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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 25, 
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y species 
a certain ‘quantity 6 of 
is produced by 
process of veget This idea ae the 
ibly, ae ian nly desery nvesti- 
by exact and very compr peng oases. But 
unhappily for Dr Liebig, he soo wards states, 
that in Lichens orale of lime is % be peiteetie as a 
substitute for the woody fibre, which is absent. It is 
hardly possible to keep one’ in speaking of su 
_W bre ph i! Tres capa an 
moreover not she in nl 
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nown to every chemist’s  kalpty , who has attended 
lectures on botany. I must leave the reader to discover 
the value of Dr. Liebig’s aepal ion. Our author (at 
0 of cow-d 
anks of the Rhine to the potash it dentine, It m 
obvious how little science w é promoted by a book so 
e without Patio ay and, in fact, made 
up of unconnected Spreng icas gees 
be continued 
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GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
hw aghe Lane and Son # Berkhampstead. 
‘ursery, Grea —The 
are. in ex relle mt health, and, notwithstanding the 
s here 
por  ybaneity grown, 5 thatet is hardly a trace of the Green Fly to 
em. ae late heavy rains hav 
the most forward bloom 
e damaged some of 
3 but this is of little consequence, since 
the leaves as well as ts the seme covered prortiet lln may SY 
Prolific, delicate pink, a 
bloomer ; Pum pace » a pretty sm: 
Pompone, a handsome rosy pink 
a oer ebhee Painve. de i Provins, .a d 
White e calyx is p opened moss-like 
sppentadieee: Wks Bath, a pure white, very com and double; 
ane » very large, and aaabis, the seg- 
: usly fringed, so as to ve grareag 
Provyins, or CABBAGE: eae pens é, light r 
act and double flower; Reine de Pro 
Sena onan “a y and ; v5 
d with v white ; 
urple, sae good and dis 
> age 
oxthioe: os pe apelin, Pier coming ed, 
kp 
planter veep gly large; earning 
thie. 
Chapeau veal wee shaded with dark 
tinct ; Com 
purple an "aon up r varie 
a blush, iarge Sad a provnlary Tonia Philippe, cr 
pa 
ty; 
crimson oe 
compact habit; Boule de Nanteuil, "reddish 
oie m, be: ally cupped and very double; D’A eau, a 
bright crimson, imbricated, asplendid flower ; Fanny Parissot, an 
old but extremely pretty pale blush variety; General Foy, crim- 
son, one of the brigh and best shaped varieties; Rosamon 
carmine; nicely cupped, but rather small Calaisienne, delica’ 
rose, large and excellent shape; Reboul, reddish crimson, com- 
large, one of the best of its class. R LBA: Achille, 
rosy blush, very Se ar = nanan adi white, with a pinkish 
te, blush 
w 
i finely oneees abate € white, a very 
free bloomer ; Sophie. de Marsilly, sider rosy pears Bay large and 
cupped ; Petite cuisse id = bon hoe — e flesh colour 
cupped jloomer 
ies pe be pir Mos dae to De iis, hite, vr 
i aup white, well cupped; La 
Grandeur, brighterimson shaded with teams alargeand arattaie 
flower; Beauty ‘Searlet, good sh bloomer ; 
pink, the interio alge dp ing a perfect 
crimson and oP peed shaded ; Stadtholder, 
cme a | Homeiae variety ; Las Casas 
Narcisse Desportes, es, dark is tonee ees gd and ey ry double 
— de la Queue, rosy lilac, large and globular, a first-ra’ 
owe Saacn rosea, ‘avery nak pink variety, but not com pig 
Brennds, bright carmine, asain f° cupped; Vandael, pretty 
with peda very large and compa an Hyper Prr- 
PETU ie Au rnon, vermilion, very. lar; 
rose, globul ar, ‘and a — sweet; 
bright crimson, but not very double; ; Ma e Laffay, crimson, 
scaly cupped; this restive fheety all the: pnt and is un- 
eam — best of oo og mers — oeeiene ee tg 
very free bloomer; William Jes: n, 
with lilac, pens large ind Pa ie me Tulle Dupont, 
een t ros ag pa pant. Alicia, rosy art mottled bee white 
Rivers, bright ght rosy ca ne, cupp € bloomer; r; Miss Ellio’ ott: 
purplish robe; good s chene Due hema. height cariatens Flora 
, light rose, well cupped; Ear ITalbot, purplish crimson, 
; e apd globular; ave ~— —_ oes erland, rosy carmine, 
rer. Th Mienne, deep rose; 
186 ; Tintinotie, “dirk mans i and ma 
ri are the best of this clas BourBons: 
fleur de Nevium, rosy carmine, with flowers anaes those Pe 
a leander ; te Jeet Lelieur, plead aed rose, 
<< reddish carmine, finely cupped; Generaj 
ores 
from being 
wey rw aaoute ol 
Martin, bright pink ; Clementine Duval, pale Carmine; Coquette 
de 1 a ge ares a red, shaped with ne Madam e Nérard, p ink, 
with a whitish m Thérésita, bri 
» pink, shaded with c 
Fabvier, ent A bg as ee sit white; Inflating de Lissette, h 
ush ; 
beautiful whit Sr yap shaded b we Thérésie Stravius, 
a d sh col - TEA ri habd ED: nll e, rosy bronze, a very 
fi ‘de ate pink, rosy peat ta ; Claudia, creaia 
pier pa bs ape phe, delicate alles white; La 
whit nd Madame Jouvain, shaded rose, 6" 
fade. a roa ‘blush, cupped and Madam 3 pares an cccldiietr 
‘ood whit very | d. — pointed pa 
‘uchsia, —_ a : danell 3 
armine, somewhat Teflexed, te _ parple, 
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sepals are bright 
bushy and ak sotsine variety.—R. A., June 20. 
