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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JANUARY 30, 186 4, 
been solely with the view of protecting the trees from 
of ble temperat (seo any sixpenny manual), 
planting. , Where ' boxes are not t 
being injured by late frosts in spring, and tiles will " found useful Bie om or nins. 
e fruit when approaching maturity from being of std wing riri another. Admiral Fitzroy, | = ‘Sorves eut in ng narrow strips and hollowed 
Pe or heavy rain, All this has been | in 2 M the centr tees for the reception of the 
accomplished with - most gratifying suecess, and we arden in Dublin.—From a report of the ins In transplanting, these have merely to be lifted 
do not — to say that in our ] exp ce we Aeris n Palace and Winter Garden Com- |and placed where the Peas are intended to grow, first 
never sa anythi ing to — = display of fruit that m just issued, oats igned by the e of Leinster as | hardening them a little, and m" dig put ne. 
th of our isit. Eve ery chairman, at ars Pihak the contractors, Messrs. eve them for a egredi by means of Spr 
tree appe fect | 1 ave made ra a progress with the work, | branches. 
4 the company wil b put in 
covered ` wit ^» rosy, ig in looking fruit. As for PI ums, 
- were — abundant, pet Green Gages, 
erson’s, Coe’s Golden Drop, an 
re -— M A house of 
en eco r seale, Meere 
emely hes in situation 1i able to h 
made 
var urposes, such a e pro 
and other orn 
slight marie n 
the Kitehen Garden, and for 
some s doe MPH —G this fine place, we 
must endeavour to find roo: eek. 
for forcing, or of different ge hardy 
mental plants that requ ire a 
during 5 Met severe weather. 
ion 
Miscellaneous. 
vish Peat Bogs.—In a paper on the supply of fuel in 
Irland, recently read by Mr. Hamilton O'Hara before 
Ro 
Pond's Seedling. | 
Figs were oad in great perfection, ha Wed on such |in conn 
- 
gard 
fruit «oe always eu | Appearance. 
ight be 
iety of p s the 
tection of Ad for ins a of tot ond intended | erect the machinery. 
ffer 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
Calendar of operation, 
Ar LIRpOGE the expediens of night covering for the 
roofs of glass houses has been frequently pointed out 
and X4. generally pr pin I hitherto little has 
be in done in th 
It DX. eh, fa 
especially in old 1 tting glass, Under 
circumstances a bmi is a required to prove its 
the Royal Dublin Society, much useful information was ti di t 
given as to the extent of the coalfields and peat bogs u PS 
of Ireland, the different varieties of fuel, and how FLOWER GARDEN AND PLANT H OUSES 
immense ol ow of little use for man Maintain a mild agreeable er Tete show 
turing pu e rendered by improved modes | houses, ard see that all plants are clean and i in good 
of preparation nearly as valuable as coal. The area of} health, If any become infested with insects remove 
the bogs of Ireland was stated ount to 2,830,000 | them immediately; for no course of culture will succeed | 
acres, and estimating a cubic TA of dry peat to weigh without thorough « eleanli iness. 
valuable fuel from this source 
fuel in Ireland i 
equivalent in power to about 470,000, f coal; 
and estimating coal at 12s. per ton, the y value of | 
all the ‘peat in Ireland would be 280, i "€ ing. 
Mr. O'Hara referr o the articular qualities 
found in t rmn m quo ie satis as | 
to the quantities found. ie eac ied in 
Leinster being 230 ei There. v. vers 73 collieries | 
at in Ireland, 31 ‘St of which are in ter, 29 in 
Munster, t, and OF 
46 only are ' quantity of 
taken 
—Plants intended for succession | 
a shift, and be other. 
may have 
owth. 
for specimens may 
ed 
Iso now receive a shift into larger pots. Admit air 
Ses to them while be: Vener is mild, and do not let 
ate 
a them flag from wan 
gcc GARD M 
The weather which w experiencin 
| will be fund Wehr favourable to all ‘kinds of forcing. 
r drive matters too rapidly until we 
and somewhat moist atmosphere 
el 
i formation - Piera of ii Z TEMPERATURE. 
surroundin, ng ge a cn pleasu ure-grou ds are almost} ,,..,.. ES Bass. Ofthe Air. [Ofthe E: Ewa d 
brought portion of ihe S| Max. | Min. Max. | Min, | Mean E reor afeet| | 
ardens es MA. ‘presents a very pleasing and tasteful LÁ 1 ZEEN ernst TT TL c EM 
Preparations are being made for an mu br nu & rs a 
extensive system of ornamental waterworks, for which Satur 3$ O | 29 918 29.704 oo ee “| aq 
dg i | 
the Messrs. MNA of Drogheda, have contracted to Mon. 2 MEE ure E 3 
s. 28/19 | 30-250 | 30-150 | $2 | 3z ACE 
Wea. 27, 39964 | 54 | as | 00 
Average. | 29971 | nA, nS N 
ves z-man; TE: vided’; ci 1 puteo t night, 
ensely clou c m and win isterous at nigh 
33-Wam fine ; cloudy num E age a frost. 
j excee im [^^ with sun; overcast ; rain at night. 
