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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 





iiarn/M 



tiiv .ui Hi) UTttll a in titble.s into two : pen 



jmti tmnritoty. I shall have two garden the one per- 

 ma di >r the walls ami early cultivation, the other move- 

 Able. My nailed garden coats much money. I will 

 have it as small m ible, to provide sufficient surface 

 of wall ; after that expenditure, why sacrifice my write 

 to an vegetables belter grown elsewhere 1 shall 

 the fore grow nothing on my walled borders, but allow 

 the fruit tree roots to ascend to the surface tor the 

 benefit of the sun. Asparagus, for instance, belonging 

 to the permanent class, will take the open space in the 

 ■entre with other crops of similar nature ; and for early 

 purposes I would have small interior walls from 3 to 4 

 feet high. The great bulk of my vegetables will be in 

 my shifting garden, for which I shall enclose a space in 

 the fields, secure from vermin, &c, as cheaply as 

 possible ; this I shall trench and cultivate for some years 

 for sweeter vegetables, and, when desirable, I shall move 

 off again to adjoining land, or elsewhere, marching over 

 ti: hind, subfrenehing and improving the soil, and by 

 inoculation from each shift, I shall lay it down at 



C. -P., York. 



-The great question of the day, 



seldom 



©nee again. 



The C tal Palace. 

 whether the Glass Palace, in Hyde-park, should be per- 

 petual 1 as a monument of British skill and enterprise, 

 and at the same time made subservient to other im- 

 portant objects ; or whether, when its present purpose 

 is fulfilled, it should be removed, lest it should be 

 desecrated by being converted to any less noble use, 

 appears not to have met witn an unanimous response. 

 Ani as this is a question which should be settled by 

 popular suffrage, and upon which the people must speak, 

 if they would have their rulers act, the matter is fairly 

 open to discussion. It may surely be assumed that a 

 winter garden, accessible to the resident and visiting 

 population of the metropolis, would be an incalculable 

 advantage. To deny this would be to deny the im- 

 portance of any sanitary schemes. In a climate like 

 that of England, especially, where, for two-thirds of the 

 year, an invalid hardly dare breathe the free air, shelter, 

 such as this building affords, and an atmospheric volume 

 such as it contains, of so great magnitude as to be 

 beyond the p >ssibihty of contamination from ordinary 

 sources, would be a boon beyond description. But 

 besides aeration for the valetudinarian, there would be 

 rcise for both the sedentary and unoccupied ; and there 

 might also be instruction for those who sought it, and 

 sen -ible amusement for all. Indeed, the advantages of 

 retaining such a building, for such purposes, are so 

 obvious and manifold, that one feels surprise that 

 any other view of the matter should be seriously 

 advocated. I do not, therefore, agree in the opinions 

 elsewhere expressed, that the building should be 

 taken down because no adequate reason has been 

 assigned. I may be short-sighted, but I do not see 

 how, for instance, it could in any way tend to increase 

 or even secure die lustre of Mr/Paxton s fame, to pull 

 down that noble structure, within a few months of its 

 erection, as if it could not be trusted to stand any 

 longer where it is ! Besides, why should such an op- 

 portunity of providing the means of health, exercise, 

 instruction, and pleasure, for the "people" be lost? 

 The rich folk of London — or at least a portion of them, 

 have their winter garden in the Regent's Park, a luxury 

 which they fail not, many of them, to enjoy. But, why 

 should not those classes too, who would not be admitted 

 there, why should not these have access to a winter 

 garden — a promenade for their healthful exercise, a 

 garden-scene for their gratification, and thus at all times 

 with in their reach 1 That expenses must.be incurred, f brook within half! 

 and these of some magnitude, in order to keep such a 

 building in proper repair, and in proper keeping, is a 

 matter of course ; but as it has been shown that the 

 proposed winter garden scheme might be made self- 

 supporting, there need be no anxiety on this head. The 

 Government^* need be. might even do worse than take the 

 responsibility of repairs upon themselves ; and as to the 



keeping, as the means will be forthcoming, so it cannot 

 be doubted will be the man. 



bouroood, and for the last three years 1 have not seen 

 more than cne or two pairs. It would be very easy to 

 have a specimen of the bird found in Wales sent by post, 

 and this would settle the question beyond all doubt. 



