THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



fJuLY 2S 



Vniiiu- lniiu oi ferta, Yellowr Climax. 



: ,;, 11 cornpetitors.-lst, Mr. J. Henderson, Cargil- 



& tiss fcal t, Fearless, lloyal Visit, Monarch Royal 



it ndard, Sir J Cathcart (The bloom of Royal Standard in the 

 above lot'won the prize given for tne best light ^un± n^revm 

 the room.) For Amateurs exclusively, who cultivate their own 

 SanS be ^ C competitora^-lst, Mr. W. Young, with i lower ot 

 the Dav Robert Burns, National, Argo, St. Andrews, Yellow Ch- 

 ™*t Classes open to sill, best 12. 9 competitors— 1st, Mr. Campbell, 

 Pollock with St Andrews, Wonderful, Royal White, Duke of 

 Perth Fearless,Sir J.Cathcart, Lord J. Russell, Robert Bums.Earl 

 of Mansfield, Argo, Miss Talbot, Royal Visit. Wonderful, in the 

 above, was shown as a pure yellow self, and won, most deservedly, 

 the prize for the best self in the room ; indeed many were in- 

 clined to think it the finest bloom in the rcom also. The Sweep- 

 stakes, opeu to all, best 12, were won by Mr. J. Henderson, Car- 

 gilfield, with Royal Standard, Duke of Norfolk, Nonpareil, 

 Sledora, Pandora, Earl of Mansfield, Fearless, Omer Pasha, Egon, 

 St. Andrews, Great Western. Messrs. Dickson and Co.'s Seed- 

 lings were the most successful. A yellow ground variety named 

 Cyraa had a first class certificate, won the prize for the best 

 yellow ground in the room, and also that for the best flower in the 

 room. Indian Chief also was awarded a first class certificate; 

 this is a deep purple flower of fine quality and substance, and from 

 the same growers carue Rubens, a yellow ground, with rosy purple 

 belt and top petals, fine form and texture ; this had a certificate of 

 merit. The above were all from Messrs Dickson & Co. 



jftmcuciii Gardeners and umc h too Htxougly, and wilt be continually encroaching 



upon the edgings and extending beyond their proper 

 limits, and also getting too high and bulky for other 

 parts of the garden. For this there will be no remedy 

 but pegging down, and thinning out the shoots, and 

 shortening back such as extend beyond their proper 

 limits. In shortening back shoots, however, that may 

 incline to overstep the edges of the beds, care should be 

 observed to avoid the least appearance^ of stiffness, by 

 thinning out the under shoots, and causing the mass to, 



Plants of a weakly 



? e *rs if the 



the plants will last for several 



made deep and rich, and require but Hul* a*« 



the way of manuring ** digging among £ 



ground should be trenched some 2 feet deen T' ** 

 poratjng with the soil a very heavy ure^i^^ 

 Select a piece of open light soil, and prel^* 

 Spinach by well manuring and dig^. Z? n ** 

 crop should also be go? in at E» ? : ** 

 drilfelfifi beds with wide " ? ** m 



alleys. 



so as 



Miscellaneous. 



-I ha\ 



Arloral Records of Buildings.— I have frequently 

 thought of drawing attention to an idea which has long 

 had possession of my mind, and which, had I property 

 adequate to the requirement, I should be inclined to 

 carry out myself. Let me now give a notion of it. In 

 laying out parks and planting trees, might not interest- 

 ing results be produced if the trees were arranged to 

 form models of some of our most interesting ecclesias- 

 tical buildings \ Take, for example, Redcliffe Church, 

 Bristol. Plant an Oak for each of the buttresses, and an 

 Elm for each of the pillars, and Poplar, or some other 

 lofty tree at the angles of the Unver. It would, of 

 course, be some years before it became very pleasing : 

 still, tor the advantage of future generations, perhaps 

 some might be found to do it. Various shrubs and 

 trees might be planted to fill in and carry out the design 

 of different parts, and gravel walks would represent the 

 aisle. Training and cutting the branches properly 

 would he desirable, and if done judiciously might 

 prevent formality and stiffness. T. P., in Builder. 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the ensuing week.) 