Rebtes, 
A Cyclopedia of Practical Husbandry, by Martin 
Doyle (How and Co., and Cumm ming), was published 
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ewe ye Martin Doyle, i 
a piece of concealment git uncalled for, con- 
ddéving that his writings are as far as we have 
seen them, so ego 1 in their matter, and so Senses ody in 
their tone, that any one migh be fg oud t th 
His sig book on Gardening is one of the be eit trea- 
recomm ead to those who hove nothing Parone 
Ww Ts f the 
topics as inte- 
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contains aather — deserves 
body. 
nt n er, 
there is an excellent article on Bees, which comprises 
rk 1s. + 
Car 
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Farmers’ Magazine for June is a fair number, 
know wh 
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although 
edings, 28 eoaa ' more straight- 
forward, if those who borrow pay prop ithout our 
imposing it een eee readers as their o 
mber of “ The Farmers’ Magazine’’ the editor has the 
Hata pistes oman without the least acknow- 
ledgm our a viz., Sanne _ eit 
ew aang Machin - 440; 
Chinese, p. 452. Respectable sacle perry be hee 
such procee ings. 
Mrs 
. Loudon’s Botany for Ladies tten, 
authoress tells an - ~B the wants of ws who, iike 
herself, may be u prehen rks of strict 
science, in whic 
plan 3 are formaily descri 
books as Dr. 
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ende uts and greater care in 
vane the Botan ical Bi would have rendered it 
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printed, and the diagrams, in 
go 
win’s Catalo logue ue of Potatoes is the best 
msl of varieties od ae an age a ~ Nie we have 
The proper size, form, 
habit of growth, ind athey ateribhites of eH 150 varieties, 
described in 
arranged 
a eanenae: OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
Ir a stated in a previous ator Pmece “there is much to 
ting the summer m wall-trees ;”’ and 
of a ‘this, it is only nec ee r ae e majo of gar- 
dens, in which Pear, Plum, and other spur- bearing fruit-trees are 
20 years oldand upwards. It will be foun tin lien of fruit, 
these, for the most part, _ sent a luxuriant thicket of unmanage- 
—o a which are suffered 
h ‘0 grow unmolested till they have 
cd. perfect aera so vessels to feed them, and are then 
of the base 
successive years, rene dinate 
tion nee extended t. Asa mere akGeition, it might 
be mentioned here, that ore a wars Bat 4 of Sap orang Be 
summer shoots upon young trees would be, te cut all the str 
est quite out, so as to leave no stamp for the after 
change, and advance one step towards fruitfulness. It may als 
be worth while to try the effect of checking the nays meg. 5 CS 
nal not wanted, _by iP them off en_qui 
v7 “TRITCHAN- seasear dea a ORCHARD. 
x Departmen 
Pinery.—Plants that a ate swelling af their fruit should:be kept 
a a state of luxuriant health by judicious treatment, that the 
ruit might attain the highest perfection of which it is Capable, 
i ealthy system of roots is essential to this ; these, er 2 
must be carefully 
reas and be regularly, but moderatel i ith w 
er f 
those which exist an unnecessary quantit 
pai If epee 4 collect all pla 
wher ze a humid atmosphere, the temperature should ge 
oie: 70° n the morning to 90° or oF (with air) during the day— 
not to excéed, if the pots 
bbe last po the bark-bed ought 
plun If the weight of the fruit causes any of the stalks 
to etry tet should be supported by sticks in an upright posi- 
tion, or ve crowns will grow on one side 
Vinery.—Vines trained on the long-ro rod s system will requir 
frequent ‘Heals ngs a ings. When the fruit i . the late hhotse 
is all thinned, and the plants properly dressed by shorten: 
— its, = es od wa: 
nes, par. 
