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THE nts ti CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 30, 
and take his breakfast and ‘dinner in in the “neighbouring 
can see the squirrel here just now, living en- 
trey on ed seeds of the ree Be the spruce e firs; le 
m in the very trees w ntain nests of ringdoves, 
thashes, ey ah and buckbirds Still the owners of 
these his approach ; and he him- 
inclination for we eggs, young or old birds, 
meal.— Charles Waterton, Walton 
2 
o 
hat M. gros , the gar 
—We have just received ie eet Lowe 
Chapton a penne of a new hybrid Ribes, “which i is likely 
- Tt was raised by Mr. Beaton from seeds of Ribes sangui- 
neum, fertilised with the pollen n of R. atireu m, and par- 
fb ; the flowers 
being of a reddish yellow colour, more 8 slender thos 
of R. sanguineum, while the leaves bear a strong resem- 
blanc hose of R. aGreum. (™ its mode % erent 
however, Sy Betts differs from both, bei much 
ore e gracefu habit ; bearing wi 
that profsaiod which is so beautifully Nascdeetiatla of R. 
eo remy 
B or Candah —A specimen of t 
Par (sel en 4 was as exhibited last August lrg a 
meeti e Yorkshire Agricultural Society, by Mr. 
nat ‘o flower, it becomes 
il, kept clea 
autumn, and 
eet, n its “pales 
untry i 
hanover, that this, like 
only fit to be cultivated where better plants cannot be 
obtained. 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
sprin out agai the | * 
Horses ait all Kinds of f cattle eat it frely, “Hither hie: 
ried Bo haps prove | ‘10 
I sisson i 24 Orchida h 
cuerred in dower Gateys Men, Menitiria varabis” and | gn 
Déppei, " 1 d 
Depael ene a eabinited ve the Horticalvaral Society's 
ewes 
eee : 
ei en straits” 
and ae en athe new species fro m the Straits of has 
lacea, with much the of a DendiSbinm 2: the perianth i 
white, column yellow, vad the lIabellum vara with tree 
pe gee word of the plants are growing upon co rk, 
which has a much nea’ pbb, ode = 
house area i plant of Combretum macrophyllum, covered 
is of flowers, pod po rn ened Sista 
x e = a of Amaryliis, 
A. Sweetii, having " 
eet, of Bristol: it ae be approaches s to A. ormosissima, but 
the flowers are darker, an nd not in the least banded or striped. 
al t of Aischynanthus maculatu 
liums, 
a 
perry of — at covered wi phagnum, where they are 
to succeed 
remarkably wal: ie the pits are some fine bulbs 
mmencing to make vigorous 
ew Anemones are 
ams Rebieto S. 
NOW Peratise on er Mey a By John Sproule. 
Dublin: Ce oO 8vo. 
Taxis is a compilation from a vari riety of writings on sub- 
jécts more or less intimately ‘ile nected with agriculture. 
710 paees, has a pie 
—Commen 
quali an 
spotaneous productions, and the } 
productive ers. Manure: -s he ‘divides into three classes, | n 
nd t 
Semnre of the ds Hagen of the 
fi ¥: ehasadde 
for preparatory tillage, as s wel as for sowing, eat hing 
epari rain. his buildings 
lans 0 of f 
for which ches are best adapt ted, with the most convenient 
thod in which the whole may be arranged. He then 
) the principles “— be observ oe in 
n which fences should be 
t 
mentary a 
tions on the er in whic nts are nourished, ho 
far they are dependent on the atmosphere for food, and to 
what the cause of the ascent of sap should be attributed. 
e 
, e 
n the cultiv of those 
said to belong sahiculaal} to the far- 
Cereal grasses, the se- 
tive prod of the various plants described in this sec- 
n of the work, na otato, Swedish Turnip, 
mmon Turnip, Beet, rot, Parsnep, Cabbage. 
and diseases of e: icular race, are separately treated 
of, and the chief saad apertin re a is incum- 
ben! The vo- 
lume conc! the amount tof sted required i in 
farming, and the evifige expenses and produce of a farm. 