Henry Doubhday, Epping. There is no doubt 



in my mind that Mr. Doubleday is correct in saying 

 that the strange bird seen in Wales is the male redstart 

 (or some undescribed bird), or the pied fly-catcher, 

 although that has no red about it ; this last is an ex- 

 ceedingly local bird. I never saw it but in one place 

 (in the "woods adjoining Gisburn Park, the seat of 

 Lord Ribblesdale) ; but when angling there some years 

 ago, I saw at least half-a-dozen pairs between Pugthorn- 

 bridge and Gisburn corn-mill ; how it happens to be so 

 plentiful there, whilst seven miles off, in localities that 

 are very similar, one is never seen, it may be some- 

 what difficult to account for. Mr. Kidd promises some 

 papers about the black-cap ; will he be kind enough to 

 point out the differences (if any) between the nest eggs, 

 song, and fretting notes (notes of distress uttered by 

 the bird when anyone goes near the nest > of the black- 

 cap and those of the garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis) ? 

 I must confess they puzzle me. The birds are quite 

 distinct in appearance, but until I see the bird I cannot 

 tell from its note, its nest, or its eggs whether it is a 

 black-cap or a garden warbler. This latter has a most 

 extraordinary liking for Kentish Cherries, and until my 

 boys declared war against them (not war to the knife, 

 but the rifle ball), we could never secure a ripe one. They 



has made great growth, th 

 ance ' 



ough 





shows unmistakeabfe sil?" 1 ? ^ 

 down. An Old Subscriber § ° f *- 



I 



«m. An Old Subscribe? iSU * « **> *** 

 Gooseberry and Currant 7W, n.j. % 



have many Gooseberry »Z , ^Ju 



rden, and for several y Ll L ^ ** iS 



Gooseberry and Currant 



garden, and for several years 

 numbers of the branch 



snccessiyelv t £* 

 e s possesse . bi^ .^^ 



me that it was occasioned^ ^»i^ f, i an ' 1 jt 

 in winter. As a i>«,v«n« w « W ld " de « 



foot in length without an eve 



on the outside of ead? oT'the ££ ^ 



1 Poetised ^* 



in wnuer. as a preventive I af W r . .^tfe^Z 

 festooning thick darmn, * L^T* 1 Aepljg* 



pruned them, and it had the te^^L?* **i 

 that for four years during which - ; ~ 



has scarcely been a missing eye on anj rf T * 

 A curious circumstance, however W ! *** 

 viz., in a number of inata^^J^^ 

 the cotton has taken place, the hrZ£ h T1^ 

 m some cases where the trees WSJ *** 

 been killed. This has been toe Zt^ ^ 

 the present. It occurred to me that ti *** 



conductor of the electric fluid, and that that «^ 

 been the cause of the evil. To n^vLv? "*^ 

 the loss of my trees, and at the E t ****** 

 fruit, I think of placing three oviTZl™^* 



each tree, and attaching the .cotton to thJ»£ 

 the trees. J. IF., Walthamstow. ™»*m 



into the garden until the Cherries were 



nearly ripe, and they entirely disappeared when the 



crop was eaten. F. G I beg to inform Mr. Kidd, 



that the stone-chat remains here throughout the year ; 

 whereas the whin-chat leaves these parts in the autumn, 

 and does not return to them until about the middle of 

 April. Mr. Kidd will find an interesting, and as far as 

 my experience goes, accurate mention of both birds in 

 Yarrell's " History of British Birds." John Boswell, 

 Iver, Buchs. 



Cure for Mildew on Grapes.— I was sent for one day 

 to inspect a beautiful house of Grapes. The Vinery 

 contained 1 Vines of differ* nt sorts. I remarked that 

 mildew had spread all over the house, and was begin- 

 ning to settle on the wood. I ordered a fire to be 

 lighted about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the house to 

 be well slushed with water, and the Vines to be syringed 

 all over, in order to make everything damp. When the 

 house was heated to 75°, I had water poured on the 

 pipes, and the latter dusted w ith black sulphur. I then 

 had the heat raised to 90 p , and in the morning I ob- 

 served black spots through the leaves, instead of white 

 spots of mildew on the top of the foliage. The quantity 

 of sulphur used was 1 lb. at two dressings, for the same 

 treatment was repeated the next night ; and now the 

 Grapes are swelling and going on favourably, with no 

 signs of mildew except the spots where it was. I have 

 sent you some leaves for inspection. W. Sow den, gardener 

 to D. Butter 9 Esq., HiUingdon. 



Watering a Flower Garden during continued sultry 

 weather has been condemned as doing more harm than 

 good ; and so it will, if the usual sprinkling from a rose 

 is all the plants are to have, which only hardens the 

 surface of the soil ; but if the earth is loosened with a 

 fork, and well saturated in the cool of the evening, the 

 nozzle being removed from the pot, the blossom and 

 foliage will soon speak for themselves, and reward the 

 amateur, who must have the beds soaked under his in- 

 spection, not merely damping the earth, an injurious 

 practice. In these days of invention, no man having a 



1 - ' " a mile of his garden, should be without 

 plenty of water. Falcon. 



