1842. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 321 
4 carelessly done. if the weather is dry, ¢ he plants a good |  Simple.—No. 3 i s Lasiopétalum solanéceum 4 and 5 are spe- | these will succeed as standards. If any are to be fayoured with 
"watering b | about them is made level. Thin annuals at ie Patarak ; Land 2 are  Begénias, but we really have not | the protection of a wall, the Ribston Pippin and O'd Nonpareil 
"where the Sethes are too thick. The most forward Dahlia plants | tim ascertain their speci are proper, 
‘may now be planted out. Some suggestions for a harmonious Taanende It is not essential t to the health of see be trop) Ww. Ford,— —Your plants are, 1. eran ne eae 2. E. echii- 
#arrangement of the colours of these will be found at Vol. 1, p.291. | should b p to xternal temperature dur er, if | flora; 3 and 4. - Stipeninams 5. E. arborea; 6. E. h brida ; 7. E. vis- 
i N Y AND md eras bp rngichyome his the Greenhouse or Winety in which they grow is pov ana kept a | céria #8. Chorozema cordat: um; 9. Poordica pinata ; 10 is in too 
hx Noursery.—Buads of last an = S of this season ought to be | few degrees above the freezing point during that season young a state ho be identified 11. Entelea palmata; 12. a Lepto- 
| “looked over from time “= vor i a poe oon od from } Florecolist.—Your plant is s some kind of O’cymum or Basil, but | spermum, probably serice 
ap he ay attention ng water- } in best 
ing, when ne essary, of young transplanted s edlings, for if neg- Malachi.—Szxps from the snaps and from: the neighbour- wid driend to Floriculture ~ An acco wilt isptouna at p. fet ork a4 
ie lected while an nd delicate many of them will erish. hood of Rio de paw may be essfully grown in a hotbed. | year’s Chronicle, and at p. 53 of this. 
' Forest AND Corrice Woops.—Continue the felling and peeling es cannot be preserved aitereetas nor Kept ih adiowering con- Omega.—We certainly misunderstood you urquestion. Pans or 
f Oak. The 7 ball oe be faggoted, and the branches piled nm, in a gre xotie, but will require the treatment of hot- | water donot suit the Kind 6f succulent plant; with phone 
1 —_ — for ting as the work proceeds.—J. B. Whi iting, aoe ee. tion, they are _ plants red ets posed to 
The D eepdene J, G.—The y ARIATION OF te our Geraniums is | dry and warm coeeaien €, €. g.,in si 
rs : singular circu ae BR In $ dag: of the Gem which you Carnation.—If veh sea attackin the ‘kG ple: t ee are 
4 State of the A sae ae near London for the Week ending May 12, | have sent us, the one Routt is of a bright rosy carmine, while they may be driven a y by tobace: oo ee ae - sting ebie-otal 
. 1842, as observed at the Horticultura} Garden, Chiswick. the other i is : purplish lilac. This i is one of the freaks of Nature remove them. In dire ting all. the < tee 2 paren to 
pouty ; T inpiuomeita wae cut off, up to a certain time, allusion was ad i 
q “a Max Rees Wind, | Rain. S. F. P.—By no means cut the young shoots of your newie. in a state for cutting, vt to those in pr - Sotes. of p wenn And er 
“Blas i — read . “ 9% . ae for aye eae Spel ee will be much improved if not c mates — e three years old, the they ought to be fit to 
t Saturday 7 29.322 197 46 64.5 S.W. 422 ora fragt’ wo S te this 
4 Sunday © 8] 29.706 29.382 63 41 52.0 WwW. +20 f Pet 3; No, t fi hich t 
4 Monday ? 0 | acne pipe “44 od as ay +10 lis ve iamaie, No. 2i aye pre ie finely now dered. Itye you employ plaster of of Porta. > oon 
Wednesday!1 29.966 29.842 65 44 54.5 eh ae NDELION is TT for salad by merely taking up | prevent its ing as long as youcan. Ina hours, Say 10, 
Thursday 12} 29.984 29.920 51 37 44.0 N. 02 strong 1 roots in autumn and blanching en's in winter, by putting the smell of he putrid urine will be serome vow gypsum > 
Average |" 29.779 | 29.655 | 60.9 |~403 | 60.6 “se | them cellar where the frost cannot reach them. Nothing is | unburnt. We have never recommended gy: in'the form 
more ech igi to force them then, and nothing ‘more difficult | plaster of Paris, thom it may be so pt but not with the sam 
= sai: Siam) ahowrary witivsins alls ; lou dy andfine. a to swallow them when forced. They are as bitter as soot. | adv: Myton, as unburnt. 
