THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Drc. 24, 
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Oats rank, the ground moist, and the process bed to allow ofair being given daily to dry the plants. The tem- | house ba are of better quality than they have been for 
of 3 av pid one for anything lying on the earth. | per —— in the frame ought never to be below 70 for any length | sever ral previous 8 weeks, and ae from 4s.to 7s. perlb. Apples — 
Instead, therefore, as with us, of these crops kong 2 ba on the of tim To prevent the escape . eat from the bed, thatch its | an ' n our last report. Vegetadbles.— ~ 
nad: d repes ‘tedly turned till ry, they were on tall | sides with a fecha A bo or some other closed vessel, | Asparagus still oy and far from plentiful: ~ best — 
les with pegs in them, so that the: air could coccatansity blow | filled with w should always = kept in on frame, ready for | is selling from 8s. to 10s. co. Seakale is excellent, and — 
Terotek By this Are they are much sooner dry, without watering the plants when ae re quire it; soil mus it also be fetches from | ls, a to 2s. Gd. per punnet. New Autumn Potataen ; 
any further labour ; d there is also this attendant ah ag previously upp d, fi — = Od. per lb. A few bundles © 
that the seed is not knocked out. This ara might be ad or ected into larger pots o I ed, fro fe 3d.t d. each, but they do not — 
tageously in ced into many parts 0 espe AspaRraAcus might be kept a week or longer after cutting, by | appear est. In ba ons of the mildness 
tially into such counties bet Lincoln, Cambri idge, and Huntingdon, eivetne it with dry sand. The first-made bed, when cleared of | of weit ert Broccol uliflowers,may be obtained of — 
where you may see the heavy crops of Grass and Clover lie on | the roots, might have the aoe nearly eed wit m dung uch finer quality than is woven to be expected at this season 
the ee as ten days or encire to wither before they are in on and it will do for a crop of Radishes or Carr they Lettuces, Endive, Celery, and all kinds of salading 
and Kipney Beans.—Thin he young plants: - so first | are abundant, Unusually good Mushrooms are plentiful, from . 
. to ls. per pottle. Flowers.—The collections of cut fi ; 
: oved. 
RA Eo lieiand, I imagine mode would be of great service in the 
idst of a moist Seeibeptlare, except that in these places wood is 
found. These poles, thus clothed, have a 
ficial ung Spruce Fir- 
trees, or the tops of larger ones, with their teen which natu- 
rally grow very horizontally and circularly, cut off at the lower 
end, at about 18 inches in total width, and gradually tapering 
wards.” 
be sve we Lot Pein for further extracts; what we 
have e to convey a jn idea of 
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Mr. Jenyns, the editor of the impression now before us. 
His notes ba phpawe a Pre ihe seithine too a 
nor too fe woodcuts i nm are 
preaches Say beautiful, while chat — of the typograph y 
renders the volume in that res all’ that could be 
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te this | History of Selborne 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS for the ensuing week. 
We cannot do better e neo on of Gardeners to 
article of = 
and plan’ 
We menti 
are places where iti is ee to odischarge perks 
in the di of winter— n there isno cae of their 
age work dideahates: enon Sooke could be beg dae 
to the cauaver as well as to themselves, in such 
th 
ur 
eeds, vegetables, &c. 
work Voube Gece nen for tender plants ; open wicker-work, ~ defend 
trellises, fo ing plants ; straw 
mats, ‘ante tne many ‘other hich would costa 
considerable sum i 
I —KITCHEN-GARDEN 4 AND ORCHARD. 
