1208 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Decemer 17, 1864. 
Keni walls of famous ruin they | thoroughi y of v , | evaporated may scape If there are how. 
P oi nt p green 1 and shining ar E28 nd from |a t t h l ir day and | h Se Sod f matti 
= upper ones they roll out Mae eiA in rich and The argum ld " host | up the d d windows must dopt 1; and if, in 
assive cornices. m y in the of Ivy is of po sale nim on not ap h to | spite of these pt the internal temperature falls 
often thought to ifference of kind. But » late Grapes as to foropd; Vines, the [ia rios of of which | belo t t tbet to p t 
variety ead mere ely with different stages of | are in a tender state. They sh aie. moreover, be well | sudd d shaded 
2d. ile young, and as long as the stems jd coloured before sun heat becomes defic ne: iue a short py it ne return d warmer 
a wall or tree to attach themselves to, that is to say, tion to these prisonia wil scarcely fail to ensure| This points out the advantage of construc "4 ng : 
elosely, as if they were glued, inch 22 inch, the leaves m s to the pene tion of fire- PE if the Y uw | places on the north side of a wall, as they are thereby 
are angular and three five innumerable | is euh, o damp, keep fire enough to| preserved from extre heat in summer and from 
variety ; at this time also they o often bea stats Le the e sudden variations in winter Many of finest 
b oris run red or purple, or iis with whit FLOW. ed ARDEN AND PLANT 2 "5 od fequi placing ina bg ssa of 60° 
wholly yellow, especially on the terminal and zigz ous to use; there they 
branchlets th s TEERAA centipedes up ipn EUN x 3 taken id us shee to do aed qu EE d ill attain their full E of 
sud-ovar the sufce of damp walls and rockes Monies | dux POMA MOD LE the principal part of the he doing of pou dhile day would have lain in the it- 
ing upwards by means of their root-like suckers, re und m shrivelling till useless. 
which are t ut abundantly from the sur- aes 
face, the [EE v lio st asily oved in ail me rns A simi oppor: 3t LE ib rdi 
their support. They now el t le, bec pant tunity seni b es oda oh wheel old emque — soil For the Week ending Dec. 14, 1864, as observed at the korone ER 
SE En faming large bushy h heads, which produce | ence nie 8 k coit D ae agi aig e - —— Dec E a 
flowers and fruit, and the leaves of which are Ag" vate | half h - t iui T ee if d gi ing reer VE Os eee Ofthe Air. (Ofthe Earth wind £ 
or elliptical, but still possessed of the charantetiatie | the "et ks mw ges d ith WE M sc ws i4 "Max. | Mia Min. | Mean |f ‘oot 2 feet) a 
maiie h, an nd with long pet tioles . Su uch Jeaves are piod: oduced | E ok d' und “wales: ere sri, Anc wi Men c Mu eol Hout SEPT Eds deep: 
injury to both m wi ui be inevitable in the latten pree poser | msn] s | 25 45 | 47 r^ 
the | case. the year, m happens that 29.813 | 29.737 46 | 47 E: 
plant is attached = Se Kd vultis; o ud aM a ary an | Severe frost follows heavy we When plants are Sanday 1) l 29713 | 273 FEE p: in i 
Ps growing Spn overdone with moisture they are more suscepti dblegt| Mm DIT ae se ee 48) | 46) 2 
E gue a it is only upon these, erally ra very ^. Tt is th me MO B rem 46 | 46j a 
tops of the plants, that flowers and fruit are fou f | frost th dry. Itis therefore good lal Bit iia dis Mi a 
fü bM j wee. eS it Shy P m the i | Bier for the amateur to guard against extremes of|Average.| | a 725613 | 60.3 | 31.0 | 406 | 460 | 486 o 
3 : either one 2 the other. Dec ry fine ; overcast atznight; Aur frost. 
riah vy, a nat 
distinguished by its uu ‘pedicels and 1 
m 
AURIOULAS.—AÀ double mat will be advisable over 
| the pero frame at night, but 
even in severe weather, to give air, by all means let it 
be don TM 
ov 
zh bt cu overcast. 
10—Sli ved fine; very fo; 
ne ; E 
13—Dense fog; hazy ; 
M— eee rain ; ndi overcast. 
