THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Aveusr 13, 1864, 
776 
forms of animal and p draught upon t red energ et all the small an d 
and many others who are doing credit iF their alma pane will materially iter vit "their next produc- | moderate sized bó be pier ily preser eu in dry 
mater. tio of flow Dendrob of the D. nobile|sand or charcoal dust. Be at a little ues also to 
ogra X4 the Edinburgh Univer. “ hich are sufficiently. advanced in growth, | test the di ffe: rent varieties, and do not allow your 
Class for —Number of Pupils, 187, ", ‘these sp should also be re Apos to cooler house, where | number lf As deron, selecting those 
were a and 26 general studen Number they should be su with a moderate temperature, | onl free croppers, early 
Lectures, 63; Practical and aret e ass abundance of a scarcely ny water, till their | in coming t in rhet sb ict "fiable to be affected 
tions, 60; Monthly Competitive Examinations, 3 ; | stems are rinéned and thelr flower b s for hose | with dis 
Weekly ations, 10 ; Saturday Excursions, 11. | Orchids which are laced | SPINA: d. tow me for oe in g? n ead ground, 
The following were the Excursi —]. Arnis and | in the most favourable “posit io b deeply trenched ; ant if the soil is nature, 
Dalhousie ; 2. Burntisland and Aberdour ; 3. Mid-Calder high temperature, s0 long as the vehe of daylight i: operations should gares simultaneously, as the 
nd Dalmaho, . Drem, Gullan, and Longniddry ; is thereby le a loose uncompressed state, 
Alloa, Menstrie, and Ochils ; awick, Cavers, w be mady for Avoid thick wi ti all dier q* rows should stand 
lm, and Hassendean; 7. Linton and Tynninghame ; nti ing; ; and in doing PUR not à gati. should | about 16 inches apart, to allow ee passage between 
Ca E rows for fork ng, cleaning, and gathering the crop, 
ing qe other e ge 5 
: Algæ and Fungi, 30. Total, 
; | intended te or them are vacant, they should be planted i in 
; | them at 
= D. as “tha have need of at the rest of the season 
the first 
| to establish themselves in suci 
frost from injuring them. If the situations ultimat us 
drawn out alins. "m 
those MS which are 
once, as they thereby 
these places are So = ‘the present by something 
, the young Pin 
flower 
else inches apart, 
of miles travelled by railway, steamboat, and walking, 
0 
g ft 
a in Fins Aes} p This fine open 
n the mania for 
erve in an aped amis the soil of which 
gathe 
STATE Or IHE 
AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON. 
op 
should consist principally “of light loam, to which bet 
been added so EP gegen rred refuse 
little ES 
vig or picis W various 
Meier preserved by express 
ose, as it e 
this 
top. 
~ ROSES. —Cuttings of China and some other kinds 
the circus py within a few min 
Bank of England ind do pari ofthe 
i cantile a 
vi o f th 
city e chi ai^ 
ijr n mye and | 
therefore bee Teran rded 
Wa 
ore the pror rogatio 
Y da pe in 
orth aspec hree ntil 
| are cicatrised A ae bag V "ihr should ib n 37 ee 
ete gps up Ps pole ap mb posi os plunged in a 
LA. a gentle bottom Ie So 
ented, pae wil m make nice pla si in 
ki and if € under slight pas oua 
will fil 
ery shor 
didus winter, 
eady for planting 
subject the ied to p 
ay in April or sp 
struction, but that only for a "limited i Ed “the A E HER UT Gra WIG, E 
orna enta will be care ro- RCING GARDEN. - 
tected in the process, and restored afte pes n par ts Cumeures.—Let no exertion be Be. that wit | eee eee Se eee ee ee 
which may be unavoidably injured. ibute to | the foliage healtl d cl 1 FEIER TS gå | No a 
railway is to be carried through the ‘tbe ina Aper | as possible. eit PEE SEE ŠE Years in [i Quantity |; ila EM 
