152 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[FEBRUARY 1 
men were elected : :— President, tha Trka of Buccleuch ; | 
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment for the 
adjournment of the meeting for a fortnight, against 
the origi inal moti ion for he — of the ‘Report, and 
bout 40 to 24 hand 
hands. 
The meeting then adjourned until t the 23rd inst 
e may add that an admi eminii portrait 
kill by 
of Prof. Lindley, painted with, poer 
Eddis, and | inet to the gerer by the E 
t had cuted, 
| recommends. the Celosias known as argentea and pyra- 
midalis admirable decorative plants for the green- 
: | house daring the autumnal season, 
Of Mr. Lowe's excellent — — of Madeira, | 
the third part is before us. mmences with 
rr 1 
liaceze We 
our Madeira friends upon their v egetation being inves- 
tigated Ns soa x and adido a pea The ganus 
Semperviv particularly well done, and should b 
aiio ja y horticulturists 
The 12th Part Watts’s skilfully managed 
Dictionary of Chemistry (Longmans), sean cs D 
ts. 
at whose expense i been 
the room. 
Peten of Books. 
ne Botanical Magazine for February contains 
figures of the. following lants :—Forrestia hispida, an 
» W. hich all read 
Calendar of Operations. 
(F or 
=n recent return of frost, ‘accompanied by a little 
snow, may have put a temporary stop to some Oo v 
Eastern hothouse perennial of the Spiderwort- family 
ode in gardens by the name of Pollia purpurea, 
ich we beli i 
neat gardens, ica which „according to Sir W. Hooker, 
no means it, as it is certainly “ both 
ER erically and specifically the same as Forrestia eps, 
of Lesson and Richard,” T hichi is found in New G 
out-door 
[and m being the case, in-door mas will doubtless hive 
ditional attention, The + potting, training, an 
* | cleaning of plants, the tying and dressing of fruit t 
articles on Gas, Gases, aa kindred subjec re is 
80 f Pg tric | but 
llo 
Fo wW 
wood, provide plenty of 
rely soon 
As soon as favou 
croppin = 
ETTUCES.—Plants of 
| nd a cafne 
| in forcing houses, 4 other matters of that description, | 
| if not already don advan 
tage. In favorabla d weather such work ma ay sometimes 
extends to Sumatra and Java, and occurs also on “the | be suffered to stand still for atime without much harm 
Indian Son tinens as far north as Si kkim It is a 
perennialh 
and indeed considerable time is frequen — saved by a 
¥ 
8 filicaulis, a slender much. teapcned 
trailing scarcely Ig va- annual plant; said to be 
fou Asin, Africa, Australia, and the A St of 
the New World; very graceful and elegant in character, 
wi oms scarcely large enough to become 
useful for ornamental pu s, The leaves are smo 
a o MR eye, are borne in pairs on long slender 
and Pidicant pee W; and furnished above with obovate- 
2| stances —! imer cv to Pe depqim 
h g 
the remm —: into 
AURICULA: 
unfavourabl e 
state. 
of light sandy Moi Der re 
tronched some weeks before th 
9, 364, 
Vines. — Difficult setters should be artificially fap fen. 
— choosing the middle of a dry day for n 
operation; Grapes sw ting should be thinned the 
thei ir Vines by defe rr ring too long this important ¢ e 
all su 
UN peti moisture, ui ds 
not be Fafraid to indulge in nsiderable increase of 
ht 
temperature on the afternoons “of bright days, which 
we expect ue. 
HARDY cet AND KITCHEN GARDEN, 
re better at a 
und ig 
CAULIFLOWERS,—Look carefully after those in frame 
and mé handglasses while cold weather lasts, 
these 
in ‘frames will also nog 
| require — — that they are not suffering from 
as tne as the frost shall have ey 
ra e 0. mips Kidneys may be planted 
dry warm vn and when up protected a Tittle a 
F I e DEN vs vm et. 
Improve as as possil sof ev — 
When tavotitable: weather edem - fresh. Y mass 
f 
as a general rule, to give deep shadows, and to t 
bold relief. 
