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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



Dftp ia excellently drawn, upon the scale of 7 miles to 

 an inch, and has been complied from materials of indis- 

 putable authenticity. 



The Hand Place-look (Blackie & Co.) is a curiosity, 

 bur. a useful one. In a volume 2J inches wide, 3? lon£, j 

 and 1 inch thick it trlls the reader the county, area, 

 population of 15,000 places in Great Britain and 

 Ire' >d, with a great deal more statistical information 

 which it is very convenient to be able to refer to. 



plants are in bloom, or the fruit approaching maturity. 

 Use strong clean manure-water in a te P i(l * tate * or 



plants swelling fruit, but do not get the .soil too wet. 

 The temperature for the growing stock shduld now be 

 regulated very much by circumstances ; keeping them 



active 



doors, and as their roots will be preserved in an 

 state, very little forcing will be necessary to excite th«-m 

 at the proper time. The fruit stores will still remir 

 careful attention, and the fruit must be frequently look*? 

 over, removing any that are found to be tainted with 



ently where it can be done without drawing decay. Many of the best autumn Pears will 



Garden Memoranda. 



Horticultural Society. — Sale of Orchids and othei* 

 Plants — The following are among the more remarkable 

 prices realised by Mr. Stevens an this occasion. Lot 

 150, Phalsennpsis amabilis, the magnificent specimen 

 winch Mr. Fortune sent home from the Philippines, 

 68J Ls. (Duke of Devonshire); Lot 300, Lcelia super- 

 bieus, still attached to the block of wood on which it 

 was found growing in the forests of Guatemala, and 

 pre My the finest specimen of a living Orchid in 

 Europe, having 220 pseudo-bulbs, and being 17 feet in 

 cifc&mferenee, 'Ml. Ins. ( — Fairrie, Esq., Liverpool); 

 .Lot 241 1 Den d rob i urn speciosum, a very fine plant, with 

 J 24 pseudo-bulbs, and measuring 4.v feet in diameter, 

 10/. (Duke of Devonshire); Lot 50, Trichopilia coccinea, 

 Aruectochilus xanthophyllus, and Sarcolabium gutta- 

 tum, 191.; Lot 53, an Aerides, 19/. 10s.; Lot 130, 

 Vanda tricolor, a handsome specimen of a fine variety, 

 11/.; Lot 29G, Lam'a anceps, 10/.; Lot 230, Cattleya 

 Skinneri, 91; Lot 236, Lycaste Skinneri, 8/. 10$.; Lot 

 240 5 GfctogyM cristata, 8/. iOs. ; Lot 84, Cattleya 

 maxima, 91; Lot 44, Angroecum eburneum, a very flue 

 plant, 71. 15s.: Lot 51, Aerides Roxburgh!, the Ceylon 

 Variety, 5/.; Lot 86, Leelia anceps and Renanthera 

 ooccinea, Of. 15s.; Lot 96, two unnamed Aerides, 4/. 10s.; 

 Lot 101, Sophronitis cernua, 3/. 7s. 6d. ; Lot 110, 

 a very fine plant of the large flowered variety of Onci- 

 dium ampliatum, 41. 10s. ; Lot 129, the best" variety of 

 '■Oncidium gutratum, 4/. 10s.; Lot 176, Odontoglossura 

 gruitle, and Dinema polybulbon, 41. 5s. ; Lot 191, 

 Cattleya pallida, a fine specimen, 5/. 5s. ; Lot 200, 

 /Lycaste aromatica and Trichopilia suavis, 51. ; Lot 203, 

 Sobralia, a dwarf variety of S. macrantha, 3/. 5s. ; Lot 

 CIO, Cattleya labiata atropurpurea, 41. 15s. ; Lot 214, 

 Maxill&ria rufescens and Lselia Perrini, 5/. ; Lot 221, 

 Masdevallia coccinea, most rare and beautiful, 6/. ; 

 Lot 249, Oncidium pulvinatum, and Blandy's variety 

 of Deiidrobium nobile, 41. ; Lot 251, the rare and mag- 

 nificent Epidendrum myrianthum, 41. 15s. ; Lot 293, 

 Oncidium Skinneri, a very fine plant, 41. ; Lot 19, Brasa- 

 vol a Digbyana, 3/. ; Lot 30, Laeh'a acuminata, U. 10s. ; 

 Lot 90, L. erubescens, 21. 12s. 6d. ; Lot 49, Aerides 

 odoratum, 21. I2s. ; Lot 116, Cattleya crispa, 21. ]5s. ; 

