THE GARDENERS' 



CHRONICLE. 



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I this busy season, and many plants are allowed to get into 



id in *<e growth, oc^i- al synn, ^ L f£ ' J^uJ state after shifting which with proper after care 



mid novs rwive a ? |Hl« ^ .iW*^ would not have been in the least injured. Indeed, sue 



M.M ruin, when we are favoured « .th it may be 



admit. I a* growth proceed* ; occasional ysttr the sur- 

 face, and MBWmgijr otect from had or fro. ts. \ er- 



take off cuttings, and to pot on 



cess 



>*m 



riiiue to 



a* 



thev strike root, usinjr light rich soil and small thumb 

 ts ; keep them in a slight dung-heat. 



CanuEUBi It. The compost we would recommend for specimens 



lutenui-il thibiti I, and for lar^e plants generally, would 



be t*" parrs of good turfy loam, and equal parts of weil- 

 Jteonip d cow-dung and leaf-mould, with an admixture of 

 tilver or river sand. As the plants grow, take care to thin out 

 all superfl' ts leaves, so as to admit the air freely and prevent 

 mildew. » eh Is a great peat, anl which can only be removed 

 by applying sulphur to the parts affected. The Cineraria 

 gbemid «.iily be topped once, as the second operation tends to 

 produce weak growth. As soon as the shoots are long enough, 

 tie out wide, keeping the outer branches as low as possible, and 

 place them «loee r< the glais, which will insure dwart and 

 compac mts. We had uearly forgotten the drainage, which 

 should be of rough leaf-mould and \ sherds mixed; this will 

 keep the roots in a clean and healthy 



81 BDLIKGS. 



Azalkas: //. The best are Not. I and 4 : 1 is a brilliant rosy 

 salmon, aanadoi i ble, and measures fully .'{inch across; 4 is 

 loay pink. spotted on the upper petals. Both are well 



worth cultivating. 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the ensuing week.) 



in transplanting large trees is quite as much 



dependant upon after care as upon their being lifted 

 with large balls, &c. Push forward any alterations still 

 remaining to be done, and get this work completed as 

 quickly as possible, in order that the place may he got 

 into good keeping. The bedding-out season will soon 

 be here, and unless there is already a sufficient stock of 

 cuttings put in, no time should be lost in getting in 

 everyone which can be procured, for it is most desirable 

 to have strong well-established plants at turning-out 

 time. If not already done, pot up scarlet Geraniums 

 that have been wintered in boxes, and place them in a 

 close frame to encourage them to make a nice short 

 growth, and get them well inured to the air before 

 planting out Few places are overstocked with the 

 variegated Geraniums, and these should have every 

 attention. Where cuttings can be obtained they will be 

 found to root very freely at this season. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pineries.— Where the Pines are grown in pots, it is 

 by no means a bad practice to occasionally rearrange 

 those in the fruiting pit, placing those showing by them- 

 selves, so as to be able to afford them a rather drier 

 atmosphere while in bloom ; for at this season there is 

 some danger of badly-formed fruit if the atmosphere is 

 kept too moist, or the syringe used too freely while the 

 | plant9 are in bloom. Those expected to show shortly 

 should also be kept as much together as circumstances 

 will admit, so as to avoid having to disturb the arrange- 

 Indeed, where a regular 



for fresh 



h plantations of Asparagus, Seakale a* * 

 barb, which it is necessary to make ever /** % 

 these are used largely for forcing. Xl^^^ 1 ^ 1 

 these shquld be trenched some 3 Jeet de'* ^°**^ 

 of rotten manure well incorporated with k m tK ^ 

 proceeds, for it can hardly be rendered too Sft 1 * 

 crops are to be obtained. a * M 







PLANT DKPARTMEN T. 



