1842.) 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
209 
“State of the Weather at. Chiswick Praaige the last t years, for 
the ensuing Week ending April 2, 184 
No. Prevailing Winds. 
hitntes ie Lowest Mean| Years in pe Fea Sige aE oe 
M Tem Alig Temp which it of Rain “ie 3/3 Pata a 
4 bl mn Zz 
to. | E 4.2 | 44,1 6 0.87 in. | 1| 8] i] 3} 1g) 6|— 
Mon. 28} 53.0 | 34.4 | 43.7 6 0.68 3] 5] a} 1 1 1 1 
Tues. 29| 52.4 34.3 | 43.4 4 0.12 1} 3) g}49] 4) 4) als 
Wed. 30| 52.8 | 846 re 4 0.50 3] 3| 2] 2 1] 3} 9 
Thurs.31 | 53.3 35.6 7 0.26 2) 5) 1) 2) al 4} 
April | 
Fri. 1 or 35.5 | 43.8 8 0.76 2! 3! 9! 2] 8 9) a) 4 
Sat. 87.5 | 45.5 | ri 1.19 } 2} 2 1) 1/23) ala 
The highest tempe erature during the above period occurred on 
the 2d of ren in 1835— es 73°, and the lowest on the 
ist of April, 1838--thermometer 1 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
For the week ending March 25, 1842. 
DurRiné the past i ar ae ig have been good, but trade 
pples a 
e plentiful 
Vegetables. Excellent Broccoli, both White and Purple, abounds. 
th 
arce as 
& a 
were. - A few new Potatoes appeared this week, and realised 4s, 
per lb. Asparagus is abundant, and ss © quality, domaine speak- 
good. Sea- “rt is plentiful. Radishes are tolerably 
e, Lettuce, and _ allen kinds of eet gd 
< Celery has ahhoet passed. Rhub 
iced handsome bundles of arggeni Fo? Scarlet ha 
Mushrooms are ex 
Kee Aes 
Lemons, per doz. 1s to 2s _ 
er 100, 6s 2 14s 
vs, ‘dessert, per half-sieve, 5s to 16s Andes. per peck, 
Strawberries, a er 0Z., 3s to 5s | Sweet Almonds per oad 28 6d to 3s 
Pine Apple, perlb. 6s to 12s Chesnu r peck, 5s to 4g Ps 
Cucumbers, per brace, 2s to 12 Walnuts, oe "bishel, 16s to 2. 
Grapes, hothouse, per pound, 25s Filber per 100 lbs. o4 1308 to 140s 
— Spanish, per lb., is 6d to 9s Cobb Nuts, per i Se 
a ons: Por _— Ib., Is guy: er rere — 
ranges, per » ls to Qs Se a 
es per 100, 48 to 169} pats Spanish . 
Bitter, per 100, 7s to 18s os Hite 20s to 24s 
VEGETABL . 
Savoys, per dozen, } a io 
Cabbage, Red, for | tag; 2s to6s Shallots, per Ib. J 
oe hee e Plants, per doz.,3sto 5s Chives, per pot, 6 
mg routs, per hf.sve., Is 6d Onions, » per af shel, 3s to 4¢ 
nia ee “od to s6d for pick., hf.-sieye, 
6d reen, per doz. bunches, 2s to 3a 
pam no wa, a — Spanish, per dozen, 2s to 6* 
_ ings, rou e, 1s 6d Asparagus, per 100, large, 9s to 12s 
Turnip various ‘6 to vee a amen je Middling, 3s to 4s 
Kidney iene, arrents Pp 100, 2s to3s Sprue, or Small, 2s to 
Fotisety ae pe on, 508 2704 Sea- kale, oe ig ey ls to Bs 
Lettuce, Cabbage, per half ‘sieve, 1s 
- erbushel, ls ba - ms 6d to 2s 6d 
ie er bushel, per — = to 2s 6d | Endive, perse s+ 6d to2s 6d 
ew, per pow Cc ry,'per henale nd to'l5) 9d to2s 
Turnips, per as nk ng oe to3s Small Salads, per punnet, 3d 
Carrots, per doz. bunches, 4s to5 Corn Salad, on - A jeve,9d to ls 
— per bushel, 2s to Watercress, p.dz.small aE — 8d 
2 Parsley, per falffsieve, 2s to 
Red ols ‘arragon, perdozen b omer 
Horse ete on ny nba tag ls to 58 Fennel, per dozen ches, 3s 
ge per. idoz. hands (24 to’30 each) | Mint, per bunch,'4d as 
Chervil, per pun 
— Pecnins per bunch, 4d to 6d Rhubarb ep oo vase 8d" 
yang per sieve, 1s 6d to 2s Mushrooms, per pottle, 8d to 1s] 3d 
Leeks, per doze: n bunches, 9d to ls Truffles, per pad ay 22 to3s 6d 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Goop-Fripay ny ae 4 us-to defer the an- 
PINR-Appces is not 
likely to be injurious unless it is too co! ey are found’natu- 
rally in “ aes Peeters ye of on sea-shore, and are therefore 
not Tikel 0 be aff mall quantity of sal 
Night- ee hn en grt as it is, can only be 
ployed usefully in small qua: 
