1842. ] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 3 193 
mane ofthe Weather near London for the Week ending March 17, ne ar Centatirea, and Eryngi Bérberis a daviéstionn, re- | ther is B d t 
842, as — ed at the Horticuitural Garden, Chiswick. ens, and glumacea, Bsa aeeetient ease shemae to plant where | ment, eth a list of the best poste, wn be given ata es time. 
| BAROMETER ‘THERMOMETER. Wind. |Rate. rabby its abound, as they are not injured by them, Very gentle B. Kingdon—Send your —— ur Office, and we will give 
<* ey winds | Rata, fomigeticy with good tobacco will cert the GREEN-FLY on | you the oe you r 
Frida 11] 30,e80 29.825 50 27 38.5 Ss. each trees without injuring the fruit ; but it must be mild, and Pimelea t Veronica procaine Yes. 
Saturday 12° 30.045 29.938 58 40 49.0 S.W. 1 .06 fecqnabaas resorted to. Sow the seeds ‘of Ipomeea rubro-czrulea ee i aoe Paine mascula, 
Sunday - Tr iet a ot Al : in MA and insignis in pots filled with any good light sandy soil, and Speculative.—-We are not aware whether the Cherry has ever 
 -eorarne 1s | 30.932 aed 54 46 | 50.0 | g w.| ” | place them in a moderate dung frame, and treat them afterwards, nee successfully grafted on the Laure 
Wednesdayl6} 30.316 30,138 * 56 44 50.0 s.W. when they come up, in the ordinary way, by potting and keeping arianne. If’ your seeds have been well preserved, sufficient 
Thursda 80,131 |_ 29.761 | 56 | 43 . | 08 close and warm. e seeds of B com: uld be sown in a wit: grow for your pw = di ‘ons will not bear much 
~ 80,183 30.014 54.3 |° 40.3.1. 47.3 +13 light sandy soil, and placed i in a warm gre eenhoyse or close pit, pruning, but some of the sorts grow more compact than others. 
J a eae oe come soe aie In nad. cut the longest shoots within an inch or two of the 
h 11. Densely overcast through A Hedge-maker.—None of your pla pre a, ee 
Ney fine ; sely at ait g Ee niums, &c.,in hard vanteraj we doubt if they will “ mild one’ A, ur shoots, like those of the true Knight’s Monarch 
ery fine ; mild and o ast. Such plants must be kept dry if they are to eg ns at all. ‘The Pear, hay aes a a yellowich tinge ; thoes of the false sort haye a 
Slight rain ; overcast seats dull; htr. SWEET-BRIAR is raised exte nsively in Norfo 'wo-years viole’ rig 
3 ned tg very fine ; ba ild and to aoe seedlings are generally employed in making hedges; they cos .M- ~The mature leaves of pares are —_ oe where 
. Hazy; overcast avid: about 12s. athousand. It is raised from seed, placed in pera sprouts are eve shed, a tic it is better to e them. 
and treated like the haws of Whitethorn. It does not make goo: © younger leaves at the top should also be pe i a i 
AL ey pipes, cloudy; rather boisterous, with rain hedges, being too weak a plant, and apt to become very bare _ . S., Bradjield.—Your Apple, No. 1, ree iat Flanders Pip- 
—_—— bottom. It wall. PONE E bear cutting down ; which is, in fact, | pin, is not known by any other name. No. a fine specimen 
State of a femal at Ng apical Cores ga “Et a years, for | necessary when t become s naked. You cannot a it by of the Court of Wick. ‘ 
g Week ending March 2 cuttings, a J di —Your plants. are Oneida altissimum and Epiden- 
No. See Winds. K for budding Roses dram Stamfordia anum. The Apples are, 1, Winter Pearmain; 4, 
ced Bs (Aver. |Mean| Years n | Greatest Tee J. Biggar and other correspondents ‘who i inquire about the best aud t probably 18, Betiordshire "Foundlin ng. The others were &0 
Mar. emis Lowest Temp which. it Ye Py Zz a ro] Ae “ 4g = way of a the ammo eee rege that it was not ke th 
Se a | ee — 1 ea wa 2 | next w Amateur.—The Auvergn pet pes er kind, and ‘the Wyker 
Sun.7 20) 52.8 | “87.1 | 45.0 - pal ages Fle Bas a ha | F. W. . '—We are not aware that any experiments have been | a tall variety ; they are both poser ee and consequently must 
oat sal snack Soaeal: be b mis. | akaal sasha at 4 | tried OF SODA and Foor deniicas In making any be grown in the kitchen-garden 
Been8h) 502 eet Pe . oe | 3|.21 11-1 BL age ment use’the nitrate very dif it does no harm - S. (Bury Hill).—Your plant seems to be a drawn-up speci. 
