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THE GARDENERS’ 
80 making it 1 — throw a away, and along 
with them all the tro and care w 
most useful plants throw away should first be 
, and placed under congenial circumstances 
ting pit, to f flowering plants for next 
autumn and winter. Poinsettias and Euphorbias uiai 
struck in pots o white sand, and jamaa = 
few weeks in a cool dry place, where the tempera: 
is air Lane than 40°. When the bases of i the — 
trised, they may be plunged in a moist 
3 h eat. So treated, they will soon make both 
leaves and ts in abundance. When it is — ee 
to have ve ge specimens of these showy winter- 
wering plants, let them be pruned boner an ey 
or two o two-year-old wood, and p 
thei 
situation at og they wil] have an 8 supply of 
hea isture. A portion of your stock 
. eee and other summer flowering 
_ ala now be started. A suitable compost for 
plants, consists of one-third rich mellow turfy 
loam, one-thid leaf-mould, ae res remaining portion 
finely patie om ‘rubbing it 5 the hands 
i re it is ee se, with the 
delight ina ate 
e aes that * oat 
advance o f the tops. W sted, 
they should "be qn at once in the pots in 9 they 
to flow: 
FORCING DEPARTM 
If a stock of leaves = — iark is n 
ei 
cured, it 
. ible, and sto away in open 
y d ded ee they 
d out thinly on the floor of thes she ds, 
place until it we e use- 
already pro 
ET ate attention - they should 
ir 
and ends closed i rò — 
be thatched i n the way. 
will find their ager ree ce in m the Xe kany gro 
though incerta ee hey, and evk aD else 
bout the same quarter, 
eens oo e roof may 
— keeping a — of all k 
h greater amount of w 
a 8 e fect F roduced, with, the me apparent 
means, as rom: we enabled thereby to proceed — 
tematically in all your opera PEAcH-H 
Outside roots should be igang on) kA a straw ; aan, 
. should throw the wet off into the drain in front 
the 
a te n perature of about 50° night, and sprinkle th 
trees several times a day clear sunny weather. 
StTRAWBERRIES.—Select some of th ongest best- 
rooted plants, and after examining the drainage and 
ascertaining that it is in an efficient state, they should 
be top · d ith a mixture of loa ll rotted 
approved early 
ps 
Ser and a bed pre 2 
thing that mice common gore 40 and Kad it answer 
desired end. 
; LORISTS’ FLO 
The continuous frost 1 — any, eee 
pends operations. dition to 
when 2 
to have a upon 
the fronds of the Fora at Tiga Boke we now ha 
deca 
| for — the frost o 
anted. At this period when there is little else to 
— 3 5 — kept much closed, mice are apt 
s depredations, especially 3 
Polyanthuses 1 kepti in pots. On the first symptoms e 
their ha rk traps should T set, 
kno v ral pounds worth of damage 
extensive collection . a prolonged 
a frost breaks up, one of the first things required = 
to look over shay beds of seedling 8 and to pres 
time, examine all 
these as well as plants are apt to be 
tiar may be watered, — 
. a few a nfuls the 
surface, which may n ate a quarter of a 
abundance o 
neh, 
e but a e so = the soil ae je thor roughly moistened ; 
e giv 
Scions kae grafting, of choice fruit. trees, should b 
e U. 
secured, aid in under a north wall. I 9 
these m — choice only of those varieties which have 
been proved by experience bs be well adapted to the 
locality. 2 are many v 
See which do 3 
ss i 
in one county, but are w N another. In pur. 
3 . new W st the aoe reason makes it advisable 
too many plants of any one variety till its 
applicability, p> the soil cad sia 2 been tested. 
y procuring root: pr plan e stocks this 
may be easily managed in a — of seasons. Plant- 
ing of fruit trees shou 
to be at some li 
es, or som 
8 to cheek t ey of the 1005 
Lon a ure, forms the 
best nm rad the healthy and fruitful el of 
the Pea 
ITCHEN GARDEN. 
