i es 
1842. | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
plant, the better and stronger your bulb will Poe but in 
no soil ought the de _ to a — inches 
t.—Frost is alone detrimental when t comes in 
ROS 
‘contact with the bulbs ; therefore they should ie protected 
5 : Th 
st is very intense ; but care mu t be taken not 
too deep, ag Seorec) with the ieutes of trees ; 
these coverings retain the vapour whic ins 
from the soil, and hinders the air from entering a) 
mee | it. 
t that Pampa nt three 7 a inches deep, 
: prefer able to mild a oa or he injury and 
abbey atta oer by ate uch bovis ing. 
Tho gigs valeatde coblestions tie up the 
t an awning 
stalks to 
small sti fcks. over the bed to shade the 
until four 
the afternoon ; because whatever contributes ke 
’ Iengthen the stalk and leaves, weakens the bulbs an 
] 
small, 
be continued.) 
renders them poor and s 
(To 
WEIGHTS OF PRODUC HOG OPT BAL 
TIO 
PINE-APPLE, Ph No. ‘k Ibs. 4 oz. ; 
length, 7 inches ; breadth, 54 cae: pamber of pips in 
depth, 9.—Nos. 2 and 3, we eight of | 3 Ibs. 14 oz. ; 
i Sgr number of pips deep, 
cases, sm nall. by Mr. hd Judd, 
rifordahire. 
of ene’ 
erage 
APES, White Nice: 
weight * bunch, 4 Ibs. 3 oz. ; 
being about 16 inches long, and the same width ee 
the epee Grown r. Ro ms Sk 
te Louise: weight, -, 5 drs. 5 bia 
4} j inches ; ee rea sath. og inches 5 any forined, tive 
J. Silve sq., jun., S hn’s Woo 
A rpe Crassane Weghe: 12 0z.; length, 
£, Be weight, 16 oz. 2 drs. ; 
Ris inches breadth at iho ; Cie: 
ay N ; 
weight, 
rroee 
a 
length, a nae ‘bre a A-in 
, 3% inches ; ‘breadth, 
by “Col. Wild Eastbou 
hern ral No. 1, weighing 13.02 
No. 2 128 0 oz.—and No. 3, 120 z.—all pefety-formea 
Grown by ae ie ® 
31 i hale 
r the name of G, 
Buttery, er to F. R. ibs aee 
Esq., Norbiton Park, Kingsto 
Es 
Ps 
AMATEUR’ S GARDEN.—No. XLY. 
n. only admire pace 
teciiats pasate a few plants to 
ticularly striking and o ental on account of the beauti- 
colours of their foliage in autumn. There are various 
is, common i t series, from which a selection 
made ; es changing to yellow, red, purple 
and all the intermediate s , and contrasting finely with 
the deep gree bh ndrons, Laurels, and shrubs 
that description. mon Virginian Creeper (Am- 
pelopsis hederacea own, and is one of the 
r the purpose when a trailing plant is required 
there are some of tribe, such radicans and 
f 
ree 0 
We n some corner of the s 
a considerable di uige nce from the 
the sitting. room ‘or other 
ves 
een in Apriland May. I have in 
of the former Nambers already alluded to the ‘ornamental | tim 
prico ot ti 
f | jection is t 
appearance of the fruit of some of the varieties o 
Hawthorn aaa other things in fata autumn months, a 
may be selected and “esas oe 
ro 
g made ready for digging. Silvia n 
where it will not [stand the winter, should be taken up 
and dry 
Pe ioe eD , or in a box amongst 
san WwW propagation of any ofthe pretty 
| @macean. things has not been successful—such as 
Anag » for example, which are apt to flower too 
freely, and i es good cuttings fro: ing go 
old plants taken up and ari pet ess " when 
young one — “pt be struck, The mark ap- 
plies to me other p 
Fi 
ires must now ~ ean 0 ke - the frost from green- 
house plants. Whenever the thermometer sinks below 
rty degrees at eight or nine o'clock the evening, 
the fire should be lighted. Gi air duri 
the day, but always shut a: in the aehahass when- 
ever there is any danger of frost: if the sun rae) the 
hquse in this way becomes warm, pee ess fire is 
—R. F. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
fr ay 
will, Tam if I say I do not underst and 
the whole of te above & Sittict, and I should feel obliged | — 
for further information from him. at is the diameter 
of the head of the dwarf stand. 
