776 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Drc. 7, 
uuthors refuse to a age the so-called“ neomania’ 
splitting, due to “ ned ingenuity of pe 
botan 
few weeks to limit the neath x re 5 * 
the plants indue 
0 will be i a 
n | proportionate to the — of Fight which” hay 25 
— * to enjoy. The object to be aimed at in Pine 
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these and the accompanying remarks, there appears 15 
the 
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for refi 
— Swiss, and e Baa Swedish ists.“ 
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be a eee between 
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the outward sM which we | 
istinctness ost z 
of a large plant with E, 
the produ GL 
pore them in-doors ; but we never take up more than 
or three days’ supply, as we have invariably observed 
— was result from the opposite ste baiiia 
which, the quality of the vegetable is dete d, being 
rendered tough and stringy, instead of N ri and 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending Dec. 5, 1850, 
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n her for convenience b ete rev e compos end is not ae 
others, n several: we should e t be attained through starving the plants by an inade- „ | — r 
seek, siey convenience, but the Ment truth : - but how are quate supply of water wa soil, but by affording, along . — Ofthe Earth. wina,} 3 
we to arrive at the truth? W peak of one plant with a proportionate quantity of these 5 is N a a S| Max | — ian lL fot|2 fee 
as distinct from another, we that it is distinct as | cireula f all times. If this point, in wAn j 133 a 
a whole, not as a mere collection of distinct parts : the | nexion with a proper er . heel me o duly 1 Friday.. 2025 30.314 | 30.215 37 | 19 28.0 40 |45} | E. j or 
rs do not ete oy th ceil a they do to, and if a healthy roo plants, — a 1 25 30:192 20433 424 Si 46 2 . 20 
but manifest it wo sight. No test can therefore be | though bg oir Leche ed ‘with highly elaborated sap, — r 8. | -00 
à priori dec! sufficient : all may sometimes my and | and, as pro x ae l- fed... aj J 30081 | 30.029 | šo | 38 | 440) 1 |43 N. 05 
yet the plants may be really distinct. Scien ch | swelled "ane ‘highly. "favoured fruit. Vm . — ee oS * 
cases is not, as it t seem, impossible; for ent eing be carried on with = t caution * “this dull | Average....|_ 30.202 | 30 7-8 | 40-7 | 475 0.09 
observations under er t eireum laborious season e year; bat te r ey: E A EET 
and sagacious obse: aided by cultivation, will | day to allow the tempera 8 to rise 15° or 20° higher} Dec Ebene 9 alight drizzle. 
doubtless finally — 'the truth. Of cou many than that which it is kept during the night. Where = Uniformly overcast; slight frost at night. 
mistakes will — made; but we know of no other method | the buds are not yet broken, the ro be ve 5 Ponty i Bazy and gv. Tua: 65g 
which can re ience fr hness or three times a day in fine clear , with water of Mean tem: ure of the week I 4} deg. below the average.8 
ity of ries ee nd at the same time en ich the temperature is about 70% and, yeh the State ofthe eather a r 
its sound and permanent progress. At the beginning buds break, it should be use t rmer. . C 
of our studies,” says Fries, “ we are a always hoping mit air on 1 cue? favourable opportunity; a ro- 223 32 37 Vein Greatest 
ibe nature with absolute characters and limits, | portion the tof moisture in the atmosphere to Pe |528 528 SS | whieh it Quantity 2 Bh 
as if our hands ~ ace in ag grasp ; ; but when we | the strena of 2 Be =< that the ferment- ere E e 
gain experience, we come mptiness of our ing mate over the roots does not get too hot—a sunday 8 426 | 34.2 40.2 13 0.16 in. 1322772 
hopes and the fatility of pes efforts. 5 1 . lives moderate w mth, not exceeding 75° or 80° in the puer 10 43 | sis % 2 |21321474 3 
