(June 14, 
ere is no doub 
THE ee CHRONICLE. 
his occasionally | be rı tady “School Botany.” Apply 
stigma of another, the moment 
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seed-pods or ca psules from wet, w! 
iiep cause Aodig: Ranunculuses 
bloo: 
that ee intended fo exhi! 
those grown in pots acring't the evening, and tie po 
waxed arches of those which are sufficiently i 
ions and ipua pon now require AEREA TA attention ; 
that no siae are pinched or con- 
y 
and th should be gr in 
Candle light for ich, wi: which ju: jus ry destru É a little cow-dung, and in kier drained pot 
Dahlias. ag S to fasten these as hate advai ne e.—C. should be fully exposed to the sun and Sel watered, but from 
PINERIES, CMS October to March they should be kept perfectl We 
‘OWL would not advise you to water much with liquid manure, as wha o. 7 
i y prevent them U K We ae seen these raised artificially by Mre 
that may produce oyer-luxuriance a nd thereb; 
from blooming well. You possibly treat them too kindly. a 
CALCEoLARIAS—H W—The sport is not likely to o be permanen! 
ifi nsists the use a it? 
not know that you 
Prestoe, as he assures They wi “of differen ital ages. 
Vou. FOR 1844—A Subscriber from the lahti: this year if 
rmed that several ih mo Ho for 1844 are out of print, but 
pri ds. 
given, in 
ruary ; anit for ore 
the La cmp ng month 
hi e 
CUCUMBERS—A Subseriber—You 1 will find your case alee in 
i ” p. 83, and in a Leading Article 
next fi EE o 
AE apadi aAA Your leaves are injured by a wet, ill-drained 
border, and the cold spring; the remedy i is thorough d drainage. 
EXHIBITIONS—A Contributor—We pub “eo reel s of ae 
Cal i 
here 
ntinue to stop the young wood as before re- 
Tak e every eae) s soompi a perfect growth 
ræd ee and syringe freely, with 
Partic cular m 
wall-trees sf are last si ea 
will Les Lise that a canta shoot be train 
o form the lower tier ; but 
ject.——D O—Why ani 
poor Daisies? Unless there a too be os of t 
: th hey “ee know o 
9 Ma. —I 
uraged b; ion pn d| you were so obligin; arı m e pow 
cabaret With Hp possibility of ulti- i hich infest: he vine: oe on the Clerodendron is a natural secretion, proc 
rdener’s Wife— i ipe but milli-] a pair of frais ear the lenf. stall, Such Sines. ar 
; r all une ——X X—It is too late for Balsams now, 
you wank st thanta seed ; but if you manage well you A sti 
get them to flower r late 3 but it is a piya g yarr ha e 
—T. Davis—You had better apply apeo eee. ozeni 
have no connection with the party.——. (—Y es. 
SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
k Cac Your peng is a handsome variety, bright in 
impossible to dislodge oe seis shaking, and the srunrgo coon; ce naan ch Owy. 
their parmani m ood. Hand-picking seems to be | CALCEOLARIAS—W H H—Your seedling Calceolari 
re valuable from having white gem nd 
th 
oe them 
m of th rT MANURE—A A Visito ak good light e earth wit th the drainings of 
pra whilst the aie L v frosty | your stable, a ada to a heap some of Mr. Lawes’s precipitated 
-wherein the seeds may strike root immediately, in a 2 compost of sum, a M cellent article, and leave it ee a couple of 
rotten dung, and th ab get sooner out of reach of the fly.— months. The 1 “oe will be as goo = half the guano that 
VI. FE gay ee ry ye l t w 
Old Woods a git nee soon as the Oak bi s taken 
or hous ae let the so Ete of all AE dis. 
hich they are suite = 
e 
most uncommon.” 
ENO. 3, rich crimson, is the best of your 
broad son round at 
d2 are flowers with n 
are 
i e to prepa 
H . ow pari ng 
d burning such lands as are “benefitted oy that operation. 
Nursery.—Shade and water seed-beds of young Evergreens, if Pigs d prey a—You cannot retain ammonia by any 
troy weeds, i 
ie and layer hard-wooded shrubs, destr E means short of coi sete nsing it, or fixing it. By soaking earth 
&e. ho a Mae ol a ‘earth, peat, o charcoal, you will 
EEF effect the first object ; the second ma; most PREA ntl 
State of Sarati elise ari seline 12, 1845, as done by a solutions of sulphate of Paros (see ae yol. for sad, 
2 z . 555), or by the addition of sulphuric acid. If you employ 
RE- roun MN EK- emere A in either take care to go to the wholesale market, or you will find 
Maz) 67 | ess a very cheap operation ery expensi e. In case the 
29 B64 67 | 57 57.0 25 sulphate of iron is used, dissolve it in water and add the 
200 63 | 41 54.5 Ne lution till tl mell diminishes very perceptibly. If you 
365 7 40 `| 56. sulphuric acid, mix it in the first instance with 
es 5 d s 4 f water, and then pour it very eng: into the tank ; 
165 s | ba | 60.5 effervescence will ensue, and then subside ; go on adding the 
acid a - till oe ie more effervescence. If you 
[snes \ 30.002 | 733| 46. y pour much sulphuric acid su enly into a manure tank violent 
= si 60.0 J (5 action takes place, and the fluid may fly in the face of the 
7. ee ine; ae = shiver) cloudy; showery perator, which would be rather unpleasant. An asphalte or 
$—Dense clouds Sea boisterous; fine; clear other roofis useless for any purpose, except keeping out water. 
