290 
be bound to pa no his outlay and a fair rent, pro- 
vided he would tak roduce and the plar 
ats propa Í 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
-closely y round ; it, * ill the bottle w 
t I have beena es in n the “ child’s £ 
must confess that 
p 
mig 
ith w 
which plan the ra 
i think 
fruit trees in 
| many ing a 
play” of growing 
other par este that in y^ 
| 
gated for bedding oat 5 ne „at Covent 
n’s eee Of course a A. H. F. C.” 
and regular ata Should the soil g 
aye 
on orchard | houses you have placed the matt 
The 
expect an pecuniary 
grounds ‘and such things as ~~ and aces 
TE to dispense wit .. Staffordshire — 
happen to know something a Inverness and 
neighbourhood, and I ha 
its | 
o doubt your correspondent lin abeiiing i in an orchard 
1€8, 
1 | too dry, 
pass a pointed stick ia "e WAR 
cultivation ia j trees in pots për 
assuredly progress amon all owed growe 
amateurs —_ limited aa and 
There can o greater paree in fruit oria than 
jos go spring | when t 
raps 
be n 
at home in sl than they have hitherto 
The 
„Any of oy 
eaders who may try -this p plan will find | their heir trew 
Mer 
a We eather 
Nectarines. Cher: 
| Peaches 
m that ; quarter, if a "reside nt, would consider 10s. 
1 faal fo fı 
ri a e 
Té è 
t 
O F 
mon sed nto ou sneer 
arin may look for disappointments. 
shav 
bsurd > perform wonders on ir 
wages a at; and until of | delicious fruit in 
‘ae! lg “or as “T. J.” and “ A. H. F.C.” put their ~ ~~ 
mers on a better footing than their p ery serv a a | M 
30 Yea 
any h 
a genuine | | summer. In large oe establishments ther 
e weather outside, and that there m be a se |o 
due season. When at Dalkeith 
the wet and yaa aunties of 185 
6, 
. Thomson there pointed o Pe ears of different | 
ts, an 
| varie eties growi ng in _ pots, t 
e had on the salis t that 
s Drawshave Steel Hoe—This 
adivion | fai the list of implements for arinik a 
y manual la bour, and also, I hink, an hie ap one. 
as | in general tim tim: t be spared for p 
oo ai ried plenty can be grown in the 
| 
lb 
Sti 
apensar as the sun, but by the fall of 
in all favourable | occasioned 
caused not 
by the 
» be continual! ly hoed, i on th C. it, w 
tsfoot, Horseradish kiā aie cnet rooted ay irriaren so as t oe the succession up. For very | epas that the oe of some flowers depen ra 
or when a crop of Cabbages, «e., eo aan to | early Grapes and Pea es the pot system is the best, | immediately on the sun, as the minor Convalvaan 
early grow Now, when the soil i tiff \th where no early Vinery ae with heated borders “a some, as the m major Convolvulus, pew on 
stubborn nature, a broad Dutch hoe a it ts inside the house. As regar ones morning, dene 
t sk most effective tool for these purposes. talas a| eo “ai tha a the ey cannot be d p sad pot if Richmond, 
wide shave of the surface, never pee i a lifin , and ot. ees else, t ey are necessary to keep olf in- viet 
can be kept as sharp as a knife by the occ: j appli- truders not yet quite arrived at the second á ein et ead negar, ye = —_ 3 Birin sA 
cation of a file to the upper side of th it Wid Kost wo- Sina ver them. = muy of 
one deficiency, which is a great sik to its | some ver; ry secure e fence from the ‘ “outside bar Ca Dira Blade foe 14 da tlien ‘eteainae rina 
Siy, Aya that it is worked by a thus forward. apenas in great danger of being frequently robbed. a iket haiie mdh an e = meee 
enterin ng into anatomical reasons, every one | In a new —— rden of some or lately formed | We pa Basil, green Mint, aid Be 
Ghote e hoe knows that this causes a Pi here a a ey vet wall oe en projected to be used | 59 tnglish. an our bey or bruised, ar. 
stress upon the tases and muscles that in n the same p at Trentham, ex- | ay ote a HAT b 
| pri thatit it isto rom little — The aaah of the wall | °"Y 
and t 
the ee is short api feeble. _ Sigma’ s s hos | 
wor! the 
n sho 
same as if any o ited t 
a boat by pushing t the ¢ oar soad of rales it. 