Mean rature of the week 1i deg. below the average. 
sides thi the ere are many varieties with P elicat ely 
shen n y ated Ve which adapt them well Butps.—Tulip beds will be more safe covered than ATE OF THE WEATHER AT CTE Mir 
fe i Meier and Ranunculus and Anemone beds : Wiig the id t 38 years, for the ensuing Wee 
or tapestry to gari walls; also the golden-leaved, better be thrown up, in order to sweeten and in me 
which in spring seems a mass of yellow flowers, and the | the as inre het of nee ts, o. En E gå) x Vin Fiu 
yellow-berried, which bly the kind referred to i Seas fe December, $E ERE ae E T 
by Virgil when he speaks of € s ond eras of Meh e Fotod ak thin’ Beason the intet Dd 4m |< Rained, | of Bain 
CEbalia. Everywhere in his class try, Ivy, as in | D «hod aftar š rios, ane aout ged D Sundayl8.| 449 | 338 | 383 | 19 0.58 1n. 
Med. eee its xcci xm viuda. Wer the ruin ; MEM viridi willj-p La laimi Tus Du ee | geal E eu 
ho rice fle eye Coste geeney content, eitis Soto e. "hose on beds, if perma ‘at "the usual » Thurs. a: fia | 328 | 387| 19 037 
me may selec ERIT eiie Bot nds time, will often have the collar expose ed too much, and Grider aa: dto | ste | gee | a6 | oso |alalalalihslald 
Habits of Beetles.—The a t fonction of this family | "000 e drawn leaves, &c., into their holes, 234, slog fond th, [85 therm: deg. ;'and the lowest on the Mi 
— — = tha Caena Fhein: main basi which, with =f castings, give the beds an untidy ue t NE 
ness is to clear off desi ng p substances from the face Ous 5l P F éaretulle-fork-^u uS BERI em 
of the E Sti aes those minute and neglected | *Ppearance. — So D he tre 2 ths plank little as Notices to Correspondents. 
portions which h ped m attention ot other soil, so as to dist rb the fibres of the plants as “tte as . Oliver's ** Lessons in Biene E Dar: will 
H | possible, removing m a = i cx Ce then, pem sal the required information.—Young Gardener. Read 
favente Vue pebecse r 4 fall to understand th CTh d 
c 3 H with & mixture man ne carefully so as to understand the eory an 
scale. We may characterise them in one poi E hich had been pre cnin ems e time orticulture," and make the knowledge thus aequi 9 
view as retai gers. y are, so to speak, users- | " %19, p Eu un cu d et q| fgundation of your ily practice. —Lottie. The title of Dr. 
aste revi > » rior's s ** Popular Names of Britis! 
— ees E be fnequalitio | Aene s doupiuot h oe a inei an o Roast We. Wedo Robin E eon dat cdi 
satisfied his hunger on the animal he h P" plant; in fact, giving — a mpl te ing. xhibitions would be improved by cutting down the sizo of 
the e hyæna a and the vulture have gorged themselves Thi tion will o highly satisfactor d it the “ monster” plants, or by lessening the numbers in the 
its carrion ; after the fly with its army of maggots has 18 operi lon Will pro v eid siactory ; and 108| several collections. We want both size and number, for 
after the burying -beetle and result will be a gr and vigorous start in the spring.| effect. But great advantage would result from the better 
distribution ese masses of colour. ey 8 
the Silphidas have borne ME part in the dione ing 
when nought zs yer nes remain, then 
ulariz to go ovi t they have left, to 
[imn off every fragment of Teiitiont or tendon, and to 
the bon nes as nea rly i in Ass state of meas F | 
= another point 
view, however, their Miploy ism is olesale 
wide enough. They conduct rate operations all 
over the ld; the anches extend into the 
most remote districts; the terials with which 
they have to do, although mere waste, have no 
other limit to t vA 
in all great establishments, too, the peinciple of 
of labour rried to a grea 
vision eat ea Each 
ferent "kind of anbean has Mena — mber of 
he firm told off to take eiei On m pecies 
fh a 
on fines — to rotten "wr another to, 
wird to Les rid Fu rth to decayi 
mast ing Figs. 
lecaying deca: ark, ps ecaying flowers, 
ecaying leaves, all tanith dant employment to 
vu They t all scavengers, how- 
ea aeus BEREPRS 
B L 
ie [mes praes rs; others feed 
e Juieiek.- Smith, ki the 
ver. Many p s their 
upon resh vik victuals; and M. 
a the M De 
admitted. 
Pings.— 
the : bottom-heat should be t 80°. Admit as 
much fresh air a ——À mod -—— | the quantity 
when the wind is very y temperature, 
of 
n be 
oci 
and moisture, should be regulated by the a y 
the amount of ai 
Do nat on hese account al ow d 
to E in such abundance as to condense and run into 
ts. Cro Visi and deformed fruit are the 
vésils of moisture v being allowed to ac accumu ulate 
hearts of "i yee A v ben the frnit is coming up. 
Wher e the ractised, the plants in all 
and a nh on ree those hern roots have made = 
dies eatest Late Te = repotted. 