in integrity : when we cannot take h = under | dung, is sufficient ; but, at the same time, it should be Wea Ny ee ae ae - 8 ees 
this her true character, we tear her in 3 adapt frequently examined, that it does not fall too low e Friday 13 70 22. | 395 7 0.13 1 3 207771 
her to our own reeptions, and then patch her up cold weather, or the check will injure the roots ere | Satur. oe | 25 1% bed 1 22 1 21 815! 4'— 
again in any way we can.“ Annais and Magazine of the Grapes are still hanging, remove the faded e N megs 8 — hn ave, period occurred, on the 13th, 
Natural History. which are no lon nger r of ay m to the 
ee on the 3 2 the ilar gg 10 
William Ohater.— In presen these few 
pacha upon 2 of Ha Hollyhock, I beg to r 
say, that ote year’s apaia induces me to en 
force the same routine as revious one, feeling con- 
after 25 years cultiva ing this ornamental plant b 
that er e follow jan d these directions may ensur 
success. e Hollyhock will t in g 
garden soil, wel b ga i the depth of two feet, 
with plenty of thorou mposed manure ; su uch 
as old Cucumber sak a night soil mix ‘wart 
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a2 8 
es injurious to them prev 
h of one or two inches 
abou em, a with th 
it is simply to p e them fro wet, worse 
slugs, from which, fr in the winter, they are po to ir 
very much, if not ey may be propagated 
single eyes in July and August, also by cuttings in the 
ing, placed on a slight bottom heat. g plants 
forked ov 
ood old 
Vines, a 
kere in at once h no fruit i 77 s banging. 
LOWER GARDEN TAND SHRUBBER 
In this department also, let perfect — P vail, 
pensate for the absence of more brilliant attrac- 
Let all the fallen leaves be carefu epid 9 
e soil in the borders and elumps 
ith the rake, The walks 
rder, and receive a slight 
to com 
ne 
z 
8 
8. 
et 
sprinkling ssar 
the drains and grids b ined and cleaned ; and if 
in ve: iny weather the water lies on any pa the 
walks, let the defect be remedied by introducing a new 
drain, or by filling up the low places with new gravel ; 
othing interf s0 h with the enjoyableness of 
any place, a cof 7 — * i lks. If 
turf is wet in any part of the pleas nd, this is a 
ure-grou 
2 excellent time for Wda the defect, by —— 
| drai r they are required. In doin 
. ing this, W 
at the greatest possible —— from 
00 
filling 
to prevent any after sinking of the surface 
LORISTS’ FLOWERS, 
now be made for the 
descriptions should be made, for 
t of Watering, ties, 
ming 
Yo 
thin them out 
according : if well esta- 
blished and very strong, leave pe our * ikes: if w 
two or three, or only one, at the same time placing a 
e to each one separately. 
liquid manure, poured care 
ing pouring it on or too near the e iinan 
wers fine, ae off the hase shoot “tin 
e, 
ize 5 the Og 
and perhaps disfigure its a Nurseries, Soffron 
Walden, Essex, Sept. 1850. 
w erect. they — all the the ied 
moderate p Moisi for Auri 
5 in ore is * now superfluous ; damp is 
success, g, 
is comparatively wee ess, if 
out — — should all be of — = — escription, and, if 
possible, kept under cover cessful exhibitor 
of Horst! flowers (a friend of c ours) — the whole of 
under an open shed; as a 
convenience, still, when 
| —— of course, few have this 
it can be done, the 8 let them be of what kind 
‘or the extra trouble in this 
casi, 8 abi now be carefully 
2 to Correspondents. 
D STU : Artist. Arseniacal soap is a good compositio 
to sery — tm white of a bird, in order to preserve it, pre- 
parsan to stuffing. 
: Ignoramus. Macintosh's Flower Garden” will pos- 
sibiy answer your purpose. 8 H G. Lyons’s book on 
Orchids.—A Z. Macintosh’s “ Greenhouse, Hothous 
Stove. 75 
1 E. 
unless you ais h a little heat, Ifyou have an inte 
house, that would a it perfectly. 
GRAFTING : 4 Z. 2 ers and Cypresses may be grafted on 
the Red Ced Us se he 3 or summer grafting. 
