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THE GARDENERS’ 
BREOR EAS. 
[Nov. 19, 
these _—s sro ny will pn oe 
anted ; sing an 
i wers and = bit y be pro . When 
varity = co ee Sdode ndrons, any sataral layers ¢ that have 
ht shoots should be taken to the nursery, and 
ponce prea ote rhe tandard form, for budding with the finer 
varieties. 
NURSERY AND arta DEPARTMENT. 
asery.—See last agen we 
Lateh eran np Coprice Woo hen the ground is too wet 
for planting, see to the o seanien ioe all. drains and water- I 
It is ‘eget a gee time to make new ones, because it will n 
readily ere they are most wanted.—J. B. Whiting, TA 
pom hoes 
State of the Weather near London for the Week ending Nov. 17, 
1842, as observed at the Horticultu en, Chiswick 
es Baromerer. TasrMomMErER Wind. | Rain. 
Nov. fax. i Ma 1 Mean. |———— | -—— 
Friday lL} 29.548 29.089 55 47 51.0 s. .87 
Saturday 12/ 29516 29.050 55 45 50.0 w. ‘40 
Lari 13 | 29,457 29,284 5A 39 46.5 S.W.- 29 
= 29.763 29 675 3 43 480 E. “67 
Tue nal 631 29.614 48 44 45.0 EB 22 
Wednesiay i 29,896 29.717 45 37 41.0 E. 02 
Thursday 30.451 30.1 45 30 37.5 N.E. 
Average | 29.751 | 29.516 | oa ae ere 3.07 
Nov. 11. Rain throughout the day; cloudy at night. 
_ 32. Stormy and wet in the morning ; cloudy and fine; clear at 
night 
13. ‘Glondy 5, 
14. Overe 
boisterous thronghont, with very heavy rai 
Agen A fine} boisterons, with heavy rain at loll 
5. St ; foggy at night. 
6. Rain in the erties hazy with slight rain; clear. 
Ww. gt cloudy and fine 
Mea , temperature of the pal 23° above the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick curing the eed 16 years, for 
the ensuing Week ending Nov. 26, 1 
pec ena Mean Yeu | “~ | auantiey Pesala Wii 
y Rs ele | 
| Nov. Temp. | Temp. Temp wpe of Rain. | 2 ale ale 
nt. 5 | 36.5 | 42.5 5 0.18 in, |=} 4) 3/— i- 5| 2 
on. 497. | 40.9 | 453 9 0.35. 3) 2) 3) 2 j—| 4} 2 
Tues. 22 | 50,2 87.1 | 44.6 n 0.26 3) 3) i| 3B 6, 1 — 
Wed. 23} 47.7. | 26.5 | 42.0 4 af] 4 2 1 4 1| 1 
Thurs.24 | 48.0 83.0 | 40.5 4 0.41 23,11 2} 3\ 2 
Fri, 25:|) 45.1 3 | 38-7 6 (.24 2) 3 3) 4 =| 3) 2! 2 
Sat. 26 32.1 | 89.2 6 0.25 z 7 te 1 * a " 2 
The highest temperature during the above period 
- 2ist,in racy ln 59°; and the lowest bo the 22nd, 
827—thermome eter 20° 
REPORT ON COVENT sg igae per sgl 
For the Week ending Nov 
_ THe market has been sunantly, supplied with both fruit and | 
is alittle 
ts Sek er: a of not geo ed since our last 
account ; them are some Enville and Montserrats. 
are advanced cement g in Abe and fetch from 2s. to 4s. 
i -Chanmontel é less plentiful, at 1s. 6d. pee 
; those of English growt pearl > a or mse, nd 
selling at 4s. per half-sieve; a few Marie Louise re 
to 8s. per a ‘Crassanes of good quality 
‘om ls. to 25. 
Bishop’s Thumb 
2s. per half- sieves? 
r 
main, me. 
are Cogeatibit: 
GUANO. 
in “jn the drills, with you r Onion seed, youhad better wait’ until the 
young ger are thinned, and wa ter ew ground then witha so- 
lution of d at the rate o coi ounce 
ina gallon of water. If you find that <meta does not produce 
any effect, you _ increase the dose. 
