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THE GARDENERS’ 
‘CHRONICLE. 
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bereP lle it j In fact, the effects wi 
terially inju n ’ , 
weiltrga rie ine, if the leaves had been injured 
m at important season; an 
ou 
Ww n the 
atest vineries,—for instance, where the Grapes are 
ected to for a length 7 oa riod, if sul- 
phur he not used to extirpate the Spider until be 
fruit is cut, most of the leaves vit have fall 
previous to this s, the pest will have inc fusot"s 
the fruit stems be covered with iets 
ineries and Peach-houses.—John 
erbyshire. 
—It i is worth mentioning that 
it the 
searlet 0 e expands earlier and closes 
both flowering in the open ground, 
a 
s difference in the 't e of there expansion is con 
slid us.—W. Herber ms 
Amphicome arguta. 
treated as a greenhouse anti is perfectly hardy. 
ames Bury St. Edm 
ofthe Pea: house.—It isa 
many F pi teaiiba: when they have gathered 
their Peach-house, to remove the 
ex e open 
which I frequently see 
—WN. S, 
a custom wi 
the crop 
sashes wrens ce 
Th h thi 
s tted by being exposed to the 
cause the Woon? iene sooner, or better, aa 
e sashes are taken off? I should think not; forla 
persuaded # that neither of these effects can be produced 3 
such treatment. cannot, then, 
enly, 
e variations to whic 
those that 
and the Pardoner” ie dee finds 
ssary to ll his cm least 
at 
of these aon ni broken down, within two or three inches 
of their bas eserve about 1-4th of their sub- 
ee. ikewi 
other 
ficient ie Wee Cae for sever vat ; but the summer 
repeats until the Rites: are reduced to a 
aue mbricata.—There is something, with refer- 
ence th anf ore yer e, in local influences relative to plants 
not sufficiently understood. Thus the L 
1 
, 
with me,in Scotland, the aa loss I then sus- 
ae was the Gum-cistus, though the Arbutus Unedo and 
mediterranea suffered considerably. The Araucaria 
sub dio at Ae T 
n 
does not ya in som arte of feretdtd: 
shire. Near Ludlow Arbutus Unedo scarcely sur- 
vives an ordinary wth while with me it both flowers 
“ fas —J, Murray. 
sat —I saw a letter in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
coke since, which I think said that squirrels did 
not destroy the ones of birds, nor were they in any way 
carnivorou ink if may be interesting to some of 
our readers to Ae what I saw yeh and which makes 
me doubt whether squirrels deserve the good character 
given them in the above-mentione te ter. I was walking 
inaw ays ago, when m may 
; a the nest Meth whic 
the sapiire had taken it was another young one alive.— 
A Subscriber, Esher 
Effects of cea’ and hjhed of Soda.—With a view 
sae nitrate of soda, I se- 
glanduligera, of equa 
s 
mains oF 
with nitrate of soda n 
either of ap companions, and is not saath ially different in 
appearance from that in the Cu h 
ference in their situations in gk: of light, 
ree oa so that its tendency to draw does not arise from 
that cause.—J, 
Goose eS se I 
ry Caer nia: 
nagement of Gooseberries, and now fret the ple: RMS 
fe Sate: that this spri Hi T mixed Bute quick-lime w 
nd aS (viz. 200 b Babes 
erpilas on any of the bushes, 
or other insect visible to “the naked eye.—James Jack- 
son, Trungle. 
FOREIGN CO CORRESPONDENCE 
é.—At this colony I had the on fortune 
S 
to meet with t that enterprising naturalist Mr. itfield, 
who at this time had a fine ection of living plants, 
ell animals, which ay intended to bring 
to En ei wae plants I have sin ce seen thriving, under 
management of a agg = man’s gardener, in 
the Violate “of London. Bein ni 
together 
a b excur 
e time he was co ecting the edible fruits of roots 
i eat 
The Pom 
eca, a 
mong 
na ta, Yam 
e (w which is eaten by. 
about twopence each, 
board of v +aiela. visiting this port, 
in great abundance.—J. A 
PROCEEDINGS OF braioden tegen 
Sree rae 
July 19.— cr Liens. -Col. J. P. ris ns Body, 
E. L. Gatacre, G. H. W. Fens ee C. Kiddey, 
and B. Stocks, Eis. were elected Fellows. 
