276 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[AuGusT 28, 1875. | 
H. Glasscock, Bishop — had the best twelve. 
Hollyhocks were exceedin r, and onc de A 
Mr. №. С 
c ed the only b 
ing any all. here 
fair display of ere та s numbers, but waa the 
collection and prize own by Messrs. Kelwa 
eynes was а 
commen n the same class, eran Certifi- 
cates were awarded. 
The Villa Garden. 
Insect PEsts,—Wasps and flies are just now very 
troublesome to fruit cultivators, r. Cramb, of Tort- 
Gardens, once said id ** Nothing in 
is 
was undoubtedly right, but ther n 
excess of wasps this year, and war to bud knife cen 
waged against them. e me who 
that a severe winter like that of a is es 
destructive of insects ; ; and it was generally remarked 
during the s that there were few queen wasps to 
The first is no doubt a hap-hazard | 
statement, not warranted y facts 3 the second but 
israel a somewhat limited experience. Gardeners 
re found making sad complaint of the damage wasps 
are doing to their fruit crops, especially in the drier 
parts of the country ; and their depredations are made 
quite irrespective of geographical distinctions or class 
in society ; the cottage and palace garden alike being 
the scene Li their ravages, 
e liquid, with mouths wide enough to admit 
of the free ingress of the wasps. any into 
m, and meet instant death. The contents should be 
changed every three, or so, as the fresher i 
the more attractive is it fo те marauders, er 
wise thing to t ripening fruit two or 
tiros days before it is fuir “а. ‚ for the wasps an 
s both invariably attack the ripest and most 
e exa : 
ing process even after mar nel rem om the trees 
Some of the fruit growers rou 294 ndon, who send 
Plu to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, &c., 
gather them a few day: fore they are fully ripe, 
and during the journey they become quite ripe. We 
have P pecially the Windsor and 
ies cr а 
oublesom e 
Many a our neighbour үт "Simi circumstanced, 
and they view with m the daily robberi 
_ they appear powerless to коем Тһе ап 
extremities 
way d ; 
` in quest of the ripest fruits, and a number of them 
carrying on a i att: renders 
on tat for 
nya : e found a ring 
of fresh soot placed round the stem of the tree 
to keep the ants in che t it needs constant 
ew 
ci zinc troughs, filled with water, and 
plac und the stem of a p , resting the the 
soil, but it was of m avail, for they tunnelled unde 
the troughs, and, r eaching the dem, soon с 
up.  Failing soot, эте і may be 
over the tree stem, but i wig ез and 
ear, aggravates the evil <p coe "uL for we denn 
that it acted as a de ain to wasps and bees and fli 
innumera 
a 
the of wall trees it is much more difficult to 
originate гашене means, for they not only ascend 
to the branches by the main trunk of the tree, but by 
wallalso. In thi ‚ be carried i 
was to catch them and kill them, and he aco DEM 
its consistency ca y mi ate 
Another method opted was cut 
sponges into pieces the size of an ordinary Apple, dip 
et a —amongst the 
branches of the trees. They instantly fill — cell 
of the s the treacle ; and w n the 
the s wi itants were 
dro The sponges were then washed, re-dipped 
m 
"ә 
whose fruit is being attacked i in the | pe ground, an 
enable them to apply similar reme 
he 
id 
ipii. 
en now very much nesting а Apple 
, an letely Marsi the of the 
shoots, causing the leaves to curl and лт оп а уегу 
unhappy looking appearance, Ме it prevail in 
rdens situate, | our own, on ravel, and 
where, notwithstanding the great amount of rain that 
has fallen, the trees are begi to feel effects of 
e dry weather. Ourr y is Fowler’s insecticide, 
and a solution is made i small n pan, just 
ough to cover the points of the b es when in- 
‘soap 
will ewer the ms e also ; ; or the fly can be 
brushed off with a camel shai brush, but in this case 
they are icem destro 
—The voi of lifting Potatos should now 
be procee E d with, if not already accomplish In 
small gardens they are lifted as they a ten, and 
where the space d to Potatos is circumscribed 
they do not last a great while 1 т еапу 
varieties had better be lifted ae as looked 
over, picking out the eased tuber t then — 
rating the bad from the g the 
shows itself in a somewhat r it has 
one this season, it enables the cultivator to dis- 
tinguish bet p pag an à f storing 
them away at recommend “es they be 
where they 
formed in m a а heaps 0 the ground 
were dug, and covered w ог a month or so, if 
the can be amie and looked through again 
before they are — awa 
cleared | 
by lifting the 
Potatos can be sown some Ж їр т such as Beck’s 
Improved Snowball, [^ good one for the late crop, 
feces it turns in 
il portion of the 
ground can be prepared for some spring Cabbage, 
winter Lettuce, &c. t the ground be dug deeply, 
and beaten well to eg Bs and it will carry very good 
b and Lettuce. Late-planted Celery should 
be Kiate to gr ow by frequent waterings durin 
dry weather. Once get it to start well, and it wil 
die Mud headway after it has been earthed. -up a 
time o 
Law Notes. 
