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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
857 
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i of this kind should be about . Ae high in front, having 
right ota ae sliding h 
angle of about 35 d a 
“This w ill give you a perfect command of 
n 
is 
wi if y 
LE a the Tater 1 is sua object, the power of ge 
In that case it will also be advisable 
Vi if not, it will be better to sd the we ag 
range ina ante outside. —— building houses of this rip- 
ion we prefer wood to ir 
CovERING FoR Pir eet “‘Saanaan ab ¢ 
tio.—If, instead of 
eff 
great saving of heat. ight be easily done ie securing 
the straw, or whatever sateirviate may oy a are frame. 
1 a rt the covering by means of lathes or tar r 
Hear . S.—For heating s — sens as you de. 
scribe, 1 2 ft. lo ong and 10 ft. wide, a Vesta stove will be quite 
sewer cated but it must be provided Sith ‘ pan at top for eva- 
ing water 
o not recommend gas-water as 
It will probably 
‘o the extremity of th The best plan a. ras cnmatie! ee$ 
‘far the bala gi! Ds tad and to water most freely at that dis- 
hei ahi om the 
VIN Hetgard WK. f 4 we om the house 
at vot a ttom of your Vine-bor u ha —_ — e right in sub- 
a, slates te pert rubbish; tae if not, you have aggra- 
' evil, instead a remedying it, tieexting the slates will 
brah nt the water fro: ining away. Our grange object 
in recommending you to place b broken bricks at the bo 
the border was, that g igh 
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DONI —A. A, 
brit would bloom with any ceithh nty if planted againsta alt 
with a north aspect. To me td it in eye the ge ade 
either be trained weave outh wall, anted in an o 
sed to the sun’s influe ae 
pag 4 of th 
r 
arunpoor 
L.H. ose sath reeanas tie how Metra nf 
May, proneals of September, as has usually been 
and who wishes to have his flow wer- sean sBlg 
her asees must de almost entirely upon such Scieate as 
Tulips, Anemones, Ranunculuses, bulbous-rooted I and 
Pansies. These, if planted at all, uld be put in w t 
open weather continues, an ts) be kept sheltered from 
snow or rain during winter, If bulbs of 1s Shaves pavo: were 
forwarded in a frame, they would also om early whe: 
planted out. Rhododendrons, Azaleas, an ts ri 
carnea, would likewise assist in making a gay appearance.t 
PLAN zoe SHADY =f. - 5.- —P oa a ceed will thrive 
Hypéri er. 
calycinum, the Tree Box, and comm on vy, abe und Ivy 
Came’ rhe: ed. A.—These pe eahr ge be repotted, pase ‘otk 
they have bloomed, into a mixtur urfy loam and peat ; th 
me: in ae rately warm afte moist atmo- 
about the siz pea up: e of t vie , the 
plants shoul hdraw: a cooler temperatu If the 
pots are well drained, Caméllias may be freely watered le 
the J ees of blooming; ;. they beh also require i bbe bd ape 
while they a re making their a nual pow “Ae r tim 
water ne 
Go_prussi Since you 1 have this pine insuch good 
I. D. T.— 
~eegeeie it ¢ can a aly fail to flower, if itis kept e enough exposed 
light. It is quite a stove species, and requires a good deal 
of bottom-heat, It will never thrive ih a cool Sdasetvatory 
witha bape bei iaity of ats 
Bivur HypRAN —Oxi on was recommended by 
mak Ayres, a ne a a4 “Draconis the tints of the Hydran. 
@ and Chinese Primrose. 
—. d Subs Aloes, which you have plunged 
be pe erfe ctly safe, kth, ided the 
and ges fake is vwel cove roel wil 
ather 
grime: Bol ek The kinds best suited for a greenhouse 
are 
e Red and White reeier Spong’s, Moss, Crimson Per- 
tual, and Fairy Ros —_ r 
ave wly- planted ‘ayond China Roses unpruned, unti 
i Te 
a?) 
hould then be removed, and the remaining o 
cut back to as many buds as you think they will pach | be able 
t. 
