THE GARDENERS' CHR0NICL1 



[March 





use.— Those who i 



a in the places in which they are to rem 

 >e expected that the duration of these 

 the plants for which they are substitutes, 



11 be much more sv 

 i>r white beds use Clarkia pulehella alba, 

 itomaria, or White Virginian Stock ■ '~ 

 i colour, Clarkia p. roBea, Saponaria 





' be made d warier by pegging t 



The rest of the 

 Jtances. The Musk 



s-^n,' annuals must be regulated by the period at 

 ■which the greatest display will be most useful ; and as 



I My from the middle of July 

 JwguDiug of April to the end of June. The little 



(ft* usual tune ; the young plants will require stopping, 

 in order to induce a bushy habit. Lobelia erinus grand!' 

 flora, mentioned in a former Calendar, is known in the 

 beed shops as L. e. com pact a grandiflora. This 

 and all the other varieties of L. erinus or L. gracilis, 

 a though called greenhouse plants in catalogues, 

 are excellently adapted for flower garden decoration ■ 

 they may be propagated now either bv seeds or cuttings' 

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poor, w.ll continue till the end of September" ThT 

 va.ue of I lumbago Larpentoe, as a bedding plant, has 

 wih commence flowering snfficiently early to be really 

 W B w 1 ^ I 6 " 7 f * vourable situations. All dressed 

 ^rf ahou d now be well swept, rolled, and, if necessary, 



appearance and afar keep.ng to allow Grass to grow 

 too long before it is first cut. Where there is a Ce 

 extent of open lawn to be kept in first-rate order/we 



worm will repay all the trouble. In putting the layers 

 into large pots, it will be necessary to dram well with 

 broken potsherds, covering these with about an inch of 

 moss ; this prevents the soil from running amongst the 

 drainage, and at the same time is of great service in a 

 dry summer. Seedlings of last year, which have been 

 planted out on beds, should be looked over, and the 



r general properties are good . We do this for 

 if seed, because we believe that these will 



Spruce does not ha 



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lepredators will so< 

 this will be as | 



bow upon a warm border a Bmall patch of Sa\ojs>, 

 Red and Sugar-loaf Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Borecoles and 

 Brussels Sprouts. Make a sowing of Early Turnips, 

 and successional sowings of Spinach, Peas, Beans, 



rarsnips, if not already done, and get all your spare 

 ground dug and made tidy, in order that it may be 

 ready for future crops. If your hedges require clipping 



with a little good soil. The surface of the g 





or in the .beginning of April, on a 'dlep, 1 rtffi* 



White : Cook's White Sergeant. Purple : Scotcha'i Lr 



itwill dry up e and°scorch the'roots of ™lam 8 °. U g*£ 

 command plenty of stable dung, the better way wooldlr. 



in wS^ , u™lBn?and U Sixlf with" !"?» tat*? 





uorrespondents, 





1 with a lighter horse, i 





t to be in first-rate c 





SEEDLINcTfLOWE 

 ■ petals tipped with b 