EDU overeast ; ver Cp cloudy: fine at night. 
an tem ture of the, wee! 1-6th deg. above the rage. 
STATE OF THE ‘WEATHER el andes 
ek, ending Feb. 6, 1864, 
(Vw; 64 ew d revailing “Winds, 
2 
"DECEM 
and Feb, |? wo) eee s uantity HIT IPLA 
AU PEL LI which is of Rain. a bal Fa 
Suaday sl} M4 | — 4. — 17 0.38 im. | 5| 5| 1| 2| 9/10| 3/8 
Mon. 1,.| 43.3 | 31.0 | 37.2 12 0.52 5| 6| 1| 2| 310] 8| 6 
Tues 2..| 43.7 | 310 | 374 13 0.15 3| e| 5| 3| 2110] 68 
ed. 3..| 443 | 309 | 37.6 17 0,42 1| 4| 4| 3) 2/16) 3| 1 
Thurs. 4..| 44.8 | 33.2 | 39.0 18 0:31 3| 4| 4| 1| 7/2 Hr ; 
Tiday 5.. 458 | 33.7 | 39.9 N 0.39 2} 3] 2} 2) Bhs els 
Bitur 6,.| 46.3 | 32.7 | 39.5 i. 0,25 2| 31 4| 3] 4| 9| 716 
et highest temp d occurred on the 
18524 aud “el -1850—therm. " e y i the poe: on the 3lst, 
lsr therm. 8 deg. 
Notices to Map iy iui i 
ection in your us plants is 
Diod be called a disease, vena e is 
urish the whole leaf 
the 
The wo s too, 
in Mt be ^um rips about 
tar he leaves. M J B. 
SreviLLE; W S, It will take some time to 
p and other hoga haha myk be n 
al 
P 
Barometer Readings.—It is now a well-known fact | favourabl and sa e that the AF V are in a es state| middle of March. se hotbed «s ‘greenhouse vn 
that the value of a barometer reading rel l | as to moi p teas RON air en ee ya uy B uad M Nen them. 
the actual height of the mercury t it d vayan n L—Sow successions of choice kinds in 
er the column be risin ng steadily or falling; a case of failure. Pot off y oung stock and top as soo je - OF mE ie F. Platyloma. — TW 1, 
farther, before the reading can be — mata the rough leaf has been Jawie. In planting out hy Jurdela pe speciosa; 2, Begonia manicata.—H H J.. c 
h phlebium verrucosum ; 2, Pteris argyræa; 9, Asp 
eather purposes, the hygrometer must be con- |a thick turf under each hill, and in making the latter | Qolensoi.—¢ ve one of the many varieties of 
eof to see ee amount of moisture in "the eis c a oy eit to the centre kh his d es Give air as often | Epidendrum variegatum ; but the flower is rribly v. 
also whet! this be on the — s possible, and, in order able to do so, keep up Bai ex The leaf is that palie, "nel acai. 
The direction of of the wind is also ano corde any weh in LIE, Fee ani dirigi, i aon E 
likewise the Asa help to those who ELONS.— ids ow seed of uw kahe or other early Bora qua ee buta mere leaf does not enable ust? 
