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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



fFEB. 1, 



and it is not fit for farm 



This 



a Cham 

 use mid* 



mumu, i^.^ 4th January, tit for use the beginning ol 



May—ripe in July, middle size, qu i round, and g< 1 



in qualitv ; produce about 5 cabots to the perch. Out 



cf the above eight varieties (of the l>est early round 



sorts) five can be highly recommended, viz. : 1, 2, 5, 



6, and 7, both for produce and for quality. Early 



Kidney P'Aa s, planted in /flfMMfV, and dug up Ripe 



in July.— 9. "A-dideaf Kidney," decidedly cue of the 



eariieit and best for farcing, stalks short with no bloom; 



but it sell luces above 1 or 2 cabots to the perch, 



fit 



gardener. 10. " Smith's Early „. 



has no bloom, and is quite dwarf in growth, planted 



10th of January ; they were fit for use in the beginning 



of May, dug up quite ripe on 12th July, a beautiful 



clean ailvr-skinned, almost transparent 



lent in quality, and one of the most prod 



Potatoes known ; crop from 



11. 



of Jul) ; it shows bloom, but it d not expand ; finely 



shape and not over large ; produces from 6 to 6 cabots 

 per perob, sometimes more. Second • / Round Ya- 

 rie&fe— 1-'. "Cork Rtd," planted i:>th January, wore 

 for car n the beginning f June, and were ripe in 

 Jul It has a fine rough skin, and is of superior 

 quality ; wze large ; crop from 8 to 10 cabots per 

 nerd I ■ York White* planted 1 8th January— fit 

 for uee in June, and fully ripe in the end of July ; 



Jjuality very rot* blooms do i \ panel ; kcepe good 



or uee • iurtiig the whole year ; produces from 8 cabots 



£trr>erch. — 1 I. "Silver-akin," planted 1st February, \v« re 



fit for uee in the iiegixmin^ of J , iod ripe for seed in 

 the en I of July trail in quality to " York whites * — 

 remarkabh* for affag scarcely a mall Potato am 

 tht-ti *d from 7 t«. alioti per perch ; free of 



iBeeewi ;wkin very rl. .in, — 1 -(.,. !♦• Curly/' or "Scotch 

 K - oti planted February h»,and dug up in the begin 

 tting <>f \tigusi, when th< were quite ripe ; quality excel- 

 kn keeps well through tiie winter, and is highly esteemed 

 in the L<>adon markets ; crop from (J to abote { r perch. 

 Aconrf&r K'ulnryi. — 16. w A \bridire h planted 



2 Ml January f fit for me in the end of Mi and fully ripe 

 in the vid of July a very fine flavoured rich Potato, 

 wboee btn^ms drop ofF l> peningj produces from 



6 to 8 cafota per perch. 17. "Chalmers* Kidney, 

 plant* I n ^ rf February, were fit far DM in the 

 middle of Juiy.aM were fully ripe in the end of Aumist ; 



a 



arc finely 



^ m >i ito equal The aV e 1 7 varieties are selected 

 from upwards of 50 aorta, grthra by Mr. Saunders within 



years, and have beeh carefully watched and 



jem repeatedly tried, ^ as to prove fully 



tlieir quai ations. It may be also uWrjl to give the 



:i.u:)-H || mm NTtl which he bu h:i\ under cul- 



ion, and which he would not ntommeirt as pro- 



ductire varieti They are a« follow I, Red Kklney, 



»>PP ink Eye, rerjr impip? 



Keds ditto ; L Cork Whites. 



* 



llil 





m ; Chirm Karly, ditto ; 6, Douglas Kidney, ditto 

 Ash.leavad K ditto ; 8, fed Kidney, ditto , 



La i fT «. , Utt l •• EMt4>n Kari )' BWi ditto; 



end H hi*. *. ditto. The above-mentioned crops were 



(w,th the exception of two) manur I with horse-dung, 

 Wtbe rate of 10 cart-loads to the vergtfe f and, when 

 • l T™ fn>m 4 *° 6 inches high. the\ well dusted 



with dry slaked hm< bout 2 hogsheads to the vergee 

 prepared for the purpoee (this operation should be per 

 fonntd early m the morning whilst the dew is on them), 

 ^ter which they were flat-hoed to a good depth, and 

 a wee* or 10 days afterwards the earth was drawn 

 them, Jersey Tunes. 



