256 TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
[Apri 11, 1657. 
Plauts, anu a quantity u: cul Gowers, Amo ong the iaticr Cc i 
was a re Cam ellia, one of — rane form alendar of Operations. | Sa. See that plenty oF ‘Green Ral 
importations, in which was a er paid $ (For the enning week.) Sera ediro Taeg » Leeks, Scorzon Kale, 
br oe a meer, gular ea in nthe Loom exhibited parce eam op xs got in n without de delay. Continue su z 
y ugent at the last m us not, there- Arrota ced sow a bed ey 
fore, 9, despair of ee peie hexangilar te ellias. C Conzenvat „TANE DEPA ce ane i suffers f raced Sept > Cage rode best way tam 
spik yuineum and i e variety we no plant rs irom entot the gru idge Cucumbers 
also shown. The latter is not so we palo variety eats drought ie ndi out things will fogak is got forward, also Tomatoes and Vegetable Maaa aowa 
d be; it forms a striking contrast with waterings. The larger specimens in tubs or pots, if any, | 808 as young Asparagus 3 to 6 inches hie 
kind, and peg eed " against masses of dark 7 ngeba en . — supply, lies the oreo i Erge be ma ii in succession ae let 
ns, or other suitable background, it has a fine effect : PA i ee use of liquid ee take those ab ps 
in garden scenery. — £ manure, but take care that it is perfectly clear and not Protect seeds appearing abov und fren A 
Soma Liata i the bye-laws, so as to adapt them — stron à — at trees are very fond of it. -r < — a elery for succession crops, and attend 
ane pray Rag proved condition of the Society, were it altogether. pe e ee aa g ipe Seres Eos -e o : = prsi fine vr with ; and if ey are 
r or the time, ? ower shoo ce: at sufficient air i 
be this will induce fruitfulness by moderating t Sprowls stocky. Seed should also m “for. the e wa 
r ETON ay due attention to watering, shifting, stopping, &e.,| Attend to keeping up a of all kinds of er, 
Notices of Books, of getters general. Make cuttings, as they can salads by sowing frequently eer the surface 
ek obtained in a young a of Geisomerias, Plum- enting noae all growing crops with the view of ton 
mums, Justicias, Cl i ven the growth of 
A SMER ear of British Grasses. By E. J. Lowe. Buphorbias, Deptan D Bogoh aa ula! ORO n is i EEA a Keeping the sai 
pine stay il (Svo: monthly’: in stn) parts, each | &e., in order to keep up a succes iida of clean aire FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
i 
stock. See that wing Orchids have abundance re-arran 
ement of 
Although PariS ed to Dr. OER not find one | atmospheric moisture, with a liberal circulation of | tribes vies: take sina every s brs b erbaceous 
word to say in favour of this aa aiai “From distr to air early in the morning, shutting up cl betimes, | been done no time should be a priog 3 if this has not 
dast the mc. abound in Je arabes rrors. ork of | and taking care to ob m ion in the use kinds get into too large masses, and theab the grotter 
- Science criticism ; as wha now eiu of fire heat in order thata pure atmosphere for the | proportion in the mixed beds : ‘nals Cho 
es te pnt book of nat eral history, that is to say, | night may sur’ Growing Dendrobiums will now ired, arly struck Verbenas Cale wes 
grees Peer Pug a, wd Aan ng those who Dn mes su lies of water ; let ts o y be pla ut 2 or 3 inches apart in Sane bee 
h mation, it adds i to a class whose in- ks be fi ently syringed. Most stove plants will slight oh piagam they will make nice pl A A, 
sa vices must we hope in ai tinguis it. The hoe in t AK. greenhouse, e a i middle of May, and may be removed prt rr: by the 
ord par tly printed in Grass | between the cold greenhouse and the stove is observed, | bord ref where nara will bloom at once, i 2 
aren t nt, with a touch of other polii ew and there securing cuttings of Heaths as soon 00 duce a striking effec PY 
ut we cin thy y whet ~ learners will recognise | fit for that purpose. Fumigate the moment an inse ——S==_ = 
i y arein to represent, For instance, | appears ; this is best ‘done i in a moderate t i a th oe 
one is intended Anthoxauth Stine: : | in succession, Some of the hard-wooded wo evenings ieee OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON. 
h m; ard-woode things of no par- be week ending April 9, 1857, as observed at at the H 
ae owever araa the common sweet vernal | ticular importance might be oved at period to penge ; e onina SE 
: y the monster (of very rare ish m m for growing young stock and fine i Tr 
‘oe = ea cave Feat — of =~ specimens in flower. Some protection will, henwrever, Bice 34 ‘Max. | Min. 
