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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[ JUNE: 25, 
chl se of es . be given it; the 
LF ¥) ere 
Honey Dew.— Som lants in oe greenhouse were 
much ‘nteatadt § with paphies, but * honey dew Ed eo 
n them until r the house was fumi 
b~- J 
ES 
ceto 
by your correspon , in a former 
einer of the Gardener? Chitonicls, regarding the Oxalis 
leaves we 
the Wo saeaceral (at leas a 
** on account of the perishable nature a its 
dging.’’ At 
without the leaves ha r.M 
believes the above pris ments, he. may satisfy himself of 
the truth of them by visiting the groves at lair-Drum- 
mond any time dari e summer mon d - 
wards in Jan February, or March, id have planted 
an edging with inca minor, 18 i d more 
the shade ep evergreen trees, 
whi exceedin Bly.m 
I have age ee similar situation, plan with 
Myosotis scorpoides, spathar with the Claytonia “abisiea, 
and Saxifi mbrosa; several pieces with Polytrichum 
undulatu 
commune, oy 4 ms some natura pieces with | 
is snekceelite she last iz 
ey, species 0 
“eaves Le specie 
, Blair 
3 
c=] 
al 
2 any Ww 
ce’s Introduction. 
can be more expeditious; mechs is aes bnee 
about et ar we 
should be with a pair ale scl ot € 
large pieces which the ins oy a ae wit th, as fod ast ries 
body, and which they seaily pay ed while hover- 
the exterior awnin ure to 
- 
ppe red since as be r. M 
Binaotared 2en SO soapaaly disfigured this year oy these 
I must have recourse to what I fee 0 will arte the only re re- 
medy, viz., gauze curtains s, within the 
house, and h ave some contrivance also sino for the doors ; rei if 
Thad wishe | at the time, it would have been ‘impossible 
SS a single plant, unless, indeed, it t had been a 
pis. 
year lady, who has one of Nutt’s inne: bates, with 
bees, and dened one side 
hint from some 
has hed plan to take 
a the side ~s i end tried Nutt’s plan 
ntilatia and taking it early inthe morning; but 
sor FE ee difficul indis slodging the bees. Would 
it be better to take it in the rage of oo day, when a 
much larger pr — of the bees absent than: at 
ree or early, when the bare is prey 
may not be 
erself, to mention that 
oO to 
; ; 
as considerable number out ; but ce that, 
shading the box with a mat, and oceasionally ps pate the 
ront and sides with wet woollen cloths, when the sun was 
very hot, fhe piperstate ¢ f it has been reduced, ond the 
bees have worke ay st epi TE having shewn no 
inclination 3 swarm since. Westbury.—On the 6th ult. 
Abired & sWarta of bees into Snes “bos, which i large 
publishe a few ii a0 et Ox 
moked with a st ap 
his ne- 
? 
Ww swarm rae 
que t 
left “their subjects will quarre 
hey behave themselves peaceably, and work as bee 
should wor 
iene a Crickets, —1 destroyed house crickets, which 
n my sitting-room, as they have done your 
pret Arch * of last w oe 
apple, and ble it all night on a sheet of paper 
affarge.—If “J. O.” will well s Pinkle his 
room. 
kitchen floor, i the crevices about the fife place an 
ven, at night, with se of i he wi on be 
free from the nui whic complains. I found 
sance 
this remedy _ Periseis} “effect tual, aren yy? circum- 
h time I 
, since whic have never 
m years AE0: 
rpeantine causes instant 
. 0.2 be goo 
stances, seve 
seen a cricket in m 
th if it Will ‘ 
enough to give us the result of dai Beperteste —W.S.B., 
Grove Parson meres Want cat FE —If your correspondent 
“J, 0.” will use the arsenia d potatoe, as recommended 
by me for the Seatra ction of cockroaches, beetles, nei, his 
doubt, will mn disappear.. The n atural 
cricket aaa presley are ttle, 
iy fond of potatoe 
u 
Ane Fly.—1 lose no time. in communicatn ig to 
The Ras 
you an discovery, by means of the microscope, 
of one of of the ¢ causes of | the failure of Loi St for the fact 
of some importance “enemies ”’ are 
fly and the mite. The ane 4 tam ssa quam minima,” 
the 
as mischievous as minute, is. described by Baxter as i“ _ 
little larg er 
Number es of them attack the stem of the infant itty at 
ing the sap, soon 
0 be 
work of icetruton, 
' rely idea of ea 
ra pute 
et 
n 
necessry i shake 
bes i ina fer thed ar “igi to 
, under a stream bs water from the 
us icti 
rilled wi 
es 
ee af mould. 
imm Sard bia ne Doacige “hich wa 
aes I had — mall quantity of aiini T never saw 
ts Sie and baatti the foliage is a v 
he k green, pes ably firm and glossy, and the ep 
t of & toe bloom next spring. 
peri share e yet been m guano, as a substi. 
tute for rotten dung ; ES therefore tg Pte with this, as 
IT have no doubt that it will be found very bene- 
ficial.—J. Wedgwood, § ae iridue. 
