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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. [Marcu 16, 
8 : f B. verecunda; 20, B. Galeot 
of Mignonette iu boxes, to carry on the i y till the j should be sown from the middle of March to the end of pasren bate inr ith. int ye lente the 8 om plant we 
wing in open air is fit for use. F „June. „ Paxton’s Flower Garden” through t n toorder 
Pelargoniums, and other poke ho KITCHEN GARDEN cannot be sent to Paris under band —— injury a peip 
wers will not for the next two or : a mportant iu bab doer less expense. is YZ. Aponogeton distachyum, pac 
three months, should be kept N state, connected with a garden, this shou particularly | coma austra 
ifting — into A 5 Tics tick sp t, b in mind in th nagement of this department, . —.— — ng pee hes fete ie — dag 
that fine healthy plants may be i in moderate pe a considerable ane of the work is of suc is however the larva of an allied species of Elater, al ich 
size 7 t training of th ants have due nature as to give at times an unsettled and somewha probably not so injurious as the wire worm. 
í their er le appeara pends as untidy appearance ; sate the majority of these opera- pee 3 — or — taaleranes than those of the 
d 
uch upon this matter as upon the colour or shape of | tions must be perfo rmed s trictly in season, they do not smaller Ringe of Tipula. Lime. vater will Pees, be eee 
the flower. T nts which ar ired for pre- | leave the manager Ns wer to wait till his e tual, if ae eg Soe ~~ Z bal geach the W. 
4 77 2 Ji 5 water wi i a 
sent display should 1 hi kapei nor repotted, family takes up i 1 cia baggie oe oe 12 1 5 k he terrestris, if you can make pened 2 Sevtoyag 
but ed aterings of liquid | period, and he on therefore do st to keep the insects, A better plan ink chip pottles 2 
ith work PP » filled with 
5 . 
pa rticularl y 
Muc 
of — for autumn ake cee | serena or winter | 
display. As Cinerarias go out of bloom, let | 
them have a 
few, weeks’ parti to em for co 
ing their new growth with increased vigour. 
Seeds of i Calceolarias, Petunias, Humeas, 
and other sof ed nei nhouse plants, should now 
be sown in a 8 hea 
8 E 
PixRRIEs.— Where Pines are still grown on the pot 
system, shift such p require it into larger pots, 
using three-fourths peat for the you plants, a 
and b k the plants while in an active 
. Eq ion will be preve 
excessi cow, ex beat which will materially inj 
ts 
o 80°. A little air 4 the back shou 
5 
left on night and Bg K peper in — or wi 
weather, and for 
when the pits a 
itab as 
and by a steadfast ee Ge 
2 
a 
ade 
F 
ing, about one-half of 
e soil drawn up round their stem 
not over-mo 
State of the Weather near London, for the week 
ied every season, as it wear 
with new g 
amish = the bross tine the edgings of all the walks should 
ey may 
replanting o oh thoroughly repairing them. If thrift is 
sed 
it should be taken 
ist let them be watered with liquid manure. 
ending March 14, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
manure ; but give water of any kind after they begi Moon's BAROMETER. THERMOMETER. | 
ange colour. The manure water shoul ade | March. | age. || m || Wia || Rain. 
in a tank, and clarified by adding some lime ee a a al 5 5 
as the liquid bee it | Sat ator... S 23 27 38.5 E. “ou 
f ich | Sunday. 10 23 25 ol} Nw. |j i 
should be drawn off into a second tank, the top of which | Nan onl os late eS we 
is nearly o level with the the other | Tues... 12| 28 21 are | N. 700 
one. Fics, the er ig g air to Figs in pro- _ ə 3 | 3033 | NE 5 
gress be gradually increased, using the syringe in fine ——— — ap 
weather to keep 1 red spider down, but it is necess 3 eit seime! -ono 
40 avi a ins trument, as too much oi licht for ; ine; 8 fy intervals; clear; slight frost. 
oisture frequ suc © es the swelling fruit to turn r bes very fne; ere 
— I- ilear; very fine; clear; — frost. 
