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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL{GAZETTE, 
[Mat 7, 1864, 
and Victoria, the last one of the most 
in cultivation ; under glass it is sweeter than ou 
oors. 
and Cucumbers are grown in great pro 
ut 
M elon ofus 
and pem ion, and nothing could well «M. i 
health and luxu 
houses are fill 
toves, i 
Poinsettia orien ee 
3; Thyrsa prin pe rae an 
and early vm inia 
kis en the ez 
The Poinsettia Mx. TTillyar d finds to be one 
most valuable of all plants for conservatory 
t 
mn 
Vine ck, 
- with fermenting m 
10 and 12 
pot, pe — in aly "tire: the 
n bloo: n admirable 
Mod ooping g flower ' spikes some 2 feet in 
Th 
riance of the Pines with which rim = en 
ed. 
plants, are Or chids, 
pps jaequini- 
— oy p 
serch a atte [ds v frait | 
ds of the 
deco- 
| Eryt 
useful Tilia not attaining more than a tenth or twelfth of their 
of usua al size. "Thus we find here à number of plants 
rici Reer sulas Flammu a, The hi 
portions of the cliffs 5 are saisie $F contin uous tufts 
Armeria maritima, when 
a fal flower, qum. i Keeni beautiful. 
[ert are carpeted by Anagallis tenella, Ranunc 
Flammula, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, &c., whilst the D 
rt ir with generally solitary piant 8 
ad ety ; the 
& Cadets um, the bro: -leaved var 
ial. 
nts are en into à | plants Mies: h were 
ey make when | mula, 
display, producing pem c lower portion of the gr in ora pun "with p nm 
length. s, &e c.; Silen 
er spots being covere ed with Ra 
re apks is a lat of all the 
n flower : IRAN culu 8 Fla am- 
the dri 
Moral, &c. 
diva | 
Pracurs.—lIf red spider s should make ite appa 
ance wash ar with the ene Man it becomes 
thoroughl ieated. Thin t d. " 
ns;tan, e 
high, ad itis apt to E 
been added, either dur 
f|there are pipes under ds ‘bed. 
i sed, it requires i 
soil in a DOM ya as "efus m 
Vrae effec a on ceis 
is to be insted. Main til a thoroughly i 7 
spher re, but do ; not push youn stoc ck t 
n great Abihdäðte in wet pla 
nella, Ju uncus maritim: , Spe 
"oar met g 
e 
full ant 
hI 
arina Radiol 
water 
we and spare | those i in M eh siting na 
A 
an be obtai 
Mi Tiris 
: Poly is, Potentilla Torm 
|9 
este ted qam re other on over: 
oe a pS oe or drapery. of cree 
ms <4 ox gy aN He -Howers, | verae: 
acso! 
with ga 
tilla, 
creepers. Amon ng |o of e 
Tropzolums, ate s of ireland f 
Means exist for lighti 
this Tone, when desired, wes the winter evenings, many specimens in full flow 
B 
L experi a, Sedum iom, the great 
dux rocks m 
the uty of i 
ng | rich decaying tints « of its ‘linge qe 
a ace 
n full PERREN in it at one time, yet no injury as 
regards the epe: is oe qe 
Out-of-d Il bloo 
and 
not an inch in 
ellis — Achillea Millefolium, mca Jacobea, 
arbori ratensis, Leontodon di enne € lung 
vulgaris, very sparingl y; E. Tetralix, very sparingly ; 
Jason ne é taotahi; Campanula votati fous lax mari- 
tin face of the high ridges 
u 3 
satisfactory. The pruning of the latter is always | Valerandi, Enphrasia ewe any cut exceeding half Krüv da zi Y Rennot Runners of these may now be 
deferred here until bes in the spring, in order that|an inch in height; Erythrea Centaurium, Thymus pre eae SEDE ee ptote teams: ite 
small birds, which ar merous, and ea tt the buds, may | Serpyllum, hae maritima wo = whole of T dis fo "a jon as they 
have the chance of sei d the upper surface of the lantago maritima, iy arge ox ng or o m Let the tows be 
and in that wj save the buds on the branches £0 be|P. Coro onopus, Duistis bifonius; Luzula campestris ihe mor a -—— e$ apart, and: the. plants 9. ihe — 
retaine arex flava, m caryophyllea, withered; Melica ^ 
As regards vegetables, comparativety tender sorts are 
coerulea, very sparingly. The paucity of Grasses was | 
N. Wa rd, 
Mr. Tillyard eiie to his ,plan of strewing jong gw Edinburgh. 
in spring, so as in 
clean straw thinly over them 
in Trans. Botanical Society 
nana 297 of nga ra 
or the ensuing week.) 
