O0-1849-] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



S^ilSll be particularly useful t 

 *■* — Minting out to them a cheap memoa 01 pro- 

 * i! luxury of a first-rate winter salad. 

 *& *U w hile to remark that as Chicory com- 



"rtrowth very early, the blanched leaves may 

 HS6 of doors iu the months of February and 

 JTkr planting the roots in a moderately dry 

 JfjJTaid inverting a close box over them, m the 



inuner as directed for growing them in. the 



HINTS TO FLORISTS. 

 Tn.ire.-Top cloths will have been generally put on 

 JL this to. I fear that we shall not have a good 

 vw this «asoo, the frosts of the 17th and 18th of 

 I* .*. having more or less injured every collection 

 with which I am acquainted. I have now, May 10th, 

 Mmidora, Lord Strathmore, Pretiosa alias Thunder- 

 . . .;!'■..-■...■ , ■ : - 



r. Rosa blanca, and Lord Colling- 

 •ud in bloom ; still an early bloom will not be general. 

 Fuua-These must be kept rather close ; for the 

 etsfcrly winds which prevail sadly tend to produce 

 rough and crumpled blooms ; plants in pots will now be 



. cotees. — These require to be gone 

 them properly tied up, disbudded, and clean. Prepare 

 DiHim-Ground for these should be levelled and 



well understood, that it would have appeared an 

 ictation on my part to refuse to adopt them, merely 



n studying the different kinds of vegetable disease 

 ined by writers, it has appeared to me that very fre- 



with disease itself or its cause. This has arisen probably 

 from the universal mania of giving to them the .names 



cases, the names do not give as true an idea of 

 ady as would appear necessary. Therefore, in 

 > avoid this inconvenience as much as possible, I 



the old names, and in particular of those used in animal 

 pathology. It would have been my wish to have taken 

 " iL technical terms from our beautiful language, but 

 is impossible. I have thus been compelled to 

 ie of many words taken from the Greek. Let 

 i, however, deter any one from reading my book 



-**m on fte principles I have expounded, and 

 after hiring examined all known facts which bear upon 

 vegetable therapeutics and pathology, it has appeared to 

 me nat three classes of disease may be established, 

 w»M on the different modes in which the above- 

 - exercise their influence. 

 There are, besides, disorders which clearly owe their 

 J£J the work of man or of animals, or to some 

 £*Sr Snted PUre ' y mechani ? al > which ' if thev "* 

 J^arai the injured plant. These must be placed 

 £**?% from exterYafcauses™ The^cultivatorTf 

 in fll?°? tnan . an y one caIle<1 u P<> n to study them, 

 ^paiar 611 P ™ vention and CUTe .'> f or with 



•PokeiL^vT 18 * 8 oi w hich even the ancients have 

 iaiiu.« TV? 6 the result of injuries inflicted in 



No2 8by > ects - 

 tfthetnt*!^ 1118 the ob8e rvations and researches 

 it »natbt e n„f geQt J phy8iol °g i9t9 on vegetable d 

 ;i that there are many of whi 



'them Thus all the diseases . 





c (arising from debility). 



*? P^rhang „' . a9lde the »ook that repeats it, 

 S^^^TS - this . di ™on, loudly condemn 



present paper allusion v 



mutilated portion of a plant, and that car 

 le vital energy of vegetable I 

 n the former case the vessels of the plant ar 



y the mutilation of its parts, decompositi 

 fluid by which the purposes of vegetable life 



following pages, after briefly exhibiting the 

 principal circumstances which it may be necessary to 



(veiling at greater length on those which appear to 

 e of the greatest importance among such as are known, 

 shall then point out the most efficient method of treat- 



r different diseases may be much the same, I shall in 



ieir details, the more so as I have resolved, for the 



i a subject of vast extent, in the treating of which the 

 greatest difficulties occur at every step. Nor can I offer 

 it as more than a rude sketch, which remains imperfect, 



liefly, it is true, owing to my own insufficiency, but 



yself that I have adverted to all diseases at present 

 sown to us, and that if any are spoken of under other 



■ species registered under my classes, yet their enu- 



ily who have studied agriculture, rather than those 

 " " physiological and chem" ' 

 ' "i pathology. 



• "-. .";",'-.- i 



se, and especially taking into 

 y comparing especially those 



ill not be difficult some day to diffuse a much greater 

 ;ht on the subject, and further to extend the series of 



I fear I shall be reproved by some for having too 

 uch cut down certain genera and established too many 





than, for the sake of brevity, to put the reader in 



t well understanding the subji 



le reader in dangei 



the t point°of viev 

 and to'the extent that I have. On this plea, therefore 

 I claim some indulgence on the part of the public. 

 ON THE GENERaTTrINCIPLES OF SUCCESS- 



• ful plant cultivation—no. vi 



There is so obvious an analogy between a < 



appropriate to trie oiner. j. 

 '-plea are only a 



r 



■3 



">— .KMySKTSS 



ion is made to the subject under considerate 

 le '« calendars of operations " in the numer 

 dicals devoted to floriculture, and ten ^to ( 

 assage similar to the following w" 

 When your plants are all pricked 

 sthe case maybe, "give the wh< 



Shades of d 



ie hopes that hung 





oisture is equally absurd, for there is a great analogy 



stween vegetable and animal life. 



Every plant possesses within itself the requisites of 



charged with moisture to prevent evaporation from its 



hest importance. 



tinge must not have been pot bound, 

 but must have been potted off immediately on their 

 Dted. If, from their size and mutilation of 

 care will not prevent them from drooping, 

 g them sufficiently damp to 

 to regain their lost moisture by absorption 

 through the leaf and soft portions of their stems, 

 but give not a drop of water to the roots. After 



J iys of this probationary treatment, 



good watering ; then gradually inure 



g system immediately after potting, 

 regards present or future condition of the plants, 

 by the old method, the general bearing of their appear- 



cellence of a plant depends npon the treatment it re- 

 ceives when young. G. 



PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS 



Dunsels respecting the above-named flower we 

 This is the right time for 

 sing if you have no stock of your own, or for 

 adding to your collection. We have received the 

 - "owing list of 36 really good flowers from a celebrated 

 wer, and can confidently recommend them, altogether 



o„die fwse cash in this article. The names next those 

 which designate the flowers, refer to the parties who 



mty of Hastings. (Barham), ^ e hit § e t e ipl f c ^ t t hrMrCrimS(>n 



■ ■ : 



npon your destiny 



LdTnttmgsVave^eenTilled by the « cold 

 Now I know no argument, either practical or scientific, 

 advocated in " 



?ateer, ^Turner), Yellow' tipped and edged w 



>uchess of Sutherland, (TurviU), RoBy 'purple, tipped with white 

 Inielie Lehmann, (Deegen), Rosy scarlet, tipped with white 



'•,ppjd blte 



, . ' , , ,..'■•. -•"■ ■■ 



Ro?de p'omUMBfttteur)! Ma7wn, tipped with white 



If you order any or all the above of a respectable 

 nurseryman, they will come to you in small £ta, 

 » P 1! rooted, and safely packed in moes. It "» « 

 &LS to 'o^erve the skill and care displayed « 

 R 1 :" 8 ^! ^„* „f ti» flnrW duty, by which 



