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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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July 1. Heavy rain; very fine ; cloudy. 
2. Very Gna: heavy “show ers in afternoon; cloudy at night. 
Y 3 cloudy ; overcast. 
» overcast; exceedingly fine; overcast; boisterous 
ae — and. windy ; veut snewoet evening very fine. 
6, Clear; ene fine thro 
oa riety en. t; rain. 
vemperatnre of the week 4°7 deg. below the average. 
State of the W eather at Chiswick during the a = years, for 
the ensuing Week ending July 16, 
Ta No. ite ling Winds. 
ii Tnastl iowen Mean| Years in| Gear Vid igi eis ice 
te as | Temp. |7*PP) Rained, | of Rain. din che ial 
sag ages (Teen esa | 2 | oaeim. | T) 1) 8] 6) 3|-2 
lana. - 7532 52.4, | 63.8 4 0.18 Li) gi—] 4] 3 3) 3 
Tues: 22 73.1 51.9 62.5 8 1,10 —} 1) di! 3! 6] 4) 2 
Wed. 13 |°.73.6 | 50.8 | 62.2 6 0.72 {=| 1) 1|-}—}10) 3) 2 
Thure-t4 |. 747 51.8 | 63.0 | 7 060  |—|—| ti—| 9) | 4)1 
collage! Spaay 50:9 | 62.5 | 10 1.46 —| 1) 1 3 8} e!— 
isc) 75.8 49.6 | 62,7 (4 0.12 1 i) ij—] 3 4 5} 
4 j 1 
‘The hi “hest temperature during the above period occurred on 
a 1H, in oes eater! sens: gs°; and the lowest on the 13th, in 
‘¥840+-therm 
REPORT ON COVENT GARDEN oe ere 
For the week ending July 8, 
as been well supplied a ‘i = week with 
ipti na few — 
y chea 
n . per doz. The ees of Cherries offered 
is very great; the wall fruit fetches os . per 
pget fruit from 1s. 6d. to 4s. per doz The supply of 
trawberries is good, the best ede oe chiefly of ihyatt's British 
ine; the average price is 2s. per on. 
if nd the bes t fruit is —, from 
sert fruit 
rt. 
Windsor Beans are 
. 6d. and 2s. per bu 
it ental, and 
‘eat Endive ‘from cae riety wa 
oz... Yo Celery has been rather beri 3 andh 
ae 
30 utr Fes Jur 9, ie Fate 
Gooseberries, per hf. ogee : 
Cucumbers, per doz., 3s ke 9s 
Strawberries, per gall., 
at 
Ora 
aa: r tant 5s to ts. E 
Melons, foarte to Be rries, per we. is 3d 
— ~ Dutch, 1s to 3s." » per doz., 26d 
e8, per — aoe oo P srk “olds 
ectarines, per Lemons, per doz. Is to 
Cheri es, Wall, pe’ es 6d per 100, 7sto 14¢ 
— standard, 3 a re $a to4s Almonds, per peck, 7s 
per pound, 3s to 3s 6d 
pre, waa ‘i hf. sv. 3s to3s on Sweet aa te 
Bia vhf sv.,2s 6d 0,35 Osa ts, oe Bran hats 
Red, ote mi Qs 6d to 48 razil, 208 
for desser rt, 386d ty Gr celona, 20s to 24s 
VEGET TAB pig 
Cabbage, per doz, 1s to 1s 6d Chi gh er bun., 3d 
papibomers, Pe Wie Vj 6d to 4s Uetiee, veoh, per doz- ps 4s 
»P e;2 a t0 58 Garlic, per bunc’ via 
_ ‘i si jevey 14 6d ta Qs Shallots, 
h ree — +5 8d 
LaSerte Gos, O16 14 pr tinal ls to 1s 6d 
Endive; Guth. 
Celery, perdeaediny og to t), 2s - 3s 
Small Salads, per punnet, 2d to 3d 
Watercress * eae .dz.small Layee A 4d to 6d 
ier: 
ack, 
Benner icidnes, per nf sieve, 3s to 5s 
Broad, ae ba pest -» yA be to 2s 
Pota pace New ty 2008 
e 
she 
Ki » per. Bushel, rf to 10s Scdret Ng 
Artichokes, seri om 
Turnips; per doz eek. “y iy bas 
Carrots, per doz. bunch, act oa 6s : 
Red Beet, per dozen, 
Horse Raden, per inte ‘teed to7s 
Pane fae sf doz. hands ( 30 each’ M 
“Ta arate: p. doz. bch., 9d to Is 
thy per sieve, 2s Gd to . 
reen, per doz. bum, 9 toa j 
— Cooking, perdoz.beh., ‘astoaed! 
