96 THE GARDENER. [Feb. i88i. 



abundance, and moderate supplies of | where with a little heat, soil thrown 

 moisture, will insure success ; even I over the roots, and moisture given, 

 when ordinary hotbeds are used for j Asparagus is often forced on floors and 

 these, the air and light are very nee- | other positions in glass structures : a 

 essary. Sow French Beans every frame placed on leaves, with the roots 

 twelve to twenty days, as they may be laid closely therein and covered with a 

 wanted, in pots or pits, &e. Sow Toma- 1 little leaf-mould or any light soil, will 



toes for early supplies. Those fruit- 

 ing may have plenty of manure- water 

 if they are confined at roots. Seakale 

 mav be forced now with much ease if 

 warmth (say "milk warm") can be 

 afforded, and air and light exclud- 

 ed. Rhubarb will now be start- 



answer as well as any system we know 

 of. Mushrooms, whether grown out- 

 side on ridges covered with litter, or 

 in proper sheds for the purpose, require 

 nearly the same treatment all the year 

 through — good horse - manure, fresh 

 healthy spawn, and an even tempera- 



ing naturally, and can be forced any- ' ture, about 50" to 55". M. T. 



All business communications and all Advertisements should be addressed to 

 the Publishers, and communications for insertion in the ' Gardener ' to David 

 Thomson, Drumlanrig Gardens, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. It will further 

 oblige if all matter intended for publication, and questions to be replied to, 

 be received by the 14th of the month, and written on one side of the paper 

 only. It is also requested that writers forward their name and address, not 

 for publication unless they wish it, but for the sake of that mutual confidence 

 which should exist between the Editor and those who address him. We 

 decline noticing any communication which is not accompanied with name and 

 address of writer. 



F. — "We know of no reason why Amaryllis Ackermanii should not do at the 

 back wall of your greenhouse. It is a strong grower and very brilliant in 

 colour. Take also the following: Brilliant, Holfordii, Johnsonii, Prince of 

 Orange, Magnificent, and Ptegina. 



R. M. T. — Plant four of Black Hamburg, two of Alnwick Seedling, three 

 Gros Colmar, and three Muscat of Alexandria in one house, putting the two 

 last named at the warmest end of the house. In the other house, four Black 

 Hamburg, two Duke of Buccleueh, one White Frontignac, and one Grizzly 

 Frontignac — the two latter at warm end of house. 



Novice. — Your Eucharis have evidently got into a bad state from insuflScient 

 drainage and too heavy a soil. Shake them entirely out of the old soil, wash 

 their roots, and repot with light turfy loam and leaf-mould in equal propor- 

 tions, with a fifth of the whole of clean sand. Put four or five bulbs in a pot, 

 and plunge in bottom-heat for a time. 



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