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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[FEBRUARY 20, 1864. 
latter, though large, are unsupported by stakes, and 
bloom magnificently. 2 the same} collection are also 
CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. .— Planting time - 
ther 
— —— e — 
STATE OF THE "WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON. 
respect to these is now rapidly omen is 
ultura] 
Cinerarias, fringed Chinese Primula, some very ration of | £; m BAROMETER. TE 
gonias, Gloxinias, Achimenes, and Bongainvillea ; in | the cre } ends Ejas -— — C Earth wins É 
short, all that is fas ava in English gar rdens is betas ee nes kinds a: as ; require vie en- 2“) Max. | Min. | Max. | Min. | Mean I. po. E 
Li ere in pe Ir. ste art’s residence is | tion. “Many so orts on eter will have received little li om nm. a |a |oo o — 
fore one which 3 is vw. Semi to, not on hes by water since last autumn, and may be very dr iy 5 | 29.624 Dani | a teri int (SY a 
English visitors to Nice, but also by man ny f y, therefore, si the blocks for a few | Satur 12 5| $573 | gona | 55 | 38 | 465 H- fè sw 8 
tters. | minute: in ater; and baskets, if dry, will also | Mon. a eee AS $4 | 55 sw. 2 
be benefited by being subjecte - pur aerem Lo 17| 30.074 | 29.882 | | 43 | 25 | 340 a t| RA E 
UR Svringing may now be resorted to early in the after- | “|| 29.926 | 29.680 | 494 | 31.8 | 40.8 | 4L7. — [Ws 
Miscellaneous. hon pen em dives and other conditions favourable to Average. | | 29.92 sisi | 49.4 c: Mns arias! [dg 
Garde cy eem ap er my arrival [at growth may ore enerally th cum mre een iA slight frost. M 
Copenhagen] I made my way to the Botanic me rE would have been pr ll e dE: “Clear very a ; clear at night. 
wih is near ly in ‘the Miki ó he city. E ca a c —Beds for these are t made in the —  Y-Densey and uni niformly overcast ; brisk S.W. wind; rain, 
e of introduction to the Corne m , autumn; but where plants have e kept in pots} — ! ret fine, with clouds; clear at — rain; sight 
Wail ch, which I got from Professor "Aramid, whom during winter they may now p pis nted out with their — . l7—Fine; cloudy and cold ; clear, fi sty 5 ra 
I met at sala. The for rentlem i rich] ls Mean erste eder the É hd ieg, al ore the average, 
psala y prepared s STATE OF THE WHAT R AT ICK, 
me with much kindness, an c ont pains to —These ought now to 0 “care efully gone over, in k, pei 
sho me the garden and ibrary. I fo und digit forking up ra surface soil and applying a top- B minii 5 27, 1804, 
a good collection of plants cultivated here, 1 ich fresh mould to the depth of say FARHA q No. of | Greatest Prevailing W 
well adapted for —Q rposes, and also h all over the bed. February (SSS| SES] 33 Mfr cue Quantity zl EINER: 
ornamental kinds, The servatories are Placid. Bernd ToLIPs—If not already done cover the be ds with AC [ad Rained. ù|? iP a 
from each other, but if connec cted would make 2 good | large meshed nets ; when is small the alanla are i Sunday21.| 458 | 323 | 39.5 | 18 0.20 ta. Su RN "i 
— The emm mee à low Palm house, wherein | to be drawn by — seen ided. Mon. 22..| 46.5 | 21 alee 0.29) 4g Im 6i 
— ens v species are cultivated, along FOR DEN. Tt Ao 468 | 327 | 398] 17 oso fal sl ane j 
with so ested with Bex Sm s Se inn 
one plant I wires ‘there that I - Ses previously During the present does weather no precise | Eg 27. 33.6 | 408| 18 o4o fallal a saii 
seen, which was n ioon imbrica It differs rules "for the guidance of the inexperienced can be| esr temperature during the above period occurred onthe 
iderably from the Dioon edule, and $ i » M. eilba ch gi ven. The furain must therefore i in a grea! atm — 27th, i19 Germ. 62 deg.; and the lowest on the 24th, 1360—them, 
showed me, particular rly in the fruit EO n e ÓÓ€—€—— 
cry manera e than those of the | tO mako xir EE Notices to Corrosion 
arpei deiere rp mtr they many, however, only | Pee i E h t cauti ousl on bri ht|Bounvx CvsTHIA : A Correspondent w i 
be paia of one species. nother stove contained | days, fd PUTA EE S ait d can refer for r information rabout the meee of qun teni 
