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of the baskets, which for this genus should be consider- 

 ably shallower than the hemispherical ones recom- 

 mended for general purposes, and for these nothing is 

 better than some fibry peat and sphagnum. A liberal 

 supply of water must be given to those plants which are 

 in an active* growing state, and a warm moist atmosphere 

 must be retained during the day, in fine weather, espe- 

 cially amongst Vandas and their congeners from the 

 hottest localities, and Dendrobes, which are in a growing 

 State. Shading in bright strong sunshine is indispensable, 

 but the abuse of this is as common as the use of it. The 

 canvas should be so arranged that it can be removed or ap- 

 plied in a few moments ; as the difficulties of covering or 

 uncovering, in many instances, prevent the necessary 



attention to this matter. Conservatory. — Climbers 

 should now have a portion of their shoots pruned hard, 

 to produce growths for late autumn flowering. The 

 training of the young shoots should have ~-~" 1 — 

 attention, that they may at all times look neat , uh me 

 other hand, carefully avoiding the stiff formal appear- 

 ance which is produced by tying in the shoots to their 

 extremities. If the house is sufficiently lofty, climbers 

 look most graceful when they are allowed to hang 

 down from the rafters in natural festoons. Plants in 

 conservatory borders (whether climbers or otherwise), 

 which have been planted in former years, should have 

 as much of the old exhausted soil removed as can be 



A ^*- ~ — *aI l ^.1 • 11 • • • ,* 



ing ; otherwise, a crowded and sickly foliage will be the 

 consequence. Cherries and Apricots.— Let these be 

 frequently examined, and caterpillars or other plagues 

 carefully destroyed. 



We 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. 



\p 



State of theWe^T^V ^^ 



*n 



April. 



.. ~~„ « wm van aticuufu tu luc iiarueiiiiJg OI tne 



young stock of plants, preparatory to bedding out, the 

 season for which is now so fast approaching. v ~ 



on the 



done without materially injuring the roots, and the 

 space filled up again with fresh compost ; and, at the 

 same time, if any alteration in their arrangement is 

 desirable, it should be made. On a careful scrutiny of 

 the plants, many will present themselves to notice, 

 which will form greater objects of attraction, if planted 

 out, than they will if confined in pots. In making a 

 selection for this purpose, those sorts should be chosen 

 winch are remarkable either for the beauty of their 

 flowers, for continuing a long time in bloom, or for 

 their elegant and ornamental appearance in habit or 

 foliage. Let the soil for these plants consist of roughly- 

 chopped turves of loam or peat, with an admixture of 

 ncher materials, according to their special requirements; 

 but let the surface be covered with finer soil, lor neatness 

 sake Camellias planted out in conservatory borders are 

 much improved by having a portion of the old soil 

 removed, and new supplied every spring, after the 

 flowering 13 over. Abundance of water should 

 also be given them while they are growing. 

 as the season advances, heat and moisture 





may be more l.berally supplied to tropical plants, 

 increasing gradualy in proportion to the growing power 

 of the sun s rays, but m all cases avoiding a high nieht 

 temperature ; 60° being quite sufficient for those which 

 are growing most actively. The necessary night tem- 

 perature must be principally obtained by closing early 

 and to retaining the heat derived from the sun ; and 

 when fires are required, they must not be so strong as 

 to render it necessary to admit currents of cold air 

 This must be used with more care than when the plants 



SETS 5 * ? ™f, t St ? e ' f ? r tbe admission of a ™rr P ent7 f 

 cold air during the development of the young growth 



will frequently give it a check, and so injure the tonder 

 foliage as to spoil the future appearance <>f the plant I 

 cold current of this description^ very different from the 

 moderate emulation of the air which is necessary in all 

 plant-houses. Select some of the strongest young plants of 



Carnations and Picotees, and pot them in soil^onStinf 

 of three-fourths In*™ „^;„u u„_ , »' »>»*consisting 



charred 



plants which were potted in small pots early in the 

 spring, should be temporarily planted in frames of soil ; 