. R.—1 cwt. or mab cwt. of this: manure will be suffi- 
a nie anacre of grasslan 7 per 
MANURES out Guano 
which or - ~ deaad, 
su pli ied ; er at 10s, 
taken plac 
phorbia splendens, Bignénia ra shes ven ¥ rCe elias, Auriculas, 
Amaryllises, Mignonette, Neapolitan and Russian Violets, 
PRI CES,_Saruapay,-Noy. 19, 1842.—F RULTS ;— 
Pine Apple, per Ib. 8s to 5« L » per ae xfs 
Melons, ish, each, 2s to 4s fer 100, 100, 58 
Grapes, Hothouse, per Ib. 2s to 4s Aimowdey ih ape ‘. tote 
- ncn! Segre a agente yer 2s 6d to 28 
Pera: 
Apples, dessert, per bush., 22 6d to 7# Walnuts, ero ih. "shelled » 12s to 208 
_ Kitchen, 2s to 6s Pilberts,English 2. = to. 70s 
Pears, dessert, hf. sieve, 2s to 10s | Ccb Nuts, per ified 
Medlars, ere | to Nuts, per bushel— 
Pomegranates, per doz., 3s Brazil, 20s 
Qiinces, pe » per hf. pa ong 23 6d — Spanish, 20s 
‘berries, per hf. a 5s"to 6a — Hacoctola, 24s 
Oraneens nag seg 0 3a 
per ta ee 
. VEGETABLES. 
voys, per doz, 6d to ls Carrots, per doz. bun., 3s to 5s 
eer, per ce wes _< ace i is ee dizen, Od to 1s 
# 6d to 2s Gd [3 h, per sieve, !s to ls 3d 
sheet 2s toGs _ ty per ten: es A “as toes 
Bruasele Sprouts er a . 1 3d to 28 | Onions bushel, 4s 
th, 9d to 1s 3d "Green. p doz- gto 
Spanish, per doz. 2s to 5s 
Garlic, per Ib. 6d to 
Shallots, per Ib., is 
Aspa: » forced, per 
Leteaees Cabbage, pe P = ayy tols 
Cos, 13 tol — zoe 
Endive, per score, 9d 36d 
ve, Pewee Vee nes eid 
Small Salads, per punnet, 2d to 3d 
, per doa. bunches, 2s 
fc 100, le to 2¢ 
rooms, per pottle, ls to Ils 3d 
communications, will ta 
tion. If these 
ean it will Seas facilitate bea 
rrange 0 
ceiling ehébe 
interest merely to 
of il al interest. 
Win. some correspondent obligingly informmus how much has eve 
been published of the jean of the pereceitaral Society 
of cheer and where a complete copy may be had 
Parties t pay the phe pi their gareela, or they will be 
retinue: 7 oT parioe particularly necessary, as we have 
refused several this 
Nireare oF rRODA —W. 7 Di tustead of sowing Nitrate of Soda 
‘ nedab 
es were: us <— say in what no presner den it aeeia be employed, 
AS we obtain authentic ee about it, we keep 
publishing itin our columns. It may be mixed with anything 
shape ¢ of mould ; peat ‘will do own well. The object is 
ause it is too strong a 
manure to be’ ‘employed otherwise. moniacal water is what 
hould be used to mix Fee the peuesiiaiee of trenches an 
les. Gas lime is itself a powerful manure, but 
ould be employed alone for purposes where lime is useful. + 
No doubt y i 
—Burnham.—N you have disinfected your manure; 
but you have done so at the expense of the best part of it. By 
adding quicklime 4 on —_ driven away the ammonia, while 
qui 
your object should it, by setting it fast, 
whieh gy Lage (sulphate rte) would have done. +——J. B. H 
dm uickly decomposed, —— potincked in a 
fiici uantity of <n 
th 
o fix ammonia, are, to mix it, much dilated,say 1 to 
manure, an nd a few hours after to hold over 
then, if 
requ ired 
4 of watchs with the 
many white fu umes are formed round the rag, more oil of vitriol 
is Nit gape but if the fumes are not abundant, there has already 
been ough, The fumes indicate that ammonia is flying 
away. 
it there were no ammonia passing away, there would 
ry 
—M. pales Grasses for lawns are Crested Dogs- 
tail, ieane Poa, S eet Vernal, and Meadow a ie 
wi ith a little _ Glover and Blac Medick, These may be 
had true of all respectable metay ee — Grass ptr Hot 
sachine is Bnhg wee there is uch work to do and 
good mowers cannot be as apenas hi in ge summers. But 
it cannot be used in wet weather, and is both dearer and less 
effectual than a good mow a 
NeciectTep Fretp.—R. 8.V. P.—A —_ that has had no manure 
If very foul, 
thing ¢ to do. 
much _ unis the land i . thoroughly subsoil-ploug 
mud from d had better be treated exactly as recom. 
