q 
: 
- con ting P capaniy of Red Jane. 
So 2 
‘Straw 
Cherr 
1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
mixed flower-borders, ea produce will probably live over the 
winter, and a ear. 
RSERY AND FOREST eee 
NouRgsERY. —Attend t Sty or are ary weeding atering - 
_ vay If the hare =o aoe the les 
sho ald 5 nae be gr aing Buds put in ni pa 
state © thoy are less 
neha of i ioe by fro 
FOREST A PPICE Woo ‘When time permits, ae 
the preparat of ground far Dlanting, which should be com 
pleted Coktre % Suiny Gea apts ie —J.B. Whiting, The Deep dene: é. 
State of the Weather near London for th ly 28 
1842, as observed at the “sata Goan roe te 
Baromerer. Ta iia in Wina. | |Rain. 
Jialy Max. Min. Max M Mean. 
Friday 22] 30.128 29,695 66 46 56.0 N. 02 
Saturday 23 30.197 80.153 70 42 56.0 N. 
Sunday 24/{ 30.118 29.927 49 66.5 N.E. 
Monday 25| 29.902 29.812 W7 43 60.0 E. 
Tuesday 26 29,967 73 48 60.5 E. 02 
Wednesday27} 30.156 30,106 75 55 65.0 S.E. 56 
Thursday 28] 30,055 29.896 75 55 6.0 | Nyw. 
Average | 30.088 4.3 4: 61,3 60 
July 22. Fine; cloudy; clea = night. 
23. Very fine; dry haz a at Peat, meni 
24. Cloudiess in the morning ; hot my ates very sultry ; oe 
25. Fine; light clouds; relents 
26, Clear and fine; hot and -; vehiaeiae slight rain 
27. Slight rain ; lightly oreauaak and fine; aehteine and rain 
at ni 
28. Thunder and lightning, with heavy rain early in the morn- 
ing. be dgr t ner so 5 and 6 A.m.; sultry; cloudy and fine. 
mperature of zw My was nearly 2° below the 
State of ee Weather at Chiswick = the last 16 years, for 
e ensuing Week e g August 6, 1842. 
= Prevailing Winds, 
Hfighest| Lowes [Mean| Years in | Greatest | "ate 8 Winds. 
Jaly- | ‘pemp.| Temp. | e™P ee of Rain. |% | a Fs wi & ES id 
Sun. 74.0 | 50.0 | 62.0 5 0.66 in. | 1] 8, 3/—| 3] s| a| 9 
Aug | 
Mon. 75.3 3 | 63.8 6 0.43 1) 2)3) 9} 2} 8} 4} 
Tues. 75.9 84.7 | 65.3 7 0.65 1) 3} 11} 6 9) 9) 
Wed 75.3 53.5 | 64.4 8 0.50 2) 1d) a 2 5) aly 
Thurs. 74.8 53.3 64.1 8 0.84 1/1) 3) a). 8) 5) a) y 
Fri. 73.6 152.9 63.3 6 0.23 —| 2) 2) 1)'1) 5} ea} 3 
€ 72. 53.6 62.9 8 0.53 —} 3) 3) 1) 8 4 3) ) 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
_ the 31st, in 1826—thermometer 89°; and the lowest on the 6th ith, in 
1833—thermometer 36°. ‘ 
‘genta nd COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
week ending July 29, 1842. 
THE supplies of. Fruit and Vegetables during the past week 
have good; but owing to the unfavourable state of the 
weather, trad not n_very brisk. Fruit.—Many of the 
Pines offered are remarkably a ee a same prices as quoted in 
our last repo: ches and es are well supplied, and 
their quality is excellent. Apricots eae becoming more plentiful, 
but not varied in price i Plums there i ir quantity : 
Green-gages are selling for . per 
1 
ripe ; other Dessert rt P — ee “fete ing 1s. and 2s, unnet. 
_ j cousmiee principally of Bigarreaus 
and M orellos : the Wall Plea pb ca on 0 3s. per Ib. ; 
the 
2s. per ne Sire some- 
i oa hat Gooneherries continue steady at last 
“Strawberies will soon be out of season; the few 
id. to Qs. yer colin: agnics 7: pbaridast, 
eatings, from 4s. to 5s. per 
bushel ; and of Keswick Co ah _s . 6d, to 3s. sper r bushel. 
