THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
{Marcu 22, 
1856. 
; Young stock, Calceolarias if well established m 
sible for them to be. Among the different Bae ofi p anann A a “pleasing: lyre of oe gement and 
aths, 
2 E i eg 
with El 
from frost or cold 
peers, 
roast to se the | for ba 
latter more apparent. „Pi ck off E ote pe Esse 
peor appeara: and e 
d el gmt put will rather serve to make the | 
1 ay be 
i I p sandy yra where they 
Y 
be protect 
must be prepare 
others as r as they 
f 
in pan fave à so been converted into floral v: 
s can be 
recently potted off stuff, and 
| shall havi 
of the 
atmosphere m 
kept in a unifor ml eae co! ii Watch for 
and attack them they a1 Jo ered * which 
og rh and conned vast blooming 
deed, the condition the 
1, 
th ordinary c wry Hse r planted out than 
stunted in smail pots. 
page ks FRUIT AND KITCHEN G 
Presse n the main crop of Carrots ie fest ba day 
hen be ground is in good w ae order, end to 
is toe ou coh 
ow all but completed, | Srove.—Pro ceed with the pirer A of such 
eag mek with require it, and aS all rete. pees ag to those 
i gro ing every m to induce 
th j The 
plants as 
in 
id 
epy A are 
and the various basin lakes da: or well | 
teins fountains ‘however do not 
a every fort- 
night a breadth serail ati ze Mate em: Soil up 
and sh ke sees cae ove seyon nd and protect tae from 
vages slugs ` which a are ofte en ~ 
water ; 
winter m 
J, 
sian 
Lre Beeri" filled with Croeuses and other bulbs ae | 
now in flower ; but owing to the dulness of the 
_ Pr otections of Oak |m 
only akaroen ng this is g a vig 
action, and keeping the >a nits near the glass. 
ens that were Start ted early i in the season v 
und by sister nooner flower pots over the crowns wns 
| grou 
i and covering these with light soil, or any materi al which 
Ot- 
n put ay of placing them in positi 
of Araucaria imbricata which have been brought at | suitable to their state of growth. Ixoras, Cleroden- botom pn wer wens Te beah ten 7” tle 
considerable expense from Elvaston, This Araucaria | drons, Allamandas, &e. that have become well rooted, | the aa being, se i PA e s , along 
2 h efit ‘4 
is well known to be hardy, by a careful ca stale ‘dia’ ant | = re grown under ie. Also ew out Celery 
advisable to afford it soi (Reese st until the trees 
shall hav 1e 
water, but see that it is given in 
e become better Layer oe TI Look sha: 
k 
PARE 
rply after ptt bug and thrips, 
establish themselves at this 
plenty of work for leisure 
d 
Pine Sf 
are allowed t 
ey va farnish 
form an agreeable promenade. > the 
(ote Sous during the 
t, and protect it witha fpe se or 
hand-glasses till it has become well establi shed, an 
—_— of Spinach, and „Esp the fane wae Mi me 
among growing crops; also do not forget small 
cla, as en &e., and sow sweet herbs for trans- 
plan 
FLORI CUL ULTURE. ORCING DEPARTMENT. | 
PINERIES. _Where the Pinen: are let in pots, it is 
CINERARIAS.—“ P” EE p. 71) does not appear to by no means a bad prac 
ap for potting. He prefers i g th y off- | sel so as to be able | to afford ¢ them a aie ore er 
hich I h mob fhia ena there is 
5 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
Forthe ortae week ending March 20, 1856, asobserved at the Horticultural Garder s. 
