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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
(Fes. 23, 1856. 
Geramums (avy other dwarf showy plants, as lnter- any check a t season will; F Clon ; foggy at night. 
mediate Stocks, would do) ti of Te are MES throw ban eect ‘aa. pha: Never allow} Z i toger “zine ae nigi 
| & box, one near each the | aphides to me a footing on them, but fumigate when-| Oe ree eas. ofondy. 
middle, and betwe them are oic a - aaay clouded; pralea eae Ehe v a ARREA 
Ea at to = ine ee A Aai = antaa merece E 
Beech? boxes up. with rich light soil, and finishing | Pyyeny.—Recently potted stock will not require much | ORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
Phe Pia rab o settle the earth round water at the root for a few weeks, and it should not Darkngrthe lant 30 years fr r the ensuing week, ending March 1, 1% 
i Ronit 3 i ii iN, Gonet, I pa qr por spe a until the towne get hold of the fresh $2 | Ses] as] No.of ie Preva ving 
ae that if Mi Ji Fens 15 an it and start into free Keep the atmcsphere | Feb. and) £32 | 222 | E | Yearsin renin : 
remembered if Mignonette is ever allowed to fla ; March. | Fee | %96 | Se | which it | of Ra 3 
Meat aaia an’ well alei mnia xes _thus soft and moist re; entle “yringings on the mornings of 455 | <3 Rained. | ° vie! a 
: ; ight days, and sprinkle the passages, &c., frequently. ; ied 
Sunday 2. 45.8 34.4 .6 76 0. 3 Sig 
oes a. = Mga se sn aie the Sp s mer | Plants swelling their fiuit will D greatl benefited by Mon.” 2 aTi] 48.1 332 ie) is foose” zala 
PAETE g i a aps oF colour, | manure water i r state, which may be give Wed. 3 th ia iro 16 0.40 5 i 
5 ved in th 1 s 7 s 4 3! 4 2 
way o Snt a adie te ba aborà ar kinds of often as the soil requires watering. With plenty Pitas ba aaa) Peace Vesa AT oie 
spt balks aps ae RT iE ? d of moisture in nh atmosphere night temp Satur. 1] 47.6 | 346 | 411} 13 | 062 a 95 
ing y“ nsive y o and are at averaging fro ° tò ft allowi g it The highest temperature during the above Berd: occurred on the 28th, 
present very gay. Hyacinths pot tted, an wintered out of | rise to 85° with aai e and a gentle circulation | !—*herm.04 deg. ; and the lowest on the Ist, 1854— therm. 18 deg. 3 
ast th oi of air, will be beneficial to these. VINERIES.— 
ey are | anted and soon burst into bloom. | Azaleas | Ag soon as the borties are ily set, cut off all to Correspondents. 
£ hich — CH - Bes r 1 Ae x Aon cy ep the oitan? Ay eee a) ret 
re nie bl t is a ver common practice ost et rom heat, as long as you can. yan yee T wll; 
w the pats of diffe it hou es in ji aa ‘awd tne result} Prick them out in rich light so soil, under a ha naa aded 
roa is ed panj 
Bases ai Rhubarb, from Mabie the 
market supply ke weeks has been derived. This has 
is small, ill-coloured, ill-flavoured fruit, and disappoint- 
Aim at securing fruit of first- rater quality, which 
with aol Tho sort i is Po V Victoria, which, although per 
i dd 
A 
until they have aea TERT thensatve 
NTS; A Constant Reader. You e fortunate beg to have more 
ment. than two very rnamental woods, Attack 
= be more se than any oe ntit ni a ferior them with BOILING hot r, and persevere, turning the heaps 
tuff, But depend u tha t the. todo s to er as the water cools and applying more of it. Or if you 
Fe cree ale? r s please 3 you may deliver yourself from your tormentors by the 
. The quantity proper to be left e of hot gas AA TP. We fak: you the same advice, 
egulated he aaner and v vigour of the xcept as regards gas tar, which in your case should not be 
y a 
na Vinen, & &e., but it should be ‘yenembeeed vin it “if the A a Cue HEr in oda 
pro mis sing, me, the bai. one should be able. way Taie for himself that we gave 
r 
h f 
= tal ape on tan ms 
g rbatim the onl peals which have been decided by 
at and with ‘hot-water pipes for surface heat. | heat is ot tele to decline. The bu th judges. Ge eien ee ere draw their own inference in 