4 7. Rain; squally larweds ieee with ae at night. G. ¥Y.—It will never do to introduce a tan-bed into your G. W —Your plant seems a mere form of Catasetum semi- 
4 8. Cloudy ; boisterous, with showers; clea Gavexinoree under the sage, for the sake of iner spears “te e heat. spertum, ee : a5 
j , you moea as far as we can from 
; 9. Cloudy and fine ; hea avy showers ; ‘iano in afternoon ; would te € to co conte with the oti al moisture if the tan oe peat pes ’ he a leaf 
5 en you might want a dry air, and it would soon lose its heat J. Davis.—Your plant is Hermannia denindata: The question 
4 ts Gotten sileht fost cori isk SRW, ha iia pA hes eee A brick flue, which you say you have, must be very | about Asparagus a's answered, or will be, by the “Calendar of 
a 12. Rai ey f ; drizzly if cold; clondy. . ry ilfully pete 6 not to give heat enough. erations.” Many methods of killing woodlice have been given 
if . ee say that N een oF Sopa is sold by the | in the Chrwunicle of last year, as will be seen by the akee 
State of Ris Weather at Chiswick auring he a 16 years, for = or ‘owt. “ie all drysalters who have any trade, and by ail re- Manchester. eel — s Bistort, a troublesom: 
the ensuing Week ending May 2 spectable dealers in artificial manures. We really cannot recom- Thorough primo t place, and srequent i pete 0 
— iyAver ‘Aver, [ae Intean| yee, “Aimee Prevailin 2 Winds. oe ubecriber person yond than ote vil es eee afterwards, are the Feunoaes: oad must loo 
™ ‘ st |Sfean aes dia A e at present know very € about GuANoO. Hope How. aes — Oxylébium ellipticum Saaalichaii ae greenhouse 
im ' May. coop Sore Temp + pr i pow Ptieers : “j= ip\E | itis extr ae powerful, A handful in a couple of gellons of Pec i “ “: : 
mi SALA Re Wr nti PE ISR, Gd 5 2 et “ | water is the proportion we should employ as liquid m e for Vitis has been keeping both the air and soil of his ee toe 
Sun. + SH Bes 4 oe) ale ty a} te | trial. dry. Although: the blossoms ought not to ‘be syringed w 
ey mime fies |"eeo ; ois ret ait ee sa oweERs become pouBLE both by the wr abt ahraye of | flower, the air ought never to become dry.» 
raaivee bree7: |< 248. | 85.7 4 0.14 1} et alata ‘| 2 | stamen ital, and by the increase of number of petals, and @.—Gas waren will act much more rapidly on your grass 
 Thurs.19 | 66.6 39.0 | 62.8 5 0.50 1 J 6) 1)1 3) 2 — arinetiaane, ey the conversion of the young seed. vessels i into Pe- | land than nitrate of soda. We sho however, pore a ert 
— ae: | cans | coe 6 02g} al s.4\ 4| 9 2=)2| tals. Dahlias however, Chrysanthemums, Marigolds, and simi- Vantage from either. There are many such complaints spate ad 
Sat. lo) Ee ie ao besa os Pe bd a 5s ler flowers, . belonging to g to oe ps Sg odin ed esa Keg e doulas OF Cabbeges runniig to seed mrad Geciear PProbably i nf 
cheat telneere during the above nonin ee | from a very ‘eren' € coro e “ 
temperature during the above period occurred on | centre of the aaeur deed a ck a ne a tubular to a ligulate, | Cupected with the unusual length of hot and dry weather this 
Resi iat a ‘rt, 1833—thermomieter 86°; and the lowest on the i , Spring. 
