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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[August 4, lgjt 



lruil Oil 



crackii-2?. 



admirably, and are literally loaded with fruit 



things, such as Black and other Currants and Goose- 

 lc: riefc liave ripened their crops. 



In the orchard, both on walls and standards, there is 

 every appearance of plenty of fruit, and the trees this 

 year have received no check. Strawberries have borne 

 well. Ingram's Prince of Wales, notwithstanding the 

 severity of the frosts in the spring, has had a good crop on 

 it. The true old Pine has also been all that could be 

 desired. This is still considered by many one of the 

 best flavoured of Strawberries, and by means of top 

 dressings of leaf-mould it will stand longer without 

 renewal than most other kinds. Myatt's Cinquefolia is 

 large but coarse ; his Mammoth has not done well this 

 year, probably owing to the dry weather we had in 

 spring and early summer. For a late crop the Downton 



is one of the best. 



The Black spined Chinese Cucumber, mentioned in 

 our last report, has proved to be well adapted for ridges 

 in the open air. Jt has a yellowish pleasant-tasted 

 ilesb, and appears to be a good bearer. The " hardy 

 American Melon " has also set, and is swelling satisfac- 

 torily under a hand-glass. The fruit of the Australian 

 Melon, mentioned last month, has assumed a beautiful 

 yellow colour, but what its value may be remains to be 



proved. 



In the kitchen garden are some excellent Peas of 

 various kinds. If, however, we were confined to four 

 norts, we would choose Sangster's No. 1, alias Dan 

 -CTllourke for a first crop ; then Fairbeard's Champion, 

 wliicli is the best flavoured of all Peas, except, perhaps, 

 Knight** Marrow. To succeed these we would take 

 Victoria and Knight's Marrow, and if a fifth sort was 

 wanted we would choose Dickson's Early Favourite, 

 which appears to be so closely related to the Auvergne 

 as to be easily mistaken for it. What has been sent to 

 the Society under the name of the Somersetshire Pea 

 \\PZ proved to be the Blue Prussian, and Hunt's Pea is 

 . not different from Victoria. Among Green Marrows, 

 Bellamy's and Millford are good sorts. It may be men- 

 tioned that Green Coleworts have just been planted out 

 to come in about Christmas. They stand about 9 inches 

 apart every way. 



Sow* nu anoyance of scuic.ung their lolia«e f ~i» order to promote stocky Uive Dahlia* and HoUyliockTal^a^ of „ . 



Give clear weak liquid-manure water to young : out the branches, and disbud the former wh * t 



and shorten the flowering stem of the latter* ******> 



U, v*lk»cii us Vcl .._ , m 



As before remarked, Plums have thriven 



Smaller 



FLORICULTURE. 



National Flobicitltubal Society, July 26.— A Certificate 

 of Merit was awarded on this occasion to a lilac-flowered 

 \ erbena, called Eugenia, from Mr. Wcatherill, of Hornsey Road. 



growth. 



growing specimens, and report any of these that are 

 intended to have another shift this season, so as to get 

 the pots well filled with roots before winter. Maintain 

 a moist growing atmosphere, and ply the syringe 

 vigorously upon any plant at all infested with red spider. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pinery.— Attend carefully to growing stock, keeping 

 the bottom-heat regular, and the atmosphere warm and 

 moist, and use every means to secure rapid vigorous 

 growth. This will not be obtained, however, unless all 

 is right at the root, therefore attend well to watering, 

 and never allow any of the plants to become pot bound. 

 Give air moderately to young stock, and shut up early 

 in the afternoon, giving the plants a gentle wipe with 

 I the syringe, and the house a good steaming by wetting 

 j every available surface. Continue to pot a few suckers, 

 as they can be obtained of sufficient strength, and do 

 not allow too many to be produced by one plant, 

 as they weaken each other. Indeed we never allow 

 a sucker to grow to any size that is not likely to be 

 wanted for stock, and unless in the case of any scarce 

 sort, never more than two on a plant. Plants growing 

 in beds of soil must be very carefully attended to with 

 water, giving enough at each application to moisten the 

 whole body of soil ; for unless this is attended to, the 

 bottom of the bed will sometimes get quite dry, while 

 the surface is moist. Vineries. — The inside borders of 

 houses intended to furnish a late supply of Grapes 

 should be well soaked with manure water as soon as 

 convenient, so as to allow of their becoming dry before 

 the damp cloudy days of autumn set in, for damp will 

 be most injurious then, and anything likely to cause 

 it should be avoided. Muscats beginning to ripen 

 should be assisted with fire heat, for it is hardly possible 

 to ripen these properly at any season without artificial 

 heat ; and those for late use should be pushed on, so as 

 to get them ripe by the end of next month at the latest; 

