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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[JANUARY 14, 1867, 
orld-wide reputatio successful plant Moderate » fires 1 каш to blanch on dry days ; protect also from hard 
Fia er and exhibitor, aa no ordi M iub Ра and indeed all show oues, should r S: е», im 
thousands of othe ers, Nature gave way, but the name | now be gay with forced plants, of pref a supply mus TTUCE. rotect in voy ad weather, bub expose 
will long remain in the ory of plant row be kept up by means of successions introduc ced into on ш Loeb уон Sow for an early crop, 
Erysipelas and fever aid hold of ve and after a bri p^ E heat as often as may b e ne PEAs.— skina in а warm Situation ; 
d him died Dec. AZALEAS.—-If a displa wit is required, a few of | draw a jte gem d p stems of those alr үлү. E: 
aged 52. e pen M yel id pursuit, cir- | the most forward Душ should be placed where they and um otect with Fir branches or dry Ye ern 
cumstances led him to adopt that of gardening, апа can have a temperature of fr rom Water | weathe 
he at once placed himself under Mr. Robinson, garde — Lacer when necessary, and in mild weather venti- TEC D SEAKALE.— Continue to We 
— Delafield, Esq., Tunbridge Wells, with йы late fre wee : nto warmth s riam of these, as plants 
remained three years. He then went into Сам —Some of these will now be in flowe ecome wo 
Cormack's Nursery a& New Cross and we believe Watena Ee therefore is liberally cu and air| STRAWBE —A fe "i 
Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, was in the e и given baise EN үш fine weather. but nh e drive them 50б fast, or the ди таз аге apt 
ment at the same time. Both have beco s CIN —The require careful attention i in the to [^ * blind." Dur ing -— weather those in 
each takin lead in the two sections of d her o wat mom e pleuty of air in ч 
growing, and continuing fast friends. In 1841, as t ouch one another, and be sure to keep them | day time, büt en ав: vem Я should be put 
he went ener to — Lewis, Esq., of Blackheath, | order to secure them against fro 
and here began his career as an exhibitor. Cemmencing| > CHINESE Pnrwmosrs.—Plants in bloom should b 
with Fuchsias, and being encouraged by r. Lowis introduced to ys greenhouse or eh апі | STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON 
he yy with Heaths, &e. In 1845 heb gh n to s succe гад ba origen eie 3 pgs i : e 
with hin o H. Co ollyer, EN artford, and E fades D wan Е (NM, п Trist 
any a hard batti tie at dei and the Regent’s | like blossoms of this € Е Ате uch а | Jan. РЕ t the Of the Earth Wind] 8 
LE them the late Mrs. Lawr and being well | cheerful look at this time of the TER p. n flowers are A Гмах, Min. | Max. | Min. xs [n 2 eet Š 
matched, Mrs. Lawrence, who & "ug hat time stood | comparatively scarce, that w plants of it should Dur p EO E HE EETIX WEE S 
high for plant. culture, found in Mr. Cole sometimes always be kept in pots for decoration in-doors, where, Friday $ $2009 2 | "EE: 
а defeating opponent. As a d, ctical plant o: ed with green-leaved plants, they have a fine | Satur. 7 T £395 
grower, William Cole stood € ie foremost rank. ele Mor 49 | зт |430 
was a such men ер anley, Green em — thai 1 2 | b 2 
r, May, and others, SEN are well known. | leaves a uti ins fien нета аа небу flowering EET. 
Foa men have t€ ght into the "exhibition ну тоге 
s than һе did. He sought ea 
in | Мау should. эз placed as near the glass as possible ; | ~ 
t for 
nig ht be about 50°, Tha 
new things when М Dartford, and ањ 8 "best to | the later blooming pl I 
— t — ed Vw exhibition plants, V lieve we| So M CarsicASTRUM. — This, together pri 8. 
ing that he was the first to bring out | Pseu sicum éd othe? sorts bearing small round 
in in this, ea: Tto йош, 8 big le of Ixora javaniea, бепе. bright-coloured fruit, are very useful at this season for 
tyllis tulipifera, Franciscea eximia and con ш шч; | purp of eei en - gens that those in 
xora alba and salicifolia, Rogiera ern Ыр conspicuous situa. do suffer from want of 
Allamanda neriifolia, Heb 
W: 
thinum and other plants. e well eR how de bourhood of hot pipes. 
