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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
yatory are the noble Uran; whieh phe desea ena will be Nume: ters 
in former volumes, "Miaay of nem are ror irige size | on this point assert aay sal hes “a peii in 
and „all of them are in excellent _ health. They have September to keep well; we have, however, found it 
t y difficult to keep Grapes ripening at that time fresh | 
d d manure which keeps | throngh Janua: As 0 r Vinery is very steep, we fra | 
don in ger aini, ht at the same time some — obtain “more se n November than some | 
is put round the sides of the 
(Fes. 16, 1856. 
Cut with a spade, and all put in, 
about 2 inches, 
burying the turveg 
ERS’ GARDENS. 
An import bi for cottagers is the Pes wae yet et 
it is difficult t to acme them to cultivate 
f. 
tubs inside, s0 as to prevent surface 
ff b 
z 1 ball 
h 
been pag well coloured and y inion as 
It 
like the Potato liable to be ruined by aes all kinds g 
almost any soil, 
A good way to keep it in winter is spread over the 
crowns in November the manure that is intended for 
à , leaving 
the centre of the latter. . Thi ; 
—) 
ti 
ugh the, 
of its keeping the soil too wet. The tubs in which 
these trees are growing are set on feet cers made to 
take to pieces, so that the state of the Too ; can be 
+ 
L 
part o of 
warm litter, to preserve the roots in action 
this, as fres h | Gra apes an 
t 
i. 7s 
The ground for Parsnips er rd 
jaa nary, by jairai path the b 
d green 
kept in view has been however to preserve t! hs trees in 
borg in “ mong tubs as possible, a “therefore when 
e been foun d to sds 
to prevent their had king before ” Ma: ay. Bring o 
successional forcing hea and pay every attention to 
and of ai 
pa ssion The 
1 ., 
nft 
will n 
a pice “directly th 
pea been induced to ba the ae in rie of 
lants si ha Apo coral- 
lina square brick pillars which $ e roof 
shoul 
cernible ; aim at doi 
o eration ; do not han: adha ‘the ee viti ay Danis, 
nor allow "anything greasy to Kee ep t 
ng, 
dis- 
work aiora ipally at the first 
on the 
of the house, and which i: 
flowers from the ground to a height of 15 feet, ar 
at 
presen t receiving thei eir wi nter pruning, „Which, consists 
sunshine, Peaca Hou: USE. —Go over thenewly set fruit, 
ing apparatus twice or oftener sq but not du uring 
close in like Vines 
In _the open ground vi Banos of Rhododendron 
of smal all purple e blos- 
k 
aoms which a time 
eecagaa handsome, and on rees on e 
is Even 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SH 
hina for bedding out kn ‘Gn a spring) 
ntly greater than ‘the room Be evoted ei one 
wintering can sw pply. It will i in t this case b 
e Apple 
very fine ba pnatios of Misletoe, th 
bright 1 green vi Rabe Berealbing are with the 
which th 
l hes from 
oe a Ths This Piso ra: 
pinoy birds are not likely to to piekt br out and destroy | 
Some young fruit rehard, whic “sm 
i ted here some 2 fat pen 
For all the soft-wood 
common dun; 
rene 
pai Polom Heat, will 
within 13 prn s of the glass, upon 
ry sandy so whic 
mths dey 
he mem Ara e seek at planting time, it will save lou 
e the size a d healt hiness of the pe ts by 
f S RW 
have borne excellen 
crops both i in this and previous years. _ The groun nd i 
th. 
their re 
+ 2 
ndy compost w e for | 
but it has all been retrenched this autumn, so that the 
old turf has been oe oy again to the surface, and it is 
t the t pruning which the trees 
ve thus received wil have the effect of checking 
exuberant growths nder them even m 
i ild einek ORENK, the they. will soon be 
ay be mentioned, however, that this is rather ran 
In the | kitchen garden Peas are coming through the | * 
ground. The sorts are are Sangster’s No. 1, , Early Frame, | 
and Prince Albert. 
perience to be the earliest. 
Mushrooms are grown here in triangular r ridges in 
the open air. ppings are in the 
centre, and, being spawned, i il 
in the usual way. Hay is then ree over the ridge, a 
A bed put up in September 
at present full of them. | the 
lan suid zee immense quantities 
are wintered here in old 
are 
- wanted 
light servi 
them and if 6 ine ohak of this is hire over a | 
very light b bottomn-heat, the plants will soon make rapid | 
wth d wil g 
with a spade. 
oho meat, of ‘Bouvardias, and som 
jot Gersniums aoe ult t 
h cutti 
y, or 
w in bec A 
ay. Keep the 
swept and rolled frequently, to keep 
FRUIT axb KITCHEN GARDEN. 
