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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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pja:»i5 m vigorous heal til, as it might cause them 10 grow 

 too freely, and late in the season for their blooming 

 finely ; also see that specimens of Camellias planted in 

 the border are not allowed to get too dry at the root, 

 after they have set their buds, as this is the great cause 

 of the buds drooping ; but in the case of young vigorous 

 plants, it will probably be requisite to keep them 

 very sparingly supplied with water for some time after 

 their buds are set, in order to prevent their making a 

 second growth ; but this must be done cautiously, so as 

 to avoid the opposite extreme, and plants that are at 

 all likely to make a second growth should be freely ex- 

 posed to light and air as soon as their wood is made. 

 Look well to the stock of plants for autumn flowering, 

 and afford these every necessary attention. Do not 

 allow Chrysanthemums to suffer for the want of 

 water, and those that have well filled their pots 

 with roots should be liberally supplied with strong 

 liquid manure ^o promote vigorous growth, and 

 preserve the foliage in good condition. Keep the 

 niiocts thin by lying our, &c, and Jook sharply after 

 mildew, applying sulphur the moment it is perceived. 

 Seeds of the herbaceous Calceolarias ought to be sown 

 at once if not already done ; but we have now so many 

 showy and handsome shrubby varieties, and these are 

 so easily managed plants, and useful for decorative 

 purposes, that the former, beautiful as they are, are 

 hardly worth the trouble they cost. The shrubby 

 varieties should be closely cut back after flowering, 

 placing them in a shady situation out of doors until 

 they break, and then be repotted, clearing away as 

 much of the old soil as can be done without greatly 

 injuring the roots. After repotting they may be 

 placed in a cold frame, merely to guard them from 

 heavy rains until the roots get hold of the fresh soil ; 

 but if strong bushy plants are desired they must be 

 kept cool and airy at all times. Get the wood of 

 Pelargoniums well ripened by removing the plants to 

 a sunny situation out of doors as soon as they have 

 done flowering, and keeping them rather dry at the 

 root ; for unless the wood is well matured before 

 cutting back, there will be some danger that the 

 plants will not break satisfactorily. Put iu cuttings of 

 Fuchsias, which if grown iti a gentle heat througb/the 

 winter, will make line flowering specimens for next 

 season. Stove. — The twiners here should be kept 

 within due limits after this season, in order to prevent 

 their shading the house too much ; for although a thin 

 shade during bright sunshine will be of great service 

 to most of ihe inmates of this house, a constant shade 

 will be most injurious to the great majority. Achimenes, 

 Gloxinias, &c, which have done flowering for the season, 

 should be placed in a light part of a rather cool house, 

 or a cold frame kept close, and moderately supplied 

 with water for some time, and not dried off at once, 

 as is frequently done to the great injury of the tubers. 

 Attend to tying out the shoots of young specimens of 

 bard- wooded things, so as to keep them thin, and admit 

 Jight, in order to secure short-jointed strong growth. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pineries.— The plants intended to furnish the winter 

 and spring supply of fruit must be treated with con- 

 siderable care and judgment, in order to insure their 

 showing at the proper time, or rather to do all that can 

 be done to insure this, for the most experienced growers 

 cannot always succeed in getting plants to fruit at the 

 desired time. Attend to previous directions on this 

 point, and continue to select the most promising plants, 

 keeping them dry at the root, and fully expo&ed to light 

 so as to check their growth, and induce a comparative 

 state of rest for a few weeks. And those that have 

 well-matured their growth, if wanted to fruit at once, 

 should be kept close and warm, affording them a brisk 

 bottom heat, and properly moistening the soil about the 

 roots. Those intended to supply ripe fruit late in 

 spring, if not considered sufficiently strong, may be 

 encouraged to grow freely for some time yet, as if these 

 can be got to show in November, they will be suffi- 

 ciently early. Attend carefully to plants swelling their 

 fruit, giving plenty of manure water at the root, and 

 keeping the atmosphere warm and moist. In the pre- 

 sent state of the weather a considerable amount of tire- 

 heat will be indispensable where the fruit is ripening. 

 Attend carefully to the watering of recently potted 

 stock, as if too much is given the fresh soil is apt to 



*bacorae sodden, and if too little the old ball becomes so 

 <ky that it is not easy to get it properly moist again, 



-.and in either case the check the roots sustain frequently 

 throws the plants into fruit prematurely. Get all 

 succession stock requiring more pot room shifted as soon 

 as circumstances will allow, in order that they may be 

 well established in their pots before winter. Vineries. — 

 The long-continued wet sun-cloudy weather is by no 

 means favourable for Grapes that are ripe and expected 

 to hang in good condition for a longtime, and where the 

 borders are of a strong adhesive nature, it will be advis- 

 able to cover with something to throw off the unusual falls 

 ot ram which we are experiencing ; but where the soil 

 of the border is of a light nature, and such that the 

 water will dram through it freely, this will be unneces- 

 sary. Use gentle fires where the fruit is colouring, with 

 a moderate circulation of air, and on line days too much 

 air can hardly be given at this stage. In the present 

 state of the weather fire heat will also be necessary 



„ . , . . . - Tlle wood will probably be 



well ripened in the early house, and the foliage turning 

 brown, and in this case it will be desirable h.re also to 

 prevent the border getting saturated with wet If this 

 houso requires painting or any other repair., this should 



be attended to as soon as the state of the'weather will 



where the fruit is swelling. 



