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THE GARDENER®S’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Sepr, 24, 
returned home, I woh a small age $f 
e entrance hole 
r- pos tera first ee ds ‘the 
fluvium from t of tur- 
wasps >s have re 
spirits of turpentine close 
cover it over with a flowe 
hole in the botto 
a 
iful s pred our attached'to the 
destroy the nests, need trouble themselves no further than 
to pour half-a-cupful of spirits o pentine into 
and about the entrance holes, and then rs ote 
over it, _ it round with e nslow. 
“Ss. 
_ im Bug.—tThere are few, per edna that 
y from the incidental contact of that 
Pp oe Olinda lectulféria, than myself; but I 
Have lnays found that the application of soap relieved 
he “ bum The 
No doubt 
ed to remain. 
nd ammonia would be 
allow 
aes ar and amm 
more prompt in = can urra 
The Black or > uiorpilar —all alo’ 
from a to olkstone, the Tarn ) saw-flies were 
ong the coast 
con- 
d 
sappea 
vt cannot ot the 
N 
are all Swedes 
but I wees at be 
yards fro «arn m 
these epdecets e farmers may expect to fi visited by 
these dcatroctive' insect next year, unless heavy rains and 
a@ severe winter destroy them in their winter 
"Be Rs, Sandgate. 
pee rath “Don John” vy. Martin's “ Splendid.” 
was willing to give it-a fair trial ; 
annoyed wi 
a hited es he had an acquaintan 
oes aware Oak 
——You correspon ndent **] 
“how it ‘happened that Martin’ 
be superior to Don Joh 
to state, for his information, ea the a Ngee first is 
not always a superi riorit I 
never was it more re giaripgly exem 
Splendid 
Splendid. was proved to 
mip dear b a “I beg 
shi 3852 to save the flow m being disqualified. 
rps Bl were many blooms of Don Ton exhibited, hg a 
e far superior to Splendid in 
in posses sesin a more eae distribution 6 of colour, endeveis 
of Mah in size, &c.—A S } further fast 
po on this Y Maite “hast t be paid for an 
advertise rs 
—It is no uncommon Seng to plant 
inity’ Potatoes at the bottom of a garden : and those 
Potatoes, may perhaps be useful. 
ecoaee. a single row of the Ash-leaved Kidney 
e, Ip a double one; the 
wall abddt a foot or 14 
to a 
and in proof of what I 
mely, that a simple remedy will often effect 
with the Gooseberry a re in fact, so muc 
sours the callie were completely stripped of leaves. 
n from the Highlands of rb = eeeee d to call, 
ways planted 
pee amongst t his t a remedy. 
if they did no good; ‘oes would do ie 
m, I a. alopted the plan, and althou 
ca plain by w eans the cure is effected, I 
nfidently assert, t he th be never seen the leaves of the 
sere destro: arene — Beans have bee 
them. Perhap of as correspondent may be able 
to explain —. circumstan ate Christie, Orwell Park. 
