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GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE 



S— god popular 

 I odI/ the finest of its 

 the best which lias 



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». Hooka** Species Filicum (Pamplln) has now 

 the oth part, that is to say, the LM part of the 

 tol^ae, and we understand tliat the 6th part may 

 Softly expected. The present issue of this very 

 Xffrnt work contains the genera Adiantum, 

 ^ * Lonchitis, and Hypolepix, occupying 60 pages 



these, with the white ground 



will, there can be no doubt mib tlm t.,i' **_ mm ""I 

 interest to the growers S t^lZT^^ ' 

 must well repay for a journe\ from a £ LT< w 



for 24 varieties of cut blooms : the 



mixed xviih it, and U 

 order 



weikwild 

 from 



i 





i m \ e ' . f! * ^ ^ 'S SZRt^Jfr |: - lD - ,eaVC l ■ " *■* - - - 



rf krtBT-press. 



specimens 



pencil. 



The plates, of which there are 20, are 



of Mr. Fitch's graceful and 



pot culture ; Pinks 



vement 



especially as re 



to prevent the cutting t^i££?L 



he pots uiArmeommMTiiniX "*?**•.*** M 

 -ring a little aow and d£ft % 



moasture ; af*r the f^S^CZZ£g% 



™»v ,„um shading. , •„ wWr^ • "^ *" "»^ d 



]<>, 



little 



onl 





are to be « done " in p„tV an( i° BP n „. 

 too, as I can testify from an experiment mad CJi^ ^ 

 by myself when, from one Jot, in which Z1SZ 



juired the old plai 



August, and tha m 



and keeping onl il 



qukite). \N reafe* 



out 



mm 



fk ft ytccum of Fly-fishing for Trout, Icing a com 



4tU Pidctical treatise on that Branch of the Art of 



tadmg> with plain and copious Instructions for the 



of Artific I Flies. Illustrated by nurae- 

 jhsgravings. By G. P. R* Pulinan. Longman 



u*Co. 

 •itbote who wish for information and instruction for 

 artificial flies, this book will be found useful : 



fc tactions are clear, ana tne plates are given in ex- 

 pfctationof the proper way of managing and handling 

 ^ nsjerials throughout the whole process of fly making. 

 fta author is evidently an enthusiastic fisherman, 

 p| bo doubt understands his business sufficiently to 

 ■ 111 basket in the Devonshire rivers to which he has 

 ten accustomed, though he might find more difficulty 

 § doing so, if he tried his hand in rivers where the 

 are grown of a higher average weight than in the 



and all showable at the same time, Zdi^SB 

 stick tie, card, or split pod. and « the Gnis " 

 numbered over ;00 ; No. 17 invites G distill 

 Calceolarias growing m 8-inch pots, both for May and 

 June ; dissimilar as are these flowers from Mo* as in 

 general, yet by the almost universal ground colour 

 yellow, much of the interest which they ought to poms' 

 is lost ; I would remind growers and exhibitors that 

 contrast is of as much importance as good cultivation 

 for however much a collection may aspire to Quality 

 half its merits rests in a well arranged and Wei] * 

 trasted group. So far I have reviewed Division 



«ity of roots to in; 

 >ots may be cut awa 



can be nut in to *■ 



m awa di> 

 neali grosjrth* tu iv svUJ 





just 



put in as cutting*, 

 mentioned \ou may cut 

 crops of cuttings in t 3 

 and then have the tome 



potting off cutting! thej 



Ml got 



day 1 two ; then air *] 

 finally, tlie liglits should I 

 At this stage tli wUI 



mildew is lifisJv to atiaci 



August 



aff etei. 



y that have 

 Wit) tUe 

 off three 

 ^atsb of the au mr^ 



divid 



should be Li el-lee for 



or four 



for 



on- 

 1, in 



v crops in 

 soon as von 1 , iv*.;*, . .1.1 , 



lie. 



Although the 

 1 it a practical 



of making flies above alluded to, the subjects 

 |ell arranged ; but, in compiling from authors who 

 ft* written on the natural history of those insects on 

 the trout feed, and more particularly in that part 

 treats of Ephemerae and Pliryganeae, it might be 

 htter,before the author publishes another edition of his 

 eotk, to avail himself of the more close observation of 

 fte natural history of those insects which his presence 

 it the river side will enable him to take advantage of 

 fen to trust to comparatively casual observers, who 

 ire arrived at hasty conclusions without a careful 

 ad minute investigation of the subject of which thev 

 h*e treated. # * 



CrabVs Technical B ._., v _, „^„^ XLJ , xo tl 



•d printed volume of 65i) pages, containing ' short 

 ■initions of as many terms in art and science as can 

 h compressed into such a space. We would recom- 

 ■od the author, on a future occasion, to omit all generic 

 Me* of plants except those which are in familiar ««> - 



FLORICULTURE. 



