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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 





-ader-ground. These pipes all r 

 the quadrangle in a small slate wel 



cts the water into the large 



observed any impurity in it. The le; 



to so large a body of water canno 

 Woglog, Dorset, June -G. 



jprtb, token off with ^p 



eu in the soil. Give 

 and place each pot as it is filled in t 

 e whole must be kept close, and shad 



' "~T g fa„V ' 



" , » - , ' "* "■"" *-»u««, m C lujui-iuiu,. uuui u. ua., ij., ana zs. ua. a pound, according to the 



Woglog Dorset, June 26. season, yet many of them go on the same way from 



Cut '.Flowers. -It is commonly said that Sweet Briar year to year, burning and smothering the poor bees 



and Mignonette, when mixed with other cut flowers in with brimstone, and selling the produce for half price, 



water, are detrimental, and hasten the fading and decay and on account of its taste of sulphur it deserves no 



of the others. Stocks also bear the same blame ; do any more. Few hives have swarmed hereabouts as yet, 



of them deserve it 1 and what is the best thing to put many stocks being very weak this spring ; we have had 



into water, when flowers are first placed in it, to preserve very heavy honey dews lately. In many places the 



s water. Subscriber. TWe ground, as well as the trees, has been literally covered 



; with it, and instead of swarming, bees appear to have 



i been storing up honey. R. H. W. 



Limey, the Potato Disease.-I received a letter last 



>hade for a Greenhouse.— I have just finished a month from the party I referred to in my note to you, 



house. It is placed over the whole of the stage on " I have just got in my remaining "stock of Potatoes* 



■Hal, that is, a collection of elaborated sap will be 



note will protrude. This result will take place if the 

 poo ire allowed to remain where they are, but the 

 operation will be slow, and therefore the second frame 

 will now be required to complete the process. This 

 inouldbeplacedona gentle hotbed, and when ready, 

 the pots may be removed into it. More light may now 



•t August the young plants will be fit Spotting 



num^suc. 



Home Correspondence. 



ring of Peach Leaves. - I will not , 



extended. When 



By the time th^req^u^dS! 

 «wu»6 nothing remained of the covering except the 

 J^ branches, which admitted sufficient light and 

 bm JL- * 8ame tlme afford ed a slight protection 

 KKuStered kave*" 68 "*"** ^ raas P lanted 



£*pl«nted have had none but blistered" and °curied 

 the last week or two. To keep 

 tnderrt Ll J; Ct *™ e tr . ees m a healthy condition, it is 

 3t not only have a good 



-~-.uu nectarine trees i: 

 J^Jherefore, that they r 



and spring. G. Thomst 



^mShffi^ M , r -Mallison, of Claremont, had 

 »a«Uke ■ a f Paulovma « this country. This is 



arffc i r t blossomed two or * ree y ears 



^GarSen T'>%° BU P e ™tendent of the Royal 

 **hnond Hampton Court. Edward Jesse, 



R ^"'^Sri re f i p P ear in a11 OT Dearlv a11 mv 



**^ to &V h ?,' i 1 ^ 6 been carefully pruned 

 "•■nA ma? ' ? aul 8 directi °ns (see his book), and 

 W5£T? d ar0Und the stem s, the manure in 

 ^«howl mt0 the ground-three out of four of 



5f"Mnfc» d "^ lo °ked after, merely cut in and 

 S^^meSv 6 ' aS * brand °n e » P g*"ey slave^still 



ft!** CSfoST'wi.'TS kind9 ' but a9 1 T y 



Wi- ?°n *cc5mrt t y t hat do vou recommend, or 

 J J* »PP*ndix, says nh t i 3 disngurin g disease ? Pau1 ' 



SiV^ £■*£•?" * tThis is^a very 

 fcl, aS ,fi if m r, an f 8; their appearance is coJs": 

 7>1 hot daysT favoured hy wet springs, with 



"""gha, thence is conducted into iron 



he country is three years ; at the end of which time it 

 vhich k ed k° C0Dtain *!- e S reatest »n»nnt of honey, 

 :olony being killed in the operation. The honey, 

 .btained in this way, is sold for 8<*., 10d., and 1*. a 

 h»»j pound. Many of my neighbours pay my hives, which 

 never are upon the collateral plan, a visit. They admire 

 of the them, and taste the honey, which is obtained without 

 r, and destroying the bees, and for which they know I get 

 irious. from I a. 6d., 2s., and 2s. 6d. a pound, according to the 



through both sides for the pin, completes the hinge. 

