SS eee ee 
Pe ae ee eee re 
“eould wok pay at 
1842: | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ; 
‘State of the Weather at Chiswick during thelast 16 years, for 
the ensuing Week ending August 27, 1942. 
i SS SSS See = 
No, of Prevailing Winds. 
si en roel Zea cea (a lsicapic 
whie t Mins a 4 
August bebe Tem Radavel: of Rain. a“EPe 
San. ot | 72.5 |" 50-0 } 61.2 8 62 in taba a7 
Mon. 92) 709} 053.45} aaa} oe sala) gl 
ues, 23 } 71.6) f > 49ak » } 604 9 joj} t) Bi 9 
Wed. 24 |. 71.3 |. 48.5 39.9.| 9 0.23 yal SI's 
Thurs.25 | 70-7 51.3 “| 61.0 | Vi 0.32 Haat 
Fri. 26 | 72.1 48.5 ~} -60:3-| 5 0:51 t\—| 5] al 3 
Sat. 27 72.7. 49.6 2 | 5 0.40 parby tai 5 
~The highést SSRETOP UD during the above period occurred ¢ on 
the eat. in 1835—thermometer 88°; and the lowest on the 26th, in 
4837—thermometer 30°. 
appa 9 5 COVENT GARDEN jo 
week ending August 19; 1 
From a patagrap ne e of the Morning Papers we learn that, in 
Clare “Market, ripe Gooseberries have been ee at ld, per quart ; 
well-flavoured mellow -Pears,.100. for 2d, ; fine. fresh-gathered 
Cherries Rie 2 “for... 6d, ; Orleans. Plums, da. per Alon; Sop 
oat Ce BASES, four *for 1d. This statement w: 
g of Be Market Garde ners’ Association 
n the 
mse re chaps prices, tance was cited 
here a low-priced fr altaree weighed with a half-pound weight 
which means he was 
se raga Queens. ck Hamnborgh : are fe pe ae to 3s. 
d. Mus are 
per ghee ‘goan: mewhat 
ee hat in O peaches and Nec may are 
good, and a few eaten ‘of gan from the m walls have ap- 
peared, from 1s, to 3s. per Sea pies forced fruit’ bay rai = ta 
. per doz. Dessert ta tch fro to 1s. 6d. pe 
and Green Gages from Sa, oat yatiapk ae Cuerries 
ae 
are the only coe obtainable, and sell from oe. to 1 
A tity of red e Currants m: 
b ut.the. prices r 
Wiverts are Baia Core from 50s. to 
sane ne J0Pu ane dry weather 
4 of many kinds of Vegeta- 
ae are little pera the few pro- 
4s. per dozens Very few Dena can 
Teese’ oy at ahigh. price Scarlet Runners are 
nd 1s 
C=] FERS = 
PE : 
ee a yee bane 
ret an. dur reyious Ww’ 
fetling ¥s ea per score; a os vat 
Asmall quantity. "of Endive | may be procured from 1s 
®. Od. per score Tomatoes are plentiful, muvkably fine, 
oat 3s. 6d. to 4s. per Half-siéve.- “Mushrooms continue scarce, | 
‘from 6@.oto Bs: 642 per: eres : 
cathartica, Agapan 
Gendiliee, Alstreemérias, and 
he Cut t Flotes we observed 
es 1842,—FRUITS :— 
Pine apres per Yb. a9 to 8" » Red, per pum, 49 
Grapes, —— #038 “% sesh pene nage dea isto ls 
» oun 248 u r 2a ta “ 
Melons, English, re tote i ror rag « a sper 1000, 60 to Bs 
Dutch, 62 0.10 6 Oranges, per doz., Isto 2s 
Reaches, per doz. ts oie — per:100, 6s te Téa = 
mene . ane Ig to 12g. 04 Li 8) péridoz. Ix 226d { 
b 0Z., 1s to 8s ipe t 
Ar per doz., 5s nial Almond ss Sm 7 
Plums, dessert, per punnet, 1s 
G ae —. 1s 6d to'2. 