Conservatory, &.C. — In addition to the plants men- 

 tioned in last week's calendar as suitable for the decora- 

 tion of the show-house in autumn, there are many I meat for some time to come. 



enhoute plants which soon form useful specimens [supply of fruit has to be furnished from only a mode- 

 placed in favourable circuoiatanees, and encouraged j rate quantity of plants, frequent rearrangements will be 

 with pot-room, Ac, such as Fuchsias, Croweas, the • necessary ; for it is, perhaps, impossible to regulate the 



The old Gardo- 

 autumn deco- 



ration 



to do much good with it 



treatment so as to get every plant to fruit just at the 

 desired time, and hence it will be necessary to use 

 every means to regulate the supply, such as removing a 

 portion of the plants to the coolest division when too 

 many happen to thow at once, which is frequently the 

 case at this season, and forwarding others as much as 

 can be done. Plants swelling their fruit cau hardly be 

 afforded too moist an atmosphere, and they must be 

 carefully attended to with water at the root, giving clear 

 liquid manure in a rather strong state, and some of 

 this should also be sprinkled upon the tan, &c, so as 

 to make the atmosphere resemble a dung pit. Shut up 

 early in the afternoons of bright days, letting the glass 

 rise to 85° or 90°, moistening the plants with the 

 syringe, and sprinkling the passages so as to saturate 

 the atmosphere with moisture, but avoid high night 

 temperatures or a too free use of fire-heat. Vineries. 

 — If fermenting materials have been used for warming 

 the borders these must be turned occasionally, adding 

 fresh as may be necessary to maintain a gentle warmth 

 in the border, for it will not be safe to neglect this 

 at present. Ventilate cautiously, on cold windy bright 

 days admitting air 1 on the sheltered side of the 

 house only, and keep the ins;de borders moist by 

 occasional sprinklings, so as to counteract the dr)- 

 ing effects of cold air and bright sunshine. If it 

 is desirable to prevent the Vines in the late house 

 from starting for some time yet, they should be let 



as can be conveniently 

 done, and the house shaded, unless the Vines can be 

 taken out, which would allow of the house being used 

 for other purposes, and there is no danger of the 

 weather being such after this season as to injure the 

 Vines. Houses in which the Vines are starting should 

 be kept thoroughly moist, syringing the Vines morning 

 and evening, and the rods bent as may be necessary 



to induce the buds to push regularly. Peaches. 



Where the fruit is fairly set, maintain a nice humid 

 atmosphere, giving the trees a good washing with the 



i Mutifiil Loculia, and many others, 

 quia Hookeri [a a beautiful thing for 



hut it is too late 

 for this season. Then there are quantities of things 

 which may be raised from seed and grown into 

 showy specimens, as '1 hunt ergias, Ipomcsaa, Globe 



AmaraiithuH, Balsams, Cockscombs, &c, which are 

 all useful t ttfh where better things are scarce. But 

 where these things are i ely to be warned there is 

 no time to be lost, and every effort should be used at 

 once to provide an ample stock of the most showy 



things »hat can be commanded. Camellias that have 

 done flowering should be thoroughly cleaned, washing 

 the fol a^e with a sponge, &c , if necessary ; and if any 

 of th^m are infested with scale this must be removed 

 first, lor there in no getting plants to thrive unless they 

 are kept clear of insects. Kepol such as require if, and 



place th< m a suitable position for making tin ir growth. 

 Azaleas for flowering about ft xt Christmas should also 

 be encouraged to make their growth ; and Epacrises 

 that have done blooming should he cut back, and kept 

 rather close and moist, in order to induce them to make 

 early growth. These are first-rate plants for winter 

 flower; , and by starting them into growth about this 

 time, and getting their wood matured early in autumn, 

 many of the varieties will be in lull blossom in November, 

 juid their flowers last much longer at this season than 



after the sun bet oBae powerful in spring. Proceed as _ 



diligently as po -We with the repotting of such of the j down as far from the gl 

 bard-woo.led plants as require it, so as to afford them a | 

 fair chance of making a vigorous season's growth, and j 

 endeavour to keep the newh potted bIock as much 

 together as circumstances will admit for a few weeks 

 after potting, keeping the atmosphere rather closer and 

 moister than usual. Stove.— Many o! the plants here 

 will he in vigorous growth, and will require careful 

 attention. Attend to stopping, tying out, and regulating 

 the growth as may be necessary, and do not let free 

 growers suffer for want of pot room. Most stove plants 



enjoy a moderate supply of manure water while growing 1 syringe just before shutting up "in the afternoon so as 

 freely, and this should be given hberally to such things \ to keep them clear of red°spider, and see that the 



soil about the roots is in 



the roots are growing in. 