-black and fall off ; Rowers an equable moderate state —  12—Frosty; very fine; clear and frosty. 
oisture about the roots, as the sa cee T bee, e 
unfrequently results from extrem ught and Mean temperature of the week, 24 deg. below the average. 
Moisture. Stop the young growths at the fort or fifth 
eye, by breaking, not hay a the emt — as they do State of the Weather at Chiswick duri Jast 24 years, for the 
not, if broken 8 88 of the 2 ; 
Tok stabil: into the state of 2 Prevailing wird 
2 0 34 x o. of 'revailing Winds, 
‘the older stand too thickly to arc, pis Ste a8 rn e ORWE 
admit of the healthy development of the foliage, remove See | ESS | Fe | inea. | of Rain. |2 M il 42 Edie 
a few at a time of those shoots which s x IE 
likely to be fruitful, This will be carrying out the ff s7 | a | e| o | oari a a53 sla 
principle of summer pruning, or 4 timning, to its | Tua te) sis | ma pin 5 0.15 1804275 
fullest extent; and with no tree re requisite. Thurs. 1 s20 | soa | 4301 in | oa fatal Sai 52 
It is however important that k h don: CEE ae EEEE ie aad Bag 10 0.25 44 3) 1) 5) 6) 4 
otherwise cause much FTT 
Te The highest temperature du the ) 
Phost LOWER GARDEN AND SHR and (20th, 1-35—therm. 69 deg.; and the lowest on the Tech 2nd ott 182 
or rose colour, 
Clarkia p. rosea, Saponaria 
Virginian Stock. For yellow or 2 a 
e a more splendid be 
Summer and early autumn ; 
to make a late autumn display, the chor varieties of 
Marigo! cellently ada e purpose ; 
as their peculiar odour i 
the, 
are 
eauty will 
y 
zine,” — begs hey shilling 
about o 
uction to Botany.” The 
Á Notices to Correspon 
Booxs: Plod. Why not take S 
nts. 
8 Maga- 
rs? It tells you all 
by e-books used by by Br. Fey: in his lectures are, 
aM emen „* © Medical a 
Botany,” “ te Tay Pater va “Th cal an Geomomical 
— 3 5 
thee first fo ‘or 
—.— Aut gears the three last for those ria — the 
í x s: 8 „ t of your pots by 
— the use of lime- ut you will not = them 1 1 
abriea you pot the plants shifally closing the — e by a flat crock, 
few thin — poe — plenty o conn over it. Consult Pharo’s” 
— excellent directions a tting in this od a lath Ch 
1 t if it Eschs choltzia for Cats: T H. Take the a pri ital, or gins of i hee 
do not let their owners have them again till they have made 
compensation, Fe Bi ey refuse to do * send the traps, cats 
pted for the but and all, to the 
fe £ CHINA Gaass : J rw O. The 9 Jon have sent is of 
a very compact bed 
of yellow, the com Mimulus moschatus is well 
if the situation is aa ue beds, 
is, Lupi late blue Aoi 
. j E e ii nanus, the 
— or the beautiful b but — scarce Centa 
For dwarf scarlet beds, Verbenas, or Gin 
tthe 
rigin. 
2 8 
and qual: 
Grass CUTTERS: A H. RE Budding’s i is 
us a 
stones, and the weather is Mier: it an 
e in the hands 
1 that such 3 effect any 
. or PLANTS: S De 
5 — nadrobi ium macro 
btained from a kind 
DISEASES : H PG. Your Aerides leaf —.— — if = was n 
y If 
3 light . to consume the e water, 
Lass: John Keys. Apply to Hartley, Glass Works, Sun- 
d this, is eae | falsot that there is only one substance 
y of ro 
that most generally 
ed. If lawns are kept very c Seas A awene from 
we 
pe 
wer, if 
there is much work to ys Cert tainly a dae 3 
lawn quite so even, but it is more 8 We do 8 
saving whatever in 
EES um. -L. Or. 
