304 
THE GARDENERS’ 
siege ‘The fumes of sulphur had destroyed 
ut 
cano of Chiriqui, two fine healthy plants, 4/. 4s. ; 
oper solution of corro- 
sive sublimate, st 
ted 
Fad 
y 
g 
Odontoglossum sp., ngA new. a 3 Lelia super- 
biens, 21s. ; iden the toys ichenbach 
at is ditto, 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 3, 1856. 
ing plants hard 
expeditiously as pos, but in piatimi p dem 
the pits s and frames place them where tl 
4 
1l. 5 
Ceska edium 
t . 48. § Cyrtochiium Spy ll. 
ons in the genus Agra, bel t fat 
sub-f family Brachinidse. In canoer to 
of books from the Royal, Linnzean and 
other societies, &c., a peee of minute insects fro 
Ceylon was presented by Mr. Thwaites 
Potices of of Books, 
mily | Warrea doled, ae $ ‘other 
wr fier gc 
all 17, fetched from 10s. to grind lot. A few lots € 
ria paradoxa realised from 1/. to 17. 4s. each, 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing week.) 
ANT DEPARTMENT, 
_Coxsenvarony, ‘eA zale eas, as they go out; of bloom, 
| pag of old rich manure ae pest Celery can 
necessity, and sn take care 
tbat they are rot injured by too sudden exposure to 
aang sunshine. 
RDY FRUIT ann KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Recent! tly ‘Paeplantea „trees, &e, must be ur 
attended to with water. 
nure wheeled u upon n quarters 
n be wanted, aa see that there is a good 
supply being arad for the Celery crop ; for without 
obtained. Directly eather becom 
favourablo get 
The British Hieracia, by ote Deen Backhouse, junr. 
(York, Simpson, 8vo.), is a monograph of ie wild 
Hawkw Ever jais 10 
erybo 
studied the Flora of this country ‘knows that Bier 
require more ehi room — be shifted at once. Some 
por of lo oam in soil inte nded 
g 
ettuce plante: i 
ae em a sheltered guna nd lig 
braaches Sa iein stuck amongst pi things after 
n them from the sun, is a great 
plantin g, 
cium is a worthy companion of Rosa, geoes wae Salis volt forms the best oni for them, “After potting protectin and prevents their being dried up until the 
the a > pee 
subject of endless psa of opinion. Net t us|; tting shed “i be id this bei better 
bel the. task of settling them. Mr. Backhouse it out of the „potting shed, for besides thi ing D T 
admits 33 species, to say wren Aa of nine others w These ATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
hich 
not think are really British. The former are 
placed in nine © groups, a and each is wind described, 
with its habit 
deferred until the plants have made their growth 
eae * ecg are exceedingly subject to thrips, and 
unles arp w. ar is carried on with these > pests: imme- 
3: 3 
hl 
y gl 
lone The 
field- pitoma are visible at ev 
arks at practice 
subdue them To oid the nuisance of having to sail 
ae or pits, have a light ; frame of a convenient _ 
ery ssp: e only wi 
such a useless word as “ phyllary” to express an invo- 
lucral scale had been dispen h. ere eae k 
a bed of coal-ashes out of doors ary filled with 
tobacco smoke by means of a fumigator and allowed 
to 
urs, If the calico is properly 
is inimical wil be destroyed, for not a breath of the 
find this simple cheap con- 
d economical, as wI Bia 
canno t escape, and iti 
“echnical 
terms, we are very sure, be no party to t mamn se ss ee 
adoption. 
smoke can escape. 
ae n Memoranda. trivani 
Mr. Ga N, BATTERSEA.— The show tobacco serves when the packs 
house here e span roofed one ) is 
with Azaleas h bh 
enble fumes. Go 
plants. Conspicuous among the Azaleas were No x 
such, a large rosy flo eer kind with a brilliant fiery 
fi 
centre; Magnifica, a purple sort with fine foliage ; 
sagre r th 
m adnie rei to regulate growth ar u see 
that E borders are kept moist, giving a thorough 
oakin, 
Js terning 
i ahs 
“Tilustrious,” a variety in the way of Perryana, 
Mont Blane, an extremely good white, i, the 
although useful in keeping the 
this sea 
parable, a seedling of Mr. Gaines’ with handsome peach | 
coloured flowers “edged with white after the manner of | 
FORCING. DEPARTM 
and 
Beri moist i ma A e to maintain the plants | } lie 
= it | 
pply of 
will be neces- 
PINE: —In c 
is SRA, at and seasons a a the year, it 
Azalea Exquisite. Th 
Among ye yellows Gaines’ Aureum is at present finely 1 in | sary t o examine the stock of ane aeons EN 
coloured kinds, In a house devoted to Azaleas we 
noticed some pretty kinds. Amaranthina was | so, srt will, in most instances, have the desired ed 
especially remarkable on account of its handsome of che my grow wth and pee the aie into fruit, | 
eras Aner rosea, a oe dilect ta, 
ARAR 
trapurpure 
54 feet in Teapiti 
howy. A house 
“ey filed ag onsen all Ses f them n ae | 
g them egi 
ment of the tnt, arig care to ger the a romà ‘well | 
pase Royals also a light- 
a fi 
he finest specimen was, pakani mag- | 
ight kind with 140 trusses of bloom on it. 