Rhododendrons ag be “w i 
be done in spring), and if she can place them in a sli 
bottom heat afterwards, so much the better, 
GREENHOUSES: W V C. The frost must be kept out of your 
nd 
will not flower well with you at this season, 
rmediate 
t will 
less fire heat employed, owe the better 
0 emperature above Fedin 
ee They sh hould be 
by all good gardeners. The sc is 
kind as dry in winter as is consistent bor a pad 
Insects: 4 H The little beetles in the interior of the 
wound in the Bean is quickly healed over, and the grub, “i 
hatched, feeds in safety beneath the hard skin on the 
softer interior, not, however, without being subject to the 
destructive raga ons a pa arasitie 83 Ay we “pO 
ard n of a species of that tribe in one of th 
Bea 
1 oe Hooker’s Muscologia 
volume of Smith’s English Flora,” — be your best 
Gardiner’s Lessons in British Mosses“ 
(a very nice book), will also be useful to you. 
the root pearl — may now be stored a away in 
2 oe 
= ed; fresh air, and abundance of it, is highly — 
TCHEN GARDEN. 
To prevent ms ‘iffieulty in digging up Celery or Car 
coe, when the ground is frozen td 3 let a por- 
n of each, about as much as e fora . 
af weeks, be always under * either by mean 
us volumes, 
So — of loose li T Fern, or es ame d hurdles, or some — eer will i and. . 8 4 one a: Ara m 
W to give 
n convenient material which will exclude frost. There Sixxiw Rnoponexpna.; Amire, We are unable to be found 
— coverings sh be vig on while the is in an y 
1 he ensuing week, ) 8 K in the advertisements. 
Aae DEPARTMENT. uncongeale state, as it wo o harm rather than TRAWBERRY TILES: Ọ A, The idea of these was taken 
is approaching when every proprietor | good, if put on while the ground is qei y poets. letter in our columns some years and ane eii by the 
et thome for’ ‘enjoyment, le let the gardener make it | the sun and air acting u in case 0 ignorance of the maker or vendor. Our opinion 
well known; it is t of all gardeners of com a — 
nee to ea as far as lies in 5 M 7 tsi ie ‘hat the = we can admit no further discussion upon e e 
his power, to thergratification an d pleasure of his em- Portion which is covered up is not to be left untouehed We will wih boney mere, add, ow the 2 
e friends. The plant Soest and their | till the val of frosty weather, but used in the regular ther. are prepare sometimes good, and 
pants will be of the first importance a this dull rotation ; and as the ane is the part for T AAN. 1 tor ‘mending nding toed nik Gs =” ape 
— ; and, te it is to moved fo: a similar Septembe b t also bedone in spring. The common 
in such a manner as to display — ‘the best Space beyond, so that a supply for cor! — ensuing pak — = ag See mer eg bpenined and make 
advantage. Great care shou should be taken of plants now | fortnight shall ‘always s be under pro n, excepting excellent beds t P E. Mr. Gray having in part recalled the 
in flower, in order to pr in that state as of co when the groun on m 8 state. mis representations he a on È his subject, Pas ep 
as posible aos ld also be paid to | If, by means of spare frames or other co 8 present the comments which they must somi, o . — 2 7 f 
big thers forme e r bene eg S b. Pete ke, an be ask ve dee f e , be e 
if he hen th di t, ho are competert to determine ted points wi 3 
in everything ; ; 5 Point be attended to, it will | ¥ e ground is covered with sno Hi Vine WaLLs: Merseman. Your plan of protection e and it 
ic the absence of a | radish, Jerusalem 1 — 3 should be in use so far as its main feature © "d concerned ; an ae 
—— fora display. got up and laid. soil for It is a 3 coarse ind of thin canvas, m. 
. FORCING DÉPART . ‘tes genes ‘many on the 1 weather, ployed by — is good 
Names or Prants: Erzeroum. 99, — Geum rivale.— 
aga 
with aoe flow 
Nrmruza: 4 H. W 
k that we think 
recognise them, and will notice men vagas reer week. 
aan BARS: M B. An account of Mr. n’s machine for 
ing sash bars may be fe Se in aaa * 
. You must excuse our entering into such a de- 
tail as to tell a seedsman what seeds to sell. A tradesman is 
to be 2 to understand bis trade, if not he should 
ome a very — > 
Britannica, or the 5th - 
We do not see in what your oe — pS Se Epi- 
tally 
e will write to the author of the peo ‘ 
Behe pnan 
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