er een TC ER S ee ee A ENET PEA T 
kt GREVEN ERS sae re 
[Jury 12, 1856. 
On Deep Cultivat 
te pinoia a M roots of 
ellan 
ion.: Wee 
ts 
S. 
we to examine the 
many of our ye 
in quest 
| Calendar of uae was 
(For ek.) 
a aing 
ie eat 
a an dressy Verben: 
required to stand for early s spring Joe 
th = 
piene 
much 
undary or other kaa should be 
deep 
merket eners around London creodh often and| summer: situation, out of T painting or ber ECS PENET AND: ETEOHEN GANDI, 
deeply, not only to change the surface, as some sw require by any of the plant houses may be matoes must be regularly attended to, keeping the 
but to allow the roots of their crops to range eeply | more conveniently done than at any other ts thin and stopping them above a cluster of fruit, 
as they please, and without this assistance the enorm time however the weather is rather unfavoura r if the plants are allowed e and grow too 
produce they get from their land | for painting, o this en the wood is| freely there will be a poor chan unfavourable 
not be obtained If dee tivation is requisite | thoroughly dry is a very lacarement and troubleso season of securing x a good crop of fruit. Shao if] lett in 
in the rich and deep alluvial soils of the Thames valley, wasting money 5 but other necessary repairs 
how much more so is it on poor and shallow soils, which | may be d f proceeding with paintin ther, theref 
afford comparatively oe a ei pasturage for the inr the weather will admit, with he hind begin to d d d 
roots of plants. It is true, gra and rocky subsoils | of having other work to execute fir houses | airy pla herbs 
are cared sufficiently often to ke ve aa cane a in flower eut and “ried for winter use a 
pense of breaking up the substratum would, in most | rood he end—| Sufficient breadth of lery is 
ie ka is Page! cheapest method in 
a ffic 
instances, be too great to pay. a in getting the ‘wood Seed | out, this must be attended to as speedily as possible, and 
fi Ahir na ood vet w heoi arly | must be well cared for with wat , until well 
broken u p with good results, ‘as well as some paren bare before repairing is yout ó of, the sr should | established after planting, gaaei good sized stuff 
ennel , particularly abate the layers of sae are | by all means ary inside, covering the | need hardly be expected. up former oe 
thin mixed with clay or ferruginous matter, | outside with a tar cloth in the case of showers, ce sc encourage rapid giomh iy À occasional waterings 
mig them impervious to ae ent man ee to the e | allowing a fortnight of bri right warm weathor with manure water. See a good bed of some 
roots of plants. By break ing throug crust, $ thoroughly dry th od befi "proved early variety of car e is ps for spring 
It is oftenti: very “dif cult to. attend to this eee TA growing crops, both 
ment follows, Clay subsoils, however reten tive, are | if the work is to stand it must be done at whatever in- | for the “destruction of weeds and for loo ing the 
capable of being rec eclaiined 5 but this is a work of time, | convenience. Srove.—If there are sickly or bad] surface of the soil after mop! rains. Look over 
as all dred do, after thorough draina age, is to break | ro oted specimens here, they must frequently 
up the clayey b ight d for red mages isiad they will become a 
inches, according to its nature, “each time the ground is ery for this ee, ae ch it will soon sp read andy opulent s ; also get the ons ‘shoots of all 
lug or trenched. This bottom, when forked up, should i ‘adjal ing plants. 
hape ae as open as ible, wh : ch will facilitate the | of mealy bug, and keep black "thrips and green-fly in a ee 
issage of water through it, and am ccnp check veel ti a rte of tobacco smoke. See| STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
this, you will find your 
cons and productiveness, 
aty rocks are likewise capable of improvement when 
manuring, 
tte ti 
d 
e y 1 
reduc 
mposing action of the ped ‘which will 
have better access to a and in a few 
yb; 
land 
Many calcareous 
pil ronet hot 3 er 
gradually increasing | 
and | 
water! g giv ing 
to al n free ee grow wth | that enjoy it. 
