oe THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND dices GAZETTE. (Jvzx 9, 1864, i 
ascertained, ' The tree e can, however, only be — | ven Nothing can have a finer effect i g ures 
in deep, springy, forest ravines, of countries with m or sitting-room than flowers bloomed pe in | water as often as may be necessary. 
climate analogous to that of — Les f the poti and tastefully trained; and windows filled wit Vınes.—Attend to previous Menge s, keeping coo 
southern parts of Victoria. It i , not i e | plants convey a sense of refreshing coolness to the | and mois here fruit has been cut, in order to 
evifisoked that several T especially A nrenantin |apartment. In order that they may ha d | preserve the foliage in a cette state as long as pos. 
and A. mollissima, yie ield copious supply of gum | effe e however, the most scrupulous cleanliness must | sible, eb the Vines well eharged with o 
a as both Holt are d pe served, or their r health will soon matter, which will be of the utmost importance to next 
omini ils y easy gi rowth pet ey mig liat ng leaves sh 1 y appear, and | season's crop. Give plants fruiting in pots a liberal 
ground deserve the att tention of pete reet baec do ld 1l the stalk Sen Prid of manure inel ies ~ being prepared 
The native Cypress Pine (Callitris verrucosa), à tree | removing rss wers as soon as pers beauty is impai for the same purpos Keep a sharp 
easily and rapidly growing in sandy soil, yie ields a kir nd neatness and good t taste are consulted ; but i this is not ar look- out for insects tee: Dic ae lose no time in 
of Sandarach resin. The myrtaceous trees and shr ated born 
are all more or less rich in ethereal oil, whic will often be produced. Migno nette in pots soon AND KITCHEN GARD 
y instances greatly resembles the medicinal — if ies sime is sivi inr but by picking aa eve nir Pro ced venda rima in the young wie otf all 
ajeput oil. ucalyptus amygdalina has n pike of flow elongated à and bare, laterals trees, e see that they are perfectly clear of insects ; j 
nearly 4 lb. of oil from lb. of fresh leaves; s i also stop any gross to secure a 
other species yield also a large return of oil, Vil pum healthfulness. Amo ong c common plants Scarlet Pel fair supply of bearing wood all over the tree, Gross 
prov ved most useful for admixture with other essentia l|goniums are very valuable for window gardening. | shoots that were stopped early in the season should be 
oils in t I Fuchsias also amply repay the grower for window | divested of all laterals except one, or, if they can be | 
has furnished 1$ lb. from MN lb. of leaves and culture e, and boxe es filled oneri a Pelargoniums, spared, removed altogether. Keep the breast-wood on | 
branchlets. These oils have attracted attention a; ear and other wall or espalier trees closely stopped in 
only medicinally valuable, pide ud assolvents for various | make an reni [ng T a little forethought BRUSSELS SPROUTS.— —If not already done a good 
kinds of superior varni esin, and for illuminating | and daily attention the window, even wit thout a breadth o f these should be oed on rich iem il; 
power (vide Jurors’ Report Vict. Exhib. 1). | balcony, ner us be made very attra til frost the crop will be but poor, and 
As medicinal products, the astringent gum resins of | appear again, and bulbs now "dormant demand and ps = very desirable to secure a good supply s this 
NM. erg een deserve emer all species | repay ou r care. cer 1 winter green 
exuding more this substa There are GE.—Sow now w some seed of the Enfield Mark 
plants in this feine y yielding excellent ‘substitutes for TESEH GARDEN ENI EPN E for spring « nin g. pid 
the following drugs: ola, Winters| Man red of the plants logia p p conservatorios « a Sp H.—Keep UP successions, by sowing A 
Bark, Mint, Gentian, Fabel, éd A koe. The | greenhouses will now be set out be Pioro this is great. 
Cyperus vaginatus, a Sedge of extreme abund- be taken that they are doge tend attende a hee th 
ance in some of the humid depressions of the water, and worms kept | of their pots. à Good depths STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON 
colony of Victoria, produces a remarkably tenacious or urs ashes are eficient for this purpose, yet even e 
fibre, which by the aboriginal population was once pad genes ei Mignon occasionally. : - 2 TEXFERATURE. 
largely employed for cordage aud for making their fish- — These sho ald now receive their | June |gq| Baxounrss. Ofike Air. Ofthe Earth wing! 