ent 
- | manage w 
| by far the most{difficult 
SPa tie 106| |a short period of comparative rest, | which is the only | 
as oa week ending May 1, 1856, as observed at the m ant E Grins.’ 
T: 
K Banomersn. 
j 
Apm ža Ot the Air [Ofthe Barth Wind | $ 
and May. í | M i Max.| Min. | Meap an pimesi 
Friday 25/90 | 3 29.591 | 76 | 35 | 55.5 | 50 
Satur. 26 29.457 | 29.457 | 63 | 40 | 5154 51 
Sunday 27} ( | 29.560 44 82 | 38.0] 54] 47 
Mon. 2s| 23 | 29.561 5 25 40.0 | 50 | 47 
nes. 29) 24 | 29.610 56 435 | 50 | 47 
Wed. 30| 25 | 29, 633 5 29 | 43.0) 49 | 47 
Thurs. 1| 26 | 29.8 47 38.5 9 47 
Average | 29.626 EEN 56.8 | 31.7 {| 44.2 | 49.9 | 46.9 | 
Apr ril 25— Fogg, loudy; ri 
if Kain; cloudy and a Em y $ ing rain at nig! 
old rain thi pashant, 4 
=- Clear: fine in ; low 
— 29—Parti: a nà 
— 30—Fine Pe a ‘Wight frost at nigh 
May 1—Overcas' showers, i 
M e 
elas bes 30 years, for the ay ending May 10, 18:6. 
os F Wi 
5 A EE & a A age ns | ee 
ay. HEE kj B SE | which it Quantity z ail Jel PAEA 
<= 4 Rained. | ad rja 
amne | a | it al =-= 
Sanday 4 4| 62.6 40.1 51.3 il 0.70 im. | 4) 6) s5 421 
nm. 5} 625 | 40.3 | 514] 18 1.26 5| 6| 3| 3 7.411 
6| 608 | 40.3 | 505 12 ces |=} 9) 3) 24 6 4) 2 
a #23 | 402 | 316) 1 0.39 3] 6| 3; 2 5) 6 3| 2 
62.0 40.3 | 511 13 0.57 —| 9) 8) 5 5)6 4 
in beh 9 61.8 40.4 | 511 13 0.60 Bi 7] 4] 1 4 9 Se 
Satur 10| 617 39.6 | 50.6 12 | 00- shel a? 73 
The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 4th» 
heni ri 6th, 1830—therm.81 deg. ; and the lowest on the Sth, 1895—therm- 
s to Correspon 
To our 
not 
Wi qu 
"Their awas may be preserved by pressing them between the 
aves of & ng them; or am rere them in 
But you niry pro 
certain means of inducing them to fi 
season, be convenience this is easi! iy enough | 
ace Sree eer is limited, ivis] 
culture of the Pin 
ia irit, or glycerine and water. bably 
points o some Other d direction. ? 
fa UM CAR: : S H. It is certainly a perennial and not 
imr 
EEEN ASA Puants: N B. Neither of the species you inquire 
about has been figured, 
Guano y ATER: es water suitable for “most 
“par 
And in eases where a rle. supply of fruit has to be 
furnished from limited accommo ae it is safer to 
a was ait a little tree. ll hyt 
of the han deomest description. In another house we 
se ni 
over the roots, and also be 
pit or otherwise, as may be necessary. ae 
iR 
of which were ily d 
iors ad named Exi 
romising toda, all 
are we tsa observed some 
us, rmata is la argely | 
is kon Cyiisus. reeeo 
flow: rae ee etals 
vita n vn Pare black oe. 
ong Cin we 
ee and the stock of these tine receive ‘every 
oS te = this season so as to t 
| free gro and ti 
prac thie reing pots as so y 
ord growing stock a moist atmosphere, 
ulu 
, aS 
which we ig isi pitfalls ne Coeds ently y 
vin blossom. Thes ated ti have x a truck 
requires much attention, but must be done if the plan 
from pra abont ‘two yen oF as l i 
i ul 
e to be kept in n fir: rst-ra! ate con dition Give air freely, 
at containing “the ge 
s of the em 
assist in poor ‘on the oe without being 
80. feet pons, and thi 
is 10 an deep. 
