THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending July 10, 1845, as 
shesrveant the peeve Fanges Chiswick. 
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possibly have been attscked by vil ging Pee or a 
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strayed swarm might kave happened to mingle with the : 
clustering bees font of the hive. Either circum- | §zi4- = 
stance would account for the fury and slaughter of the | sun. a N 
such was not the case, I never heard of an | Yon, Sw [o 
nstance of one colony of bees destroying another.— W. | Wea. Sweets 
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For the ensuing Week. = re j 4 
1.—HOTHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, te, Fay yd ie 0 e ih ght bue aky 
— of the plants intende r winter flowering artially overcast at nig à 
dka Fo S und, and encouraged by all available means. esa altry Jih sighs dry haze; hot; exceedingly fine ; much sheet 
The different kinds of Begonias, Gesnera zebrina, and Achi- s gghening at Sy ane bes i 3 TE es MER a ae) 
menes picta, are uae foe eee ot rye calculated $ for this clouds at night TENN 
se, Cree amellias which have eir boaton: g—Slight rain; very roughout “ee 
fon may now the open air, under a no orth wall o! Ba tat clouds; pa with 3 slig 
(better) a hedge, venich will prevent them from [amr m acd uma eBern) oe vo patil are PARES s A avae. Ki 
wths. Heath-house.—Great care is now requisi with these i Bs st at the casio’ 
‘ful plants ; ng a continuance of hot weather mildew | State of the Weather a t Chiswick aurin m ir, years, for the 2 in the month s Ton : bet REY T paco ots anA ‘replant 
n ly an t those that pies Lien ar —p resh soil, and it will, 1 probability, repay — attenti 
is sure to make its appearance, es cially amongs revailing Winds Pal Anant alt ee tesa a ney Khe 
are kept in the greenhouse and shaded. e moment such Acer. geal be so. of | Greatest -Prevailing Tna. mee $ * se 
is discovered — and th ould be narrowly see scp July siphon a Lowest T Temp which i ges 
em well with flowers of sulphur, and set them in a cool shady 
situation out of doors, ta me care that they are not allowed to aera | aN REET 
ain should a continuance of rainy beet cur. Ww an. 13) as = z | =. i sgm n 
ary coverings can erected, and used during wet w eo. at | zed | 20.6 | 62.5 10 146 
ther, thes s will be d very much pee tho er Wed. 1e| 76.0 |. 49.9 | 629 013 
ex n ; this ha ood, and strengthens | Thur.17 77.3 54.8 | 66.1 4 -a 
the plants for the winter’s confinement, which soon must ‘oll i. 18 T = Ce z E | 
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times, so that every part of the ball is completely wet, an | —axchicher emparats during the above period occurred on the 17h, 
then withhold any further supply until it is again compara’ atively | TOL Ahan De"; PaT ielea oa the 19th, 1832, 8 and 13th, 1840—therm. 41°, 
often proves th 
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dry LOWER-GARDEN Ane SHR wh ald be en ‘nis o Correspon nden nts., ATi iA 
China es that are going out of bloom s ro carefu ly CARNAT den om. the 
atare ew rotting out as maach of the old wood as can be spare sales peng (or sO ts in equal parts of OT Atte on ms 
Taher back ali young hoots out of flo aki his me i je af-soil, loam, and very de on-bed, =e 0 $ a a. - E ihe ee 
they wil a fine show of bloom again in n, Con- ce > 
tinue to bad Roses; nd to remove dead flowers as they appear 
Tie iy en Carnations, Sweet Peas, &c. Hoe the surface of 
beds and borders, it keeps t! them cool and moist, and prevents 
weeds a appearing. Laurels that are overgrowing choice $ 
shrubs should be cut back; they will break again before i n t ey are e t year’ 
autumn. Look over choice shrubs and trees; if any of the i a requi SEEDLING FLOWERS. G FLOWERS 
latter have formed more than one leader, they should be T r specimens are aa A 
pruned off at once ; this should be strictly attended to with the old cir d, and i ee size on bd) H Ta 
genus Pinus. Pits and Frames.—Pipings of Pinks should be stance of their ms; but the current g which i his clad 
sprinkled with water in the afternoons, and air should be given | year’s layers, if gradual d, = aa flowers to a great degree.*——P J—The speckmeh m T 
