through ‘the ‘centre the 
88, 
struggle ~ tie "throng 
Them 
420 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [JuNE.25, 
lossoms till | is found still to differ f from its fellow in hue, in tin t, and forth roots again, if allowed to remain too long in the 
wood is removed, and so good bye to b ag its surrounding foliage,—we admit that the wip ni is |.ground—this fatal event being most liable to Ah under 
new wood can be formed. By t the pm the new ; 4 ; ; i 3 
ing, it is usu- | merit Tho the Ranunculus, however, blo tbe influence of heat and moisture. Hence, if the weather 
wood is ready ; butin the . thi ees cape profusely when properly eon waa ty is yet impatient | be showery, the top awning should never be removed til] 
ally cut off again: an in aa. way & of improper trea bmn 2 an nd hen eee it putas e un- | the stalks and foliage of the plants have turned yellow, 
. branches are incessantly remov ._ | inviting a of being a d capricious | indicating the proper period for taking up the roots ; 
The proper wi for pruni ng t the Banksian Rose is flower. e fault is really attributable fe the unskilful- hen they have put op this appearance they sous » 
Midsummer, the flowering is over; then new r misma ment of the cultivator een and if | at once re: the tuber has again y 
wood is formed abestida ly in the latter part of the following directions be Sit ed to, the reader may | will either grow sally, or, in all probability, reruh ad 
ear; a € sprin , will pour forth its t assured, will rarely again eipulonios regret planted the following year. ut though the young roots 
Horal treasures with the profusion of a prodigal. Now, | and disappointment, but that every healthy root in his y not always be visible to casual observation, if but 
then, is the on for cut the branches close colleatioll will bloom. petus b —an effort, as it were, to 
back, and we trust our readers will profit by our ad- Soil and Situation.—We are instructed by the natural | duced—there will be a failure in the bloom the following 
vice. Mr. Frost finds that the stronger the plant is, | habits of the Ranunculus tribe, that a somewhat moist mer ; ot being d and injured by its pre- 
re a d cool situation is th ost suitable e bed, there- | vious attempt at gro ken up, they should be 
cape im Seles pA amy ayy 2 i i b few bh ept in a dry yet airy apartment, being very liable to 
mer-pruning, ~ finer will =? for Par fore, should be so situated, that it receive but a few hours : ” : y sg abint it ould be Geariaad a Te 
h d of every shoo the morning sun, and be in the lowest part of the act mould 3; a p : 2p ed for the 
‘wi of Roses on the en : den. It must not be raise bighes than as surround- | purpose, or bead ept in partition drawers, or 
that starts from the bosom of the leaves ing walks, should be t two met Fees 0 , and ha ave hung up in paper bags. 
: &e., In conclusion, the chorge caution is given to the young 
SINGTON GAR et " ti orist, not rchase any of the older bir ai of the 
SINCE our inet communication oe rma- | may n sot be shelter ted, " The ed suite ‘soil, is a reten anunculus, with ‘the exception of about dozen s 
tion has been tained respecting this interesting Healjeet, tive loam from the surface of a rich old pasture, the sods | the self-coloured ones : are unc tai P ae is 
which does not at all to lessen the objections already cluded ; to which should be added, and well incorporated, | meagre in a eme, site compared with the pleas 
eee but rather to strengthen th i e third of thoroughly decayed cow Fres etry raised by Messrs. Tyso, and with the : 
en the plan was brought out, it w nure ed, as the roots will not bloom e Scotch Fc oP begs ~ Lighthody Pg seg 
hae one part * it was = nes : as way between chess it exists, but many will perish ; all me — — sera . Horner, 
ensington and Bayswater; at least, it 1s g ’ lating composts are pernicious. i were eee eee 
understood. It turns out, however, that the road is t viohed soil fea “are. equal , the bed should be desc a N THE PROPAGATION aa PINKS. 
e anyt but a public one: it is to be closed at each | the beginning of October, and finished off, and no many Lae ges defer this operation until a 
end by gates, and these gates ke ersons paid the account disturbed till planting time: for it is all-import- aa period, yet I would not recommend it to be delayed 
holders of the villas. In fact, excepting the conditions | ant that soil be compact and close in which the roots | Jonger than the “Boies week in June, or the first week in 
which may be made, and which, in so numerous a body a8 | are planted e practice of putting some inch July. «The reason for commencing thus early is obvions ; 
forty pean may easily be evaded, the road will be manure at the bottom of the bed, is not to be co not only will the young plan vigorous ts 
private one, by whicl at Percons 6 the public will | the roots either will not reach it at all, or if they do, their | before the approach of ari dee A iy but their blooms 
Iie be allowed to t restrictions al- oo — we dea he: mpost is, at least, un- | next season i be ner than could be produced by cut- 
ty to completely thpihvs ties part = irs plan of any } natural : it wih nee that the food | tings, which, not being properly rooted, would havea hard 
ommunity at a be generally and ‘equally ait the 
—It is imposs 
n intend ed to 
ig tthe pate ios oho eons 
on more fully Betas 2: + subject, there appears 
ant to tric a 
backs of the houses on t ; but if the publi 
could have the full and entire use, it would be better 
extreme limit of the land, making the entrances to the 
yin an the road. If tl do t 
row of buildi not too high and with go oe a 
would be far from unsightly as —— ar 
dens; and the situation i o de birshie, eric there 
s no question they would be readil ly le let. 
