THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ave. 16, 
"7 ae Tom e doe: appear to be anything Scorcn Tx Bro iat na a í 
manure be supplied, and abundantiy, to those which ic oad GREENHOUSES— W aka Well 
wth of th crown also at very new in the ‘angement parent. b. you for opening pear easly believe that Carduus lancęolat 
jag age e e i a i lights ; a similar plan is in use, only any such size as you mention. It sure! i it wi ci TS 
2 to displace betimes all useless and shutting hoihöns e 5 
cog = gr wien Sanay Wotan heat of 85° or 90°, instead of the racks and cog-wheels attached to the rafters, plant. ; 
but by a ea t ximum at all times ; much, a chain is made fast to the top sash and On ae round an | Tra are hen your work in wnt $ 
very much mischie e, more than people are aware of, by iron roller fixed to the top e kase te if used for a December if you c: s too early. Hollies pr: M 
what is frequent. miir y a “lively ” bottom heat, which some- span-roof house, by placing t bere r reverse moved at any neaion, ‘if aay han good roots, a you e 
times 9 When a house or pit is devoted to | way, both the back a d front pec shes ioe own or ensure wet or damp cloudy iebes elt a a fortnight or ie 
late Pines alone, be sure to create abu dance of atmospheric pat one time. S. [ objection ate pes suc ch plans is their ex- days after. If you remove i in the su thro: 
moisture, night and day. It is almost i ssible in t pense ; after all th hin than can be as well all er them pe the oest fortni w mats 
much. It is to be ho that young stock in dung pits ha done by hand.) 1se,—Prior your question 
now nearly completed their grow th; give udance of air} G@uaNo—We have received the following res solution of the Wake- should have be id a ed to the “Builder, » ‘or some pen 
early in the day, and keep a rather drie osphere, as it is field Farmers’ Club, Aug. 15, 1845 =“ Resoly si hee than ae ae Building pot- ki s not gardenin ——Preston—We | 
ng time to commence measures for hardening their con- That the thanks of the Club be tendered to the Editor of the see no reason why your pitral, alata p AET not flower 
i inter. Vineries.—Late Grapes should now Gai ers’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, a at fearless this year, unless it n Peg ad want of suns abin Tolla 
be changing colour ; give air freel am afraid there will be| exposure of the unprinci; adulteration o which} The “Moscow <a ueen early fruiter. 5 Am mpelop. 
heavy complaints from the deep border places this wet se y s been practised by certain deale reg in tha at valuable fer-| sis quinquefolia was bein reased either by autumn, - 
of want l Į am of opinion that where a difficulty exists tilizer.” [We can assure the gentlemen of this Association by cuttings in spring be eyes, in the sa ae: is a ‘a those of | 
of the kind, thatitisin y additional heat; I would rathi that we are very sensi of the compliment they have paid Vines are mana ged. ” Pi ace them in a dung-frame early in 
recommerd keeping the: a lower temperature than usual, us. The rogues who live by cheating farmers a always spring. J—Maria Perpleza—Y ou had better sow your Pelar. | 
for, if the spongioles have pete through excessive wet, it is| find us bihir t expose them whenever we have pro gonium seeds in spring. The bulbs o i 
plain that the accretive matter cannot be- furnished so rapidly | HeaTING—W—A brick flue a foot in diameter inside will an- will be better out of the reach of frost in winter, 
as when there is a free action of root. If any Figs are growing swer your purpose ; but see another answer to-day headed the directions given for managing Phlox ees i 
on the back of the late Vinery, they should have one good soak- “ PROTECTION. — Tolla - — The tank system pr pay ar- pots were mentioned it must have be i 
of water sı d but little after, as a dry atmosphere | ranged, will an -apples under proper | writer no doubt means thumb. pots. Of your Mimuluseg, 
be necessary. Take care that no wild breast-wood inter- management.|| — that are monen’ will die off in autumn ; the oi 
cepts the light from the true bearin: wood of the Peach trees, | Insecrs—Civis—Cannot you bake the sacks in an oven S EE ust be kept free fro -t 
and syringe with soapsuds twice a day on the ripening wood, if| you burn sulphur wader you must at a watch until the SEEDLING FLOWERS. 
