THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



iuiigOdks, B-eeh,-, 



The c 



very justly remarked, at prese 

 involved in much mystery ; but it is to be feared th 

 drains will at all times be more or less subject 

 them, and must suffer obstruction from them unle 



former days, totally inconsistent with that economy 





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For myself, I can bear de 



I find P. Dryopteris to b 



take possession of situations in which Li 

 planted ; and I would therefore suggest I ' 



above alluded to, of the "decided P. calca- 

 reum" having died out in the course e: 

 and P. Dryopteris having been in the mean time intro- 

 by some other 

 hand. The fact of the supposed Cheddar 

 spread considerably" is quite accordant mi 



all sides when placed in a situation at all congenial to 



it. I do not, indeed, forget t; 



those who have maintained that P. Dryopteris and P. 



calcareum are not specificaii; 



view is now confined to a very few individuals. It can 



hardly he supposed that a botanist of the e 



::v mistaken the 



species ; nevertheless, I have myself sometimes seen 

 oimens, both as regards the texture and 



Composition of the fronds, hut the glanduli t 



in these instai: them. Possibly 



it was such an example whio 



of course the supposed change 

 lerely throw out this suggestion 

 aunt, in a way agreeable to my 

 case which has been stated ; for 





i long as they < 



Culture of Cape Bulbs.— The following has struck 

 me as throwing a new light on the culture of bulbs, by 

 flowering and ripening them in frames i 

 cial heat. The plan is given in the June number of 

 "Maund's Botanic Garden and Fruitist;" and lest 

 your correspondent (see page 437) should not have 

 ready access to the work, I will 





lrainmg material, and on tl 



i foot thick, composed of sharp sand, two pa 



nould or peat, one part ; and fresh loam, 



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♦.hi* , 

 vegetate early 



t in a moderately dry s 



opportunities. They will probably begin 



ly m February ; still, however, continue 



beginning of April, when 



F the plants. In full 



growth, they will demand to be 

 mce or twice a day, according 

 Jidicate ; and, at the same time. 



tb, subsequently to flowering, gradually decline 



cdhirefomsigoodhDititioii of their a 

 the bulbs will be thoroughly matured, and 

 always flower m perfection. If a brick pit, the cham- 



paying especial attention to its thorough dra 



The Small Fork recommended in " Hints to V 

 Suburban Gardeners" (p. 501), is a most excelle 

 both for flower and kitchen garden, and on 

 wonders how people did without it. I believe it 

 purchased, handle and all, for 2s. 6d, from nei 

 ironmongers. A Subscriber. 



The Disease in Potatoes has suddenly and 

 pectedly broken od. The worst 



have been in confined cottage gardens, under the 



The progress of the evil has been so rapid, th 

 worst may be anticipated respecting the Potato 

 an.! the worst ought to be anticipated by those wl 

 wise enough to meet a coming evil. Large growers 

 begin to be seriously alarmed. I find that early Pota- 

 toes, taken up a fortnight or three weeks back, and sup- 



cut away before they can be used, and even show 

 disease quite in the centre. While this is going on, il 

 is impossible to calculate what proportion of the crop 



hence. The more intelligent cottagers near us are 

 taking up their whole Potato crop, and son 



An immense weight of human food may yet be grown 

 before the winter, if the country gentry, their agents, 



the kingdom. The common Stone. 

 purple American Stone, and early yellow Malta Tur- 

 ire all excellent for the purpose. Twopenny- 



and the immediate distribution of i 

 seeds, and of Savoy plants to, every 

 'Jnited Kingdom who has a garden, 



who supplied the means. To place any reli: 

 on the Potato crop is foil 



v..i:M K 



.,, 



vhich must 1 



, remedy, it may be v. 