¢y.—Fruit that came up in pnarseoany and is now swelling, 
every assistance to induce it to attaina creditable size. 
to herd at lants 
oon ae excitement 5 3 Tae the the Wight 
rature re 
and free i 
As the of the 
the roots for joer prises should od be pianeah vourable circum- 
stances with hon al, if possible, dicckce, let the = 
side border nog neaas mass of di and leat 
cient thickness to ce teeing steady, 
the rootinside of 
had the weather been cold, to admit air liberally on 
fine days, and to dew the trees with milk-warm water edgy the 
blossoms have begun to expand. A covering of warm dung 
fat be very beneficial to the roots, if they are outside of the 
ouse, therefore, is a bpm place to 
herry trees in pots, which are intended to 
n the beginning of the year. In bad weather 
 aoal as may be necessary, 
humid e in pre- 
Feige: out-door beds are boy 
Fie-novse. —In a weather sufficient fire must be applied 
: xclude frost ; 
or 
p jousE.—Maintain 
the 
pine leaves are unfolded, and add a little light soil bandh their 
stem: 
r Departm 
Young crops of tatece Onléos, Spinach Se should be lightly 
hoed amongst on a fine day, to pts wee eds. Remove dead 
leaves from Brussels Sprouts and Bro ~ ent this last might even 
yet be laid down if the plants are large a succulent. See to 
Shall d Garlic, which are apt t of light soils 
Shove , tie up Endive; or, ayhich is nine tter, cover 
each plan nverted flower-pan. A sufficient stock of 
Succory should: be “housed before severe frost sets in. 
ORCHARD. f wall-trees 
when the weather is favourable for these operations. At other 
times, dig the alleys; manure and dig between rows of Straw 
page observing to let the soil lie Sugod about the plants; ent 
nish digging among the smaller fruit- 
Shipston GARDEN ernst SHRUBBERY. 
n-door Departm 
Froceeda 
Stove.—Turn over ae mix the different soils in the shed, and 
get ev peryaieg ready for potting. Prepare different kinds of 
esikedl pots for drainage. Make and paint labels to replace those 
which are old and d nscmlepa Train — climbing plants which 
are beginning to grow, and get such work psa forward 
as can be done at this season, for the spring will bring sufficient 
work of its own. 
GREENHOUSE AND CoNSERVATORY.—Remove declining Chry- 
s4nthemums, and pesagt their places with aeoeuad plants oo 
the forcing. pit. After flowering, the Chrysanthemums might b 
plunged in some shuneree spot out of doors; if wintered eaten 
glass, the — are apt t too forward before the time arrives 
the: 
bl 
plants have all the air possible, lest the mild weather should 
too fast. Continue to train the various kinds 
of bs ‘olums to their Setuleenunte ey advance in growth. 
Pirs AND Frames.—Observe that Caméllias in the forcing- 
pit are properly supplied with water, or their advancing buds 5 will 
and other forced shrubs, in case the atmosphere of the house 
they are in is Segees poets humid. Mignonette in pots must be 
If annuals for flowering in pots are 
Departmen 
If the continued mid feather should mci up choice Tulips, 
it could b oe teauahen without much trouble 
Two or ence. ‘mabes of Sand, asireed over the bed severe 
frost will be an efficient protection in case the foliage does not 
pear above the ios th . Valual vases or 
shoulc er be covered or removed to some building 
winter, worm. casts still make the lawns unsightly, 
st: 
during 
je 4 should be bt sometimes, Finish the planting of shrubs 
dry lan 
RY AND FOREST DEPARTMENT 
sT AND Coprick Woops.—Thin young plantations, if no 
planting, draining, or other gypsies wor ye remains to be done. 
is a better time than the spri r the removal of large 
quicksets, to form a immediate pit Ie Fonts new plantations. 
ry-fencing, such walls and palings, can better Le done in 
spring.—-J. B. Whiting, The Deepdene. 
Fore 
State of the Weather near London for the Week ending Dec. 22, 
1842, as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
BARoMETER. HERMOMETER. Wind. |Rain- 
De Max. Min. Max, {| Min. ; Mean. |. os Se 
Friday 16 038 29.952 55 48 51.5 S.W. 06 
Saturday 17 | 30.170 29.882 51 31 41.0 s.W- 
Sunday 18| 30.402 30.281 47 35 41.0 WwW. 
onday 19| 30.485 30.448 45 35 40.0 w. ot 
Tuesday 20| 30.397 30.312 52 46 49.0 S.W. ol 
Wed y21| 30.268 | 30.234 55 48 515 | S.W. ol 
hur 22) 30.164 29.853 54 45 49. Ww. 
