THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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Tue days have been so w 
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autumn. The e 
quently happened that the 
it below the freezing 
eek in May ; and then, 
ich the 
a a check which 
c m 
in order to render his eri tel or Fae mps g' 
experie of fo 
second 
i 
if such plants are out, they re- 
y do not recover for several weeks 
ch have been t 
afterward r shrubs whi ave rans- 
pignted last winter or spring will probably be suffering 
for want of rain, and ought to be liberally watere 
a frame can be setapart for the growth of Melons, 
the operation will afford much pleasure, and is not a diffi 
t when commenced at this season of the year; the 
following directions will ensure succes their manag 
ent: For the preparation of the frame, the reader must 
turn to the back Numbers wh e managem of a 
cumbers was described. Coverthe Lee all over about tw 
inches deep with jight turfy loam, a 
mound or hillock in the centre 
possible er 
ng ‘os sufficient room betw 
, and then raise a little 
of each light as 
high as 
ween the soil and 
the ; glass for the plants. Press the loam rather firmly with 
e hand, an n plant out 
terwards late’ w ye 
allowed to grow from each 
shoots under each light. 
roots will soon show their poi 
and more must 
til the soilis nearly level. 
and 
which w ause 
e second joint 
all the remai 
beyond it 
ripening, give all the es possib 
‘highly flavoured. Give air freely deed the hs when t 
temperature reache 0 or egrees, and allow the fruit 
to be partially by the leaves when it is young ; but 
hen a ing to ripeness, place it upon a piece of 
slate or tile, and let it be fully exposed to the sun. With 
regard P are things to be noticed :' do ' 
not give much over the leaves or near the base of the 
stems, as it is apt them ; keep the frame rather 
dry when the fruit is setting, and withhold water altoge- 
ther when it is ripening. en nearly ripe, allow some 
more flowers to set for a second crop; and when the first 
is removed, water the bed well, and manage as before 
By this system, the frame is not crowded with a mass 
of worthless shoots, which only rob one another; and the 
cultivator has rue number of fruit which he calcu- 
tes upon hay a fra with three sashes will 
oar ote excelent ‘Melons for the first crop, and if the 
season is arly re afterwards. am a fa- 
in the spring. -—R. 
dthen ree plan 
on ithe hillock. After they have formed two 
pinch out the point of the shoot, and in a short time af- 
ill 
ants un 
vet E ve ony 
er each sas 
rough leaves, 
must be 
Live six 
n two or 
s of the meer as sd of the virype pinch out 
send out latera 
fro stem; th 
After t the tut has set, stop the late- 
the same 
sis phy Melons may be raised on 
ay has been used 
ex- 
for striking cuttings be 
HOME’ CORRPSPONDENCE. 
courant with w 3 Sag 
some French method of 
t corerige over them, | learn, is not follow 
ea 
lng. 
The 
ng in a ag placing beli- 
t establish- 
French Propagation.—1 ea but aie pie ioe 
bs ‘Paris Me a tapeane de: in eagtst othe etrays nee 
poe of what is ne ae our lish propagators, tnd ‘therefore 
ae fear aver 
“are far behind our pag ay As I sus spect t he is not a 
in our best rater ge samp e 
who have vi — some of the 
d the different lepdes 
sr "agree with him. As 
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ots fit for ei and there were | 
sate of cuttings sathaek and stri 
lungi 
trouble- 
made 
the rk ae these are a ‘iced in n ckallow 
cutting is 
‘one-and-a-half inch Lied: and on 
y to 
pans with perforated bottoms, t 
and these ie os a gen 
garden eo the 
et as 
oan 
with some ‘modifications, is general 
ish cultivators. Is not this a a manifest im 
ell-g 
mprove- 
anit 
f | culture—but fair oe is a jewel—and, 
to the facility with imag nh French et strike cut. 
