Sicius iu the autumn to keep ie c pian 
blossoming t R S a third-rate Sante 
may be allowed to bloom when thay like, from whi 
cut ay be obtained. To i i 
autumn it is nece: o sow seed in April and M 
and when the7plants up they are pricked off 
boxes or pots,and placed in the shade. During the 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CONSERVAT 
should of rier ine 
(For the ensuing w 
ings T DEPARTME 
j. Oe. 
erform 
eect ‘mannat operations here 
ea E in the morning 
CHRONICLE. 
Calendar of i gehen a 
ck.) 
e 
[Eee 2, 1856. 
d by hea 
repare 
kak Satie of Rhubarb, yom ae. vase 
nd remember Das the ground for these things can 
ardly be made rich, 
The cottager’s leisure hours yet uld be occupied in 
olesi together all eg som sete Spc fo s, and 
h f e his other 
summer they tted as they may require it, and |as possible, in order f that a mily may enjoy their 
h other refuse matters t What 
should be always kept out of door: hind a wall or | rambles ae gst the plants without pa in an ata" 
hedge " atti bia Rode he ded tx Jal able siphe Reals a aA bet” liad tot Te! iin. "a rubbish wi him a „if 
A 3 BOE Le Bot Oy: | Bao nge | husbanded aright. He Shoat take eare that his 
and A s may be sown in June, which will | trees in aitaa re liable tobo” affected by a black f g p is se rp Fa by means of puddling — 
prod: e plan > t thi | we canno be sure of | on the Jeaf, h having the ‘appearance of soot. tg RAEE otherwise ; and an pe drain shonld be provided at 
getting good a autiful varieties. Bora e t ; a little soap wié: må (the ini oweit) yer a perfect stopper, so that in 
of the sun are hur to the s of “Cinerarias, warm, with some su! phur mixed with them xli app lied the case of. abundance of: manure water; through: rains 
I have Boia them out and seen Proc flower gaily in her orgs is a ood remed All deca ing POPE 4 P 
Hibana but they do sot last 3 P EWI. aiiai > ea ands Se y or otherwise, the cottager could draw off the s — 
y ong. P. 
a ces of he latter filled with age? in blossom Sake barrow apply it to his crops. Consult the iiae 
Miscellaneous from other departments. This str ructure where Proper! ~@a-dee Calendar for inf, i 
Prodigious A iha Independance Belge informs Biod, EPa aoran should now be ere By 7 le 1 m 
‘its readers that “in the Belgian Colony of St. — ododendrons, Camellias, &e. which s oe STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
a Potato been grown weighing more than 50 Ibs.” flower, make a fine display. | e plants of the above | For the week ending Jan. 31, 1856, as observed at the Horticultoral Gardens, 
‘Good Bye, Big Som. erriés, that have been some time in their pots or tubs will ies GET Semeadaein pc aa 
evora koipea —Mr. Murray stated (see |7@quire much water, more than people commonly) ;,,, gs ~ | rie airs Orke Barth Wina) È 
Proceedings f the Royal Physical Society, 2 Nov. 22, imagine, Ai penal manure may be given more Min. Mean {,icot| feet) Š 
Agra oceasiona ly with advanta DREAN Sioa PAPE eee —_ 
} ie, Friday oe 33 | 425 | 468] 44 | W. | 40 
sone of to afer 36. | 435 | 46 | 44 |S.W.| 16 
him sufficiently new an nid side p be worthy | è thorough ventil stion. To obtain this kee ep a rather Sunday ay 20 | 335) 44°) RW ae 
of made g y known to naturalists ; and e from seven in the ates until et Tnes. 19 | 285 | 40 | 4x | Nw) om 
although the information is imperfect, and may possibly | © m which time it hee ecline unti tm A bS ee | 31 Nw. 0 