L. 8.— an is no work on 5 doxnaytite that we can whe eres nd. 
Sir Henry Stuart’s is the best, but its reputation is far beyond 
be real merits. There is a treati eon the subject called * Useful 
the 
Chi 
N called ‘asawha, we know not what itis. If 
Ms it is, Pca oon Wal find i it uaverted to in another place among these 
ree Wel. wisher, Beaumaris.—The plants best adapted for early 
eaeen are = Rose, ppm ree Azalea, Kalmia, and Rho- 
lendron, You may procure from su snide any of 
the above as will be necessary in the ae oF cate In a 
Us them reduce the ball, and allow at 
of 
inch between 
sides of the e pot, to supply sufficient mt mutriment to oa 
young fibres which will be emitted. Ros will 
th 
acs suc- 
ceed in any good common soil ; Peas pow Pra Seep 0 strat 
in t ith Sera a small q gg mixed. 
Water them and place them in ig shade for a few days; a 
ent protection from = frost will be all that is uisite until 
requi 
perature of 45° wae be suf- 
icie miter them, a Pi may be gradually raised to The 
Lily-of-the- Valley will likewise thrive in : a the 
e Nea eapolitan Violet y ad- 
i an Arearyiis, which m in 
November; any tolerably rich and light thou’ them, 
Y must not c above half their Nepth, neither 
must they be watered until they “e other re- 
eat wash from butts ‘wid 
have contained AMMONIACAL yer We would use the 
cake in ge te the purpose of fixing ammonia on the os 
spoken of last Saturday by Mr. Schattenmann. 
wain.—We recommend bie to water heats ASPARAGUS beds 
Once a year with eset al 
is right, 
op Bead it would be Detter: if rn set <ieee Garleonten FLuxs instead 
tye How do you think such flues as you would have are to 
cleaned?" The best Raspberry of all is the Red Antwerp, for 
tas 
e 
oval, the Maltese i troy. the 
ers. t eac mpartment of star be with some 
one kind of fiower, and the les and oval by an assortment 
“e as In order to maintain 
ccessive sowings must be 
described at p. 483 of last 
a het xh+ +, +} W s4 
—] 4 band 
* 
has at page 
Col. Mason.—HEL6N1As ASPHODELOIDES, OF as it sometimes is 
called, H. tenes; requires to be planted in an American border, 
where it is partially sc creened from | ~~ 7 = ee in a situation 
It should have 
rather a rich soil, reside go of sand eae ying at iomda d; when 
once established, it mnst not afterwards be shifted or parted, as, 
if it is, it will be years: before it gains omahed enough to flower. 
It seldom 
soil. 
A Constant Reader.—The bulbs of G be- 
come weakly if the tops are not Asad! vars in the autumn from 
early frosts, and kept gr much also 
soil, and afte 
oa erica be gradually dried, and 
“ the pots; spring advances they may be 
ame pots, without te further trouble. 
