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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



I 



Ifca ' 1; 



Of Can* rf * 



of til*- —*l* k ■ rein 



OMcaiiacarc y t ciaHj » 



^ tiier uoes not admit of givm 



,» 



aw 



•tillv while tlio weather uoe» no* — ~ - o - 

 ; tut wber, -not be done, ( see that th 



-i.,...f tiu» r,,o.H is in a moist healthy state, .01 



ws ^-iis itt-t sa » a^iKSiXs 



,M0ti.,aii<l among except this 



See that every plant is 



STATE OV THE WKATHfcR AT CHISWICK Kb — ^s 



For the week ending Feb. 13, 1853, as observed at the'lw* L0S *1 



Feb. 







UllUg 



lef 



Urge a*4 kU ^*8 /?eL"; «d £J J0D6 without bj . . , 



the Mbto Siri MarchmM* of r uutcr, a na v,nan material. 



b , . tti ue of the b*t reds Out of door* some goo nt comm erces ; ior success 



Marcely say there was Bribing in bloeaum , clear ~ ™~ c {^ „ '^d unless these pests are 



its flower., even amongst the frost and suow 



very sheltered wall or under 



. , ; ; , bovtftr, on 



class that they can be 



kept 



• it under, and they are much more ea»..j ~^™-> and 

 , lt uiiaer,ai j^ _^ ^ ^^ before growth 



to advantage 



FLORICULTURE. 



In 



cases 



the 



Bronvto* and other Stocks.— in many 

 most beaut d of all the kinds of Stocks, the Bromptous, 



lity of the winter ; but this is 



.1 of tin- quantity grown, 



Use fire-beat as sparingly as 





A 



t 



get killed bf the e 



often a v.iided, in a portion at le 



y takiag » the plants btfere winter and nor tin* them, 

 or by 1 ug them in a spare Melon pit or cold frame, 

 Mi alterwar II replanting thW. »n the open ground 



itpring, but they never (lower so * I, or ^row so 

 Urge M when they lurvive the winter in the open 

 I** When they .ve been plai.trd pndef 1 wall or 



other Iter, and sufficiently protected by straw, fern, 



«r similar materia . they must be gradually un- 

 ceTert as soon as this severe w iSff changes ; and 



t is judgtd safe to uncover them entirely, the 



$ I al*oot thorn may i>e stirred over, an I top-dressed 



!« »>mi rich n nld if necessary ; wat. ug freely 



w inure if the weather admits of it. 'I he plants 



i frames also, as soon as tl begin to row,*li<>uui have 



plot ->f air, and o very BnodaystI;« lights may be 



rtly d, watering freq< y «ich manure 



mate 1 rfittim*' with r tteu dosg. When the plants 



begin to show for bloom the hu_;1c ones may as 



weli be pulled out, leaving only those that are 



<lo< ; these plants will flower in April and May. 



Pof ft ':cceosion to flower from the middle of July 



until Sept* r, son the vsr \ kinds of 10 weeks in 



tie ♦•pen border in very rich soil, about the mobile of 



sreb, and thin out the strongest plants at first, and 



siterwa; * all the single ones as tl show bloom 



(v ess you want them for seed), and by the end of 



July you may have nothing but a bed of double Stocks. 



Ily transplant * some of the smaller plants about the 



Slid of >fay into very rich sod, | lat>T SBOOSSSIOn Of 



bloom may be obtained ; if some purple and white 

 Queen Stocks are sown at the same tune and similarly 

 treated they wilt commence flowering in August, and 

 remain in beauty until they are destroyed by winter 

 weather the winter should be mild, however, these 



plants will often ke« on blooming unil the Brompton 

 Stocks sown in July take their place, thus producing a 



ton of bloom aii the year round. In saving the 

 seed • Stocks, as well as of ail highly improved plants 

 annually re, ro need in this way, much depends on the 

 caro tak-n in selecting the plants from which to save 

 seed. Choose always those with brightest and clearest 

 ool rs, broadest petals, closest flower-spike, most 

 numerous » e branches, and ilwarfest habit, and avoid 

 all those plants with lew lateral branches, robust habit, 

 thinly set flower-spikes, and bf en colours. Mueh 



also depends on the season, fori! the wmrmtrr should 



prove a * rjf dry and warm one, the seeds will be 

 much belter as regards the production of don le flowers ; 

 trbtle, D the contrary, if the summer should prove to 

 'be cold and wet, a greater proportion of the plants 

 II be single, and this accounts for the German seed 

 be always superior to that saved in England. The 

 bottom flo* s on the spike only should be allowed to 

 produce se and it is also a received fact that those 

 blossoms of the single Stock which are strictly cruciform ! 

