ad THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. $13 
ved in fine days. ~ In March and Aprila as|dener. The ‘pots being sma all the mould in them | apparatus in consequence of fie —— POS nda 
lt be shot be given if the weather | will Pay apie ary, on watering will be needed | much less consumption of The stove might 
tg as poss more than a day 10 weather, ‘and even n th hen it stand u upon a poe stal, or the eit being reduced by 
mgs ould be examined frequently at 2 = a dron zit. a Ei t the q re e cistern, on a br: rac cke et, or be suspended 
. Weeds and deca rought. To avoid this evil an e la of frequ t 
he weather will Saat. ta a little water avert bw y simple dvi is found ak T he arh and last and best of all, a ventilation å is us 
Ses mest i js Care must, however, be taken to ae at be bedded up to the rims fine clean mould | secured, impossible from the fioo: Prometh 
shen the cer Title as possible TA b oa lisp spread on the floor of the frame, or in sawdust, spent | Llangadoe. 
a arer ruime to them at that In | Hops, tan, or ry other convenient material; but garden | Hort ticultural Society’s Fruit Committee.— Before 
goistare April, if the plants have Pren “properly mould is perhaps better t af i the discussion on the appointment of this committee 
Yarch and Pell th then f flowers, | pots are well watered when first pla ced i per functions is brought to a close, I would 
Sova will require more moisture than | rounding medium y will retain arenis es a litte offer a few z remarks on the subject. While doubtless 
y ime, and a aa now and then pit be all they | the chief aim of th 0 ittee should be to a ide on 
Bae wi s “plants s have done flowering they may be | require. Cover up at night, but do othing to make the merits of new fruits, I cannot agree with one 
pa out s their pots and divided, some into five or the plants tender, rememberin ay y ld b 
fared on to two or three, and some not all; for | harden them and fit them for an early remov: val to the | fined to this department of the subject. While indeed 
neil they will not be ‘cillichentty strong by | beds and borders. We have before pointed out the | new varieties S fruits ne to be numerous, and 
ing i bl i the majority of insta emparison 
a 
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iwbe ce be ren- 
part, in rich ground under a north | to their chance in the open dered by any body of competent men who will fairly 
s during adjudi their merits. Bu the 
arn 
an n - eti uch 
that more than double the number of plants : Home Corresponden bilities and adaptabilities of those kinds which are 
Ds iuay be wanted in autumn should be planted in | Dioscorea etait planted a few of this in the dirasdy in pene cultivation; and I ive it sh 
Miz to allow of a selection of the best for potting. | Spring of 1856, not with the view of growing for a jec this committee to collect and disse- 
3y following the system of culture just described | vegetable crop, but merely to na mee tubers for sale | minate correct informon bearing on n important 
jets may be had from im till April. One thing | if inquired for. ey were plan a — sandy | point: the adaptation of kinds to particular soils, 
ch the plants seem e very fond of is broken soil, a moderate layer of dung ropa pont to it ; | sit a 
ses and bonedust. Bri a liberal use Si these I have the ground might have heen: stirred ni turned about chjets, together with the many im portant practical 
fond my crops of flowers to br more abundant than |16 inches deep. The subsoil, being a gree nish sand, was | considerations which must occur to Tnit cultivators. 
when no such assistance was giv PH not disturbed; the foliage (I suppose on account of the Then ew committee will only “half do their work if they 
manure put in when trenched) looked better “oa the |] quite agree 
summer of 1856 ve it did in 1 sso y parne this was | with the suggestion 1 that has been made that the com- 
AMATEUR GARDENING. arere aipate on account of the soil having bec exhausted | mittee should consist of a considerable number of 
ANNUAL; the second ar for all the Sen eatin attentions a im embers, and that these Fria be selected from various 
wo summers was removing the Arevan of the country, so as to brin as ible 
Eo ipile the ornate should’ be fe ded the bed. e first winter they were cover nih very the vast amount of local information which exists to 
in agentle hotbed, or at least under the shelter of hah 7 stable litter; the last winter they had | bear upon their united labours. It should comprise 
gas; and if our advice was taken the young plants — em whatever, the old ha ee was eE fruit growers and dealers, nurserymen who take 
must soon be si posed all | e interest in fruit cul 
be growing fast, an S and. e 
to the question, What shail I do with them ? | weathers. am ve m padoe enough for ae in gor pots secure e 
ofthe kind can ever be bones — to the open till Monday las only then driven to my two | Practical men and not high sounding names should be 
air in April, especially if, as was pony this morning fi I} selected. It would however, I think, be a great error to 
the 13th, there are 7° of frost ke W s of a | found the crowns of the tubers apart from 1 to 14 inch | enei the presence of a proportion of a large 
greenhouse. Whether, therefore, DO amateurs not ck only under grou und shootin ng very nicely ; they mu st | co ee to validate i its decisions. | Those who aecept a 
of annuals thus raised is to do him good o at at thel implied obligati« 
depend on the practical pe given to ‘the kes not injored but s some small tubers s picked up on the sur- to attend its we with something like regularity, 
mmed question. e have been manipulating witl ithsoil and exposed to tł any of its meetings null because three- 
crown collection in rather a large way, and we will | frost were totally destroyed. As far however as I have | fourths of its members were not in attendance seul 
detail our plans, not because all our readers are in | yet gone in digging, every crown covered with from 1 | soon have the effect of making those who did attend 
opt them as their own, but from a | to 2 inches of soil is pushing strongly. i dug first at | from a distance disgusted with their office. R; : 
cnviction that if the general principles indicated One was | I think, there should be a quorum of moderate number, 
