THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Sepr. 21, 
er existing ci 
As to the end of the o ental ground in St. 
Nee taming no change ; there will 
of the lake and no interference 
8 
p 
it is 
e design was here Ie left i incom- 
plete, with a view to some c change like that in pro- 
gress; for it is inconceivable that the refined taste 
which p ed ern park would have placed 
the 3 of it, a portion which is a blot 
wots the pleas Sonat t the front of a Royal Palace. 
unf h is another subjec 
to the lace within 
i a ep ery” s as the sward of 
hard by the palace windows. We 
there is a definite object, and we would suggest the 
babili the place to which it is to ig 
h at A. in 
Tegner rae and 
if so, it must, w „ be e a ce 
i 3 for the “ sone yar” not 
have 0 selected until the arch can ben 9 
structed. 
We Gene n to “a discarded plan” by Mr. 
Nes ibed as follows: “ It pro- 
* not 
the sou 
bei 
one out of the orn TT ntal enclosure in St. Jam 
. 15 uld extend in Toagth frodi 
Staf- 
3 ch ae Salom igs of the Mall, and 
in breadth fri 
ttainable unde 
public approach to the palace will be by the Mall, | seems 
ith i to a species ‘which i is eo ee to be gene- | 
d 
The unfortunate br e are 
upon which the Times is eloquent. It is 5 | 
remoyal to Gree 
>| been co 
circumstances. The main though scarcely oie? when received, and it 
more jus tribute the evil result to them 
n its oo the 
species in question was the com site Ag. si 
species ory ed for sale in immense — in ou 
markets, and one of which we never scruple to oma 
the course of last autumn we examined 
oms Apn 
h to accou 
of constitution KS that which renders 
ely injurious but 
T 
side sth 
taken out of the Green-park, and the southern ficiall 
chemical analyses of these production 
complete ; and it is much to be daite that com- 
parative . 0 ts should be made of 3 
campestris — ced naturally and artificially, 
also ee 
In ost gy reign markets there is a public in- 
chat in 3 accidents are extremely rare. 
Were the quality, cel r, of particular species 
very variable, no syste 
against a accidents, except ind t Paris, no 
e | Mushrooms were a 8 except — raised arti- 
We cannot — 2 3 oe that, 
where accidents do oc it nd, on 
fitting examination, that the fault did not lie against 
species which experience has pronounced wholesome, 
the Birdcage-walk to the straig ht but was due to an ignorant admixture of really | sc 
path poe cg into Clevelan ae arble | deleterious kinds. 
arch would be placed in the centre o e — —— 
Mall, 1 with the east side of the two gardens| A corrEsPoNDENT reproaches us with 1 | 
and them.” It be t to others to give advice. He says; “I 
of tas ready to admit | the conductor of a perio odical cannot be 1 sidered pots 
t s like these would be beautiful | responsible for such ee fet Lt I think it behoves 
feature of the ground! and that they would har- him to be careful, that great ief — it ensue 
monise much 8 ita the tural features | from following it. This the if Po 
he rough shrubbery an ers d be induced to imitate your corre- 
Melle ‘water sairt e d cover. N ndent i is day’s Chronicle respec 
would they curtail the space open apm re- g up the crop. I have been a very large grower 
; because they would be as lic as the | for the last 30 y d e ears I 
gardens of the eae in fact, thi ea would e many experiments about acl time of taking 
t area by the whole surface | up and the ne of secu h, Ib 
greater than the presen 
of the water which they would displace, and which 
is now only to be looked at. 
