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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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o be seen in the open air, there the ese Heaths 
air 
of Europe est varieties for a small 
e following: Erica arbérea, E. australis, and 
. mediterranea, for the centre; and E. cérnea—whic 
 variety—for the edges. Menziésia, a gen 
Eric its str e and habits, contains two 
or three species particularly well adapted " gs part of 
clump. Their names are a, M. po- 
n 
: M. ceertilea ; they are all Pek f po should 
be a near the edges of th lum 
: neral treatment which a plants ought to re- 
ceive, Sith regard to soil and planting, is much the 
seri en a clum 
between the 
egw the 
be 
r win mild cesta, bit the 
be deferred Hg spring in those parts 
where the winters are more cold.— R. F. 
ME CORRESPONDEN 
a 
ter than a row which received no dressing at all ; the 
ober four were fine and savely ne In May My I manured a 
ith ni 
-Cactuses grew vigorously in it, and asa Fuchsias have 
done mel bed of Verbena melindres was 
watered, at the latter end of May, with water in which 
oda had solved, at the of.a large 
ul to every half-gallon. The plants grew much 
i 1 Imost before any of the 
hich were wat wil r Sago coer 
which 
un to flower. An Abies Deodara was also red 
with nitrate of soda dissolved in ne 2% e i of : oz. 
fi 
came of 
& much darker colour than the other in less rae a week 
after, and remain all summer.—Henry Ford, Sheaf 
e, Si . 
ed 
eds too dry, I have given 
same management) when grown in stro ong s 
warm water ; after which, ca gle ae | 
small a quantity of moisture may have been applied, - 
result has invariably been hon, same—the Mushroo 
have turned black rotten ; and I have ee 
RS 
give a 
oint out a Falta) to prevent its occurrence. My ouse 
is built on the Oldacre | aferriany with tiers of shelves on 
the back part only; it is h water, but this I 
seldo ve reco te ay, the tempera- 
ure is maintained sufficiently high without its use ow 
lots.—Yo J en 
rivel; but not a) Ng % 
rge Turnips.—Two tu 
g 
The largest measured 3 feet 7 inches 
pt loa and weighed 2 stone 10lbs.—M. Saul, 
arstan 
Bet tog from Wireworms.—As the s 
spring, recommend 
those who aie of yon fa iled i in the cultare of Carrots to 
hich I have seen practised 
h, I have no doubt, will be found 
dhs ridge manne r), 
e time ht it is prepared for 
of them being s congue bs hallowed out, and 
wg eaten and dis figure red. I tried soo 
salt, without an 
Last February I had lime brought direct t from the i 
on the ground, spread thinly over ib and forked in 
whilst hot; the re isfactory, my 
Potatoes turning up 8% and an ent crop, in spite 
of the weather.— 
Gooseber 
Beans and Cater erpillars. cme Beans 
are not always a the Goose 
our of aati o had been 
them if they should make habs pers ceoat : sed’ tn 
i rters 
Beans 
instances—J. ce Gardens. 
e Tipu cea, peo relating to Natural His- 
tory, however Sova rifling, may, when combine . 
with 
t ; : 
had ever seen together in any former autumn ; only 
ve been seen on any 
Oa oth these-toraiugay abouts sup nies of tir jes were 
and commo 
Germination 
Tagan ell oor ond oo 
‘an instance of a 
paired, and nearly all those which remained single in the 
vast swarm on Monday were females ; but both sexes were, 
1 ae nearly equally numerous on the Tuesday. Till 
this rived, the comparativ 
several Hailehe ce oo 
me hour See the p 
fortnight. —L.W. D., ‘Shetty HI 
ais.—T shall feel beyond tdenia thankful to any 
correspondent who can put me upon a plan for gitar 
rats. I must enter a cy Dees the fishing m pe ye 
mentioned in your Paper of the 26th inst., having see 
repeatedly but unsuccessfully ial by "uanly ok tiy 
_to have been some 
a you te = to know what it is? t—[ We kn 
of t y be 
ee 
ave you 
poser ing Pear Trees. ero the Calendar of Opera- 
mi a few pe since, Mr. Wh ing tells your readers to 
* oO ce stocks, and directs 
rui 
iol to tie their branches down, that “a fruitful 
habit may be induced. had , a8 I have, even 
oderately moist and rich soils, t luxuriant 
growth of Pears on Quince stocks, ld k that, 
when trained “ en quenouille,” unless they are checked at 
the root they will form a m f leaves and , and 
y little fruit.. In many of the Freneh 
* tall columns, barren of fruit, fruitful 
foliage, a Serdinage” tl — A French book calted, 
r Palen “i Le Jardinage, n the last cen- 
The author 
very es Those who wish to have prolific trees 
uille,’’ must resort to nen means than merely 
8 Radix 
— eA 
800 
includes a 
the a itself must be. 
fruits, such a 
Plums, ‘oie plain directions may sa 
mouthed glass, or, if po 
ea cor 
tight with the best corks, (for ont corking is — than 
half the battle, ae PAB re called ; 
wire down rk strongly, 
wood between ae wire an 
right in a boiler, filled with cold water up to their 
heat the —— — boils ; keep it boiling 
and then the fire, or move the, boiler: off 
When ja water is cool, take out the ey: alt ties 
Hue 
reen 
to preserve by Appert’s 
od.— No 
The Tendril of i Finest have watched with muck 
interest, in its gradual ss towards maturity, a 
Grapes, w in a 
the parr of the Tipale oleracea —— probably — of rather 
us more effectually to check the rav a h are made | anner; the shoot from _— it emanated being a trans- 
in our gardens by 7 larvae. With a few of these | formed tendril. The berries of the buach im question are 
Crane-flies occasio appear in March, b ut they are large, not sstinguissble ee point of flavour and 
never at all aeteet “ill towards the middle or end of | 0 oiuy * sno others eee. 
r; several at usually continue for | corresponden 3. ea srleo dietitian thee View 
about a month to issue daily the pupa state. Y | tendril is indeed an abortive peduncle, the suppo- 
f » however, seen this autumn till the morning of sition, that if such were the case; it'would evince a want 
fonday, October 3ist, when at sunrise I of evidence of creative design, takes a different view of 
south front of this house to be almost covered b + | vegetable transmutations from that ofa recent si 
although I had happened to observe that n one Was | logical author, bine sep “ Art and means are m ‘ 
there at the preceding sunset: they were swept off and | 43+ we might not take the order of creation. for the the 
oyed by thousands, so th e fi the | effects of in some cases, 
ening. This front ises about 4, feet, | ig different, that » we we see that it criti ol the eet of of 
and though the flies were much less thickly dispersed surd necessity.” — Thos. Cale er 
over the upper than in the lower half, I doubt whether 
the average number could hort o 
each square as to mal r total amount less 
10, The light stone-colour e house appe 
always to attract them. on the following 
Fri sie ny but I 
leaf of the on ea — was 
Planted in a po i pie 
i aro uma muse oy = 
ay. 
pla vd Powe the i Tsdange8 gin, 
