1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
729 
Manure.—J. G. H. to two loads of frame-dung, jast taken from Leaf-mould is. preferable to a for mixing with the soil, 
ang as a renee of I ¢) m te: are all suitable 
= snipe re Re a ee Loeiendioe Jar ree Reese et enn eed re latter is liable to cause the bulbs to decay in wet weather. Pai Hagh te cD vig Taay et titate the Blenheim 
water, ou ma t 
a6 ammonia being previously fixed with sulphuric acid. aah y = them-with-a dibber six inches apart and three Pippin for. ‘the King of the Pippins. You sri — Serena 
re tears o= "certain pi Prcsagee dung in its e be saf: | Bu “Nt 3 eg" tt oe ae of Cyrtanthus on a shelf in the stove or nearly so; and from it you will be able to select the addi. 
Pp g would the as near as © the glass. Do not withhold water en- | tional number you require, wheth d kitch 
‘Your 
w much 
of the manure in “= s present State? 
strength of 
es 
n-all probability: Pra t one-third, oIt.is 
— and si 
s u 
‘ walla garden rubbish. 
ered ov er with a i d, so 
1 som h . 
few inches of m 
and of most saniebie pore a n this case, howey sum 
should be added = wise: a — ntation rp lads ae or 
oil of vitriol, unles wdu s mixed an the rubbish, in 
es case that aateret vill oo 7" the ammonia.—+ 
Sa e quan pa of face hi ch may be applied to 
Kesaceatie “beds i is 2]b. at 
—An Or share Subscriber 
cious trenching and ei 
tained successively for, years without d 
application of judi- 
me ind of are may beob- 
tion; but Ror 
1 he 
nm years ought certainly to be cropped with so mithine 
A corn crop will be proper e “dptenc - the first instance ; 
afterwards it may be laid to rest with gras oi 
HEATING, 
than by. Wiis: where va ete ia to, be prot 
far; it is also bette 
est of She 
ow is cheaper 
inches: and i. ‘height = 
inches; weighin waht 1 cwt. 3qrs. The price of sucha boiler, 
wie he beget fittings, will be 4. 10s.—t 
criber has ig iS the red 
Vines, t est’s St. Peter’s Grapes 
being deficient in flavour, and pact! Hocuitix in ordinary per- 
i I -—Your remarks aol as 2 tigre eee for 
i pee por ose. In 
spider ' to attack 
not a th at t vine in question 
- were attacked by red oobier at LE ; and you thas ‘no right to take 
ene ad “Eranted, In the next place, if red spider had attacked 
d all ha , i 
the woul ave satereda equally, ery 
or are expressly told was not the case. Thus you’ 
pipes you think the problem of such e easy rT that 
“‘no gardener of practical experience wn H ever need t k 
such Sisane you have not been able to answer it roan 
self.— 
VINEs.— —As you intend to grow plants in your Vi inery, 
the best bet of training ar pease —— you can adopt is, 
r. By pruning them 
hig will not obstruct 
.—H. D,.—This only an annual; if it has 
e flowered, it will not live preden the winter in’ the open 
border, although pre Sen wits a handglass. Mr. Hartweg 
states Shand wa is why? Ber nal i irae a where it is found 
iti is halt hardy, 
éus.—If the roots of your Rose have 
or strong soil, ‘that, in conjunction with 
its cama trained upon = eastern aspect, will account for its 
ing flower: ising the vest n some neh a hows so of the 
e itotk: and: Somat t surface, you 
ay, perhaps yer te the tee 
me ae 
cael coated % oa we 
“Ba flower —t 
Pia n such a climate as Sal- 
comibe we nile try any git tron New Zealand, oa 4 
s Land, Mexico, ae or California ; such as Pin 
Acacia, Francoas wr wore 
a, E i ospermums, Melaleucas, Epa. 
tisha: patent) S mexicana, Camellias, set Hake) Rhododendrons, 
Rhod arboreum aud campanulat Bon. a imbri 
ese SaanioGn « nd € er heal of 
is sage hy’ no pettie impro 
3 
g 
calyptus pul eralenta and some other species 
would stand the baie ieuth€ Lg _ 
DovetE YeLtow Persian Rose ace —This i a good Ros 
and in appearance wears a great satanic the Old Yellow. 
It is, however, a much stron 4 eons) a better bloo: and 
may be flowered freely in flowers also Span: "per- 
a pot. Th als 
fect, sete a is one the case with hem Old Yellow.—q 
n.—C. A,—Polyp m aireum and Davallia 
th known as ‘the Hare ‘e’s-foot Fern; but the 
latter is most frequently called so 
gee an Azalea 
AZALEAS-— a _ 
PRrorTecTion a nts.— Z.—Asphalte covering is well suited 
ai vem purpose. 1 is not tized oa boards, but nailed to open 
fra avd waits sd pa we nm shutter will, no doubt, do as 
well; ore expensive. bably what 
is ry felt at Seaietes Hi lina same material as the giphatbe 
oards.— 
CAMELLIAS.— 
should be Viberally supplied w: 
properly drained. A’ is 
cobus.—These plants, when in a growing state, 
with water; that is, if the pots are 
season of the year Caméllias are 
di 
by the ti ear aue a of the brag being kept between 40° and 5 
lossom-buds, and bring them into bloom 
imbers can be shifted at once out of small 
ots into lee: ones; Bie: te as you justly Lect it would not 
o fasten an iron trellis toa pot, and tr: tisect a to it, 
have to shift it afterwards. lim enerally, 
well establighed j in small sig before Mar a turned 
the time necessary for this 
w wooden 
and then 
hiu dn 
, it will flower finely every year. 
