THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 





favour of the more hardy a 

 mmediately above ground 



These are formed when the bi 



in is seen. About Ajlsham, 



■ d there and el* 



>eing quite as strong 

 Tieveh/.m. 



and making public 



ralSin^rl™ 



ken off altogether. 



Hate Glass.— Yon 

 ltural world by eli 



- ■ ;i - ■ 



- , : 

 r fixed lights. " You must 



ction, it ought not to supersede the use of t 

 liter sheet glass, except in puai 

 be shown that Cape and New Holland plai 

 ish as well under this glass as under the she 



. J. K. [No 



mt the North of 

 Pine woods fag. 



-When well managed, 



is gross a feeder as the Vine, and ] 



1 it do best when potted in. strong, turfy 



first joint, and 



sufficiently to allow 

 size of that in wl ' 

 in the tan of a Pi 



:,,;'", 



sse, and kept as near the glas 

 3 its flower-buds, when it imme 

 in* the pot it last flowered ii 



1 replunged in the tan bed, a 



in water -"ii i< bacc « w;=r r 



ra green-fly, an insect it is very subject to 



lis method of treatment it always flowers wit 



and 5or6fe 





ir lady or gentlemen, nor any gardenei 

 ut will find it as useful as I do, not only in 



nd sunny days ; °but in the removal of tub 



. . 'ly treated ; indeed, it 

 v one who has seen it in flc 



G. Masters, Heaton-p 

 Manchester, Nov. 12. [Pray si 



rt,ft 



rhood (Forrei 



:/l'V 



This I thoroughly tested last sumn 

 >- ^, some trouble and expen 

 e cost exceeded the profit. 



roebuck, which abounds in the forest and destroys many tageously. The plan to adopt is the following : I have 

 wonsanas annually by rubbing the bark off with the furrows drawn out about the depth and 



CidS/on - b^^nLe more e r ral -f VarietieS ° f theS6 "* - h - S * dep ° Sit We " r ° tted farm -y ard m<anure > ancTcover 

 purple, so much overlooP 

 Ublv owing to its being 

 on that account not wort 



pot-culture. Such, 

 with large very compact flowers, sweeter scented th 

 «iL J «'hers, and the vei " 



April, being enabled to deposit the 

 irlier than on the flat. The plant* 



-..!. i ' • 





M old Mushroom bed, or equal parts loam, rotten dung, | also to 



Jur summers. This is a most Important 8 con* 

 . The plants never flag in , .. 

 always moist, the air being admitted 



.Indian Corn last year, i g^ 

 y. Imostcert.L 



me that its large flags feed more on the ri™ to 



pI s^^ar^'ss iT^r^bS 



the roots, which last are now getting worse dail^C 



appearance of the same disease that prevailed in the 



To Grow Orchids well, nothing moreisr«,„;~„i ... 

 ., pUce a ,,„.» m of -A^UZTB?*- 

 pieces, at the bottom of the pots, and to have tb 



portions. Cantium. [Orchis growers will, we think 



vith amazement. Will ■■( • I-I 



favour us with the name of the place where noSL 



more is found necessary than what he here describe^ 



Ivy.— I could not help admiring, the other dav, the 



wind was stripping d 

 fohage^and^carryin 



Many an unbroken hi 



e from the lofty Ben Lomond 



Mrs. Heman, in her " Ivy Song," savs— 



to less tender plants, and prolonging our season of 

 flowers. In a frosty night the moonbeams may be re- 

 flected in its glossy leaves, but they afford FJ***™? 1 * 

 "upon fhe'bVneficial^ffecteof Protecting the Stems of 

 Fruit Trees from Frost in early Spring,' remarks, l 

 planted, some years ago, in my garden, under a wall m 

 a north-east aspect, and shaded by a contiguous bui d- 

 ing, a common China Rose tree (Rosa indica^ and » 

 plant of Irish Ivy. Both have risen cons.derably 

 above the top of the wall, which is 13 feet high, and te 

 Rose tree, of which the stem is wholly covered by 0» 

 branches and foliaee of the Ivy, has annually producea 

 more abundant flowers, and exWbite^symgmiw^of 



is generally known to gardeners J^^ed 

 pendant plant only ; but when the 

 a considerable age, and have produced fru. ttajjg 

 branches, these exhibit an independent form w ig 

 which they retain when detached, and form very 

 hardy evergreen shrubs, of low ■^tore. ^^ 



intermixed with plants of the more oe> , ^ 

 of the China Rose, or other low dee.* ^ rf 

 somewhat tender flowering shrubs, ^JS their 

 ]L%e would" be fully exposed to the W*$^& 

 .. is'probable that these might bes^J^ 



"I! in winte'r would be e^/.rfS^ 

 mental. Detached fruit-bearing branch* ow ^ 

 TeLhvT be U Luy obUinei >. Mackenz*, * 

 Plean, Stirling. „ r „ „ „ tt „ n ested some 



Pumpkins.-At page 373, « W. R-" «g kinl 1 

 information respecting the growth o I run* j ^ 

 have never cultivated any in this counuj, ^ # 



Pumpkins in the ensuing spring, I **§£Zh& I 

 a packet of good seed, and about »•" haT e *<» 

 wo'uld sow it> a slight ho bed .»"£,. and, * 