any elements which 



try deficient, in that of Europe, 

 en in volcanic districts are aware 



with gases of mixed composition, 



iose walking on the surface, and 



tico and the Andes are doubtless 



plants native to that range may possibly have som 

 >endence on those conditions of growth. Are th 

 tatoes in the kingdom of Naples attacked by th 

 ease ? Because, if they are, the presence of sulphu 

 the soil is no preventative against the Potato plagm 



Josling's St. Alban's Grape In consequence of th 



h character given to this Grape I was induced t 

 purchase a plant early in the spring of 1818, and being 



j it was shifted into a large pot filled with 

 compost, aud as soon as one of the eyes was suffi< 

 developed the young shoot was inarched upon a 

 planted within the house. This shoot by ai 





berries began to swell and ripen, when th 



them began to crack or split at the end, and before 



they became fully ripe were rendered uneatable 



or quality 



attributed to 

 Vine? P. J., 



s shoot of an old-establi& 



UUdnp (seep. 502).- Pray Mr. Edi 

 have you ocular proof that hot water is a cure for n 

 h h V 0Ur corre8 P° ,ldent na 8 produced you pr 



•.if. ->vn 

 - fho hi 



.nun u is tne unna leading the blind. I have 

 ith in such a remedy, and psrft 

 Dm those who have seen his Grapes that they are 

 ed of the evil yet, nor likely to be. Scrutineer 

 [We know nothing of the case referred to.] 



ece of a room in which a fire is 

 y and that they bloom freely in my sitting room, 

 western aspect. I also find that with the assist- 

 F a camel's hair drawing brush I can keep my 

 free from insects ; the important point being 

 to allow the latter to multiply. I have sometimes 

 m one for weeks, fl., Barmtaple. 

 oyedWood a Substitute for Peat (see p. 452).- 

 for American plants was made of peat soil some 

 mce, and I believe no peat has since been added - 

 as the herbaceous plants adjoining. A large 

 ty.of decayed leaves and sticks was put on the 





had been potted in two-thirda fea/°J-? IS ' ^ 

 remainder peat. These plants, one «JV2> 

 made a single root since the time tW-Z' ** 

 They had existed on the soil conZ^SSj^ 

 plants should have taken root in a wi rf WL > 

 soil should have been applied as * wW** 



Thorpe Perrow. ^^ 



yjf n *fjj&** 501.)-An « OldAp 





ue vyeu, w luau mere m uu omer way Of rattan md 



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Now I want to know what is to bedel 5B* 

 obliged to give the other side box as fresh roeaii 



'■'■'■ : ■-' '■: -v ■...-. . 

 at the same time, shut up the entrance intothe «5 



u ci, 



before laying dowi 

 finer texture, and n 

 shine." Being abou 

 the fall of the year, 

 however, I purpose 



vVconsiderab g le n d i£ 



in length this km 

 ■ and flowering & 



the soil 2 inches iba 



very heavy clay 

 Qg thoroughly di 



M,,:tT. 



ialk that would 



have the same effect. The vote 

 1 lawn where I have been living* 



een completely 



destroyed nearly through the eaw 

 burnt quite brown, although Ws 







Tm le abou d t e to P h 



se too, to prevent it in the turf *m 

 ave laid, if I knew how. Would ij 





flu chalk, be madn 



u th s!Jn t0 Any il a 



I upon it alone rtk* 



Adders.-ll a 



recent Number I expressed «m 

 he manner in which adders e» *» 

 I have had proof that not only fc 



per, but also its harmless neighbour the Algal" 

 lis or slow-worm, shed their skins by cteepuig w»« 

 leir mouths in the way I described, U the skin ie£ 



ps, and the reptiles soon o»- 



rigglmgtliroughbnaha ^ 



our popular writers, and amongst them Mean. Ug 



argh, state that serpents east «*■» 



and glow-worm in the 

 ' • confinement. Th 

 least sight of an 





turned inside out like the finger of a glove. *» 

 meant to apply to our puny serpents the ,m*~ 

 must be wrong; for they do not cast torSJ 

 before June and July ; neither are _ gJ5 

 ave observed* flj 

 ,f casting their -J 

 t was very •*&■« 

 rjandaWj 



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tattaSr* *J 

 waa anrpr^g ^ 



1 hiss, and quickly a 

 curiously situated, I 

 >ut opening its mout 



refused to eat, ana died after about a -non » ^ 

 ment. Vipers ^^J^S/SS^jfi 

 tSrhSaTttle Seir headv J-j >^$* 

 readily enter ; a bit * g«™ "%£*» d»f j 

 to admit air. k ?*.. h -bieh 1 '* 

 ^captured, and J^^jjj. 



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