Parrots- 



Bayed Botanic Society. --In your report of fcw 

 at the last exhibition, you have committed T^ 

 In the award of the 1 st class prize for StrawlJl^ 

 say that « Mr. Kitley was first ;» but ? ,&* 

 been Mr Lydiard, for Kitley's Seedling (3 

 Kitley did not exhibit at all in either 





Peter Lydiard, Batheaston, Bath. [We take t* 

 portunity of remarking, that great difficulty eZ* 

 obtaining correct information regarding the' vTj! 

 fruit. We suspect that the "award board" 

 suspended in the garden at all ; or, if it was,it 

 been as late as 6 o'clock in the evening ! Uwk^ 

 circumstances, can it be wondered at that 

 committed ?] 



£>o netted 







National Floricultural, July 10.- E. Fm 



Esq., in the chair. Various Pelargoniums, ham, \ 

 Fuchsias, Verbenas, Calceolarias, Carnations, Pica* • 

 and Pinks, were exhibited on this occasion, togrifci 

 with a double Cineraria (?), resembling Seneeioiw, 

 and one or two other plants. Mr. Turn":, of it 

 Royal Nursery, Slough, received a certificate for M 

 well's Mary Picotee, a pleasing variety, but wiBafi: 

 ipurity ; Fellowes' Prince Arthur, though rate njjt 

 was commended. The same grower was also aim a 

 certificate for Fuchsia, " Banks* Diamond,'' a darkm^ 

 much reflexed, but a little loose inhabit. Mews. Mr- 

 son's Carnation-striped variety of Drummond'sPuioxwi 

 commended for its colour and suitability asabe 

 A first-class certificate was awarded to J i«fc 



flower 



4- 

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. , .. _ ,- . , Whether the building 



stands just where it ought to stand as a permanen 

 structure is another question. I with many others, 

 think it does not. Placed at it is-to use an Erinism— 

 It s so big you can't see it." But this could hardly 

 be taken to justify pulling it down, merely for the sake 



?l,£ « 8 " UP . ?gain in a more a PP ro P™te situation. 



must express its omnLnn. hftfrt^o ««,,♦!,: — i ._ r , 



If the following statement of the case of a 

 parrot, which, from some irritation, picks out all its 

 feathers, should elicit a reply, and suggest a remedy, it 

 will greatly oblige an individual, and be useful to many, 

 as the instance is not a singular one. It is an African 

 grey parrot, about 12 years old, and was formerly very 

 healthy. About four years ago, it began to bite the 

 feathers off the shoulders of the wings, which it continued 

 to do for the last 3$ years ; the last six months it has 

 bitten off all its feathers except the quills of the wings 

 and tail, and has stripped the down off the wing quills 

 It often appears to be vomiting, with a kind of tremour 

 and drowsiness. The following remedies have been tried 

 Yi ashing with cold water, with liver of sulphur and water! 



Esq., of Holloway, for a Primrose-coloured Antii 

 which, on account of its size and shape, is certainly 

 acquisition to this somewhat neglected class of pki 

 Mr. Edwards's Pink Titus appears to be a fir*** 



; but only a single bloom was shown. Of t 

 Major's Calceolarias, Nos. 9 and 11 were the h*; 

 none of them were, however, considered worthy d 

 reward. Certificates were given to Mr •nutt, - 

 Hornsey, for Verbenas " Purple Rival" and * Ast* 

 both desirable kinds. Mr. Ambrose had a tut 

 Geranium, named « Fireball," which to commend* 

 Some good Gladioli were furnished byMi. J^" 

 Gloxinias Princes* Alice and Victoria by Nrj» 

 menter, of Kentish Town. [We would here «* 

 that the Society should insist upon P^*^ 

 duced on all occasions, and refuse -all note* » ** 



blooms. En.] ] 









Edi nbukgb, June IB. - ^*J* 



The following p*p« » 



