THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND ee GAZETTE. 
(FEBRUARY 27, 1864. 
being a aa 2 sound sense, and are evidentlg the 
result of e obs ervation and m 
: * The convale: 
as IU resemble a hom 
of the sick hospital ak gh 
don't wan 
convalescent to feel, hos 
inmates, but as people who are recoverin 
We have received from Messrs, Smith, Beck & Co, 
» Lom Mr. Osbert Salvin's series of Photo graphi c 
e Rui 
rich 
1 £411 
ung 
it occur in a large rmi a of 
aitz. scared pro! robable | 
or its preparation, which apply equ lly to 
u Clavaria, to which genus, indeed, it is refe red by 
oques, in this — Nullo who described it in 
pos iin's “ * Miseella nea Aus on = referred 
FMLigu een ion 
its affinities. "The aci " says Monsieur t cy 
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VINES.— 
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Take. vivsntege of all favourable oppo 
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we recommend t them to the careful study of » horti- 
cultural readers 
eellsnsant: 
Unusual Se igh the in the South of 
Europe. a er A Ry 1 diri ole for the | 
resent manths "iab the cold has been more severe i 
taly and the ‘south " 
im t s fov. the last 34 rad 
ss and Doonsiber a are v stated to have n bry 
ild, an 
"sia ld be well pons - m any y particles of soil e done wig 
adhere to it ashed in warm. water and safety, and be satisfied with as low a temperature from 
sae oughly dra ined, a be considered safe under the state of 
butter, “Parsley, a little s Kochallot, or a soupçon of Garlic, the Vines, but shut tup pariy, s alloni ping H ihe thermometer 
When tender, Fa e Lu. © extent econo 
a el - s shoul While baking, a | mise fue will gonial th than stron 
» ur a ag or * broth may be added occa- | fire-heat. Except w. cdm Vines d keep the 
DA rn make it = e er. In Austria it is Mans phere moist, but the figs pon miwaya be 
simply fried in butter seasoned with sweet basil." wed to become perfectly dry in urse of 
Rev. M. J. Be p, in iiaii Observer. y. 
DY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN, 
Calendar of Operations. Digging and trenching may still be carried on 
al det ip "a kho activity. All wheeling wil), asa mater. s course, 2 
ay cea di dur e the late hard we 
scena. t coll experienced in Jannary ; an tons is 
also v very remarkable, the er was more severe in 
Throughout the greater |; 
part ; of E Hey xa Aust pony ed unusuall 
icated (— 
w. Ab Turin it indi —20°) Centigrade, or 
4^ Fahrenheit below zero, In tbe extreme south 
of France it stated to have been equally 
— and very destructive 7 fe ay wily as will be 
rstood by some extra a letter from Car- | 
sco dated January 22, rd :—*The cold has set 
The 
iu "- — ener in our Department, 
frosts o and 4th of January cut up all our 
vegeta eans were in flower, our early P. its ill edes Uus TEMFERA 
were — aeq nearly all are lost, Our d Goichen RICULAS.—On the first favourable opportunity let | p, pu MI PBanoxsrew, | Offhe Air. 
5 , Cardoons, &c., exhibit only a mass of putrefac- | these omy — uch air as possible; they dislike close 135) an Mex. | Min. [Moon 
tion. re are like deserts; our demde, confinement. aes USE ssl Bm 282 Mas Pe 
and Ranunculuses were commencing to ; but at| Canxamoxs AND Picorers.—Draw the lights off] Thams, 18 n | DOE | Soba] 35 
presen’ there is left scarcely a trace of oe ur | these in the day time when there is no frost, but let Satur £r 30016 | 29.705 | 32 
river y p completely frozen over, | them E put on again at night. n. dE min| W 
and th the case since the a emorable|  PsLARGONIUMS.— These will now be growing pretty m Ba 29.904 | 29.802 | 38 
« ) Sito freely ; one whenever the weather i One let —|—_ |__| __ |__ 
a new esculent Fungus. — The | them have as much air as e, th the Kveraze. | | 29.988 | 29.885 ' 35.8 
the name of whi is derived from ^ ieties uh Feb. 18— some snow-flake weshower ; overcast 
" pa veg proper ze eaae Fancy niat may a ep 
reime ee fleshy consistence of | little warmer than ordinary = Nepe ae pote nant cae 
Clavaria and similar has flattene —Another batch e may now be placed — 21 Overcast; SES but Boat oyercast, vadit — 
laming, aaar y in eed: covered ven the!in heat to succeed those ne coming i into bloom. A a aiir ereit nasz Cll 
fructify ng sur ace, or — In Thelephora and | down fly by — fum and the Konp i DOE eripe pairing imo at ot night 
which the divisions | Mean temperature of the week 10 deg. below the ayerage. 
