192 

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ranch cheaper than taring f"Vff££- A bo i„ r for about £3 or £3 10.. 



cause, the radical cure is ' eU " in .f a °S, belp the former. Meanwhile, 

 more dry heat in autumn. The latter wiuneipiu lead or 



Sid we many bunches like that sent we would »•« » P^ CB m weigh t. 

 stone to the end of the bunch, say fully a garter of an ^^ 



Golden HambubohM ITorijWg r .V«ftu »'^ Bnckland Sweetwater - 

 vnrietiea If you wibIi for a white Grape, brut. 

 Ktook Grape, the Black Hamburgh care MUy examined the 



Insects IS Vine B "^^^';-*' we ailed to detect the subtest 

 r^r'fan'y insert They mu™ haTescaped, for the paper was bur, , t-W 

 trace of any inseci. m"> _ v .. ,j c W.).— The blooms 



Nectarine Tbee oh Back Wail of n - ^ ate thttt the wood is 



of next year. ■,„„„ in r C 1 — The piece of bark 



PEACH TREES ttMmHD *!«■ So ALB (G. i . ^ ^ p eacb ca , e 



enclosed has every HWJ^S^SSSftita dress the trees, now wjtha 

 (Coccus persicae). "™ bJSJji™ I™ fl f tee n minutes 7 lbs. ol sulphur 

 composition formed ta bofflng ™*™3Eni , of water ; then add 2 lbs. 

 vivum.and lib. of Quicklime m ' p„a L tor half an hour, adding nine 

 of soft soap and 1 lb. of '^ ac ™A, e B ?h e 'lio uid when cool. With this 

 gallons of water. Strain and bott e the IH bud3 that have begun to 

 dress the stems and shoots, except mo e sweU lt wlU 



swell, for if it touch the .buds after thjyh«. «| g^ ^ , , 



ininre them, though it will not ao so ™ ' wh th (nu t 13 se* 



with a brush, and rub it wel mt ^^Ht theTale of one pint t, 



loC Us also a good preventive »"* ' em "? y '^Vtied p" January, and 

 have beeu better had the trees been ™"«ff£« fo^ear? U well corked. 

 Messed with the above composition. It will keep to. year ^ ^ ^ 



PEACH TREES LOSING F ,°"^t!v n 'bet oVprotection than nets ; canvas 

 think is sufficient. They should have better P™»°™ Bafe , rom frost, 

 s better, and it should be ^X^Ze of May The protection will 

 which will not be the case gnUlthJ .close «■ ^ neTffl . tbe weather is 

 not be required except in rosty weather co vering only when 



mild the trees should be fully exp .sea raj . > * an Ume 13 



fcoBtoirevafl; M£>f x^a^erb^HaohBoTp and soda are held 

 not good, as it is difficult to ^oeriaui now _u. is esce33ive 



Pn solution. Sometimes the quantity of one or ^ ^ { 



^IkM&tW 



Epa,: h a e snflwsss'B *- ^ - — wiu ba | 



sufficiently strong. rtomftdll —It the fruit 



PEACH TREES **%g£E£2%£ 3BSS help the more 

 buds on your trees are so tnttk, t0I0n,n -\ f , ntil the y are set. Jon 

 free setting, but we would not ^ 't 'oo J ^ 9weIlinc .'tie fruit buds 

 can hardly >»»«"* e „ tba „ b °* °e a pink colour as they swelh The wood 

 will be round and less or more a pina Peach t 13 



buds will be long « nd ,^f * Vi 'i cold " rchardbouse in the Isle of Man. 

 very early to be taMJtooml" cold oroMru ^ fa ^ Ue(m j 



Wo should have liked it bettor i t,sa wun ot t coM injuring it. 



swelling "^/Viner'alonrex^ep tha a t an elriy syringing may wash 

 You may let the \ ines »«"»*■« g uh m extra strong doses. 

