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CHRONICLE. 
a HE GARDENERS’ 
better th Notices to Corr espondents. age. Doubtless, if flowers aaa 
ayers are fit Booxs—J J—“ Darwia’s Journal” is a most interesting and in- kind, or in acetic acid and w: Water, or pp pinn nin s deta ated solu. 
r Box or other edgings, should | structive ; its price ite very small, and its matter excel- | tion salt, they m reserved,—or rather pickled; and 
as by this means the | lent and copio overfor i yall means buyit. We a k very EAA that some ee thus a may, parti 
f having been cli -| shall cule Sy very s cenit m Amator—We w of y, open whi eee “Bigg a hi get t is the use of 
Ro: , &e., as often as re-| noinstructor. If ea il, ner me Sangean ” and, smell, a bra mer ither’ coly 
Hollyhocks, Sweet-peas, and other tall- 2, “ The Vegetable Kin eper ai s, you cannot sme. ea ete RIE in ’ 
regularly gone over and tied up,| well fail of mastering all the — dificulties "attending the z eifisid a5 rag dipped in spirits of turpentine, and 
htly. Hoe, rake,and| Natural System. Such books a ended ti tudied ; intr uced into t peg A will kill every wasp ; but you must 
ed should ever be suffered to and then every succeeding step t: ke an he T aa s mage ledge carefully close up all ‘or ingress or egress 
. Roll, mow, and | becomes longer than its predecessor. You may creep at first, Misc—Querist—If you ean ste in a solution of corros: 
ble, but persevere, sag your steps vood into which the grub enters. 
Lip ng ree year’s pire a heat? is 
season, excepting s sun heat, which preven 
pere Cuttings o 
c., should be veh 
for ing at 
damp. 
~~" _‘111.— FLORISTS’ FLOWE 
Tulips.—The capsules or seed- 5 pode most parts of the 
coun ther, poo should be hun; a dry ai airy situa- 
Be cokes tiene tory to bei a nin away. It will 
remain undisturbed, till the 
desea aN . 
ntion 
e Gray 
pen 2 frequently, ‘thin 
of the uppermost 
Bear in 
much the better. The red 
formidable enemy, and is almost ere b ap 
or sides 
ntaining sulphur.—D. 
ITCHEN GARDEN. 
of Strawberries; or if 
bour "for its 
bedded out, without de- 
ari 
should not be herve ged well grown, ed 
pened, jsa Tt only is ihrer a black, 
nln atte Gooseberries 
sn saggy ac beg è 
_ the gr ‘ible to prepare 
for November Nursery = ad 
Guelt other evergreena may now be layered or prop by 
cuttings ; it is alsoa good time to prune evergreens. 
State of the Weather near London, for tas week sutton: {oly P, 1006: ee 
observedat the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. 
Avere | | 20805 | 29697 | G74! 404l 579° 
July 26—Foggy; Sie dusky haze; clear and fine at night 
} Overcast with dark and partly copper-coloured clouds ; 
+. Giely throughout; rain at night 
#8—Uniform haze; cloudy; orc dike pes rin 
mpe- 
ail PETER tite < Sub— 
al System will give you the 
b aaie «Synopsis, ” or gece ty mws 
ea ish Flora,” should be e ned. 
n dwarf bus 
e following six hardy greenhouse 
‘imbers, viz: — Clem: azurea, ‘and betsy orria 
seer macrophylla, AR ia latifolium, 
and E Y Ap pen f 
ur Horse-Chesnuts close to the 
ich ihe young shoa single out the 
tha remainder. t them out the 
Leagoreng A year. e them more ro n is necessary 
o give the leader a dec ided peedominance i n the general 
TOW 
oer y . J—We fear that your letter of July 9 has been un- 
answered, It has only (ne turned up, having been oes 
all however, have already found th 
na ney: aie sob 
+f 
ba 
YD: ark- 
INSECT: 
inne 
last year’s Chronicle, 588. —Y our 
Megachile Willughbiela, which aoe its nest A Rose-leaves ; 
‘oniele, vol. 2; 
nswer your purp! A mt Sub- 
not Da you any ialoemation without seeing 
R——F B—It appears £ Ligh the 
ow 
en-fleshed Melon is a 
is well > nag By ation. 
