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10—1850.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
on Hyacinths de many other garden plants. As it is 
here that its does most damage, I shall fi rst enter into 
some details o n this case, and then speak of the gan- 
hagor 
especially Carnations, when cultivated by | form 
t to this 
m ubjec ind of eorrup- 
on. r that ladies cae lest their favourit 
should pe from starvation or ught, induces the 
i richest manures, with copious 
The only course to pursue is ~~ 
earth of the plants ene it inam 
2 oth drier soil without m 
The hig of the Hyacinth r requires some further 
menti "A yir dy mentioned, tacks the bulb, 
where it shows itself in the form of A circle 
dried up. If the 8 — 1 itself at the base 
of the bald whence the fibre: 
if it be at the upper end, 
in the „without 3 the soil, have 
3 more especially affeeted with 
Sangre 
Seasons which produce polysareia, and cause fruits 
to burst from over-repletion, will“ readily a a gan- 
see 
ring ruits rot and 
putrify on the trees, same effect may be produced 
y contusio in fruits is not only irre 
mediable, but what 4 tagious. It is well 
0 
ones will become affected likewise. Th ful econo- 
mist will prevent ag disease [by gathering his fruit 
fore it is over-ripe, o placing in th it room, 
that no one shall ever bei in contact With another. 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
ts i 
in a great me 
materials em ployed: in potting.: Th 
essential to success is perfect drainage; if water-logg 
no plant can continue long in a be ealthy sisie, whether 
it be in a pot or in the open 
The i ve > Potting is i 1 
two pieces of broken potsherds over the on 
bottom of 
age, as from a carel: 
— application of it. 
eroeks i 
with caution, the 3 will be perfeetly and econo- 
ny secured, P. 
8 
PRUNING: THE QUINCE TREE. 
On referring to the accompanying engraving, it may 
be remarked that in the preceding year, a blossom-bud, 
imilar to those marked a a, ory em, was 
Situated at 1. In the course on that bud 
Scat a sort of shoo 
gat — blodo, P 
cediog su attend 
an shortening r the 3 aii a stout ya OPDE no 
the following 
n | will be i 
y material | 
y placed a If this is done ranches. 
of last 
furnished with leaves, and 
: one the Pale Red, James’s Keeping may be obtained, and good food, 
fruit, which at its ae had either been pulled or 
had dropped off, leaving a scar at c. The portion 
between | and c may be termed a branch, as it was 
urnished with leaves, and buds a r that were 
in the axils of those pares ; but still it is au 
imperfect . — ante, as it has no ter 
its ongation place of such bud having been 
desen b by the frit. As this eee is only furnished 
with weak buds, it is not necessary to be retained, and 
should be cut off res 
CLE. 149 
doubtless was so. r describes only three sorts of 
the a Onion wrah the Strasburg, Spanish, and 
Whi to Egyptian ; and he de "T varieties are 
not lasting; ; for if you save seeds of White Onions only, 
you will have a mixture of the Red ones 2 
ard will the Strasburg wri long to its — but will 
w flatter, as do the Large P Onions 
gro 
ee planted in our climate, which i N a year or two 
will be so far degenerated as not to be known they were 
from that race 
E Blood-red, aliàs French Blood-red, Datch Blood- 
red, St. Thomas’s, eee rouge foncé, Middle-sized, 
flat, iy red, strong ; keeps well. 
Red, “alias Amiens, Rouge påle ou de Niort. 
80 flat. 
very large, pale red, tinged with g brown ; 
soft and will = 5 keep long; but whilst j it — is much 
no pen for ildness 
— aliàs Dutch, Flanders, Essex. This is 
the most gene cultivated sort; large, varies from 
flat to globular or oval; divested of i ts thick brown nb s 
ternal coat, the ur is light tinged with 
hardy, keeps well, but is strong. The two following 
are considered varieties of this, 
5. edel cok mee thin, pale brown without any tinge 
pant Skin mec thick, pale brown with a tinge of 
red ; mild, 
Sandy, Oignon 4 Fo 
loose, brown, falling off spontaneo Yo 8 i 
the next coat white tinged with gree the 
best for a general crop for early winter’ use ; 1 is par- 
ec: mild. 
rtugal, aliàs T one „Brova 
Po rue 
Spasi, 708555 jaune ou blond des Varun Ga 
Cambrai, Oporio, Lisbon Viauna, Large St. k. Uber. More 
brown than the prece ceding ; in other respects very 
similar, 
Lisbon, ne White Lisbon Florence, Oignon blane če 
orence, a variety of followin; 
7. Silver- skinned, Arey Large Siver-skinned Large 
White, White tian, Oignon blane gros, Middle- 
sized, flat ; skin A, shining w white ; does not keep long, 
i i i esteemed 
but is generally cultivated and for its mild 
quality, colour, and for 
8. Silver-skinned, or * blane hâtif. An 
de Nocera, smaller and 
and still earlier than 
a a, Blossom-buds ; b b, Wood-buds; o, The place where fruit 
| was attached last seasor. 
In rearing the Quince tree, pruning is necessary in 
r to strengthen the stem, for otherwise it is ver 
apt to or bent over by the winds. Presuming 
the tree has been planted in rich, rather moist soil, i 
will send up’a long but flexible shoot; and if from this 
all rrt; are pruned closely off, with the view of 
making a clean stem, the latter will be rendered much 
weaker than it would be if left to Nature 
he Early Silver- skinned ; excel- 
lent for pickling 
"usiform Onion, alias Oignon fusiforme, 8 
Leaf Druses Onion. From 6 to 12 inches in in length, 
apering “ bent like a horn ; dosi not keep well, and 
is, on the 
t root, 
mes in for use before any of the 
Tree merry aliàs . bulbifére, | mbole 
es @ Egypte; bears small bulbs, in . the 
bove g ground: ; being . they may be onguan 
I- 
Ar niak?! 
to its strengt th, 
Generally three * next the section will push in the 
h 
1e fot 3 
sorts numbered are either the best; 
perties which, in man 
adapted for 
y any avoida 
educed to a 8 3 which it N only 
decreased quantity. But such con 44 
e guarded rm every and yet the stem can 
ch lateral sh 
stake for support, will be the result. en the s 
has attained the desired height, the formation of * 
should ced. T shoo 
least to half their arena will afford two sate 
lowing season ; and thus six 8 brani 
ittle pruning will 
y checkin 
here or elsewhere 
e that b 
; and by repeatedly saving from 
. | sort should choose the ‘Strasburg. RT. 
h q—q]—DU — — — — 
pers, 
ve been ee left 
be th 
= back er x 
m 
Cross- forming the operation witho 
| the plani 
dug out, and the p 
k 
Those who can only grow one 
t 
{ 
Home Correspondence. 
Pond prove am much interested in che inquiries 
of “ Ruris 
mud ee 8 and its 
asa a large piece of water 
lying on and, which fed (or the most part in 
a light sandy te 
Rend 3 off by eee at the — ond. 
e out for 20 or 30 years, and th 
ut 
trivance. Any information on the : . would — 
No Lover -n M 
Autums Planting Potatoes.—On the 9th of August, 
1849, a — 3 the gro 
were planted in 
` yo 
Hae a Emra 
reach larger than a bens egg, and vory 