/ 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Conservatory, &c. — Look over Camellias and 

 Azaleas that were not shifted before starting Jin to 

 growth, and if they appear to require more pot room 

 let this be attended to at once, in order to prevent their 

 sustaining any check, and allow of getting them mode- 

 rately rooted into the fresh soil before winter. Also 

 attend carefully to repotting Fuchsias, Chrysanthemums, 

 &c, for autumn flowering as they require it, and see 

 that they are liberally supplied with water in bright 

 weather, as if allowed to get too dry at the root the 

 foliage will suffer. Examine the earliest cut down 

 Cinerarias for cuttings or suckers, and get these 

 established as quickly as possible, in order to secure 

 strong plants for early flowering. Where suckers of 

 the best sorts can be obtained at once, they will, with 

 good management, form nice-sized plants in course of 

 the autumn, and make fine plants for blooming early in 

 spring ; and these are greatly preferable to seedlings, 

 in so far as there is no danger of growing things that 

 will hardly be worth room while in flower. If not 

 already done, get a good supply of Mignonette sown in 

 pots for winter flowering, ami see that the tree Violets 

 are not being injured by red spider. Stove. — Attend 

 to former directions as to keeping insects under. Give | 

 air freely during the day when the weather is bright 

 and warm, and leave sufficient for the night to ensure a 

 gentle circulation in order to prevent damp, and secure 

 strong robust growth. Specimens in bloom of such 

 tilings as are readily injured by syringing ever head, 

 should be placed where sparing them will not interfere 

 with a liberal use of the syringe on those that require it. 

 Use every means to maintain a moist atmosphere, and 

 to do this the floors, &c, must be frequently sprinkled 

 onjbright days dewing the foliage with the syringe after 

 shutting up. Be sparing of fire heat, and save where it 

 is necessary to furnish bottom-heat, or during unseason- 

 ably cold or cloudy weather, it may almost be dispensed 

 with for a few weeks. Where twiners are grown on the 

 rafters attend frequently to regulating the growth of 

 these, keeping them within reasonable limits, and see 

 that they are not allowed to become a harbour for 

 insects, as is too frequently the case with stove twiners. 

 Give a liberal supply of water at the root, us ng naanure- 

 water wherever it can be given with safety, and if red 

 spider attacks any of them remove the pot specimens 

 and give the infested plants a thorough washing with 

 the engine. See that things for winter flowering, such 

 Aft Begonias, Gesneras, Euphorbias, &c, receive their 

 lair share of attention, for if the gaiety of this house is 

 to be maintained through the winter months, the 



summer flowering things must not be allowed to mono- 

 polise all the space and attention. 



as it were, die away at the edge. 



habit of growth, such as the Melindres varieties of 

 Verbena, may require the assistance of an occasional 

 watering with manure water, to get them to grow suffi- 

 ciently freely to make a strong good bed, and, in the 

 case of these and some other free-blooming plants, this 

 may be used freely without any danger of inducing 

 growth at the expense of bloom. If green-fly makes 

 its appearance upon any of the beds, syringe the affected 

 part at once with tobacco water and soapsuds ; for if 

 neglected, the mischief will soon spread, and be both 

 troublesome and expensive to eradicate. Attend to 

 plants trained on walls, keeping the young shoots neatly 

 hid in or cut off before they become unsightly. The 

 climbing Roses should also be gone over occasionally, 

 stopping or cutting out strong shoots not wanted for 

 laying in. Keep Phloxes and other herbaceous plants 

 neatly tied to stakes, to prevent their being injured by 

 wind, &c. ; also see to tying Dahlias and Hollyhocks, 

 and give the latter a liberal supply of manure water. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pineries. — At the present season air should be given 



