392 TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[June 7, 1856, 
upon the most likely Plants fo or imme diate fruiting, so 
the Puritans, m aud muaintaming a regular humid atmo-| this purpose ; but this is the very worst article that 
= gh na porridge. Baked wild ducks and pigeons « de- ry sprinkling the paths, &e., often enough on could be used, as it spoils the fruit by adhering to it, 
a natch ra ilia of our ancestors, day eep them sufficiently moist ; but p 
PS a art sops with wine, the gie the plants too wet at the “roo! by d | d y Next to tiles or slates cl ii 
of gave sauce n in fricassees and chys, | using the syringe too freely over hn faiaga See tl he ł fi 
which were no ifeni bosai till after the Restoration. ee n ba ske ts or on "plo ks } tly | t obt ined the rankest portion of es rey from the 
Elizabeth bakas ted on brawn and ale, because tea ion t and there need be no 
not kno g il g stat pr entertained about this spoiling the PE of the 
p: were then rare delicacies . FO Be NG Sani wen = ruit for osure to the air, and a few showers will 
sibbolds, Rocket, and Tarragon served for SOO i: Prveny:Where-Pines are grown to an tent tre ly sweeten it, and although more moa 0 © 
i i i y extent on ] ie ots 
Holland still regi Lag ka ive and the Cress, Cock | the iiin Sliki, PEP aN ER must be kept | *PPly f the purposes 
ale was one of ue ingular i ping gh ever com- clean straw. Give Asparagus beds a liberal supply of 
man 
, there is plenty o 
ure-water, and where | thi his at 
a: + ens 
ov the surface soil 
crops, which will 
‘ y bes 
as Cauliflowers, Lettuces, &c. 
f, } 2 3 "y 
b ~ L- ko 
ih } 
ç q 
oS 
posed, er expt for i its composition curious 
to ridgm “Take 8 tees: of ie KAG E iriak SS 
s may dictate, and those a owing fruit must not 
ang hoil im w wel, oe th take 4 Ibs. of ae vgs a be syringed over ee to the extent of causing water to 
flakes « of ne Ib r date ye Roy sgh digest in the cena of the plants, for this would pro- 
ofmace, | lb, o ; beat these geirie ng T | bably cause the fruit to be deformed. Young stock 
ae ath done working put A ikaba te cod stop it close si kl 4 tb 
close 
or seven days, and then bottle it, and a month after yo 
iste 
x 
u 
d 
TATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
vent their making 
watered hich 
For ph week ending June 5, 1856, as observed at the Horticultural Gardes, 
ERIES. 
e powdere: tton reminds us of| The work. of planting-out “ beddin ng 8 ff,” if not 
Shakspere. The lower tables do nct differ in anything | already donl should now be finished wie ut dela 
but the less number of dishes, and the more frequent | Get Verbenas, Petunias, and other things liable to be 
occasions o of ling, and stock fish, and the cheaper food, injured by wind pegged d s as wa op as 
f di ossible, placing the shoots so as to soil 
te 3) 6891. er 51 id. Es 127 sheep died of the arran £ equally; id let p ias on Securely rieds ion satie 
bi Moisa of 127l.; 14 stock fish w stakes. ns labour should be spared which may be 
se. by wie hin ilt, at a cia of 14s, ; the tine ne ase progetty care the plants until they 
messes and charities were 5 The stock fish had | get fairly established, when, if the beds have been 
to he prepared by , and is frequently alluded to | properly prepared, they will care for themselves 
_in old plays. Thernburye Shakespere’s s England. during the rest of the se: ~ ee that plants in 
| vases are wees sf» ce “i water, as, if allowed 
iss She ais GT RE t ut for a single day in 
Calendar of groom Bright y weather, before they get gt pea i4 ig 