bed or pit should be got in readiness for them, 

 preparing beds for them, which are to be heated with 

 litter, they should be so contrived that the necessary 

 degree of heat may be obtained without the risk of 

 burning the roots ; but, at this early period, heating by 

 means of hot-water pipes is far preferable. The pipes 

 for supplying bottom heat should be merely a continu- 

 ation of the top heat pipes through the pit, and should 

 be covered with a few inches of gravel, upon which is 

 laid from 14 to 18 inches of soil, for putting the plants 

 into. We thus obtain top and bottom heat by the same 

 circulation ; and nothing can answer better. The earliest 

 Melon I have tried is the Trentham Hybrid, which is 

 also a free bearer. Look carefully to the litter upon the 

 early Vine border, and see that it does not become too 

 warm ; 65 9 to 70° are sufficient at this early season. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



Dahlias may be placed in heat forthwith ; the thick 



first shoots do not strike root so readily, neither do 



they make so good plants as those which are thinner. 



When they are about 2 inches long, they may be 



taken off, and cut across, immediately below a joint, 



and placed round the sides of a small pot in sand ; 



plunged in a brisk heat they root quickly. Paxsies. 



Ilxamine the beds carefully for snails, &c. ; during the 



mild nights that we have lately had, ours suffered 



con- ierahly ; but a dusting of soot appears to have 



proved a riddance, besides causing the plants to assume 



a more healthy green colour. — In the Auricula frames 



the plants are fairly making a move, and, unless a 



severe check takes place, an early bloom may be 



expected. If retardation is desired, the plants may be 



placed in a colder situation, or, if the frame is a 



revolving one, they may be made to front the north. 



The quantity of water given may now be increased, 



taking care at all times to av*oid hard or spring-water. 



The foliage should not be moistened, or the hearts of 



the plants filled with water, as careless florists will 



sometimes do, to their almost certain detriment. Keep 



a current of air amongst the plants, night and day, it is 



conducive to health and hardiness ; bearing always in 



mind, that few plants suffer so much, from damp, or 



confinement, as the Auricula.— Other floral require- 

 ments as last week. 



HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 



The training of wall trees should now be progressing 

 with all speed, and Peaches or Nectarines on the open 

 walls, which have any show for fruit should be pro- 

 tected, if this has not already been attended to. (See 

 our remarks on this in January.) Among the espalier 

 fruit trees, the flower buds of many of the hardier kinds 

 are swelling fast j and as we may yet expect some 

 severe weather, prudence points out the propriety of 

 protecting anything which is choice or valuable. For 

 this purpose, nothing is cheaper than Spruce or Yew 

 branches, which are also of considerable service in 

 retarding the opening of the blossoms, until the season 

 is more favourable for their safe development. The 

 ground should be forked over amongst bush fruits, 

 taking care to injure the surface roots as little as pos- 

 *We, for upon these the fertility of the tree mainly 

 depends. The Strawberry beds should also be looked 

 over, the dead leaves and runners removed, and if it 

 was omitted last autumn, the plants should be thinned 

 where they require it Some dry soot should now be 

 dusted in amongst them to destroy snails ; after which 

 the spaces between the rows should be manured, and 

 lightly forked over without breaking their roots. We 

 tad old Mushroom -beds excellent top dressings for 

 strawberries. 





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State of the Weather near London, for the week ending Jan. 30 1851 

 aa ob.er.e d at the Horticultural Garden, Ctaiswick 



Calendar of Operations. 



(For the etmma week. ) 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 

 FoarwG-ROtWB— Here, there will ** 



Jan. 



«%-.„. 1 . i a- JT* * * m 01 necessi 



many plants differing f 



and in the degree 



will bear more 



the f 



clean. 



