THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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558 
ite clean, and’ I have neither in- | live for one or more hundred years; and the wine they monet in this way, will be almost Siege to su ersede 
aber ” f re! ite cuted aved, nor. mildew, with an gata gh is richer than on from ba produced in | the e of the wax altogether Bea ae 
se bandh of fin Robert Errington, Oulton Park messi i eys- From this, it appea n yain to reat ws eful in dn ttye ihe ey em of Seeds,— —It 
Ps oer argu ut the absurdity ne ‘ringing ; Aas if the latter | will happen at times that small seeds, such as Cabbage 
Bayi on Ants.—I have found | do no ae harm than rain, of which it is an imitation, | seed, Broccoli, Brussels vie he. -» do not come TY 
warm weather. 
is’ 0 “in ag 
“ape of medy in the expulsion of ita 
find no 
—_ 
° 
I 
their have joni. 
Ants.— 
Black B Beetles. —Mr. fajor recommends that certain 
insects thus designated shoul be scalded to de oot ~ 
~ gd re ame he m 
sI Dapbe. 
nary beetles of Pine’ clout ve Geode- 
phaga, to be fou oars unn oy n, then, as 
an old enitomologist, « 
LT entirely differ in renee 
are the most useful insects the gardener has, a 
Straw 
ouraged in gardens. 
and they ought by all means to be en 
Ba at 
y°owr part, carefully avoid killing them ; 
ecies are jus 
hundre “a bo 
plant- 
nd, whi eh, until discovered 
ecimens found by the late 
ach, in Devonshire, constituted the entire stock i in 
all the cabinet in Britaia. 
és Wall Fruit ~— Wasps. —In your last num- 
ber you tell‘ S. M.’’ £6 neé his trees to keep off age ~~ ps 
from his Wall- -Frait. “Aa ‘either salmon, herring, xg 
cacious es ke a quantity of what ovafectuser 
and merchants call ve foundation muslin ’’* (popularly 
called Scotch gauze); cut it in lengths answering to the 
pre of | penaveen pa a apmics m enon net to edge, to form 
i atroend wih rons 
to cover one tree; 
list, and nail it close 
hn gh nang mate ae 6 
Sieees 
ed, a ‘cutting off all ¢ =. 
The prisoners soon bec 
the 
ame 
exceedingly yp ast bardwad at once that the queen was 
no i nee 
now working very industriously in the o 
5 bey ones of ‘hogs and wax taken was : 28 lbs. —A 
oy, Westhu 
Ho 
—I must beg to demur to your in- 
not eat the shoots: of 
ne secretio 
I can 
because ares wi 
pont Sapcane pecs its ‘accharin 
plants hl Ss a natural death aa my give evidence of 
ns ill e ave no hesitat re g. ian al 
We are 
mi pin re- 
d with or egy continually does more 
yringing;”” effectually prevents ae gay 
a yom funtion ns of leave 
that a vine 
the stopping system is adop 
only 500 leaves te to be supported: what is the — 
quence? ‘“‘ Vitis’’ and others biel agree, that the 
leaves, having a Sens greater supply of sap wa it 
1000 had t fed, increase i e; and in propor-" 
tion to this increase in the size of the leaves, so will b 
ee formed leaves 
of young shoots, Sapeit very little to the mebopens 
of wood and roo e fabrication of their own 
su es ai rably advan lsat Such ban parts 
may, ‘th dispense cet ae mS penardhh opyrtonks 
ecting ‘the future our of the plant; whilst, by so 
. “| is “the car that = ould have been pat by 
| those ex into ee uire 
to be nvigort edie ese in?gst eet may 
tained an vould be ry tg case it the vine wel left 
obec uncontrolled.— T. 
en Pea You seriecnnent san 
ollowing an excellent soe ae presery 
Peas for the table until Christmas :”— tna atk a ae 
oiling wate tone three w 
thick, on 
m tightly, and rosin the cd and so 
ror inthe earth. When used, boil them 
until they are grit: with a bit of butter, a spoonful of 
sugar, and some mint.— ily. 
