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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
545 
which species you refer to.. Your CAMELEIAS would have 
sn eeded better if they had been placed ina Vinery to emer 8 
their 2 aia papers of being soared) ag a = border. “The 
plant of Az ‘THID- which: h flowere 7 some 
years ; ‘ies Ce same 
Ther sno way of er ting Co.Tsroor, except had 
sling | it up, ms wonétantly destroying be govt as fast as 
appear. Pentstem ma gential goat is Vv a 
it ma 
ete e suffered from the excessive drought which has prevailed in 
any pen = i the summer.— 
r plants are, I, eo apm botryodes; 2, Lindria 
eal: * Bay Anemia: verticillatum.—t 
M. Ma, Ea aling.— The. ,Phlox is not sufficiently distinct to be 
nely developed 
no y Se RTeRIOD. of the centre is percepti je when Fed ho Sige+ 
way 
is rendered complete 
A Nov e, Blackfriars, who a that he t ee mv, a J bene 
the last thee years wa ich at the proper time pu a great 
number of buds, which drop en without blowing, athoogh = 
plant is kept i in- the open air w ith others, and i 
healthy, whether 
potted | during that period ; as it is most sgn? aiat the blooms 
drop od eee pera hn sufficient nutrimen 
Gamma.—Lr s Lronurus, patted in light rich soil, and 
o doubt flower freely. 
sia for 
y + 
‘Pau ULO 
a growing nite 
do it in midwinter; but it should be avoided if see 
Yarieties of RosEs a are Ba 5 6 apt to sport in their colours.— 
e@ CATALOGUE OF ee Me the 
If you must prune your CEDAR OF LEBANON, 
Some 
Gres, Linn. The intehy with 
figures of a species equally destructive to timber will be found in 
Curtis’s Brit. Ent., fol. anid pl. 253.—R. 
Cadwallader’s Caterpillars are ry offspring, not of a Moth, but 
oy a Tenthredo, or Saw-fly, allie the sh or et os Cater- 
pillar, Mey  ogcasionally destroys the Turnip cro; his- 
ry and nomy will be fow ree vol. of the Ri Royal 
Agric. Jou am Unless we cou e larv vonlive, it would be 
impossible to guess to what es = psalerennrts they belong ; 
and we nparat exceedingly that they were all dead when they 
reached a pags 
Live ahs e is referred to p. 296 of vol. 1, and p. 252 of the 
Gard. sat ty a the present ogre for _ “mode of getting rid of 
the Maggots destroying Onion as for diminishing 
the Flies by killing their pupee 
Mr. William m King’s curious, “nest — of Rose leaves is the 
work of a wild Ries called the ‘* Willo r Leaf-cutter Bee,” and 
is is an interesting 
“ie 
be 
uainted, with any work we 3 — 
eudly, mpen spe ni for fie out FLowER GARDENS. 
eae s saps a, nu er interspersed i in 4 inedonie Gardener’s Mager 
work reer ** James’, Gardening”’ contains 
“Thet tom satienaeshocs fialaieaneest Srraw- 
Me mts obtained! of: Messrs; Korrpet and Coy Kensington 
ursery.. 
is Wy S-—Passiviona COCCINEA is, a Stove, and not.a Green- 
ouse p 
Ignoramas “our F plants are, 1, Fihiseus —_ sinensis; 2; 
Lantana Cammara ; 4, Vinca:tosea alba; 5, Vin . Youwill 
not ae to obtain a complete set of this pear? ; ‘Chronicle, six 
he Your insects next 
of 83 sepapees being eters out of print. 
é. G1 —e) js: Ipomeea, nao seed 2, Cle- 
rodendrum emimense? 3; rie hehe opten ae 
ee S. = VERE ees have been BARKED all. round e belc there 
seldom nema unless the extent of the barking. is very in- 
mside erable; in whichca e wound should be covered: y 
wit, a pains poe esh cae pg and clay, an rele over with 
mo ivance joer the apap: leper sade washed 
off asin — 
your plants fos probably been Zotened by Lei ia Sep Te ea x 
spite of the water, and not because of it} .Itis im-reality of little 
use watering plants sort of weather, tnless it'is done 
much more abundantly than is customary. A much better plan 
is to mulch. their roots hen itis ible.— 
Querist will find the me Musarooms ale eek 
up a pavement stone at, p. 535 ate ee ee 
Chronicle. It is not so Unrommmgn as is ima nd, alterall, 
why should it be dou’ aeban, “forces of 
r subst ‘he on Mushroom 
agin heaye up a hard ae road baked | by the sum- 
ce ofa i and the solid masonry 
of india is toppled over by the roots 0} -trees.— 
epaoan nent Gt rss plants are little 
nor are the p Plants 1 
ed by single tert 
, and fruit, and we will tell you whet t itis.—+ 
A. Whittaker.—A List oF CARNATIONS, with ‘their leading eda 
i pear shortly, and will furnish eh ne oe the 
i "Ss Don J Jon HN was noticed, 
he PRok went of 
bited 
y. pecniiari 
is well sap 
A Lover of een —Ligvip Paes Poe be used for al) 
ute of plants that arenot too a to leaf. We ee. 
