200 
THE 
GARDENERS" 
ill Stand almost as much heat as a Pine. Tney delight 
set. Under this treatm e in es con- 
ent, if t 
dition, they ‘or poy with yout ined er sa 8 
: Old Sub. 
CHRONICLE. 
[MARCE 30, 
the light, when it is nning to grow, choosing a well v 
Giad piace: give it plenty of —.— and keep it growing as 
ou can 
rst 
nuty for 
in a high humid atmosphere, if accompanied with little weak guan 
dee lass should always be put on as strong as yo ; a little guano water twice in 
t vel lation, CHERRI AND Apricots.— Where | se e as the swarm 33 of, a nd if this * ays be put June, course of the six weeks will do it good. When it — 
i ing maintain a night temperature of about | will, even in easons, be and se: pa = time made its wood place ad ange to rest. Then 
55°, Give abundance of air, and on fine ons (about the middle « of July) 8 —— a r n: ; but start it in the next — as before, and it will probably 
z 2 á ou e removed in the — 1 e ower. 
€ 0°, and syringe immediately with clean water. mi the pro Susie 12 unless the re in the hands of aves Keswick. We print some letters 2 this subject, and 
ese fruits require to be force ad and Jon to think that the bees h shall return wae as soon as 125 hare time. In the meanwhile 
high night temperature A 
he en 
The Hollyhoek is 
he flower. 
-ap taken to improve upon the 0 ld e common varieties. 
and if if the ground about the old — does not answer 
to this 9 t it be Dee by forking in some | 
well. 
e arrangement of the plants 
cannot be rectified — the season of — nor yet 
dop 
of distinguishing them when they are in + dormant 
i d be correctly seer Be hey come 
into flower, and “ps oranda ta of their height, 
„season, and o ebnen hak with the 
assistance “of this 1 may be systema- 
tically arranged when the e season for moving 
them arri 
FLORISTS’ FLOWER 
The prevalence of north-easterly ae accompanied 
with severe frost, bas been a serious drawback on vege- 
P 
* g oats he +0 but little 
arnai 
sooner they 8 in an pots in age the ey are to 
flower che better. We like th 
ly potting, and if 
have been well no a shelter will 
now be required. Auriculas and Polyanthuses in fram 
will now be startin is a most 3 . 
com 
cular ; when 
water is „given let the ball of aoil 1 Gorn n saturated. 
ansies may be aftend as in 
e previous Calendars, In 10 days we shall have some- 
State of the Weather near London, for the week en ding March 28, 1250, 
as observed at the Horteultural Garden, | cheek mh 
Moon’s THERMOMETER. $ 
Agt. 8 x. Min. Mean | sree | 
8 49 | 30 | 395 | W. 
9 427 | 335 N. 0l 
10 4222 |320| NW OL 
11 4214 28.0 N. 00 
12 4 19 | #05 || S.W. 901 
0 4 16 | 30.0 | E. 0 
H 49 16 | 32.5- W. 00 
445 | 208 | 325 | 0.03 
ch e el a gear; frosty. 
— eavy clouds; ic fi 
— 0 Some maby flakes; vane peste . fa frosty. 
e hite clouds with intervals; clear; 
Dain ton wat nieht, 8 
Ae and frosty ov ow showers in chee AA frosty. 
1 ht ey dey col wd hon or 8 a 
T! ear an 
Mean temperature of ti the week l0) ‘deg. below 
“State of the Weather at Ch Chiswick during the last 24 years, for the 
ensuing week, ending April 6, 1850, 
} Prevailing Winds. 
Greatest 
Quantity 
of Rain. 
| ap ene eens LN 
— = 
American Buicut: C H. Destroy it 
i Iti 
9 to] preserve thi till] utumn, — 
hould 1 7 bi or October prove Meld wet ＋ “anfavour- 
8 
able, you will b 
— or glass than by artificial food. On a which 
as pe ee sons — or early in July. "e py Ais per 
place a cap glass, and you will have it pet 41 
aie the. one ‘placed 5 the stock | ive, and i e for 
second one, 
iene ee G S V. The Vernal Snowflake, Leucoium 
um, of which the following is a representation, is a rare 
E 
from the stock hive. But to 2 — l in making 5 
it is advisable immedia ri ly eg rm is moved we = 
permanent place to put with i ppe up of s 
as directed in cise me feeding at 38 165; but this is ‘to L 
made of 2 Ibs. loaf sugar, dissolved in a pint 4 bonged, Ar 1 
cold to 
the stack, but —— as it gives more room 
ng. 
BLACK BARBAROSSA Grape: Sub. The bunches grow to a grea 
size. One exhibited at a late e 
middling we 
* anging ae e, pih aoe g 
plump a ood, even almost poe pr ‘the present tim 
OOKS : — 5 The bes t general introduction to entomology 
is Kirb ds f introduct ion,” 4 vols, 8vo; that on 
the families is Westwoo oie"! Introduction,” 2 vols that 
on the British genera, Curtis's ‘‘ Stith Entomology ;” that 
on the sp ns's Manual of British 
are New 
mar” — Westwood's “ Entomologist’ Text-book.” 
ere is n E book. „Paxton's Botanical 
s Cultivator” are the nearest to 
gof the Horticultural 
ll fiav 
ant. 
