article, 
without going into considerable 
1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
593 
alf sieve. 
es those of ane elim from Is. 6d. to od. oe 
le. Flowers: Amongst th Flowers are, , Trevirana co 
cinea, Siphoc4mpylus bicolor, Passifioras, Bi 9, Alntzclané. 
d Amaryllises, 
PRICES 
 Saerate Sxrr. 3, FRUIT 
Apple, per Ib. sas bog Cr ae ma per ae ay 2sto 2s Gd 
Ere pound, ls Cherries, Morello, per lb, ed to ls 6d 
Muse: ee fend pound, 23 to 4s tenets er gallon, 8d to 10d 
— hl mbers, per doz., 6d rhe ‘4s 
on sot ss r 
Por wet 
E Tah Sock: ls to3s ~ 
Melons, Dutch, d to 16d 
eaches, per doz. 6d to as - Pe 00, 10sto 18s 
Nectarines, per doz., 6d to 3s Almonds, eck, 7s 
Figs, per doz., ls t Sieger ‘Alavanie per pou 
nd, 3s 
siev pg “English; rs 100 Tbs. 4 to 65s 
ve, 2s 6d to 8s Bas 
ie Walnuts, Bush 16s to 2433 
ges, per punnet, Is 6 28 ibrea per 
ing, per 6 etd ces 6d to 8s — zil, — 
Barcelona, 24s 
ES. 
ach, per sieve, 2sto 2s 6d 
b: er doz. 9d t Spi 
~~ se ghass e Shires, per Pa ager 3d to 4d 
vm 
Bd 
plants, ‘per ims oh to 2s 6d 
Broscolf, per bunch, 9d to ls va Leeks, per d Prva Bs to 4s 
Caulifiowers, per doz.» det0 6 Garlic, oer tes 9 Gd 
Peas, per sieve, 5s t Shallots, per al 
Beans, Kidney, per te he: > 2s to3s Lettuce, Cabbage, oe Set ti to ls3d 
Scarlet, per hf.-sv. "1s Bd to 186d Cos ee ie nes to le Gd 
Potatoes, er ton, 50. 80s Endiv 
e, per 
pe 1s Gd to 48 elev}. "ae witey os aie gh 1s 6d 
per bushel, 1s 6d to 1s 9d Small Salads, per punnet, 2d to 3d 
dney, = Mae to2s 6d d .b 
Artichokes, per doz., 2 Parsley, per doz. bunch , 26 to 2e 6d 
Turnips, per doz lee rf 7 23 6d irragon, per doz, bun., 2s to 
Carrots, per Pind bunch, 3s to 5s — per doz. bunches, 2s to 2s 6d 
Red Beet, per dozen, Is to 1s 6d asil, a doz. bunches, 2s to 3s 
Horse Radish, per biindle, 1s 6d to 5s Vegetal le Marrow,"per doz., 6d to 8d 
Radish, per doz. hands (24 to30 each) | Tom s, per hf, sy. 1s 6d to 
9d to ls 6d Caps’ een, per 100, 1s to2s 6d 
= Turnip, P. doz. a 9d to 18 6d ipe, per doz., 6d to < 3d 
189d 
Mushrooms, per ee ls ght 
d 0 4s 
+P doz. me Bs ; to 3s 6d Field, per bus., 5 
uit ae 
r doz. 1s to 3s 
otices to Correspondents. 
Mr. PAXTON’S COTTAGER’S CALENDAR is nowr powers 
; it ma 
ive a Se aig in 7 part of London by remitting a ee, 
offic el 0 this Office, at the rate of 5s. for every 25 copies re- 
uir 
: s should be formed about 
Bep 
width, 627 alleys Sit, Ser og pts them, and require 
tion beyond a previous good helper 
wn in M: 
> 
ticular preparati y 
of procuring young plants, let aeren seed be s 
in drills 18 in. apart, and 2 in. deep. When th 
high, th 
when the plants have wing in the au iz 
the growing season the beds should he copiously ative with 
salt and water, or sal! cieuld, be strewed over the beds, the 
particles of which will b irs ne sag] »y heavy 
ber ved, 
d another dressing of ri chm: ure khOwld Besgulion: and fe these 
cpnmatic ons should be rebeutia cece — We have no oo 
that ee would be of great value in mixin the 
and where irrigation is practicable, it should on no se moog be 
neglectod—! 
