THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



[Oct. 



greatlv influenced by the K 



were placed. It had been supposed that 



-:,,;. H- 





r more than the vegeta 



quantities in the atmosphere, and the 



throughout all time to the oxygen an 

 With regard to Dr. Daubeny's experi 

 in eres'm^ to know the relation i'-tw 

 plants and the soil in which they v 

 placed in carbonic acid. It appeal 

 the soil, as a physical agent, capa 

 carbonic acid and other gases, had m 

 nourishment of plants than had been 1 

 — Professor Milne Edwards stated 



-Mr. Peach stated that this property of i uniyina; sea 

 ' "e degree by 





VILLA AND SUBURBAN ( 



After the operation of propagating for the f 

 summer's flower garden decoration is over, pre 

 plants to withstand the winter by exposing thei 

 sun and gradually withholding water, with a 



liable to die. Young shoots largely charged wit 

 y matter are hardly capable of resisting frost c 



light. In such a place, £, 



be dried off for winter quarters verj 



jr ripening off pjai 



ts, one rising abo 

 d placed in full su 



woulJ preserve the plants from frost. A thatched 

 hurdle also forms good protection. A few large slates 

 could be employed with facility, or a piece of old 

 it perhaps the readiest and cheapest covering 

 would be a few yards of patent felt. Thi 



e-lafha would be sufficient fi t 

 A temporary house of this kind would be found ex- 

 amateur gardeners, might be wintered in such quarters ; 

 red plants, these are much 

 injured by damp ; their destruction is traceable more 

 to this than to any other cause. 



The secret of wintering bedding plants successfully 



:ve already stated, in having them well 



ripened and hardened off, and this is effeeted by with- 



sal to their well- 

 being. Should they assume a brownish ti 

 the better, and if, during this process of maturation, 

 they lose a portion of their foliage, it will do no 

 healthy. It must not, however, be supposed that they 

 not be permitted ; what is wanted is to put them upon 



foVthX^r^v^V 1167 T/ bG perfectl y P"P U ^ 

 lor ineir winter hibernatory. Pharo. 



Home Correspondence. 



Protected Tretlisei.—I am glad to see that Mr. 

 Bailey speaks encouragin:- [3 

 especially as regards some modification of 



land. How is it that the I '».■ 

 kinds of horticulture are (said at least to be) before us ? 

 Aa regards climate and cold and damp atmosphere, I 



■iouhrh 

 F ° Ur noUhe" H 



m the cheapness of glass which made i 



all the ordinary purposes of gardening, 

 ad only a few Cuctil 



na* the late J 

 irdener, and thai 



my account of this ? Why 



this autumn to Holland, as ihey did last year to France 

 I think he would learn more than at Paris. Pray urge 



;rellis with different fruit-, i-oecially V i-i,-o t - : i is' ! 

 hink the main point will be the obtaining some slight 

 trom-h >a- on some plan similar to what Mr. Fleming 



>f the trellis is that not having the tree nailed on 2 



hose brought into premature bloom by the heat of the 

 vail in the early spring, and thus the roots and the 

 )loom are more in harmony. I dare say moveable 



ban the fixed trellis, and be made applicable to more 

 raried purposes ; but recollect that even the fixed trellis 



lerries, Hydrangeas, rock plants, &c. Dodman. 



Potatoes in decayed Tan free from Disease.— Having 

 ilenty of old tan in which mv Pines were grown lasl 

 mtumn, I determined to use it" in planting my Potatoes ; 

 5haws and Regents. In November I had the ground- 



ing planted whole, aboi 

 tart of old tan ; a slight 



saw them while growing, and a 

 1 stored. They were an abunda: 



gh they had been washed. Nea 

 grown on the plan just alluded to. C 



A'- ,-r! 7, Es q , Wood-house, Dulwici 



la my suburban garden where no game, except a stra; 

