284 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Ceres 1856. 
largely: They are sown in boxes and then planted out | stock of young plants of the double varieties at han ms warmer, in the w ing the anok preparatory 
its 
à —with which some of the housesare fur- / the flowers should be picked off the old plants as soon | to being planted out, is to give uch air 
kad ja rows 18 inches apart. For later crops of | as they show s symptoms of weakness, shaking t the ex- | circums stances will admit vo lejubing er \ ro 
dung frames are employed. Potatoes are managed onary ted so il from the roots and repotting in light fibr d l oan 
PEES p Sun 1g y P stronger Ve rbenas 
nearly inthe same way. We also obser a rame | pea i f pits, y 
full of British Queen Strawberries. Moved from the | down in the pots, and placing “them in a warm shady | and ri Fase ane winds. Such things v ms Da 
open gro d and planted here they come in a little | situation, This will, obviate the difficulty _ which many removed to cold pits should be planted out Pes 
g ver ae soil, which will {saves trouble 
of these showy winter flowers, for if the plants have | in watering, and be much better for the plants than 
Miscellaneous. ted by a a keepi g th nem covfined in small _pots. Tende 
Manure.—The experiments made by me last wiil be freely emitted from every branch, an d } b ised i ld be pricked 
year with four barrels of gas-tar, as a manure for | tbis is the case the plants should be broken | jei and r > der to get them 
Potatoes, on about an acre of arable land, were most | Pot tted separately, affording them a rather warm and strong before por ar out time. If not already done 
ag in counteraciing the disease—only one Potato Senpughly act moist atmosphere until they have s becom y ld be sown after the first shower, 
n two thousand, when taken up, being diseased, The | Well establish f onette and Stocks the 
pni : and form ao ‘specimens before winter Fuchsias in- pane aig of which will Gara caller them favourites, 
to the rows, and then covered over with three tended for large Specimens | will require to be shaded | Lo ok over a stock of plants at present in flower and 
bar deg cae soil, on shiek the vg were - Planted. The g y benefitted by a | mark the most admired for propagation at the proper 
a of the tar, however. w k the liberal supply of m manure-water ; ; and when free growth | season. 
a great many of lon Aon oe iyi it: | is expecte: m these after this season, the atmosphe HARDY FRUIT AND RDEN. 
at the tar ought to have | can ediy be k kept too moist. Young specimens of green- | Disbud Peach trees, &c., 
yooh oA on the Geese of t “ove Ai i e plane hard-wooded plants mg be kept as moist and | will admit a k ; but do this soo v at first, ing 
in before winter. The produce of Pota in ‘my | VATu As can n be done without inducing weakly growth. | over them or three times, so as to prevent a 
kitchen garden, on a plot of ground 17 yar by 23| See that these are properly supplie ed with water at the | sudden pret É the flow of sap, and afford the fj eh 
yards, was at the rate of about 1800 pecks per ts o not allow them to sustain any check from | the e prot ectio on of the leaves, &c., as long as it 
acre, and was = em — sease, with ety apok want of pot Sr z — Attend to training th Look sharply after green fly, and 
of those rows ni eap, and some that shoots of twiners as they advance in growth, and d tobarkti-srate moment it i ived ; on 
not allo to get gled before giving them sandy soils, haisen it ma; kept in check b 
were growing pisate some diem silage and Raspberry | "0t allow these to get entangled be A light y y be in y 
trees. It is now four years since I abandoned the *ttent ion. Also attend to the stopping and training sr frequent washings with the engine, But whatever 
other eei and afford free g growing iling the eeir | method is pre refe rred see that it is applied before the 
ng P 8 
use 
Potato ; and the manures used by me on the above | pot ro pe 
_ occasion were wood ashes, gas-tar, lime, and sand from with roots, t —_—_—_— 
pi ki ing protoxide of iron, Some very | Manure water. pa ersevere in ole down insects, STATE OF THE WEATHER AT Le aim NEAR LONDON, 
sets, from St. John’s, i Ame ich were | Which if allowed will progress with great rapidity. Very | Forthe week ending April 24, 1856, as observed at the Horticultural aral Gardens, 
Sean dee if 1 1 get them to grow, | little fire heat will now be sufficient if the practice of ee 
i&c., produced a very large erop, perfectly free from shutting up early in the afternoon is adopted. Pro-| April BE _Banounrans |" Orthe Air, \Otthe Barth wip é 
disease. Itis a well-ascertai p y may require it. Do 30 | Max. | Min. | Max.| Min. | Mean 1 toot Fe ait 
p more freely than sound sets, and produce | ot use the syringe too freely among those starting | ——— —_—|— SS i 
from discase. The dusting « of ‘che haulm and | into ‘grow but "r the atmosphere thoroughly moist. | Sgar 19 A 30. sia} ss [snl as | HINE S 
es with quick lime three or four times during their specimen blocks and - gsc are not | Sunday 20| O | 30:69 | 3.209 | 67 | 3 400 | 49 | 47 NE| D 
growth, I find to be m in preventing lowed to suffer for “the want of w for whe m the Tues. 22) 17 | sonsa | 39.967 | 36 | 34 | axo) 49 | 46 NE.| 0 
he blight, A row of Potatoes to which sewerage manu baskets is once allowed to a thoroughly dry the | Jet, RI 1 | 22907.) 9208 | BE 2 pao) aoi enee 
m f Vi haulms, five feet in cr is apt to run off. hen this is found be the | ——— es is | repping Ba 
was freely given had S, p' rg h Dra | f | 
; but the tub fi i small, the best of | case the baskets should be impor ed in tepid water | Atermee -| | se.tos | sony | s7. | 288 | a29 | a85! aos | 1 ae 
’ when Pi gee: were soapy, and of a most until the soil gets ohester tes ked. April ler Orercasti {nen einig at airhe. 