If 
—Ft 
et! 1 and 2, Pharbitis eit? be 3, Silene 
auinguevdinera —t 
wa. —We cannot undertake to name plants, unless the 
nt as wellastheleayes, One of rate sent 
is a indica; and another seems to be Erysimum Perofski- 
anum 
flower: 
have : “Grreabtiindsid in which, after they have 
uired s aitilont Phang 3 hes be pa off singly, you can pro- 
fect Bi Byticyven abe AS during winter, we would recom- 
che) As ersediately ; by doing by Sis biti 
aes ie “atl peed ix months. If, ty Ae you have onl 
foien wherein to preserve them, you had better defer hepato 
£.— 
est time to FreLL all kinds of timber trees is the 
beginning of winter, esr that time the wood is driest. The 
worst time is when the is rising in the spring, for at that 
time the wood is pbyect pee ghee want the bark, you 
must ae that py it will run 
An Exon: onian. —When Fries do not bear, and nde = 2g 
“iad a trench round Apion, een enough to div of the 
roots, and up aga’ in with cid indter: ‘paner bricks, 
eae any ae inbietls It is not desirable to take off their leaves 
when ri 
A Wi illing Subscriber roar Aaeren alithe SrRAWBERR ~ 
inquires about of any r table heise Specs The 
Eh athe ~ Seay oar isa Eood ‘betel sort, Th rd sire 
anguine tis not decayed 3p a blettea 
ate ofa t for 
ane 
T. Cowan.—Your plant i is Oncidium ramosum, sometimes 
called 0. Batemannianu 
Constant R. ribell ‘have the explanation he asks for, ina 
leading ere » inne. We cannot give hima good answer 
detail. noi 
sink nae een -STALK iar uaa instance ofa phe 
ts bean, hav rmed under 
of it befor 
fect It Syne We oebars in Cotes icles, Trefoils, phen 
ain 0} shor sg The specimen which Mr. H. has so obligingly 
sent is very c an. 
A. E “Your mere variety of the common Co 
volvulus mi 
n- 
When th chert roots of fruit-trees throw up SUCKERS, 
it is gency a sign of | being ill d ner ge or the roots 
pientted = deep. Suckers do no harm if you k oed 
“Servant —The back numbers cannot be had, unless by acci- 
aver.— One of the Aconites you sent is A 
ly must decline the labour “ ‘are your species sort Phlox, 
nang Apter. foope em. &e. gar de = done by persons 
much leisure— re pers Sore 
Tyro’s plant's wink 2, St&tice oleze- 
3°38; Cydehchats Vincetéxicum ; 4, Aebte cempdidiions 6, 
Agératum de ; 6, an Inula. oP eral common sense 
es poe than 50 
Field, 
KB ae a 
cl — Your and Picotee are not uncommon; 
ey pb — good er varieties, and are much esteemed by 
ieuaiied Guseniae Colette They were probably raised fro 
R. Aldridge.—Your Dautia is a bea. utiful flower: 
ies are good, and its colour i is agreeable ; ae we 
will preven flower. 
Watson, Suffolk. Bios our DAHLIA was tog ately crushed. 
The colour and shape of the petal are good; but we cannot form 
an opinio ne of the centre, or gene: eral appearance of the Somer. 
