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togiuewm hasoifttMimi, Sa 15*. ; O. iiieviuin,irom U 1: 

 to 31 1 5s. ; 0. Pescatorei, from 1/. to V. 5s. J Cycnoch 

 Peacatorci, 2*. 10*.; C. Lindleyi, It 10$.; Anguloa 

 vaginalis, from 2/. to M. 5s. ; Myanthus sanguineus, 

 V. 12* 6d.; Paphinia, tigrina 21. 12*. 6d. ; other lots, 

 of which there were in all 193, fetched from 11 to 21. 

 per lot * b 



Calendar of Operations. 



f For ffo ensuing week) 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



The daylight and sunshine having now arrived at 

 their climax for this season, stove plants, which are in a 

 growing state, should be supplied with the maximum 

 amount of heat and moisture, that they may the sooner 

 complete their growth, and have a longer period to ripen 

 it in. Water should be freely and frequently sprinkled 

 on every evaporating surface, with a view to counteract 

 the drying effects of the abundant ventilation, so indis- 

 pensable in hot weather. Houses which are not so 

 Htuated as to receive the first rays of the morning sun 

 should be assisted with fire-heat, if necessary, early in 

 the day, that the plants may enjoy the benefit of a high 

 temperature in conjunction with the strong daylight of 

 these summer mornings. Incessant exertions must be 

 made to keep insects in check, particularly red spider ; 

 Byringing and washing the walls and hot- water pipes 

 with lime and sulphur will have the desired effect, if 

 jperseveringly proceeded with. The flowering season of 

 many plants may be retarded by pinching off the ear- 

 liest flowers, thereby husbanding their strength, and 

 inducing them to make a longer season of growth ; the 

 latter object may be assisted by means of liquid manure. 

 Forcing-pits should now be actively employed in for- 

 warding Achimenes, Gloxinias, Balsams, Cockscombs, 

 "Globe Amaranths, and other plants, for immediate 

 autumnal display. Shading and ventilation must now 

 be attended to with watchful anxiety, taking care, how- 

 ever, not to habituate the plants to an excess of the 

 former, as it is only necessary in strong sunshine. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pineries. — When the bottom-heat is declining, it may 

 •fee recruited by surfacing the beds with a few inches of 

 new tan ; as, independently of its own fermenti ve power, 

 it absorbs a considerable quantity of heat from the sun, 

 and attracts the roots to the surface, where they revel 

 *mongst the new materials. In addition to these advan- 

 tages, it checks evaporation, economises labour in water- 

 ing, and keeps the roots in a more equable state of 

 moisture during hot weather. Vineries. — Let the late 

 Vines be supplied with a sufficient amount of heat and 

 moisture to keep them growing at a healthy rate ; and 

 do not be fearful of the Grapes ripening too early, as, 

 by the retarding process, nothing is gained except ill- 

 flavoured, badly-coloured berries. Grapes intended to 

 be kept through the winter should be perfectly ripe by 

 the middle of September ; and as it is important to the 

 flavour that the ripening process should be gradual, let 

 them be grown briskly till they are beginning to change 

 colour, and then by giving plenty of air, accompanied by 

 heat, they will ripen thoroughly, and hang along upon 

 the Vines without shrivelling. Peach-house.— Con- 

 tinue to keep insects in check, using the syringe freely 

 to keep down the red spider, and tobacco smoke to 

 destroy thnps. The foliage must be kept healthy, to 

 ensure success in the crops of this and future seasons. 

