1842.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 777 
Dunmore Pearripens in October, and comes into use ie en commonest. description, which any one, w little collina; 12, Juniperus Sabina variegata; 13, Rhamnus ala- 
Williams’s Bonchré étien and ~ ee Louise. t——A Sub- may name for himself. Our object mast be confined 0 the ternus.t}—— “ ——Tyro.—The number for 5th Nov., 1842, is out of 
seriber.—The follow ing varieties of Pears w ill os st probably removal of real, not me eg diffic’ prin’ 
_ succeed as standards in the eres ate we Edinburg: ErymMoLocy.—Bignonia. — We can find ad explanation of the -. Mr, PAXTON'S COTTAGER'S CALENDAR is now reprinted 
Franc-réal, Dunmore, Flemish Beaut meaning of the word Whbtegsasd Matthiolus, the commentator | in the form of a small volume, for general distribution, price 3d. 
Seckel, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Aithorpe Crassane, pee wn, on Dioscorides, says that the alchemists called the e plant by | each copy; it may be ordered of all Booksellers. Gentlemen 
Hacon’s Incomparable, se eh — Bion Crassane, Winter t e; andin another place he sa ‘ tur lilia dis- | Wishing to distribute copies among their cottage tenantry may 
ree em s oer epee Pas Ne plus Meuris, and sectis bulbis Martio mense ;”” whence, perhaps, it may be con- | have them de. in any part of London by remitting a Post- 
urré Rance. he following selection of early Pears for a clude tthe word is compounded of Marte ago, something | Office order to this Office, at the rate of 5s. for every 25 copi 
wall, rage of prosieee _ — kept pri incipally y in view, as | acted upon in the month of March. = you do not approve of | A4 usual, many letters have arrived too late for answer this week. 
Eequested: but it is presume he v varie eties will, potwithstand.- this guess, perhaps you will favour us with the result of your ‘ 
qua more, own in t : 
Summer St. Germain, Flemish Beauty, Beurré dle Coplandeont PaowewctaTion. — Bignonia. —The proper pronunciation is a OF THE WEEK. a 
Watt Then ay es h sitduaees ie kes ve fee ‘adicans, not radica 
ALL T r add 0 varieties of fruits: you | Miscen.anrovs Cuan tomake must excuse our saying that he i Tue anticipated announcement of the withdrawal of 
r your wall a a north-west aspect, you may add ther un 2, 
the "Washington Plum ; it will do well for kitchen sae: agon" naried, ‘een y earen m Sastparsene™ pe quantity of fruit to be France fect the Right of of Search Treaty has appeared this 
ncomparable Pear is very proper for the easte pect; but | as he admits;-we returh him the names of all that we are | We es and the protocol # the convention, which had been 
stead of Gansell’s Bergamot, you ha | better substitute the acquainted with; and because he receives no information re g left for fi of F has been 
Jargonelle or the M Louise; these will succeed on Rinuice specting those of which we know nothing, he says our vovly.i4 ratification pay me ee 
{ eye ane: Sonn Fs Fear is not known to us; but ee variety | made ‘without oan skill, or attention”—hard words, of roa = the other Poners s. In announcing this fact, the 
a vith e€ Quince. which we donot ac i - 
will succeed Sich better if worked on an intermediate stock | in England contains a rea ng soba Prete? irdenge of Papers state that M. Gui pe ned as his reason for 
with which the Quince Sarees, There is perhaps no winter | no value except tothe owner, and having no recognised names ; | Téfusing to ratify the Santas thatthe wishes expressed by 
kitchen Apple more generally approved of than Dumelow’s | weare no Cidipi to guess what imperfect and uncertain | the Chamber of Deputies in ry vote of February last 
