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344 HR GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [June 1, 
population of and to such an extent ö well filled from e on ——— 24 yours, Sor the 
is this carried, S all The young plants in the beds will be con ensuing week, ending June 8, 
upon them even to send their children to any school frequented eiderabi benefited by stirring the soil between them 3. es. ot 
their los neighbours. In the summer the men spread ably ante 8 en a, 18 ie 34 | years ia . 
es over the country, ca other wares when it has been caked over by rain. This] Jue. | f SEE [SS | which ic | Quantity 
eee they — pap nme operation will, at the same time, destroy weeds, and <5 | <3 
expected among such a nomad. on, crime abounds, and | will ee it will with | sunday | m00 | aa | ss7] 8 | osin. 
in its most awful forms. Not only are the lawlessness, the dis- | merely hoeing and — “8 pal ee haere os 
kenness of ee — — HARDY FRUIT DEN. W. 5 70.8 46.9 58 8 1. 0.64 
Sundays especially) scenes of the m beds GAR h 6| 633 47.3 | 581 1 0.28 
licentiousness may — witnessed 120 K daplight; while The Strawberry t now r Friday 7] es | 476 | 581 0.53 | 
thoni baig „murder, and even fi ide, a e vered with aoea 2 2 the — — . r S — = Patt i 
too en st few years in e fruit free from dirt in wet weather daring ve period ¢ on the 7th 
3 of the philanthropist to this unhappy * me e r ebnete in a dry or 1846—therm. 90 deg.; and the lowest on 3d. 1837, and Sth, 1838—therm. 35 deg. 
spot. It has, however, been found impossible ach the „N. 3 pora i Notices to ... 
evil by means of any ery, lying, as the district g summer. The old-fashioned 3 was to 5 o 3 espon 
does, at the extremity of three large soa popou parishes. lay clean straight w between the rows, 8 KFR. "Atte ig the T ae end amerin . 
ee ae ee ee and | this it derived its name ; but the — of] ia th h d repot them if they require it. Wuen 
waderpald.” is plan has long since condem it. The material they have 3 In ban amari iiie» may — 1 out — qm 
NN eee e most generally used, and which answers purpose „<07 a tew weeks in autumn, if the weather is favourable 
Calendar of Operations. very well, is the short Grass t from the lawns ; but, eA Hors’: Z. It is immaterial whether it faces south 
(For the ensuing week.) in preference to it, we would recommend a row of plain, GREEN-FLY o Roses: JM. Envelope the bush 
PLANT weep meh k-coloured roofing tiles, to be ai on ** side o is tobacco: (parasol and oo and fill the itara with 
In is at all times, and with every one, an important | plants. ‘These may be procured at a tring cost from | Paaren moke om on of Bross lage sized furnigators; 
ject'to preserve plants in flower as long as possible. | the manufactories, as 28 which — ee dipai. our — towns. 
o this end, 8 soon as their blossoms are — ex- In wasters are good enough for this Their | Guano War 7 O O. No fixed rule of application can be given; 
panded, they should be eee to a cooler atmosphere | colour gives to them a aluable property of absorbing 12 that wou! 3 „ aE, port, of or piang, Pps R 
than 1 in . they have been pee and carefully | heat, which facilitates the swelling and ripening of the strong doses at long intervals. 
shaded f g y Pract counteract fruit; and, if they are laid with the slightly-hollowed | Insecrs : Hort. Your grubs found in a Pelar rgonium pot are the 
drying ees strong currents of Ta, which are un- | side downw: they will keep the fruit clean and dry. wes of those E Sanas —— flies s mes: wings 
avoidable in hot weather, the air of the house should be | Before anything is put on to the 8 A should be ene We bel C to be quite 
kept moist by frequently — the floor and walls, | loosened with a fork between the rows; and, if dry, it] harmless. W. — W L. The smaller brown beetles feedin 
or both plants and flowers will flag, in spite of the should be well watered with liquid manure, "which, with | upon the bark and wood buds of the Apple are a weevil 
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thin Basag before e openings, and occasionally 7 ing th season. At t the e same “time, a good dres * The former should 1 7 wrt beating ar bratiches 
syringing it ; this breaks and e. the current of air as of dry 8 under the leaves and amongst the stems of} over a sheet laid on the ound 3 beetles 
it passes it, , how- | the plants, will assist their growth, and destro oy vermin. pe moe eee aa arten Ne irae better 
ever, a directly opposite mode “ol proceeding m must be Dis ih diddi A e TCHEN gous tae eae í ie kai mode of quaking 5 ravages * by laiar. a cloth under 
1 ue u o employ hea the trees and shaking them well at midnight, when th 
fully avoided 5 and the plants should stand sufficiently | and hands to prevent — —.— birds and insects, which * "o Tapta 2 the e ond be destroyed, 
of air — © insect sent is e domestic 1 saccha- 
far to secure a full and free free circula niat - rr etivelx at work robbin ng you of 8 ee rina feand in cupboards and ag it a rn no 
amongst Let no blossoms remain after ‘they plants, and unless timely checked hie 0 transformations, and — no harm. W.—L R T. The insects 
fade, nor ever a. the energies of a plant to be ex-| wilderness stead of a n garden Old a sra sent are a speco of hair worm ‘Gordins), the nataral his 
hausted in produeing seed 1 it is positively re- | of Carrots oe Peas arsnips may be Hned to a very good of which is e nveloped 1 5 mueh doubt. In what position 
Plants of which it red to make large account by planting them in beds infested with wire- pet they found t W.— W H. Your insect is a common water 
N etle (Acilius sulcatus), wh tig whilst on the wing, mistook 
— in the shortest posible 3 should not be | worms; these will attract the enemy from other plants, the glass of your Melon-frame for water. W.—E S. There are 
allowed to p have attained the and if daily gro eR in time rid your ground of| pins expressly made for entomologists, which may be had at 
desired size. All specimen plants spat on plenty | this nuisance. The time such ground is bare,do| Messrs- Knight and Son’s, Foster-lane, London. W.—R M. 