Warrea candida. 
Cates piperita i 
to 
; Oncidium 
10, Bletia pulchella is 
„ the O.cerratum 11 50 Senn acandida 
Lindl. ; 11 
it requires 
recognise 
be studied w 15, Cra efi scen ? C. 
fuliginosa ; II, 2 te e * cons ( 0.78. 
bait finer 2 pia 
of 8 Warrea 
moss or damp vegetable miter, into the neighbour 
their — s. They will a “deco oyed to tiene hood i 
Chron., 
is 
3 8 
=e effectual 
but 
of pene of tao 
effects of 
8 
more wae 
pare off the : 
Grass, turn up 
the earth, FER = in a lot of ducks. You will thus kill two 
birds with o 1 —that is, kill the larve and then the 
ducks, whi len I n be fat enough. Otherwise employ 
children to 998 the f Ales in gauze bag nets as soon as they 
make their appearance. IV. 
Pears: Anon, The Shobden Court and March Bergamot Pears 
a to Mo rol They seem to 
bear the high winds in September better; but having only 
seen them fruited on d warts we have not fall ee 
this point. They are heir hardiness 
and long keeping. They are joe pincers. It is difficult to 
say whether the Eyewood or Norris’s Pear is the best; they 
are both excellent in their respective seasons ; if you cultivate 
both, he Eyewood will succeed the other, The Captif de St. 
d 
heline or re 
ut the ih Amate Park is the hardiest. 
touches. Read Moore on the Cucumber, 
PLUMBAGOES : Lover of Flower 2 P 1 5 is too lut- 
ie az 3 and you hav’ vat t it growi ng tee late te 
n as it has Made ‘its young w 
to oe tthe latter well 1 å by Sherard Sinne ville 
but not altogether, and by exposing it to sun an air. 
4 depends 2 on the wood being w auer 
J 0! sag Aa Tropaaim 
0 
scaber will answer e 
Rain: CB H. The following are * monthly hinia 1 
ae — 8 fell at belgie 5 
Jan inches A che- 
e Peary ae ave 202 September m ANR R 
B E | A E E 
111 „ a OE ae 
May eR ae Deceit ee ae = 
June „ 
July 2,82 Amount for whole year... 2 
You will finda tabular statement of the monthly sooth of 
a 
_ them 89 — p 3 7 — ne 
„ if it dnn re avoided, t— * 
in removing — top soil e and ‘replacing it by 
grees w with zioh 8 uce the roots to 
8 
nd lant them. i l 
Viorzrs: A and V. If double Violets become single, it 1 
babiy because the ground they are grown in is not in 11 
heart. They wil a not 5 where the soil Ts very poor. 
you wish to keep th tufts, and to have them se 
ust lift the: the ners in wel 
them with 
tageous | € consistently with fair 
unfair t present on this gen an’s part; like 
we wish him success, Po you think it respectable to act 
a dog in a manger ?—L L. The Winter Violet Grass 3 
c ria er à macaule, It may be 
idi 
of any great nurseryman, and all little ones can pro 
if they will juice the 2 oem J W. We cannot re 
ealers.t—V P T. Suc ar ost suitable piani 
— 
kinds of hardy Sedums, as S. iebo 
rupestre, and others; the common Houseleek, Semperviv 
ponte tend 1 noideu: — 3 „ ear 
— 3 esembryan : 
as Nemophila insig — —— Salen Clarkia 
8 Leptosiphon den Phlox 
—.— nae ti 8 so tower — you, The a dun arable 
used — ii e postage stamps is — A y 
wn sugar, with a little Tragacan der. f 
SEEDLING FLOWERS, 
one of the m many 
Crvenantas : M B. Petals blue, , fading to white in the oema 
shape and texture good, size middling; 9 — 
* 
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