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528 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aveusr 6, 
43. Lw4! : RY 2 #45 7 rs: 321 4 ; PNP pc 
a, Allamand b PE and p lows that this matter is of less impdrtance than is 
or cut one of its clusters of flowers, - occa As pétalus. plant, conti to expand its | supposed: the soil should, however, be rough and foros, the 
rily led into exclamations of its great eleganc singular “cwisted flowers of brown and yellow. Amongst the | the water may percolate freely through it. Raise surface of 
mer ornam the border, and as a winter inmate of te aquatic slows are Nymphza ‘caer nies blue with wall con- | the bed, that the plants may s near thi i 
be dmired. Now t tras reo pomeag pee rebar cérnuus, with curious tail- | quantity of fresh bark is required for that purpose, b ~ od 
to a ‘eine rs pose, bury it in 
like oka of white b and Valisnéria spiralis, whose in- | trenching below 7 
b pent. 
plants for blooming in the gre spring 
mon we ar uced ma bservations 
its cultivation in the latter place. he seeds 
to produce plants Oy) so the latter 
of t, or, at the latest, by the middle of 
Bent . Collect them from the plants now grow- 
ing, if such can be , or procure them from the 
see . Select a shady situation in the gar 
morning or afternoon, and plant 
plants into pots, placing one oneachina No.1. An 
common soil of the n will answer for potting them. 
pots should then be —— at teers, here th 
n until Novem ber, giving occa 
sional acta, though ey wl need but a very small 
re y at at this season of the year. At the end of this 
tk ] , placing 
them on an - shelf, as near the adres as is convenient, 
m very sparingly. About the Ist of Feb., 
lants may be removed into No. 2 
am and leaf-mould, or peat and 
Bs 
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ilo ies 
oe pot, they do not look wok from the fg poner habit 
ants. We have d them to small deli- 
to mae a very showy ap this, however, is un- 
unless the amateur rea leisure time, and wishes 
to indulge jn such fancy work: to 
done neatly, and the seats often seh 0 
greenhouse or parlour, blooming rc m 
cal ge plan n turned out into the 
here they will continu ate Pa all sum 
Hovey} s sites. of Horticulture. 
Celery.—The method of cultivating Celery in the gar- 
den of Mr. Douglas, of Washington, is quite different 
from the usual plan of growing it in Puingle tr enches. 
The system ~~ wn —— a bed about four ne ihe, and 
of any length the ground will admit. In t is bed the 
n 1 inches a d 
latter 
wpe get 
pats 
f.this m 
of a When the earth is thrown up in single ha be 
than j if tare was a aes body of earth, as in beds four feet 
wide. The co pop rosa is, = the —— have a con- 
nd as ridge 
atant supply re formed between 
the — where he antic’ is toil oats in all heavy rains 
the plants receive all the be rain ; while, by 
the method of growing the plants in single rows, all ‘the 
water is carried away from them into.the hollows which 
are formed, as soon as the plants are earthed up above 
the surface of the oil. rs Ma, ~~. 
was elected a Correspon: 
of Paris. He is ex pected shorty in 
st_month this great chemist 
of the Academy of Senet 
this country. 
G RDEN MEMO MEMORANDA. 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.— mpro* nae 
these ens within a the Sau few months. 
en formees 
hardy plants had been arranged in their natural orders as far as 
praeticable ages the season was too far advanced for their re- 
moval; fthe garden has haan exclusively de. 
