THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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T 
ar their base that are latest in breakin 
of perennial and bi 
eut back to the sn ing. 
In the reserve gro ne sow seeds i 
flowers, for transplanting. 
NURSERY AND rite a: DEPARTMENT, 
Nou RSERY. rae seedlings that are just a ing above 
ground might be screened from co yinds _ frost by Fir 
branches ; the beds must also be kept free eeds, Oaks, 
ae and many plants which are late in vegetstibe, may be 
peanae AND — ick Woops.—As the season for felling Oak 
timber is now approaching, payed work should be got out of hand 
as speedily as soediia that antage may be tal pa of the first 
warm ange! for this perelarnide business.—J. B. Whiting, The 
De — 
s th ar London for the Week ending April 14, 
1842, as observ he a thé Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Baronerer, ‘THERMOMETER. | Wind. | Rain. 
Aprii Max. in. Ma Min, | Mean. ——_—— 
Friday 8 | 30.190 80.053 58 27 42.5 E. 
Saturday 9} 30.331 30.307 57 a4 5.5 E. 
Sunday 10/ 30,355 | 30.281 46 29 37.5 E. 
Monday 11) .216 80.137 49 34 41.5 E. OL 
Tuesday 12 30,104 02. 46 a6 41.0 N.E. 
Wednesday!3;} 29.992 29,957 47 36 415 N.E. 08 
Thursday 14 | 30,025 | 29.940 | 532 39 "| 45.5 | N.E. | .o1 
Av 30.173 30.099 80.7 | S36 | 48.1 +10 
April 8 - Hazy; ; gaa and dry; slight haze and sunshine; clear 
cloudy. 
;sorercast; "aight frost. 
8; ares a clear and cold. 
13. Cold rain; “cloudy slight showers; rain at night. 
14. Cloudy ; shower ‘Ss, partly hail; overcast. 
State of es Wesines at Calswrick uring | the last 16 years, for 
suing ding Ap’ 1842, 
of Prevailin ig Winds.) 
Tm Mean| Yours in | Greatest rier 
Highest iowa 7. hich it | Wantity es Ig >! = 
April Temp. | Tem emp nl" it | of Rain. alae eB |i 
Sun. 17 | 85.7 | 37.2 | 46.5 9 0.32 im, | 6 2 9) 4) 12) 1/5 
Mon. 18| 67.4 | 883 | 47.9 8 0.49 2/2) 1/1) 2 2 4) 9 
Tues. 19 | 58:4 | 36.7 | 47.5 4 0.03 4) 8) 1) 3/—| 9! 5! 
Wed. 20/| 57.9 | 37.3 | 47.6 8 022 Val volo} al aly 
Thurs.2i | 56.5 |. 396 | 48.0 7 0.20 1} 3) 3) 1] a) 2) 6 
Fri, 2 8.4 41.8 50.1 10 0.32 3 i ee 
t. 23 | 86.7 40.6 | 48.7 iu 0.52 1 te 3} Bl 4 
_ The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
the 24th, bs hermometer 75°; and the lowest on the 19th, 1838 
--thermometer 26°. 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
For the week ending April 15, 1842 
arket has been eed scantily supplied with oie eae 
to the continued cold winds. 
