THE GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE 



nl^TTiie l.niuelica of this deathless type~of a nation's 



aWtM* held a council. Where is now lung Edward s 

 feS! pomp I The tree is supposed to be above one 

 thousand years obi ; it is now 20 feet high .varying from 

 27 to 82 in circumference ; and though it be time- 

 tinted, age-hewn, and lightning-topped, it has not jet 

 mingled with the decaying bracken that for ages i toas 

 been mouldering at its roots. From Ins ancient .trunk 

 started forth two youthful branches These two 

 branches, in the autumn of 1842 brought *>fj<*™ 

 300 acorns. The Parliament Oak stands within the 

 ancient limits of Clipstone Park, the property of is 

 Grace the Duke of Portland, whose regard for this 

 venerable tree has caused it to be braced and supported 

 by poles, a necessary help during its state of transition. 

 Within our notice of this ancient tree, large pieces have 

 been from time to time sawn off, to gratify the spurious 

 taste of snuff-box fanciers and curiosity-mongers. Notts 

 Guardian, ahidged. 



' Calendar of Operations. 



(For the ensuiiw week.) 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



The propagation of greenhouse Pelargoniums should 

 have a due share of attention at this season. The large 

 kinds may be cut down according to the usual practice, 

 and cuttings selected from the shoots so cut off ; but 

 with the fancy varieties a different course must be 

 pursued ; most of them producing such a profusion of 

 flowers, that if left to their ordinary course, it is im- 

 possible to obtain any proper shoots for cuttings. By 

 picking off the flowers as they appear, and encouraging 

 the growth of the plants with rich soil and liquid manure, 

 the extreme points will make cuttings, and the young 

 side shoots will produce cuttings in abundance. Cuttings 

 put into the open ground last month will now be striking; 

 and as soon as they begin to grow freely, the leading 

 shoot should be stopped, to make them bushy. 



should have the withered petals extracted ; some 

 florists also slit the calyx down, in order to afford a more 



Dahlias are the exception ; for 



Abundance of 



the very 

 all the 



Pineries. 



FORCIXG DEPARTMENT. 



-Unless the fruits in progress are supported 

 Sn some way, they are very liable to lean to one side, by 

 which they are always disfigured, and not unfrequently 

 are entirely broken off. This of course must be pre- 

 vented, by staking and tying in a perpendicular form 

 before they become too heavy. Vineries. — Where ripe 

 Grapes are hanging, a gentle fire should be used in damp 

 weather, to dry the atmosphere, taking care to accompany 

 it with a due proportion of air, to allow the evaporation 

 to escape. Moisture must be carefully avoided, or some 

 of the thin-skinned varieties will be liable to crack ; this 

 is an additional reason for covering the outside borders 

 with a tar cloth, to throw off excessive rain. Let the 

 houses be kept clear of everything calculated to generate 

 damp, especially plants in pots, which frequently require 

 to be watered or syringed ; the kinds which generally 

 occupy such places may be very well accommodated with 

 the open air for the next month or six weeks. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



Everything in this department should now wear an 

 appearance of order and perfect neatness, and this state 

 of things can be effected and maintained only by a 

 systematic perseverance in going regularly and fre- 

 quently over the whole. Considerable attention is 

 necessary to keep the half-hardy plants and annuals in 

 order, especially in cutting any shoots that overhang the 

 Box or other living edgings by which they are bound ; 

 and at the same time tall or straggling growths of plants 

 in masses should be shortened. If this is done with 

 taste, the beds may be made regular and uniform 

 without being formal. At planting out season, for the 

 sake of immediate effect, the beds are generally filled 

 rather thickly ; in consequence of which a careful 

 thinning may be useful, especially where over-crowded 

 plants are liable to be injured at the bottom, as is the 

 case in low damp places. Great pains have been taken 

 within the last few years to improve the Hollyhock, and 

 it is now becoming a general favourite. It is admirably 

 adapted for the larger clumps, and especially the light- 

 coloured varieties, for planting along the edges of the ever- 

 green masses, to relieve their monotonous appearance. 