voted to the coll ection of native ee which are wih apres ws 
per en ae their natural orders In one of thes s Po 
ame unk are o> ag imsie 
saily upon blocks of wood, with their roots enveloped in moss; 
white nowers nod pao the bottom of 
ea 
producing cymes of bright coatints Gesnéria lanata, a s ong- 
burnia: 
or 12 feet i . 5 aieenebee. and a bran 
Screw Pine. In the Conservatory SS. hamilis 
pha australis are growing luxuriantly, Se plant of ue 
caria excelsa al already reached the — Banksias, of 
which there is an extecnive collection, somes cellen 3 
and many i them are remarkable for their large s size; Banksia 
speciosa 1 in flow with Dryandra _— a, Anadénia Man- 
glésii, several — ills, Leucospermum eponnsitun and Tris- 
Ania confert: he ame oer with these are straight grow- 
ing plants of yee 
Dammara australis. Ea thie ore hid: ved i 
flower, Cattleya Forbesii; Pleurothallis Grobyi i, “ pri little 
with _— “ge _ ow — like flowers; Zygopétalon 
Mackaii, dar’ ing the labellum bea utifu lily marke 
with blue pone wites: Griffinia hyacinthina, a handsome bulbous 
plant, with light blue flowers, the two Serer: te — mar- 
gined with a deeper colour; and Nelambium speciosum, a splen- 
did aquatic, with petals of deep rose, pose cer changing to 
towards the 
white rth of the flower; the stamens are yellow, 
and the top of theo which bears some resemblan ce to that 
of a Poppy, olen : — “studded with n s distinct stig- 
mas. Amongst the Cactaceze in flower, “ms > Echinocactus erina- 
papnieg cen ius, dull red 3 
w; the sir ular Euphor- 
flowers ; many patey species of Echinocacti and Mammilldrize 
from Mexico will, shortly be in blossom he noble plant of 
Araucaria homers on the lawn is. rapidly iiweghie 
is producing four globular cones niffee its upperm 
= 
e€ years 
sent i 
them to ramble about the house at will. The pom’ of Pines 
in di stages of wth is v great; one hit mtains some 
remarkably strong plants of the Providence,.and f the Trini- 
dad,' the latter in fruit. 
description given of this Pin ansactions, 
being rather broader at the top of the fruit than vat the bottom ; ; 
a it x there —— that the fruit i is of a 
The Peach-trees look very healthy, and are well cropped. 
pF ialy 25. 
Standish’s pbk! 1 peed —Within the last two or three 
years several plan m raised in on Nursery of great 
merit: suc’ 
Stand 
erit: such as oe pins ora, F, S$ . ceo- 
laria ishii. There are nowin flower ee excellent Hybrids 
raised from F. osa élegans (' mpson’s), crossed with F, 
corymbiflora. e s are of the richest purplish crimson, and 
the sepals are habi different plants 
vary, but the be free bloomers, some of them 
sending bunches of ont from — axil of e Sane va 
bserved some excellent pits built of turf at a trifling expense 
which are partioutar ly well ‘aapted for cocer an half- andy plants 
bese see for the uch wi d drier th: 
ey 
d will probably be more 
easly toe alive ian those which songs truck from cuttings.— 
R. 
CALENDAR OF an ike “ a week. 
ly 
the stopping of 
lind on the subject, as 
req 
'y every-day experience, it ma 
= e questioned whether’ a an le particle of the assimilated matter - 
ished by the superior lea’ 
ves goes toincrease the size of th 
bud in its i. 
apse chao bject — 
nti 0 Le) é culti ti 
at for Grapes, the ob be aise 
uction of fruit, and not in the growth of a great quantity of 
wood, which be turned to any useful ee | at 
ation refl — will posts eh ”? that in 
to the greatest possible extent will no not 
‘| increase the fruitinthe ‘cine ratio; besides, the dy he advo- 
woul ace, use twi 
oO yards of 
young wood would be laid in ing th require room togrow, instead o: 
a ; ging of , we will 
rps be def ended on the 
dispensed 
I.—KITCHEN-GARDEN AND ORCHARD, 
‘ In-door Department. 
Aig! ated with the repotting of the plants, be 
oipige senate to fruit next 
is at all dry, let it be watered the d 
e 
se aren an increase of room 
Mr. Paxton recommen “ey ay pot ne upon an im mana 
ni one, which, no ret isa pith pr diced tion. After tyin 
and ree —— the leaves, a. plants wena be syringed oer, 
head, watered at the root. Keep the house close and 
damp, til the’ heat rises in the b 
Sh —Remove laterals, net regulate the leaves, so 4 
ery b unlig 
Dabsieses vt colour in. Grapes i is, perhaps, as often ¢ caused by 
over- Snel pd or ith an unhealthy state of the plant, as it is “ 
the ch te roe air and light. y 
soit ct exposure to the sun’s rays a 
be beneficial % the e young wood of Peach-trees, “probably by ex- 
haling its watery particles, and thus making the more firm 
When, therefore, the leaves of the early-forced treed are found to 
Racnscre rg ith a touch, whic “h is a sign that they are no longer 
all that tter ie Aint by a 
the trees 8 lightly over with a besom ; _ but the leaves are sti Ml in 
=O eluate 
—If, in spite of all the © Precautions 
iets taheh the red deller ncreases in the fr. 
the: va as water, 
causing them to crack. Wat er Cucumber it gate liberally, . 
