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THE GARDENER® CHRONICLE. 
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The first thing to be attended to ‘2 hang proper 
se, as there are oe ch would 
en ng garden r to keep 
Saar situations ; ties efore 
a list of plants is given, the mos a e for the 
i i The 
air, 
ts kept'in wi indows naturally extend thet eae 
“tres light, and they thereby become 
S$ more 
and by a too ea 
are, they are ets eae to 
Opie is justly termed “ killing by kindness,’ 
| with rd “special te ladies, eats 
summer this can 
thie ants are allgwea 
eh, i saucers constantly filled ot water, which, by 
with juic 
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half-filled with fine gravel or sand, whic 7 
any state of moisture. and only general rules 
that can be adopted is, in winter keep plants not the 
growing fast rather dry; i ing i an 
torpidity of the plants u 8 inter i 
again reache ll this resolves in the following :—Plan 
when growing fast m ee supplies of water, which 
t be lessened as their growths approach maturity, a 
ring 
uantity, carefully guarding aginst 
the cold of mornings and evenings, or cutting winds 
if pea plants are placed out in the m ida 
hem 
benefit of "genial showers, uleh will de "them a 
good than any artificial w. ering. Never use sprin, 
waterif soft or rain water | Pa be had; and alvass let i it 
be about the same pa tate as the air i ich 
plants are growing. It s y be n 
nention the removal of decaying leaves. flowers: the 
last are exhausting as well as unsightly. 
i Te = requi stopping some plants nts at — 
, i © bushy mes in and the flo 
ed from the various Plants Eftatea i in 
necessary to 
1 po: ting i is usually required (see alendars 
afterwards as often hd hr plants 
it. 
most important thing is good soil, which i caeead of 
ten a at i >) ofa Spc open texture, ve a fourth 
’ ants wi ve in drainage 
to allow water t Seer off re: nl. Never slat urface- 
soil in the pots to become kat ‘moss-grown, but let it 
be loosened occasionally with : plies of stick. 
Although a lo ong list of suitable p is given, we 
would not ‘vies too ma ttempted, as nothing 
ks worse n great quantity of crowded 
merino plants, which must be the case if too 
f ny are although the turf-built Fotd gamer arzre 
‘or Cuc acl window 
one cacy to be age acogeps the ‘witikee, “which will 
only them when in i whole of 
as detected with a feather, or dip them in tobacco- 
“ne Fumigation with tobacco bh nes destroy them. 
Se OWERS IN Pi 
For Sprin, ga ane 
Snowdrops, Pelargoni 
Russian Rte, Wigennette, 
“pred Tulips, Ten- toed a 
Crocus, China 
Narcissus, = Double erates tens, 
ea od Pinks, 
Heartseas Carnations, 
Seienaiette, Cactus, 
Mimulus moschatus, A’loes, 
Ranunculus, Annuals, as Nemophila, 
Anemone, Schizanthus, Collinsia, 
— &e. 
r Autumn, Myrtles, Heliotrope. 
PE 1 Bc vom 
Lobélias, or Winter. 
Campanulas, Chrysdnthemums, 
Salvias, Pelargoniw 
Hydrangea, Heliotrope 
erbena, br Myrtles, 
Fuchsias, Fiachsias, 
Petuinias, Aloes, 
Calceolarias, Cactus. 
Myrtles, _ 
feliotrope. 
Creepers suitable Sor training ues bad ahaa bs ens 
nvolvyul 
Rhodochiton coca 
randya Barcla: ana, ae piston Shonaiacniasaies 
Maw 
phospermum comnhans, 
SELECT VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. 
Tn the fo wrestling list of Lg igetiny ge fruits their order 
in succession may be taken as a guide their respective 
merits, when the contrary is aa expresi 
TABLES. 
Barly Mazagan, for earliest crops. 
2. Poe Long-pod. The most prolific kind. 
or Scotch Kal ual merit, their difference 
Dwar Gr reen, or Canada Kale being! the height ev grow, an 
the consequent difference i in the sp: ce requ “te bet 
BRUSSELS 
Sprouts. e b 
is imported: therefore, Beoely: to a har te seedsman 
Mito 
1. Early Purple Sprouting. For first crop. 
2. Dwarf Late Purple. A more hardy kind than the last, and tak- 
ing longer time to come to etteotivn. 
