664 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Oct. 19, 
Another reason why no general rule can be sort down unless extremely sheltered, have got their quietus. ear after plan Plant evergreens now ; add a little 
for the cultivation of these plants, is, the great variety | Where the tops i are blackened, it will be e to superphosphate of lime to the water with which they are 
of soil and situation which they affect in their native p: the roots, leaving a considerable quantity of the top p xs: A Constant Sub. The first edition of DaN Ta 
country ; some, like 5 Mackaii, are ter- on, and placing them upright in a shed or outhouse for was pre by James Donn, curator of the Botanic G 
restrial, and in open exposed places ; others, like | a week or two, when = stems ae be — a few inches R per 3 se ms ely The rat 
Warrea tricol o terrestri I but win th e crowns, and the ts put into their final Garden” may answer your purpose. We do not give oe 
deep virgin forests ; some, like Zygopetalum illare, | winter quarters; a — ry cellar is an eal nt place or publishers’ name 
only found to inhabit a particular 2 while others for them. If our advice has been taken, all Carnation | Botanic GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE : SA 1 h ot know. 
und indiscriminately on all kinds of trees, on rocks, | and Picotee layers should be off and potte ling ‘common. 8 et A y 
and even on the ground ; some, li innabarina, for flowering next season should be looked to, the beds | CmemistRY: J N, Enter yourself a student in some school of 
grow in moist aae i on exposed ro ile others, — ed, and face ned; spindl experimental chemistry, pc as — — Laboratory in 
like Cyrtopera Wo i, grow in a pris soil, but in oved. best bed for Sy 8 should now be ready . College. Bu of education aisg 
shaded places ; some, Tike Maxillarin picta, grow on om if properly pun 8 and the W to be planted | Fences: Jri FL. If t down your Beech fence, it is not 
most dry and exposed rocks ; while others, like Gro ther rth the trouble; cover it wit tans 8 3 oS a LA wille 2 ö F 
Amherstiæ, grow also on dry rocks, but eT in the that a a bed“ "a be i insured for the bulbs when | GRAPES : eet e r e 
shade.” ee in Journal så Hort. S . 277.— | committ he gh the ea: A The previous PR s given — . a pi PE tear Bi a —— aie 
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ohn Oldham, Esq., of 
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ein introduced to Irela 
r Auric ulas, 'Polyanihuses Pinks, &c., 
str ictly at ttende 
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Planting and, root 
e ould now be in 
FLORISTS FLOWERS. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
ANNUALS: WG, They will be all the better for being thinned 
out a little. oer en eae Aa N off 
winter.} 
e 7B. X are not es — stocks 
ill not be a . Pippin. 
ARAUCABIA IMBBIC Sub. It may be transplanted n 
Nothing besides i — Si turf should be added in the 
Asasara” K paa e. strongly, advise you 
Cathill’s 8 
» Aa 
“What with wind and frost, Dahlias 
varieties 
as the Ribston Pippin you may get a very good Apple, though | & 
attacked with rust—a skin disease produced by cold winds, 
, gering, agers hair, over-sulphuring, or any 
r — ca The pe appears to be the Sy 
te Gra 
only suitable for a lato Yiia. 25 which plenty of artificial 
heat can be afforded. The Cannon Hali has a Muscat 
a ot. 
en raised, and with whom the plant is now aue of all o 98 Fi. — importance, that as much as a pound of wool or a pound of air, viz., 16 
‘ HEATING W. You should have two rows of 4-inch 
ron hel possible — hog ie 1 4 fer KE pee f 8 one heat in your Orchid and — t oe if th wages 
a be a stove, or one row in the latter if a greenhouse. What 
Calendar of Operations. Christmas have a decided advantage over those moved ad you want the bottom — for? It is impossible to advise 
xr fs roe aoe ret * iod ; 3 8 1 an Juros: å he nit eon ane send 5 of the insects of 
EPARTME season repose, especially if anand, and by 1 whose depre dations you complain, we will endeavour to 
Ler immediate attention be paid . ii collecting „$ a | mulching on the surface of the ground, an assist 
good stock of ost useful soils within reach tion long before the tops ee * slightest “evidence — 2 N. Se em — on this subject in our “ Home 
8 aid orrespondence” of to-day’s paper. 