 Should mildew make its appearance in the late house 

 dust the plants with sulphur immediately. Melons.— 

 Keep up the top temperature, and a bottom-heat of 85°, 

 with a moderately moist atmosphere to the successional 

 plants, and give occasional waterings. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



The most pressing work at present is that of keeping 

 the place in order. A little pains taken with the walks 

 at this season will be amply repaid by the air of comfort 

 and pleasure which well-kept walks give to any place, 

 lhe old surface should be loosened a little with a sharp 

 rake and then receive a slight sprinkling of fresh clean 

 gravel ; the best time for the operation is when they are 

 in a medium state between wet and dry, as the roller is 

 then more effective in restoring the hard smooth surface 

 than when the gravel is too dry. In connection with 

 the repairs of the walks, any irregularities in the edges 

 Bhould be put right, and the edgings, whether of Grass 

 or liox,or other evergreen, should be repaired or clipped 

 Aim may appear to some to be an unseasonable time for 



ttn \ bUt WW , h ** be done > the en^ct Pro- 

 duced amply repays for the trouble and in flower 



gardens effect is everything. This is the best time of 



£J °rn I* \ Vergr !f n hedgeS ° r ^W* ** they have 

 time to make and mature a new growth, while the 



season is far enough advanced to prevent their grow in* 

 very materially out of shape. Watch the different 

 annuals as they come into flower, and mark those 

 varieties whose superior habit of growth, size of flower 

 or brilliancy of colour, make it desirable to procure 

 seed from them ; and that these good qualities may be 

 perpetuated m their progeny, destroy inferior on/s as 

 soon as they expand their first flower 



Carefully tie any Pinks, which it is desirable to retain 

 n form-when tins precaution is not taken, they are apt 

 to burst, and if wanted for exhibition are then disnua i- 

 fied. Some varieties, especially north- country flower, 

 will bloom without; preparations may be made for 

 piping, a very gentle hot-bed is the best to nut them n 

 though they will strike very well in sa,^^ 

 north border provided they are cover/d whlf a hand" 

 gUss Some florists layer the first shoots, but Tete 



bloom, it will be advisable to cover the capsule cr seed 

 vessel, as moisture will often cause it to root : a stick, 

 having a notch sawn in it, so that a piece of flat glass 

 may be inserted, is, perhaps, the best contrivance ; by 

 placing it immediately over the seed vessel, wet is 

 avoided, whilst the sun and air exert their influence on 

 it. Tie Carnations as they spindle ; this must be done 

 gradually. Should very hot weather occur, careful 

 watering must be resorted to : for should the plants get 

 a check now, it will very materially affect their future 

 well-doing. Dahlias will also require water for the same 

 reason ; these plants will do better with more moisture 

 than is usually given them. 



HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 



Pyramidal fruit trees, or trees trained to any other 

 form, should have the gross shoots frequently stopped, 

 to prevent the weaker parts of the tree from being 

 injured, and to encourage a more equable diffusion of 

 the sap to every part. Tying in young shoots, where 

 required to fill up vacant spaces, and checking excessive 

 growth, where wood is unnecessary, will demand our 

 attention during the next two months ; and if this is 

 well attended to, little or no pruning will be required 

 in the winter. Trees that appear too vigorous, may, 

 with safety, be root-pruned, any time during the next 

 month, and this will immediately ensure a fruitful habit. 

 These directions will apply to wall trees, as well as to 

 standards in open situations. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Successions of the Brassica family may be planted 

 upon land which has already been cleared of its former 

 occupants, or intermediately amongst other crops, which 

 will shortly be removed, provided that the ground had 

 been well manured previously. Another sowing of Peas 

 should be made ; and the last in about 1 days after. 

 Sow Cabbage for Cole worts, Endive for main crop, and 

 make the usual sowings of Radishes, Turnips, Lettuces, 

 Chervil, &c. Attention should be paid to the earthing 

 up of Potatoes, using the three-pronged hack instead of 

 the sharp draw-hoe, which it is a common practice to 

 use, although very liable to cut off the young strings 

 which lie near the surface of the ground. The soil for 

 earthing should be drawn from the centre of the space 

 between the ridges. The earliest crop of Celery now 

 requires partially earthing up ; and as this is intended 

 for immediate use, it should be earthed up by degrees, 

 as the growth of the plant renders it necessary. Car- 

 rots, Parsnips, &c, should be thinned, the perfection of 

 such plants greatly depending on the space allotted to 

 them individually. 



State of the Weather near London, for the week ending June 19, 185 1. 

 as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiawick. 



June. 



Friday. . 

 Satur. ., 



Sunday , 

 Monday 

 Tuea. .. 