I 



each other in their nature, 



heat which they require. Some 



i . v . ** others, and these will be beat 



pj«d by themselves at the warm end of the house ; 



while thoee requiring leas heat can have the cool end, 



ItrJ f^y»PP l 7> with air. The structure 

 ue*I for plan -forcing, should be of the lightest possible 

 ^nptton, U» nside being painted or SLJRSS, 



^t coloured sand, m order that the greatest poss ble 

 £°SL €f ^i^Jta Effused and aSected aCgst 



glass and laps should be perfectly 

 tors should be so arranged that th* 



triTST^ %l*s+£r ? " me i in ~ 



air should be given by open- 



expj, the plXsnSa^^' A ft s the , fl0 -™ 

 drier atmosphere, with a WS£Vl a • ^ 

 of MoonW. It should be re X "l £? T"^ 

 plants require a greater supply of W^ tliat forced 

 *ality of things at this season ; and wl 

 fit state to receive water, let sufficient be given U 

 thoro«rblv m « part of the soil. Except m 



lyringe may be used with advanfc 

 once a day, upon those plants whose flowers have 

 yet expanded Use water of the same temperature 

 the house for th» purpose, aa well as for watering 

 plants, fla w 1 * " 1 * 



— • PORCrXO DEPARTMENT. 



1 he early sown Melons will no w be progressing, i 



-41 BiaoMBna. 



TaxraaaTUBi. 



°( tfa e Air. 0/ the Earth. Wind. 



Max. Min. Max. Min 





Fridaj.. 



Satur. . . __ 



Sunday . M[M 



Monday 27' 2. 

 Tuet. .. - 



Wed. .. 29 

 Tltura.., 30 



""-te.'u? 



Average 



- • » 



30.219 

 *9.»46 



- 

 »J20 



30.045 



9DA92 



29. b9n 



29.568 

 29.691 



J.4>i3 



29.2o2 



34 

 42 

 42 

 48 

 49 

 i»2 

 46 



25 



n 



28 



-: 



39 



H 



n 



./. 



29 



38 



38 



33, 



39 



39 



4lf 



29-S50 I 29.700 



J«n 



30 3J.3 I 39.0 





42 



41 



40£ 



40 j 



40. 



41* 



42 



41,1 



S.W. 



s. 



S.E. 



S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W, 



«l 



.00 

 .00 

 .02 

 .02 

 .12 

 .20 

 .33 





2""rSIf. fof throu < nout J clear and frottj at maht. 

 »— Uoudj , orerc«t , clear. ' * 



3J— Pioe; owercait ; raio at niirht 



2~f, ,ne ; %li * ht| y clouded ; ,ery tine- rain 



b«aVy 5k! iitoiBf 5 rmp,d h ^-»hower t followed 

 Mean temperature of the week 1 deg. below the arerage. 



State of the Weather at ChUwick during the la,t 2S yean, fc 

 raauinif week, ending Feb. 8, " ' 



074 



Fefc. 



the gene- 



id ay 



Man 



Taea. 

 Wed. 



Thura. 

 Friday 

 Satur. 



?* a, 





4i 



»s 



n o. of 



I ears in 



which it 



Rained. 



Greatett 

 Quantity 

 of Rain. 



Prevailing WLndt. 





I .Lfi 



z; 



t a? l,fce * t ^""iwature during 

 253J-taerm. i6 deg. j and thai 



rred on the 3d and 

 therm, a der. 



Notices to Correspondents 



s^fw "rbttA?^: 1^ i in a t 1 **** 



aaoiecr^w „: ni ' it r * r 11 e¥€nt s, the place ihould not h* 

 »boild t ^^ u h d ;« of teu.per.ture, to prevent whteh U 

 Back NoMJiEigT^IiV Wl ^ oa -» 



Ko. 47 for 1849. rurf^* 1 , b K e &7* n for ^ 38. 1849, and 

 tor m$ j and 40 and 5 (Tfi^l be g^en for Nos, I, 2, 3, 8, 9. 