A TO CARELESS DRIV — CLARK v. 
JoHN —This was an nor "brought in the 
Shoreditch County Court on the 25th inst. in which 
the plaintiff, a en: Dae те Shoreditch, sued 2 
defendant, a market garden of Siam mford Hill, 
cover the ні of 
со пепсе of don ligent 
in gong Re a 
conduct of the d s driver, 
Sleigh appeared as counsel for the defendant, and 
Mr. Lee as counsel for the ee Й The plaintiff 
said that on je 3 last he w 
the Зач 
cart in fro 
in t t asleep, 
Never ch, а up and pulled the "E — and 
in doing so severely injured the plaintiff's 
this stage of the case Mr. Warner Sleigh 
p 
сив nt had no witnesses to call as to the accident itself, 
E : W. Harrold, 
tion ive. V ' а veterinary 
e was called, who said the horse origi- 
worth £25, but was now only worth 420. 
After Mr. Sleigh had vigas a: the witness dj 
— my вт bm 
this w erely a que h 
be^ e eM satisfy yag justi ce of the case by allow. | 
ing 45 for damage aam to the horse, £2 for the 
veterinary su piso fee, i 
e illness plaintiff's 1 udgme ould, 
hse. he in n ur of the plaintiff for £11, with | 
costs. e Judge cautioned the defendant as to the 
danger £y E such young and inexperienced 
drivers 
Che Weather, 
STA e ep THE WEATHER AT BLA Serhi TH, e 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1875. 
TEMPERATURE OF pa 
BAROMETER. THE AIR. 
= 
MONTH AND DAY. 
Highest. 
Mean Reading 
Reduced to 
32° Fahr. 
Average 
of 18 Years. 
Lowest. 
Range 
from Average of 
60 Years. 
Average 
Direction. 
|. | Departure of Mean 
"Aug.| In. | In. | 6. 8 
4 AUN ЖЕР РАГАКИР 0.4'55.2 81 
+ 0.25/74.8|54.4 20.4 61 6+ 0.8 56.8. 84 
а 
~ 
Pirn 
л 
1 «ipee | 
е 
= 
ui 
E 
29.89 + 0.0774 .6|5о 8 23.8 61.6 + 0.9 51.2, 
| 
72 | —0.11/72.5|54.1 18.4 бї 8- 1.2 50.7; 
$ 
pe a mm 
л 
Mn: 
t OU Uo 
ZUZ2-m 
n 
53.4 19.0 6x 0 + 1452.8 72 
^ | 
| 
Mean 30.09 E 0-13 73:6 54-2 19.4 62.2 + 155.7 7». |B We od 
nm —A fine day, Fogin morning. Rainafter7.30P.M, 
wo very fine warm day y. н 
Aug. 
Д. 
— 2L 
— 22.— кө, fine bright da; day 
aay. 
uds, and warm throughout. 
ay. 
25.—Fine, but cloudy and dull at times. 
ring the week ending Saturday, August 2l 
in the чч сй) of London the — of the 
barometer at the level of the sea increased from 30.16 
eek to c^ “inches 
о wee = 
week was 30.17 inches, 0.25 inch 
e preceding wosk, The "highest tem- 
pc of n A at x feet a ground ra 
ween 861° and 713° on the I 19th, th 
epar excess 
respective averages were :—3° PE det и; IO. es 
°° ure for th 
4 
-4, 0°.8, 2°.6. mean 
was 657.8, being 4°.7 higher than the average of sixty 
of a thermometer with ше” 
ean for the several low readings 
The direction of the wind was S.W., б b 
а gentle. E 
The weather during the week was very fine, bright, 
7 and the sky nearly cloudless. 
n fell on one day ; the amount collected wi 
"pora nch. 
In England the extreme high day t 
ranged from 88° at Cambridge to 73° at "Newcastle 
оп- Гупе, the general average all over country 
being 819°. The extr 
ча ри and 684° 
The pp EU E 