however, fear it would be too po weitea 1 for Picotees and tone 
It should be always applied in stval eae ata time, 
considerable intervals of time. 
all 
es it should be tyes to 
le when in fi wth, a ax egaainie to grow. It 
worse than useless when the grow rly ov You will 
find a —— een of good rotten cow-dung better for Pansies 
than liqui Why not use yo ump to return fo the 
donghill = water thet flows from eS so that the main body of 
the manure may be improv. by it ? 
x. — ae -RUBBISH is meant th e old mortar and plaister 
obtaine ouses are pulled down. It is a most saya at 
when ho are p : 
manure ei eenry re = not at all hea ating. If, however, your 
+ era co. os me y not try a portion of the ground pre- 
ed as.w e, rest ‘the Temainder according to the gardener’s 
wt oe 
papers on manures, now publishing i in our colu Gas-water 
will not sweeten it, most certain you add powdered Eypsum 
tin nstance, vevech then water it well w 
mns. 
to the mud in the firs 
water as you turn over the mixture, you will render the muda 
far more powerful fertiliser, For zara RAGUS beds the “en season 
is the antumn Give 
them Mm PLENTY © 
ad ee: general facts concerning hybrids in the 
f ry of Horticuiture,” ba 69, and more detailed information 
in Lindley’s * Introduction to Bo otany,” ed. 3. In averyshort time 
we shall i duce t esata ourcolumns. For the pr iaoene 
he 
we can only say that some hybrids a 
that ano are ferti ng -—t 
lf G , who sent specimens of the Green Pine Apple Straw- 
berry rie the cuabete Chronicle office a fortnight nyo ihe nas any 
and yh 
re immediately sterile, and 
very anxious to know the tt Ba of 
PRESERVING heen Peat till ti Will any one fav 
us with the Suman, desired 
~ M. pc informs — sh - has a fine swarm of bees foe 
were las t year hiv ed i e of the Cecgpat- chat Bee-kee 
Boxes,” the centre of “which they hav 
the side “i 2 oo well furnished w 
ealed 
honey, but n up. has been waiting to take it, but 
as it has not ana much progress during the last 10 days, she is 
doubtful whether the bees will finish k late in the 
season; and wishes ow if she must wait to see what the 
es will do, or in an one ig some pre hong in 
eat it themselves Naas oe W. doe eath 
country, her bees will not do v6 9 more this he " rad 
ee take the side s as she finds that it pan poe mt 
ape , and return the bees to the centre one.]—§ 
Cansaaneaa ane Bes cat recommend you the followi 
=< which form a good variety with those you already 
SS. 
Carnations. ; Jacques’ mo 
es Flora’s 8 Partai R.F. 
ly’s Lady Ely, Sharpe’s Dake ey ‘Wellington, 
Graaatey* s Village Maid, R.F. Red 
Sharpe’s Hector. 
Giddens’ Tea 
ussell's Snoekhsatehe 
i ey Queen Victoria, Par. 
Kirtland’s Queen Victoria. 
Dickson’s Sites - en tariein 
Giddens’ Ves 
ti ~<a Bricks, Rose Ed. 
Eliz 
Pollard’s First-rate, P.P. 
Willmer’s Hero of. Middlesex, 
SF FE. 
Wigg’s Earl of Leicester, S. F. 
Wilimer’s Conquering Hero, 
S.B. 
