484 
scellaneous. 
The British negate Committee met fi for the 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
system before it, and a minister who shall be paid to 
bri left | 
in the hands of a member a paaa responsi- 
bili ity. If necessary, keep the trustees as inspectors, 
[May 26, 1860. 
Carrots. This is a good time for a liberal sowi: ng of 
autumn Tur urnips; the Du ad or Stone are useful sorts 
pare for Leeks by heavy 
beh of manure, also for Celery. If the we eather 
water late C: 
firss time last Monday w: 
members :—Sir G. Grey, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Turner, Lor 
y, Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. Walp A ar a ii Sir P. 
of its annual expediti intru 
of 80,000 ust 
individual responsibility Aarne in Pah 
rather than 
also Lettuces for salad. Mulch trees that have bent 
recently planted. 
rto El lea pk in the hands of 50 noblemen an ERS’ GARDEN. 
Puller, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Gregory. Two oat entlemen. avo" ve plenty of other work to re and Hens rl er all "ie late this season; but a 
hese are trustees, the third is the son of a trustee, | aye not paid for tlis parti idal service. Before the hey are fit for use and up let the ground be ou 
the fourth is the assistant Parliamentary Secretary of question of separation or removal of the Collection is diately cropped with Winter Greens. e Early Ulm 
one of the trus rs, including the chair- | entertai sential _ thi ing is to reform the Sav voy, B _— beg and abov ve all Co and Cot- 
Mr. Gr , have already prejudged the quest ae uld b 4 daim 
whether or not the accidental medley of the Collections than trusteeships created in 1755, as attention. hig of t e early Potato © ground when 
at the British Museum shall be put into logical part of an immoral lottery scheme. nuke this is too | cleared se be sown me Turnips. _ Celery and Le ek 
mgement. uch for the chances of an impartial) jaroe a topic for the present. The Athe ground may be E ot ron 
sa If any one will 3 pe are al f pae are Saer useful in a eoitagar's family.” Blanks among 
of the British Museum, he will find that the i late Potatoes should be filled up with 
eollecčions i eoad. of boing the, ae e ht Calendar of Operations, Cabbapes p transplanted 
poet ity of any d ite idea, have been (For the ene week.) SS 
pak har pene 7, Mr. 
Po Hariui a gi amentary return, which showed 
how 345,1227. had been, between the year 1753 and the 
PLANT TELE 
CONSERVATORY, «Kc ore conser =e should now 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
For the W eek ending May 24, 1360, as observed at the Horticultural Gardens, 
ETE =- eed a RTT 89 
a apportioned to the various departments. be thoroughly relieved of all superfluous stock, for the z BAROMETER. the Air: E] ig 
Put an 20,0 fo or Sir Hans Sloane’s Collection, set ms of which Tiffany houses will be found ex- PAR ETEF VA Min. [Mean $, toor F | ina pi 
10,0007. for the Miaa Mini ripts, and, in rough | tri emely useful. Rh ee Tharafors will be required in gases const appr ates Soy 
, the following was the apportionment :— | Show houses or structures of that kind but to carry o ae as peal eee Og ie Be ee pe a 
ipts; 7. to printed books, maps, | & € anly system of cultivation and t ce speci- | Sin @ | 50212 | 30.075 | 74 | 39 | 565 | 555 | 5% | NEL sg 
and music; 10,0007. to natural history generally; 17,0002. | mens in flower from other houses or pits. Keep the a gae AR a ss HEE 0 
minerals and fossils; 12,0002. to zoology ; 12007. to atmosphere as moist as circumstances will admit. | Wed 23) 3 | 30.027 | 29820 | 75 | 47 | 61.0) 58.) 544] SW o 
botany; 122,0007. to antiquities, co and cee Venti late _ thoroughly, and one With thin canivas | [Ames 2847/3097) B9.908 S 40 | Ors | OO) Oe | BV 
and 28,0007. to prints and dra The to ge for vines Average.. 30.026 | 29.877 | 72.7 | 39.8 | 56.3 | 56.9 ' 53.6 ls 
thus absorbed by books and ATA resulted tro om the | and early winter dason, such as Japan e a very ang tne Bt nee 
mere accident that the trustees happened to underst be eee a a og Salvias, Tree Cusiatiotia -= 20 Clear very fines cloudy; fine. 
