296 THE 
will find it answer their purpose to do so, as the high 
GARDENERS’, 
era is consistent with its proper execution ; many 
CHRONICLE, 
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parent branch. The flower-buds may be 
wish it; but it is seldom iey are adaa 
late 
state of perfection to which the e Azile attains in that |s d plants * be etter if ears remain a The # und shi so. ple entifally aa as 
soil is ample recompence. ^ In potting large specimens itle baer de — d established | ; moved after the plants —— F 
of any Kind of plants, and aie aoe those in whose ey are planted — 5 they wal b ea 7 time CUCUMBERS: J Jones. 3 sible to answer’ your inquiry; 
coiipost peat predomi ke |a of tin tubes of 1 — they start into pera: mann hidiga pir 12 . en across tho Wwitdows at the dis. 
About an inch in r, to pierce the old Where the e young plan ve a hee B a out i ato tance of a. quarter nch. Flies will not pass tem 
balls in d 7 fa up the holes so mana 8 5 mes of soil, ee pom be at to 1185 yng readily. As to kiling them you must employ fly pen, 
with’ or wa 3 th a sufficient ball of earth and ro is, anda s any drugg 
a passage forthe water tite ul parts of the ball. H veying them to thelr destination, — planting Gres os Ba 3 N 4 —— — -= = 
wood — have been recently potted, shoul qui ry and wih 7 ine i injury as possible. plants and their kind. With hot water — will require no 
— rather new roots are in progress; RIS TS“ FLOWERS. tanner's ge nor do on the 2 25 under the soil. A flow 
— they will be promi benefited | Tutres.—In the n orthern eee ** awning ves and: zene as ipa Sees, . e rag 4 a p Pi 5 heat. 
E gentle syrin During this season, when the | better ‘be kept off some time lon 89 before the pit is built, — Aa water with lüke- warm 
part of the are in atipa $ grow th, and | amateur must be the b ge in . iges Pd “wate: 
ore warm ture, those which are in | plaints reach us that Tulips generally are weak, many | Hemto F 12 “ American * . 
flower should be kept by themselves, where their also are not n r frox injury sustained Boruce Fir, sold in pore eel to the Ps . coments 
n by i a i on. Seedling Tulips, in their various grades, should] the word iternlly means * bread-root :” theplant phas worthless 
of air, and a drier atmosph As the cooler pits and | have the best care, for it is possible, as in the case of Insects: JS. The black pinis an * 
frames set e ade very use Ranuneulnses, by increasing the th, to have th daddy. Jong-legs’ (Tipula oler ea), a the > shining ang is thet ar od 
* fhm ae à of one of the clik, 3 e 3 allied to the 
during the summer by filling them with suitable com- bulbs bloom a yea w ord — i wireworm, ee * 
posts, and ing out young greenhouse plants into we recollect right) as Mr. Sweet, who by foreiug specting the yed y — as proved 
them, there théir summer’s growth. Treated | seedling Hyacinths early, y keeping them in con sorrect, and Gist yoa aber e — many o 
1 i i i i them m by bon — them 2 light. The insects now sent 
in this manner they make much greater progress during ned for the bulbs in one year the 2 iipedes rie g Salus s pulchellas) You ‘ground 
8 en grown in ail are with less = Lig! N st 5 in two under ordinary treat-“ must be very 3 — sink pottles of moss 
difficulty induced to form handsome pl oung ; if su tem of cultivation could be made = wire or open — — a your beds, which will 
Azaleas, Camellias, &c., y this treatment be in- en with * Tap, itm woul be a boon of no ordi- —— — * ap p fer reals arg the . — ＋ . = ee 
duced to make double the growth; and thus acqui | character these flowers. CAR- weevil, most probally Otior sulcatus, the eggs of 
vigour which will intai ears, and which is RN AND ay acca surface soil in the oh ee which ‘have been deposited inh Xhe — close to the plants, 
not so easily obtained comes Sr er course of nate: kes, i zen be stir z sometimes ha rhi er er nny Prager: Fok 
ment, The points requiring attention are, to the tting with un red soil, that it shrinks views deo of those already af peed ates . 
secure a to give lan — from the side of the pot, leaving a space which a We cannot undertake to name florists’. flowers. W.—Sub of . 
