209 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Fevrvary 4, 1869, 
Mr. Oliver er hi as good observations | then Kei at the other outlet without ‘danger of | what purchases may be necessary, and take care dani 
p yophy Lead- | discovery.” Ro mrm a Illustrated — History, this on variable w eather that the roots do not cine 
worts. A remarka ble posthumous paper on Gnetum by | by the “Re ev. J. G. Wood. | ouldin 
Griffith appears from the hand of the lamented Henfrey ; Ce e OROMARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN, 
it was from this that were derived theviews of Griffith pro- 5 All unoccupied groun nd should now ugh q 
mulgated in Lindley’ puren Mr. Bentham Calendar of Operations, trenched, or ridged, regulating these operations accor? 
describes in detail the sup — genus Henri- (For the ensuing week.) ing to the nature of the soil and the kin ferment 
quezia, one of the nobles of known plants, as Mr. —+— be planted on it. Keep forward Lettuces from 
hierne drawings show. m Mr Benj. Curr s PLANT DEPARTMENT. inj fi and look sharply after Canliflowes 
conti nuation of his saat observations on Spheeria. i a ble | Plants under hand:lights, es well as Lettuces, Endi 
genera Camellia and Thea, ematia ae aegis roan ta t LEENA Fe “2 l} ke s ames, protecting them "fife 
whioh Me maine apart ; he regards what has be en | ol pe aga TRES we N RSE a | Straw eed covers or Spruce branches. Brog col 
calle e Camellia japonica of Hong Kong as where ae ote: should be a under som 
distinct species; Fortune’s _— Yellow Camellia is is | Weather experiencing is likely to induce. protecti n. In most places, however, the foti, o 
rely O. adii “As already been stated in Nothing pats the tes evils just mentioned so much in asa bar lente bave “iat left whead@ne's sts of 
our columns (1859, p “a ©. rages is shown to aire ee dr, nea thy — ph eh 1 ais an pro: | only have ‘Broccolis suffered but Parte Celene 
Toa wad ak 1 Hong K ong, w s flow ers are white, | Moting a free cireula he n arn Vee h p an nove Savoys, and even the tops of Leeks are more ota 
. Benjamin Clarke has ea en TO Se ree red. The > only green Byeoncle Si in some lace 
the embryos “of Endogens cand: their panier tap he is| © spare Vineries or other qua arters; Sato Aras aat oa t Cottae 
of opinion that what is now called the cotyledon 5 Io, . If not alread fi Hager’ 
of Geass is really a great radicle, as L. c chard 1 “a an ah 1 x b Jopa th yor i af a mild weather es the ae of Peas and Beans 
first asserted. The same author gives some notes on sere Ge RER -woode Bey ete Syed choosing for the ape established carly variet i 
Batis and other genera with a view to settling some ient growth prt Sangster iat 1Pea d th he Maz Rion ache 
anta iahigelatioushinoAb to Datti ho wavs ‘heck their growth and induce a tendency to yain seis) x PRETA . Asregards 
EERE AR ap: o Batis, he says | Ploom, but do not let the ball become so. dry as to | “chard work, pro protect new! 
that the affinities which have been su t p for it oPh RER A DECOIS. HO: T 8 J: 
) à ggos # = it are planted ieee by piar their fot tat al 
6 Š DEA hat an impractica nity may endanger the foliage. Look sharply after insects her e |! t nded t hits b nd 
be we do not know; but the aut ar e Sia that especially mealy bug, and enden avour. to. get the whole DO tion” f the ‘re Ny reich “re te Ca 
the genus Batis is near TODARA while Callitriche s destructive pest, for i neglested | E e ie S 
in allied: to- Elatins poomi tó ws rary every prin- | 20W it will not fail te demand attention in sprin 
ciple acted upon by systemationl a s. The part | Summer, when time with the plani Gromer will doubt- = 
udes with Ee s observ tions by | 1688 be fully as aa as now. Be sparing in the u STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
s onset on Py oases “tN s and Balano- | Of fire-heat, except in the case of things being fiend For the Week ending Feb. 2, 1860, as observed at the ney al Gardens 
phorads, illustrated by adm snp SO from the |ito flower or Grow , and it is in every sense goo Cea eee TEMPERATURE: 
pencil of Mr. Fitch; the nara ‘shows that the pitcher | policy to have a separate house or compartment for} January|38|_|__Of the Air 
of Nepe these, as it saves fuel, avoids over-driving the hel and Feb“) Max, | Min. |Max. | Min. [Mean ydo deen 