bloom, —_—* 
and Co. mines —Your c erfmson re DAHLIA ena 
flower. of "aratcl rate ote fine form 
up, with corre ne of petals. In the Dake of Welli ‘amen, 
its propor- 
fear its size 
rich scarlet crim e centre is full, 7p at a little depressed, 
ai d the petals w eee it is a desirable flower, and rich in 
our,— 
S. H.—For productiveness and good quality, perhaps no better 
variety of cy could be named, _ to succeed the <apuper> 
t! a 
Gerard will be able to obtain the i rttiation whit he requires 
Fett ing OURER’S FRIEND Socixty, at 19, Exeter 
A Correspondent is ere rot of ascertaining the weight of the 
heaviest head of CetErY which has been exhibited at any horti- 
pee: tural m mete =the a so ti je name oft e grower, with the ae of 
exhibitio: ‘an any of our correspondents furnish us with 
a a lollaguntson' 
A Lover of the Dahlia.—The best remedy with which we are 
acquainted con driving away Turis from Dahlias, is to dust the 
ns f the plants lightly over with sulphur, or Scotch 
ont 
”P. M. —Your Rose is Rosa laxa.—+ 
A. N.—You will find an account of the treatment necessary to 
raise CONIFEROUS PLANTS FROM SEEDS, at p. 83 of this year’s 
Chronicle.—t 
An Amateur.—Both Kgenvon’s AND MILLS’s CucUMBERS are 
recommended for winter forcing: but there are few nts for 
that purpose than the Sion House Cucu “ea Long-fru 
kinds should never be cultivated for winter u 
J. Sutton.—The ne at poe Apple is fg known 3 but it is 
probably the Early Har 
. ¢.— The feitowing” ea large fpesighent ec SHRUBS OR 
TREES, which will succeed vy: well in a 
London : — 
ur’s Garden of to-day. 
rs very dwarf, and 
P 
> 
ie 
s hirs 
Sores freely ; the Be isa onene ue.—§ 
An Essex Subscriber Plum ee sent is Lucom 
sana 3 itis a good bearer, and is allied to the 
superior to it in aah 
Leicester.—No your S6LLYA HETEROPHYLLA requires to 
be re repotted ; previously io doing which, we would recommend you 
to cut it down, as to leave on ae hints of the strongest shone, 
as ed plant t 
aur dily by nt 
to) arcs yee have not flowered i is 
ve having srg i noptiod to them ; ote 
ju gro ace a window, they are 
ficiently exposed to t + sun mer months, 
i sa, peony to thei well-d = 
S$ are Torilis anthriscus, ener angus- 
and Rantne aquatili 
ap eve an and be- 
—1, Fankia subcor- 
data ; 2, Erica verticillata f Roches faleata; 4, ee ue ela- 
tu Rudbéckia hirta; 6, Agératam am ccelestinum , Sedum 
Gamma.—Bignénia usta is e plant. Flowers of it 
* 
my, be seen at Mrs, a oatcat e feeceet Werte t 
Cc. G. A.—Your Orchidaceous plants are Epidendrum ciliare 
and MaxillA ria vitellina —} 
T. 8. P.—You should compel your heaps of weEps to ferment, 
and then the senda will be oemeres This may be done by 
strong solution of B.vE VirrioL, you will destroy the greenness 
mplain of roduces the pene effect, but moss is apt 
wagain €; gas- also destroy the moss, 
if itis that geo ses the pred oF The large Pea is Lathyrus 
iflorus, the uiniler appears to be Pisum maritimum ; 
arcmeda poi LB: D. is nat gs 7 calycul: 
'. M.—We 
e to PS riieteL ey should be aivided eith either in the 
mn, after the flower-stems have died down, or early in 
pring before they begin to s afr e why your 
V: do not bear fruit out of doors because the wood does 
not get sufficiently ripened before winter; whether the 
Fach: 
of the # shoots 4 dura’ winter. 
Remtitum.— Common ink i is ‘ae for writing upon ech - 
Soncmate TA ALLIES ; and the ink pe ena 
ing of Copal Varnish is is applied « over the whole surface, which 
protects the writing fom ae 
ex.—Your plants “elian atrorubens; 2, an Eri- 
geron, Lael philadelphicam. bed Pear is a very hand- 
C t Rosat.—+ | 
general the autumn, ag is to say Sag ange “4 
eels ie ae TRANSPLANTING trees Of all sorts. 
high, are employed. 
