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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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a strong wooden frame, having a glass front and fitted up within 
with a tier of shelves ; the whole to be eeiersgem by mats during 
her. The aspect being sout t, you had better not 
up he frame while the sun shines directly upon the pants 5 ; 
otherwise, they will be reat tk cone hpeewrnts e growth, an te 
i i e ne weather which may oc 
nd raised above the level 
d receive no more 
e placed 
s s; if further, msi will most likely 
pecome drawn ;*they should — be turned round occasionally 
in , went a they re 2 come one-sided.— 
and 1 Pct af ghd 9 4B, Gs 20 OB 10, 
of it. 
~ 
and 12, ne on nit var. 
appears to ca’ F. dtesegor: bat x "meebo had suffered ay the 
way. “Ann should a dd to her collection F. Riccarténia, oo 
i] n in the Isle of Wight —§ 
J hes rete oto the best mode of conv erting the 
CL nto good manure, we refer hha 
to professor Sprengels treatise a Organic Mineral Manures, at 
. 524 ear’s Chro —t 
it is warty: vse RE in building a hothouse to 
enc close a Peach- tree and a Nectarine; or, in othe 
, Grapes being the chief desideratum ; *be- 
e leaves of the Vine must overshadow the Peach-trees, 
ad aaedes their fruiting. By keeping the Vines to the rafters, 
and v yey good management, Peaches may be obtained in such si- 
ut great practical 
which no directions can compe nsate, is requir ired. We 
will be the cheapest plan of heating a hothouse 
e you do not say anything of its breadth and 
i or of the papain you want to mai ‘Where 
: it is probable that the open tough system is the 
ot none 
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tuatio 
Gitepe at. 
—The reason why BLUE viTRIOL cannot be used for 
fixing ammonia is, “that it isa —_ of prappets and copper is re- 
gard njuri vegetati gy wie on the other 
ndis e 8 att of on i mm] BLEACHING POWD 
is the chloride of lime of pepthare and is is a mos’ st valuable di 
sabi ng agent, and should always be employed w where offensive 
s have to be removed; mei! yohrnoad is jos ae is not fair 
ee pF ecrets out of u s; however, you are right. td 
PRUNING RosEs we refer you to an peck that will re ae in 
columns very soon, if not to-day. It is of no use to es 
ACACIA AFFINIS run, wh the foot of a west wall wi Seat except 
as a curiosity. 
and putrid sea-wrack. 
ch - — —_ ex ert in cert: 
in others; no cultivation will make the waxy 
poe ore) But m tx Potatoes may be made watery by wn 
in places insufficiently exposed to light; or which i e same 
thing, so thick ai as to choke e es other up. Your ee Bento 
appre ton rgd a brick tank well ae 
in good lime = sand ey hold liqu anure without the 
cessity of a cement facin 
A. P.—Your plants are i Aspidium filixmas ; 2, Scolopéndrium 
species of Eurybia; and 4, Verénica decus- 
A criber.—It i is a well- known _ that whole branches of 
pe 
diseased, to examine the interior of the branches, and see if they 
contain traces of the Currant > alieseped or oa & other antes which 
in many places commit such | mon Currant 
Cestus.—The Pea is the late G: , or tall Capuchin, and is onl 
fit coe ‘held culture. in ai “ 
Francesca.—As you are an amateur in gardening, we 
would not recomment _ “y purchase a a stock of HEATHS pia rom 
the spring. You h e right in raising the stage of your 
greenhouse nearer t ue gical re best description of peat for 
growing them in, is that which is most fibrous and contains the 
fied in quantity of silver rota i 
a 
ly been in yo ing water 
them i regularly, an and ‘g? havi g kept oy e The 
should have air at times Ag ther: no dan of frost 
miesrigrs| the house, _ should be abered only whee ‘ey rnd 
jially in dull we wre a The best time for potti 
t recom 
ne flow ing. 
one nurseryman in preference se ion but there are several 
good a round London, where you may purchase any 
quantity you may wish.—t 
Cc. 7. ns —The following FruiT-TREES may ber ended :-—On 
your Hom ae a age) Petes it will be proper ne te mo er a Violette 
Hative Ni = Mignonne, ener a Late eo ng 
sak aspect m: weet a oo. ctarin 
beige: Pe aches— 
aed} Fics the following a are Roos 
ricots—1 es Early; 2 Mo Royal; 
anee erries: 1 Mayduke; ! Knight's Facly 
Black; 1 Elton; 1 Florence. Figs: 2 ey ; 1 White 
Marseilles ; 1 Rroneisck: All the above may be planted d towards 
the end of n next month.— 
The Apple has much of the Nonesuch character, and is 
he the eee 
C. K.— r Peach is the Late Admirable.—|| 
— es i. —Your Mu — Y-TREE, which drops its fruitin a 
well as tedly ex- 
tended its its poh ti into a re a 
on a well-drained bottom, so as to be free from py water; 
but, at the same time, the enero ought mek fo be too dry, nor 
should — land be stiff ome: clay.—|} 
J.R, 's reques' mi seal be-attended to, 
ra W..7; T—Non S. d 2 fee Pears are 's Bergamot ; 
4, 5, Crassan er; 7, Napole on; 8& ag 10, Mari arie Louise; 
; 6, ‘Colm 
9, Glout ne re yAaly “Flemis ~ Beauty; 12, speiine worth- 
less; 13, Williams’s Bon Chré as bad as No, 12; 15, 
me and 18, Alfriston ce a 
F.—Aprixs i in many cases have been known to Aree 4 welli 7 
cellar, and i her instances ounli have failed to do so. 