mended Ly § Sprengel at p. 5 4 We attach great importance to 
the pra sia given by this Agricultural Chemist re 
prepari If the pa snip oe eee = your lawn can-° 
not be eee: ra pulling u 
there is no remedy but digging a a Py aa 
Much ma 
way of are Nicolae weeds quietly, by patience and 
Sea Coast.—R. 8. V.P- iPisss your Pelargoniums do not flower 
wal, it must be the gardener’s fault, and notthe seaair. The 
minute quantity of salt in ne sea air, yor ss tranquil, cannot be 
to plants; although when large ameotiee are raised 
into the air by i it might beso. In weather a con- 
es for your 
med, it must be 
" well: The Sea “hale 
_in the open Sanco 
ou try "how New a Cérreas, Goddia 
d Clianthus 
Bapcaantes: Wauis.—Frenk— Tish, tag Arist oléchia sipho, a 
e Creeper (Ampe ~ is quingquefélia) are the bene 
things that you oat ‘procure for quickly covering a large white- 
washed wall, They will all require to be nailed or fastened to 
its surface; but ther “ is. little doubt that in time the Ivy will 
cling naturally to it, and need no further assistance. 
Heatinc.—Eliot. — Air passing through warm eri peed = 
not be Sher eee. vitiated, wnless the iron is overheat 
would be equally deteriorated if passing rion ‘nyo “other 
pat ubstanc so Pe too high a ‘temperature. |——An Amateu 
water is ideas an to pense for hea ting 1 hou ie 
nm which t do better than pro- 
po ical boilers with the 
th 
ee (p. 348) is given up, and that a range of,low a aceon, 55 feet 
, 12 feet wide, and agg rer 8 feet neh = = back path, . 
stea 
ct fro eeperie 
he ating | answers 4 pepe 5 but judging from its cine for 
lants, he expect it to be the cheapest 
ons or Cucumbers; 
must be a provision f 
Melon-pit, 6 or 7 feet wide, a trough 6 inches wide and 9 inc 
deep, ortwo bricks on edge, should be built all round it, the 
a to be along the sa of the ttom of the trough 
ould be level beige eg lati urfa ays two or ee 
from e pit. 
heat, the water should be made to flow in the front and back 
troughs, to return wa a pipe under the soil in the manner 
of Mr. Green’s pit. Two or more ranges of pits are heated 
from one boiler, by ere T Pieces; but the blacksmith or i 
founder will explain this better on the spot. 
Grapes.— Clericus.—The Escholata Superba Grape is by some 
ted to be very like the ame Muscat of nen ay ¢ 
others to resemble the Blac Our knowledge of 
not a on to enable us to state anything pooyooe eg its eg 
The ies, however, to which it is said to be very similar, 
reanine y a great heat to ripen them perfectly. The Srikandals 
the Black Hamb urgh. The Black Muscadine scarcely merits 
“pede 
The —_ suitable we bain ed owin 
oO artificial aoe De “ 
gr where 
to exclude ror is ty white Musca 
Subseriber.—So far from injaring your Vises yo you will do them 
inestimable good by changing the order in which they are 
forced ; ah — which —_ been forced first for ~ neste § 
roo «tom your Onages the Nin roe met es eee the bee 
Tapes on matt only in that part of the néese 
# where the flue entered from et fire is- in past ancideh with the 
A by ifference of 
. ‘temperature in which the roots pt ae are Arvid eco 
é greater e en! 
flue than in any other part of the house Many diffe com- 
—_ _ recommended for’ onset but few are 
poo perpen gg oe seem half-decayed horse-dung, 
are also a ee addition. ot ps te mene 
ns.—A Ye -—The most probable reason 
sengen 0 es such _— dimteuty in setting 
pan off your Melonsis, thatyon to fertiliz ‘and 
veendeavoured 
the female blossoms before the pl nites have attained suffi t 
strength to swell off the fruit, All the earlier blossonis should 
they appear, until the plants have 
be pinched off a on as 
will 
nearly pobre the surface « ew beds by w om time they 
be strong enough t r frui 
kept at the recuialbe temper 
AK.—Quercus.—We do 
thoroughly shee ghe 
hungry on 
If Acorns can be: sown as soon as gathered, kept from ver thin, 
and the young } for the first two 
or three summers, we should certainly prefer sowing the 
mms; butif this care cannot be a then young Oaks 
r ed. 
at ‘think digging requisite if soil is 
hed. — bottom soil, _although 
be imp 
e : s dee 
call taking care of them, is Cdesioe: the ground quite 
where t the y appear, and selecting for 
What we 
clean, chk oti lat erals 
to form . good leader. Many are, in all cases, constitutionally 
scrubby.t 
GS vine 
nnot, need must place pon 
tae pieces for bd depth ctr foot, the frost willno dou s 
fr ragments ; but even the en you pairs want soil Feed mix 
st BY ore? The 
you Peat not mys up your rocky soil, or 
heuer er, 
shes, Hollies, S 
ow. "J.—These trees should not be pruned if it can 
be avoided. They will moet likely shoot up from the base of 
the stem when cut down, but will ephi’ assume duck an mae 
mental appearance as wher a le take their natural for 
You may head them down now. 