niell’s Mebae Whee I 
ed 
h 
Now that the plan 
manure re on a se thicker than on other parts, the 
d curled, in fact destroyed ; whi Ist 
mpo- 
y 
To pres satis Mapai —As the time is now drawing near 
when all cers gardeners begin to gather and store away 
their Apples, I the method of treatment which I 
have practised with aitateibagten success for fourteen 
rs; having during that per one had the management o 
ather the different sorts in 
and lay them in heaps in a 
e for a fortnight. They are th 
ped and put, see a ‘thr ree in thickness, on the shelves 
are to remain. The best Apple-room I ever 
. King’s 5 it was built under the 
a 
=] 
0 light or 
very essential thing in keeping Apples is, that - in wet 
weather oo attention be paid to ea out those = 
are rotten. Much saved ing so; and it i 
necessary that Apples should have a ard searchin, 
order. to be effe pa clear M 
n 
hia parent ‘with other tat, but ot ‘that T a | ado 
athered as | 
not uiketly prtane The Plums 
at their full si 
filled up to the neck’w 
dina ae er or 
sees phe which sh 
lums begin to assume a whitish 
antly ~_ 
r presery 
js in te i 
Cape B “a1. hare seen, at different times, in the 
Chronicle, at cting bulbs fr — the Cape of 
Good Hope. Biving resided in that country for some 
years, I took, oo still retain, great seabed in bulbs ; but 
anfortuna ately no t botanically. I have always several in 
my possession, but having neither = nor grate I 
seldom get — ves yecare. The reason 
why, on im’ to this cuditeys "they seldom bloom 
riod (and ‘w first baer is; that the uire at a certain pe- 
and 
ago, 
the Belladonna (if not t bat) 
, On a south-west bor der, at 
e 4 
2 
4% € ; . t 
cans, a preventive to the "aittek 3 | wi: he » Close 
da s Mr. W. P. Ayres n tebe }| they have not apne ce aie hrs As yet 
" in co djuitetion with the curative qualities of Chamo- ine tix'weekwi" ‘Urifortunatet, Sem ata, y busi 
Win induced to'séha yom’ these ied h Gedar' EseuLewnaree Ieopnne Shaeine neieerenicmapanets 
ota mistake in his letter. Mr. Ayres ates, | a x of Cape b > Siane that T water is 
ab thie s n of a friend Thad planted Chamomile | home were acci ly droppe thotbaskattiey tore were 
1° of the Peach trees ; whereas it should have | packed in, i yr ih 86 ant ey <n 
‘T saw it in the Irish Farmers’ and Gardeners’ | those bulbs failed to grow. a have been in the habit of 
and although ther Mr sceptical on the subject | receiving, from a Pe ag a bulbs in return ne 
main so) as either Mr. Ayres or Mr. rp 3 and to plant them in m 
tyke F 
SO MID 
fia es oes oN 
n planted amongst ao 
e, and was fitted up with shelves | 
the moss not of aifording sufficient nourishment, 
bef 
ee a number of little baskets m 
sort of ‘whic I planted a bulb well saturated w 
uh 
the rg hearin on a: sides 
water, and c 
vered the who 
ne 
e sa 
in faery iron sone clay, in wet, rich, boggy earth, and ae 
common soil a R. 
well. — 
Transplanting Evergreens.—Not a few “papers hay 
n written on the advantage of AUADIANSI NS Feira 
n spring, as well as in autumn neither of those 
seasons .to an purpose to sania: I rie near 
ondon, in arreat a high situation; and in hot weather 
the soil Bids Se dry. After such a statement as 
this, few people will be prepared to ear that not | 
200 ‘Evergreens, Cent, Hollies, Laurels, & 
height from feet 
pesent year, ey are looking almost as ney as if they 
ad not been rem ome 0 a good deal of 
adh: atta ched to se others had not 3 and no further 
r 
eas 
p the Planta, Gatos the pits reviogp 
ants Raine set in, and afterwards w 
sonal watering during the continuance of the Y ir, 
circumstance as this, viewed in. connexion 
with those J it out ae, will 
ag 
a) 
n March and April, 
planting. will be atiended mith failure, 
blows. us; the air gets 
Tere? pbsition ith the ep: and ct pis ke ie ayn 
ture is increased ; 
y 
the leaves of E ots are le 7 the 
plants either die, or dwindle on a Hee see 
late “Mr. Capper, "of Bath, who, T believe, a it in 
patie researches on the dircalation of sap in J. 
ereens! 
FOREIGN ¥ CORRESPONDENCE. 
Malacca.—l have got 
beautiful and? singular one it is 
range i Bonga rmez ; 
ewise 
marks, i d to ae Gniaics ere. 
just obtai ined a Mcahiics maceou A parle which apres 
in some eure to Phytoerene, and © is Pl 
stance t dale of the 
forms of veg 
cept 1 
-w islands, and river aoa hr 
chidécez, man 
n the mg trees nea h 
ia also scarce’; but t Scitamtase abot 
also 2 Acclopladice, sabecteny, Dischidia or pred s 
—W. G, 
characterise 
ota 
‘PROCEEDINGS. NGS. OF OF SOCIETIES. - 
RAL 
unfavourable state of the 
entirely to Danuras, of which there was = 
and numerous stands: were exhibited, independently of th0 ce 
ams wi warded. bloom 
obey gio hve but weakly, 
stains 
ae 
