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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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0s. per 100 lbs. Natural peg — seep 8d. to 1s. per doz. ; 
he frame fruit from 2s. to 4 er doz reee tables: Cauli- 
d i in price, aaa "fete! h from 3s, t 
© 
Pp O 2s. 
er half-sieve. ery uch cheaper, but ecuitinnes 
mall, from want of rain ; rte rite 4 . selling from 9d. 
ndle ; the red, from 1s. 6d. to 18. Od. bates bundle. 
per ha 
po flowers ene chiefly o: 
Peeharticn, Nexium splendens, Bignoénia’ epee. Bag Gladioli, 
Ericas, and Dahlia 
PRICES, blabla Aveust 27 1B: 
Pine frelt, per lb. 3s to 6 Cherri 
‘Melons, English each, Bes, to3s Curr: » Re 
aiken os “eo sages ain Oranges, per doz,, on aa 
eerie, per ie. > ls to 4s 
»Apricots, per doz., 22 to 5s 
onde, 7 
et ‘Almon &, eee poun 
Pilbe bead stpesd. i se to 60s 
g, per hf.-sv., 3s to Walnuts per bushel 
Pears, dessert, per hf. ginves yo to os Nurs, r bushel— 
Ames dessert, ed 1+ aero 
Siberian, per hf.-s' 
sieve, ls 6d to 2¢ 
& bba; er doz. 10d to ls 6d ach, 
pis Pe Chive es, ter F baneke Bd to 4d 
nts, per —, gs to vs 6d 
STasware per doz. o 5s Leeks, per doz. bu " 
Beans, Kidney, per hf. be 2s to 2s 6d arlic, per lb. 4d to a 
— Scarlet, per hf.- ons ss Gd to 2s Shallots eS: Ib., 
Potatoes, per ton, = 
per cwt. 2s ies A Sosy ro 1 9d 
Ki 
tichokes, pend bona ep Sn nall shes per punnet, 9d to ad 
Tarnips, per doz bun., rth 3s atercress, per doz. oe: un. 4d to 6d 
rrots, per doz. bunch, 4s to 5s Parsley, per half sieve, 2s 
Red Beet, per dozen, o 1s 6d = “ me rdoz. bun., 2s to 3s 
Horse Radish, ie pindine 1s 6d to 5s oz. bunches, 2s to 3s 
adish, per doz. hands (24 to 30 each) Vegetable Marrow, vers 9 Oe tots 
ae a pied ip hf. sv. 
Tur Treen, per shed Js to2s6d 
Onions, Cocking, ~~ doz. beh. 32 to 4s ipe, per doz., 6d to “ 8d 
re p- doz. bun. 2s 6d Jaley Mushrooms, per pottle, 3s 6dto 
thea es per doz. 2s to j 
Notices to Correspondents. 
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in the form og a small volume, for general distribution, price 3d. 
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A Lady, North. Devon.—Cacti should be repotted as soon as 
the ey have done Seca, if by: require it, into a soil composed 
sa ane of lime-rubbish a: ith a small proportion of 
, taking care that * pots are well drained. They 
moult, after potting, be plunged ae a gentle bottom-heat, 
which ‘will make them en they h 
made firm root 
he 
e HSIA FULGENS through the r, they 
must be taken up Scily the open border, and potted int Se "same 
manner as wre — _ y plants. You will a good plan 
for makin, 
HARDY eon id ata ae 
A ry Vicar says, ae resent see some remarkably fine 
‘Barsams in Foes chin ts sa kal The 
are 
em so fi 
shops? have a. Fi iereneae 
GON a (the d Bath oe as one branch. has been aunost 
severed ig weORen on that branch have lost 
their vaviaceia characte aaa € pur . aS, do not ie Is 
this coatianh ? for I believeit tis; bute <i any account be given of 
it, and can the Spa gore Rc that of peeueing variegation, be 
brought about > I have had a oor. eres —— 
years, and pare x ver oa seen a "bie itis 
nine lant is four feet high, and ade ee 
my srecahouss. door, traihen to w 
-bloom? Las tly, I can 
injre them, bi but preserve them 
Th summer h to the 
growth of the Balsam, where water has tifully sup- 
plied. You would, no doubt, succeed in fi ing your Bank 
ian Rose, if you to repot it into moderately rich soil, an 
instead of — it able the g, as is customary, treat it 
in th ner at p. 419 of this year’s Chronicle It is 
too lat tg, however, to ed this plan in ctice this s We 
never d of suc’ ok a ace as td pee! a coccinea pret m 
Antholyza will find no difficulty in blooming it if 
planted warm border, fly expose “the sun; or 
potted egy at of loam, and treated i —— 
oe seen in s 
‘anie —_ of a 
rhs aed ap ere mixture of lime coal 
ashes, but that * peed oe ae the Sexottiows ofthe soy 
ture. a res Sp of our readers furnish us with the necessary 
ee 
we will ¢ endeavour to comply with yo est by in 
ing the dates of LOCALAND OTHER iamecme safortnight rior 
places that is, if we are furnished with the neces- 
sary y informa tion. 