Thurs.24 | 48.8 | 33.3 | 41,1 7, 0.11 2| 4) 2—| 1) 2) 4/1 | crease its strength. "Do not sony i, ‘verliead, ae pour it - the men of Polytrichum vul 
Fri. 25 | 49.9 B1.5 | 40.7 6 =e 2) 4) 8—) 1 1) 4) 1 | mould when the plants are growin Gils ak your gar Do per See ?—Yes, pretty ‘clearly that your Sea-kale plants are 
ee ee eh ne ia 1S belle De 2 Be nd right in confining such sGanlire ‘e sg suceanteus! 7h hag “ft worn out, but whether from being over-heated in Soetamctanae- 
eee Se ters are forced too much, ag u will run the risk of having bre clit so as not to admit of he growth of sufficient foliage, 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred ov eee and gills instead of frui r from the natural decay incident to old age, combined with the 
the 20th, in spe ig bo pee 69°; and the lowest on the 2ist, .—Your plants will wes suffer from being watered with pe ater resulting from forcing, it is difficult to say. At all 
in 1837—thermo warer taken from cast-iron tanks ; but if these tanks are placed | events, the sponses sa8 fess com wien me on to be made ns 
upon flues for evaporation, you mu ake care not to use the | Sunny aspect, the better. en the blue Salvia is growing, it re- 
epeienict righ street ae ce ™ “pis water when it is very hot, otherwise you may scald the plants. quires a good supply of water. Mesem' or! Aegan must be 
week ending March te 18 W. Boker.—The quantity of Furze seeds required, depends | buts —. nae rors at all times. Probably your greenhouse 
Duarne this Wek eaten has been little al ‘sel: trade gene- | much. on the quality of the soil and seeds, and whether the land seem not been warm enough to cause Hyacinths or Lilies-of- 
rally has been toleraby good, pon = ge tN of most things well | is to be thickly covered and quickly. From t era to vegetate much before the usual time 
' kept up. Fruit. aes tg no’ s they were. | should be sown to the acre, as itis better the plants shou ld co! come Mignon ered in ree leadi ing article of to-day. 
Grapes are becoming s rer Pigg aor 4 Meet a little in | up rather thickly, and they will soon cover the ground. There is WR ssc n’s stoves mentioned in last week’s - 
price: good Nonpareils os ebivlna t free 2 14s. to ‘30s. per ee | no difference in the growth of pe and French Furze, pro- in onicle ‘©. 2) will probably give you heat enough; or a 
Golden Knobs, 5s. to 6s. 6d. ; and Pea s from 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. mall Arnott, if | can manage it; or you will find a new mode 
The kinds of Pears are > chiefly Beurré | Rance and Nelis @hiver. The treatment d RnopopEN- of heating described a few weeks hence, The way of distributing 
Strawberries and Cu stil tinue scarce. Vegetables.— Drone is ‘not a Sanep = a but you would vas our: mich bp : the heat will be to place the stove in the middle between the two 
The supply of Cabbages and Bipods has been large, and the if you had taken th uy, well mixed the si adding, at compartments to be heated, and to stop the water from flowing 
quality is excellent. Kidney-beans are becoming more plentiful. a time, a ae su ae cow-dung, and’ then planted into the one not in use, which may be done by a s' 
The supply of Asparagus is increasing, and ime quality is gene- | them rather thick. All kinds of peatare not suitabl fee ing W. Taylor.—There is no work on foresting which we can recom- 
rally good. Excellent Seakale abounds. Endive has somewhat | American plants ; ; among the worst is close peat, ber mend; Sir Henry Stuart’s is, perhaps, the best, but And ie "hs no 
improved in gualey Celery and several send of salading are ar pa A900 or such as is obtained at any considerable d depth from | Means equal to its reputation. We are unable to any 
rather indiffer Good Rhubarb is plentiful. Mushrooms are | the Nitrate of sodais beneficial if applied in small quan- St a of the Chronicle for 1841 for the present. 
not very sbondat. tities (2 (ab 48 the rod), It may be sown over Fag soon eg in rane a —It is Ipomee’a, and not Ipémeea. 
