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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Mar 16, 1637, 
resolvent and a rens y for the eat- m; but it was not 
moist shad 
known that it ained a y ho ouse, where they will g 
: powerful poison, producing | fi n ey wil grow much more in orde 
gigs not unlike i se of the Een ES E Tn Jae nd a oeh epee! bli haar gic ‘Stove plants will io are ee pete fai hanes 
aN se = ii ISAY > Vv i p > 
M. de Luca obi z N t 2 peip ir arrows with. | attention as reg stopping and a SeA e frequent stopping gross shoots. See that yi 
in in alcohol, than po ding : os Ta poo yn 45 days properly supplied with pot r and ford ans “er dha tok are a allo eini a PEE through W t 
> ng it again i i ; 3 all the f wani 
thie sho! os Gag = i s acrid taste. All the tinct ara Pens aai a r on mild da Also | trees a yA vy u vr: with a po A pei tf 
a ae “ga pH ~ spontaneous evaporation | of thei liage. Tso ah, o ~~ perfect dev elopment the water against the ae a wor ci i 
end of about 40 hitis 2 harply after insects, and atten y sıdes of the | 
sna Trap: ecg heat after being sp ine dese ae cae —— k the floors and pots as often yr ei Ww et A hee ash off nthe caterpillar nd they eaves, 
, ng alcohol, is left to dr dar The c 0. er creepers frequent] i an iron . 
ycla- | so : quently, filled tp ce 
picts or E US ase of Mag enen thus produced which ihah pe RAR gon : nd ar confusion, Cucwiiitiend a oi orgie rhe alk 2 = 
> brittle, an its i n happens ri einai, ants ra 
smell; p abeorbs ae humidity of the ir, becomes trans- shut up early on the after right Fie a be aarde a to prepare them for planti freely hy 
parent and gelatinous in water, umes a k pt ncaa an in t of artificial h to sont 1 ty of glasses, If not 
tro pag, et a A to the action of li ht. alat tmosphere, coy eas in Sle fe a : Geromally moist | border oflivht pA ade sweet shad Savory, BEN p 
while > m a good st x 5 vere 
root with im momy, ? not oniy the ati “4 ae ghe afternoon hy syringing and shutting up pris pone = a loan cones the surface of th he gidi te 
oy ra he rel pe e root, acts rg poison Siod jakos =i quantities ae ys, bat irra A RONE Oe 
ha ae if od with be water i in which they are individually wes £ n ng A sree tm the pla nis STATE OF THE WEATHER AT 
sia his Saker ion of 1 to 3000. Four grammes of the |i but tbe sf ve y re “i day, and water such as require | Fortheweek ending May 14, 1357, se ateriat GPa ed 
pn 2 ee : pode Sco a rabbit caused it to | int wth, and Fj cool sao $ il o those starting | Hiakai, 
e i sp. 2. MPERAT 
appears to be an antidote to t h P n o a A eha tie bear! IMa in ie T TT a ern A on 
os ee kuga rit eih it has the same PINERIES. Pie No DEPARDIEN waft Bete came fon ai 
ralisi ve e ın i 
Pap a curara poi aily | divested of all suckers, exce > Seni fuit ho aie Serr ig By § Bo big 
l Yr sy 
Pesiation of 3 of Borneo.—All over the gs or eno directly they make their appearance. This Non. n 7 | Sore | Sues | ga | S 
great Grassy plains of sits oike ths O clamps | frat oy re Of the energies of the plant into the Wed. 13] 19 | sond | sume | 73 | 39 
forest vibe d ghastly mementos of the vast | many soi left. secure stronger suckers than if too | zeH) 2 | 29.975 |_299%0 | 71 |_40 
obey ki c x covered the whole district, f| not, however Our more valuable so f Pines are Avernge. |__| 29.906 | 29.891 | 678 | EY 
kiina e oldest natives have no recollection; the! but 2 Deed apt to produce any excess of suckers, | Mey $—Overcast; fine; clear at night. 