x | 8 ‘TRMPERATUSS. | 
Last August 1 propared a quan- | some pare of ‘alfred fru feu 
one part leaf-moul r the syringe a too freely while the 
to ae er the old a oa doy ay Acai 
plants are in flower. Those ex 
jh 
roots, which I put into 44 inch not aced t kept as much fo ces 
a cold frame w. plen T air, regularly will arri so as to ara _ me 
shading from id-day sun ; oe soon Arie to vee abl ere a regular 
into growth. About the middle of September I shifted | supply of frui she E. a from only a mode: 
them into 10-inch pots, using the same compost as | rate arankiy of ‘ins frequent rearrangements will be 
before, and p them as near the glass as possible. | necessary ; for Me pertene, imprinle to PER the 
As soon as severe frosts set in they as ‘to et every plant to fruit jus the 
late Vinery. Before Semara there was not a green P pane time,fan ce it vil oy necessary use 
on them, bu ae i afte: pnp i ye ually misde its appear- | every means to regulate the , suc! big nog A a 
ce and co enced its of destru: n. By means | portion of the plants to the coolest ao ision 
many happ show at one ich is “requ the 
rown’s yalia my | 
E were soon restored to ern and vigour. By | case at this 
Noming te above method I am ponfident tbat no fad can be done. PI i be $i. | a | S84 | g| Noot | orestes : 
despair, as “ P? uelly, pone ital gro ing | afforded too moist an atm 1osphere, y must be| March. | 56 | $22 | 38 | Years in | Quantity lgl 
nbc sth of Cine i 00 g giving clear Bae | 236 | Se | whichit | Sf Rain: |Z 20 
liquid manure in a rather si ee some 9t APIT pete peee T moar A ; 
a should also i sprinkled upon S% ta Me Xi z| 493 | 309 ia| io 0. i Jel 4 5| | He 
Miscellaneous. to make the atmosphere resemble that of a dung 1 pit, fue r az | ons. EER $ 
caja imd Pigeon-Pea Tree.— The leaf of this | tree | S} > the | Th 3 3 i oag H j F 
©, moistening t the aes nts 
passagi as to 
ona incinerated, it yields a peg propor- with we n syringe, and ny the 
shies vy as gow s Sezemble alkali, of ME of lime, of 
tare 
night tem mperatures c or a too free use of fire-heat. VINE- 
rag” arse of Songs of The silica 
m the 
RIES.— if fe ermenting materials have been used for 
avoid high : 
March. gel? OMITAN | Orthe Air. Ofthe Earth ying i 
ES] 
= ax. Max.| Min. | Mean Hot i 
res EERE” PETS D weal = 
Friday 14| 8 | 30.140 | 30303 | 43 | 238 | 335) 40 | 42 | E. | 00 
pie 1| 9| 30144 | 30.090 | 46 | 32 | 39.0 | 4 42 | E. | 20 
“pana 16) 10 | 30.023 | 29.949 | 50 | 39 | 415) 4 415 | E. | 8 
17) 11 NSI 29.923 | 44 | 39 |415| 41 | 4th] E. |0 
Tos. } 12 .930 | 29.764 | 50 | 41 | 455) 42 | 42 >) B | 
Wed. i9] 13 29.734 | 51 | 41 | 46.0) 44 | 43 |NE.|-0 
Thurs. 20 53 | 29.932 | 52 | 40 | 46.0 | 45 | 43 | N. | 
Average 7 923 | 43.0 Sil 2.5 | 41.7 | 42.1 | % 
March 14—Dry cold awd, clear and cold light frost. at night. 
- be =Cloudy an lows 
e highest temperature during the above bay ol occurred on the 27th. 
sO th . 75 deg. ; and the loweat on the 25th, 1300—tuerm. 14 deg. 
ces to Correspondents. 
> when handsome, and we think, for & 
down. Under ipo, meroseope 36 
viz spiculæ, 
necessary to maintain a 
safe Ai 
may be 
shape not unlike the poison-fang of the serpent, cena Era in nthe, border, for it will not be | 
pat toa certain extent, and slightly curved, 
re 
“Wt s better to treat this as a hardy 
They should be trebted like haii: only ey must 
be planted on ridges, beneath the crest of which the soil 
about J, to sz} of an inch in length, d a dmitting air on the sheltered cido of the 
base about ybg. The substance of these pee os only, and keep the ae cee moist by 
is what remains after incineration—I infer silica, | occasional sprinklings, as to ract the dry- 
irom its being infusible be gh saya and in- ing eff of cold air and eeu a sunshine. If it 
soluble in the p vo pe = which | is desirable to prevent the Vines in the late house 
the plant amined, probably a few | from starting sal some time yet, they ld be let 
do fi 
grows to be e 
years, t these siiani might be found deprived “of their 
the residual 
e 
preserving their ir forms, and ge might be mistaken for aken ar which would allow of the house being used & 
the skeletons of infusoria, The | or other purposes, and — sh bie danger of the 
a plant growi a a yoma thatof St. Kitts ther such after as to injure the 
meu it is mi a green dressing to to the Ca: Vines. Houses s starting should be or ‘Shoronghly moist, 
fields, and is cons ay yor pager As it. d the ro 
penetrate deep ne the roo d Id be Ł necessary to a the buds 
the surface, it seems well Shasta te counteract the ex- pto Di regularly. Peaca. Where the fruit is fairly 
in the Edin. giving the trees 
hausting aene of the Cane. Dr. Davy 
rnal. 
