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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
[Juny 21, 1866. 
which had been for weeks parching, broil-| growing temperature, w hile the weather continues] STATE OF THE ss AT CHISWICK, NEAR LONDON, 
ing, ing, and blistering all London, had set—when, while Ij favourable for i rgan By and hardening any growths July ns] 
Afterwards let them be put | TEMPERATURE. Enega iar 
friend par oe the roo: eg any of the | gradually tor rest. —orthe Air ths wina| 
year, my thoughts had ty holiday _ FORCING DEPARTMENT. 3 Max. | Min. |Mean| geen: Hea a 
res and visions of Suited. pars Ee cities and fi tock, keeping | — z5 | 50 | 625| 6o | 53 [NE| o 
lands w re before me, when my friend gave bottom-hes d | Satu 14) 25 7s | 48 | 615 | 62 | 58 | Sw i00 
y f and use ev ery means to secure per vigorous ay 15) 26 R See pee 3 Sw. ot 
his visit was to ask me to joina shooting and fishing growth This ny po be obtained, however, unless all | Tu T | 45 |600) 62 | 59 |si] wo 
party in the High tans ight at the abe 50 49 | 595 5 SW! ae 
At the end 5 fega f tl a laga las awa font Teas a 
Give air kortie to young snk and ahus up pe ae 
48.4 | 60.3 | 62 
fine; densely overcast. 
busy world of Glasgow, | it t prelude to Bat of Toon 
We wish we other extracts from h 
charm: ges. 
ar IRA overcast at night. 
i tha syringe, and the hou a good steaming by me 6 Ei n; densely overen erea 
es very available surface, ‘Con tinue to pot a ble | Hi Cloudy mmi, Tne j; slow, Se cocationaliyi de bad i 
The Linnean Society has issued a a gah Suppl- |a as ny n be Gdin ned of sufficient str ength, ar do | > that the ecli ipse of the sun could be distinctly se en 
cont aining allow tos o be iroda ced by on plan iy 2S — _ 19—Rain; in a very fine; densely overcast; slight drizzle. 
1, Desc. ken po pe ther. In ib Mean temperature of week, 3 deg. below rd average, 
by Wallace in Celebes ; ye Mr. Trederiek ‘Smith 2, rad lhe grow to any size ‘that is not likely t Ae purin, SEGOED, OF THE WEATHER 47,0 ming July 28,1860, 
Descriptions of iocis of the same Og qsilactod by intor for stock, an nd unless in the case of any scarce | e Prevailing Winar” 
Wallace in New Guinea; by the sam , Catalogue of | sor Plants growing pet Szal ER EE ie. of PaE TE 
Dipterous insects, collected in Am PT AR by Wallace; | in saver of soil must be very carefully attended i to to mity ZSE PSE 26 | which it Ty ja ell bd de Se 
= Mr. Francis Walker. The second of them is s illus- > giving each tion to è eh Sead Ea Pa pi } 
eerie See ates aoe oe lesley) E fan (aia 
aes > ues, 24..| 728 | 525 | 627 | n i 3 2 
the surface is moist. Wed. 25..| 742 | 502 | 62.2 9 |o | 2) 6) 3|—) 21 sia 
Lane agement —The inside borders of houses intended to| Fae 3--)783 |elg EE | Oe | alal sf at sills 
y 37..|747 | 523 |635 | 16 oss |13| 5| 2/ alti} 6| 3 
apye d unusual and extraor dinary | furnish a late supply of Grapes should be well soaked | Setur- 29.. 76.1 1526 614 D 0m s cee 
place on ene last at met coup on| with manure water as soon as convenient, so as to} witcthenm odes, and the lowest on the doth, 1837 —therm. 37 deg. 
: agh of Kil Š Bout vate | of t the Regi- allow of their becoming dry before continued damp —_—_= 
ment, nam in sy days set in, for damp will be most injurious Noti 
$ i = P ces to Correspondents. « 
and a piece of iron, abe eating | then, and anything likely to cause it should be avoided. | «+ Correspondents are requented to Mea i letters, whether to Editor 
the can for of causing some bees dest Muscats beginning to ripen should be assisted with fire- blisher, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
about the camp rm. This is he succeeded in e | heat, for it is hard ible to ripen these properly at | Cucussers: M F W. It is impossible for a pe n the 
effectually than va desired, for shortly after he any season without artificial heat; and those for late} spot to answer your inquiry. In i probebility there | 
menced the rat noise t the bees gathered npon o one | use should be pushed on so as to get them ripe by are either oe be: or too dry—perhaps the latter.—C D. 