These, vn wt had been over potted an rps sm breaking in the succession hows cia nd at oid this. is Sa itis cases unlike those cited. We apprehen ta man cannot 
d that their roots had become nearly | case. , the ht 3 e f 559 ot A be taken to bean nder-gardener who works chiefly in a farm; 
h ve ai therefore omy out of their pots, | Tak, ig stg sonra TAY EN rom to 60°. hid a labourer is employed in plantations and swrati 
ri sT 2| Ta ý advanta: f the approaches to a resid ti ssumes a new form 
the soil shaken from their roo nd allt de-} afternoon: wit Ma mot a atm pac here pA the ther-|) -1i eis et and fia a a aS Seat you had 
_ eayed of the latter way put into fresh soil and | Pr p a s better appeal to the judges if you should be still ERNA ier 
. smaller pots, and si th: mometer rise to 7 Booxs: J P. Ga er’s lessons in British oa ea 2 parts, with 
onang > MRP SORE one they have| Watch carefully for. a indiestion of redvapiied ori] -afed spotimens: insiiius ration, an a Ho Luscologia 
If. ho admirably, and have now all started into fruit. brown sesle, both bein ng’ terrible pests when sae to| Britannica; both ublished y Li sses there 
, however, large pots do not ee, for pom itisid ain’ a footin the foli See that the borders are| 19 2° Cheap ai oh except Meee Dri ae specimens of Irish 
because they are unskilfully managed 8 g on the foliage. ee he borders yar Gras: be had of the Dublin a lishers.— 
a healthy state, and attend stopping the| XYZ. Lindley’s ‘School Botany. —E J. Loudon’s HONS. Sub- 
shoots before the fourth or fifth leaf, so as to get the urbanus to dinensis.—J B. Loudon’s Suburban Gardener may 
to most plants. 
or 
wood matured, in order to secure a second crop. 
é possibly answer your purpose.t 
A W G. Th bi 
PeacuEs.— If there is the least apprehension of red bad them we autumn? Á ‘ 
i cellan spider pl ay CENA t off a good Piece of the top and treat it 
Sales—On Thurs sen e Bentley sold Ł by fairly set, d Chg rte If exactly like t The stump will throw 
= at tha e Crown Hotel, Broad Stree et upwards of green- n-fly makes its appearance fumigate at once See peas ~~ NAR ai bia n one 
350 On m, and Ash trees, from estates at Brans- | t will he = ae l h 5 
in only you ee etic let it lie as pea 2 
ford, Leigh, Powiek, and Longdon Hillend. There has | After the fruit is set let the ‘temperature range about | posaiile. RE rotten sticks and other rough stuffas far as you 
hey e for some years, and | 60° at = but rather under It is Tritoma media. 
it went off ns nights, and with sunshine and a circulation of air it Gin v WALKS ir Yo ing Gardener, When the frost is gone 
ngly wi Elm and Ash fetched ed | a a and the weather dry cover your wa _ po a concrete made 
from ls. to ls. 4d. per iy s an O Oak Teo 2s. to 3s. ould mngon about 75° during the day. with hot gas tar, lime and sea it very neatly 
ther timber, grown and evenly, keeping it higher in visi mid P than at gie sides, 
on the estate of A in th 8 EOY Nh US EAN E Y herey ra ‘sift over it plenty of oe ane and ron it well 
Pa Orchard we iy 2 ; Eero or| Give Paine a esa zoting after wet, ag it tt may be wi th a heavy roller soas to force the sand into the still soft 
ll, Thurlvee eat Hatch, hg ihe dom aa the ¢ mea EARS lia os for the Liss as PSAE FRON dmissible; if there i 
“9 RAFTL o papers are admissi e; 1 ere 13 any 
place cet the Gre ataei ian ee at Staple Fitzpaine, there | sible, Proceed with e dging ¢ walks and keep th discussion it will be confined to Fellows. 
x T set e Dra to 136 The lots sold clean, bas roll roli frequently to to e keth m firm for walking | oe ae ee jem td Bde ed oe pelina Ha rine 
y: s er. upon, also to prevent the, eral of w here | Apples, and at the same season; clay carefully, and bra oy 
————— | lit may si necessary to increase the stock of any of the| If e make are standard high | then you can inarch t 
| sane f Dahli t d be placed in heat at) Heatm 
Calendar of Operations. bi coder nied SR 
n o: to 
(For the Laki week.) 
PLANT DEPARTMENT. 