 sway the insecticide. We have no tree9i 



Worms is Pots (»»)■-*« " "™J ^1 3 oo°n dlsUoy them. A good 

 SM'o, SSffi rn at t e hiny d ga^us of water will do, stirring it well 

 and letting it stand until clear itw . r n 9 t,n» on the upper side 



Black Mildew [TT.D. Al-T**"** £52 te o^ "otibe %rm- of 

 of tne leaves of the OranRe trees a^Terie^e, M» foliorQ y 

 black mildew tnoro^r the common name^ dium . It abounds 



ssaasssrasi; ^t s p^^ting the w^, b. t there u »* 



a trace of perfect fruit.-M. J. B. S , a( f,r).-Cutting3 of 



Clematis Jackmakni Propaoation UfoM ™ ^ beginning 



the side shoots when ^ey become hrm, as they «m be y ^^ aQd 

 of August, strike freely if inserted n M T J . ; aU po ts, in 



covered with a hand-light : or ^£%*3^g%3t, and one-fourth 

 a compost of one-half sandy lo^'.^tomhe^ol 70 , and keeping them 

 silver sand, placing them in a gen «» °"»™ n b ^ A , a them off and remove 

 tte 9 m\?a i t,dtrate ded Pr:pagTtion d ma T y h a.sobe effected by layers made 



^eros^'colture (r,f f »0.-They ought »^ ^^g'Sr^lf 

 6-Sch pots in sandy loam two parts and one part o Id enw dung^ ^^ 

 rotted manure end should be plunged m W« ^ inthe green^ 

 sphere kept at 4, or 50 1. I thWl n 1 ' Water as required, and 



house, and afford them a light airy po a> syringing over- 



men growing freely copious supp ^^ U d b ™ " Is Ipider, to which they 

 head morning and even.-. ^' i ■• ' .,,,,-uiv withdraw the pots when 

 5333 LKS ZT^ZZ* flight airy position in the 



greenhouse. Burro.ri.-We should think night 



Boll. Blnk sediment and soot an exce^e r _ ^ 



for Onions, espeelsHy f a P'"-^ '^ , pulverising and mixing it well. 



'^K&Cffi-"'^'™ ^ thenha ' e a g00d 



crop of Onions. _Paterson\s Potatoes have been a 



Patersom's Potatoes u [J^ ^ % ^ * me u ew-so new, indeed, 

 long time in commerce ; but tne vanevy i« 



",V "I'^^Tasket "•• " Milky White was sent out 

 be a seedling. It is a good •*»* ««» P ° c taries Turner, William Hoyle, 



PELAROONIUMS FOR A WrTOOW ( Mem) ^™S^^S show ClaSS. 



and international are good sorts ot ^ bl ^% flOWe ™ 1 e g cimon3to the Floral 

 Sbeoltno P^^ooNruMS (Ja^^^Send ^^^ ^ 

 ^r^rA^slt^ltcr^^rio.^omce, louth Kensington, 

 he will give you information. _ We ^^ Bay how 



Tricolor Pelaroontoms from . Se*o (J. JJ ari ti ol the paronto; 

 many of the ^^« 3 w,ml t b3 ™iae«bly and 't is very probable you 

 indeed, the seedlings ^ Wnr^eouito t& ^parents, though you might 

 would have lew, if » n . T t Tnc ^?. *„>?,". i arBe per-centage would not be 

 have some such varieties good, but a large per 



worth keeping. hite Lobelia as 



Lobelia Que™ of whites ^^^.Xto are all too erect in 

 dwarf and tree-flowering as L. »| eclo . 9a : VJ. WPP> „, not so plentiful as 

 nabit. are too open and strag gUng. , » d theflc w-rj Be^ Hi38 Murphy 

 -ould be desired. Queen of "bites is a goo beBt whlt6 



would, perhaps, suit jo" pnrpos?Jjt ter U^ on baD6fltfc( » 



LobeUas. L. Ennus kermesma we nave ^^ Bh 



TAOETESSmSATAPr;Mn.A(r^m).-To flower «^ ff 



u9 sown in February, the seedlings WW" J" B t hey should be 

 singhr! and grown in heat .until the end of Apr£ WMO y beddhl g 

 well hardened-off for planting out U JMT. « t tried aowlng 



we fear that attempts to produce a large n ow " ^ flowers are 



Txpense of profusion and ^""K^^^rodufed ha7e a poor effect. 

 not always the most effective and if W««MSg u P c , d m constant succession. 