15th, 1838—th meter 26°, or strap-shaped form. Much obliged for your advice. FR. M.—We apprehend your Night-smelling Wallflower is not 
dD. B.— ainl As eae Po Bad 8s ai aaa rea bie mean coh 9 what is 3 go ‘oallad We stiean Hekperis tats tis, yon perhaps 
Y gas, is very prejudici ry, and should | A 
: pinata 4 ON COVENT GARDEN ma MARKET, neve be employed d cith a . fe for iting g ie heating pl ant: te ous oa: i ntena ae ep sical ar Bae the climate of Cork is very 
yan -—No dou e tame by being co: Yd)  allder.— We 
eee tic mo Vegeta pilies aang te shor ashe. grinned by fed. “But what th then wei A in Uy far'the imneel Hoteia ete y giving them o old laid ou will 40. Sr istentine cmon 
grok uit bes, however, been olereny plentiful. Fruit.—The pean a eg sak our seiDLtNo F os pete ieehes tai ee eth Ga the | {or us to. say anything about it. None of our cor orrespondents 
, , been 
oe io Stine beens ane dsnndant, arth ab py sida: eis, Gace tbe apes lb penne s of Bo ema Cee pee handel in ye wate pot of water. « aablivony ites spt dines Jag 
, : : 
. 3 i cous gait af pang ph atypia oe 15s. to bloomer, it ill brove A valuable le addition Ra is bean ifal genus As usual, many let ve arrived too late for answers this week. 
lb.; and green Apricots are selling at 1s. pottle. Pears ite had rom Beed this Spring wilt me Aint apt 
: - . : i sane The Sewers! which you se be 
4 Bf good pos f oa. Ried Prsgerbetd iaiok ' ker than during the pe pples those "oft the viburaam dentatum. Only 4 of the Ninbers which N E W Ss O F (3 H E WwW E BE K 7 
office ; by 
Satine wreks sperentess of both the snd itchen kinds inclosing stamps to their amount; with your aireetion, you ‘can THE chi af feature in ou m France is the 
eae lane Se taae egal teed bot abun ndant from Ee aaa: - also are hearly out of print, the | occurrence n the Paris ‘and Versei the “Railroed d, of the 
: oz. A i we observed some very fine samples of ’ ‘a 4 e, 1 ’ 
- A ; e bett ya Burke’s Manual of ‘‘ Cotta if : 
Ber Pine and Myatt’s Eliza. Green Gooseberries have made Sooner you send, th Gblished in about « & er; | Most serious pare et recorded in the annals of railroad 
>> their uring the week, and are selling from.6s. to Economy and Cookery will b shed abou Ze ortnight’s y or 
“per half-sieve. Cucumbers are from 1s. to 3s nae brace. Vege. | timein the Sb ag doe oft the Royal Agricaltoral Soc ravelling, This Sisusthes event took placed on Sunday 
_ tables. — Broccoli is not so plentiful, and has e, Ves T. Appleby.—No 1. of ear soar 8 oe ee? ‘nich crushed, | éveni hen th i filled with visi turning 
_ somewhat in price. © Cauliflowers are to be ‘obtain from | >8 gre cesta to be O. digita 2. O.lovgifaiv um. 3. 0. ascendens, | Vening, w ne Me treins wets eer ee 
Pe 4 Gb-On; per’: Gakdes:':) ‘Phe aupply ot ‘Aapebagun’ bak weet ic. —The best crane on ‘Alger, w plates, are, Turner’s | from Versailles, where they had assembled to witness the 
_ ther lanited, owing to the heavy rains, and the price has et hon, for species, and Greville’s S Alge Britannice, | ¢. tivities in honour of the King’s birth-day. More than 
rise : é 
ie buy tase repone Bee! Roun te! } rtaritly rg ineee When sTaBiR DUNG is placed in a heap, and made to heat, | 100 persons were crushed or burnt to death on the spot, 
ratty have appeared from Cornwall, which are selling ne for the ped ah: of marine Aj por ofa Es pe ca bed, pall ts and. nearly 200 se tiously wounded. This melancholy 
0 5s. per doz. lbs. Young Carrots fetch from 1s. 