steady temperature, patleveceng fod urity of air, which should be 
rather dry than moist, are circa onditions to the presery 
tion of this fruit,—|j 
¥ ady.—The most ane VINES FOR THE OPEN WAL 
vasia OF Grove. and 
Black 
ok Pactnausant when sn aoa 
to the naptn art the trees, and there becomes sta 
presi” csp season, the stones of the = split, ans 
conseque a will find that this w e 
case if f your b eee ee a po ery < vot Daneane saetath 
su no superab when the fruit is 
ter a pre- 
an th beh go 
vpelng of sa 
A Subscriber's plants are Cassia Scsibia and Cladanthus 
arabicus. wd 
window frame e. Then the lower sash of the window will 
allow the heat of of the sitting-room to enter it. You cannot, how- 
ever, depend upon such a mode of heating for the exclusion of. 
therefore, in very cold weather, you would be 
r some such protection on ‘the o utside. If 
acase, you should have a door in it which 
would ih open into bape eng air, soas to be able to ventilate and 
hen . Such contrivances are occasionally 
a pee 
— Probably Lindley? s rong jc of Botany, which is quite 
stinct work, will a in your studies. Itis expressly 
amen for am © 7 y ae want practice in learning to u vd 
= gi Natural System, then Lindley’s School Botany is the book fo 
ou.—F 
ug adingensis.—We are clearly of opinion that you cannot well 
WarMa Sane and billiard room by one Arnott or Chunk 
stove. T 
Ss, eapiebe: Sou a St rae eae: will produce a Saw-fiy, 
pith Stew we hope, will shortly be givenin the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle.—R. 
F. V. 0.—We Base much ecrdiel ol you for the autumnal ex- 
amples of the larvze of the GoosEBERRY SAw-FLYy. Those which 
we setae last it in ~ Raabe edad the same species of 
qnarede: as ve apy broods, ana we have every reason to 
tF 
vaueye. 
for Laelia ps | cater- 
pcre hy them by 
tory 0! appe 
vee c the Toya Agricnttaral Socie’ 
A Cons ‘ant Subscriber.— LL LARGE moran: put them, one 
into a tin arter o 
tt 
vi 
blot ting-paper, to prevent the insect fro 
pane may be killed, many at once, by tated mlog each ‘in ae ill 
t 
t thee 
H 
it; when that i Body ne, ‘oo B ige’ or th 
urn them the which will at on pea gen the 
animal. The use age the ute’ is to eres the moth fr 
ing - the fame of the matches. 
. W.—The follo’ inne SMALL Tes, Or LARGE SHRUBS, are 
suitable “ pene. on steep banks, exposed to north-west 
ergreens are preferable to rate oe plants for in- 
tereepting wer — - unsi| ye agg 
eee are better adapte: ra dry si = tag 
rT, be obs bserved, that no peta oh will tirve in su place, if 
the soil is poorand dry ; therefore, you must improve itby adding 
some manure to it before planting. Any y of the my aa may be 
selected, Pie ste ani kept at the renee he on by pruning :— 
vous. 
Co Py Yi i Lilac, tienen and Persian. 
Portugal do, ca ° 
Evergreen O: Hornbeam. 
Arbutus, or Strawberry-tree. Mal Fegpet 
Dutch and Common Hollies. Scar nak 
8. 
: Broad- erat Euonymus, 
Sweet Bay. Perfumed Cherry. 
Chinese and Common Junipers. | Laburnum 
Phillyreas, broad-leaved varieties 
Yew. untain ‘ 
Mugho Pine pred sanguineum 
Upright Cypress and Hazel. 