 for those ripened later in the season are seldom of good 

 quality, and we have always found them to hang better 

 when ripened early in autumn than those that were 

 ripened later in the season. Figs. — The second crop 

 on the earliest trees will be fast advancing towards 

 maturity ; as soon as the fruit begins to ripen 

 the atmosphere should be kept dry and rather cool, 

 giving air freely every fine day, and using a little 

 fire on wet cloudy days, to prevent damp and allow of 

 a gentle circulation of air. Use every care to keep 



HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN G \R D FH 



The main breadth of Spinach for furnish £L^ 

 supply should be sown at once : also preoaw %S!Tr 

 winter Onions. Get a good breadth STX?* 

 Endive planted out for the autumn supply T? m 

 some hardy sort of Lettuce for planting ^1^! 

 south walls, or m frames, to come in after the fewf* 

 off the out-door supply. Dig down exhausted pfi 

 tions of Strawberries, and get the ground phJKS 

 winter stuff, if there is not already sufficient of |? 

 planted ; and make a further sowing of Turnips, if «w 

 are likely to be scarce before the winter is over a2 

 to cutting and drying herbs as they are ready, and dot! 

 allow Shallots to remain in the ground after the tZ 

 die down, as, in the event of wet weather they 2 

 make fresh roots, which prevents their keeping & 

 good breadth of Cabbage planted thickly in rich n«2 

 to furnish winter greens. *^^ 



STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAlLo^n, 

 For the week endintf Aujr. 2, 1S55, as observed at the HomolM c» 



July and 

 August. 



Fxida> .7 

 Satur. £8 

 Sunday :9 



Mon.. 30 

 Tues. 31 

 W ed. 1 

 Thura. B 



Average . 





13 



14 



O 

 16 



17 

 18 



Babombtbe. 



TxMrKaATUftl. 



Max. 

 29t7S& 



w -!9.s;6 

 :<i 927 



2'J 87 2 

 £9.-;0 



29.853 



29.824 



29.819 



Min. 



29.8 12 

 29.8,-0 



S9 8J9 



29-828 



29.7 J 6 



29.773 



29.7-8 



29.802 



01 the Air. .OltheEt- 





2d ax. 



Min. 



to 

 72 



.7 



75 



71 

 74 



7G 



Mean- 1 ,* 001 W 

 i deep, deep 



e 



6! 



t« 



49 



62.0 



64 



50 



fil.0 



64 



53 



65.0 



64 



6* 



65.0 



6b 



42 



56.5 



Si 



54 



64.0 



67 



5U 



6:*.0 



68 





m 



■ 



w. « 



W. 



July 





Aug. 



The hifcheat temperature durins? the above period occurred o* tfc l*i* 



the foliage clean and healthy, and clear of insects, I W42- therm. 93 deg. ; and the lowest ontueeth, isM-aem.***. 



27— Overcast ; cloudy ; heavy clouds aud ihowen. 

 2s— CJoudy; hc*vy showers; cloudy. 

 29— Very tine throughout; cloudy at night. 

 30— Slight haze; very line; overcast; rain. 

 31— Heavy rain ; cloudy ; clear and fine atnisjht. 



1— Fine; v-ryfine; densely overcast ; slight rain. 



2— Very fine; heavy rain at 6 p.m ; clear. 

 Mean temperature ot the week 1 1-ath deg. below the i«erap. 



KECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 

 During the last 29 years, for the ensuing week, endm* Auy. It.lti. 



Greatest 

 Quantity 

 of Rain. 



0.43 iD 



C57 



0.26 

 0.4(» 

 1.(6 

 0.78 







§S* 



* 2- 



No. of 



August. 





fc*2 



* S 



Years in 





V tt <y 



*R& 





which it 





<&** 



*-*** 



*■*-* k^ 



Rained. 



Sunday 5 



73.1 



52.8 



f2.9 



14 



Mon. 6 



72.2 



62.0 



62.1 



12 



1 ues. 7 



74.2 



50.9 



6'2.5 



9 



tt ed. 8 



75 .3 



49.6 



62.i 



10 



Tuu. 9 



75.2 



51.0 



6-i.l 



10 



Frid. K) 



