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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[FEBRUARY 7, 1857. 
tuse none In every way su periect as tms had ever been | an exceptio those who are growers ol Epacrises, | 
brought under the notes w the Society. Correas, r Leschenaultias, 
Wi cng. of eked fur- | a rich t ets cha 
nished a collection of ‘fc gh ed w oo ny lage a ductions tnd emo ae tit a el 
} urchase f nt i 
gentleman ÈT heH raga sale of Uaid, 3| in all ci orm te Camellias at this time requir 
Cala ‘elogyne of w Kee rp 
ii E ly Tuli op d Aa oot 
Cine = Gan ar ot u nt fr cet the Hottentots derive a | require + gaan to 80% 
a's by them ; b 0°, 
oft Shick i is se reat estee but | bottom-heat to 
che ans would op aged nsidered anything but | heat to 80° likev wise for a couple cf hours Dn 
eable, A young stem of the Rice paper plant | afternoons, with padnot Ss a slight syringing j af aek 
{Aralia pàpyrifera) cut in the Island of Formosa by | periods. Ifthe pit has a hot-water r flue in i 
—_———— 
m placing manure at the bottom of bres trench, Th the 
dy 
orchard. 
orchar get all planting finished as s sible 
ember to drisk a thoroughiy smi 
reh E necess: than } the 
Adti Apples 
ate 
always be 
early in au Aia 
À eects aE 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT ea aig NEAR LONDON, 
Mr. whom we observed iu the roo was ust be taken to secure I e | For the week ending Feb, 5, 1857, as observed at the Horticturl Gin 
3 Beir b gA gentleman. It was st ted that there | without plenty of which many things must prove a ae Rg Tew mine — 
_ is now no doubt that Formosa yields the greater ank of | fai ure, If there are two pipes, a d return cd 38 essere ey Of the Air. (Otte Ean m$ 
„the Rice paper of commerce. This beautiful substance, | which is of course generally the case, the bottom pipe and Feb.|$~| Max. | Min, | Max. :] Mio. rice ea en i ot eel 
he added, largely consumed in the d | should rest in a cemented trough deep enough to enable | __|__'_|__ 
Tals ; ‘ | hen necessary, and from 6 to | Friday 30) 5 | 20.841 | 29.615 | 38 0 | 34.0 mY j = N.W. w 
Fokien p ces. In the city of Foo-Chou-foo, every | the water to cover the pipe w y, an Saur. w 3 | Sow | wo: -39 | 8 | 225] a4: as | mali 
lady cial flowers made f it t is|9ins.wide. Water less or more sho uld be at all times “yf Sunday 1 > | 20.906 29.853 | 35 K p sw # 
estimated that this place ‘alone consumes about 30,000 | in the trough, at le from thi Tues, 3) 9 | sage | 200 | 35 | 24 | 205) a | 3s |S r 
llars worth of it annually ! The cheapness of this ne cold pits or frames, a calculation should he Wed. 4) 10 | 30.245 | 30 10s | 34 | A Bi a $a 
article in market shows that must be very ediat made as to how far the inmates of these ay penta Emenee 
undant in its place of growth. One bundred sheets, structures will be able to supply the Senate in the Anche. sap ae. iiia Re dei a ad bisa He 
each about three i square, can be bought for the | pleasure ground ; frost and damp: will h nh pie esas a. E Seay. severe ifost at waht, 
small sum of three halfpence. e almost wonders, Pideibed the number of some kinds. Str arts plan we are prose Son Gisan kiir rosiy. rost. 