—I 
INES 8 ater washin the stems 
and gl: 188, the volta and verything else about 
the house, should be painted if at scandy done. 
the outside border is not already covered with litter, 
this should be done betore ines are -— —— 
ith 18 inches ": for: 
ing eat; and lighting with a background of colour 
of the choice ae uals is amongst toliage plants, such as Tree . 
Ferns, for e =p ess half their beauty when. E 
crow milar obj n. oii 
in the | Foxtey’s Baiba ask D. We have stated o 
able opinion of these 698. The fact that püs- pe 
conduce to the rin on ot a garden ul by eee 
with the necessity tor ee it T — Ü whi'e 
same time PD. -— effi v f trai 
o noa 
em n pro rocosa of consta M 
Rhytisma acerinum, .accom- 
nt Bellefleur ; 4, Norfolk. 
NAMES or FRUITS Bra 
Stone Pippin; 5, Th i E " Paradise Pippin; 
nig WG. 2, Cornish Gilliflower : 3, Rhode Eu 3 
Greening ; 5, Bedfordshire Foundling ; 1, Adams’ Pea 
main ; 2, — Ah hg Pippins; 3, Cornish Gilliflower + 
Golden Reinet! x's Cap; 6, Round Winter Now 
— Young Jas, iion Morceau ; 2, lb i not Be 
British , bas, "iid. I write, broug my | menting material, fel as stable Titter en nd leaves, to Pass 
D 3, hed Calv ih 4, earl 4 rofton 
notice wi of Brachy peplus (B. auritus) which he à a P warmth. in the soil be och the inner} Adams’ Pearmas, -J 5.1, Blenheim 5 tie 2, 
eae wild bees nest, salina hi S r than 50°. Before the| pj le. The Rymer Apple, well goles 
feeds, both in the larva and perfect state, is laid on, all loose. soil should be M a mer Appla rd lud la a 
honey. 4. Murray, in a on arene gamar roots, and replaced br. Vg PLANTS : W. cad n RP ta; 2, Doolis 
by dressing of charred turf, crushed bones, char- 3 3, Genlophiabiura sppendio patam , Asplenium 
Calen f Onckat ti ciem und fresh Norak -droppings, The inside Tre ftant. R G. Pleopeltis Phyma 2, Selaginella 
dar of Operations. should also have the exhausted soil removed, and to bescenss 5, Selaginella onapidate ; 4 h Node, ae 
or the ensuing week.) dressed with a similar mixture. Commence with a pror — " 
Some very fine specimens of um Grapes were gentle heat P me 45° to 50° night temperature, and | Prono: M. Nuts, Filberts, and Damsons may be pruned 
shown at South Thad a bar other day by Messrs. | from 50° to 60° by da , The amount & of mo isture now. || with 
Lane and Mr. Hill, a fruit is more generally | should 1 xd : ROYAL HORTICULTURAL Soctery: Anon. We quite i 
1 ras ssert than goo od Grapes, | the plants ret in seeds Syringe rely 4 in fine f ns "d rere “satonal Agro x 
i cletios tively by learned and scientific men, 
good c condition pam eio a te period may not be with- HARDY FRUIT A tited with the objects of the societies ; but we AY 
out interest. The keeping ease of eae os under | ere fruit rooms are ' not + furnished | with a stove = Eo i under d teras -— He n 
proper circum nae: are 22 condi- | a coil “of essen pal pipes, — difficulty on't know how Hollyhocks grow on ti 
sid stiodist eer i ensure often experienced at this xcluding co cold d'and fave n iui. x Gardeners’ Chronicle ! healthy of 
pnp lat, they 2d be well fod in Mos rm: ,| damp. Of the ti perhaps the latter i is the Mer Vae ikon Bamburgh, for which you wish i Sep 
they must be thorou ghiy a o IAE i hs in enemy. It may, T d D ? Seedling. Whether it would be most atin 
autumn ; and LA they a Let qu cri of | some unslaked lim da wide pans or rawers, exposing us to inarch the tormer — M a: orto take T 
ust possess | as much as possi le of its surface to the atmosphere,| Golden Hamburgh and ov pee i 
e^ w is o im importance | and e anging it for fresh as s pm its bed ins ase rta iri err plant roumstances Poe the roots of 
the border with enue; j thorough pic ee ded i ewhat satisfied. ould be Lm ere e S Loi but not 
& consti lion, soil as | exc’ od if pon ^ but — Une is tobe sted ne the | mburgh now and graft with the oti k being 
y tr it ilte iso | abi the r should always be used before the stock has pushed in = Tha a top of te: 
y growth. "hija [1 émet ith 
duin uem en meister 
vigorous, the rod from the graft should 
MES 1d té uie iE 