and odour. Potato sets dipped in RCING DEPARTMENT. = Boor yey vere ine Hont 
zh ah t ; ; e; bazy ; frosty. 
PINERIES. AUAA there i is not sufficient means of | Z 22—Q7treast : cloudy: Mart frosty at night 
on the use of tar for C abbages, unless thoroughly st night temperature the - Pre ie aon hake? overeate erar gE e; partially overcast. 
ibages cons in the soil, is chen to them Now, grow ing stook may be ewed viari syringe in the Mean temperature of the week 5} deg. below the average. 
h gluten in them, and therefore orning, but where plenty of evaporation can be During tbs last 20 9 peta Foes sae eee Inv6, 
gro exami ben fou on potrosoent mune | marag fa, Tat Paty of sregrsian ute eaaa ae a raa e an eE na 
— the healthy P otato, wh arand are well filled | Should be used over the ak moe in the afternoon 32 
starch, grows well in anti carbonaceous >| Avel | 538 
ty wl It must aac oie there that what is and then bes lightly. poki noe r | end May Gae 
one plant’s food is anc John Malam | +) 3; SF > Sunday 2 398 
‘in Journal of Gas-lighting. ping a ar of the leaves 5 constany f full of Tues. R hy 
ad kee 
issa Raspberry.— The Catawissa Raspberry, Says | water ig no favourable to com 
; i pact sturdy gro Thurs. 1 
the American Horticulturist, originated in the grave- | tat none of the young mask: ¥ is powe ae Suffe e a rn R 
619 | 40. 
yard of a little Quaker meeting-house in the village Pt eae hots or et too dry at the root, for a 
CECS 
1The highest temperature during the above period pecari a the 23th, 
Catawissa, ood po 
is of pieres keas p eane be pees ~~ short time’s neglect at t this Season may end in a great | $40—therm.S1 deg. ; and the lowest on the 2d, 189)—therm. 20 | 
Para ghd pal pie many of the plants fruiting prematurely. eae a Sacbieri Mar AS ag ene . 
2 > Sonn Pree bag brisk baba as near 90° as can be m: but lens to Corr cepa nden ? 
> iis eo fin. ~ is dak tpt sede E and is on no account exceed this, and keep the ame as | Booxs: @ W. The best book at pre n“ Prac Manage- i 
a very high flavour: It bears most abun after | warm as the ha will bear without growing weak! ment” is Diclntosh's Greenhouse ‘and Stove 4 
young wood, on which it produces its t fruit; | 5 ccessions. P all right at the root and an gh ie g Daaraan Peaca TREES: lee Good. The probability ia i 
ttains i ` > ks, and w going 
attains a height of 4 or 5 feet; usually katiray to ripen ay safely be kept at from 65° to at night and 7 75° >| ede forever J imipom sina to fam a post ait vo Sala ion without 
early in August, and even sooner. ‘he fruit is pro- paa Anba re 
rs P “i if being on the spot. 
duced on branches continually pushing out from all — aE aod e i nt = sis 4 ill Grass: 4 Sub, Use Hartley’s rough plate by all means, aud 
parts, successively aj ing in various stages of growth, | ` ne a ere, = | enjoy a a | not plate glass. 
