856 ER 
B GARDENERS 
is universally known ; and wherever garden 
me or 
Sericaltenst seeds of the highest class are wanted from | 
foreig gners to this mercantile house custo: Po ý 
ook therefore tre ating of the articles which 
Vilmorin and Co. so Jarg gely deal is of the highest value, 
and may be taken anda: rd of ace curacy for the 
climate of France. 
mers re air. 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 27, 1856. 
egu ually 
Ari Co oi re a ‘theref ore, its theoretieal interest 
giving b ut little water. A goc ocd s supply of air is "ike: 
with its high practical value—the complexity and nicety | wise genase i = sorte for high PE fruit, and 
A |of its problems; as an intellectual exercise, with the | more than aryat this time. Continue an 
substantial ‘wealth of its discoveries—the h tt e now wanted to start, employin; 
throws onjthe d derfu? | it f by day. Attend to linings for Pines 
exaclly every te: vary 0 a mueh importance and 
_ Thus among Lettuces, 
variety of its past life, with the certainty it confers on 
Aans rigs researches and operations — g geology 
grown in ake pits Ra poča ne prc aig in which 
they grow dry ry. Strawberr in bottom heat for 
acon im study of eve! ery cultivated mind, and the 
pistetan, 55 sorts are included in the first category 
and 77 in the second. 
experi ience o of Messrs Vilmorin has enabled 
of every enlightened government.— 
Advanced Text- Book of Geology, by David Page, F.G.S. 
ssa wong is called the 1 Romaine brune Anglaise 
is the as the Incomparable and d’Angleterre of 
France, a the Brown Cos, very large, Bearfield Cos, 
d Bath Cos of are ‘Tt seems however that our 
th hey may, for they 
arlton, ys aii, double bloss 
on Satai. and the like, all e which they 
< donbtless regard, not as races, but a d samples 
— one or other of the Pois Michaux. is addition to 
comer no 
1 
Ea weights and measures of length and capacity 
French s 
tandard, 
Thwaites’s last report (for 1855-6) on the Botanic differ 
We see with 
Grice Peradenia re is oo us, 
its ve bs era cian is 
pleasure that 
ce and that a Museum of 
. Beonomie plants i is oy to be built. What gives this | 
return peculiar value is a list which Papen am of the | 
number of indige enous spe cies in each g ound o 
the Island. 
Calendar of Operations. 
{For the Jereg An eek.) 
LANT peran 
Tue forcing go and p w be kept in all 
prae to supply the various cals Mor; plants in Aen 
which at this season of the year are more or less in 
and in most Gatai agar ‘Care should be ta ken 
befits plants are moved t 
harden them for a day or two e ithe b by placing t the 
the conservatory or an internadistė house. In ition 
to keeping the conservatory gay with blodig plants, 
let the Sr ment of the = ants Ns oceasion- 
ally mye by gr ouping — plan somewhat 
earliest started ; 3; when tl they show the truss of a wer 
they should be removed E km elves i in the Vineries and 
Peas héusces to bloom 
be advancing slowly as <i 
D SHRUBBERIES. 
n paying attention to order 
and n ding stuff, h er, must have 
dieu, Tori in all likelihood many things are suffering 
from damp, and such plants as appear to suffer most 
should be removed to other quarters where a drier 
ear Srne is ie Keep the stock in pits and fra 
well v Segs > and the surface soil of the pots frequently 
pe say with sulphur Verbenas and similar plants 
tacked with mildew. Be particular in keeping the 
ser r of in containing pan of the abo escrip- 
| tion Rj meci wstances will permit. 
D KITCHEN er a 
PEL A against "walk will require som 
ced over ge in the Midlend and 
&e, for effect. eh attention to the 
Norihe ern Tonia Som ees, . ke eager ie 
tree 
j &e., are prvi ona we 
a intended "for successive blooming. 
kept down by the syringe and fumigating and every 
means enforced to keep Me foliage bee and healthy. 
The numbers g plants brought forward will depend on 
ova oe and a sabes io uat a gabe ngly. Azi aleas, 
ododendrons. 