Cue ns.—Follow up former directions—regu- 
" stopping = often sprinkling lightly with water 
m 
edis ots are four or five 
joints Tong, commence sopping gritos j squeeze them 
thumb ; this is one of the 
1| principal secrets of success in Fig man agement. Ensure 
collestion. donent vt inter T observed some inte "e 
ing ies, such Psamma baltica, im — 
Sturmia Tol emani Mon The 
and co 
steady degree of moisture at the roots; Figs are 
very i T tient of drought—a very short period of 
neglec tal t 
KR IONEE Buans.—Give plenty of liquid manure to 
nd 
— ical library is - the garden, an € sa rich 
ion of books on the science, comprising mm ie 
those of the 
of *' Flora 
in which the plates be beaut’ 
cite cer rte 
Ereren Apes Peto te in the botanic ; Platanus 
cce and several species of J $c ve grow freely 
the At the Y and gardens senberg 
executed, w zeige on the table, 
trees stand. in Den- | Wit 
Lotus | in 
“Meros. — Pot off young plants into pots singly ; : 
£ h ad 
of our rudes of this mre H the Cape of Good 
ws our re 
T “ve. f no [better hand-book on Timber 
Trees, with Instructions sox plauting, beer &c., = 
Brown's ** For otanist cannot do better 
procure the om a : E Botany by D 
Syme, if he dur Tara it. —J te tandish’s 
Cultivation of American Plan! si foy a prd 
IM 
: WA. A composition of cowdun, — 4 
little lime and clay to give it body, i os api 
Mo advantage, the diseased parts being Aic "^ ly eut 
y. Our friend Mr. Rivers recommen —— biennial removal 
ort the EC as the only cure for can 
CiwERARIA: E F G. No satisfactory opinion can be formed 
You should have 
Boo: 
CAN. 
h ab without topp m x 
willdo more "^ uds xe Ac 
ter pruning. It the trees ng Aa io 
these respects pod will be li Te | ri ig ae ial 
When 
thinning, only a hw E ON dy X heh 
the ree de is fav rbi AT syringe ad iberally with 
U: 
Saprolegnia ferax, a production which, 
the Fun though i is often associ vow 
You rd of severa s E its allies in 
TH Observer for or for Apri n 
: CL Paxton. ,YouriFungus is pt 
TM far as we can wr from thesketch. None: 
ext. 
Mem 
nib are very lige rees of Horse e Bus Purple | mue n the afternoon. raed Priz A V1 The only condition, as you will se 
Beech, Walnut, and pn deciduous kinds. Among his o not tym 4 Lr eem heat to rise t from ictu xs last desks (p. 147), and an pie DR 
the ornamental shrubs several kinds of Robinias, Suddenly ; when be M ee — in bees E sun 24 - er tors Pat oet 
Loniceras, s, Spiræas, and on a wall Wistaria | consequence of recen si ftin Bs vals this mie E E that they vA be 
sinensis ves flowering freely. The trees near the readily take place. Constant attention to ahs: tris seed or cutting-pot, — simply. that they. “al er 
esplanade, on the ramparts round the city walls, | Sticks is therefore now necessary, in order to ensure} $^ into shape and s à ia 2 flowering po 
consist chiefly of Horse Chestnuts, Elms, Syeamore, and | Success. For general rmen o andi ei i brought ino Hosen anes “me isnot mp 
x le te (Sepha regia). They are planted in lines on | cient. ‘Le t atmospheric moisture be in qnem to | Names or PLANTS: Jane. 1, Adiantum cuneatum ; 
the broad wal are in summer they | the natural increase of heat and light, and give air| tum} Capillus-veneris.—# H. 1, Epaeri nivalis ; ipe 
à x as well as shelter from showers, | freely early in the diy on all favourable Sedot; aoe — sra Aes The cots be nolint 
to the inhabitants of Copen much | Shutting up a good amount of sun-heat whenever a p not Galanthus plicaius: 7-8. Cote M 
freq) them. I observed £ id bl chance of doing so ebd euentum Tri ARA; 7 ana ag slightly different form 
, ec sima ac eu amc and 8, 8 
in the way of ornamental planting, both ViNES.—Attend regularly to the Ap eren Me of Lastre Vilixmaa—J i rnithogalum sel 
in the city it suburbs, In front of the abe Palace stopping of superfluous wood. Take good care of| o,r in piant o EXE deners. hose desti 
b pcm ood deal has already been done, | bunches ore tant shoulder tying. T Weal fiend | nos ions ie 1860, p. 72, where you will E 
also in ym. places outside the city Ru may be perm sunny afternoons ; E t be mode- | ill n of them. 
