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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Srpr, 1, 
is not meant for a moment to question pnt sarees of 
f oe ge of carbon, but r “ee : 
ise pee at py teed A ied that the. chic value nat 
ists in its ad t un 
Mtg cron * sing in nto mo ould, it is not proved that 
Sim not at t 
nutrition of plants. 
x ENTOMOLOGY. =e a 
THE pera Saw-Fry med A 
is the p the Black- eater pelar 
islled the Black palmer ri gr fering’ Biack-j ji ree comet 
slug, and Nigger s last 
month in the etait of Kent, i" fel etree aver the 
‘ould make appearance amongst 
nd 
eae time perform other functions in the 
—E. 
hese g 
the mail ab sel ers from their hee yet, 
a field is liable to be devoure 
st n pre- 
n some districts, whilst in others 
cart or w ‘ y ought then to be divided ey. troops, 
consisting of not se than 100 each, under superin- 
tendence of must M2 Pe the ducks 
bel to illew r the 
: leaves, as well as to drive the birds 
peas ; ay lrinking, 
weeks, after which they descend to the ground and enter 
n Reig inside, in 
ummer 
hic e n sum 
they remain only three weeks ie y quiesient state, but 
the autumnal one buried throu a the winter. The 
remedies proposed are 3st ipally collected from an article 
in the 2d volume of the Journal of the Royal Agricultural 
een: to which the eddies is referred Hor a very full 
of this enemy to the ‘Turnip- cer and coloured 
fly, with aes _ will be found in 
t 
my last paper neck Cladius safer, I. fear that 
the iho figured is the young of some other Saw-fly, for I 
have since seen both sorts u upon nike same ayy and I think 
the larva of the Cladius never curlsitself up: the descrip- 
tion, however, is quite correct in every oghen respect. 
WARF PEA 
ving request ted us Bi furnish him 
Peas, we have 
D 
A correspondent hav 
with a list of the best varieties of Dw 
obtained pase “Ae in the hope that it will prove use- 
. Bis Lapis Dwarf. —This variety grows about two feet 
d the 
as the Early Frame; if sown at different periods it will 
furnish a oo succession of eat ops 
arf Brittany.—This sort does not grow. more 
than six or eight inches ot but is nevertheless an abun- 
dant bearer ; it is about a week later than the preceding, 
and it will stand the ised : ou it does best if sown early 
> 
Dwarf. one variety a 
ey 
otherwise so m 
_and causes dia shoes 
«yPoultry, 
immediately after the sheep mu or twice 
across the field, as close as possible, so that no part ma 
escape, and the erous t ock the better: if 
this be repeated two or three days ge veatinid no farther 
mischief will ensue from the Negroes. This desirable result 
is easily explained; for by arrowing or —— a bushed 
hurdle over the Turnips, the e Negroes arg dislodged, and 
IPS; 
fall to the ground, = the sheep following, ing them 
death, on ot command r ducks or 
s. 
e be be send- 
n with ue lpn into the field, under 
Sarees ae as they fill the ust be 
pots, the 
emptied into setae “4 rge co san eth conveniently ple placed, 
and containin e brine or lime-water to 
_Negreos from crawling out when 
: ee been ascertain 
prevent the 
the cover is removed. 
net a boy ten years old 
field sufferi 
: : peratio 
f them ar peo Sir ba.she-b hoe, and as 
ibly one half, the re- 
, their skins bein - 
y erect their tails whilst feeding, 
also, 
_ of turkeys, are found to apaiis well especially pty We 
Negroes are 
: saint 
—— 
abot eae vee ad oe cic into bearing about monk 
after the It is a tolerably ened seeeihy but iS 
tenis fit foecapunmce u ould, therefore, be sow 
se 
in springs as it is too tender to stand through sed 
4, Cractet s ‘superb Dwarf Blue This is he, best 
dwarf vatiety for summer fea) ev rows about one foot 
and a half or two feet high. very abundant bearer, 
ood “qualities = ¢ Blue Prussian 
i, waiter ers. 
and possesses all the 
It is only fit for late sowing, and if sown at different times 
from March to June, it will furnish a kpecin 2 without 
any other variety. 
AMATEUR’S GARDEN.—No. XXXVII 
Pre t now be made for the protection 
of tender plants during a e winter months, of which w 
are a parr idm. reminded by cold gine chil. 
hawnay owed the 
from seeds or cations since the miei and I will there- 
large scale, i 
e very easily 
straw or litter, when such protection 
eur who lives 
iums, for turning out into the densa 
m summer. here litter would be objec 
along the front, a nd ini 
Of course this would add scnidecaey the 
expense ; but then all k a of greenhouse pants could be 
the boiler... 
& 
kept in the greatest 
e greenhouse m' soon as possible 
for the sheen of in pli If the sashes are moveable, 
ll as a 
they ou, 
~g creepers, and the stages ; 
general cleanliness is essential to to tie salle of plants ees 
f Vines are grown upon the 
well as animals. I[ 2 alten 
of the Beep honee, the other an gS which are % 
upon the ery in the open air <4 ee fi 
as they are safe foie.’ the wea of the Ving 
will then be coal ty well rene, and they may aan 
tied close together, or, if the house is properly constructed 
they ar oat nk th en air, Caméjj 
which haye been out of doors during the summer, should 
possess has a property of this Seupies, use nothing but 
rich peat and leaf mould ; but if it has not, Masi equal parts 
of loam and peat, with about pt -fourth of sand and rotten 
dung, may be used for the mixture.— R, Fr 
OME CO popes DENCE, 
Thiet ant “neve id Copper 
mong gra 
n large siya many 
things, Grass for cermples men yee Sette as found 
that doses of 23 to 10 S per square ay A this sat 
eee ci turf ‘did no Sous ho the Grass; but no Clover ; 
pitoror: the turf produced it abundantly elsewhere.] 
pplication of Lime-rubbish and Salt.—I wrote to you 
in the spring, — ining that my garden had alwa 
nit soft, watery P. Your reply was, that 
owever light we — ee be, yet that the subsoil 
and aD elieve you are right; for : 
ore, gle me whe ther the old mortar from the 
ya e bricks | 
as new lime or chaile, or anal it has any " the proper- 
e h s it only act 
your Turnips ; i 
t Sea-kele and Asparagus, ahd 
nt C.,” in 
alt. } 
consider your rater too basi into 
605 of the a ia 8 has admitted water too 
his tank. It is many months before ne =a 
bohic acid from the a vein : in 
until it has done so, the water will *fallibly dite > 
large quantities." A coating of Roman cement will be. 
the tank mille it is filled with th ny 
cured. Before the expiration of a Selvemont 
in my tank had entirely lost the taste of li 
“ nslo 
ing Fruit-Trees—Many years ago T sent hom 
raised, 
“os e been 
tom i aly _ of different pid which hae ‘ 
stalk | a 
bearers every year, both by age and by the regular Ping 
r| ing t whe subjectedto. But is there any + 
else that can be done to improve the natural 4 
ea Ta eee TT 