 Wed. 

 Thurs. 



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O 



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 5 



Barometer. 



TXMPEKATUHK. 



Of the Air. 



Of the Earth 



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15 



16 



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13 

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16 



16 17 



17; is 



is 19 



1920 



Max. Min. Max. ! Min. Mean A*!? 01 I feet 



Wind. 



■a 



as 





29.913 

 3C.061 

 30.056 

 30.031 

 30.3*3 

 30.402 

 30.160 



^» v B"« 



29.722 

 30.036 

 29.904 



30.209 

 SO. 23 1 



30.1 OS 



. 



i deep. deep. 



I 



*<U43 30.006 



Juue 13— Overcast; densely clouded ; rain at tight. 



— 14-JJ,ne; heavy cloud*; ur zzliug rain. 



— 1 j— Cloudy; densely clouded; ram; boist«rous. 



— 16— Bcmterous throughout • clear at nijtbt. 



— }Z~£ le " earl * A -»- J cloudy ; nee; clear and cold. 



— J2~ i ery *J aej bo, sterous with rain ; overcast. 



— 19 -Very fine; clear at uijrht. 



Mean temperature of the w*ek. 4 de<r. below the average. 



State of the Weather at Chiswick, during the last 25 year*, for the 



ensuing week, ending Jut.e 23. ls»i. 



June. 



Prevailing Winds. 



Suuday 22 

 Mon 23 

 Tues. 2j 

 Wed. 25 

 Thurs. 26 

 Friday 27 

 Satur. 2S 



1 S^tK^Q-i S emper ^ ur l e *! urin * the above * eri °<* occurred on the 27th 

 182G-therm.93deg ; and the lowest on the 25th, 1835 - therm. 37 tie*. ' 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Beehives : Q Neighbour, M Hay*, and other*. We mast reserve 



Bl M?*n/'^ ^ WiH be * ome ^ cek * before the treatise on the 

 '•Linnet' appears. Meantime, if you wish to ar tl L 

 birds from the nest, feed them every half hl?l. J g 

 young) with scalded rape seed bruTsed volk ,fh^ t Ti 

 ere: and a small quantity of th *crumJ of s t ^e roll ^ 

 whole moistened and formed il.tl,: y r ? ll >—* he 





-~- «„.^ V w^ u wu ii oe 



nave been purchasing old h»H JWHr ,J!, "l* TT 

 K her eby has eaten away thl f**! 6 ^ t£ *1 

 the bald part with a strong b " 

 spring water. **— ■ h 



You Uave been too liberal wit* 



1 ** Y>u " )oUr 



butter or hogs' lard/ R epe * * e £*J. •*«« J*gi3 

 week, and the disorder will Vp °P*«h* £?*3 

 reappeaiy-if not immedU ^^ CJ*P. 

 Perhaps in a week or two IF t hea *o*r £?** + 

 Books : 67 Porter A upw **'J ' ' ^ ••*. 



edition.-,* S. By all mean,nra ™ holi ' ««P»2£5* 

 3d edition if yol are^Vu^T^ " "^WfiR 

 Chester. Dr. Rojle's very imoort^ h ^aw.-Jr^' 

 noticed fully the moment we^fiL" ^ on W.k 

 C0COMBEB3 : A P. A curious moustrn u P *i<- *-» 



when it reached „. Oouc^^lI^^ -. 







the present year.J 

 Gkeenhodses : B 1 



-^-« 



greenhouse. 



Herbaria 



■■"Ml* 



SS i ^ 

 TNT* 1 



tteaeiC 



— ' ^,^d dScoverr Sffi 



Insects 



leaf, the discoloured patches on which d^nri ° Q ***** 

 have resulted from the bites of in 8ec ts ,r P ^ r ^ 

 insects on your Geranium leaves are anhiL 7 C ?' ** 



ltd* 



J7« u " a "t *««"«gaw " wun tobacco smok* ir V 

 The worm.hke insects from your flower hnr/: '""' 

 mature state of some kind JtwJrt^'ff"*™ * 



PTOtinri anrl wnfor ir moll w ;.u „ j._ *? U J« Him ta 





the tWo arTcfes heT^d "^TS^'E 



ea 



appeared id. our pages at the beginning of the oLj 

 rAl^L^l W ^ dUc . e *J« "ndefgo the 1T35 



altering their form. W. 

