520 THE GARDENERS’ 
water; and to prevent saturation in the sou, the pots Tulip growers are e qui vive; the * exhibi- 
ought ‘to be well drained. By inverting a small pot | sions in the north — e having. their effect on 
inside a larger one, a chamber is formed, which allows | We would advise th wish to infuse a little — 
a} salutary f air and heat to the base of the | blood into their 2 quire now, or they m 
eutting; at the same time affording a ready egress for | be fo led. The first convenient opportunity, — 4 
superfluous moi It may appear i pe to secure | the bulbs from their dry and r : 
at all times the exact conditions requi evertheless | which would not pass the ordeal of fair criticism during 
should be aimed at, and the n arer they are at-| blooming time, and fill vacancies as sena as pos- 
the sooner will the cutti wag t is sible. Pansies at this time of the year require a consi- 
Saunders, in 
Hovey’s Magazine of Horticulture. 
Calendar of Operations. 
he ensuing 55 J 
oe 
ropagation of 
THE 
have a CES share of attention at y Gn The lar 
8 should | * 
ason arge 
derable Ai egos. 0 ee continue be — young 
plants in hot weather. 
if they b have any symptoms 
late blooming seedlings, 
is et —— to try again, as 
they will e 2 e spring. 
a nega improve in the 
EN 8 
Cleaning the — elipping the * of Box 55 
and w 2 and repairing the gane wa 
w the p work in hand. If the Cardoo 
pats in request, and the probable supply deficient, 
uced b ing the 
ts by rich pai and liquid manure, 
the extreme points ts will make 
produce’ 
side shoots will Pg Sage tt 
tings, and the . | 
bundance 
is good the — — will — ready for 
y — earthing up by the on 
2 
SEE 
EEL 
5 
88 
S 
85 
zE 
g 
Sa 
S 
E 
sowings shou 
FORCING 1234 
nless 
INERIES, 
—Where ripe Grapes nging — e fire should 
be used in : weather, to dry the 3 g 
to 
care to n a due pr ee n of ial 
w the evap my haps escape. 
carefully avoided, ae * of the thin-skinned e 
will be liable this is an addition n for 
ering the outside ers with a tar cloth, to ia 
off ive rain, is i or rolled off 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 
progress sup- 
very v liable to lan! to 2 | 
di 
places 
dated in the open ale fee sha | 
— a 
border e be. to a small bed of American 
d the winter. Occasi 
sowings npr 8325 Salad — also be made. 
State ofthe Weather near London, for the week ending Aug. 15, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
è TEMPERATURE. 
«| BAROMETER, 5 
August. the Air. Of the Earth. Wind. 3 
E L foot 2 feet 
a Min — deep. deep. 
viday.. 9 1 161.0 | 643 |63} S. W. 00 
Satur... 10| 2 8 66.5 | 63 63 S. W. .02 
Sun 11 3 0 62.0 | 64 63 S. W. .04 
Monday 12 4) 29. 6 | 58.5 | 63 63 S E. | .10 
ês. 135 47 | 61.0 | 62 62 [N. W. .00 
Wed, ..14| ) 55 63.5 62 | 62 [N. E. .00 
Thurs....15} 7 30. 2 | 61.0 62 2 N. Ot 
Average. 29 51.3 | 61.9 | 62.9 | 62.6 | 27 
Aug. - Fine; N — udy. 
10- Fine; slight rain Bry 
II- Eine ‘throughout; quite clear at night. 
ame Har ; thunder i in afternoon; clear. 
— very fine Ir 8 at night. 
r ; very heey > om tp 
* — 8 very fine. 
ure of the week, 1 deg. below the average. 
State m ‘an et at Chiswick during the last 24 years, for the 
ensuing week, ending August 24, 1850. 
ance of order and perfect neatness, and this state of 
things can be effected and maintained o 
pains have been taken within the last few years to im- 
prove the Hollyhock, and it is now becoming a gener 
favourite. It is admirably adapted for 
~ FLORISTS FLOWERS. 
is AND Picorgks.— The early pipings hysa 
mai 
may. be 
to pot off. They m 
r if the a . — has 
„ one in each be 
flowers is not so frequently 
to be; when , and care- 
root almost as well as Pink 
a ing the advantage slang = i handsome 
larly watered, > ee ensure their i ogg * 
petals extracted, Sie a 
plants may be pricked out 
next year.—Do not fo 
roots to see whether they are 
membered tha ey contract mouldiness 
them, and r 
wed 
cally where over-erowded n b lable oi Great | B 
E 
ge 
CHRONICLE. 
hest 
Temp. 
Avera: 
Lowest 
Temp. 
N. E 
E. 
8 E. 
8 
l W. 
cota 10 U com N. W. 
verage 
z fi : 
on 
B 
E 
513 
51.8 
0 
= 
227272 
G Eee 
8 
Ar eee S. W. 
bare dung the above dere occurred he 20t 
vane — 83 deg.; and the lowest on the 20th, ao 
Notices to Correspondents. 