ee) Sweet , Gwar aigty et po ee sa 
i Filhere En! atcha = 6a toG0e 
33 to Gs 
Bet senar? = oe ie ead ita to “| 
be 
Tries, ig oY Rath e: og p at roe. Mai 203 to 24s 
Iberries 
Pee aes JB (8 
abbage, per doz, 10d to. 12.62. Spinach, per- ‘Je 6d. 
ennas ‘plants, Fy 3 ‘te to Wd © Chives, sae aterds d 
auliflowers, perdo#., ste 4a" Leeks, per + bine; wud 
Peas, per sieve, 1s26d 10:38:60): cet) 04 Garlig, per lb4d to 6d 
Beans; Kidney, per -hf- “Bey 96d Shallot 
— ge 5 re nhs AV Rolfe a prtaee ver abbas? Paco 1460 ~ 
Carrots, per d esowner: On, per Shalt sieve, 24 to 3s 
Red Beet, doa nd to he. 2 Basile er doz. bunches, 2s to 32 
_Hor aie *rhundle, la6d to5s | V. le Marrow, per doz., 8d to9d 
Radish, pe i ands’ (24-0 30'each) per hf, Bs 6d to 4s 
19WOL od tots tds) a Ca, zoom ve 00, 1s to 2s 6d 
Onto (ha she ry npg | tere area have wes 
nions, per doz. -y Bz tO rooms, 2s 
= posite? to 386d since 
‘ed in any 
this Office, at the rate of 5s. for every 
Ignoramus. We have not an idea why your MACARTNEY 
ose does not e exp its flowers. cane eS it does so well enough 
when not oe to too muc 
An Amateur.—There_is_ not. the “ieee probability that a Biur 
Dan HLIA will ever be obtained.— 
, -We would on a se ceany advise you to stop the shoots 
of. POUT OR — te as “ge as ange Fe of the va- 
rieties, if eae: will 0 t blo oom at all. this 
had b a sacle THUS PRECOX coy 
te you prune it, Tether dine +00 will remoye many 
cots, which, if allow wed tor — vould in due season be 
e that th 
in 
eds principally 
You d to e “ e.Cate consumed 
ts a ledves 9 ‘te Peay i the oe Wi 
erdrias,— 
seen ed a, nes es Cea to Sele §éed- 
A i wn s Pit te totally 
A Subset FE ¢ aiid and Por- 
TUGAL LauRE et eV a You ore article upon 
that subj. eat Pash M af one year’s gutora, eo 
in ; midair Cipden re is the Landay Myrtle.— 
: a do nots 
J. Ds Parkes onsamiting cesiling Velbon appears tobe a) ree Bai, A 
upon 
eahester in the Tatlin 
tive in- 
deheceh pete he Oe that its beauty was almost 
Pee he om sent, which was raised. from Cabul 
seed ¢ Trefoil, perhaps Trifélium teum, the Giant 
ye ste of that country.— roe os eae 
essrs. Mountjoy.—We cannot perceive the slightest difference 
between het te ane of ‘akienanes longifiora and those grown 
by other persons ; neither your seedli ~~ Verbena differ mate. 
rially oo ‘others otro oe in cultivation.—t 
ur seedling Fucusia is a fine one, but bears a 
striking uae boone to the new F. Laneii: the principal differ- 
ence appears to be in the petals — your ee see being less dis- 
tinctly aoe — than in that —t 
XVY. f we o Tr any of our correspondents can oo 
him LL, 
pie aly is joteecter feet high, with a four-feet border in front, 
which pote also be fe 9 Uag ewise the best way of fixing 
the co nt intention is — aoe a skeleton frame, 
in thew ashes to slide up and 
down, or wy be folded over cach other. ‘He inquires if asphalte 
would answer ve oan — rst chennai’ lan 
e€ the APRICOT-TREES against a 
w 0 be reey as ne ‘pack.of a conserves atory; because, a 
the awe Anite: be kept warm in winte wht Apricots will be Jo 
eae of feet ich is as indispensable 
‘Oo anim Or, cupping ‘the enews | 
handey, “in which no fire is used dur 
were a mere hy 
trees, because, velit red 
bern 
a Se it would Mot hag pm a to leave the 
é€ light and from currents of air, they would never 
roduce any fi You cannot transplant them at this season 
with much suecess: if, however, you wish to try that 
experiment r han destroy the trees, you must deprive them 
of all their leaves, ll the isles, into which th roots ar 
transferred, with fine light soil, consolidated by water only, with 
out trampling, so that th may be immersed in a mass of 
fter tha’ } yee 
wdung, or other rotten dun lea their 
fate. You will, however, find it difficult <0 get their root out of 
the ground, in this hot t dry w weather, without 7 oan eing broken 
to pieces or dried ti gmt aed ~ nt that the leaves should be 
stripped off before the roots a areal and ‘that the latter 
Mtr re kept constantly fs fa ‘ie ae means or other 
—The article the Sting of a Wasp was taken from 
Gr Hhudns, <sbar a r Moe? ledgment, by the ‘* Mark Lane Ex- 
press. 