 cartridge now and then, is to be seen, is fruit form 

 he food of small birds and mice from this period til 

 ate in winter. When the ground is covered with snow 

 :heir " prickings " converging towards the varioui 

 slumps, Bhow how great a favourite it is with them 

 Not only is the plant one of the most beautiful of oui 



the open ground, form one of the prettiest bou 



ruit give the plant a purple hue. Its produce ii 







., of Gateshead, I asked il 

 The reply was, « It is never as!« 

 glad to sell it very cheap." Ter 



a district, and it spreads so fast, and grc 

 in a few years the whole would becomt 

 f evergreen. An Old Shot, 

 ahlias.— Do you consider peat a good n 



of my cuttings, some 20 



tance, and although tho 

 ;ularly watered twice a 



le in the Dahlia beds 

 in the Rhododendron 



•f Hazel copse wood into hoops, m 

 ised for the repairing of tea chest 



pmtin'f^yvi^ the h *r^£u 



*Wcn G irTef have ' bee**™* **"* ° f ^ disea * Ah 

 lave been using sweet niUsa ren^d affe ° ted of Kl 



>ver them every day and saturate thTsteL >* 



he7 arThXg 1 " mo"" ZlThyf anT^' ? d ** 

 .eautifully. I have always used lie OU.&2*""* 

 .nhealthy appearance on the Vine, and I L Vfi "' 

 .ad any ill consequence arising from if, bnt ^ 

 untrary I have always a most .lovely crop of finec^T 

 Mary Andrews, Leyton, September 28. **• 



loufe Sn^S ^aTd^Mg* andYey^ iel^ 

 ;rowing, and covered with just sufficient tokwjrt-, 

 rost from them I recommenced planting in Febroan 

 if in m an a d dressed wUh^T PWpWed b ^ 

 lung, road dirt, and ashes. The rows were *>o°mcW 

 part. The ground was kept well hoed, and the Pot.. 



ultivated were Early Purples, Oxford^idnep.'S 



j whole lot— 20 sacks. A day or two ago I had them 



commend the following rules to be observed: 1st 

 Never put either seed or eating Potatoes in heaps. 

 smothered with soil, to heat. 2d. Never allow fi 



Have all the 



April and May. I am i 



f Potatoes shoul 



prick the plants out in beds dredged with slacked lime. 

 In so small a space if any plants are attacked, the de- 

 predators may be sought for and destroyed, whereas if 

 finally planted from the seed bed on a large space, in a 

 tender state, they are subjected to hosts of destroyers. 

 By the period the plants are large, and have nice busby 

 roots, the grub season is over, and the plants are iM 

 safely removed. To prevent grubs, a tailor in Suffolk 



or needlefufof worsted round their legs wnen he plants 



mttttteS. 



HoRTicoxTi rax, Oct. 2.- J. R. Gowen, Esq., Secre- 

 cy, in the chair. M. Jean Pierre Pescatore, of Bm 

 St. Georges, Paris, was elected a Fellow. On thijoe* 

 sion a large number of interesting subjects ^bg 



some six or seven heads of bloom on it ; a good plantot 

 the purple Statice puberula, the ever-blooromg «J 

 Holland Babingtonia Camphorosmse, an ™™ „A 

 of Crowea saligna covered with pretty pink flo** "J 

 various Orchids, consisting of a cut Hoeer-ap rf 

 right blooms on it of Cattleya tori- , . ■*£-.. 



drobiumformosum,Mi] 



well known Phatenop 



Galeandra Baueri. A Banksian Medal 



Cattleya guttata, Dendrobium for 



A similar award wi 



huge Crowea saligna.- Messrs. Her 



e-place, sent nice bushes of three sj 



ssnsSs 



arkeri.and Ccelogyne fuliginosum. A _Ce ^ 

 erit was awarded for the Crowea stneta^^ 

 lendinning, of Chiswick _ Nursery, cam ^jf-* 

 osa, a rather pretty vioiet-flowered paw ^#00 

 olli'sson, of Tooting, ^ J^^f^rf S-g 

 IVwTtn riSi purphTZwers Ordered «***£,,«*, 

 me nurserymen also contributed the viol* a . 

 £tj of Miltonia ^^^V*?* 

 M, g'r. to J. S. Venn, Esq., of H Jgjbej ^ 



s Laffite, La Reine, and Duchess ^t ^.^ 



Fleming some account of ^hjj^ % wpj*+ 

 wJawarded The other Pin-PP* ^^ 