getting the ‘into the o t-yard at this 8 of activity. With ard to soil, Moss Om APPLE Taras er Deep draining is the most 
op! ity i rded of turning and exposing them to monly committed are in making i it o deep or too good. | “effec tual remedy ; by this means only we have seen 8 thick 
the action of the atmosphere during winter, and thus | For Apples, Pears, and all stone fruite, good loam is| coating 
taking advantage of the frost to destroy the insects with all that is necessary; it may be mixed with sand or | „performa boise! A Lady Winchester. 1, Ou din; 10, 18 
hich fresh soil naturally abounds. In collecting turf, burned t DONE 1S too tenacious 5 and if the Golden Reinette; 11, Dumelow’s Seedling; 1 , Blenheim h 
it is a plan to cut it during the next two months, whole, or at least a portion of it, has been charred, it Pippin; 15, Orange Pippin; 16, Win 17, 
and allow it to lie with e downwards until | Will the be considerably re! eg When any ibston Pippin. These are worth keeping; 2, 3, 9, vat) are 
it has den by fhe fest frosts, by which all additional stimulus is necessary, it can be supplied in| N ug, or Prags: am iuist s ET 
i be driven out zi destroyed. Before the turf the a mulching or ig manure. The depth the Begonia; 5, Melampodium, eht — Gr the 
is cut, the e herbage aia mown off it as closely as of soil sho ould never exceed 12 inches ; and if the mcea is not determinable in its present state; it seems 
le: clods should es be cut more than from bottom is not naturally e i shoul be made ve be m Fess I 1 * > 3 2 — y mvaa 
3 to 5 lakes thick, nearest the surface con- 80 by a al means. Where the situation is very n as you now have the saes econ Lr eon 
e greatest proportion of yegua, fibre, and | damp, let the border for the choicer fruit tre closely allied species (?) of thot section to which pera a 
been more freely exposed e ame- | Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines—be made entirely forms belong, — pean ng a Roe es fo decide with anything. = 
liorating influences s of the atmosphere, is in ‘better order | above wid „ as it is well worth while 8 from. the — — ra authors ; it can only be 
for early use. sacrifice a foot of the height of the wall, if by doing so done by exam eir original s en tter of 
Langage DEPARTMENT, the remaining portion is render no easy accomplishment but we promise not to let the sub- 
PINERIES— Keep a constant 7 0 = mags lores form eren of rubble 6 to 9 inches in thickness, ject rest. ‘The one found on ‘a rock in the Vallée a 
liable 5 h f Noir” is no doubt — h of Linnzus. No. 1 
as at 10 ist mae ; rete the surface o the ay rded for the present as the L. denticulatum ; 2, as 
n is it more 1 tye ha 3 ie v W vi “This i impervious bottom prevents the roots from! L. 8 : Ix 5 — m — Cen- 
especially Nie 5 assist in main- | getting down into the subsoil, and keeps the trees tranthus longiflorus ; 66, Valeriana tuberosa ; hesium, 
g an e state of teas anit thaletaite Shout n and frui rn — te 
roots during winte pi good plan KITCHEN GARDEN. DJ. Acer rubrum and Abies alba.—4 B C. 1, some Cincho- 
with a couple of inches thiek of half spent tan or leaves Proceed with the final earthing of Celery with all pos- aceous t; 2, Gnidia simplex; 3, Diosma; 4, 
taken from a pit whe ey have heated and . | sible despatch, season is too far advanced to| Diosma ta; 5, some pawn 6, some 9 oF 
tially decomposed, This mulching wil great admit of longer d same remark applies to auch mi We tag otie Sna. in dete WOE As 
do away with the necessity of watering the roots of Pine Bede d srta * which P $ rot 8 if um ; it will mot theirs ia the open air in 
an’ 3 i the end of this month. of the autumn England.—J P. 1, some Casuarina ; 2, Spiræa ; 
be yery mach etic as the come | Erno Cuiitoers tero isa gomsiderable quantity | Șiria sata reopen S r * 
es Saranan, uced in excess, is liable to of heads for part of them should be taken | yerrine : Reader. There can be no doubt that netting similar 
and ru run in into dope: hearts of the plants. “This evil evil up and laid in under #3 the shade of a north wall, whe to that sent would prove a suitable spring covering for wall 
they — 5 Lees retarded and: ma: vy rotected by some trees. i g it ke it more durable. ? 
