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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[May 7, 
the muck, and allowed to become putrescent. The 
he again covered them w vith 
d 
l of com € which it was suppose 
compl omposition in t r three weeks. 
Such a heap should be rounded up and covered, so as t 
prevent the rain washing out the valuable salts that form 
in it. e of the escape of much ammoni 
the p of absorbing it.’ Dr. — = Ped opinion 
that i oS cid of the peat matter 
iaaien vert or lime waa a hosts, “aia thd approxi- 
mate it nee close nure. y refuse animal 
matter can be of Senda heise in a similar manner 
‘ carcass of a dea i 
pollute the air by i its no effluvi 
in tne 20 tons of peat ea 
manure.’ 
tletoe. — The reese account 
istletoe is given y Mr 
ans at MMaiters rn, near Worcester 
purpose are young pom and 
should be put on in the first or second. w 
it than 10. _ The operation is very sim oa where the “graft 
bark, into which a thin slice of } 
and lea 
having ud and 1 at t . se ad chin longe 
pieces, a notch should be cut out of the branch, the 
i made belo e notch, and a shoulder left on he 
graft to rest on the notch, in th r of crown-graft- 
ing. It must be observed, that the spaces betw 
joints not do for grafting ; Logg ust bea five let 
into the of the stock t the —— $e) Bee ay is 
the time for budding, an the s in re- 
taining a heel of wood, below the bud, ad Aerie! 
— Arboretum Britannicum, vol. i oe 2571. 
.—From Miscella 5 Poe by Mr. 
J. sg of the Inner ham author oo " Faster 
“ Regulus,” and other Trag 
eg 
be , genial month! whose wi 
__ Fans into full developement the show lias 
of ; which, around, their sp fling, 
And, in the vivifying glow. ; 
on life-stirring dost carouse 
thine are robes to wear,— 
The eg iol favours ye the St sent Side ; 
ar. 
The pink.eye vd appte-cup th ny reign prol eee 
The daisies’ sheen—th a bao 
Gh gba oboe iets A en ive with gushing son 
plum’d—the chesnuts’ trim arty 
iebers, for, for gles, hol pestis tival, as gc ma 
The garland-graces’ beg with blooms bedeck’st thy brow. 
—— — unfo! olding na 
its beams, and hive ther vital ooh 
Delight fal May, her Spring-time 
m don 
with June, sie) ‘seeks their Gasset power. 
laburnums flaw — ai 
in shrubs, and tr are bright ; 
The cuckoo’s note re- weoncd eon the < pega ; 
The sn ing ven are e keeps omnis = = 
Naw, 
The be g, hum 
Over fal- blown pzeonies In e oanes ride, 
Where sale. fragrant pomp, the pi tt rose, 
robes, or Ag sme as the bride! 
The parted eh in flower; and, now, the heats 
Urge to the bubbling ills. and five te the new-mown sweets. 
JULY. 
age clean-rak’d fields resume their ire ; 
The flocks, cages vaio aga - = downs 
e harvest wains drag home—feasting 
SEPT 
Weave us a thousand dahli 
vave et eebe | awk of ponabe era ; tis boa 
with clematis ar alcove, 
And! let September’s horn an 
Its choicest Stores, be o music from the = 
a s bring, and plums of various hue, 
Pi elixir of the icdae beams, 
The fruit that melts in nectar, and the dew 
With | whi ch the grape, gold-green, or purple, teems. 
Bt and d the br eeze, 
Tied. h +rean 
Unwoo’d onstubble Dae 
Whaile-oil Soap.— a cominunitcation of 1 Calk 
| Randall to the isaastadents Agricultural Society, we 
learn that the application of whale-oil soap is a good 
ventive of the atta . of the borer (Cossus ligniperda) hashes 
apple or other tree e manner in which Capt. Randall 
whale-oil ores is as compel eight to ten pounds 
common pail, to which a 
0s lec se flowers, their bene 
and the natural rela they bear to other plants 
elivered last Wednesday, at the oF Institution, oy 
Professor soe n this occasio: n abundance of 
beautiful forced Roses bee ‘nr by anr, Lane and 
Co., of Great Berkhampst 
Habit of Chlorea ne 1 ome - Sosy of this beau- 
ial oe | of cenventet ial Orchidace 
ur gardens, the Pensa extract tak a i latior from Mr. 
Biidees. whe has been travellin b- 
lished in the ‘* London Jour: 
oa 
D ripen. 
la w acquainted with phink twenty eee and have 
sent vhenss a quantity of the roots of six si 
reese ts MEMORANDA. 
Titness Park, Sunn —In the Conservatory at this place 
s a very fine specimen of vache ya tricolor, a beautiful ee aaa 
phd from § River. It was presente y Mr. Mangles n May 
las' 
peas sear i nm: 
in a mixture of decompose 
the pore hole ett drained with the hard and rough husks of 
Beech-nuts.— April 26. 
htonia 
— Bonatea — Trichopilia tortilis 
, 0. _— O. ampliatum, O. papilio, O. ag Masde- 
infrac * foci aliis. The rare Aerides: B rookeii i is 
puctaanes ean me of flowers, from beloseed it is bas 
to prepare a figure ie Bue of the botanical periodicals.—May 2 
ng eeeieeeenerinenseeinenionees 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS ate the Seen — 
will have i pyle 
and the planting of — ort bears must te cndek “" 
immediately — the gg hehe Sars however, Faget rete not 
S00; pepe itti will be you leie fei g 
be steieapiod while the grow 
TCHE pap pg 1s AND ORCHARD. 
nin Department. 