side of his fa . Examine the and see whether eye Sea is not dried y 
d of next month at the latest; for those ripened] the hot-water pi pipes. Atallevents givea eal oro di 
thousands, from the top of his head to half down his | later in the se are seldom of g ualit d The mbers gum sufficient 
arm, between the shoulder and elbow. In this dilemma | have page es them to hang better when ripene spin atio 
he called out for hBi and he was shortly after- n than those that are ripened later in | DISEASED Hawrno by Æcidium 
n the earliest trees will b 
arity y; as soon as the 
s.—The second ow. o 
Howe advancing besa ma 
fruit | 
laceratum. See last wie, wins 652. 
oa ING TREES: Bascot. Trees should only be felled in the 
ter—never bei ee preening of December—if the 
timber j is to be o f real v: 
FroristS F 4 castle. We must positively 
pen exp! ri g florists flowers. 
The proper tribunal is ‘the al Committee of the Horticul- 
pn al Sodat, aig to that aes meee they must be ontot 
y faith is to be placed he public in the jüudgmi 
conc 
Fone will find an account of your Fungus under 
Gi: Mary. You 
ZEthalium ee in pes Number for May 5, 1860, and the 
information you requi: 
eeta AT Aa hok diy tight 40 cial aim as his 
own plants that he has raised in his master’s hothouses or 
3 o'clock, when | begins to ripen the atmosphere Peale be kept dry and 
our correspondent saw him, there was little prospect of | athek cool, r aa air freely ever ry fine day, and using 
their removing, and, the day being. “extremely hot, it | a little fire on wet cloudy da ays revent damp and 
ver 
the quarters which were provided for th on ak of sets, 
than 6 or 7 o’clock in the evening. The soldier was | and do not en the young ann $ 
removed to the guard-room, out of the air, for the pur- | | Mzrons.— Plants so which the fruit is Ss 
geo g any thering about | should be kept dry al sahe ront, 
, and to give him i on 
wt a pny a avr mee para ly in 
ring great) 
ftl I the sudden and 
dangerous assemblage upon ides. had reduced him. 
GARDEN ag SHRUBBER 
‘LOW 
Cuttings of} Rosas may now be taken, aad "planted í in 
bout 
sors iened or sa tea iven to 
‘him by other gardeners, or from su things bug y him, 
unless there is some special rae on t esubjec t, 
pac ae : J C. The Gall on the Rhododendron is new to us 
an 
Freeman’ , s Jou Paat close cold frame in a aadi aspect. Ina ~ you send o PrE “Ye ar Or amal T nor to Mr. 
The Bi ck Fly. Sik deadly enemy. to the whole race th they will have shown a disposition to trike the grub-like larvæ of Anth vi Bih eN te teow a 
t root Tong vi y R taken up carefully, potted, | better srm medy than ETE blncking. tips ing the 
an unge: a a t bott: young soon as they show the least sign of the pre- 
shape of a small black fly, in search of an exposed and they ae ree o Pen can reated thus Svat th paces iia eit Pent treat signo ene 
soya caterpillar, Ppa selected her victim, e plants in a short time, and if kept! this season of the year succeed each other rapidly. W. 
he pi es his body with shar arp ¢ attin ng i ins trunient undor 1 "slight 1 protection during winter will fill their | Laxcasmme Crus or NaTuratists: Diss, The notice of, this 
med with, and in PE and K ready for planting out next anato a pia oe we th gm ere las ii It is an 
illar winces a lii tle at this treatment, but pipings put in early will now be ready for} Sracacainted. If sou address your ing. i 0 the Aona 
seems to attach little importance to it. Meanwhile his traveplanting, and if so this should be done at once, as be. under sore ts J As Bharat ae MES S Mais ester, 1 
enemy re or the e 30 or 40 eggs they will nes ape to fully establish themselves, mil pro a ae 
of the destroyers, are safely lodged in his body, | 2S tO prevent frost from injuring th If the situa- | SAMS OF Toib. Beatties Myimss: $ 
and his aa h SS cc | tion ultimately intended for them is vacant they may| ¢espitoss irl pod gh So changing fho 
hatch into grubs, who | in to gnaw away at the 1 boar there at once; but if occu on at present | by = OPARE can be tions about it. Tt looks ane Tris 
ture’s flest ing exuosa.—A Reader. 1, Juncus Bufoni 2and 3 nce 
by a p E ais eeping dar of all tha: +i tal n, the soil o which we do not iinelectake to hele. D o.oss ara 
organs, as if knowing full well that the creature must rent Sete com ci of | a Aor which may ofieinale. s called Æcidium Rose.—M B D. Sisymbrium 
k on ing and di ing too, or their own sup arred r The ACHES £ rdener would be greatly obliged by any of our 
would ži: usur hile drai l ‘readers informing him if any cases have come under their 
keep einen t with the Sot R at te they poms well for Pinks, as it encourages a mass of fibres, an a notice of the Walberton Admirable Peach having been suc- 
à credi e 2 cessfully forced in a -house where t 
Weaker C it as the gnawing worms = uces a h ealth: but not over requir be ripe e: Pes Midsummer. 
