THE GARDENERS 
leaving the brood, combs i beh it ; perhaj pi it BE be as well thinly, and frequently looked over. Sow liflowers a 
box i e e: i ri 
CHRONICLE. 
—HARDY FRUIT AND oe HED sid rte s | nswer in detail all the questions 
nag a h ag ahaa! BOD Ltrs attention now requires be to the | We, therefore, beg to refer pe corr 
ther ha; jppens in summer or autumn, bees gathering of the curiient varieties of Amia a rears As a} Tks in our Leadi g Article 
eat the honey farthest from the heart of the ie yar general rule, the latter may be considered fit 7 when ithe —_ H publish, for all tne intelligence Teom pn 
s from the s by merely raising the fruit to a horizonta. ject. As sing the decayed Potatoes for food, there i 
If au bees continue to do ead A had Ye bps ate ery waved pulling: The Flemish Beauty is, however, an doubt, danger in doing so unless they are first cook: Fe be 
the quantity of honey you think ETE ` tral pen exception, and must be gathered whilst it still retains consider-| if the mortification has spread very deep, they are cert 
ral — being fitted keii oe distinc ead | able hold, otherwise it becomes dry and musky, instead of| unfit for the food of anything, even if cooked, as we st: 
of trong one, you t not t let the hase et n, being melting and sweet. The particular tinge f colour which | fortnight ago.—S Bryon—Your seedling Potato, from K 
} s th ‘bol les b tween „the, xes, other- | Peaches and Nectarines acquire when ripe should be particu- Ash-leaved Kidney, is of a handsome flattened oval s 
nia merely opening n pA cig! sass larly observed, in order that they may not be touched till they and appears to be deserving of cultivation. || 
will fi readily pai om the tree. Funnel-shaped gatherers, lined | Porrinc—Querist—We hardly know how we can be more ex. 
than t pia as the proper way of uniti ing | with velvet, have been recommended ; but the hand is far pre- plicit, eo we will give your letter to Mr, Reid. Andromeda 
} a a on this subject in the three last Nos. | ferable, if applied so as to grasp the fr: ith gentle and equal or i ie Bons eae is quite po rdy. Itis of no conse. 
ere loth ; | Pressure on e points of contact. In some case the flavour of que: e you give your Pelargoniums an Roses, 
4 you have sm the heen, put them on a cloth 5 | 5. ose fruits will be improved if they are not used till the day | so that it be judiciousky administere a. Roses are very greedy 
you may find out the queen spre them about | after they are gathered ; but they must be laid softly on cloth, of it, but Pelar; prac will not bear a great deal. in 
with a quill, If you think that the centre box will not| or on cotton covered with tissue paper. Kitchen Garden.—| guano, steep a double-handful in 4 gallons = water, pe q 
hold th e th f the end box Onions are not generally so sound as usual, and are likely to leave it for 12 hours before using it. Give it to your plants 
em, you may give them one o ai keep badly. They will therefore require to be spread out| when they are beginning to ai It is of no at Rr apply it 
aulifio now. Rosa Ha: ii is a very shy plant; hardy, but delicate 
and unmanageable. 
0 owings prove too forward. 
lant Lettuces. Thin Winter Spinach to three or four | Pines—M—Do not sow your seeds till the spring. A c a frame 
may obtain the brood, w hich i m great ob jec ect. At the porani R the nee vacancies may be filled up by trans- is i pecbecikin easly for Mexican Pines, provided it is dry, 
of the £ season, the e bees draw closely together ; bai l erro and by ow means also tks crop of Lettuce-leav ed | SEEDLING FLOWERS—T § iai seedling ‘Gophoe pena is 
What y ng | Spinach may be extended.—£. Caoir = Der ste s brightness of colour, It will 
EE OTS GR always have a faded appearance.} 
the quantity P honey sufficient for k is nat cle State of the Weather ik 7 i on, for the week cnet. bitte a ERY LARTA 2 et N Thes iiy W during 
viz., “ will the honey of last A ee pi ieh the bees — eae the Horticultural Garden, Chisw "| winter to any part of the Continent if packed i = close wooden 
i aati a hed, be suf- ‘Aug. pee inte [tem ne reenn Wind. |Rain. | boxes. They will not travel long in mer, except in glazed — 
ficient to keep them through t fe winter.” As the bees | s-s 2 ax. Min: ead tae Rar ara eg wer s Wua Toma Aii 
i during last winter, how came the honey | Sa 30 | 27 |30.295 | 30.262 | 72 | 47 | 59.5 | N.E. soe 5 E but it A aed 
Soke meat OF ts Pant ea a feet | @ |eelnm|s|e| oe | J a I Rett 
P P 
at p. 595 I forgot to mention the Lythrum sali- | Mon. 1 enfm d 
Tues. 2 
«caria, This wild on grows in ss places, and is} wea. 3 
Thurs. 4 e 
particularly worthy of the attention of bee- keepers.— W. a ota 
m 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS ioe. Fina TE e iA e Haran aars nign i 
ear an pari Lė sun ir; clear . 