as Cfterodendroi & , using it very weak at first, and 

 Uk ng care to have it at about the same temperature as 



_ A little of this sprinkled 



i *mt the pots in the ev< ng go as to charge the 

 atmosphere with ammonia, will also be beneficial to the 

 plants. Secure a thoroughly moist at mi sphere by 

 frequently sprinkling the paths, &c , and give air 

 cautiously, and on the sheltered side of the house 

 during the prevalence oi cold easterly winds. Look 

 sharply after insects of all kinds, and allow these no 

 quarter, for if they are allowed to establish themselves 

 upon the >r>ung growths they wili soon ruin the most 

 promising >pecinu n. See to having shading in readiness, 

 for some things are very impatient of bright sunshine 

 At this season, particularly when air cannot be given 

 freely without rendering the atmosphere too :ry. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



The coui drying winds from which we are now 

 suffering are exceedingly trying to recently transplanted 

 treeror shrubs, and unless these are well attended to 

 were will be but little chance of their escaping injury 

 See that they are secured against being blown about 

 by staking, or whatever other means may be preferred, 

 and where the soil is of a sound dry nature, watering will 

 be necessary at once unless the weather should become 

 more favourable. 



lifted 



through the loose 80 il, without wakmg the ball where 

 the root, are and care should be n J I to ,,revent th" 



it is of the greatest importance to well ear* f«r *i.«#« 

 after shifting until they can form frS^'Aj 

 i itabiiahed; but this is too often neglected m the bustle of 



with a K*U S Wat * nilJ: thil H5 8 that have been early crop by pricking out 

 riuA ba11 th ? "*" » ***y *pt to pass off * 8 



a properly moist state. 

 Attend to disbudding and tieing in the shoots, keeping 

 them thin and regular. Here as elsewhere it will be 

 a work requiring careful attention, while the present 

 state of the weather lasts, to properly regulate the 

 ventilation, but this must be attended to at any expense 

 of time or trouble. 



HARDY FRUIT and KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Frunmg v nailing, and the planting of all kinds of fruit 

 trees should be finished at once if not already done- and 

 recently planted trees should have their roots mulched 

 to protect them from the effects of dryin * winds ■ and 

 standards should he carefully staked, so as to prevent 

 their being blown about by the wind, and having their 

 young roots broken off as fast as they are formed Take 

 advantage of the firm dry state of the ground 'to get 

 manure wheeled upon quarters where it is likely to he 

 wanted soon. Cauliflowers, Peas, &c., that have been 

 lately removed to the open ground from under glass 

 should be afforded some shelter against excessively cold 

 winds For Peas we know nothing better than the Spruce 

 branches recommended last week, and the old practice of 

 covering Cauliflower plants with inverted flower pots wiH 

 in the absence of any better covering be found a ereat 

 protection to the plants. Forward Celery pknts 4 an 

 *u , _ t on a gentle hot-bed, and sow 



on the same for a succession crop. Attend to provides 

 a regu ar and plentiful supply of Peas, &<,, bC 1 

 quantities proportionate to the demand at «™£ 

 intervals ; also keep up a supply of French Beam? and 



STATE OF TBE WEATHER AT CHISwiCK N»t* 

 For the week endins M arch 22. 1S55, as observed at t h» iw J* 1 ** 



— — _ — ___ _ DOrtl CUltBttlC^ 



_ _ T.%.-. " — — f, 



Babombtbb. 



Max. Min. 



Friday 1 6 ?7 

 Satur. 17 j 28 



Sunday 18 {R 

 Mon.. ly 1 



Tues. ?o 

 Wed. 2 1 



Thura. :2 

 Average . 



2 

 3 

 4 



29.707 



'29.641 

 29730 

 29.922 

 29.824 

 -9.391 

 28.908 



29.518 

 29.498 

 29.667 

 29.877 

 29.735 



29.107 

 ^.882 







9.5S9 29.496 



Max. 



