674 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jury 24, 1859; 
x th of the piante than of t the Chinese Pink. Th n = 
es the Haws appear now to be set, Bot ey have =e 
Brine ai oe gas |r es r ince T 3 ee RO 
N Py owe: 5 OW ` E r 
E DOONEY a ny au on have made ikesh pime- Ina s | bours 5 za the pse aie the first gr h, the E to a _— ey are as delicately marked. ae ie 
r ARAR ld fi and a {| buds were just arenes ape prepar rin g E pi Sa Williar “a hata ihe following advantages over the Spa 
pots s 5 a a be As soon as they imagine t that this occurrence. ow do you : jam, Vizy larger size of bloom, ; 
full supp y s of air za E a TAA alia I bic yo of the plants, and have | beautiful, of dwarfer habit, it flowers the first taney 
—— beige omer ents i wit b the poten on a | potted it to see on the peculiarity will be permanent. a full Sh sown MRK pi a ra the plants wee 
ie, od probably will last longer 
indentation z aje -> Kpa somnnrye te ia “Thar ve copied from the Times the fall of the d ouble varieties propagate as freely from kiya, 
gewater and Bridport, and also app Pink. i shall feel obliged by your gi al 
ee ee ee | the. fall n u — ees = pie Aa PO periods :— | me your opinior n of it, I could not send you truma | S 
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 1856, 1857, 1858. | the double varieties, as I am trying’ further oem 
Ors et pam STREET, Hos T Tow Inches. Inches. Inches. | ments with the double white Indian Pink; 1a Í 
Latitude, 12 ‘or ; Longitude, 147° 27 "oe E. "Height Bridge w+ 14°91 .. 16°58 «e 6°70 mention that I have the hybrid raised -p by Miss G 
above the sea, $ geel For 3 ores 1858 (the month cor- Bridpo ae (Dwham) A fone i os ae? P es which is a very different thing p“ of etine iy dent : 
responding to July in England) ae m - habit. Thomas Tiata Jun. i 
Sse ades a 7 d 3 Stam mford, f 
E TEMPERATUBEOF AIR. pa ne ere intense six month oe puliya pres! pretty, and we worth careful cultivation} oe 
Pitan ccipcarie civ ames STH AMOUNTS PY ae Sielat tne Apples.—in your report of : Ai. 
E| my pwr, l Wet Bulb. ares has - E ee gister, extending from Sun yore ee ae aah to Oth iety’s Meeting which took place on the 6th; i 
| | Jg EE DENSATION IN May, 1858. The corresponding h appears that an extra prize was awarded to 
sj ig BA win S] Ho opat Sows vato ory, nine miles sou th of this brig and at Greenwicl Williams, for an Enville Pine Apple. This I 
Z| vagrant, agp. oe: £25 YEAR 1857. idly furnis pyar isa mistake. Williams is only flower ner 
n 30 shows, however, t g y I | Ceawshay, and has nothing whatever to do 
is ohly local. forcing department. As the er ther 
. : e : ha Mths.) Inches i reenwich, Durham, and Washington triflin, is due onl, to m self, It 
52.0] .. Jan. | 2.58 -during the Si “re ending May 9, 1858 — hingt res rectify 1 
0}. ‘ i maul 78 PER 
$. HP zy aka xo Month one Dec. 9 hah -« 088 ., Ekara 086 Head Gardener to R. T. Gansta Esq 
j | 4 48.0) „s {April | .78 Bees iB bree ADR tein ie: BR Castle, Merthyr Tydv vili: =: 
sta <2 [gue | site eo meee eee be Outhil?'s Strawberries 
510) a. Huy 1.00 ¥s April oO), 60. bki oe O88 e108 last dish of Prin 
46.5) .. [Aug. 1,02 ” at 0 ad fee liBFerce O80 yr ae green. Fi 
4 55.5) .. |Sept. 2.15 a oe 3 
155.: loct | 220 mss ia ta Nig e | good wor 
58.5) .. |Nov. | 21 Wa Weiage Sat UP rath fi te via yt 
40.4)... Dec. 21 present. Has ybody else e successful f 
ao D emia aA o Expect ae 44 vin in the same sit rey truss re e oi in chs "sce and rd Pi 
51.0) 05 n very marked ; ae considered altogether, the wonder is | STOU nd is e = agre“ the — oa 
of 18 phe be. eu they are not more so. On some lands the crops ripen "age as well Bp ae x r 
1 39.5) 14 aae a unusually heavy, while on others they are almost a F b Tin Mári fare tr t 
108 | 45.0)... average ; doiplete failure—depending, of course, on the nature n e inte 3 early i ed Kia uld be 
. ras e Eom ġ of the soils. The Wheat sown in autumn looks remark- | » ae toe caibls pater: 
wary scars | ably well, while that sown in spring shows the want of z > 
i “he = isareti moisture. Oats, Potatoes, and Turnips have suffered PAEA nes it advantage re Gre 
1103 | 56.0) . is about | most. John Watson, F.R.A.S, Washington Chymical| ing has also the advan ead 4 i 
4 J1 42.0)... 3} inches Works, Jul down, and the manure gets gradually darker in colou, | 
‘ € 1 = $ eee Forein Mar many mistaken notions exist about this and thereby better absorbs: the heat of the sun, whileat 
a oe 56 fl 55.5} -. the that a few words respecting the principles on which it When k 
z g aeae Shai |T ae < neigi à| depends may perhaps not be out of place. Forcing -a iged reser sare: hara nce 3 