ied by akeen drying win 
glass to break the sun’s re 
—When 
advantageously Ss 
ay, and close the houses while the sun has power t 
them to 90° or 95°, which, in conjunction with a them atmo- 
- em 
sphere, will not in in any way injure the plants. 
of clear days, ee air before the houses get warm en the 
thermometer rises above 70°. Water ought never es ack the 
Grapes after indications of ri ap 
ee eee ee | forced fruit is generally insipid from the 
want Land but in a season like the present, there need 
be no deficiency of of flavour rif the directions given last week are 
oe: ctu any leaves which — the fruit. Tie the 
to the tre atin te the. cae Scneinn: Aaa sack 
of w 
feate, ‘aa pete no more fire heat than 
Srrawssraizs.—If the weather euehene hot, ripening fruit | 
‘ 
Epacrises, 
a contvenseanre: 
have done ne i shoul and 
sary Dot d. Chin 
The sorts 
od gr pee inde growing niosiitas 
of roo! 
oly be planted eu if the weather will 
Neapolitan and Russian Violets, for ‘aowering in 
Dahlias. 
the weeding 
transplanted stuff. 
ee > let T 
wash- 4 
| should be removed revs — roe burning sun to a more shady part 
er will be needed, and the fruit will 
s that me nearly ripe must 
ce a 
Try. eve 
le aves in health ; for if t 
3, the flavour of the fruit will be m 
i getable Marrows intended ‘fon 
ee ae — not be —" ~ up too tenderly. 
Mu. SE.—Keep path constantly ist, and if 
hay is used for covering the bed that al so should be > sprinkled. 
Pora’ that pag for table ‘might be taken u up and “et edin 
dry ea “ds the s afterwards planted with Melon 
~door " Departme ent. 
llth 
pest s that 2 are te enough ; they should Sd be so 
counted, and tied up in bundles, setti ing the bottoms in wena ig 
was ag Aa e wanted for use 
Bea — Put i n anothe r ee on earth those that requi: 
swat h damaged this season by an insene 
appar’ ently species of Carealio, which feeds upon the tender 
py Possibly repeated dustings with soot, when t the e plants 
liat 
are moist, may ive. 
ROCC OL ie fae et to take upand retard pi poe sorts brags 
la a 
raised wu s will n 
aud pele ately be dane if the aye 
und is sie dry. In 
— where fee bg is —— 
ba e put M4 gs the 
ii ight 
ay 
Be¢ 
Bag 
ae 
Qn¢ 
4 
© 
ne 
poe pos stem 
thick fetid mixture, such mud from a cesspool. s of- 
e coating is said to prevent the fly from laying its oes on 
e ach ag 
ne pants —Continue to prick out the young plants - as they be- 
When leisure am * y 
= ceatinen (for Planting | the first ¢ 
inches of rich 
for a crops. 
RD AND Cress, RApIsHEs, and other kinds of salading, 
run to flower, should be sown, accordin, g to the de- 
mand for them, - a shady border. 
s e last sown n have probably been damaged by 
the flea during ae droughts in which case another sowing should 
be made as soon as possi caparoes 
require constant attention, in dis- 
checking the increase “ Bi ise 
N e far 
ay nut, exce ept with an inten io f weakening the trees. 
r three times a week in dry weather. Weak 
Pe bey trees sometimes vice a profusion of bloom, which pe 
sp 
” foonsas igs scissors, leaving 
corymb. If the ~~ is already set, that should be irdlerte 
pe ated ie wee n the Gooseberry and Currant caters 
generally bere their ah ages. Various methods have been 
ended 1 for their destruction, of which the ost effec’ 
eat with dry Hellebore-pow 
II, FLOWER. iat tal mai pac easteanes 
operation: 
of the plants may be kept much no - 
cool nee with a north ae this metimes a ee te 
order h are destined for “exhibition. 
retara t 
ie onght isd to be natant ‘treated. 
may bei inar arched, 0! utti “ES of the ques shoots 
ely, and gi them 
Pass AND aaa —Excepting the most tender kinds, plants 
set out of the ! des hardier may, in 
Annuals 
uld be pg puestied bef sre the roots get 
Pot off young plants of the Chinese Pri 
angea cuttings. i 
be roots, spetstee Tahaid be repotted in rich soil. The mo 
ard Dahlia should be set out in some sheltered posh 
ted. 
hasaen them reviews to being plan’ 
Out-door Departmen: 
durin 
Partial rain the fast few days, those who 
s having fallen during 
have mae favoured Sagi to lose no time in —- out the most 
ad 
mira eine mise planting of the fl wer-beds may 
proceeded with, beginnin: 7 ee those piants = ch would 
asual fro 
suffer least by the return of co Ranun- 
ulus roots may yet be planted to oe Rene a m 
y g them five or six hours. in water. Put in cuttings 
of Pansies and Ww transplant 
in pots in wintet: 
Plant out dry roots of 
NURSERY AND FOREST DEPARTME ENT. 
Nursgry.—The principal business in this department now is 
and ame watering of seed-beds and Sage 
—The barking season, which 
, is now a its height in most 
country, and no time should be lost bs bringing it 
- ieee 
Forest AND Corrice Woops. 
The Deepdene. 
idaged of the Weather near London for the Week ending May 5, 
842, as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
pommdceeet Se 
69.0 54.7 
—— 29. oe with aig haze; fine; cloudy. 
rae clear at ni 
Me s throughont. 
and very a 
2, Excessively Pmt with brisk N.E. wind jtilent frost at night. 
very fine; slight rain in en 
3. Clear and 
4, Light clouds and fine; clear at one 
5, Fine ; light clouds; overcast ; heavy rain at sid’ 
