652 l THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, Spe re 14, 1860. 
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farm-houses, with gardens, shrul ubberies, and orchards. OWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBER have therefore but little claim to 
Canada is-now in this en state, and to mi the Trimming, staking, and pegging down ner be w el uaig ee ay nd up wpe on the kind ore en enclosed i in the 
agriculturist in his effort of improvement Parliament | followed up at this period where i and order ar is, I think, totally fanpdentbls, without eens oe ar ko i 
has legislated, and the state has mn d to societies, | essential. See that suffici ips ‘ong stakes are applied | | kind, to save a crop of Peas of my large late varieties insu 
such as our own Electoral Division E S fane od to plants _ with heavy fo li: iage an gross habits, such as country garden, where other gardens, to divide the attention 
f : ` Dahlias, : of the Titmice, do not exist. I killed in the last sum 
encouraging improvements ; and it will behov aia andtallgrowing| winter more than four hundred Titmice in and ai wind 
committee to see that the funds so delegated, togotber Asters. Keep, Roses as ek as a possible free from garden, and I think they are rather less abund round my 
s ndant than the 
with the subscriptions o: of the members, are proper insects, ; but I doubt whether the preservation of my late cro oe 
lied. "| removed. Hotii , Saria Boom be proceeded with Tei of "Pe as will not cost a hundred victims. The trap, a 
Be a the Chrysalis Stage of the Butterfly, fe. ations and Picotees be layered; they ma 
ener Ak of fetes chrysa salis tag of e, like that of the era Nn eful tence flowers. See therefore that | 
ae ri extremely variable, an nty of them are secured m an season. 
of temperature. As an instance of pai me of o HARDY FRUIT AND HEN GARDEN. 
pei butterflie been known to pass only send At o previous directions in regard to the thin- | 
or eight days in the chrysalis state; this in | Bing and stopping the young shoots of all trained fruit 
e heat of summer. Then, in the spring, es, and now e the final thinning of Peaches an 
occupies a fortnight; but when the caterpillar enters enG , of : E he oa viest a on the | 
the chrysalis state in the autumn, the butterfly does most vigorous trees and strongest branches. 
not make its appearance till the following ul gen le, two fruit should be left together. 
Farth , it has been proved by experiment, that i Plu he large kinds, as well as the finer sorts of 
the condition of tual winter be kept up by k ST Young Peach and be thinned if the crop is too heavy 
ing t ysalis in an icehouse, its development may oung Feach an Apr ricot trees, when making over- 
retarded for two or three years beyond its proper | Vigorous lead t h 
time; while, on the other hand, if in the middle sla to € encourage them to make other shoots less 
ee toa maa i | ter; T Bila hutata th 
> core | 
seamniee, its débdt in 10 days or a fort- 
he compound eye of a butterfly, wonderful as its | caus should i it Aare to set in. Place- por over 
eis, does not greatly differ from that of many | the plants, to protect them from birds, which will also 
other insects, being like them co omposed of an immense be very p y 
es dete } midday sun. ne “the runners intended for 
large in comparison with the oats head. A por tion of | Culture, as we ose required for making i 
one of these eyes Tori a pretty and interesting Object | plantations. All ees runners may be cut away, and 
for the microscope, presenting a honey-comb appear | ke ails the plants free from we eds. Thin and stop shoots of | 
ance, the hexagonal lines that mark the division of the 
. Keep the fruit 
their arrangement. More than 1700 of these lenses clase the a, a aeie ie per as the sun. } 
have pomi counted in a single eye, and each of these is oes must be regularly attended to, keeping the 
to possess the qualities of a complete ar rd ieee thin and stopping them above a cluster of fruit. 
