556 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
lek wie ook owy; Rembran 
rosy crimson; | such f 
a new and tractive "ina. with pale ipotee altho ough he was permitted to kill the m 
purplish c n; lu ciferum a ere ar 
feverish agitation that ‘he died in a short time 
have destroye d mo ei rats in 
which w. 
ul > 
with conspicuous clear white ners “The last | 
d be grown i 
t n 
Say so essful in proportion to its RES Sa weight’ » 
Routle edges E trated Natural History, by the Rev 
[Juxe, 16, 1860. 
-a g 
and introduce goad. things pots in tbe reserve 
prada nd. A good reserve cin sat» a ls situated 
= "ystemetically planned and conducted, ould = 
he most useful poa about a gar en. 
pni e adjun would, however, require "the 
. | constant sR of a possessing some kno 
edge = we 
ttin 
oul t in moesman before fet koo 
boundary or other eign ped ld be 
RDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN G. 
the = of Mera al their colours being strikingly | J. @. Wood. 
different from of all other kinds. ei Ape! Tie of Butterflies not affected by cold or heat.— where re is 
white is perh till album elegans. Duc which are 
Sutherland we had nearly for; rgol otten 5 it i is a beautiful in ge l itud 
kind, white in the centre, but sar mes of woes ure that wou Nd be su 
i sses large and p: rodced in great profusion, destructive | of life in most other for ms. The severest a> hate Se on occupy. Co 
hardy Peg, t kill th 
collection; a long | Bondar of them is, we understand, fly eggs, wh 
now beantifally in keep them from meng ate a eh aai cope t tt th. 
Bagshot, which at present richly deserve inspect d 
As regards the cultivation of RRA planta it | ofn e, they have “been placed in a 
cannot be denied that pee sandy peat the most 
suitable soil for them to grow in; but pot “this 
ot be procured other materials must, be employed. | 
Of thes B Laret are oe and turfy loam i 
eq 
sand; Ne the s top sp ‘spit tof ay plantati val wenn or Grass 
For ex: 
otifeial freezing mittae, which brought down the 
thermometer elow zero—a deadly chill—and 
yet 
a = aly. 
ropical insects habitually lay 
hed pl where th 
-score! e| 
land, t the ated with vegetable particles | hand cannot endure to remain a few moments; the |, 
the Tittan “The th thickness of the spit will depend S d heat rising daily to somewhere Se 190° of the ther- 
composition of the soil, the more turfy tthe better | mometer—and we know what a roasting one gets at 
for the growth of plants. A small portion of sand | 90° or so. Yet they La “through all this. British 
with well-roti ure pret) Ge added, G Butterflies, by W. S. Colem 
proportions of the erg being one ba l to six 
the former. Numberless instances are pnuk teordai 
of Rhododendrons thriving in almost every kind of Calendar of Operations. 
soil, mey in light fertile loams of which peat (For the ensuing week.) 
forms 
Ohe ponit tof considerable importance in mae 
with their Successful cultivation is tess edikta 
removal of a soon he my ceas e to 
+} +1 al f +} 
va ands to todas a greater protien of | 4" 
PLANT DEPARTM 
CONSERVATORY, hes —As as Calas Azaleas, 
and ar ear ee have “Deel placed in summer 
r f-doo pain nting and other repairs 
y 
a! surviv nar ‘with apparent impunity, and after-| > Š 
ved to ha Then as to their heat- | . y 
ac regularly attended (3 pe the 
Tom 
shoots sith ery stoppin uit, 
in the ground after the bu ve ripe, apt to 
| mildew and rot in wet yini therefore ae should 
and should 
be spread out in ‘place to dry befo toring 
them aa Get arly oats herbs a ay dried for 
Wau e. Where a sufficient breadth of Celery i is not 
ya pl hgp out, thi 
| Possible, and must be attended to with water, ke, until 
need hardly be expe ected. Earth up former r plantings, 
ing crops, bot the 
loosening the surface of thos? soil = the heavy rain fi 
we have tae experienced. Look over all raned fruit 
frequently for 
tre ees the purpose of stopping and 
th 
J 
shoots, a. kapag the growt 
of wall 
ey can 
as th 
other season. As seiniin last ei pay gront 
gross 
nicely regul wig ne get the aE ng shoots 
trees laid in where not already do 
Stadion the following year 
The mic Gard Liverpool—tThe Liv arpoo 
Mercury ta all an ‘heating od aratus here is 
course of clays regent a rs. Weeks : of the King’s 
tion, Let ton have plenty of pot- room, good r 
pease to g TOW in, a moist grit i and Plenty p 
regul atin temper A- 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
Sarr ee 
space 
ture Pletal sp to the nature of the plant, a the: ey w. Wilk} 
Road, upon their 7 oiler system, by which Hike “howe ie Mealy bu ha ill Tja TeireRarone. =) |. 