vin re gu) the und is - amg A or afterwards, which is easily done i in A 
ies eI Kitchen ante anh aso SS ee ii ig aa paces seth d, but care must be en that it d not irre anions abusing the productions of others; a you 
EM Neate Deveson: laine” Per peck, 7 te lodge on any mere of thersteints or lasives;:.i Fait Utreetions fer the Sate atgatpd lees been fienied by the raiser of the flower in ques- 
3 Peath, dessert, er half-sievé, Asbo 16s Sweet Almonds, per pound, 2s 6d to3s6d | cultivation of American. plants, the Arbutus and eee bom sera tion, gr the judges who on Lady) different occasions thought so 
Strawberries, forced, p +» 8¢to0 5s | Chesnuts, a polis ba to 7 would be toolong for such a notice, and had better form sep well of it must have been blind indeed, not to have discovered 
b sobed se » perlb. 6s ot ro 126 Mt te hymen gg aa articles at a fature time, as a short account would be of littl ee ea rats seni you verntive 6 so clearl 
Grapes, Spanish, per lb., 1s to gs Cobb Nuts, spt peck, Be 6d to the amatear. may strike out of your list as sorts not adapted for 
— ‘Portugal, per Ib.,1sto5s = | Nuts E. F,—It is difficult to say what occasions the decay of some Galton me the brown Beurré, Gansel’s ab eet Colmar, 
"per poe <2 Paral =~ ‘Bran of your bunches of — before ean e, the oe ane Crassane, Wi vt gg <A a ieoreseeg a and St. Germ: rane Rayo eC 
1 7 d . in which others come for very W may be owing to se eurr aa: urré 
‘Leute, Bite, per 10 ioget0 eit on at a tas the particular variety having “imperfectly ripened its wood 5 “orthe | Diel, Hacon’s Bewealeogt ‘Dunmore e when you can procureit, 
VEGETABLES. ak r, which Knight's Monarch, Althorp Crassane, Louise ine a of Jersey, 
rv di Is 8d tole Gd . would produce such a result. Air ought to be “ami ed with | Glout Morceau (Thompson’s), Nelis d’Hiver, and Ne plus Me! 
bottle eg for pickling,’ 2 to6s Ong pe typ aay pg 6s : in these you may rely for ultimate satisfaction ; those objected 
. i (pete, — Green, per doz. bunches, 2s to 49 and always before the temperature of the house has reached its | toi in Rca wecweey nt list would have become productive of disap- 
bunch, @ gp ietes + Spanish, per dozen, seks aximum. See a paper by Mr. Fish in another part of to-day’s | poin only. om 
aah ea Seto tr at to2s cs sgh one ee Poser: re oe , many ee i ae this week 
‘Wasa rple, 6d hg on = desu easartots S Arenarius.—Sow Onions in drills a foot apart, ani a 
Kidney Beans 100,28 —_ Sprue, or Smal : nary six-inch hoe, The black-seeded Cos Letrucz is oh uoniehy 
ie ie ene iahed Reo oie eae Seve, 1s | Lettuce, like the Paris Cove Cos; but the black-seeded Got NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
tt oe re Se pe grtateh sg LS om pag de uravhsg th ae domi Ga tees ted for an In the House of Commons last night, Lord John Rus- 
PS! y 9 
Artichok pts sper St ul? cost r bundle (fates) 6a tozs number of main branches on dwarf standard Apples depends en. | Sell announced his deter mination to oppose the Income 
Turnips,p per aes es, “etboe n Salad, ae noe half sieve, bd tote tirely on the age, the strength, and the state the trees are in. | Tax, and to take the sense of the House on its necessity. 
inches, 5 * 4 ir : Ss sh: 
Pareney snepsy ver dozen, 6d Gite ie Dand wrt snopes eeepc oe i falzed syitte the cir msg po sees he an acid be- Sit Ro’ Peet‘ then ‘Gevels ped the details of. the pr oposed 
Seorzonera, per bu hale le Teta ad Picci raceme one of aci measure; he stated that the tax of three per cent. is in- 
> undle, 1s to | paid 
Honeksiinrertindiieg as | riomenecasheatenryes | 4 2,07 6 re afraid of epening a desussion about he esate | tended to apply to all incomes without. exception that 
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to or ‘S goaem Shem 106 SS berpaeh fe Sey per dos. bunches it will lead to much assertion and a very little We are per- | the amount on which roposes to levy it, is to be the 
» per o— bunches, =e ~ z 
— Turnip, per bunch, 6d Earoee per dozen bunch suaded that the coldness and wetness of the border, one or both, , and the ¢ ue 
Spinach, per sieve, Is a to 2s Ehnbarh nib Stalkoyp per tandio ad to2s 
ae rsh el dozen bunches, 9d to Is 8, per pottle, Is to Is 6d 
riic, pe 
Shallots per ibe Trifler, pet pound, 20 weed 
ee 
Notices to vie ge 3 
We have such co: ert pn PRICES : } 
pane heal a for sormason ato where Gey Pfu inca You vil warm yourboruer aswell G27 | gudor' the control of the Ofiee of Stompe and Taser, 
ation of all iagediters eat we. ind it snipped Aches mete . is informed that Poraro plants may be obtainedfrom the | The Corn 1 eg ak Bill has made some progress dur- 
that not our practice to r elo a pd ubbrs exactly in the same way that plants are obtained from the h 
ie atiene eee : sted in selling | Dahlia roots; that in this way one tuber will produce fourfold the = the week:; “an ment moved by Mr. Ward for 
beg our ers will look to out iverthitg pr eon ~ that the A ree sta repeat ect noe tconde oleh gp tes ky seponime se select e ae oe, ba whetheey 
form 4 ane = at the so obtained are more ve, ¢ wee f . 