of room, and should be occas onally tu d round, in not forget t f h f sal h Your queries on the insects which have attacked your Pear 
? get to favour ise ith a g ose of salt, as they | eaves would require a small volume to answer them com- 
order to prevent thei ti one. ided. Leaves of | exist in that state which is so familiar to us for several pletely. The black sp the leaves sent have ead our 
Gloxinias should now inserted into pots of sand; years without undergoing any change, and thus owes opinion, been caused. by the attacks of inse Eel 
these, if well managed, will form strong young bulbs | an opportunity for the —— to act upon them. It i blotched appearance, which is caused by the W OTa koali 
this season, and will flower during February and March | some satisfaction to know 1 — only larvee, — moth (Argyromiges sc aes 3 within the leaf, for 
Many greenhouse plants, and others therefore do not breed ; sier the ct beetle chooses | the 3 bay — remedies can be a! 
from in iat of a sub-shrubby or herbat | for the ition eggs Ae aa is not fre- than those you ve —.— you s 
: 12 J pi h „ having bee y ithout 
ceous character, as Salvia y Cine gonias, | quently stirred. The is becoming so favourite a the slightest pedtention” Ie en te e 64 the 
mulas, Calceolarias, Veronicas, &., may now be vegetable that it will well repay a little additional care 2 the tortrix, which spins the leaves together, and 
3 on warm borders in richsoil, These will form | in its cultiv ation, as its value depends upon the pro- & Jooper caterpillar, most probably that of the winter moth. 
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dsome plants by the beginning o ptember, when | duction of a long, thi well-blanched stem, Th W.F. “The insect sent is not the wireworm ; it is the 
they will be in nice order for taking up and repotting, may be grown in — wt r —. along hy a staphylinus, and feeds upon other soft-bodied 
FORCING DEPARTMENT. and upwards of 2 inches thick; and from their Close- | Jon une: 4 JB. Grow them in a warm south border, Let 
‘Plants just showing or swelling their | ness together they form one ive o the ears le down, in e 
fruit will be considerably e by receiving liquid | kitchen garden crops. The ground should be trenched | them to the open ground, and give them a year’s rest. 
manure alternate wa till the fruit begins to 18 inches deep, the bottom of the trench stirred up | Lawns: Sub, Where they are perfectly lev og agp machine 
ripen. If the plants, which are just on int of | with a fork, 4 inches of good rotten manure laid on e f mploy anew 4° ao pees * 3 oe 
showing, are in pots, it will be an advantage to shift | to it, and over the manure the whole of the Mzrons; G d. Wear 0 tok ay an sis the matter with 
them immediately into larger ones; to dress soil from the next trench. the ground has not your Melons. * Fog clear statement accompanying the 
turfy loam, or to turn them out entirely | been iously, it is a very convenient w that none of the common causes of 
into the soil, which is by far the course of proceeding, r carry on the planting tpg sin operation 3 panier’ A 
i x s h ; p tter been us i 
method, Where the pot system is pursued, many of and trenching together, so as to prevent in a great Kanes s op Prants: I s - Kennedya rubicunda. R Z. 
the plants, ee ae young stock, will require | measure the compression of the soil after or during ar drum 3 re spy ha perhaps L terminable tn sach 
3 i tk hould wi lanti I í perea ; the Ara et 
t, as their i i ö as | ting: -This T the more a m tae m od waag aa; with neither seeds nor an: ny accoun 1 
> most active growing season is now about to be described ; as raking or forking about —A D H, Tia della: GANRE A E N. Genista cinerea 
approaching. After potting a closer and moister atmo- plants will be impossible for some time The plants| Jas. Clift. Oyrtopodiam Andersonii.—Oak tree. 1 and 2, the 
sphere must be kept up for a few days, till they begin | should be put in about „6 inches apart, and 9 inches en Sprea of hich Ge 
to root into the soil, No plant s in greater | from row to Prem ising that t il is sufficientl nara a tro Kinds tog eee ae si leaves ine 
2 . 2 e vi 1r; 
-r ji g during bright sunshine than the Pine- moist to prevent > falling in, the holes for the plants ether pises — No. # is the b. Balm of Gilead bir. J. It seems 
apple; but as it is not only unnecessary, but injurious | should be made inches deep with a dibber 2 inches to o be, Ribes tropurpureum.— 4 Constant Sub. It is Bistort. 