ogress. ealy an rips WL &y| BAROMETER. |—— ofthe Air. Of the Earth 8 
oars: section, sa! the department, gov being RR regs to be Tooked after ; the utmost so ence ei imir 34 Seay eka ace ete aa fon et ee 
oer Ahoy ~cne e ong stove plan ne Max. | Mins ies ldeep.|deep-| | 
same time a great i saving of fuel and Rei willbe |? re are any -sickly or Daly roo’ biter: specimens = they Friday 9} 18 | 29.893 | 29.788 3h AR LAT SB BW) Ae 
should be frequentl, erinin ined for red pep bash . A! A 88 hae 
oe r Saade Herbario. = The following ara the otherwise T vik tacon a nursery for SiM Mon, n \ 3434 Soso 8 i 57.0 3 J sw. fe ; 
E P , and ag = it will soon spread to T Wed. 13) 23.00 535 | 64 a S.W co. 
ts, a, 1; Cape, 1, Pan Indis 4| joini ing plant: e that young growing stock Thurs. 14/ 24 | 29.691 | 29.686 = og We 
— giv: An extensive series aa mend Be allowed suffer for ae ui Toom ; attend Average..| | 29.731 | 29.624 55.3 0.37 
prona E ne poet aks p iien carefull, to watering, g giv ing e-water ad ieni = = Rain through hout int le easterly wi ind. 
a T 
named, 14 parcels; 7 aluable general herbarium pla ants in free growth t that require it, cued i - 10 Ove ; thu nder 4 fine ; lightning in the evening. 
of Phenogamous plants (exclusive of Cyperace® | othe: Sihing that have been in the conservatory while ree erai aay yi cio ud And dark ‘masses of low clouds; fine 
and Graminex); the whole na d and localised, |; ii Etto should be yeplocll ta n heat as soon as their} — 12—Unltrmly ov ereast ve ary aad cani tinu oa aa oisterous. 
= bagi to in oa ae iste fom be auty i is over, in order to allow time for bie tix ng their | E UoN me : windy aaa Simone fet n ith’ clear {intervals ; 
abou! ecli n m 1 y ; E ear at ni 10S g. 
different stations, ially from North Encinas Nr arrived. Orchids in a grow ing state wi Ur temperature of the week,7 deg. be fe ace 
fornia, Red River, Oregon, Boston, and ite acs ment. Shading must be promptl atioieded: to RECORD OF THE WEATHER AT CHI 
Opin thi k poa EAAS oe Rod peor bright | sunshine occurs. Allow tia =f howev ver, as During the oo for the ensuing Week, ae a 
v species, | much light as they will bear without t injury, using a S2 algal gh | No.of |g as 
mostly named and localised, ee North American ee light proven Ti and that only wih mage Ceis ERE HE $: jier ie Quantity z K Fe Bei Bl. = 
nly Indian, Aint ack 2000 t hag Seedin of | ne eep them clear of insects and dust by <n" |< Rained. ie Bl a 
orth American p ba s a a frec [aoira syrin aah e Sera ings. Sunday17..| 729 | 485 |607 | 19 0.80 in. | 2) 4) 3j] 7] 9} 5) § 
localised, in good preservation, wag Bn parcels; | "7 aR G DEPARTMENT. Mon. 18 708 |393. sso | 1s | ose ? 3 3 2 3 sh 7 
21. 12s. 6d. General herbarium, containing from S000 | prgaras.—Such varieties as are at all liable to spoil | at, fer [25 [SS i faa [aafaa ien, 
IaH porton fon Win Gainer ndee, Paed at the fetish ered ithe upper ips e coloured should | Friday 22..| 734 | 498 | 003 A SH sinl ál 5| a] 8 
in 4to arrange as Is. of | with au alpha- ite Sady : ept aaea : Aes immediately they phere AEEA peril geared om the 1% =e 
i i ili : the least signs of colouring, Keepin, gt and 22d, 1846—therm. 93 deg.; an owest on 
E Wier A AAN D "600 80 vols; 10 J 1D. also oe ty tat be done wi thout injury to the 
is cuni ias — from 10s. to 2. per r lot. of the fom = 
N iller.—‘* One of these highly VIN —Grapes intended to hang through the Notices to Correspondents. 