- | Gardenias, &c., whic As “iive been remove con- 
servatory while in bloom should ie ‘enced in hie at as 
hen tallow soil rest oi 
y all m reak up a pore 
scriptio 
a it 
rocks, 
Th y baie the 
soon as their beauty is over, in to allow of getting 
their growth matured before the dull cloudy days of 
November, Give ever mpeg = 5 for winter 
blooming, affording mo mperature, 
om em 
and using every care to prevni a ARTIE any 
op soil. Mi p hard compact raie of the red: sand- check a tthe ite he season. Orcuips. —The e growing | 
tone and lias formations are as unfavour, able 
I nues wet and cloudy, if hen ol 
up and ex xposed to jeric influences, they make allow $ Aire ng fresh air and preventing damp, &c 
vtile soils op Peckaery of prodacing, every 
ack 
kind of K 
rop. 
Shading enw ea: po wip attended to when ‘bright 
the week en ending g July 10, 1856, as observed at the Horticultural Gardens, 
pr TE B TERMPRRATURE 
July. PEI NN Otthe Air. |Ofthe E; 
\o} we I foot| 2feet 
z | ax. | Min. | M ‘ee Mean| ‘Geep.| deep.| 
aes DENE — — 
Friday 4| 2| 30.100 | 30.022 | 78 | 48 | 63.0 | 65 | 60 
Satur. b| 3 | 30.014 | 29.993 | 76 45 60.5 | 66 60 
n 29.943 77 49 63.0 | 65} | 60 
M 29.342 62 4i 53.0 | 65 60 
308 | 4 39 43.5 62 | 59 
64 37 | 50.5 | 59 583 
74 | 50 | 6x0] G2 | 58 
“634 | 44.6 | 635 | 5 : 
as throughout. 
6—Very fi mh a nid Ay rain sA night; lightni: 
densely las tepat vain at night. 
P vy, a constant rain. 
A han dy; night. 
I remember some 15 or 1 ay Aa ver as muc on a 
je garden of the late sie Reuse of Bath, whom | as they will, Eers ao inj ury, u ight ECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWIC 
any of your readers “will re reco ollect was the first sereen and only vita: absolutly necessary, eep Parine tantan year oa ening ne nS 19 z 
foliage clear of insects, and dust er Sgalag of pateni iline Winds 
{ ipa apparently i in a mass 2 stoni P a necessary. ly. BEE HE Teese in Gantt | AP eee 
on the side Š one ae o Eo EER 435 Rained. | ° arae 
wes mangos ah Bath, with barely. k P e N PTA TTE SEE Vad 
INERTES.— Plan ished show fruit at once, if | Sunday 52.0 | 634 n 0.92 i 5/—| 117 4) 1 
. 3| 2| 310 10| 1 
covering: o! f goil over the r “rock 3 ‘this Mr. _ Davis ; had Erg in n doing on hadd. pree y i hg has Mon. 1 Be bee b 138 3) 1| in iy 
well matured and checked, hav n kept | Wea. 510 | 635 | 10 1.60 $| 3) 215) 6| 1 
surface soil and a little manure ; the aane of his | gey ; Eater. piet rR eae sien BEREE 
arkal ble Satur 19! 71.6 | sil |63| 18. | oso (iait N gno 712 
as ae and be kept, warm ‘sod moist hie D treatment will aaa temperature, ning the shove period ose ered o on the ith, 
e lowest on e |, aol" 
tion. | properly treated they will seldom fail of showing fait 
of | at once, but gos ypc depends upon p growth being His 
means, a S: w mano and chec! keg ringing plants a rag 
one, of increasing their oiie Plan s growing i Bers: MD. We mia im: the easiest one of applying 
soils made o To P ie a } 1 erhead n bloo the mornings of eklo Afora Sal baby pu ang i fag well wetted with it intoan 
> gap aigra consi erable aire ate: muen less bright d aap po Ahen but ligh > fb syringing in the A ball fitted with a tube} which could be inserted 
er, as their roots are ina | afte ernoon while the > plants are in Tiveas is the princi al| into the hole by which the bees enter. ‘Then by Squeezi ing 
position to cbtain aMiraa re apie a lower depth, and hence 
the suitability of deep 
soils are likewise warm 
top for summer crops ; 
rin win ter, 
A 
e sam 
soil from whieh 
Young stock 
very vigorously, aa every care ‘should De used to secu 
robust stocky plants ; ; see that the plants are afford 