Dahlias : J C. The fnii rt «i«2S^ ' 



best aent out / 



spring j it would, therefore, be injudicious to omit tV^* 

 Oakley's Gem, white and lavender; Shylock s PO i enu 

 Toison d'Or, buff; Grenadier, ruby crimson- Mr sju' 

 rosy lilac ; Miss Chaplin, peach and crimson ; Privai T 

 yellow and red ; Princess Louisa, salmon ; Queen of u* 

 East, blush ; Fearless, lilac ; Ricbard Cobden, dark- V' i 

 Perfection, violet purple; Charles Turner, blush and Wnl 

 Earl of Clarendon (Union), mottled orange; Dukeof W*V 

 lington, orange ; Duke of Cambridge, silvery lilac • Faml 

 shaded plum ; Sir F. Bathurst, dark crimson ; EiizabeS 

 Daniele, pale rose; Mag;ni6cent, shaded rose; Mrs. Seldon 

 yellow; Queen of Lilacs, pale lilac ; Seraph, bright orange • 

 Snowflake, pencilled white; Utilis, crimson; Negro, dark 

 maroon ; John Edwards, orange scarlet ; Queen of the Isle* 

 white and lake ; Thames Bank Hero, deep crimson ; Mrs* 

 C. Bacon, blush; Blanchfleur, white; Black Prince,' dark 

 crimson ; Tmbricata, dark purple ; Anticipation, silver? 

 lilac ; Frederick Jerome, purple ; Windsor Castle, shaded 

 crimson. Twelve best Fancies of 1848 49, and 50. Conspicn. 

 white and violet; Prockter's Elizabeth, blush and pink! 

 Empereur de Maroc, maroon and white ; Jeannette, red' 

 carmine, and white ; Lady Grenville, dull red and white- 

 Miss Compton, salmon scarlet and white; Girling's Jenny 

 Lind, maroon and white; Mrs. Labouchere, scarlet and 

 white ; GasparineFurstinReuss, rich maroon and white tip- 

 Lady Cullum, yellow tipped with white ; Striata perfecta' 

 lavender, spotted and striped with purple ; and Madame 

 Wachy, purple and white.* 



Dbacontium : A H. This Aroid plant, which they call the 

 Spotted Dracontium, will live out of doors ; a south wall is 

 unnecessary. It is quite hardy. 



Exposed Gardens : Reader. In an exposed garden, about 

 40 feet square, surrounded by 5 feet walls, on high ground, 

 near the Thames, you may cultivate Potatoes, Onions, 

 Lettuces, Cabbages, Parsley, Spinach, and Strawberries. As 

 to Climbers, the Virginian Creeper or Clematis montana 

 will possibly suit the situation you mention. 



Fancy Geraniums : Mrs M. The following are a few of the 

 best in cultivation :— Alboni, rosy pink, good in shape and 

 size; Ansis, cherry pink, shaded with white; Bouquet tout 

 fait, shaded purple, good in shape; Beauty, dark crimson; 

 Belle d'Epiany, in the way of Jenny Lind ; Defiance, dark 

 maroon, very fine ; Empress, style of Queen Superb ; Fairy 

 Queen, good light ; Formosum, pink and white ; Hero of 

 Surrey, maroon and white, good in shape ; Jenny Lind, light 

 pink and white, fine ; Jehu Superb, dark purple and white, 

 small; Madame Miellez, dark maroon; Magnificum, dark; 

 Minerva, rosy pink, very compact ; Orestes, good rosy pink 

 and white ; Picturatum, bright rose, very pretty, and a free 

 bloomer ; Perfection, upper petals crimson, lower ones bright 

 pink ; Queen Victoria, pale pink and white ; Queen Superb, 

 pinkish lilac, fine ; Heine des Francais, showy pink and 

 white, large ; Rosati, attractive, light, good in habit; Win- 

 tonia, rosy lilac and white; Ytolinski, dark maroon, good in 

 shape, and a free grower,* , 



Feuit Trees: HB. We presume your young fruit treea are 

 intended for standards. As they have made vigorous shoots, 

 you must shorten them to about a foot.H— CBH. You should 

 add to your present collection the Winter Nelis, BeurreBosc, 

 Thompson's, and Beurre Rance.il 



IIeatino : x r X. Arnott's stoves are unfit for your purpose, 

 unless they have an evaporating pan on the top. You had 

 better trust to a good flue built with dished tiles on the top, 

 so that water can be retained. Let your front and end walls 

 be solid brickwork ; the roof only glazed. Do not give it t 

 high pitch, only just avoid drip. Remember that Ferns do 

 not like sunshine ; but are always handsomest in imperfectly 

 lighted places. Damp, warmth, and the diffused light of a 

 thick wood are what you have to provide. They care uttifl 



for ventilation 



Insects : O B L. The larvse which have appeared in muhoM 

 beneath old tough sward are neither those of the gad-fly nor 

 of the cockebaffer. They are those of some other species of 

 beetle not hitherto recognised as destructive to vegetation. 