experimented with Stiffua chry а, a promisig-|  Vrorgrs.—Both Neapolitan and Russian varieties will 
looking subject as it appeared in the cpi of а | now be in flower, the latter ош of doors Let - pits 
Belgian periodical, but which fairl ed In|in which the Neapolita: own , have e plenty of air 
1853 he was strongly recommended Ir. сеа as | while the weather is mild. 
he manager of the Fi ane Nursery, My destra Forcen Frowrns.— These will at present Mim 
then just started; soon after he bec the pro- e of Tu ulips, IHyacinths, a наре а blo don ing 
prietor, year after viet he fought lis s way as the |f, Ens 
most pene € at the Floral Exhibitions in e "cd establishmen des <> ire ine tervals соп. 
the Midland orthern Counties of England. | miri introduced iuo cibo forcing pit; 6 also 
ch , Yo rk; M; Auckland, Ripon, Leeds, p^ Azaleas Жет cd Пагу бр ind. piani 
Bradford, aud many other towns owe much to him, for | of that d es este that they have a healthy 
Cole's ts n. only helped their diet» but spurred | moist atmosph. i "y must not, however, be ge 
He was occasionally | warm. A temperatu rom 70° to 80° will be amp 
blunt in his manner, but we are € hat t regret for | sufficient ir io m 
elt, — used 
in m letter to me writer of. these re чайы ад b well 
known exhibitor in Scotland, who defeated Mr. Cole HUN ing open bera fike din. “present, fire heat 
hiat ларва и y many, es ly. оша be used with as Id р odon tion as possible. 
by those who knew him best, “ We have lost a truly an eye to the of constent вше 
clever man." He has left sons, three of whom wil cessions of crop 
carry on the business as usual, for the benefit of the| ASPA ae ceed that in 
widow and fam mily. ont diji ew rd the lights - sllow dis 
erations. 
imis spectacl. 
wn bed of Ran 
that the sight is so rare. solitary patches are 
occasionally met xg: but a large | Lei containing 150 
wald. Mhad ER 
р 
water, especially if йы КУМ placed in "the neigh- 
gradually at t increasing both heat. and 
ае by v een as the plants progress 
growt 
Mossnoos. — Prepare horse-droppings. for beds to 
have had the pic m of Medie óntomplatiig so ch 
а sight will not readily forget the pae impressions 
it produced. The bed, if proper! anted, will 
—Give abundance of air during the day, 
керів до ig gentle 056 at the same time, а that during 
"eee eather little fire-heat may be 
with a carpet zs зе — yb from an vA Т ed nigh 
which, at intervals of 4 inches, will ri PrNEs L Plants engen for fruiting during the 
; 1 summ t now h pai кыз "E them 
coloured blossoms. As the roots will not require to steady eart tempera and a eab of 
be planted for a month to come, let us hope to induce | 
some of our readers to attempt tho production of such | general stock, which, Hio wert ped not be allowed to | 
formation choose the 1 
а bed. In its 
have rth 
about 65° at night. It is n early ө Ты Ше 
re the pis x^ die sun will 
our hours a о. et in | 
the form 
to be preferred. The soil of the garáen sey be t imd 
as it is, without апу admixture, unless itis is Vir poor, 
when a little leaf-mould, or very rotten frame sess A 
may be added, Dig up the bed 
thoroughly to 
depth of 12 inches, and leave it voy until frost has 
pulverised it. Then level, and о e heavy rains 
he soil, Feb у de p 
mmence operations, and 
jp to the eb a а tying in of young shoots 
ЛТ ET ET S 
rain at night. 
very e frosty. 
| 29. 
roast; cloudy ; 
IU егса ast; cloudy ; 
—Ei ine; clear and very n tirou; ved "slight frost. 
zht. 
—Fin 
dp rtia 
e; 
Mean Еда he Wok 1 deg. above the average. 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, 
, During the last 39 years, for the ensuing Week, ending Jan 
No. of i Prevailing Winds, 
Greatest TE. 
