22.—1845.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
d Sithhel and when the stems have decay ed, the pots may į when they 
are confined to very dry situations, 
be way ina dry | and cool place | for 4 or 5 months, therefore, nic 
s isga Masten 3 that have been 
ted. TI l } ~ | pt ds Ae with the 
4 star! ponie g ea that bor : secluded from Sate 
fine ‘iene: a T pile known as discolor), on | oviparous. Many o ur eke Shanes even now 
keeli 
unt of its numeroùs large pink flower and reddish 
abit and 
ENR 
not He Farti that these tr ruths, utn Ape 
361 
e Waleberei heren n Cauliflower, a wer, advertined in the Chro- Chro- 
yn house, warran 
From the name pe the | parties 
from whom I order ed the e „seed I consi idered Iw was safe, 
yo 
ever existed, like our cousin-ger. 
and the result has been, Doth a failure i in the ‘summer 
F£IQ44 Vel pi 
ads 
s the proge, i in the tadpole stato; anq it i a noto- 
to save through the winter. Rex ally some Sie a should 
m will require to be replaced by 
r fi 
rs 
species, however, are not herbaceous, | Pea 
young | 
ene could ever 
have iran EN metamor rps and hara let m 
ourth year, hey 
ecome inconveniently large. Pl 
not flowe 
r 
ian those 
ł iods 
4 
e 
at 
a 
SS 
5 
E, 
e 
© 
rege in winter and s spr ing, B when a 
‘ 
ass s grow m more or less all the year round ; na 
er ł and are found at 
t vario speer 
om year, whieh would not ved ae case if t thes had been 
ti ted i 
eres are 
in March, as stated 
and inn Jee agar cA ras 
ed ? 
in mind fia annah hws 
ggs ar Root Protection.—Bear 
q ese of g their} by cree zoologi ts, and i in ‘two or thre ree months they benna. s ‘Extensive p minig cts are se een through snail 
; flowers freely. Š send you the pret i The “Chelona 
DE r i R ih : ggs, like those of frogs, a Í have usually had in a by cuttings, im 
z nt a any gr reat divert or bri ianey of co our in | i not. leposited i in the water, I am le summer, for winter prote Fea PEE he old plants 
prese A , Į 
| their blossoms, being m of I og y a fee as iti left t 
white, 0 or Pale w To 
\ 
t ce ertain that we 
_ colour, rose and hav, e powe er.. of leaping frost. T the sat severe winter Ib ad observed 
fiat in the pe Ith Met sae, be admitt or We 10t with pecies, in a 
capsules, and, for the sake of te wena Wei A agility of the fro Not theing able: to refrain from joi ning | pot, which had flowered in the suitor, and been | ft 
by such a colour, one plant in every 10 ought to be | inthe general ak, Inow ents it to those piitpaophers | i exposed K aid eather. -As it still appeared 
plant or two of sanguinea ought never | ‘ie have taken so mpe ch i rest about us, to solve healthy, in April as gael out of the pot to be 
wa its fine dark-purple leaves (which | these } ie it was observed have oc- 
constitute its chief beauty) relieve green n fans of | which have so long Sai ou my musical organs, by | cup fB patent double-sided pots, which 
other plants. Fischeri also ought o have fi ying our economy ; and, probably, at a | is peaks under section 212, in the Auctuarium of 
account of its elegant habit, aad delicate Semi- -transpa- [aes concert, I = be permis to Pes Sg a a few Ma und’s “ Botanic Eens, The cistern of the pot 
reddish leaves. eae whi ch does very ambiguo tes.— utch Nighting as empty, pat closed by Fu rther examination 
the st ht t for the same ful ole of the ro of 
the ts ri, which i F gr owing ae some int e 
| Barkeri, 
= ee and a sen head of o 
rs, Se 
erous white 
used by 
| gardeners in the neighbourhood of Stratford. on- Avon 
inj i whieh i certainly could not have been the 
had tl >p ppi ed a common flower-pot, for 
hrown up ae 
ing of this character—a clayey 
or ean marl— 
suffici cient apona o 
arl on the eüper, 
-I tried it i Pegs summer, se with 
induce me to continue it, thou ugh 
f, 
it one of a most sirable a the tribe 
may be gro 
n from ‘cuttings ; ; but I 
as t 
i ected, watered, nor even had, 
the ae gp jae Ea pe standin ng near it. It was, 
completely neglected ix months, including a severe. 
winter, in which noa ee yang afew yards 
= = 14° of fro 
ig ily 
other a Ae ground having been 
uble-dug, 
holes were made i in rows 
lings the best, as, 
£ 4} 
‘do 
8 or 10 ) inches barat and oe 
thrus 
The seeds should be sown 
5 soon as they, are ripe ; if they are „Scattered u upon | 
indic at 8 o'clock in 
the mor I lea ery cultiv ae to draw his own 
co helusionsy poitean, pS with merely stating the 
facts 
—B.M. 
n your correspondent “J. P, 
ba elas in oe form of an pey cone ; plsi hoe 
li Aa 
' them „until the eee raat ee will be a 
sown on the top of each. 
with - 
ihe followin ng 3 are 
t of their pate or leav 
an sixty $ species in cultivat n, but th 
eith | Ther 
ongst the best and most showy, | 
ves. 
and that e 
was the red Altringham, and alan 
ildew.—Can ‘J. H.” be 
right i in supposing “the seeds jA the mildew upon the 
roots of his Roses were taken up by th their abso rbi ing 
It ne intended that one | ves ssels and de ogre: by the spe 
I ly all the you ng plants cially where Baa rculation hap appens to be lan ngu udp 
were, in due yas oa save and e: My opinion as r side my own is, that the Peg ty is: 
one, urse ge strongest The ‘seed u a dance of nourishment supplied to the roo anA from, 
f the 
14. 
hinh 
‘i 
0 h 
best worthy of consideration, are marked * 
hose ee I coueider 
At aap in n henry soila, and the crop far superior to 
hers s and trea ret 
or Rose. Hydtogoty ENA rkeri* 
Tt folia * + « | Fagifolia * + 
eriin omony’ 
Punetata Meyeri# + © 
* Odorata t 
Whi IS a 
: Deep Red. 