 As no reliance • can be placed on the plants which are 

 raised from seeds, they should be proved as to colour and 

 quality before they are planted permanently. The select 

 varieties are easily propagated by eyes from the strong 

 parts of this year's wood. In selecting them, care should 

 be taken to choose those which have an incipient leaf- 

 bud at the base of the leaf, and to reject those which are 

 developing flower-buds only. The cuttings should be 

 prepare! by splitting and cutting the stems up 

 lengths, leaving about two inches below the bud, » 11V1 

 paring away the pithy part ; they should then be planted 

 about 1 inch deep in a frame of very sandy soil, and 

 carefully shaded ; if they can have the advantage of a 

 little bottom heat, so much the better. It is onl)Tneces- 

 sary to mention further, that the operation should be 

 performed as soon as the good and bad varieties are 

 distinguishable. Prick out into nursery-beds all border 

 Pinks that are ready for removing from hand-glasses, 

 &c, and put in Chinese, Noisette, and Bourbon Rose cut-' 

 tings, in a cold frame, under the shade of a north wall. 

 Manetti Rose Stocks, put in as cuttings in the open 

 quarters last winter, are now being budded. They 

 Answer admirably as stocks for the various kinds of Tea- 

 scented, Noisette, and Bourbon Roses 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



The cares attendant on most flowers in this class 

 have now in some measure passed away, yet Car- 

 nations will want layering, and those already done 

 must be carefully watered. As flowers go out of 

 bloom, those which give evidence of producing seed 



ready escape for wet. 

 now is the most critical time for them, 

 water (soft) should be given, with an occasional treat 

 ( once or twice a week) of liquid manure. The strong 

 and coarse growers will not require thinning ; whilst 

 those of more small and delicate character will require 

 not only judicious thinning, but also frequent disbud- 

 ding Amongst other things which are good traps for 

 earwigs, small bundles of sticks have been proved very 

 efficacious. These destructive insects readily harbour 

 in them, so that they can be taken entirely away, untied, 

 and after effecting their destruction replaced, either on 

 the ground, or against a wall or hedge On the 

 first wet day look over the collection of Tulips ; clean 

 them, and commence their rearrangement for another 

 season. This is at all times a most interesting employ- 

 ment to the florist ; as he handles each bulb, its good 

 qualities, its summer beauties, are vividly pourtrayed on 

 his mind's eye ; in fact, he in memory blooms Ins 

 flowers over again. The inferior ones are discarded ; 

 whilst their place is occupied either by some fresh pur- 

 chase, or by a " maiden root" from the offset bed. A 

 general supervision of Auriculas and Polyanthuses is of 

 course necessary ; and as Pink and Pansy cuttings 

 root, plant out. 



FRUIT GARDEN. 



It will be well to examine the state of the soil about 

 the roots of Peaches, Apricots, and Figs on the open 

 walls, and especially of those which carry a crop of 

 fruit; in many cases the ground will be found very 

 drv, particularly where overhanging copings are in use ; 

 and unless watered, the trees will soon show evidence of 

 the neglect, by casting some of their fruit, or by their 

 diminutive size and absence of flavour. Let the earlier 

 varieties of Pears and Apples be carefully gathered as 

 they ripen. Means must now be taken to preserve the 

 wall fruit from the ravages of wasps, flies, &c, either 

 bv covering the fruit with some material to exclude 

 these pests, or by entrapping the latter with something 

 more attractive and more come-at-able than the tough- 

 skinned fruit. The latter mode of dealing with the 



noisy animals which w! I2*N [m9mt3 _ 

 so "popular No bird, ^ *f** -1. Cfc* 

 be purchased at such estabUahrnL ***. >ho»u 

 emphatically remarked. This b™? &. M * ft* 

 and ail birds in a bickly state von I V «"*»**■. 

 procuring the bullfinch till* ~- 



Qmch 



*>*•'- ■*- *.» ****k* v « i •— *_/ n Hi 1 ill:! W\ A v *■ ■ -**• ii 



you by our counael in selecting a biff**' «. We "Hi fc» 



three to five guineas are demanded IM'^IS 

 anxious to obtain ! v.,., „.-n ucu ror what ^_- r ^ 



<* 



Y 



Aberdeen. 

