Propagating half-hardy plants for we Saai now 
ed with, ia order that the 
ra 
rank, and puts 
riod. 
56 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. a [JAN. 26, 
ndar rations. condition, probably every bud will show a barge» or that it may have the best possible vine of forming 
* iha or 78 week. ) two, but to allow them all to to remain would ca isap- its tubers, altho ugh it cannot perfect its flowers. The 
0 N Fe * pointment i ear’ p, and ma aterially injure | Horse-radish requires ey = eg e be rich 
next year's also. As soon as the most pro g shows | and deep! ched ; and that there may be no dela 
c ni frost continses wA ern ything ee, be distinguished, they shoul duced en the weather ch nges, advantage should be — 
ae dee tin he sp ede by |2 mber consistent with th present p and future | of the frosty weather to get the necessary ein 
11 hog - 0 k o tene be strength of the Vines, and in no case Lapkr be left eae readiness on t The soil best adapted for 
evoting r d * are nd dnd which Wik 7 than one bunch on a spur. rowing the Jerusalem Artichoke to perfection is a light 
3 7 K in 102 N FLOWER GARDEN Ax D SHRUBBERIE ther sandy loam, as a rich soil ma 
ee ES is 3 eee wsl, ts off the. formation of tubers to too late 
? 
to 
ning-out ae arrives. Any kinds, 
t possess a suffici ent 
xperiments we ma e last 
vad with these ee convince us that they act | in 
many instances as preventives of disease, and i in all 
s is clearer skinn 
is made during summ many places wh d 
winter, only a su afficient’ — of plant are kept to 
supply cuttings * pon tay and 7 75 
may be well a pe rT 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending Jan. 24, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
„ BaROMETER. (| THERMOMETER. a 4 
Jan. | soon 5 a Wind. Rain, 
* Max. Min Max. Min. Mean 
Frid 5 29.984 29.6: 3 | 31 33.90 SE | ss 
Friday.. 18 6 29.224 29.437 43 27 | 6.0 W. 02 
Sunday 20 F 30.199 | 30.047 30 27 3.5 N.E. 00 
Monday > 30.380 | 30.227 34 | 26 | 30.0 || NE. 00 
Tues. .. 25 9 30.485 | 30.45) 33 3 3.5 S. E. 00 
We, „ 3 10 30.449 | 30.397 40 25 | 37.5 S. W. 00 
Thur. 3 11 30370 80.166 36 | 31 4 || w. || m 
— — — | — 
Average. | 30.053 || 365 | 29.7! 33.1 0.88 
Jan, 18—Foggy; n broad flakes in afternoon; heavy rain 
— 19—Cioudy; 4 a rain gr e [at night, 
— 
ly; frosty a ight. 
ni iformly . ‘hazy; overcast. 
3 clear an 
stance, and better for domestic purposes than the same TS’ FLO Eb 
ieties ar ound without this Doubtless 3 wr bac 10, like ourselves, 24— Foggy; drizzly aud fozey: ny 
pe kene of the soil, of proceeding is to believe that “ all 's for the best, would gladly see the Mean temperature of the week. 4 deg. below the averag 
2 . State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 24 years, y the 
P em as we dig the ground over ; after making a very old-fashio winter; though, if our ensuing week, ending Feb. 2, 1830. 