. bà x indieate e; 
1t is a monster rather than the cust y Friday 3| 9 | soy 
amaA = reer ae FORCING DEPART sary fe | eee Pit 
The introduction acquaints the re at a gi antic Pin .— Plants swelling their “fei should Mon. 6) 12 | 99,7 yes 
Guaduas was discovered somewhe eR aes olde ‘ carefully all ended to with water at the root for, i Wer 7| H igap = 
rae oe a Gua a ; that the American Zea Mays is mage | pte Ay gt rane there is great yaa checking | Tburs._9/ O| 29.602 29.501 
the carn of Ind ; that Tabaschia (meaning Soube byi pairi pr fix reat its attaining the size whieh it | Average.. 29.767 | 29.637 | 
ess Tab. is cowmilk, much esteemed by the | to err in the eens Mes nei N ME sn Aee ge 
natives (what natives 2) & pleasant - beverave: i opposite peip E considerable care an a 4—Drizziy; zaina a ; hea 
g ase — Dens: e 
extra nary story indeed ing that Tabasheer eh oti are gate nable one to properly water 3 6—Overcs y clou jedi ue 3 rain at ni t night. 
is a flinty concretion found occasionally in the joints r tb akata eir pots plunged ; therefore this should} Z  {—§piformly ry fine: b Leavy cloud dsh 
£ 7 ou 
pes a Bamboo ; Bamboos mselves are East India ip ar wat popia aE F Ha opid ze M Aee teen A very fines cloudy. fee 
3 found we are told “in the islands of Java and B Seating U er every plant if the surface soil indicate can temperature ofthe week 3 deg. above the average, 
Ma 7? by which of co hee iuir sippar Noted: wrt Ne Morn 'e water for plants that Ai RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
e they are foun here else ; we have only | and keep” the ainoephere ssi e growi k, h g week, ending April 18, 1857. 
wad so ied roger topes Grass, viz., Anthoxanthum cdora- | air very sparin i ee cold ey foe. seat Mi FE Fea] ag | Noo z x 
romus diandrus and Hierochloe gi 4 » Crying, gleamy days.| April. | £ 2 Efe S| Years. A Greatest TREL 
Grasses themselves are called gramine ; and finally « it | Bla Simalan and Monacr ge at supply ripe 356 | S36 | Re | whlch it) OPH ad 
= peck son how little bf na own among botanists |into thei ting p Sd pred’ shifting Sunday ia) 580 | 77 | aes a ae 
'egardi g rasses,” which is true perha A : u exer- |M . S 6.3 56 in. 
like Mr. Lowe are called botanists, but ts ne Babies cised to avoid checking their growth by any means, as | Mer H| 78 | S74 [ars] io | os 
cn nyo so |g ik hi dog emo ee elf SEE] E i an 
we turn from this trash to what is intended fo 2 er moist state at the time of | Satur. 15! 58.0 | 36, ir H = Ae 
: | repottin and k a Gao 0.0 | 47.2 | Priya 0.49 (65 H 3 6: 
a net came at ip no nels s company. The je general hda ee a a et Set hi the The highest temperature during the shoves periods ceka on the 14th, 
‘Hooker and ci ap tn dea on appear He Gkek ie ah lh Fe ee and te lowa 1947, and 19h, PAE 
pees a coon British Flora, with full ie uch | attention will be nese o the j i The same 
ne ae to spoil it. In doi a thle bottom-heat, &c., par had ar ti to wate and 
palais indies ae: ed the term glumella instead o te ve for pth t tiak are an Speo growing mi the Notices to Correspondents. 
t e the parts which cover over the stamens © any size are apt to ARAUCARIAS: C 0. The finest specimen of this tree at Dropmore, 
and pistil; but w we t to the s ding pages ha is season if at all checked in their growth. if not in Englan ifn — ed by layering the branch of a 
we find that he does not employ th aa ae Dire y the fruit in succession houses is piant O a 
= $ < ploy the wo g umella for | sufficien tly advance a for thin E thi Booxs: Sei ie Tones: Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners 
he gans, but uses the term palea which he Sea heen 5 8e is done, the | may possib ly answer your purpos 
efore rejected and which now remains without explana- | time, for allowin and the shoots regulated without loss of | Gooseseery Busnes: R V. You cannot perhaps do better than 
onary er perplexing to those who may use the boo joaca titer | the Ree ef posao thi ck that the dredge ra oe ee Peds 2T viii As EE 
e dly ealls the hypogynous . s thin m: res) spider: f 
í _nypog) es or lodicules | nning purpose of inducing more vigorous th do no 
abortive stamens, which they certainly are not, and eral and also ro robs the Vines, Give i side boridi GRAVEL PITS: E G, You say that grow parang ào ao ares is opened 
which Hooker Arnott merely mark as h ving been | A tg La bs ry ay Meath: ae from he btabie- {bord} rs shel na f pte Re pariet me 
i A ° whe y to rav i i 
go E he e bryo is with Mr. we an Mop sufficient tire re piles nating ar my eR pr ea provide ithe pit fs not within the bounds of 
bro ; what are first called florets are afterw. y T i warm water render ita grounds or orchards. o not believe the parish aū- 
Posy oe from dene we infer that in his opinion | to the drains bee enh ti iy rete bent have any euch right; but you nei better inqnire of 
eren i : i = ia s ittie artificial warmt e customs of your parish. 
