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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{May 18, 
before the plants have completed their growth ; but oa 
the first indication of the heat failing, the bed should be 
resh materi ded. All growing 
tant attention in eee. training, an 
wths, especially of i 
| 
empe 
nig 5 bed anything — 
and whenever = weather ng so e 
internal tempera’ u this, “ins es ‘ides 
abundantly ; r even in such weather, a little fire will 
be necessa h re 
accomm — te s ithou 
being crowded, * a they * enjoy the full benefit 
of the sunlight a free circulation o 
flower IN VA, the  Calesolarias should be ped 
with small n 
9 — G DEPARTMEN 
at beng. A pep flowers as this. CARNATIONS AND 
Picorkks must be well e in — weather 3 in 
pots); the evening is the m t pro r time. 
buds, 1 
a| Pea 
Pe . of th 
ing to the strength of the Plant. 
and attend to the general ro 
sea FRUIT GARDEN. 
RICOTS ON WALIS.— Proceed with the 
ga eaving no more shoots than 
n be laid in without crowding. W 
pot me Jikely to o grow very si stron 
stop oon as they hav 
leaves, As fuian the laterals 
Plant pen Dahlias, 
Line form 
by evergreen boughs esis: ve * re- 
8 the plants be Wach supplied with 
moisture during their growth, nd especially those 
; to the latter it i should 
oist atmosphere by 
walls, and other evaporating surfaces, and b ing 
uce an ex ion of the ‘0 
leased, so that a free circulation of air and the ray vs of 
the sun may exercise 2 influence Aro 
tr 
remove any cobwebs, ot 
which may be ekg abont “the walls ; being at the 
a ent re e 
Geranrums : EC W. The leaves of seedlings are diy 
the first year . ‘they are in the — or thi rag ys larger 
GoLD gre F. See "e rad our 1s 3 — r ber. : 
HYBRIDS Tuch can . U. eo 
It is necessary in the hybridisation of plantst that both Ribes, 
be of the same natural There is no hope of getting a 
bright yellow Fuchsia, Read the late Dean of Manchester's 
treatise upon hybrids in the Journal of the Ho; 
Socie 
INSECTS : Este, * larva found in the heart of the branch 
the Summer Nonpareil is that of the wood leopard A eae 
Gardeners’ 222 1846, page 236, representing, 1, 
larva; 2, chrysalis; 3, male moth ; and 4, mass of eggs, Wy 
— Essayer. Your insect found on the Apricot is the catere 
pil lar th t 
—W B. The grubs which have attacked the roots of the Cow 
fruit, aud the spurs on whi 
stopped at the fourth or fifth leaf. This 
to Vines on the rafters of green 
ai sun-heat is proper] 
by closing early in the afternoon. Tie R4 
hey advance. 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
We foel it 
he Mushroo 
let the hay us 
_| salads of all Linde; also ear 
HEN GARD ah 
A cool moist 5 should be maintained in the 
m-house, and cleanliness eh n att tended to; 
used for covering the b 
it for 
wa 
© 
2 
O 
O 
85 
wn 
S 
2 
— 
a 
to yens destruct z of woodlice, by laying slices of Turnips 
tract them, in additi ion to which a few toads sh 80 
e a 
moderately thi 
ne plenty of 
gro ground fr 
quently with a fork, 
to keep down “Ma ake 
summer vegetables which are of short dus 
Beans, French Beans, tall 8 
their “progress and 
uration, as Peas, 
8 Spinach, &., and 
Cab bbag es, and a s small 
with the greatest possible eS in planting out his 
bedding 3 and to take oe of 
-e showery, or p3 wor 
extra speed b py borrowing “workmen from other 
Teer soon as the season is sufficiently 
advanced, the plants whieh are properly | egg may 
in their final situation as Annua 
which v n sown or pricked out =n or 
beds require lanting into their final situations, 
d biennials into e beds for planting out next 
spring. A sowi annuals should now be ‘or 
ia, 
rs which Friday. 
o the | Mo 
ge.. 
e May iila cloudy a 
supply. The ground for Spinach 
season should be rich and deep, or 
bitter and run to seed. i 
ely, that the young p may not suffer from the 
check, or from the r very dry weather. 
State of the Weatl London, for th k ending May 16, 1850, 
„ Chi: swick. 
Ofthe Earth. Wind. 
Rain. 
| Ofthe Air. 