—Slight haze; fine; iall; we have consulted ; it is said to Pa 
or the enowing Wiek Sept. si Uniform thi hick pia very Tine in areetnod oon; clear at night floribunda ; but if any ola ance is to be placed upon a 
= apse Snooi me TEAT ORTES, &e 2—Cloudy ; overcast; partially overcast at night figure published of = = -piini afew days since, “tat cannot b 
Stove.—As the nights become | beg a little oa he must be given, “a ti a ee Mil Baal ced pose re 3 eee clear | Send us a spec n flower, and we will give you a more 
rnot with an; + Taten tioii to growth, but to assist in 4 is satisfactor jcise 
vtipening sy eo, ba which has been made during fean temperature of the week 3 deg. below the average. Vine-sonpens—M W K—OId turf, with bone-dust, form 
the late dark summer. m all ee ret mrtg State of Mequon at Cheick recat ta j ears go > ae ness and Sayer better without e h 
made un progress, it now beco serious matte: ending Sept. 13, at eather shavings, the tannin mig injuri 
the cultivator how to sufficient! harden the on hte in order) — Bee IPE Pe, Ge ee ‘Prevailing Winds. —T T L—Your plan will answer; but yor neir suppe 
to make it prensa winter ; admit all sun rh and give air Av. ver. | Aver. | Mean| Years in| 2*e8* “| e) ie]. | expense by dispensing v with Elm planks, and their suppoi 
en the tempe: rature exceeds pas “Gre yori nag Sept. Tames Pem peas t Temp which | it quantity are a ila AE ž of Ee eki ad ify slates over the compost, andon 
Cape will a pen require mor to kee in jay the gravel.|| i 
ae ; take care in ing that the part of the | ah alls re Mise re have not a copy left; 1s, 6d 
Saks te nearest the Potton does on get = of ase ace @o |. sas. |e 10 oa i 2 iE 46l alt TEn believe mts i 
$ rapere da e epends upon being clothed | Tues. 9| 68.5 50.8 | 58.7 3> 1.09 — 1| 1) 1| 5} 4| 5} 2 vert: i edon 
wan f th foliage and flowers from the rim of the pot upwards. Pot Wed. 10 oes | aay jas} ML re ail az ila S —You 
-off seedling Calceolarias into aani pots, and keep them close age hap bots aS b pipe aloha 1| 3l10|— 
fa a fania ber ane days ; get in cuttings of all the best A Sa 13| 669 | 48:7 56.8 s 049 i 1) al] 2! 5l s| 1 
which will strike re: jn a common frame. 1 f Eeka 
emg now he Bowers boyy an A supply. it — with The highest a ark paes pg on the 12th, | 
water, shade the flowers to pro- | 1841—therm 84°; and the lowest on the 1 1838—therm. 34 
long their gaiety. Pay peat now to Chrysanthemums, — 
to Correspon 
faut 
Applied tice panty your desire is fine plants with large| is eee oai, tat aon 3d. each Copy. An Index has been added 
to this pre: 
A 
EE iaeodheemaeraeiepe AND SHRUBBERIES AATE ait ong tule Se antry can have them at the 
As ja numerous varieties of Seer are now in bloom, the | of 25 for 5s. R 
:Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, & Where there are conveniences lati is in uced into the 
for storing up in winter, kinds should be grown as * Theory of Hi - Real sags rks coni 
possible for planting on rockwork, in borders, &e., to produce numerous plates are ee e, if the 
variety, but in clumps nothing but first-rate kinds should be| executed. Newman’s “ British ee Hooker’s “ Muse: probably the form 
planted. Seo and rake borders as often as they require it, and | logia Britannica,” Hassall’s “British Alge,” Greville’s 
-carefully se ea that are mue: fa Pits and Frames.— « Algæ,” are works that are perhaps within your means, We 
Continue to pot of s such cuttings as rooted ; placethem ina} have no cheap books on Lichens; the best English plates, | CALCEOLA: 
elose pit or efor a few days, in = ander that they may get} and very good ones they are, are in “English peoa As 
ton’s | Dat 
established in the pots, when they — = foe moved to a to Fungi, all the illustrated works are expensive. 
peg jarrua to harden. Keep every pit or frame well “Fungi” may sometimes be had cheap, and for the large 
next ua os a keep seeds in. You can learn their price at any glasshouse. 