string; the interstices between the wall and the € protector being 
filled with moss.. We doubt not but the contrivance is ae 
prov — that persons could affo: whe _ pay 7d. each for them 
A. e two As ortega 
ary 1840, according to the 
-work, must be 
taking off the surface- soil, and of. ‘renewing it with a load and a 
half of sods from an old y 
unfermented pig-manure, walks mixed together, isa goo d hye if 
you ee NIGHT-SOIL for the oh ooh egon you must add either 
s 
o the mass, until its un- 
gypsum o) 
pleasan ell is no longer thas coll oT he angry ah should 
hen be mixed with the compost before mentioned whole 
cellent manure ae sparse, 
n large quantities, as stated at p of this 
bat it e should im not be spread on before the earl 
e tha’ t bo 
BERRIES W 
1d wood, provided they are well ecepporeted raphe AS an 
provement to your plan, we would suggest that the bed should 
have a sentie slope towards the south.— 
L.M. RAT DA is th likely manure to force 
your Cedars of Lebano to vigorous dwt? it is too late, 
however, to try the experiment this'season. It should be appli 
in March, at the rate of 11b, to the square rod; and care must be 
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your garden being of too light a text ture. “This species pe 
best in very stiff land. If od saaskine gern to other sorts, you 
must let ms know which y skin 
A Constant Reader peaat pone 
such mat as itata.—t 
An Admirer.—TuHE SCARLET-FLOWERING CuRRANT is not a 
years ago from North- 
oes a alataaiaas there is no 
hybrid te an was introduced many 
west Am 
L. L. will fi tes necessary information for p: preparing DRIED 
SPE Pau of lant at p. vel of this y poe Chronicle.—t 
D. G.—The foll phen Pin oF Roses will include a vari 
col sere a = e dtferent 
durin 
g th aatane 2 
de Ge pe ag ph ee | Ps ety Blush, Frcs wig ‘striped 
Unique, Reine d e Provence ; Gallica, Aurélie e, Bou la de 
Nanteuil, Letiti “Ma Dubarry, Reboul, Emme rah caine 
an, word Aiba, i fieur, La Séduisante, | 
Queen of Denmark, and Achille; 
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Sait Pulehérie ; Clim ling, 
Elegans, Neier Maria, Félici' ité perpétuelle, and heltate, Per. 
petual, Bernard, Crimson nd eae Striped do., La ienne ; 
Trybrid Perpetua, _ Fulgorie, Madame Laffay, Co: mte de Paris, and 
Prince Alb u gpa : perigure, L'Infidélité de Lisette, 
Fabvier, gy Theresa b 
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ING A VERANDA: Jasminum Officinale, Tropz’olum pere- 
erinians, Clematis ‘flammula, , Bignénia radicans, sara aztrea 
grandifiora, Ca 
RL. Ms route obtai ron ILLs” eTawanisn UPON Cub cur 
by applying for it to Mr. Mills, a’ rsbury Park, 
Middlesex. We are rear for your Conipilcekion upon on 
Lee, awl for TAKING WA abepie but it differs not from the 
e give n by M r. Wh iting, ‘ata week’s Calendar, except in re- 
ken re the middle of the day; a peri 
when, we must confess, we should feel little inclination to disturb 
them.—?+ 
lox. — LINDL y’s SyXorsis OF THE BritisH Frora” and 
** HooKER’s BRITISH Fiora”’ are both “excellent s upon 
fitirencnt plants. A sm “ TRIMMER’S 
CHEMISTRY 
aio 
FOR pega pr be found extremely useful by 
those wish to becom with the rudiments of 
Knowledge Roane a few 
me since. ae tate the price of these works would be an ad- 
vertinewtemt<2 
1A M, —Six of the best varieties he’ Pears that will come in for 
arch, 
r London nurserymen propagate these 
sorts. If your sebestt is bad, you will do well to nia such means 
as will prevent the roots of trees from entering it, either by 
paving it with stones, tiles, Gralatnas or by making a su 
til 
eu tere or dasare ine If or slates are used, 
those n t the where the tree is placed should overlap 