3 
. 6d. e par 
= bunch. Cos Lettuces are improving, and fetch from “J a ie end of a season is Se perasvels “inactive, , though no doubt still oe 
_ 28. perscore. Rhubarb is very good and abundant, from 4s to led on much eer Mh: Asay a yg Ro Bow fo aes devia ce-hieat, such uid and its immediate nsequence was a serious fail i in the 
s ef 1: wt mana eee penny Poke te Pie of: sat ripe papenes Gat egrng time is at hand when hot water wi be ned value of all railway securities. Some ex ene 
 Ixias, Caleeclirias, Cloves and Yellow ; Plooteae Assleans-ans | 1 or Renee Eeepone, spd the dung applied to the purposes for | also been created in Paris by the arrest of a contider- 
| whi tend : ; in thelr 
a pee ae eke ee Ag ere . P.—Pearson’s Buack Parwcr is a Pansy of the deepest bine | able number of the uring classes, having ing t 
SEMA Mbse Mehta, secedin-arece teindube ea aor. te Lig purple, approaching to black, with a patch of rich yellow in the | possession a quantity of arms and — mm of a 
sert, per bushel, Beto 14s ” per 100, 60 Hae EPYPF DOE, cf the lip, or lowest petal, containing a few distinct | 14. g ti sed to be. connected with another 
Bs Strawberries, forced, per o.. 4d to9d Cucumbers, pet Weana, to ted lines running from the ‘colour t cgi the centre, which. P free rgritin mae a fig 
é cttiney po dos’ eos Cherries, pe Ib. 164 t0 206 from marking. It is a of very fine properties, round, | plot to a mate the King. —This week has also. 
S Ar soe, green, per pote, fe fete ae Pe Be Ae pete as psy of tle ¥ —_ well-proportioned petals, et signaled by another calamitous event, the de- 
a e, per is tol ur Pans: good ” . . 
«Grape ae vr othe use, s Bor pound) Se to. 10s Sweet Alnondey pe pound, se flower. The eye ye B2Omh Fn al poles seairehis, as we oe | ee on of one of great commercial city Fe 
eS y Ade to, deficient in fine yellows; but examine it carefully, you morni 
se Portal spei iets xu, pet buahat - ca Mansel ha Is, more especially the side ones, are Bamburgh by re — out on se Panis? 
, “BEE 100,58 to 164 = ‘Spanish, 16s small, and deficient in the form ‘of their outline. The Calceolaria ursday the inst., lasted until Sunday; during 
itter, per 100, » Seto oe = Barcelona, 204 to 240 Ie Jee y variety, rather too long, but worth preserving, if itis | which period no less than 52 streets, 3 churches, and 
= Ys 
VEGETABLES. ned d. Your seediin g Pelargénium is no t worth preserving. The | Nearly all the public buildings in the commercial quarter 
264 0 Garlic, rer le form is too long, the oteis too arrow, the colour common, and | of the city, were reduced to ashes. abs ae ag as might 
"Bredert per bunch, ad the spot not of the right y ae improvements.! have been expected, has ore and dis- 
ate Onions, ¢, er alt sieve, 3s to 4s made in this beautiful tribe of flowers within afew years is such, 
® for pick. ~» per hf. ht eve, stipe that flowers nd the class to which yours belong are considered out | tress upon the great mass of nga ik the 
om peed 6" * | of date. We know nothi your mi, +} amount of the actual loss. is sip et fully aseer- 
mgt rnd y to, Jase, 08 the best we can recommend are quicklime or wood ashes. The S ae ws ait 
0 58 — Sprue. er Smal, ls 6d $9 80 68 best plans to clear your frames of woodlice are to be found at pp. | tained. —Fro pain our news is not o} particu ar in-— 
per bush. 26 t0 24 4] Lettuce, Cabbage, p. svore, ed to 1 62 | 150 prick Sat aardealy Chronicle. megs terest: the Cortes have been engaged with discussions 
to 2s" en : : Alexis.—Yo plants are, 1. Acer mon » 01 striatum ; s 
lob ih pA: Ai Delery, Seat an ts ea | 2. Vaccinium ameenum; 3. Lonicera alpigena. “| ona bill proposed by the Ministry for a loan of 160 
d to 58 Small Salads, per pe yoanet Bd to kee bd An Under-Gardener.—With regard to the distance above the | millions of reals, said to be required to carry on the 
ess, p.dz. . there : . 
