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GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, | SEPT. 14, 
which were cut across, had neither leaves nor buds 
0 
and e 
reserved. Occasionally its reveiations vom s — 
t ulations of 
cordi ubdev, comes Barley; Barl 
wild Oats (Avena fatua) ; Rice, Panicum furm 
while » Eleusine corocana, degenerates 
Jhurooa, which se 
adden 
the 2 — — — Society 9 of India, 
Calendar of Operations. 
As we may Bs “ok for cold weather as e re 
consequence of the season, it behoves us 
our more tender plants immediately, lest we ty a 
b i las 
] 
ving these, a greater space will be afforded for plants 
with ee foliage. Balsams, Cockscombs, and oth 
hich have been cultivated for decorating the 
plant 3 during the e summer must give place to t 
re the space, 
winter occupants, as they re re 
Pine 
increases, considerable attention mus 
h 
lating the temperature. The night t temperature e 
be kept steadily ranging from 63° 
eat of 85° lon 
h f 125 As long as the is dn light is strong enough 
to keep plants in a healthy growing 
to prevent — 
ll 
fully the wants of the plants as r 
either extreme, and syringe only in ery fine weather, 
nd then with water of the same te perature as the 
pits. e e taken not to n 
and that they may have the chance of getting ai peaa E G. Strike in a little heat, in the 
8 d before winter sets in, a stro hey ree s a 
and when 
latter that ‘awindle Res during the winter, the disad- 
vantage of delay is too obvious to need more commen 
Young plants of 8 pyramidalis, Antirr 
hi 
um, 
and other = which require a — protection, 
All these 
should be plac aced in a suitable situation 
shoul e completed 
ORC E TMENT 
RIES.—As the n 3 for using sereoo heat 
d tor 
ge 
„. 
$ 
E 
~ once, so that ia hands may be clear when 
eather becomes er 
the 
season. To — n its, frames, boxes, „ Ko., 
should „that when the job commences it 
may be e completed — — as possible, No tim 
3 be lost in co ing any exte * alterations 
r improvements which it is proposed to carry out this 
— as the 8 ound is in a much more workable 
te now than it will be two months hence, and any 
HEN GA 
| Shrubs shifted immediatly will have time oto 8 fresh 
root re wi 
Cardoons will : required — the pars pe~ the oe 
e thed, 
before ember, a few should now b 
a common practice to wind ha; s Soma the — 
to keep the soil out of the hearts of the plants; but ther 
t ground. In such 
bands ‘unavoidably absorb moisture from the surroun 
. | ing soil, and are thereby decomposed, thus formin 
harb n at 
ndy soil 
riman and to su — — of sand or 
would j i 
ssible, and m 
placed round the plant. Let any plants be taken 
which, in spite of the rich manure — — them, 
e i A 
State ofthe Weather near London, for the week ending Se n 12, 1850, 
as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswic 
mbers 
t „ Chillies, Bey her ma — 
required for piekling aa preserving. 
up, 
are 
g TEMPERATURE. 
<| BAROMETER. s 
Sept. Of the Air. Ofthe Earth. wing | 3 
E 
S| Max. | Min. Max. Min. | Mean — deep. 
Friday.. U 30343 | 30285 | 61 | 30 | 470 56 577 | N.E.| 00 
Satur... 7 1| 30401 30.357 67 33 50.0 55 57 E. .00 
Sunday. 8 2 30.446 30.388 60 48.0 55 563 | N. | .00 
9| 3| 30.367 30.297 61 4 54.0 | 55 56 N. E. .00 
10 4| 30318 | 30.2883 | 6 | 35 | 500] 55 | 56 E. 00 
- „ 5 5) 30.272 | 30.230 | 69 | 37 | 53.0 | 543 | 56 E. .00 
++ 12] 6| 30.250 30.219 70 51.0 KAR 56 E. | .00 
* alsa 56. 4 00 
12 Foggy: very fine; clear and cold, 
temperature of the week, 3 deg. below the average. 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 24 years, for the 
ensuing week, ending Sept. 21, 1850. 
os | es, Prevailing Winds. 
2s a 25 = 8 8 wen 15 Greatest | 
Sept. | f 528 | 58 ich it Quantity | .| : 
S55 | 8 elaia | lB 
%05 | 53a Rained. 2 2 2222 . 
Sunday 15 67.0 | 45.9 | 504 12 0.63 ia, 2 % 15 
Mon. 16 683 | 47.7 | 580 10 050 1 3 3 14 5 4 1 
Tues 17 688 | 474 58.1 10 0.50 12 2 2 2 8 4 3 
Wed. 18 65.9 | 44.6 | 552 12 0.76 11 6 1 1 2 6l 4 3 
„„ 
67. j : 5 lake 3 
Satur. 21 667 | 459 | 563 13 0.30 2| 2} 5 2! 6} 3! 2| 2 
—— temperature ture during the above period occurred on the ijt 
ee deg.; and the — the 17th, 1840 therm. 29 deg. £ s 
Notices to Corresponden 
Booxs : J Patterson. Lindley’s “ Theory of Horti — 5 oe 
If you wish > —— tand the subject you must begin at the 
beginning. Make yourself master of School Botany.” 
me way as China * — or 8 by layers 
Fee. Snows: NC. The judges at the Dorchester show, who 
disqualified a collection of 12 greenhouse plants becay: 
its — Zauschneria californica in it, were perfectly 
— . Your Essex gree is 22 inches Was, nearly 
ri 
t purpose such fruit is to be 
225 ed. 