play on thes flowers may the soo 
Already several of the early kad a 
these the more remarkable were Gauntlet, lbu ‘mul- 
tiflorum, Gage, magnificum, and Gaines’ White, the 
ry prem: idis- 
We also n oti ced so of the 
Vineries.—In cases where Muscats ar oo be = 
same > id with Hamburghs, and o ing 
ee the temperature must be bape cently high 
uring bloom, and until the berries are fairly set to 
suit the Muscats ; for a crop of these woe be de- 
| pended upon from | ‘the most healthy Vines, unless they 
last a beautiful hag pure white, with a small s spo ot in 
the upper scone l new 
Tts, 
bloom, and bei d shed des of colour, 
promise to be acquisitions. for Peay forcing. 
g It will be better, however, to risk 
having the poe ae somewhat thin 
inj othe 
er varieties by maintaining a night tempera- 
Tulips in open bed wi m be very gay; th ture of 75°, which is the practice of eg TOWeTS ; 
flowers are uninjured, hie spring ts have | 68° or 70° will be found quite EERE Get the 
hurt their foliage a little. Double Stocks in flower are | borders prepared for asore ng out young Vines, and if 
being put under cradles covered with mats, to make | th 
„pu! 
room in pits for other things, and all kinds of bedd ling 
plants are now bein g hardened off with all ibl 
persa Aen ith all possible 
——— 
Miscellaneous. 
Sale of Orchids.—A ion of these made in 
the province of V » New Grenada, was sold the them Hard sala be sown at once, covering 
other day by Mr. Stevens! Febepitia suavis, a large them Highly with fn cl. “Stocks, Pentstemo! ns, AD ntr- 
mass, fetched 2/. 2s. ; smaller lots, 10s. to 1/. 43.3 Odon- | rhinums, Hollyhoe 
sum Warcze Saone, two fine specim ns, "8. ; Tri- o be planted they a are to bloom, as 
chopilia coccinea, on ne specimen, 2l. T . | also any remaining stock of Mennin and prenh als. The 
caste Lawrenceana, (2) several plants, 1/, 4s. ; Cattleya, planting of tender Roses should not be longer delayed, 
species unknown, es jeeviowsly AOON teat be examined, re- 
elevation of appear to be much injured by 
them ; will be difficult to prevent their 
amran a i oket i ue planting out. 
LOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
Now that we have showery and somewhat milder 
eather, these will ro rd reg employment for all the 
trength which in m 
is 
B 
8 
5s ns i D. i 
n plants” may be m s follows :—Put a handful of 
RA intoa pa so oF. water; agers it up well two or three times 
at intervals of Me or tiree hours; when clear decant, re it is 
then fit for The residue may be addet t o the compost 
+ 
heapt 
Insects: J P, Your moths are—No. 3, Car: a eubicularis; 4, 
Erastria fuscula; 6, o iaria extensaria z Cheimato tobi 
pre: ee 10, Orthosia Jota; 
aria Her: 
all injured, and the 
s: 
they should exhaust their other means of ining informatie 
We can he trouble of examining and ee g 
for themselves; nor would it be desirable if we could. A ie 
n do is to help them—an t willingly. It 
w ary that in future, not mo an four plant: 
ay one time.—€ F. Cyrtopodium An ca ly 
=~ A so i specimen of Morchella esculenta, the We 
an eatable species.—R G A. Lathræa ag rig Tiye 
will tell you next week.—0 F S. Itis 
h a one k 
:P W J. Your Apple is the Bedfordshire 
der- 
w SYRINGE: An Old Sub. We regret to say we do not under- 
stand your drawing, What are the four great black a. a 
tended to represent? If hte eee to a car are h it we must PEŠ 
sectional drawing from so med to make 
things. 
Soor Zp e that your Plum 
:GOL. 
not sufficiently ventitaed Pithe Theat rohan to do et . oases 
with water, and then dust with flowers of sulphur 
makes its appearance, 
Tr bi, nemoni. x agi is true that the gardener tied borrowed 
Cam bushes in order to make them Lapel 
he 
ce Po ty ployer, is said to have stuck up paste! 
rc to cheat the eye of his Imperial E i ESS or as a 
London poulterer, who sells a plumped-out bag o of bones under 
the denomination of a ius wl. K 
Waro = 7 @. g The. nts are ruined by the lim which the 
water contains. ubt it ie. ag apy Hr cas yd 
trary to all rule mploy hard 
and experien 
syringing. Everybody Brio sig ae soa provide a ta 
Fainate Beet tne! A be scrupulously reserved for syringing, 
en for watering plants under glass. 
ee ee 