Smith’s: Duke’ of Wellington, 
Bucknall’s Earl Fitzhardinge, 
Pu bios Prince ree C.B. 
feamenee) sas Be 
Deco x wit a form a subs - tute form 
will i Rese ve Fring yot 0 We cannot pecuunt for some of 
your Gatacion mt biedenton and shee “sib a Benge! appearance, 
unless it arises from their ‘bemg overgrown, 
C. Wenman. 
dition, but we saw sufficient t hat it isnot worth 
preserving, 3 = it is deficient’ both in “the substance and form of 
the petals, 
ng DAuriA being bi ndiy-sindk ox: h 
y, tha’ phen cannot an a decided opiuion upon | 
points in the flower; for snatenvees' the centre 
ssesses ees siderable depth of petals, batthese’ 
of the flower, and give it a crowded ap- 
in.° Of your seedling Preo- 
TEES. ‘the’ heavy-edged purple is. ae honey oe pod is cae and 
the guard petals large and of good s 1 
one 
skort of Heading, Red no 
but it 
JOR ~¥o1 
bruised in its journ 
it. 
mall for the 
are t “1 > size 
ed 
the edge of t h colour occa- 
aoneres broken knees to the edge by th white, The heavy- 
edged li ah rose has os desir Bers as the purple, the “rer ae 
oo m barred ; also a small, an 
su \ The otieet variety" bre torr sme ; we cotidin ss het 
the, ng was good, but the petals wanted size, and were too 
fewin vances 
Anzio are So numerous, wae to raise one worth 
scndieg 4 pectic it show oe some decided t ic that wil 
distinguish it from those we already 
ry good one, but c 
Ye but we annot reco 
strong te warrant its being sent out as a new varie 
Ps Moyre’ and Hysaip Micnornyia ” are both 
Roses ef. acknowledged merit in their particular class; your 
blooms were te —* 
Frtcitave. pc ae ur se 
pear to open w 
nsition neha too at sudden from those fally open 
overcom 
r 
pehoe es this defect, it 
the 
to those oF unfolding. if oa 
-_ prove a very — show-fi 
F, M.—You ion: RGON}UM 
Lord Nelson.— 
oun variety, named Smith’s 
seedling yellow her named the Twick- 
— Your 
the bloom sent ap- 
mgho 
enham Rival, we should like to see we 
n cut t 
through the 
of sticks, so that no leaves or agen projec 
— eshes, upon which the Wasps m 
if any these destructive insects wil enter to attack the fruit.—t 
Légére—It Bags he ar that plan ENTSTEMON 
inne a exposed to the sun, ein 
a d men co wate anding their flowers. is is 
i 
probably the case with yours. 
Income-Tax,—The Shrubland Scarlet and Globe Scarlet ar 
ol andr ee nd not Geranioms. Our little wild flowers 0 of 
this tribe are Geraniums A ag te £0 <? The term 
whey ae ould not w: riety be applied to the sedeatthe 
the two Pelargoniums to wie an che ay as the avdoger 
co ontiiats in a single Pa: or oo soon visible in 0 of thew 
petals only of each fi his exe 
perfectly Z en The defect is i slighter than ss en but i it 
= doubt enced the judges in their decision, as they were 
both placed fa ones second class.—¥ * 
- W.—Your plants are: A’triplex littoralis, and Hieracium 
‘ crum- 
murorum. 
A Novice.—Y¥ bi $ oxact is Gomphocarpus fruticosus 
. M.—Gvano =, . kien either by drilling 1 wy into the 
land ne ar ~ “and, r by bein re 
ground in small pl I aan i a! 
should be ae with soil previously to being applied, 
very powe manure ; ti which an 
distributed. It will be 
ae as it only acts in 
Birdstoniensis, 
—We knc dial we checking the Wirr- 
WORM pti has Gitacked 
medy 
A tend Carrots Unless Spirits of tar, ap- 
of the first volume of 
the Chronicle should atidicd he desired “effect To thin no 
ber of Wasps which attack your fruit, you must 
nests in the neighbourhood of your garden, and li = 
ottles containing a smalb quantity of swectwort or sugar and 
b 
water near the fr sie The insects will generally enter these, in 
e dead w 
reference to attacking the fruit; and if th ‘wasps are 
<ime outs every morning, great numbers may be .so. de- 
stroyed.—t 
A. =i Poser we 3 Fo’cnsta is one of considerable beauty, 
and differs in the great length from 
any which we have yet seen. Their co! 
not dimmed Mw ages tinge whiten eae prev 
this class of fi 
Ignoramus's atv. cette a bal Pear-tree snort bs are called 
of the a of the calyx 
r is also brig 
vails 
Slug-worms, and will change the Trn- 
THREDO CERASI of. - Remrenam \rhey ne Apple- 
but often attack the leaves of Plum erry-trees,— 
Geranium’s PELARGONIUM- poeta map to be 
blistered by the larvee of som , but 
what it is, as none of them tea be Souna in th 
If — -_— leaves, with blisters and spots upon them, 
war o Mr. cute, he will Siti iad be able to give tere. 