I have frequently , and 
When gathered, scald them and dry th 
rm room, and afterwards put them into wide-mouthed 
ttles. I light ch and“hold it for a mom 
in phe bottle, and —* fit the cork, which is fixed down 
wit It is Bg Sos them till w r use; 
and the only addition rt what is t 
small on of suga eans will keep 
for many months by placing them alternately la 
them with a pi w in- 
eg bere and B rem. a heavy stone to keep 
os ton. 
sa ehage A Sarl Tr radia —On reading J. F. R.'s 
TRUM 
many years past have | best time of the year to prune delicate and diseased fruit- 
ee reared ihren on = ‘trees, but whether | trees, with a NS te strengthen them or bring them to a 
khow: : m8 Bead. cannot say. ‘This Ido erp condition. The rationale of hire is, that the 
Sinan Ssle cash, Gel _been » o1 se oiled | 4 strength before the of the as 
which is not proper ron no to eat. eae ; fetta by the so apterrge ie tcen — : 
On th Management of the Be te it thus ena led to.p war Sane next year. us 
-—I ol | is a good time, heer to apply this system to-such 
usual practice ~" Date and stopping vines, shoots as are to be sent to India next October or No 
in No 26, b ”” has been partially defended ber, b cutting off one-third, or in some shane 
Vitis. I agree raps white has been fap haan de the neir length. Cut the ti s off half-wa between two buds 
ter correspondent es evidently writes from experience ; | or job ik aed hie Mecwn ot t Fa a tea Hf 
and I beg to add some additional lemawibs on oF subject. over the wound in two N vid rit 
“Tyro” writes to the effect that s tingin complete {| the shoot where you intend it to be cut off, "you watt have | 19% 
absurdity ; me! hat abandance of a gg coristauitly dif- | all the strength aecumuala’ this autumn’s growth 
the atmosphere, is preferable.. Syringing is as | concentrated imthe graft, as fon es ext.oun do ie ; and this 
imitation of rai in gener: com- will help, so far, Bes | 
i nes | sides, the storé of ve oetable e matter, which will accumulate 
rnations of hot sun an 
ra en rains, the inte on the hills of the Continent 
, 
arills was i some guano 
also usec 
in the 
into roots as soon as 
as the shoots are ot 
element. Moreover, the partially healing over of the 
callosity over the ring, will be Le ysig break arth 
to their natural 
a and w 
nd, and sowing over again was dee mended, 
mi a month after the regular time for sowing these” 
s, a few drills were made in moist peat, 
The seeds w 
+ Ma 
aol never find a a ‘sing case of 
each- trees, either i in-door out. 1] 
n mound 
anereior’) is not m _I, however, 
take care to use 
Peach ee in nm at the roo 
swelling of the fruit, about the ens of August.— 
Rober : E ring Gulton oe Punk dens. 
Pine Plants. aka the ammoniacal 
rate, for saringing the plants, answer the same ‘purpose? 
unfor wane enough to be aon se with. 
e experiment, and r t the 
yres 
the Weather.—In consequence of the 
a 
of the last sixtee 841 in- 
elusive, for the mo of January, February, Mareb, 
April, May, clay July, and isp to the baa August; with 
be the of the current aml from 
peated 1° 
Wet en ae (mas {_+3,36. - d 
It appears from the above that the months of January 
Difference. | 
April, Met and July, of the present season, have, 
somewhat below ver temperature; and the months 
f February, March in particular, June, and August 
to the present time, have been warmer than usual ; the 
ifference o whole being penly At. in favour of | 
higher tempe thi oe ap ' 
of 
was considerably gic — even thig,for 
res 0 F Jaap July, er areal 
that year were re eti tnely 88 60, | : 
wi temperature in 1826 ee naa wl 
fo! 
are be interesting to many persons : aii soe 
: —- af 
F _ 826. 1842. e 1326, ae 
ax. | Min. | Max. | Min, | “: | Max, | Min. | Max- ZH ’ 
ee | 59 | 79} 43 P10} 7s foo fogs: 16" 
9 |} 90 | Ge | po [oes pep 65) app gr ae 
97 | 66) sa | sa fie jo7a 4 as | 78 nh : 
‘ 75 55 | 86 62 | 13 '& 45 73 j 
! rk Sr T° 70° 4 89 fr re 452] SSP ae 
6 bos pose boge poss fas | Jed eeee Poon] SSE 
7 be} 80 Joga frase fas lo 5 poss f BOP BE 
} 80 | 62} Saf se-fag | 76 -| Go} 80%) HA 
9° 79 | 64) 86.1 be fig} 8h 61 Lae Ht 
On five days between. tmannthe lat and 15th of August: in the. 
tf i pert 1826, the onene enters i 
| BUMS exceeding 82 ° in the shade ; but between.” 
i my li of the present... paste os Vchad posh ri 
tao 8 oe ash i of ah ; 
where Sin stove sith in “com 
fame = cre ng ad ands be rn id wey 