` ps were there when they were young, and to all | so ma: aiie of Queen still in cultivation produce anea SE ‘in onerosa 
7A ait E a en hun longer. s man a thins ye sw G avalon sa aag z pcp and 
are hollow, en a large tr inst any declin No under and’ ‘lightning: t the tal tend 
BADI ee ae in the centre, and by its : vi s mee agane a and where this is obtained Secon mici i thick. © va 
5 sp io he Oulin into thr pieces. In| before rah . rials, a little fresh tan should be 13—Cloudy; overeas ; S clear aid fine. 
et ae Keo pias are covered with trees, which da wt low ; = it will be much safer ist diVer ra pankire ofthe wes Tank 19 das 
1 grew in huge 4 occasiona b 
wh save "a pa a idee ge er ns tas than to follow ga old m of renewing E ipapa a RECORD OF THE WEATHER at co bie 
asa gh the cracks of their ancient popne which a or twi to keeping the soil AE REE EMA Tiuk. 
‘a: sha reserved them when young e fires whic in ta che moata where ihe a plante ar e in pots or planted | May. EE FE REI Tanio Greatest 
e season, sweep roa h, e open n a nice health x sxo j She] 55 | oh Quantit 
the p , d hore living er ng ri OSS | and give ER OE a i E ET d pee 455 | ase | FE | Ranra, | of 
gue seen in s are Vitex to dined | oe free Bran Vi BIBS. Tpi ag, ~ F sage Sunday 17| 65.6 422 | 539) 13 
i 3 pi ai 4 93. 
EE e eni and some two or three others, whose they > i A ntly removing Tew terals, &c., before Wed. a bp 43.6 47 it 
a id g ery full of sap, resists the fire for a moment y 8 ae or Send DA the principal foliage. | T Thurs. 21 65.6 | 45.2 sa i 
sai Sn " t k; enough, fo ta pra of flame, fed kont D a t suficiently E tly thi aap saim she, Vings the letter | See 7 a AA Mata 
man instant; and when tently thin to of a š 
ae ki accident or another, survived three f ree | share of li light e plants, po neither laterals E E gamer ijt 
These ? e 4 such te destruction. |}; aig sees wood should be allowed to obstruct the SSA and Sch, 1883 ana bebe S0 
oh By ees however, after all, bined a de e that none of kes plants are infested with red 
ari a A bit of bark is killed ag Reece gat” pider pip ps, y the latter, which if once | Booxs: — to Correspondents. M 
fi ups a dea stick inst it, and given the pi get upon the Vini very difficult eradi- Matting nfe 2 Sri ea 
re time to kill the bark cate, and is most dest e A pae cultivated speci The 
a pig whots his tusk there Then th ips » OF |are very subject to this pest, and if thon arc ones roof Mtatosh's Book of he Gard ardon te ins 
. en the verdict an Frui and it will t ou~. 
forth ; anert pes the bit of e dead surface b ns tong sag Sash e Vines they om be closely watched, a kek Sweet's Hothouse a and Greenhouse ‘Cutt aie 
enoug es of the wound, which i expense, that Vin he l F eran 
Rea „ aud every year, more nes e a io till ad, tied up in their places before the e meas et ion the ‘unless nf Ps ee sup of ar 
the fi stands up, as upon a ran which gives way to the there is considerabl of breaking | Parowe acid. It will yield an io 
e first storm, y however dive ts to the last a off when they allowed to get too a iatea which will pora g ple ane 
eae A Wherever a groin a of trees, other than of fore the rods are ti up. oh i par Fad an be found 
ese few species, is seen on the , it is a pretty qoe and use every to keep clear of this Insects, The grubs whi you have sen 
paip ph sign of ara bare rock, 6 vel, too barren wl — to stopping an ‘ibe? oie Penga ha na w Brighton ksa those of the co 
Alalang erata K m at securing short- , Tipula oleracea. Wate th 
conduct the fire. PTh o changes igi) su j) suficiently — a posing the young ean nA stele re, by i pap the grubs from them, but not 
i : poss y is to emplo 
sng a w days is indeed | thir, but oe a eae itato keeping the trees rather xincter Gaxoewn’ We asks wh 
ead ne So Moree they are a light | fron? Psd i apei hoping for a crop of good fruit ry to supply py ata of 24 persons with 
sses, and leaves them black ; S ae Keep the| of vegetables throughout Potatoes 
