1108 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, {| Dscemrr 15, 1860. 
petual Rose called L’ Etoile du Nord, which was one of | | ever rything perfectly clean. Remov caying HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
the new Roses of 18 g up to | daily, and rearrange the plants in "bloom pas Ben Any of the more choice varieties of Pears that 
my standard, its pe etals being thin, and the Rose, Maintain a AR ature of from o: 50°, and | not ripen properly should be remove a wa 
although very Gree 3 and S xbr dil crimso M, iA give air on the sheltered side of ‘the house on | dry room for a few days, which will be found to greatly 
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ew wor eo give it.) that a little heat Te fee had to dry the atmosphere | wheeled pon vacant one when this can He done 
The hace "plants were” recei ived from J Trance in | occasionally, and also aaron frost, they are not fit | without g ~~ walks, and get alls spare gro ound 
inber wi i t ters fi things vinter, for plants which are | turned u soon as possible, t to the 
re off in pae: ry a rerai on Manetti stocks in | impatient — win nob beat being covered and shut | action o p Nis ‘or land that has a Jong g cropped 
the grafting-house, where, of course, artificial heat is in severe ; 
employed. The ey grew well, and bloomed abundantly | frost aaa although in mi ild winters most greenhouse cases be preferable to manure, bod where this is wanted 
in a cool house, in April and May, but, as I have said, pa may with care be uch | and can be obtained, it should be got to ha nd in order 
their flowers not being thought first-rate, the plants | th iie as Borodin Leschenaulti ph lobit that ad 
were suffered to remain in small 4-inch pots till the | &c., should be Foiioved to safer sae Ny ry once. Water upon the ground. Where fresh soil cannot be 
middle of June, and then planted out, not being | cautiously, pe auni rathe er on th he dry side, but not sta _ charred re aA p as prunings o 
3 1 ivation. he | to edgi f walks, and many things which 
ground they were planted in was heavily manured, so | fro: fro: E Sad giv ve ‘ait P etis revi Pee weather vy turn up in course "of the season, may be cheaply made 
that they grew very freely, but were not noticed till | per ony ely k Heaths, t 
the beginning of October, when the bed was observed | which it may be necessar zA to winter oats 
be a mass of buds and b er quite FORCING DEP 
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nary STATE OF THE WEATHER A'T CHISWICK NEAR LONDON 
this day. the 2 Ath Nov p3 me Pineries,—The pa of ripe fruit fro: m May until For the Week ending Dec. 13, 1860, as mcd at the Horticultural Gar: dens. 
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rop | Dan omnTEE: or ie air “oft the Barth Wind | 2 
of business they were forgotten. Now this tion of the stock shou i Ses be in a well AT] Max. | Min. |Max.| Min. | Mean |i fo0t]2 feet 7 
simple fact seems to tell us that — Xe resulted fro ae bao e RA Yi shortly after this season, and a i pri gs | 53 | 33 |430] 49 | 46 |S. Ae 
any 
Friday 7) 24 29.170 | 23. 
accident may be carried out by eer and cae erature which might induce too Satur. 8 25 | 28.911 | 28696 
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many of hes a how fruit at once should be carefully | Sunday 9 26 | 29.105 | 28.854 | 51 
lead to a method by which RE Ros y be avoided. That portion of the stock expected to furnish Tues. 11 28 29.584 29.504 45 | 33 | 395 | 48 
the autumn supply should not be too much checked Thurs. i hie aaa as | 3 
at present, indeed these a Be kept growing Slowly | ive Fs x os [aso | 46.0 
arly all the winter, which haps the ertain rage.. awa amra ar a : 
me etl iod of preventing their star in too eral ins spr rin g- $ i 
The rationale of the matter seems to be this. The 
farther growth is considered insufficient to meet t the E 
a = until August, the stronger pees of those for Z Overcast; sent eo cold; overcast at night. 
