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THE I 'I.' • K ik I 



The icarlel in a olfl ot Btrawberriei with imall light rod loft Bruil i, 

 which are mo i\\ u i d for preserving, All the varieties are ver\ prolific 



and easy of cultivation. A g I way to grow them ii to trench a piece 



oi ! 1 1 pi .1 before advised, and plant them in bedi four feel broad, and 



allow tin' young planti i" cover tin- g rid, in the ipring "i the year 



ill. n iii> bed from all looie runneri and dead leavi and pul on a 

 1 ing "i rotten manure In thu waj immense quantitiei of fruit 

 may be had, and the beds will remain in b fruitful condition for lome 

 ■. ii , by giving a top dreuing every ipring, The best icarlel Straw 

 borriei are the old Scarlet, American Scarlet, and Grove End. 



The Alpine and wood Btrawberriei are perpetual beareri, and are 

 oxecodingly uieful, being late in leaion, when other iorti are pait. 



Those require lighl ricl 1, and will grow in shady situation! They 



are quite diitincl from other kindi, and will reproduce themielvei from 



ii ill with l 'i 1 1 trifling variation R the original In the cultivation ol 



thu kind, ii n the beil method always t" runic the planti from teed, 



which il Id I"- town in b lighl bed of earth, <>r in a frame early in 



March, ^ < ■ >• I ai toon ai the young planti are sufficiently itrong, plan! 



the i in bedi whore they are to remain, allowing b fool between the 



planti Give plenty ofwatei aftei planting ifthe weather ii dry, and 

 they will (Vuil well through the autumn month , theie bedi will produce 

 good in 1 1 1 for three yean if they are top dreuod every ipring, and the 

 early flowers re ved to itrengthen the planti for autumn. 



The Hautboii Strawberry ii limilar in habil to the above; it 

 require! rich lighl ioil and b cool lituation, and the planti grown thickly 

 together, thai the fruit may be partially shaded by the foliage, otherwise 

 the fruit in liable to dry up in hoi weather. Myatt'i Fertilised Hautboii 

 i the largeil and boat, nn<l not ho Ktorilc us other kindi. 



All Strawberries require plenty of water while the fruit ii swelling, 

 therefore copioui wateringi are neceiian at thai itage, ihould the weathei 

 be 1 1 "i and dry ; and if ilugi are I roubleiome it ii a good plan to tie up 

 the large ihooti to imall iticki, which will greatly Improve the colour 

 inn! flavour of the fruit. 



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LIST OP THE BEST SIKKIM AND BHOTAN RHODODEN 

 DRONS, wrni now TO GROW AND TREAT THEM. 



Al.HO \ I'I'W HINTS i)N MAMNU A M | It II 'A N (MISI'INS. 



Although theSikkim and Bhotan Rhododendron! are the moit beau 

 lii'nl and the greateil novelties of their olass, that have been introduoed 

 Pox many years, still there are but few of them that will do fbi out 



■ I lulture, mi account of their propensity to flower ion sunn in early 



spring) and although the Bhotan kinds, suoh as R. Jenkinsi, n, 

 Maddeni, R. calophyllum, and It. Nuttalli, are later to grow and 

 bloom than the others, and were not injured by frost last winter, 

 still, iliin autumn we have had -'*'' of frost before the plants 

 had done growing, and the consequence Is thai all the young leaves 