—W. M.—It is very doubtful whether the practice 
of w: ashing Peach trees with water almost at at a boiling eee 
ink 
some te lay, e it 
es of the consistency of paint: with every gallon of this 
clay paint, half a pound of sulphur should be mixed. T' 
dressing applied - er thi an the a 
the buds begin to break, will check the prevalence 
and inse 
Grarrina, C2 ae varieties of Apples or Pears 
may be grafted o ee per mg capes but 
some ogee pree of the vanetes in order that 
goto veyegt 
wing kinds aay he t be placed Sarsthes. 
The consequence of so doing bigeye aan that the eet, 3 would 
the latt 
moat favourable for growth, ans ord central or upright 
3 
ole shea re the strong-growing kinds were limited to 
Sesrevucee a For the north, sout! and ete 
aspects 8 90 feet “ae of = fence round your Phigen garden on 
which you wish to t Pears, Cherries, and Plums, the fol- 
ripe ning at 
. 0. B P,.—The following isa selection of the 
$ :— Scar lets: Old Scarlet, early, and 
rds ts Snes battles tee garters i Grove- ‘end 8 seve 
& great bearer; Ros ang pion) 
American Scar there. 
ton, dark-coloured when 
scarcely 
in cultivation ; 5 hyatts Pine, cna bod richest, but 
ult to cultivate; by Mr. Knight 
of of Downton, a 
Well adapted 
wie heater: Yipening late, and is found to be 
for preserving whole, Pine Strawberries: Keens’ 
Seedling is the best for general cultivation; Old Pine has a 
c flesh and leaves of darker green than n any other of 
this class; Myatt’s British Queen, very large and well 
flavoured, grows and bears well; Swainstone Seedling, large, 
good, and prolitic, bearing som: in autumn, 
Hautbois: Proliti 
ific or Conical, flowers large, stame: long, 
i le; Large Flat, scarcely so rich as P 
ceding, but a most oe bearer. |j 
Curr _ -—The best Red sorts are the Red Dutch, 
The bes 
n ubseriber,— 
m the bla ck Corinth Grape, which is 
variety of t The Sultana 
e shops are furnished by the White Corinth or 
rape. They are both prepared by being dried in 
- The thorns weet Py have observed 
are wiped accidental impuri 
.—T. ers.— Asparag usbeds should be formed 
t3$ ft. in width, with alleys 2 ft. wide between ee 
they require no particala jar pr — ation beyond a previous good 
hing. Instead of proc ung plants, let oa 
fe) in March, i in drills FA os apart, and 2 in, ~~ 
ae me ene are 6i in. high, they should be thinned to 
Se nb tia a few inches thick, should be spread he 
ug in li ity han the Reggae eae done growing in 
umn. During the igi 3 sea the beds 
copiously watered with salt 
beds 
sho 
dressing of rich manure should ; 
tions should be repeated every season. Sea-sand, wher 
be procured, will be of great value in mixing with the soil ; 
vont re irrigation is practicebie, it should on no account be 
egle 4 
ArTticnoxes.— Discipulus. — The Artichoke contains a small 
ae of gallic acid—the substance which, rane witha 
of iron, constitutes black ink. All vegetables w which be- 
woe black when cut with an iron or steel knife, contain 
gallic acid, 
Eany Carrot.— —The Carrot which 
t 
you have 
The best kind for the t is very pro- 
of good floury quality—such is the Bread-fruit 
HyYLurcus PINIPERDA.—W. P. —The beetles which you 
have nae? in the shoots of youne ‘ir-trees, lately transmitted 
to you yn e Nurseries, Hylurgus piniperda, 
which i sisation pith of the Semmes “hen es. The mag- 
got from whieh the the beetle is pr nent pee on thestagnated fer- 
bark. e only successful method of 
ase is to a e ety burn all the shoots 
i Such ante sare si of 
nt. 
and. other fir-tees, and named Hylurgus piniperda, is figured 
an described ae! Curtis’s Brit. ete pl and fol. 104.— R, 
Was —Of what use are sid arto» not they destroy 
om iekipanel sdb oa e as food for 
epen they — ‘their part allotted eis pee 
in the economy of ihe wate t thing 
_ — created in vain; of that you may be well nobilis t 
Boo an obably sn Dees LOOkon ater goed 
eo very book —The 
edition of 4 Catalogue ca the Frits in the Garden of th the 
Hortic ultural pore descriptive. shall give you some 
cco of i ntly. sweats” Waaboon n ‘a Soden er. — The 
Supple fou n’s Ency' ayant of Plant citkine . 