those wext Tene sondaes of — Paton in mors words, they should be 
so sp emaet s if water were inte se sat ulnccing 
the direction in which the roots et the latter in pro 
gressing had ‘the imbrications resem to naar they woute in in- 
sinuate ves between the tiles, and the poring: would ul: 
timately be found above the roar 
P. 0. B.—We ben 
to remove the suckers 
which your ALogs by so aged you will 
vegeta opts vs plants prin probably throw them into bloom.—+ 
Entomological article in 
referred to an another 
No td o~ the Safermation he requires.— 
—Your Dendrébium ~ crerulescens; it bears more re- 
semblance to D. een but it is impossible to determine it 
from such a ede 
y poneenen mt Renter, , Tenby, —_ gre! ws penecatin ade 
A Pra 
lati Cathe As Anmicuons-Leavan 1 Torcocn remo h to be culti- 
vated at present only o Continent ; but seed of it will no 
next spring.—t 
doubt be yopeeed in En ene 
‘ou attempt to grow Mus Rooms w 
| Caleb.—If you attem 
= your Greenhouse, = must cover the bed in ea 
stage of 
allsides. You 
of their treatment at p. sae of last ‘year's 
med. ofr solidity of the Portugal Grape 
berries unite a flavour and _ ponminar of the Black | will find some acco 
—_ The bunches joreover, rounder and more sntrengon a the soi war fas Ww ch your ORANGE: Sane et is no 
ose than those of the latter variety, and the berries possess a | sufficiently ri a should form some n rtan ure for the a 
sore rugged ap nce. We unacquainted with any Grape | of blo od and ‘areoa; but = must be spatink ae when the 
under the name of “ Prolific.”— plants are gr ogee to grow.— 
Winton is probably not aw ort of the length of time which it white > flower is Calonjiction Bona nox; the other 
takes to make out the names of a & sours oe so can tf st as 
many of ee the 98 spe and Phloxes are. Amon oor py 
1 i 
2, V. austriaca; 3 Fils 5, V. mi 3 
y. acne Rae the names of the others we at: ree him to 
those books where — are descri cg arg of the Aen agg 
A. versicolor ; A. lycdécton 
ee ‘paneutaium. 
Apples a raek ‘Wormsiey Pippin ; 2 2, Court of Wick; a hargil, 
4, White Crab.—t |j 
—If you a-wish to dispose of the Designs FOR LAYING OUT 
FLOWER-GA ag rig bakesrs you have Ashi ahi lt —— adver- 
tise bs ee We t say much in e of the 
of re Pi It is semi-globular, an fine wire closely 
Worked, &nd is secured over ee fruit by means of nails and 
is Glitoria ‘sowie 
8, B.—Your peat is Carthamus tinctérius. Erythrina is the 
botanical name of ‘the Cisexailp- of Bermuda. We know of 
Bomba such arg as the Bendle-tree from the neighbourhood of 
$ on plants are Laurus Sassafras and Celastrus 
ns.—' 
Ef ‘comtiod Reader.—We should imagine r plan 
ies of Cineraria from the appearance of The leaf ; po , is 
cadens i 0 answer such questions without flowers as well 
as leay: 
ener,—The SuGar ie a obtained by the Fellows 
fr e Horticultural Societ We do not know by w 
particular adam met varceeks which has been noticed 
for several weeks our Covent Garden i 
flower at so early ~ period; bat we 
3, +h a + s. 2 
ER ARE 
fron y all the year 
ys 
Tw. CS Wudinaes been aned: The sample sent is not Guano.—t 
A Berkshire ene gee + te your ORANGx-TREES, 
after they were new] eee dry atmosphere, 
that will at once acovaue for the tee fal off. An over- 
pe of dl t- 
mo: e; and au iesinaie’ = until they begin to form fresh 
eee “The reason why Arricors frequent] a ~— - aoe fruit, 
when Peaches and Ne pop sratnig upon the chem 
bea a is because r bloo seinen 
when the pdr dey. is Pet moto S on but 4 
ese ter, 
: vourable fort for the WP sey aon of their flowers, and they are cut off 
YY ni 
7 or. ic ae increase the A AIMEE VisEat Rose by cut- 
tings, which should be done immedia 
rete romeo om 
wd of the ons 
d by any bookseller. In 