(For meade end y , the foliage e to be injured 
and the ra plants Spoiled. some con- 
LANT DEPARTMENT siderable time. A d the weathe: warm and 
~ ConsERVA’ —The be “Bolt this hi ouse (if they | dry the e stoc d out things must be well 
‘have been pro made) ‘will now require a large | attended to with water, and will be greatly benefited by 
epee o water a SR them in a suffic Wee moist ‘a tongs sprinkling seri a ee A but to water a large 
d the should be every i evening t toi impos: ssible where the 
may drink it.” The Queen’s own breakfast consi: pa atmosphere, seta T a eye eeu Temrenatuse 
P Ifo OMR = 
ly of um and bread and butter, and ale ; h inden veces | ader o ES] — ONATEN | _ Ofthe Air. )Ofthe Barr wing 3 
least it did so a Pe Toe: | = forget a potage p ee - | Max. | Min. | Max.| Min. | Mean pes a a 
| | 
chicken br ef, an y Her r Sunday’s anny degree of humidi ity in the pcos but water care- | an day 30 z6 | 30130 | saosi | 67 | a1 | 490) 56 | s4 NE m 
Ee gp ea arom ged Cae aad fully until the noe get hold of the fresh soil, The | Sunday 1) 27 | Bes) | EN ie $i | A ae MR ee 
, , most certain method ol l ly of po gear fe a 33 | SW. op 
. fritters for the f first course. For the Baand, lamb, kid, | fruit is asi a cue Kan Sn of . BYN ? | 33 | $80 | ss | s2 | SW. 
eee, phe easant, fowls, goodwits, peacoc s, lor tur arts, suckers at Mhort intervals throughout t rowing 3 | a3 | 4a0| s | gt 
„and vin verage dinner was varied with | season ; therefore attend to this, which will save much | 
„plovers, veal pies, custards, boiled pertridges, boiled | trou ble an id qo ointment as compared with the old 
i beef, snipes, h tarts, d cos Pp“ eC ay 3128 maou ld; fine, t night. 
oR Aap gis aze; rain al nig! 
onan a e 4l. 2 J Hazy; cloudy; zh 
varage 4l. a Se As an exception heading a, in the year. Vineries— Wher Grapes are intended = Clear and fine; fines ot ay 
baked c cg As ets, ETE ese teal an eers dow- | to be kept ad Clear; very fine; cloudy ; clear. 
pt until next January the berries should ke ime Bia Pees are] 
Setts, bitte: d bak Beni Foy wae above all brewis. | thinned so that t ill scarcely touch after the =. Bovey dees Really kad aly Aoi i at ugh 
Her suppers. w d on fast-days; the fully swelled, for it is hardly eA ible to prevent th Mean Yemperatire ofthe week 8 deg. sa prieiti a 
5 o ssi e eir 
fish dinners were of great v vari 75 but much less ex- | dampi g off ‘dur ng winter, when the heathen are left as sci pe yeares mearaen : SAT CIS ICR 1886. 
haddock, first course incl long pike, salmon, | thick as is usually done for summer and aut 3 F |_ Prevailing Winds 
whiting, gurnet, tench and bel 3 Boog second, | Museats and St. Peter’s will be benefiied by a very} Jane. F IER 22 | Yeare'in | Greatest | isl Jel 
stargeon, con ag ee! a salmon, oh = fire-heat at night. re no trouble to pre E E82 | ŠE | whieh it | QP d 
perch, lobster, de the side ai aes EEN ve the foliage of the early house health —— = 
Sturgeon, miea "fsh pid ay d eggs, dories, soles } len shai eho, | Sunday 8 aa | 386] n 0.43 to 13 
and lampern pies, cod, broiled c conger, bream, and re ie er is not allowed to become too dry. air Ties. 1 is2 |se] 15 € 35 i 
eely and early in the morning where the tek is | Thurs. 12 aa er 3 on 3/3 
smelts, boiled veal, boiled mutton, pullets, partridgos srs Hina vd ai y void an undue amount of moisture in Friday 15 7 aoa | eoz] 1 os 2 
We rather shudder at a Tich food as | hohou ee Satur. 14! _725 ' 498 | 61.1 = Py 
gull and “great birds” (whatever short of a buzzard 4 Th, eh uray erg hig ged ete 
and 13th, 18 
34 deg. 