 This is nailed on a block, D, and the block is placed on 

 the shelves of the stand, as at F. It raises the 



he toss of one shelf. I have about equally divided 



i. Nothing can be more handy. It goes up and 



n at short intervals) prevents their drooping in 



of the letter T. The holes for the cord 

 I bey are bored ; and if those th: 

 i-ie purpose of being brought 



He^EnalX Majesty's ships not behindhand i 

 • compliments. We i«»-n^« 



volving kind. ' The side cords, by being about a yard 

 from the ends, part the shade and save head room. The 



ISSrfand ^pSl"'^^^^ 1 ^ Gd. a* yard* and RfSft? t 



hree breadths of seven yards cost 10*. 6c*. It took my the qumta which wewewto vim d i 

 carpenter about three days to make the shade, at 3s. 6rf. there the boatman (d» fine fellow ^who 

 * day = 10,. 6d. The precise quantity of deal n 

 :annot give : it was a little more than one 13-foot deal, break 



: BO that I lay the cost of 



From 30s. to a guinea and half. If any 



Id be disposed to construct a 



happy to answer any questions. C. W M. , _ 

 Potato Crops.-I am sorry to mention that I ne 

 ' th in garden and fields, lc 



crops. J. Wighton, Cossey, Norwich. 



Bees.-In this part of Lancashire (Garstang), a good when you were h« 

 many bees are kept, and principally in straw hives and not allowed to see u.^ -«~, ■ — ~ J" 

 hives made with wl .l --lung, there. The house and g^ns are muc 



wi™ „ ^ arm ia ab0Ut F t0 be put into a hive, after style, the only thin 



it is smeared with a mixture of Bean 



sugar. It is then held under the hi 



Bh is shaken into it, put for a time i 



g. The place was a pretty quinta once, 

 wild and neglected. - I had the pleasure 



. Ci .i, 5 myself a nosegay-China P T 



Narcissus, the orange-coloured Bignonia, an 

 :h a bush. The ground under the < 



. L was covered with the pretty yellow large- 



BVW in pots, and the pretty 

 dark purple and green-striped Arum. Altogether the 

 excursion gave me an intense longing for Cintra, and if 



ipted to go for a day ; but it will be wiser to wait 

 few wild flowers come out. The young Orange 



trees are planted in squares, protected by hedges of 

 c ally the Tangerines. Jan. 17.— Again 



a splendid day, though the first of the morning was 



!ich W Madame i 



. . : 



brm nere). The row down the river was very delightful ; the 



should be bands on board her Majesty's ships playing, and marines 



— *" which tumbling into boats to go ashore to be exercised under 



point Sir C. Napier. The ships very fine. Presently a 



hard Brazilian brig, that had been exchanging salutes with 



he guard ship at the mouth of i 



•JS/'w^see^ash, . 



makers in thtTrirer, which, with; the tide anc 



" dirty village a mile and a half on this si 

 and I had a donkey to ride and a boy t 



'''"'J, 



. _„ Tagus, 

 Itwasgiven^by 



na g s \°eg b u a n, a and h i 8 fe S a a8 wni soot tlke'off t^Tho'le* fo°r S-K ! /^JhS^J! 



ft a^ed three weeks sooner than usual in general your stay was short, g^J^^ Tfiner tSa 



o * lc .uuch in the Italia 

 things Portuguese consisting in parts o 



'ieso'much'admired'at Seville! Nothing can b 

 r than the gardens for their size, the beauty of thee 