~ostathapsinn deg se a Aiea from D eg ienn fan n frui iting s sho uld be enc ourage’ dto make e grow th an temperature of the week, $ deg, above the average. 
as ‘aad ly as ing the foliage, iz £ cH 
Mord Roses, should therefore counsel Roso lovers to | Wit the iow of preparing hem Or atte eae oon REE roma in 
Hi rae | Examine ae so a eur ay about young stock grow- ul a evailing Winds. ~ 
i t, m ifla Roses, such as the Trion % ral | in in the , and ot allow it to be Ses #26| 334 £2) fect te Telos E 
Feequemint, ne fe th ta S i tw unealthily dey, for „this would probably result in a SEFE] E SE] Se | which it | Qka [els eles ZES 
A ech a ok = mal ST Sekn ta skis so Ri ahi tock showing fruit premat att Seabee el IES AE OA Eero PONEN EE o 28 
~ agg ee soon aoe ah ‘all the rs nid = an is goi Hy wo weak of some difficulty onary ri Sime ale ee ee ae 
rs an fer 5 ouse or ate Ea ne a Baap hohe ERE the bed if itis once allowed to get too much Tues. 19.:/449 |331 |590| 129 Š 
odes bods Sabes remain, and plant them ont i ina rich | dri aati he ch nona aioe for the present than Friday 20. i4 aio Cae 8 AE 
border. The plants pamat: subj ected e this cated will e to maintain the requisite a e piar bol Bo alee aay 3 zhu 6| 2 
y ae oft l which, “tor the general stock, need not be high for po 7 ae erature during the above period ocenrred on the 16th, 
Rini arp t thei a iston mnl some time yet. wets herm: 8 de and the Jowest on the 16th, 1953, and 19th, 1859— 
Est at Nit heir spring gro tbo a A naaa a house sw: oe 
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4 | are fairly s started the t temperature should be increased 
and will in due , course require 8- inch pots; it must, |, o 60° at night and 65° by day, 10° 
however, BAONE A re ia ea it to se Notices to Correspondents. 
on bright days. ‘Take every opportunity o ittin fi f 
room as opaha that the eariy summer pys of the a little fresh air, but recollect that the foliage will not heer a "on pony Brett ents oot P Oi 
plan arrested. have, as it e seen, | bear exposure to cold drying winds, therefore air ound. Care must, however, be taken to brush it well into 
pointed out thi -peta ed Roses for r this culture. Ido should be admitted in contact with the heating all crevices and cracks, or some of the pests will pipe oo 
from observation only, for at this moment I have a | apparatus, and when it may be necessary to give back dressing and re-establish themselves, and the worl will 
bed of the very old Rose Gloire de Rosamenes in full aie thea shes be ventilato xs ast be. opened but: dert |, eee pa me 
bloom, and its flowers, instead of being flaccid and poor, | * i T Bimar SM Wo are nub iuguikijed with any prourdcus 
> g poor | little, and if pieces of netting could be nailed over the species on Yanlity, not Go We Sewlrone mentioned. “Possibly 
as they iS s = b te ems > ob ae openings this would greatly assist in preventing cold there may be such a thing in Metzger’s book : 
and quite beautiful. observe 1 i h 3 o not p possess a 
that eer ay of the condemned = vicina growing in the correnre. te steam, Pg om 1 ae ell a agi | MusHrooms: X Y X Your Mushrooms are ra? fine 
i as L’ Etoile FER Nord h: +) A Saip j and were it when stewed. 
wet, &c., by hick covering of dry litter, or whatever variety of A. campestris. M. J. B. 
and thick rN apas have bloomed very imperfectly. | more efficient covering can be recommen ook over | Naes ur Frorrs: Co orrespondents should not be unreasonable 
Thomas = n Turner and Spencer's Florist for ripe Grapes otten, ay hens any decaying berries, and ye pecan undertake sto nae meses fall E EE oe 
. eee application of nie than six sort, whatever may Met 2 Atar ANa 
i J DHO. e Pear which you had from 
Calendar of Operations. PracuEs.—Unti lth e trees are fairly on the move do| called the Monsieur le Curé; in this country it hado : ee 
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(For the ensuing week.) not keep the night temper rature higher than from 40° ee eas oe tee ‘The Apple which you 
pitas ta eae A means of fire heat; but an advance of 10 suppose is a seedling is unquestionahly the King of the 
P DEPARTMENT. n the day, Wih ‘planty’o of moisture in the atmo-} Pippins.—Chm. 1, 3, Roane Libby % Appears to: be te 
igne.— P B. m’s In — : 
_ Conservatory, &c.—At Gils. season every effort sphere, e D Mieto eant ys ea Baby nat Sarg E Pippin; S, EAEE 5, don Pippin. The 