liberally to young stock in dung pits, in order to secure 



strong stocky growth. The plants should not, however, 



be exposed to drying winds by giving back and front air 



liberally on drying days, for this would not serve the 



end in view ; but a moderate circulation of air should 



be secured at night, giving no more during the day than 



may be necessary to prevent the temperature gettin 



too high. This, with careful attention to the state of 



the roots, keeping the bottom heat regular, the soil in a 



nice healthy state as to moisture, and giving a liberal 



supply of manure water to such as are well rooted, will 



be found much more conducive to strong stocky growth 



than exposing the plants too freely to hot drying winds, 



which would probably check the growth, and throw them 



into fruit prematurely. Use every means to afford plants 



swelling their fruit a thoroughly moist atmosphere,sprink- 



ling passages, &c., frequently, and shutting up early on the j s uuday 2 



afternoons of bright days, giving the plants a gentle ' £? u e n a ' f{ 



dewing with the syringe, and saturating the atmosphere ! Wed. l 



by sprinkling every available surface ; also give these ; trid*. 3 



plenty of clear strong manure water at the root until 



the fruit begins to change colour, when the soil should 



be kept rather dry, which will improve the flavour. 



Vineries. — Attend to former directions as to thinnins: 



of gathering the crop without treading the rrrourJ ^ 

 provide grouud for winter Onions, &c. Finish^ 

 out Broccoli and winter greens as soon as p<Jy 

 unless the autumn should prove very favoun3k2! 

 planted after this time will not attain much fer 

 plenty of Endive planted on rich soil; also LetLJr 

 maintain the succession. See to providing a »ood 

 of Parsley for winter use; a good sized bedshoddfc 

 planted in some convenient situation for being protect 

 in hard weather, choosing light dry but rich soil- IS 

 some well established strong plants can be ci 

 rather closely, stirring the surface of the 



am 



oil. 



67 • ■ 



»«.*.»~* *,* WM j, «*"**"'£ mc ouiiat-Q ui Uie SOU] 



and applying a good dressing of guano or Boot, the* ■$ 

 throw up strongly and be in prime condition Ufoij) 

 wint|r. Attend to Celery and all recently planted ttm 

 with water in the event of the weather becoming drr/ 



STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LOMWI 

 For the week ending July 26, 1855, as observed at the Horticultural Sufm 



Babometisb. 



Friday Stfl 

 Satur. 21 

 Sunday 22 

 Mon. . 23 

 To.es. 24 

 Wed. 25 

 Thurs. 2G 



Arerape . 



6 



T 

 4 

 \ 



r 

 9 



10 



11 



12 



29.93 1 



30.10/ 

 30.156 

 30.«20 



29.777 

 29.716 



29-777 

 29.929 



Min. 



29.745 

 30.049 

 30.114 



29.765 

 2 l J.606 



2y.672 

 29.720 



_ ■ — ■ — . ■ 



Thmpxratur*. 



Ot the Air. Ofu.eE.rtb 



Max. Min. 





73 



80 



78 

 S3 



71 

 73 



63 



»-»*£ 



iWM 



41 

 45 

 52 

 59 

 52 

 49 

 50 



74-4 I 49.7 



57.0 

 .5 

 65.0 

 71.0 

 61.5 

 61.H 

 5G.5 



62.0 



n 



64 



6<J 



63 



644 



64 



2iee« 



detp. 



"TT 



61 

 61 

 61* 

 S3 



ft 





i 



v 



a 



63.7 61 .S 



July 



20— V*ry fine throughout; clear at night. 

 21— Cle<ir; exceedingly fiue. 

 22— Very fine throughout. 



23— Slight fog; sultry; heavy thunder-storm in afternoon ; bimj 

 rain. 



24 — Bain : cloudy ; rain at night. 



25 — Cloudy; rain; fine at night. 



26— Densely overcast; constant heavy ra!n. 



Mean temperature of the week ^ deg. below the average. 



RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CBISWICK. 

 During the last 29 years, for the ensuing week, ending Au&4,N 



July and 

 August. 



Situr 4 







s 2- 



No. of 



Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



14 



Gre&teat 



63 1 



5k h 





Quantitj 

 of Rain. 



75.3 



51.4 



f: 3.4 



1.31 in. 



