of lime when burnt loses 
its carbonic acid, and is converted into quicklime; whilst, on the 
other hand, quicklime greedily absorbs carbonic acid from the 
soil, manure, or air, and passes back again into the state of car- 
taken of lime. The lime in sand is already in the state of car- 
avant B it may, thesetore, be Sivattiestndly mixed 
and pe ce 
Secmitne te r the Grass-land. 
Roses, aithough only recently planted s you do not say in 
what way your Onions are injuriously affected by liquid manure, 
we tae & siaebeat ‘the cause of the injury they sustain. 
A. G. M.—The eee manure end RosEs, a the he is _— 
Ww. se sO. 
eeoees wide 
with animal 
Sea-sand will probably be sufficient 
Cut back the eta ne* he standard 
much im- 
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on the leaves or young shoots, as it will 
ois them, and cularly if applied in dry weather. 
J.—LAURELS may be pruned, or cut back, any time be- 
twee és October and April: but to cut the large branches of » 
Laurel is very a like cutting the ee, off an 
to in heading-d 
ing 
none of the nitrate lod 
d arg 
Zeca ung its eep the roots in action, remove the 
others. By this means you may regenerate your Laurel hedge ; 
but if you cut the whole top off at once, ates will find that no 
time of the y $ suitable for suc tion, while if judi- 
ciously arta it wired be done at any time, except when the plant 
are in full 
A Subser 6 ty st.—The quanti ity of sEED required 
the nd ropng & r when 
me taken as a mediu 
doubtfal, pa sow isibe. to the acre. 
yo less sceds will do. For Ca ARROTS, about the same quantity, 
f the seed is good and clean; ; but it is better to sow plenty, as 
iti is easy to thin the crop. 
scriber, Limerick.—You can disroot your Fucusia a 
GENS, or any of the other kinds, in >the way you mention, an 
It will be rather beneficial than po “oo 
i which you — it yours 
uce their balls of ir with perfect safety now. Keep the 
agee close perry warm for a few days after the operation. We 
not think that any —_ of the rarest kinds of Pelargoniums 
ceri ed in umns . 6d. or 5s. pac! 
—Your pierke os as are known of them 
olland wipe Ee 2, Ord 
wart 
ealsbented Nuts or Filber will 
ae; ea is no difficulty-in grafting them. We 
advise you to disturb ‘b the roots of APPLES peor to 
uaa, the check in the first instance would ren- 
der the success of the o sexag eras of reins 
branches or stems of trees intended to 
voleshen before spring. 
—The follow wing Trees and Surves are handsome, and 
well oi euited for a place in the Lowlands of Scotland, between s0oft. 
and 900ft. above the sea:—The different species of Maple, such as 
A. macrophyll striatum. 
f ecarmmaper Tienes. ‘a, cephald: Pinsapo; and fai 
nope chinensis and pele 
agnolia p’ oad Pyrus 5 
Gea, ; ‘spring oy seep ; Ribes 
ee 
eextece 
mrs 
radiation of heat ? vad m your Aschened wall. Direct 
aced against a south wall as 
ys. fact of your tr 
having declined in productiveness oo eae must be referred to 
se causes than co ‘olo ur; at t the e time, saying so we 
t t mee to black- 
ened .w: 4 
o"Gudvallader —For tein on the Nort sme be of four slate, 
Senate Br y plant the Jargonelle, Marie via} 
Beauty, a acon’ Incomparable Pears ; 
Meuris, Easter Beurré, and Beurré Rance Pears; May-Duke 
Cherries ; ana t and Purple Gage mali East “a West 
aspects, —Beurré Diel, Hacon’s Incomparabl d’Hiver, 
Thompson’s and —, Bonne (of Jersey) Pears; Ribston Pip- 
pin, Blenheim Pippin, Adams’s n, pin, and 
Nonpareil Apples, and se Golden Drop and ravage tr a _ mpe- 
ratrice Plums. Fruirt- mts P n tl 
e 
north side of a wall, i trained dow nwards on the ser a frost. r 
w as was proved in Sir J. Banks’s garden at mage = 
Fy is, ate, essential that the ‘Sender in which the 
a 
r 
Ss 
tow a 
Be heen frait a fan form hina a ce 
; veral ied aa the purpose of wari perm | eee tom in 
> teentabs a supply of erging es. 