SFY ee that it is not more rig ty after b aoe of are which had become well-eseabliched i in SA Hazy : cloudy ; frosty at ni ai 
workers in artificial flowers in Eur ice paper | a f Verbenas, Fuchsias, Petunias, Heliotropes, 2 Pail: mow a am arp fros Overcast, thine 
itself is the pith of the rae (which is produced in Salvias, Gales ie should be rent forthwith Menir omnperetare of thetweek 84 de en on 
great a ea on to the wood) cut into = some the houses or pits at work, to enjoy if During zhe laat 31 years, ior the ensuing week, ending Feb, 14 18, 
thin plates by the Chin ssi awe ‘ “noent bottom: nee ‘watering ‘them wi ith Sha rere me Prevailing Wink 
From the garden of ‘the Society came Eugenia Ugni, Figuid m e will Feb, | £22 | ELS | EE | Years in| Greatest |e 
-va Epacrises and Conifers, among whi ch was the early cuttings oo sho bo Spe ns and propa- BBS | ESS | 28 | wbich it | of Rain. zia 
true Californian Cupressu M‘Nabiena, a hard kid gated a ngly h t present, not ——— | sale 
‚introd by rey ted to be identical | using ni if f- ae E hey without it. males BNE er EN By rien Be REEE 
with C. ‘so named on account of its havin Nagle DEPARTM 3 rig n “i 2 AÈ iN ee s i : Ta pi 
<a prominent gland on the back of the"leaves ; it may IN — re the bott cheat is is maintained by | Thura. 12) 445 | 299 | 37: 13 0.28 3 Yer 56s 
„aiso be of importance to know that C. Goveniana is| means of hibabehe materials such beds as may have’ Eriday 13) 441 | 208 |34 i oso 11,233 tein 
occasionally sold for this plant, which is much m een tly renewed should fully watched, and <a mperature during the above period oc gureed on th I EE 
valuable than that now common kind of Cypress if the heat at the bottom of the pots is found to exceed | ji! then —therm. 65 deg.; and the lowest on the Nth, 1845—therm. 3 dep 4 
Attention was directed by the Vice-Secretary to draw- | 90° the la me be rpg raised in order to oroi pee n a ' 
ings of Maxillaria venusta, Selenipedium Schlimi, | jnjury to the ot us mal now to subject the Notices to Correspondents. 1 
er & vpk atd plant, x Odontoglossum phalænop- te of Pines oa denipiniktare 110° or more, as we | Booxs: ET. In ae to oes n a sopan aondos i 
sis, tbree new Orchids which have lately been brought ay seen rows wers sy the old ay uietly doing, butit| Bota any,” it 18 indispensa o begin wi . 
into notice in gium, which for singularity of » ractice to allo sae Setanta speaks at te a geo xi speme ana prae “8 We koe meen 
and brilliancy and f colours may well times to to become t too strong, throwing ps pe prema-| what French work you allude ; pey the ' “ se Element- 
yie with any of that favourite class now in cultivation, arda r ni juring them. Indeed we} taire des Jardins et ana Champs” by Maoul and poe 
y also briefl mrt nite A eatr believe tbat more ha arm is done to ; Aee by too mush may answer your 
ser ote than by any cihet cause, and 
reasonably be expected while the roo 
5 charging timber of inferior qual uality wi 
rendered it equal to Oak, a full account ref whioh 
success ca | 
ots are oetan 
Appeared at F A of stp year’s vo et a ete me su nicolas is to a baki ing heat. Maintain a steady bottom- 
2, am UBS OE DIIIS AWAL asion * wi 5° during the growing s but depend 
m e pa: ng columns i in another page of to-day’s upon it that E nnot be exceeded with safety. See 
per e soil about t of growing plants 
ein SR RE i I to dry, and secure a 
Notices ot Books. moist state of the atmosphere, but use the syringe 
carefully until the sun g gees more powerful to dry 
i he hearts of the ts INERIES.—Careful attention 
Liddell’s History of Reins (Ts. 6d. 12mo., Mu be . 
pp- 768)<is intended to be a companion to the Student’s hap £ Talie ho uses whero the Piiraa _ e fairly 
Gibbon lately noticed (p. 40). Like that work it forms | '™ 9e e every opportunity si resh. air. to 
a well printed solid volume abund illustrated w ith strengthen the shoots and foliag eres a M 2 to this 
jie at: oa plans, cautiously, and by small openings nea eating 
apparatus. 
tus, and shut up e —— in the afte: ond letting the 
thermometer rise to 80°. re the Vines are in bloom, 
let the night temperature ran pee between 60° and 65°, 
sora it 16° = day, esty Muscats need hardly be 
well un 
. maps, and s 
bits of scenery. Dean Liddell aA that it iti is u aa | 
abridged e ani work in 2 vols, 8vo, published 
last year, in order make it range with Smith’s 
History of Greece.” The volume has a good index, and 
will doubtless form a very acceptable school book. 