= 
= 
Qa 
specie: 
eei insect, in which case va veal ieee sould 
be well washed w ith mixture of soft soap, tobacco 
ater, and lime ; may 
tie added to each heeri p of e mixture when they 
. much wanted Flora of Ceylon, for which we the 
Greene. ot furnish Mr. Thwaites any the 
The list in Lajia includes 2916 | 
vere weather oc cur or 
o any spare Horis till wanted, Narcissi, 
Hyacinthe, &c., should be ep a ae a frame, as they 
re much infe: a A The lime is added to pive bi borgt tor 
the mixture, and to show that ye parts of t 
missed in ade Let this be a dung ary 
weather if possible, that it may r on for 
necessary fun 
- Species, of hich 247 on) y are Fern 
ERS series of Leech’s 
When 
iis 
j Aa of Life vot Cia inter, issued b; unch, 
t 
Mignonet and Newlin Violets will require pee 
A 
s 
h fr may come 
y M 
e know that every pe: e who loves harmless 
errim ent will ae y seek to 
specimens of comic art, unrivalle 
are for k combinati on of pungeney: drollery, and RERA 
i tof the es est order in 
weather 
on suddenly, be miaran with ample means for Kathie | 
pi its, frames, &c., should it occur. As witht cep- 
tion of forced plants most eri things are now in an 
of p 
AT CHISWICK, NEA LONDON, 
STATE OF 
| For the week ending D Dec. ec, 2, 1826, as observed at the Horticultural Gardens... 
inactive State, the temperatur 
fe 
ry path which Mr. Leech oa shies for himself. 
arious inmates. Nothing can well be worse for nae ve- 
lopment « ofa healthy vigorous habit i in pla nts than sub- 
Lawyer, a Popular Pigest of the Laws o 
Bre 17th edit, wee gmans. i olen 788. E 
r Jess information 
f the law civil a criminal. T ~ 
d its 17th 
of the year, when Jight—: mportant to tħe healihy 
action of agathhie yeinaet eestor y it, Where 
ome and r as a be diy red ote bloom i i: a 
few pots may now be started by Ji unging tħem i 
A edi tion is alon: 
sufficient to show that it is found 
glass of persons. 
} 
inp: Sag 
little bottom h 
NG DEPAR 
Mi 
Geology as a Branch of Gen eral Education.— 
Nor is | 
EARLY Vi» —As soon as the ‘bunches ean be dis- 
cerned on Py pna shoots the buds should be | 
Average . 
Dec. 
le .| B | Tax a 
tee! E Ste ABOMETRE. Diu uN Ort Wind = 
” [8< mee? i toot Steet | a 
ja Max | Min. = Min. soe e es | 
—) ~ neo | | | aaa aaas 
friday 19| Z | 30401 | 2.350 23 | 3.9} 45 | 43 | N. | 00 
Satur. 2| 23 a 426 3.397 47 43 45.0 43. 44 w. 10 
Sunday 21) 24 A 42 | 425| 45 44 | N.W. 00 
Mon. 23] 25 35 430) 45 | 44 | w. | 00 
Tues. 23) 26 29 | 35.0 | 415 | 443) N. | w 
Wed. 24| 27 22 | 34e | 44 | We CIT 
hura. £5] 28 13 | 360 | 44 | N.E.| .00 
Lo | 373 | Ahl | 439 | BT 
3.961 29. S14 3.7 hi 
19-C ieee 3 ve ry fine throughour. 
~ 20- Hazy; overcast ; velowly at night. 
- 21—vvercart ;. cloudy ; fine. 
22—Overcast; elou) SY "fine throughou| 
—Partially overcast ; clear and ae “elow dy. 
Rain i, pa and very fine 
; beavy rvs i „sharp frost. 
Very we et OS; Ma Tapae exce 
edin; a low; overcast; sharp 
haing Bs 
_ Yt alone the miner, the ak agree builder, farmer, land- | removed, erase such as may, ray required for pro- 
~“ scape. and pa A In leaving these latter | 
ccount the The capitalist zho [mes k 
s in land, the emigrant, the traveller au 
speculate: 
voyager, the statistician and state esman, may all de eriv re 
N 1 3 
. . e: asialia b 
in their growth. Such shoots as have more than « one 
assistance 
of its facts to bear on the progress of their nations. 
also the holiday tourist, the military officer tailed ie in 
distant countrie: thers in similar situations, 
if bringing th 
the one pong to form the handsomest bunch. Tying 
in the g ooi should be managed carefully, 
ts to their proper position by degrees 
f of the requisite knowledge, may do good 
service not only to the cause of science, p to the 
; heranca = ind 1 
sage bre cei After the buds 
“=e tasted a few inche i 
RECORD OF 7 AT CHISWICK, 
During the last 3I years, for the ensuing week, endinx Jan. 3, 1857. 
os ee. aili 
i*a | See 
Dec | £28 Aa 3 Terini aa 
d 22g | it 
saree 4n& | 43° = Rained. z 
Sunday is) 42.0 239 | 354 75 
Mon. 29) 42. 33.9 | 384 H 54 
Tues, st) 416 f' 325 38.5 10 | 8| 1 
Wed. 31|) 437 | 327 | 33.2 8 D t 
Thurs. 1| 427 | 31.1 | 369 9 44 
Friday 2| 42 299 } 36.0 il 37 
Satur. 3) 427 aia | 371 l4 1 ALG. 
