496 
is erful bottom- heat will produce a great amount 
eita He ure, if the surface of the tan can be libe- 
These fruiters will 
fresh 
given, with 7 
regi ardto you 
rapid siete nd gis ths 
is of ev more i 
pa a wW Fel ov! sate for t want of room; 
frui 
usually high temperatures, cel pl pare 
expense of aoin qu ga sA and colour in 
Grapes are cut, if th ncipal leaves are Ai th ey ou; 
still alive and: tera freshi; — the shoots toramblé € 
Be betore. fgh sed, for rt period, Late Gra) omen: igs 
HARD DY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN 
When heavy rains have — the surface of the ground, 
red. yori i bar better 
crop) with Lettuces od pen things hat "ee 
A than where the und is not cropped Ga but seldom 
stirred. It will t ad 
dry weather should set in, copious waterings ought t 
lay It is frequently e that the surface of a bord 
a regular slope, is hly raked, so that water from 
heavy rains, more especially, readily glides off; and a less 
Denedicial supply from artificial watering must be substituted. 
8 m planted in rows across the bor- 
formed exhibiting a close system of surface-draining, not at all 
objectionable in the case of oil a on, but 
circumstances 
other fruit-trees as t 
season will generally be the case rather later than usu 
Garden.— ‘der to obtain late young Potatoes, some 
latter gen succeed well on the beds neg between the 
Celery trenches. Loosen the paler nee the rows of 
advancing crops of Peas, and water if n mi: 
State of the Weather near London, for the week ending July 17, 1845, as 
observed at the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
nn en | i ape le e 
HBRMOMMTER: __| Wind. | Rain 
ax, | Min, | Mean. aa Ee 
70 46 58.0 S.W. | .71 
64 48 56.0 N.W. | .07 
7 55 63.0 S.W. | .o1 
71 49 0 w. 04 
n 46 58.5 ay 03 
m b4 62.5 W. 07 
54 | 64.5 | S.W. | .02 
Average = p | 04| 50 } 95 
July 11—Rain; clou dy M., thunder, lightning, and unumally 
heavy rain ny paid en heats premisi 
raie partially clouded: very slight shower, 5 P.m.; Overcast 
light rain; overcast and ‘ine 
ese tet Rae oiy ate overcsst; rain 
15 ~Slight’ tly overcas' ne; cloudy ; slight shower; gatilelly 
panti 
16—Fine; few clouds and very fine ag ot hou! 
17—Rain; cloudy egy showery; very 
Mean temperature o of the week 2 F dep ibelow the average, 
State of the Weather at riwis k durin AA va Hither for the ensuing 
Veek endin; re 
g Winds. 
Aver. | Aver. te to Tanta | 5 Greatest r > 
July Temp.) To on Teimp| which it Sa 38 2 a CI oa | z = 
Rained. f aial” lz 
. 20} 70.6 | 61.3 | 60.9 12° 0.47 in. | 1j—|—| -| 1| 8| 8| 1 
Mon, 21 76 51.0 | 61.3 7 0.54 2—|—|—| 3| 6| 5| 2 
Tues.22| 71.3 | 51.9 | 61.6 12 1.37 3 2| 1|—| 2| 6| 4| 1 
Wed. 23} 721 | 528 |624 7 0.40 1| 2| a|—]| 1| 3| 5| 4 
Thur.24 | 73.1 | 525 | 62.8 4 1.03 |—| 5| 3| 1| 3 4| 2| 2 
Fri. 25| 75.3 | 51.9 3.6 4 0.22 2 3) 2— 1| 3| 7) 1 
Sat. 25) 73:7 2.5 | 63.1 8 0.70 IRERE 6| 8| 2 
PESEE SO EEEE OEE TOENE O AAE A 
The highess temperature during the above period oceurred on the 25th, 
_ 1844—therm. 92°; and the lowest on the 24th, 1838, and 23d, 1843—therm. 40°, 
o Correspondents. 
Tam Reprint PAXTON COTTAGERS PREEN DI 
is now ready, 1 e ch Copy. been added. 
