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424 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (June 21, 1856. 
p p been left much the hands of the 
Maid of Sa aragossa is a good pink ; Reedianum, an in- as Ericas, Penase forista, but ihe y are ig sal ae nag ia cultiva. 
tense rosy crimson, isa also late and good ; “ease um tas, &e. hould | tion for the spring decoration of the flow. arde 
bicolor makes a handsome standar d; Ariel is rosy waa be aces near the “glass in ie coolest | Young shoots when they can be peeiotar on sua 
yr ona = potter tery a charming ESE pink kind 
ie of the house, aii air can be freely admitted freely under a hand-glass in a shady situation, and if 
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and a most profuse _ — ugh n y mg: ittle left on at night when the | planted out in rich soil in a s ady corner will grow 
for ney A args mus Po favourite. Due de| weather arm Spernia assist in preventing rapidly during the autumn, and may be transplanted 
Brabant is raian Laci i the way of pictum. perce liad Such wings as are hye known to be im- the flower garden when the frost cuts off its 
Many other sorts deserve notice, but the above are a | patient of a es rat osphere should p en Persevere with mowing, rolling 
few of the more striking. | be allowed to rema Hers ong ina pas ae which is in| &c. Keep down weeds and let neatness prevail e very. 
| the least sent ar" for specimens are not grown | where. 
without much time and care, ike PR id ayers = not HAR FRUIT AND KIT GARD 
Essrs. RorLIsson’s Nursery, Tootina.—Some soon, if ~~ get over an injury which at the ,save| Black- fly is metimes very A abisso me Py ‘the late 
span-roofed houses have recently been erected here to the practised eye, may be hardly irit, The | Cherry trees at grees ason ; it is s however easily got rid 
for the accommodation of Orchids, of which we need | Camellias a re Fene a early flowering will have set | of by dipping the ends of th o wat 
scarcely say this nursery contains a large collection. their buds, and shoul ing the trees a good w ae with the engine 
aa beng Haga in the shape of a new show house, situation out of ve i if kept in heat they will be a apt Sesi morning. This msy occupy a little more tim 
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&e., also, we believe, contemplated. Several it ringing 
ER es of Aerides, Cattleyas, and other Orchids were |? er p sasona Br rowth, Ds rae bed ara a ee Me tain re ve edy, sa pla iign, but ti rA 
in Hower, Give every possible attention to plants for ed. y } each and Nec- 
tained them we remarked a small group of Nepenthe, | beens and early gf ge as Lilium Janci- poe ow song wees any that may seem to be taki it 
placed on iron lattice work lai id over ae oppen. ank * folium, Cleran ibenia; Sal splendens, Globe | decided lead, and endeavour to state of 
Kr Seve zh he In Amaranths, Tree Carnations, Searlet Geraniums, Cine- | growth all over the trees ; tis persevere in stopping 
ec d plant of Angiopteris rarias, Gesneras, Begonias, Euphorbias, &c. ; Jet these | the breast wood on all trained trees, heir wall, espa- 
evecta, re essre.. "Rollisson T their col- | have plenty of pot-room, good rich ost, a moist | lier, or pyramid ; and proceed with nailing as e 7 4 
lector, Mr. ‘Hensbell, from Java, where it Be foma nd atmosphere, and plenty of space for the perfect deve- | ditiously as circumstances will admit. Get Carro 
varying fr to 64°, near | lopement of their foliage, regulating the temperature | Onions, &e., thin 
the grand range of mountains at an P elevation of 3500 according to the nature of the plant, and they will make temene e e e a 
feet above the level of the sea. In one of the cooler | very rapid pro ress. Selago distans is an exceedingly | STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
1ododendron javanicum was i 5n n bloom, several | useful winter floweri ring plant, requiring merely a cold | Forthe week ending June 19, pine as observed at the Horticultural Gardens, 
shoots of it having produced large and fine trusses of pit to grow in and flowering through a long season. a BMPERATURE bial 
ge owers ; this was the best variety, of which | But we have nothing that surpasses the Epacri ris, the . AE TONNAN |" Orthe air. jOfthe Har lw. | 8 
Messrs. Rollisson have a fine stock. rng? beats wintering blooming Ericas, and Cytisus; and these A *| Max. | Min. | Max.| Min. Mean| foot] 3fee 3 
remarkable plants was Meyenia el recta, an African shou ld not be overlooked in making a selection. —— — aia at Cel ws tan te 
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presi but of better col our, and phe Re more ht. Aef. sapien a vine gran p> 50 at | Sst | NW m 
beautiful. This is said to flower freely; to have i helps conservatory in a is also the blue Conoclin 380 a | EA Sw. u 
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wer or Indian zaleas. one pamediparipota. ele- answer foe winter use in the conser The a a i —— 
gona clea ae tas tt sembles } e priye cop, clear; cold. 