Teak PM*» - 







ot 



Ik I 



to be done 

 public 

 one o 

 horti 



and T l ° — Gf ? re f- n ^ hin g can or ought 



^yay to do this is of course by 



Th 



*i • , -in tain, as a body, should in 



tiz\ ter B ;* ke d,eir r tition ' that the gi - iK! £ 



retained, ami averted into a public winter ear, a 



lw. »«T'*f *T nt L ° f SUch a P 6 ^ 011 could n °t ^ in 

 better- hands tha„ tho6 e of the Editor of the Gardened 



Chromch and the occasion of the approaching Wi 

 cultural. t<te, wonld afford many residents 

 interested in this aational undertaki 



with ten water, with a kind of lime-water that parchment 

 lsdipped in,and with tobacco-water ; these have each been 

 tried m succession, allowing ample time for proving the 

 fadure of all. As medicines I have used (also in succes- 

 sion), and with great patience and caution :— Mjumeaia 

 milk of sulphur, nitre, saffron, chillies, capsicum, and' 

 grams of paradise ; these being mixed with bread and 





BOTANrCAl, OF 



BALFOUii in the chair. 



read :— 1. On the Government 



II n sore and Malabar. By Dr. Clflghorn. 



transia, Desv. By J. Haifa- & »«" 

 praalta of Jacquemont By Dr. Bal otf^ 

 stated that die plant exhibited hy him at tat JJjg 

 a species of Hyoscyamus, turns out to w 

 pnLta of Jacquemont. The genus Betou^J^ 

 Hyoscyamus in its corymbose f flor fjS fiarfi ! 

 regular flowers. The plant is described aAVTL 



water. It has been bountifully fed with bread 1 and milk, 



1 and canary 

 i bones, and 

 its diet has 



am ngtherr^aT^r^r^rf'SZr 11 " 11 ^ ' StSL\ ^e^*™^*^™^ 

 > : y Birds (see p. 422).-! wisli^'sat a few word, SlSf t^T «*" ?!, «W '• * ^,s its featheit 



y .„„_ vrai uuuuuiuiiy ieu witn oread and milk 

 bread and water, biscuits, cakes, nuts, hemp and ca"uVrv 

 seed, iruit and vegetable s, sometimes chicken bone* and 



more m regard to the stoue-eaat. 



sav 

 I think 



summer warbler 



4,1 i . , stone-chat was a 'resident liw 



throughout the year ; it is one of W re 



words to grow for a time, and then picks' them off ";tZ U ^ 

 any person always to have an' itching SJ^lf j^ff^ 



would conclude that a bird iWmM^ , , - 



sunnnerwartler^vasamig!^^^^^ r ?***** " ke Pt in a brass cage, and carefully attended 

 shed to state that the *ZS S^^* 1 *^^ to in every respect. G R, Guil, ^Surrey 



»t£T'' T H arch —U : - Planted, and paid much 

 attention to the growth of Larch, in Devonshire. I hav. 





and I have frequently kna^Se "y^^^ 



the nest by the middle of April : it 



s to leave 

 is possible that it 



ffi w, ^T y , i" *™-* althoughTte Znai"h re 

 I ^ U ": d,at ' W, " ch ^ d to *» •»• 5 our SatnJ 



dant summer visitors, has nearly deserted this 



abun 

 neigh- 



beenjurpri«d to find the same, symptom.., f .lecav 

 t.onedm your paper a short time ago, aft asrowtb 



men- 

 years and iome younger, both in da°m P "a»d d rV si t uat^ "' , 1 1 

 slatv bunk, at Lifton Park, near Lauaceston, and which 



Ja^uemont's work. It grows on the Hi*JJ 

 elevations, and towards die northern ^^, 

 in the flat plains on the lofty ""^^l, W 

 Botanic Garden was raised from seeu* ^ , 

 ALadden, to Mr. Moore, of Glasnev.n.-j.^ 

 some Australian products. By °' &]st ^i0 

 Balfour made some remarks on Um *J» ^ m 

 Ciuchonaceie. Mr. Weddell •*» *2i J0 

 surface.of the base of die stipules ofC.uct. ^ 



genera, he had observed numerous *>£ ^ 



secreted a gummy fluid. *V^S otbe r * 

 transparent and fluid, while in «««» ^ w » 



soUd and opaque, and ^ h f firfcalffi *J 

 bud which they embrace ; this is V . ,..:. .he*^ 



Pimentelia glomerata 



like wax, 



m 



don is soft, 



colour. The inhabitants 



of Aceite- Maria, or Oil 



thlS In S Bon*** .rV -^ 



a nf a b« au %m 

 and ot a « ^„0 



of Peru gwj ^i 



Mary ;.. tlie L ;n «ri*» 



of 



••arefullv, and use it as an « '•«« "" ,„ v:dorW 

 diseases". The stipular glands b*«re ■« ^ g{ j, 

 form, end are somewliat pouiteu l coB1 ^ 



is in the form of an elongated cone , 



ternalappli; -g 



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