We observ. very fine J: i 
Standard Fruit from 
he 
2s. p Ve, 
ably. risen in price, the best heads selling from 5. 
No difference has e in the pri 
Beans; w 
Be 
they 
° 
o 
Is, oz. b unches -M 
not so scarce as they were la: a pink Barns but are still fetching Is. 9d. 
and 2 ; Le sare Flowers.—Amon mgst the cut flowers we ob- 
umbellatus, Crassula coccinea, Nerium 
s, Combretum purptreum, and handsome collections of 
_ ns, 
Bride ig: ULY Pew 1942,— 
peruse per seid 33 Cae tor 
Tapes, per Red, for wine, 3s wg 
Melons, tgs 
Pam 
- 
bs 
G: _) Baking, per hf.-sv., =e eg 
ree! es, per punnet, 25 6d to 
Tries perma Ja Gd to 2¢ Walnuts, aarti 
Tries, gall. 10d to le 3d 8, per 
er 3 
‘nl’ |) per 
BLES, 
Spinach, per seca 
Unies, ier per og ans to 4s 
Coo! —— beh., 4s to 5s 
Ch hives per Bin 
Leeks, y: 
sper hf. ofa +) 146d to 26 6d Garlic, per rag of to 
mT per sieve, akg to 3s parce 3 r bch., 8dto 4d 
toes, per ton, 75s ae 
per cwt. on 
ae Saallsl, 94 0o'bod Cel rbu mess ite 
idney, tel ve 33 6d to bs) Simall ittnds, per punn 
Par 
bets 38 taba 
es, Zoy sley, per half chad Is tols6d 
per a ts to Ae Tarragon, r doz, +» 2s to 38 
» per doz. Mint, per doz er 
Vegetable’Marrow, 
, _ rbu brindle ra ‘6d ato 70 Tomatoes, per yoauet) “te ed 
doz. hands (24 to ach) | Capsicums, ibe en, per 1000, 
pe, per doz, Sd to ls 3d 
7s oo tee 
— Turnip, p. doz. bch., 1s'to 1s 6d Mushrooms, per pottle, ls 92 to 2s 6d 
Serene eae 
otices to Correspondents 
Mr. PAXTON’S COTTAGER’S CALENDAR is now reprinte 
in the form: of of a small volume, for engin’ Bese eg price 3d. 
ery 25 copies re- 
ou want is one of the many privileges of 
aiaiand: Society. Any Fellow of chat See 
it for ts No one else ree obtain it at all, 
om the nurserym “agg be paid for it. 
—The specimens s are Ceanothus and Be- 
= rseg'deting We 
Kathleen.—The wens ghey a Ripus is perfectly 
and will thrive in any soil that is not very stiff and pos 
owever, is best adapted adh it. 
It may be cadre propagated b 
or from North Am Tican seeds, when they can be gee: 
oats “Mac Intosn’s Practica, GARDENER” contains 
at pinot for the different operations in each de Srartaenl 2 
VERAGE PRODUCE of each of the following crops, 
to be— 
. B.—The av 
and. QUANTITY OF SEED required per acre, are said to 
Wheat, 23 bushels + produce 40 bushels, et 
Barley, 23 d ; Pi + 40 2” 
Oats, 5 do. ; . 50 9 
Rye, 23 do. 4 35 de 
Be me 33 do, . - 40 > 
Peas, 23 do. + 30 9 
Sainfoin and Clover, 3 do. . _ 
Turnips, » 35 tons, 
p a Fisx, 2} do. 
The quantity of seed will of course vy. with the quality of the 
land; where the soil is poor, more "seed Ba bd allowed. 
‘‘ STEPHENS’S Booxo repeat re: Breit oa 
K OF THE Farm”’ has b 
tised in our co lumns, to sh we must 
- Asu vep Kipney is the nite tl Po- 
t be ed ‘a the foot of - Gat. « wall, or in any 
other warm situation, about the last week in ue uary, provi 
permit ; the tops must, ever, be protected 
ss i gangs You will sate time by sowing 
reste? you for 
as ripe, in shallow feeders, mee ae 
in a Vin gh ; forward their germination. 
the young pa, be ae f appearance, remove them to i voces 
gee to prevent them ed cies gdrawnup. A list of good 
Autumnal Roses is t p. 457, “al of which are perfectly 
+ M. P.—When wernacrous CALCKOLARIAS have done flow- 
Hees remove or the old sag lie gre and —— Fate from the 
stem ve top-dress them w ixture A aspsens and 
and may be potted off se: separately in ito ot i By re- 
potting them as they require it, good flowering plants will be 
formed by at spring. 