permit, while the house can be thrown open, and such 

 work done more conveniently and much better than at 

 any other season. Peaches.— The wood will probably 

 be ripe in the early house by this time, but it will be 

 advisable to keep the top sashes up at night until we 

 have more settled weather, so as to prevent the borders 

 getting saturated by rain. Give all the air possible, 

 however, by the front ventilators, and keep the house 

 cool and airy during the day. Give trees from which 

 the fruit has just been gathered a good washing with the 

 engine to clear the foliage of dust, &c. Melons.— 

 Plants in dung frames will require considerable atten- 

 tion in the present state of the weather. Keep the 

 bottom-heat as regular as possible, and endeavour to 

 secure sufficient warmth from the linings to allow of 

 giving a little air to prevent damp. Water very cau- 

 tiously, and only when a fresh supply is absilittfy 

 necessary, and then give enough to moisten the whole 

 mass o p soil. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



The propagation of next season's bedding stock should 

 be commenced at once, and gone about with the utmost 

 possible expedition until every cutting is got in so as to 

 ensure having strong and well established plants before 

 winter, and this without the being under the necessity 

 of keeping* them so close and warm as to induce weakly 

 growth. The wintering of bedding stock is generally a 

 somewhat difficult matter, but the difficulty is often 

 greatly increased through the cuttings being put in too 

 late in the autumn to allow of having strong stocky 

 plants before winter. It is doubtless true that the con- 

 venience for wintering bedding stock is insufficient in 

 many cases, but however good the convenience may be 

 the cuttings should be rooted early in the autumn, for 

 many of our favourite bedding plants are troublesome 

 subjects to carry over the winter with the best accom- 

 modation, unless properly prepared, whereas plants that 

 are well established by the end of September and can 

 be freely exposed to the open air on every favourable 

 opportunity after that time, are by no means difficult to 

 carry over the winter. Cuttings of such things as 

 Anagallises and Nierembergias should be afforded a 

 gentle bottom heat, and if this can be commanded with- 

 out too much top heat, it will encourage the emission of 

 roots in less time, without drawing or weakening the 

 cuttings. Hollyhocks are unfortunately somewhat 

 tedious to propagate, • and do not afford cuttings very 

 freely, consequently they are not over plentiful about 

 most places. The choice sorts should be looked^over 

 frequently, putting in cuttings as they can be obtained, 

 as autumn-rooted cuttings make prime strong plants for 

 flowering the following summer, whereas those rooted 

 in winter and spring often bloom but poorly the first 

 season. Plants from which cuttings are wanted should 

 be liberally supplied with manure water, mulching ihein 

 with r.otten dung in the event of dry weather, which 

 will assist in promoting a vigorous habit of growth and 

 inducing the formation of young shoots. See that these 

 and Dahlias are secure against a sudden storm of wind. 

 Go over the masses of Verbenas, &c, frequently, for the 

 purpose of regulating the height, &c, and preserving 

 the appearance of order and neatness over the whole 

 garden. Get Stocks for spring flowering sown at once ; 

 also transplant Brompton and Queen Stocks to where 

 they are to bloom, or, if this cannot be done, plant in 

 nursery beds, allowing them plenty of space, in order to 

 induce a stocky habit. 



ijHARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 



It is now too late for this season to prescribe a 

 remedy for the Gooseberry caterpillar, but while the 

 subject is exciting attention it may be worth while to 

 state that syringing the affected trees with a decoction 

 of Foxglove leaves will be found a certain cure. The 

 Gooseberry and Currant trees here have escaped the 

 pest this season, until some three weeks since, and then 

 the caterpillars made their appearance so suddenly and 

 in such force, that every leaf would have been devoured 

 before all the hands at command could have saved them 

 by picking off the insects. A quantity of Foxglove leaves 

 were procured and steeped in a boiler of boiling water, 

 and the decoction drawn off and sprinkled over the 

 affected trees with a fine-rose syringe, taking care to 

 wet the under sides of the leaves. The following day 

 the insects generally seemed weak and inactive, and on 

 the third day after dressing the trees very few were to 

 be found alive, and any that may have escaped did no 

 further perceptible damage. Therefore, where Fox- 

 glove leaves can be obtained, these afford a ready means 

 of getting rid of this troublesome pest. Most fruit trees 

 are growing very freely, owing to the moist state of the 

 soil, and Peaches, &c., must be looked over occasionally. 