Perryana, but i ment on that variety, i | = nore ry ak ie we den clear, nearly at i in the night. 
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finely ‘spotted in the upper petals. A. crispiflora is revi cage sprinkle every available surface ig ni = vera rough overcast; cloudy; 
also a beautiful kind, with brilliant pink flowers, the = eae eedingly fine throughout. 
a P E and syringe growing reas lightly twice a a during —  18—Rain; somes clouded ; showery ; fine; om 
aaiae ot of which are regularly c ap ape kise the bright weather. Avoid a tco free use ar ee Mean temperature of the week 4 deg. below the average. 
ges. as been given | and ventilate freely in order to secure com R AT CHISWICK. 
in the Botanical Magazine, t. 1726. A. Eulalie is S Lees During he last 30 years, for the ensuing week, endinx June 28, 1% #6. 
variety, but we did not Fo ORCING DEPARTMENT. 1 eae | See badl ne. wailing Winds 
see it in flower. The Australian Hedaroma (or Gene-| Prweries btained fro m | June. £28 FE 28 | Years in | uaar bilahlale lcs 
el lf E t i /3 
tan or other Tantata matter it will ia necessary to | Same | ge | Re | which it | of Rain’ | /> 19 
beauty, was not in bloom. Thi the si the T Te ere at apatesaal ola 
a aga a of the ‘Botanical “Maier. | the heat, but at this ‘Season it will be safer to surface | Men. ae z as | aot |ers| ta ozo | 1] 2/ 810 3! 3) 5| 4 
“har dy 37 | sui | 69] 10 Vis || 9} 4) 1| 212 7| 2 
Among new evergreen, shrubs supposed to be y |e fe: uo | bea | 61a oe = fa 15) 216 9 419 
we Ba., not pea accinium erythrinum, he:t g the fresh wliiali alten} Pose. 3 2 | ara | ore| 16 13 ae dasa 
introduced by Mr. Henshall from voleanic moun- | eause too sro a het and at on there-is sat x 26 | | Soe a | mere owe To Cre sss 
tains in Java, where it grows at an elevation of much more danger rring o aa othe pe too much ance period occurred on the 20d, 
10,000 feet above the level of the sea. It forms a| than too site snd hai Give every attention to isi, a nd Zith, 1826—— therm. 93 deg.; and the lowest on the 25d, 1851— 
close bush thickly set with xf Baye leaves, and | keepi ing up a succession of fruit. Perh aps the mo ea See 
loaded with p crimson flow Among Achi i 3 . 
menes rose Versch vell th Notices to Correspondents. 
Amb: affelt al tobe eee attention. | number of suckers proportionate to the demand Cacti: Orig. Sub. We will endeavour. 
It has lilac Blossome of med e, charmingly short intervals during the in; season therefore Diseases: A E. The blight on your Peach leaves arises from a 
p 8 tne growing > 
streaked and blotched in the” son with purple. if| minute fungus belonging to mage 2 ge a only 
ini w the f ur.— our 
Of Gloxinias paresis rei markea Eoee beautiful kinds, mos “tly doing this should necessitate throwing away a few over- Ly i Aker tHe: Gents aa ee a which arises from slight ex- 
upright sorts pA be yfeana. best w ternal injury, or from abrupt changes from drought to moisture. 
iana, Rex ignis, Mars cverulea, Foch We have frequently seen Ja Aarra allow the numberof| The affection on the leaves is the wart, which = always we 
and Helen of Orleans, flowers of the last are | large plants to increase, ie Sees em: WAnt [k0 bel ere commetted with some defet in the renee fuets, Bulpbut 
blue edged with white, and extremely pretty. Gesnera tha as na an attempt As netune; rears those defects. phur 
3 Fe can no use in either ca: J. - 
Miellezi is also a very handsome plant. Its blossoms | disappoin tment came in = course. Do the Insrcrs: Quercus. The insects which you have sent up, and 
are purplish-lilae with white throat. Among wing stock suffer for want of pot room, o or E throug ch | which were found gnawing the bark of young Oak trees, are 
Geranium a very Lis ty horse- kind called | r, z two species of weevil, ee abietis, ag nptarig i 
i i o i i king Fir trees, and Otior)ynchus vastator, an 
Gloire de Douai, ng sri of which are white with ] : in the af » n asto aaa The steras should be examined about midnight with 
ink rey onion i not iced the double Bere give th chou a as st Aa R a lanthorn, and the insects caught and destroyed, or binges 
etunia Tialis, whi ob el be prevented ascending the stems by wrapping a bi 
for cuttin p rom rsa each lg en en ae ally eae Phen much. pot bound Tpetore” being | Pa aahei ancen Tina Sa atena br ee 
8 r bou ae ot seed akon be kat ry close and son with | insects which are killing your Quickset hedges are a large 
f Orange trees which a thoro! hly moist atmosphe and daik os at- species of Coccus, which — a be picked off by hand or 
