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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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of moisture. From whatever cause, however, it may arise, 
excessive drying is the Pai deal of any of the acci- 
dents that can attend see ae 
0 “pe is 
aa pia ety put on the top of a kiln 
off the ‘external moisture ;_ but t if the process be 
and if the natural sspisttve 
d naa as So be as 
Br - 
ties of Onion an : 
in the drawers or in gta parcels, would not gro 
ed in 
that on weighing were found to have lost more than an 
ounce in the pound. It is familiar seedsmen the in- 
drink in weight of such _ Ue Nia fore when long kept. 
Most practical men also hav ced that when d 
weather is long continued J after sow ing, especially if warm, 
the best of seed will either not germinate at all, or do so 
ry weakly. 1 these are proofs th my seeds are much 
injured by the a action of air; and when set aside for 
pr ation in our cool climate, they should be as muc 
be pony known.— Zt, L rn. 
ty of Se ode = Your correspondent, Mr. C. 
pe an account of the growth of the Charlock 
ae yoann after a recent opening of the soil on 
kenhead and Chester Railw any instances 
aging ee is case vat 
would fall into oo casa the greatest care s 
taken that the fact is corr If Mr. Penny, any 
[ Certainly. All we mean by advocating fast-grown timber 
is, to recommend that it should be enabled to grow as fast 
as is suited to the climate. We shall soon return to the 
subject. 
Araucaria Braziliensis.—I observed in the Chronicle 
of the 16th instant, that you pyre hed my remarks of 
i n Araucaria Braziliensis ; 
inter, &c. But you 
one of s 
montlis na submitted to Dr. Lindley, who pronounced it 
to be of that species.—J. S., Balham. [Wearenotcon- 
vinced. 
ia fulgens.—I beg to inform “A “aperalk Se 
me in the 
he blooms ighter than those in 
he greenhouse. I may add, that I find a small quantity 
f bone-dust mixed with the mould, a s ae to be 
an excellent manure; as it tends*to produce flowers, with- 
out a en agp res 4 ee which is oftentimes the 
case when too highl set. 
Fu seal fulgens will A beautify, in the apen ground, 
either in plunged pots or planted out. The cause of the 
silt 
a bette ped cause th i 
——I have been successful in flow 
e open ground an 
wi e 
a group the flower-garden, by turning them 
h grown very eager 
thout even a flower falling prematurely. soil they 
were planted in was composed of loam, Fiang and leaf- 
ld.—D. Gelletely. 
ew P opr 
Gooseberries. 3g observe in the 
te e to lay before your readers hich I hav 
seen — ed Aba success, daa < die. — rw 
preferable, he tioned ; 
th those covered with mats, owing to their being ex- 
cluded from light ai ich causes the fruit to 
i .—Procure 
Ta rea 
British Association ome ted to investigate this subject. 
d deal of evidence to prove that se 
seems a 
may be buried in the earth for a <2 and en grow when 
- 0 ame ep en and there is really 
robable with regard Q “3 “fact ; but 
the experimentum crucis is wanted. 
i ast leading article on ding, me 
e pi 
jection—and being also of opinion that the piece of wood 
ked out formed no part of the bud, as it apres 
sound without it, and trusting to it g agai wed 
by the cambium, I determined to give it : 
several years I selecte rtion of t 
marked them with a tally, and in spring they generally all 
started away at the growi riod. were mu 
fewer failures among th an the o ,and In 
seased. cellent 
never reject any + them. oe a buds appear to owe their 
to the bud bein A very ex 
r ur excellent t direction 
pruning forest trees, by Spear the leader in time, “yt 
ve at pee if Property attended to. It is 
fon vider 
possible as well as 
The stander to 7 left ul timately for timber koge hoy 
be selected of the most vigorous, healthy plants; and for 
this purpose there should be sufficient to ch from. 
They also help to improve one another when young. The 
leaves they shed are, perhaps, the > and 
may be covere 
it dry, and i 
requisite to take 
vering, in order that the fruit may have the ao of 
and ai 
a late relative, of the 
at I did in consequence e- 
- s i one year much infested with these vo- 
racious consumers of foliage, I was Sreacpe of them 
, and get som 
rant you they will die.’’ Accordingly, the remedy 
being simple, I did not go to the road, but took d 
clods, and having pounded them to powder, I applied it 
as . The result was (whether that killed the 
creeping things or not, I will not vouch), that they very 
soon disappeared, an es clean. firs 
t the frui be spoiled; the answer was 
a ected that t woul 
‘© Oh, the first pe vill put all that to rights,’’ and 
40 it was.—Gros sulari 
” Trip e Dahlia, From eighbouring garden I hav 
received a purple do a0 ~ Dali with A pe quite perfect 
o ‘orme T ta 
n vin Shan 
a crown at the top, which is compo 
act ay blooms.—L. W. D 
was 
axils o leaves uy surrounding the stem with 
| sand as bolt Number of last year’s Chronicle, and 
joot Gardupred the leaves were allowed to pro- 
through the surrounding 
bg covered ?—4, aa 
fildew on Peas.—I beg to to differ from Bp pial 
5 | pondent “FY. Mackenzie,” as to the cause of mildew 
Peas. Ho @ seems to think it is caused by an over-supply 
of moisture ; while I think, or, I may say, I am on- 
vinced of the cont I am ready e to admit 
“that mildew in canva in p cellars is caused by 
mp;’’ bu onsider mildew on plant d the same in 
try we have had scarcely any rain all the summer 
to use a gardener’s phrase, “ we are y dried up ;” 
and my Peas, Roses, and Wall-trees are com letely a 
vered with m I think this proves, that it is in this 
case over- pec nes “4 hehe the . mM. 
