THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



: ; :; f 'V;; r-ve up gai 

 - . . 2row Fines on 

 / .I; ided florists in 



<•*■ . _ d m en seem to expect that in this depart- 

 - " ■ f they are to arrive at perfection 

 Hence the complaints against 

 people buy plants 

 lanagement ; hence 



gardening in disgust, because 



J Orchids or Pelargoniums ; 



yySjhTthe weekly applications to the Chronicle 

 fSfdtoWto^if wh» gfvL^SSin^more* is 

 EL In books, and theories, and counsel ; an 

 ^Tltieesbip must be served at gardening, many 

 ETrooiled and many disappointments manfully 

 kETkelore a man can rely on his own resources, and 

 attnte i garden with success. The excellence of a 

 E2K? Sain "0*110 more. P °Ite ru?es must be 

 jE&ed'with skill to be attended with the desired 

 ZiulttiDd that skill is only acquired by experience. 

 fflla and Suburban Gardening " last 

 -ek. liquid manure is properly recommended as a sub- 

 Ste for more solid composts, when they are not easily 

 ■mnble. Here is a principle. It is further said 

 ts»: sheep's dung is a good material from which to 

 nb the liquid manure ; and this is the principle in 



rwwtedlv tries this mode of promoting the fertility of 

 ta girde*. and watches the results, and profits by his 

 UtaL> theory will do him little service. He will 

 tad that some soils will not bear liquid manure, bu* 

 require solid substances to act upon them mechanically 

 hewBl further discover that some vegetable — J 



new We into otners. A busnel ot sheeps' oung may 

 »k« 20 gallons or a hogshead of liquid, with all the 

 degrea of fluidity between them. When a thick 

 ■stare may be applied to the root of a plant, or when 



nter, ire questions which experience only can decide, 



afas writers on gardening are to give exact propor- 



ait, flower, and vegetable, varying 



climate, and season ; a labour to 



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The writer expresses himself feelingly on this subject, 



skill he may possess (which he 

 wofwes is but little), by devoting his E 

 awj yeirs to the practice of gardening. He began 

 with only » desire to grow plants ; he asked advice anr" 



*rri«to him. But he was often disappointed, an< 

 •"Atones ready to despair. However, every yea: 



wjwitfithat confidence which alone can make th 

 jneues of any art a pleasure. He would therefor 

 ** CTer y m "i who is becoming a gardener to adop 

 ttkT T^' nil des P erandu ™- No plot of groum 

 «»w» • a? be C0n8idered an Utopia. To grow 1 

 ^**r in the best way is an operation of great skill 

 mL^I 'PP** 1 "* t0 a trade is expected to spoil 

 «™ 01 the materials submitted to his manipulations, 

 jw young gardener must not be su: 

 J«™ oy ni3 wrong management, however clearly the 

 g^JiTe principles of his pursuit are set before 



btu J^ Correspondence. 



a«y£dJn™ J eCt i8 inC0rrect I think l 

 "^iwT£S 7 19 j. he ^igns, as the cl 

 fa* *M *!^ g P aCed in ^coneenial circu, 

 wJ'Sk F 0018 (he says) pr < 

 <I iinkT Ure b " d8 ' 



• have the kindness to tell me v •'•••., ». , . , „ ^, aIl l t „ each v >un 1 . 



water of 500 or 600 gallons, which will , over it f lb. of powdered loaf sugar until morning; 

 have to be daily pumped from a small underground i pour the syrup from it, an : 



iden cistern, and thence allowed to flow back put in the Rhubarb, and let the whole boil gently a 



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in ships, I fear it will get to smell badly. 









I t ? Can any one give me 







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R.D. 



The Haw 







as 



their decay, yet this year the colour is 





(a double wh 



ount for it ? The soil is magnesian lime- 



Can you ac 





censis, Doncaster, June 3. 



treating Lar 



.-. ■ -i i, lieve that the best mode of 



is as follows. Cut down in 



July or Aug 







much &Tfc 





year. It * 



I be found so hard that the sawyers will 





the carpenters too ; the best proof of the 

 a L°\rto c^7u TV Wo t™' N r er ,6aVe 



the bark 00. 



Mixed Flower-gardens and Flowers in Masses.— I 



observe that 



your correspondent « E. X." is an advocate 



es^whm 

 :old tie it down with "bladder, of, what is better^ tissue 

 japer dipped in white of egg. R. R. R., Cheshire. 



Paint for Iron.— I have found £ oz of aquafortis, 

 \ pint of spirit of turpentine, and 1 gallon of gas tar, 

 veil mixed together, to be an excellent paint for iron 



great annoyance, infesting 1 

 ifers very much, especially i 

 inda, which we find it nece: 



in escaped observation, and though in good health wha 

 ue. I attacked, it was leafless in a fortnight. I find tht 

 ao , insect troublesome both early and late in the year- 



this interesting subject, I endeavoured to explain in 

 what way true variety is produced ; demonstrating upon 



mixture! In Mr. Alison's " Essays on Taste," speaking 

 of the sublimity and beauty of the material world, it is 



more than mere design is demanded, v 



at this, in some 

 degree, uniformity is only dulness and insii 



places. It appears 

 ients are retro^v 

 ig subject. If their propositions can be proved by 

 er aud more potent argument, or sanctioned v " 

 thority, I shall be glad « to live and learn," and 

 phant shout of Q. E. D., when t 



??•» that 1 12: 1 CUrl and bUster ! some to si 



L^JWOKshont! ^7 are materially injured; most wmu or ui^.i- —» - ■:> ; 



^tkterUif Question 1104 *" ™ ***** " *' 



be perfectly insured, by 

 glaziers' putty. Taking a lump of j w,-.l- 

 tty, and gently dabbing 

 be left exactly reseml 



if a little skill will en»~.~ — - r 



whole surface very expeditiously. The 



>n comparing my weather table with 

 nick for last week, I find a differ- 



d during the past 



' at 43° ; and on Tuesday, at mid-day, it 



46°. We had 1.01 inches of rain fall in the . 



Inst. T. L. C, Assington, Suffolk, June 1 



Varieties* 



In large collections of 30 Stovr and Grkenhodsb 



, Mrs. Law- 



tng-puk, and Mr. Cole, gr. to H. Colyer, 



' ' ■ h producing fine groups ; but 



ras no efiicient competition, for 



the plants from Ealing-park were much larger, and, 



beine equally well grown, wera of course much finer 



m Dartford. We need hardly say Mr*. 



Lawrence was first. Among her plants were large and 



cimena of Stephanotis floribunda, Polygala 



acuminata, Epacris grandiflora, the white- blossomed 



Era, auw«n.CTc C u„ »v «»» . 

 done when the various Francisceas, a splendid Clerodendron 



uVaTmpferi, 



glass is dry. ON. with $<**? 8 reer ! ,eaveS ' . measu " D g 1» incnes » 



8 Preserving Rhubarb.-Cut it into pieces about an and bearing two huge panicles of scarlet flowers ; 

 inch long, not peeled (which spoils all good things now- bush of Tabem* Montana coronaria, a beaut 



