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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND chiara —_— 
[OCTOBER 8, 1864, 
first knowledge of pis plant is derived from Keempfer, 
mart dressin 
a 
i m 
| went a 
who two centuries ago found it in Japan, w Pere: ki is | — al degree. 
called * Fotogi I 
wi 
nch a proi jb 
ripening Hoon or 
|pprouching a wein E zest, A e be pruned in a dose se. 
as afterwards Ara by Wallich and othe 
collectors in the Himalaya Mountai such * n ano blooming Passiflora: 
Northe na, by mm. 2 the Loochoo Islands, | Combre Echi ‘ee Stephanotis, Thun 
d och in the T ans-Cauca sian countries. bergias, ‘andes, ies which are still thriving, must 
Wallich was the first to d g entip iang cutting away 
did not venture to separate it fi m H. a elix ; n fact ,| me m barren ae xi drawing e agg ea 
o 
can 
means of straw me or 
some ces pore] covering ; also tke care to secure 
a good ae of Endive winter 
Poratos.—Get these of the ground a 
- | they are fit for lifti tings quenti inspecting - 
after they are stored, r to separate any that 
may be bad, from the sid iod: 
the important charact furnish by the "ilie into what closer festoons, in or REA INECRERNOIMS 
aped him. It was not until 1859 that C. Koch, who sunlight | into i. interior of the house. STATE OP THE AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON 
had seen it wild, named it colchica, and gave a correct | AzALEAS.—Keep these in an even condition wit th i icultural Gardens 
diagnosis it. is owing to an authentic specimen | regard to water at the root. Stake f atia out if : Tir 
kindly transmitted by him that I am able to identify necessary, and do all tha t can be done ms the Bopti god | x Basin "Heil. O Ofthe T 
this new species with the dilatio Ivy—as I ealt October. |44| tax. | Min, |Max.| Min. |Mean 1foot teet bir E 
to the Rev. R. T. Lowe fo ght of the eer ^ CAMELLIAS Are the blossom-buds E too “thick, adu. [CCS SERN SS ZZ. deep: | deep. 
Hedera colchica is now an inmate of our gari ici | and pom qr plants plenty of air while the Soner is Thurs. 29) 8 | 30.196 | 30.063 x 39 | 510 ER ux 
th ucasian coast tof the Black | favourable. Friday 30) @ 3| Somer | et | dr | 655 | ia m 
Sea, by Mr. Rogner, formerly curator et iso pe anm AS. r= Thong intended for late blooming will Sunday 2| 2| 30.240 Suse ra e 4 Pun 5 w 
Gardens of Odessa. Thus und it o ou ry well in cold pit if the weather should not | Tues. 4) 4| 3:154 | 30083 | 59 | 36 | 47.5 | 554 oA 
ens, occurring h ui roues Eae the eg hb l Cut ings may still be put in, Wed. 3| 5| 2000 | zer S | ODE w 
unpublished) name of Reegneriana. The only two popular | young plants m aq raised from seeds. The last will |. Average. | | 30.151 | 32085 | 61.8 | 37.4 | 49.6 | 868 | Gr; m- 
accounts of this plant are given by Mur and prove useful late in the season, Plants struck early | sept. 29—Fine ; slight fo "E "y fine ; oy ore réasbabnignt 775 2B 
C. Koch, In Nepalit is called e, (4. — ery fine; ov 
climber), end is, says Wallich; “ono, of CHRYSAN —These, though apparen tly late} ^— ED NO IT d ipio 
common, as well as the most noble produc by P" this season, e sn rhe the ay feature of attraction | hey a iah ly t Dantas whale E 
Nepal, where it grows to a majestic size, and extends UN and where largely grown, will 1 raqua able | lur ep gM acs qui. poda a : 
over tr roes and rocks.” | In Trans- -Caucasia uu the con- | ti y are very im e rather w: Mean teinperature of the week 43 deg: below the average, 
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a in 
reached its western geographical limit; and, says C. [Ru requiring g this aiment the Chrysanthemums 
Koch, “I have never seen it ascend the tops of|should re s practicable be placed in the coolest | 
bed numerous Beeches of that sky whilst the | pa: rt, where 
climbed to the highest branches.” 'T 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK 
During the last 38 years, for the ensuing Week, ending Oct. 15, 1884, 
ETC Me CREE 
mmon Ivy xcep 
es are several y een „Poente tes, to Petkana | ex exposed to A “their fo 
the ag eed the most read make sure of | disfigured by m 
them xs look at the eiua furnished by the hairs | and well grown. See 
stin H E 
| rts ey are kept well 
an y are large A ep iere they | watered at the r 
may be s ‘seen distinetly with a common pocket lens; |  HgaTHs.— mls h thin ngs as Pelargoniums, des 
but in the other two species it ted a greater | and Calceolaria tb e wintered in the s house 
magnifying power make their notare eee ine with, these fat n hard-wooded planta, they eh ould 
ig unm Dr, Seemann, in Journal of Bota | be 
a, Chine e X am. —In the yar n my plantation of | 
about 
kept as mu mens aa possible by themselves, as they will 
| require a som t closer temperature than hard- 
Y wooded pla: nts, Mu Vhaip o circums methek s adm 
feet apart 
it of it, 
2 feet in len ngth by nearly 6 fi 
breadth. T The ft had sg As pg 2 a te of | Selves. 
about 2 feet 6 Meo and m 
e 
The ey seldom succeed well if Ado with 
of | iof wooded plants. 
e ese there should now be 
. Pinch out the centre of 
Jon z Š Ses al ae | No. of vailing Winds. 