Phare been trying one of the — col a pms 
‘oot A boy of 1 her 
will be about 750 feet, and Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 
Plas ms, Cherries, Citrons, and Guavas will be gro 
| the borders on the back wall, added to which Seay — 
fi 
bys hee Penutial plant ? 
y gard Mie 
aik ey an you direct me where Lea 
ng or description of the flowering 
Tt is now a month since one 
owed indications of sending forth a 
d 
in 
Ng |) 
early vegetables, and keeping bedding pla cond in the 
space in front. ` Some 14 — ago, before aye Toe 7 
length, and 
inches in ge at the _ base. There are also = 
or glass covered Stans in fashi 
enades ion 
edge a fi ong. 2, nay, in a Peach mali Siri some spare “Tights nik had formerly point the tower spike, which together will | 
teens,” rear Have sti nfcont oeecilar pone tise :Tt bee m use two long Vine borders, as I found qura head crowning the summit, The 
without fatigue. Also amongst Broccoli, i t of | t rade chui fry were quite as effectual ia protect- | Stands full 8 fe et from the leve lo aie: se and the 
ushes, &c., it = be aes without fear | ka ‘the roots of the Vines in winter. The length of this | 15 inches in 
Of injuring the the plan ts, for the blade is kept horizontal; | wall was 200 feet, and the elas were made to. fx | prati at Further forinto shall be PALAD 
slide d from any Spmigliel in light r rafte: rs, resting on k pos driven into | the Bee S of its flow ering. Ferrarius, , April ith, 
oad it may meet with, and prevent t e from | the gran; portable thatched hurls being ei [No figure‘of this has been published, that v beka 
Whenever the soil is tolera bly loose the to fit rosty or cold | Cover: In Hooker’s Flora of New Zealand som 
imple g sirak No attific ‘ial h ae ae of it is given. ] 
in here pris Hop wall, the glass lights elit kopta off the ay 
wi &c., where muc rin hoeing is nee hail, or r snow-showers when the trees were in bloo 
can ak testimon we vac of Professor Henslow, a 
to Arathor a be us vel walks can be hoed spring, a e back wall got. heated anak as to mat a Societies, 
with it. weight to I set et l th 
head of the implement would be an onset heat given out at night. But it is astonishing ho wmuch | __ ENTOMOLOGICAL, Mar —Dr. J. E. Gray, PRS» 
PTS. frost Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots will bear when President, in the chair. a e ee Smith exhibited 
Shanking of Grapes.—Would some of your corre- in bloom if the blossoms are kept dry. I never knew | ® a fine e series of insects of all orders Pas collected at 
d foll g p I always ure of the crop on this wall, r. Foxcroft, who ately started as 
i Grapes, particularly this y pe Es pne the Tights on again as mological collector i in Western y rica. Amongst 
unately colouring they always ll t Excel: th e species collected 
the berries shrivelling one by one, | | 1 uces, Radishes, and oth doptera, and also of the driver ant, Ano mma Barmes 
or by bits of the wood of the bunch dying of. heaves things w ere grown on m the | aR in front, protected head im idst of which Ta st. Mr. F. Smith had dis 
ener, and he is successful in me with the straw hurdles in the winter time. In the | ° ew Myrmecophilous beetle, belonging to the 
that point. re anything I | space between the main range of lean uses in family Staphlinde, Mr. Smith also exhibite 
N ? The Vines are only jost going the new kitchen garden here Nag dae outer wall very mber of very interesting nes “of different 
thought by applying for advice in | long ranges of peered pits have — planned * | Hy m Beri insects of different families 
r correspon ight s e- | So that “A, P. W.’s’ of glass enades have not | Port Natal by Herr Guenzius, Mr. Sa Stevens 
e er cov with ian negl Pee ar tie seal ae but with this aif. exhibited some very beautiful eee ies of insects, 
early removal of it the cause of ference, they are enclosed within “high, brick w hiefly Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, from the 4m 
“7 stem? W. P. | Some of “A. P. W.’s” as improving of | islands, near ninea, recently ‘st home by Mr. 