J. 0.—A hedgehog will destroy cep eprerng says H. O 
W. B.—Your BOTTLE BAROMETER not a very bad contri. 
nee, The effects you have observ eyed an it are owing to atmo- 
spheric pressure, and are of exactly the same ab tote as thosein 
the barometer. It has the merit of costing nothing; but it is too 
saa own to worth publishing.—t 
—The sHRIVELLING OF GrapEs has been ascribed to 
many ‘different causes, —~ it is difficult to assign the tru 
Some ascribe it bn raughts of air; others to 2 stalks of 
the bunches having verti scalded b the rays of the sun falling 
powerfélly upon hes before air has been admitted to the: house; 
white a third party contends that the too deep immersion of ~e 
s of the Vin es is the real cause, h the latter we fee} m 
Mapobed to coi eto and we have little ree that the great air, 
ference of temperature between the rp at is the 
ipal reason of Grapes ee peetinan-< 
A Young Cabba, he — Your plan Lapel Silla; 2, Tor- 
mentilla reptans ; 3, Epiloetus eautweibt 4, Verénica offict- 
‘nalis.: Fo’eHsi1a SEEDS 
may be cleansed from the pulp either by 
‘washing them in water or by mixing them with to al 
sand, bsorb 
ple petals 
ime, and the si are of a light clouded fos of bing same 
colour as the eye: th is remarkable for its clear and bright 
colours, with an 
tals is rather imperf 
owers, of good substan 
of them have Fag 
—Yo pica Rab is the true C, Crus-galli; from which 
the variety pyracanthifolia differs in having longer and much 
attenuated leaves, and also in the branches Pron devoid rae sme 
enn spines with which those of the common Crus-galli ar 
© leaves you sent are those of the Rose RY 
Mondrele, —The e plan t is Cicer arietinum, or the Chick Pea. ort 
criber, pg at Sg ERS Crenied to be judged by 
wie rosteatietl Society are requested to be or to Mr, 
pen oye at the ao pa cnn’ Sa vern, Stran 
G. N.—Your seedling ’ pretty, “put mt they are 
not Suficiently distinct from « ater varieties lately raised.— 
J. pr ur plants and Helidnthe- 
sicsbaeane —t 
pply to Mr. Henderson, ng o88 se —t 
niry Vicar — Niraae or Sopa may be procured of Mr. 
t. 
r Pata 
is the Ege, or endl seldom ta gba Nedbe’ of their 
ould bear in mind, that it is theduty of 
ch a system could lead only to 
#. B W. ~ iS right. is plants are ont of Oe élidum, 
Sonchus page fe and nd tiple pat ‘patula.—+ 
- i too late for 
Rearee Daaseat the lowing error Sea 
ore the Tast show of the South London te lacy ‘Society. In 
oie notices of the Seedling Picotees, it was cower that “‘ No. 5, 
vel ed Pasetec, was from Mr. nes whereas 
it was exhibited by the Rey. A. H. Matthews, a Wes on-the- 
Green, near Oxford. 
NEWS. OF THE. WEEK. 