Hortic ULTUR , l Society's Schedule of Prizes for 



NU. -Lpon reference to page 583, notice will be found 

 Jfte London Horticultural Society's List of Prizes for 

 m^m advertised a few weeks previously in these 

 m bmoe . tllat notice was penned, the schedule 



W has been 

 iatributior 



c * mu " independently of each other, to whom the medals 

 offered are not only numerous, but I may add valuable • 

 amounting as they do to 493?. ] he floral portions of the 

 other divisions shall receive early attention ; in th 

 meanwhile I shall feel most happy to receive any 

 suggestions our readers may submit, either for pub- 

 licatmn or private consideration, as they may direct. 

 I he days of exhibition are fixed for the second Satur- 

 days 111 May, June, and July ; which, for 1852, will fall 

 on the 11th, 8th, and 1 3th, respectively, somewhat early 

 for florists flowers generally ; but this offers little diffi- 

 culty, fixed and made known so long before ; let a florist 

 know what is wanted, and when you want it, giving him 

 reasonable notice beforehand, and I mistake if it be not 

 forthcoming to the^hour in all its glory ; this touches a 

 subject on which it is my intention to enlarge, viz , the 

 proving the necessity of an early publication of Societies' 

 schedules, in order that growers may know how to 

 fashion their stock, and what to prepare ; in this the 

 Horticultural Society lias long shown an excellent 

 example, fully worthy of general adoption, and one 



which should be considered by all committees as impe- 

 rative. /. E. 



Cinerarias. — Plants received from the nursery, either 

 last month or this, will be in good condition in 3 and 

 5-inch pots. They are wintered here in pits or frames 

 well secured, so as to exclude frost The glass is well 

 covered with mats and straw, but no artificial heat is 

 applied. Thus treated they are always strong and 

 robust ; but many grow them in houses, and I think 

 that for a month or so, about January, it would be of 

 service to them to be in a cold house, or a pit heated 

 with pipes, so as to ward off damp, while a long con- 

 tinuance of frost prevails, otherwise a pit is the best 

 place for them, and they can be brought into the house 



»r 



am 

 roped by 



thrown > iff «rarr nifh 



ftfl* paruoulfti an 



Uictn, < :ai 



«.«"% ^ 8 . S00 1 M u l ,l,pc liurfn- 



parte aflfcetod. Th, , ,fc they 2n .ul 



rreeu.% tt „,i th, ,. , l0 fon 



i»WM of toUeco*noke fcn.l , 



latter by tob**,,-™, blU it , mmu.rtmo 



lit l ' 0, ,T utlv ; •'" ,1 «Sr3ff. 



August lias been pot over there it littl to Iter, for thw 



wUI grow awH.v rapidly after that. Th. ,t» A '\ 

 then he taken o»T at night, «« th, temj ,tm% and 

 allow the plant, to r«,ivo th.- h, ; ,w ta » 



httle, w,Ui Bido air, in Au-uat fn.tn aun4tML and imUO. 

 kee^ them as cool as po»hle. In n. .qg mtdHam u 

 must select three or four good a)i a,d"^rf 



habited van. , from wl h vou will ha % call tton. 

 Some object to dwarf kinds ; hm, if a tall variety ap- 

 pears amongst my seedlings, I lei it ; , &m*lt, 

 they are more apt to run back to th iginal vanettoe 

 (shrubby), with long, tonfe'liug llower-etalks. Sard, 

 sown in pots or pun-, om< up > . fn-vh In a few 

 days ; let the surfaoeaoil ba very aandv. an l' only c . r 

 the seed just suflui.nt to keep it from "being washed off 

 while watering ; prick oil from th. : pans into store- 

 pots. The soil I recommend is, four parts rotten dung 

 (i. e^ decayed into mould) and five parts of laani ; or, 

 instead of five, say four maiden loam and ana rich 

 yellow loam. The following is a list of some oi the moat 

 esteemed varictitl : — 



I Pauline-, atntin. 

 Queen ol England. 



fc SocietvV f J. , nS™' • , th0Se usuall y exhibiting at ; flowering ; indeed, by judicious management, they may 

 ■»oaetjB/«fe»atChi8wick, and to applicants gene- ' ' " " " ' " ' " ~ 



liessj, distinct. 



Carlatta Qi isi, good form. 