a l e| 60 | sor--150.01 òa ofLondon | may be said to be heat applied artificially to obtain | TP i D onra a 
ra i natural results. Any sae of vegetable growth PR Fob ng y we ne x 
j is, sci speaking, forcin e hauena, between | 26 m Iw: sg sass wi oat keeps 
ome a Hag a protecting is this—in the one case we | Storms from spoilin 
: ‘oblige Kan: use of heat, which induces earlier deelt Daai < Pamphlet contains more 
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ae may prev rer bread turning mouldy.. Brown | in t! Felt a pats is a opi ne aay prevents nibs the} etl food ( 
ee mr will not keep more than a day, although | parts developed from being injured by sudden atmo- three sorts tago). I give! them. ply ng fli 
p in an earthen scream d pan, M. H. [In| spheric changes.- In all kinds of forcing unless the laws | solid PUE rn ith fn p 13 to 15 pon 
Berkeley, bay useful a rned introduction ‘to which regulate vegetable growth are perfectly under- Inmadreds here wi were k oo isted of from 1% 
tan; Y, P 209, is the follow stood and fully carried out success will be’ partial, | every plant, and rg: truss has 
Y par crops ; 
“Some of the species [of mould fungi a arè developed Many people have found out to their cost that their | t0 15 fruit. It will thus a “how we ve A 
with extreme > rapidit, y, and a a few years s sine ce, w when ti pra E t 
he ideas respecting. forcing would not stand the te st of | i long SRS 
vear 
Penicillium, a very few hours were sufficient for its | knowl ledge of vege etable physiolo; ogy which “forcing re- | Of an acre. I hay pra plan 
dev eee, and the cures = was in active growth | quires. It cannot be too early poe on the inde ome get as ma ny 8 
fore as cold. Indeed, it was} of all young sardinen Sr an bean will get (off "thoin 
peti satisfactorily- ron the: spores [= seeds] of this sth which ape vegetable grow wth will prove ulti- | 
le of enduring a wheat A at least | mately of the greatest aED to them, for in berwell, Tonia. [We can ie Prine of V 
equal to vr of nm sen withou ai orticulture can the gardener show back great extent. In our opinion this 
powers of th is profession 
we donot know.] igs val fe orcing. Tt matters not in ai Aea a ie 
a coping of very coarse glass | Tee is applied, Nature must be imitated to obtain Sortetics. 
x small expense, opat te useful to kd natur Ra ate fo site) Bg it will Ran but a useless 
i oy expend f time and money. And Nat ure must 
from hoar frost, which, if Sena by pi ga is | not as is imitated where fad wee — mrcunrona: d Hugas 
fatal to the blossoms in spring. The glass | ing, but also where roots are nae and to i fore ee lad 
might be cast very chea ly. in the form of the Vine or Peach into active growth and maintai ae and of Balsa af Messrs. 
18 inches or 2 feet long, Lag ym or mS nets, | high temperature, when the outside border is a frozen e staged on this occa 
night | cient to proi ; ees. S 0 or 12 i me ee not natural. The chief remar! 
all the better if it did not exclude rain. [Wood fG nki dep i not colouring is forcing Viti be a pe a ps : 
PET an, spo brackets and mere answer | the roots into a ‘cold wet. subsoil (bichis is ania ious to . Jl oe ioni Meie 
goe as w worse they fit the better they § food to supp and of the ma pr Derai ikes and cut flowe 
pores 3 PE leaves. To this cause may also be a iag the whole- a Eo sP 4 ; 
let ¢ 
- in. Pots—Your orchard-house _experi- | sale dying of of Apricot and other fr ash sae 
talists should revive the cultivation of the Mulberry | which might have ~~ prev: a Painted SE a wa 
pots. I have not tried it in a cool house, but I have Sataa and the gg oh with sone consraks t ns NaLa 
prevent egetation 
et i i 
n 
The plant sui ums to fulfill their tive ndom contributed seedling 
inet i€ you pr Peet aan in | functions, and no roots ean p> that if bor ara aro tho one ans 
ie sriag of of 1858 it will oa fruit in the of Protected duri 
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tomban ti ess the te ough, who also co i 
3 considerably h higher than that where the leaves are. peekly sl ana maS s A few eres oa 
ees | oe ace instanco, ‘the ft must be in action | 
‘ore leaves = efforts f bulb ? 
Guinea | rie Hod send forth roo! y 
form Rag Ts is plain, therefore, that 
roots must be in action before leaves, and to ba Handbook 5 fs 
success in forcing we pte low them bef F 
x } plying a tater | a 
i degree o 
heat. In forci fl aii sue dao 
. A great F) 
New tt, Esai. me to submit to your notice | facts in hi 
: eee ai which are y, uct of a cross < me 
the British Flora 
Plants and Ber 
latter being t femalo parent. po many different | more force then 10 E 
| y part hahi+ nf dt... C, y wires O sr or draws up a ‘ae, or poi 