3. Stee Tare boos room can be spared, these may be 
6A GE. 
1. Early Dwarf and early, very suitable for a small garden 
on tecount of the little distance apart it requires to be planted. 
2. Vanack. <A valuable spring cabbage; not the earliest, but 
& = “ the best. 
Early Brompton 
are about equal in merit, being early, head- 
4. Eoryy gr setticsl \ee quick, and delicate.’ 
om wed Datieks te for pickling 
ge — ly Horn, for first crop. 
2. a or Long Orange, for main crops. 
CAULIFLOW. 
CELERY. 
1. Red Solid, or Manchester. Large and hardy 
2. White Solid. Similar to the above in quality, but neither so 
CRE: 
Curled-leaved. Lasts longer in perfection than the plain-leaved. 
CucuMBER. 
Southgate, or Long Green prickly, will be found easier to ma- 
nage than newer kinds. 
Kipney Bran, 
1, Negro, for an early crop, as they come in very quickly, but 
do not long. 
mer’s Early. Suitable also for an early crop, and more 
prolific than the last. 
3. Cream-coloured. The — and should be sown largely. 
4. Scarlet-Runner Bean, should be carefully selected, 
choosing the darkest pains Semtes 
Drénbieeed London. 
cE. 
1. Black-seeded Cos is an excellent kind, and does not rea- 
dily It is also very 
4. Grand Admiral is a _ fine Kattennty ‘ial continues a long 
time without me im te o seed. 
Hammersmith Hardy Green is the most hardy kind for winter. 
Mustarp, ite. 
ONION. 
1. New White Globe is the best for main crops. 
2. White Spanish and Brown Portugal are large kinds for autumn- 
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Potatoe or Under-ground Onion is very mild for eating raw, and 
very early, : 
PARSLEY... 
Best Curled. 
PARSNEP. 
F sorgeoeas Crowned is large, hardy, and tender-fleshed. 
1, Double- or Chariton for first crop. - 
rf Blue I Lis kind. 
_ 2. Dwar, mperia ‘a. pecitoaive 
Dwarf Blue Prussian is of equal merit with the last, but rather 
later. 
vg teapots shouldbe Marrowfat, an unequalled Pea in every 
—e- should be sown for late crops. 
“y ath hope Kidney. Very early, prolific, and fine-flavoured. 
'y Ma kona An ex ent and ee 
Similar to t Pithese three are peculiarly 
to garden- nde a or cg shorter distance apart 
4. pred eae An excellent white dry potatoe 
tne ata A mealy good- keeping kind, and yery 
1. ty sag St -top is the best kind. 
tet ip. 
3. White ditt.’ } Well known and equal in merit 
aed 
1, Elford for early ; it has scarlet stalks. 
x Feria» tate cpeaing tenher-loxved kind. 
SPINACH. 
1. Rovind-seded Spinach for summer. 
2. Flanders for the winter or main cro crop. The common Winter 
i paige, but this valuable kind has smooth 
| Appis. 
or x ce ye 
FRUIT. 
This bys has many claims upon the atten- 
0 5 goed ae bears at an erly age, 
aa 80 apeniaity’ c to require ing in 
The tree is not subject to disease, ory tives 4a ah stheos’ Set any 
—- It ripens in October, and keeps until Christmas, or 
2. Mane Goat in a cottage-garden is a most servic — fruit, 
mye ye bearer; and it may be thinned out for use 
Fern. by the fruit ripe. Like Hawthornden, it is reer hardy 
er tree, Paving in almost any soil, and keeps till No- 
; large, d handsome kind. 
nd di the fruit ies well until March. 
resembles. 
middle size: the tree is 
The is yellow, 
sn : 
5 King of oa slog pins. This beautiful Apple is very hardy and a 
: fruit middle size 
ot s 
» Bg mye 
3; Dutch Mignonne. _A re 
It is a superior yore to ‘Golden nape which it 
4. py a a pin. An excellent Apple 
owth, and a a cane. 