ata. This plant is certainly deserving introduction final | shift, pe Tuto Em inch pots, well furnished with say. Ch reme uma ES Oee Tarn wna d 
into other countries. The Aust ralian Flax (Linum good drainage. Let the compost to be used consist of P Mean) deep. | deep, 
two-thirds turfy loam and one-third well-decayed Thurs. 30| 20 | 29.932 | 29,892 | 72 | 40 | 56.0) 62 | 59 |N.W. © 
where i in ci se to that species which has been culti. | M27Ur® to which should be added sufficient sand or | $E" 2| 28 | 2997 | 20.75 n | a |oo] ei Et Nw, M 
Teo fbron, | grit to render the whole porous. Stake and replace Sunday 3) 29 | 29.719 | 29.588 7. | 40 | 55.5| 64 | 60 |NW.| 18 
plante introduce d here appear to hold out the greatest the plants where they were set before, and take care | Tues, 5 @ | 20.995 | 2093) TE | | too] ez | oo ieee 
prospe oes lucrative introduction into e eral other — ices oy reae t pata want of water. They Wei 9. 3| NUM | mo T S| |= AM 
regi dons the globe, the Ne ew Zea and Fus red with guano or other | Average. | | 29.934 | 29.856 73.0 | 41.7 | 57.3 | 616 f on 
cs T S h 3 ae rmn. liquid a manure, June 30—Fine ; overcast; dry ai qom brisk N.W. wi 
x, Which cou July Hine; partially loaded ; dry and clear; ierant MEME 
protection in the southern parts of Britain "e which | __CINERARIAS.—Seedlings should. be pricked off into Edad EE ards night ; rain E EEE 
may be grown in pow mis not readily available | Sinh pots as soon as they are sufficiently UM to| =  i-Xme,veryüne; dine st night. ito : 
for other cultivation; and, seco he Rhea, |» sec Suckers may paso b be takea from old plan m MEI c agers heas s 
Bóhmeria nivea, from which the Chinese grass-clot' is | ord these a Mesi om moist inde Se oes AIMER Me night, 
» P Mi 
made, The latter plant has proved quite hardy and | dietes pem any that see require 2 and spongi onn panipani ei Ba wy UU MTM UE 
-luxuriant in Victoria. Both are most easily grown and | the folia ngo to keep it aes "d often as may appea STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK. 
tiplied, and ought to be naturalised in all tropical | ne ae 
te latitudes, The fibres of Sida pulchella, ay es d 
eadipchiten pipalienrs; Pinel axifort; Pe Ramis TriindoR MEUS Plants that are getting oub of diy: AEF Tus Greatest | —1——À n 
- : a bloo! m abou ly, and ex pe rd E E! Quantity |; sal a 
— MÓ althc ot wi hhout value T here | to sun and — oa that T xs ip properly B Rain. Az |^ d 
cw ren -— yes apparently not of sufficient mportance | apet before heading down. In ing, gero day 10 . (EE aa rn 
o entitle their respective plants to an intro duction | three eyes on e — shoot ; afterwards, ‘he stools should | à Mon MIO nEEBEHED 
into other countries, Of culinary vegetables indigenous | be kept rather dry for some tim o. in:bldofa | Wed; 154 ZEEREEERFH 
to Victoria, we have three kinds of Spinach. One of|should be sedia i m idol. Fumigate on Friday 15 : 5] 4] sj liel sla 
Fair — implexicoma, isa litotral plant, and | the = t appen of gre satum 16,,| 75.7 | 49.7 | 627| 15 | 160 1203 sii 208071 
or practical purposes similar to the well-known New Wh oV is E budd The highest temperature TEN pe above period athe highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 
: n y a goo ‘to commence bu ing. | utn eth, 1363= therm. 
— Spinach. It is perennial, expanding and | The ‘shoot from which the buds are to be taken should | Saige" ae ee 
= 
transferred to every sandy | and rocky. geashore of the action. Let the buds then be cut “out, inserted, d Notices to Correspondents. 