had got out of health, Their leaves were affec ted by sah h the shoots washed with hot water or gas-tar water. W. dot 
scale and soot fungus, relore cut ie fresh soil. VINERI ithe ai es osai: fiuit intended Be edie ha yg Gro: T he aga = bad 
well back, and what Tai d leaves remained on them be kept as long as ri le, the berries shou'd be wines or Favre: W B, Your “Peach is y not the 
were thoroughly cleaned by means of soft SOAP, mi thinned ey will hardly touch when full Noblesse, the leaves ated ieee orp ee aor 
tobacco water. Af hi re re $ i y yh besoen ane whereas yours ‘belong to oe division having 
i % in swelled, for it is scar ible t p Grapes lobose glands and small flowers. It appea: et oe sg) 
shaking the old soil from roots, and now, through the winter except they are severely thinned. nata enile the Dorsetshire Peach; a 
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nen alge not placed on Kean cheat but ech kept | Be particularly careful of the foliage of the Vines in-| Late Admirable, but somewhat earlie art 
wrt in the aftern and | tended to furnish a late su i Names oF PLAxTS.— We have been so o 
pply of Grapes, and if plants ther plants, that we venture 
syringing ing them occasionally, ik they are breaking ‘freely must be grown in the house, see that they are not ent van ARAE tr ser pie we never hav _ 
promise to make good infested with black thrips or red spider, for if either of | or could have undertaken an unlimited duty of this soi e 
Out of doors American plants were in bloom, and | the: ts is allowed to gain a footing on the Vi Young gardeners, to whom these remarks more especially apply, 
Tree Pseonies, ong the latter one named Triomphe omg ap scien elie tak and a, serene tk that, before applying to us for assistance 
=n ena phe | the e foliage will probably | be greatly ihe Grapes 3 and onen they should exhaust their other poa of gaining (aha 
mere eeping the n goo We cannot save them the trouble of examining an 
showy. condition for any time after they are Mistente Ph gg gr Nun alg amid milly at ts 
must ve encouraged with a brisk t pie th while, can a Rag i gee Thaf monte ES a pipa 
Calendar of Operations. settin; may po sent us at one E r May we teg you to rad 
7 the foregoing memorandum, Asp! us; 7, 
(For the ensuing week.) GARDEN AND SHRUBBE taurea eet 12, Polygonum Bistorta; 8, Contrentest 
epee eS Now ‘aed i one stock is fairly arch, off an rahe We know nothing of a Lelia Brysiana. afew 
growing freely in its summer quarters there will be —0. Cephalanthera pallens.—T @ S. Itis Onk- Quotes 
PLANT DEPARTMEN ea$ more nii time Ag attend to the am Bye 3 ditia E tole 1st: igs nw Pani ins 
Messier i. &e.—At no uld the plants favourite hardy plan ts, and no time should ms riage “sex stra Sea ATO riety already 
crowded in this house, and aie | is especially to y | Posies: J C. There t Chinese varie 
avcided at EN ms time, when ae ngedi a nie a desi able ase, for the prop 2 teal cap chy Ae thing’ than what hber Page ST 
and st thi i } iis Sai 3 + f n = SKELETON LEAVES: ve nothing A re is 
p S ON requ ire | “have formerly stated. è m> assured that nothing mO 
by it. Endeavour to grow every plant well, and to| attention, ` sow Boyt = necessary than to gather the leaves when hardest, to ote 
bring nothing but fair — here, and then there | Queen as. fe phe eng Cooma de selecting for th a] an "iE needed, D E oiin el’s hair 
u; away wi at care, a 
will ae or temptation o huddle them together for the a bit of light rich soil, and never r erg g y ai ri aea ait e Sail in of chloride of lime is finally used to bleach 
iJ them. i 
oft- such things | there ere is no time to yen if th HE CRYSTAL PALACE, An Exhibitor te 5 nor diveusion pind 
as are grown in a season, it is ei ie importance | for blooming next May, and at that — we re have that no public po nea tobe gained by Hes d bring D bis 
if vila i receive a little b; laced cl thi arrangements whieh he complains. give 
com rs Hs y en Ba aca close | nothing more more bea utiful w ote g to ag ant : Š z grievances before Ar. erguson, who, w are ec ertain, w 
c mit to pu shag sligh them full consideration. received too late 
so ae tia moi | hot-bed a good stock of Pak Pivings, an and also aoe Vent *»* As usual, many communications have been receive be made. 
bay espe isla Indeed, most | there are Sage d of iy of young p ts of Pansies for phir a aep mer canbe aia A 
= We must also beg the indulgence of 
piet These Kavo insertion of whose contributions is is still del 
— en and managed as to be ' livening the i 