53 

 50 

 43 

 55 

 58 

 45 

 36 



49.3 



Min. 



32 

 33 

 34 

 30 



37 



34 

 33 



33.3 



Mean l J°° l 

 deejf. 



42.5 



41.5 

 41.0 

 42.5 

 47.5 



39.5 



34.5 



41 



41 



42 



43 



4 £ 

 42 



** 



41 

 41 

 41 

 4! 



a 



43 



* m 



March 16— Densely overcast ; fine; clear at night 

 — 17— Fine; rain; clear. 



J5~Ji il, . e J cloudy and boisterous; clear at night. 

 19- Uniformly overc»st ; slight showers • clear 

 20-Foggy ; very fine; overcast ; boisterous. 

 y-Hazy and cold ; cloudy; hail shower at night 

 i2- Sleet; barometer exceedingly low-a state with »i»j 

 quite unusual ; cold rain. ' ^* 



Mean temperature of the week 1 deg. below the aTernt 



KECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CB1SW1CK. 



During the last 29 years, for the ensuing week, ending March 31 m 





*« • 



• *» . 



A 





a?" 2* 



Ss^ 



« & 



Maicb. 



E»4 S 



eu bf 5 



a '* £ 





Sunday 25 



50.3 



33.0 



4i.7 



Mon. 26 



& 1.8 



32.6 



42.2 



Tues. 27 



53.fi 



34.2 



43.9 



Wed. 28 



53.4 



3"J.5 



43.5 



Thurs. 29 



53.9 



\ 33J 



43.S 



Friday 31) 



54.0 



34.7 



44.3 



Satur. n 



5*.l 1 



3n.7 



45.4 



No. of 

 Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



Prmiljttjf* 



Greatest ■ 



Quantity ■ _ . # 



11 

 12 



10 



10 



7 

 11 



12 



of Rain. z 



0.50 in 

 0.17 



0.37 

 0.68 



0.33 



0.50 



0.30 





i 



4- 



1 

 316 



1 



3 



2 



4 

 5 



. 



- 



% 1 



-■ 



The higbest temperature during the above period occurred on tie . 

 1830— therm. 75 deg. ; and the lowest on the 2ith, 18^0— therm. H iq. 



Notices to Correspondents, 



Asparagus: JS. Make your new bed now of good rich aoil.ts 

 less than 3 feet in depth. Two year old plants will i 

 quite as well as three year old ones; indeed better if the lite 

 have grown all the time in a seed bed 4 



Black Honey Dew: G A. This is produced by the soot fin* 

 Torula furaago, a terrible pest. It should be removed i 

 Bible. You might try dusting the part affected when we* 

 flowers of sulphur, or washing with fresh made limenfe. 

 It ruins plants if it is not checked. 



Books: UR. Brown's " Forester." 



Canvas: A Sub. You will not succeed in rendering:! 

 water tight without painting it. Boiled oil is Terr 

 You might try the effect of the following receipt: 

 boiling water equal parts of roach alum and sugar oitad; 

 -immediately plunge the cloth into the solution and let 

 remain, covered by the fluid, for 24 hours. Then take * 

 canvas out, do not press or squeeze it, but hang it in the aw 

 to dry very slowly, llalf a pound of each material is «•■ 

 for 6 gallons of water. When dry, brush off the white 

 and the article is readv for use. In good woollen cloth UM 

 effectual ; we do not know how far it answers for linen. 