turn out to be inc ect, he h to co . following nomning. , By ta ~ king th J pe a ae ee ee T = 
nicate it to the Society. The statement is, that a par- h his ae T 
ti wondnoekePuin., Caliterni np nication of sarkan (not pip es or flues) a riir atmospi ere ax) $6 kine; v ae iat ied; anie 
: P : ` p willjbe creat d. Begin t ot Orchids, taking them sè ear aaa sharp me i nicht d 
acorns in autumn for its spring consumption, and does mri gm to fep = 28 Prosty; fine; overenst; thick hail shower in afternoon ; frosty 
so by hammering out small holes in the bark of trees, exactly in the order in whieh, they ud; be sure that} — 29- Clear and ra iro sty; fine; Sarp frontar might y 
` — 0- ty 5 ; cold; fros 
‘into each of which it places an rn. His informant your material is ow or hal charre d to des troy - Fi te edn a ion! ay at night, 
r, Mr. William Murray. He resides at insects. Keep the ts well E and use plenty w temperat: So eck 4 deg. rT h 
‘San isco ; but when home on a visit last year, arhe oa n p tamps chem a size, be louis aby Dariny tes last 30 years: for the savaia weak, ending FOS, 166 
mentioned the habit of the woodpecker which has jus whole at last, so that t aR reg eee Wind 
been noni, Shortly after 3 agitation. ~ : P| ven. | 222) 222 | 2B Yenin | SF TEEL. 
ck tsk bon EON Hatels which hee: es a nish, and is in sxe | S25 | SS | whieh it Quantity zaj Ssa eS 
pisses ee a i hich idably deficient of atmospheric aH | 436 Bained. Phe el (| le 
Anay to ri Society, an and at the same time commu- | ®0%8°8s W are unavoidably deficient of atmosp ——|— FLAN orrai |-|—|-|—|-| 
moisture. Syringe plants on blocks occasionally. Let} sunday 5| 441 | sia | 376 | 14 0.35 im. 2| 4| 4] 2] 211| 3) 2 
cated the follo owing ee koaa he bad — a ht, 65° by d Mons. s taa Cr S Pate RE 031 313l 3 116 7 4/3 
baa He says :—* talkin ing è o Simao n the o fer the temperature be 60° by nig 5° by day, rising to Tues. Sh 46 | 32s |37| 1 cao 2 33 23 bajs 
. ed. i a 2. 39. á 25 2) 3| i 
: 65) 46. 2 y 22 3—| 410| 6!3 
sa, about the sins aby 2 Thera: F| da j 324 |34) 16 = 2 3 a ii ve 
opt ay holes in the I bark none ‘Gabe "they with CING DEPARTMENT. Satur S 41 | 35 |383| 12 oso [—'s' 2 2 1ildls 
jw, hen 1 at entioned that I had apta oes ol; it, and r iate ee Sct pt heat is maintained by | aTe highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 9th, 
ł } h bed vi &)1—therm. 62 deg. ; and the lowest on the 9th, 1847—therm.- 4 deg. 
1 1 rials suc’ s as e 
being ter “aly Th à se that S ] Id be carefully watched, and X 
because I was unable to say I ha m put ere. if th fth Waid tovexneed oti y 
5 Well,” said he, sey bis ean tell him i Tve them. | 90° the ho a light] ed i der t t| ARBORICUSTURE : H e must beg to be excused offering an 
nende shou a be slightly raised in order to P aips 
4 have seen them bore the holes, pot in the a. and | | injury ia ie baa Itis not usual now to su iho 7 Teese upon what ippen ps t m'a contempors EEE 
SRE Rasy welll in, ive them „taken 9 of Pi epider of 110° or orp aS We| tain the number of varieties that have been aAa, inom 
agen; m — bi ‘and he went on on to tell m e that on | th old school quietly doing, but i it} China; certainly all the sorts havir g hg well Tos oma! oni Ba 
me 0) ame ng t aan me yery gi T 
ges if ey are much ae “like the Chinese varieties 
ago), he witnessed aa ki d fi re at had ing the plants prema- ihah the rather are like each other. 