 Winter Onions should be sown at once, also Caul iflowers 

 for the early crop next season, a small bed of pickling 

 Cabbage, Brown Cos, and some hardier sorts of Lettuce 

 to stand the winter. The tops of the main crop of Onions 

 had better be laid down if they are inclined to be too 

 rank, going over the bed with a w ooden-headed rake, 

 and pressing the tops down sufficiently to check further 



Plant out a good breadth of Endive on well- 

 enriched soil of a light dry nature ; also see to pro- 

 viding a good supply of Lettuce, &c, for autumn use. 

 Attend to Celery, keeping it well supplied with water in 

 dry weather, giving it as much manure water as can be 

 spared for it, and keep the early crop rather closely 

 earthed up. Vacant ground, or that which can be 

 cleared of early crops, may still be planted with winter 

 stuff, first giving it a good dressing of manure and a 

 good deep digging. Stir the surface of the soil amom 

 growing crops. Cut Box edgings, aud keep every corner 

 I clean and neat.^ 





growth. 



STATE OF THE WE ATI] 



^tfi^W^yj^g ggfftf^g^ 



Kriday '6 



Satur. 4 



Sunday 5 



Mon.. 6 



Tuea. 7 



Wed. * 



Thurs. S 



Average . 

 Aug. 



ABOMBTHR. 



20 

 22 



:4 



26 



Max. 



•:97s> 



i'i>.7 1 3 

 3<n»22 

 1 0C : 

 r9.7.S5 

 2V.6bO 

 2U.91S 



29.813 



Mi 



n. 



29.639 

 29.(>fi 4 



£9.929 

 29.866 

 29.f.G4 



89.626 



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TajIMlAT,,^ 



Max. Mia. Mean » «oot 2^ 



74 



52 



72 



53 



73 



41 



73 



90 





56 



72 



51 



71 



33 



29 745 i 72.8 



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57 

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65. i 



54.5 



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«7 

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63 





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61 



61 

 (1 



*M 1 67.7 



1 5-t, 



3- Very tine throughout. 

 4-Fine; cloudy; alight rain ; fine. 



J-y, c «Z flue . J he »*y > cold dew at nieht. 

 fi-Lniiormly overcast; fine; rain at ni RQ t 

 <-Uoudy and hot ; very fine ; cloudy ; hea\r M t. 

 H-Ra.n ; thuuder half past U*JU ■ exri>«u, J f?** 

 9-Fine; very fine ; clear and cold ' %*£%'&»* ' 

 Mean temperature ot the week t* deg. below tSiJIl 1 



«««. 



RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHlswirr 

 During the la.t 29 yeara, for ^^^tA^l^ u 



August. 



Sunday 12 



M on. 13 



Tuea. 14 



VV ed. 1 j 



Thu. 16 



Frid. 17 



Satur. lrt 





74.3 

 73.1 

 71 B 



72-7 

 72.9 



73.1 



73.6 



*• & k 



51.5 

 50.4 

 51.0 

 50.4 

 52.4 

 50.9 

 51.9 



a o. 



sa 



« 



S£ 



f2.9 

 Sl.fi 



61.4 



61.6 

 62.6 

 62.0 

 62.7 



No. of 

 I ears in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



10 

 14 

 9 

 11 

 12 

 16 



11 



Greatest 



Quantity 

 of Rain. 



P.47 in. 



1.14 

 f/8 

 0.61 

 0.58 

 76 

 0.38 



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i To be .} liRheS an t f mpel * atl i re u d ^ rinf!: the ibw « period occurred w «* UA 

 1942- therm. 92 deg.; and the lowest on the 13th, 1 S39- therm 32 d^ ** 



Notices to Correspondents, 



Bees : Tassoygart. We are not acquainted with the mm I 

 stupifying bees with flax dipped in nitre. Who is ft 

 Burvoys ? If you will refer us to bis work, we will tuki 

 to ascertain. 



Collomia grandiflora : C. It is not uncommon for th» ra |m 

 apetalous. It is a plant which seeds very freely, and?* hi 

 sometimes seen the whole crop of one year apetalous, * 

 the next perhaps every calyx contains a pale buffcmOL Tar 

 plant was so crushed from the mode of packing, that it in^ft 

 possible to ascertain from the specimen what wjuitscwi- 

 tion. M.J.Ij. 



Fruit Tuees: Diss. For a wall, 160 feet long, you ot 

 the following : — Peaches : Royal George, Noblesse, B 

 and Barrington. Nectarines : Elruge, Tiolette Hi. 