Ww. 0. 1 is ies | repens; 2, Aira 
iecncens 3a peers desi 4, Lolium perenne ; 6, Fes- 
tuca pratensis ; re ore joan. 8, Polygonum aviculare. 
rdock's ee leaves are blistered ca hod larvee of 
4 dna’ 
tHe 
UTINEA A (A wots ae CLERCRRLLA, ee epee 
Le 1p. 261; the ey. here me 
suggested for freeing es trees foe this fe tittle ‘pest.— 
A Nort. insect is ned Woodlou ad bee t to refer 
he will find a pence for 
Eager h lag er poured along the 
en yA out, might thin their numbers. 
be ould and decayed, bnsnd 
all the crevices in the 
or Roman cement, as the 
and are generated there.— R. 
Clianthus carneus; 2, Ageratum 
Bag? 
a ella. 
—It is the practice when PeLArconiums have d 
the ay toa aieuation 
n and air, that 
ected 
ation, Orange Boven, Matilda, 
Grand Duke, Amethyst, 
—Araucari 
this seme Cunninghamia lan¢ 
tyrfy pam 
should be t with @ 
perf 
We should feel: that strong liquid 
AW Sep SE 
as_you say, the Pp [) -room, 
plunged in the flower-border, we can account for it in no 
y. Fucnsta Peon is weet of the oldest varieties, and 
habe —— fo ern many better to be obtained. 
RX. eh te plan’ tis Sheuens us serpyllu 
X.— seedling Fucmsia is a pretty pink Me fg but it 2 
impossie to form any opinion of its merits by the mere sight o 
eenadiaien ~—Your Pea is LATHYRUS GRANDIFLORUS, which 
never produces seed, and is propagated by apbigw of, the roots. 
pee ge shoots of RASPBERRIES, as soon as they have done 
“gr d 
ps ser ep wd heme he . 
of your PenArconivm is pretty, and the 
substance of | the Siete good; the form is, ead iae destroyed by 
the narrow under petals. There are so m superior varieties 
in the same class that a fiower to merit mnotice hear possess a 
‘ith tive q ender it worthy 
— There is no downright necessity fo 
transplanting autumn-sown Onions to make them form bulbs th 
. We would advise you to so 
autumn, and transplant them early in the s on rich so 
hich has been previously thrown up in ridges during the winter. 
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Delphinium.—The eta Pe hegewre te is small, and too eee lik 
Panes varieties bytes Delphinium also bears uch 
anaes to D. m ae 
uate pik rdaoor RADICANS growing against a south wall, 
which Ad te seven years ago, and has Lee Hes he in- 
w, being above 12ft. high, and very healthy, but 
which b onl ‘ote flow , requires so check to throw it i - 
oom ; since its over-lux ce appears to be the ipal ca 
bloo: urian princi 
of its not ag tee ge If the roots ar ie : Bice nearer the sur. 
face of the border, so as to be bro: e under the influen 
of the ‘ont a "thebes is no doubt Sot it weed bloom qedlige 
Ma. 
Wud, your Pinks are of a peculiar class. They 
are pooper gd pons lacing, peated 4 is perfect, and the 
ds are well formed 0. 2 is deci y the best, from the near 
pec N ided 
ap proach 0 oe cages petals to the smooth rose-leaf edge, and from the 
cro wohnery better filled with petals 
er e edge; 
he of any i. a as au vy flowers, in this pots of the tee hypsint 
the era NIUMS, fhe jo ce aber 
2 is an attractive flower; 
sn 
nall,, sleet defined ; i 
named Splendidum, which it semen resembles, but i + eos 
te) he form of flower our. 
. H. Hastings.— Your varieties of MIMuLU' 
pretty, but they appear to want n he 
e egret iny some distinctive marking—as ; prey throat, 
ding it. We we yur Lag seen seedlin 
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bast; 
ed 
flowers should be cov 
on ea wool, and fe whole light! 
ant, in order that the iow ge pos- 
sible, € bo they pret) be oe es a ‘after they have fl 
s hav 
oo ert , but it would idoub ti maces reserv- 
ing their freshness. Ivy or Laurel leaves,would tag fry iittle use 
if the flowers vee to ihn a gr rage > ae ales , 
at t ives 0! 
your Melons are siaseatad with the borin aie. exhausting the 
ap from them, cause the leaves, abies exposed to the age to 
or appearance you com - If you grow 
umigath ng 
Re to as 
which, Ld gros his Melons has been —as : have wit 
me result in a house of Vines, eal the 
aaa te “H.. 