ae vd und oaeae description. This is a suificient answer to | the tubers have yielded all the spires they cam, y 
nearly as good for the pig as at first, for that by kee) 
me ri 
ors 
di 
J.8., of nan can have No. 21 if he will order it from ‘the earth they do not beco 
" ay be i 
be impo: rc - 
he double-bearing RasPaerry is the besf variety} requested. [We of opinion that a a great loss of produce 
niet deed alate supply. It may be obtained from the nurse- | of labour must be the result Pe, this system, and that . isa a James Graham, that it is 
rymen. soot and salt are to be used 
the intention of Government to 
sive mode of feeding pigs. ttee 
. ve ay pibitiaterh Sona . el aired ne, scar jl phe ag they had bet betty ye kbiaaeel atthe tiene-w hee tHe Pot maintain the law, a motion for a select commi was'ae- 
in’ however the as 2 tranches oom tied up clos with ches : | toes are earthed up iit will no no doubt tbe a good dressing for such gatived by a majority of 77. The adjourned debate ‘on 
twine, ‘0 soon 
e plant w itored to its compact form, R. G.—The following hard re if 
pri : sown now, will flower 
and nt for years. tower light ¢ is the reason that your by the end of June; they andy ane a and inst a gorisiderpole 
t flow time in bloom :—Gilia tricolor, Collinsia bicolor, bicolor, C. grandiflora, 
“ra -—Tree Pmontxs should not be placed at once in re ee insignis, Platystemon californicam, Clarkia ee’ 
oo pots, but they may h have what is termed a large shift | Godétia Lindleyana, G rane ep’ G. tenuifélia, Lupinus nam 
os i they are shifted ch, however, depends on the mena ca viscida, and Leptosi = 
— bere of ¥ the: of soil you use . B.—The following ote the viewed ond most showy kinds si 
ies ore ell in six-sized pots, but as they like rich | har dy ANNUALS, but hardly any of them are of recent i 
sou, y goth k by jim cane them peng liquid manure, | troduction :—Erysimum Perofskidnum, iepians Hartwegii, Sphe- 
grow them all arse green gauze is the | nog e speciosa, Calandrinia discolor, Nolana atriplici Cen- 
sien. bectaceuena or entering GREEN- | taGrea pulchra, Callio psis Drumméndii, Gedétia 
; . : : rubicunda, Callichroa vistigloend. Impatiens glanduligera, I. tri. 
—The following kinds of Rosss will suit your purpose | cornis, I. cAndida, Pa ameenum ClintOnia’pu i 
: s, dida, Papaver . pulchella, Leptosi- Majesty ; 
well, and they rg be easily procured :— phon androsdceus, L. densifiorus, and Oxyura chrysanthemoides, | ™€asure fore Parliamen t, Her 
zines tense cass Standards, WB Bushy ) Par rk.—Your B are or straceape with the Honsy- | intimated to him, that it the | 
. oss co oTH, tia cereana, ite masses you sent uire 
2. Hardy kinds of Noisette (late | 2. Mordaunt de Launy — ag cocoons, containing larve or pupe, whieh about wich that her ova “nose 
f dame eZ ugust will become small yellowish moths. You had best burn | Wis t her 
3. bag ers $8 Double Yellow! 4, White Moss all the infested comb, and com those sath — 0 ht ap- | deductio: 
Sweet Briar 5. Village M: pear to ohare suffered yet, and wherever ther cut 
> Different Pompones: them 
6 Indica sanguinea (late) zs Queen of ng F c.. ‘Arundel, — Procuring Brocco. for table during the 
7. Perpetuals ‘petaals (late) _ 8. Madame Cam: months of Jannary and February, depends more on the manage- 
res China : (late) 9. Globe White Hip ment than on the particular kinds. The sorts you mention are 
; t Roses 10. Brennus ¥ ood, if sown and treated properly at different seasons. I ' 
Bier we China iL. Scarlet Moss oben 8 Early haf vl is sown at ‘three different 
4 (ate) - BA 44 “ $ F he nning o of M 
Subscriber. The following hardy herbaceous plants will be | from Se pe ae 0 Sst * but they must be Lapras Ripe 
least damaged severity of her occur, she mi. 
over. 
of 
. ' Tabbits ; but where these animals abound few 
them and scien destroyed bythe aus ort 