es to Corresponden 
Notice 
Currants: J M' A They may be cleared of green ay dipping 
the branches infested with it in Tobacco water, and then 
giving the bushes a good ratios with clean water applied 
aswer 
Ar posi 
Heine ioe 
loam, and plac 
T. Sow it in shallow pans filled with y 
them on a very Laiki bottom ahe until t the 
re! 
plants bowie rag peep through the soil. Then remove t 
a cold frame, giving them air gradually at ae but hekiei 
ely o ‘al favourable occasion: whe ‘ge enough they 
ed by a 
0) 
in the soatim which your specimen seems to indicate. Sup- 
ing, however, e e affection to be really the spot, it will be 
necessary for u to consider whether your soil suits the Gera- 
nium, for it is ce fai t i ivatio: Melons & 
copoly near song growing p , for 
¿f moisture absorb aA hean at thie season is greater 
Whenever water i 
nen 
those, therefore, who gry their _flower-beds to be a as | ; 
8S 
Tha oroughly so ran hee ba 
country must make up their minds to maintain a a suc- 
| cessful contest with dry weather at any necessary 
to the family, e-w: ven nein expense. And in most situations roper ent 
such plants as are known to enjoy it. This should be | and a tri tly in laying down pipes fitted with 
ished, however, in moderate quantities, and ra union-joints would, with a hose, render any amount of 
j soil w wae: for to give watering which might be necessary in naff season 
quantities would pro’ cause it to Ae trifling oe ould not e understood, 
injure some adjacent plant. If red spider makes i er, as ri ending frequent heavy waterings, 
-appearance upon any of the specimen ing in erely that ole soil should be kept in a health 
the borders, pot pants in flower should sew st labour bestowed in the way cf 
be moved as soon as possible, and | the infi is ace of the beds on the evenings of 
this should be repeated at short intervals until the 
~enemy is is tho roughly | subdued. Srov. g.—See that 
ing t 
bright rah a be ey tke en every possible 
bis. digs 
dispatch to brin 
ears of work i in this 3 depart- | 
of your ums, rs, and Apples, we suppose must be the 
uicated Weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus. We know no other 
remedy than that of laying a sheet under the trees during the 
day and then visitin thigh me hours after dusk, when on 
ecoy.— Fragaria, The grub 
plants is the aii of a W 
ee Maen w 
CPES 
nothing more injurious than huddling growing prac i 
SERE. Th e inmates of this house are mostl y pas 
easy wth 
ba F 
DY F. 
Now t we have nice growing weather, s see that 
every diet on ithe Pe: ach and N 
W. 
, and i 
the ¢ 
pn is eR a iy a respectable speci 
a moléate quantity of well- 
than a 
e. 
apply the proper 
eir injuring the Pae 
the growth o 
pow tet If not port a dea » disbudding should be vi Sein 
Pat trees may be 
the beari 
hd 
allowed to sufer from their enemy the 
black fly, ‘and endeavour to kee all fru it trees tar ertec ciy 
clear 
ahi 1 ne 3 
0. 
bre W AB. The ee now sent fully confirms what we 
pie n 1853. It is a handsome purple sa 
and firmer in Ana; flower than any Lilac of 
ce. 
to request our eorseepon denies to reco! 
or could have undertal n unli 
water notil it gets stallishe, ‘a indusi throug - 
out the summer. hex) 
or in a shady situation, the plants should be pro’ 
fro; bright sunshine for a we ek o or so 
ected | 
after plantit, 
teak walks mi ay be 
it 
with iake Qie aikai" 
d late crops. Give all necessary at 
peen "sage war rent i aoe ne bet fot coal 
ing the Si 
Wa 
| vete imk paadi G wis tha SAMAS oP tas lawn for 
tention to | 
B. Excel made 
washed prava, Rue tai and fe et eres 
long time, always a ereer -n 
ned till Hirret ry Ingniries ean pe made: 
rc 
ker and on & la} 
r. 
*,* As usual, many comm 
and others are detai ee cada! weg 
We must also beg the uges 
insertion of whose contribu Still delayed. 