Cadwailader.—The following are good successional § 
BERRIES :—Roseberry, Keen's ar rom Me _— Myatt’s "Pine 
where it can be grown in perfecti oer merica’ 
n Scarlet, 
and Coul late Scarlet. our r brary scmhaientiy rooted 
now, you cannot plant them at a better time, as they will get firm 
BE wal before the gi or ea of winte: 
stol.—The article on the : Tarnip- y in the “ Mark 
Seereaet: was purloined fi acs car of the Ga 
‘s’ Chronicle. We y cannot the notions of peeesty 
of some peopl are those a say * adi 
der,’”” others are of opinion that stealing is — a hae 
e t number of Fuchsias alronity-{ in culti- 
vation, ‘which feted Seedling closely resem 
E. E. F.—Ba yr require wes be grown 
A G08 Subs eriber = The nor edition of the ‘ Caines Br 
eC) ompete Serol yee contains col 
peg ibert, one of the best 
F Roses will ae well in a = 
ae Sanaa and ve rants mould, to which a small portio 
well. decayed manure may be added. 
John 's anes ow is hres te op pee 
T Maley 
a 
Ss LECTURE ON THE ROTATION oF 
s for cag delteated. before the eid gh ey Society, 
has nee er heels published. ‘Strep te K OF THE FARM” js 
enon monthly, and is one of, the se pubtidutions of the 
ind. 
ae) imen sent is th of pomorgrig us frangula, or the 
Black Alder, e woul roosiniaaas you to try the 
Ross for covering a sloping rock, provided there is sufficient soil 
for their s: :—Ben: Seedling, Ayrshir " 
Tr i “ip China, Ayrshire, and Boursault 
Roses, cut out all the old wood as all the 
s of the shoot: Pp CrANo- 
THUS AMERICANUS is not the same as C. azureus ; id-Ane en be- 
ing tender and ae flowered, the former hardy an and w 3 
. C. M.—We are of opinion that w: to free. 
stone for ang shelves for MusHROOM-BEDS, On account of its 
non-conducting properties. ie. Lge should be 3 ft. fre and 
‘at least 18 in. allowed maths: surface of each bed and the 
bottom of the one above i pei seldom, rr ever, 
one window will be omen to ag the house, when 
Gi M. e Passiflora is P. lunata ; the Tropz’olum is T. 
birachyceras’ and the papilionaceous shrub from Chili is some 
é 
se gobi 
—Th is the true L. grandiflorus, which we 
never recollect to have pte me athe. g@ seed before. The yt 
bium from Ni p- Billardierianum. We know 
named purple ibang Bg hich constantly bivewas with one white 
petal in each fi ge om such an is by no means 
uncommon. Pane seedling will in time cease to do so. 
M,B.—We advise you tame for Soarghchoned és asecond- 
sized Rocrers’s Borer, and knee ae We doubt the advan- 
ie — n troughs in case. It will be 
nly necessary to carry the pape age oo fom ane Swe rays 
We wine abou t a foot to the end most remote 
fro! 
V. T.—The soil bes best adapted for growing the Pansy is loam en. 
riched with leaf-m ogy eg aoe soil probably was 
too light for the situation. pdb for the bed appears to hav 
a one. It is n in ¢ to keep up the size 
and character of the hicbeliag to keep the plants young and vigor- 
ous, for w Pp beds will be ang the first 
to bloom early in the spring, another in summer, and a yo 
early ina 4 e situation age vr for the Peery ae id be 
adapted to td sheltered h the heat of 
: cutti 
suffici cay, nor are they so fine, as many sorts we already possess 
in 8 TS sue 
pple, v very early eee enough, but not 
of drst rate favour, nd rap known 
Bla 
H. J.—It is patti [pach a iad cause ‘* your Had 
and NecTaRInes falling off, w' 
ing the pe of their » 8 you say, they exe 
plentifully supplied with water, we can assign no 
on, unless they are planted t : 
Acacia Kermesina is a stove plant, and uires. same treat- 
ment as the other stove kinds; the are crimson. 
W. W.—The green Cateksiaehs with, white-and-lilac mark. 
ings on each side of the body, and which you found feeding on 
an Ash-tree, is the larva of the Sphinx Ligustri, or Privet Hawk- 
Moth, — is not reat ap in a of Engiand, . 