FEHER: Greatest 
October. |5983 F| SH | Years in | greatest | lal T. 
PSS|PES|sA | which it Quantity Biz |a Ille 
445435 Rained. of Rain |2 |y; ebay 6 
| Sunday 9.| 60,6 | 42.5 | 51.6 21 0.62in.|—| 7| 2] 2} 514| 6| 2 
Mon. 10.. 618 | 440 | 28) 33 068 3/3 4| shio € 4 
ues, 1l..| 6 42.8 | 524 20 0.31 2| 5| 2| 2| 4/13] 5| 5 
We d. P 60.6 | 424 | 51.5 22 1.00 _ 2| 2| 3| 1/10 6/10) 4 
Thurs. 13..| 60.6 | 42.6 | 51.6 20 9.23 2) 4| 4) 1| 7| 9) 8| 3 
paces ae) e. 41.3 | 50.3 18 0.50 2| 5) 4] 1| 9) 8| 5/4 
Satur. 1.5 41.1 51.3 19 1.04 2| 2j 4| 1ill| 6| 4| 8 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on 
15th, 1912—therm. 74 deg.;.and the lowest on the lóth, 1860— therm. 
21 deg. 
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Notices to vorr ape 
TIC ORC. : Anon. Vanilla is not the only Orchid which 
‘yields AOb fruit Me of. bein ng ui ing. 
uii There is Le i 
ted i2 etaed bout 3 inches below the | fine dil of healthy visis Soy ideni ay m — Paten d que = Moy gy odia Diui, 
surface of the ground, on the top of ridges 1 foot high. young stock in order to induce dwarf and bushy| and which when infused in cream M: it a mild agreeabli 
When the plants they were roughly | growth. Give any ( oa Breas larger pots a shift, and flavour, sweeter than Vanilla, but less n 
staked with es, that not have | water carefully w uired. pe Shad SENecio: W Dillistone. The ine var ieties, one a of 
for s e was ees en. be spa ui eee Fancy di te require to Simson. DUIS, comen: of er e doublo pit Kad 
mx eing say dwarf and compact 
d well FORCIN 4 or ó inches in height, and blooming. 
vene , and nwt eight ascertained t e 701b. a nd al CUCUMBER T GARDEN doubt well adapted for bedding out and for. 
hy, ag prt the eight. E cuente ie produce to | heat, at Teast at ped They will 2n enjoy a moist ‘petals zedugsd tende ani SANA This] curiosity, and 
fe T anaro will probably be constant, but though it may form an orna- 
ante sine py gy ca ma three TOWS anis a expected to show early next year| mental plant it has n pun recommendation for general 
th y 1de. lture wil is pim by being Im ina a comparativ. diri cultivation, and would be little valued by Be ‘owers. 
eng as last year, and the crop, well dried and e for af hens Y CTY | Fonar: W B, Your ungusis asyou suppose Ræstelia cancellata. 
cleaned, weighed about 113 lb. This gives a wei ow weeks previous to subjecting them to a| You will find a figure i Sowerby’ s Fungi, towards tho ond 
11b. to 3.4 PATIRA gu g im mois piso rac, “The {mosphere should b of the third volume, with some account of it—J B. 
^d. a resulb very similar to that of | kept ] ll fi Your f g You can get rid of it 
the preceding year. We, in our household, value th ET: also allow the soil about the roots to sur fungus 15 Roostelia ptg or a m AfA 
Chinese Yam so hly for the table, where ^t te bois s dry as can be done with safety. Do not, My LAA uni PME Nis 
especially useful at the season when the best-keepi ing howere 1 E s RID LS eee eee on Hea zane 2 Onc RD Hou! Fiber. We should advise 
Potatos begin to deteriorate in quality, th +¥ tat "s perature, but keep this at from. 60? to 65? by means| you to adopt, de docti © the idadi at your o mand, 
extend my culture of it consi rab" Yi Ih pos ul a fi i t, for although they will bear a con- aner a mM Steph pus cp onical = gae h pipes ora 
š z Ag urnace oiler, 
done : ie rapidly in the course of the last two |j; rae, A Pe Don. EIE, EUN might — EE zl nis Ne 
ears 1 ecause, ividi b bi de, but the fi ‘ou e r 
2 ri^ sti d nei Mer gird tud viue ci wil produce the finest fruit; ‘and a short period of = beating, ho en ADE » piper’ pan ^ 
e lv plante ly dry "nre ma hi ther than an o! 