New Philosophical Jou: net washing with the syringe jou before, shutting up 
in the res gh so as to kee (homes pa Spider, 
‘and see that the soil abou perly 
amatar of aware 
week.) 
(For peter to dsbuing ee tieing i ‘ie Pa 
Cone 
| moist state. 
| | Shoots, keeping them thin d regular. „Here se- 
ih 
should =x Sip aay 24 feet deep.” 
EVERGRE on. Common Laurels are best pruned in April. 
They pa 768 rare at almost AnA ne especially in fe warm 
parts of England. Fruit tre be pruned ai ee 
fibrous 
may be 
s | North eee Bier tis 
in 
LANT DEPARTMENT. 
ny weather “tg 
drait ur pots of Verbenas are infested by pe 
| of me Tipula, possibly T. maculosa (of whee 
| Ea were g piu n inour Journal a week or two 8g0), sno 
a have doubtless gnawed off the plants; the remainder should 
| repotted in clea sate soil, the earth having been carefully shaken 
from the roots and burnt. 
Moss: Sub Water your lawn ‘with gas-water. The M 
| dieand the Grass es If = sana do this mong 
| to} ing of ixed w e-third of sulphate © 
| — it a 
Names e have been so often obliged to reluctan! 7 
decline’ ae gey of gre g other Eip that we ventu 
t that we never have 
pi resent state of the uia c fi 
Slips &c.—Many of the whist} sles or could undertaken an unifmited duty of this Kin 
gó tntlan eile s Aep fore Heaths, rea the ventilation, | but this must be Aani to at Young whom these remarks more especially apply, 
being generally too lofty, and kept too warm; but so tar exhaust their other mages of gaining information: 
such varieties a3 E ix coccinea, Westcotti, hiemalis, | FLOWER GARDEN AND som BBERI We cannot save them the trouble of examining and owe 
i, Li ides, &c., which bloom | Look over all recently transplanted shrubs a nd trees | Sere i ae an it be devienblest —- ais 
. m —_i wh i; 
i te: the house is generally kept cooler than for the purpose of ascertaining paperi they are} now requested tha p rou Ree more than four pan 
at any other season are invaluable, flowering as they do, peeta staked, for if these are allowed to roll a about| may he sent us at one time—E M G. sË Freel gh A 
when well grown, most profusely. These br: ith the wind th d an eed not be p ne Pda sd eE ard None aie; if 
largel, fe ti tl dof thet not be paid to setting them in any particular 
ene ljó imgesi vated for the decoration z | Sere p ong they will afterwards rectify themselves.t— -G M & Co 
The, ton of obtaining nourishment. ‘Towing will soon “require iie A teretifolium. 
‘ely as so they have done tion; theref« , well rolled, and | New Garvey: A B O. We adhere mmendatir : ween 
flowering, giving them a liberal . shift when they start made thorough!y firm without loss of time, andremember | opinion formerly given. If this soil hing ee fies nate 
into growth, pig rich strong peat, if they are that if the first mowing is deferred till the Grass has pan ib broken taonga. We $ no goed with Jo have the 
al uring the growing season they ec got long it will require much time and labour to get the nagement of such soil. pái 
any Tey they may oe BESET occ! turf ain into proper er. Also get the walks Raisins Pan is desirous Sa kmene where Muscate! ern 
pying a somewhat unsuitable position while in bloom. edged and otherwise put into proper repair, Attend Maar otia raisins, raised fi in this country, have P 
What with Azaleas, Camellias, e Red carefully to the way = rege — dg Sreax Hatma: H B. Perhaps it will be as w ad 
Chinese &e., and a sprinkling of New cuttings pot soon rina oe al with mortar if you have any doubt “of ee sen 
Holland plants and foreed bulbs, show houses should encourage vant with a gen fall control over po serna Me aa ia En be 
now be a blaze of Let every plant, how- careful management to make ekg growth, Tor Sh Jnnjapa mapa To a garr pagt a lsc seg shila nly yrs 
age easily effected with a plunged thermometer or s. 
be placed in the most suitable position, and aim at. this season there i no be los with Tiy canada geable in gardens under ordinary circumstauce 