Wer meer the work as a useful contribution to a farmer’s 
#2 
The Encyclopedia Beitawhita: 7th Edition. Black. 
1 vols. 4to. 
We cannot do otherwise than notice the completion of 
this oy important work, which is beyond all question 
the mo Spi see xaltnctiant yet formed in pig pts of 
eslties: on science and literature. The names of Arago, 
Hers aaa Napier, hia tet Mackintosh, Dugald Stewart, 
Barrow, B Walter Scott, Leslie, Hazlitt, Wilson, 
and a host "Of nbs. bee ach occupying the highest station 
in his own department of knowledge, indicate 8 class of 
writers whose services en secured by the P apna 
of the En a a; and a Git: ¢ 
Index, just issued, itself forming a 4to volume of 162 
pages o losely-printed matter, serves to show the 
great diversity of subjects to which those eminent men 
have addressed th themselves y means of this Index the 
clopdia Britannic contains e adv 
of an alphabetical arrang: nd of special treatises, to 
ach of which, by thems 
the contributions to thos jects which pro c 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, we remark dissertations on 
Agriculture, by Cleghorn; Vegetable Anatomy, by Ellis; 
Animal Kingdom, by Wilson ; Ant and Apiary, by Roget; 
ce by Phillips ; Se éography, by Traill 
Loudon ; ristison ; Vegela 
y elable 
Physoln, by Ellis and Balfour: 3 | how yore, by Reid. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for for the ensuing week. 
So long as the hot and excessively drying weather continues, 
newly-planted trees which os eof pa value, and yep ever 
imperatively require the assistance of some of th ec. 
- . 208. Removed wall-trees whis were 
‘oots, bg are ged either a 
ri 
hould 
ottest part of the day by wanging Pas bt dt them; ; 
they choi also be freely washed by th 
devening. By a little os this wie: thé 
e tr ht 
GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 
In Pra Depart 
| ncaa e-plants make considerably greater pro- 
when planted out al — of soil, or a hotbed of se or 
leaves, than when their roo confined in pots. Those, 
fore, who desire to hasten the Sowa of their youngest baits. 
pon ior tbo convenie np a find it advantageous to 
a 
ie 
prey 
be kept well a to the glass, and 
sin, or Sin. of sol, witen wil be take GADgT for * 
pe carton arg 
would ha pots. 
yet re. eee should se shaded in] in hot sunshin Nome 
/INERY.—Grapes ripe will not re wire fires at 
while the weather is dry, but wh en rain comes i willbe ns ig 
to resume them so far as is necessary for cprevention of damp. 
The Frontignans should be used first, because in hot wea’ ather 
these ope a shrivel than the Hamburgh or the Muscadine; to 
prevent this, the Vines may be partially shaded by a doubled | net 
after ot fruit i is quite ripe. Shut up the later houses 
aftern and very little fire will be poe Pcie except ri cold 
nights. viguar eather, 
ei arewh -nOUS— —Expose the ripe fruit Teen un and air 
~eit tie’ 
ned, is perl 4 the 
e the putuen e po nine ‘daily in all ris successional 
efficient plan. 
xcept’ where the fruit is stoning, 
houses, a accep them up warm, 
inese 
of which 1 hi 
~~ water + both at root and to op. 
G-HovsE.—If the fruit in this house has reached the critical 
ine. alu ded to at p. 224, a uniform system of management 
must be carefully followed, as at that period of its sroatht im- 
proper excitement or a sudden check would be alike fatal to the 
Keep the borders moderately moist, and do not 
ian quan angie of water at — time; that which i 
~~ oe cold and hard. Be more moserste also in syringing; in 
_— x every way m at be acre a ry? d. 