kinds of fruit are, Lean plentiful; but trade sae, not ee 
quite so brisk as 1 ek.— Frui ; Pin nes are e ple entiful, ae vary- 
ing in price from our last Repo: othouse 
Grapes to be obtained. <A few veameaa and Nectari raat which 
appeared to be tolerably good, were ppt at 20s. per dozen. We 
likewise Pores ok a * small punnet of Cherries, for which 21s. were 
asked. Apples ather increasing in price ; good Nonpareils, 
fetch from 14s. to # 30s. per b Pears continue much the 
same. Strawberries are b ore plentiful; those offered 
ng mo 
quality. Chowmbiens are tolerably ee 
. ables. Broccoli is now 
price of it is consequently raised. Kidney 
wl; the price of them still por nig the rm 
om 1 
varyin e from o account. ushrooms ma: 
had in in tolerable ‘avant, bat they are rather dearer than line 
© prec 
Sezer s Satourpay, Apart. 16, 1842, FRUITS :— 
Kitchen, per bush, eee geeky od © doz. Is to 2s 
Dessert, orks: 5sto14 100 
to Ste 
ober omen Nag oe panda BOTT 
nes, per r doz hes , 5s to Bs 
Fe “Apple, aucile 3 Watesie” Pn Biathel, 16s to 249 
Gtap + be thouse, per npavoms 15s to 208 —— ts, per Bsa os ool 
panish, per Ib., is to ng 6d er bush 
er wie lb, ha to bs bey” 0S ag a 208 
Oranges, vod +) 9d to 28.6d — Spanish, lés 
ional to Ge — Barcelona, 20¢ to 248 
tter, per 100, 6s to 202 Turkey, 16s 
VEGETA ie 
Cabbage, pe s 3d to 196d a halt sieve, 2% 6d to 3s 
Cabbuge, Weed, ety pickling, 6s = ee F hf. sieve, 2s to 240d 
Cab! Plants, per doz., 6sto 7 * doz. 2a to 26d 
eens we Whitesp bnch., ls 3d to 286d ng ot ag ayy Fg 
oad Site ls to le 8d Asp: r £,}s red to 16a 
its, persieve, ls 6dto 3s) cea age Ts 
Kidney Beansforetdy P. rege ls6d to 2s 6d ~ 5s 6d 
Potatoes, perton, 50s Secaon 
nt, per cwt eects 2 Gd to 
— _ per bushel, 1s6d to Sen-hale, per panne cee e, po soeee te | to9d 
t Kidney, per wash 24 to 3s Cos, per half sieve, Is to J¢ 6d 
New, per pound, )s €d to 3s Endive, per score, 23 to 3s 
urnips, per Galen es » 29 to 226d | Celery, per bundle (12to Bee) Sd to le 
Carrots, per doz. bun Sea per punne 
Parsneps, per Soni sf ts be Salad, per half siev von id to ls 
Red Beet, Per dozen, od Is 6d Watercress .dz. small bunch. pene td 
se Radish, pts Binale, le ryt Parsley, per half was Se: 
Radish, per doz 8 (24 to 30 each) | Tar “nt rdozen bune we 
1s 8d to? Fennel pe p tne ‘bashes, 8 
Turnip, per doz, bch., er » per doz. bunches, 3s 
Chives, per pot, 6d Mint, per doz o hee, —_ 
Leeks, per dozen bunches, 6d to la Basil, per 
Garlic, perlb. gd Rhubarb § Stalks en bundles, 6 to 12s 
ly 8, per pottle, 2s 6d to 
Notices to paseo 
Partizs s requiring copies of parti: 
cular Num yee Pa mak 
their = must order them a their: regular n 
copies 
complete their 
t of print of most 
S. can have eg 66 ’ ” 
eotinn copies of Mr. Paxton’s “ Gardener’s Calendar 
a i raed “ ie yalue of some Timsee cut in the 
depend on the the moon, 
A Subscriber.—The seed of the Portugal Cab 
sown the last week in March. 
coming spotted. It is im — for them to obta 
triment from a border 1 de between two al 
4 Coccus you must ee ‘winter _beel the rough 
bage should be 
the roots of 
Want of space for 
your Vines to run in, i is the cause of the leaves curling and be. 
n sufficient na. 
. To destroy 
bark off your 
es, and brush the stems o 
of sulphur and tobacco- water... 
_ een GAL CABBAGE requires th 
Pa va as ee 
must be sown ‘suficienty early to 
rity before _ autum rosts. 
cwt. = English acre. 
and w: 
» in consequen 
the st stronger acid, 
enoug the 3 t 
mmend ASPARAGUS to be 
nt of salt u ew r 
. D.—The reason why " 
tered = once with ale’: water, put then to be well soaked, is 
that we are ignorant of the y 
and of e 
e same 
treat- 
common kinds, “— _ pcare tarmag that it 
allow arriving 
ITRATE OF SODA is — at the rate of lori 
‘a 
rough 
nm the addition 
are ps go we add 
monia 
occasion 
ength, no ge 
wees so as to dis 
Tag ULPHATE OF on 
aryta has 
re ee for sulphuric acid; and h 
ecompose 
usticus expectans.—The statement 
on the authority of Professor Johnston 
whelesais prices. 
sn _ had chea 
sO din gas-water with your at Mangel-Gure el. 