tings of Roses n that at Sawbridgew 
neatness 
— y OC. he a 
niaah 
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in the eyes 
pest an ecomes jedenbe 
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can ir plants are 
seldom show bloom-bu is aoe early as — raised in Eng- 
land, which are much m ocky and robust. I may also 
observe, that in. the winter-gaftn ng of Roses the French 
omm k for 
generally use the c r stocks, on which 
grafts take readily enovgh ; but this is a nthe ear and 
unfit stock, throw up eee nit suckers, and any 
Roses live but a very shor e on it. Do not 4 imagine 
I have ow A John Bull predions about me, be! am un re 
all ci praise to my neighbou Ik 
me great merit as regards thei horti- 
a 
as Aen te both 
t 
he French. I leave it to others t d our growers of 
aths, Geraniums, &c.— Totty. u ris corre- 
pondent is a practical ong + — mit rome with English 
cultivation ; at the same eady to arose not 
y that we agree with Totty’: s critica 0 of vo ro- 
pagation, om eee “ far a hav ing of 
French speci f grafting, they did so o little poor to 
the “hortinltral I skill of our — urs across the Chan- 
nel, that we Sore be ashamed to wledge them as 
English workmans 
oo sing Orchid jaceous Plants in common Stoves, 
wit t of Plants best suited for this purpose.— 
have ae built a small stove 25 feet long by 14 feet wide, 
and have purchased 5 e best stove plants for culti- 
vation. ish btain abou ame number 
species of Orchidacee suitable to be gro e war 
ith the stove I] have readin v 
it is a to hay 
there isa Serer 
in a stov 
feel obliged by resivng a vis 
suited to be g 
dintinguiaktitg oc 
~ —which re 
such 
eat foo Ist 
the 
orgie to Decem P.O”. € g 
lants in ihe, highest — of perfection several 
requisite : ample, there d at 
se which inhabit the high Jands of 
miles ; a warm and moist one for other 
which grow in ‘Ga: hot damp valley i 
parts of the tropics; a third kept warm and 
taining those which are ina state of rest ; and a fourth for 
in fiower. B er beautiful and interesting | 
this tribe may be, fe rsons would go to thi 3 
and many have succeeded admirably in growing a selec- 
tion, as d, mixed with other 
stove plants. It is. difficult to give directions for the 
anagement a house of this kind without seeing 
t the following should to. Keep the Or- 
chidaceous plants as much ssible, either at 
65° and 7 
heat is necessar summer autumn are wt 
no fire will be required for two or aay months pits 
eral degrees ive at 
night than during the day ; if tie isd d the stove 
t damp beng the plants will be or ae with dew in 
the m g following is alist those most suit- 
fig with the information veo .Y 4 
‘0 be grown in seen laced near the sper ns of 
the sive —Dendrobi bo Hob 0 ne of the most lovely yet 
nown; Onci iy He apilio, an intere esting kind, pene 
flowers oe a butterfly Pe eristéria elata, the bewatifa 
Dove- flowe’ . Miltonia candida ; aah oe labiata; C. Mes 
sie, C, paren C. intermédia, yo See Har —these flow 
in ion during.s' mer, eae ge are remark 
fp sina with « 
eS PRLS? CRC, Tey - ie PEE. 
tuo? Be HOO cae 
coloured flowers, but ss fragrant; Zygope étalum Mackai 
Z. intermédium rin 
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or 
be grown in pots and place 
—Oncidium Cavendishianum 
Red! gracefully, and the 
Spe ae with finely-spot tesa flowers; Cat 
culatum ; and Phdius s grandilivs, which baal be be kept 
while ing: Maxil- 
latum an er a Aospets t the 
latter with there yellow fringed flow idi 
; 0 
y any wows 4, fi e€ sus 
dy near My coolest thd 
- anceps, 
orn 
snes is ors 
lip arene well w 
and several other species, send their flowers downwards i 
e same direction as the roots, and havea very ‘curious 
appearance. The'w these a grown in 
common stove such as XY. Y. cribes, and would 
fi llectio: great interest; many of them pro- 
ducing flowers of the most aa eae and scent- 
8, the flowers of some 
resemblance to animals— 
tens.—J have hada ad destruction among my 
Salvia x ate this omens sme ys ng lost more 
dred plants that were 
Mr. Watson’s (oage 2 
cinders over 
sa d, the Sflvia fulgens and 
dwarf Verbenas are alive, an 
But vatson, Saad an 
not 
a as it — keep in a shed or cellar like a Dablia root. 
eee 
remature 
tering what mig 
int Thi 
the pot remained in = 
was occas ms watered 
— above 30 plants which a 
ave bought at three several shops 
reson plant, 
— is no appearanc 
tend to 
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t be seed upon the. sarface 6 of the ieodid 
f October 
enhouse all ter, and 
as the spring advanced ; Ihave 
are looking quite healthy: I 
packets of seed of = 
ce of gerakination yet; but co ‘do abt 
be rs bury in + oeaeonge aside. F. D. 
‘ sr "8 For i , jun.’s information, 
and your r aoe generally, I ro to state that Hacon’s 
Incomp mes seen Seedling Pear, the ‘authenticity of 
which - n., disputes in ‘he Chronicle of March 16, 
Hae on from ip of a Pear gathered 
"the trea noted in the Chronicle 
d from th 
ley T the name 
We have to ate owledge one many good and beaut 
ful hg at the needs of our Gallic 
R., jun., is too patri 
of eke should be ores to an: 
either fruit or flow 