When 1 x rom is nop: it is customary hai pare it o 
it; but we know no filling up the 
wee ws firmly with eran , and ame a little crested Dog’ a 
and White Clover. JunirE have their berri 
bootie When ripe, went mi. coh with band in heaps all the winter, 
eg sown in March in light soil, the berries being buried about an 
h deep.—t 
se *— “To be e we do not. No one is more opposed than 
ourselves to Poe s which, whatever their attractions, and how 
ever disguised, are in any way immoral or irr Sictighoien: It is 
because of his freedom a ee tg of that kind that we like 
Punch, in spite of his bad jo! 
A La ady. —The plates in = “cones ee are no 
coloured. They are made from dried specimens. We can hardly 
sates how far they may be ean vet prem bat for us they 
have vee value. The k is —t 
P,.—You cannot have a better —_ rey 
of sinus fond wild in this 
ene eo vay 
—Som 
etermining the GENERA 
Nos. 
’ é nev w 
Indigo; 5, may be the Colocynth pee 
nuals, such as Balsams. 
ericho, concerning which you will find many hetewy at p. 363 
of inset year’s Chronicle; 21, be vee Balsam Apple, a well-known 
1 plant of the Cucu order, with h 
an e 
censtha bright orange fruit, et with 3 no beauty in the flowers. 
It is scarcely adv eee Aad sow the seeds before the spring, if 
they are in — co because they ~are n ft 
and difficult vty sae; on ye inter. Nos. 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 
20, and perh fe or 3 more, are little better than weeds.— 
J. D., Cheitenham.—The in lia named Hudson’s Princess 
Royal i isa light bright buff, ti purple; 
Attila, rosy ee . 
A. N. ~The ometers, from the indications of Baie the 
TEMPERAT set, aT iy vowed is given, are on the lawn, apart 
rom an vege He m of rtf from buildings, and are attached to 
a post Ben which the elevated at uaa height a : cod 
from the und ; resis of painted vas guards 
will appear next week.—+ 
would not, we imagine, be preju re vaer to them; b 
aware — it has ever been a th ar 
nstant S§ —My te Eu TRAWBERRY is a 
tolera hae large ovate fruit, and amther early 3 but it is far rege] 
in quality to Myatt’s British Queen. It is far from being 
me rs for forcing as Keen’s Beatin sine | 
N.L will fin ur plo estion answered amongst 
ie Home Doeren rrespondence in this day’s paper.—t 
Rn d + + 
Pad re} 
in which 
‘sculapius.—Three varieties of Pears for summer use, 
are the Citron des Carmes, Jargonelle, Dunmore; three to follow 
warfs 
standards, with the exception of the Servos, 7 aa it will came 
e Crassane, wy uch, or Old Col rage 
them an answer 
witha alton 
ess' éme, though ares, is not high- 
flay ured when grown on a ean) but'is bia pa from ne Gave pre 3. 
The apace sparc is only excellent in and the 
may penal of er 
tow hich ircite he above list, with the ex- 
ception of the Winter Nelis, which is variable in its time of ripen- 
ing, but will always prove acceptable when it does become fit for 
th fi for it, as well as for 
use; you will ssa doubtless find room it, 
the “Althorp and r Crassane, both raised by the late Mr, 
Knight. Foor Gebietes RAPES the may consist 
My Pe wall m 
water, Black Cluster, 
Prince. rarieties f fruit-trees may be obtained 
per rrect from re eet ie serymen.—|| 
§ usual 
cee 
Tue Overland Mail from India giveee this morning, 
a vy peer te) we regret to sa isastrous news 
Saas The o inleapinbic maldorsy had already 
‘anced t the army at Jellalabad, under General 
ock, had been decimated by disease, excessive heat, 
he 
the Gover 
judgment. 
pe a its tr into the hands of 
ss been 
iy decisive kin preparations 
he troons ,like those ef A 7 Affgha n- 
istan, were weary of inaction, and had become dispirited. 
eers by an majority ; the discussion on ser Bill 
only lasted a muti and fourteen votes only w 
corded a t it. e Bill received th 
9th of Jan 
country, than “ Baxter's British el 
ent is anticipated. — nt address 
f the Portuguese deputies, in reply to the speech 
from the ge as n d in favour of the 
Ministry by a ae but the re 
of the President in conseq 