4 d P y Pears : Inqui Th ears you mention ripen ge erally in 
ventilation, and by keeping the laps between the glass | ©" are now nearly as | the following, order: 1, Jargonelle, Orange Bergamot; 2, 
. then carried off. large ka they Will be, and, unless 2 Dun Jersey Gratioli; 3, Au Bergamot, Maris 
Where d better be taken up now, to prevent their being spoiled Louise, "Beurré de Capiaumont, Brown , Gansel’s Ber- 
l be neces: in 282 by worms. amot, Louise Bonne (of Jersey), Althorp Crassane, Duchesse 
yrevent any escape bj means of the! „ a little 3 2 — . ae Husas — 
remain on all Vi PEP Monarch, Passe Colmar, Beutré a’ Aremberg, Winter Nelis ; 
A i 2 — | 6, Chaumontel, Ne plus Meuris, W n Chrétien; 7, 
e adopting some efficient \ 8 Haster Be Beurré, or Bergamotte de la S Pentecôte ; 38 i 
<| BAROMETER, . ; 
! cold Produced by consequent evaporatio Oct. F ee Air. a 4 Nee: Lincoln. They may be transplanted now. 
However well drained the borders may be, and — Si Max WBERRIES : J W B, If you will have the 7 2 ya 
porous the constituent ma may be, the continual 1 ee ar — — — are so distande of the 
wetting and partial drying of the soil, besides i 02 lants, which is immaterial. wi 
the miserably cold and wet, will so injure the vir I San eae Saree oct shaking E 
m tex soil that it will 00 s the matter roots, or are ove 
to part so freely with its surplus wa * 90 ba 83 he ve ae Elms, ke. Privet, 
depen and m po -|2 | vine Gonrore ron Cortacens: C R. We mis 
will of course draw in similar proportion upon the Se ator oe 02 has been 2 we ee republish ; but 
natural or acquired warmth of the borde —" 13—Olear, very fins; Cleary #reaty 88 ne Tour plan = s one, but it is 2 
vigorously with the pruning and cleaning of the Vines} Z Frags owen ene feng pn ge troublesome round-about way of doing what is better done by 
from which the fruit is cut, and at the same time let} — }3—Nery fne; with bright sun by lear; sharp frost, 3 1 : of e e ae 
any needful painting or other re done, that =  37—Light cloud ioe thee e e . The plant was permit . 
th “4 5 3 asi 13 3 17 aan Oo clouds; very fine — yoo iat an aidan. nome And bear her name. The rest of your inquiry is un- 
ance, and likewise be i 5 ect readiness for their State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 24 years, for the Miso 8 Sub. The abair you have received en 
3 gettin i speed week, ending Oct e Irish paper are very g a 
out of hand; the: re ae i rd them. The agricultural inquiries are gone 15 — of — 
ons 3 254 254 23 Noof | Greatest g Winds dhe Agricultn ette. Hybrid wre 
1 ring Chrysan —.— ums, Geraniums taken up oct. 3 ß weh n | Quantty| e | good as if budded, if your soil is not too cold. 2 Pray 
from the flower garden, and ome similar pie Sage | 23a Bs i f Rain. E R =| send to the publisher, will give you the — 
merely — tected from the f. # =| |?) ia JWH. We regret it; but we really cannot answer inquiries 
Sunday) 593 | 406 | 601| 12 | o3¢in,| 1 2 30 1 Privately. Your plan take no harm from the per 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES, Mon nj 585 | sèi |483] 10 | O61 “| 1131) ajajaj s- | The trees you pame der near M i AA 
. injured on rost as to be no er Wed. 2| 579 | 410 | 495] 16 | ou [2 4? wae Tapaa ee ee ers any great 
* s Pap o aberi ee Bi a ST Set . 5 Wo fear you can get get rid of eela by no other 
and S 3 as see e S |o PSST PSS 88] than by emptying them out of 
The hig est, temperature during the abore period occurred on the Alt, _ mud. Even then they wil got in 
1826—therm. 72 deg.; and the lowest on the 21st, 1342—therm, 20 deg., Exratom. The me da concerning the pot ges e 
. RL ͤ —-„—- ö ASi ot at 646, a inadvertenly nma i 
— of * W.“ It should have been the latter. 
dehy el FLOWERS. | 
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