space, and to elevate the il as — ide — air, Ke. ; vi 3 all blunt ‘shell par 3 The insec —— is — = beetle aes ng e 
the glass as possible, allowing only sufficient height for | the so "r y» 3 it round the interior ps — aes Gen wel. Was 
the plants themselves, and summer’s gro Danrtas.— Harden preparatory be DN as W. The facts d detailed in 5 eee; A 8 
The extent to which this plan is adopted should be 255 the small black flies (Cecidomyia sp.), are new to science, 
ed b ili at command, for p g) uld now be 3 mee for Ve egetable Marrows and as soon as we -  obrain fresh spe 1 j 
after they are taken up in the autumn, and potted, | and alee Cueumbers, by taking out a trench in one of tothe publie * T e ce med mace EDAR — 
as the) required for other pur; . | the quarters, 4 feet wide — 15 inches deep; throwing | diately, to watch their transformations? We have forwarded 
RCING DEPARTMENT, the soil to the mac sides, to igher. The prosp of the intended publication, ‘Insecta Britan- 
intain a steady bottom heat of from trench should be filled to the top with rotten dung, ica,” to your private 8. * ~ ris are 
80° to 85°, and attend to the wa ering with the strictest | from the the earliest Vine borders, or from 5 pe 8 n > and eggs 17 
regularity. Success in the cultivation of the Pine any 7 convenient source ; this should be trodden Chermes Laricis. Now, therefore, is the best time to wash ` 
pends their bei ana as subjecting solid, and e d bees th = 4or5 cate with = trees A ssa hot water, if not considered too imp: 4 
them to considerable excitement at one time, or sudden of the soil in forming the This opera — . ae 
chee er ; the consequence of these would be | should be done e got ge bed may nay tae Bos | Amma oF | = Brimia 23 other i8 Aa ip 3 5 
to throw them into fruit p 8 at "e Pi a to settle, before the plan ut out, -e Jons W P. Lycopodit um clay: Rubus arcticus does 
both of size and q . CHERRI t | Mushroom beds be examined, = removing the very well in a northe a Are Ameri — sor! ioa it is not ot ora ; 
is ripening, give dance of air, ery Meena a — x 0 out of bearing. If the “dung ae ee! by bus — — Seen near mi Dae 
tmosphere ; le tre which the fruit is appears decayed o austed, bed shou and a Maxillaria near M. a; a: 5 — ie 
swelling have plenty of water, and to keep the foliage mediately niaii y ; but if, as often . — 2 ifficult genus cannot be certainly dete: 2 
d fruit free from insects, syrin i i F f an and s,—J B. Fuchsia arborescens and parae sand t 
„ Syring beds ound in er, solid, and teeming with + ret thing; Oncidium guttatum.— 
eather. STRAWBERRIES should now be abundantly , they should be watered moderately with tepid @ HE, Corsa en n Ae - Dodon jan 8 t 
supplied with water, change colour before water, if the uire it, and covered in two] I. Some — e 2 ‘Fal or Orobanche 
ey have attained their fi e. Keep up | afterwards with “ or 3 inches of fresh N F * elatior, 7 M. The v are vavioHeg s of £ Oncidium luridum ; , 
the heat in the beds by adding ope * as they re. hot weather, use should be kept ool as are 8 thin ON redo ¢ taa O Gas the z 
quire it, If plants on which near ripening possible, and a moist atmosphere obtained byf Frequently — — 2— 
require water, give it in the morning, that the vapour excessive | nista racemosa. Let the frui set 3 pa sto rie 
arising from th y off during the day. Keep | evaporation should be allowed to esca] pe by * sheen sires no intema 8 it 18 ine ee ag 
the shoots thin wing not m n th sanotus, a use plant rin 
d g ‘ top ventilator. Let all the horse-droppin gs produced | a Gladiolus, “Probably sour Rhapis i 15 badl if not, 
three or four fruit to swell on each plant. As it is not be carefully collected and stored up to renovate| the os cold for it.— adden The novelty is / 
an T. i 
largo, those which are intended for this purpose may be e Peas . eee enema ae 
left thick the ts than those which are grown * 3 5 RCHIDS : o doubt your house is m ay DoT, 
2 table, as in the atier saen size is almost as — 5 an Kang May 9150 Pa —— acid in wa 8 ve — —— mass Beo a Tanor 1 in another 
obj : ll 2 column; we ults ree with the 
rag i Sariati Raden 1 a 3 and healthy at state gS BAROMETER. | —— 3 Patwriwa 8 agree ndyne. In Colouring the mortar of.a 
hv. in| Mav |e — Ofthe Air. [Ofthe Earth wind wall of blue limestoné, if wanted of a dark colour, use 
A 9 a P. als -| 2 e ment water; if of a . a colour, W A 
which Potatoes have been forced d a $ Max. | Min. Max. Min. Mean * 2 feet 9 — 9 mixed in Saale ay uantities at a time, 80 
pared n Let the soil be good, 18 or — at er bassin on fare = — | — may b all used in about th f an hour, or before it | 
inches deep; and if the frame l furnisl with ay 302 sgis —.— 2 a 57 75 2 S. W. .09 and two. 
