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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
369 . 
State of the hs caw ary at Chiswick during the last 16 years, for 
the g Week ending June 11, 1842. 
freed Fai Mean Be ta hb alee 75 ae 
hich it 
June Te P| Temp. Temp Watnta: of Rain. |Z z\8 3 =e : 
oy ae ee —_—_—_—_— [|| ~|- | ~ 5 id = 
5| 688 | 46.0 | 57.4 8 0.64 in. | 2| 9\—}-} s} Ai 
Mon. 6 67-6 47.7 57.6 9 0.28 3) 3—/1} 3 113 
Tues. 7| 66.4 46.3 | 56.4 5 0.53 3) 3\—| 2 2 1) 3) 2 
Wed. 8| 69. 47.3 | 58.3 4 0.07 8) 3/-1J=1.3 4)1 
Thurs. 9 | 71.6 48.7 | 60.2 6 0.60 1} 2] a] 8 2! 2 
Fri. 10] 72.5 49.6 | 61,0 q 0.17 1] a|_} a] 3} Bl a} 7 
Set, 20 | 71. 51,0 | 61.0 7 0.47 faa fet ey be 3 ale. 
~The highest tempera ‘ture during the — period occurred on 
od 10th, — and 1835— thermometer 87°; he t on the 
ermometer 
aes ON CO 
ENT GARDEN MARKET, 
e oar ending June e 3, 1842, 
an for many 
per | 
preceding 
plentifl, uit haan ae is rather pany bei 
ant, of good 
weeks. 
the week, at 10s 3 3s. to.1 
oa Esa and Nectarines ecoming more abundant, at 
a what reduced price, being from 12s. to 30s. per doz, 
Cherries roe ranging between 4s. and 15s. per Ib. Strawberries 
contin uch the same as they were last k. There. are 
ab das y ooseberries and Currants; which are consider- 
maintains i 
plentiful ; "the best i is ie cael from 4s. to 6s. per pe nili- 
cheaper, from 
2s. to 8s. per doz. Peas have become da aily more plentifal they 
& at 30s. per Preis - per r bushel. 
to Is. oz. New Potato much 
4d, to lb. ; the Corni: ds from 1s, 6d, to 3s. per dozen Ib: 
Young Turnips and Carrots are plentiful ; former from 3s. to 
er doz. bunches, the latter from 6d. to 1s. 3d. per Denseh, 
Rhubarb dant, 4s 12s. per doz. bundles. Mush- 
rooms are rather scarce, and are selling from 9d. t s. 6d. per 
pottle. 
a pr A soe tetas ITs :— 
Maeles, eae to er brace, 8d to 3s 
Dessert, per "bushel, 5s -. 12s 
30s 
0 128 
itter, per ees 10s 
Lemons, per doz. ls to2s 
per 100, 6st “sre 
Cabbage, White, per doz. 6d to 
EGETA 
and from 10s. to 1 
00 
woe bepad m a 33 to 10s 
sake sd per lb. 4 1s tof 5s 
Vv 
ls 6d Gattig, pintk: fig 
arene ee ecm = es = to 5s Shallots, per aos behs., 3 to 4s 
Broccoli, Brown, farbys Gr pieuh o 
Gaulifiowers, per shee e ne Onions, per halt pgs - 6d 
eas, per barge, 18s ot en ai coer r ng to vs 
“— per sieve, 8s. to 12s “ota se arge, 06s 
_ oa half sieve, 5s : 7s Seconn ¢ or rrAtladiing, 2 = mf 3s 
sack, 21s to — Sprue, o 6d 
Sides Beans. forced, p. 100, 246d to a16d Lettuce, Cabbage, p. Siding 
a Potacocs, parteas 453 to 9 
» P. doz. bch., 9d 
‘Te 
‘ Riinach, ; “ae sieve, Is 
Chives, per pot, 3. 
Artichokes, per doz..5s to 10s 
6d 
Horse Radish earhupdis, 2s to 8s 
» Radish, per rae hands (24 to 30 éach) Sa 
to ls Maj 
Savor 
Basil, per doz 
_ Leeks, per dozen pee 9d tols 6d large Stalks, 
Thveg” per doz, 
doz. bunch 
t, per dozen inobeit Qs to 3s 
Hee Per oy a bu ot age Qs 
er doz. -— 
es 
| polystachion 
doz. ities cs to 12s 
oms, ‘Ber pottle, 9d to ls 6d 
z else of 
R CHEESE 
tation 
Plaint :— 
ave been Teer it may hay 
that s 
produce 
d bya 
as an 
= bene Labeh 
ces to tents gle os fo 
+ 
the 
, OF both, or any 
hen tis cep by Bose ag the ieibins er of ScHaB- 
small quan 
ccor te 
ame given to a particular 
called 
ie, s the 
ss eid Nom it. The latter is also 
‘er. 
