232 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CH RONLCES 
[APRIL 13, 
means of ample ventilation to allow ne 
ck by | 
der eep green 
e ordinary syringing of the Shouse p Lb | 
race require abundan: 
free exposure 
dull weather, 
super. 
e ag eye! AND SHRUBBERIES. 
or from either frosts or serge It is an old adage that 
3 is better than eure, and re few things does 
it mo: apply r to the destruetio on of wasps. 
At this shee every existing wasp is about forming a 
nest, of which she will become the parent ; and if 
parents are des d, before they have had time to 
rear the first of their young ones, as a matter urse 
= lst of June. The Raines must o u 
mited ; but as a large uit tae is a great attrac- 
agen mile circuit will not be too much in a 
general way. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending — 11, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chisw 2 
A TEMPERATURE. a 
2 Ban OuRTX X. E 
April. z „ Ofthe Air. Ofth Barth Wind a 
= 
é 1 1 foot 2 feet 
z Max. Min. me Min. Mean deep. | deep. 
day.. 5 2 29.861 | 29.627 | 59 | 30 | 44.5 | 46g | 45 | W. 00 
Satur... 62 29.719 687 | 58 45 51.546 454 S. W. 42 
Sunday . 7 24 29.701 29.599 66 | 41 | 53.5 | 47 454 S. W. .00 
— 805 29.415 | 29.346 60 41 | 50.5 | 48 46) S —2 
9026 29.115 | 29.315 | 60 37 | 48.5 |48 47 S. W. 01 
Wed. 11 — 29.432 9.362 | 60 34 | 47.0 | 479 | 47 S. E. .06 
Thurs... 29.369 449 60 34 47.0 | 483 | 47 S. 05 
Averaxe....| | 29569 L 29.183 | 60.4 | 37.4 | 48.9 | 47.3 | 46.2 0.16 
April 5—Cloudy and rather boisterous; cloudy and 3 clear. 
6—Overcast; vo fne and fire; overcast at nig 
— 2 Overcast; cloudy and fine throughout. 
— —Foggy; overcast; cloudy with slight showers. 
— . Fine; cloudy; — 
—  10—Fine; very fine; clear at night. 
— 11 Eain; showers, with ranny intervals; overcast. 
of the k 3 deg. abov e the average, 
State of the e Weather at eee during the last 24 years, for the 
suing week, ending April 20, 1850. 
It is a good plan w Convolvulus major, Tropzeo g2- 282 | ga | No.of Prevailing Winds. 
5 . 228 3 | Years in | Greatest 
canariense, a 8. other half. hardy climbing Arn. P | 522) 88 which it Quantity er 
in a frame, in such a man ih ey be AE | 286 |75 | kained, | of Bain. setae 
easily removed to their permanent situations at the — | — 5 
' 4 | 378 | 47.6 9 o31in. | 2 5|\—| 2| 2| 5 
season. The ethod is to lay some turves tonnage bi 5 485 n 95 *. EUER i 
4 s, å 56.4 36.7 l e 5| 2 3] 2 
into a frame, with the grassy side downwards. e Wed. ff ges 36.4 11 932 65 f 2472 
2 m 5 quite flat, a Poe should be d | Thurs, % 56.3 | 375 | 472 7 049 | 3} 5} 3} 1/3) 2) 5/8 
mooth surface, 2 to 4 nches apart, 1 then — . eho at 0.45 185 ER 
psi with a little light soil, What eady for moving The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the 17th 
to the bo: ý cut e turve edging-iron into 1844—therm. 71 deg.; and the lowest on the 16th, 1817—therm. 20 deg. 
small squares, containing one, two, or more . 
each. In way they va experience little o Notices to Correspondents 
check, and will into w soil with much greater InsEcts: Onoma, die. 1, Philonthus aterrimus ; 2, Aphodius 
m if they had hen Confmed: x Jun sphacelatus ; 3, Philonthus æratus; 4 (7), but without a 
y e n pots. number, Quedrus picicornis ? (No No. 5); 6, Xantholinus 
fio in t glabratus, ear . (Gyroh Spry); Cc 
flower as early as possible. im: 
and others of the Polyanthus family have done bloom- 
ing, they s be removed from beds, of which 
they have anA een the orna 4 5 kom the ground 
may be prepared for the summer bea The plants 
which are ‘ert a e be beer fer planted in 
some nice reserv en, watered, 
and shaded wid . 
shang tei Gi 
who do hey stock of t useful 25 — cannot 
commence at a better time. Seeds should be sown in 
the reserve garden of Hollyhocks, Di anthus, and other 
also of Ea hea ey of those 
hinds which flower the me of the * 
1 8 sown at once in suitable sitaat tions, where 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Cardoon should now be sown in 3- ý 
two seeds in plunged near the glass in a cl 
l frame ; the advantage of this method of, raising 
„over sowin e in t ir, is i 
inasmue plants ca anged according to 
their sizes, and at the same time all blanks 
a ld method involved considerable diffi- 
earthing up, as.it frequently h 
very 8 * ser yi the side of a very one, 
the former, the latter was 
— buried "hone should be sown in drills 
about 12 i apart, into which a few seeds shoul 
at intervals of 6 inches. Th in view is 
to remove all exce 
pre wag the spring crop of Broccoli still 
used, the later heads should be selected and laid in 
ans the 
last of th arliest 
Cauliflowers, the latter should be — pa — 
applications of liquid manure 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
em the superfluous sh pricots, 
aining ones should be carefully e er in 
search of the green caterpillar, which y es 
the young leaves, but, after eating holes in the young 
„gum and grow deformed, or to 
fall off before it is The ethod of 
destroying t the leaves 
yro r A e say 
eti; mmonest of t mmon, 
last, 8 with the 0 of our publi ication, to 
which i te ture be pl wre to restriet the species sent for FA 
omo 
ermi . W.—G 4. Mien stwood’s ‘‘ Entomolo; gisto. Tex 
Book“ will suit you. It is almost cn to determine 4 
are, by its chrysalis, except in marked cas The young 
cockroach whi acks O ds resembles t erfect insect 
of the common — socio = 2 that it is small wings, 
It is not necessary to dip insects 
and is wider i in proportion. 