 Lot 144, Barkeria spectabilis and Skinneri, 21. ; Lot 

 223, Oncidium varicosum, 21. 10s. ; Lot 243, Dendro- 

 bium album and Miuonia Russelliaua, 21. ; Lot 

 259, two unnamed Aerides Eria sp., Dendrobium 

 iimcifolium, and Bolbophyllum,| 21. 8s. ; Lot 260, 

 Epidendrum corii folium, very rare ; Caelogyne fuligiuosa 

 and Oncidium bicallosum, 21. ; Lot 12,' Phyllocactus 

 anguliger, a fine specimen, 21. 2s. ; Lot 28, Delabechea 

 auatralts, the rare Australian Bottle tree, and Antiaris 

 toxicaria, the deadly Upas tree of Java, 3/. ; Lot 212, 

 -Myristica moschata, the true Nutmeg tree, 21. 12s. 6d. ; 

 Lot 218, the very rare yellow dwarf Jaffna Cocoa-nut, 

 from Ceylon, 61. \5s. ; Lot 208, the green dwarf Jaffna 

 Cocoa-nut, 61. ; Lot 148, Ceroxylon Andicola, the Wax 

 Palm, 41. 15s. ; Lot 283, a magnificent specimen of the 

 tree Fern, Cibotium Schiedeannm, 12/.; Lot 284, a small 

 specimen of the same, 21. 12s. 6d. ; Lot 286, Araucaria 



Cooki, 5/. 15*. ; Lot 288, A. Bidwilli, 51. 15s. ; Lot. 287, 

 j he rure Dauaraara ovat^, 4/, 



can be placed in a conspicuous situation, and correctlv 

 named. The late keeping kinds of Pears and Apple* 

 should be stored in a place by themselves, where thev 

 can be kept cool, and excluded as much as possible fro, 

 * u - **-*** and air. for these are apt to lose their brig! 



the light 



ness, and become very much shrivelled when kept in the 

 ordinary fruit room. 



STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON 

 ¥or the week ending 1 Nov. 8, 1855, aa observed at the Horticultural Garde, , 



-\ov. 



d 9 



a 



Friday 



Satnr. 



SuuJay 



Mon.. 



Tues. 



Wed. 



Thura. 



3 

 4 

 5 



7 



a 



:■: 



■24 

 25 



27 

 28 



BiROMKTRh. 



Averaire . 



Max. 



29.727 



30 121 

 30.1Si) 

 30. 1 18 



29.S>7 



29.5S7 



29.9:4 



Min. 



29.579 

 29.616 

 29.1'Si 

 30.161 

 29.9*8 

 29.6 -2 

 9.487 



Tkmpkraturk. 



Ol the Air. 



Max.. Min. 





29.7 >2 



47 



46 



46 



50 

 59 

 55 

 52 



34 



I 

 24 



29 



46 



43 

 57 



Mean 



405 

 .S9.5 



35.0 

 39 J 

 52.5 



49 

 39.5 



Of the Kant 



I toot 

 deep. 



5 h 



50 



50 

 50 



49| 

 49 



50 



2 tee 1 



deep. 



50 

 51 

 50 

 50 



49$ 



49$ 



50.7 I 33.7 I 42.2 I 49.8 50.0 



Wind. 









I 



N^W\ 



. 



N.E. 



Mi 



N.E. 



.01 



w. 



J 1 



s.w. 



J 



.w. 



.1 



fc.W. 



i 





in 



Nov. 2— Fine; overcast and cold; rain at night. 



— 3— l»ain ; showery; fine. 



— 4— Fine; rain in the evening; sharp frost at night, 



— 5— Clear early a.m.; i t S dense fog ; very fine; rain at night. 

 -— 6 — Fine; vetyfine; rain. 



— 7 — Overcast; cloudy; fine; rain. 



— 8— Constant heavy rain; fine at night; slight frost. 

 Mean temperature of the week 3 deg. below the average. 



RECORD UV Tlitf WEATHER AT CHISWICK.. 



During the la«t 29 years, for the ensuing week, ending Nov. 17, IH55. 



Nov. 



Sunday 11 



Mon. 1. 



lues. 13 



ed. 14 



Tim. 15 



Fn<j. 16 



Satur. 17 



1» bf 3 



*5* 



Ml 



33 2 



55h 



No. of 

 Years in 

 which it 

 Rained. 



Greatest 

 Quantity 

 of Rain. 



1.02 in. 