those subjects, and to have a partialities for pel things Meal Giv. A ai nty of t| = 21- Fine; dey B eae vertu: Hf 
them ler than the others no similar | TO ers a tmosphere, — 23—Very fine; cloudy ; very fine. 
are 
return subsequent to 1846, or they would probe age 
the same kind of bias. It i o be hop ed t 
» goo + ompo' an 
talenty of space for the. proper r development of their 
branches and leaves. Selago 
whi ust 
g! i. 
Mean temperature of the week, 4 deg. above the avera; 
al 
RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK. 
During the last 34 years, for 
the ensuing Week, e 
freely and sid tee a 
in order that the public may not suppose that pa requires nothing | — 2/00 $y A T PB FE ES | Noof | Greatest a $ 
returns give the whole if the expenditure of public it a winter b tisus should | må June. [242/238 | ZË | which it Gal bel cde 
money in behalf of the British Museum kewise be cultivated i antity, for few plants Dagens ko ined. EE el bes AR is S 
should call for an aceount iv further sums which have | surpass them for winter decoration. The atmosphere of | Sunday 27..| 63.4 | 45.2 | 56.8 15 0.44 im. | 2010] 6| 2/112) 2} 2 
been expended by the Lords of the Treasury, or| Plant houses can scarcely be kept too moist at this| pen, 3/03 |ie |32 j m fam foals alg fait 
by the Commissioners of Works. The total sum| Season; therefore wrinkle eve A available surface | Wed. 30.: 67.5 | 450 |563 | 13 ost | 4 7} 6j—] 3| 8| 4| 3 
heh tha Pri ie cost will be| frequently and syringe gn growing stock lightly twice a | fuisy 11| 680 | áis | ofa H oA a kahi Pe of 32 
to nearer three than two millions, The} day during br ra peal Sat camel maie = a uate pea ee = ~ 3 
opponents of logical arrangement have recently May, 1858, Sand 2d of June, rn andthe lowest bth 
ised nouncement, i a rofess to give| VINE LN the pie of feat | intended to be kept} 31st May, 1857—therm. 32 deg. 
a Hi of the British Museum. They forgot tojas long as a aly toual berri a ne uld be erage $ Noticer to Oörrorpo kA 
i ious fact that the British Museum w s OTi VARAN ue: ch o en tu 
the result of a lottery! The Act of the 26th diei cely ; possible. to keep Grapes | ZEA Ro CN Th * icwn Octubec Se, What wali alate 
IL, bare in EES black letter illegi- | through the wae. ote! they oo Better thinned. | mycelium of dry rot destroying timber. 
eae Tid: tai by 1 | bin er one gpi i the fi olis Vines intended | Books: R M. Jukes’s Manual of Geology.—ZLouisa. The M: 
and AREORA the issue of 50,000 ‘kets, 3 rand if plants must | Sorte so la Grefe, to be tad of the Torei 
which 4159. were be “fortunate” tickets, and } m th y are not infes ksellers. Í 
the awarding one = z6 of 0,0002., 50002., Mon Loe thrips or red spider, for es either of these | Care BuLBs: 4 C will find something about 
fonts OF l oo ze 000 allowed to gain a footing on the Vines es, the ano ina leading a art tile to-day. Most of them i fonen, A 
or one year ani ; ises from 
of 202., 3000 107. The profits ba! fon ‘lottery Tig wi will eae es LHe injured, and Boon there} not peri properly and gradually ripo zi hads and n often, 
pi Sir frin Sloane 20, Saah Pa is Museum ; 10,0 l. o chance eeping the Grapes in condi- | too, the leaves not being allowed to act freely while 
he Earl of Oxford the Harlowah grate scripts ; | tion for any length of time after they are Spe See ats| growing. They require the Soret possible light, the most 
TEN vided a general repository fr r these things a must be encouraged with a brisk temperature while pear Bears floweeinge 2 most vigorous growth while they 
tton ee ripts. which Lords pect 5 Dý Covcasrs WALKS: Sheffield. ey god on ones may be made by 
haftesbu ar "ihe ay repudiated. in BA Hovse. —Use means to eradicate insects if mayne’ aye “inches a come hers : ial and, ie 
promoting Selenon and Arh | Some ea | cance a yan ine 
was in de vear i 5 ted and carried out by the Kais the light he on a "Ss summer. If the walks are to bear a0 wheeling then 
Farag sat of So and all the King’s Ministers. coe iove yringe yeh to the gravel must be at least 4 inches thi 
As the British originated in a lottery, so have destroy red aa t ae ee for mildew, and | Greencace TREES: Ravenswood. The symptoms you describe 
i ey v a somewhat lottery | Smoke with tobacco for gr o $ ae WEAN espera ay aO% Tad bett f raie 
og remedy ere es so r 
principle, throat the agency of its illustrious t: Metons.—In dung beds he a good heat down and. snoertain how. the uintter stsinds. Stable ham 
the year 1755 e` present tim gs. Give air nir petty Teel „Sprinkle inte S aea Paaa atonia Bait. 