Parties wishing to have copies ier Wistribation among their 
antry can the rate of 25 
Aspanacus—Aliquis—T sparagus is a p b 
s that are left to ware allowed to do so, sometimes 
for the purpose of ripening seed, but more Se for 
sending down the nourishment derived from the leaves, &c., 
to the root, for the next ina shoots.$ 
fi wth, 
CEOLARIAS—F [— ure Standishii, Exemplar, Duchess 
CaL 
of Gr ont tt Queen Victoria, Marquis of Bute, and Mary | 
een of Scots. 
Care Buitss—Sub.—Of the bulbs which you have received from 
Lead to y Benea a fale cata, and Cyrtanthus bare ta us, 
bestin a stove. Gir should all be planted in E 
diilad get si Be nme Pe with the prii raised at least half 
way above should be watered spa: until 
T e bee ween they begin to grow, water ma: 
h, it should ry part of 
o rest; the latter ry be kept ame ihe glass, ag a 
‘part of the hous e, and kept gently growing by a sparing 
r.f 
OINERANTAS F L—The following are six 
terion, Regina Victoria, „Tanny Ellsler. eae ‘of pam 
d 
tei, and Captivation.* 
x Snows—E£ M—Next 
YPTOMERIA— W- seed was taken from a eis which 
s frame, a very little a a 
should say that two out of three hea de ere gi 
Cucxoos—T F You wi rmation you ask for 
given at 60, 1845.$ 
Exarsrtions—Hope—Drawings of fruit and flowers may be ex 
hibited in Regent-street ; but no prizes are awarded d for them. 
The price at which the “ V: stable Kingdom ” will be sold i b 
uncertain at present. It ofp rm an 8yo volume of 600 o: 
CHRONICLE. [Jury 19, 
all greenhouse ; but we do ugh le 
tt em tees Feye care must be taken that it is quite tight ; and 
its top must be kept covered with a vessel containing water. 
Otherwise, the air will be too dry for vegetation. In placing 
it let it stand as near the middle of the house as it can be. 
In order to avoid the dust produced by removing the ashes, 
always in ong them a quantity of warm water, so 
nto mud. Alla 
af they should be potted off, th four 
PERS in 3.inch pots; when potted, <a ‘should be re 
rned to the frame = wot ke D: close for a few 
fr sie the effects of 
E sowing the raw 
, or pot-bound, before inal 
g ry dry 
a anted out. ' Respecting Sp hardening of the wood of — 
tight. n uchsias, &e. may expec e that treated of in detail 
made to act. Pipes of small bore are Sreo ble jpo cn t q 
should not be less than 3inches in diameter, and must be o s— Su he Banksian Rose produces it blossoms upon x 
iron. You may make the tank of wood, like a beer cooler, ‘one-year old wood. If the plant, Lae, is pruned in 4 
and of a simil depth. You had better get a small boiler on spring, all the flowering wood is removed, and you will have 
purpose for your pit, if you think it worth while to go to the o blossoms until new wood can be formed. The roper 
xpense for sò small a thing. Cannot you apply the principle ti ae for pruning this Rose i rT , after ee $ 
of the pit figured at p. 184 of this year’s volume? is over; thu Be wood is formed abundan in the 
icle, vol. i, p. 452.R. 7 a 
nd when 5 
vine season for cuttin ng the eae ches close — 
e Po oly- after mid. 
cat young wood that is laid i 
ner will be ‘th 
lay. Its history and the best modes of extirpation I believe Sirx—G—As yh = we can jud our silk is o 
u will find in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, vol. i, p. 196, and the Do you really think that silkworms can qin Bid an in ee 
l Agricultural Journal, vol. v, 228. R.—— Constant Reader country ronal, with dear labour, damp summers, and 
—The Lily of Valley weevil is the Curc elevatus, appa- bad food ? e should be glad to know what the e method 
rently, and the ether is the H us Abietis, Be so good as is that Fop w a pa rsue, 
to give Mr. Curtis the scientific names of the plants this beetle | Sprir PEas—J B W isin the habit of saving eyery ya 
has injured. and-picking by night is the bat remedy. R.— gan 
fai a C—We lately gave the histo: y of the Co kroaches, and 
—We do not like your Lettuces ; they are too 
comae pa quite inferior to the Paris Cos. 