Seedling. You will find a specimens may be; and ‘ Cambriensis,” instead of quarrelling : P % 
Kare Pe eau kinxse hs Se gi ug a — us - not khowing eiething about these things, should | Were 80 clear and precise, Cabinet could not 
gaat s L y adifheuw apologise for sending such unexaminable materials, or blam again i 
ing Mr. Knight’s Ear rly Kidney, I shall be happy to those who have neon So his garden badly. - says, moreover, pra by ag Ay ew Chambers “sags irene 
iat ay ate half a score, or i sc f them, raised from seed, | that what names he’ has received their will. This intelligence will received with 
mbith J xessived from, Mr Mtn Fa® when Pied Nps. sit at Devet om sitene, No. 3, marked *‘ probably Dechens s Fangecdeene” ta pi by all who can appreciate Pe disinterested sacri- 
i carriage free to not that variety: no’ ce sam yo 
Epsom.—Edw. Bevan, Llanferry. 7 tical deforme “ hoe am on ont atin care fuk een it which England has made for the suppression of 
_ Porators.—E. R.—The Ash-leaved Kidney Potatoes which you 
distin, uishable — the spe species of that Pear prod po and = daily Papers of all classes express their 
intend for seed should = 2 oked over occasionally, and all the secon blosso d S R “ vegas bi y P 
We stated that No. 4 was the Doyenné, and | di, 
___ Sprouts should be remov we repeat that it is 80. No. 2 is also the Autumn Bergamot, so sappointmen . t that M. Guizot has considered himself 
Caprsicums.—James.—The 408 ,* e easily dried by being hung in| far as the specimens sent will enable any one to judge: the | Unable to maintain a treaty organised by his own co-oper- 
ida s in hig Noomks ‘the a piss. we well Bo ah ay Lf is Binval eo of Lpewnne many Pears is very uncertain, and is affected | ation. On the other hand, the French Opposition tine a 
an dryin g them in e reduc apa pad wder, by mstances unobserved in the early time of the year. The 
ut them i il dmill bess y the: emina ar.:t : Aggies 4 and 5, stated by ui s to be the —- Mighohe ne, and announce their satisfac tion at the resu It, and declare tha 
M where. va —Aquila. : iar , formation 4 $ apa rags beds denied, ae oe like specimens of that fruit now before us, | the concession will be incomplete without the pred 
where water is met with a e depth of 3 or 4 feet, a ayer the ap of which is subj Oo grea ‘ame nces in differ- Sott j 
of rough materials at the bottom for drainage would be _ trees. “We have entered into this creat defence, because we of all the existing treaties Pag this country 0 
advantageous 4 Ww grin Ties et ape sa an so ani regard the naming fruits an impa nt of our duty; and | Subject of slavery.—From S pain we have fresh rumours 
cur pit-sand, may be substituted in their stead, ere because: nothin be m cop re heey where infinite pains are assemb! 
there is not a chance of the stems attaining to an extraordinary taken with so very diffic ult a task, than that ctivecbisdents ote change of Ministry ; i the Cortes i spt 7 
size, ag oF ja inches, will be - kposine aeiaace heres the | should turn round and charge,us with “ want of care, skill, and | the 14th; and a Parliamentary coalition had been formed, 
rows. is better to sow the seeds in drills 2 inches eep attention.’’ t+ ¢.—Your plant is a curious varie’ whi uffici overthrow 
where the plants are to remain, than to have to transplant them f Woodsia ilvensis: The cut 137 is duplicato-dentate; 136 P4 ich was ieee be : reer ve de 
afterwards. In about three years from the time of sowing, coarsely serrate; there is no cut of duplicato-serrate, + 8 parece Notwithstanding these tiatedthond of 
