THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 10, 1857, 
Notttes of o0ks, 
A Somat Ty Lee of the French vag? English 
Langua n Contanuseau. (8vo., Longmans, 
pp- 329 i in Pace site mns.) 
If any one description of book i 
pera that one is a EA cama’, ; even as regards 
a man’s own lingua st indispensable, and to 
the student of miny aces it is his hourly g gone and 
is more useful than 
counsellor. But then it mus 0 rit is 
apt to mislead as much as to inform, In the present 
nag ya ) Os which rust 
o 
will bec y year more and more toy 
thoroughly ‘fool French dietionary is most e specially 
required, and it would be great injustice to ‘ 
Boniface, and kea iatis if we said one word in their 
v re too large for schools or as 
travelling companions, and too costly for thousands who 
ne he a French dictionary of some 
kind the cheap works of this inkl little ean be 
said “at. Awd oy auld like to hear ; an idea of 
what so them iter ge re wan that every 
pocket dicti tionary must 
gathered from Mr. Tibbins,. p trea 
ien the most s raca collection of English 
open his volun andom, at G, under 
which % we 2 find the following ‘choice ‘selections Cie r ideas) 
in a ee gle column, viz., , Ganch, Gantelope, 
Ganza, Garboard, Garboil, Gard, > "Gate sarism, Gargol, 
„Garran 
n! 
The siete of the enpr volume pii us is not a 
Bis ian He has bee many years Professor of 
eli as Addiscombe, is nA a ne of English 
. as well as of his own lan nguage 5 3 e the ong experience 
ich he bas had of the has been 
; Ai. tot that indeed 
mself, “ When,” says 
Contanseau, “I first began my career as Plekk of |i 
+ French at Addiscombe College , I was ghar mae the great 
ridi culous mistakes made by tudents in 
Heaths, and other Greenhouse plants form the a. 
STATE OF THE WE rei ay pe herder deg NEAR LONDON, 
Fort the 
A small quantity of Lert)" plants 
a placed in a pit ee frame where 
rature of about 45° can be m satani sinks r De 
close to the glass, and a giving estaiie of air whenever 
the weather will p 
FL iky canes AND SHRUBBERIES. 
Where any of the beds or borderee require a soa 
of fresh soil, this npa be p 
ing for | 
apt to cause too luxur 
rin e of _ 
however, oil nor an aye 
n st-rate 
nning over | 
books, I found that none of them gave 
all the oo eee of words, and that the 
_Aeceptations e jum together indiscrimi- 
mately, without t offering assistance of any 5 nd to th 
pupil, pa was oe to take his chance, and make his | 
wr pond E 
of this he illustrates by showing how 
Spoons it is for a learner, when the 
same word in 
has many different” meanings, to select 
ich in French ll be appropriate one. 
“In nine cases out of ten he will e the wrong on 
s h 
= for a war ae capa yor ae lady is 
g 
in a des 
absurd 
this pret been placed in the 
e do not call this an exaggeration, and we think that 
the author has taken all possible precaution in the pre 
on t 
— The army f: Bai 
leaves can be aes a mo tae dressing of well-rotted 
arm-yard m e will be e useful ; but this roy be well 
mixed with the soil to the fall aoe f the bed, and not 
carelessly turned in sg left i 
moted early in the season ; as the principal pari of A 
roots would be near idadi the manu ginn | 
soon feel the effects of dry weather, whereas ifth 
was well incorporated with the soil to the ‘depth o 
about 18 inches, no o wea ater 
_& miscellaneous collection of 
of fire-heat i 
7 
mstances which | 
Epacrises, | the 
vidin 
re fre tly grown in early Vineries or in pl jouses 
= frets liability to to the see ks of red r plane houses] tp 
angerous ‘inmates of such and if it 
can be done they should be grow in a pit doveted te 
.—F or med that has been long cropped 
with oe arene dressing of f: i! would in many 
preferable to Pake and where this is bjere 
saa en can be obtained it should be got to hand, in o; 
it upon the 
essa matila niea o i rM 
friaa 
the purpose, | 
week ending Jsn. 5, 1357, as ved at the Horticult 
floral display, night = means of - eat will te Sa aa ji: sani Se 
e qu uite suffict ere the har stove Sg BAROMETER. Ol the Air. Of the Earth a 
lants or forced hi za for tł sh ati fj Ja jg% M A Wind | g 
plants or force things are use the decoration o ee eT) wi} max.) Win.| aa Oe 2 feet Š 
Max. Vm, 