t 
EVERGREENS.—W. J.—You not remove your,Rhododendrons, 
pre 
ehich they &e., at a better time ‘than _the pr esent. __ The aning 
planted 
PLANTS ror A SOUTH- WEST WALL recommend you to 
—W.—We 
Gly cine sinensis, pale mane Fre es 
cons picua and grandiflora, both with white flow 
ns, scarlet; Clématis azirea e wien aan i c Sieboldi, 
the former er: large blue, the latter w 
minum revolutum, yellow ; Chimonanthas fragrans an 
florns, with sweet-scented flow ers, ra org Fl ag December 
till habeas E gage a ree red; the and white 
Banks: oses d Ceanothus azareus, Ginn: if slightly pro- 
tected grote win a 
LAYERING. — Burnham.—You cannot propagate any plant by 
ea vee Gp when rit is growing ; _ if, however, you layer your 
e 
are not killed nie winter 
CoLTs¥FooT.— -—Thi ick e of the most difficult plants to 
aay & were it has on eo aren en possession e know of no 
remedy except thorough ‘ahapins: and constant destruction of 
aa leaves. The roots shoul frequ uently turned up by 
he plough, collected, and burnt.t 
isoaunes, — .—You were right in cutting down I. Learii; 
but it is not right to let it grow 80 very fast. We a abort 
the cause of its small Ltt and eee leaves to be the r 
which it _ been growi tit 6 con: sequently the moat sof ts 
fi 
Pe 
ein theyear; it wants a longer 
ye in this country. It has Piong: crimson 
summer than 
. It is a plant that requires 
than a stove 
a house jhe ‘ee i “greenhouse, and cooler tha . 
From the nin s yo of plants that are thriving in your 
conservatory, especially ‘Cattleya Harriséniz and Gesnéria Ze- 
rina, we should think the house is well suited to Ex xogoninm 
Purga. pa certainly seems to be an adm wae tie nae me tT 
ae VioLtet.—A Subscriber —This plant may te red at 
y of the: nurseries in thene ighbourhood of ‘London 
Bausass.— Elliot.—V 
fine Balsams, under equal ‘circumstances, than new seeds; 
t so Vigorous as others. We know of no way of 
—A Gardener.—This plant has 
sen nt out as Pesifora ye 
tt should be planted 
eonservatory or pabeedeate stove. t 
Caucxouanias. aie: New Suibbariborae ve end you to pro- 
erbac Madonna, 
Ellen the Fair, Criterion (Barnes’) Victoria (Green’ 8) 
King (Barnes’) Mabel. Miss Antro 
Delicata, ms ber m Bonu, 
Bride of Abydos, sotgy and Half | Enchan 
Pilot, by. Aurea erandior, 
ylph, King (Green’ 8), Prince Albert— 
Adonis, em, «areas? 3), 
sabella Pindarus, of the Lake, * 
Lydia. ltan, 
ELA 1ums.—An Admirer of bed oa e coaprs eth following 
list contains two of the best flow ach ¢ 
White. Light Roe: 
Garth’s Witch, Grand Monarch, Madeli ie, 
Leila. us. Hodges’ Emperor, 
tay Pink. Rose. urple. 
Matilda, Corona, Conservative, 
Evadne Jubilee. em of the pos 
Orange White and Dar 
Sytphs Gaines’ Rising Sun, queen 0 of the Pati 
Nymph. ectum, Fair dof De 
ARTHROPODIUM PANICULATUM.—Hibernia,—This is a ‘Tiiaceous 
plant, and vom ok a small white tind” of little beau ty. 
Irises.—dA Constant Subscriber. mh mmend you tio procure 
the following 12 tberous rooted che ameoena, hungiarica, 
, florentina, germanica, pai, larida, sibirica, versi- 
ps igthachg eereee bets flavescens 
Prunine.—Burn ag a good pia ‘to head down now such 
pples and Pears as you mean to graft next year 
iar most Rog stocks 
You will 
fore they will be fit for pratieg: 
cultivated Apyles, with the view of planting 
must om apse ~ lapse 15 or 20 yea 
6d le. 
—Clericus.— 
‘din w 
dar aaa in +t and in good situations ; but its doing 
So is very precarious. As a aenuare you had better plant the 
J Thorn Pear, instead of its parent, the sell” 3 Berga- 
mot; inasmuch as you will obtain the flavour of the latter, 
undarit produce. |——A_ Sudseriber ab initio, who }s 
desirous of planting against a wall with a southern aspect, 
or three Pear-trees, the fruit of wire will come into use 
between February = May, had better Beurré Ran 
Easter Beurré, aiid Ne plus’ Meuris: jam¥7. Elworthy. =The 
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