 — that is, having only f OUT J etals— produce a much 

 larger prop >rti of .single blooming plants than those 

 wh 1 have five, six, or more pitals. Now mo3t single 



Stock 



»ith less risk ot 1 



commences than after. — - . . 



tb TsUte of the weather will admit, and moisten the 

 surface of the borders occasionally, so as to counteract 

 its drying effects ; for the long continuance of frosty 

 weather, and the consequent large use of fire-heat will 

 be injurious to many things unless great care is exercised 

 to keep the atmosphere in a soft moist state, bet a 

 good stock of all requisites for potting prepared, and see 

 to having plenty of peat and loam under cover, where 

 .. .__.,, !.„.... -„a fif fa* ii*p At anv time when it may be 



Friday 9! 22 



Satur. 10 

 Sunday 11 



Mon.. 12 



Toes. 13 



Wed. 14 



Thurs. 15 



24 

 25 



27 



28 



Averaere . 



Babometbr. 



Min. 



29.87 1 



29.635 

 29.472 



29.4(55 

 29.356 

 29.322 

 29.699 



29.883 



19*367 

 £9.534 

 29.4 SI 



29.443 

 29.400 

 29.925 



wt:cnh 



Trmperatuii 



^iS^ZTSJCEiSk 



Max. Min. Mean L^ooTlfci 1 * 

 deep, detjl 



29.fi46 29.545 





t will he dry and fit lor use at any time 

 wanted* 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



VineriM.— Very careful management will be necessary 

 in the present state of the weather, where the Vines are 

 iu an advanced state or fairly started, and care must be 

 exercised to counteract the drying effects of so much hre- 

 heat by means of the evaporating pans, and sprinkling 

 the Hoors, &c. See that inside borders are not allowed to 

 become too dry, and give a good soaking of tepid 

 manure water in a weak state where it is found neces- 

 sary. Look at last week's directions, and use fire-heat 

 as sparingly as may be safe under the state of the Vines, 

 Ac. Figs.— Stop the young shoots regularly before the 

 fourth or fifth leaf, and keep them regular and suf- 

 ficiently thin to admit light and air, so as to get the 

 wood matured, and secure a second crop. Where the 

 trees incline to grow too luxuriantly, keep them rather 

 sparingly supplied with water at the root, giving no 

 more than may be absolutely nectssary for the present 

 rop, for unless short-jointed firm wood can be obtained, 

 there will be little chance of obtaining an abundant 

 second crop. Cucumbers. — There is no doing any good 

 with these without the command of a brisk, moist, tem- 

 perature, which should average 70° at night, and 75 Q to 



tepid weak manure water, also keep the shoots thin and 

 regular, and trained near the glass, so as to expose every 

 part to all the light possible. Take every opportunity of 

 admitting fresh air, but do this very cautiously, for cold 

 draughts would ruin the foliage. Where Melons are 

 wanted early iu June, seed of some known good early 

 sort should be got in without further delay, and the 

 young plants should be kept near the glass from the 

 moment they appear above the soil, admitting a little 

 fresh air on every favourable opportunity, with the view 

 of getting strong short-jointed plants, which afford a 

 much better chance of success than long-jointed weakly 

 plants. Kidge out early plants as soon as they are 

 sufficiently strong, and before they sustain any check by 

 being confined in pots; but see that there is a nice 

 regular bottom -heat of about 85° before committing the 

 plants to the hills, and that the soil is in a healthy state 

 as to moisture. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



The arrangement of the beds for the coming season 

 should be decided upon at once if not already done, and 

 gardeners who may not be thoroughly acquainted witl 

 the taste of their employers in this matter should pro- 

 vide a plan coloured as it may be intended to plant the 

 beds, making whatever alterations may be suggested 

 until the arrangement is as satisfactory to the family as 

 the stock of plants at his command will admit of making 

 it This done it will be possible to concentrate attention 

 upon the propagation of the stock which will be wanted, 

 and to avoid occupying space, &c, in getting up useless 

 thmgs. And it is hardly of less importance that should 

 the arrangement of the colours not prove quite satis. 

 factory the blame will not fall altogether upon the 

 gardener, and this will fully compensate for the trouble 



Those who have to contend 



1 



1 aits produce some Rowers in this way, and the 



* re in consequence of good trearnent It is advisable 

 ihcrt re to pinch off all the four-j etalled blossoms as 



■■* ■ - M th -y open, not onlj thai bo sood may be mod 



>from them, but al-o that their pollen may not be scat- , 



uredopon the slightly semi-doubk flowers. Finally, of preparing a plan, &c 



-the best seed is obtained where large quantities are with a stiff soil will do well to dig spare beds iiohtlv 

 rown,a I where the plants are allowed to 1 Win when when the surface isjfrozen two or time inches Seen 



'.and treated as above stated. It should also be • - k: " , » ~ :n l - : ■ •' 



8 rved that the seed of each colour and kind of Stock 



* I be saved at as great a distance from the other as 

 possible ; in fact they should not be grown in the same 



parish. It is an antiquated notion that a plant with I as speedily as possible. Having ^oWt^^ZuJ i'^T 

 ingle flowers surrounded by double ones must produce j will be wanted, every ^S^S^Z^L^ 

 &l:r^\»™ 1 ' * ** P™»«? wi l l .°e double, should be ,ot in at L^^"±^ SsEEfS 



Feb. 