His party camped. on, a kind of island | turely into fruit or were injuring them. Indeed » we | Irattax Oraxoe Tres: Tyro: If they are really as dry as 
li o Pin nes by too m they will not Teyire f there is soy ifo ja thom it may 
operati è h +h h be ted by planting them ina si ttom-hea' 
‘the ions of these birds. There Wate, six ene teis Sp ape eee k been so often obliged to reluctantly 
reasonably be easionally | gecline naming heaps of dried or other plants, that we venture 
oe cya s ho shyt a a hol ths the root E x | subjected to a aking h heat, ” yinitata a stead poian neat our s aneraen ts to eo i anty a never hairs 
; e squirrel would pop out his head an nd} or co! ave 4 . 
Yı rden whom these remarks especially apply, 
at them ; and the moment the coast w. cigar: he» would | upon it that 90° c annot be exceeded with sai sa Ecce heal 5 a apes rade that, Tefen & applyin gto tb rotor absiatance, 
ol ed nets ig — A that the soil shins ee AE of growing plants| they should exhans t their other means af gaiiring: information 
he bi see him, they not allowed to bee ry, ~ LREN a ye cannot save them f ining 
i H i ; tbed ble if we could, All we 
woul a se him, a a he w ae run like lightning CT atale--obatie i ag hai Ged syringe| fr themselves; nor would it be desira it Secret bee 
d d his hol n do is to help the gly. 
the tree, and up the other side, and into his hole | oare; ng 40 until otis ~ rage mes more aioe to dry| requested that, in future, not more t r plan y be 
again, amd the peep out and watch another hance t| Se eas o! the pianta. Vovuins—Carefal attention | st oye ponte laf of aome Slang etre ia 
- 1} Un: a 
- the:s es haste gyn eT 4 t m kapr eeen ii Vines are fairly N Konn Asle 13 Rhytisma, Solidaginis, Schweinitz. M J B- 
‘tinued for about three days, till at last one of) in leaf. ees ° every gare ity to admit fresh air to} `p Barnes. It seems to mahi ate te ot Polystichum 
the aed ae the epee head o 3g A strengthen the shoots and foliage, &c. ; but do this| Lonchitis ho : ay ‘ve to bla amet fm e — sunt 
i them o aeir - " —bu s 
pg ater letter his brother pel agg i the following ans, serile Las es be an-atachl near wea Saar ent th ten to arefe hut r5 ge Er no other 
apparatu: dress than Birmingham, it is possible that the letter-carriers 
P „He says—“ N Ne wland, a Sco! hen to 80°. bi = gy are in fleas | prn eT u. To bad mi ey for your papers, and in the 
ae n 60° and 05%) mame to Those who sell newepapars know nothing 
the a s intment. 
d, ld D ot k raising it 16° by day, an cats ie hardly be pn ge penny even if they had time to attend to such 
but Simson, he said, would intr neo- mea to l aae >| expected to set well unless they can be kept some 5° | jnuiries—Enquirer. 1, a Apple; 2, some Cassia; 3, 
author of a geological r pori warmer; but it will be better in every case to lec the| rotten; 4, unknown; ‘The three first are not 
to say positively, ‘The doctor stated tbat the provident | temperature sink a few degrees on sharp nights than to ess ee. pe Quite worthless and not known; 
woodpecker is the bla with the red hega and over-heat the pipes, render the atmosphere un- | ° 3 :Cornish Gilitower 0 pe oe the richest Apples; bears at the 
yellow th: 3 that he had bserved them repeatedly 5| healthy, While the syringe cannot be used t extremity of the shoots— a pee eulia: rity w which sho uld | teh borne 
and further asserted t hey eat acorns, and that he | .yanorating pans must be kept at work, and the floors,| in mind in een uning the —W 0 W. 1, Easter Beurré; 2 
: ; ‘pili porating A p : $ de 
them do it. In confirmation of the aa fi a Diel; 3, Farki ae 4, Beurré Rance; zi Do 