©. t. P. has AS heh DRAIN from his eee 
stables and 
witee the whole of thes 
» who, no 
own a ditch a ! o has 
at the side of the ditch, sunk it yg 
id, and he wishes 
kitchen or flower ehatleas whether the soap-suds 
t 
oes the roe kitchen, brew 
begat Se 
without Soper ee nticbhow: 
will be twic valuable. 
YH +> R— sdivise you to ex 
You will either find sme: too dry, 
and sour condition. 
out me roots thes Pee 
han the conserva’ 
wha Prin with the Chinese and the 
pa 
eels 
of Coniferous 
If yo 
eet it in cot and ad 
e all the 
sik te vf 
from 
no doubt, too wn up 
—_ other cnee 3 probably you cover them too 
wered nex 
W. "pie 's 's maggots being ¢ ig dead, it is impossite a d 
genus tu — they ee 
the larve of some > Een ea 
57 eer en -beetle, which we have ors ig i present 
bor gme re is in | aver neighbour's cae ‘imaginings. 
tell what your plant is 
Subscriber. 
sent, ae it looks lite Abitilon striatum 
r is apparently Zephyranthes r6 
. Hh 
aztirea would be considered proper 
pr 
“ners of the pare Society. 
T. Rivers.— From 
Pana 
epend be y 
ee is very vacurente that a experiments should be oH 0 w 
in 
five power affinit than any o 
too late f Dk A canta he 
ate for grafting PS atin now ; worth while 
varieties, s they strike 
probab 
B's s Fioriat’s Guide” = may be sere of any bookseller. 
will be fully 
—" Platylobingy ovatum, Tweédia eerie, and and Clematis 
e fragment sent, your Rose appears to be 
present . converted into sulphate, no more e@erveacence | me be 
ed by adding e solution is very weak, 
ja, the eff 
ds ese n 
very 
about Guano was given 
doubt, — 
Salt aed bie pesdhr impure s or ge soda, 
er 
drill bone. dust 
piggeries, 
and 
e fluids from = ence 
ngs 
here is 
and this, heretofore, 
now made 
ee fi 
w 
proper state to ahotx asa manure to the 
and washings 
mal — ti 
enbhioony an active ma neg but, if it smells, we should add 
powdered, not burnt, gypsum, until it ceases to be in any degree 
offensive. All the 7 Ube, from the reservoir ma be 
if ge ia acid ste ie diluted with water, is ; by open- 
in re into the reservoir this agent sag be introduced 
hood, and the contents of 
your 
We amine the roots of 
Lemon. TREES; no doubt there is something wrong ng with them. 
im cone do a they will 
success- 
nea pee“ Ba 
e probably. 
sar oiliea to 
Teared.— Rf. 
ch word as 
by the leaf 
the pots.tho 
Cover the seed Tightly, an and nek the pots in a hot- 
our plants are—l, eda calycina; 2, Muscari como- 
m; 3, A 
— loam, peat, and sand. 
hiy. 
Yo 
BRE 
Ft * 
¢.— Pastel is the common Woad, or I'satis cio 
: our stant fa ts xh Anemone quinquefoélia of Linneus, which is 
regarded as a var ety of A. nemorosa. 
An Old Subscriber i is an$wered in a leading ae ot to-day. 
W. Stewart.—Ste tephanotus floribundus is ome stove. 
_ Lindley? s “* Synopsis ”’’ contains all the 1 Besse con plants of 
t Bri btained of 
Gre itain, but not the Cryptogamic. It may be o 
“wooks ell ~é 
-R— difficult to divide the colours of Pelargoniums 
satisfactorily, ae gradation from one to the other being so 
eons Wh will find a very agretable variety in the follow wing 
4 — 
White. Albio: 
Annette, Alic'a reanarea? 
ore | nge. 
j Comte de Paris, . 
Pinkt vieki Rose, and Rose. | Orange Boyen. 
~ aula / Erectum, ~ 
| Emily. 
fase ~~ Ly Jewe 
Clarissa, / “Cri son, 
Coron: Splendidun.- 
Florence. Gaines’s King. 
Nymph. jrand Duke, 
Gaines’s Prince Albert, Arabella. . 