75.1 



526 



63.8 



13 



Satur. 11 



74.S 



51.7 



w$ 



14 



frtvailuw V* tit 



**; 



- 14; 



i ■:- * - 



\ 1- 5 if i- 



13 2- J 



1- ! I i 



jwd substance. A similar award was also made to Fetnnia 

 Herroione, from Mr. George Smith. This is of a greenish blush 

 olour, curiously and regularly spotted and marked with light 

 purple. The flowers are large and well formed, but rather flimsy 

 in texture. Verbena Sir E. Lyons, from Mr. Todman, received a 

 Label of Commendation. It is of a dull purplish colour, and 

 in habit very like the old blue variety called Emma. Several 

 extremely well-grown plants of what are termed Camellia 

 J;alsams were furnished by Mr. Smith, of Dulwiph, and very 

 handsome things they must be admitted to be. Among them 

 were blush, purple, and scarlet kinds, and scarlet mottled with 

 white, and when we state that many of the flowers measured 

 quite 2j inches across and an inch deep, some idea of the kind of 

 display they made may be conceived. Their only fault was that 

 they were scarcely suthciently advanced in bl >< in. Calceolarias 

 and cut Roses came from Mr. Cole, and Mr. Turner, of Slough, 

 had beautiful collections of Carnations and Picotees. The last 

 !?*>iued grower had also some Dahlias and Hollyhocks. 



Its trusses were u of very 'large ; but the pips were of good form and do not crowd the young shoots. Melons. — Plants 



on which the fruit is ripening should be kept dry at the 

 root, and freely exposed to air on fine days, avoiding 

 moisture in the atmosphere as far as can be done 

 without injury to the other plants. Do not allow 

 the bottom heat to decline where the fruit is setting, 

 which is a frequent cause of the young fruit dropping 

 off. Keep a watchful eye on the foliage, and guard 

 against red spider, which, if once allowed to establish 

 itself, can hardly be removed without greatly injuring 



the tender foliage. 



»* * 





Notices to Correspondents, 



ABBOKIA umbellata : F K. The time at which ^* **■ 

 depends upon the treatment it receives. Although htm* 

 does best under glass, and then flowers in the spring. «■ 

 a shy plant, and very easily lost. 



Asphalte Floors: J A. It is not improbable thtttk*«" 

 your leaves to drop off if any smell remains pe«epttWJ-«r 

 posing always that no other cause can be assigned, *en » 

 sudden exposure to unaccustomed dryness. 



Budding Knife. We have received a new form of IW ™£ 

 m «„t f designated "John Turner^ ^In ;P roved hud^ 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the ensuing wet.) 



1PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Conservatory, &c— Now that there is a profusion 



of flowers out of doors, it will not be possible to 

 maintain the interest of this house, except by keeping it 

 furnished with handsome specimens of showy plants in 

 first-rate condition ; and, with proper convenience, this 

 is no difficult matter at this season. ^Nothing, therefore, 

 should be brought here at present that is not a fair 

 specimen, and well bloomed ; nor should a single plant 

 be allowed to remain a day here after it begins to get 

 shabby, for it seems a waste of means, and certainly 

 betrays bad management somewhere, to occupy glass 

 structures with plants of inferior interest to snen as are 

 plentiful in the open air. It is not desirable in our 

 opinion, however, to crowd the house with flowering 

 phut?, but the aim should rather be to have a moderate 

 number of handsome specimens effectively arranged, 

 which, while flowers are so plentiful out of doors, will 

 be vastly more interesting and pleasing than a larger 

 amount of floral display from plants of no individual 

 interest or merit. This kind of display may be agree- 

 able enough at a season when flowers are scarce, but it 

 is useless to hope to maintain the interest of a house at 

 this season by this kind of management. A thin 

 arrangement of the pot specimens will also be 

 advisable, on account of the permanent occupants 

 of the beds or borders, which at this season 

 should be allowed plenty of space, in order to secure 

 strong well ripened wood ; for unless this is obtained 

 they will not bloom finely. Look over former directions, 

 and use every means to keep insects in check, and to 

 make order and neatness conspicuous in the arrange- 

 ments of this house. Stove.— Such of the inmates here 

 M are intended for the decoration of the conservatory 

 in autumn and early winter should be carefully looked 

 over, shifting such as are likely to want more pot room, 

 without unnecessary loss of time, so as to get the pots 

 well filod with roots before their flowering season. Also 

 keep the shoots tied out rather thinly, and expose the 

 plants to as much sunshine as they will bear without 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



Now that the effect of the present arrangement of 

 the colours in the beds can be fairly seen, there is an 

 excellent opportunity for noticing any mistakes, and 

 determining upon the arrangements for next season, and 

 this should be done without delay. When it is decided 

 what each bed is to be occupied with next season, a 

 plan of the garden should be made, writing the names 

 of the plants on the beds according to the arrange- 

 ment decided upon. This will be of the greatest service 

 in showing at any time what quantity of each kind 

 of plant has to be propagated ; and unless some method 

 of this kind is adopted, it not unusual to find at 

 planting out time that there is a scarcity of some things 

 and too many of others, whereas, those who have 

 their plan to refer to can tell at a glance the exact 

 number required of everything, and avoid mistakes in 

 getting up too many of one thing and too few of another, 

 and all the anxiety and confusion of working without a 

 well defined object in view. Dahlias are growing very 

 rapidly, and will require to be gone over frequently to 

 keep the side branches securely tied in ; for when left 

 untied, they are readily broken off by a thunder-storm. 