Cathrow, 
wy simpson, 
ode. 
gr. to Mrs. Lawren 
» wit 
Tout me a Cine lilarty large 
ome plant of Roella ciliata, com 
rofusi 
; E. ‘daphnoides, with devin: costar of 
eerint recap eau heads of wax — 
een and m 
white 
also a well-grown specimen of Statice arbdérea; a 
eeettan Esai, in bloom, but not remarkable for beauty; $ 
pot = nlata, flowering fr fr 
as well as a tare. plant of Erica viridiflora, 
ich hich accompanied it a “i loaded with a la ge of blossom : 
— medal w warded for the form From Mr. My- 
lam, gr. S. Rucker, erg +, &@ Singularly fine ‘plan ant "of Aérides 
eta Srety bran ch being crowded with trusses of beautiful 
pink-and-white flowers, vorg with the Stephanotis before men- 
tioned, filled ha quarter e room in which any stood with 
= most agreeable ame: a nn medal was awarded 
rit. G. Barker, Esq., species of Mormodsas parte 
ntry; the 
xico, w great reques ae by the natives, who use 
it in voeinsres ah their temples, petee! eee remarkable for the beauty 
of its flowers than the d h they age Mg 
Knightian m 
Esq., were several well aprowhi piaots ps Tisianthos Ries 
a ashewy annual which has long been treated as half- are’, bat 
hich ex ience has proved to succe when 
this Rete an opportun seeing a great-num- when in a growing sate. From the Hon. W. F. Strangways was ® 
llecti ight be done in 
ber hose mentioned ina pape in the Transactions the pag 7 sag kane ; most devine oa in this part 
of te Hortiltural So ociety of London. The African Teak, | of the country are treated as ouse plants, consisting © 
bh certaink s a most no tree, was pointed out to hand Holland Myrtacez, Oleander, the It et 
miecvage hoe i n it grows size to be met with | Out unhurt Seep Spe ae Sunbury, seat & 
adding new matter to iris “yond which on regularly | about the csettlement, owing ee to its ine han c Carnations and Picotees, Good 
pruning will be found hard and B the tie of cut for pu fr of these were likewise furnished oy ar Hogg, of Paddington, ant 
» and wi mene this timber is obtained i is Oiity be iles up sin perk a Co me “Sra (nee cargo eection of 
r. r n omeianioms on, and some Mar 
a fine f ds. J. a alg Eequ.¢ exhibited a pe Son y seedling beg 
: ne pews f s been in manas the colou remarkably ag A een 4 
[That the practice <a tare ape ‘Obs “og ale ho have visited this p western a oes bt awd Hall, w was a collec a soo Lombardy 
doubt ; but the illustration ion of it by ba bye relict = thes . Persian tice generally adopted = on aineaee Grapes, but their beauty had been considerably impaired by . 
bite te aioe Perata is very bok tri is to form beds of about four feet in width raised a | effects of carriage; they, nevertheless, obtained a Banksia® tt 
very cold in winter. Look py Yabal anne little above the und-level, i ich "they are planted Of ito} Fe wm nt rma 2 ew monn don 
J : C and about two feet jurgh Grapes, in the highest state « pe Sir 
Summer Pruning of Wall-t We ha The andi lemtifel ap which a medal wr waingggh 8 
Ar. ers, of Laleham, s “ie of Pear-tree | whict were P Pee Philip ‘Egerton, sen adish of fine Murray Nectarines. ee 
shoots in different stages of ai ikceacs war i- | young Sleated. a few. ; back, and upon whi one nent ae Society ware, en rat ay a * pace 
cation, to show the beneficial rorilt pik: y his | bu spoken of as sprung up. The Pentadesma | just be assigned to to Oncidium i = a rare uliarly 
system of manageme ai ig which dag apparent that the | the ti atiper i ieee Lee PTSD DE ME, Ee I Septet see beauteous rose-and- wers Dagens 
“7 was at Sierra , is now very rare. Although finely mith ihe’ daxk Jae of ee F Orehidaceous plants ; 
practice of breaking down the shoo of Fig Trees are great Led ack any | there was als atophyllum multi- 
g them is a good one. {t is caetienlerty appli- | in fruit; the leaves of one species are 80 rough that th 7 | , plant the caoars sere re —, 
ble to strong growing trees, and in meaction with | are used by the African women i operation of w a, Eaten dividuals; those in present omar peed 
root-pruning in autumn, will, no doubt, as Mr, Bowers . I met with a a gpa cy of : ora and | 2 spike Of large een doeieaan, 5 sinall plant of @robys 
He eines e trees to fruitfalness ay the prevalent | Ceropégia, which I trust are among the collection Anite cone bab er ese spotted petals, th Ra Sin artnet 
system summer-pruning has entirely failed. The shoo uced by Mr. Whitfield ; also a specimen 3 Indigo, the sacoedingte showy Pom gain and yellow; Silene bright ver 
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