ItI.—FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. We — r give? prices. They are very che: ooh 
Auriculas must be sheltered from bright sunshine, as well as | CucuMs’ ‘orrespondent—Y our Cucumbers have probably 
from excessive rain, keeping the pots free from wi i - t been Tortilsed i 
casionally stirring the surface of the soil with a blunt stick. It | FRurrs—Ligne Mo your small o pa 75 feet square you 
is now a good time to getin plants from a distance, that they may Split of ES Marie Louise, SP se Colmar, 2 Thomp- 
-may be established before winter. Carnations Picotees.— son’s, 2 Glout Morceau, 2 Knight’s ‘Monat; 1 Winter Nelis, 
where sufficiently rooted, may now be taken off the| 2 Beurré Rance. Apples—2 Court of Wick, 1 Golden Ren- 
stools, and potted in pots ; the soil should be of a sandy nette, 2 Scarlet Nonpareil, 2 Reinette du = da, ‘son’, 
texture, without any manure being mixed with it, in order to Plate, í Golden Harvey. Plw 1 Royale Hitive, 2 Gree 
the plants assuming too gross a habit, which is preju-| Gage, 1 Washington, 2 Purple Gage, 1 *Coe’s Golden Drop, 
to their health during winter. Pinks should be planted| 1 Early — 2 Kirke’s, Distance 15 feet apart one way, 
in their blooming beds without delay; occasionally, they are} and 10 ft. the other. The ground should be well trenched 
potted and sheltered, in a similar manner to the Carnation, and ay" 
and out with the ball entire in the spring; where | GREENHOUSES—A G—You uire no at all for your Rose 
there is the necessary convenience, this latter mode is best. | and Camellia house. They. will bear ait the’ eld dak a oak 
Pansies may now be divided and planted out; cuttings of the have if the house is ya built and glazed with stout glass. 
weakest shoots strike root easily, and make better plants than | All we doubt is the sufficiency of your yentilation ; both — 
those of Fess robust habit. Dahlias should have all malformed | ought to a ‘eoeupantaly, E e roof is to be fixe d Why ni 
flowers Oved as soon as ved ; and, where necessary. make ashes removable e summer? Ifyou Scie 
some of the branches ma; thinned out. Trap earwigs in to re ae your poorer then, indeed, you nae have ps kind 
every possible way, and keep the ground clean round the| of heating apparatus, and a a Arnott will do: only you 
plants.—c. must contrive to avoid the dust caus rei pós carrying away 
= 
deg be Alger st later than this,to have fine heads Not ndents. 
uid manure will gn them ; let it be | The Reprint of Mr. 'PAXTON’S COTTAGERS’ CALENDAR 
should be selected for bedding out next year, also | ARTIFICIAL Rockwork—Obtuse—You st judge for yourse! 
colour should be noticed for the better | Booxs—A daor Subscriber will fad 3 ma pe book as he in- 
should be lost in getting 2 safc ent stock for | species the book is useful. Small square Mer are the best to 
sh 
d 
—PINERIES, VINERIES, &c. 
pa S little can be added at present to former Ca-| such astove. We have not yet seen any green glass that we 
be as well to mend ; nor do we ex to see any for the present. 
erlan 
io h Firs are the 
yrus Pini, whose history we igs aay to lastrate. 
Fie Goria tee uncommon on the Ribes. poten F— 
ree things are re-| We would willingly give you some new directi 
to] the woodlouse ; but we really have pirni ates what 
a proper ium is proc 
in the > dung, to ensure success in getti: arb ex awn 
¥iz.—what is technically called “ t has been mentioned so very often. Toads are the best agents 
and a they live on woodlice, and will eat them all. Ifth woodlice 
are very numerous e several They are poor harm- 
Ty hay k 
less creatures, and will not hurt Lg Cucumbers. See also 
the directions given last week at p. 596. 
Morpnotocr—H R—Thanks ; the ‘Arbor Vite is forming its 
el ore 
fruit, prematurely. Is there an anything more in its condi- 
on? 
Names or Faurrs—J G—Y our i ams oa Downton, esteemed 
by those Who rele a ae imp ar. 
Names or Puants—H G—The Fora-inaved Beech; Fagus syl 
atica heterophylla.——_Z J—In what respect does your 
hrina ditřer 
R y— 
a 
fruit.—_T S— echoed geminitora ; 2, Aster Cal aren 3, 
a variety ie ridae, peaten sf —EK S, Achillea Piar- 
mica eno. Plants ——* be named from leaves 
only.j——W S—Triteleia unifi 
either day or or night.—D. | Poraro Mossam—We find. it Y inipedaitile and useless to 
coro! 
than those out; 11, common ; 12, se 
already out ; 13 is 
a of globosa, wi a 
rth attaining. Ww 
Nas the newly-opened flo’ 
leptonic age ever, ape oposi le. 
plates are well! 4 cold wet soil, or ag its roots not havin; 
p sang 
‘pel 
hile those 
w ae the present 
Pcie on at FLOWERS. 
There is no novelty in either of you 
raised by most growers.* i; 
ae in l 
a very bright an perya flower, 
with be pagent tube and sepals, good co 
a prolifi —_— W K—A very 
En 
rder val 
op varieties 
are pre 
-— Coqui 
rs ôi 
o 
observ 