way, and after its baee the e ec one e bound|  MzroNs.— Late ones swelling fruit should be kept | <a" En oj Rained p3 ar eae 
by their Act to restore the " rer moist, but avoid frequent waterings of the soil by | Sunday M .| 72.5 | 60.8 | 61.6 15 0.79 in. |-|10| 4| 2| 2/13) 51 
to lay out the part tof the gardens whic ave | giving good soakings. Mon 1s.) 780 V801 | ete) el oe ial dase 
been interfered with in a way equally eet with fat Be 5 igh moist temperature, ith ed. 17..| 73.1 | 804 | 61.7 21 112 | 5} 2) 1] 2} 6/8 i E 
the present to the satisfaction of some person to b da ventilation, to plants which are dl Totes Ie eee less| 18 oas alaala) shoho 
inted b bli rd of Trade. A are also | their fruits; and a rather drier atmosphere around Wee Te E m Bh ee oa ae 
exp: obligation to contribute 1007. annually Y 3 The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 
main g the o ental character of the ng Mie c enti nal, ue mut m n dui. in ft ra therm, b2 der.; and the lo E^ pone Sel M 
In ciara. the line the cor Y are | weather, when is & certain nty X thei sture i f 
by cer her trictions. The | evaporating by ues at of the dul yE i o Correspondents. ` 
Evie boun res 
rülar under the tartar is to be completed within | 
works 
four months from the commencement of the works|and be care o admit air, to prevent too great a 
there, and the surface of the ground AR the line is seeds of pest If the ial is in 
to be fediitate d forthwith, ut without any openings. | ex, during this month, it is liable to render the 
No more of the gardens is to be occ upien than is soil too wet for the f the 
i of construction, and lant: Take not 
t "s occupied n be ME fenced by close pi i er t f lants which have been recentl 
palings, at least 6 fe et high, so as to prevent trespass -- qm dh eoo : d 
on the Sos of the iila ns not taketi up by the works. 
The tr e also, as far as possible, to be protected 
from i inju 
Calendar of Operations. 
sharp showe! 
haro $ Med wonders ; uoces plants are improving 
Grass lawns are already greener, fruit 
- look more healthy, and the ~~ of their 
which we have had this week 
O STRA TES.—1f not already don pot off layers, 
and T dh where they wi v) eceive partial shade 
until they get — P After that they may have 
| fall ex exposure to sunlig 
crops have done eene the 
and onis, -— have 
t the swelling “of the 
ish] 
Visis.—When ves 
Tor pur Th: 
mass “of fibres, and produces ^ healthy ioe o pop gion 
depend pion entirely upon the ‘raporting troughs, | pooxs: A A. The boo 
You will find the 
notions of botanists, in the first volume of ‘ Harve, 
** Moore's k 
produce, 
pro 
tahi 
is in some meas 
"c 
e, on hich the eae 
a and prices 
rrested. 
the benefit of te change is g 
jall; “mus = 
at present — y for sma. mog 
doubtless be r 
tg 
AME RR 
. ihe neg tubers which must greatly deterio! 
d ts be pushing teag shoots om 
y et 
value as well as render them wm. ong | 
FLOWER GARDEN AND PLANT HOU 
K AEREE sar frequently now em when 
the weather was so hot; plants their growth 
have need of ot eo all the daylight they can get, |. 
but a T pen d ee: rough plan must now | W 
be m of flower beds, pr 
should schen t to sd oa accomipen ying list of t 
names of the plants, with which it is , designed to ail 
and 
rt stg re just 
n, shou ld bo gradually pA toa 
red to keep for 
y len 
during FRAME 
ARDY D KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Continue to oleh or p in shoots of Wall trees, and 
| to gather wx D of epe as it "A 
H be Pete TA prefer 
i s called qm A t jm viz. of from 4 to 
These beds, which "on jii d crops 
1e top one old m 
next year, 
urate 
By compiling a summary from this 
information is 
half- | be 
y | with. 