large proportion of the plants which e been introwmaced 
late ye ito this coun alterations be pis ken 
place in their Dy he re " ares 
tent, been rectified. The of plants rs 
aes 
Peng ren tr accordance with t that at f pret ting. t 
H.W. ee petite Arithmetic is a book well aanoteds for persons 
who s of acquiring a knowle edge © of that science 
without. ths ‘aid of a eerie A 
Z —Young men are admitted into 
iety’s Garten upon the ee OF of a Fellow of 
the Society. No one else has the privilege; it is usually, how- 
-_ ever, a Fc of ae — the application is erie? before the 
applicant can be rece’ 
really very fine, they are 
Street to pet Gurdeher 6 per Any one may 
exhibit. is only required ‘that tb e objects roi shall be in the 
room t ike npoobeen before the hour of = gee 
‘ood OF a -—Rus.— ig is bscurein ry —- ent 
about the action of the atmosphere on ater er from 
whathe says, Rta plenie feng rn ee oa ekctchstrisaves 
derive their sole subsistence from thea tmosphere byt 4 absorp- 
tion of thioks different ome ic 
tances, ani : unt aoe full 
eaves, you is 
ng prov val and is by rh pears eon re At the 
me, it is true that the application of manure ina dae 
form Seeuecas to the fall development of the of the lea 
at an earlie eg do do not se see how 
kep nery in 
hen sit i is to counteract the ap ap much greater 
in clear nights in winter than in cloudy on 
Corn.— ietor.—It is vb Rae in Tagith dand Wales 
3,800,000 acres are ann y in Wheat, out of 12,000, Loe gee 
tillage. It is f produce 
oedyeg of Wheat an 
tance at which Wheat should be dib' 
condition = ore and ‘the mc - of 
exunee —Abrus.—A ch ap, lig light, hot strong fence, to hg 
tect trees from cal ttle, m ay be made 4 
Pro oie stakes of Larch, or other so 
6 feet long and about3 in di 
en nds cutting acon ce 3-in. 
th coal toe akes, 12 in. from top and bottom, ie the same 
direction, and nen . a oe from end to 
ped bee 10 of each; run the iron Iterna ’ 
ne ose a ly rom nd the tree, a aioe 
t then betid t the whole circularly rou: e a to 
other side by twisting the spare iron rod (about 10 in, in,) round the 
next stake, It is also advisable to drive drive three larch stakes, 3 
long, half-way into the groun equal distances. ete on 
circle of the guard, to keep it nm i upright position, sien cuts 
will force it against the tree, and the bark will be injured by the 
upper part of the guar 
ces.—Discipuil 
Fen scipuius.— The Spruce Fir will bear the shears just 
as well as Yew, and makes oe fences, It was one of 
the topiarian ob deve formerly u specimens of which will be 
found in Mr. Loudon’s wip Braet Hi Britannicum,” 
vol. 
ing to do but to plant pr when it 
ur fancy. 
we would 
d to dos somethi ing forhim. He had better call 
You have nothin 
begins to grow, to prune or clip it according t 
r We - not are that cattle will touch it. -t 
ARD 
et. . 
L.—In summer, ee walks may be 
"prepared in the manner described a 379 of this year’s 
ronicle. In the dn ee eanad P bet tter strew c 
siftings over the ground. 
DAMP L re 
your she is hiss when the air is loaded with m ure and 
comes in gy with any thing colder gece itself, ion ceed is 
condensed, and runs down in the formof water. Bring a cold 
wine <glass into . warm room, and it is immediate ely covered 
wit + lmpel your —_—_ brea a = old glass, and the 
same thing ig happens. Your walls nod bor abt colder than the 
ve uched fotos on tees | days when you found the 
‘id seine’ ie them. t 
esas na Sitver Fisn.— esp! 