P, A. K.—It is impossible to recognise Verbenas which = 
been packed up in a setter for  peenky- four hours; in fact, wi 
cannot wos me — he naming such plants. 
rire <a and the following AUTUMNAL-PLOWERING 
en a Belgnss rie, Mada Prudence Rees: 
ed do. , Bernard, 
Mienne, Jos hine Antoinette, “Antinous, and Perpetual ers. 
i ll in peat; but they would flower 
loam were mixed with it previously 
a ” ‘We would recommend the second volume 
of chert oad ® Britis Fora, as a rig to the Cryptogamic 
2 be age only hope 
When wire- 
‘ain your berg 
soil and annihilate 
hee, 
; that would ruin everything. 
fo: HERBARIUM of — plants is 
5 a dxed down ‘on half- — 
nething of short- 
, and of very little ‘use to anybody else except 
Lomax.—Your SEEDS are all of well-known stove plants; they 
must be raised on a hotbed, and when Faised are of no interest in 
col except in “ 
Bacchus.—Climbers and trailers come equally within the mean- 
ing of the expression ‘ neve But Mirbélias and 
e of the young fruit, so is its de. 
dence im te flow of sap S peeressed: and if your fruit have 
pescgeng Myer vanced as to require a more active pepe = 
that almost ae oo condition hype the trod of 
induces, noth can prev our Figs from arobpling: te 
owever, they have as yet a fresh, not a yellow 
they fri renee Becsnsig oy prec affording a sufficient supply 
of moisture t — and fama A off the extremities of the 
cautiously ring some of the strongest 
Knicut’s PaysioLocicat AND HorTIcULTURAL 
‘i c. — Mr, 
"ERS may be Obtained through the Ba of a bookseller. 
wery.—Your plant is Callichroa platyglossa, and is an annual, 
shoots; 3; you 
fer 
of the cuttings. All kind 
manner, if the cutti: 
‘ou ote been are oe hen most valuable man 
uppose you placed a caper 
re) pedbasiag: inches thick r the soil and then “ turned it 
im” eames the substances buried beneath it. 
operation of bastard trenching would probably mix the materials 
ciently. 
. W.—The numbers to your Pansies having been displaced, 
we cannot ater to any re, 25. This is of little conseqaence, 
as they areall similar in character; being large, flat ety doejeee =| 
flowers, with the eye bold, and well defined in each, No. 25 
one entirely white, are the ~ocem The yellow one is 
to the white varieties, the low i 
in — waa it is, , moreover, dist ured 
gypsum Bao 
and it ise trava 
ae eae in which, 
of two Black Hambur, Bhs inthe sar same coun one been affected 
= nie eee ,and tl her has. not been the least in- 
jur obably to ep es ~~ the latter being in a more 
healthy porn 
New Subscriber.—We would recommend ose ohn up your 
well, pod an rit a good dressi 
replant i oh with rer nf Seedling, ayy Pine, yor 
edo bet ore pote i Myatts Pine, 
nce feet pote Seatiots feces x should-be-white 
sack from cuttings any oth 
fi 
— From the oie Gouedt wie 
should ious your plant to be C 
Lombardy’s plants ere, 1, Brachspodium bo va nso 2 and 6, 
Chenopédium igerum; 3, conen procumbens ; 4, Circea 
lutetiana ; 5, Sedum dasyphyllu 
H. H.—Your plants are Poa trivialis, Festuca duritiscula, and 
Car ea. 
W. H. is right. pes Carex is C. divulsa. 
0. A ears to bea bag Got of Ceropégia 
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y good — e, but there 
: north as the 
lan’ 
pretty page = i. Se 
ig bea ion agre 
prea ¢ found it only pretty good, 
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the names sot English trees 
Lindley’s Synopsis ae Of) yes _— itch ng: 
Ignoramus.—We w the cause of your Mr age umailhss 
dying off; it is fkanbore ty tot tell et seeing the ground, 
‘wireworm has at 
Perhaps the 
Ww. ThsRbe. enebiiciarter the near to determine is not what 
your opinion. of your plants m Lote taps what theirs is. _They do 
not seem to have agreed with you. We are not judges. 
F. G. C., having Bk goiter young Larch, observes 
almost every one branch has withered, 
and fearing that the disease may increase, he would be glad ts 
know what is the cause of it, and, if possible, a 
one say? 
‘otanical Inquirer's plants are, 1, Myriophyllum verticilla- 
; apse ces ee. 
as "shall be ans week. 
‘ustry.— = Graves will not sipen well on the open wall so far 
orkshire ; Dot cmpye marae rd 
tion for a stand of 6. chepnenewad 
acolour which shows om seen off to the greatest 
F.—The plant is Vallota purptirea. 
As usual, many letters have arived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE [E WEEK. 
Our home news contains an account of another at- 
racter 
heninel 
y be fi 
ttings are far r preferable “ long ones. 
6 is indigen mild tem; 
other. 
arrested as to prevent a perigee an oe of 
warded for maintenance of 
vails even in winter, and Laced e r vepetatlane: is edt so much 
the 