quired in fond 
As usual, 
this week, 
yee 
Tue labours of age yemis fu one of the longest and 
most arduous sessions 0 e brought to a termi- 
nation yesterd Her ae me ed both Houses 
person, with a speech from) the throne.. The speech 
ministration Jaws, and to the measure for the 
increased pr of her argo 1 's sis It adyerted 
to the fri way a eee f, forei and men- 
tioned the gallant, defence o iiueedooe = prt - a 
may; yet “be .expected trai ‘the. troo ops and 
ting uished commander: cheer ad the | eeretins 
ets of a abun yan the “seven 
ro fe Te exprese ap site athy 
in inthe Hate a Werte ion of of the: manu ufactur et ace 
that spirit of order and submission to the] , without 
which there can be no oe  sevorntnd ae fruits of peaceful 
industry. 
a France, the i nh Heo er micro ae 
of the Chamber of has Pani d in 
ciated of M. Sauz ia ie ‘Mie ‘ant. “The 
r Vice-Presidents osen from the 
Ministerial ranks, ond te Cabinet is ree in re- 
urning three rt Sec hamber. 
out 0} 
results are connie moter fvurble be the Go- 
vernment. The Regency Bill was brought in on Tuesday ; 
it fixes ai majority of the Prince at aw ezplration of his 
18th y the Regeney to rince 
the ion “ the time of the King’s rae Nh and declares 
ae the full and entire exer i 
ia constitutional right 
Regent. The cesfaiguanais and tutorship of ‘the young 
stripes. co ree is ita to the Queen, or to the Princess his 
wiitte is ae and it is fuller ef petals than either W *3 | pears to have been cut too early, the centre too foll of an- ‘4 she remains uhmarried’ andi, the Peuy of 
Conquering <r. Me Strong’s Duke ke; i and panded his def ot commen e flower, i * eon 
te it is supen Roides ss e dark stripe it | will come into the first class; for it is fine in form, with a their g ae o the nearest unmarried female relative on 
bears a great Finuiabianes te to that fi Lady i ret the father’s ia o 
petal, and of a very Saag cam colour: 
tiful bright rose, e, of fine fi excellent 
M. C.—Your plants 1, Salvia pode ary 2, Aconitum versi- petal 
color; 3, C mel wha bse hie 4, phen ne sp hataed 5, cs ra i cGheftain ea a mig pve en : Fi 
The ther wait is "Hibiscus S acus, and is | sessing go: ene ut havin many 0! ss 
sometimes talled t the Rose of Shar Plants of Rises san- thes flower is consequently of lens vanieos® mily from Madrid, There is no longer any doubtof their 
evinepM will continue to thrive toe e atty years; = the 3 side bes rs ‘ — perc ing inte is B., ee "th trigues for effecting a marriage between their Soh ey, 
ealthy a rance © moré likely to have been caus fense a good pe e yi even on ; ity edit 1g 
by the long drought of 90 ty aaiythitie che: as th not rich sees colour is Ragen ed over Sots surface of t Queen Isabella; and they will not be allowed, ‘ 
4 eula ‘d to soil. If the seeds of ComMELINA CELESTIS sr In all = pier Noone the petals oe $99 much Bia turn. to eis until the ‘eben s wi nity t be! everde 
j are’'s y in the spring, in a hotbed, seedlings will rented highdhiocveed and not confined to the edges of the —In Portugal the Ministry Saget 
: fi ame year; the ‘tubers should either be taken up and | flower; they ar haar Pr: lowers oat —* ee toll 
4 preserved in the same n aniier as Dahlia ane, are, ¢ or some ashes : i Ww We Wo noe remember the Pelargonium called Geor- = 
q ad ovi the border in whi can re- | gium Sidus.—? 
; no better remedy for the de the LARGE | e hehe No. 1 of ag plants is nothing more than Tropz’o- 
= Gakbaw athe ‘than to beard oF ibaa to ee ae ee Jum tricolor; 2, is Mélia Azédarach; 4, an Ornithdégalum ; 5, 
them. it hay ‘such a Plant. as the feather 
d sent to-you last 
nie a petit #, but, without a 
+ és.— 
ain bulb lant is Ney 
R.B Byte fin i the ba: Br Rum at crit | 
you wilt fh find ¢ that the ne ‘Tamworth See have always 
aoaekeee week previous to their taking place; whith, "trom 
the tenour of your 1 etter, ‘you seem to have overlooked, aig! 
Schinus ny olle,—+ 
E.F pe ated - me refer you for information as to the best 
manner of prepar dfor Myarr’s Pins Reels bine to the 
various comiynientions we hav e ene agra on this pists 
Sp 