, Wallflow 
pinus polyphyllus,._ Poppy ‘Anemone, Boabee Rockets, Hyacinth, 
Pzeonias, Mignonette; iar Arado and hilar aha as; Chin 
and Moss Roses, Lavender, Persian Lilac rer Bemry 
Heartsease, and Violets. The following are the guickest-growing 
a poms pa gp and Yellow Jasmine, Virginian Creeper, 
Gly Honeysuckle, teat 4 veg 
tis peas Rie te may s ur BA seeds at two seasons,— 
one for flowering a and fl the a4 ioe obtaining large and 
fine plants; for if hpre ms are sown early they will not attain a 
wing, for obtaining early-flowering plants, 
large size. The 
ee seeds should 
b 
firs 
~ogienn id made about r the a of April. 
be put ced i 
fra’ ie the young id as are ices ¢ enough, pot them 
into small pots; they will afterwards require shifting into larger 
pots once a fortnight. To grow sam large size, the seed 
h o have plen 
ping occasions, by propping = "the lights at id oeigs ‘They 
1 afterwards uire shifting about one ii inch i en days 
and mn d 
the tadunt: should be ‘composed of two-thi a ween 
well- rotted beige 2 As the season advance: vt 
crease in size, give them plenty of air, Pog see on their being 
awn up wenn. picking off all the eae formed flower-buds ; 
and when the plants have ap arc be ired rin give them no 
hi h liquid ~emesrn 
By giving the plants sieatnal of air, ont pro casing them from th 
wind and rain, they may be kept in bloom all the autumn, piel 
cularly if attention is paid to picking off the decaying flowers 
and newly-formed seed-pods. 
A em — —— —The, a “ PENTSTEMON SPECIOSU 
should be autumn tame, and kept near the 
light, han! ie eine RS Sg aS eo" in spring; pot them < 
arse small pots and keep them in these until the are stron 
enough for planting out. When they flower save seed if pcunitag 
and always keep a young stock on hand to put in the places of 
pe. ms aren bcmge in “F om of cases are short-lived. 
t be kept in the greenhouse, per- 
Th pees ae it, prune it in, and 
— ohh signs © of growth. In 
lants in- 
A CRI GALLI 
peated rary ar me’ winter ; 
supply it Yberally with water as = 
mild situations it does well o 
planted out in a sheltered south ae 
and can give it a little heat during the 
e better. 
coun HARRISI requires a greenhouse, 
2 ste it ina — e of 
e OLEANDER and GARDE’NIA RADICANS both strike 
ing an ng season, Cut back your Oleander ae it BF 
to make tts young shoots. Plant your Orange-tree in 
of rich loam, rotten dun, and leaf-mould; add a little pr 
rain the pot or tub well, and take care tha’ ts do not get 
too dry. Cow-dung makes excellent t uchsias 
d Pel miums, but you may use either that or fens s-ttung 
ncaa has had no injustice done ome by us, and we ca 
complaints - — re Lek oe of others. Wecan only p rint 
A Young Gardener. —There is an Orange with double flowers, 
but it does not usually 
—We have never herd of the powder of nitre being ap- 
plied in a diluted form to the Ranunculus. The proper ped for 
costing it would be ‘toni eee time the begin to form till 
bos oe show bloom. recommend you to try it merely 
f experiment. The > bent bloom Ranunculus we 
com: piston were grown by. very simple means. grey’ 
from a meadow where a river had been widened renee the basis 
hi 
to the ence of sun air t in the 
third year rp Pr sgemate was added, with a portion of garden- 
ould. beds e dug out and with this compost, 
Beem hi of a cool and Ph gi save thie “when necessary they 
watered failure in the beds, eid 
whe io Daower wa Ermer her! rs gyrttne. Shaya of bloom. The 
“ Horticultural Register ” is to be obtained of the publishers. 
tage —Much ch obliged, but the extract is too absurd. 
o.— Your no resem to Eupatorium odora- 
tum ; it sp SE to oy 
cost 800/., so 
pamph 
Hi. 2 WA Irie afdecheas to an article on Violets in to-day’s paper. 
ze Ee — Stephenson’s Conical Boilers are advertised at p. 186, 
are Goodia lotifolia, Malya capensis, and 
Reader.—The statement that the Carib prepares a 
Pete Gextenies taeok the Belladonn Lily is upon the authority 
of Madchen, Agee says, ge rd eo Faron i 
ont parant isa sobeoiot for 
the ‘poison ous ality of the Bella- 
rbach mentions 
donna oo but says noth about the in who pots it. 
sh eeesai s Heath is dried perfectly. It appears to be E. her- 
Your plants 
Metrosideros ericifolia. 
