THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



'ZZ^rZ^Txn. equally satisfactory flowering state 

 *» • tothe cultivator that he wUl have to work 

 f^!f «tber in the heavy sheaves. But all these 

 \ *tL?opes vanish. The flowers do not set. The 

 ' ta \^»in empty. The cause remains unintelligible 

 •"Vone who is not in some degree initiated in the 





the action of the organs 



The r»dest cultivator is aware that a J gardening. 



"ght rain, may disturb " 



^er»oon. The 



!J|Lof S;b«"»» 



JjTlso be brought about by 



f occasions 



Like every other human pursuit gardening ha 

 its epochs, and not one of more promise, at least i: 

 nection with my present purpose, than the on 



system. Every one who has watched the progi 



gardening matters for the I 



i « PhyBiology." For my pu: 



' faction. 



A very slight degree of c 

 light rain even for a mon 



sns in their spiral 



taria. ^Let* him] 

 on this subject, 

 lysiologyof 

 ifth volume 

 will now sui 

 e organs of i 



the effects we observe. Yet may it not happen some 

 toes that there is a deficiency of the necessary sap foi 

 bmging the organs of generation to perfection \ Whal 

 mows me to believe it is, the observation I have often 



■iUekward, th? l\nl* rf aZliity\a ? mo™ fre! 

 Ifefl" ' 8 n ° remedy for *'• Somet hnes the 

 others it is only one or more branches, whilst oth< 

 Mm untouched. To this same species must 1 

 of analogous diseases 

 ,, ..Titers under different names, 



B i e »r, ple ' M the fahe r r (ww fai8a )' h >- 



™ffl the whole or a portion of one or more < 



fiddtt... 

 »7 be owing t 





disease. Where one amongst 

 j its situation tl 



off a great de 

 ng fields. The 



uy may be produced b 

 :o carry off the fecuc 



" ttOST S?ggJ.TION?lESSENTIAL TO THE 

 hS* ERFECT CULTIVATION.-No. X. 



W. ._. 0I 7 of the world's progress— in the historv 



c niE 



as*? 



*°'btrint}iA* 3 "area eitner in thought or i 

 ** eeuins „ , y P r °g re sa of the day, and show 

 ^^calculating with few philosophical < 

 ^oflit? 7 * 8h0rt tirae initiate the w ^ld 

 ***££ gged 



d is 



■T* manv a.JT UQ records of 



f* **CJ? k pages of th « w 



^P^rs S nty ' neglect « ™<- r— 



Ss^-x; fef^ down " in 8orr ° w to the 



S^^nS^tSr the germa of migh ^ v 



<c8 en ce, hay*. vT he human mind progressr' 



exactly hiss its advocates off 

 the stage, at least « damn'd with false praise" any good 

 : which pertained to it, 

 But a great revolution is slowly, and will evei 

 be effected in plant growing by the agency of th 

 shifty system. Its application no doubt requir< 

 crimination— what use of any great principle does ] 

 but its advantages are great. We may not all recog- 



t we shall do so in time, 

 jory of | 



l largely employing I 

 ultivation of plants, 

 estigate its principles 



"-■- : . 



el ; no natural luxuriance, no graceful 

 owed, but in twenty first-rate collecti 

 i "but reflects the other." What 

 y way of " stopping," to induce " bu 

 sxpense of the true character of a ph 



I plant is capable, 

 application, 



surely no mean desideratum 

 But no principle is un 



grave. But where gardening 

 t hand, where 



ailable acces 

 few noble specimens are more c 

 of deformed rubbish — there w 



S-TSfS 



applied in the application 

 the time you now employ." G 



VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 



eral beauty of the flower garden may be secui 

 i frequently leave the planting of herbaceous pla 

 1 especially the beautiful Phloxes which so m 



if put out now they get established before winter, i 

 msequently sufficiently strong to bloom n 

 , It can scarcely be expected 





i bad practice it is, to replai 

 ■baceous perennials every spring, thi 

 iuty for the current year; now is th 

 r arrangement of the flower-garde 



ers divided, if their flowerin" 



tired, in order that aa.fe." The 



me to the deljrfess care ; in ma 



rts wiJLjf 0W n the spaces assigned to tnem, u.e 



flftle discretion will be required in retaining 



lent portion to occupy the space allotted to 



t „t In small gardens variety is a card.nal pou 



: • ■ ■ 



jecta they contain, provided^h^asrot 



:■:;::- 



*y garden, how 

 itmg tribe of plants than such a border sh 

 i, for some of them are in flower at 

 seasons, and as they require no glass, either in , 

 propagation or culture, they are peculiarly amatt 





; of sight. Timely a 



ieu?fuU 



is 



ANCIENT TREES." 

 The Chapel Oak of Allouville,' ChZne-Chapelle 

 -The Chapel Oak is unquestionably the 

 mior of the Oaks of Normandy. This tree stands in 



f Yvetot In 1843, at the height of £ 



v, has been formed into a 

 chapel, 7 feet 7 inches in diameter, and nicely wain- 



The top has been broken off many years ; where the 



large tree. It is slated and covered in with a conical 



roof, surmounted by an iron cross, rising 



"iresque manner irom the midst of the foliage. The 



; various parts of the tree present are 



itfa slate ; and this, by replacing the bark, 



i had probably bee 



sap was in great 

 uld be rendered lia 



3 chapel being formed 

 continues to deposit 

 , it measured 27 feet 

 i 1843, at exactly the 

 1 inches. The calcu- 



\rbr^ Exogenes, par 



Sorrespon 



as that a few of the bulbs were very fine, i 



Each bulb, originating from a single, isola 

 ,s less compressed and taper in shape than th 



;d into three parcels ; one, light in colour, like 



common" Shallots' These distinctions, however^ 

 ly or quite disappeared when the outer cuticle be- 

 e dry ; and if they had not been observed when 



bulbs were first taken up from the ground, 

 ;d probably have remained unnoticed. The fol- 

 ng season they were grown separately, planted) 

 ow in rich ground at the winter solstice, and treated 

 tly like Potato Onions (which I have fou^" 

 Jbest way of growing Shallots), but^^^J 

 ,ment or transmutation e.»uert ere suffered t0 be _ 



t ~pe*^^^ 



l^atfniTshallots cannot 'now be distinguished 



_ the produce of their original parents, nor have I 



now any hope of originating Potato Onions in this way, 



--•-" continue still to rise in the 



growth. The 

 allot are undoubtedly very 

 nearly allied in their propensity to subdivide into sepa- 

 dency, the Tripoli especially, and that most in wet .sea- 

 sons ) ; but be- SiZe > and the 