eep vemeatieniy well 2 spas in the same manner 
a eer come Bie ug care 
labels, 
"aaah be be used oot that pur- 
ith the number stamped ape th 
pose ; open should be fastened on roma the neck with wir ithe 
. ‘the Vegetable s which you have 1 hecoat from seed re 
E is not aruath 
pent aa in this country, “but valuable in  Getts any, where it 
stands through the eee ong other is Celeriac. You should 
hi f eco suckles, ie; rie this ; 
you may, however, strike nian with care, and a gentle bot- 
Constant Readev.—Your Pears are—1,' Flemish Beauty; 2, Ur- 
aniste ; 3, Glout Morceau ; 4, Seckle; 5, Winter Nelis ; 6, Na-% 
ae = = 
—Your Pears are, No. 3, 5, 11, St. Germain; 6, Sucré 
Vert; 7 “probably winter Bon Chrétien; 8, E’chassery 5 9, White 
; 10, 15, Passe Colm: sng —Il 
ae your Apples, No. 1 is the Blenheim Pippin; 2, Kirke’s 
Lord Nelson, 3, Court of Wick; 4, age Russet; 5, Old Ni as 
pareil. The Pears are, 6, Ac han; a wn Beurr 8 
Cras: ce et 
Fredericus.—Y our seedling Dahlia is not worth preserving : the 
eye is pasty “filled up, and the slic instead of being pure, has 
a dirty, blotched a gree 
H.C. W.L ur Apples ¢ are, No. 1, Dutch Mignonne; 2, 
8, Kentish gees em ek den Pippin; 
Pa Court of ; 9, Hoary M 
Marie Louise; and 12, Louise Bonne or 
es are, No. 2, Kentish Codlin; 3, Catshead ; 
= Alexanders 6, Flower of Kent; e. ‘Hawthorn- 
wtown 
y 
e peri of maturity, as 
Ber woe is, ern, considered to be the best bearer 
A Corre: —Nuts may be preserved for a considerable 
length of time in new hooae. pots, and a slight minhiding of salt 
will preven . When filled, the pots 
should be aye on a layer of dry pean 
J. E., Rotherham.—The 0. cenaey fore your crimson Dahlia 
Sod mish es: is Bhs good, the petals also of a 
and substan The imperfection in the flower omega in 
the centre being Tiled with upright petals which open 
int ‘Giiing—The Dahlia you propose to name Lilac Defian 
improved. 2 colour is agreeable, t the me foi circular riot 
rather ‘fat; ;itw + agmen le but its properties 
of your Pansy, Sir 
ly defined. 
flower. h 
ound. A a fi wer petals are sur- 
round argin of bright 5 the top age pane’ 
wage efecto the | colours are dark, an Tmi- 
a deep, rich bo 
ee the upper have atinge of mulberry. 
aed ed ak one with a white centre, afine eye, anda 
of bluish le round the lower petals : 
same epee tion would suit the pion pedis oo 
ty | somen e hiek oy ct colour an 
80 a character PE eBid the othelas 
flowers, of good substance 
in each, and the aed have an inclination to lie back and press 
A Subscriber We think ed = oad soa nae of PeLaR- 
GO'NIUM ARDE ay id, and t! e recommend you 
to strike come cuttings trout: it. ‘It gro on ya on ina uations 
of turfy loam, t,and sand ; and — to be kept in the Green- 
house, as near to the light as possi 
—We cannot t undertake sat labour of Basra 
whole boxes full of 
cimens 
—— pd ntirely . occupied, to the exclenlionl of bay other busi- 
name kinds of plants, such as — Salvias, 
or vevaltaiies correct, is very difficult and tr eubheania, 
consumes a a of time.—t 
N. Tee lant is Be omarea hirtella,—t 
é. 
Igno ramus. —OxcHIDAcgous and OrcnIpEovus are two words 
RABE 5 the same thing. They are derived from Orchis, the 
of some a our wild flowers, to which they have great re- 
pate: Sarabe 
T. Si 
A Cons oak fore om must have irda We shall keep our 
cieinlen.. on the matter does — no me sabe! 
F.—The Anemone and the not natives of the 
Cape of Good Hope, but Sve pitas pertcherinbe:a there by the 
eer They require the same treatment as those which you 
receive from the nurseries. tlh 
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As usual, many letters have arrived too late for ans ies tale week. 
Errata,—Mr. Fuller's Pelargonium, Madlle. Rachel, ought to 
have been priced at two guineas, and not five.—In Mr, J. T, 
hetero eo jr of Sept. 24, Cooper’s Prince Albertshould 
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NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Our Foreign news presents few subjects of political in- 
terest. In he nee ~ reoaagg orgie been occupied with 
discussions can 
c 
clergy to regain the influence they enjoyed u the 
elder Bourbons. These pretensions are encouraged by 
he Government and the Queen, but are so mly op- 
posed b 
seems little chance of th their 
former power The payee 2 gee are be: etreg with 
oe of a he on of M. Sal- 
vandy to Holland and the proceedings of Gen. Zarbanoi in 
Advi ae 
form us that the ores have been siioeensd & till Decem' 
in consequence of a Ministerial crisis attended by a partial 
i Three new Ministers have been 
rtugal i in- 
to the advantages 
a pats 2 beh cheep i than to the ascendancy of party.— 
From any we learn that the King of Hanover has 
recovered "he his recent illness, and has m his 
appearan the first time since the death 
tween Hanover 
duties ; 
Minis- 
of the Saar A — is in —— betw 
and Great Britain for a modifica of the Stade 
the details have ‘not oficilly transpired, but the 
of one , fourth of his revenue derive and 
that the ergs “ be highly ton to British some 
—From Constantinople we have further particulars of the 
have been excited 
The q 
under his administration, notwithstanding 
of the Great Famers, His removal i is therefor ore = consired 
a subject o 
success of his sisi woul have involyed the whole Em. 
nm has conferred the dignity of 
by this 
eantinople next year, notwithstanding his 
the purpose of making his nal submi 
of person: 
—The revolution in Servia still excites great at- 
Michael and his family have been declared 
broad 
Mi Ao peaks ee the 