pA SERE accidentally sheds by glazing and ia g them are well oe the iS afatigat collect: Amo! the 
se for last year, at. 632 I found | worthy of attention; Get all arge. r Trig irera sh- sexes a very fi e 
aars So interested, | Ments © onpi to have “hyberna intering ith its pupa case; also a 
You | bedding plants, and for retarding Toom fe clas in hot | wasp p iiy: d by Mr. F. Smith. Mr. W 
. per anni um very tis where | Veather. William Ti Š hibited the perfi ot h. aue to o parse 
per Ìb., and milk 1s. er quart. | in ‘on ciliatum.— out in the conser- | tortrix) whic the jumping reo 
rue if the gardener had to find here is a plant of this Rhododendron, sent from Mexico. He pacing the latter had € 
ements bht of the 65. Meese is now studded all over with a profusion of |! much interest in ] Paris, swherea s appe: ared fro 
per annum, but you do not s o delicate white rose-tinted flowers, ' i nce | in th =e 
sum is only the amount of money paid him, his board of the plant is12} feet and the height 3 feet i ae those Ea some kind of be a He also eshi 
ing i found him in addition; and in |3 Compact bush, which has p uced 182 umbels of | bited the r arkable larva of the us allied t 
the Mel papers is always so stated. Thus the| 40Wers, all of which are nearly fully expanded at the | Lampyris rategi 
any domes 3 or ant thre is of dling Faoin ið be ‘it isas sth nd 1 teatate, which it would | and had Bom named carey Sigu T e 
C Serv, ‘om som: u exce. us ‘or a front ro lan Hel sperme 
oyar e bed o r bord a cold conservatory, how of blind beet! y odirus s Hobart oe 
—As I h mes f a place. n the Pri M; Sydney Saunders. 
this has as yet nee are nok read tla early forcing, pais ell adapted | y g ye metra vli 
0" i r ti $ Y. n 
dat that a fine pl + oF it is intenet yonr [o "i conan made ie ene half ri pe shoots, cu feeds upon dried path in her Daria, th ben | 
r-bud with me. I got the plant (a grafted the base close to the older wood. Insert th pena Net | Acidalia herbariata, a specimen i! which nage ak i 
e leaf only from Messrs. dish & Noble ty soil, cover with a bell “glass, and place: them at | taken on the wing in a gard n 
is pt eet and oe an inch | et to “callous” in a kapea by Mr or Mr. Samuel Stevens insect 
e 3 inches long and 5} inches m bottom iab in Hatin — will be found to substitute for cork for the drawers of ah 
` Ap flower-bud 7 inches, A sort successfully as Indian Azal in an eqnally siia ore Bont s of inodorous felt, whieh i coc fi 
Biieoter tad inches, its height 3% inches, O. F, A y time. pai Westland, Oeke Yorkshire. less expensive than cork, costing only 1d. a sq 
burg, B x Fruit Trees in ts.—Water bein 
i me I ha ` 
serymen Arien —Those w a inti s A “9 waterin hard 
i aeai ould save their phd ez > which saves me at ree ne uel "geen of 2o0ks. 
la listrict in th ete rA oist than 
e bint fom you oul I ps the ae be a method. Tt is this: —Take old wine bottles, cut off e the The Book Beet i 
n aT Gt OY, ee a der der Kate Earp, B By Dr. C. B; Cae 
Wait y. Glass Pyomenades.—The corre- | set fire to this, holding Gin Se turpentine, ofimann. 8vo, pp- 788, with 1 9% 
your columns = position, and when this is burnt out systematical i 
x p. water; this ap = the bottle kable volume contains a ilos 
all ite eel nite clean if well ide “through snk Norge the Coleopterous insects of Europe $ jn 
‘ag busy with the formation of a ne pow. Milehes pi the inside of a pot with a blunt s “sal don my =<: capital ae Seiad 
and flowers, | neck of a plates, and is sold for ei z 3 
of a bottle to the shoulder, and press the soil | When we say that the figures are capital at 