 The Titla 



feet 



,*** 



not been kept thoroughly cwS}' ^ aD 

 become clogged with ^ dirt, Z LtT 



M* 



t~ 



»S 



consequence 



_ "" T ake him g?n«y i^C »**£& 



his feet pass between your V/r 9 , Vbm r e^L**! 



When sufficenti, wak«A ,£ffl?» 



of tepid water. 



h* 



such of the rough surface as readily peM^ 1 * 



seldom to present itself. W. JT.-Thi TcLL ' J 1 * 5 

 your little favourite a morsel of raw 8C raL d V^' * 

 moistened with cold water. He will soon rTi^*» 



W.K, 



boarded. 



retek 



'* 

 « 



enemy is preferable, as, by covering, the fruit with any 

 opaque material, it is screened from the sun, and thus 

 deteriorated both in appearance and quality. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Cleaning the borders, clipping the edgings of Box 

 and Thrift, and weeding and repairing the gravel walks, 

 is now the principal work in hand. If the Cardoon is 

 much in request, and the probable supply deficient, a 

 very good substitute may be produced by cutting the old 

 flower stems of the Artichoke down, thinning the young 

 suckers, and afterwards binding and earthing them in 

 the same manner as real Cardoons. If the ground is 

 good, the strong suckers will be ready for binding with 

 hay ropes and earthing up by the middle of October, 

 and they will be ready for use at Christmas. The 

 earthing up should be done at one operation, for the 

 same reasons as were given in support of similar 

 practices with regard to Celery. Sow some Radish seed 

 of sorts, once every three weeks until the end of 

 September, when a supply will be obtained through the 

 winter. The two last sowings should be made upon a 

 warm south border, along with a small bed of American 

 and Normandy Cress, to stand the winter. Occasional 

 sowings of Corn Salad should be made. Some Spinach 

 should now be sown, and successional sowings of Endive 

 and Lettuce made this week or next. Cauliflowers to 

 stand the winter should be sown about the end of the 

 month, as, if sown too early and kept in over rich soil, 

 they are liable to button. 



State of the Weather near London, for the reel ending Aug. 1 \. 1831, * 



as observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 



appetite undiminished! W. AT. -Young CociioTri? 

 This is an insectivorous bird, and in confinement St 

 fed on raw be*f t — lean, well scraped, and free fniaf 

 Treat him also to hairy caterpillars, so longasiOTm 

 cure them ; and flies. Both these he regards as "I^C 

 Whether he will survive the winter is extreme!?^ 

 You must beware ot dysentery. W. K. 



Books : F B S. 1, Downiog's M Landscape Gar W' i 

 Kemp's "How to Lay-out a Small Garden" 3 Sy 

 •'Suburban Gardener;" 4, Loudon's "EncycloVse 

 dening ;" 5, Babington's " Manual of British Pis*'. 

 OaUicas. Loudon's ri Hortus Britannicus" 