es beds will be fit = cut; ali before the vers "4 Fy icalvase : ot Wy L. is 00 Statice i nb s. ov —Th — Wi struggle, the Regent was confident in his 
eir appearance, a layer of leaves 6 or 8 inches thick sho nana wish to oblige you, we really cannot again undertake the 
be attend over. the bed. ; e au’ , these leaves should | labour of naming large members of bad: specimens; if we were strength, and had refused to modify y. the e Cabinet or dis- 
be removed, and a dressing of night-soil or other manure | to ave many sath applications, we should be overwhelmed by | solve the Cortes.—In Portugal affairs have assumed a 
forked d lightly in. A layer of fresh =e peste be again | an enormous amount of the mo: arisome occupation. Every more serious. as sf rty fi ling run 
Bnulied } is Pie and similar treatment should be continued gardener ought to be acquainted with t er part of th peens y “4 - 
every s a ms OF ae om use was imatand of AOOTeS 5 if] following species :—1, — étulus incisa; 2, Smilax one high, and the position is expected to defeat 
you sa aid of the latter blowing abou e garden, cover nox; 3, Daphne collina; 4, Hydra arborescens; 5, S The ood 
them with sight coating of mould. There is but one kind of hastata ; 6, Juniperus ‘communis; aad hme nigricans ; rr th Government Fat new cleotions neighbourh 
Asp gah a hn e *. Oh opini a ee aenan nd, Genista ovata; 9, ng Ri tin 0, Genista tinctoria of Lisbon and several places on the western coast have been 
unmixed wi manure, wou of some little benefit as a hirsuta; 11, Cftisus t vay ie Ge nista anxdntica; 13 j tive storms, which a ar e 
_. dressing for an old Asparagus bed. isus hirstitus 3 14, Genista sibirica; 15, Juniperus s oblonga; visited “with, Gestrnt s ig d ‘ ih po dt 
JERUSALEM ARTICH OKES,— Simpleton.—These roots.are best dug |» 9d 15, Spartium multifiorum incarnatum ; 16, Acer rubrum coc, | Spread over a great part of Spain, and to have extended to 
- up ap as a are spanired 3 oat a Barton on be dug up | -cineum. — —Your | a appears to ry! a is of eira.—From Belgium we | 
__. now for a supply, in the event of a severe fros tween E. echiiflora, and another sometimes called in dens : : : 
Wi .F, R.—The refuse lime of gas-works is stated to| | R-ahietina. §——_S. S. §.— Instructions for the maaagiasent of | treaty with Holland has been signed by ‘ 
be efficacious in banishing these pests from the garden, Pre- water-meadows would take up too much room, and are of too | tentiaries of the two nations ; it settles the disputed ques- 
viously to the crops being planted, a thin covering of the lime complicated a nature t 
0 be given u had } 4; i Hb 
mon bespipad © over the ground, and should be well mixed better consult some work which treats upon the subject in tions respecting the sepa of territ ory» and will be 
with the soil in digging. +-—. W.—We haye great doubts | question, In “ Johnson’s Farmers’ Dictionary,” under the | submitted forthwith t e Chambers of both countries. 
pat ether chloride of lime, although considerably diluted, would | head * Irri 5 cee will find the required information. :—— | —OQur German news peta the continued illness of the 
not, be pansees i Na Figg ees, and.commit as much havoc} Fidelis.—Your Rhubar seane because it flowers: when the ; £ : a that the . of 
amon ome 4 5 ig 7 marmeane bag be — > a ehigh, eu tit daca you will babe no eas King o nba. an 4 me unces rm precarmer oF 
spread some of the refuse-lime from gas-works over the iy beg pardon for not having answered your question sooner.+ | the Prussian States hel eir last mee on the 10th. 