RIES in pots pequite plen 
wae ty of w: n hot and dry 
weather, “sac as we have lately had; they epee to be looked 
over m 
Cucumpgers AND Mr.ons.—Bri and warm weather at this 
season 1 does not make Rosa i nintoumetir: on the contrary, a 
ihe be kept up in expectation of a 
nkling Melon-plants avoid wettin 
; too ni ch moisture at that Le invariably causes 
canker in the more sae sorts. Nets, or leaf. 
z er : 
CEL e t 
pela ened: they must also be well viet Pre! with water. Thin 
sort water regularly all young vegetables that are growing 
ie pwaet 
rider BreAns.—Sow in pots, or bea in borat for planting 
out, in case of failure of an first 
Out- or Departme 
Young vegetables of all kinds must be regularly watered during 
c crow watering transplanted 
howd re 
ps, 
round the stems. 
moisture, and one leer str will be as serviceable as two without 
that ere aution. 
ASPARAGUS.—AIl the shoots, both large and small, ought to 
cut off ft a time ; if the weak reed ve on a to a up fe 
roots will not break, 
ear eit soe nA of the backward buds o 
and it: on will eet mage be hele 
—. —— fora late "eoriieg supply; like- 
sels Sprouts. Clear away the old 
—Sow ano 
LI.— 
crop of late sorts... 
shaded from the sun, by tarning some 0: the 1 
d laid in a cool shed. 
CARDOONS.— —Sow another row or two. 
ENDIVE is in some families required early ; where such is the 
case a little seed may be sown now, but the plants s will be v = 
likely to run sesaage once 
Kipn bei BEA e Scarlet Runners. If these are 
Tich soil their produce will be much more abundant, and 
. Asmall white Runner, from Holland, 
will be found exceedingly useful in 
ish. 
large fa: ere fark * makes a good winter d 
LEE mall bed for a late wage 
wipe i i 
Take away the covering as the Kale is ised, and 
dig. hetween the stools. 
Thin the young plants before they get so large as to 
Poors me jake ther. 
Orchard.—Strawbe 
Try pli a sy — putting up their fl 
prakearge and will require wat 
t 
soils es cially. Give 
Rents Pill be of littl 
em a thorough eoaren ge iors os slight sprinkling will be e 
service. Continue the regular disbudding © eres If 
ots, and then dust them 
erg — found, moisten The 9 salina shoo 
Grafted emg Sot tg be benefited by o 
sprinklings with the gar 
—FLOWER- GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
door Depariment. 
STOVE ry little fire-heat + now be required; take 
— the tres. pat put out, and 
en the day is likely to =n warm 
pray ri Agra the afternoon. Strong- growing lants wil 
apt to injure the weaker kinds, if not kept under by training 
——. Top the shoots of ‘euphoria jacquinifiora, to make 
them nies . they will flower beantifully 
"Gneeiatiia AND CoNSERVATORY.—The Co mservatory bord 
peso be well watered about once a week, independ 
In the pgeusee ear’ likewise, con! 
h 
f 
e vigilant in keeping down 
ver the weather permits, all plan’ 
should mo exposed oat 
pone be left open all night. 
| gree 
Pir TS A AND FRAME ES.— When 
sere for bedsin the flower.garden 
night and day. Many things will no pape en air, if set in 
a seiiated place Oeon the: pacenréee carats weather 
for planting, annuals in pots or frames getteot be put out: po 
time, keep the plants thin, and = watered. 
s, for decorating the houses late in summer 
tmen 
bid aphx of annuals, &c 
e drought hic ebvanage Arevinad out — mou i 
oned at p. 240. Tf < one delion is suffered to § a 
enough to stock half the lawn will be its produce. aa 
ve Rose-tr id th and sackers to 7 time, 
grubs to disfigure them. Grass-seeds may be sown 
eee rome 1 bring them up. sowing wil now Pe 
generally necessary, but where the grass is weak it should 
of alone asp SERY AND eee DEPARTMENT. 
Nursery. Geanon ens valuable sorts might nent 
to keep them cool, anagok y an inch or two of th graft 
In the * 
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