p Moore, in Proceedings of Royal Dublin Society. rate at Might; = a at that period be the maximum. | REN Welt we ari oe iir Af eu E Me tn iho pots 
2 p up he unt of moisture v independent o soil is full of humus Api in th the us eee X. 
e 8 m as Piers closed | soil, the dressing of ola Big e rubbish the cst 
for forme, be careful to secure a tho econghiy moist | beneficial; but ot quite gather that Ph ia tho ost 
(For the ing week.) state of the sxincap het e by — — the Ld lime ie sing w ET Ger nly = irme "rod i 
ed weather has returned, accompanied, we may fonte and every available prin rved| sing of spirits of tar im antumn. Parsnips and Carrots w 
expect, b; increased sunshine, , and as many indoor previously, a gular moist state of ‘ae ee is apt to grow forked on badly worked gro nd. Tord s 
wil soon segue at attention i in the way of E daas g, | most effectually re bra mi f a slight bod of| Probably do better than have - Fee acd as D 
et everything be put at once in readiness for the roper|fermenting materials in the house, which will also|  subsoil nd take — it, as ‘well as the P^ 
oth be Pate dien lasts too mui no w | afford a little warmth, snd the moisture from this is| well drained. The lime would doubtless bo a usefal® 
strictly kept . constant care besto ko veusintion ‘than auything e meadow land. . inier. V 
de mas sf oie wok. nt ca be ced byte mon casa oo ot iter Homnenrenp Sweet DR baka 
_ FLOWER GARDEN AND PLANT HOUSE! itis the Fellows themselves who must stir, 
s regards t the Couservatory and Sfiow-houses, t : ray ee ) KITCHEN GARDEN. be done. 
gisting kom bulbs and other pee in e T As con If your five-year-old Vines 173 no 
other houses, and the h | important crops uud no’ rues 4 à ze mi ne ag | - timore art ta m imd € border is Ports, ves 
-— that if moreover, they are o y constitu to 
ide Fae dint p bow à gs vise you to inarch them withjthe kinds yon Ten 
kind of work requiring most attention. As a me until the M nd is suficientiy ntly ‘ary to bear ronding o on longer time eni. pn run Vo might. 400° 
veas t partial : 
that the floors, &c., be at all times ih particularly | dition to ve die seed. [^ cad h m scliot eem wot thet ehed. th pat ad er 
clean and dry, Dryness of atmosphere through fire - mit by intention to these Fiir; m-| moderate crop of srt! cary th TI 
will not, however, = the plants in = yore tese So itself Should become s st if properly 
end: orea aias y Mazagan and Johnson's Won- 85 the rafter by the end of the 4 aeo ring years Pi 
which not oderately the following 
them, but ed Tiitii a guaran le dibus in nran S hi f the plants, You cov” 
thefuture. Great ces therefore, in the use p Ptas Sow mcos —— ns ede loa th pot Vines for a couple of uso shallow Y 
ife Yeah ie in “age wees crops 0! , | WATER: Agua. The from your proposed P^. ges 
; vitse a "of 45 at nigh pera: 's Nonpareil, Champion of gland, a sii other | con grains of salts of limo to the gall sce 
Bá a at ear and from 50* nea te Draw up wp ten ber, in this way than es water, sory gil 
. to 55° during is during this time of the | ground, and stake them i ing to Solly contains from 17 to 24 TaN bonate., Prg 
a ficient: Grace lawns: Bhould l- Posi which at least 15 grains consist of the carbo rial. 
1 TOS.— Plant Ashleaf Kidneys Kidneys if the | di ; 
i a all s Pali y ground is isat| that from your stream ld not 
1 g ep a oe If wet, defer the operation until it gets into| Water is, of course, preferable for garde lected 8 
condition iv thm. ou a supply from that will be best 
f water 
