1040 
these buttresses are 8o smooth and flat, as almost to 
resemble sawn planks.’ 
Rh ndron trees and Erythrinas we fors 
now familiar in our gardens. Much les 1 
Lagerstromia regina, a small plant of which vil dest 
ory of Kew. This, called in Ce does t n "the 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL d s et 
Calendar of Operations. 
(For the ensuing week.) 
— 
T DEPARTM 
ma 
th the favour 
of Sanskrit poetry. ble eight, 
especially in — places m Ne aa ne od of 
fi 
BM 24 i 
p Gra m dead 
well rolled, ph d tri. Now th th at the 
give careful attention to h au hs 
frames, 
tae 
Plants in ei 
Perks. 
from i insects, mne, &c.; T soft-wooded 
are 
en 
pa aito tof fire-heat and a 
rtificial warmth, 
e ospae! 
bue efor ok a is neee 
dryin effect 
necessary, and endeavour to counteract | its 
very ps to the 
s are pr 
owers, each the size 
1 
of a Hose and 
2 5 Ae 
borders, &c., in order to prevent a anything like a rom 
parched sta te of the atmosphere. 
, Plants 1 in cold pits | 
e south-west of the i ide nd.“ 
anyan né Ficus indica, and other Fig trees 
have Pean often ee but never more graphically 
may 
ys must not be too suddenly ask | on the con- 
insects, Es. 
BO DY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
ny 0 the more choice varieties of Pears that 
not Pen properly should be removed to a à 
dry room for a few v daya, which will be fondi — 
fruit as cool and 
possible. from the 
11 "frost T P ula d 
I, 
y: they should very gr uer 
Take advantage of mild days 
o give air freely, and | 
scarcely be too cool, where the object is to 
fruit plump and sound as long as 
than in the work befor 
Ther an s and: a varie ety o of Figs make their appearance. 
root, so as to qus the Sore of o on sappy 
wheeied 
upon vacant ground when this cam 
without i injuring the Buc: us g all spare g 
sJ} 
and ro has os 
ecessarily epiphytic, I 
fac ty no single plant comes to perfection, or acquires | 
it may 
1 at once and Tei ina warm MEA of s. rien 
f frost. For 
with aa a drome of fresh loam wow 
and where sis 
even partial developement, without the destruction 
some othe 
Clerodendrons, Allamandas, a plant or two of Echites 
| splendens and _Dipladenia crassinoda may also be 
and can be obtained, it should be got to je 
that advantage m ay b 
f] 
the ground. Whe ro fh a a 
er on which to fix itself as its . The 
family generally make their first appearance as slender 
roots hanging fro e crown or tru of | th 
tree, generally a Palm, among the bases of whose 
leaves the seed, carried thither by some bird which 
had fed upon the Fig, begins to germinate. This root, 
descends, envelopes the trunk of th 
well- Mer wood, and that have been some time at rest, 
ther will b 
gro 
obtained rg: s vegetable refuse, such as 
into srwth at present, for 
ost c 
eat har season to maintain a ea e ici eae | 
ture to secure anything i ike free 
sta the plants 
start. 
e growth fr fro om these, 
an early 
As gentle bottom-heat a abont M or 85? will 
rom 
he root is seen — 8 an d fro: om it d issue 
wh 
cing a healthy 
root 5 and if this can be secu arad there will be 
little diffie ulty about obtaining free M har 3 oer 
l 
the pendulous rootlets, which 
ants that hay 
+ form an aN 1 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR m 
For the Week ending Dec. 22, 1859, moos at dms 3 
8 8 BAROMETER. 
ec. |$5 
2 * 
Max. | Min. 
themselves ly and form the marvellous growth fo r | made sufficient 1 175 be kept: spen dry at the E in 
kt the Banyan is so celebrated. In the posts of! aes n eno ck their gro wth a induce a tenden y to 
this grove, tł ill. lit buds. 
> strangle ed by the folds and weight of its resistless com- | so oy as ti ra the foli met 
à , panion, it dies and leaves the Fig in percer ed CING DE 
possession of its place. It is use unusual i in the forest | PINERIES. The supply vat ven ay vit from May until 
to find a Fig tree bre had bee August "being usually obtained from plants cd ines 
became a stan i Porti x hollow cylinder, tl 
: pin. of the n should ther 
efore be in a pat 
hor tly after this season, and any 
Friday . 29.60! 34 
Satur. HE 2 29.6 29.65 
8 En 23 | 29.695 | 29,649 | 3i 
29.734 | 29.712 | 31 
Ta . 20 25 29.796 29.453 36 
Wed. 21 26 | 29.316 | 29.229 
urs. 22 27 | 29.532 | 29.494 | 45 
| 29. ^ 184 
ov m frosty. 
overcast at Bo frosty. 