Cerito, ditto. 



Coronet, very early. 



David CopperfieM, distiuct. 



Effie Deans. 



Electra, earlj and pretty. 



Flora M'Iror, rich crimson. 



King of Crimsons. 



Lady Gertrude, jrood blue. 



Lady Hume Campbell, finest. 



early .-.nd late, always 



blooming, 

 Lettice Arnold, good form, 

 Madame Sontsg, 



Wedding King, neat and bright 

 in colour. 



Amr Hoh^art, good shape. 

 Adela VjJherf, nice colour. 

 Amasna, n bite. 



Haiwnersmith Beau? . di§- 

 tinct. 



Marianne, good f n. 

 Prima I -ma, fne blue. 

 Nonsuch, distinct in cole*T. 

 St. Clair of the Isles, good 



form . 

 -7 0. If. 



itiZT"* 11 ^ present notice is thaYof the in vita. 

 ZF21T exhl 5 lt ? rs at large, so far as florists* mh^ 

 f^rr^ll:^ ^ award my meed 



Nfcnn 



nv*>v,xujg j juvfcccvij kjj juiutiuuo xiiitija^^iii^iitj nicy iii<t> 



be had in blossom from November till June. When 



111 



ifte oM \T- P u ^ llc f tlon "ere referred to ; for instead 

 » old-faslnoned sheet, we have now a neat nam- 



5»d hiOT !S, - ea8y 0f referenc e> conveniently port- 

 3X t £ ^ in f™ ctive - I cannot, however, but 

 Sifand n;f Ze ° *, e 8aid P am P h let should have been 

 ■WtetkH , Wlth the Society's quarterly j ournal, 

 C U™?. 1 !* have bee » bo^d «P with 



*»™priz P ? e «- Whl i dl the f0Ur P arts form ' Is n °t 

 **»*K !i d quite as val »able as the report 



"toaW ,? ^ aft f r 3' ear s, would it not prove alike 

 «Se till P ° rtant? J feel sure that ^ e Council 



•fen 



wintered in pits they will require to be well watched, so 

 as to give air every day to dry up damp. If this is not 

 attended to the leaves will " fog off." At the present time, 

 when they are growing rapidly, they should not have 

 the lights taken'ofF, except when the air is mild and not 

 drying ; but let them be tilted on the side contrary to 

 the direction in which the wind is blowing. If the 

 liglits are altogether removed their growth is retarded, 

 as they dislike dry easterly winds as much as we 

 : but a moist air will not harm them. A 



as 

 do 



slight 



fain 



Pp?o„„ e * X closed m y former notice with 

 5* H*th s iS lum , classes 3 and now, passing Roses 



annual fri-0** schedule a permanent and wel-' 

 el; 



carnations are invited in distinct varie- 



■^•*u 



^^Ue, and - ^ nti ° U t0 Nos - 9 > 10 ^ ]I ^ 12 ^ 



^*lted« lr 



1 



7» ^'hich more particularly invite 



5 «*fc • aa^i i nch P° ts > a size 

 ■eaTTr » *& also 



_ always used in 



S4 varieties of cut blooms, to be 



5^1 



?"S 



enough to set up a standard 



had fore 





*ifct 7^ ^resight 

 Jfcit, 



St 



_ ._ eeg recelve 



'"ana u A — blooms. I 



^pouiH ^' aS beill 2 strides in the riirht road 

 -form 



10 SUOoa x* 1 "" *^ WCj nor ^ s ^ *°° mucn to 



form a? 1 i- Was h in the exara P le g iven » *** 



. dlm ensions are universally acknow- 



^mf. 



and 



as 



warm shower is always beneficial to them when the 

 weather is such as to permit them to receive it. 

 Never let them become pot-bound ; directly this is the 

 case, green fly attacks them, the leaves get pale, and 

 the plant starts for bloom prematurely. If grown in a 

 house, they should never be allowed to have a cold dry 

 air playing amongst the leaves ; they delight in moisture 

 while they are in a growing state. When they have 

 finished blooming, about an inch of the surface soil 

 should be removed, and fresh material placed all round 

 the plant, which should be kept in a shady part of the 

 garden. Where a quantity is wanted, plant out in light 

 soil, in some situation shaded from the mid-day sun ; 

 or, if you possess only one plant, perhaps a choice seed- 

 ling, and you wish to be more particular over it than 

 usual, keep it in a pot in a frame, so that you can 

 protect it from* wet, when required. Those in pots 

 must not receive much water; indeed, directly 

 flower is going off, watering should be carefully per- 

 formed, or the plants may die, or the roots, from 

 which your young stock is to be produced, are injured. 