this koak 40° will be the proper mean night tem- TAA E g: | | deep.| deep 
perature, Friday 2| 6| 2722 | 29.084 | 51 | 35 |430| 43 | 42 | wim 
ORCING DEPARTMEN Satur. 3| > | 2.266 | 29.110 | 50 | 37 REDARE 
: 29.374 | 29. 42 | 3 5 2} SwE 
PINER night temperature of hoa 60° should | Mon.” 5} 3 | s0013 | aran]. 33 | 38 | 313] 40 33° | RE = 
a | t Tues, 6| 10 | 30.279 | 30,032 | 36 25 | 3505| 40 42 NE 00 
= maintained i in er aor ig owing it to rise to| Wer £ 10) ose e r sip ee 
t 70° during the with sunshine, tad Thurs. 8| 32 | 3.308 | 30.221 | 42 | 35 | 385 | 37 | 41 | E. | 1 
where the oR is approaching maturity 5° higher MAY | Average..| | 29914 29.750 lars lars | 365 (406 ana gr 
be ke the general a TEN: a ap 
pt 5 Jan, 2—Fine; very fin clou 
stock. ‘Aim oat maintaining a st ea dy bottom heat) `= 3—Rain ; al slight rain e ar night eran” 
— ain ; 1 ral Ta 
of about a which for the shin will be warm enough, nie 5—Densely y clouded ; few enow fia akes; cloudy; frosty; vibi 
VINERY.— nes in houses ab to be started should aie ec <-Deceely otrai sete eras aea aT frosty. 
receive a masa sing with the in nary composition a few} —  s—Slizht sprinkling of smali hail; drizzly througbou 
Mean temperature of the week 1-l0th deg. on fy the veiled 
days before closing the house, rubbing it well into the RECOKD OF THE WEATBER AT CHISWICK, 
crevices Re the bark ; , also get = Pach rira Dae During the last 31 years, for the ensuing week, ending Jan, 17, 1952. 
if not eady this ho should e bez ow PRN Prevailing Winds. 
aas | ead | ea | No.of - 
effected Poke this season, so as ote retxin portion z) the Jan, | 2G | £26 | £2 Years in ahi nalba 
= z E Sla 3 . 
warm am infused n the a an Zao | 23e | AE | Raiged | Of Bain. “aal lare 
throw een pi i FE Ni eg 
heavy r Wher aye aly ) Me lons are Sunday 11| 40.8 | 314 | 36.1 16 0.8tiu. | 4) 6| 3 1) 56 2/2 
required, nn ri some established Pe te should be} Mon. is} 415 | 309 | 362] 15 0.76 2 7| 2| 3| 5) 9| 2| 4 
ucumbers very generally {Tes 15) 426 | 327 |e] 15 joss | 454266 a 
e. Wed. l| 42, Š 36.2 ; BS a a U 
aetan for use, it is saat i ee to refer to trey i vee eer i osi S D 36 HE 
j ə ji 
these farther” les than to say that if not already done | saur 37 424 | 31o | 37l N as 6136233833 
seeds own The and Melons i qe est temperat ture during the above period occurred on the Lith, 
require plenty of light and moisture, and every care 1819, and 1th, 1852—therm. 55 deg ; and the lowest on the lith, 1338— 
ho o ep of 
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Wotices to Corresponden 
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place the letter ers W € at the foot of the addresses of their 
letters, thus 
Tue EDITOR OF THE ‘‘ GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE,” 
5, Upper Wellington Street, 
London, 
are a bo delivered with all possible punctuality and despatch, 
Books. 
Surtian Oaks: Southampton, Bhs cannot ees our columns to 
personalities, It is of no consequence who A may be S 
the auan is, what are their opinions worth ? A man isnot 
depsived liari 
in his Soca DELON, Among our best British botanists one, — 
Wigham, kept a little tobacconist’s shop, the other, Bo ; 
was a praise se 
wi 
were ca 
that was the fault of the men e Durmast Oak, or 
Q. sessiliflora, comes true from arid 
CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS: Const. Reader. uld recommend you — 
e 
to let your young Beton ‘of this alone; it will alter in form — 
when it = older.t 
GREENHOW: . We cannot „understand you. How 
siping wall stand? Th Boot sent us is io 
comprehensible, You should send a and explanation. — 
Passages a fiue paning. along the middie and returning in the 
will be amply sufficient, are deter- — 
mined t by convenience rather than br paneu “On a hori- ; 
zontal line raise a pendicular; the angle half way between 
the two will 
HEATING STOVES: 
heating a 13-feet signi ugh house, when heat is needed — 
seed i ee forcing Vines and Figs in _— and Pees 
àa autumn, by one of Deane & Dray’s — Der 
Ventilating rev which Ses coke. We 
with the opera of this s 
Hocg’s Epaine T. Pres, —If Mr. Binckett by ae to fy Lip of nst 
The new Post Office regulations require this if country letters 
ch inquires whether he may. depend on ! 