them of full length (from 9 to 12 inches long—I er | just as e he dy induce a tendency to show fruit as | X80": JZ. "The m in uts pin the leaf sent are the y' 
haps than is oh ppt with the view to obtain | checkin the y vai o) states of the Aleyrodes eer A = Vaparorium, allied to 
tubers of a Saga e, and well suited for the table ing e energies of the plant 35 n unnai fatally the Aphides. We know ns of destruction than 
H. O. Carr. E of atrase, in Report of Acclimatisa Pie ae! Mu RE , and without any of ‘the ill effects of ayringing and fumigation. = riben. ‘Whe red LE 
^w t ocorl 
ty. on the ter method. Little dependence can be plac ed is often f —A und me nace mbes mrs e ert 
— áá—ÁM— & public "koe es. 
n pits with insufficient means of heating being well plants bearing this 
Calendar of Operations, Senecio by means of covering at night ; end LAT Lene p. num ba des Y sro are two plan is Rnododondnn 
(For the ensuing week. he command of rath h per A raptam, Gd ad the — Alexandrin des Alpes whit 
IF not already done, lose no time in getting tender |? Q"ehily renewing the linings, Um im e This plant is a native of 
plants under protection, a kind of work the omission | 7*4 any sudden de "ut ub eat. me any- Mexi ra x S 
of which may peril the welfare of valuable stock that | ‘20S ®PProaching excess of a tmospherie moisture | Naes or Paums: J. xe y, 2, Beauty of Kent; 4 Hugo 
cannot be readily replaced. Where pits or frames are Inst young po ed s ey es ted by linings, Golden. Pippin E "Beurré Bose; 6, Beurré Dial, —H xb ; 
at liberty, or ean be aö th better es; it only tends to Adam: s Pearmain; 2, Northern Groening; 3 "s of Wink- 
remains of "Üusdtibém. ie He zs Yeowiote a too pn ‘for he kodit of light. Nonpareil; 1, Duchesse d'Angouléme; 2, Vicar o 
no 1 stationing every pl t tile: VINES.—W here;eat ing i A Nam PLANTS: W B Gs No, 9—there is no No. 1— 
ly where it is to in through the win Pto: a o p i be a miserable specimen of 
tection of this sort, for ort period indeed will sphere moist, ro will b e ae o difficulty in getting ton - T p vei much crushed for certain mn 
contribute more than ho: tj th Vines to breki baer except this is attended to. f| ci RE CAE cidontale; 2, As Pies or 
g to the production of z cicu! Adiantum pubescens: 4, Cheilanthes 5. 
sturdy and well-ripened wood, p ing a circumstances allow of having a ed of fermenting ‘Adiantopeis radiata.—R A. The so-called German Ivy 38 
dency to blossom, and m capable of endurin nside the house, this will be found the best 21 ecio kms .—J B B. 5, Athyrium Filix-foomint j 
Severe winter. In such places they must be "ees of be gn the rore ae Pap he tly moist, but oen mi inp. Ph; tidis; 2, Poly- 
from the d predations of th rth-worm. is i if this co ae used thé hou pa be sprinkled hum veatituin p clint, aca another form of P. vestitum; 
H 
the 
with the go frequently, sud 4 e evaporating. 
rded 
s 
round level, by a | troughs kept fall Pen a Aer the Ne are affo 
, follo at b _ |2 steady gentle he buds are fairly 
ashes, pe è inches i in thi ckness, y a coating of cinder deta pu the t tem MON bon 50° by fret 
night, an 0° by day, letting it rise to 70° o 
TOS slated ak weak altemit many 
see t Evergreens s grounds an Bant FRUIT AND KITCHEN G. 
3 gs rpg i piod eon mE with Look t fruit stores frequently to see ae Md all is 
COE sas gitar aka oa eee 
newly planted shru| rubs (provided | from reading Rand the 
9 judiciously watered in in) tho they will peo 3a to gathering fruit as formerly 
CAULIFLOWERS.— Plants heading must be frequently | 
rore those not wanted for immediate use should | 
es | be taken M. stored till wanted. 
A good stock of these fit for use should ! 
sol 
The price of the book you 
about is 5s, à. 
Portam Roors: J W P. We know of no better mode of de aro 
ing them than by tracing the largest and most pu oet 
grubbing them out; or if this cannot readily be br 
cut off the suckers just below the surface, and ‘ll up 
hole with salt. 
TuRIPS ON AZALE, ó best mode ing with 
Azaleas n neath with th one, and red ciiin bs 
amd ; them by clean healthy ee d 
b : 
solution for a few minutes, and then er 
wal u have kept them in an ntmosp 
rsevere, and get 
fresh 
, start the m ae into out 
ned. 
of them i Some Pau w leaves have form 
o cold frames or turf pits, jas e they can 
i 
