9—1840.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



the young leaves are apt to 

 - owth of the plan 



loMhe^ather, 



STrMiire* «■< tbe T re S! ,? ....'. „„l.H 



SSe, and placed as near the glass as possible ; 

 ElKpenSnre * the house to average from 55° 

 ,7d0 ! ' Fabr , with a rise of 10° by day of solar heat. 



Plenty of airwasto be given when tin, \><.,-.ti.ei .* I 



Sroit ; and while the plants were in a growing state 

 SEwi ^ * taken not *° kt them get t0 ° diy *' f ° r ' lf 



■ 

 ; De was considered to be of the greatest imports 



.; 

 ahoot waa°to be tied up, all the side branches being 

 allowed to grow without stopping, except in cases whe - 



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the others. As the plants advanced In s:ze, it was c 



old be thinned out, so as to adr 



Liquid manure was to be appli 



as soon as the plants began to bloom, provided they h 



filled the pots with roots ; if the plants began to flov 



Fumigating was recommended 

 formed, to keep down green-fly. 

 the end of June, lb 

 - 



rould be covered 







« given both night and day, i 



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:;i„: 



a the sliced Turnips, not unlike what would be if 

 _ 1 scoop had been used. I omitted to say that the 

 traps are put in my Strawberry beds, where many are 



of my finest ripened Strawberries they have sucked or 

 leaving only a part of the outside of the 

 - i. 

 who was tbe depredator, I offer this further proof. It 



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but when they i i i hose that were 



the finest, I have found them with holes, and sometimes 



all the pulp sucked or scooped out, leaving, as I have 



; art of the outside, and I fa 



r, on turning up the Grass 

 around the Strawberry plant, I have almost 

 found a snail underneath it ; add to this, upon 1 

 some of the plants dead or in a tickly state, I h.v. 

 up such plants, and found under or amidst the rot 

 of these snaii i | 1 1 amongst the 



tin spring for the faller 

 tead of at the side. They are sold by 



■ffiSSLSH? 



plate glass, stating a 



ship « Duke of Clare 

 o into the plantation 

 i) to take up about 2 

 i fruit on them, placi 



sent frosty weather give place to the mild weather 

 had during the latter end of January and February, 



fruit blossoms must suffer seriously, being brought 

 ward so far at this stormy season. Such days as the 

 h January, temperature 57°, and 15th Feb., tempe- 

 ure 60°., must have enticed the embryo bud 



expand. As it is, fruit buds must be greatly 

 akened. The fall of raia for the kMt two months has 



House, Banff: hire. 



Birds in Captivity.—^. 

 Onummtta] Poultry, whl 



. 



ed from my brother, 

 i from this place, not 

 ntrivance with which 

 low the great danger 



s of which I attribute 



■7, v . •.: .'■ 



spread two do2en slices of Turnips in a field \ 



*"*>wn Parenipsand planted ! 



zoning he brought me 186 slugs, which had si 



acd M I 7, SDa!j ' HlS back ia ot a darkish tinge 



traps o • ' ° f a d!rty white ' or brownish - Th< 



about i 1S - ? f Clrcul ar slices of white Turnip 



aunut7r * \t in ,hickne ss, and 3 or 4 inches in 



^T!niz i zi l ]Ti Tavn ^ a (the lar§ 



PWatad J CeS ° r tra F s - Each slice or tra P was 

 15 &«. The tr D a nt fr0m US " e 'g hbourin g tr fP of about 

 B <*ns. thWi. !i P Were Eet on 8 round planted with 

 °f Pea. an 1 y afe Dot S0 fond of tnis vegetable as 

 ako a UJ* ^° Ifi so (f KWney Beans. They hav 

 ^onred I- , g for the earl y Cabbage ; they hav 



V» » L«t QC e ce no °; !r r a f: The ? have no ob J ecti ? 



fwB *r» find'," ., ? y to the earl y Turnips, as tr 



>, Turnip,, & 

 it l?"°' e ™? d «th. 



iurface of the earth t 



i great deal o; 



mts imported. I watered i 



- i, produced by sola 



ts a doubt whether we were 



..■of saving our 

 " of little glass dealers who are ready to swear 



1 at Beckin L . 



, 1848. Lat 51° 24 N., long. > -1 V 



...... .. 



5 0,in all J'S'nfc 200 ; and on Sunday morning only 

 > caugi lt o U - Iani iucliued t0 think the fe " " 



!*• A° r ^tt d h y , ffi r ing not a ! together 



The rain gauge is 30 feet from i 



eceiviug surface 8 feet 4 inches abo 



.... The rain ente 



feet 9 inches long, and about 1 



; Season.— The mildness of the s 





the beginning of the Gore 



is no more. For i 



Alas 1 poor Fox ! the dear, kind, 



Calendar of Operations. 



remarkably early period. [ new growth, and with the gradually h 



