28 THE GARDENER. [Jan. 



contain more moisture tlian other parts of the garden -wliicli are not 

 concreted. 



Not wishing to sj^oil the wall by nailing, which has several objec- 

 tions, studs with eyes were put in between every third line of bricks, 

 standing about an inch from the wall, having stronger ones at the 

 ends to act as stretchers ; and after the wire, which is galvanised, 

 was passed through all but the end ones, and drawn tight ; a 9-inch 

 in length piece of small rod-iron, with an eye at one end to fasten the 

 wire to, and nearly all the length, had a screw-thread worked on, 

 when the wire had been fastened to the other end, put through the 

 end stud ; then a screw-nut was put on, so that all was made as tight 

 as required. The first outlay may be a little more than the yearly 

 bills for nails and shreds, but a very few years would soon cover the 

 first expense, as a few mats go a long way in tying. Trees trained to 

 the wdre here, in a general way, don't bloom so soon in spring as when 

 close to the wall, and the fruit is cleaner and more regular in colour ; 

 and as for insects, there is no harbour at all for them. 



From the success attending the above operations, I am induced to 

 send them to your valuable periodical, knowing that where such a sub- 

 soil exists, if followed, the results will be equally successful as here. 



A. H. 



Thoresby Park Gardens. 



[The young wall-trees at Thoresby are models of health and fruitfulness.] — Ed. 



GIiORIOSA SUPERBA. 



This fine old climber — one of the best and most showy we have — is 

 not so often met with as its merits deserve. It is a tuberous-rooted 

 plant which dies down every autumn. When it has been strongly 

 grown, the tubers are forked, and about 6 to 10 inches in length. 

 When at rest, the tubers should be shaken out of the mould, and 

 stored in pots of dry sand, and kept dry and w^arm during the winter 

 months. I generally place them under the first shelf of the stove, a 

 little distance from the hot-water pipe, and standing on an inverted 

 flower-pot to prevent damp from rising to them. In early spring they 

 are potted, and in doing so the tubers are reversed or turned upside 

 down every year, because the young tubers with roots and stems are 

 formed not from the crown where the previous year's stems spring 

 from, but from the opposite end. The young tubers exhaust the 

 parent, which dies every year. 



The soil used is a rich fibrous loam, with vegetable mould and 

 sand or grit blended or mixed together. After potting they do best 