early every morning, keeping them shut up Paraan h during the above, will be ec ti Tea goð variety, rather singularly foti ay we KEA 
day. A few cuttings might be taken from the first planted beds, | Picotee, a everal som ka RAN 
and treated as recommended in former Calendars.—. a CRICKETS—. 7; Ww E SN da that turpentine has not driven a 
IH. PEIOR FLOWERS, the crickets, though it kills them Me applied individually 3 
nations and Picotees tch and destroy by every possible | if he applies it to one part of the house it drives them 
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mi , earwigs and other isn set insects ; dry Be: ie teal or pas 
short pieces of reeds, laid on the surface of the pots, will fo B. ELLO —W Land W F—Weregret to ki able 
for them, from which they may be blown every morn- o give po any x useful advice as to the means of m Be this 
ing and killed. Attend to the advancing buds; stop or wholly ms Rose flow A year or two e took atte pains 
remove spindling layers, where the stock is large, and the} to obtain avsdeies on the subject, and the result of the 
su! tly a ced, layering may be roceeded with. iry is given at considerable length in our volume for 
—Pl nd-glasses over all pods of seed, after having | 1841, pp. 309 and 811 that we must beg to refer you, fo: 
extracted t calyx. Continue to putin there does not seem to be any possibility of saying what cir- 
pipings, &e. Pol uses.—Gather the seed as it ripens, and mstances are really conducive to the prosperity of this 
as that obtained from good varieties is valuable, take es ighly prized variety, or the contrary, i st probable 
ofit. Ra require great attention, and th my at mp climate is the enemy ; fo n le, 
directions n ust be Daran followed. Kee open best in situations exposed to wind 
seedlings growing as as ong as gee but when once there ap- BxumarTioNs-Jpnorante- The award of a medal to Cleroden- 
= a ogee to Aa the foliage, let them get gra- squam: as a new or rare plant may well excite zon 
ally: @ eta —The same precautions for entrap nth We eines you will observe that this happened at 
insects “tecomm nded abore should be resorted to where| Royal Borantc Socie RA 
these flow ted ; secure the a eigen shoots, to their Prost Frowers—A Young Florist—There being many new 
ue, wa ater with which will city under our observation, we intend 
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respective pan aad should, dry weather 
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manure, mulch, ae publistingsa a list of them after they haye bloomed; so that 
` IV.—PINE TES, VINERIES &e. fetore the period of purchasing arrives, you shall ‘have the 
Pines.—Attend carefull Ry shifting, the moment it becom information you require. W. 
necessary, more espe e Black Jamaica, Montecrrat, Fucusta—K 2—Your leave A by the curious little r 
or other slow rooters.. E is “ practice with some to water |  Jeaf-cutting bee ; you will probably f nd them lining its nest | attractive in colour, and in 
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freely all the newly-potted stock. I have an objection to this, in some old post in the neighbo are too ToN indented s at the eae 
J- a> ll ed into the 
wiy-po' 
especially in the case of the black or winter-fruiting eee Guass—J St J—The moment we = meer any place in Lon- 
alluded to; but it is a better plan to water the balls thre don where you can procure German ge we will do so.. See 
four days previous potting. This is a good time to saat: tices to Ecrrespondents ‘of last week, 
mence the final shift, with strong plants of aie black kin ds, INSECT: t proban ry goo od fi 
intended to rise next May and June for ripening through the ol oe margin of ‘deep 5 good 
following winter. Take care to saute ana andant drainage—| pepper. R. aad Pre imen, gE ita , 
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which, after all, is perhaps the most important part in the pot- will change to a fly called TRE 
culture of Pines. Give abundance of air toallfree-growingyoung | wood-ashes, soot, and lime s the 
stock, and see that the plants have plenty of room. S k f ae cure. R,—. 