Tnestion and other winter 
| &e., panied? in hnel; and protect 
rder to secure — 
dations of mi 
Y FRUIT axb KITCHEN GAR a 
nail Paa and ieri, aa 
ro flowering as freely as. may be necessary to keep 
soon 
a coverin 
close and well furnished, and this should not | b 
sated in the production of useless wood. ` The small 
fh 
for winter flowering, and considering that they are 
p } 
plants oi easy culture 
f a ba teh of health 
purpose. 
lo 
wood becomes rather firm, then ri hady 
s for ` 
removed to a sl 
place out of door: d fi vA 
Prune 
| as this is done, if x is intended to apply i for 
e blossom gree it into use at once 
ng xeiting Jaina ace of the sun, 
f the covering c: vigh so ge as to be ‘actly ‘let 
on sunny ine ag exposed at other 
times it will considerably Br their ponen and 
will pro bably be 2 of more service than any pro 
of Pea 
Where the early crops as have been injure’ ed by 
frost or mice get some planted in turves with which to 
made good the eficiencies in _the lines. The t = 
i a 3 or 4in 
s434) A 1 
ep, cutting out a shallow channel about 3 fachés |1 
ing ed if ager 
he 
under side in which to place the seed. 
bo turves should then be laid with the green side 
erin a mode rate ely warm rat ae is Peas 
ight so s00) 
Po 
wering next season 
As soon 
wth without loss of time. 
to grow th 
Dekad in bloom early in September by placing them in planting out. Managed in tbis way the Pe ill not | 
heat in Feb bruary, so as to get the buds set bo de = sustain the slightest check, and will root thi the | 
when rly habit of s into the soil and grow away freely. If not already | 
into growth, they ma ke as fine wood as those Fann 4 in| done clean and dress Strawberry beds, A rai 
re oo plants ts with “Prominent wood bu ds | dressing of good rotten manure applied between the 
can be selected, there may be some little diffi d lightly forked in will be of great ice t 
getting them to make ha growth the first season. Let | two -year-old plants. to keeping up a supply of 
= temperature range a about 45° at uote e give French Beans, and give er se bearing in one a liberal | 
air freely on fine days, which will tend to water endeavour to keep them 
the permanent specimens in — sagt a their | in in vigorous health, so as to avoid having ‘tine infested 
buds slowly, ea aS close wth. | with red spider. 
Lose mtg i tae the. arsioge < of ay speci- 
e n igwa Tequire "such aho endeavour to) scarp OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON 
i ae e in “the enso on, w wi ich for Prod | For ti the ee eee obser served at the Horticultara aioa 1 Gardevs, 
Admit air freely on every favourable oce la ;| Banomuras. ERATEN: ; 
green plants eocubltye and nage in 5 the Feb. ($È PoE TS i 3 
destruction of ins insects immediately they are pe rce riers ia ean | deep. deep. | 
nd 48 | 43 | S.W. .00 
allow ‘ole ghey, of — after this time with all ‘the StS dors 
light possible, and: a free To of air whenever | = o; | 42 | “| E. (0 
x x it, but avoid cold north-easterly By J | 29:908 ,| Bas 8 | dy [NE | to 
winds, which are very injurious to plants in active 21) 1 pus 29.916 41 | 43 [xB Ol 
growth. Do not allow Calceolarias to suffer fi Average .| | 29564 | 29791 mo | 442 | 
Tree: O L. We fear we do not understand your question. 
f the Ho olly tree is “very large, nek ee head and is well 
rooted,” no sna will be required fe 
peavan tie the encroachment of eames abaa 
ees pnd aS transplanted last autumn aides not to require 
If they pus co ill and ther buds shrivel, 
be ell syringed frequently i 
w 
so much foy bey 
branches 
damp atte 8 Pe water will do very 
condition ; x from a pond or Aren 80 o teeh the b etter, 
c 
excellent translation of Schacht on the Microscope, ‘ed. 2, pu win 
lished by Highley. runes is nothing s) en cial that we know 
as the Solar < or oxy hydrogen nee er nts. 
ad D. 
MICE f 4 brick traps, or 
MES OF FRU apace Your Apple is the Cluster Golden 
The Peat shoots a ps peers affected — ara 
íst seasons cceeded 
EW À : OS. Surely you do not believe one word that 
is found in the list, which would be a gross fraud if it were not 
so preposterous a humbug. 
tae SAnOMR A 0. Your 
ning small metallic siarane 
select for a garden Ne ave it w 
subsoil is a ferrnginous sand 
This oe not what we 
ell d 
ha loam; work 
t solid. substances you 
8, di 
onta: 
should. 
3 
g 
qh r use. 
correspondents aidin 
advice both as to ne proper time for gathering an 
mode of ved se so as to ripen and bring the fruit to 
after gatheri 
SEEDS: 
hardened: off by degrees. 
Vineny: A Novice. There is no objection to your wasti ete 
floor of your houses—but it is a pity to lose so much eA hia 
room. Yon will ga ita hoc little unless you haie fresh n 
Put see 
“ri one how 
you have went 
3 is your border 
ng him 
d the best 
perfection 
| Js, and 
a1 4 
annuals, 
s and Fro 
o0 late, 
sanea 
the 
tie plant a alo ong the 
As usual, many com s havi ceived 
nd others are detained till: the: Saaai eines can ve 
We puta Iso beg the indulgence of those c correspondents, 
of whose contributions is still delayed. 
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