= = daya n more "E iez ri e lightest and freshest mee ge moist, and give the foliage a good washing he field; but i, cept os whether a 
gr r fire they are e after s nig up the house in the afte uired or merely a few common things, 
white, as if dow en upon them, arr the | 200™ to prevent red Leos ider, and also see that the scans FP meas fs of wn in the 
ater i hee, a es of flowers, which never appear except are an properly m naa Reri Regi agri 
ol thong h it be delayed several years, LOWER pst AND SHRUBBERIES. g boiling water along the sides of the 
y all that = shore and Recently transplanted shrubs an ired to rest. They may also be tra 
Gisda of f ah i. full : ollow stems like those of Beans f 
hross of sapling trees, but the roo ini ac attended to with water unti a re fairly er Cabbage leaves, or by two tiles 
iii — opal their a are burnt off pr ase a is frequently the case eae r that one another. They’ wi between these 
year after year, and again, year after year, fresh shoots much water is given at the root, thereby souring om ny i tel Sy a ar 
se tes oat om the aige of the oa, wilen end Ce che ether ea eT | aetna tetas 
of wood, fixed to k the ts. The soil should be | Venture to request rresponde’ 
the ground by innumerable a ts spe fibres, and kept moist, but not to saturation, and the e plants should never have e could pode undertaken 
burnt perfectly smooth on t ace. Th be wa over head with the engine ” ev bore cially £ ung gardeners, be: 
stools, mA, 8 en in E eee r, have a li ie will be of va rvice in us fo che tok ae ve feces 
appearance afte repairm susta: b ini i 
soon again hidden ‘by the pes ag the i fre, but are in excess to the soil while ther a ag ion than ifgiven gaining in Pan thinking for themselr 
Botany. 7 Hooker’s Journal of | rootlets to absorb it. W nt ds geese A of active | desirable if we could, All wo 
rb i Mi ‘ 
ES eee: = k —_ 5 a necessary to ie the sb ter mos ties four hiss tae be sent us 
Calendar of Operations, Faea to destroy this pest. Green-fiy is aloo. very eagar ene = contorta are 
or the ensuing Week.) gure engine ay a good washing with the| are not the seeds of Pinus insign is but soom to 
PENE OR O. OE three ccessive eve — Bot 
LANT pasop AR Te greatly assist in getting rid of these einn dioica -H P buna TDendrobtam, Fa Pat a S n ah 
ERVATORY, &e. rel bry the wind n east and a likelihood pan P Calletia spinosa. Ap 
ait seod podi feto er any night, ‘there is no irresistible temptation chyum, fe s nativo aae ot Good Hor y gr 
mm g mey OLD SEEDS: D H., You see that G e 
to be Dopod however iat we al hava exprennd | es hes ig leo TAS 
e % e them doso by p of ! 
notice, and that the planting of all nl aos etm Anaran outwards, put upo onthe Ghai 
k be timeto ti By 
more | pices, n ‘vith gien b "E favourable aus- | praci Trers: A are covered with ag 
aise, he. eoria Halst erbenas, Scarlet | fumigate with Tobacco smoke by all meams.L y py dost iy | 
root action ‘withons and su 4 am m 1 tajered , An OUNDS IN OLD : W J. If holes posted iS 
À en y injured by frost until| © ps from dead wood and then Sabiny E 
planting of be Bore hardy kinds í is a l tod. B aes well tempered clay, itself, when dry, conted Oy tiabl, og 
Saitek am i ensil h pa ranones | and pitch, all have been done that is Frog 
ow them to sustain any check ol gs |, Casuy enoug obtained about most| however. that the tar be ‘The arse 7 
sci, and a sprink] these stuck comes off. to 
ess in wa’ . | after planti ing ese into the beds| and replaced when it cracks or `s accessible 
subjects. for. thi be of great service in ing the | the Horticultural Societ at Chiswick ny À $ 
je ie yore |e kon dis aas sa ent GRE De) peas pg et Se dis 
er days. to Vaaa ae E 
< of 3 degree of frost which to unpročerted coon an SFr ge 
called a show place, fo 
P HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN 
ersevere in the destruction of lamete wry ‘on fruit trees 
able persons. s 
Yew Tree: JMS. Next e 
anecdote. 