Stop closely, as before, all side branches besring fruit, in the pets k 3 will endeav 5 
latest vineries, now in their “‘ first swelling ;” leave, erar. te but without Snare all th us, po: 
all times considerable growth in the leading shoots. I have sible to give the histo of any insects injurious to the crops. R 
doubt that many Vines are overpowered by the heavy Ti —F H R—It-is tho er cutting bee which has notched the 
of summer, through a torpid action of root, induced by thorough | leaves, and, in all probability, the insect you illed was one 
close stopping all over the tree. ine has somethin ore £ = Their curious hi li find in tl a 
to do than merely to elaborate sap for the present crop of fruit. vol. ii. p. 5 S resson—The beetles infestin; 
Tt should accumulate and store up matter for future contin- te Watercresies are the Chrysomela betula. Great atabe 
gencies, and this can only be effected by a e in some of them might Lae calleted fy ied a! with an re ss bag- 
rt of the tree the growing piepe: Beware of red net, pite we know of n of diminishi ‘thee 
spider on the Fig—there is a useful pape’ m the application of| numbers. £. 
pi age si eps week’s erar (p. 455), some attention fe which | \frepew—Ruth—Your Rose is ‘attacked by the common white 
be —_ necessity of saying anything n m that ilde ll with lime-water has been recom- 
V.—HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Attend to Pear-trees against walls, tn see that the leaves 
on spurs, à! hang at the ee pi shoots, F of a healthy dark- 
green colour, which will not be the if the ey are a much 
shaded by any sw npernbuaieaee of foreright sh shoots. The fruit, 
will no y worse next year. (without ‘qnprove 
he cause of its apppearance has, no doubt, been the change-| colour and less substa 
able season, which has affected ‘the growth of the Rose, and uw 
enabled this rte to take er of it.t 
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oe Ss ili pena mld likewise be | Names or FRU J W—Not 
sufficiently exposed. Follow up, rkr ket the gradual mode i i 
of reducing the shoots previously recommended. Where Nawe or P TANT —A Gali “A sen min piers SS ac x ps 
several shoots have sprung up close together, or from around Matimu iiih D PERS = Suha saat 
the base of a shoot cut back in a former season, they ought to We cani nt, If TA eae 
be thinned, and they cannot be taken out too close, with the pand ri sed end teed ing is mall 
exception of one or two, which should afterwards be spurred Š ts b i icv ohatmein cont Cc e fo it itis 
to about three inches. Continue to lay in the young shoots of s. a r, e myin fancy Pelarg® oni 
each-trees, an those of other stone fruit. Shoots oi z api dae 
ona — ee reg fruit at their bases, bi i et 
ortened to within three inches from their origin. Examine ineei 
Se ait e the botto! et Pops pig M x meats ountry—botan a 4 Gomes a open F 
rders ; and if found necessar, he whole be thorough! ba 4 al 
A—Stan ae 
A ea Gane e Aie k were recommended to 
be left untouched till the middle be Pept pu but this was Tons 
continue so ess take place below. Bud Ch d other 
fruit trees as i state of vegetation is found suitable, th pains = ae ues Tan nee mye ace Pet ute Hren eia ruffed b; ivery T 
raliet pring ole —Early satay een Endive. aero whine aa shall be produced On short spurs, close to the =k a to be the defect of your flower. It is also 4 
tuces, and Turni Plant out Broccoli, Cauliflower, Leeks, repa T A See E TOE APEE eee : tai papii ee sited with 
and Cel Pinch off the tops of Tomatoes, and keep their Pras— Yori r Pea seems to have been raised from s 
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shoots regularly ena for if once these are allowed to get 
into confusion, the condition of the plant is deteriorated by the 
severe cutting which then becomes necessa: —E. 
VI. -ARRUE ee ee 
Old Woods and Co; ‘oppice —It w ould o! cupy, comparatively 
‘kshire—Y ow ried op 
veg sons of ‘the true Early Frame, like Cormack’s as quite box 
. par ve put der poeolou } 
ta cs ae pink ¥ e 
like other 
toate e trusses. 
Tn brilliancy “ 
very flower, is too muc: 
that have been some time in cultivation. ed 
good seedling, 5) but n t to be compare 
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m—In the article “ On Pruning a pat 
Ss Quereus,” p. 456, col. att E 39 one's Cr Aekeray 
Paper, Beg js a misprin n &Gs 
&c., read “Dr, Thacker epee 
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eeds of Elm will now Pruaxcoxtous—J P P—It is 
Beno eu ga better sown immedi-| « sport” in the Sylph, ie viel 
oa i ‘have mat ade 