 but if this is inconvenient, it will be an advantage to 

 give them an occasional watering with liquid manure, 

 or guano- water, to keep them in a healthy state till the 

 season will admit of their being planted in the open 

 ground^ Many of the kinds, if permitted to become 

 stunted in their growth, are not easily induced to start 

 again, especially if much dry weather occurs at planting- 

 out time. The future occupants of the beds will be 

 much benefited if the interim be employed in turnincr 

 the soil over again, and exposing a new surface to the 

 influence of the sun and air. In moderately warm 

 localities, Chrysanthemums are very ornamental, as late 

 autumn flowering plants, if planted now against a south 

 wall. _ Half-hardy annuals sown in frames, &c, sjiould 

 be pricked out at greater distances apart, that they may 

 be strengthened a little before they are removed to the 

 flower beds. ;The sowing of hardy annuals, unless 

 already done, should be immediately attended to, if they 

 are required for early flowering. Of those kinds which 

 come quickly to maturity, it is a good plan to sow a few 

 patches once in three weeks to the end of June, by which 

 a succession of gaiety will be produced, throughout the 

 summer and autumn. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



This most singular season appears to puzzle most 

 luiip growers, and the late cold dry weather has retarded 

 the beds so much, that it is most probable, though early 

 blooms were anticipated, that the flowering season will 

 be about the usual period. A good way of supporting 

 blooms is to place a neat stick, about 2 feet hi^h, at 

 regular distances between the bulbs, so that by attaching 

 four short metallic wires, about the thickness of common 

 skewers, at right angles, they are enabled (by making a 

 hook or loop at the other end which surrounds the 

 luhp stem), to hold four blooms perfectly erect, pre- 

 venting them from being swayed about by the wind or 

 rl*™*™* ^a ^_ The light net must be ^ 



Friday.. \\ 

 S&tur. .. 12 

 Sunday . ]h 

 Mou day H 

 Tuea. ,.]5 

 Wed. .. 16 

 Thurs... l; 



Avei-aice 

 April 



BAaoMBTia, 

 Ma *- Min. 



Of 



19.931 



29.904 

 29.057 



~9.9;<l 

 29.830 

 29.866 

 29.S57 



29.89, 



29.S74 

 29>8o 



29.939 

 29.8S2 

 29.800 

 29.793 

 29.? 1 



29.847 





13- Fine ; doud> ; eg" 7 l\ n M^ ' 



14— f old H* w k-Y ' M . ear - With «n„k*. 



1 



State of the We.tWl^Jj-^Ii^M,. tS^ * 



^!i?!ii»lsu a '* *% 



April. 



Sunday 20 

 fldon 21 

 Tuea. 22 

 \V ed, 23 

 Thura. 24 

 Friday 25 

 Satur. 2b 



tne2oih,l32; 



<x*en* 



Notices to Corr^c^/w^ — 



Conifers : BaUandyne. Prune ahem Th dentl 

 growing in the autumn. They bSr^S **> **** 



Conservatory : HMD. A leUer d a ted 7 "l* 

 reach us in time to be considered and .„. pr V°* *• 

 on the 11th, at which time th " Gard^r^ * »8 

 pared for publication . Let your t^%2SF* P 

 roofed, glazed with Hartley's ro£h d?.£ ?**** 

 with hot-water. At one Ld ^atr™ a ^*U 

 potting shed so that the gard^^^jS 

 from the shed into the house in all *J t E r *** 

 side a tank into which all water rr? aj b L*S«* 

 falls upon the roofs. Your pits might be taSH* 

 sides of your greenhouse. Let there be a w2ft 

 middle ot the home. You might run a rod Tf£ 

 the ridce of th« roof Hoar r.e th. i~— 1 . ul 



* 



* 



damaging each other. _ M acp , 



to prevent injury from sudden hail storms, though not 

 so closely as to draw the stems. Auriculas are bloom- 

 ing strongly this season, and are now rapidly progressing 

 A pece of thin calico should be thrown over the frame 

 and as much air as possible be given from below through 

 the slides m the frame, or by other contrivances. 

 Ranunculuses— As the foliage breaks through the soil 

 they must be carefully gone over, and the soil which has 

 been displaced put gently round the neck Q f the plant 

 In other departments as last week. F 



purpose of destroying wireworms and oth7rTn Se cts and 

 one-fourth thoroughly decomposed cow manure Durin^ 

 the summer, the plants should be plunged in a bed of 

 coal-ashes, and watered occasionally uith clear Houhl 

 manure, and all flowering stems should be SedTut 

 After the end of August,.the stems should b e P carefully 



f£ S M , n Cy , make their Wearance ; and Towards 

 the end of October, the plants" should be placed near 



Pineries. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



course seems likelv in h* ^ • / ' ut lf the Iatt ^r 



done the first tinJl V ZZlr"' * Sh ° U,d be 

 potting, or other ™„™L„ Si *,* are re moved for 





advances, it will be necessary to shade with thin h. v 

 during strong sunshinp • h„i ' aiia «e witiitiim bunting 



Of d fery caSst" V^^ ^^ " *«" ^ 

 when the fimit is fiillv i.; M i^. *i 



ith thin bunting with these ^S^lS^ lt M ^ to be v «y early 

 % it should bf localhW Kvl^*l d thl8 ^Particularly felt in ^ > 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Crops which have been some time on the ground, 



