w mmo 
ractice to use, although it is liable to eut r- — yale 
trings which lie near the ee of the gro The 
ing should be om che e onion 
A rew 
between the md — The earliest crop of 
ey new tan ; as, i independenti Of i 
it absorbs a nsiderable — mt of heat from 
a the roots to the ace, where 
addi 
Ser uo y earthing up- 
( rth As this Bak 
is for finiviodints use, it should be earthed y. 
C 
Offsets will gen 
eE —.— 
exposure to the d direct rays of the sun, 
with | 
ELONS. okee up the — bord 
perature, and a bottom heat of 8 , and 
moist atmosphere to the ee ee plants, and give 
occasional waterings. Those plants which are ripening 
ater and 
meant tng ines with a na abe, s Pat of the 
tube, 
e pipings 
thoroughly dry befi e glasses are r them 
too tight, or that the plants get not too dry. 
Destroy aphis as previously advised 
e 
week ending June 20, 1950, 
Garden, Chiswick. 
State ofthe Weather near London, for the 
as observed at the Horticultural 
1 
© most 
* TEMPERATURE. 
the place in order, A little pains Ofthe Air. /OfteBarth wina 3 
at this season will be amply ropa . ko ae com- Max. | Min. | Mean |} £00t|2 feet 
e y —— 9 363 —— 
place. old oosened a “ 42 | 29.442| 53 | 45 | 515/59 | 58} | S.w.| 15 
E then receive a light rin aol | Soan | anamo | ef | ge | Sis | se |57 | NAE | 0 
el ; t . 18| 8 30: : a | 42 | 585 % | 50g | W.| 20 
i ae an more effective ot cote oe — ea : | | eto | | ste * | 0 
surf: than when the gravel is too dry In | re: 30.103 | 29.973 | 69.1 | 40.4 | 54.7 | 57.7 |573 | 2 
connection a the repairs of the walks, any irregu- June Honat 5 
larties in the edges should be put right; and the| Z i om nodenn eai imi, RT night, 
cdgings, 3 of Grass or Box, or other To An T u ay fa 
evergreen, — 18—Clo ; very 5 * clear, 
rey 3 — nn is the best time | 2 e eee very fine. 
to clip evergreen ges or edgings, as they have . Wades 
watered, to settle oe soil — ahem; 12 allowed to get 
laced o 
P 
CARNATIONS must . carefully tended; see that no liga- | 5 
tures 
5 7 
392 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [JUNE 22, 
diges’ Rhododendron robustum occupied a bed in, time to make and mature a new growth, w. State of the Wi à 7 
the centro of the nursery, where it has blossomed | is far enough advanced to revent th N g June 29, 1850, 
in a very dwarf state. Its flowers are like those 1 shape. Watch the different annuals 22 | 2ga | aa No. ot | Prevailing Wind 
of the ulate ioden except that as they come into aem. and mark those varieties June. 82 5 See | Sa |Yearsin S | 
more tinged with violet. In another part of the e grounds whose superior habit pA size of 3 or bril- A | ŽSS | 26 | ‘Rained | of Rain. * K 
was a Rhododendron a pretty, hardy, desirable to eed from - — E 
3 variety, which remains long in ‘roe d them ; and that — sce qualities may be — Aon. 2 2 | sos | ez] 2 4177 
dromeda formosa, which 7; in their Fenn pn they | Fe 3 2) Pee Oo SR eae zale 
Dieta 1 and a pretty — of Arbutus, an expand their first flow nurs. 27} 798 | 492 |395| 13 | 030 278 zt 
provement on A. hy ge 5 HARDY "FRUIT GARDEN. — = 722 3 les! 7 3 4447 
0 „ on a ve not flowered well| The stopping, thinning, and training of the young The h highest .. Wee Whore a d oo 8 2 
is year, on account of the long severe spring, w. Peach an N i rine shoots must receive the most | 1826 93-deg.; and the lowest on 25th, 1825—therm.37 dez. ih 
has considerably impaired th ut many of careful and judicious attention, in order to secure Notices to Corresponden 
hardy plants, even in the most favoured localities. Th adequate supply of rell ripened fruitful wood of mode- | Awacmanıs arsınasrRum : M D. Can any correspondent 
nursery i ut 4 acres in extent, well sheltered by | Tate strength. ntinu stop any exuberant shoots, oblige her by saying ve plant may be rooted in a 
high walls; and contains extensive ranges of glass | not only on account of the f the wood they | eh bow with Vatisneria spirale or whether the growth ot 
houses and pits. In addition to e home nursery, prod but also at they may not, by monopolising Back 1 Full ce will a given for Nos, 46 and 47 
there are elsewhere, covered with fruit i pm sap, Weg the fruit of 8 ry ance. for * for No ates for . 5 
shrubs, &e., and 6 acres wi zal Rh shoots s P e rding to “neon! given in | BEE states that t mption of honey having been 
d nag 80 and American lants, ie a meng ki former Calen ? have produce ced several laterals, greater in his district. (Boston, ee Tadcaste 3 
P ooming shire) during the winter than w. er known, namely, from 
in perf of which one or two of the most convenient should be 15 Ibs. to 25 lbs., he, as well anny rs, neglected (thro 
s , , ugh 
selected for layin ing in, and the „rest remov oved. | Pcie e idea that they would have plenty) to feed; the con. 