aa expanding the ball a few times the chloroform would be 
driven into the e hive. Or it might be introduced by any fumi- 
on’s Zoology and Lindley’s School 
and relatively never very cold ; 
‘this reason. th 
summer, for 
an 
You tp eiie your book- 
h 
; nor are they s0 Hapan in 
do not keep t the atmosphere so warm as to 
+h 
off by ovaperetion d th 
Pe ee 
the evaporatin: 
corresponding rise | of v wai 
exhalation and the sı 
e shall find, then, that id ae to t 
o 
war 
eid betoer w, to su 
urface there will 
e given 
action 
1 
met 
urface, 
he pa ai 
mert antl throughout the 
and m 
3 attend to ee as “thi sie 
d by a ny of the stock, an 
= emit! with water at the root, 
bed, as any furs 
at the present season will ee oe result in in te plants 
fruiting prematurely. Vin 
to preserving the foliage in koe pe te 
been cut, t, until the e wo ood is thoro ughly ripened. ` 
r the gt ei: wS 
Take H arvey ’s boo y all means. We pt an end 
dealers, ny respectable nurseryman can po To for 
t keep them himself. All hardy Ferns are 
why you r Lilies of 
| @ M. The reason 
is possibly aoe to their find 
th: 
h 
a compa: 
act oN 
th: n 
‘which 
same time as it preve esca nwards, By 
all means then for vegetables have a mass of soil, if 
practicable, from two to three fee a sufficiently 
open to admit air and water to pass y each way 
when needed. X. n the Florist, Fruitist and 
Garden Miscellany for Ma 
Peculiarities K4 the Sweet Potato.—In its raw state., 
acrid taste; on T it 
wipe come 3 
pos ceo 
sound state it is almost w 
when it is emet n it acqui 
odour ; e res a pethi 
very like amsi of the e 3 sg a: in fashi 
he 
calledj “ The Marshal’s,” 
The je water in which it has 
weak animal 
dhe ‘polled ‘be 
Besides starch, its pei 
Vanilla 
s the ta: 
certain quanti ty of ma 
ing with the engine, but do not injure the foliage by 
dashing the water against it too powerfully. Give 
al 
grown under the Vines, and if black 
EB, 
aien obliged toreluctantly 
eaps of dried or other plants, that bebe re 
carefully, and look over them occasionally afterwards 
until the pest is = y got out. See that the borders 
ed t 
e 
thout | are not allow come too dry, and give strong te ndogens are never pentameri ett, Har 
e | manure water ti j = bearing a heavy crop. Vines — is cutee Quercus sessilifio! pa. i Oe ied 
i i called sessilifiora is, as e ever seen, 3i 
Benn: pe opener $ ong omy Brag in — inate Q. pedunculata.—Ebor. Cestrum PARUS a well — 
bof should be ina forward state by this ppe in order t plant.—2 Symonds. Mulligatawnia speciosa is a joke, ™ 
11 ee of g the ge z ay Fo and allow them | plant ie dat 
cipal eri ONION 101: G M. This is one 
pts k ti n ples = > eaae pests rdener has to pirate with, and paak: means a 
mS speedily taken to check its progress it will soon sprea edy 
seriously dama; ‘op. We be = n igo certain tg have 
; against its attacks is known at present; bu Å 
j Continue to io everything wee deeaying and z followed thè waterig With nitrate of päi, nof 
osa in the reserve ponn half a pound t lon of water. 
cae E ES’ = PEDWAR SHow zeus Isit possible Rat tho scorns 
ing , 
cally aa nned and conducted, would be one of the most wrist ba oA be show? W oe — ee 
ful plots of ground about a garden. ta po Taite AED Bonjan ME A OE Paper is not 
adjunct wi movla, choneen, require the constant attend-| folded at the Ones : a complaint yer raram m “ he ep late 
nce of-a ssessing some ale ‘uowldge se ~n piee ae A any communications ha ary inquiries ean be 
flowers, and th re a could not be carried out whe haere re be z the indulgence of those c A 
there is a stint of labour. Bajai peaches "of bulbs ion of whose contributions is still dela: 