Experiments : B B. If you place vitriol with salt, andbrt^ 

 hot coal produce a vapour, in a hothouse, for the defeat 

 of the red spider, you will kill every plant in yoar boo* 



Fuchsias: Anon. Corallina is, we believe, a gardes kjH 

 We have always understood that it was raised betwwf, 

 exoniensis and F. radicans, the latter being a specks, fc 

 former a hybrid.} 



Insects : T E. The young fibres of the roots of the Hdtap 

 are infested by great numbers of a new insect bafafci 

 the family of plant-lice, Aphidae, closely allied totbim 

 Pemphigus, but which seems to require anew geuMwi 

 reception. The ants frequent the roots to feed up** 

 saccharine excrement of the Aphides ; we can only npa 

 that the earth Bhould be carefully moved atweiteM, 

 which should then be well drenched with quastia titee 

 tobacco water. W — TPH. The caterpillar found « *l 

 Rose- tree is that of the very common vapourer mothQiflfc 

 antiqua. W.— Middleton. Your Vines are infested wttfc 

 common Vine fretter, Coccus vitis ; the shells seatmfc 

 shrivelled skins of the females, the young of wWhj 



i a'ready escaped from beneath their bodies. ^-^* 

 We are sorry to learn that the Turnips in the 1W 

 Counties are so mucii infested wiih the small greeieaa 

 pillar* of the Tinea cruciferarum (or Xjlostella). Sent 

 leading article of last week. W. 

 Names of Plants: OH. Traoheliumcceruleum.-Jii. 

 tegia immersa, Presl., J. Sm.-a w eli known PeijWiJ 

 recently introduced in a living state. 5.-0^. «"■»■ 



No known Epipactis has a germen withooi ton. ™ 

 sketch is not like anything we are acquire J™J- H 



Ittd 



'tis careiuuj ucm^- r - r - » . m jw. 



.mination, when an opportaotfJ«JJ 



parently Ha^manthus tenforuW* 



.:., nn \\ t„ minrUhe seed. WemUB^» 





Aujutt. 



FrUUy.. 



Sntur. .. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tu«s. 



Wed. 



Thur*. 



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8 



9 

 10 



11 



12 



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14 





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Barometer. 



Tbmpbhatubb 



Of the Air 



Max. ! Min 





Of the Ea rth j Wind. 3 



I foot 2 feel 

 d*ep. deep. 



dry a lew specimens carefully J>et ween paper, 

 to Lond >n for ex 



T. Davidton. Ap^—— * --— --- , Wp«iii«B"» 

 We cannot just now call to mini the ^„ "££& 

 hereafter.-Vrortiiv. Nierembergia graphs. »£ 



,pericuui cananense; i,»* 

 Urum virgatum, DiplMM g 

 ee nothing whatever to du« 

 »r Calyrtegia sepium ; *>•* 

 ic k your cuttings m thm « 

 rubber, or in lodia-rubber -Bill. j. •« «»',«■* 

 box. Try the following cl'mbon-*^",^ 



white 



[QUI 



plant from the vulgar Caly.teg.^ 

 aula arvensis. Pack your cuttings J 

 rnhber. or in India-rubber si k, and encl ,iet 



find*** - 

 hem&f 



ry tue ionowiug- **««»«>• - ~»r ar( ip n beni. ** 

 _ f Kenneoya M.r£^^^ 

 pin 11a, purplish blue ; Clematis a * a !£f * j: «s,r* 

 jasminoides, white, rosy ^ ; aad Do^ &* 

 Lj X. Completely baked when ^^^^ 



A few inquiries stand over ior iu. 



ammable. 



tion. 

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TV. 



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1-2 



13 

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IS 



16 



17 



Aver 



30.018 

 3 .031 

 30.(is» 

 30. 1 06 

 30.07 i 



'29.44 4 



29.9 ; 6 



! 



29.98-1 



0.075 



30.098 



30.010 



29.841 

 29.821 



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79 



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 55 

 53 



52 

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66.0 



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67 

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83 

 63 

 62 

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61 

 61* 

 60 

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30.025 l 29.971 76^ 54 65 4 '63 3 ' 61 



Z>:rin\ireTouth"of Scotland. It was 3***^^ 



io 

 ly hardy 



.inco io one Of Sir W. Bookert .work.. 



>'o doabt 



rh when of 





hardy in Ireland, and tlower irwy •-- -° xwh j^l* 

 age- It is ne 



into 

 and 



Au?. 8— Very fine; overcast; clear at niicht. 