surface of the bed, the efiluvia of which will probably drive —Junus.— We have alread ms for prdberving : th Rail a ti ued 
them away. Tomatoes, at p. 607, and'713. You will also find the mode of | Their vote on the road question; whic a 
Rose Aruiprs,—A ance We know of Ags method. to pre- — a —_— at p. ae of this year’s Chronicle. men J. | by a large ity, , has paves eth piscina ei there 
a ent th app we ote insects in thespring. We can- e know s ing the oe green is doubt tl st a gen ok antler 
ES not say where the pared are deposited, possibly upon the buds ; ae nna wt so with ut poisoning the water. The no dou yaaa 
4 but they too minute to be visible to the naked eye, and, itis eaceris produced an some penn Me ten 'Dr.B, the to a om ; provinces o nathan will be 
4 believed, are too well protected to suffer even from the severest —Pray e us the favour of eliciting from Dr. B a 
s frosts~ .The best mode, therefore, is to wash the plants well in tion you speak of. We o not know him well enough toa weet commenced. From ‘he a the. Servian. insecton 
sae the early spring with tobacco or lime-water, which will be | him.—-J. H. J.—We have repeatedly stated. that . is imma- | and the affairs of the Lebanon are the 
a some'security until the terial whether salt is po-ited to Aspara or in the 
e All liquids should be applied arly in the morning, , otherw early spring. If your story about Tea leaves is featty ti true, we interest. The cause of Bre Michael, the space 
frosts at night and the heat of the sun by day may injure ime must rote you _ i us your mate te authenticate it.;—— Sovereign of Servia, is o have been embraced by 
ce expanding es . B. A.—Chemical analysis is much too difficult for any one to ussia : a fresh j Axwadtindh of Maronites and 
| Wooprice.—J ant “In removing the shreds from the Peach- | think of undertaking who is not a very skilful chemit, We | %USS8ia; and “the “- r has . ne a 
trees trained a nst the back wallof ay Vinery, I ane millions | recommend you to read the articles on Rural Chemistry pub- ae se ie ergo Trl Kish ws oie atte 
of eames snugly nestled up in the hol ces, evi- lished wre enews s last year; or booby z Sa of | wi 
dently in the confident expectation of po a mee e them, which wi on sale very soon.t——C. E.—The ge 
Christmas, and Of punishing the fruit next year ten times worse | . for a short Advertisement, respecting gardeners out of place, sent a poi of the fleet to the coast of Syria, to st 
than they did this. Pray say how lean best disappoint these | is 3s,—Frank.—Remit us a Post-office order for three, six, or | the course of eve’ res —From the Cape of Good Hope we 
= hopes, and what course I had best take, and when... [‘The best twelve months, at the rate of 6d. a copy, and we will hand it to hive ants two melanchol: miyeiges the one 
oe plan which he can pursue will be to unfasten the trees entirely a newsman, who willsupply you at that price ———__Burnham.— “ 
g from the wall, to burn the “ne an ta to fill u up all the crevices |. The Lt sme Pipstn “en and the ny rae Orange te of the pteP: Robinson with tt: on 
« in the brickwork with a grout of Roman ceme synon .+— J. Moore.—Your Epiphyllum truncatum does 
3 Rep-Spiper.—Hi ia.—In a greenhouse, wheve there is no not appear tb differ materially from others in cultivation. +—— board, bound er or ha Water, 
e artificial and in which sulphur cannot be co’ mvenieritly G. P. W.—The Rhubarb you speak of is most od “Myatt's | with upwards of three ered conv bound 
a used, you might try the effect of sprinkling the floor with tur Victoria,” which may be procured at any respectable nursery. ¢ Lan The former res nat 
M pen i e, the powerful odour of which is said to be obnoxious to ——A Gardener.—There has never been any satisfactory rea- Van Diemen’s d. — ely 
‘this Insect. At this season the red spider does little injury in | ‘son given for fruit-trees flowering twice during the same | held together for some time after she s o that 
such a house as you describe; but in April and May it will — We do on know such a plent as Hibiscus multifidus.t every person ” board was — but me Wettthe 
appear in myriads, unless kept down by constant syringing —Ci are not acquainted with any Statice under ~ ‘that 150 tk the 
and a moist atmosphere. Tobacco-water will be of no use. t thehame of S. grandifora. S.-Dickens6nii bears red a ~ went so soon to pieces, arly convicts, 
Al Curtinc Down.—G. R.—When a plant is cut down, the whole a ciad xvtas are acquainted with your plant; 
Ww! 