spirits before pace them in the cabinet. W.—Northw 
eh er 8 — 855 se — — ba — pose the insects found 
n your Melon fra 
FFF Eg 88888 
and which have Bad 
The arth e ould. b 
eding answer to 6 Wo eo hate We 
cannot supply answers to conundrums in the Famil. 
raid.” W.—W D 
the diseased R 
S. The small * in the crevices of 
species of bark mite 
ose b 
(see Gard, Chron, 1843, p. 356). Fig. 1 is part of a br 
ng the — clustered ae — ae ea 
e of them ved; raphe We neg not 
think n bey w re the A ry ry t the 
certain ageravate it. Wash the part with sti 80 
suds and lime. W,—T F. The grubs which have rong soap: 
Whe: 4 are the larve of a es of Tipula or 
ees, S, most probably T. PE. maculosa (see Gard Chron, 
| page 317); 1 is the grub; 2, its tail, magnified ; 3, its 
wh 
4, the perfect fly. Your field ae 
a lot 7 ducks driven 
ppose them t d 
wall, and enclose each i ina close bag, within whi 
smoke should introduced. If properly done, this will 
destroy the youn _ . 1, Anisopteryx 
leucophearia ; 2, 
4, Cidaria ferrugata ; 5, Lozogram a pet ; 6, M 
Em melesia albulata e 8, Diur a Fagi. 
TF. 
prunalis ; uF All 
very common. —E 6 crushed to 
pieces. Specimens for ide 5 and especially living 
ones, should be pao ked so as not to be injured in thet transit, 
e know no other way of preventing the attacks of this insect 
—— ve killing the grubs, and corre! the . as soon 
r which 
5 % t 
+ 
e kept. W. 
AMERICAN ALOE: Flos. Clean off the tar N take it 
out of its soil, — cut away all dead roots. Then repot it 
rich loos: il, 
you want them 
of Sowerby’s “‘ En glish Bo 
Pine-apple.” Bit glass wi 
MAanuRE: Sub. The — 5 to na Wi 
as leaves, the Gras n from a lawn, &¢., so as 
e rand me fit for manure, is the am- 
moniacal liquor 2 the gas works, if _ can procure it. 
: Constant Sub. It is a Jew’s-ear Fu 
ma australis. 
In baiting 
Ad entulus. This, in its manufa Jewe 
state, is unfit for ealtivators to use meet hing exhausted 
i and allowed _ deca ay, it cea „ tanners’ 
all other decaying F vegetable sub- 
2 orti EA 7 75 degree 
of 9 E is t o ashes; 
the Dost. wee 15 v har 1. het 
cayed, it shouid be 2 ml pu 
ten peti and also eart 
otber common material, aa lime, It then be comes one 0 : 
f 3 5 
E TREE Rose : WD reque 
anden rs the price of chis pata is now 5 ced from 48. 6d. to 
8s, 6d., post free; it can be forw: mre 25 any Mas ess by a 
Post-office gee being sent to James Matthews, at the Office 
of — Pa T 1 ia 
Wir awai “TREES: F C. In erecting a new gar wall, 
studs for wires should be built 
i gn ards with h much less 
t — 
wires are 
Mr. Fleming, whic simpl g on ea 
ral nails or studs, 5 or 6 2 1 over the entire sur- 
of the walls, and to these the trees are secure by bast. 
i this meth 
FETA [ee E>] 4. J. F 8 2 
8 2 
= only 13d. per 1 d they are di — a 
— 
r further particulars, together with 1 — — 
of each we b 
* t 
essrs. Youeli, Great Yarmouth, A west aspec 
i Soot may be used with advan- 
ie hen- — — so may r guaio ; but th 00 
not akin se to dispense with farm- ome manure.—4 
It . — 8 = Har 5 to ee it in after flow onae 
For to your question we must refer you 
adveriieg 
hak gt FLOWERS. 
erevieta n 
2 
n 
- 
— 
85 
80 | colou and 
All your Cinerarias are very s good in texture 
tandard in size, bright 
Erirur EUM GRANDIFLORUM: R w. Colour 
moo he . marbled; size good for its class of by 
18 
Pavers TOGA ‘eae bold flower, striking in co “ts te 
having — — eye, but coarse, and the eye —— in 
thi otten, Two of the blooms out of the three ha 
18 
ERRATA : Gunde Watxs,.—In the last Number, rigs 
40th line from the beginning of the article, DE 
read “garden ;” and at the dth, line from che 
same column, for corner read “ former.” 
‘charred or ‘a erely de- G 
= n sub- 