io A cathy Rose is lengthened into a branch in 
turbed. 
armed early in the spring, because their sides ar 
sed to the sun. The stems which rise after the cutting nal 
Cavanensis—Many 
G—The paper on silkworms is longer ‘than we expected : we 
will find some opportunity of inserting it; but we fear that 
so j a 
ot, can 
t we are unable to give you the informatio ich yor 
request. What glass we have seen, at 5d. per foot, weighs 18 
oz. to the foot ; but we hear that it is ps of uniform thickness, 
he lighter kinds are advertised ai ——D M—A north. 
wi the ria sinensis, t it will 
poses, is between October and January.}——A Yow 
—Write to the agent who supplies you with the Paper.— 
A Constant Sub—North Warnboro” ays ey p Onn: , Hants, 
— One Shilling will be given for No. 4 
_ SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
A tas—T J—Both your seedlings are good spotted 
priyo EA the outline a little too indented at the bottom, 
The spotting is ve: on Hortensis—On 
ry pretty o exa- 
pie Ses oeno of seedlings, “No. Ba bg a to be found ; 
and wii ception of 6, 11, and 14, 
— 
XINIAS— —Your seedlings are no improvement om 
‘kinds RE in i eeltipasint. $ £ 
Panstes—An Amateur—No. ae is a well-formed flower, but it 
fia ana ground colour in the 
n o 
The der oa the seedlings are very inferior in character 
to the ned, and we consider the first the only one 
worth pre: ming ® 
picts Sa The upper petals of your s gage bee too 
high, and the lower ones too long; it is good in su beep 
but bad in form ; and the only thing remarkable is the divi i 
pee sa bright and peg À 
‘No. 4 
2 is similar 
—aA Ae: 
tum. It isnot 
mon for Orchids to seed and 
produce seedling: 
hous J 
repens. 
ORANG WM—Youma: durian 
Orange-trees very well duri 
winter in a house with a a flat ceiling without lass in it, and only 
a front of upright sashes. They do not in face ene Anything 
re ii satay, Kee cep out the frost, 
We have no reason now to advise you ne v for “fi pi 
ont town ; when he 
Pixss—J P—Throw away the gills of your im; 
pae res Rie are ee oe a the’ White Seatac. os and 
ley probably sw: ough to 
oug infect a doz 
Roszs—An Amateur—Consult Rivers’s Catalogue, an 
meer light 
s aam densely clouded ; constant h in 
eet showers, with sun at intervals, cheesh tig —— at 
Mera temperature of the: week 5- deg. below the avers; 
and be guided 
= that. The distinctions are so arbitrary that 
nable to explain them cial Hoses flower both i a 
pene Saz ig aS 
m pe eo 
Rained * | of Raia. 
Sn Ror will find a goo 
ture, r. Spencer, Lord Lan: 
212, and 25, vol, heer 
To Preserve FLow 
b 
THE OM 
gape va y covere è vesse 
with s , in equal quantiti 
and verjuice, ed with a small phan of bases a mate 
vessel must be Josed and in a lace ; and then, 
Washed in cold ater, anh here's por ee f 
water, e ah 
will open as ifin their usual bloom.” $ p heege preston 
suppose that such a method can Accson iaj et of advant. 
Ozen 
+ 
ee ‘bes 4 
only sorts worth pres bree ona anh nko jn 
iy ahr gy "Nos. 1, 5, and 5 are the en varie 
amo’ aeei eedlings ; the colours are distinct an good, b 
the: T dono jot possess any novelty. * is very sweet 
Proozass AND i go more tha ne herits none! ue 3 
a H 
r bet Potentilla is large and 
showy in colour, ene yellow and o : 
————— ? 
t of 
Enrrarou—in Mr. BRETT'S advertisemen! : 
in the first page of last week’s Numsen L tah Yarmouth.” 
dener, Yarmouth,” read “ «: Market-place, Great È 