hot-water pipes, a bottom heat of 80°, should be sup- Sanday’. 3/3 shi % 0 | 33 | 490 B s FF — a brush, and : 
means linings 2 29.497 | 29.44 ; arii Bs thinh sible 
bet ay bed. Wed. ri 15 2 55 29.309 ŝi 39 115 i 23 NE. 45 rale Æ RD. Remove the sashes as soon as the risk of frost 
OWER GARDEN AND SHRUB F — ee iting ony ee eee 
It having been determin ai what Seah tele border — 29.778 29.618 54.1 37.7 | 45.9 3 774 5 137 IDA LEAVES: NS. They are affected by the ‘ spot, 
is to be filled with, the b 
usiness now to be attended to 
wou 
= *"5—Clondy ; 
= $- . a saa 
— Cold 3 Overcast; at night. 
— S—Wet and cold t 23 — . 
— „ 5 slight frost. p 
Mean perature of the week, 4h Ler- Bier, the average. a: 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 24 years, for 
ensuing week, ending May 18, 185 the 
ge 
est 
Temp. 
© of 
ao & 8 8 yee 
2 8 5 E whieh it 
a Rained. 
€ B 
& 
Avera 
N.E. are 
Quantity = 
2 
High 
ground may be oe very rough, to prevent evaporation, 
until the plants sufficiently established to admit of 
10 0 in. 
10 ý 
3 
ren 
8 
9 
9 
aes 
A 
2 
5 
4 
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28 
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99 
0. 
0. 
0. 
0. 
0.3 
me he te EC] 
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2 
eo 
2 
15 7 
1 PREREEE 
The highest ter temperature during the above period occurred 
1833—therm. 85 and 
1888. Pa 
= rrespondents, ; 
ADJUSTMENT OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS : JF 
AS. week, 
wi er sorts. 
BEEHIVES : L L. We never recommend — 
8 880 
the are all 
5 FUMIGATOR : Fylde. 
have before said, t that this ad av êful, effective 
on gral 
E — Py “tory tia out Po — 
Cacti now, e as — e, on 
which there there is the rn. cut close to the 
Jour 
tobacco will not 
d $ 
ogous Pors: F. We — reopen our pages to this question 
—it has been settled. You are quite wrong; as slate „x : 
and pots sufficiently prove. If —5— want arguments ; 
— — ou will find plenty of both in some of our 
previ 
koms Tuza: 7 ZE M. ee have no experience in their use 
probably they would be useful. for Vines, fat t slates will 
„„ 8 
Rockwosk : O CJ. Linaria Cymbalaria, Ivy J 
„white Jasmine, 
Th „ Savin Pel — — Petunias, 
Team Ayrshire Ro — all's . Enquire 
at any n recommend N 
Snows: 28 not “think, the — is disqualified, BO 
vided the exhibitor t himse . he grew 
immaterial, ad tired 
would be the same case Gh his friend having lent him a roh 
in his gree: se ate ome! "EE 
and property’of the exhibitor. 
SEAKALE: JE M. If Seakale be not cut before it is 
vanced for use, the plants should not be cut down, fo mor they 
will be stronger for the next season by allowing th 
main unent. such 
Trees: J V T. The theory you u refer to does not lead to i 
a conclusion as you draw, vat 3 me tig leaf ti, 
empty th — any ot . it 
slowly * h of are 
most r 
Et eek aont — ni ron the approaci 
taper e raid be felled from opening of the buds. Ther 
The bark of Larch trees felled in winter will néverthe™™ 
“ran” in f i fause the act of felling a tree does £ 
a vital 
Wooptice: B eep a toad or two in your M 
cumber pits. The woodlice will then of Ro- 
Misc.: JS H. You hat L best allow your Acacia for 
binia to grow as it likes. Do not wa nE 
watering plants in boomers by Ly sag a tq t” Cab- 
into it, you want lime-water, = ng: 8 seed 
bage plan checks their 
in spring. ? 
3 FLOWERS. 
ALCEOLARIAS: Anon. Y 
ces in c 
ar lucifer box and Calceolarias wer? 
oe 