Pre 



vailing Wind 



h 



• 



2 



• 

 •• 



1 *i I • 1 • 



^H. ^^^^^^W ^^^^^^ _^^^^_ 



51 3 



37.1 



44.3 



13 



3- 



7 7 4 



1 



51 3 



ft.3 



43 3 



14 



0.5D 







m 



4 



4 • 



•1 /■ " 



.i 6 t 







50 7 



36.3 



4i.5 



16 



l .6§ 



— 







3 3 5 9i 3 



4 



4S.9 



34.9 



41.9 



16 



1.24 



5 



3 3 5 2 53 



•i 



4SS 



36.0 



42.4 



li 



0.34 



2 



4 32 



b 9 3 



1 



49.2 



34.0 



41.6 



12 



0.4! 



5 3 13 



5 64 



■ 



1 48.4 1 



1 3 1 .* 



41.8 j 



15 



0.40 



V : . 1 1 6 ; . 2 



The highest temperature duriuft the above period oecurreU on the 12th ■ 

 1341 — therm. 03 dc^.; and th*» lowest on the 16th, 1841— therm. 15 deg. 



Calendar of Operations 



{For the ensuing week.) 





PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



"Conservatory, &c. — Flowew have now become scarce 

 nut of doors, and will be more valued here in conse- 

 quence ; and e\vvy exertion should be used to keep this 

 house well furnished during the winter month*. It i 

 not so important, however, at this season that only 

 Vmndsome w«ll -grown specimens should be introduced, 

 as it is when flowers nre more abundant elsewhere, and 

 almost any gay-looking plant, however common, will be 

 "very acceptable in winter. But the use of such things 

 Is only tolerable where accommodation is insufficient to 

 grow a proper quantity of our best winter flowering 

 plants, and where there is a necessity for resorting to 

 the use of common things, every exertion should be used 

 to secure neat, trim, well -flowered specimens. For as 

 this class of plants is generally looked upon as being 

 only valuable while in flower, it is a very common 

 practice to bestow but little attention upon them in the 

 way ol staking, &o„ before placing them in the con- 

 servatory. Let Japan Lilies that have done flowering 

 be removed to wlure they can be kept dry ; a cool 

 vinery, where they will have plenty of light and air, 

 will be a suitable place for them until the foliage decays, 

 <&c. ; for, although these fine plants are hardy, and sub- 

 mit to almost any treatment, those who grow them 

 in perfection are very careful to well ripen the bulbs 

 iti autumn. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pineries.— Plants swelling their fruit, and those in 

 bloom should be assisted by a rather warm temperature, 

 but excess of^ moisture in the atmosphere must be 

 avoided at this dull season, particularly where the 



ifh 



growing gently where ic can oe umn> ffnuuMu 4ft ,uu 5 |uvu Vl A »x«.,j M1 lllc Ut - Sl aU uimn rears will nov 1 



or weakening the foliage. Keep the soil about the roots getting ripe, and it will add greatly to the interest of th 

 in as equable a state as to moisture as possible, for • fruit room if a portion of each of the sorts tit for use 



letting the soil get too dry at this season often results in ' —- ■ '-^ J : " : ' " 