Sanguinea * + ee 
Fischeri ee aa zt 
Octopetala # k and White. 
Monoptera Gorantitd lia * 
oo. + Platanifolia * + 
Digitata Crassicaulis + 
—————— 
a e Correspondenc 5 
Mushrooms.—I live in the 
e 
il of 
of a loamy na ures on sandy 
cannot to that a ‘tp howe! a there. 
n ingniry tha 
t it is about-30 ago since a 
crop was found in this neigi a 3 as for 
orien as first told o hrooms. being 
ies 
Mus 
n the open fields a Sore ago, I took it as 
: X: acts are me saeg 
bi 
good straight s upon a-bil which is almost | 
tenacious enough to make frie: Š kad „in ped Areas 
mode has. the effect of converting the” grou 
a series of. conical ¥ d very cheap Soi co I| 
believe that ig r m in point of economy, applic- 
able i field c 
m for a | 
Sanda Lawns—The ere 
cask “for sweeping sho 
bour: 
rt Grass, | 
e Grang ss, Kent that re 
| mildew where t tho sun pin all da, 
The 
: 
wiih 
the spring; for, as I exhibited to you last year, 
superabu p was spent in the formation of count- 
ess “pee n the pistils, ev ) see i 
[inte oe ou See mine ae 
of morpholo; Satie At a g s 
=: ei ed its powers, my Rose-bushes e 
ith mildew. Another ci oe the 
oT imagind the ics gal of 
t be v Jay i db that agg as 
— A.W. 
idence 
“hat 
n 
lengt! accompanying 
woodcut will give the bet idea how i nts is | 
tobe made. Two ree of boa 
aa and 
Pesii 
about 1 inch in bre 
in Ith are nailed to the top of the | 
th 
and for hae easy | 
handle, one on each of the two sides. 
which allows a space n them, 
through which the birch branches 
Petunia viola cea, the first parent t the ra Progeny 
that is at present in existence in this country, was intro- 
ced from Buen yres , it is sufficiently 
hardy to nara oe rders in the open 
round, Plante a good sandy soil, about the 
iddle of ie x Fete ag flower the latter end of June,, 
bana continue to expand their beautiful blossoms until 
e | winter. by c 
They eed freely, and b 
TOSS- -impre aeree 
they a e trail- 
: patie y Weather- ~The vicissitnides of weather, in this 
work, clea t bt: 
could do wit ith "the met ined thiek, | ing d should 
heavy brooms general] The RY thoes, whi = they will soon cover, vain 
bh should be cut, kaltea p laid t every joint ; they form a large mass of rich 
nder some heavy oard, or any other | colors 1 beautifully contrasted with their fine glaucous 
weight, to make it "ny fiat, for 24 hours | leav Trained to a wall or on a trellis, or around ary 
before it is used. ra tall d Roses, they look gay an 
À r 15 minutes.— | mental, In winter they are best prese: ina phe 
William pon Chelsea. | frame, or greenhouse, d ention to watering and 
ill flower early in the 
The Cuckoo.— The common cuckoo depositing it 
rds, i 
t bpian counties, Sepie cially round 
ee deluged with rain, we ag the 
ideford) ee for —— last 17 da; 
t 
YS; 
two sligh e on Saturday 
z the other nese on pE morning, 
other bi 
uid manure lose m iù moderate 
Liqui 
quantities oe I ikonei i: 
a] to ous in April and | leaves the country ind July 5 3 if, the oe 
e peculiar to the Rg Cuculus” as dependant t to excit 
a circumstances, and the shortness of its visi it to a_lux t growth, when they did not „produce 
our island. The Yellow-billed American cuckoo others growing with 
known to rear its own a ng, and build its own nest, i in| tas lanai all Ep sande shelte tered, as is A 
. which have be en fou he same time, birds 7 
pea rs, from 
i angler r bird differs fan, others | 
in laying only a single egg at long intervals. It com 
fret, in erty and every bg of the year! 
TEENE Reginald. 
ing Forest-trees.—I am just onpi ofa planter 
aat 
ln) aro endi 
| the wo: 
= oe feathered tribe in bringing their progeny into 
rld, pc og, in ordinary seasons, scarcely 
have ime ee ne of their children fledged. This 
will, in eA mice: ecount for the se 
ral co onduct wa our ‘cheerful pare ner 
s kiige though by a 
the course pursued by others, in 
Ce “raluae, nay, painoon s endeavour to aiaa the 
d ia 
for the money Ele has cently yet by an 
= 
in gs generation. 
tha 
t I have not been 
Wate aren Soe Last year I senile 
of that class of aa who could lay claim to any a 
these enumerations, but I have just had s: fiicien: 
on. The imple plan of 
duais and Ata out 2s. ba. in se af mt no mn Sy 
on to the public, What is to be „done? Must we 
via 
and be very easily — 
i 