the red spider appears. They are most prejudicial at this | flame be extinguished, which will not be long. The pans Of | 4. :2nnisum—W M—White common ; yello hite e gool 
period, as they empt; the tree of those se powerful secretions des- | turpentine you must keep under three or four days ; in either deep crimson ba. nik wo have eeen tpl ‘and etn pate 
tined to mare fine blossom, and ia ges fruitin the | case cover the pile with wet sacks to prevent the smoke and | ¢,rcrozarta—aA Subseriber—The specimen sent 
ensuing year. More about Melons and Mushrooms ne ext pends from ere With N iy to the danger, that de- Calceolaria is very pretty, but not uncommon.* 
k.—D. ends upon the premises, and of course we can give no a aaa: ha AÀ 5 E 
we ¥.—HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDE pinion. blin Subseriber--Tt must be some bird that | C4ENANONS dullness af chk preted toni, tos CO 
es Som formed between the soil and walls be most Aroun rite dec capitates B the: humble-bees. The Lime trees can have no- sae Wani brilliancy ; the petals are well forme 
lodgments of numerous insects ; therefore, this season, the nong na do with the Tagen gain ——R H—Ifthe damage} tri ing ood. The scarlet Flake possesses good pro 
soil adjoining walls should be frequently disturbed. ‘A shallow of sufficient a t, put your preserves intoachestortin-| }, hyn ; To thin.* ji g pe 
trench ma; taken out all along; and as this is being pro- bor th à$ rac alone oe remove the articles to a more secure | Diarra — W @=¥our seedling is a compact and beautiful flo 
with, the soil adhering to the bricks should be removed pee swe: eno. OF no: better remedy. R.——Herts—You white, with purple tip; fine outline, with the centre va 
‘with a bard ‘broom. The @ portion of wall thus exposed Monidi ats entrap earwigs by means of dry Bean-stalks, EE a and well elevat oa: and with great depth ; itis Sn avera; 
then ed with gas-water, or with lime-water if the| insects will enter ; blow them out into water every morning.} ‘There is à slight iteuind the e peta al, Wik may probabi 
other cannot be readily obtained. Lime-water rig Ig MELONS—. ¢—The stems of Melons will sometimes canker Komthe p aleness SE a y 
the instant it is made. Remove all superfluous shoots from | under treatment exactly similar to that which is usually | pocnsras—G —Yo one eadling Venus Triumphant 4s & 
wall-trees ; and sopes fruit of Peaches and 'Nectarines, but| adopted with success. The soil round the stem must De dies. Da oS feit a Tanos Victeice the wi bosoi A 
this must not be done by cutting off the foliage, as has been | taken away if damp, and replaced w vith perfectly dry sand or : pe de > 
practised n i isi * have too ook paa re fagi cor rola wants the violet hu 
with; thts View. If the foliage ts in any “ease phe powdered chalk re None w — S poneis now sent possess suf 
ded, the fault is owing to the laying in of the shoots, and | Monsters—J Z—The Jargonelle in which a Pear seems to p F : 1 
Loney g yng Place g end out as de: sirable varieties ; some af 
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the remedy must consist in their proper regulation. Place dry | grow out of a Medlar is not uncommon. Such instances are 
in le ine amon, i 5 
Bean-stalks, cut of about 6 inches, g the} figured in the “ Bont of Horticulture,” p is an in- 
branches, and e this means most of the earwigs maybe caught | stance of the ordinary arrangement of parts in the flower 
before the P become ripe. The soft pithy lining of the | being disturbed peed aiia = result of which has been a 
Bean-stalk is dedly preferred by these insects to the finest Iengthening o the axis bis oo roy partial retrogression 
= tarara ee any Potatoes y aon m of the organs of the flower into leay 
en up; andso must others that are affected wit ae See 
the too prevalent disease of this season. It will be improper to a ariari D this off “Ws Pitis is ‘ir without gd. TER a 
these remain if their stems are blotched. i taking up the n p p 
seed-vessel to bear another seed-vessel from its side, but in 
can say be avoided; and in storing those that epee 3 i rfects itself Í 
din r and next year amuses itself with generating another on its 
Se bd long narrow ridges, n ee aint side—thatis a very remarkable cireumstance.——Mr. M— 
arom penina ant to be placed ‘a contact with ~ em ; but if so! Thae is poth mw in y : a x 
T g your s ecimens : most are very 
is allowed to mix with them so much the better.—L. common. That in which the receptacle of a Pot Marigold is 
ace ———=__ producing a flower-head is the most re In that 
State ‘eather near London, for the week ending Aug. 21,1845, as case the centre of the er peig has extended into a branch, 
obser vedat the Horticultural Garden, Chiswick. s is its prerogative, and in doing so has produced a perfect 
‘Aug. | 5 | - O TaRRMowera. i Rain. | flower-head. 