Average | 30.275 30.137 51,3 41.1 46.2 14 
c. 16. Very fine IB ger overcast Agia’ and fine at night. 
i “slightly overcast ; 
‘Og! 
very fine; 
18. Fi BY; clear with bright sun; fine = night. 
ne 
pa Stey =e tthe went eather at Chiswick during ne ons 16 years, for 
the ing ek ending Dec. 31 
No, of recline Winds. 
ie. |Highest| Lowest [Meaa| Veere tn ester | gy sien) tials 
emp) which it : 8 he APs 
. Temp. | Temp. Rained: — Z% “ a z Zz 
Sun. 25| 43.5 27.0 | 352 2 0.22 in. | 1) 2, 2} J} 4) 3 
Mon, 26 41.2 30.9 326.0 6 0.39 1)}3 23) 5 5— ; 
— 41.6 20.0 | 35.8 4 0.40 1) 3 2) g} 9} 3) at y 
40. 29.8 | 34.9 6 0.10 2) 1| 2) a} 3—) 3} 4 
Thure.29 | 41.5 33.7 | 39.1 7 0.15 1} 2) 3) 1) 2 2) bg 
ri. 30 450 24.0 39.5 6 0.16 1 2 2) 2—| 4) 4 1 
ai 29.0 4 0.24 i oe 1| 3) 4| 3) 9 
Ried hest 
the 30th, in 1833—thermometer 3 d the lowest on th 
e 23th, 
in 1830—thermometer 12°. The thes of the 25th . ioe 
averages the lowest temperature of any night in the whole veel. 
Dut rs wh egal bog ig MARKET, 
e@ Week ending Dec. 23, 1842. 
(The aa contains ... a4 imperial gallons, 
The Bushel lege” 2 2: : fog” » 
mae 6 1 imperial bas el. 
Pannets for Seakale are ee 72 in nekene gine 
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ps Sraatrooun oY z 2 
* . * a 
fineness ofthe weather daring the past week has relidered 
the ‘supplies larger than otherwise little 
Mont: 
38, to 58, per lb, Hot- 
exhibit a great variety, and comprise Lucitlia gratissima, Poin- 
séttia pulchérrima, Bigndénia venusta, Pyrus japdénica, Azéleas, ; 
piece nce ance Caméllias, Gardénias, a em variety of Heaths, es 
pr Tulips, Mignonette, &c. also observed speci- 
mens of the Arbutus Unedo, or dermubers ry-tree, in fruit, 
Mistletoe, Holly, a all kinds of Christmas decorations, are 
abundantly su — , 
ema 
s Sarome, Dec. 24, 1842,—FRUITS :— 3 
Pine Apple, per “a Ba ti L per do 2s 
Gra — a per ib. rs to 7s = per 100, 6sto l4s 
te — od tols~ Almonds, perpeck, 7 
tugal, 1s to le 6d aires nag eee per pounds % 
Apples, Foam gens per bush., 2s 6d to 7s’ wit » per peck, a 
= — en, 2s to Watenita’ per Sash 
Pears, dessert, per hf. ease, 2a to 8s Filbert, ary er 7001 Ib rato 658 
Fomezranates ng doz » Bs 100\bs. 0 80s 
Lena seo r doz. 9d peti re el— 
ange 9 aed doz., 9d to _ Brazil, ‘ies to 208 * 
per 100, “be to fee f — Span nish, ere to 20s 
— bitter, per 100, 12s ere elona, 24s 
VEGETA BL 
Savoys, per doz. 6 Parsneps, — dozen, 9d to ls 
Cobbage ben ewes pinac es er sieve, 1s to ls 6d 
soph diimertme a 
ole 
a. im oe Z» 1s Gd to 286d Coke, Lads . bun. -» ls 6d tome 
Red, for pickling, 16d to af Onions, per Sushel, 4s to 6s 
Brussels 8 — =~ hf.- we ls 3d te Pickling, per ——o 0: Pe ; 
roccoli, r bunch, 10d to Green, p. doz. bun. 3st : 
Sp anish, nee. doz. 2 “gos 
Gait ic, per lb. 