Parsley per half seve, od tos oi bench § aftcd x. ga soeote ot, Vinmes: pgm hay e wa | Government; the debate, as far as it has proceeded, pre- 
= hc 2 spoil Ae »per dozen buncher, 2 2 eareces of Mr, Wh Whiting’s speieie: we have no hesitation se dod sents no feature of general interest, and J 
ia r e, 2s "i sin’ 
en EN sag deere Minty et do Lewgeensog py ei tha waits ae ee pap ti wep oncom » Psprraranane, long protracted.—From_ ortugal we learn that the pro- 
+ P-doz. beh., 6d to 1s 6d/ Basil, per ‘doz. oe teen thod. This, however, is only applicable to Vines trained.on the | jected commertial treaties with this country are making 
weve, Ve to Is 6d Shabert Sealks, dos.  indien, tt. 1g | spursystem. rogress, and that they = —_ to be signed in the 
th.—Our 
ghar tests whereby particular im. 
Peedibes: Is to ls 6d ecintties - oe Ste manures might be de ornare but it = almost | course of the present mo rman news is con- 
impossible to give simple tests eirpurity. In rv recent 
Notices to Correspondents. such things, it is Detter to go to the tas et pageeuls dealer r: ese ner rerecst . M.P. mraals on the 
S us that the stem PUNICEUS, mentioned at | ther than to him wh " of the Frenc inister, M. Pageot, to Vienna, 
out through the Philo-T: i better inquire of the Seen: the marriag: Qu pain ; 
-—Your Pans are,—1, Spigétia marylandica ; 2, Reau- | New Zealand Company in London. We cannot advise Aachen onnected with th Sue : 
ri 3 3 is not to be found in ‘‘ Paxton’s Botanical | one way or the other. bag. gimp Serine doubt ~ em connected with another mis 
a Sidenemecrirh = the colony; for other the Court of Prussia.—By the 
een a yon will perhaps be able to obtain good specimens of | we d York we learn that the 
a Grasses from Mr. Gardiner, of Deaton, whose adver- yy Awateor: urWe cannot tell you the exact proportions ep ear 
seeveien ux ties week's C the stems of Apri Trexs; but y nate, and received the 
hich y your hot-water may mix equal quantities of Seika, woodashes, and: queue 
e Rep rth doo ye no rape have effected er; then pour in some soapsuds, stirring the mixture well 
pose e sponses ch ii is by giving off a} at the ere time, until it is about the thickness of paint. If 
ras or hich is de ese ; but | applied with a brush over the parts infected with ticazn and 
“il remain adhering to bey) sn although its strength oe it vill eradicate them, but will ce destroy mt a of 
great measure, be gone. If your Vines are still affected, | insects. Tobacco-water is to be procured ready manufactured 
as possible. Tobacco no use in | at the shops ; it must be diluted with eae equal q quitntitty of water 
viously to bein; 
rad over aegis dried gd aren Sof tsi succession from from October. 
soca Toe No.4 till July may consist o' Bes by cin, Hughen'e Goto , Maclean’s 
fordshire Pearmain, Ch Seapubelie saw stoeaniie ‘Sturmer 