to, the asia” on the smallest scale may be Se feet 5 inches long, and weighed, when taken out, | and a sufficient number of members residing in or near 
} lbs. This was the heaviest I have yet taken up; | London to render blank meetings ‘improbable. It seems 
ing that the Asters, Zinnias, Phloxes, Stocks, | a en was 2 feet 94 inches, yet not so large ast si to me an important practical point to decide where the 
are half an inch high, and have formed the, first first; s crea were 2 feet. To-day I dug one that was | committee should meet. It might a first appear that 
aa rough leaves, you must de ine t a moderate Horse Bean when planted, the garden is the proper place for its meetings; but I 
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ttles k i 
ew is done. A common garden frame | the rekber. 1 foot. My experience shows I think that a | the working of the committee. In these days of rail- 
fe } oy t R all 
temporised to keep out frost, wind, and heavy rains. | they are to remain in the soil till they attain a proper quarters to meet in a but if to this railwa 
This being accomplished, decide upon the number of size for cooking; but I am inclined to suppose that | journey the tedium of a trip to Chisyick j is su 
plants you mean to keep; a calculation depending, we | good cultivation would certainly produce more weight | it would doubtless be found very uch to limit the 
presume, on the means of shelter, the stock of pots, |of tuber in one year than my utterly neglected bed | attendance. There should of course he a proper 
and the size of the garden. We mention poo particu- has done in two years. I purpose planting ar 2 ft. ay ppointed, whose duty it sho uld be to be informed on 
larly, because it is common for gardeners overstock 9} i in. tuber whole, to. see what the Tesu ult tee at th p 
for and thus occasion much chew an d ole into a hard | tive meetings 5 3 and the paden, should furnish for the 
Stat therefore your seed pans exhibit | sand that has not been aia removed apparently by purpose 0 hatever materials and informa- 
mye young things, and you really want only a | man. G. Wheeler, Warminst tio “= it can “aapply ; ; but this officer could wait on the 
round and see whether there is a friend who Thomsows eae r Stove e- — Having lately had occasion mittee in | London much more easily than they could 
berg like some of your superfluities, and if not save | to refer t While on the subject I would 
í abe and throw the rest away. For thumb|I find "No. 48 of year the - description Sas observe that the oF G f the labours of the com- 
EN those of we E aan one ee J pint and recommendation of this fas stove, which ena a of mittee s aa x = = ~~ yen pet = 
qa enough ; o or three may be placed in | a ic on the | pur well plaun ank forms un course’ 
tise which are a little larger. Taking all ites cir- nae cheap in construction ne ane economi ae hond. be iod. so that no point of importance may be 
tnt to into account, it will be easy to measure the | I think I can undertake to prove that it is mites the omitted; and I think the record of every new, fruit 
which the process of potting is to be one nor the other. The aaae is a zinc or copper | brought under notice should be complete, at least suf- 
i ini fi lons 0 it of its i 
Pa and light, but 1i isa mistake an inverted copper cone as a bottom, on which jets of | too much the practice in cases of this kind smiss: 
Jta any way to make it fine. which the heat ascends thro rough the | what are called inferior subjects with some general. 
Pama, pror comes, ‘eh soe of T st d into a larger | remark which in no way helps those not present to 
they a i: dectecomuty placed away tube at the i which can be zee sp through the wall | recognise the variety when it com fore : them.. 
of the plants. Place one crock just to wo the external air. Now of what use is me hot | Blan roviding $ for ee information 
Its age kee 
ould. i 
Morning y ck or dibble ready, and on a still 4 temperature of the heated air in the pipe|to exhibitors, who should be requ Fane se up and 
should a nes, mmence operations. A windy day | on ioe S discharge pae the external air, is a heat at least authenti cate the em with their signatures be ore -their 
| hand in whi ch pan be chosen, unless a shed is at | r, which being me in et aerei he a 
_ i stick or et a n be do one. Elementary asa I sees te" man much power to M. Linde: s Nur. rsery, Bru —I observe in yor 
Borat of e is, boiling This is sheer waste of racy Water is n, who appears to 
when pe oct is vat B — 
he grate Bute 
th 
mnd rapi sneno aantoe of Sanii can bo ae required, oes combustion of coal int 
ahole in ni ia wie it. What is wanted is to is Anraten gi the quantity of heat 
to allow i soil with a firm bottom and my But there is no oie 
e roots 
thi 
regu- dames h 
ve of the young plants to fall ety of gas, anda gens cistern is| purpose of drawin 
i vr this purpose a round piece ofla pieni siea t to the complete utilisation of the 
Me aaa aa m and with smooth sides heat ‘produced by burning it. Why not discard the |i 
Rade with the thanh t being held in the hole th eater length of spiral pipe? The 
ect and finger of the left hand, the | play of the air of the room around the pipe will 
If this im ey around it with the stick in the| abstract the heat from it, ma the air in the pipe will 
eth the fin is not employed, and the hole is | pass through the wall “the external atmo- 
Pre; sine ingen and th the plant pressed down with | sphere a little hotter Galy than the Hae ee 
hig *seectaly done. is lost, and the work is much The quantity — of gas consumed in raising the 
; As fane OF si m 8x pots are fi f t of the water one degres: w ill have 
! i frame here they a led let the em be removed to the s same effect on: 2850 feet of air. The zine casing 
eye might Perfo: with 
be watered with a h orated zine is cheap 
and shaded from the tot eae etl they | enough, butti 
an KA Mera they veg have all tl he E i T um 
Sources giving them these | a agripa ne the s The oF Gard mmes pos 
Of anxiety. pe ea Sustenance a new the plan I eas weal oe ‘the Eran of F the senise of the musical féle for that evening, 
; present itself to the gar- | patentee’s royalty, a cheaper construction of the!as well as previous evenings; saw the plant-houses, 