Bridesmaid. | "we pie 
wr 
Con 
—You say that seeds of B piiaey ab Sberidifétia, pre 
Hope 
dame Mantes och oe a Thelussénii were sown in 
rich earth in a good hot ba deoueb notin pots; ver besa nd 
other rane were sown — and in the e place, 
three hantgy ago, and that all you ds have pn sec and 
p n full vigour, with the exception of the three first-named, 
You had better wait a little 
whi wd sbetuaieely refuse to com 
re you 
longer before you disturb them nf f they do not a es 
may consid m fairly defunct. Your old liy, for which 
you uae a great regard, and which was severely injured by frost 
and salt — some years ago, 
to grow, water the nes el unding soil with 
A Lady wip yg healer bannd plant is Fritilldria meleagris ; it may 
be bom > es wba any 4 
—No. 
pata meal oes ‘hich Atel ~ thatit is impossible to name 
it. No. 2 is Erica bacc: 3 is — bilis, so called because 
he flowers become paler as they bs 
Xx. ¥. Z.— requ aire me seall 
megranate be planted upon a dry 
subsoil, and in the warmest possible oer If against a south 
wall, and the above directions ed to, we have not the 
least — be will flower freely. 
—The ea — name of Fumitory is Fuméria. 
Z Jonata The failure of your Hyacinths may, we a 7 be at. 
tributed to the copions:; rains which fell after you had planted the 
bulbs. The lg, & of dung and leaves would have er them 
in a dry seasdn wet one it merely Served to prevent the 
from =k 
J. Hi. sha neta you sent was Serissa feetida, 
To vs W.—The leaves of latent pant peta become 
spotted from the temperature of the house having been kept too 
low in winter, with a damp atmosphere; giv ing ae immediately 
—_ syringing the plants will also cause it; and a similar effect 
y be e preduced by crude or stimulating vm the mis. 
chief atioee from the first- Lo nage cause, ff syringing for 
a time, a t the temperature of the me g tao a more favour- 
‘able eesaition if from the eso keep the house poet eee 
syringing: if it is caused by re pore astm mentioned, repot into 
a milder compost, after shak ff the old soil. 
Rochester.—The plant called ‘Mereury (Chenopodinm bonus 
Henricus) which _ = rega 
po a 
rior to Spinach, rs stiechaaies is to be found in 
almost every ej is a perennial; its young shoots peeled and 
eaten as , While its leaves are dressed in the 
Same way as Spinach. It is cut in the (very early), and 
after it has flowered is longer fit table. It is then 
mowed down y in the summer. A rotten m ] 
forked into the it begins to 
no er 
shoot up, and it requires 
care, except to keep it free from weeds. rom the wild 
‘in the seedshops, but as bce: Bon e 
mi places 
eee) which s in tis =a 
ont of cultivation, except pore and rg of 
Spinach being p cance to it. 
E. F. L,—if dressing for ae 
ture land, it m ao i very smal pene Bee best way will 
be to mix ig Gace hove tnone ce much sand or fine mould, and to 
scale phe Lam 
—We ot advise you as the quanti ty of Doone isd 
wake it J safe fo to use for * elargoni ums, sata its on, the 
> somero pag ted, and if you try any we tot nen aa 
» and many others of great power, 
reauire to be employed wi much cearg nae 
H. P. M. D.—Hisiscvus Escurenr tender stove herba- 
easily cultivated in moist heat, but Pa tare end red 
air is allowed to be dry. Its pods are used as an in 
t my ups, which” they render aitiines roo We pte 
poshing s the Cabul Melon. 
Omi: —The best course for you to take with — DRIED-UP 
TURF is ti to. water it eee Pi with th quor of the 
gas-w diluted with fou arts of omer “Nitr rate of 
soda would hardly act so quick! nad so energetically. 
have any difficulty in procuring these substances, water it well 
ban iy yeast, dilu h water till it becomes 
TUM,.— fs Major's, isiieiee nt w 
ink week, the Sic nap the set tof six seedling Pace 2 << to 
perder been 30s., and not 20s. print ted. a 
8 us 
ane. 
eric aAN TEA EAPNETA = 
NEWS OF THE WEEK, 4s 
Tne proceedings in the French Chambers still consti- 
tute the chief topic o interest in our news from Paris. Ta 
the adjourned debate on the supplementary credits, the. 
i serious dis- 
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