Cuc rs.—These must have careful ae eg at 
this paing season. By a proper arrangem of the 
ventilators a constant 5 = the air shoal be 
secured, and the por of fresh air which is admitted 
from the eee should, * possible, * ade t 
join the arm surface the — 
comes in pitao ith the 1115 Upo er atte 
tion to this point the health of i foliage re ‘die outing 
epend. high night tempera- 
scaldi ise evaporation is sang wo 5 — A 
ee ee os saa ween on be 3 
Beans shou the gro and f dry ; 
and if ‘cael ended tò * mulching Sù old tan 
when up, and by protecti ing with Fir boughs on the 
win award EN, they will generally produce a beiter crop 
than if so n November, and, unles very favour- 
q 
T | able Wees / will be quite as ear D n sowing 
vegetable seeds, which are liable to be attacked by the 
mice, it will be found useful to sow chopped Furze or 
m e n the drills. aoe Ppor e 
eather to examine e any 
Adopt efficient — 
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State of the Weather near London, for the week ending Jan. 10, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
iiuna Banomarsn. | THERMOMETER. =| 
Jan. Wind. || Rain. 
Age. || N Min. || Max. j M 
Friday.. 4 20 || 29.737 | 29.445 || 4 oa sw. || .00 
Satur... 5) ¢@ 29.437 | 29.127 4 1381.5 W. 00 
Sunday. 6 22 2.599 | 29.42. 35 3 25.5 E. .00 
Monday 23 50 154 29.857 30 4 | 250 N. “00 
ee. s 8 24 20.33. Be 31 | 33. N.E. 0 
od: se BE Bs 30251 1 30-063 3 29 | 31.0 || N.E. 00 
Thurs....10) 26 29.908 29.82 34 28 31.0 NE. 00 
Trerage. :. — — 3.3 30.8 || 0.00 
Jan. TE Fes — t; Ard at night, 
— go shaht all of of falar sn snow; frosty ; ane; ane? ; frosty. 
— 7 ponar — a vere frost a 
oie 8-8. 3 Ovi —— tary! cold, e 
— 9—Shiaht —— overcast throughou 
— 10—Slight snow gay dusky clouds: 2 š 
Mean tem he week, 44 deg w the av 
State of the Weather at a during 155 last 24 years, for the 
ensuing week, ending Jan. 19, 1850 
e were 
E Pegs or hooks of | 
9 7 = li i 
zg A Ssa 2 2 ye. of Dakan Prevailing Winds. 
Jan. ESE | 5E SE which it | Quantity eile 
ZAS Se | FE | Rained. | Of Rain. . Ei OO ied Ee 
Sunday 1 425 ä 333 | 37.9 1i 0.20 In. 7 2 3) 2 al alt 
Mon. 14| 42.0 30.6 36.2 13 0.80 414 2| 3) 4|) 
Tues 1 | 408 |- 29.0 34.9 8 0.54 31 4 2 4| 4 
Wed. 16 409 30.935. 12 034 — 6 5—) 3| 5 3) 2 
Thurs. 17} 42.1 30.8 8 0.23 215 3 6 2 
Friday 18 42.0 31.8 36.9 10 0.45 — 1 247 
Sar. 19) ee ee 1o | oss eee 
The highest temperature during the above pericd occurred on the 19th 
— 60 deg; and the lowest on the Fo 1838—therm, 43 deg, 
Notices to Corresponden 
„ and vaime Sor 1848, price 
Thes moves for 1849 is now ready, 
The volumes of former are out of print, 
18411, n , 22 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 
CHRONICLE. 
30, 31, 32, 34, 45, 46, 47, 
13434, 6, 8, ll, 12, gr ere 20, 31, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 45, 
49, 50, 51, 52, 53. 
1843—13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 50, 31, 
32, 33, 3, 86, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43 
1844—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, os Sa 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2 28, 29 30, 31,, 32, 33, 34, 35, 
29, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52. 
1, 2, 3, 4, 8. 6, 7, 8 9, 10, I, ‘12, 13, ‘14, 115, 17, 18, 19, 
, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 39, 
, 5; 6, 7, 10, 11 3. 14, 15, 13.17, 18 26, 23, 24 26, 
„ 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52. 