Geert Having bear ~ a pood, ces o the effects of 
e for greenhouse plants, we eo 
some of it ete i pple it - the rate of acer 8 mall tea- 
each plant, wetertig immediately 3 those 
ker green 
Asphalie Mortar,.—Your directions f for the preparation 
of an Asphalt rtar, coincide with a soavesparige had 
with my gardener, on the best means Ss the 
roots of Wall-trees from striking down Sat findi 
their way into a retentive “ia which gee the sub- 
stratum of my garden. To this ca attri ate te their 
ealthy state, and their i in 
failing to 
autumn; owing to the abundant moisture they “taibe 
ng W mea - 2Tbs. 14 028. 2 Ibs. 12 0zs.,2 4 10 
Ocess of cleansing rat “aca Str 
from the soil. To remedy this, I was te mer | an 
Asphalte Giepaiaitin, pmcrgey § the one you have dé. 
seribed, which, if laid at a giv yikes 2 an 
0 
a. 
Nectarine trees, shoul 
_ We at e of opinion n that the material in ques. 
tion will Pe purpose per pea if the trees are not 
planted Fae, it till its smell has gone off.] 
FRO UETDINGS Bald SOCTELEDS: 
hog q-, ¥ the yt ce, W. 
mkins, Esqs., pay? Mea: a wide: 
r 
i 
long, an 
another wall j is Ay at the height of 
ta ahaa! hes deep, is placed 
tan c 
by a paitibion, excepti space "Tef tk 
a om the boiler for the ane’ of the 
soon as the fire 
onnexion i 
thu saint Slate slabs are placed 
over this oe upon Ww mos io wat hire: sawdust is placed. 
on boa of the water is commun niga e sand, ses 
fro’ 
and pas 
any plants which may be 
A genial and temperate bottom heat is thus kept 
und. This method of heat- 
thence to 
into 
r Seong sent a collection of wae isting 
red with a profusion of wax-like blossoms; 
dr ddish. 
ner; E. sity ry a E. en with curi 
tow ers ; BE jasmini flora alba ; E, elegans; an 3 E 
ing considerable Ber eg to E. ampullacea. -A Banksian 
was awarded forthese. From Mrs. Lawrence, a large 
collection of oreniaatecuis and other plants, amongst which were 
ulvinatum, = roducing a slender raceme of yellow and 
ent b n. flowers ; 
ornare ia stapelioides, ane blossoms: of 
oe are re dull einer Tertcaa ith bro i 
rH 
y banded w n; Aristoléchia 
climber, eavitig rrounded wi 
ion ne rpveen vinges, cry urved inwards; Schw wei paucifiora, from’ 
Cuba, the Bios which resemble those of the white Violet, 
and a pretty herbaceous plant, from the East Indies, which ap- 
Speci 
peared to be kinia, with violet ena rect fiowers, 
having the throat spotted with white: for the latter a B anksian 
— awatded.. From. Messrs, Rollison ie’ of 
tig pares considerably in the size and marking 
of their flowers: a certificate was awarded for these. From Mr. 
Appleby, of the Fence, an Aspasia from Brazil, call lunata ; 
e flowe e green, d with brown, Jabe! white, 
tly tinged. with purp vested: ai far from beinga 
on the en tes of Feb: ruary, as 
clay as since been itered 19 times, while t ‘hich was 
erowes ate slate pot has only required to be roar d twelve 
times; thus. proving the great quantity of — evaporated 
through vag former. They have since potting received the same 
treatment ; and the plant tte in a certainly a the present 
time a sped the enbe is healthy of the From Mr. Hooker, a 
collection of Roses, 
them. Mr. Lane, of vet Samara 
seedling Fachsia, which partakes 
fulgens to a great ee From 
Rose, sporting to the Provins, one of the Peete being co 
—_ Moss, while upon the’ other, it was nearly, if not 
Mr. Piper, of Chiswick, a oe 
Verbenas ; § 
were ° go0d, but not ——— distinet fon other ‘varieties in 
cultivation. From Mr. Ss, gr. t +» a plant 
of Gloriosa superba, four F aeean Pine-Apples, a the respective 
ait. 10 OZS. ; 
3 hand 
ge 
M, Wilso 
Peaches ; or the ‘la 
latum, Oncidi 
ae and Fallow’ flowers, Beng cian cl in. altissimum 
box filled with well- ts of servis bier Tongifiors Bra- 
chycome oe with h beautiful — eine ie flowers 3 L6- 
i er, the blos' 
bé. ual fro 
are of the brightest blue, Saas are produced freely, 
early in the afte: ; Milla biffo: ra, a bulbous Peacamy? 
white flowers, Hota € des 
Loasa Pen! mt ha red with numerous pea, 
ere were it ae a collection of Roses and ae flowers 
a P. Himei i, two good late-flower- 
port 
eichaaiie 
of ert mnaden aibifora fragrans, an 
ing pin 
Horticulu al Society’s ¢ Exhibition: —Having seen in ie a 
¢ Exhibition of the Horticultural Society, that so’ rapes 
o' wiry, I shall thank au. a 
, of Martin Hall, 
Bary, did not ee) anyt hing at but the Ciaipes 
own by m hort, Market Gardener, Worksop. 
NGLAN 
es, Esq. in the chair. ©. A.Keigbt, 
od next monthly council, 
me 15.—W. 
elected a Governor, and 56 gentlemen 
oe. that he ot a moye at 
the secretary collect all 
the cations that have been 
nted ning can or her information, and pe 
in such order that they may be referred to in furtheranc ar 
the objects o' iety. ; gave notice that he shoul 
at the next monthly council that a committee be appointed 
to report to what t the pr should be 
and what papers read at the meetings, but not in- 
tended for publication in the Journal, should be p woo 
of the sho’ * rina! habit “Of t. . 
sei 