ch e strew some of the burned clay and charred | instructions have attended to, they will have found —— 
stuff in the 8 3 - ad ge bine oe vs m pl odo. It is grati to know thata jm. | S35] 25338 g of ae — Wie 
6 inches ed the sur the compost heaps have been well frozen through, and | g reb ESE SRE E which it Quantity Bie 
allowance of aps mixture u in map young gue ai that abundance 2 ag rovision, in the shape of rotten | 455 | 455 |75 | Rained. * 
may be iba in it. t is, that they | leaves, &c., collected and laid up for future | Suudzyz a7 | 327 |337) I 0.13 18. 1 
have plenty of room 8 * plants, from hen 5 goes, the 3 . the | Mon: 28) 445 | 31-6 | 381) 13 ae Ee 
18 inches to 2 feet, according to the eg of the variety, | advantage of carly potting the layers of C sand | Wed % 438 | 322 % 10 0 | 2; 
whether long or short-topped. me of the hands ma s, which will in that case look stout aa heal thy, [see Se ee ay 41 
be usefully employed in trimming and ‘elation stakes | even . 2 Aap 93 bai whilst those y ed 1 5 437 | 31.1 | 374 s | 0.2 _ | 23/3) 31: 
for Peas and flowering plants, and in making besoms; till November, will be t quite the thi oon | „ The highest sgn ant oh 18b the above period occurred on the 28th 
h work is done as easily s at any time, and the | as the frost goes, we shall have er of pere Jan. ISIS and isi a — -17 4 e dd e ee 
advanta; pis so doing will be appreciated when these | Dahlias even may be started; and if not pu — — 
things co t a busier season. Various into heat yet, it “will be advisable to look the stock ces to Correspondents 
jobs of this kind will suggest themselves, such as pre- over, if any varieties are lost, application may be Ayacrocainus anD Puysurvs Place your plans is 
parin, 8, tallies, &e. ade in time to repl them. Shou! ild weat a —— oe sve whero th the sÅ ywi bi —.— 8 ane — 
1 istu an ent 1 o e, witi- 
2 a DEPARTME dais ‘ x vatin ensue before our next calendar, give abundance of air | mom sufficiency of of heat and a Light, — nant iets 8 oy titer 
: YP en Rave done 10 ring, to all sini in frames; when we say this, we do not} AzaLEA8— at Ww. Rutilans, fulgens superba, 
or which are com neing their Lp now mean that they should be n in boisterous windy | Adelai sida: pile e glori riumpbans, imperatrix, 
po Chis will include Camellias, Ades Acacia aa, weather 5 aie after having been kept comparatively panak peaa plenas e pelle rosette, pontica alba 
—.— &e potting emra = bead 80 out of bloom, el osed, would be pri nad aos ; the amateur must exercise | p exe: T E. i y respectable, bookseller can procure , Moore 
it will save time six weeks when work is more ee n thes F eee f “ Roberts on 
pressing. In ams thine plats particular attention N FRUIT G the Vine” will 1 possibly pate you. f —J S. See the advertises 
should be 5 Lary sar i soil sufficiently firm| Firperr Bushs. — As soon "a tees — flow ment erë ye | aac = corks -LA Flower Garden z —— 5 
to cause to pere rolo ‘equally through it and 5 ait 5 * ushes should be s stematially oe 8 
dee after " poting they should be placed ia a mode- | pruned. V fruit should 14 the Hordealtaral Society ree ops rote Sper 
ight. Ora 
a slight bottom- n. (without i inereasing 
the top het), to eee the roo 
~ vance of the Great kin *. 
tops. 
3 plants. 
the P i intended for a June cise To and shi 
oe that require it. iar’ for on flowe: . 
"ventilated houses, th 2 — ted by 2 ` cate 
- syringing every fine Aha about 2 o'clock, e sun 
begins to decline. Hyacintbs and Tulips, — other 
forced should te freely —— with water; a 
little attention in t in this respect w erably 
of 
th flowers and foliage are finer than when 
they grow in a temperature obtained by means of flues 
Or pipes. 