The bighest temperature “during the above | pe a occurred on ae 2sth,. 
> and the lowest on the 2d, 1854—therm.S$ deg. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
poeri: 
asse: 
ka hinder both the foliage ‘and i ace and | as sufti- ay 
Zealand 10 
teat iania bone posses bebe erin, a 
e floors and heatin g apparatus several times daily. 
troe the admission of air s to have a 
due 1 house, 
ould have been in different 
fon ay t th Their go! old- fields and coal- 
i mines of ir iron, copper, and other metals, take 
he 
of. , these countries, as to t i alatant al ot 
‘progress, w very 
ai dium 
Saarta geology has also con- 
| gentle current at all times the- 
f b, 
0,05 by the 
ring i 
coming crop. Beir. successi 
wani nted. „Late „Vin neries in which 
i) 
Grapes are sill 
the new 
ruit dry ; remove decayed berries and dead 
a 
* en the other branches of RER scie ence, t 
` the least of its 
© paratively recent 
mE 
i 
hy 
The 
peer of physical ,Beography, a in i at 
e globe— 
climate and temperaturo, the “tsbaion of piane 
wa evelopmen 
house and f 
| leaves, and weil protect the roots from a Fora late 
Grape the {oan is found to possess valuable pro- 
perties. Peaca Houses.— Peaches and Nect ines which 
have been forced pane several years pienine proraee a 
large excess of fruit buds, , and this e espec: cia lly o 
remain are weak flowers and inferior ge "andqwood 
Wh 
R CORRESPONDENTS will much oblige us. if they will in faae 
place the ces W C at the foot of the addresses of their 
letters, thus 
i 
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| THE EDITOR OF THE A 
| 5, Upper Wellington Street, 
| London. 
E W. Cc. | 
The new Post Office regulations requi require country letters 
are be "delivered he all a metaani be despatch. 
Bo et Regt ~ We suppose the E| h price of crepe 3 is about 
2s. Any foreign books: mee al procure it. We regard 
8i “ea sand as better than River sand for all purposes what- 
soever.— L. If not ont of pri 
seller sete supply you 
rs how 
ie opportuni occurs, 
po: In the 
while, as itis ad R ie best n English make we have seen, an 
account of your e of preparation would be welcome to the 
publi 
TS: J 3 U. Your Pear is the Beurré Diel. 
ou can do no harm by removing Cee other Vine. 
off the buds next the rafters if you prefer it: 
| benefited by well thinning the buds, 
Te 
| the largest and those most Aae aed of cours 
a considerable number will be still left to goed for 
but the first way is pr-ferable. 
NG ENER: G B. M ag Sonno ot the He publics 
contain all you want? If you seek amonthly 
are the “ Seottish Gmin” and the “ Florist.” As to to radi- 
menta: tical work there is for begin book like that 
of Nature, an aguas to the experience gained by 
actual work. Learn to u tand what you Dga, for to 
s : s fi 
bl dy to expand, when it must be madeni is nothing, unless the aaa? is studied. Learn to be familiar 
The night ter ma’ # 45°. with an| With arithmetic and the measuring and Panning of pees 
3 5! emperature y: idee Pi nd. Learn the rudiments of physiology as you find 
by day accompanied with bree rtionate | at the end of the last edition of Prof. Lindley’s School Botany. 
ission of air, Fie Ho usz— Damp trees cv. r ara the rudiments of Botany t Do t s 
tly, I more, work hard, reflect attentiv gf oe = arn all 
PINERY.— 
as] flavour at ge gps Seen 
Hi two weekly. 
often deficient in 
ing 
xposi 
year or 
d then consult us again. 
at your Gods el ie w (sacred). Hector the father erected (this) 
to Hector 
F- mah eommeas +. 11 aanmuns oa. 
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