should be employed to keep up a good display of | e AE Ep others, of very inferior um = unknown.—A ha 
« Bloom here, for this house will now oF border is in a moist, healthy state, and if this} Hubbard’s Pearmain; 2, Ne Pi euris.—@ H. 1, Golden 
; : is sa the vel two or three applications of tepid water| Noble; 2, Wint er Codin; 8, Norfolk. Best i 
than when the weather is favourable for out- aoi hould be g Na AMES oF neg N. Your g Potentilla-like plant, 
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: t) t! CHERRIES. k ica.—J S. The wo anophyllum si 
ah gin, thnk sar or ig d be pre dp any other early house, if ‘gent Ply? ut is required Top- dress ith ap peer cal do to ae ne ia the sum mer. alae 
aght sh ould z s, È 3 loam ee} moist atmosphere, : Derby. Enfield bt good enough for 
y it should be exercised, so nato a secure a good vih a maht temper 43° to begin with, Admit P roope and fa reality is a very goodaren, But it seems tous 
. azaleas which st thei bode early ni ard | Plenty of ir through the day. OS el elect 
z. Azaleas which set thei ' aint hich is better than any Whitworth or 
roi pent ee : ore é ARDEN Arn ABARRE perpen T T A 
and some of the early-blooming Rhododen zons | „Valuable plan Mta, te variegated Hollies, Thododon. | Roma ag Pemai Beat A tns 
yai very little forcing to ring them into blossom | drons, &c., praa peg as it is desirable potted every year ete 4 r. mao ane ot ee che “9 satisi: factorily.t 
any time after this season; therefore where ware is | that hep sol Pet would be benefited by a liberal | Soane: R B. The insects tha oes t s name are amon g the 
y good stock of of these, and Ghent and other hardy allowance | of r anure or well- decay ed le af mould most difficult, to eatro, n do : saun ae 
zaleas, We lants shoul with a little| branches well with a fray ke ah: ‘and im datate f- 
ced in heat at teis of about tee weeks, and | fine soil and sommes it into the ground around the — apply red © srongest posible lather af Ó ald be cut off 
as they are very phan and last long in bloom they will | ball towards the extremities of the roots. Rhododen- and burnt om bo a Ns aera aio 
be eet ese, together with Camellias, Heaths, | drons, however, bear val so well, that these ee | Vinery: J P M. plan of a hollow wali will answer very 
i Daphnes, Gesneras, Cyclamens, |not growing satisfactorily should be taken up, the well, Gut you must not let soot into it because you gn 
‘ytisuses, Chinese Primulas, Cinerarias, Mignonette, | ground well prepared wy a lib oie ae ~ peat a Ro Ee A AE aike gaa ane yr 
Tree Violets, and other things which bloom naturally | le n soil, and replani Bordet is of EDSS width ta 3 your climate by all means 
in winter, will ‘ord a good display. Monochztum | well with manare, which should Pe: forked i in| keep the Vine roots inside—wholly if you can. It is not 
ensiferum is also an invaluable plant for winter decora- lightly so as tte to injure the aaa Cotnen fF aie us Coe Vines in winter unless Toes NE 
tion, but it requires a temperature of from 45° to 50°. | free from dead spray from Gaus wel role ieat mabe |< EOE AGN SE that posson. Th Fina Pag gps Mag = Tad 
If not already d : autum a AY, when much heat is not given, 
a y cone, trim twiners, Ta back freely | trim. magi while the weather is n give careful} Muscadine and’ Golden rg with Black —— 
such things as Passion-flowers, and mice g the dimen- | attention bedding plants in ay eer Be taking | and Black: Prince, or West’s St. Peter's. We attach li = 
sions of all as far as can reshma ntly be i tag "oe every favourable opportunity to expose i shoes eo the form of bole: tubular boilers are 
as possible. Winter Tooming | them freely but e ts! air. a es, E y the age rod” system of pruning you can 
Luc &e. t | there is but a supply of plants to. agate from SOMN er bunches than by 5; vent o bs 8 Bur by the the latter a 
prop! arg p 
l Yal mapli witk water at the root, but things should be placed in ws Bo quarters at once, takin, greater aggregate weight is Hequcnt ug rod tee ea a Ee 
cially deciduous plants, and such | care to keep them near the glass and free from insects, | mediate system ape eae may e ong t when- tad 
this Bs lines, iiie, &c.; for soft-wooded plants in heat at this) Sour Vines do not produce strong shoots the e whol length of 
Toot at present. Keep season are very subject to the attacks of insects, the rafter || 