the plants showing fruit prematurely in spring, and the 

 same is true with regard to the bottom-heat, which 

 must also be carefully attended to, keeping it moderate 

 but as regular as can possibly be done. Vineries. — 

 Where forcing is commenced about this time a rather 

 higher and moister temperature will be necessary to in- 

 duce the buds to start than would be the case at a more 

 natural season. There is no better means of securing 

 abundance of moisture and a gentle warmth than by plac- 

 ing a moderate quantity of stable manure on the inside 

 border, and turning this, &c., as may be required ; but 

 where the forcing houses are visited by the family, and 

 expected to be neat and orderly, this method is out of the 

 question, and the syringe and whatever other means of 

 a less objectionable character may be at command, 

 must be use*d instead. The night temperature, to begin 

 with, should range about 50° by fire-heat, raising it to 

 60 Q by day, or to 70° with the assistance of the sun. 

 Also endeavour to secure a little warmth for the roots 

 in the outside border, and if fermenting materials are 

 used, watch these narrowly, and endeavour by timely 

 additions and frequent turnings to secure a regular 

 gentle warmth of 60° or 65° at a foot below the surface 

 of the soil. And if fermenting materials are used, 

 there will be a great saving of labour, &c, by thatching 

 these with a good coat of something to throw off wet, 

 and preserve them from the weather. If plants in pots 

 or boxes are used for forcing at this season, they should 

 be placed in a mild bottom-heat, so as to excite a 

 healthy root action, which will cause them to break 

 more ireely and in less time than can be done without 

 bottom-heat. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



The few flowers that may remain on the bedding out 

 plants in even the most favoured localities are not worth 

 preserving any longer, and the beds should be cleared 

 at once so as to allow of getting them nicely trimmed 

 up for the winter. Where the extent of ground occu- 

 pied by " bedding out plants n in summer is considerable, 

 it is not always convenient to find spring flowering bulbs 

 to plant the whole of it with, and where this is the case, 

 very much may be done towards producing a cheerful 

 effect by a judicious use of small evergreens of a formal 

 or neat habit of growth. These can be prepared in the 

 reserve garden, to which they must of course be removed 

 every summer, and as they have to be shifted twice 

 every season they require no particular trouble to 

 remove them with perfect safety ; and beyond the labour 

 of moving them to and from the flower-garden, and a 

 few waterings after their spring shift, they involve but 

 little labour or expense. For this purpose we prefer 

 those that are perfectly hardy, and of a formal habit of 

 growth, or can be readily cut into any desired form, 

 such for instance as Arbor-virse, Cypresses, Junipers, 

 Yews, Tree Box, &c, and Laurustinus and the old 

 Mezereon, and some other Daphnes for their flowers. 

 The winter-flowering Heaths are also very suitable, as 

 are many other plants which might be mentioned ; but 

 we have indicated the kind of selection which we 

 think the best adapted for the purpose. We do not, 

 however, mean to recommend planting the beds closely 

 in winter with such things, for this would require a 

 very heavy stock, and involve a serious amount ot 

 labour, and all would produce no very striking result. 

 These should be planted so as to mark in the most dis- 

 tinct manner the outline of the garden and principal 

 figures. The beds can be much more cheaply planted, 

 and to better purpose, with such things as the early - 

 blooming Phloxes, Auemones, Tulips, Crocuses, Snow- 

 drops, Scillas, Gen tans, and many other spring-bloom- 

 ing plants, which are familiar enough to every gardener. 

 These involve no expense, after a sufficient stock of 

 them has been obtained, beyond the labour necessary 

 to remove them to and from the flower garden, and 

 to keep the ground clean in summer about such o\ them 

 as require a place in the reserve garden ; and with a 

 good stock of these, and a judicious use of a moderate 

 quantity of small formal evergreens, very much might 



be done to improve the ordinary winter and spring 

 appearance of the flower-garden. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Books: W ' H. No English book contains the information yon 

 seek. For Conifers consult Carriere Traite general des Coni- 

 leres ; for other trees Selby's British Forest Trees or Loudon's 

 Arboretum Britannicum. — IV 0. A new edition of Loudon's 

 Encyclopaedia of Gardening has been published this year, as 

 you will see by referring to our review of it at p. 76 of our 

 current volume.^ 



IIolcits sa.ccharatus i J P J/. Apply to Mr. John Henderson, 

 Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood, London. We doubt 

 whether it can be turned to profit in this country. 



IEOK -Gmwhouses : Band J. Your plants are attacked by the 

 soot fungus, Torula fumago, a terrible pest. Its presence is 

 owing— not to the iron roof of your house -but to want of 

 ventilation. It should be watched, and at its first appearance 

 Wftfthed with fresh made lime water, or soft soap and water, or 



dusted with sulphur. 

 Names of Fhuits : P II. 1, Ilollandbury; 2, Ilibston Pippm; 3. 

 Golden Noble; 4, Beauty of Kent; 5, Team's Pippin; 6> 

 Kttinette da Canada; 9, Dutch Mignonne; 10, Overripe, probably 

 Summer Thorie ; Brabant Bellefleur; 13, Broom Park; 14, 

 Bacon's Incomparable.— Eneas. Your Apple is the Waltham 

 Abbey Seedling; the Pear is Van Mods' Leon le ClerCj--x^, 

 D h. 1, Golden Keinette ; 2, Passe Colmar ; 3, Easter Beurre; 



4, Napoleon; 5, Beunv Kance. — A. 2, Buchanans bpnng 

 Beurre; ii, Bellissime d'Hiver; 5, Beurre dAremberg; b, 

 worthless; 9, Glou Morceau; 10, Ne Plus Meuris; 12, Brabant 

 IMlefleur; 14, Scarlet ( ttftoa; 15, Kirkes Lord Nelson; lb, 

 Blenheim Pippin; 17, appears to be the Dutch Mjgnonne. 