& these be protected from severe 
frost; but à hen T weather shall have become mild, 
to moisten the soil to the bottom of the pots, 
Gladio pedunc cles. Tt requires stove culture.— 
obtained by W, Wilson Saunders, Esq., from the interior | 
of the Cape Colony. It grows three to four fe et | 
and then ac ME van mould of rich character. 
M n: hat have been kept in hea eat to 
family, sent from Mo ulmei n, by the Rev. C. S. P. 
is irt h id or th 
po les gth, the des pi well as the e 
ied w jia, aia hi y hairs, the 
E g a pec Uer n tinged | of 
a botanic eal" plant, the f os oo small to make it 
of much importance as a garden flower, the yellow 
too 
g 
colour bein Een present in the Is anaes -flowered 
i | frosty cr Piek off deca caying leaves and keep 
fluous a, — E a to move at 
^ i " ts 
> an cr ~ now req 
su UM ‘of ke and take care to keep Mren Evi from 
cold eur aia of air. iy that young 
A a health growing con ss 
Plants of e 
fine M wis hoog a shift. - d like à 
— — c rayo — be kept e of insects, 
— foil for these Seer] 
^ m prie p s p time and well frosted, 
should now be UAE C turned md pet Bir for 
use w want care that s free from 
son pay As tting se aos rs hing, | 
k plants as hardy as possi 
RIAS.—Give a little air it “pout Te; but avoid 
own mildew Ate means of sulphur. Thin out super- 
M "singular lea ves el copious white flowers 
are 
a$ having quite an ornamental character. 
E pan spécies is very remarkable as having perfectl 
y 
terete stems and branch T an equally terete ais 
in no way angled or winged. The leaves are throughout 
the pian perfectly connato-perfoliate into a ges 
orbiculat go lea A with the stem or branch were 
passing through a ey e and the veins all r Ac things will now be in is Bighly satisfactory dori: 
Adva 
from t y poin flowers and calices remind one 
of Silene at, aap that the corolla t four-petaled when the weather wil viso ij and maintain a moist 
and less read SE oy so that it has a more g te 
s eog t 
DAHLIAS 
Fri 
r groups of shrubs where necessary, and intr oe E 
d l 
trees in recesses; these should be carefully pire its | 
[and the DRM started into growth, water sufficiently. 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
» ï TEMPERATURE. " d 
EE AROMETER. | — Orthe Ai f 
'ebruary 25 Miociseiewc ECL ET p i 
A ax.| M. ean 
urs. 4 144 | 30. 21 92.0 IZ 3 
day 5 27 | 30.215 | 30.07: 28 | 30.5 Zr 
Satur 6) 156 | 30.00: 21 | 29.0 Nia 
Bunday 7 29.921 | 29.826 18 26.0 NE 
Mon, 8 29.745 | 29.656 15 26.5 1 
es. 9 29. 2 29.508 | 37 Hi 24.0 wW A 
Wed. N 28 | 345 Wie 
Average. | — ! 37.5 | 20.3 | 98.9 ree 
29,901 | 29. 
Feb. 4—ri ine; clear and cold ; reast ; 
— 5—Clear and Tosty ; cle: bir with cold north wind; 
Tp 
t frost at night. 
. 414 
light snow ; frosty. 
overcast. 
Bea 
harp frost. 
; severe frost th aight. 
10—Frosty and Bs at 10 Am, a remarkably 
bu d igh 
dense fog of 
TE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
iiine Ba 38 years, for the 
ensuing Week, ending Feb, 20, 1% 
a 
e 
2 | 568 d $, Prevailing Winds 
ge Sg & & of 
senes FEE SER AE rh Goats Le 
ial wich i | of Rain. |^ | 
.[ 454 | 31.1 | 38.3 M 0.50 fn.| 1 
Mon is. 46.7 | 31.1 | 38.9 3 037 |4|4 
Tues. 18..| 46.6 | 30.6 | 33.6 8 093 |6 
Wed. 17..| 46.7 | 3LI | 38.9 1 032. | 3| 8 
Thurs. 18: 3} 453 | 301 | 38.1 16 030 ([|5|8 
Friday s 45.1 | 313 | 38.2 m 0.50 fela) 
Satur. 20,.| 45.6 | 30.7 | 38.1 20 0,51 2| 4 LE 
"The highest temperature durin, the above period occurred ‘the 
16th, 1 erm. 59 deg. ; and | the lowest om the 17th, ut 
2 deg. 