Diowa Poi Ar: RE. We hav d thi ffi 
ciently, bu ais it seems to be a very nice ase i instrument. AS 
soon as we hav e given it a proper trial, we shail report 
further tyes te 
* fa Constant Reader. Do you think that these are 
5 ae you treat ere m in the manner that you 
es e t you have not killed them out 
right. Your temperature is 20° too high, 
—— Cambro » Bri itannicus „ Never stake the young droop- 
shoot; 
ug 
If there is a double —— mee pinch the end off the worst, 
so as to all * the other to go a- head, and do no more to the 
te Mind t cork-serewed when 
the young a 
Drains: WR 
m eke that pa near your drains, 
much alike that they cannot be ea nga, 
plants will choke dra — — Carr Ary 
Mang ul plied ge 
sover your enemy, but at this distance it 15 3 —— 
not you trace th em back? Wha t i 8 grow rankes s 
the drains ? ld b ere — fea 
or Thistles, or r Docks, „or coarse rank Grass 7 “Ta other words, 
n bond land clean? „because we hav 
etimes thought that Irishmen really m must aie ane 
pies a field 
GESNERA ZEBRINA: I 0 B. Place oa in a dormant state in 
gentle heat ; ars to p cig 
lately. on a cool shelf near the 5 bso let it remain d 
until it shows signs of growt Then en ourage * rey grow. 
by giving it oe heat, and watering | it ahead it requires it. i 
Heatina: P P. One of Rogers’s conical boilers will hoat 6 
hothouse and Melon m standing near each W but i 
geoi . ctions, provided the house and pit are not ees 
are put out, 
The roots are not from any aquatic plant, but 
Roots are so 
omer of all 
That 
mention their size. 
nee PD D. The beetle which bas scooped out the pith of 
the shoots of the two-year-old Scotch Firs is the Hylurgus 
— = 
WW 
fferent ies from the s ingl 
specimens sent before, It s identical with es w 
have received New Holland, and we think it is a femal 
and nota male. W.—J S H. W to see the 
two species of cockroach fi Orchid 
house. We have no t that th i 
with the same habits, an 
), which we shall er illus- 
entomological articles, IV. 
tal 
thrive near Londoh where rvir 
cco do well „ 
AMES oF PLants: HD, 8 don't 
know.— J N. Erythronium Den 
Violet.—S B. Cornus Mas — Zouch. Campanula pect peur 
is. Erica versicolor, Dend m excisum.— Cymro. 
do-coccins N. Is t a starved — of Cochlearia 
„and 
landica, which it a go eal resembles.— Anon. A — 
lobus, and my ote 8. 3 a ` 
ta, 
us it, or a sketch of it for 
? Itisa 
mon the East, ——— the larger 
species fi w becoming muc ore common 
than forme Sub. “The brown cases like - ang cigar 
formed on Whitethorn hedges are the cocoon e large | 
8 2 perfectly hardy, eens. of wet in winter, 
will see that it is totally Cm rent from a Snowdrop, and 
the Snowdrop ree 1 sepals and three 
— — petals; the Snowflake bin sepals a petals of the 
a collected i into a bell, 
"Wea 4 B. 
4 
8 
— ‘ lucky—as you will see by 
examining — — — register. We have ear London 
a temperature of 14°, and 4 inches of snow 155 some ee 
TIMBER: J W H. The timber o es i 
finest of all kinds of deal. 
We have no ore us a plank 
an inch 3 almost as hard as Yew, whi chon stood ina 
warm d m for 24 years hont warping o splitting, or 
eing i ay affected. 1 statement mat Jc have 
received is ithe setae of the fact in all the distric ier 
ver. 
= = Columbia 
Wau . On = account use coal tar upon your walls, at 
a fine tree — 2 Pre: sm, 
—.— pe ail it should — 
13 at ram sea 
th 
bud in the — same 
the 
Walks: A Man in daily practice may be a “ practical” person, 
but he is not a very intelligent 5 — oe other men, 
he persuades himself that what tried cannot 
when he is — 8 it docs answer, 
satisfied 
wit civility belonging to his breed, i 
giving the statement a flat c di A 
WEEPING ASH: on. It will not injure a Weeping Ash, 
We would rather be the Ash than the 
WINTER Satap: P Q. We shall ae lose sight of of this que 
and we confidently look for much information from our cor- 
i e, is Lamb’s Lettuce; Mache d Talis is 
respondents. Mach ; b > 
we believe, 2 rs 2 — Sp 4 2 
Asparagus, too sien used at table, exce 
to pieces. The two best public collections of Orchids are at 
the Horticultural S Garden, and at kes. S 
with any p iety give you an answer to the s inquiry 
respecting pri ections. That mode of og 7 
smera 8 with so ; i 
the 9 'opinions en 
Misc: 2 Sub. Orange 
— : — 
peat, leaf monid, and sandy loam. 
A visit to 
rp hg a 
Will give 
be aoe 
0 common evergreen of E 
an evergreen tree too tender for any 8 north 
except some places on the western coast. 
5 
applied with a common * h. 
AZALEAS: —— — i J W want ei in the 
season, by placing them in hea! n they begin i 
signs of growth, Kee i pa heat — their 
young shoots have attained their full size; then 
off, by gradu dee 5 2 temperature, and finally | 
place them out doors, in order that their wood may be 
2 in — and their flower. Buds 
. J A'ntoe a 
SEEDLING FLO DLING FLOW ERS. 
It is just the e place Por 7 
nservatory 
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