RDENS—A Constant Reader—Your enemies are two, 
Can you remove them? 
eid the ms 
n Lo 
prape plants. 
with fresh flowers and green leay “ai pas aes 
skilfully applied. In that garden were seen Privet, Aucubas, 
Scarlet Pelar; ums, China Roses, Mignonette, an 
plenty of A in pots; to say nothing of bulbs in 
their season. Do not lay out money upon valuable pens 
until you have pag hmm: ed that common one ill spud 
You on uld try ith ings as we 
n 
P a Young Gardener—The unusual disease affectin 
the youn, ng, inly, to any ome | 
neously, ‘ai 
Horsta A: pra where the ease is small, as in pits.|| 
Monsters—H Woo. pane | state of your Sloe-fruit is uncommon; will find these points en giv en.t 
ut we h: 
SEEDLING FLOWE 
H— 
RS. 
CALCEOLARIAS— The ground colour f the oa 
preserving. 5 
chocolate-coloured Spots, is a very good an 
— P J—Yow imens of Calce 
ous and Pretty: “ipa 
ben: nature of galls, and 
bi curi 
variety of colours will follow. 
stripin 
caused by the punc- 
peo of insects. — An 
Original —Y 
Roseisin me'trans’ 
tion state as that in 
no doubt size with a great 
There anpeare't to be a grea 
in the present specimens thani 
bs 
ching, the anne: 
cut “ilastrates that too. 
su 
on: 5 
—Cav—Ce: ertataly. The changes observed in the Clov 
when in such a state as that you have satis, furnii shed some “oF 
the early evidence respecting morphology. The changes are 
worth studyin PEERY S birre BO accidents are called 
rts. All cultivated plants are liable to them. Their cause 
unknown. Th e circumstance is analagous to the occa- 
sional formation of Cabbage Roses by Moss Roses, and of 
Nectarines by Peach-trees. 
ANTS— 
—Not Rosa Harrisoni, bi 
yw Persian—most pro- 
bably the latter |——Reader—Hippophae angustifolia §.—— 
CA , Stanhopea oculata ; 2, É endrum radiatum ; 
3, R ezia recurva; 4, d fine; 5, Stanhopea 
insignis , 6, Epidendrum gladi 7, Catasetum atratum ; 
8, Cyrtopodium Andersonii ; 9, æa, poi Lod- 
en w 7 rn Abe 
x orth 
Potentilla (Geum i) 
They are nearly as bright as Verbena Melindres 
Stanhopea Martiana,—. Alyssum maritimum, now 
called Glyce or Koniga. —We cannotundertake ame 
Florists’ Flowers.t- Gi —l, stis spica-venti ; 2, 
Bromus mollis ; 3, Bromus is flexuosa. — G W 
Erigeron Villar: Grucifer we really must be 
— arsii. Asto the g 
you, when you send such ings, to let them be examinable, 
and to give us some aus to their history. An ugly common- 
looking Crucifer, ! eye are very striking. 
mine. E Weh hav Pye es Se ed the things sence. ts aea good shape, ramar defici n 
Pansies—F L, pia — a Brown’s m, Countess of h is too striated, it is g% marae seedlings are re pli 
Orkney, Gibbons’s Belle du Monde, ince of Orange, and ae ure, but they want the. com] 
Cabinet Minister ; g’s Exquisite, Sulphurea elegans, ‘ 
ridegroom, Homer, Mis: inforth, lack Prine, Mulbe: 
superb, Alicia, Thompso: n’s Eclipse, Black — clops, 
Agnes, Enchthier, Desirable, and Regulator, 
PE Ipswich—The following varieties 
n’s 
any seed SE.: a Tracoripars ie Passe Colmar, 
Sis T ered emedan ets, "a Pouli Beurré Rance, 2 Winter Nelis, and 2 Glout Morceau. || 
to him. Have nothing to do with such Petun1as—Anon—Many of Girling’s Petunias r to have 
rised that all your fine Grasses t T rworked ; it is possible that they m. mor 
e y ; for you can never satisfactorily towards the end of the se as ther im- 
and deal with more respectable persons Since you proved florists’ flowers, they should at, abe outline 
London seedsman” has thus treated round, and as free from indentations as s posae. and the hare been 
son and Son, of burgh. | -more bright and well defined the colours are, or tained 
Whi irer d rna a part of | PaLox DRUMMONDI—Ama seeds should be sown al e poor e beg 
e may be used for 
ot erous cerrespon 
this situation they will soon germinate, and be! fore the first| teres cing 50 communications is si 