FORCING DEPART 
Vinertes.—If the Vin es have any ‘of their rootsin the 
* 1 it should be covered 
at be poner ier, , regu ene their pop accor 
ing the weak o 
get a little 
t be exercised in c 
prolong p 
hese 
baem and s spur. s in close to 
will be n 
woni i petii 
nape Bet over r orowding, After regulating the kid 
st of suckers with which these bushes 
are red. If the bushes appear 
we assisted se sa _ cron season, 
or, if too strong, root a is no reason w 
a collection of Nut bushes m ruitful 
tal asa . of dwarf A 
| | midal ru 
t proc rnish her 
bushes, and al shake fies gently over those which have 
as | fe as 
male flow 
CHEN GAR 
At this season ak give a slight ¢ sprinkling o of salt to 
a a4 gine whic! : Saa Lare tre eee eeks, as 
it will and for — salt 
a slight to them, 
ang 
ko occasionally inserted into the 
latter, to prevent a8 injury to the r zoi, either by 
excess or warmth. A little ingenuity 
carefully regulated, no 
<a brake, nor 69° — d 
1 3 be 
E advantage — — named y 
do show fruit; if te Puan happen to be in first-rate | 
Ar 
F 
make up a bed of Oak or Be : 
9 a gentle bottom-heat * Aa should 
n boxes of leaf- mould, and pla as soon 
produced ‘it aak 0g 8 taking 
They should 
ish and Jerusa 
or the former the ground should be dual 
zen in o that the new under-groun 
may be ed clean and straight — last- 
; comes to in this 
— ä edea Ar o 
It is an old South 
Re 
Geke. cor: WY ea. Lebrun’s Patent. It has stamped on it, 
** Cafetiér 5 Alexandre Lebrun. Opticien à Paris.“ f 
Cucums . Cuthill’s Bla — e. - OB. We are unable 
ERS: 
te 3 — unusual bitterness in your Cucumber ; but be 
a good s — belonging to those Bogt e name 
2 You had better use in future some ofthe lack. 
— varieties 
ELVASTON : a "Kinloch. The subject of your request is in 
hare eia ipt, and will shortly appear. K. G. 
HRATIN Sub. If you leave the sides of the tank exposed to 
the hows, you will have enough of both bottom and top heat, 
unless your W is ve 
INSECTs : ITP The insects on the As age from Madagascar, im- 
ported with the ra va from are the common thrips 
of the hothouses. The plants l had better be removed 
from the res t, wi vat — ted. W. 
Jorce’s Stove: A A. This will answer the purpose imper- 
fectly, among plants; but it dries | the air very mu uch, and 
should only be used i in extremity. d emitted 
by it will not hurt plants half torpid in winter; although it 
or FRUI DM T. 2, Downton; 7, Gold n Pippin; 
85 „Scarlet Crofton 19. Dumelow’s Seedling ; 17, ‘Deux Ans; 
4, 5, 11, 12, are wor orthless, and n t all known in the n neigh- 
of Lon 
bourhood on. || 
Names oF PLAN Ts: J R. Is it pripo. ma you can be a gar- 
dener and not know that morsels of s nt plants caig 
be named without flowers ?—J H. 3 ecelestin 
and Eupatorium glandulosum.—H H. 1, Lastrea apinulosas 
2, Asplenium Ad — a : 3, mara 
4, A 5 m vulga omg 
pears to be Cya thodes o age een, 
eee 2m : M W. Albertus, Cataw- 
biense superbum, Towi, Ne 1 ultra, Nobleanum ornatum 
and pictum ; ponticum grandiflorum , pic tum, and spectabile ; 
tyrianthinum, Victoria, ven 
5 ORNAME! 
us 8 
w NTAL s = M W. Weigela rosea, 
Reevesiana, prunifolia (doub le), and expansa; Jas- 
minum nudiflorum, Berberis trifoliata, Eleagnus reflexa, 
Ceanothus “tog and 3 atus, Daphne Fortuni, Deutzia 
nga E 3 
average difference would be, ee winter 
a thermometer expo: against a north wall a 
open ground, protected ceerely from direct solar radia 
The subject deserves attention. The difference ane 
thermometer 
may — to 5 or degree 8. 
re as 3 RM. a add eee to Tobacco, will do neither 
house. 
Town Prants: Sub a woot and dirt chokes the pores of 
their —— and ten kills them; = we should think that 
n nds of 
h you as — — London as Dalston. 
e an article on this Aae at p. 822 of our volume for last 
s: A poy The White Muscat of Alexandria will bear 
eat 
— stove, Vines that have been taken up and 
not be allowed to bear much fruit, if any. 
ex 
faiheae Wa Itham. we really cannot advise y. — cane such 
ters all men should judge for themselves. 
find it possible = in o the en of the 
Society. IV Loxley. We shall be s Tapps to got yon 1 : 
the time mentio 
will be given for No, I, 84. 