_ THE mation. pene still ien “the exposure of half 
Now a good ti or raising Vegetable Marrows, 
which MT be ets cultivated in many places | 
e, as for | instance | 
up reg 
pe houses in whic 
Mo —See 
tarted are 
u 
get the rods bent ia Be to induce the b buds to push 
regularly. Attend 
may be necessary, in succession houses, and see that 
oe borders are ge properly moist, giving tepid 
nure-water as may be necessary to effect d and do 
nt be afraid of giving too much of it to Vines in pots, 
Y FRUIT AND KITCHEN 
GARDEN. 
ns — Keep up successional sowings 
Puis Lel these be earthed up and sticked as fesi 
require it, and others sown for siccession. 
" atier need not be sown so thiċkly as those for inser 
Wo —As soon as the young plants are fairly 
| above ground fork up the ‘soil fag! we Bo rows, which 
will n os, but will help 
| to va ‘dou eeds. 
Roor Cno oil young plants of these are attacked 
by snails or slugs, td the ground about them a a nb 
dose of soot a nd Jim The 
TN Gum-tr Sas Species, "Ad Exe ; a fo ‘the tops sloping banks and similar situations 
of qe genera ira Pittosporum, Bury, &c., where little | else could be grown. Der sho uld be 
M NB | antaretica being the ‘species growing | and allow <i to RR with their hea bres 
—the 
there. Many of 
there is one Fern 
ference hw] top I counted n 
and I calculated that kg mu lay! 
must b M d many m m 
29 crowns i in all 
i iager aa t 
g about 
estimated the number 
l am satisfied that it s 
or We ll do I remember | the smile of in 
ut be 
pog in particular, round the circum- | that they ms might be Ligen e in _ tSo 
0 fewer than 19 cro m^ when all dan ost is 
her 
i 
I considered | Sie the nost wonderful 
I 
w 
preda iby 
5 ly 
nC PPP attains 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
ET os n Atnral Gardens. 
Stations mi prepared for iin. in order 
r10 days 
hence 
FLOWE elicit AND PLANT A 
Conservatories should. be gay with Azal 
shaw plants 
Out óf doors let borders be dug, lawns kept ditio 
mown, walks cle ys etm ge and edgings put into 
er repair for th 
Unete d are making growth well | 
ni 
of the meetings received my eap that ri 
x. mde with 10 crowns (for I heartily Ep" 
tion); xci I Lie that, hes excellent. fri 
will t of confirming 
your 
reni ape by = ps 
ike 
end 
my 
n on the spot. 
vi 
MT to say, there is another Fern tree of the same 
syringed. Should tacky sr on gel young shoots, 
which sometimes will ha Poma washing w with 
| tobacco water will soon destroy 
—A. little E during the middle of 
to pr olong the scason 
ba Weak liquid manure may now be given 
I coun ted, just the other day, 17 crow 
which voii. gn pow of 25. There are 
others wi 
the dnd 
pi 
is av 
t of apres lema 
account e tion of 
its neighbour 
d 
pA aes Lag "n ‘oven 
h 25 
liberally, say two or three times a week. AA $e to 
eedlings, and select such as have the m Feular 
d and d defined ene “re Linn hén 
em apart] n 
Aria 
Kilkee.—I send & brief 
Asipi Kilk 
-stopt d e sud free. 
uch as are newly put out, is well 
sene with ibd previous to pantip 
LONS,—Eneourage those newly Planted oF MS 
i them full 
pa een wut poa th at are 
ERRATA 
eely. See that 
bae ropus 
©. Rows 
MMU 
TE 
MFERATURE. 
April Šg 
ES. i4 
Thurs. 28 28| 21 | 30.126 
Friday 29 &£ 30.171 
i: 30! 30.095 
pner 1j 24 .159 
2 2 
ae 
Baromeren, 
Tues 
Wed, 
STATE OF THE vf uit AT aerate 
Daring the last 38 years, for the ensuing Week, ending May 1, 
isea cal mel | Pema in, 
Hes 
Greatest 
Gasp ; 
AE eie it 09i dy, 
of 
Feats in 
which it 
Rained. 
ORE Royal 
he exhibition of the is 
our last Num [o A 
eicere "Sehioaigers d ius 
c. Greg and Lomatia pteropus, should be Dray 
col. a, Caladium 
but presenting ° 
ing. 
RHODODENDRON : A 
NAMES ov. fart 
01 - 
don the 
U Large and showy, bul 
@ T R. We advise you to ies 
Gordon about tlie names of your Coniters, with cy 
to say the least oF it, as impri v 
; man living.—G. Mum 
be ie of ‘the: forms te 
repe cdita fear, [Us become 
US: 
novelty o 
Thus wast to 
durae pi 
warm FOOD, 