74.1 



51.2 



62.6 



15 



0.33 



743 



51.6 



63.0 



12 



f.66 



t 3.-"> 



51.7 



f.H.6 



14 



1.23 



75.1 



53.5 



6 4.3 



14 



1.03 



73*6 j 



; 5i.4 



1 52.1) 



6 .'.5 



16 



0.50 



7*.7 1 



**• 



15 



0.85 



PrmiH»t 



• » 



i 



z * 



. 





ill 5 



. - 



1 4 2-' •* 

 3 4 3 131 



2 3 'I I ■ 





the fruit in houses intended to furnish a late supply, 

 and see that the hunches are severely thinned, and also 

 that the crop left is not too heavy in proportion to the 

 strength of the Vines. Where the fruit is swelling, be 

 careful to maintain a moist state of the atmosphere, 

 and give every possible attention to the roots, keeping 

 the border in a healthy state as to moisture, and if 

 watering is found necessary, use good strong manure 

 water. Give abundance of air where* the fruit is 

 colouring, and do not allow plants in pots to remain in 

 the house to cause damp, which, despite every care in 

 ventilating, is apt to settle in the berries and spoil the 

 bloom. Where the fruit is ripe and expected to hang 

 for some time, the atmosphere of the house should be 

 kept as cool as possible ; but a little fire heat will pro- 

 bably be necessary occasionally in order to keep the 

 j atmosphere dry. Use this, however, sparingly, and 

 only when it cannot safely be dispensed with, and 

 always in conjunction with free ventilation. Vines 

 from which the fruit has been cut some time will 

 probably have thoroughly ripened their wood, and 

 should now be kept as cool and dry as possible, in order 

 to prevent any farther attempt at growth, and induce 

 them to go to rest, and if wet weather continues, it may 

 be advisable to cover the border with a good coat of dry 

 litter to throw off the rains and keep the soil cool and 

 moderately dry. But before excluding the border from 

 the action of the sun, be sure that the wood is well 

 ripened, and until this is the case, take care that the 

 foliage is not injured by insects, and endeavour to pre- 

 serve every leaf until its natural period of decay. 

 Peaches. — Expose trees freely to the air from which 

 the fruit has been gathered, keeping the ventilators 

 open day and night, and spare no attention which may 

 be necessary to preserve the foliage in a clean healthy 

 state until the young wood is well matured. Where the 

 fruit is ripening, shading the house on the forenoons of 

 bright days will prolong the supply, and will not injure 

 the flavour as much as would be the case with most 

 other fruits. Figs. — Trees swelling their second crop 

 must be well attended to with water, giving sufficient to 

 moisten the whole of the border thoroughly if this has 

 been allowed to become dry while the first crop was 

 ripening. Use the syringe freely on the foliage, shutting 

 up early in the afternoon, and sprinkle paths, &c, fre- 

 quently, in order to keep the atmosphere moist. 



HARDY FRUIT and KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Where not already done, Strawberry planting should he 

 finished at once ; and if the plants are expected to bearnext 

 season, they should have been planted previous to this : 

 but by selecting strong runners, planting carefully, and 

 keeping them well supplied with water, they wilf make 



f™« 4~ ™„„v „ - i ., , -~ -""*** strong plants yet before winter. No expense should be 



time to come, as some of the plants will incline to grow spared in preparing the ground for this crop ; and as 



The 

 1846 



le highest temperature during the above period ioccurrcl w tk ft 

 —therm. 92 dcg.; and the lowest on the 3d, 1847 — •taerm.«»a» f 



Notices to Correspondents 



Asparagus : H J 21. Jiy all means let it run to seed 



regard trouble you will gain something by P ickin SjjJjT 

 berries. Of strong manure and salt it is g^y-^gS: 

 Apply the salt now at the rate of 4 lbs. to the rod; W« 

 wet weather or dissolve the salt in water before appW 

 The manure must be applied in the winter, unless you can ffn 

 it U a liquid state, in which case this is the w*t time. 



Gardeners' Advertisements: JET. Critics should tt £g 

 not to misrepresent. If you will look again, you J" 1 ** 

 the advertiser does not say what you make mm say. *» 

 to be a very properly worded advertisement. 