Notices to Correspondents. : 
Horns: A HW. It is not unusual for these to nds 
blossoms and even sometim D new leaves when : 
to ‘start them into ies s 
RCING GARDEN. 
Notwittistanding X jud severe frost has a 
visited us, few seas en more brie 
than this for samp forcing, and therefore where 
anything like proper attention has been paid, most 
HERRIES. — steadily. _ Ventilate freely 
growi ver roban 
Cucu: 
j S Pracuss. li uie ens ma; 
for th ther üch fringe p* and 1 ee 
its middle lobe, and which, when nutely 6 examined, | d. im the morning about 9 o'elock, € in the 
are found to be prolongations of the veins, and of a Moon à — 3 bein Shut up earl 
very different character from real Pit —AÀs mewhat general shift ‘should ta 
The Floral Magazine figures t cg SU PIA ae. [ATE this month, let us offer a little Stie 
called Zord ES and Sf. Sed; Gladiolus Randle | about soils. Our best Pine-growers adhere in general 
cae anthemum tu ber culatu wm; and Schizo- ag ME E is not a new description of 
ty soil, =< ture. Pe people use turf so fresh 
no oe figu red i Botanical. Magazine," and | as they may and ought to do. Proper e 
florists? pe to which we Taah been told texture is the great euderaqun, and this may be 
restri 
the lect in this va were to be 
une. | Magnolia, 
mite M. inel of br purpurea, € the | = oy sonar ina dry state, ud should be der bed 
vage is a capital figure of a | 
o Bid jn perfection in fresh loamy turf; lat re of 
or small pieces w. nies Ai adr 
| for p we would Pepe m ies 
. way in whi grew ga 
large bunch of fruits of Musa Cavendishii, exhibi 
short time since at South’ Kensington; and Mr. Tillery 
on üi 
à a |a ayot of er of beh turf piece EIAS 
NK To those im bloom near the glass 
when the weather is at all mild, 
not c thr 
y a js things. 
are not the Oidium buta 
too bad 
Tug: JH 
sulted "with m 
. four faults; itis too 
-— thin the fruit where too thick. 
many things that are libe 
sponging Tes ventilating wl 255 poo it. 
pl 
Hbc; + A digested Reason, Pooh 1—Potato-land. 
A Wood soon de 
E Weltingion mildews. Si, 
ite earthe 
zinc or copper, are painted is far ed but 
s e By he hich i v 
ILDEW8; A H. The brown specks on Camell ia and 
are the incipient stage of that on the Cees hl 
common Fumago, a pest. that is very ye 
Re ^ oA € T: Pas 
Nothing but stat 
pietam W 
L 
E 
AB: 
i: 
TE 
m 
ben 
TypAA : W. Bult. The variety is a good one, the the flo 
large (13 inch across), bright! ETT any 
have seen 
The eolour is light crimson, od freely rare 
lines and vety black, w hich contr od, we 
t hich am 
amongst these plants, pe T 
ow & BU 
h Potato land a oa 
ous and false. 
N 
ust judge for yourself. e 
b wing you propose will be use 
apply a good top dressing of li d ashes; 
ammoniaca lime frm oo eu € or you + OF 
ano by and the scason mat is ana 7 Jn 
may mee the Grass w nih gérer that “We 
aimmoniacal water io be eae at any eras soll 8 
bare ee heso are all suco ful plans, pro 
roper! 
impenrdmed o Rhipsalis salicornioides. E 
OAKS: Sir J. R. We are n to defend re tat wt 
that has appeared i our columns. We know ig woe 
right in our opinion of f Quercus sessiliflora, Fay ostio D% 
dawvnetente were it worth while to revive a Majer; gx 
as now been settled in the mind of every f years 
of those who have been nä for the last ten ps 
2 er : - Constant Re pei! se in aly -" 
pples ch aj contr? 
ed, but have a blackness through a yy t 
form. 
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