^promotes ^^Jis effect is produced by poor 

 retained ; V*°*]fi?±eietote it appears to me likely 



THE GARDENERS- CHRONICLE. 



aTblossom i Colour of Hollyhocks affected by soil— I find that ■ : -" 

 ie branch ? transplanting Hollyhocks into soil containing a 



of lime, the blossoms become nearly blac' 

 gh they were previously of a light red. The lai 

 idi this was effected is on the gault formatioi 





it so? [t:, 



i ig its way d 

 Swing tEme tubes as before. One more inquiry 



the purpose of producing fruitfulness and flower buds ? 

 [Now.] and what time for improving the size, &c, of 



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closed up.] I think you said in one of the December 



lumbers* that you would furnish us with the expense 



• frames for Peaches &c, near the 



ides and ends. I should like to know 



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the frame would not be injurious. I observe that Mr. 

 Ker uses the precaution to place a net in front occasion- 

 ally. 1 do not understand his reason for covering the 

 bed with a strip of Asphalte felt in autumn to keep off 



growth. I should have thought it would have a con- 

 trary effect, by keeping in the warmth of the soil. [But 



- 

 when the soil is warm. Warm wet soil only pro- 

 ad of staying it.] My Louise 



Bonne oi J r,e : P irs, standard, grafted three <r f< iu 







*%***»> What 



/- ? /,-Intheyearl841I 



fas this caused by the lime or not ? G. S. Stoke, 

 Gardeners' Troubles.— The remarks of «< J. L. S," 

 , 38, seem to me much more likely to create aud aggra- 



3 not understand what he means by such terms as 

 opshop gardeners, pothouse gardeners, &c. ; but I 

 •heve that the treatment which gardeners and all 

 her servants generally receive from their employers 



jserfcs ; and the idea that gardeners are l-],u ,j mo- 



ving, he " wars on \ 



great pride in sending 



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as the gardener himse 





reason why gardeners 



should not pre; ■ 









would be afforded them for 



it. I would also beg 



■ " J. L S " in 



should serve his Celei 





only I suspect) at tab 







compliments 1 • 







of your Paper 



ee, and I 





received much benefit from its pages. I former] 







working portion of t 



sat body of vim 







feel ashamed to" belor 







life. If " Dodman," 





become their own gardeners, let it be to ; no one clai 

 a, right to gainsay them : but let not -Dodman ituen 

 to throw disgrace upon a body of men, si , , \ bee 



spondent, "J. L. S.," has raised a complaint aga' 



''>■• m,amed h\ 











; are frequently appended. 



the plant itself, in its pro] 

 iption. By omitting these 



inches deJn g T P r par ' d U " J! " a ' ,l ' > ti-t-i-elii.-^ H 

 vS ^<T T * Teens > rather light, but of g 

 Cels h a tUbs ' aDd ^Pec'ialK the Port, 

 fo 5nhu6he a s Ve n f7° ne Q e r Ceedin S , y well < and the8e " 



«WEr". Till ' ee > ear8 a 8°' however, I 



**<> years' T Cil & radu!i ''y increased, till, at i 

 nothing w ' 7 bu 



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°**uae thin? * aIama me is that l now " l " ' ' " " '" "'■ " " 



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V ^on%°{ the Seaton.—! gathered the com. 



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*»» at C t J also found r " " "' ' ? ' 



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n Il0 «, Bromley, Kent, Jan. 26. , put the m A** to perpetrate m 



Calendar of Operations. 



(Fur the cntiuny vcek.J 



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jd of preparmg 

 middle of April 



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