 Halgowan; and the Royal and Moor park Apricots. A 

 distances each tree will have about 17 feet 9 inches of tl 

 length of waif. Then, as you intend to extend the ni 

 few years, your best plan will be to plant intermtf 

 for training to remove a Bellegarde, Royal Charlotte, m 

 Mignonne, and Acton Scott Peach; an Iniperatrice, Dot 

 aud Balgowan Nectarine; and a Moorpark and Turkey A 

 We are not aware of anything new more appropriate -. 

 If you will furnish us with your locality we will then git 

 the information you seek. Fruit trees that will suitowptf 

 of the country often will not succeed in another.^ 



Greenhouses: G W B. There is no sort of objection to ctofft 

 your Vine up to a tlrst flow before it enters yourpi* 

 house; and if you can obtain a Vine with ripe *m 

 euongh to pass inside the ground flour, let it do so. h 

 yc.ur Vine is to make its growth when it is planted Defer* 

 enters, then you must carry it up outside. What you mast aa 

 care of is that the border, or borders, no matter wiidriw 

 your Vines grow, are so placed as to be warme 

 aud at the same' time are not exposed to exc*five -7 > 

 in summer. The materials you propose to use Jor jm 



border are suitable. , 



Insects : W B G L. The beetles which have 



iwckictto 



is given in the Gardener* 1 Chronicle, iMt>, p."" ^ 

 for food that the beetles attack the young shoo«, » «o 

 should be picked off and burnt as soon as tb 

 slightest symptoms ot being infested The eg- 

 posited under the bark, and hence all *"*J*$%£. 

 should be moved as quickly as possible and the Wl^ 



, ._.nd iB* 



a small eiTent'with a small chesnut- ^^"^ ^^ 



but which we consider j ^^^ 



mischief.-./ W-n& ;use"ctsyou have «** »%* 



Althcra. The Hollyhock stems exhibit a J«8J JJ^* 

 neighbourhood of the crown, which we have fooDd «J § 



a small extern 



little black beetle; ..... — , \\>cnw"~ 



attracted to the wound after it was m ad* ™ d * 

 ,rlP« fmm the snecimens sent as to the origin* *r . 



idea from the specun 





boring *irex gigas, the history and "P^^ "^ 

 given in the Gardeners 1 Chronicle tor -ltoO, P- ^ ^ 



Microscope : P. S. A pocket lens with an men iocu> 



your purpose. . , ■,T-«« B r»flipipntlv^A t ^ 



JIIldot : 8 A. You may .Inst your y»f •*^ n $ prt « 

 dredeer- but if you di.-dike that, then S« "^"TL --*• 

 sulphnrat^ The Vines shouid be damped X* » 



sulphur to stick to them.J nhlieeJ to r * , " ,!, S 



Namks op Plants : We have been so . ofl :m oM«w w „ 

 decline naming heaps »' /ned or ^r pUnL. - 



to request our correspondents to recollect in , 



or could have undertaken an m^f^ipKWi 

 Young gardeners, to whom these remarks more f ^ 

 should bear in mind that, ^fore applymg »» ir .fera« 

 they should exhaust their other ™*" 3 °^ mi „/»nd * ' 

 We cannot save them the ; wuWeo r«» n }» t 

 for themselves; nor wouldit be deM»Me^ , t 



can do is to help them-«nd tliatn lottj » e 

 requested that, in future, «»t more » ^ndro^ «*£ 

 sent us at one time-Zf D. Apocji ADtb , 



native of the United States ?-*"££?. S8, Ge»n; « 

 nelortl; 116, Astragalus ch.onophjIUN^c 

 lobum;3.; (Jeranium tuberosum.- H e.r it 



from -New Zealand. „ A *««v what inset* y 



Orange Tbbm i W W. You do no say *n ^ 

 " The imect." If it « the scale you m 

 scrubbing with water *tl80*-M» ^ ^ **Im0 



,„r,= . j r n Your small pnud « u • ■ , <t ,„, ins0 mU 



,rnst tO IW"^ 



Ponds : J E G. Your ^^gg^ to runcons 



slime until a stream 01 waici « 



for the present. -- - a + ^^ 



be pulled up with advantage. , . g tr s*b^ 



rRAWBKBKiF.s: " nnuhledat/. The ^^ Ail0 o^ 

 you had from 





but its freshness and ^ t* " 



carriage, which similarly affect ^ ^ 



V^koItkdLaurkl:/^. A Laurel! whyit^ 



' vacated Euonymus Kf^^t % »«?$ S* 

 and leaves ot your \ lues are e* .&**&* 



and leave 

 deposit. 



Misc. : LJf. 



You 



can only send a : *^%$%'- 



*_* 



and then a pcetag. stamp W»J we^^n - 



LgW* 



*and others a r ^lavoidably «v-- . th6 



can be mad * * m "*\ffiJ%*>* ° { v ^ 

 numerous correspondents^ the 



contributions is still delayed. 