the ure of A aiai hi y circumstances allow of doing so, for the d dion M OACRENED: d here is liitle chance of your getting 
rs vc anthum it defies all inte bold and REFERERS 3 18 a satisfacto swer, ery maker thinks his own the best. 
rayas ne rire the case our ne, the public compels | Where fermenting materials hav. = ay Sportieattace! twas mb en which will Cr CH rae 
worst books ures which w e place a PE 
even in this age so prolific in henge y bad ined ehet < d caine iy a $ eat should not be aat be assumed to be not w rge ng. e 
| bisio to Kl e fruit is fairly ripe, for it is | Names or PLaNTs.—We have been so often ‘obliged to reluotantiy 
Dr. Davy h re 3 thi to deck leavy crop of well swelled fru decline or gus s leaps of dried or other plants, that we venture 
ms y has produced another piseatorial w an to pe: feily colour and ripen even a modera to request our co nts to aari as that we never have | 
i er in the e strict andah root action i uld have unde en an unli ty 
realled the Angler in the Lake District (12mo, Long. thy roo s perhaps more impor-| 9,024"! bave undertaken an unlimited duty of this kint 
mans). Like the last book of the author such i, tant while te ee is colouring E Young gardeners, hese remarks more especi. 
ioi aai er TOR € such info iod ng than at any other} should bear in mind that, before applying to us for 
— as this contains j conveyed in the form e dialogue pari Therefore let the fermenting materials be| they should exhaust their other means of gaining information. 
whose principal merit is being favourable e gossip tnrned occasionally, addin h as may be requisite to| We cannot save them the trouble of examining and thinking 
— which no ig friends appear to delight Although keep mperature oi border at about for a do is Whee Would it be desirable if we ve oik =n 
t } : vee o em—and that i 
e obj ect of Dr, Dr. Ds Davyseems deseription of certain In cases where red Ragen Reta to ee troublesome. w requested thet, ~ fulare, not iore. than four plants may 
fishing excursions i ha and Cumberland, he | '” Ssion-houses, . re >| de sent us at im seeds you have sent 
k tI imt shoin sy ing cessa us at one time.—Ashbur The you me E 
y no means exe! oth jects, among which rainwater should be rovided for syrin ing with, aair] 2ce eee Boraginaccous plant; probably Lithosperygy 
find his opinion as to the cause E kage no longer water containin: ng lime is sed, th a ae i ser es reer —A D.— Asarum europeum, Haye you a Toot @ 
s . are 
2 _ "e aipee sai Lere ye : ai; Bor eves, disfigured by by an incrustation Winsa YRUTHSONNS MAGNIFTOA Ti eae srt o ie 
ot irela we last week stai t n o 
Cinara, and E ie ie B eee sessed kin ‘kremen GARDEN. Er Masitonia Faai pee that ar as Be 
i xcellent tim e t E 
esttle, and especially from cons the aman rl, toes ; Kidneys with wel e nid ep a full iy of Pota- the following 1p. ae pms. Up Upon sie ir mes violet) 
remember, are ur in this district | early ki plant p meng s sprouts or any nihi replaced in the variety haven ara jour and ¢ 
osur made and planted, the. ae is lanted in Feb will be little later than those pham coloured spot. The bunches of fl rs instead 
ful. Even here a p mee ruary.. "T is, however, requi i being pendulous are horizontal. The flowers ower inst je 
t dle Tarn you seet » requires a Tittle the im- 
tree, a Mountain Ash i is one | care ; the sets should be placed in baskets a si distant are very close’y packed. This his eg 
a Mountain A of ao size, growing out are damp lit kud f a single layer mense advantage ing a very free flowerer, while the oF o 
gto ei and overhanging the water, so situat o, should by no m vai refully handled ; sort seldom flowers at all. It is also-earlier, gio ee 
gage a! and ofte he hi oe —* planted during either sunshine! by the end of Jun It was raised from seed by M. vm hich. 
= athe poan the _— fells or wind. Those with s 2 or 3 inches } the elder, a” Such ts the statement, The e figures gee 
| waiting fos trees, the remains djif managed thus and covered at h Ong, | accompanies it corresponds ; pou = have no M 
forests, are eaa, and these of pf inconsiderable secon iia cot ot ig t until the) of the plant, which is represented to be propagated p 
; ar te materials, aided b type jin frames, Let a sow 0g of side , Succeed those |, | preon, sowie have been received too latt, 
Rao: are three hundred — ages | Broc witk nd kogan and re and others adage tl hemo napa 
— i dekos : We nms pet the Leberg’ of those cor 
a hanttonsr whose contributions is stilldelayed. — 
