a Putney writes to us thus :— 
4 coniferous plan 
were vigorous ; 
followed 
SO a a 
the on e, that the soi 
and 
eiliptice, 
healthy. 
1842. ] 
THE GARDENER®S 
CHRONICLE. ; 
603 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the 
INGS OF THE SOCIETY in Regent- Street are DISCON. 
TINUED till Tuesday, October the 4th, in consequence of the 
Meeting-room being under repair 
MEET- 
bestest 
Che Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1842, 
canta sat THE TWO FOLLOWING oma cs 
Tuesday, Sep 
ne tarda <a Sept. 24 . Royal Botanic . . . . , Bf 
Royal Berks hire, War wick. 
16, py eee Be Louth, 
m. 21, Nottingham, Fa aversham, Thorn 
— Se rg » Wingham. 
15, ae ~as ig Hoddesdo "icing ton, Shtguubade, 
rn _ » Hanchester wh ig 
wich. 2%, We xford. 
THE _: of er iy soda upon some — of 
and, has been clearly | © 
eficial ee no donbt om remains 
yt cathe seen its rem 
crops, on e kinds 
prov pee 
upon the eee We hay 
on Grass, on trees, on 
many pas Sy editieled + tables, iis 
when pure, and judiciously applied, i 
worthy of its reput But 
ury even in lie dns 
P 
rubs, and 
1d in all ca 
Ss is no more 
But - are som 
they deserve to be Pa into. A co 
t Spring 
than 
mals, what 
apparent : Sac to this, and 
rrespondent at 
EW 
Vine, a 
“ER 
S 
his Vi 
differs 
br 
applied a solution of nitrate of soda t 
“put the 
has also shared the same 
plied it carefully to 
many different Minis 
ceptible effect upon their growth or bloo 
ow, there may ze a wo reasons for thas results : 
already contains so muc 
matter that the ten of more is useless ; the other, 
substance ‘ate 
which had been removed and < dnot look very 
It 
ter — ‘hee. us, in which the }| yet, 
ut cee any per- 
saline 
ill become a m 
ed m 
cerning the manner in yb that pout Ma gd ipa] 
enables. me i _ out some iy re princi 
of his c 
tion beneath of the paeab soil, w 
ost essen 
fection without the > lis 
nap ugh few will = ye propriety of having 
houses 
Crawsha 
sensation felt 
more especially if shut u 
that the preperaion of the fertiliser in hisgucg 
of great national importa) 
too 
W persons, conversant with the spe: of the 
are unacquainted of 
es con- 
and in what respect his treatment of them 
onan that of Beg persons recent visit to 
Mr. Geo. Crawshay, of Colne 
Itivation 
e are assured, n 
e 
ha 
€ 
tha called of soda was something glass ; and Mr. Crawshay contends that this purity of 
else. Ther uch to sup that this | atmosphere is as essential to She welfare of the Vine 
agent is greatly adulterated. It is said that sulphate it is beneficial to a hum On entering 
of soda is used for this : but as that salt s of Vineries eink a seitkcaens aspect, when 
to act much in the sam er as the nitrate, it may | the s ah is shining full upon it, a refreshing air meets 
not be mischievous. It is certain that com mon salt is | you, w pes thermometer indicating a temperature 
mixed with it largely. of on 
Oh a te et are 
probab: 
Bri 
tances, 
very differen 
now what he is — and the 
© commits the 
teration ioe he found chat: he had 
of salt in nitrate of soda i 
ind o rou 
amount of Alteration hgh be Beaiesnie by 0 
ackling takes place 
how m 
lene as aac n gentle- 
an than any yet 
gg : 
es — anes to be co where on the | tha 
ogs, and sold in a dry state in the | ting,” 
As the materials to “ as oe ed ae in a | which fn 
and at present almost y: is ex- | several 
honesty of the seller, but that the 
ad been effected prior to its 
results 
; for he vie gives his ore real 
rdener 
dis- 
is easily 
a Belgian 
atent for the preparation of a 
chea 
down o 
treatm 
sas 
Vi 
ndan 
sphere 
earlier i 
dis 
is continued until the Reiss 
ses. 
lation 
in the afternoon, and the 
ak , 
ais the paved floor is this : in the early 
The 
stage of "the Vine’s growth wails is liberally thrown 
and this treatment 
are .su to be 
C eelata withheld ; a 
ether 
on the floor to create vapour, 
the day. 
But there are other points in which Mr. Cramiays 
ent is peculiar. The stems of the Vines 
up the afer about a 
g observ: 
ter the pruning is comp. a free ci 
of air is allowed, by means of the a 
and to ts, and breakin 
a Ss 
ines is eran retarded ; in fact, it is souaered 4 
later than upon walls. 
= 
ess freely dur- 
rving | ing the day ; the Vines are frequently syringed, and 
_ ce of w ah n the 
is thrown down w 
oors 
ia up a comics supply of tase in the atmo- 
n the Vines are in bloom, the houses are closed 
q years old, t — portend un- 
; ances quite), fom the united ef - te 
no water is admitted into the house after the colour- 
process has commenced ; but abundance of air is 
left 6 reoriy. & 
to preserve the te pera 
ta ee a caer 
laet beyond the bare sHeeitictr ecessary to en- 
sure success ; and the ay rnd may, ai 
. ge 
that they are compact and regu- 
ns can produce berries of such 
trace of = red-spider is visible upon 
it of the leovees and the ready in the best 
5 pomsibis condition for ahother season 
DDING. 
ciple, the limit of which must be defined 
ya combination of theo ‘ory and pica and at present, I 
er ains a problem to we 
nds 
which a scanty rE od buds 
in me to retain, “ad t all in vain 
bark adhered, the eye was lost, and many a w 
e 
session a plant that was worked 
on 21st October, ten years a 
Shoots that grow angularly, and are pag in the same size 
Ye the ee up, afford better bu - Pe as are pro- 
du ong rapid-growing bra uds of the 
neg’ he viet Bins ell defined, hr ‘ft thaerted at all hollow 
ntre are sure to go blind. 
trouble in separating buds from 
success. 
ppears to be in 
on f prapettrdh to pur- 
Fig cal 
n other shrubs, such as the Gjioa ‘budded upon the 
‘from cause, I belie 
reas e stock, the stagnation 
of sap in the stem leaves the plant rte renew itself, either 
by ere ones te down or by suckers 
use of mischief in worked Roses is the ha- 
‘at ot ee cutting i in ries wild shoots, in reir to force the bu ids 
inserte them to break the 
if it were interwoven, as it 
ripened lea 
There iter 1 suppose, be little doubt that the Lama: 
others ; yet this been much undervalued 
elicate i in winter, oe 
The situation of my garden is much exposed in e 
five hundred plants were moved this year, 
beck sleet home (in many in- 
> an 
winter, 
exon a ther of he mp (Be latter, perhaps, more 
ines | ¥i e, with the 
| layers produced from the whole of the wild scot with its 
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