 We will endeavour to rear them. W.—Sir O. M. The gaU- 

 like excrescences on the shoots of the Vine do not appearto 

 us to have been caused by the larvae of the beetle OtiorhyncnuJ 

 sulcatus, as we only found one of these larvae in the gtflJ 

 sent. Nothing of this kind is recorded either by Audouinor 

 the Baron Walckenaer. Unfortunately the single larraws 

 found has escaped out of the box. U is, however, certainly 

 that of one of the Curculionidse. W, 



Lilidm monadelphdm : AH. We apprehend that the reason 

 why this plant lives for years in your border, and never 

 flowers, is, that it has not heat enough in summer and 



autumn. 



Monstrous Pears : AON. Very curious. A woodcut is pre' 

 paring, and in a week or two they will be a subject of » 



leading article. 



Mowing Machines : Sub. We never recommend dealers. 



Mulching : Inquirer. See p. 787 of our last year's volume. 



Names of Plants: E JR. Photinia glabra.— J N. 1, Notfl<v 

 lama rufa, Presl. ; 2, N. Jaevis, Mart. et. Gal. 8.— We hare to 

 ask for the patience of one or two correspondents till next 

 week, when they shall receive the best reply we can gflj 

 them.— Erzeroum. 58, Ajuga oriental is ; 685, AjugareptanJ- 



151, Aj. chia. — HB. We never name Mosses. 



Netting : B H T. Tanning woollen netting will help to prt* 

 serve it, and will tend to prevent the moth from destroying'* 



Orchard-houses : B L, See a Leading Article at p. 35 oft™ 

 current year's volume. { . 



Peas: M W. Bishop's new Long, pod is the best early d«jj 

 Pea, and Woodford's Dwarf Green Marrow is good for U& 

 sowinsr.ll 



Peruvian Guano: WBJ, Clonkelty. It is true that the hons* 

 of Gibbs, Bright, and Co. of Liverpool, have no longer a con- 

 tract with the Peruvian Government, but the con * r ¥\? 

 Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Sons, of London, with the Per* 

 vian Government, for the exclusive right of ino porticf 

 Peruvian guano into the United Kingdom, has still six year* 

 to run. This firm imports equally into Liverpool a* 

 London, and in the former place they are represented .7 

 Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., who, however, have no otce 

 interest in the business than as their agents, Messrs. Antnocj 

 Gibbs and Sons, of London, being the sole principals ot»* 

 that is imported into the kingdom. We take the pre* 

 opportunity of warning you and others that the tr *~L. 

 spurious guano is as brisk as ever, the folly of buyers pew 

 apparently, inexhaustible ; and we counsel you most 9en0 ^ 

 to have nothing to do with any sellers unless they can san . 

 you that they are accredited agents of Messrs. Anthony <* 1U 

 and Sons, of 15, Bishopsgate-street, London. J 



Sun-dtals : Sub. Sun-dials, for placing over the entrance 

 houses, &c, may be had of any of the great London °P^ C ^J 

 Their cost varies from 30s. upwards, according to their s 

 and the aDgle at which they are set.J -$$ 



Wall Plants : C A. The following may possibly »n 8 J!5i| ft 



purpose :— Cvdonia ianonina. »narlet • .laamiuunu* 111 .!!.. 





purpose 

 White ; 

 mouth ^ 



lilac 



■sf-zs^ri i£" ?**i n ::: k«* 



the larger variety of Bignonia radicans, orange 

 Lonicera flexuosa, white ; Berberis fascicularis, yellu 

 matis montana, white ; the Pyracantha, and common 

 crimson Bouraault, and other Roses.J 

 Misc. : Lanarkshire. The Calendar will be sent on 





i 



receip^ 



seven postage stamps. We never recommend de * 1 ^'i» 

 P TO. We *re unacquainted with •• Meladores. ' ^Sn 

 fuchsioides will succeed under the treatment usually g* Y 

 other Begonias.; 