the ps number of ‘* Harrison’s Cabinet” for 1857, which 
yo ntion, the names of Lobélia 
may both be obtained of. nursery men at a mo- 
itn RE oe ie plant is Argemone Mexicana, and is an 
in Hibe —The following are the dimensions of the different 
sizes ~ pearly -pots made in England; but different potteries 
perl matcher sizes, and generally a small and large size to each 
Mb ai Ls in pened at top, and 14 in: deep 
13 i 
ryote 7 a 
8 » 12 ” I ” 
12 ,, 1 ” 10» 
16 ” * ” ) ” 
24» 8 ” ’ 
32 6 ” ” 
48 5, 5 ” 
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is supposed to do so 
itinenie it finds in the ea 
abini ith the 
sulphate of ammonia, or with lime, when it forms gypsum. Its 
action is, however, not rly m at. edo n “3 advise you 
employ it anure, pt experimentally ; pur- 
pose you. had & a is use it mixed with 20 parts of aoheeanal pour 
it on the days before seeds are sown. If you add it 
to compost heaps or to manure, it is then sure to be useful, by 
its fixing amm in that case we still advise you to employ 
very weak.— 
F. ¥Y.—We have no present intention of reprinting the Horti- 
eit ned of the “osha of last year.—t 
J, Linton.—The bl of your ona ce 0 . tea yee too 
small, bu pay os cont aca of substance in the pe' 
ficient in that. indispensable cae A ey ee hom Da hlia 
blooms can be sent in a Steeede that we receive in the best 
conditio 2 ot — — is fixed in the box, filled with 
water. aki is a fiower-stalk is passed 
th erneath » this is 
peg a 
properly pope wy re ‘will uh a fe. reasonable di 
— There are two LK ae sies un me ae title of King of Chased: 
b ore tn mpson 
avehiee y King, th n. Yo ou pr recep rpm 
King’s, which is a sm ; Thompson sis much la 
can be 5 ap of any. re “ wisi Fn Florist.—* 
S. Girling.—Your RL Bi pe rich purple nae and Phite, 
is - large 3 awe d wi showy bor ariety.— 
ur ground si iy roper me receive crop 
ixieaunare, but. you had better mulch it with rotten du 
&, The t you sent 
called. 
next sprin plan 
what | 
Alder, wee eee cies only-an alias of it. Buckthorn 
Rhamnus tthat name is Sometimes applied to ay 
species of Rhamnus. “Ants glutinosa osa is the “common” Alder, 
quite cag thing.— 
- Moyle § Co.—We regiet very much that your ‘Seedling 
er condition ; _ mat were so shaken 
which renders it 
cs) promise well tA. toreceive blooms again when 
the weather is more urable.—* 
J. Edwards, ke blooms of your Seedling ane, white 
recommend you tos oa reer ad © Floricultural Society of 
London.— 
Mary.—No doubt your curious Rose ore gece pce like a 
of from the sides of which leaves are growing, is 
brought to. by the operation of 8 some insect like a 
Cynips. We esume it to bea large i 
f ’s P. are also 
appearance | incushion. Oak-apples 
the same nature. Your HypmaNaxa cuttings ought to be 
rooted in a month, "fo make-the flowers blue, add alum to the 
soil,—t 
E. M.—Mr, Thaxter informs us, 
in answer to your question, 
* Whether there is any way to sav e the bees after they =< the 
which been enn a dark shed,’’—that only 
of the me is sg jer ; as, for instance, one end ve. ‘Natt’s 
box, or op ot ahaa The bees, on leaving this, imme- imme- 
mediately ‘Ay ree to mre part of the hive which omen =a 
Subscriber” is informed that the Gardeners’ Chronicle is sup- 
lied to the trade fog sheets, and that, therefore, the defect of which 
he com ot ber atl ed at the office. Hecan, however 
compl 
damp and refold th the paper when it reaches him 
As usual, many letters have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
As we anticipated in o t, the manufacturing dis- 
tricts are gradually rturoing to asia and order. In 
wie r, and m Pa towns which were first af- 
ected, pe Pt nds, site ‘ee tions, have resumed 
wo ork ; ; j 