C.D. Seedling Hippeastra will be at least four years before 
das be Snip We have not seen any translation of Berléze’s 
work on the Camellia; nor is it worth translating in a country 
whens. th ; "Camellia is far better cultivated than in 
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prot hata enn pe to be procured 
othe CassaBA MELon will succeed in the soil and tem- 
pete sb ee Soe in in general cultivation. But 
Goosetrumdrilia’s note is an 
Mr. ‘Stickney’s letter has been unfortunately mislaid. Wouid 
Pb bi b ha: a copy of it? 
‘Bot 's plants are—1, Rhodochiton volibile; 2, Catananche 
czer ae 8; Cracianela ‘styloss ; 4, lidnthemum m cipr eum ; 
5, Papaver cémbricum ; antia major; 7, Cerinthe major; 
8, yw rmannia; 9, Po vere Sree 
A Subseriber:—The Verjus, Bourdelis, or Bordelais Grape is 
rarely pers icm i Bd ig eer a 
oo are ay ge, oval, somewhat obovate. 
ia Premio, aes is it required to do so, its principal 
use "being resi peciniens fer which purpose it is considered the 
Lead kind of Grape. In pruning it the shoots require to be left 
We never sean of pats eating Melons; but they will de- 
te Cactuses. 
. C.—Brachysema is of too humble 
a climbing plant, possessing more the’ fai or a scaller. os 
collection of stove ene greenhouse plants taining Clématis 
Sieboldii would be dis: — ion oa the Horticultural Society’s ex- 
hibition ; it oe to be a har fen 
W.H 
I & worms 
without i injuring s bes 
A 
aeecaee E rhe © herry-tree you allude to’ growin — 
a wall w western aspect, having a ae foliage, and pro 
ducing ‘ amie of blossom, but no perfect fruit, ‘the latter 
dropping off in a young state, ete’ have b been eared afte cted by 
frost when in na er or the variety is soa 
gab 
eax: worked. gfe 
ng hela alae at poate 
ay wine gas-tar. 
r leaving it until 
the buds begin to swell, ee hen better Hin to distinguish be- 
betes the leaf- Psverd and the blos: ssom 
L.R.B r plant is Véstia ly cioides. Sandy soil i 
all adapted 1 Pa ‘Tulipa Clusiana ; if} planted in re Bs loam ina 
Tight and airy situation, ‘taking care — the foliage is not 
destroyed, you Ting it. As soon as 
the stem has whores naturally, the tie may be stored een in 
a a erie uy Pi ace, until sm ee for planting in N 
A S& eg Begi a —One F 
er Cys! an 
2 is the Ord apples which was raised in your 
od, near eae about 65 years ago. 
apman’s letter will be noticed next week. 
many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
He chief interest of our ae tec from antiga is 
derived from the proceedings in the Cham e 
Ministry has sustained a check i in rea Tadeauee sae 
a 
inisters to postpone 
ill for the Encouragement of Colon 
Sugar ; the Chambers of Commerce in all the 
frontier to the interior of France ; an 
ave been taken by ~ Regent to strengthen the frontier 
line of the tern P es. The ister of Justice 
issued a circular addresse the bishops and | 
i ferring to the late ion of the Pope, and 
as 
er the independence of the Spanish peo- 
ple. The sirtats ation arab the agi s and the Cata- 
lonian Deputies has term _aeies int ration - tran- 
uillity to Barcelona ; ae nicipali ty been 
blished 5 the disbanded battalions of the National Guard 
which have given general satisfaction.—In Portugal the Mi- 
the Queen, finding that the rye statesmen op) 
to Costa Cabral 
J? 
posed 
refused to take e if he retired, has 
been obliged to yield to his Satins in Aiseas of the chiefs 