— 9— Overcast; fine; o»e'Ca»t ; cloudy. 



— 10 -Overcaat ; cloudy I hrou^hnut. 



— 11 — Dry haze; very fine; ^hxhtly clouded. 



— 12— Light ly overcaat and fine ; rerv fioe ; cloudy. 



— 13— Clouly and hot; rain; sultry; cloudy, with lightning^iu 



evenir-jf 



— 14— Lightly ovf^rra^t; fine; clf*ir; lk£htning at night ; cloudy. 

 Mean lenaperature of the week, 2 <le*. above ihi averatce. 



State of the Weather at Chiswick, durme the la*t 25 y^ar*,for the 



ensuing week, ending \u<u*t 23, 1851. 



the 



August. 



•a 



* a- 







2 d 



"So of 

 Y^ars in 

 which it 



K imed. 



Greatest 

 Quantify 



ot Ham. 



Prevailing Winds. 



Sunday 17 



Mon 18 



Tues. 19 



Wed. 2o 



Thurs. il 



Friday 22 



Satur. 23 



• _- • 



j3 ■ GO 





I I 



73.4 



51.3 



62.3 



13 



0.54 in. 



9 



73.8 



52.7 



1 



12 



0.33 



1 



72-7 



51.1 



619 



12 



0.42 



1 



7*2.5 



51.4 



620 



10 



0.33 



1 



7*2.0 



49.7 



60 9 



10 



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2 



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51.1 



60 7 



11 



0.58 



1 



710 



43.5 



59.8 



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2 2 1 



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 5 

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7 



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8 



9 

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for m ost thing. ^"'^aSSSS*** 



apertures between the lies iHttt « 



will perhaps be relieved. of wl*> f?ffi 



S^AnCUS* n.e Ye. or 11C.V, or Beec^ 



f>r your screen. 

 Aconi-es, Chridtnias 



SraAWBEBBiES :/ £«*■£ usin g birrs or.w-j » 

 of our volume for last j ear, us in m ^ ioet t. j 



jou cannot fail *>*XT™~^" JttoW**** 

 header 1. anxious to know W n ^ 



TlSSS Miaows : £*«$£, Afi£ 



dL.erta.lon about these ^ t > atten d W ' 





llyaci 







2 



1 

 3 



2 

 2 



2 



1 



say 



rule 



good 





and boll the top 



10* 



* 



The highest temperature d iring the ahove period occurred 

 IS 12 -therm. 92 deg ; and the lowest on the 2l*t, 1850— therm. 32 



on the 

 deg. 



ISth, 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Araccar.a : R W. We believe that the pruned appearance of 

 the A. irabricata at Kew i^ owing to the lower branches 

 having died or become unsit-htly. It i 3 a rery old plant, and 

 for yearg was covered with a moveable roof, the notion being 

 that the plant was tender. A hea thy plant should never be 

 pruned. 



Buds— T 

 in asking advice on this matter. This is tne wrong season of 

 the yenr to make such a purchase, and the house you mention 



- thy plant should never be 

 , See the beautiful specimens at Dropmore. 

 he Piping Bull»ivch : D \\\ You have do 



have done wisely 



plant out when frost » 8-y; uittd ; 3, i^" & 

 V ubblsh heap "-"J",' op the shoots^ 



,nir and tender, *, » ■»¥ 



the tops.as Spinach w Mr. I 



W00DLlCEi -a* — — ■ „ u. 



Rnd th ey will graduaUy be 



K 



gept from Rotten Bow. "^ n oMti o»fc ^ d » « 

 We cannot ans mj« *»£ % ooly exh'"" 

 Ward's cases. Mr.^ooae ^ 



fl*ke 



Pi°>^ 



M 



ihnationb: ^ *•« — ,, floir ers. * 

 nations are smooth full aa d 



deticient in amount ot cu 



w 



prized by florists.* 