agen itself, heii it be left entire or not, 
why not make it a 
7 eee 
e 
of. appropriation ; ; and, om its ‘shelte ered p msc Bi 
would m 
There re nothing in this style Sees the metropolis ; 
the Regent’s and St. Jam s Park. and. i 
=F 
oe 
there is amd nothing in sing metropolis in Euro 
which would 1 it 
It is the iain incumbent gi pcarieag a not to 
sacrifice this d, because ust be 
aware, re extending on ae bach ses of of ait ng- 
et. even the mae unds are hardl e, but are 
ing sold off to the builders ; ca sear? exertion 
should be al to add to the lungs of the Metropolis, as 
the ornam siaaigatns vs Gretel ap 
a moré easy and more legitimate source o 
the Queen and the Gérerament than attahding to ot 
, and carrying on the provements in the 
pecan which he nt acai have had the good 
SOO Sead as 
_ON THE cUrTURE OF THE RANUNCULUS. 
THE lus is of the class Polyandria, order Poly- 
Ranuncula 
. natural er ace: 
f Jassieu. The variety R. Asiaticus is tlat which is cul. 
ivated r gardens, and is said to be ive of 
Levant. In its character of a single flower, it has been | 
grown in England for some centuries ; thes id double 
ieties of the present time, the only ones "prized by 
florists, having 
its cultivation. 
This flower is an universal favourite; not only is it 
nen ly valued by itical florist, bat the c genera ad- 
s it as one of Flora’ 
And, indeed, when we contemplate 
its luxuriant and elegant foliage, green-carpetiing the 
ground; its graceful stems rising from the midst, and 
supporting an in pose. i of flowers, enriched wit 
coed) diversity olour, which, though blended 
et arran 1 in mi nost exact and constant relative 
sea Yiinile each aowed among the gorgeous multitude 
ted. 
ee too strongly on 
shou 
It s be 
moist ; 2% roots isoagae 
in the so if ates 
oS 
o 
a 
themselves as, at 
ment to throw the 
about 4 feet in w 
| mining 
beat gradually produced in the: progress of | duced 
e 
much appr culturis e 
re soi is not disturbed, but left close and reten- 
an is, drawing drills across the b 
in re ttin ratte e roots pec and then filling them 
up with the siphoned soil; the worst of plans being 
the raking the evenly pe setting the roots on a 
ng bed 
and then covering the whole 14 in. _ loose soil: yet 
this is commonly nett sed. 
General Managemen ee the beginning of phe 
i gee de 
raey 
= 
Os 
an evening, but only just so much as will pre 
of the bed from cracking; or a little moss, or old s 
placed bet bard 
unfrequently happens that plants, which have ] 
a ti gth begin to turn yellow in = foliage, 
and se ee —— and go off. isa 
very c complaint a biippaboninesit it 
i Nag attributable to the practice of deluging the bed 
wi 
water e rows in hot dry weath The ots 
absorbing the large supply of water thus artificially af- 
forded to them, transmit it in abundant quantities to the 
leaves, which are now excit ot dry atmo- 
h tly inc d : ral ex- 
citement at length weakens and destroys their vitality, and 
aps — the m aution, to 
n the rows, and foliage, lest 
it “foold fret be turned yellow, is speed, d altogether 
a mistaken hypothesis. The dying of the leaves in 
é instances evidently depends on a want i gour, or 
pa rot in the root ; and ins few ies d 
i to caused by large Fie plants eir 
wide tracks amid the roots of t 
h wil 
and promote the si 2 of uch air 
be saute ae Paihia; eat that the Siuil oma te 
Roots.—Of all the points in the culti- 
the Rénuntalia: this is the most vital and im- 
portiat: The tubers are extremely apt to start, or et 
nter. 
expeditious ee 
f th 
ainage; and upon the w ag * mixture of 
Aa sifted leaf-mould and silver sand, t 
ree or four inc This be 
ot 
The 
° 
i= 
h 
or third joint from th 
e readily dise. 
Me er 
top of the 
engaged from the two — which surround 
ng 
to preven s from rest in 
til 5 or 6 in the afternoon any app 
ance of damp amongst the pith. the had should be 
occasionally taken off to allow them to dry, and all plants 
so attacked ld be immedi ove : 
It is very probable that the pipings will not require to 
€ wal e greater part ile pie 
AMATEUR’S GARDEN rine XXVI. 
I SHALL now suppose the amateur to be thie 
ts 
jee Node og and enjoying 1 the res! ¥ uy of poin pti 
out to him the state in which it rags Bop be, pene 
whi 
er for t s. Ev ‘ yor 
tinns, have been destroyed in the same way, and 
| presented such an unsight! tl 
‘sary either to 2 Wea over or to remove them alto 
gether. “Such things ought not to these operations with 
had been performed in a proper , and even } 
e depth of 
er bn "made —« : 
aon nap 
; 
s for pipings, strong anil ape 
i 
ould be — 
e immedi gue below fs second | 
oot; and it maythen | 
The © 
walking round i 
