350 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



(remarks the Oardener'.i Chronicle of October 2) excellent illustration in Mr. 

 Francis Dancer's market garden grounds at Little Sutton. One large portion is 

 planted witli lines of bush trees of Small's Admirable Apple, the trees eight feet 

 apart each way, and they are literally borne down to the ground with the great 

 weight of the fruit they are now bearing. Pj'ramidal trees of Cox's Orange Pippin 

 Apple, planted in close lines, are found beai-iug heavy crops of beautiful fruit, large 

 in size, and brilliantly coloured. On instituting a comparison between these and 

 the large standard trees planted years ago, it is found that the latter require large 

 spaces of growth, that tbeir crops are not over numerous or particularly fine, and 

 that they interfere with the circulation of air among and the fall of light on the 

 smaller trees about them. The space occupied by one standard tree would be 

 equal to that occupied by six or mere of the bush trees, while the roots must have 

 spread in all directions in the soil beneath. Gathering becomes an easier and 

 quicker process ; ladders are not required, and the handling of ladders among trees 

 sometimes does them injury. Not one of the least of the considerations to be put 

 forward in favour of bush over standard trees is that of a finer quality of fruit being 

 obtained. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Greenhouse Management. — L. — The greenhouse plants will not require much 

 •water during this and the two succeeding months, but they must have sufficient to 

 ■orevent their suffering from drought. Whenever any of the plants are watered, 

 the supply must be sufficient to well moisten the ball of soil, and then no more 

 must be applied until the soil has become rather dry again. If the water is applied 

 in driblets at this or any other season of the year, the surface of the ball will alone 

 be moistened, and the lower part will become dust-dry, to the injury of the roots. 

 It is very important to water the plants early in the morning during the winter 

 season, so that all superfluous moisture may dry up before the evening. A bright 

 day shoald as far as practicable be taken advantage of, so that the ventilators can 

 be opened for a few hours afterwards. If during a period of dull weather the foli- 

 age of the plants appears to be suffering from dampness, make up a rather brisk 

 fire in the morning, about ten o'clock, and let it burn briskly for about two hours, 

 and at the same time open the top ventilators, to insure a thorough change of the 

 atmosphere. In frosty weather the fire must not be driven too hard, for a high tem- 

 perature in frosty weather is most injurious to greenhouse plants. It is important 

 to remove decaying leaves without delay. 



Planting Gkape Vines. — jK. H. — Previous to planting the out-door vines, 

 trench the ground to a depth of two feet, and add a few inches of maiden loam if 

 practicable, or, if the soil is naturally poor, a dressing of half-rotten stable manure 

 •well mixed with the soil will be beneficial to the vines. Plant any time between 

 now and the beginning of March. Black Cluster and Royal Muscadines are the 

 best kinds for the open wall. Tlie Black Hamburgh would not ripen its fruit in 

 ordinary seasons. The indoor vines should be planted at once, and cut back to 

 •within three or four inches of the soil, and in succeeding years prune on the spur 

 system. The vines planted out must not be fruited next year, or they will be 

 ruined. If you have any to spare, leave them in the pots, cut back to about eight 

 feet from the soil, and let them fruit in the pots. 



ScAUBOiioroH Lily. — E. O. — Like yourself, Many cultivators fail in cultivat- 

 ing Vallota purpurea, commonly known as the Scarborough Lily, satisfactorily, be- 

 cause they withhold the water altogether in the winter, and keep the soil dust-dry 

 for several months. The plants, of course, require less water during the resting 

 season than when they ai-e in full growth ; but if the soil is kept quite dry during 

 that season, the fleshy routs are dried up and paralysed, and consequently unable to 

 start into action when the new growth has to be made in the following spring. 

 Immediately the plants start into growth in the spring, a portion of the old soil 

 should be shaken from the roots, and the plants potted in entirely fresh stuff. 

 Supply liberally with -water throughout the growing season, and in the autumn, in 

 ■withholding the supply, do so in a gradual manner, to prevent the foliage and roots 