ticularly —_— Beans, which should now be t takieh out ney 
hous — 
wr ni es —Take the lights | off r the early house at any a 
PEA 
Santeng tim 
leaves rea pe - not fT permit any lat 
s to roi th 
the border . pon 
al. shoo 
S$ will ana rogaine saan now 
nord fruit will now be nearly, or quite, over ; 
ntio: fom ag therefore, be paid to the second crop, 
which a little neglect at this time "would destroy. Maintain a 
_— state of oes in the borders, and in dry weather sy- 
ringe the lea mig te — 
UCUMBE aan —Old Cucumber. plants which — 
become racecar shouid be rooted up, an 
and the frame 
stocked with young ones, first taking out the ex ee rit ae 
Pn sereew 1 it with fresh co ia ost, here give can bec anded 
WwW 
bear upto Christmas, The ridpe plants fay poss be 
Jet po of the merry by pee pa latter on bricks... Cover the 
whole surfac ridge ae 
Outdoor Vee 
The late s ha ovine bee rity Ca planting wi ll yet be 
hardly smetiicninies in many places hoeate pres who have been 
pet ga eugene = oan _ Paap in getting out their winter an 
ring crops, especially o: cabbage tribe moisture 
about splanted on i plants, fo ‘slightly earthing up those previously 
or z.—Plant a a good breadth of pie and likewise of 
Hass cae uts, and Savoys, from the wing. If short of 
ground, these may be put Rieger the ane i early Potatoes, by 
pee they will be beneficially shaded, until they get hold of the 
gTo 
BeCGe ee Pa out the principal winter crop.._If the rows are 
two feet apart, and the plants.in the rows one foot, every alternate 
one to be removed in autumn, one fo ore plants 
grown upon the same id, whi imprest object at a 
oe of the year, when. the whole of under cro 
Where the cabbage gru’ 
e garde ps. 
b. is. aaa it would, A pcvnelin to 
try the effect of some wee mixture, such as sp irits of tar, o 
ith eart! 
bebe ixed witl ae in which the 
oots and stems ar ye: e liming process does not 
i to be effectual. preventive. 
CasBaces.—Sow a bed to produce Coleworts; this should be 
doné wore y: 
¢ CELER ent out all that is fit. The same nursery bed may 
is used i prick out pe iat plants upon. 
Papi NEY-BEANS,— ticks, or some other supports, t 
The pubic ee will bear He fat if kept pase 
tyr cutting aah the Pang stems, 
ONI any places a poe 
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crop, owing to bad seed 
and the rl - In such cases it will be 
advisable to procure the thinnings of a morefortunate neighbour’s 
beds, ber cae t them oe Benny on rich ground. 
Por s$.—Earth up the late crops while the ground is moist, 
Orc —Wall- teas will eee touch attention, in. order to 
keep chiens free from injurious of which the Be — has 
been greatly favoured by the ‘Tate hot and dry w The 
only available mgd By the red spider, is reneatea waihines: 
and tobace e form, will be found the most effectual 
desthuctor of fey whi a aiien of hia’ 
tobacco, dried and ground to powder, may be 
for snuff. Thin the shoots of very bushy Currant-trees, to admit 
light and air to the ripening fruit. 
i, Sel ts Mage GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
n-door Department. 
ara, Orenidage ra plants in the cool house, will now bie 
| quire a liberal supply of water, as the greater part of them 
growing rapidly; take care not to rot the you ng — Such 
plants as Saccoldbium, A , must have 
éri 
plenty of aseun or peat tied round the block « on * which they 
ang, and this mast be kept moist; these things will not succeed 
baa Seana attended to. 
stead Seb er — made their 
er, and em have plen ere or space to form compact and 
symmetrical heads, ce any plants are suffering exposure, 
move them to the shelter of the greenhouse or pits; but in no 
case should a sickly or shabby plant be permitted to occupy 
conspicuous place in the houses. ery means to keep down 
insects 
Pits AND FRAMES.—Chinese Azaleas, New Holland plants, or 
any others that are gaan: hy eir growth under glass, must be _ 
ai cularly attended to. Let them have plenty of air, shade in 
wharg ius ge anda suficiency of soft water, with occasional 
syrieiigs overhead. Rem ofall ( acti, whose bloom = over, 
toa seen yee situate in the e ope ee ae ere the shoo ey 
make orter, but much more —— flowers, — 1 those 
formed fn hy ras The pots may be supported on bricks, or 
inverted flower pans. 
Out-door Department. 
The pi Rbwncars of Rhododendrons and _Azaleas should. be 
aio ove age nas 
likewise be pegged down, and have ee py camps ut off fo * —_ 
Lupines and ober herbaceous pants, that have done flowering, 
should have = seed-vessels cu 5 unless it ins intended o save 
seed from them. Gather Anemone seed, which be sown 
itely. 
NURSERY AND FOREST Spay posegee 
Nursery. aor re gs of most ince of ne 
now 
ae 
datene aye Coppice gros That ' si silent ay oe 
& e ‘ound for » which sho ) 
pr gels ae PB ny Whitings 
u he of 
italien bs orig agers 3 while the weaker s might remai 
untou or idsummer, and. ‘tik be br sg in the 
usual wi feng some of the buds would possibly undergo a 
er be persevered in 
Deepdene, 
B. 
The hd 