s h ER 
mes Manor e in the parish of Cheba 3 
a spot nearly as far west of 
“| means of linin; 
aitei overhead earl: 
up the 
frames; a little air may be left on during w 
r | nights if the 01 is brisk. Karp the shoots 
thin ay shade lightly it the weather should becom: 
vel 
re mBERS.—Attend to watering and thinning out 
us shoots. If in fram may and „the — are 
sl they may be raised by placi cing er the 
so as to allow the shone run 
Bi those under han nvllights, anal 
iae 
t the 
istory cllection the old hy sician 
easts, shes, reptiles. 
s Babel Collection 
Poey to the 
trustee ; then z little nart was 
Š ac 
À UBBERIES, 
net of Iik agg ee i each Sek 
ttend diligently 
a Roses ; constant disbadding 4 is necessar; 
Let eve: 
; then a n gave 
3 and so to must the Pabel 
poTas burst its misia 
insists upon having a definite p 
s consists in using the soft 
yor young gee shoots of stock and Scion, instead of ripe 
of that. < 
gardener can 
NAMES M W. 
Ban 
a simple state; 2, some 
oung to erty at 3; 8, Ane midictyon 
pu : 
tl > ey and th 
are thol atad thon Oan t hey be taught 
are the; ing about t 
mene ey ay Bod t y ga u cit general treat- 
Whai 
m H pee aid t o propaga ting remere stock to fill gaps, an “oy put ;Conaant. ‘Thy are in ave he ry bad way: : 
us of let that already roo! the remains of store| Peacu Trees: IV N. Curl in the leaves of Peach tr 
pots, have kindly cultivation forthwith, in order to be] PY Ss Siac it therefore seldom takes place to any 
ady to fill blanks. ‘They should be kept inashady| Sioned. the hort merce system of spring protection is 
poet: by themselves. which can be d i ; 
a FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARD sgh me that is too costly and it's fixed rtetion 
it should be ti 
In or oe o ha ae and constant opel material fee = allow air to pass ly not 
Endive a soning pies ow be made. Endiveis gene-| produce too much shade, All that you can, however, do this 
wn too ferem ee th sowing shoul rn AaS leer Oe “loa of in trees berg bon the 
setae otherwise 
the pt n eo po and a re: E fall| ondsavour to induce as healthy a condition as you possibly 
soon as the plants are a few inches high some Susovan ay A f+ be Be A tley has bias 
i i icle in Pharmaceutical 
mow the tops = mt leaves off with a scythe, berm Vo 1.14, p. 476. wat, apponit ars to be pidge sso American Dio: 
. » is un *“* Professor Webster,” 
coat the plants and cause mo to develope u TER t SE the mat We agnt 
tself; it also enables them to transplanting | imagine it to be worth while to make inquiry about 
lani h of being merely some quask 
th of dwarf and compact Cabbag Mair, ry tale = a secret remedy, and all 
and| may be sown fer early Coleworts; also a bed of Horn! remedies 