9-Boisterous; uniformly overcast; cold north-etit wit*. 



10-Clear and frosty ; severe frost ar ni-ht • »herm .» * 

 2 inches of snow ; at I de K . in the air. *^ 



HHm 



1 



froity;^ 



at zero. 

 14— Uniformly overcast ; clear and cold; sharp frost 

 15— A few snow-flakes; bright suushine; clear and fr 



frozen. ■ 



Mean temperature of the week 153 deg. below the aTerin. 



RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CH1SW1CK. 

 During the last 29 years, for the ensuing week, ending Feb.:* m 



Prevtilint »i 





V *- 





gjp. 



Feb. 



U -* *"■ 



bf £ 





5£*- 



Sunday 18 



4S.0 



Mon. 19 



45.0 



Tues. 2a 



• •* ef 



4o.5 



Wed. 21 



46 8 



Thurs. 22 



46.1 



Friday 23 



47.2 



Satur. 24 



46.9 



v % v 



32.0 

 31.4 

 31.6 

 32.8 



33.6 

 32.5 

 34.4 



o 5- 



CO g 



S3h 



38.5 

 38.2 



38.6 

 39.8 

 39.8 

 39.S 

 40.7 



No. of 

 Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 





II 



11 

 16 

 16 

 13 



11 

 15 



The highest temperature during the above period occurred 01 tk gfc 

 1S46— therm. 59 deg. ; and tiie lowest on the 20th, 1352— therm 15 drr. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Anachakis: Eydrocharad. We believe there is & papery 



pamphlet, or a communication to some Botanical Society, m 



addition to the notices you mention. We have not heard v. 



in American papers. In fact, in the rapid rivers of that cow 



it is unimportant. It is in our sluggish streams that it ■• 



formidable. 

 Books : Diss. You see how seldom -we can meet your wife 



Booksellers do not mark the price on their publications, uA 



therefore we cannot give it. We always do, when tea 



enabled. 

 Cucumbers, &c. J W R. Hot-water is better than dung-lot 



for growing these during winter and early spring. Your 005 



question next week. % 

 Figs : J R- Such a letter is inadmissible, and ought not to on 



been written. 

 Garden Memoranda : T G, Sheffield. We are obliged to yotte 



your letter, but wo never publish matter of the kind vita 



knowledge of the writer. 

 Gardeners Arms : J S T. Apply to the Secretary of the Society 



of Gardeners in Moorgate. 

 Grapes : ZL will be obliged by some of our correspondent! » 



nil 



appears to be its g'reatest recommendation, viz., to bOf 

 without shrivelling, hold good in the summer months? 



Heather: McH. It is difficult to manage. Transplant «i 

 voting plants in the beginning of September, watering fli 

 ground well, and shading them by throwing straw or fen,* 

 some such substance lightly over them. 



Heating: W. It does not answer to use steam for heating pm 

 buildings. Water somewhere below the boiling ppmtisw 

 versally preferred. Our opinion of the other method ft 

 changed : but there are great practical difficulties to o^ 

 and this has caused it to be laid aside. Your com 

 pipes should be larger, not smaller, than the others. \m 

 your 7-Sth connecting pipes are altered, you cinno^wj 

 -W P H. Nothing is easier; only keep J™\™™ l J" 

 the level of the lowest pipes. Zinc pipes don t m» 

 •Use 4-inch iron spigot and fosset pipes; the others 



collapse, and break. n.imAr'j 



Names or Fruits : H G B. Your Apple appears to be Dumer 



n! m^ofVlants : We have been so often obliged to «loeg 



decline naming heaps of dried or other plants that ««Jj 

 to request our correspondents to recollect that we n« 

 or coul 1 have undertaken an unlimited duty of th« ■» 

 Young gardeners, to whom these remarks mor e e .pecia^ v^ 

 .should bear in mind that, before applying to u.f "JJJ 

 they should exhaust their other means of R?^ 1D J [ \ hm 

 We cannot save them the trouble of exa nnni^^ » 

 for themselves ; nor would it be desirable **™J^\ is *r 

 can do is to help them-and that most wl ""*t ntsIM jli 

 requested that, in future, not more than four piani* 

 sent us at one time.-Z> O. Lycaste ^^escerh,. 