s not 
mote "much flattened and E ther 
only a ery consistence, but the hymenium sid saa 
nite, rere. NEAS to the lower surface. In Sj 
‘the lobes are y large and numerous, 22 as t 
form a round Seanad and sometimes hemi i 
-oecasionally or more in diameter, with a height 
of several I which, together with a deinen waxy 
appearance, r the species m. ects, 
The habit is somewhat. sim of pry resi 
reticulata, an which is not without example 
-| be une up, the beds renewed, and the: 
plants. 
nr to pter up a sn appearance 
and other sho ow houses. Cut and uin 
LOWER GARDEN AND PLANT HOUSES. 
df nat alveady done, look over be ads | of Crosses and | 
the 
EARS.—The observation just made in mee 
| Appin also cole to these. * 
EAS.—1f not already done, make a sow NM 
la ihe ground is in a 
following ia of the "in ds Bees 
last weak 
SPIN. reo has ndn, we hear, in some placas 
ground by frost. 
ave been closely coy: 
Ae inspec et half-hardy red f 
n order to see whe Mer 
inju, or JE In fro 
ye 
expected, every eoe erra be fug to ward off | 
from e lote fros 
should therefore 2 bs ma: 
sowing to supp ply early plat 
TAT AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
For s Ww "bà iic Feb. 24, 1864, as observed at the Horticultural Garden 
maggot by hand picking. 
Tuxips.—Place i n oo potpalo of bulbs to succeed 
E OF THE WEATHER + AT ' CHISWICK, 
h down, 
ir places 008 filled 
Cuthill's eed Spine | is as useful 
folded, | an Soong tee’ 
ae to secure a ms 
thick, 
ang Hiberally 40 prevent spider, 
in a ped -— to 
, Prszs.—Young plants growing in "beds t hel. aud 
stave 
or less uneven, and rather 
h, with itt little e wart-like elevations, In 
soil loosened up as 
as deeply can be done vi out 
the roots, giving 3 a 2i pa ih 
too 
herd] soaking 9 
om 
— the Wellington TE Faer there 
mua ae I 
brownish and finall; rie me > and 
E Tike milal enculent 3 Fungi, those | 
; ve ead Menton iilii NM 
the Asylum 
^ 
injuring t 
pasi if it be found to 
a 
fea ate a i 
Eire in fisppiinnom 
the plants 
ane 
"dud; si b kn Lond s om tee latter are not Di USER LE for the ensui ending March Y 
ws xor wed to ant Ae WE Prevailing inds- 
A MUHHHEHEORAPS den 
av re RCING ror € march, [fae | Eie 26 | whieh it rita: 42 2 
gnat ———— E - 
sonlig: growth wil will "be pem res er oee Sunday 26-| 492 | $3.4) 3) 14 0.81 in. 
of h die ilios t gti or me 7 ae mer ] E rri 355 12 in 045 i 
im tml z ped eee ; 
at present aen atte ay ^ $1122 53] ib 010 A 
ABAGUS.— If not anm. done, make a bed to Way ee CIE L reaper : 
succeed that now in cut. On fine [xd s giva a little e TATE y fe onest of eh sates 
a 
obicas ie erm spondents, 
To ConRESPONDENTS.— inquiries as to DUE 
demand some investigation, pees stand 
[nets Society was ee 
pa ewe t collection of little boreal 
thing to do with Horticulture, 
for the best collection of wild birds, 
mollusks. 
Dry Ror 
paises 
or Ys 
s 
ugs c. me 
Muscus. 
poor form of S. v. mu 
The Sex what has been called 8, Y. 
New Zealand seeds appear to be 
viU is: S S. The **ne sey mee 
pe the Carlisle paper, as ha 
” 
per 
mmien ks 
besides where it e found th 
ndigenous place," hr 
Rice. 
hel nd odis LII. € 
& considerable quantity 
for this pur 