 L Q. 1, l-iormead Pearmain ; 4, Manks Codliu; 6, 10, Alexander, 

 7, 19 r Yorkshire Greening; 8, 16, 20, Dumelow s beediing, 

 1% Hunt House ; 15, Cockle Pippin ; 17, Rhode island (xree m n . 

 18, London Pippin: 22, King of the Pippins; 23, Y? te p. n „|f 



,e; 25, Ilollandbury; 27, French Crab; 28, ^ C ^S 

 •s,: 29, Seckel; 31, Burgermeester ; 32, Hessel; 3d,*iemiwi 



Beauty ; 34, Crassane. | i „f fl nHv 



Names of Plants : We have been so often obliged to reiuctan u 



nonne 

 1 'eai 



decline naming heaps of dried or other plants, that we ^ n ^ 

 to request our correspondents to recollect that we neve r 

 or coul l have undertaken an unlimited duty ot this vn. 

 Young gardeners, to whom these remarks more especially pi h 

 should bear in mind that, before applying to us for assistan , 

 thev should exhaust their other means of gaining 1I,!or h ;^ in£ 

 Wo cannot save them the trouble of examining and tmo^& 



or themselVes; nor would it be desirable if we could. 

 !i do is to help them - and that most willingly- ll " ^ 



f 



in 



OVNla: It V. From the appearance oi m« F- BW tree js 



r, we thiuk there h) no doubt that the wood ot yotn ■ 

 ienrlv rine to enable it to stand the winter in » ai 



HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 



The Strawberries in pots should now be placed in 

 their winter quarters. The common practice of stack- 

 it ig up the pots on their sides in sloping ridges is some- 

 what troublesome, and quite unnecessary for the protec- 

 tion of the plants. If the pots are placed in lines, at a 

 proper distance apart to allow sufficient space for the 

 foliage, and the spaces between the pots filled with 

 coal ashes or dry Fern, placing a slight covering of the 

 latter, or clean straw, upon the surface of the pots 

 under the leaves, the plants will winter equally well or 

 better than in ridges, and will present a neater appear- 

 ance without involving half the labour. Care should be 

 observed, however, to place the pots upon a thoroughly 

 drained surface, for frost is comparatively harmless in 

 the absence of moisture ; therefore a few inches of coal 

 ashes or lime rnbbish should be placed under the pots. 

 The best situation, however, for the portion of the 

 plants intended for forcing first, is a spare cold frame, ! 

 or near the glasa in a cool Peach-house, as they will be j 

 safer here than under any system of protection out of 



requested that, in future, not more than four plants ^ 

 sent us at one time.— Sylvanus. Your fungus is aV ?*j dln 

 species, J/t/dnum graveoltns, Delastre. It lias k eea . ^ 

 Wales bv .Mr. Halts, but we believe by no one else id v 

 Britain. Jf. J. B.~- W G. 1, Stipa pennata ; 2, Arundo 1&PW 

 — T Corder. CenUurea solstitialis and Silene conica. .^ 

 Pa t lovnia: 11 C. From the appearance of the piece o 

 sen 



su iently ripe 

 shire, unprotected.} m - . h(k Marie 



Peaks: Sub. Of the two sorts you mention we prefer tne 

 Louise t - p *3g in 



SEF.bs rOE New Zealand: // C C. Pack all your tT **fl m . 

 tolerably dry loam rammed tightly into a strong you . er 

 Do it thus. Put In a layer of loam 3 inches deep ; tnei ^. 

 of seeds one course deep; then loam enough to cov ^ 



then another course of seeds ; at last let tUe J re , De c ^ a t. s Rub 

 least of loam over alt and as much all round the wot t-^. 

 the Whitethorn berries in water till the pulp : » ^^ 

 drain them of superfluous water, and then pack tIl «™ bor der, 



Vines : Subscriber. It is a £ d plan to chamber a vn* ide; 



llaii.tmrghs or all Muscats would be to throw n'"" e ^. 'great 

 W - .ops J» Fou , : JJ- There "^.^S*, tr. 

 p„ c interest to Mm when we .nteilere ■ M ° forest 



happen to know that your statements about the »» 

 Vkw T ";U,/,>, Move them now. N.*** 11 



h« trained bv waiting till spring.* . 



ulcTjJL 2, V or L Payment by Post olbce jorfer. ^ ^ 



% . Aa u.ual, many communications have ^^f can be made. 

 \nd others are detained till the necessary inqu ^ ^ deutS , the 

 We must abo beg the indulgence ot those correspon 

 insertion of whose contributions is still delayed. 