Philome ‘a.—The p Pen sed Face Col. 
ia pase ag 3, poms cordiflins 4, Cuscuta epithym um, 
C. M.—The Carices are,—1, C riparia: — Cc. divuisa; 3, C. 
icdria; 4, C. paludo 3 B; os ; 73 C. 
vulpina. No. 7 is Scirpus triqueter. 
-—Your plants are,—i, Celastrus pyracanthus; 2, Olea 
Europea ; 4, Solanum pseud icum ; 5, Solanum tomentosum. 
‘m. Lodge.—The blooms of your Pelargonium were uch 
ull blue in the centre of the flower 
is of great disadvan to it, 
me pres a . oe of the blooms, 
ty use be valuable to those 
ye smeeng from its ti by. scented foliage, and from 
the caer of the flower being hi superior te any of the 
ented v ; the truss y wers, and ve 
advar ned. 
plants are,—2, lia Erinus; 3, # Mesembry- 
anthemum ; 4, Camissia esculenta ; Ss Ph ren u 
Echinops hérridus ; 7, Er 
is a clean and pretty flower, but it is not ‘equal to 
bog senator hin resemble it in po by 
petals a d the flow: dual Poe nts substance. 
we to 0 with thet thet three halfpence 
The lower 
What are 
e the ki ind called the 
STRAWBERRY leaves are, No. 1, 
3, the Elton, 
e complain, 
The TUMOURS 
ced by an ee ane are of the 
you 
ilfully sencoan than any 
ses UW rip nge a 
n th 
Your Hvonancras Wi will, ~ all pr vas ii 
when they grow very f. they alw: 
is called the Ce Com mon Vapourer, or Hed-spot 
the tufts of hairs with oc its sere melee 
men We 2 3 ag page eed pyioe d.that your ganden pros. 
pers under our veg See ree good thing it is to read the 
ee ay of Chro 
W. Ab. ‘Lv oge s sk is a an “orm wa 
Dido's $ plants are hum Vincetéxi Stenochilus 
maculatus, Ear.y nw wi iil t be much improved by being ga- 
thered a fe are p actectie a ripe. 
G. P. is = gil ‘The plant | is Schewchaéria Palitstris. 
Carna’ on é 
t so tershire.—Neither paint nor coal-tar should be used for 
the interior of the boxes in which you intend to shift your eee 
the por hted of the wood should either be left untouched, or 
should be coated over etrew ae .. 
W.J. E; —Yo 
- our Pico fine border variety, thegenerhl 
fo e bei ing ba a ih a presgin pod, petals 
are too psa Be at the edge; our, which should be 
confined to the margin o seta: is vibe much distributed over 
its surface for a A you tn, 
es Youelli in th appearance of the flower; how far 
plant may differ from that variety in habit we cannot say cn 
seeing it, 
ae een have arrived too late for answers this week. 
ErrRatT In an ar upon the preservation of Fuchsias in 
Sapepshs be col. a, aah from the top 1s, la ary A is ree 
: r e se ron 
Ti w or nite » but allowed the elt co 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue French Chambers were opened on Tuesday ae 
ore affecting scene can 
allu 
the calamity whi ther, to 
the necessity of providing against the consequences of 
his securing the try a from 
any interruption of the constitutional Mo It 
i bers of his old age, and feel- 
ingly adverted = 
his tenderness. The speech concluded by stating fl 
e Regency Bill will be the ane copay Mi: to 
mbers at their present sitting, and that they will 
be summoned at a later period of the year wie resume their 
rdinary labours. The delivery of the speech, and its re- 
ception by the Chambers, are said to ha 
emotion, an mber was a ecte 
it appears that its will bring forward no amendment on 
offer no 
the address, and wi r no resistance e Regency ; 
t they intend to contest t! of a President, 
and at a vr period will @ at _ to over- 
Ministerial papers announce 
to accept the chall 
the result. 
ferent } 
A.—Your plant is a Vitex ; but from the specimen sent it is im- 
ble to d e what species. The Pear is Knight's apuri- 
—1, Pteris hastata; 4, Pteris 
and 7, witox tasuriota'a ; 8, Pteris chinensis ; 0, 
aren 3 co a Poiypaaiam and 5 ——— 
to determine their cae 