him how he may keep gold by silve 
winter. x Arg summer ey Go very w ll in a pond wig a 
12 in diam: eter, but be has be 
during winter. Accordingly 
spondent asks if we can infor 
x fish alive through the 
sro a 
he ot pete 
casente aces it either wit] 
"He keeps them protectec 
ome them out of doors 
ad 
ro 
He. is never ates to keep any of them ed = 
— 6 inches toa noe tong, po —, ones me age 
ender than the other t that 
ee 
s&s 285 AEaBEIE 
s ularly 
the ete sane Yarrell, in his 
teeny j price Fishes, page 320, vol. oz says, **] have not 
exceeded 10 inches in length.” The 
higher the temperature - the so “ preserved, with light 
id air better chance the fish w of living through 
We shoul think the a go tots of one half of 
and 
ree winter. d 
water, which the Sfp Spee i am unnecessar = 
= fs tendon — lowering th mperata re too m 
may be dail 8 wh 
a ained (Of5 but ied atten to offer remedy without more 
would be im possibi. e have no doubt 
it is ents that the silver is more ter 
the om fi ere ar fo rm 
: 
2 
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P 
pecie: 
proba! sed from some dim 
which casters it more oot pry dificult to preserve under 
ee aime circumstar ne es. B. 
MisceLLannwovus,—Arbut peu r plants are Juniperus sinensis, 
‘a Peaeaset, a species of auheds: and the entire-leaved variety of 
Arbutus, Unedo, ‘the other we do n ot kn ow. te Pee Al. —The 
gister, 
a work pub a in m onthly part s.t——A Subscriber.—Your 
‘ould be ver likely to gain a prize at the Exhi- 
By devs - 
tion ie nad 
— G. We re recomiins any known Dendro 
the Gant you pei aad but the cog are n udiable 
H.K.M.—We fear alter all that your Medicago is ee neereee 
state of M. pupeley s we did pad pag athe ny con- 
dition.+ —— et ill s 
ts are), Thuja pare % 3, T. occidentalis; 4, Ju- 
erus oblonga; 5, J, virginiana; 6, J.suécica; 7, Cereus 
flagelliformis; 8, Opintia brasiliensis 9, O. cect ; 
Parote; 1), 0. vulga ris; 12, mitreformis, var. ; 
verrucosa; 14, Gasteria obliqua ; 1S, Helleborus foe ti idus.§—— 
Ma i 
¢.—You r plan at is the Plagianthus sidoides al 
Sngadiine metic d Asterotrichion si seit: 
Srom the commenc lantis Lycopédium invyolvens.t 
— Bictonensis.—Your specimen appears to be Morrénia odo- 
” Chronicle 
ecn are out of print.——Z. #.—We 
ur plan. it \ 
e Passion-' 
for 1B4d is 9-4 to be | had. _ About twenty Numbers are out of 
print ——J. KR 
prior t loth Sept., nineteen 
hardly ane what to ~ shomk you 
great e pleasure to be of u 
roceed. We cher hewev er, put out a canoe as soon 
aS ied can get a little room.}—— T. Garrett.—Your Herne-hill 
would give. us 
—Your specimen is Zygopé 
— Shr ea will find a list a +: you 
request, with the waretien ar ged in the : Rg of rip —— 
. 641 of this year’s Chron le.\——_R. E., Oulton.—The 
re $s are—No. l, Braddick’s re) As a . 
Plat; 3, Ord; 4, King of the Pippins; 5, Golden Harvey; 6, 
obably Blenheim pin ; ade sina Vio olette; 9, i 
ippin. e - 8, is urreé. j—+Mary.— 
It in your case, we should crs aeDaad. —Your Apple is 
e Blenheim Pippin. 
xATUM.—In the answe 841, col. a, line from 
the bottom 15, the pelargoniums mentioned were those to be 
discarded, the word “ not” having been omitted. 
As usual, many letté¥s have arrived too late for answers this week. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tue affairs of Barcelona in the beginningjof this week 
eet a ee of fit wight caeairerey® iream- 
Rrenech 
re i 
Consul 
and if the charges brought eck: Shia be ‘piace 
aid can he _— doubt that the pregeitneo oan on 
yee : ry a Pe a eif with es 
lutionary er of having induced the Queen 
surrender to th 
bellion ey spread 
having refused to aa up the wife and cae 
Capt.-General Van Halen, who bad p 
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