D. Z.—We tegant the ‘mode of packing seeds recommended by 
od one. If you will turn to p. 715 of 
Arthropédium 
ayourably o: ther e Calce 
that is plete, to their having been so very w 
s eff th 
niculatum. We 
conte or hegre ; ot | 
er of fon ted, 
Crowner’s quest was held on the ete ; 
twould n not bring b him to life a 
ae RB seed is not wanted, mere waste of 
‘As powers of a plant to allow it tc to flower. For the cae eye en 
oo sho t be permitted to bear berries, n ea-kale 
. > None and seeds. We eens eeortet ns -See sayehieet Donat in 
_ &Shorttime. Look to our leading articles. 
Esto Perpetua has too formidable a name for us to underthke 
the perpetual labour of NAMING HIS PLANTS. As we have often f- 
wrens on former occasions 
e this upon 
sfy the curio. 
sity of those who gather me scor es of bits of sonal plants, 
huddle them together eps a letter, some i th, some without 
mar o and then Taseeaicn themtous. Time Few valu ‘able to be 
thus asted. Such sap as those of “‘ Es sto ee ua” are such 
he Hos, 
on the contrary; thus oh ag the order of the mes —Iti is 
— nature to do so , and no eat | en than why 
an bay lks on two legs and aahend on fou 
ny lor —The disease with oe your i ba nem NIUMS are af- 
fected, ippeurs to La very evalent this seas It is difficult 
an less we were acquainted with the pre- 
them 
e your ho ouse e afte 
nights which have occurred of 
pote that would be sufficient to produce it, In the specimens 
voee yn is not the least eos ee insect; 
— Your 
6, Ve a 
are,—1l, Eri a Boweiana ; 5, 
vir Beccabun ey 3.7, Eriéphorum 
8, Carex stricta. The rest are suck wretched spe- 
ci imens that 3 it ie impossible to.determine what they are. 
C.—Ivy, ‘if nailed to it, may be Pte after a time to 
adhere to your w whi itewa abe d wa l. We came of no other means, 
ntipathy to kas Fruit.trees will suc- 
ceed pave as well against a & STONE WA eal ontanbs a brick ae 
ragh, — 
ikateeare. Bigricans 
The ast gins sits Tay 4 in a great measure, vicina by 
having a wooden or wire trellis affixed to it. 
Plots, Your lant is Dielytra formosa. The Boxu CL 
VER is nearly the same as the ite or Siberian Melilot, recom- 
mended by M. Thoui he Agricultural Society of Paris in.1788 
atio > 0 
eeper parts of your pond 
poner” ica, ond Agapanthus 
more ws? tg places, Vitlarsia 
nia ustris, and C 
The od of HEATING 
rdeners? Chronicle of last week, 
is no doubt a good one; it is map hgr ean for the heat of the wa- 
ter to crack the ne gutters in w in yeep it 
A. W,—If y 
ots are remo 
‘oung Cottager The seeds of t 
getate amly. if the eet in which 
a gentle hotbed. will do 
pots should be ‘well dr 
not 
mixing ate with the s 
las and oe pone ig 
acheia corymbifiora will ve- 
are sown are eecat in 
for the purpose, and the 
ned. 
see what advantage can be derived from 
oil in which you intend to pot Auricu- 
ery occasion to cut off the ee of the 
WisrA’nt RIA (Gix ‘CINE) SINENSIS When thé bloom is fallen. As 
the plant never perfects its seeds i = this piece 'the hig 
can be Fe of no injury to it. 
ig .—No. 1 seems one of the mule Hippeastra near John- 
— ‘No. 2is H. avlicum. 
vs asa Subscriber.—Pyrus pinnatifida. 
4 "Lae rdener will find the’ following tag 
MUMS weed suitor to turning out in beds g the summer, pro- 
vided such beds be hot and dry, eh <n as acinaciforme, 
rubrocinctum, lacerum, ecm: bicolorum, barbatum, pomeri. 
asanaien, tricolor, papillos 
Messrs. Donald ait Shas _ 
g Sunday—the day following they b) too. tak: gone 
to allow of a correct opinion being formed of their merits. en 
your box reached us the pe of your Pawsigs were all curled 
up, so that it was rcagrerns to judge of the form of the fiower, 
and the colour in the f three of appears to have 
run. The eye in pr te of thes wants bol » Nos. 1 and 
seem to be the best. The Passion-flower is of no particular merit. 
orace.—Your seedling PELARGONIUM will ake a showy va- 
rss f Paes the A reisieio goee by es by which this family are 
and precise, and your flower is deficient in 
the f first Tausnttint point, ph ie is form; the under Is being 
cae long, and rather too thin, Pe soon become loose, and pre- 
ent the flower retaining th the form with which it > tee The de- 
Tete pink epi’ be a fiower is very beau 
$s (which of a good form) is well defined. It is 
f the P 
Shnedar' eo many 0! goniums we are in the habit of 
ory opinion can be given upon the merits of 
see 
Yi G. —No satisfacto 
your seedling Peta RGONIUMs from the state in bog = ae 
ever, lik lisa s 
ae tan 
of th e petals ; r they reflex or 
their cupped form it is ‘impossible to judge; y you must contrive to 
send bey re a_ box, t being pre Se 3 the usual 
et some i your PANSIES. 