: EH. In the form of touch- yd but the fun y 
5 wh ne’ , much less injurious to ra e bees. T. — oT B 
e's. 
e and 
rate. Mix your materi 
A Country Cw als 
——ů—— j — ti 
Add 3 es, — . — 
las w when you lik 
tes freely by l 
do nothing with the Couch Gras — ping Cr out, It does 
— answer to cut down and regraft old Cherry trees; they 
| Extostemons: A 
m to dea If you — ft it at all, only head back to 
— as thick . — for 2 
CUCUMBERS: A M 
unfit for table use, 
and with a lon 
may do for t but 
e found it spongy, watery, 
ng narrow All fault, 
bung . The 
by “‘ spot,” a disease found to 
wet, Either they are over-wat 
or the pots are water-logged, or they are overshaded 
only ea can judge of the manner in which over- 
Fucusta 1 H. See pp. 71 and 103 of the current 
year’s volume. 
INSECTS: en The insect of which F 
drawing is the illar oi eee ae erura Venula), 
probably so named resemblance et a tiny —— 
W Bucks, The 
9 Laricis, p — 4 wars all ‘dead a — 
ore reaching us. W. 
a drinker 
eee fo alts h shri pe atthe — 
— ough sh welled i appears to of the 
moth (Odonestis The beetle was 
Clytus arietis ; the short- 
; and the la wad Sor 
[Aue. 17, 
the blush Roses ar 
winged fly (Cecidomyia sp. Ba: 
suc and endea 
end ie m 
attacked by the larvæ of a minute 
We resem never before 1 
by the wood-boring beetle (Apate capucina), We — i 
g pe x — of the wood showing the burro’ es 
ains larva. W. 
th 
Le Fp Bann pratensis and Vicia s 
larva of a Bruchus, which sh shall re 
ni gam sects are a minute species Pi spring-tails Posen 4. 
we suppo We do 2 consider them to be in injurious t 
— vegetables. 
Leaves: J Trotter. Either mi have answered your — 
the ‘leaves in question have never reached us. We 
all enquiries that have — rrai to do with the bastis a 
this Paper. 
MANURE: . If you — the convenience, by all 
make your — t hea 
y 
Mus bushel it was a 
— A: 17 it ‘aid not it was not; that is all we can say, 
We cannot cube the pieces of spawn and compare them with 
the cubic contents of a bushel, If you are curious ous enough 
you may do that for we urself, 
Nase OF — Anne. 3 
WHENA Gymnogramma — i diantum 
trapeziforme ; 3, — 5, Pteris longifolia’. 6, Piatyloma 
flexuosa; 7, Dav anariensis ; 8, Diplaziu triatum ; 
9, Davallia N 10, Cassebeera hastata ; ik Doodia 
caudata ; 12, Cas sebeera hastata ; 18, Di dymochlena trun- 
d 19, Pteris tremula 15, N 
S.— 
alci advise you to get soi 
— them, for learning them in this rane way is — 
comme * . — names . sonra ar propose 
well as the names, S,—A ‘Somerville, 
— pegs near cilio iosa—specimen 
ation. Coniston. ig Allium vineale ; 2, Nr. — 
Co ria — Ty Stanhopea War S. graveolens ; 3, 
3, Lycaste plana, a 12 variety.—P P. — Orchidées ne sont 
— encore — 15 Aout — You i 
oe different from Juncus acutiflorus, but it is too 
exact 3 It should be in fruit. Nuby. 
kene, a formos osa. 
Nat COUNTRIES OF CONIFERS: 
Pinus Mughus and Pinus 
A His —.— * t a double-flowering variety of 
aich Water-Lily, which the 1 assume a 
conical “form, is readied | at beep near Romford, in 
Do of our — E w of such a 
Wienin ete te proce rable 
GONIUM — Ravenswood. It is very 1 
e give you some account 
6 are dying, as is usual 
crreling, ‘he 
Rust 1 IN G. 
Wilicn it 
rent ae air, “gr eas 2 
TRAWBEERIES : 
because your 8 are 8 fem 
males; they are generally far . “abundant, and 
exist in the nearest garden of any dee get some 
Prolific aan ia, pines of your 3 4 
will giv dress, we will * — vou Pei in the 
K Me. Sohn pio ete * some 1 been 
N 
P. 483 have 
8 
e merit. 
roduced ur 
A in the form of a letter, which he expects us to put 
orrespondence. k tu or thinks 
stock of burrs to dis se of (), or we cou 
his tiles We are e are soriy not to oblige him by complying 
i er knowingly insert — unless 
the small crotchet which 
. It is readily propagated either by 
cuttings or ayers. „ silver sand or Une 
5 soil, and kej them in a frame for 4 
they s strike r eal 
G FLOWERS. 
ee XYZ. Drees, at not better than 
e colours cultiva tion.“ 
Chater. 
Comet, both i in colour and shape; Orion, 
Pulchella, not nom, b 
but a shade lighter 