Thin canvas wal ts protect the blossoms “pa ar if not stoi se- 
vere. The of frost will also be partially counteracted by 
heat from the peed of saatia inside. 
. “ih a cold of Staffordshire, may plant on a 
W. the following Pears: Beurré Diel, Marie 
Louise, reer Mo orceau, Passe Co 
Beurr urré Ran 
the Mayduke, Pasa and Flore: 
gonelle and Hacon’s Incom sna Pears, Orleans Plum, and 
Morello Cherry. On this aspect, if a stewing Pear is required, 
the Catillac will succeed. 
¢.—In DRYING PLANTS, care must be taken not to press 
them so much as to crush them; succulents, and kinds that 
drop ny the leaves, such as Heaths, should be dipped in hot water 
fore they are pre: Poapanomye should be he eee be- 
tween a sheet of brown or blotti , and betw 
oe several empty ones shoubd’! be placed; for the f aret ¢ nev or 
e pressure should be ow —_ sufficient to Oo prevent the 
ai paler fiowers from shrivellin When the papers are damp 
the’ plants should be placed in ‘ay ones, bowen the pressure 
after e oto till the “teeta mes 
e Mat —~ Of om og Himalayas all are 
the Prineépin utilis ; they may all be so 
layas do not req rate aliens ah as ae climate va- 
ries teceatinnty at at diferent altitudes. 
An Irish Subscriber HINA Ross do not paige much prun- 
ing beyond cutting the est shoots to es, which may 
e done in the rege of the present month. They le good rich 
So wt with plenty of manure, and form beautiful objects when 
snag on = stakes in a pyramidal form, or when growing 
over a wall or trellis. 
pomera.—AS tae as our own experience goes, we believe that 
so much does not depend upon the kind, in - production of 
large Asparagus, as upon the cultivation. JIrom@a Lerarit 
will answer in a greenhouse, but it requires plenty of pot-room, 
and should be genta in mone rich soil, and freely supplied with 
water during the s 
A Kentish Man. ait + ‘not ‘usual for “ped plants to produce 
though 0% bigean ences ne “—e 
eard of 
seedlings will, w 
one of the a ray oan it ist borg nce 
may remain true; if so, we soa 
they seed, their offspring ould pre true also. 
ble that some 0} of t them 
hether, if 
be grafted should be cut 
Books to Conmnenice studying 
Adkitigg oms. 
dedi tion; and the ¢ author’s 
pis Synopsis of the ‘iitien t meow 
Salo: —s _ iphen beso tetra 2, Calluna (or Erica) von 
garis; 3, a spec um; 4, 
Serica 
bens. bg bene 5 ny pti ak ters ‘in gee a Hyacinth grows cweet, 
it is ni ecessary to change it. It should always have rain- 
irl ace P 
Subscriber —Your Deodar Cone struck from a cutting, will 
be as true as one raised ae aie 
Cc. vate tage shall be happy to know vone mode 
iolet. We know no Arbutus named 
Ciericus, # F.U. S.—Zatropha Curcas is Jatropha tigen and 
ireta indica is Mélia Azedarach, of which there is a notice 
A Ye Botanist rasbayeae ants are in the mouldy 
state you describe, you w them away pode wd others. 
J. G Beg oeee Pinca with 4 pinay from other corresponden 
relative to the merits of the Dablias sent out last year, have been 
complied with, elas nome another part of the Paper. 
Faversham, othe all conical Apple, like a much-russeted 
arp obdea re! is not peng 
er from the Be, i better procure some ever- 
ginning h 
, Such as Box, Aucu vag and Rhododendron, and 
pean ibe 
| during the summer aes, Pelargoniums, Senecios, Fuch’ 
similar 
sias, and 
plants with them, for it is scarcely possible to flower any- 
Subseribe a7 seems excellent. 
T. S., Brad We are much pen’ | ae Numbers. Your 
question is answered in the leader of to-da 
with wi y be 
receive a pa “plentifal pond You should pe your 
hsia close to the grou 
a perma aber nights advertises the Grapes in p. 34. 
yes is now too late to root-prune frit-trees; and fi 
Se not, ¥ do not | think it would be of any service ba yours. 
Ene. RATUM.—At the end of the mee jbpon Cape Heaths, in 
p. 140, read ‘‘ R. F.,” instead of ** a, 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue arrival of an overland mail during the week has 
m India to the 10th 