it is much more hardy than 
om 
is generally s sed. Itisa ee error t a eg, tay t-in vy 
stove, the tem ture o whi too hot for it in winter, 
when it eta bs restin 
wo. 
ophy  ee —This plant should be cut back 
in se after it has flowered; it blossoms both in autumn 
will not injure this — 
Srueenas SINEX xsIs.—Botanicus.—You 
will, on the 
by cutting in ae Pieters shoots ; but you w 
trary, do it a great de rt ‘ood.— 
VEGETABLE oer. oe nut of the Tagua Palm, or 
used by turners as a — 
‘arthagena, 
seith # tbe re atment necessary to in- 
ath 
cobus. that the stem. of 
which has lost all its leaves, et alive? Exa- 
ark at the neck of the stem, a is a 
aw: 
h 4 
Tue Dauira.—J, M.— phenomenon you mention of a Dahlia 
bearing on the same stem two distinctly-coloured blossoms in 
Ar th, does not at sur- 
lant.— 
G, H.—Providing that the 
aig! ie atte ng soil of your 
ut from the Sods in which you intend to plant your Irises 
gry 
‘ture, there is no occasion to - Net M 
sib! 
irely, Ag tena alg it very sparingly.— 
ARS.—C, dustin.—The Downton. Pear is a sone bearer 
ruit is very juicy, ome a naman has a pecul 
gu tetin gris to som: Your Glout lace at 
ured ony si eee will prove et ‘better as 
Pr pee “The Délices d’Hiver is not known, The Gros 
Same as Beurré Diel.—| 
— Bri omy a —The apne ede is a list of 20 sorts of 
of good flavour and s' e, those of each colour 
elas ans in hag 4 bee te ripening : ited: 
Melling’s Crow s Rifleman, 
ror Red W: Warn on oe ite: Taylor “4 Gright yenee 
Hin gto n’s Glory, Saunders’ s oa 
Whieesnieh, agp “jee seule, 2 
Large h Green, 
lator, Prophet? s Sockan 
Sovereign, aad Pilot. If flavour, ianepunkat t of size, had 
Seen = object, the list would, of course, have weet’? ely dif- 
tion are all desse: 
ferent.—|j 
APPLES, we Ha um.— hay Apples you rt 
kinds, and become fit for use in ry telnwtan oi order :—Mac- 
lean’s Favourite, tetra) s Plate, Court of bossa oe du 
u Plat 
le affording a gem ply poet the 
EA-KALE.—Polup hloisbos. —Sea-kale plants do not require any 
covering if ribs are not intended for forcing, the plant being 
hen ay 
nN CaB BBAGE.— —An ss 
‘ anything about the M‘Ew 
xemplified in 
nal Subscriber.—We do not know 
abbage.— 
ting t 4 pieces and squar e fear, 
a ae as petein er, ‘e. worth 
do than an ptay wag pry] 
eat, and 
manner 
will be found rane om dee 
the pains. —-—-L.—You c 
with Parsee Botanical Dictlo onary, i 
ve rho. ry good 
TICULTUR Feet wet he here is 
ro this pe in November, and that takes p 
instant. The meeting commences at two o’clock in ge after. 
noon; any person is allowed to exhibit, provided his produc 
tions possess sufficient merit.— 
Microscores.—A comme nt Reader will find what is called an 
Eliis’s Bay ing ce 
die 
stu An excellen 
must wa careful 
Hor 
pe bowerats recommen: erence to 
OLD p nro alae’ Sudscriber.—It is very unusual for Cabbage-seed 
thirteen years old to grow as well as new seed. Could youin- 
form us how it was rss Seas 
Mo. Ao oe OF THE 
> 
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4 
i 
oO 
i} 
i 
—Mr. Smith, of Darnick Cot- 
age,is informed that the ° Tables from hick the mortality of 
“the itetropolis is given are published an the daily papers, by 
n lated, not for the single 
— do ne appear 
regular of observations i: 
MISCELLANEOUS. ait —The Fern from Mexico is Adiantu 
radiatum,—— Mr. Baie will oblige us wea by communica 
ing the result of his a sag m Pot: s, &e.——G. R.— 
We coments toon I ate B34 from the inspec- 
tion of a dra’ The species 5 are te itheult to determine, and 
require os pec eo of very good and compte specimens. 
ur paper.—— 
plant 
ar plants 
cm clans 3 
spidiam spinulo- 
ix foe’ mins 5 12, 
A Sub- 
= 
enough. MACUS 
rage-Geum, 6, Ran ae rt ;2, P 
hirsutum ; A, 
ix mas; 10, 11, Asplénium F 
Stelliria uliginosa; 
oe 
NB. 
