THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



fkaeSi" »™y the visitors . who m, "g ht 

 if allowed to see and adm 



-rfen I discovered many stout roots of Rhubarb with 

 In ud six wots of Couch growing tin- u ;h • aeh ■ Ian! 

 Jm S. Hardin,,, Trelawney House, Liskeard. [On 



r:t l : 





i order' to secure 

 its eggs have also been found on the Plum, and that it 



terminates with the history of the different species of 



Garden Memoranda. 



Apothecaries' Garden, Chelsea. — There is in bloom 

 be the A.'mextcanf oTlTaworth. S The general aspect of 



dense head^which becomw thicfasr%d\rc2fer up- 

 garden ; and "it is therefore to be regretted that no 



that it has naturally a somewhat less massive 



tbout4Q00; thus, 21x8x24=4032. The expanded 

 jonfined, to have a strong and very disagreeable odonr, 

 losing Cabbages. They contain also a clear liquid, 



;he middle of June, resembling in the first stages of its 



n the first week of September. No particular v. 



m impression that it was merely the common species, 



tly lengthened out at the top. Perianth erect, 



. &* germen, which it equals in 



. ■ !j 



are thick and fleshy. The sepaline 

 the thin margins of the petaline segr 

 s ate, in which state the former appea: 



long. Pistil equalling the perianth. T 



Miscellaneous. 



Potting Orchids—When shifting or fresh potting, be 



■ n w, I. If the plant is to be kept in a 



ice a small inverted pot in the bottom of 



the other, and fill round the sides and over the inverted 



;ii potsherds to within three 



inches of the rim ; then put in a sufficient portion of 



the roughest fibre of peat to slightly elevate the plant 



. inly round the stems, but in 









lUtrietosu 



A Lecture on 



Blights, Aphides, or Plant Lice ; their 











the Study of In,ccU generally. By F. Blomley, Esq. 

 -tone. 12mo. 53 pp. 







taut 



Wrs' Club 





he author before the Weald of Ken 











f»» and proper a manner before such a meeting o: 







natural history, too often entertain the 



STy We cou,d indeed have wished that the author 



■JJ™ little pamphlet had even been a little more 



dispo- a \ at a P hl 'les are capable of producing a 



JJM state in plants called blight is too certain ; but 

 jjj. " e blights produced by atmospherical causes, 

 ^consequently are not necessarily aphides, or 



^ may often produce a species of blight. 



^JJ* fourth „f tl, rith" the margin, but sol 



tootle f family of !nsect9 alul its enemies, and pointing backwards or forwards 



:hids, but generally it may be done shortly 

 i plants have commenced forming young or 

 .ts. and wlii.^h, in general, will be some time 

 y have flowered, and just before they commence 

 growth. All the plants should be shifted at 

 « f bml when, and the length 



/■.'■ ■-.,:..;-. ' 



itrof&ca. o 



earlier stages, than afterwards, when that a 



„„,,! ,t tie ph. i-u flowering con- « 

 short, terminated by thick fleshy leaves, tl 





, the sides nearlv ptt 



;< .ing to a point; 



i g by 3 ii 



;he apex; the smallest gradually passing 

 the leaves is a pale glaucous 



LI known for supplying carbonic acid gas to 



Calendar of Operatio 



(For the ensuing week. J 

 Australian and other plants, wh 



; are set with small distinct Chestnut- | removed to favour* b 



I as near the light as possible, t 

 l size of those of A. americana, on ! ripening may still continue, while tl 

 -\ and are usually 



; !;•.£■" 



a considerable in- 



j in the open 



- . nr.g 



i ; and, as all 



^ched u atm ° Spheric chaDgea 0I ? inSeCtS (a sub J ect 



uses should be c 





^on in o Ur rSt artTc.; «; the TetXce 













**j meteorological, physiological, and, perhaps, 









ow > and propagate;" and again, " In the 











-".".' : •'■■■"■' • 



!,.-:, 



itely furnishing the roo 



*■ increased distention of the cells and s 



9 inches ! light more freely i 



the i Lilies go out of flow. 



j H be laid on their 



