THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



oth piece of slate with the fa 

 impalpable powder, so that the little 

 separate the sugar from the a: 

 nail pieces of white card paper, 



the pots ; it feeds after dark, and should be sought foi 



in the evening by candle-light. The red spidc 



and different kinds of scale, may all be destroyed I 



with warm water, and afte 



ning by candle-light. The red spider, 



ent kinds of sc; ' 

 syringing the leaves, first 

 wards with a weak solutk 

 phur. With attention, tfa 

 be kept 



be kept 



before they are 



summer and n ck or green fly 



sometimes makes its appearance upon the flower stems. 



means of dm. | j a hiding place 



in the daytime. Washing the leaves with a sponge and 



warm water (not hot) regularly every . 



prevent the increase of all such pests as the scale, red 



spider, thrips, &c, and it wil 



tend to keep the plants in health and vigour 



nrnal of the Hort. Society 

 Climate of India.— "Feb. 18 : At Akbarpore I had 

 sunk two thermometers, one to the dei th 

 • is other 5 feet 6 inches, whic 



the air varying 



at the surface from 5G° to 79° 5'. Dew has been 



formed every night, on the plains, since leaving the 



being here cooled 12° below 





t depths, not being 

 Daj light of following a 



Celery is a plant excel 



p is planted in the ground ; the latest cr< 

 uld now be planted. The system of plar 

 r rows of Artichokes, and doing away with 

 I every season, is practised. These rei 

 y aptly apply to old plantations which 



I crop of heads, and the 

 ral heads from the two-year-old plantations will 



imming them exactly i 





67 ^ jny crops which we wish 'to grow particularly i 



cuius, and RicciaJJflooke r's Journal o f Botany. 



Beautiful ornaments during early summer than tl 

 Sth the^Ehel ^lowecT ^* ^ ° " *" 



dunged and trenched, a light top-dressing 



tare is -forked or raked in previous to planting or 



sowing the crops. To those in a state of progress, 



/ appropriate for Cardoons and the ] 

 onions for future transplant.-,,, 

 sown, and Endive for a late crop. Con 

 uccessional sowings of Cos Lettuce, and n 

 *mg of Hammersmith Cabbage Lettuce t 



supply of salads and other small matterTfo/we^use 

 no scarcity ; it will do in any spare nooks or corners 

 so there need not be any difficulty made about want oi 

 room. We have a lot planted between the rows of fruil 

 bushes, where the fruit is all gathered, and in the gaps 

 l ? n ^ S - *; arsI "P s and Beet > w h'ch crops everybody 

 complains of as being more or less a failure this year 

 Rampton is invaluable as a winter substitute for the 

 Radish, and, if not already done, should be transplanted 

 r^l^ ,J 1 from , the seed bed int0 a south border, 

 v^are should be taken not to injure the tap root ; and 

 so a? Jj an {" , ?» an J r 8trot) g side root9 sh ould be removed, 

 sowing 3 shouM a brLl?durm7!l r autum^M 

 SalaS W ^ ° f N < °. rmand y and American Cress and Corn 



fui t UfS a, f e 8tron ! wdl cur]ed P ,ants should be ™°- 



' ■ iattheXtS\To r uthwall iDS ^ Parsle ?'. and 

 I in boxes, they can be plac'edW PewlThouse 



tfon.t J WS 





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