 They are often of short duration .and not P^ucu 



Perbnhials and Ahsoals for *" it win not be suitable for 



garden is so oioch shaded and the soJ heavy ^ g ^ posttions 



many sorts, but some that we have '°"H d it3 vaT i e ties ; Anemone 



are-AlUum flavum, Alstrcemer a . «™*»" ^ a ^ da , Att brietia grandiflora, 

 apennina, A. japonica; Columbines .^buarni , Wallflower, Lily 



Aster tanacetifolius. A. tenuifolius £»°amine p Wheeler. ; 



of the VaUey, Delphinium lormosnm, ,u. ^^^ Hepaticas, Hy- 

 Dielvtra spectabUis, Snowdrops .Crocuses *™££ Meconopsis cam- 

 pericum calycinum, Iris Bermsnica, Lychnis »» S ^ o( p ffi . 



brica.Mimulus 'oseus pall.du», M^. ^rew ^ g 



cinaUs, P. albiflora, and Primula acauus , ru ^ napo uifoUus ; \7inca 



Fufpenduta plena, TroUius europ^us T as^atcus ^ P^. 

 minor and V. minor plena.V. W'Afi'borders over 2nd added good Ught 

 not have done better than forked ^the borders^ Cand ytuft, crimson 



soU in abundance. Of Annuals-Alyjsnmmarmm ^^ Meote,OJf- 

 and white; Clark.a pnlcholla. C MgdcMua ^ ^ ^ ^ ilormcai ajja 

 volvulus minor. Erysimum P«°^^ Larkspur, Limnanthes Douglasu, 

 tricolor, Godetia roseo-alha, Branching L.ar»j , b 08na blae and 

 L inum grandifloram ™^^^SotarXSu Imd Tom Thumb varie- 

 yellow Lupines, Mignonette Trop^lums,x calabrica, ft cv 



ties Nemophila insignia, Prince s *eatne: • = I Virginian Stock, red 

 abrica alba, Silene pen, uta and .U ^t. wnety^ « J» whitlav , a 

 and white -, Venns's booking glass vi than a3 yon pr0p08e ; 



^^oXe la Y wn U grTsV £d,7n Iprii, X P-cipally Festuca dunus- 

 ?ulaPoanemo7aul and Suckling Clover. ^in^l.-We 



° DTPFINO VERBENAS IN SALT j„ Wim^ 1 » m „ ^ 



cannot recommend a solution i of salt »w c ui ^p ^f d i 3e ase, as to kill 

 Lve no doubt tonndOT^ 'J^a'^S^Buffleient to destroy plants. 

 insects a stronger solution is _neeueu 



You have been imposed on by the garuen toow an eTergreen 



Climber fob Greenhouse ( r. H.). we « ^eenhouse as Ivydoes 

 cUmber that would answer the same P u ^f a ° ^ ht temperature ot U J in 

 „u°f doors, though if your «Joe^onse has a mgb t te ^ ^ 



p a P nt m wlthwhitrflowers and ^wee^cented ad ^ 



TUBEROSES TO ^I-OWEB IK NoVBMBj BR I ^^ and „, ^ 



keep them iu a coo dry plac e o"' 1 .^' nor ' t hem exposure. Here 

 pots on coal ashes in a «'d f rame havin ^ removed t0 



they may remain until August when in. »y temperature of 



house and in October be transferred to a noue Theyshould 



Ir^D(f^W°fc05u a * e ^*™n?xreeteW^B04«0 as to keep down 

 be well snppUed with water, and be Ireery sro , the te 



(/^^MpietWio^re^l^,,,^^. 



( S« .P"?™ ' J «rV»«d n 2 appear to be^schynanthma. 

 2, B. prestoniensis. (E. a . J-Jj- » » enti f/ the specieB to which No. 2 

 r P ossibly«.Lobbianus. VVedonot,demnyt oi F o( peat< 



^.^1 F lower, and Love-in-a-mist. 



POUITEY, BEE^NDJIGEON CHSONICLE. 



TRIMMING. 



there is every probability ot a great mwo» 