White tegen t Pegglesworth Weil ear Chel- 
tenham, a snow- a swallow has been hatched during 
the present mon d been seen flying by several 
er’ There e two ee ae — in the nest 
colour. Am 
ightee 7 ars, i wri 
in 37 (the year his tite master ae the following 
settee A instances of change of c wt bserved 
upon the same farm, viz., a white har white tak and a 
white black-bird.— R. 4:3 Charlton Kui, July 30th. 
aot eaueeccae: OF tte arr 
RTICULTURAL SOC 
August 2nd. ay W. Barchard, Esq. int oorcits R.W Coe, 
Ram, and H. Hyicos. Esqrs., were elected Fellow: M 
Lawrence “exhibited a handsome new Pa stibnabes bot plant, 
‘own 
Erica retorta; E. infundibuli iformis, a most eleg: i 
blossoms of the ica wi pink, and E. inflata alba, quite a bush 
n Ree gaoeapal: tubular flowers of the p 
Rucker, + Jun., was 
epectiils, With no less ai: 
tim » the > pure white of the vettanth forniing a siking pent 
of the labellum ; also Oncidium Lanc 
a high! y orn rnamental species, no less ceunaing of notice than t the 
preceding ; mes Cyenoches chlorochilum, with lar, green 
flowers, oor markable for the beauty which they possess, - 
as exhibitin so sg instance o _the tir te form 
— this tribe of plants a : i 
warded for the Milténia. Mr. “Jackson, of Rieatebs cent, a Pens 
Ba 
me po 
th ly 
sibelee | pede of purplis ; E. jasmin ant 
variety, with long inflated shite blossoms; a coc 
cinea, with tubes of the brightest eg el for the mahig foraian a 
Sank sida medal was awarded. Messrs. Veitch exhibited a cut 
een: of anew species | of Echites, trons the ages mountains, 
the plantis 
diate possessa climbing habit,to bea free gro oar an abundant 
bloomer ; Fe flourishes besti in Penmecie Setesmedinte between 
that of a a medal was awarded 
h 
From Mr. Mountjoy, of Ealing, 
those of a Leptosi wi than 
ee little “HH erb: us p 
geile but ey. ‘dently ere ecrmatng to © that g' : 
the s ind was — ee _by Mrs. Lawrence, at a a previous 
eing: a a weeks ce; 
grown specimen of Achisneiad longifl 
ling Dahlia, named Virgil. Certificates were awar 
m Mr. Watts, gr. 
Lisianthus ‘Russeliianns, 
h 
e plant was raised fro 
alternate greenhouse. and vinery 
latter during the spring ye rch the 
being composed of eect apaeant —, axes 
‘ais. “vith 
accompanied witha eating | ie a phial o 
be in many he habits, but is mu nek 
its v owers. From J. Sc ender Esq. * 
noble nie of Lilium lanci folium ggg iene with ‘showy white 
blossoms, curiously dotted with pink ; for whic ert 
dd, gr. to J.G. Mon nypenny, ie by pees rather hand- 
i Gibboniana, but “n 
oc 
Stanhopea hs Ag Fro: r. Hamp, er. 
species of China ‘supposed nM be how wh with 
tis of compact habit, oe bloom 
y seedlin 
varieties ; the | fea colour of so 
ably pure, — the colour extend walstyibated  albag ed 
— mess ¢ Lae ckham haha eedlin Pe chsias, nam 
veryan r, Selle to L. atkins, Esq.» 
exited six reniarkebly wall reams Be aoe» Pine-apples : bat 
respectively 41b rit iret ma 150z., cut from P 
ore open soil, h ated by er; two s, of 3lb. pam 
and 3lb. 50z., from plants pi i eon plunge tan upto ot, 
vd ers to the eel method; and two of less weig! J 
from plants plunged in : showing | that much row 
fruitmay ts produced’ by plants g grown in open soil than upon those 
whose roots ar ae pate the latter may raed 
bear fruit of saber aahone: Medal w rae as awal' 
, 
Pine-apples 
three remarkably handsome Q 
weig ib. JOZ., tees ‘= dish of Be ores. 
> warded ae the Pines 
+ to § Sir @. ogee w 
cimens of ie caan a aved rate oaf, and 
to the Antigua capone 
ilson, Esq., exhibited some very fine 
ae andria a for which 
sent some 
. Elliot ir We Ingleby, fruit 
the C Carica Papaya, or oer ek oe pa de tT) which mee 
Tequire to be impregnated during their expansion to ensure 
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