gene eect Weise DEE cals in a aaa eae 
- gent dict against th ti year’s volume he will see that his 
A careful exar Ba ation of Nes erie of such mistakes ae a 5 2: ae ones oe as to be ready for use folios ihes the explanation he met bar 
us that small co vf ous wennaat HARD Y FRUI HorHouse Timpers: Constant Reader. Oak will, of cow answet 
ding volume exeaenly s adapted fo every purpose oi fany tampit uf ar hate aac a cere ti done} It raters and other prinaipal ‘alters. of: ë hothouss 7 ut het 
teacher, fail to take i: lace t the head i : : p zà heavy and expensive, ana unless clean-grown it is more ore apt to 
= siiri thy Sem rent a of | this season it should be seen to while the weather is| wa: rp eines eth Pine, which if good, at much less expense, 
and trave ing French dictiona favourable for such work ; also see to getting ground | _ last for a lifetime.| : 
Those who have read Lord Cockinaratl Mcaiivieiih te aa eet ee p yent mo The raare the matas of ihe oni PA 
nies ‘eae’ . ven re: e e moisture oi i 
~of the most interestin, zi year ate ine Ea ech pe A gs an done, Pomel agape place where there is plenty o! frei ee n 
Eaa e ‘re proba bly that it has | depend upon how this is effected. Make” [eames oF Paotr. At fat as cam Te eonoctatnlt ti A AA 
a a aR by = a askown writer | thorough drainage, and where the subsoil is sake. thi Se ae Toon ang ge I;  Boniniiry monet iS ae i 
period will fin Exposu ki A ty Seedli 3 t ; an 
4 eoe maaa publish ed aby + eae of E reri me — = aac unk ae “ Winter Siran; 10, h, Winter Peariieins TH y P . 
-answer to us proceeding as must sink the | season, this expensive kind of pre tio oh at ean! Ronee ib “Branch a a Nearest is ceria i 
-anonymous menin to the lowest depth of literary | be afforded ; P inane Sarr n cannot always the Belle et Bonne, bu ood spec! ‘ot the ain T 
disrepute, _ such quantities eee allow p vr work ter ae whieh, it appears, i "suitable for Eyar ain satai Pe 
o | NAMES OF PLANTs.— e been s0 oblige fto relustantiy 4 
_ Who's Pe for hepa (Baily, — 24mo. ), is hee me it is ‘ decline naming eine, ot dried or other pi piini that we biati i 
f scarlet gold. It is Pig ope_for this on some ais vit! t making expensive req to reco we never hiri | 
Po ly aeiy Ah writing ik, containing very es planting. Get pruning and nailing Tiss eae —_ se tes soma a wnlimited duty of thie Tg i 
does useful E N A respecting all the notables of the orwarded as fast as circumstances wi it. Attend| should ting in ree that, before applying to us for assistanee, rF 
United Kingdom, keeping up a supply of Seakale, Rhubarb, and should exhaust their óther ning z information- : 
Asi gus, accordin th denant d z ot sav: the trouble. of pte > g and thinking 
by introducin . es "x ce,| for themselves; nor would it be desirable if we could. ane ; 
Calendar of Operations. intervals a. na fortnight. Where the aa ss set coo mee fiat tn fa poo a ; the oe plans d 
: . ere n fa no ore an E a 
he ensuing week.) pee inl the Mushr , the two xi il fe por re Say — Su ag Chimonanths gry | 
+ ow to ceeding] yia ee 
TA PLANT DEPARTMENT. be obtained with voy i eae “A quant iy eo a W Sank Abutio n indicam. —6 8, hunbergia Eloet, 
SER &c— xed con ries, that | should be got and laid in ; R Ararte 8 inquires if anybody in Engtand has 
_ is, houses containing the prine se sn of meee and | in of cocks frost, e u Quercus nan, TE nies asin ve 
ree | 
wg he si we 
ane IN THE AiR: S writes, “Can chem 
method of t testing the vere the at, wah 
any atmospheric conditions fetes = ged 
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