within gro onger and nearer maturity. Sometimes top. For a list of a few select varieties see our Number | Prans o nomi Ashtead, We cannot furnish plans. You 
is dies a caterpillar, , sometimes he has stre eft to | for last week, p As regards bedding plants Giron l pan ae Koval publ. inh Fe 
ti cle 
take the vents shape, but out of this he never comes | S°™e memoranda respect ing ‘the! ir arrangement next | spr mga GW. _ tay ame i terribly sickly. Surely the soil 
es —the consuming now finish vitals and | $9800 nesters gto gana Of Pa flower kain or the roots mus oa ate blame, 
al rely A skin. com: roug n show ma STRAWBERRIES. r. Danie 
black ‘flies’ aa pretation pty Kn and atonia T 5 which should be numbered and bend vice ie me Piette ct a etter, Ceeupsing st hosel written f ils 
W. PR Lowel ing list of and correspond may be Sirsa ) te obit Be mi hess be F iat RS th baited ~ 
6 ae 1a mtd suc longt os pie $ 
meee them, and with this shou terest, i 
k 5 s — In this way meta Maing to Bnd oom ag Se eee Gameabie A, hi so. Picked 
Calendar of Operations. Mioreaation. if of the quantity of] Yates: hase winter Sae 
, plints whid by ri ep urges him to oh the produce of his Strawberry 
cuttings, and H that took it at Paisley in 
(For the ensuing week.) by these and Paoi spring. NA is this 1857, pir fruit of it might, be sho’ in 1360. The 
reven = on theo one hand, a nde aste of time and ar ety has offered a prize of 2l. for the best, 
T DEPARTMEN labour on the other. Whilst half hardy plants are in| a8 Shee (and to thig Mr. Y. will add 3i, maling 5: to bo 
x fall b mn tr nate fi l ill il ar ardeners’ Benevolent Institution in 
ENET rth ME dies be d with auty, a tastefu a will easi i discover the weak | event of the Wizard to obtain a C cate. He 3 
caution during the present comparatively sunless and i improvable points, and by closely observing the] yo fruit es Oe ain 1888 of, a London, mwas Teg 
he As plants should soon, ie ee ec Dat, wil | readily perceive the most | however, states 1 hat ie pats Mr. T. fraited were his 
ri their y wood, t t much | desi izard, which only got into the hands of the trade on the 
ht and even moderate sunshine as ble. pay A t last, but as urious 8 sort mile bed ven ni 
: e 
In the case of Orchids this is ie pours & coer. in The ma main in breadth of Spinach foe fa furnishing the winter | double ‘se practi that 8 the opi inion of the local ai Judges Who were 
young leav: ~ an p a erie ance eo ei paren ought to be sufficien ond 
n e; y int is con age for winter Onio th sa ma ng 429 miles from, 
Ee a ould be unfit 
be removed forthwith to a cool | Endive planted ‘out Sor sae ee supply, and judges are as likely to tor Bae opinion. aa ths ex- 
sort enced London censors we leave others to dé e. But 
alls, or as ee transit is surely not- oe 
hear al Y. bertso: lants 15 
toor k. to be truited in the Garden of the Hortigolearal | iety ; the 
ons of early merits or demerits of the Wizard will therefore now be 
hey ! with winter G; fhe ed, which can never be the result of a wordy 
p flumne ate Concerned- 2. TE appears ta b a coarse 
if these are like be i sco eens ee a ‘Whenever 
Attend to cutting and drying herbs as they are ready Strawberry fruit is packed in cotton protection 
readth of Cabbage pl h| #5 flavour is destroyed. Straw sent to a distano 
for early winter use. | gould always be separately wrapped in tissue paper befor 