Fae et A ed through M ae aes t MELON-BEDS—S F W—We do not know of any way of destroy- 
Ma ei Sug ora A Taie ea on and fine ing the Fungi in your Melon-beds, without at the same time 
12—Fine, with slight haze ; sultry very hot ; clear and fine at night. injuring your Melons. The whole mass of dung is evidently 
Mean temperature of the wee. hte deg. al the average. fis so impregnated with spawn, ae mere disturbance can be of 
State of the Weather at Chiswick during the last 19 years, for the ensuing | 20 use. Your method of forming your Melon-beds with tan 
Week ending June 21, 1845. on which hot dung is placed, is so well adapted for the pro- 
FR | as | No. of ~~) Prevailing Winds. duction of Fungi that you will be always liable to their intru- 
Fens Highest! +, | Mean] Years in ee gammene g sion. With well-rotted dung your annoyance would probably 
‘Temp. | "Temp. Temp Whiehis T Rais. ai | aha ARN >| cease. We recollect some years since being much annoye 
|__| Rained. | Zi \*\_|e\"|a | by a similar circ nee ; but in this case there was some 
. 15| 740 | 605 | 579 o20im. |1 al il ilal al sla} compensation, as the Fungi were beautiful specimens of 
on. 16 mpa 50.4 | 61.4 3 0.17 1) 2} 3) 1l 4) 4| ate Agaricus eampestris.—M. J. B. 
a = a fo ort | ie on 1 a| 1|—| 5| 4| a| 2 | Names or Puants—E Tom—Lycaste Deppei.—D—Genist 
Thur.19| 702 | 505 |683| 1m tar T 1 a23) 41 82] ang lica, —Hurst—Apparently Waldsteinia geoides, an aE: 
20| 721 | 51-2 | 61.6 0.21 1| 1} 1| 4) 5| 6j 1 cant from some garden.——M—A Myoporum ; should not you 
21 52. 63.1 0.68 ie} ai 11 9) 4| address the inquiry elsewhere ? We shall consider what can 
— | j; ne al aoe the Sipe gery Kingdom.” ——. Your 
e highest temperature during the above period eea on the oss is a Dicranum and not a Spha; ; iti i 
1834—therm, 91°; and the lowest on the 20th, 1843—therm. eat for the purposes to which the lather iS applied ov. ae 
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peers of this, “which are an inch in length, at once into the je eey escaped so easil; Whe ery 
pots in which you wish them to Tan, and treat them in very] flowers Tabs with lime and ribo dant Wit dic fone 
samemanner asthe old Trevirania coccinea. The temperature} paint 2 
e — vee dry sand ina yana closet = in some place where} be 
ey w out of the reach o; st, and towards the end of} flowers of sulphur ; but the last is an unni 
February start them in wth Sarn BS _— me able operate Your Achimenes and GI aati will pani 
We know of no plant y more easy cultiv: m lanci-} recover. You must cut back your Vines pretty closely, and 
folium is quite hardy ; A ou may, T drag ana poi it in et as much new wood as you can; as the season is not very 
the open border or in se: if in the latter, put it into one far advanced, there is still time to ripen some wood with 
of large size at one good management and fires up to the end of November.— 
ApRICOT TREE—A M S—This kind of tree is apt to go off, for} A Sub—You have experienced the same disaster as our last 
no assignable cause ; ; buti in your case bb fear that the bul-| correspondent. Pinch back the Achimenes below the e dead 
‘or a ni re- 
watering Ee Germar ds. next take Lindley’s “ Ei ends of the shoots have not sia badk still it will be as well 
S Ri 3—C aana betier ne confine som Hite ose: kon cut them back, in order to get some strong new shoots 
25 ematie matters go M raah tein ait do wales on e rom the base, am chemical friend was certainly no con- 
ne summer in the study of ed plants, “with bar aid of any S tanding the ieat: DE O eons na 
British Floras arrai according he Natural pinea Tenia a mt Reader—You would probably find it ci vel 
an i mage oe are i abon the Linnean sige ae aad z worth zoor while to se ar apeg 5 — on Tank. Nesting. and Sei the jnost beautiful 
e “ Vege t willgive you good advice as to the use of wooden tanks." light grey; with pale violet centre and ¥ 