England’s Greatness ; its Rise and. Progress in Govern- 
ment, oe Religion, and Social Life 
ieee, 
aa the d pha By John Wade. 
rning or 
This inie title is the prefix of a stout volume, and me 
or aang paea the author conceives it to eart Let 
is readers will not be di For 
ility to < aaa any- | 
or much 
oži rise progress of science, 
i eat, ia er or anything peculi peculiarly novel | 
-in Eea i! criticism, or satisfactory in 
ment in other subjects. The volume should 
: less vainglorious title. 
perhaps the 
great cause unhealthy root sane 
oe thin, , weakly la ‘which despite the m 
careful in pronnan i attack 
this seat, a ev 
warm state of the anea 
supply stn manure-water in a 
WER GARDEN AND ms Rat : 
Lawson's Gardeners’ .Calendar = 1857 has Cansa. Pe make the necessary prepared for 
us. We can only aay | as we sai y, asses by sweetening or renewing the soil. 
worthy to be su + esas: and Fiant out things of biennial in masses 
in = Kingdom, Itis ‘apart ga for a | requisi weather shall have become 
aa cane a dry, 
Give — in pots a liberal 
tepid 
A 
sheet of its size to pepi posean 3 in pes the rearrangement of perennials 
tter stand over until the latter begin to bud 
Te Ladder of Ijeri ia Hind tte (Rontled M. te finishing k pem 
ay two pen Se ere told, and the i pns i parura 
= Binaan apoia fay hy a Gerstaecker, They HARDY a AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
y Hallway fe e awe ng among the best of the| Sow Tomatoes in heat, also Sweet Dal, ay a 
en sunroom EE “pee: &e.; get band-glasses up im tely for Cauli 
Wi . A | 
Calendar of Operations. teh Tonm also i at ha a Tu y strong 
(For the ensuing week.) | from o each angle. They should be well 
Sa soaked with liquid n manure previously. Get Seakale and 
a PLANT Deramea eae erm for n bet s forcing planted immediately 
RYATORY, &e.—Pursue steadily the directions | on rane ; throw a hillock of old tan tan, 
n Sos arp L aid down 5 ra sand round each crown n to coax 
Slight scone: made on | the Vidlictind £ in February 
t if ey skies latesi i M Tair al Dn pie 
Names or Fruits: n be judged 
-| men grown in Gu uernsey, your Apple’ is RME probably 
Seedling; and if so, = ae find the young wood is 
spotted.— . Your long-keeping Apple i 
Norfolk Stone Pippin; ri latter is usually pa 
the specimen rece ‘No nown; 
merit, or else so’ someting unsuited to the climate ont 
aal 
Nam 
not done ; trench it deep | ` 
purpose her | 
Box: pant Your edging is kiled "i Kei 
off by a thick belt aging Tinus Pinaster nd anstriaen Seam 4 
Hazels, setter Oaks, Portugal Laurels, Yews, H nanem t 
Tender-leaved eed will =w suit 
DISEASE IN GOLD Ms TG yet are doubtless ct 
by Achlya sin eg kind of Conferva which lays To 
them, spreads over their bodies, and soon run them. 4 
will find a fall apeent of the disease with a woodent rpi 
sentation of the plant at p. 3 of our sanaa roe 18454 
GARDENERS BE mE YOLENT INSTITUTION onstant 
Raiti 
etter oi ai 
HEATING : E &. Certainly water will flow either to the he right or 
left, or both ways at once; but great care is required to hi 
the levels and rises exactl y corresponding with each othe 
We would also remark that the rectangular elbows arè ve 
objectionable. 
Ww 
Hous: . We prefer September; but since you pave 
plants trench the soil down to the gravely aba if it has formes 
pa break through the pan with a pic e i 
tw a foot apart and the plants a inches pee 
the re; ‘the plants in one row alternating with Bare 
the thee. When planted give the grou a good K 
with hal Bey stable manure. $ 
Lawns: Tyr per ae 2 Ibs. Avena fla vescens, 5 Its 
Crested Dogstail,, 5 Tbs. F Ned dius, 18 ihe 
Rye-grass, 3 or 4 s Poa trivial 71 
2 the of the small yellow ye 
Yi ) 
should bear in mina that, befi ore & spplyin g tous 01 
they should exhaust their other mea 
x 
kind of Wood-sorrel, and native of 
wW tasitis 
necio fs 
Pinus pot five ‘Gow your seeds of th 
in yellow loam, and place epigr in a 
erwa 
latter close until os are Up; 
air whene’ 
green Oaks, Red Cedars, and Sycamores among 
Pinus a yA of these migh 
_— 
so 
t a 
Privet 
hecome single trees sae 
Holly, Fo it grows well, he ar 
RATES; Gardener, ita 
rates even ey ee he —— Valways li D veina IETT. 
HE CAMBERWELL NEFIT 
reply to some correspondents’ question, a ot 
E ratepayer, must Pay 
i 
auditors except one of theta ag 
ble man, Inquirers must therefore trus' 
stigation e can more. 
before ~ + it 
house with the, Black Ham 
: ate sonia AOA pas 
Barbsrossa, both of which are 
i se as $4 