y m — in box 
ill readily |a Rink 
at once obtained of the. perc of 
ted immediatel, 
the Jnd scis A n 
are icerum 
cipal secre 
gr «bs hw tender Py prm Coline, irrespective of 
red ve ven ee by ha ns of ple niy 
ows or 
poy wi ‘thou t plenty of 
well-curled plants should 
s sowing, carefully lifted 
2 ne aaraa PE 
es proves very useful during 
e severe Mesilat. in — as 
pr can "Ane a cool Peach-house, or similar 
situati 
ion, 
, PoraTOs.—Let early kinds be got up as soon as is the 
be sad Fo balls, -— p 
$ 
gt i hic 
aoid still have te ava vantage of a slight shading - 
N. 
fusum ; 3, in 
to ~~ out all the ‘tubers, as those left in the ground 
the | are very annoying in future years. Let the produce be } 
" 7 
pret cd ramoso-mar, 
and Osmunda regalis 
com N. Your blooms did not arriv: 
eeting of the ME bri hom Socio 
ensington 
ines takes place 
which. you might exhibit it plants of th Ec 
CG graminifolia,—B K. 1, Gly 
pressus ; 3, a trivialis, ti a weak state. 
; Laplane 
white both inside and beneath, while the limb 
u! a half 
throat, 
z: e pab we one 
vane FOR Hor Waren Piers: WB gd n inan 
who with the different. of 
the Throttle 
useful. 
- iid EMPERATURE, ; 
AROMETER 
aust: $ H Ofthe Air. i 
2) Max. 
urs. 4| 2| 30.057 | 30.013 | 84 | 47 3,5 Tio 
Friday 5| 3| 30.117 | 30.058 89 55 72.0 "| X0 
Satur 6| 4| 30.008 | 29.997 | 89 40 | 64.5 | w 
Sunday 7, 5| 30.015 .862 | 82 59 | 70.5 "| 0 
Mon. 8| 6| 29.876 | 29.84) | 8l 47 640 00 
Tues. 9| 7| 29.838 | 29.775 | 68 42 55.0 4 56 
Wed. 10| y | 30.109 .984 | 67 37 52.0 J 4 
Average. | | 39.018 | 29.932 | 80.0 | 46.7 | 63.3 | 65.5 E 
Aug. 4— Xv clouds ; excessively dry. air; very fine at ony 
— 5—Very fine; elo udless; excessi vely a cloudless, and hot; 
fine; cloudy. 
— 6—Overcast ; hot and dry ; fine at nig! 
= OT: 'overcast; fine ; very ni, en reast. 
— 8—Overcast ; very fine throughout. 
— 9—Rain ; densely and uniformly overcast ; cloudy ; rain ; fine 
— 10—Very 1 "fine ; clear; quite cloudless ; mie and fine; cold. 
at Ses ht. 
Mean temperatur 
k you mention is of no a 
Pela argoniums described peii 
Handboo 
y 
. . of 
erns" is the most convenient wad trustworthy of a 
publications on the British Ferns. — Nemo, “ Bo : 
cies Outlines of E ish F: 
ungology."' 
ED Ferns: Mar; ep. The best of the crested v; 
Britis! Feros. re Lastrea Filix-mas cristata My its 
variety angustata, Jervisii, and Clowesii ; Athyrium re 
foemina Victorie, corymbiferum, Elworthii, gracillim 
and ceps ; ‘ol stichu angulare cristatum, 
gran and Kitsoniæ; Asplenium Trichomanes cri 
— Blechnum Spican nt ramosum ; Polypodium vulgare 
rere 
-— WATER PIP. There must either be D. 
thing ie. in p pest p: of the water you d 
paint has no effect in preventing rust on the pipes, $ 
int must be imperfectly applied. Doubtless the 
troughs are partly to blame. We should recom 
the pipes should oroughly dried and clean 
painted, giving time for the 
troughs = again filled. Can any of o 
ent? Why Les rà A s Vati rdi 
Moss e eme “Florä We E ern -— 
Yellow M. Roses, rete rim 
any hope of finding either. Such 
in books, but nowhere else. 
AMES OF PLA ya ne mg ne ET 
Onoclea —— Tu, i 
margi: 
above the average length, it is 
disapprove as much as 
D j 
some 