in dull weather, the canvas should be 30 adjusted, by | in diameter. — bebe map of these You can ecadhente e it only by e careful ullage, aided by thorough 
means of rollers, that it ean be applied or removed at dr à iid wat d. The pl drainage. . — it uP, and like en ee 
pleasure. Vinertes.—If the fruit is all in = most position for . which they „ bas white ra ae J. J. heterophyllum bes yellow 
the earliest ri the Vines should again be treated | will continue to do till ion for growing & l R flowers; J. chrysanthum is an aliàs of J. revolutum, U K. 
with a modera tely warm atmosp „and inged ad Da Oncidium tetrapetalum and drobi eypeanum. — 
í K must by means "he Offa. let varie f Gthalium septicum,—In 
daily, to destroy insects, and to kee the fol des 
y y 8, Í p oliage ina | troyed, and as forking stirring the soil among cases correspondents have favoured us with such num 
healthy state as long as possible, that the Vines may | the growing crops is highly beneficial to them, let this inquiries, that while waitiog for leisure to answer them the 
ve every means of recruiting their energies for next method be practised. Cutting should now be discon-| *“%Jects of the inquiries —— perished, — C L. Gongora 
Season. At the same time give liquid manure to the | tinued entirely from a e of the Aspara, r 
1 : 1 0 gus beds, Praen Leaves: ABC. They a blistered—an unsi de- 
roots if they require watering, that they may have every | especially from 2 ended for foreing early nétt nent: concerning which much has been said in per gt Bo 
chance of regaining their strength, after having been winter. A few of Caslitiowerk Cabbages, and for ! tter with 
at a. ee, sh ie d 8 ] Isc, C S. We are unable to Ree what is the 
utumn Ould now be planted at intervals of your LAAN leaves. Te air in the pit in which hey have 
DOTEN GARDEN AND SHR ERIES. i from 10 days to a fortnight, by which they will come| been grown is possibly — "for them.{—L B S. Dahlias 
All is now hope and activity vis, ie enthusiastic | into bearing in similar succession, The stro rongest plants are generally increased every. yent frome 22 
a: in anticipation of the speedy realisation of the should be selected from the nurs rsery beds, and should be — ai yon 9 en flower the gas — if 
oe of senla s plendour, which he has been indulging lifted and transferred with as much earth as will hang you can — oer — of leaves and Grass, 
in for the last onths, and for the accomplishment e will have a tendency to hasten their deeay.t—Z S. You may 
of which he i hee. < uring that period, striven ae —— * stop” the — tho Heaths and other plants sae 
i — While this mr of things is graduall State of the Weather near London, for the week ending = hp eReader 
ing dell, et due ca o be take cat have ov as observed at the Horticultara G mdr, nding May 30,1850, SEE EDLING FLOW] FLOWERS. 
ot z T py 99 JL Prettily —_ varieties, but too 
5 3 mall.*—A p: Yellow, _ ih te and ype 
Ofthe Air, |Ofthe Earth wind 3 white pot 5 Boti nibs but hardly 
and rou: g 
Max. Min. | Mean rety pas teat Dovste PoLTANT i Hus: JH Y, An interesting variety, and, if 
—ä——— — — constant, worth preserving.“ sem. 
p e7 p 50 |585] |54 | E. | 20| Mimunus: M H. ri A pretty Bort, having considerable 
281% „ |42 | 565 | 55 Sn. blance to M. ru 8.5 
1 | 48] ie A 3 4 | Pansies: JF. R prac in bad condition, but apparently in- 
viata te 4 „ 19 parinccnion ye DNA vation.* es 
7 5 . 
30.025 |. 70 |46 | 580 57 CEL „ — gt „ growing, on ac- 
I | asal ses. ban kak 118 oont of its colour.“ ae 
ie ` 5 | s55 | 542 — | Roses: Cand Co. The bud of Jenny Lind” did not open 
y ighi fog ; dry haze; cloudy. ith therefore offer no of its merita. 
Seb shower; fine, with Tow white clouds; shower. n 98 
— 26—Showery ; cloudy ; windy with showers. It is very fragrant. — Anon. Tour its 
—  27—Cloudy; overcast; slight showers. faded when it arrived for us to. 
Rias: Aer and heavy showers; clear at night. worth, Its colour is fresh rosy pink, resembiin 
. large and handsome. A fall and 