Names of Fruits : FITS. Your Apple is ™* **£|i * 

 It appears to be the Dutch Mignonue. Tne Aj>n*» 



"\VhiteMasculine.|| vr„a>u*Tetoeto3' 



We have been so often oblige^ J^S 



P^.ts r that fj^ 



unlimited dnty of tb» *£ 



Names of Plants : . ; .... , h ,_ 



decline naming heaps of dried or other pl*"^ 1 ™ ceye rfc*« 

 to request our correspondents to recollect tnac we ^ 



Young gardeners, to w . 



should bear in mind that, before applying to 



or could have undertaken an uunui'« u ""l, n p-j t iiyr r 



horn these remarks m^^^S, 



before ^7 m f^\^^ 

 they should exhaust their other means of gain i% ^ % 

 We cannot save them the trouble of ^amimng* ^ 

 for themselves ; nor would it be desirable i we w ^ ^ ^ 

 can do is to help them-and that most ^J? l J^ m U 

 requested that, in 

 sent us atone time. 



included, belong to Quercus peduncu lata : ^ 



ber having seen Q. sessiiiflora in «ther^on« 

 J 8. It is Cassia austrahs.— G G. lUM. ^ <*» 



A J W. Undoubtedly Lilium jaP«J lc ™j/ i8 Abn»Ff2 

 Scarlet Bean sold in toy-shops tor beaos 

 tortus from the West Indies, a poison--^*" 



tiem—aiiu iuttt *"«-. - _~ nl . n ti bit 



future, not more than four pl«» 

 e.-Diss. All the sorts, tot ot * 



Wedo^ 



neraria. 



hi me ?!w^"- — j - mt j . - cTerxnantfa* *^ 

 E K. Either Hffi&*2*^ l g -g 



■ 



impossible to say whicu, the plant .„„. - 

 J). Maxillana marginata, we presume- ^ hlir 

 Stachys germanica. If you remove >the m^ 

 fiuu that the leaves are sharply sena« J- ^ ifcP * 



have bought for Helenium P° l, B'^ l n heca *augustif**i 

 the Eophoclinium hirtum is Podoiheca - . ^ Ut 



taa»: 

 J* 



¥r\ 



specimen is very bad. , ut 8 ]l orer •» ■ 



Cukes : Harford. Their *»£»*,$e te*™**£ 

 Cannot you put them into •J" 1 1S eTI4 «« 



Alyssutn lUifoUum f£ TMBfd* gallic; i u pW 

 but the 



sign. Cannot you put the™ .into' 



plunging the pots in warm stable ^ 1 « er frcB y0 ^ 

 Lurthing has been wrong at the ^ ^^ ^ 

 m.-nt it would seem that the lat er are ^ ^ »» 

 still time enough for the wood to "P« • keep &«* 

 under glass. If U does^ot npen g^ g* * 





FLOWER GAEDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



When the plant* have fairly covered the beds, the 

 T-rtnoipal thing to attend to will be to preserve that 

 symmetrical appearance over the whole of the beds 

 which is indispensable in every regular flower-card 

 to render the effect pleasing. To uo this will involve 

 frequent attention and considerable labour for some 



en 



contrary. 



Strawberries . --■■ „„.„j, ](f 



manured, trenched or deeply dug. 



Amateur. PIm* now 



inauureu, ncu^ed or . . nose gca*.. , 



Seedling will . answer your purpo^ „*,b.£J 



the greenhouse all the wn.ter »^ c '- obto in *£* »£ \ 

 ness at as low a temperature as you w Je tItt n £ 



"per f A no,, Undoubtedly paper caaj^ j, * ^ 

 material of rags, and Aero » J ^ th? < oi t< *** 

 ducing rag. The d.thculty « ^ ^uis *» 9~ 

 material. Rags are mere waste, r» f 



on " e,r *!~iW* 



ffgained by planting too clos e^ .„ d « ■ , . £ ^ 

 than genuine guano ap I il ed e't »•«»■*" (,*.•£ 



or in a liquid state while the g« P^^^S* ' 



Now U a good time. If y«"' ^ the nseW of t» t 

 farm-yard manure, applied v una ^ 



out hnmng the leaves with it. W- »« ^ It*** 



Misc.: Subscriber. The V^J 1 o( pnbll«^ 

 be sent wuhin 15 days from ^ a u . M^ 



after this date be sent to the sa«u r 