Douctas FR: G A. We have not se & Weeping varie 
GLass: JH G. We should use the — rough piate ae a 
roof; as to the L they may as well be glazed with com. 
mon ‘sheet. u will 1 direct light with the fo; 
The 5 F 
— G mone special age must be pro i 
more you have of the latter the better. * 
Gpares: GOL, We t alu your plan of glazing the bord 
with glass pantiles a ve ood one, Gen — cannot — 
prices. It is to be recollected that if your Vine roots are 
already in cold heavy clay at a distance below the surface, 
glazing the — will not help you, unless vou previous ly 
raise the ro = Yor Pas mick 
HEATING: For Polmaise, which would your 
place, Po a Mn to Mr. N. of Leamington; or a 
stove, i an ge servants not to mis 
would be qui „ “Tt might be — in, the al 
— the we places. There is also n ingeniou 
stove by Mr. Pearse, of Jermyn- street, which 12 sul ou; 
only, bein —— ~ t cannot be kept constantly nit Fou 
occasional atten 
Insects: HS, Thee erpillar sent is Er of the eyed hawk. 
moth (Smerint — yt atus). F. — T C. Thanks for the 
specimens, some of whic — changed their skins, and be- 
0 ill 
— = unise: exual — to assume the usual hermaphrodite 
oo or Fruit er, ee Codlin, a sort exten. 
sively cultivated as an ications bearer, and a good kitchen 
Apple.| 
NAMES or PLANTS: 3 294, Cnicus Benedictus ; 562, 
Cirsium acaule.—G W. Stanhopea Bucephalus, — ‘some 
Micropiper which we have no t time to determine. Tha 
i —A ata 
phylla. bime Luculia will flower in the spring, if you do 
—Se ella,—_W H J, It is the 
Ollaria a. 
ORANGE TREES: X EZ. Better let them alone till next spring, 
— remove them the moment the buds tanh to swell, 
Paint. We hear good accounts of Carson’s —— 
paint, but we believe that painters find it troubl e to 
big te CoTTAGERS’ CALENDAR may be had at the Office of 
this Paper, or tk any — price — or 58. for 25 copies 
Pinos ZE. In order to eloo tho den you have in view, 
w e — to cut off the lowest tier of branches 
annually, until the stem = cleared to the desir eight.t 
POTATOES : è he Regent is a white to. 
OBER BERRY aan: : Fairplay. Will you enable us 
to ¢ — with = 1 the post — 
ey may be r 
pruned now, w “the ‘view of makin ng men . fruitful 
ss than if th 
haura ie trees at 8 tends to ripen the wood better, 
ad promote 
when co 
than fixing a thin material over the trees night and day, 
is usually Sink by which oe pens are half blan a ~ — 
of flight and the action of the Cov well when necese 
sary, and expose sA min — ‘weather is 225. 
Sc — GERANIUMS: 33 win 
zes whi 
tered 
5 15 vee ae 7 — m frost 11 F ger 
eats ridges e Verbenas may possibly winter safel 
they are; but it is all chance-work. If you ha shee 
uae Aed successfully, you should have put in cuttings 
of them early in autumn, 
Stra Awa. Tristan. Ses ny kind of stone vg do. 
is unknown. We do not esteem the Straw you 
It is not to be compared with the old Pine, the British Queen, 
or Kais Keens’ Seedling. You cannot prevent r 
g to seed; all you can do is to hand- pick the pla 
whei in ow 2 
THERMOMETER: . We will see what can be done. 
Tue TREE Ros . At the request of numero 
33. €d., post free; it can be forwarded to any ad ice 
‘ost-office order being sent to James Matthews, at the 
of this 
Pa aper. 
MATO Savos: T B. To make this, when the T 
por ripe cut them in two, ag out the eu, and se 70 sparate 
the s ian ut them i skillet with some savoury 
sauce, me a little salt, When of oo Silas f Pea- so 07 
rub it through a coarse cloth, boil — —— saat oso 
i d — ay o 
marmalade, put it into jars, and in or 
ore it -r 0 2 e 8 i 
urther rmation, see p. 653, vo 
VERBENAS: EC, Kent. K a a crimson centre and light 
eye; a nice variety, and well worth cultivating.* y 
INERIES: Senex, 60? to 64° is not enough for — a ps 
ought to command 5 to 80°, e cannot s pa- 
be a master of his business. 
M R. Stowe, Buckingham. Rosabella. We do not know ; 
Mis 
probably ! in next year’s pocket books 
Too ue Us ORBESPONDENTS,—May we beg it to be understood that 
We are 
we c nswer inquiries privately through the post. 
Haar to give reasonable information columns, 
but we cannot consent to the labour of writing letters. a 
„ As usual, many —— — gal received — 
“tate, and others are unavoidably detained tril 
also beg tor the indulgence 
7 — ane 0 correspondents, the insertion of Whose 