S avery small send the ower of it, we may probably be able tana 
so here of the nal or and leediet women and children, 
These 
t pushes with eens what it is.t —Bignonia.—No doubt the plant you refer to | amounting altogether to 189 souls, were drowned. ¢ 
wn, the is “Impatiens slanduligera. Tastes Ss uaute vata meni, isasters are unhappily not the only ones of the same kind 
have oon much elled t arrived; it appears a - < . st 
each wadid have, in racemosa.t—— A, E. S.—You ap ae Ab omchig hg oor 7 - of 1 aes cet this w si " eae liance, E 
Rance; 3, St. Ger ; +> By 
ifferent dase are Blanc; 6, Glout Morceau ; 7, 14, Beurré d’Aremberg; 8, Glout the shee: of ‘gorse sich, snd, out of a crew of 122 
; The sizes may vary in ; 9, Beurré Diel; 10, Beurré Bose; 12, pro ly7 oils tuba 
ocalities, but it is to ~ triflin ~~ — at ares pie Fetes si pe 16, Henri ens oP App Song 3, | persons, ~ y/ wer r ms pry achaeaa ee been 
create great confusion to alter the standar y whic! y are yke House Russet; 5, sometimes: ge 3 or- | for many days; and the extent e may 
now known. t folk Beaufin ; 7, Cockle Pippin ; 8, Hughes’s Golden Pit 3 9, from ore a Gea’ t she had.no less than 27 oncom sete 
Pueasants.—J. B, R.—The curious bodies which vigedvs —s out Round Winter Nonesuch ; 12, Probabl du” ’ ,000 a 
of the craw of a pheasant, and which lathe aj ate : , but ra rist ‘ 14, anaes ees be mane Ce Crab; oe — — Pippin; | tea on b and was insured for sae 200,000. These 
which you afterwards found onthe under side of Oak. pate so 16, Flat Sager 17.0 pendu Plat ; 18 ignonne. | : 
oun ise concave on the under side, and convex on the Robert Pai: mer —Your Pears are—l, Marie Louise; 2, 26, | Calamitous events have depressed the feelings of parties 
outer, are called Oak-spangles, and are the gall of an insect, as Brown acre 3, Winter Nelis; 4, St. Germain; 5,8, Colmar; | connected with the shipping interest, 4 have eas a 
you will learn from our Sone be we *»* before long. t 6, Crassane ; 7 19, a ee Glout Morceau ; 9; ms ‘sort falsely general ae among merchants 
Seeps.—Facile.—There is nothing in communication about called Délices d’Hardenpont; 11, 14, Beurré Diel 3 12, Flemish 
seeds. Of course, if a quantity of wees} i. sown, or dropped on Beonty 3 13, 29, 35, Duchesse d’Angouléme; 15, Poire d’Au East India: trade. 
ground, and buried at different depths, the seeds will come up 
at differ es, This "e ywond| 
4 dryness, haben is favour. 
7 esa to the egrowih of a a yaraiicl fangus, called-Erysij bm; 
4 are kept gr a dam the not 
5 . mildewed. it sempepies 
3 Nam a re has sent us what we ire ae pena nd ‘ 
g pe y erwards found ‘4 y Pippi 
; mane sabe Papo ae e have repeatedly ment — va vhs areil. The Pear is he ‘Beak de Caiss: 
ntio 3 et Non pees 
are ready to furnish the names. of horticultural entirely differ from you on ee of “ R. E.” and will 
ae in aidatation and when there is any reasonable reason nda corner. t—— 
for petly selected See but they ant be in good and pro- |. Apple is not the Grange, ote by Mr. 
We, however, Zeally cannot give up our Hine |. Pearmain. |——-W. S. J.—The Pearis 
he Dutch Mignonne, | ——. 