 Permit the stem^to gradually die away and remove the 

 leaves as they wither off, cutting the flower away 

 only. 





the 



Antirrhinums : O J. We believe that Primrose Perfectfc* will 

 be offered for tale in early sprinjr. J. I . 



HoLLTnucKs: Scottish Amateur. Many of the beet Terietiei now 

 being offered owe their origin to the perseverance of Mr. A. 

 Parsons ; his last and crowning- ffT.irts have been Jatelj ad- 

 vertised in our columns, and are in the course of d very* 

 Messrs. Birrham, Karon, and Chsterhave alio raised many 

 splendid h\»wers J. E, 



Pansies : /;. For the past four or six wesiss these have been 

 blooming freely at the nurseries, whither you *houl lava 

 paid a visit, and then have judged and chosen for yourself: 

 we will, however, endeavour to help you in nahrn 

 selection neit week. J. 



Tr/LiPt : J L. Ours were all planted by the 3d instant ; we have 

 long made it a rule not to let the first chanc ; sss after the 

 25th of October, for at this ueeertnin season of the year the 

 first favourable weather should always be embraced in open 

 round operations. Breeders da not excite *on 1 interest 

 ere in the south as they have long done In the midland and 

 northern counties; but few collections can be fou ind 



the metropolis, yet they arc not altogether overlook i, and 

 we should by all means recommend an early applicadeti fee 

 those yeu may desire to grow ; the cost h somewhere about 

 Is. each for full blooming bulb- ; if taken In miners tome 

 reduction is allowed. Of course this applies to varieties in 

 general cultivation ; for Juliet fWlllison), we lave just paid 

 *. ; here you have a rose breeder ' very promising, of pood 

 nape, and with very pure base ;" moreover, it is " let out" 

 this season for the first time, and received a label of com- 

 mendation by the National Fioiicuhural Society. We know 

 of none by name around London; th* midland florists can 

 supply Pilot. We cannot say when Maid of Orleans, IVincesa 

 Royal, Chellaston Beauty, Countess of Harrington, Van, 

 Amburgh, Purple Perfection, 8abie Monarch, Alice Orey, 

 «tc, will break ; that is not in our power even so speculate 

 upon ; for whether planted iu rich fe« in poor soil, deeply, 

 or near the surface, taken up annually or allowed to remain, 

 the result is just the same— all uncertainty. With all our 

 boasted philosophy, -the breaking of Tulips remains a 

 u splendid najstery." J. E. 



Miscellaneous 



I.— The St is Anzch 



Berlin 





^and 



Road-side Trm.-ihQ 

 tains a curious edict from the Department of Pal c 

 Works, by virtue of which all the a//<fci of I 'opiare aJong 



This applies more particularly to some varieties 1 the public roads are gradually to be removed, * re. 



ri r - - • ' ' - f -?cd by trees of another kind. The r«Mon wiajw i» 



Never keep old plants tne damage the Poplars do to the neighbouring fields. 



: but the 



than to others/as many grow freely and produce plenty | placed by trees of another kind Th 



Ik 



PT , . r , and in cut blooms, 



er - and 12 f the latter ; the flower 



even 



Hot new *n wvv '* 



Kfcfe'y snerits* I be made t0 assume a r osition 

 C^2em Q . 1. ' * have lono- considered them as 



*l 



5**is 



n T T itrpay wuti inter est ine 



arebe^^^ y - aware ? knowing that several 



^^ * *0r\Vard I "' """^ wwao uiuui c\.tciiut;u ? 



P^ce^on « the boards of the day ; " 



of stock without this extra care. x » - 



to bloom^the following season, they seldom produce such The Lombardy I oplar 



fine flowers, and they are more subject to insects and 



diseases. Let your slips be quite small and young, 



cutting down into the earth where the stem is blanched ; 



these will strike root quickly. Place them round a pot 



prepared in the usual way, i.e. half crocks; on these 



some siftings, to prevent the soil from running through 



the drainage, then the soil as used for the plant except 



that it should be finer sifted and should have more sand 



is clueiiy proscribed ; 



nadian Poplar is only to be replac in case of the 

 destruction of exi^tin_ trees by storms of wind and other 

 ac- ients. Where cultivation is high and the p< ] lation 

 numerous, fruit trees are to b planted along tin roads; 

 but in ordinary cases Oak is tl d selected ; next, the 



lestnut, the Plane, and the Linden. The selection is to 

 be determined by soil and situation. In damn and 

 tnnnrv nknpc th* Alrlpr and the Ash are recommended. 



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