1849.] 



THE GA RDENERS' CHR OWtri.1 



it leaves are developed. The sev< 



v wrtfhtinto activity, ana tnese win nowe: 

 ^.^Lse which are not so treated. Movi 

 ,11 have the same effect, although 

 r*ZJL ye for this operation. It may be done 

 ■ n** d the trees thus transplanted should 

 ""Hi and well watered in dry weather. Con- 

 ** w««penre a late bloom are less necessar 



pju is, to jo round the garden and stake up all trees 

 wiidt,fndgiDgfrom past observation, are not sufficiently 

 K^orod. Imagine them as they will be in July, 

 when "washed in a shower," and when « the plentiful 

 awstee" will add so much to their weight, and act 

 aewtdingly. Let the staking and tying up be per- 

 forata with taste, so that the bush when in bloom shall 

 ban a unique and compact appearance. 



Inserts should be sought after in the egg state, or, at 

 afl trail, when the caterpillar first appears. The 

 fik which bury themselves so adroitly in the folds of 

 sftw-Jeaf do not come by chance, but proceed from 

 tie egg to a gradual maturity ; if therefore their habits 

 are studied they may be caught in time, before they 

 aan made many meals on Rose-buds. Children miaht 

 be «f great use in searching out these pests, when 

 taugbl ito distinguish between those whic 

 "Jjtoe of an ichneumon or parasite character. 

 [w. m , ™ m ™ n of the Chronicle may be 

 KTJugeously consulted on this subject. 



IV ahoota , of Briars must be arranged for budding, 

 & SS"! ^ iDg Ieft m the P° si ' ion re 1«*ed for 

 frbad of fte future tree. Tree Roses lately formed 

 awsegnardedby stakes reaching up to the budded 

 JJ^ must be tied to them. Without this pre- 

 baiu^w 8 ., Wmd ma y carr y awa J the w bole 

 ~£™> to the surprise and annoyance of the 



05? 5a John Gilpin when he lost his 



Saw SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS FOR 

 GROUPS, &c. 



Tku (Continued from p. 245.) 



taria^oim^m JJJ "jg*™ C ??- 



gives rise to tubercles of various sizes on "thf" 

 branches of various species of Beech. A figure 

 of the species Podisoma macropus, Schwein , was pub- 





which the germinating thread protrudes exactly i 

 the fashion of pollen tubes. Occasionally all the 





"main to" blo^m "becon? ^T foot » «**^~5^ 

 - J beexpectedTd'er s^mL'menn 



TheSt anVsn^wwe' "^ ° f aU "^ «***" 



was cold and drear, with northerly wind. About 4pm 



toch^Tn aJ™^ - by gr ?-u Ild thaw to a totaI of about 

 inches in the morning. Thermometer at night, before 



17a touTlhaw by"!?! m "5 Ll^^^ 



enced' fbouf 1 H m*' ^ ^'""^'^^"w com! 



tmU£^Ttoto%^^ tt a 



thick, and about 6 p.m. the snow was fully 6 inches 

 ♦it P ™ a ^7 er age,but had drifted much in places A? 



Jtyledonoid. The pores of the two cells 

 •served, correspond exactly in position! 

 e more than two been observed in each 



S^^^fas Wtae rtarry ^JSiyTnblslom from 

 T n „„ m Ma * m ^ *" second 





^"»^i IS0Mafuscu m. 



^»(»J >0di8w »ia aL° f o angi * insisting of the 

 ^&^ d »inul? ym ° 08 P° ran g!«™, and 



'«n?CZ!i a ltl ?*« 



fi F 2 gS h 1 ' 2 ' 3 l' "- S germinating; 



mores, and Which^wntuaUy^ugate 



ted by one of General Evans's Legion men on their 

 from Spain. The old coats of these worthies 

 ce been red, but they were then amply patched 

 ellow, blue, green, black, &c, and were bare and 

 such is a Dutch flower-garden. The fault gene- 

 kted in forming a mixed flower-garden or 

 border, is planting too thickly ; the plants ought to 



digging. In planting clumps I 



plants altogether, 

 gives an opportunity 



placed at proper distances apart, there would be 

 lenty of room for introducing Verbenas, Petunias, 

 alceolarias, Scarlet Geraniums, &c, between them in 



May. These latter would form little clumps of them- 

 quite large enough to render the bed gay and 



. large mass of bright colour. The flower-gardens 



lays may be compared to regiments formed 



nto squares, producing a gaudy effect a mile off, but 



ormal, stiff, and tame near at hand. As respects 



lals, they are entirely mismanaged ; a hundred are 



of Oak and Elms bent under the ungual weiaht 

 and the crack and crash of falling branches was* 

 heard in all directions. The wind blowing with ereat 



oed the stress upon the ste,,.- 

 In this neighbourhood several large Birch and Willow 

 are torn up by the roots, others are split or broken 

 short off, and many large limbs of Oak and Elm are 

 broken down. Beech and Fir have escaped better bul 

 several Plum and other fruit trees are torn up by the 

 y, 20th, presented trees laden with lumps 

 of ice as big as a man's fist, which continued falling as 

 the sun gained power, but were not all 

 towards 11 a.m. The wind, though less violent, blew 



uing 3 or 4 inches deep It is too early to judge of 

 J effect upon fruit trees, but I fear we shall have a 



wind, trees on south walls 'may have escaped. J. R , 

 Seven Oaks.-<< .: of dry snow 



wasted-on the low grounds, although every hill has its 

 mantle of white. The depth of rain, in the shape of 

 melted snow, for the week ending 21st Apr! 

 inches, mean lowest temperature 29°. Out-door labour 

 in garden or farm is at a stand-still. H. Walker, gr., 

 Mayen, Banffshire. 



it ; but this year the Peac 



having expanded very early, 



its present appet 



The foliage has been un- 



l Nectarine foliage 



aves. Ic 



this question. The foliage has 

 ch injured, and if such injury e 

 . it will do so this year almost uni 



'will be pretty clear that frost is not its chief cause! 

 Insects always harbour in blistered leaves, but whether 

 racted by the shelter or by the sap of the 

 or whether they themselves cause the in- 

 doubtful. J. R, Seven Oaks. 



h be cut between May and September ?— 



~>rms the preserving power of this most 

 Between May and September the new 

 process of elaboration, being held in 

 abundant sap from which it is about to 

 be deposited in the course of the summer. The saccha- 

 atter in the sap diffused through the vessels of 

 s renders the wood, and especially the alburnum, 



ng dilated with this fluid, on being cut down and 

 I to the sun collapses and splits in a longitudinal 



ITfoAhlTsake oTaelling thT\ ! 



e value of Oak bark. 



They would only do 