LT, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 
3, 36, 37, 38, 0, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 
[JAN. 12, 
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 49, 
41, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53. 
1849 zá! except 49. 
ESPONDENTS.— May we 2 it to be understood that 
iries private a 
dy epg information t 
we cannot consent to the 
APPLES: X Y. Very like the F —E 1 Your 
seedling from a Ribston pipis a sad ä —— unworthy 
of a name. i 
To our Cor 
we cannot answer inqu 
as a new edition of 
the ‘Introduction to the Natural cr the „In 
tion to Botany” is a different work Elements 
Botany“ now consist of 5 5 t lossary, and 
Medical and Œ ny ; the last — ea that 
work. Yo u 
h Jo 
book comparable to Euclid.— 
of the work x 8 mention than is noticed * 719 of our 
volume for 18 
5 — ee * 
Rr: 78 
pl a 2 — ies of Chic 
Da padi but they are not the sam 
CONIFER 3 d P. 
a wiles it grows 20 feet hi igh; itis kn nin collec- 
s by Miller’s old name of Junip eras hie panica, ae 3 
We never recommend d 
kes. It is not the same ines in Dandelion; the 
cory m ym similar to those of 
12 F 
pa of th 
ra 0 to 60 feet, aaa when old has a flats preadia ng h 
y like an old Cedar = perp J uniperus 1 as its 
— implies, is a nat f the poem ; it 
bles th wn-berried Juniper 
of Spain and Portagid; ol £ which it seems song but a 
44 ie rather larger and greener foliage. a — 
is the e as, or | a very slight variety of, t 
8 SHRUBS Wh Snap 8 l. 
Aquifoliu tree Box, Hollies, Laurels, Privets, aud 
amongst — Periwinkle; . will grow very well 
ut 
within the reach of E Elm roots. Put th 
Elms as you can, r 
TE: E The insects found in the crevices of your old 
each trea wall are the bark mite described in our volume 
ae 1813, p, 356, We do not think them injurious except where 
excessively numerous, or to very you 
ng t We 
however, advise you to repoint your sat 4 a face it 
with 
parallel — 2 3 Aare 1 ** 
s the 
rega und the use of the “branch, ‘after oor yo eft 
their wint — 12 — 
8 and use iron 
e 11 a 
NAMES oF PLANTS iJ * Oneidium Barkeri, C asetum macu- 
latum, Lycaste plana. — — H; we ele eee e 
aute hardy.— PBA, tse me 2, L. na ; 3 
varieties of L. furfuracea L. a nalis; 5, a 
857 a form of L. furfu uracea, H perhaps distinct (all 
scurfy stalked Leelias require s fully); 7, L. 
peduncularis, a Fre var.; 8, L. —— : = Epiden 
panic uupa We do not recoguise the plant; and 
its flowers, v fete and male only, do not enable us to 
determ 
Roses: Northumbriensis. We have not before seen any question 
from you. The best answer 3 your inquiry is perhaps in the 
following extracts from Mr. Rivers’s excellent “ Ros . 
teur's Guide.“ Of H erpetuals he speaks thus, ‘ 
the robu owing varieties of this family form admirabl! 
and a few others, are very apt to make barren 
. As soon as this can be ase 
thinned, those that are i 
long shoots shortened to within . — five buds, ar : 
eon G M G. A edhe the — you very tender, and 
uire a A oth 
Waatea B. We dars, 2 undertake the task; te i 
a For aoe a newspaper 
established expressly. We receive verbal m re 
: H. Your 1 haven x arhei gardeni ad well 
828 stud. t has been lately . and "is 
es 0 
u 
to vin egar, you 
ithout a 3 in ihe cask. 
f it 
Sai ie in yeast. Z 5. E 
ing on the lengt 
bint, and shou: 
But — is the man to r 
; but the difficulty ise enormous. will 
ever, to ‘eek 26th if not much ; taking the chance 
macrophyllus 
eee Gln for te ee 
ust de to ex] 
Jar lading: fa journey to artist, in which we haye 
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