not yet v ipa scenes of weather, we appe ~ Get some dung at w r the bed, and carry | | say which. m ust have à donent. Orangery with an 
few rules, th e as guides, however |i Mone as careful a we ss um that for the early gerere i » By bus tele tac tibia epist for their 
MEN unfit t ies more advanced e eet Ine- Cucu f ridged out by the second week in al build a spaz-roofed or lean-to house with good clear 
in "A useful study. 4 Ri: : A| Fel pisi they will be sufficiently early to prove a safe} glass. Oranges ripen best with plenty of lig! ond j^ 
“rapid” indicates unsettled weather ; a ae ata pro crop, and will bé ready by the first week in June, if witness Malta. po pots may be plunged UR Ley le od 
rise indicates settled weather; a * rise" "with dry air | not a fortnight earlier. P pe coe pessoa rc Peed, In your 
and cold increasing in summer indicates win m| Pracmzs.— Give air at all times when the weather is | | climate they should have artificial heat all the summer. n 
northward, and if rain has fallen better weather is to | favourable, and maintain a temperature of about 60°, | Tue Surrery Erm: € E F. Compare with the eker 
be expected; a “rise” with moist air and a low te allowing it to fall 5° lower at night. Ifthe trees have E arie ass akon He pede fsa, rien rfectl: 
rature indicates wind d rain from northw: ; 8 ne blooming, syri nge freely in the aftern about 4 trustworthy pees r^ — Sli Elm bari is an eX 
rise” with southerly wind indicates fine weather. oink or earlier if the nights are a Commence cn demuleent, applicable to a. a one cases in which t ea is 
8 Barometer: With dry air and a sea p disbuddine whenever the’ shoots are t state for edicines y s emp oyed 2d is sapere b ey, 
temperatare, — a — of very fine that purpose, removing a small ioa Aradia dysentery, PR IO s Elm, it Le 
Geller: 4 Fall ing Ra Qoi a ^ rapid ^ fall | cim the po! on i fini hed: q X Pp y Like the berks f the 4. aon mon Eur mpeni rage 
> nis emplo; eprous erpetio eruptions ; 
i pia vet fall with| PINE: pies as are pushing should have} these Yor in any other pomplainia does fi IE 
y wind weather trom sorthwards plenty a Ten and atmospheric moisture, Let thej Sam p^ — "A bly ee ne and we ave 1 
a Pench lo essi Ae es ae A : QE ut bres ers for the present be aut 80°. ii that it has proved sufficient for in sup S AM 
n a house rmom t Dod. i ice of à E 
rease P is tho alr and the hast nerento- 70° t y da: Ay at might. 1 sh stealysinp| San toned, w ‘ho lived or Jo va in the woods on toe oe 
rs ates rain from 3 a | the shoots as t ee joint above th fra ^ mpl 
** fall” with dry air and cold increasing in indi- if the lower pa ter tof wood, EY tbe for of UMOR Tho powder E DI 
cates snow; a “fall” very calm select som me wiped. bu yu as they brea Lcd era dole erp eere Ii Tortas: a ors 
i ess thie! o on . 
berg ceo yop Ferr Bein with voee! degere nifi, reed € eps AR they will soon push into e farsi: Guile WORT) als served aden cxijiost application in eases of eX 
— fill u igu e inflammati " dor this se the powder may be 
show the same pr e place, if well into a poultic h hot water, S he bark itself 
made, whatever their construction, if dw FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. Latt a previously nm by boiling.” There is à 
for their internal temperature—usually that of air close| The time is is yh hand for p h Vorne Vist "- — Lot the wood et 
round them. A jal barometer, whether of t vi t T been T the ripening 
"kind or another, may differ from and vary in its differ- | ineh of ground for the €: year, if possible, "Laths| "ped, i ng tmm m rae practice » itin eero 
ence from a good and truly graduated aneroid aċcu- | should be written upon and placed at t eon of the | limits, the advantage arising from the state of Te y ep this 
rately nsated for temperature; but these differ- | quarters, descr n Him ine of erop, th uring, | indueed and secured, Itis nob very. mà them outside — 
f ^ is done by taking down the stems and. putting 
y g P the 
the tenth of an .| and what s necessary grs we order | the house or by removing the o sashes, exeo t that in neon 
their ee to follow up a er metam of erops, to keep Sus they shot : là dida is gif Loy sciri 
T very much con- | cropping Mertens ri with the la wet. The object isto temnovod from. 
i enused by rains or snow * which CAULIFLO —As aut; wn stock has donbt-| {iter of the glass 5 when fieret rh to be afr 
| from one current of air while influenced or|less been diminished by the ravages of slugs and the| The best is a sort of open thatch of straw or fern ^ 
currents —— ht hotbed be made, covered bpm aeg pfe end fond sme shelter from frosts 
kamol thoy a shoul there is 
ied site sod = MN Po e iG Mot often, desirable to 
'8.—Those who desire to have large bulb | healthy Moe eine tial or rganisation from D iod E 
j White Spanish, or A bebe MU te eae e exposure were continued a 
"Tripoli, either in boxes or on a slight hotbed. The lagt| 9" E 
Noge mid Onka; > Vit does nt keep Emaon, In Messe, Lanes advertisement inen 
iini; might still be sown in " sion, A page, referring to another column, 