Diseases: SPM. We have examined your Grapes and leaf *£ 

 carefully, and do not find a trace of mildew. Thenar** 

 deed, certain white spots, especially on the underjiujP ■ 

 the leaf, which look like carbonate of lime, but W"j» 

 effervesce with sulphuric acid, and therefore proM y. areup 

 to the anti-blight composition. Let us recommend y 

 you mak u*e of such compositions, to ascertain that youie* 

 have got the disorder for which they are recomroendea."* 

 suspect tLat you will find some very different cause tor am* 



31. J. B. , T„t J- M 



Fekn Cases: J R. When in London, you had better w»» 

 Mr. Kennedy, of Covent Garden.J fi „ 



Gas-watcr: Vectis. Diluted gas-water will kill grew . 

 doubt, but with what proportion of water it s houic i o*j** 

 cannot say, because its strength is variable- It t »™2St» 

 black; and if too strong will burn the leaves. *°"?T^ 

 a few experiments with it upon some corputvdeww 



ing it to your Peach trees. nf o«*" 



Gtjava Jelly: A Constant Reader will V^^someu 

 respondents to give him a receipt for making uuavaj 

 fre.-h Guavas, as in the West Indies. f T ^ j 



Insects: S. F. The insect caught ma piece oi ^ 



the young caterpillar of a moth which ? u " D f l tbe «*■* 

 when nearly full grown, does great injury i » m 

 Turnips. You may know the wire worm by its » £ ^ 

 bit of polished wire, measuring from halt to an 

 It is the larva of a beetle. W. ' . , f or thiif* 



Heating: G R. There is no objection to ^^.^o^.. 

 pose, provided you can secure the stove ifrom lea^ag ^ 

 the gas to escape into the house. 1 m*» y • ^portg 

 accomplish. If you do use gas you should P'^^J^II 

 pan of water near the source of heat, witft a tww 



the air of your house becoming over heated. knof * 



celling Plants: Anne. Your gar dener ° u « fll d si * 

 than to give you such advice. The face or nam ^ ^ 

 label should never be towards the plan is o + 



name. 



Just the averse js^^^ 



tod 



in thTsamVwry aVtfTe" : Paradise" dwarfs^- l{Wm 



Mabaleb Stocks: Iota. Either gran or mm »»* ^ 

 whir-hpvpr nrn<»PKs vou nrefer. IhisstocK ? 



whichever process you prefe 



the AP- 



hope your Escallouia 

 vivtd even this e.xc 

 Names of Plants : We 



macrantha will shoot again. 



eptional winter in many pi** r 



, Ve have been so often oblige ^ £ 



ftjir-n vr i^.md. *»*/ **«-»»# plants 



decline naming heaps of dried or other ^planL , 



ne 

 ta>* 



a- 

 uiey bnoiua exuauii men y^'"- , to v«mimr»g *°, 



We cannot save them the trouble of ^ a ^ we ° coU ld. 

 for them K elvea: nor would it be desirable ■» . J{ 



to request our correapondents to recollect that ^ ^ 



or could have undertaken an "ri^fnmreeV 

 Young gardeners, to whom these remarks niow ^ . 



should bear in mind that, before APP 1 }' 1 ^ *° * iug W 

 they should exhaust their other means ^J^J^di 



aud that most wui"'^ «f 



illiug 1 ? 



for themselves; nor 



can do is to help them-aud that moat* f^r^w 



requested that, in future, not more thanjou^ i^ 



sent us at one time.-Thonuu Lang, .^luced r f S 

 moides and Phalaris canariensis, Doin ^# { w 



We cannot undertake to pay the posiag _, 



home letters. , whn wr ote the 1 zSM 



Planting: F H G. We do not ^ 0W .Jf h ° fl ^Libr^T^ 

 Useful and Ornamental Planting m tne <b<^**i 



Knowledge," For the cultivation ot cm* \ t ixtf(*J%* 

 Brown's "Forester;" for the sorts in cu^^anW 



Arboretum Britannicum : but the in 



formation ^ en 



Asparagus and beaka e, &c„ by introducing ouantU ea 

 mto heal at short iniervala ; and advantage 3£ Id be 



taken of the dry stt te of the mould to prejare ^und 



so satisfactory as it should be. o n flficiently *?l <*# 



Reports on I bsebies: Omega. N^,^ (nm ^m ** 



We never insert 



reporters. tl ^ pjore lw "V7i*r, 



Slugs : S t\ Quicklime would certainly «» ex ti»ijw | a»#r 

 than salt in a garden where the soil i» --— *^ 



such reports unless inn 



awl imperfectly drained, and in whic" j 

 under.J 



canno 



tlte«P 