A 5 ore _ ge ee TA core © Froirs—H B—Your Goose sagas es, numbere: aac on 
: : x i- gos were partially waar , and some oft the numbers 
o pre en pi ei des oo gbierstd by the j ody 1 app a to be Bell’s Peov: = at are 
13 am smo n és | 6s | S.W. | 28 2, Melling’s Crown Bob; ratherton’s Huntsman.|| We 
n mis rae 1 | ma = nt aed 42 can: Aar widens hake a name Hey Bae oe se: 
vet x $ Names or Prants— A G — Salix pentandra, the Sweet 
za keben Seve Chaal Soati Vein’) E So € ART the flower is not aie but 
" ‘ge ian, and is some Habranthus. —— 4 um bar- 
Average la [20705 | aest | Gadi 45.7| "16.0" | | 74 —— W J Epps — Your Clactdendron a eet rE 
Aug 15—Cloudy; clear at night squam: but C. fallax; and in no respect an improve- 
; le Eight spi A m wiih mas cold wind ; clondy, partially overcast ment of ne ‘original. Cognotus— tus—Plants like yours cannot 
7 p ee eee es cl nus = ges: clouded; clear and fine at night be named from leaves. —— Rural Cuas erario 
rat 34 with fog ; ver oy hen nigrum, a poisonous plant of the order of Melanths. — 
noon; cloudy J C L—Apparently Maxillaria acutifolia: but the flower 
=Very bm a aed clost ei cent PRE Oe Pa was crushed to pieces E B—Abies balsamea.j—B— 
ebiagip tebe: ety Stanhopea insignis.—— Y—Maxillaria marginata.—D M N 
Mean test net f th k 7 deg. bel cae Cotinus, or Venetian Sumach, The French call it 
a fore — Kg the Wig-tree. 
i for the ing | Packine—Reverfens—Pack your e plants and cuttings 
Week ending 2 Soa 1845. damp Moss, in a wooden box ; jew: they will atic PSE i. 
ies Ppa | | PERR Prevailing Winds. the Seis aos EMO aN will find some information respect- 
A Highas Mean Yunis in ing the best mei of packing fruit to by_railwa; 
wit ct =a fc Se * Temp) which it Gf say i =| at p. 485 of the first volume of 4 e = erya 
~ Bh ancien OTE EER $i “alee n overed with fine tissue-paper, and p: p pera Sone present da 
San. 24 | 71.3 7 e0 10 0:23 in tals in perfectly dry bran travel in good condition and pre- Grozna ias— Mountjoy and Son—Your seedlings are too m 
Mos. 2> Bel ue as 8 0.32 |a| 2] serve the bloom; but the main point to be attended to is| Jike nother, and not sufficiently distinct from ™ 
Der ee | us. a z ape | al 3| to have the box containing the fruit encased in another box, ready fatter ation. t 
‘Thur.23 | 72-4 6 90 9 O20 | 7 $ leaving an gts eh w 2 or 3 inches all round, which must | p axsirs— Anon- Both your | seedlings 
n m4 ao 7 058 [aja La hero up ee hay, Moss, or other soft material of a but they are very il inferior i in size ot 
x 5 @92 5 8 ike j T 
A A | Peas F G D—Mix bute Mate: neck of good turf and rotten dung; DW bead 
The perature during the above period occurred on the 26th and in autumn carefully remove your Gansel’s Bergamot 
and 2h, 826—therin 83%: and the lowest on the 27th, 1844—therm. 38. trees ; trench iha har der, Fabia the aforesaid NEL 
———————————— and then replant the hitherto unpr eductus trees. They will 
Notices to Correspondents berin Se Pria season after this.||——C Nichole 
Ar e shoots of Pear-trees ma; i ortened as directed 
rs ge ak Se ki, eaeh Cop Per bie AGERS’ ENDA the case of Apple-trees.——J J—Four good sorts of Pears d substan the 
ly, price eac] opy . An Index has ane eine for the table from Sees ‘ait Mae: na s Monarch, the m ice inal colo 