 Mowing Machines . WWRP. That most in faronr »«- 

 Shanks s worked by a pony. Budding u"m3E3l 

 efficient, but it pleasr 8 the owners of Utile lawns 



Names of Plants: W S. Philadelphia corontfrhj *.- 

 mon Synnga.— F B. Scilla Peruviana.-/; WTh\ 

 chum aculeamm ; % P. lobatum ; 3, Lastrea spinuteaLl 

 JB8L. It is not a Fern at all, but atutt of \eL n ZL 

 of common Burnet.-G Y. 1, Valantia cruciata • 2 PtteZ 

 vulgaris.— G F. Carexes are nei her horticultural' norS 

 cultural productions, and we cannot undertake to £ 

 them. Consult *• Babington's Manual of British Bot»* 

 new edition.— A B C. 10, Dactyiis glomerata; 6, Loka 

 perenne; 7, Looks like a bit of Lolium italicum; 

 turus cristatos ; 11, Alopccurus agrestis ; 2, Pu'a trin&- 

 3, Poa pratensis; 1, Bromus stenlis ; 8, Holcus liMta' 

 9, Bromus mollis.— A few inquiries stand over for fate 

 consideration. 



Pears; K. We imagine your unhappy Pears to bmbm 

 frozen when partly swelled. Perhaps they were eipoitd tot 

 snow storm, in that state, or were frozen while wtt Thn 

 does not seem to be any constitutional injury. 



Pelargoniums: Barbara. You cannot do better than ate 

 from the lists of these flowers given in our recent report*' 

 the different metropolitan exhibitions, where all the bat 

 kinds are produced.* 



Prices of Plants : Y Z* We cannot possibly report thepfa* 

 obtained for plants in private trade. If jou try the eipcri. 

 ment of dvaling in plants you will soon discover that it U 

 not a very profitable occupation. If you have a cottage,. 

 bit of land, and 70J. a-year, you would be insane to tjcbaafi 

 such a position for the hazardous trade of a small Doner 

 man. Your letter reminds us of the pedlar in the " Aratiit 

 Nights," who kicked over his hawker's basket of gin*, a* 

 he possessed, while he was indulging in visions of fealtsti 

 be gained by becoming a merchant. 



Roses : A T. We do not think it will answer to send cat Rom 

 to Chiswick from Derby, The Horticultural Society will*. 

 undertake to stage them %—MD next week. 



Tropjsolum Deckeranum : C A. Treat it as jou would L 



tricolorum.j . 



Tuberoses: T. Tfce best soil for these is light sandy etrJ, 

 mixed whh one-third part very rotten cow-dun^. About ■• 

 middle of April prepare your bed by clearing it ^ut to » 

 depth of 3 ftet, and rill it nearly to the top wiihfrejfl** 

 dung that has been cabt into a heap to beat a tortnig 

 before, treading it firmly. Upon this lay 18 ; wchei ifl ot§* 

 Of comport, sloping it to the south. In a day or two irier, 

 plant your roots 5 inches distant from each oiler, jua c,m- 

 ing the tubers with earth. Shut up the bed at ugM, *g 

 cially it frosty ; or it in the open air cover it witn i ™"™ 

 mat till the leaves appear ; but give little or no ^a ter^ui 

 protect it from heavy rains. When *he jeww bavep m 



about an 

 the season 



toward-* the ena or June ana iu uu»j, »"-- — . , v^, 

 lull vigour, very copiously ; from tbis period tin " c .^ 

 nir-g of winter nothing more is necessary, aduu fc 

 week in December thatch the bed over witn ary ^ • 

 the open air ; and about the middle of Feomajy, ^ 



vented by frost, take up the roots, preser viog tDe ^ ^ 

 pack them in very dry sand 'in cellars till Apri'i ^ 

 must be replanted as before. The taking u^ o -v ^^ 

 to form their fl jwer-stems earlier. 0fi ^ C6 ^; an J mart* 

 have made their appearance round eacn r ^ troo0 vSl 

 removed. This second year some of tne idj^ t0 blofsu0 



in th 



and : 