independent eye. If this be true, the butterfly may b pt 
p h at least 34,000 eyes. British to omid vows mhe ey sho ould therefore be ta pi up on ane proper; t, fail 
utterflies, by W. S. Coleman. e tops begin to decay, and spread o rly set, never fails to take.” The accompanying cu 
aE to dry, before storing. Herbs i in ‘lowes RET Te a ode ber trap in the act of prin me “ooh ue ot 
cut and dried for winter use. se). Os either be hung | staff about 3 feet high. A serous, ite is tareiod dois iN 
up in ie to keep them clea: rubbed out and| 0m e, and is so contrived as to move freely from b to ¢ ; to 
Calendar of Operations. Where a sufficient ras: of f Celery i is not | other side t the ‘back of the bet got aniona soured on ti 
(For the hime. g week.) yet planted om E must be attended to as speedily as| of the wire is a piece of line to heh oie tne. piesa 
s ible. Ear p former plantings and encou rage Mes paca or stones do very well); Byes object of these is to 
PLANT peranna rapid growth pe eans of occasional waterings with Fe sprun ee the front of the trap the moment it 
CONSERVATORY, &c.—See that sickly or jen bane Sgn memes ho wire is drawn back to the space between b anda tho 
if any, are kept free from red sp a we COTTAGERS’ GARDEN catch d is turned over the edge of the wire and applied to 
t young stock is not allowed to suffer fro keen viat of| Plant early Ulm eet and other winter greens on with ie titers oe. whic isk ite bole trait ceca: ream 
ei tenes T aA ee raga ae ca a an 
+ : a m tit . y C N d to 
TOESTAND by ite J | Winter may also soon be put in. ; sita notch b til the tiller e 
stove plants as may have be ovel to this house — EEEO ‘apparatus is disarr 
dd t g 
while in bloom should he replaokt JA eat as soon ag | Ţ7 STATE OF THE WEATHER AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, in ise Seaton Ta ire is tustanly brought over eg 
their beauty is over, in order to Reth their young | _ eit prisoner. | 
wood to get ripened before short days set in. Orchids eh awe oe BAT Te | OF Wiccan M M G. Your flower head is not double, bai 
must be carefully shaded during sunny days, but a July. M ETIE . | ori ir TOF the Rah Was Bhickons Del ‘excl like what men call the Hen 
the weather is at all cloudy allow them as much li 4“) Max. } Min, |Max. | Min. |Mean||,{00t(? feet ai OM oa: Sub. Trap them by m of wide mouthed pickle 
as be will bear without nay Keep the foliage ie tere aaan a. = a botti on, baited with a little troacle and water; the bottles 
clear of insects and dust by frequent syringings or | Seve, 110] ma | mase | | 3 |ie Bh) SNE) eee fasta asian Snes ie acres aaa 
spongings, as may ecessary. Mone hse hart E A A R aoa Bay be ai. 00 | _ complete eon S 154 of our volume for 1856. t 
FORCING DEPARTME Tues. 1021 | anozo | 29951 | 65 | 49 |570| 60 | as | E: | 'o | DISEASED Maed Eada ooon attacked by the 
Ne £ i 8 5 £0 cidium laceratu’ e cause of wh 
i aem. eek ye aoe? now netics given hieray, to : a cos Mies’ PREP oie ss ieee appearance A N “th off all’ the diseased twigs and 
ung Bos secure robust | Average.. | soam | 30025 | 701 | a37 | s69 [onal saz} [oo] burn nO Teg T anoa: o 
wth. he lants Sh July  6—Ov | Apples, Pears, and Medlars 
Gis vik winds ty sais foul at, Rabie ibe 7 to) = Fine very ne’ cear and FA ela DisnaseD Rose Leaves: X F Z, Coventry. These are n early 
piim tor ld air liberally on Per Pat Latin T, yery anes soenan aE dead on E upper but alive on the lower surface. They look 
fo et Shi this would not serve the end in view;| Z 10—0vercast: fine; cloudy. re as if they had been unskilfully sulphured in order to kill 
iving no more duri should be secured at night, | =. ia-Hayy¢ fey hae sg overeat DOOI Spider, . Yes. All the race has 
rans the paced : y than may be necessary Mean temperature of the week, 6 deg. below the denoy to rorecitin my er Me ee E 
with Arent ashe oe te ure getting too high, This, $ ECORD: OF THE AT AT oaea Grapes: A G. A badly ventilated house is bad, but will not of 
ki ntion to the state of the roots, keeping uring be nabent bee be for the ensuing Week, ending July 21, 1860. itself cause shanking. Your cold border has done the 
bottom , the soil in a nice healthy Seal a2] wo. revailing Winds. — ief. Possibly it would not have occurred had the heat 
state as to moisture, and givi $ ul £fa| ga Greatest oo of the house by en less ; but the low temperature and 
» giving a liberal supply of y ž ay 8 : pi 
man 1 Supply £98! ZE | which it Quantity Alala E | LB bably wetness of the soil in which th ts lie is the main 
jure wat such wi vill bi | Zla |5 $ A z 
much, more a , will be foun < Rained. ba Look e pe and ue hey are not h Ri 
erp ve to strong stocky growth than Sunday s.. POETEI tits PEETA ETO IE ERES aerea E D r a o |= | Japanese Bamsoo: LHW. Mos ly your in 
e piane too freely to hot drying win Mon. 16. “| 28: 50.6 | 63.6 13 i ore nan us. Tihe piant is perfectly hardy, an l may be 
wi 52.3 | 64.1 12 3 e great aaeoa under the name of Bam! 