e our 
ts) lowing s £ option ot “asco 
—— ed bluish annie: ie i is your heat 
flower ; it is of d form, but we fear it will never lie flat, from 
up aa being Se) — egrerey ee PIs ner form. 6. Com- 
rs and wan rE A large flower, the lower petals 
the symmetry is m oe by the 
rtion 
pai of ae upper petals te eye is poor, and the yo nig of the 
pe etals rather ro 4. ek a ¥ sander es white ei 
the eye is ni vedkes of pts et bre: wants 
iat : Sf ar purple, which is carried round the 
wer petals a he band; centrelemon colour, deeper yellow 
petals are t and 
petals are 166. highs: and too much 
ee aan too small. Nos. 5 and 7 are 
eth 
figured and described in the Gardeners’ Taeroniols a9 iy Dp ‘612, 
he experi- 
ments he has made “upon them. _ They may well be called by 
applications 
slaked \. powdered lime, mrst be very beneficial when the ma ggots 
come above ground to feed-and rove each a night, which would 
consequently be the best time for ng. As they are 
particularly fie! a he F Rea of Grass, ghee endl can be more 
a ee a toh edgings and plots where Dahlias 
a 
5 ‘Bail lie’s tan safevtiae ‘the Onions, are a species 
of Mitipede, walled JuLus oe alee cs COMPLANATUS, Li: 
some acco ae with a figure 
ur them, 
removed rik gardens where they 
the show was not noticed is, that 
ith any report of it. 
's.—The Fucusia does not appear, from the speci- 
men sheik we: be sufficiently distinct from others to be worth 
particular notice. 
R. C. K.—I\f the Fir is not Megas common een fons be = ark 
Moc of it, concernin 
whic 
et ca limbing Roses to cover the wall 
described ~ 200 doh high, planting — about 10 feet 
apart: Bla i, Ruga, arland Brena det en te La Wells’ 
Noisette, Persea ar woe! od — les 
vincible Carmine, Sin: 
Yellow B 
si 
oni, an rs arena 
r th 
ee China, — ca 
e of 
enti 
ime Reevesiana, the white sweet. 
icekten ‘China, andeyen e fi 
ner garden Roses, would 
answer this purpose, 
J. Fish.—You will find an rs of the preparation of Sine 
for writing upon Zinc Cesar p. 189 of — Aer s Chron: 
aa Constant Subscriber's p siege Bro: mollis; 2, wenn 
banger 8, Carex 0 wea 4, eeilinas emaccih , 5, Arrhena- 
avend ri 18; 7, Bromus erectus; 8, 
the flowers of plants, 
gnorus.—1, ome grandiflora; 3. Heuchera americana; 3, 
ae Loud 
arle. 
jatar plants are in bad order; the following onl 
Pg gnised:—1, Moll nia ce 3 2, Bromus asper; rf 
Alop «pratensis; 4, Anthoxanthum 2 ane 8, Triglo- 
chin palustre; 9, Geranium molle; 10, Trifdli procumben ns ; 
11, Gymnadénia fi S. 
: 0. F.—The seed you find in the Pansy before the flower 
opens is not fertilised. You should os it just when on the 
poin expanding ; remove the — very %s scape 
ply ho “sie of we other flower 
—Send your ae techtenas: re 3, Charles-street, 
garden om ~~ their blooms. An day in the early saa “of th -i 
eek, if you want them 
to be exhibited a Sue they must 
teat a Fs kepom agh wa in the course of Friday n 
ny Boranicus is sent to srg 
dh name of your is CuRCULIO. YA- 
Major. —The sect 
e€ you will see ‘eat week. Pray give us 
aeons 3 its modern 
the information you pnt oct of. 
Would Dr. Arnold anger sok hve a leaf of hisSaxifrage? The 
mete alone are not. suffici to enable us to determine its 
W. K., A se a Surrey, Omikron, next week. 
r § usual, 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
THE an hardly be one of our readers, in the t 
district « of the United Kinga om, who i is not ee aware 
nae 
they nainf: 
aLuie 
n the events of the past “week; and t there re is not: pe 
who does not regard it with feelings of ti 
tion. Itis i 
tio any Sovereign who ever 
occupied the throne, pri imagining the existence of a per- 
sonal motive to the mission of so grav 
Bound to all class ace oa people by ties of the liveliest 
interest—the mother of a Prince to whom, at some future 
we hope, most distant day, the destinies o 
will 
constant system of pre 
that no bar sere “te “hos 
which s eady to i 
have sats napechens be 
life, they will also, we are 5 cordially concur in- 
the sen eae so happily mcceras by Lord John Rus- 
sell i ouse of Commons, “that when her 
ititeke her subject: 
as salt and lim oie think, however, by repeating the 
doses, that the laren ob Heong be eventually destroyed, and where 
epee ae from valuable plants, are infected by them, such 
the of w e 
orders 
With salt-water, “strewing the 
er, “surface also with 