paper on this 

 for 1*47.1 



r, aiiu u can», '^j'",-' k . „ lhnll \,\ Dejw** - 



;' but if later than July, they ehoaU mpjj 

 ier glass. Such i* an outl ''« ^'".Wi 

 f Tuberoses ia the open J ur or m 

 lars we recommend jou to reaa ola- , 

 ubject, published at page Wl * 



r»ri«„t growth and a damp.atmo^J2 



eaused the small green excrescem 

 you, to appear on your Vine leave3. 



Xney frill do no 



SEEDLING FLOWERS. 



by us. It is a° very pretti v rn rifTl^ , U - aUo 80 ca,1 *d 

 chattering note. *Z % ^ ™ ^^ ■ ^ , a Phasing 

 cointry. In an aviarv it u n li » 1- ^ leaves tbis 



suited to a cage. KX^lJ 1 ^^ but is not 

 I imagine, peculiar to Romnev • we do n^*' 6 ? mes ' 

 birds here so called. W. K^-*cka7* tL y re . co ««iae any 

 by our fair corresponded, of the" birf <> I ? 8Cr,pt:o . n * ive 



running stream of water, » Uzzles us k rLlv Th^ 1 -^ th 

 shaoe : the colours nf th« k-..:;: u f fcf eat, y- The s»ze an 



snes: Huddenfield. So badly packed in J 

 it is impossible to say what its propen 



cotton 

 are. 



Achimenes: Hudde-*''*- So baaiy v ***™ '-■- — ^ 



that it is imposs - - t 



colour, however, is good I • f 00< j o*f-^ 



Cacti: J A P A nice medium-8ized P^f^'Vaagesna* 1 



d handsome variety , deep WI 



SB IF", A large an 



with violet. Well worth cultivating 

 Calceolarias: W S 



!fll* C * 



wortn cuiuvauug. imDroveffl*"^ 



«««»««. „ -Nice flower* ^'"^ 'reached * 

 kinds already out.*-*Yom. When yoor bloom 



The, iPPj 



anj* 



« 



struck 



Z£ d0 T ? 80 ««•«/! it cannot 





impregnated during their 



■tlon* to the race of wagtails It- n ,Rt £ *'*?* °* nn0t 

 tructed, and is young reared "in nn*. ^.j. 61 "* con ' 

 plexes still more. It must ^surelv b t eo«lt ^w'T'" » er " 

 wher.its habits and qa^M^I^ r t^l° u? ° n,y ' 

 We should much like r t0 po^e^I ^ m.^ ^} l ko . om ' 

 beautiful and most curloiw birlf, !«~ 5 ^ ° fVery 

 -JJiana W. Your llttu TJ"t>: I?l l !?V? r c . our ^- K * 



99 



RtndS airea'iy oui r—r< «"••". "X ' .,.; me [i5. inrJ'^-J 



they were in the coudiiion of ^JV^'w j udgf . •* 

 to be ^ood in colour, and, as far as je fof ..^f 



shaped *-G A. Useful sorts, but not good enoug 



flo»ers."» . ,- . oaf k inds now m <* 



CiNEaARiA. : B S. All inferior to the best k loo 



wiloo.*- W S. A good blue, but too small. y 



Bwuta : In Mr. John Hayes; i*w|^S, ( pot»A* 



Saturday, for "-send by pos »."«■* !«»rded >t tI J # 5S* 

 the advertiaement of the list of P««» *** r Mr . Cot fa i^JJ 

 cultural Society's meeting, on the 7ib i^ #hoU |d M™ 

 both 2d and 3d for white Frontignan Grape ^ p> W «. 



been-lst, Mr. Hain ; 2d, Mr. Cox ; M. » 



Elliott, Esq., Binfield, Berkshire, 