Out-door oe rim 
has fallen partially this summer, that while in some 
parts of the apentey here has been a superabundance, others are 
so parched by extreme ca ei rein produce can only be 
kept alive by continual waterings. In the latt fg 
is now the chief occupation. W si a su 
for everything that requires ‘it cannot be obtained, the preference 
Grankt be enter to such standard ps as bi lery, C 
tc TD 1 + 
th 
deficiency of a 
ABBAGES Wa bak an eh a udleube change 
of plicrsecanny soon occurs, they had wotte be shaded, if fully exposed 
to 
ENpDIvE.— Make a sowing to stand ring. 
Saneex? Thin the young plants, a water them pages 
Turnips.—At the end of the week, sow the Stone for use in 
“a 
OrcH — Wasps will most likely soon be getting numerous; 
their nants aheahl gens be — out and destroyed, before 
they do ergs is ief. Fev woh kinds of insects which arei 
plants und this 
pra gece to: keep them as org 
the caught by cutting 
walls will keep better if covered with mats instead on jets. See 
to the watering of Strawberry plants for forcin, 
—FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
In-door Department, 
TOVE.—Where there are flues in the house, they should now 
epaire: 
amined and put in order. If any alterations 
are not yet done, brow is an excellent time to a0 them; the 
may be painted within and w ane nie the walls washed, pte the 
ch ie for creepers throughly les 
NH 
GREENHOUSE AND Y cular pape must 
id to the watering of on ad ot ants, while such hot and dry- 
ing weather prevails. Delic shy pie iny irreparahiy 
sides of the pots, 
injured by the be ee. direct soins 
and crying up ender roots. To prevent ei mishap, the pots 
which con satti ood Fohuloe ieotany nts might be ea in anny one. 
of a larger size, and the interstices ne ag moss. 
servatory borders will need a liberal eae Tk act water, ‘on pa 
plants as are not i in toscana pe sometimes be syringed, Le 
ie maa. repairs be made before the time arrives for housing 
© plan 
Pits AND Frames.—Put in 
or bedding Se next spring. 
= Be When offsets 
cuttings of scarlet Pelargoniums 
x Aare singly, they will not need 
alceolarias ‘how a disposition 
ff 2: 
off the old plants. Pot a yrange 
ie bonis ie 
acant bi 
any 0 other showy herbace: 
ms, Snapdragons, and m ous plants, 
may still be put in under ar se pe _ The aes e varieties of 
arious kinds of Lychnis and its kindred gen uch 
inant cultivated heen deserve. 
pce woth FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
Nur spared, prepare ground by 
Gneenins of Pale icks for "the we reception of Cartings oe evergreens, 
which succeed well if planted in moist weather towards the 
end of this month, or the beginning of next. Clean the ground 
thorough! een the young plants, likewise all seed- 
her god a comes, the whole will soon be a wilderness 
of we 
soaas J AnD Corricz Woops.—lIf not already done, ape 
trees an BX cme of hedges should be cleared of grass 
weeds er sets in. A man mattock could 
bears with a 
clean round the stathe ‘at a great many young Pireics ry a bier bg 
and the rubbish might be left upon the ground as 
B. Whiting, The "Daipicne. 
State of the Weather near London for the Week ending August 4, 
1842, as observed at the Horticultural Garden Chiswick, 
aula nitielt 
Barometer. ‘THERMOMETER. Wind. | Rain. 
ioe Max. Min. Max. | Min, ; Mean. |[-———— ash 
Frida, 29.987 | 29.851 65 45 | 55.0 N. 4 
Saturday 30 30.064 30.018 52 58.5 N. . 
Sun -81 | ge.294 | 30.127 47 57.5 N. it 
Monday 11 30,277 30.218 72 67-5 | N.B. . 
Tuesday 2] 30.183 | 29.979 79 55 67.0 E. it 
telemaneya 3) 29.950 83 52 67.5 | N.E. | aft 
29.902 | 29.828 86 62 74.0 Ww. 
aes 30,083 | 29.987 | 740 | 50.8 | 63.4 Ba 
uly 29. Ov 
; densely cueteds ,, Gass gps 
overcast. 
so ‘ 
; fine; 
es night. 
and dry; distant thunder in after- 
h tempera- 
st also at ight 
noon e, 
4. Viee f, fon overcast ; sultry; hot and dry ; 
ture being tained ed throughout the day, and 
Mean temperature of the é 
week 1°2 below the aver 