apet 7 we midrib of the leaf, - collection for the sake of a small portion, and en: TS ee ETT 
pe 5 eee ` more satisfactory result than can be obtained ae Meeks HIH hgt aa 1 Hy re 
James Carter & Cos Gardeners Vade Mecum (Carter there is but one house for the whole collection of what | Sunday 2°) e | 29.396 | 29.493 | 37 | 35 | Sos 
& Co., 237, Holborn ). Although a trade seed catalogue is geoerells teu sore plinta Let specimens in | Tues. 31|» | 29610 | 29321 | 42 | 20 | 310 
this is ime a very soles =A — to the plac t favourable positions for | Tyre, {] 19 | aoao | assie | 39 | 30 | 3i 
cain of everything Wiat itho ak e con ntains, prolonging ' = Mate "at be careful to keep the | Trza SSS Sc PITT en ee 
that account we place it am et her aa 
is nothing in hortcataral literature exactly like it; KE Tor kosy: fine al va ht. ; 
papes — equal to it for fu oe of i nformation. The forcing fi fruit: tes i ots is ions managed, pro- | = 50 Rain tapen r dia REE at nighf, 
Tt conta ERVAS translation o id at work to hold them |. pa, S enn fing: clear at night; Koair: 
on re cultivation of German Asters and similar things; during the later stages ye ars gro i 2 kinds, as a me a Šie fost EN s snow atish ght. 
eek, should have n in pots two CHISMIS 
aae k. Amateurs (and gardeners too) will doubt- | years at Aai = be well = h y with Wait bats: | Daring the last 345 hee wee, Re rthcennuing W AT CHISWICK. 11, 1860. 
[ess appreciate the importance of so safe and useful an Bpa a stock is prepared for forcing the advantages AET ea revelling Windin 
fa deep pit with a bed of leaves will beapparent; the | February. E bee EE 
Siaina <a |< 
? in mae tet the roots in action. Cherries and R Sere teers 
Death of an Loring ae pas KARA berries are the most impatient of heat an and should 1 4 res od #9 | 329 | S04 
ins hears gale tot Met va A rd oy iY, | bro ught forward in a low temperature, and unless they | (8% goi #82 | 335 | 303 
the Sist Jan. dimers pod a are required very early they will succeed better when | Thurs. 9..| 45.5 | 32.0 | 38.8 
e “Boor ang a = and un- ens phat Ni month, Ther aa should Satur teil 444 | ant | ars 
Eb which will be:r 3 ging betwee: and 60°, with a ‘The highest temperature during the above period occurred on the ith, 
of tte h aving ah payee ca af nmi oir ho gentle syringing ‘daily, and air ‘according to the state of \ege—therm. 60 deg.; and the lowest on the 11th, 1845—therm Ai 
have encamped under its spreading and pending ai hme Si d St Ses ee erly Soo ees oe 
peg ey which formed their oats Rd Ebert yy deans the oom, w rhe Sa Da rier abn atmosp sphero riik Epeei BEG to Correspondents. 
selves to the diameter of 140 feet, and 95 feet in height. | an hones at wock vol t shelves or stages in | Booxs: Clericus, Rivers on Orchard Housés, Moore on te 
J.B Moir P ark Tinas Pose house fens where a modera bea i is ke opt up. Cacumber and Melon, and Neill's Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen 
„perice the F n excaping from his Pursuer arines may even be placed on the ti 
| G T. Of th eter’s 
en One of tf em, oa ‘whos track the hounds San heck back she shelves. of the Pine-houses after they have set Tad ly Do wae’ seedling are Jato "kinds and pel 
used s vould aaa end of your hor t scats sl 
point, the crest of bikkes steep hill. Up. te this apot | suit fetar better. In carrying out the subsequent the warmest end, and the Trentham Black and 
the scent was perfectly goods but at that particular treatment we may add that Figs, Peaches, &., ioe ide ‘alice: may. be unde fos RE 
spot the scent vanished, and so the fox was lost. One| p< sy stan part of the house in whic h GUTT. Spaces $ a a w hoar 
of the disappointed hunt jax so ignant at hi they are to fruit, and Apricots, Plums, ed Srt stanco bein or pump pipes ; e paias aori es 
repeated failures that he determined to lay aside th a It oe meet Maen eceed | in water ii gay empio lope “wn ions ee 
sbase for a day, and to devote himeelf tothe discovery | Welt in pits or in the partial shade o er plants Ica iy not tnjurions anlan it the Wai. te Be ing to 
of the means by which the pee panas so invariably | x 3 adian rose a kor yee being Kept plunged | waters exercise no appreciable action on that vee 