and especially those amongst which the soil hat been 



much trodden m gathering the produce, as Parsley 



Spinach, &c, and the various spring-sown' crops a/325 



appear above ground, should have the soil about them 



loosened with a fork, to allow their roots to penetraS 



more easily, and at the same time to admit the sun and 



ajr more freely. The same operation desSoya tEe 



young seed weeds which spring up abundantly at th£ 



season After the you,g%] a „t s have gainTd a little 



strength they should be thinned -if necefsary, weed £ 



the rows with the hand. At this period «f a - g 



growth they should be carefully ^^tLlt^E 



ravages of snails or other hLSs, wScffS? p? 



ticularly liable to trouble them in their young P , nd 



infoTr^- / r0C , eed With the formation andman Ur 

 " L n dei 7 trenche f as soon as Po*ible, and com 

 plete all such work, which is liable to make much m£, 

 upon the walks, that the latter may be put Z leZl? 



and' n" d r ^ Cd f T * ° na Warm ^r for Vtl ?££ 



and prick -out into frames the young plants of IZ^' 

 sowings. Make a sowing of dwarf Freneh « J ■ * 

 cool frame, to be transplfnted intlft J^.?^ " & 

 as the weather will permit. Sow VeSle M? ° D 

 and Gourds in 4-inch Jots, two^ff^J^"" 



them in a warm fWmo a ^«*u . cacil > ™& place 



-ade of Cashflow:™ Broth **££* ^ d DOW be 

 Savoys ; and dust some qnS&S^^SS, & f 

 of former sow ngs, to preserve thJr.t? s planls 

 rage the growthVf ToZZl nt^ratTanf ^ 

 them as soon as they reciuire it *n „h? ' ^ re P ot 



sides of y our greeuho^e. Te°t tifer be TSL ^ - 

 middle ot the , home. You might run a rod ofr^ 

 the ridge of tbe roof, clear of the head of LILT* 

 must not do more. Let the sashes more Ld «}£* 

 that you may, if you please, have the roof uWl! 

 it is necessary to do so. These are general hiniit?* 

 give plans, for which consult some garden archil 

 Dbying Heaths : J P. Dip them into boiling wtSiL. 



dry them. 1 hat will prevent their shedduf A* w?^ 



Fancy Gebaniums : Warner. You will find idHEL 



logue at p. 72 01 the current year's volume,' """" T "" dlb 



Names of Fecits : X Q. Your Apple is not w %m m +, 



Hant House. It appears to be the Holland h ro u i 

 Names of Plants : A Sub. Daphne coilina m Aii 

 tana.— W Walker. 1, Primula villosa with fthitiflm 

 Thuja occidentalis; 3, Rites sanguineum. If MM 

 study botany a little you would learn to knowivlZ 

 without assistance — E 6?. Acacia diptera.-JZediqj^ 

 believe the Narcissi are these— 1, Aiax pamiluLNhn- 

 2, rf variety called Ajax praecoz ; 3, Queltia caluMu,*,'^ 

 the many varieties of Narcissus odorus of Lumen, * 

 almost as impossible to determine these thingiam 

 fllorists' flowers, among which they really ought to btcW 

 The best account of them is in I>ean Herbert'i^AaBj^ 

 daceae." — C M — £. Apparently a handsome variety of Oidfci 

 longipes. — J R M. Tussilago Farfara.-4 B, OtpUiii 

 verna. It is not Forge t-me-Not.— Reader. Popabaiiafc 

 It is worthless for out-door purposes.— B } p. (3mm 

 puniceus.— Cymro. Aubrietia deltoidea, RbododendmlB. 

 ricum. There is a white Periwinkle ; but we haniatM 

 a double white.— & D. Hyoscyamus scopoiia.-/ B 1 9^ 

 andra Baxteri. — Ch Smith. Dendrobium PaxtonL-E i 

 Gooseberry leaves are attacked by Ervsiphe cimmiiEii;* 

 white ri bres are the mycelium ; the dark brown jptea 

 centre is the peridium. 