bret ene whch was csbated. the spotting | winter should be freer Octo teh oi Rebs a mara te ser et 
world under the title of ‘Tiny,’ weighed only 54 Is they should be gone time, leaving Number of our Ofice shall Coneepondents’ are therefore 
z W: scarce: uerted to a 38 ers, w er 
and eee “a wn to destro r 50 rai si Se mih teg | s0 that the berries whee f y swelled will scarcely Enel to widress all Sal | etter, whether £2 ditor 
md 5 a rio this dog po | touch each oth A moderate crop only sho cage een z s 
eS 5000 on thi Nines for, to ensure success in March, th z pes iii ia a E 
eis hae condition ei Rie March, the Vines | Disrase Hoaxere insect which has caused galls to form on 
noe os t- ; thi parice. 
bono, Sate We use equal proportions o! 
eae prta 
reg a or bg go igre hen house. 
e atmosphere o where the t is | 
Secrest dissolved pieda wore a drop of pi of ot spi of ong 
wins to mould) for 
eo 
like ing ou 
rats first, s so pe take the 
esh. 
re 
with abundance of air, g ae a tittle air on at 
p If red spider appears ERA 
be troubl wash the befor 
viri- aown 
| ended 
| eer! is chetinable add mo 
8.— 
i es, &c., as 
pip d lim aif the 
s that have been kept w while ripening 
we 
d of this, should be well Naw 
card. ne. 
LAMBERT PINE. N B. See a leading article in another column. 
Monstrous Cowsur: HE K. Very curious and inter 
kage” 
Much o! és 
bess CUCUMBER: Shrewsbury. It is no’ maio 
d leaves growing from the side of a piae s The sem 
py pr growing into leaves is rare: it is rather fully 
adverted to in the barn et Chronicle of last year, p. 664. 
ES OF PLANTS: impossible to name hybrid 
| io and are no Casti with any ma: ‘of certainty; the large _— wer is 
a z T cee i a t, and Py thbr à is any appearance of vidently bred from Epiphyllum Akermanni, and the small- 
Sek e e et = sages igre y ai law é should be t 5 ay washed pie ‘rete E. truncat Sa ade. 1, Pteris umbrosa ; 2, Lito- 
activity that a gentleman to whom he was exhibited | Ted spider, the ttot howili prochia vespertilionis aliàs L. incisa ; 3, Hy lepis lia 5 
declared that he could not distinguish the dog’s head with had Reig e manure-water to trees Z| 4 Gymnogramma ochracea.—A G. Berberis aristata. — Botany: 
from his tail, or pronounce jud mE 0! e colour of | hea cond c róp, “and keep the atmespher e a hrysanthemum leucanthemum a Ao Sat ae is not 
fs} la pilifera.—A H. 1, S $ uble Lychnis 
his fur. As he grew older, however, he became more by frequently Mh Se watt! ore Scio Whe Be a i a Aela sone at ites Congleton 
sedate in his demeanour, and used to sit in state eve Keep the in and regu ily C Rahoroi a Hexioah pian ETIAIN. I 
i i £ : deed with gold par sorta d expose all parts of the tree equally to} Asphodelus luteus ; = yfe ols gapatia iF 
‘evening on a crimson velvet cushion edge Ply os tithe light. Where the f it is t verrucosa. — Tyne. TEN Ñ Epidendrum eoçhleatum 
fringe, and flanked with a ‘te Seg — directions, and keep the a tmosphere an , Epidendrum caloche — ; ahd what Praag tala Dab -T in 
he might be at e. However quiet he | Pre tly be done, Assist | of Dendrobium eynean’ e Ixia, 
peers ae eee tae gee ola Ny Giving: them a ibe i 1 of manure] Sra Sg tte ie vari S. We know nothing more of Mr. 
: e i disposition, itii arie vi pp!y IKING CU s: 
prane ; = m = aie 7 Pr restos pies See than was stated in the paper to 
iea z which you r. 
smell a rat which was in a ir ease FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. Yawn: Weaver: ‘Phe best time to transplant ii a and alt 
being oe kapai in the way of bedding plan other a is certainly the first half > 
PEAU ETES fretted himself s] 
whose bea! y be over or “that i is at all em 
unless the last week in August should be moi 
