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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[Dec. 15, 



ofJXS and blue) ; their coi 

 being lost by the contrast, the 

 and the green bluer. 



colour loses its effect in a 



For example, take orange 



Sand red) and green (composed 



ntrasted with one 



and the simple colour is modified by receiving the 

 Smplementary of the compound colour with which 

 : u orange, composed of yellow 

 and red, and pure red, the orange loses some of 

 its red and appears yellower, whilst the red, re- 

 ceiving the complementary of the orange (namely 

 blue, as has been already shown) appears bluish 



If two simple colours are contrasted, we find that 

 the general principle before laid down still holds 

 good. If we contrast, for example, 1, red and 

 lelloto it will be found that the red appears tinged 

 Vith purple, and the yellow with green, because 

 violet, the complementary of yellow, is added to 

 the red ; and green, the complementary of red, to the 

 yellow ; 2, red and blue, the red has a tendency to 

 become orange, and the ' ' 



green, the 

 3, yellow a 

 the blue a 



complem 



rid Hue, t 

 violet tinge, 



added to the red ; and 



)f red, to the blue ; 



yellow has an orange, and 



line, V added to the 

 violet, the'complementary of yellow, 

 Such are the great principles on wi 

 art of combining colours in an agreeable manner < 

 pends; anyone, with ordinary powers of thouj 

 and a little practice, can, with a knowledge of t 

 above general facts, tell pretty nearly what effe 

 two or more colours when contrasted will produ 

 on each other. He has only to remember that eat 

 one appears as if its own colour were added to tli 

 complementaries of its neighbours ; he has only I 

 xecollect what those complementaries are, an 

 then, by his reason alone, he can tell what effe< 

 ought to be produced. Whether such effect will 1 

 pleasing or n 



^ereusTm 



believe it is < 



been introduced in 183( 



possessing the singular property, in common 

 with the old and well known Cereus grandiflorus, of 



stance which tends, in my opinion, to render them both 



which the accom- 



sketch, was imported from Honduras in 



Mils kept with a constant 

 succession of its large and elegant blossoms during the 

 months of September and October, which appear to be its 

 - flowering. In its general appearance 



remarkable and 



The plant of 



panying is a sket 



1839, and for the 



5 another questio 



of colours, which will be explained in a future article 

 It will be'learned by many with great satisfaction, 

 that Victoria has already ripened seeds, 



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VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 

 Few amateurs cultivate the Grape Vine with satis- 

 tion t there is occasionally, however, here and there 

 , for instance, at Mr. 

 lose excellent Grapes 

 this Journal ; but this 



Nash's, of Bishop's Stortford, ^ 





r for a Vinery, for Grapes grown in 

 • the open wall, requires to be made 

 sipfe ; what will answer in one case 

 :able in another. Drainage is the 



r iiouse, and perhaps 20 feet wide. Now 



that were the border formed entirely upon i 

 surface, taking it to be level with the gr< 

 immediate neighbourhood, a great evil would 



importance is to give the border 



south, then have a drain to carry off the water 



not only runs off the surface, but also that which will large 



of necessity be found to percolate through the utin 



border, although the less that finds its way in this lat 



direction the better. Borders are scarcely 



suffer from drought, for should they requi 



ere they may stand until the middled 

 February, when they will require potting off m thnmh 

 of peat and sand. I tl . 



se for a short time. About the beginning or ik. 



die of May they will require fresH^ni 



,ch pots in the same mixture as before, preseiL dw 



rather firmly round the ball of the nlintTl~: 



T then be removed to a cold pit and kept d* for? 



:k or ten days, and well shaded from the burnm* 



3 of the sun until they are well established, when you 



admit air and light by degrees. About this time I 



jfully look over them, and stop all that requir. 



I find it very beneficial to continue shading yUj 



plants all the summer until they have finished the* 



the light possible, in order that they may perfectly ripen 



their wood ; they will not require any more potting 



until the following spring, when they should have one 



shifts, according to the strength of the plant. 



much improved by another si 



id shifts to one large one ; the following Bpring 

 __„ ill be fine young flowering plants in 5-iDchor 

 G-inch pots. I find, as the plants get older, they flower 

 freer by adding a small portion of loam, say one-sixth 

 loam, and the remainder peat, with a sufficiency of 



ficially ; but, there are when they gradually close and droop. I have seen as 

 ample evidence of suffer- < many as 20 flowers open at once, and a finer floral dis- 

 Uv, drain well If I were play can scarcely be imagined. 

 tet drainage, mv answer If the flowers are cut off just when thev are about to 



expand, and placed i 

 trading. Wm. B. Boot 



glass of water, they will open 

 vantage. I have had them for 

 by merely laying a circular 



'd, sprinkletTwiuTa fiaT^ 



erence Kir° ng - - bU ' X 2 

 orter. Afte^T^Xl^ 

 , bell-glass, and plm B e tw 

 ttom heat of between 60° iS 



ay be given by tilting the 



grower. Tb 

 generally s 



•afts are securely tied, I plunge 

 . tan in a warm house, and co 

 taking the glass off two or thre 

 may accumulate on the graft. 



ripened wood about l|ii 

 tock one year old. I m 



fiT it * if it touches be 



worsted, but I find the 1 

 to tie small grafts with 

 the graft so muc 

 to swell. Thesm 



I shoots as s 



'e e graft. ear if°the grafting takes 





by potting into a pot^a size '^^^^t too tight. 



!tock° W down f uniil ^LT^l^^ 

 growth, as by so doing you ar e J^.J'^^^op 



..bin.-. 



: " •■ • 



found plants to d 



grafted plants may have the sam 



the ..reogth of the ptaBt, »°^°™ £ ^.teiiW. ' 



lion of this iribe of plants, for b, jKJ^ 

 £.tb. they h.»e time to.thoroughl? r,p« "^ „ ,. 



£, ore *■ •"-* JJ Zl JESS A« ' 

 changeable a climate ^mai u^ ^^ ^ ft 



their wood is abo v u 





July and August, when their 

 rather more. I fill the cutting-pots na 

 broken potsherds, upon which I place a 

 of rough peat, in order to prevent the mi 

 up the interstices between the drainage. I then fill up 

 with a mixture of two-thirds peat and one-third Band, 

 sifted through a fine sieve to within a quarter of an inch 

 I he pot. After the soil has been pressed 

 lightly down with a small round pat, widen 

 ferable to the fingers, I fill up level with the rim of the 



the open air, when they maj 

 the sun and air possible. Wi 

 care that none suffer from the 

 Colchester. _ - 



m *„n«»;nr» account of the new an Cane> jg 



recently P^' 



water. E- F -> 



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