 Peas : A Gardener, You have lost your Peas by your ow= 

 management, and not by following the direction! t 

 Calendar, which is written by one of the most eipwrt 

 gardeners in England. Are jou really simple «***» 

 believe that your Pea-sticks have produced "tfc* 

 miser ablest plants " you ever saw ? It is time to thimjBK 

 Apricots, if they are what you describe. There ii» 

 why you should not disbud now, if you know how, _ 

 Rock Plants: H S. Aubrietia, Arabis alpina, Alj*^ 

 Musk, Saxifrages, Soldanella alpina, Sedums, Eriil* 

 panicus, Saponaria ocymoides, Aquilegia Shinneri tftj* 

 haps glandulosa, Primula altaica and other sorts, »«**! 

 Petunias, Violet*, and hardy Ferns. { 

 Steawbeerjes: A B. Your temperature at th« J""""" 

 ment was at least 10° too high. If )ou do not beAJJ 

 little heat, and force gradually, they are sure toioll»# 

 Vebbsnas: Warner. Bride, white, iarge truss; UmelMJ 

 purple, distinct and striking; D efi an ce L scarlet, laryt w ^ 



purple, distinct and striking; Defiance, scarlet, larfi 

 strong habit ; Heloise, blueish purple ; Princess Ah* 

 wirh ohprrv rpntrp. larce truss : Koval purple, deefl 



re 



maroon, 



St. Margaret, crimson, with a . 



i, with pink stnpes; > uicau aBpeiMjj 

 crimson, very large ; and Psjche, rosy purple, wi fl oi— 



hotbome, 1* ** 



In the early houses, 

 55 Q bv nMit mr>A~Zi l* 1 ? '^ we temperature fall to 



as possible ; if prVpe^a Sfn T *? d ^^ as Ion § 

 Tenting the'establishmen of Z T been J** to pre- 

 wiU be an easy ma? e? Id hi a^- ° U , the Vines ' th * 

 secured to tiJh^^^g^"* , StreDgth *» 

 for an v extra exertion. I pSi e HSr P, 5jrp , P e r 



^^^;:^X ££ The peaches 



more shoots than will be requLd hS\B 2^ 



itW^ 



localities. WheVeir e onlnHr rUCU ^J - felt in Ia<ie wld I M»c. Hollowa/ Cerfeuil is Chervil, and Sc«*J >» 



and the scare ?rTf W™^ ™<l™™d is considerable Endlve S «»>. variety jou have rece, ed U ^jw« ^ 

 . B P a re spaces upon the walU m «, i: -* , » ' »»..—"- »»«»». tnr the Pam market.— a jo. ~ 





Eclipse, blush, with pink stripes; Vuk 



centre.* 

 Vista 

 long 



Alexandria, auv» v^«»». »«-. , 



Vines, of course, must be kept very 

 them into a greenhouse. They are now B C " M •£;£»' 

 advantageous to greenhouse plauts, but rather -we cow^j 

 atkr TInks: EFL. A 14- nch wail will «^f»^ 

 the size you mention. Make the tank of wood in** 



>; me variety jv« ««'« mw "~~ A ,'n Gu*«* ,h 



generally grown lor the Pans m » k f^ „fl att iio r » 

 Tobacco is a very fioe white-Hovtnd ***^"$**\ 



cisely the same treatment •» ^ mm . 0B l ;^" l t i ?jW*^ 

 to be raised id heat, and planted ontsimJj *™*£ Hm + 



Wat 



warm 



Repot Capsicums! buTdoZt Sv ^JT« ™ C ^ 

 they are strong and well established PH ? Tvf tU1 

 Savory, &C,, f rom the see dXs into £v ° U ) Basi1 ' 

 preparatory to their bein/ wi ! j Xes or fra mes, 

 Water freely all S&K° ted J Mlt nex * month 



small seeds Just co^g Sj^ ^ ^-^ H^ise 



Your Maurandya has P^bably suflerea rrom - ^ 

 at the root. You had better defer the removal jw 

 Beech and Arbor-TJtae till ne: t Septemoer.; 



ClNEBAEIAS : Z? Z 



one, which is worthless.*— A V, MM- 

 flower medium sized, round and flat, 

 One of the best of its class. 2, Whw 

 and haviug a centre of the same o 

 gcod flower. 3, Dark chocolate cent! 

 of white, and edged with purple. A 

 this and No. 2 are rather too itarry 

 kinds now in cultivation.* 



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