January E А Quantity |; ПЕ ule 
Ч Rained, [0 Кай = e ? SEE 
Sunday. 12 0.51 in | 3| 6| 5| 3| 4| 8| 7/3 
Mon. d 19 0.34 1! 9] 5| 3| 3, 9| 4| 3 
Tue: i: 13 0.48 3| 8| 3| 4| 3110| 4| 4 
Ne У 16 0.55 13/2 5| 7110 6| 5 
Thurs, 19.. 18 0.88 4| | 4| 3| 710] 6| 3 
Friday 20. 15 об. |4 4| 2| 810202 
Satur. 21.. 18 0.48 1i af 51 1| 712 6/2 
The highest, temperature during the above period occurred on the 
19th, 1828, ан 60 deg.. and the lowest on the 19th, 1838—therm. 
4% deg. below 
Notices to Correspondents 
Booxs: T. The last рои: of Brown s Foree Y wi 
indeed the more there tween each layer of plants the 
r. Most plants dry quite well with these precautions 
without changing the per a and with once changing ана 
may be rms ly p rved. As to colour, some wil 
turn black, whate taken to prevent it. 
G TREES шона ^ find a very full account of 
the methods pA by the Chinese in our Volume for 
1846 (p. 771). In brief it consists in raising a ring of bark Ж 
а selected branch, usually a contorted опе, so as to шона 
to root into some wW. is р about the mrs 
part; and then, when roots are produced, removing it, 
betw: 
te maintain the лүн of dwai ess becomes 
length s 27 ага ү Шаш, as тавата fa the '* Theory 
omplished by pushing root-pruning 
toe, 
NES. 
varmin 1n 
the. covering on the outside MA of i» UR 
Hamburghs have a 
done, boldly 
hour or two s Borne vedi туйгу dion н 
bé souled. 
every department. -— be си looked | 
over and cleared of dead spray fro casta, | 
&c. Walks should be freed 
——— 
attention bour. 
i сс houses the principal work will consist in Imi 
and their inmates serupulously 
: J D. Your insect is the larva of the moth ШШ; 
erii with its strong leathery case. Will you be во 
аз to inform us under what cireumstances it was fo! "^ 
Мовнвоомз: N В. There aro such decided varieties of 
common Mushroom known, 
W. 
that it is a matter of some соп" 
night Оран of ILU a Museats should be| sequence to secure spawn of the best for cultivatio D 
kept ges or с higher. M Ur PLANTS: T. В, Lycopodium complanatum 
DY FRUIT AND KITCHEN G 1, : «Парот Лася ДЕ рее Аз Lachendlia par vU 
dula. e uite agree wit: ou that these gs 
While nas hong keeps mild new fruit UE S шау | halfen gh grown Bom ron five species rank amon 
be planted. Where old trees too are not growing well, | the most elegant of early-flowering greenhouse bulbs.—6 on 
a portion of the soil Light be —Ü removed from| Ste epe n sometimes called 8. be. 
their roots and г by better material. All| you canl mble Reese or against t zd am 
EE ground pr be ‘rough ME trenched, or ids ноте not t еы obi it wil fruit, bnt the fertile — Mary. 
qui from the sterile ones, and de 
ridged, regulating th tions according to ће! 1, apparenti Adhatoda furcata, but the flowers were m 
nature of the soil and the character of preceding and „ated; 2 , Geissomeria longiflora. ` This the repeated 
LFENIA C. С, лал. кр 
contemplated. future crops, p frost, . should à Mention ot Wido е book to which you refer bas 
тыс? ER attracted your notice, D an old- ir herbaci 
PAESE proceed also with pruning, тай , and nial long introduced to our Larger capnt Н 
р E 5, 
p hien ie haa idis dou Sil dad a uto of бива 
wi t - F m 
—Let all trees infested with — havea| “ "Flower Garden," t.06. The crowded spikes of blue flowers, 
thorough leaning an washing wit urst Com- ff by the broad radical leaves, are very Sho qr 
poun according to Mr. Wilson's со Кой rd ight rich soil, but а most places requires fram if 
BEAN к ш already done, plant Early Mazagan in | e ction ae winter, beingliable to rot off at that em 
"T йс. - SP. We ad 
CAULIFLO мед — Keop slugs from these, and should а e == рон а 
severe w . m e time for movin; ni 
A d in, see that the plants are properly | geo. устои bo Si OMEN seson, men 
EwDivE.— Continue to tie up some of tho finest 
n 
red with the numbers you mention. 