Edition. Parties wishing to have hey ara SE Ne Plus Meuris, Eas van eurré, and Beurré Rance.|| bate is Joias pa m: : os dli me “Duke of Northum 
eir tenant: ‘ry can hav è them at the : ELARGONIUM ore ae r seedling, ear, white centre BA 
pb MURR AIN— space for ta lf the communica- | is a pretty fiow ee als under pe# 
ms that we have Seat eat a this terrible ee but we| under peta als, with flower had fallen i 
base selected such as seem to throw most light upon the sub-| very good. H Th on ge of t 
ject. We trust that those whose letters cannot be inserted, pieces, so that we cou 
to will accept ah berets for the bot me Fag a a ave s0 obligingly petals when expanded. 
as har pea ——J S —Your Potatoes h: he distemper in a with a a intense spot in 
rather pucke: 
roughly Parie VEGETABLES—H C M- know of no contriva E enayi Your s¢ 
for sagt —_ ess equal is gaed apparatus, ai patches of light grey, 19.4. 
bekas sed a aarte he i! will keep perfectly if prepared by it. as E a 
OT: no consequence hi r thi ag : eep crimson; i 
ontains very usefal pito ae aes 3 eenutcectod, oded the fi steed L mac and. good flower ; pa a P ground : $0 
an ow your seeds| observed :—Ist, that they shall be quite dry; and 2dly, that | veined upon a proin- me stout and f 
the spring. their sides shall be thick enough to resist frost. In order to ground, with crimson T cei 
dame or Sap—J W- There is still a paper by Mr.| efect these objects, a deep drain A even ditch may be drawn | _, Way, but — iin cet Presi gaod $ 
Goodiff to be published, unless we can find room for it to- round the sides of the pit, so as affine Are the inside high and Prcores—Y T- These ag gery peas rot 
= t his argument be finished | dry; or it may be paved with e red with asphalte, | Some heavy- e and pup feathered; but a little rough e 
a very important m r ij such contrivance ; ho Sak IS pnei is secured it| Stance, lets ma vw than we generally seë eg; good sizè 
th him; but he atters me: struci e wa 
o not at all a 
ni = ata se crow. s—@ F—Both yours seedlings ars re brillians 
sal to the the sorts in general {handsome na 
a most brilliant 
arger th 
as too much a 
the distem- should be 18 inches thick, and hollow. -Nothing however is 
the Potato crop; better than dry turf walls, well rammed togel ther, sı so as s 
id be treated as a esr up all crevices. Then, if a wall-plate is put on t 
ank, 
t 
be no risk from the winter, unless the weather should be 
very severe, and then straw mats, reed mats, or Rasin mats, 5 a! 
or any such con yey 2 n be added. It is bett wate the du pink, wate al 
sun should not shine on such pis re the winter months. ` eS ood and large; 295, et al Pk 
We know of ed work i whi ch we can refer you for this ‘kind yg 
ofinformation. It has formerly rte discussed a spor ae al be 
rizzly| in our own columns, but the above is the substance 
us to that which is destro: 
pve and all is over. It sh 
they want | RaspBexares—E£ M R—Your specimens are very curious. Such 
à do them aes good,| cases are unusual. They show you beautifully how flowers, 
tnight|  &e., may be fashioned out of imperfectly formed foliage. ions is 
Compare these leaves with the calyx leaves of the Raspberry. | teresting communicat 