escape from the hounds and men. He, ther ‘ae: a gentle heat, it will assist the swellin ing of the fruit, | Names or Prants: We have been so often obliged to relit: 
Set himana hounds and men. He, therefore, con- | but with ‘proper: attention “in supplying” them with | tantly destine naming heaps of dried or other plants, fat 
: i Ww Bes 
much interest the proceedings of the hunted animal, | B&&e*e water they will do well withont that assistance. SES, ea e Os 
The fox, ar pared plants of the most suitable kinds of the aboy h 
after being iven from his er, led : CR ti . Young gardeners, to whom these remarks 
the hounds a long chase through — y be obtained at most of the principal especially apply, should bear in mind that, before applying* 
and thickets, and at last came at full PA maiden plants of each na now be potted in rich us for assistance, they should exhaust their other means” 
the crest of the hill. As soon. as he hot a the | turfy loam for future operations, getting Szamining and thinking. for themselves; nor would it be 
spot, he laid himself down, and = au arn a bearing state by judicious stopping stom in ‘thn wel the desirable could. Ail we nied to help 
caly as pei to the Daie he hotnds use of the knife. Pursue former direction regards paaki mpe ‘willingly: It is now seamed | that, in future, Dot 
over the Mis ull ery, Se py tenggi darting | 0 OY se or nd Peach house. As pards Pines WJI LOF tne two Pines an AEE ans Eriga 
in hot it, and ? 5 | changeable aeons ates are now experiencin will of Pi he other is either Pinus = 
pursuit, never stopping until g The other is either 
they reached the bottom of the hill, As soon as the necessitate th use of a e amount of fire- rerai nsis; no do abi the Seer SE it y ‘prone T 
iin Wald i the s i his y | pent prtieulasly where a high temperature is be Malort eones wi aro unable to gi E 
q over of the hill, kad ~ a maintained wi the view 5 55 rradilla i s no new impo. 10n. gane 
ponar gi rie oe Ba aedi of EE ay ès 1918 oF 18 nl oe 
use of a very cunning device for the same ' i moisture is| 10d, quite like Vetct st which 
In this instance he always Ted his acess LA secured, for, as has been stated in former Calendars, Pols! namo is Ornithopus sa 
a chf that rose perpendicular] several hundred accommodating as the aby p= spaim to be, it eats bade A tho Pens are- A i 
feet, and t disappeared, e hunters had often is by no means benefited warm parched state of | im; SERS E aa S 
examined the spot, and unsuccessfully, for it seemed the atmosphere; see that ee of the stock is allowed | Pelong to the common cut-leaved Alder, A E 
that no wingless imal could si to pne for want of = ant ae For succession pave settled that points Don He 
fearful ape e secr as, however, at last dis- = tsa temperature 55° by m means of fire- pias, and er one ri a = Bary 
covered by a concealed spy. The crafty fox was seen | ett Wil be sufficiently high bet! it auahi te be ern does not appear to be at all diffe 
coming ute a ‘his ledsare't to the edge of the cliff, and | | allowed to fall below 60°. [ee ens 
then to look down. Some 10 feet bel in ence of too much confinement. 
was a kind of br t below the edge there FLO ARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. likely to be hardy ; but it may be a 
strata of soná, Senb h A „io weather dig borders, sweep and roll lawns Sot r aaa Made win ine be 
ja atai ani toe | that plant ray aye oy pr arent Meneses ee eS S Bho Now Zealandors bolo 
marti a plan yes at all tender guarded from y to this.—Lord M., ts of 
invisible from above. re frost. also PEE ag 
tox th - ri ETRS | ane and | Peas: J W. Either you ha t fi 
r pes to the spot, and found aiei the die sorts of Roses and sh A EA ve not fully exp T É 
in the rock, to which the | forward all al i Tour Detria they Toquio to po b 
1 e | fors tera espe a E a oo were exactly 
ce. On searching the | to interfere with the ordinary i i colour and were not tender. s 
and an easy outlet | Pink an beds should be examined, and OF lants | Srrawaenates: H I. We: 
The fox, however, never | that are at all loose carefully fastened. ha sama *,* As jinany.comerntatons b 
were on 1, late, and others are detained til 
, | remark applies to seedling A: 
over the oli, and With eae sy soe Shs sig nny and em | made, We =e aiso bag the indulgence o those 
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