But all this . N is as 
e 2 LL, who is 
enough to censure Government for the paltry ap- 
pearance of all public buildings, is still more eager 
to withhold the means of doing anything noble 
and worthy of comparison wi 2 architectural 
works; and we see no probability of uckingham 
Palace being more fayoured than o 
this country to 
wever, against any general appropria- 
9 seem alm — table, w 
are every now sid then confirm firmed b some 
occurrence like that which lately took 
place 3 Beal fom the use, as it is said, of some 
and tl 
large s. the common Agaric. Un- 
fortunately 3 im such cases it is seldom possible to 
etermin species which have been 
eaten, m 11 the attendant circumstances, a due 
appreciatio of wea could alone lead to any ra 75 
n 
y f 
useless as the | fally ripened Potatoes weigh the heaviest, P the 
for thers is no intention | flavour. 
one 
= yet remains to be proved as * og best mode 
ing them, but I have invariabl 
Shaws are 
v 
to the mass of 
will be t 
WW. 
bu 
ctor ce the fungi exhibited for sale, and it is said 
of | ara guard | co 
o | dition ; a Pine tre 
to a in what way it can be best applied. 
As to the particular passage to which our corre- 
Siok “objects, we cannot discover where it is, 
and therefore give this pret disclaimer, 
HOW TO MISMANAGE A GARDEN. 
Cuarrer VII.—Potting i 
the talents of a are rally = 
spicuous. The ty of the implement, its 
r and the mode of si it, = ye subjects in which h 
a that is to N ans dee Saale ae 1 
are hottest in the sun, cold draughts, the mos 
difficult to clean, and by far the most perishable, 
The ases th pollera i i of 2 consequence, for it 
ah e pot ull, and expense is 
=a pf ka —5 no object 
an . g pera in which otted plants are to 
w, the same skill D be conspicuous. Alwa 
1187 your earth as fine as you can get it; it 1 fa 
"tight as 
Always keep Seng ree 5r 2 pots—as 
as they grow r shift them 
can help it. B this — Ne will . — nice 
little specimens, and you may have four or five- 
as yo 
e You will 
Te the plants should happen to die, do not 
ay on any account, but leave them: 
will show what a ; famous 
them; and in mean eep 
Wege ing — — acies, plenty of nice 
will come out of the bottoms of the 
Some say that den Pine trees are apt 
hey are old; if so, that is an 
additional reason for par Amas them into such a con~ 
ree reeling over from the. perpen— 
dicular i is picturesque 
ps you w would like to repot a plant ; in that 
he 
ets never touch the old ball; e it alone, and 
mith says tt i wont t tonel — er! 
not 
but never mind him. ur father and 
1 — — =i eons as we advise 
d how n do better than walk in the way 
fo "his fibon T 
be d to pot Strawberries for 
1 ; if so, mind not to. put them into the pots- 
till you want to set them going; their roots cannot 
be better than in the open gro At all spe 
und. 
it is essential that 
your corresponde t would consult any of the f you do pot them beforehand, 
ket gardeners, they would assure him they never | you should not do it before the end of November; 
so well pl customers as when they dig for | having done it, put m in a corner till you want 
their daily supply quite up to the oa ara: them. Some people pack themin Bracken or leaves; 
An her, if he will leave a small piece undug, | some material that shelter them. Do not follow 
and covered with mulch, to kee out 15 frosts; he | so ignorant an an example, Is not a Strawberry hardy 
will not A tg to be told how vastl r sa need, then, can it have of protection? To be 
fresh dug Potatoes to the sure the great forcers of Strawberries ge mut 
stored * ins to shelter their plants till they ar 
em . careless reader of the Chronicie | and t them months beforehand : ‘but these 
who charges us with allo d advice to go forth | are the 8 of mere practice, and beneath 
under the guise of “ C es ae On the con- | genius o ager. K7roupos. 
trary, it must be obvious thatwe almost overstep the 
bounds of courtesy, in criticising our correspondents’ 
The views of the gentleman whose 
statements. 
censure we thus notice are precise A what we have 
advocated for years. So long ago as the year 1846, | Y‘ 
we pointed out, by the example SHEPHERD, | 
of the Calf of Man, the great advantage of leaving 
a 
mience of the practice, 
excellent article of food 
were known to be intermixed in small q 
eed grow, 
cold. 
rinciple is ineontestable ; 
rinciples, ot be 
It is “or he. public 
to leave them in the 5 
but like many other eet prin 
observed, except in p cases. 
VILLAGE EXCURSIONS. fart js Gide 
h ent A 
ice of: our 
ding 
ly small occupiers. ) 
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