in 
rv. Hayward’s trees, nor I repeat there- 
fore, that I shall feel obliged to Mr. Hayward if “on will 
swer my questions, and also put me in the way of 
etting bounds to my trees wihacs. root-pruning or short- 
e e same le, ar 
a He possess mt ‘* Science 
of Horticulture,’’ and his “Scie ae Se or ure.’ Is 
re any other alluded to fasdiei 
rders for l-trees.—O ‘ly sophie Mr. 
hiting, in the last Chronicle, mets e , plain, 
easily-understood remarks on the structure and sub 
so of borders for wall-tre mong other things, he 
that no stimulating man are required for the 
In that T should be ready to agree with him, did he not quite 
erlook one very Sedely;t evil Which is gaining ~ ate 
hings for which sti 1 
Poti és seadRentasens Lettuces, —— Fretch ‘Beans, 
manuring to x maps 
re 
&e. i cided? It 
is well known that not one gardener in ni can 
avoid using his wall- resets for such purposes and ge 
that is not the worst of the matter. noblema n of 
solutely -necessary. I can argue point, 
in what son a whether at all—Peas, Caulifiowers, or 
my chief ob- 
ting siting tegins his remarks 
rethe count ial effect of con- 
LOUTISON 
requi 
0 the afiggne. Mr. W 
by ingen that ‘of late y 
fining near the "ail as ap- 
sdagnpsas ” "Gack b beneficial pst have been appreciated 
many cg but ae a fliculty lies “7 ~~ 
ral -practice ‘o take sak 
wall-tree root ete ‘nearer to the 
pare al 10 inches aft Sage 
ee as il 
e fibr 
the pernicious influences or light and ~ ; 
digging I protest against; and yet —— 
mes in the 
ro with all this Saar and caaabe constantly ating 
us in face, and committed by our own hands, will 
e beca our do ‘well, 
* oh 
after all the trouble and expense o Is, 
and t. Why, really, the wonder is they generally 
do so well as they do; and under s nt, 
some Is, it is not consistent with co si 
success. , the question is, How is all this to 
be died ;—I opine it would oe a 
form ”’ in the a and manage 
on 
with yourself, Mr. Whiting, or gthers of 
oo nts.— Quereus, Oct. 27, 1812. 
m Blight.—If Mr. Th 
American blight with sulphuric acid dissolved in seven 
times its quantity of water, I I think it would have proved 
Seat canst hide it. aac at 
en e ; but 
mean to answer ; . 1 rather tnabe: it | 
intelligent | the 
had tried the | 
ffectual. When well rubbed i nto all the crevices, which 
showed be oha in the spring, it has banished the blight 
rom a gsi we had to wi those trees which 
i - Lymburn. 
of Fine Wali-fruit,—1 herewith transmit 
a specimeft of a é or or preserving fruit from 
wasps; it is made from open gauze (cal, o, I believe, 
in the shops), i ice being about 6d. the square yard, 
pes is the snail, a can by suction obtain a portion 
of the stro’ 
hers of the sa 
na id than th that ( (I thought) the colours were more yi 
ha Burning in Forcing Houses,—In consequence 
of seeing in your last a communication signed “ James 
eee wherein he 
me small fires of charcoal made in a Peach-house 
from necessity; they did not affect the foliage of the trees, 
but the wood became prem eeeey hard and wiry, and the 
whole of the fruit fell off in a few days. I would 
of cha 
he same cause which affected the fruit of Peach-trees, may 
a Vine “ go blind.”"—John Stewart, 
ire. 
‘* Last year,’’ he st “t xa fruit on one tree was large 
and sbooskied le 
Vines will not mee 
y good; 
me plants bore a Sanat crop, but the half of ~sy oe 
pe in place of. what your correspondent terms, 
i e Vines did 
b ut the gr em are 
So true it. “is; vas if two etyud are — 
pat a one sho uld be, both of them will be of inferi 
quality, small-berried, thin juiced, ey om a black wartcty) 
that if 
cu 
remark o pee subje » that 
happy condition of your Dubli 
rriber' Vines lie inthe oot? I had oc 
your co so ctly wil 
my Vines before the ation, that I suspec 
from same cause.—T. P., Cornwall. 
ET 
upon this subject, p. 7 
informs us 
very 8 imi ilar to that which 
Ex upon 
pie at ‘ 
of one- 
ea one-third Galea wits a 
days after shifting into pots of one f so 
phate of soda, ni eee: nakateh emma 
and led the plant the first night. The first 