Max 
3 | 37.3 
H- ez cloudy and 3 overe. 
n s, and * e- 
neo 
— La t sho ty cloudy sad ane: overcast. 
thumb and finger. Shrubs which have been recen — VaT cold winds Ave; clonay and fine. 
| ag should not be allowed to suffer for want off 13- Fines cloudy s, — night; temperature towards merning 
— 16—Fine; 2 shower in aft i 
a FLOW m sape te ature of the week, 4 deg. below the ovina. 
ings ey expan m marked, 
a) for trial ia succeeding season, or to be State of the W 0 last 24 years, for the 
altogether ; it ess, for in stance, to preserve those s . 
which have eicher ill-formed or stained cups. The 3 Prevailing Winds, 
atin 288. Sea) FS Fears in | Greatest 
generally acknowledged standard „„ there- May. | 5S8 | S62 dien i | Quantity | os) jl it 
fore those which have long or e | Rained. | of ee 
the (= nom is cons ite red of v very great | cays] as | a0 | ss] 10 05 Ap 5 a f E 
importance; no other excellencies counterbalance a Nen. 20 619 | 445 | 347 12 La lala 5 alal S 102 
defect b Many seedlings have en d 8 He [fel R jas faagasiaii 
5. 2 J | 
i occasionally “break out” when | Thurs. , 682 | 468 |575 z joan | 1/5/35 E i 
a perfectly = d s Satur. 35| 660 | 454 | 65.7 oss 161040704501 
s apparent, a e variety wi : FENT P 2 
of the best or will ee eee 
do very well 
ning; the best plan is to shelter the in- 
red for exhibition with a neat 
care must also be in the selection 
i th their name is legion ; attend 
of outline, subs petal, and clearness 
mar Turner's Mr. Beck is a fine 
Notices bed „ 
To our „ 
we canno 2 
ready to give „ intormation e 
but 1 nsent to the labour of writing lett 
Biros: HA. We do not know. 
Books: H. Dr. Lindley’s „School Botany.“ Fritz. We believe 
that Baxter's “ British Flowering Plants is extant. Enquire 
e 
ky Pte ose the answer below under the head of 
5 
had previously fed on the roots of the Grass you have latel 
broken up. You had better 8 the earth well roun 
each plant with gas-tar water; but a the larvæ are nearly 
gr ust 1 
X 
s 
. 
i e 
1 0 ps hich the insects 
e grul 's fou the win ks died; 
shall be oe obliged for another supply, They are 
to turn to a small Ti W.—. B, e insects 
which have attacked your neighbour's Cue cumber plants are the 
migation will 
common thrips. Len destroy them, as 
well as the fumes from braised N leaves, but the frames 
must be made air tight 
LETTUCES There . full . and well blanched 
Cos Dee T in Covent- gar ane an yet. The weather has 
een unf: avourable 5 their grow 
e Easter Pippin or French Crab. 
16 looks like a bit of gets 
h 2 5 —— not be named withou 
— 3 Yours 
semperflorens, but distinct. We cannot just now s half 
of its r { 
n 
— Y. A 
by Spheria F 5 
Patwrixe Tron URDLES : t is sai 
they are the better before the composition mentioned at page 
2964 s laid on. 
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y ži sides i 
paeen 
for distri 
y. 
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be“ e 3 task — having been q 
—— of opinion 
t attains a dis- 
s to e 5 of me — k i 
* form for seed. Undoubtedly the ‘flowering stem 
should be cut down as s00) own, or 2 
SasHEs : A Const. og beta a ~ 5 ran ery, 3 “ep ou 
t use anything better than nson’s e 
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Post-office order being sent to James aron, at the O 
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— J. Mr. eee e address is Apothecaries’- 
rf ee 5 a little leaf- 
VERBENAS : Amateur, 2 
mould or rot un sand, it light, will 
suit Verbenas perfectly. 
Misc.: Œ C. September is the best time for m oving large 
variegated Hollies. t— noA. Apply to Dr. Lankester, 2 
bo! — ton-street.—D Y. chids can be grown out 
rs, — cept the 8 hardy kinds. Eggs of silk- 
— may be obtained in Covent-g 8 market. f 
SEEDLING FLOWE j 
Arent GBs. 3 pip: * on e should like to see 
uss lapie hre offer any opinion of its m 
retty N w — like | that of C. erena — 
— as: 26 K. 1, white, faintly tipped wi es dar 7. 
tra. A large e clean-looking flower, but re in form 
uish purple, with a narrow rosy circle round the 
— small, and inclined to reflex.*—le 1. White ani 
broadly purp ish —— ; too small 
to many, sorts alread y in culti 
ErIrAYLLUM : T K. A pretty rosy y pink variety of E. truncatum 
Pansies: J F O. 1, white ground, top petals purple, ‘we 
ones margined with the s. p lour; eye large 
bold, showing itself in the side as well as in the same 
petal; smooth, but rather long. 2, a flower of the Sty 
class, and r marked; purple much darker “tban OPA 
substance n 3, yellow ground, ece, but 
gellow-ground p Aien in the way of Hooper's Masterpiece 
so good, —— 
8 7 W. Your seedling is deficient in m: 
— it ought to possess in order to be a good n dark 
flo Instead of being s 