which | a Peshably check and coy. hems Sci a Bias) : he. greet museerymen opion the pett ee 
RDS | Reider 30 j :|723 x time. 
oroughly moi: pinla, sprinkling | Satur. sra 20 ne "pei Sandy Ta dian z Pe i 
5 4 the Ft ‘ol ul A rchis.—G@ @. Saxifraga cotyledon. 
Mussini—H C D. 1, Sedum Forsterianum ; 2, spi 
OE E E : Ay reel 3, Rhodiola rosea ; 4, fragm ments of so 
ps igen also give these plenty otices to spc SA ae elen, Aizoon 
o i ond x k Fors Sua piace Henry. 
strong manure water at the root until the frat fra begins ae apie ee uns, or strew over thom | Rhus Cotinus—@ W 8. Anacharis alsinastrum, the fotr 
to change Golovi, when the soil should be kept rather | Bo Tear: Some inguirers about the, mest ready a op yey alla ena ae al: 
dry, which will imp flavour, ve Salt” birds will tnd niy following plan, invented | NORMANDY PRAS. Taiteen bsg Th 
Atte by the inte Mr. Andrew Knight, as effectual as’ any. - Wo TENERE evo failed. A ind Ja in pregs be soni sommes Sea 
h a S.— “tg pl mer dir ons as to thin- repro er A from our volume for 1841, p. 469, with Mr. Knight's a bekter result. The subj beet inne plenticnt nae S 
ning the fruit in houses intended arg eam a late| ‘description :—“ I enclose in the Titmouse trap which I pro- | OLD Douste Yerro wr Roe: a Ate ‘or J B is lying at 
supply, and see that une —_ are ‘sever ely th inned, — bite a the following ee how to use it :—| our office. r fo G 
veights use pieces of stone), each of about | SPECIMENS OF Woo! o Jean 
7 “E i t too hea avy ın propor- 3 lbs., are to be slung in the strings, ot Bs cause the nee that any iene ne grep: be s surprised to ” his 
the V ines. Where tl i to be thrown ov i i iej ow you to * cross-cut 
5 ? ere the frut is > vn over the bird when that touches the bait or} treesin order to furnish yourself with Cal bine ecimens © 
boria g% careful to maintain a moist state of the| ‘Jler-_ 1 bait in the summer with an open pod of Peas, fixed wood. You should ap iy toati Ea merchan 
i ply to the timber m ts. 
i ib z as a will find one in the trap you receive; and in the | STRAWBERRIES: JC. By no means Straw! 
i y a; bu I paean a pore preety box, which the "Titmice soon ao which have ost vigorous growth but no fruit. 
ps to catch till many birds have | The rains and cold nights have prevented the flowers setting + 
Powa major and P. AAA ever break the pods of Peas, | VINE MILDEw: W T. Thoroug’ e parts affected 
and I therefore never kill any others. I never suffer ‘the with flowers of sulphur; belor” domg ng however, they 
traps to remain set at night, nor when I, or the gardener, | should be wetted, in o make ti ur adhere t? 
cannot attend to them ; besatse T do not like the poor birds wit, —— ee K 4 
suffer a gering ea ey will not, however, generaliy | WOoDLICE: G R. thi means wer | i $ 
live more than two hours); but Robins will often be caught | on their iie DaI NEA cold boiled Sa Amel sere 
and when poorly are entangled in a net the Titmice will kill ae int or two put into your frames will also tend 
and eat them. One cause of the pont heer number of this| to thin th as will also watering round the sides 
species, or rather these species, for the remark applies onl; inside with b boiling case, however, care 
to two, is, that in cold seasons, ’ when the small a bide be pees must nd ae nok hanan A E ci ; 
weak through wa want of on these attack and pera them, Mise. : e Gardeners’ Chronicle was 
> inflicting + great torment upon their victims: they | EA A y 
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