 Paint for Iron Hurdles'. We know of no better p» }i(0 

 than that recommended by Mr. Fleming, of Irer, n 

 sists of two-thirds of Stockholm ta r »nd on « ^ ^ 

 mixed, and applied hot. A little fresh slaked qui« 

 to the boiling tar gives it greater consistency * 

 Pinus: Conifer. It appears to be Pinus P«ea. from* 



QUBRCUB: Diss. When the frost goes you shauj ^ 



garden of the Horticultural Society some Piam ^ t 

 species, to which as F.H.S. you are entitled. } ^ ^ 

 full grown haves of your Oaks next »»{n™ e d r iffeKBC ei. 2 

 them That will be better than desenbn g d i«fe« ^ 





which will bring up and expose a further portion 

 of the aril to the action of the atmosphere. The work 

 of propagation will now demand 



« p T s«""' w. M now aemana constant attention, m f dpratefv dry r in winter; but you must no e. 

 for it .s ot the utmost importance to forward this work "ear? ■ « it would under sJe. treatment 



as speedilv as nossih p Having « e «^*^:«^j _.% ._. t 1™ -«i,u k« „«,f fl ronio m * not in the p<-^ u 



Black Italian Poplar is monih/era; how tt what «rf* 

 Italian we do not know. It is a Canadian tree. ^^g 

 it valuable with you ? To what purpose excep ^ 4 



cottages and lofts, or fuel, do you apply it. 

 demand for white wood for turners i ciirpccd tolenM/2 

 Stephaxotts fi.oriiinda: CO. It will snecee tf ^ 



in the warmest part of 



A stout 



*^ 



Irtil inch .a not the case, for the perfectly double flowers 

 *re no eflfeet upon the single ones, but] merely indi- 

 cate that the breed is a good one. D. 



Calendar of Operations. 



(P<* the enmng v:cck.) 



PLANT DEPARTMENT 



*»i*tatory, I .-In ben en where an Aveimm 

 t-perature of 45^ U maintailml J^ ^"SZ 



i 



.„ ., ... . > g lv '«g primary attentiou to 



such thmgs as are known to be longest in becoming csta- 

 Uisbed plants ; and if cuttings can be obtained put in 

 sufibcieut to allow for faiures, and having a small sur- 

 plus stock at turning out time. It is quite poss.ble to 

 root cutting, of most bedding-out things, and to have 

 them ready by planting out time if they are not put in 

 for some time yet ; but plants hastily got up and sud- 

 denly cheeked m their growth, as is necessarily the case 

 when propagation i, deferred till late in spring, make a 

 poor figure ,„ the beds for a long time after p]. , tine out 

 and are sometimes hardly ROt round in time to cover 

 he ground before being cut off by the autumn frosts. 

 It is therefore of the greatest importance to sret the 

 arfvU-hi u cuttings rooted early, so as to allow of bavin* then. 



love nc«i.«-en ■ .^ wfll6Ji 

 box would be preferable to a POtto^WP ^ the root s oMJ 



faicbJ* 



propose placing it, viz., over the boiler , » s f t^E 



plant will be less exposed to change ana e non ^^n*» 



ture if the case containing them is ^rine^ i y tbfl j«j 



material. The box should be ™^d b nm t0 rf- 



i 



uiaiei mi. i ii« wu ouuu.u — , dou«s» - 



surface of the brick or stonework over w^ best ^u 

 the air passing freely underneath it. iclicd witft^ 



the Steph.notis is fibrous loam and peat,^ b ,,J^ 



00 



mould and well rotted manure, i ™ >™ by 

 and the soil rendered sufficienUy poroub ) 

 silver-sand and charcoal.^ ^oarrintlonofone^ 



Water Filter : Sub. You will find a iescnp « sei 



column, which may possibly wswer youi l i of thlS W # 



Wellinotonia gioantea: The *W ""'* them »< ^Jj* 

 scarce in England. If you have any, w meS , *»r 



mixture of loam and peat, in pans 



rf* 



. Cold and damp have at- . f wf 



,ur Gardenias to drop off. d c ^ffl* 

 >d. ought to shike under ^ *~ 







them in a mild greev.l.ouse ten.peiaturt . nr t ^p 



iro.: E. C. Not oftener than once a fort' ^ g ^ ^ 

 We cannot find room. It seems to De bl]ess &*£+ 



Lover of 1 wers. 



flower buds of your 



if properly treated, ongnj w ?;:— ". fl - u ipbur, -- ^ -. 



mention. The best cure for mildew 1 1 wip sppe*^^ 



applied the moment the fungus >***** ^weH*"* 1 

 question about the Daphne leaves ww ^ 