atl ast of the their — pirat e feeders, Simson tells me Aejepeinked tt “ihe Sere mb f same ace T z ; 6 W Bole ‘Satis opel: No. he ome Pippin; N bend 
east O. > | secure a moist state o! atmosphere ; King mit fen Pippins;_th 
that in the we ro 7 unl his is attended to, red spider will be xcept perhaps pe aer] 
is b ti f the bark of ‘ rh the | Pampas Grass: odcock. It is a female; but rather too 
the woods b g A very apt to make its E E ut, perhaps, the p% SH re good ; but many are unripe- 
the trees, and that, vee ere that is done, these red- reat cause of red spider i unhealthy root yous bare a} Nothing resists better than Sycam 
8 SmoxE: Misokap 
headed woodpeckers appear in the ht in periect | action, producing thi Tann foliage, ey despite the |" Hazel, Planes, eira Elms; fo toad tribe, Kremi ai Ashes 
swarms, and destroy / Apples and Peay or AG eea eminet insid Panot a o be attacked det it. We are unable to r the inquiry abont Beech- 
ve 
this pest, there dey digg arse dry, : Newstede. We presume that the plan 
any fruit. „T do not know whether they eat be. acorns > Give Vi p easset Bai ey a GE a So tonyaemny DO TADO ate at 
but it is most certain | | supply of manure-water in a tepid any time you please, but they should not be planted out finally 
i h-east wi p! Ti r. 
ammer in the 
If they have 
dis- 
rk, and hai H 
soe mme Tai piain. agim HARDY J. anp KITCHEN G to b Eker tof the und before travelling to a g reat 
so firmly that you can ian AEF pag out 3 2 ¢ > be oe enn ie. he toa oats 
arg pre break them open, and some- forward all kinds of wheeling while the ground is tapes we ete si bate own e aa: Arar a ms 
I that is within th ll e native Californians in a favourable state for such work. s of a heavy| o pezimel water their roots, wrap the ae paler 3 
ll inted with the f: wa ci! character are improved for working the| eloth,so as to binder evaporation, a plant een oe ere 
are so q ; 
h 1 to the acti n ot frost and th rrive in holes previo made y at is 
Toa haro ter., ery $ » i sgi that pina a hs pr iu Sse a . tim: an ag i showld do in our own case. Lif i Pisike the bal aragi 
ERS . are afraid of the risk, then the mer you remove the 
all the summer, and are all ready for harvest wh ‘portion better, provided your place is well screened from aioe 
are ripe.” My brother adds Kap Mr. Simeon to the action of ‘the sabers but where it may be} winds. ‘an all operations of thts kind mg i = “cit is 
n (be will find the details of sir sh i P 1858) 
. | in the Jepi and Practice of e (Longman: ' 
son), who watched fer pao “their skins, and | deep. ell to the protection of Lettuce, Cauli- page 451, & ‘ ia 
pees all about them, They ‘first o ed these acorn = &e., wales r glass, A, pp ty oY EnA s Prax w p {It is the spawn of a fungus 
z i lium ue, 
deposits ia a Chihualy -M was inclined to ng such tbings to air. Som e stronges Pen ici wan 
hink that the evid contained in h lett aae roots of early Rhubarb might be iy with pots or | W ar Foci nat se I Mi oes Kes viaces ® 
be sufficient to satisfy the Society, as it had do him- | boxes, and suficient leaves an d stable UE, 1o RORA petar s the best for testing its pe pom SP i 
i Fonna : DH. Trap them by means of tiles laid ov' 
self, that there is good ground for believing that that Bond | a gentle warm by | y a or ny other dry hollow at 
but where nay isa leaves, Bean stalks, or any awra 
consumption by, ‘by a woodpecker. Edinburgh New Philo-|stock of roots ry) is pei e A importance, and is hardly into pele at Bang crawl. A toad or two also be fou 
worth the trouble and litter which it causes. Get! wisc: tr one yu Men aan 15: 
sophical Journal. 