a en e aia Aae ARN i aat, dlien dik ? | night temperature o! f 70°. Giv se plenty o INsECTS: J P. As the cork in your box had not Desni 
ra 50 werd ‘on often there | water at the root. VINERIES. a soon a fet tis down, and no care taken to guard the latter with co 
fastened 
ton-wool 
for transit by the post, most of your moths were tying loose 
DI 
Year- Book of Agriculture. succession houses, is applied the moment the mildew appears. er 
directly the berries are sufficienti ines. ae pe z is 
M Mont ON ORCHARD Trees: J W R. What hilis not before, 
counted more 5 a branch. As 
a eruit of each branch successively ri pens, the later | ripe in the early house discontinue the of Baia and broken to pieces. We will see what can be made | 
A is ee Siapan as far as the state of the v weather ains simit, RAA ja f the débri eek.—T A. Your Wheat plants have we l 
A _ ` nt the i increase of | ire Be tho garhi or grubs of a small two-winged fiy. You 
son of a ne fruiting ee the plant is | = ape in find cil the particulars concerning them inthe Agricultural | 
check frost. tected 00) it un- 4 S ion of our paper.—F L. We found no insects on your £ es 
doubtedly would pini ania the mens months. as we bles ‘4 Where “the ‘onde e been covered leaves; but Hae, the mode in which they are gnawed, we a 
One great advantage of this over other varieties ap bsg sat be removed | it possible they may have been attacked by the brown vort 
> ia!) that a6: teh itoka tee] in the present state of the saben where me fruit is Sirie pone sulcatus). Examine the — open 100 jepe a 
-accidentally broken or cut off, or should be killed by | colouring, but where the fruit:ie: ripe.the border she me | ca enught by nrg sensi the branches, w whieh all 
winter frost, it is all the better for the crop. Another be uneove fas Seta expose it to mipi be n briskly, when the weevils will fall. A toad or 
. Ñ air and prevent the growth of arpe F p in Gern ‘Peach-houes would do good service. W. 
advan’ is, that from the small space of a few yards ae ae LEPIDIUM RUDERALE: -0 K.: This is figured on plate 1595 of the 
well cultivated, a daily dessert for a small family would | that: Vinee! in aun ang ot, Give tn yee ts ll supplied w with English Botany, which you can ees British Museum, oF | 
be at hand for from three to four months of the year, “ence ehoaeey ples st vars y hag nigey vie brs probably à in any great Loudon ided it | 
x Loew: 5 M. The best feisely for his is sulphur, prov! 
li First wet the parts 
Calendar of CANORA 
3 Lichen. Drain your land 4 feet deep, and then, Jill disap- 
$. (For the cening are in a "Wealthy. vigorous state ; but the excessively give the ground a little manure, and io enemy © pave not 
and cold kaanin, rend pear. The trees will clean themselves; but if if Yr serape the | 
LANT EER eat ry, is a very fi ó stato. of |- patinen ee Pa Paina operation y oe | 
PLAN bark w e edge of an old hoe, or some : 
things for red spider, and an ai ae ove: Names oF Fruits 0. Your Pear | 
, &c.—Among winter blooming plants | , id idb p! full Fed iy ` George Wood. The ithe Bo he 
we have few rea so attractive and so useful igor layne, Stampa that the inside and with this 
F as hardere are ly supplied with water, keeping the Apple has the appearance of the Nanny Apple, uality of 
and Euphorbia jacq uinifior a, both property Pupp er, Keeping sort it also agrees in the remarkably tender, jui 
sk See remaining long in ap auty. tmosphere moist, and that every means are used “a the flesh. We think it is the aatis verter. a serious check, 
‘These should be yest grow wherever winter keep FERIRE goth em varini pre i Pe a ed nothing can be mee eal n the loss of roots, fuit 
Aowera valued ; E EDERE give i repeate washings gy si they. will in spite of all precautions. that this can be pur: 
Tue Carob TREE: ee We are not aware tha 
onan Persiove ore recently introduced subjects, ger the crop severely ade a the fruit is stoned, and avoid = Mayers » Bi Bonga nd stoner & worn 
leaving more than the trees can brin ‘ection ve it for sale in small! quau good horse Ti, It 
. attention at th order to secure good | ‘210g : g : imals an unpleasant sm 
the present “sng = which would only result in small, flavourless fruit, a phy to doar, and Aree oe it vised: from seed S it must be 
` specimens for m winter, Also attend to aioin z a Fos Sa 
Py suffici i a continual war with insects, and greatly injure the trees} treated like a greenhouse plant. to be 
ata a growing tempe; | Foy next season. Keep the young wood thin and a ge wep Hereford. You should say where the money farish 
gr 
-vature, so as re induce free growth at the present ted m t 65 i in Londoni t Southampton. We sea sea 
in f the trees equally to fo There is no agent that wek 
“Rite, hei Pas a. a having them Po oe in | Hig! c Give air fr eely to houses where the al Vestunar s a r One iadesi pe Bence Jou ere 
die sin Penk Sh eats is “ripening s Fr do not let cold winds blow through thi oh sanitary uestions pi and had no bearing u 
pad aos sarei varieties, is hes deserving of every 7, Beane Wire Baskets: Reader. F Fill the oa he centres of y ‘pra — 
attention, and should not be neglected at the present Sale GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. with Fuchsias, Tom Thum! if jara eer A lavad ts Seraniums 
season. Pot off seedlings of the fringed aeons and | Tt is still dangerous to risk even the hardier Sores of |. arate, eo beng aoe and hide the baskets an 
‘encourage them ist ial È hadi All| Wiseworms: An Amateur. Wi x a 
them slightly on bright days. Unless there is a good promt ‘be safely Hh until the ae pati become | it. But is your enemy really the w 