The atti plantations reo now require going 
over ; for the present, however, ‘thee leaves of last 
18 | ye: as Daea to the crowns ; 
eeds, a ate a dressing of 
g. spread between the rows. We e by no 
, but if the ground 
g the manure = Sas bottom, and the 
seed shoul T ea sown in drills 1 apart. 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
For the week k ending Feb. 14, 1856, as observed at the oe Gardens, 
ke B TRMPERATU. j | 
a EE TARDEN Ithe Air. ET Earth wing| 2 
< g% ——____;__ jer 
is Max.| Min. | Mean ‘deep. deen a 
oan — — —— 
Friday 8| 2| 30.038 | 29. arn 45 | 47.5 Ray 423 | S.W.) 09 
Satur. 9 3 | 29.972 | 29.909 60 45 52.5 45 44 | SW.) 00 
Sunday 10) 4 | 29.962 | 29.923 54 41 47.5 46 44 S. | so 
Mon. 11) 5 | 29.861 | 29.810 53 42 47. 46 443 | S.W. on 
Tnes. 12 6 | 29.737 | 29.375 50 43 46.5 43 45 | S.W. 45 
Wed. 1 29.773 | 29.685 53 43 48.0 48 45 S. | 20 
Thurs. 14 29.739 | 29.709 | 54 40 7.0 | 43 45 | S.W.) 02 
Average | 29.869 | 29.771 | 53.4 | 42.7 o | 46.3 | 44.3 AT 
Feb. ensely Overcast; fine; cloudy. 
= ine; exceedingly fine; cloudy and 
— 10—Uniformly overcast; cloudy. 
— 1l—Foggy; rain; overcast; 
_ 2—Overcast ; rain; fine; rain at night 
— 13—Rain; sbowery throughout. 
— 14—Rain; showery; fine; fine. 
Mean temperature of the week 9 deg. above the average. 
RECORD OF THE hiramin AT CHISWICK, 
During the last 30 years, for ensuing eek, ending Feb. 23, 1856. 
Sie fs. gs No.of | Greate 4 Prevailing Winds 
Feb. aE E BE $3 Years in Quantity |; ry 2 
zee | ZSE sé Which it | z ha slei zez 
anday 17| 45.7 | 31.0 | 33. 1 0.32 im. | 3) 2) 2 3] 3 69/3 
on. 13| 44.5 31.0 37. 12 0.30 4| 2| 3| 1| 4! 7/63 
wes. 29| 446 | 311 |378] 1n 06s 3} 1| 4| 5| 1| 7| $| 3 
fed. 20| 45.2 | 308 | 38.0 16 051 33/3 4 1 3) 5/3 
Thurs. 21| 46.3 | 32.0 | 39.1 16 0.20 2| 6| 3 5— 7) 6l 1 
Friday 22| 45.7 33.3 39.5 13 0.29 3) 5 T= 2 75l 
Satur. 23) 468 | 321 |394| 1 44 4513-773 
The highest temperature during the above :period occurred on the 2lst 
au a 1836—therm. 58 deg.; ,and the lowest on the 17th, 1855— therm. 
Notices to See wor Hil ee 
ARAUCARIAS: Cavanensis had better 
ere it 
oy DING 
Zelinda may possibly z 
BRITISH MUSEUM: E.A. ust be sı conception. 
The collections are public property the € onlers ‘ou paid 
: D. They do not xea ventilation; ; “quite the con- 
trary. Ventilation ruins the 
gier 10X8: E T. We make a 
sleading inquirers. 
hatever, unless you Me T 
a ecial agreement, a ocala yout landlord? If n 
ou had better be zip m your eon cito: 
4 Bue: H. Yes; but you must ve your name and 
S.— We have been so often obliged toreluctantly 
d ing heaps of dried or other plants, that we venture 
to e our correspondents to recollec 
or could have undertaken an anlimited 
Youn mers, to whom these remarks more ally apply, 
should bear in mind that, before ap ppl yi ing to istance, 
f gaining information 
they Shoma exhaust their other meai 
Wi n 
Cucumbe: 
M 
The 
` like the 
pits als t 
Early Potatoes, Radishes, the Po 
-ona Tittle ree of d ae and leaves. 