be reat per rib, 
er Pad to _ 
Cities per doz. cn LF 4s 
py merge: = eet — “ a ii 
‘ Asparagus, per 100 5 
- P east , re 6d to 28 a Seo pons or Middling, a 8a to 5s ; 
ui Kidney, p pes “*] 5 6d/S et, ls Od to 256d i 
ne Bea atch, ve “luetiuee, Cautaue. Pp. &c., 6d to 9a 
ea oe ee att 4 
phages 
Turnips r doz —_ 0 24 6d Raab barb Stalks, per tie ead ¢ oa 
Red Beet t, ai tae "od nd i Small bo age S, per punnet, 2d to 8d f 
Scorzonera, od pret mits Is By an 6d | Waterc » per doz. sm . bun, 4d to ca F 
oe oth “ea “a 
we Sd “' _—— ae Trufies, ne bs, 24 to oe 
Carrots, per doz- bun., 38 
Wotices to Pach te ny tater ents. 
To CoRRESPONDEN Ts.—We trust that tows whose communica. — 
neglected. Many papers are in ting for room, and — 
very Many more are bags ig for printing 
MANURES.—M. W. a bah ‘2 mak! aeee reason why those who em- — 
ploy guano-water f trong at first and weaker — 
afterwards, is probably y eeatiie, wy the first Fagitication: ami. | 
nute amount o: ae fertil rea principle is better than more. — 
The mixing guano with water is to separate all the soluble 
matter from es “y “solid materials of wre Pie sts. }-—— * 
—We cannot advise you to ur plants | 
with guano in a liquid state, unless you can tally ened them 
to ese sh that case use itin very small bears asdirected 
at p. 8 —We prefer bee the acid to any other 
agent a4 the } purpose o of fixing ammo “Mi x it with 5 or 6 
hae its apes of Beis and apply it slowly and gradually, tills 
LH 5 
is all soaked up? > 
tank of eos kind. 
sible quality for Grass land, the kitchen gaiteh. and arable 
land. Do not use it, however, unless in small Sewiabe for 
orchard trees, or you "will make them run to wood instea 
bearing fruit. The effect of the black liquid on your Gua wi 
surprise you, if it is applied oe si soon.t——Calz.—The 
usual way of pe 2 salt and lim O mix 1 bushel of the 
latter with Ne poy of the form be jn a dry state, and to 
ow them r three months before use. The mix- 
ture would be benerited tf re maeition, of an equal quantity of 
either ‘light t lo am 0 coal as heed verge however, are prefer- 
e persons oe 
lime to be slacked Gan Mea Wate: which will produce nearly 
the same effect; 32 bushels of lime being sufficient to ee 
per acre.{ 
CipER REFUsE.- _ — Antrede that pressed Apples, the refuse of 
Pray away in cider counties as useless, 
and that the farm not t ix them with manure, believing 
that a addition would ‘spoil it. It certainly is not evid 
why t substan oil manure; although 
odicn “might tot Pres in its value, we should not expect 
that it couldi pi gosh ae it. It fear be Aiton ig’ bait to Hy the effect 
of mixing cider re: imilar oniacal 
oe 3. is crobable that the acid i x pressed id Apples 2 would 
ing ammonia, whilst lee wil might form 
c serviceable manure when the ‘aciin 3 ontained were 
canwarian Moutp —Your soil for Carnations, which 
consists of old turf, asi «decayed hotbed dung, and tp 
g arp 
nd or grit, and a little qufeniiate to destro 
Dicoinc.—D. W. S,—It is - bac too late to double-dig land, w 
the weather remains urable; avoiding a aad a> in a 
ten ase the = sige of labour, and be useless beac het a 
the upper spit had much better be ridged, 
it * will, enable’ the seed to be got in under. better auspices, 
will facilitate the acer ie wh of sg? Tussilago, for the destruc= 
tion of which cons 
the growth of Greentiouse plants, 