 Hollyhocks must also be securely tied to their stakes. 

 Continue to remove dead flowers from Roses, and 

 gave plenty of manure water to the autumn-blooming 

 varieties. Plant out rooted cuttings of Pansies, ccc, in 

 nursery beds in a shady situation, keeping them well 

 watered if the weather proves dry until they get esta- 

 blished. Finish budding Roses at once, if not already 

 done, and also get border Carnations, Picotees, and 

 Cloves layered without farther loss of time. 



'.FLORISTS' FLOWEU3. 



Take care that Carnations and Picotees do not suffer 

 from drought. Layering may be commenced with those 

 shoots sufficiently long. Cross breed flowers which 

 have the desired properties ; the anthers will be found 

 low down in the calyx. The operation is a pleasing one 

 and attended with but little difficulty. Mark seedlings, 

 which promise well, and pull up those which are not up 

 to the mark. Plant out Pink pipings, and put in a 

 second crop of cuttings ; these will often strike root, and 

 make better plants than the early ones. Look over and 

 divest of their loose skins the bulbs of Tulips. Arrange 

 the rows of the bed so as to be ready for planting. 

 Discard all impure flowers, whether stained in the base 

 or on the stamens ; whatever good qualities the flower 



I may possess, these defects render it utterly worthless. \ 



Its peculiarity consists in a grooved hook ^openiBg£ 

 or the stock after the usual incisions have ^JL mU 

 blade is not essentially different in form trom some oujj 

 common use. The hook which is fixed at the ti ff «W» 

 handle resembles the curved beak of Borne bird, ^ 



or a ridge along the upper side of **^>™$to,U 

 instrument, a groove, narrow and shallow at uy£ 

 wider and deeper towards the neck ot t he curve. _.wj, 

 this contrivance bark may be opened » |j^%25 J&t 

 the instrument may he inserted, and wit ^ ? ^^ru* 



down the perpendicular incision. But th s poffli u ^ 



the ba.k on each side of the cut; the bread -Wfe^ 

 tended to do that. But being circular before 1 tte 

 part of the beak can be introduced, the P^S^rfftt 

 incision about half an inch, ^d M ? rlyiui m^^ * 

 edges of the grooved part o the insti ™f/^ 



?r the cambium, the dehcate organtoau^ 01 ^^^ 

 « consequence, greatly injured, lhe *»^ u pbtf 

 ikiifol bidder, used no ins trument to .plough ^ ^ 

 is any needed ; he mere y h/ted it ^"^ use the 

 edge of his thumb; or it he ^^^Botwtt* 

 handle of the budding knife, be bid ^ k ca ^ ot app ear»> 



bed ot cambium a P^^^^^^^tuddiBg **% 

 been thought ot by the makers ot new ^ p ^ ^ j* 

 and which has most especially been torgu 



vance before us. , * Capp* 3 ^ ^fUL 



Capers: Tyro. These are the fl ^ e f*^by&tf 



It y u eat what are ^}^yf^^&. » 



ovtr 



\0 



y 



here 



you 



should be pickled whe » 8Ull ^; M "r tt ^ t 'beci*tltf f E 

 Cowslip Wine: /JT* ^KtS^k- r**** 



not sufficiently tc ™? l /£^£^ 



an art not to be taught b 7 recl ^° r J ce between JJ^ % 

 Peas: JF. There is w^^ vft riety tW« 



suear Vea and the well know" ;*| {n ^ £»» 



preferred by those who .fjf 6 ^^^ 



English shelled and boiled &"{ ^-^J R. H»*Tt0 



ai«"r ioqulrlee of this .kind V^^t «+*£ 

 to name single pods of Feas ou ba ve ** 



them when growing in masses, 

 kind of green marrow. . voa^otg• cl, ^ 



S ^ Hot Watcb. Since cbeane-^^ „ 



t* 



Tank 



R MOT *!.»*"»• ■" , , el l put 10, 



**■! 



%» 



Minor and the ^^ U K find «»*««$, *Z * 



mountain plant 



Plate XXVII, P v « » ttewuSm you spe*** *"^ 



sonese, and shows t b at the vai 



Inkermann to Balaklava. „ 



n^kins their KT-wth. It « ^ by th e m«J d ' j,*i "5 



next April. You may wove tie / t*« n jSiff «C 



,. A* nLi, tnany comrnunje.^h tU , u-n^JSjJJ 



'and other* are unW« **„ U g the ?fSi^^ 



can be made. We ,™l St t he insertion 

 numerous correspondent, tne 



contri bu tions ia atill delayea 



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of *** 