Our Paperof this day contains long i. os = 
e prevailed during the 
ripe, or 
Praelin Pinaster, &c., are We do unk br 
— 
int se the aiteretic on in TIMBER aera will affect the plant- 
re forest trees 
chist ~The Pres. isa plant called Séphora secundifio 
it ‘e iam: tases Ld the open air. When it b Remorse. it ie rather 
ste ata higan mes of blue flowers, as is. reported.—t 
cs G. pe sm latifrons —t 
ortulanus.—There are two reasons why it is inadvisable 
Sat hot-water pipes in a VINE BORDER. ian the first place, that 
t as the pipes would 
and in that way 
must be en 
i ow c yernts 80 that their “arpin g action may be pre- 
v i ble to — the roots of Vines from ed 
eeps 
gardening. 
C 
kshire.—In both c: anes yo The Ipomea 
too i ed, but it 
What y 
way — 
dling DAtra is, not only 
too small, but there is also a Neticlency of ‘itals ; og the large 
bape in the centre leaves no hope of its ever filling u lour 
Village Maid is the best of 
gr a fine of good form and substance, 
arge Sore or e oye: "Mulatto, ig teh purple, with 
thick Telvety Lengwiea 2. rather smali—and the lower petal is not 
one iently roportion to the others: the Favourite is a 
€ large Ue of good colours and properties; but the eye is 
ei F tries. —The ae pig ane homed 
appeara 
unfortunately of a striated character, which gives ue centre a. nés 
Oakley,—We have received a remarkab! > had bloom a 
apnea Dania eo soe fi aan: this flower, as we be: 
pep ad white, and combin 
A ah, 4 Sais oped pb bloom 
round, with great pest Of petals, and Pvae: up in the 
tipped w ith. great regularity, and far 
the kind that hitherto hast 
ar 
ed * poor Berio salen’ ris 
the moisture; they had better be sown immediately.— 1 ener ka riotswhich have pre ' 
mad R. J—To drive sey the faire teers riuest yor your wt eet of throughout the manufacturing districts. "Happlty: ae 
érodendrum fra Ss, we wi recomm you wha * t iti Pee 
a thorough Soak §6e water ald have upon petra It is Crigte ber» y rer ian fia! adtont an oe t ‘oe h 
= niown that Ants always - —_ Law for “4 — ; : 713A A a Ss a re, events, ae Aine 
ime- s mme' Or “She purpose ¢ S | appreciating to its full extent the alarm into which they 
highly probable = obeharene has done more than the strength YT ou ae 
of the lime em th . tis singuia thrown the for the last ten days. The dis- 
that sulphur hi ne not the ‘the desired eect, i a flowers | turbances.comm rr) rs will pe in the 
Boe erg Be AB i weer BS tence ato brimstone, that ‘will @t | cotton. districts } Jarge. masses of workmen invaded the 
EL D—The me ie aig ae glycyphylius Jon 2 o | great towns, and the owners of mills to turn 
cee lt me mA get fone depen present do | out their hands, and «close their - ; miners, col- 
h th GLADIOL Penge tinge fis ost ahavereceived |. |. Ce + Sf tet! . 
pit beat Good Hope, 7" slaplanenr nc weoneaed liers, and mechanics of different trades, ined he m 
telerably ny & esd eth il the season for pot ee them eminent ment, and the contagion spread with unexam pled rapidity 
which wi abou or nnin 
adapted for them is y peat, ‘aod a slight p veer ‘of loam, | from Lancashire and Cheshire into ‘Yortshive, Warwick- 
bey must be k ater r potting and airy situation, dig and other 4 phe counties. ‘Theconfederated work- 
and td begin to Eias eoote they must be freely of Staffordshire tt ontinwents to the.xiot rs, 
ite: dshire. ei a 
An Inquirer,—The pod sent is a transformation of the nature of sm an excesses we mitted in all the towns they 
the Wheatear Carnation.— r ‘ . . 
pier rani riber,—Bincu and ALDER nigroerting enemy ited. Mills were burned down ; the ho of cle 
openly plunde 
eer, and cut off the ae -works. 
several collisions have 
miguel ‘ork and the ag ae 
the troops h the m the 
dt 
law, ‘kmen begin 
majorit y have ea ted to _— 
dictation than from 
es Pr anxio 
military, and the firmness with 
which they executed thelr painful duty in those reer 
where they were called upon to evide 
| lave 
ere) 
b 
Saat 
property of thousands ; 
workmen are gradu 
week we shall be 
been held, but no serio 
par] SL Soe OY spvestante. oo 