ecay.—||——A Sw 
commencement will find the Po opeercer which 
609 of this year’s Chronicle.— 
XTON’S COTT vane S CALENDAR is now reprinted 
m of asmall yolume, for general distribution, price 34. 
of ooksell Ger e 
he requires at’p. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
THE question of the Right of Search has been again 
brought prominently into notice, rd _ ene of a 
Letter, addressed by Lord Aberdee e Lords of th 
the suppression of the Sla 
It appears that Her’ Majesty’s Advocate- at to whom 
me prs relating to these events had been submitted, 
ressed his doubts of the legality, a i of the 
ts yh oh but of the instructions under which Shey 
e been executed 
cians be considered as sanctioned by t the law of nations 
the provisions of existing treaties. cr Aberdeen’s 
French pa 
rmer 0 e these sed more 
hostility pale ate ri in their Se Ree on this 
letter ; they renew their demands for an immediate repeal 
of the existing treaties, and declare that no convention in 
which the Right of Search forms a part can henceforth be 
23 
a) 
2 
hr 
.—You should write on ove side only of y a, 
eus is to us unintelligible.—t——W, 4b, ae green- 
house climber is Canav bonariensis.—t——-C, A.—The 
letter G is soun Brug sia.—t——A Constant Reader.-- 
Your plants are—1. - A hein ; 2. Aster Nove An- 
Blizes 3, A, levis; 4. A. amplexicaulis; 5. Cacalia tata,—t 
-—Your ‘telicate I little Fern is ne rare re 
lum tunbridgense. —t——H. H,—Mr. A. Mackenzie must be 
istaken in reference to yey 35 of the Chronicle 
to Nos. 34 
remy see lof h nis ada eee wing th 
The only aprmpane from him on this subjec 
to discover contained at p. 253, in easy 
which pe re bev to an article pen the cultivation a, Gladidii, 
whic peared in the ‘‘G er’s Magaz of last 
ear.— 
‘ears 
Spanish ae icine ee: Gansell’s ot; 4 
, Bi yng Apples ai 
aie undulatus, var. i, ineanus; 7, 
lus upanianus,; 13, florentinus ; undulatus; 15, 
heteropiyilve; 16, canescens, var.; 17, po populifaios min r iS 
ato ——F—2Z.—Y¥ pples 
Nelson; h ; 513, Cockle Pippin; é Robin. 
—_ 's Bipp Plate; 10, Haw 3 11, New- 
See “~ 3 ,dlenheim. 1; 17,21, Golden 
Reinet; 18, Hall Door; 2 iston. Th 
—, Glout Moreen 
our Bosenc i e 
ona 
ae ae 
explain by-and-by. The Dahli 
. With the Hen and Chickens pcr vale N.—Your Pear is 
the Seckel. uisa.—Yo' ts are—l, Symphoria glo- 
merata; 2, tinctéria; 4, seagere —t-— 
—Your communication shall appear nex -I— 
en 
D. eek. Z.— 
wien at of ve pce age may be Pag Feb. pty is out of print. 
oun ur Dahlia, named White 
De Defias in g non, The flower is not a pure 
Guite got ithe poe is much disfigured by the dirty y llowish 
colour of the pares the eye is and filled with uprigh 
florets, which e =~ imperfectly ; it is werd to mo: 
whit s ee in England.,—No. 4, :—This 
t 
so 
Pe 
er 
5 
flow ; the 
wetheny petals br ae ere i too 
the top vo ary peony and the indenture on se lower ones isa 
slight feter: tin its general appearance; it isa cl » full- 
W., Bath. The eye is 
siz ar your 
“Ae emt’ ‘i 
ratified. This is in caer mepere ere ie ay the ru- 
mour that the French ] a formal notice to 
the British satecaae that the treaty of last Decne 
will not be ratified, and that the other who 
parties. t to it are. at liberty to close the protocel which ce 
The 
panish news menti ni 9 ome or 
towards the memory of P seg Ding. Leon 
recent anniversaty of his execution?" our adel w 
remember that up was one a the most gallant’ officers 
suffered death as the Saag dee 
This, mahifes 
general, that the journals a in min Rig ‘Gua 
on overnment, and a the Regent with wt 
personal animosity. The si seems to have been unex- 
retaliation is 
pected by the ry aenadiee vere 
expected.— Our Lisbon news iets several important 
reforms in the enchant Peete Mag as Pate f ry the 
new administration is proceeding usly w its 
easures ; the tariff is ain sk 0 a is Tes to 
make little progress until the questions at issue with the 
ed povenatie ony affairs be definitively attiador 
Fro e have accounts of the opening ‘o 
the “hides of the Committees of mot * ussian eileen 
Kin, ith + 
ae a pia 
d the apes ier eg ~~ side petals also are 
vn S f your Pansy 
e.—The € 
oe : —Your soegtinas yellow Dahlia is decidedly. 
‘other seaso colour is clear and fine, and there 
Pee ot other qualities of the fower—t——C. =" 
yery ens > in no other ‘respect can we praiseit. The petals 
| Prince is aiting 
Sultan, ship bei his fayour.— Despatches 