Eat 
surpassed by any, where the soil and 
mS 1s subject to canker in stiff wet soils 
a good bearer, an: ues in per- 
ae tree is fy 
This excellent Eile-t fruit ye find a place 
: its dw vart oe enders it suitable for small 
well ed acked away in dry sand, 
ble. 
with a gravelly 
omes So valuable as this ttt It is 
is possessed, then n bec 
fruit of a fine red colour next en sun, and 
a beautiful re; 
- 
— equals the old kind in flavour, but does not keep ‘quite 
ong. 
10, Cock Pippin makes a handsome d tree, and is a good 
earer, ‘The fruit is i as size, an frequently keeps till 
Mi summer. The tre rdy. 
Prars—for training on walls, why se + wart standards, 
1. Jargonelle is so 1 tle said of it; it is 
an early bearer, anaged, and a Vietiosnes dss One 
tree » however, be enough, a it profit. 
The tree sould not be allowed r-bear. 
2. Marie —— will succeed the phate and is in perfection in 
cto) It is somewhat of the same size and shape, very 
aes wl and the best Pear of its seaso: 
3. no Diel is 2 most hardy tree, int. goed bearer. The fruit 
e, ‘Sorlbecsa me ~ia se russety yellow when ripe, through 
Noveubet _ siphon 
asse Colma a0 rolific bearer, and an excellent etn: 
It is is hardier thas | the: old Colmar, and in perfection from De- 
cember to Feb: 
5. Glout , oe wis e extremely hardy and sto — is a eee 
e-green fruit,in perfection from mber March, 
6. Easter Beurré is, perhaps, the best Of late pH It is a late 
bloomer, and therefore not so band to suffer from spring frosts. 
It bears : ilst the trees are quite young, aie 
anuary 
" J; April or May. It should be packed in dry san 
'LUMS. 
1. Green Gage needs no comment, gn op em tte em 
ea pt ind and is well know 
2, Purple. An excellent tig resembling the Green Gage 
excepti in colour. og bears well as a standard. 
Coe’s Golden A splendid Prem: and excellent Wearer. It 
das the “asc quality of hanging a —_ woneay on the tree, be- 
dried, sugary, and delici 
ent bearer, rte oa ‘improvement upon 
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5. Blue Imperatrice is welt known in gardens, a good bearer, be< 
comes shrivelled and shevatingle rich; may be kept until No- 
vember. 
CHERRIES. 
1. May Duke.» ¥ts merits are well known; it bears the knife well, 
and produces fruit raps on dwarfs. F 
2. Morelio i is a valuable fru may a 
> or as a ares ndard ; is an ab’ t bearer. In 
pruning, the branches, being slender, are apt to be left too 
thick, which is.a great fault. The e from the 
young wood of the fast year, which should be remembered at 
3. Late Duke. An excellent late Cherry a standard. 
4, Bigatreau. Well known for its mane; 3 but requires space; and 
its large foliage = drooping branches render it impossible to 
grow anything under it. 
Keeps late; a a great bearer ; of a good size 
d rich flavour, It is a strong grower. 
2 Rombuiion the best and most most profitable for preserving, e 0 for 
Gage is a late 
rt of Oak is a prize Berry, but not of the largest ; 
aps pratt hewever, entitle it fo a first place. 
rood ard’s Whiteemith is an upright grower, a good bearer, 
of ex 
ort s Bright Venus deserves a place equally with the latter. 
"s Roaring Lion. One of the aan on and latest ; it is of 
supported by forked 
often requiring to 
0. Brotherton’s Huntsman. A Jarge globular rich fruit. When 
ct ra fruit it is apt to crack SS ee 
oe ~~ 
‘Red Dut te White Dutch, and Black Naples are the best. 
RASPBERRIE: 
yes og rel oie 
2. Yellow ee ap gee 
STRAWBERR ne 
se — s ling = perhaps, the best — ota being amet aah 
e fruit, although th 
2: Old Pine. If the soil is loamy and rich, this kind inool ane ee 
assed ; being a pe grower, it requires m Pape sng ty i 
3. Elton is a fine late kind, and a free bearer ; raised and ap = 
by Mr. es the greatest modern horticulturist , 
sufficie nt guarantee of its merit. 
GRA 
2; Miller's ash ndy. A hardy b 
‘SELECT t FLOWERS, 
In the following mn ase 
rst column _the o Engtig 
