150 THE GARDENER. [March 1879. 



horse-droppings and loam. Examine 

 the plants twice weekly, stopping 

 young growths, and regulating and 

 removing such as are not required, 

 and all ill - shaped Cucumbers. Do 

 not allow them to bear too many at 

 one time, or it will weaken the plants. 

 Kange the temperature to about 70" 



is necessary, and they must never be 

 allowed to suffer for want of it. A 

 good plan is to till pots half full of 

 soil and place the Strawberry-pots in 

 them ; they root freely into the soil, 

 and the pot shades the roots from the 

 sun. The night temperature for fruit 

 should be 65°. Plants in bloom set 



with 10° or 15° more on the afternoons I best at 55°, with a little air on all 

 of bright days. I night. Put more plants into heat, 



I according to the stock and room. By 

 Strawberries in Pots. — Thin off , the end of the month place all the 

 all blind blooms and small fruits from 1 store stock in cold pots or orchard- 

 the trusses of those that are well set. i houses, to be coming on gradually be- 

 As the days get brighter more water fore being placed in warmer quarters. 



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. 



D. P. M.— Rhododendron Aucklandii, one of the finest of the Indian species. 



James Moir. — The young growths of your Dendrobium should be encouraged 

 to come from the base of last year's growths, and not from their tops. 1 To this 

 end remove those from the top as soon as they appear, unless you want them 

 for increasing your stock, in which case leave them till they begin to throw 

 out roots. 



'Plans of Flower-gardens, Beds, Borders, and Rosaries.' — A correspon- 

 dent will be glad to hear if any copy of this work is to be had. It was origin- 

 ally published by the proprietors of the 'Journal of Horticulture,' 171 Fleet 

 Street, London. 



Hot Water.— Your boiler will heat all the pipe you propose to attach to 

 it for ordinary purposes. For early forcing it would have to be fired vigor- 

 ously. 



L' Allegro.— Summer-cloud can be supplied by Nurserymen — at least we 

 have no difficulty in getting it from them. It is excellent for shading. 



\y # M. — We have noted the heading to the paragraph leader in our contem- 

 porary, but cannot act as you suggest. It is a shocking profanation and pros- 

 titution of one of the most solemn passages of Scripture. 