Aprre Takes: WS. English is so bad — 
obtained, and hence the — has to be ene in a "that Drei Lees apie cing. fcis 
living state. The second is identical with the New ROING GARDEN. gr cerner ers rar PEC ot poe he aloe eme 
Zealand Spinach, reed expansa; it belongs Toe plants must have careful attention | this exhibition e A 5 5 dH n | 
only to the Victorian sand , but also to the |in kee setti the shoots thin “and regular over the bed, in time or publication today. ES 
y means of seeds it can without difficulty be for there is no tim a'to be lost after this season, if a | BRITISH COLUMBIA Dar ISLAND SPAR, LUMBER, ANP 
introduced, as is w - known, into other countries; it arth up ex Mirt Company: E Cau demie is an aàvertisemont 
wile the sub-tr -— A coast of | 0 outsides of the ile using strong loam, and making it t | Diszasep Graves: J 0. Your Grapes are affected w aye 
vec spotting, and shanking. Both the latter we belie 
prove rx ibérefore might duced into hot firm, so as to avoid rank growth. vé M s swelling from the same cause—some defect about the roots. We see 
climates. e thir g — of Spinach 'alladed to is that th eir fruit should be kept moist, but a oid freque no Fungus. One gm newness of spotting Sa — ae 
of Cheno ipm n This plant is still more | wateri ings of the soil ^ eed good tal . pici tamine of spotting ei noe Sey bade re roots are 
anker , and app ly quick-li healthy, and not sooner. M J B. .and A. F. They have 
more nutritive ; it grows also in tropical Australia, and dans firsb| ^ shanked—probably from the soil being too cold oF too we 
will thus endure the sione of many warm parts «d sera ping of the d ecaye elves E zoid also uch as | INSECTS H SEOTS: M im ie ; The small jumping adak ee pupa state 
lol Of fruit plants we bave —, y | possible, cutting or Free the plants, od pem E em sucks the juices of the Hop. The Cimicidans 
deserving ‘introduction ieviero, unless perhap: the eeding, which is the ordin of this disease. of Phytocoris, allied to danicus, and are met 
Santalum natum ; for P oim 3g it is| Plants that have ripened their fruit and are in good | probably even more injurious to sha Mt = shed € 
inferior e dinars commonly under | health, if cut back, n = soil well soaked with tepid - Bags sm Pa cane 0 a eg Mr The Carrots 
cultivation, the fact of its being a desert plant, not | water, will soon to growth, and set a second | infested with rust are attacked by the larva of a small Afr, 
y siroceo-like winds, entitles i crop imd shoul dnb Doniol however, to carry | winged fly, Psila Hose. The plants attacked uin 
consideration. Oi we havo ak excellent | many frui y picked out and burnt. Before sowing the ORTA 
ont 3 ir E : T Seod it would be well to to give the ground a dressing of 
Grasses, deserving sap d; thus| _ PINES.— xe already done, plants expec tar mixed with mid.. If. 
for countries of warm clim: cen | show fruit next Play — n their he shift a NO or PLANTS: G. As far as sit ia possible to eto, vis = is 
i we s8 sa; d 
parme titii piace s woul peat iar Godan’ ben deii l a e inter] for for if th bey ero Slant may be the Indién^ Viburnum involucratum. i. ri 
decompositum, and several other Grasses, | the growth comple’ ore win hey nothing to do with macrocephalum.—Old Subscriber. Le 
: kept rowing it will be uncertain if they will show trivialis $ 2, Bromus mollis, starved ; 3, 4, Holcus em P 
My arex acuta; i 
as Panicum 
chiefly belaying to the genera Panicum, Danthonia, ; 
and Agrosti n i i ndeed there is no sure means; J B. Festuca or Vulpia Myurus; C: 
i Lee both alike; "Potamogeton 
p Grass anthoi a, - " of . ^ 
and a acm Pese Ta the recently discovered geting the a aes matured in au a aa d cA the sut lowed form, of the Muiber , Which ia 
à win em a short rest, giving no more water he ble in the sha ts leaves. 
ray tb armed hrs loin the shape of ich has borne the garden name ® 
Festuca di For with a colder climate donas to inh eeu nE iog tee ie DER RR 
three | of our r taller and y at tender leaved Alpi ne e Grasses | soil than is just sufficien eep 
be = i- and then subjecting them to n Té ne ied tee peg Wee Ro of 
on thirds Stockholm tar, and on ethird gas tar, m 
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e mede in 
m ee rtt — oa T UTE raso ed ma pon with tolerable fly "but applied m A little fresh slacked Por 
has become sufficiently plentiful here x cultivation to —— to the want convenience and mecessar P pstead. "Spring Rose of Sha 
nly ple + eans or other causes, ine i aen are often kept Roma: t D, Hampstead. quU priog, the Chinese 
enders ilabl istributi 
r eeds available for re-di growing when they at rest, and = result | {t is much used by them to cover walls or veranda? 
generally is that the PAATI itat into growth n spring this country it maybe trained on pilla-3 or Bea 
m Boon ei rU veen can 
water to all the de exce ept “such as is — kept Srna wonne: Tisi Vautbois, We have — 
dry with a view to getting it to show fruit soo! and| py our experienced fri friend, the Rev. Mr. Radcly®™ 2 
WW upon which 
our to secure rapid growth, now that it pé i e Eae of this int tet Strawberry, upod it reputation. 
done en etiolation. _ atmosphere ee horoughly dese A to suit, al 
nost; but avoid Kes vy syringin| syringings. Plants Ire as eae i than must be 
uc- ! growing in the open bed must e vel Pep] with berries ; Od the fih most tender and delicate. 