Calend £0 ti stronger of t sequence 1 ‘that rote of the wae — hive perished. 
enaar o perations. be > at lengths varying 1 inches, The queen le: e hive, leav ring a and an 
entire cessation from labou ge 8 = i 
2 the ensuing week.) to their strength, and the Bim shoots aay they aren working ag: — he eter 22 
PLANT DEPARTMENT 8 8 A 12 1 ches; this sto use tiny night a emaria her appearance there was no 
As the rte and sunshine have now arrived at laterals to produced, but of these one only should be | $ phen Menor the b of — Seah n leave be hive several 
season, stove plants which are in a allowed to grow at or near the point of each shoot, with times, Ay out of sight, and then not fe arn to the last n he 
growing state shouldbe be supplied with the maximum | a view to i activity at ts, and caught a drone belonging to another hive, a ang put it to the 
amount of heat and moisture, that they may the soon secure an escape for Bara superabundant sap. T where she was, and to- bees will permit) wit y are tabonring 
complcie their 55 „and have a longer period to! practice is always beneficial, and in late cold localities} om had he best proceed? Perh pe 5 
rij it in. Water should be freely d frequently orent arly so, Ý causing the energy of the ri 2 to be How irode ins Ra e R a the subject. xr E 
sprinkled on every evapor. ating surface, with a view to early directed to the maturin uring o of the wood, and r. Your hive is too small for your swarm, That is all.—R B. 
counteract the drying effects of the abundant ventilation | formation of fruit buds for another season There are various pagent be on hi + option — The 
so indispensable in hot weather. Houses which not | shoots are permitted to go = 3 . form little Slate tae items at ha 1 : $ cotton wool vale 
situated as to receive the first rays of the morning except leaf buds, and ded, as if | pushed in) on to a cloth, tying the corners 
sun should be assisted with fire heat, if necessary, early there were too pout shoots, wi pen the fal i is in "their passing the hooks of a steelyard under the knot, a 188 
in the day, that the plants may enjoy the benefit of a ** The riiportant | © , Bed and then dodaotng he fep supposed * 
r in conjunction with the strong day- point is to allow ot = emain than will be requir uired | or decrease of w. a given time, it i seeds — that the 
ligkt of these summer mornings. Incessant exertions | to fill u p the cart of wall allotted L eacli tree weight of the fia board, &., be taken separately, and 
ust be made to keep i in check, particularly red | HEN „n or the on each weg ugor to their spra bee 
spider ; syringing, walls and hot-water | Successions oi = y be planted | renne TCC 
pipes with lime and sulphur, will have the desired effect upon land whieh fans already gfe: — of its former ince square re on one sid side, — p ena the Da ate of 1 y Care 
‘ are persev a e flowerin ccupan ely amongst other crops whic shou loa e weig t-pan pang at e ight 
if p The flowering o ts, or intermediate] t oth ps which ld be d the weigh ly to the weigh 
r ory be removed, provided that the ground had | ofthe Me, A, before plaging the tive oe aieo 
earliest flowers, thereby husbanding the ngth | been well man previous s to the e g crop being} Scales with the finger till the exact weights are in the 
and inducing make a longer th ; ted. The last so g Pea s shoul now be made, scale. Y. G 
the latter object ma; isted of liquid | selecting dw i earliest into Boranrca REGISTER: K L M. The plants ill peg the 
manure, Forcing pits should now be actively employed | ᷣœ /// denasy esiratas Ai Biar Dom 
in ing Achimenes, Gl , Balsams, ks- mildew. Sow Cabbage for Co lew ve for m randifiorus ; 615, Amaryllis revoluta ; and, 754, Curculigo 
combs, Globe Amaranths, and other plants for immediate | crop, and e the usual so itty ny Tang, latifolia, 
and autumnal display. Shading and ventilation must Lettuces, Chervil, &e. Attention should be paid Devurzia: C Bundy. The discovery 2 hati mas tind cok 
now be attended to with 3 anxiety, taki earthing up of Potatoes, using the - pronged — a 
however not to habituate the es hoe, which it is a co FıLBERTS : Diss, You have certainly not got the purple-leaved 
Filbert ; the pau ort ah my: renders it doubtful whether 
you have even the red-s ilbert.|| 
L 
GREEN CENTRE ha a, : * D. It i unlikely to have 
— den changes in the Sather hae have produ 
this evil in your case ; but sudden ch whatever will 
— * . — ce, and e varieties are more liable to 
it th on the subject at p. 171 
of our 3 pp oe T$ ; 
Hemp: F R. We suppose the ‘Nettle Hemp” 1 5 
1 a common North American plant. 17 80, it will 
be — — e fear, that the fibre, though strong, is not 
dur: 
Were Prum: F D. It is a curious thing. A woodcut of 
it is — ee when . you will hear our 
unac ted with lant, an 
books. Would you be good enough to send a 
ee Neith x I ble nor 
ans: sn A ther 2 s Incompara 
h rch is considered longer in bearing than the 
Knig 
e of] Pears. Better root am your trees. 
Biases ish Sub. We should knock off the tops of the 
stones — regravel; but floods will 
present state, unless you can 
them off. Cannot you form a loose open edge to the road on 
each — "aad coarse than — 1 of the crown, wi 
2 
arrei in g the Soto 1 A clever — 
tell ae at — 11 “7 have such a ep at ha 
| Baa: A Subscriber. The! 0 ex — of the 
5 insects. Porches the appearance is e by cold. 
Enquirer. You better oe to which you 
to grow on until you remove them parent 
allude 
trees in autumn. 
LUGS ; Tris. 
an aas not jan able to ar sight 
at time of the day pe fon 
t pA ‘pester 
perm 
They are ‘tacked, by by 2 Vine Mildew 
Sulphur is applied the 
(Oidium Tuckeri). : 
moment the mildew 
stones,” of 9 Dates, are not un 
a 3 
8 we 0. 6, a 
formed, s 
—W D. All 
perfectly wo 
Pikiran to pieces before we 
receiv: them. 
Petuntas: J Mann. All inferior nd the same colours 
now in cultivation.“ 
The one sent was too mach 7 40 
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