eal for aren ould it be = = ee bes we could. rm 
r frames cov ered with mats. Verbenas and p firm, a light — v do good, but o nly to break | can do is {aman at t willingly. It is 
other things succeed well in this way 5 the > tops of such the crust. As he pruning of espaliers and | now reques that, in ieee eon as re than four plants 
it tree ime.—S ich, 
k d bard = $ turf hich. f fruit tr sis is completed, le ue the | Bron und, if pour; ay nT a ‘tek ne Beana ns i 
` this time, struck and hardened off in tur! pits, whic hich appeared in our columns some years since, because it is 
ushroom os vered phn ga lea’ aving it rough for the winds of ee to dry t the young one and not ey and fruit be: g. It hn change its 
to be useful for appearance in course of time.—H H micera involucrata.— 
tatoes are planted | Pruning Suir it may afte rwards be ought to wae CEF. Be ag on Mrs a = s Bi r. serratum. Moore’s Brit. 
erns, Nature Printer 
t Figs, hich Wh E-APPLES: Ænanas. Your pit looks asif it would answer; you 
The pede in a ona er garden’ have all been dug, i in alone pruned, a dellelorey of male blossoms sometimes | must not, T, sink it too much below ground, and except 
to pre em for the place is naturally very dry indeed, a good drain should ms 
short. made all round it deeper than the bottom of the pit to oi 
ars ro the place gene erally „is noa and clean, , and has| ff el, hav ving a crop of catkins Syn about the bushes, to sup r. The distance at whi the Pines should 
wan ti J or y p hitik the p Ae fiowers. apart will depend on the sorts and bad bas of m —_ 
Calendar of e ren ger 
eer 
on ber re an be dressed with a composition, 
nsis p, tobacco-water, sulphur, to which 
co) e 
g T. CTU 
a arn Se 7 ve it consistence. Whenever an sures us that ark lost their crops by 
(For the Benar i ap 3 1 g fo other wall-fruits, they dressing the set: son’s preparation. He says he 
PLA DEPARTM sh during winter with the above compo- rkik Ps Rr te guests koleri  - 
Conservatory, Kc. so— This house shoal now be nearly sition. Although both soil and weather are unfavourable | not much. Why ca ay on na close the sashes at night 
them by da: Fa all means remove t as S00) 
Gime a wa oe a eee frost i Non A iaia a tri s better, if 
Camellias done blooming s should, if possible, be removed still when — compels a “continuous supply of | fros a corti wonton ating oy oe last yon er 4, which 
ytd x farther experience ved to answer Sli y. 
temperatu d a slight shad } l a gr as e $ AND nipkah casa “sei T es Ae R he 
i brighi weather, i d f i d b le unde: ni wing s 
enn Aaa ae f -a -e SS beds ES Md : r i aaa pebaphe that tho tumay companies v int like to pnour e the 
; iei nici healthy } è TVD“ ASSIA | Tisk of depredators and trespassers covering thi 
ase of —— eK 4 take pu eth becomes easier proportio: with fru i trees Tak i . ill 
i i - | RED SPIDER: Gle Sulphur water applied with a syri 
pee ty as before -n aee — ies ee a ibera th t the spider inakes its appearance will probably be 
afternoon by shutting up early, at the sa «sing KEEA mate to "eol re nn ta Sree Or | found to rid your Gooseberry trees o tis pest. The host means 
peo ne cit o trusi r the) of be 5 it from gaining a ihig at all, however, is x wa 
Orchids on blocks or in baskets, per renew the wires eat to the ope g Peas, the trees with lime and sulphur in winter when the leaves are 
where necessary. Lay aa for snails and cockroaches, Spinach, ia in sri vn a kinds mambo in | OY vs TP. Thes ished with s 
i lst Calendar ; good early varieties of the former SroxaE Baas: n of 
and otherwise endeavour = to keep in check all similar | our 5 8 resin re in spirit, pore a peer with pra p solution 
pests, Examine and shift all plants that require such should be selected. They may either be sown in small glue. g but varnish, (and ““ Mackintosh” is nothing else,) 
attention, and cu cut back kinds which i be desi } eat 
TUBEROSES : J J. Excellen irections for umes ‘ate 
to inerease after flowering, in order to get a supply of 
cuttings, 
or when the quantity is is s considerable, cut fresh pieces 
Ee DEF SSE SENT: 
ee 
J 
ie of wire. 
eat 
elias substitute peat for the leaf-mould.?— 
with the advertisement to the office, 
price.—A. B. 
a 
ether er, bi 
fet bu but f for C Camel 
Sı 
Worthing. Will you 
R end your addres 
you w woul 4 in th rise 
glass, giving air, * dee. s, AS the ate progress, removing 
s| the entirely each fine day when the errand are 
up, to harden them perfectly before planting out, 
which, with the i trench being 
Late VINER 1 
pre ETE. v: house should “be | 
devoted to the purpose ; and if the kinds selected are | 
the true varieties en es a 
black Grapes, and the White and Chiirleaworth’s| 
Tokay for white salle evans oon may be satisfied that | 
and we will ori you the 
favour us with your name and address. 