; foggy; severe ‘frost. 
; slight eet act 
frosty i he 
Severe frost an 
ok y 
rc 
e 
ar 
e 
Another species. of 
avoided. Med t of the stock ee to furnish 
the a autumn of is ruit should n oo much 
ng 
d these — LR ‘growi 
many of pos to show fruit at once should be carefully | 
RECORD Q OF TEE WE ATHER AT 
During the last 33 years, for the ensuing Week, ending. ending Dee 3 
veel d . 
ears in 
uan! 
LESE ota [é 
December. 
Average 
Lo 
west 
Temp. 
dors oes > — or ascend 
f F 
D i ni dhote Üeniil t a 
—— | 
"o 
3 arning t 
i ip swa fall tres to the height of stealing feet, while 
does not 
TAE 
_ the thickness of its own stem exceed a, quarter | WI k of pl ing Nel 
of an in rod . farther ri is neden ee to meet the | Thur: 
“The facility t il August, the ee plants of those for 
pcd — there is a sufficiency of it 
ation I 
the above 
43.9 
ighest temperature —— 
The highes' ipi 5 went on 
3 58 deg.; and the 
-of t "e ancient monuments derbe Ceylon.. "The 
ith 
the 3 view of preparing | 25 for ‘showing ut! in Api 
Anarajapoora and Pollanarrua are 
1 1 
tock 
ing in open bed, a not allow it to become 
-of the Dagobas a 
covered densely wit trees, among which the Figs are 
:alwaysconspicuou 
nd d 
healthily dry, for this would probably met! in a gm 
e un- 
therm. 8 deg. 
——————— 
No tices to Correspo 1 
p 
of a ruined edifice at t the latter ee: ane Aud of t the 
most remarkable ts of the place 
and it is 
also a work of some difficulty properly to „moisten the 
suffice to 
85 the 
no more fire-heat for the present than will 
e the Lr ened temperature, which, 
gen ode cum ved be high for some ‘tim 
and 180 m i 5 d p 
must however defer them till next week, when 
N istory wi 
tha 
many bas poi 
s the bu y in the eg de. houso are 
t. | fairly p the. ee e should be in 0 
60° at night and 65° LUE day, lowing it to rise ise 10° on 
bright days. Take every opportunity of admitting a 
little fresh p 55 Me that the foliage will 111 
bea posur old dryi ing w winds, therefore air s shou 
ng to 
dually, and to Ms care pz uA are 
Lach them a second tim the other 
ot reach 
t 
RKETS OF PA Hulan. 
Cauliflowers vere | selling at 
8) 40 to 
Flora, by Leo H. Grindon (ro, 
something 3 more thanits name indicates 
when it may be essary to e back a cna 
or reti siut be TASA i but very litio, and if 
| pi ieces of — d could be nailed over the openings this 
into the h Where th o barder. cannot be w 
T, 
à supposed 
novelties b unice cd process de * sa y 
9m s; uh from the unreal, and the vague from tl 
positivi 
Lists RzcrrvEp.— Plymouth Seed  &c. 
Company s General Ta Current for 1860 has appeared | h 
i 2 pages octavo, 
or whatever more es 
ont 
the move do not keep th 
armed, NAMES 
|see that it. is Y protected from wet, &c., by a tbick 
dry litter 
ung ga 
apply, 
especially a 
us for vem — shou 
gi We cannot 
B dd A 
g 9 
een list of t „ as to the good quality o of 
the seeds supplied.—Louis Van eon (Ghent), Prix 
rant des Graines, is a very lon of flo wer seeds d 
part] ed in Europe, partly stralia, 
and of kitchen ga eds. Among the pene we 
re two Cauliflowers, one called Choufleur demi 
dur de St. Lamb ibed as an admirable varie 
Baratos 5 be arenes Ee a Catalogue of Selected | 
Roses. 2 list 
orking i 
; sse the extremities of X roots. 
water 
GARDEN AND "gm 
A aluabl le * is as variegated Holl Rhododen 
8, &c, if not growing as freely as E is desirable 
that ey tool e would be benefited by a libera 
allow n manure or well-decayed leaf 700 
into the ground 
wever, bear 
ee satisfactorily should be taken up, the 
well prepared by a liberal addition of peat or leaf — 
replanted. Rose borders should be well dressed 
with manure and forked in or soaked with manure 
japonic: which is a Li 
with yoa But it pe 
Limonia trifoliata. We are 
Compound 
Plum-trees. 
pomme 
hilling 
will find anpi 
ded Que Culture o 
Ld "GR, Jus Pria 5 "f -— 
Vis 
aid t 
office o! 
believe, 
