ae; 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 359 
ar wth anda great many more flowers. How howe fh 
- very handsome, fine flavoured, and good. | gro th y en this |i | 0s uence of warm Wei ather, as it is the chief object to 
-yery large, rocess should take place is not a settled ossible in a dormant 
foaandar = To t bearer, and in | florists, and the a EE a vary with fini circum» | | this y they ma y y remain gee aaa tarbed throug 
ý Boost first- p js an ph car roe “for Apples | stances, such as the ea — character of the sorts | out the winter, requiring not the lea: ention until 
Í rg App = io yar Aremberg is inferior to Moorfowl | grown, the time of dari d g | March, when the covering is RA: ve them now 
perhaps say that, for the large ahah E kinds, stopping much air whenever the thermometer stands al 
4 on the wall, Winter Nelis is excellent ; | should cease in July, while with Pompo mes it may e reezing point, and as soon as = danger of — frosts 
a uires a south wall and a fine'season, tend into August. We must remember that the is gone bing them again on a sand be d, wher e they 
— ou Morceau is AELTER ii even | general law is, that letting the plants run uisi ha have either i nere they 
bat is then ogre ‘neither of the above will succeed | favourable to fine flowers, and stopping to a mg ties remain during summer. Shifting Caen to be 
qa south wa ‘as standards Beurré Diel bears large plentiful supply of them. s the stems erik adne in May or in March, directly after the ey have, 
4 oat tiy, and ripens freely ; ” Auchen (which is | in hei ight, the: ey must be trained to stakes, , and o on the | been uncov = 
an ore here ) ripens freely, and is excellent; 5. Soil for Alpine Plants.—It has been said ea 
rang omises we of the plants = be found to depend To let the = | that the materials we use consist in—1, good t 
Sepoleon r on wall, Knight’s Monarch and E to ti up | peat; 2, poor sandy loam en. from uncultivated 
a ne are rivalled. As standards Knight's like a bundle of Mie sparagus, is as fatal to the ane as | land ; 3, river-sand paraprin muddy parts, preferable 
Iocom is aD bein very fine, and.is pro to the ey genie of the plant. to aan sand; 4, chalk rubbish from old y alls, &e. 5 ; 
Mo i ror Ile is good. The abov e the pri rincipal features of the culture and 5 good leaf mov a or in 
a. e cm, aval, eae ine de Malines is | of i Sept no aa oa in pots, and they will apply i mentary are mixed ogstini: 
et a as are also Easter Beurré and Beurré Rance. | most respects to their growth in beds and borders, or | in the flowing proportio 
ie ter Beurré is ezealltat from wall only. | against walls. After taking off as many cuttings or} Soil No. 1: art poit one-part loam, half part of 
t 
epay aus. Beurré Ran nce from a south wall, shoots as are wanted from last year’s plants, what | river- ae 
iAP remains may be thinned out, stopped, and planted in Soil No. 2: two parts peat, one part loam, one part 
aymention that Chaumontel, B | any convenient situation in good rich:soil. If weather | san 
lew some others that I have omitted to yana “i permits they will exhibit anune of flowers in the Soil No.3: one part peat, two parts loam, one part 
mer but are always worthless. I have | autumn. Although we hope ay to the are sand. 
necessarily om omitted also some that are very tolerable. in due time, it may be well to ee oe the p ae Soil No. 4: one'part peat, one part loam, two-parts 
Jl I 1 to shelter when there aera sand, 
i in espalier; b undantly, keeps nearly the year | of frosts, C.R. Soil No. 5: one-part peat, two parts loam, two'parts 
round, and is highly sortie as a stewing Pear. ‘Also ae sand. 
[should now state that cuttings or scions of ‘all the| SKETCH OF THE SWISS ALPINE FLORA Soil No. 6: one part peat, two parts loam, one part 
‘os mentioned are liberally given to all comers, AND THE | sand, two parts leaf mould. 
Thomas Robertson, Se rdener to gr ‘Archibald Dunbar, a, sgh ae Fale ia aan i In the following list we epr onlyʻindieate by the 
Bart, Duffus, near Elgin, [pril 2 y Dr. EGEL, Director of the Imperial Botanic ens at | corresponding number the kind of soil to be chosen’ for 
miia EAA TiN No. fore ete 10) Onrates. | each species. Those plants which demand or prefer an 
a admixture of chalk will be indicated by a c, the letter 
_— SE aANTHEMUM. ee bishat or eran pS form rooted aera oe that the species (mostly high Alpine plants) 
if y thrive best when grown in pots; where nothing is 
en ey monia Yo ytd as Cuttings end of Ona to be planted in pols ar pansin amatar aera a son mardet adl en rd 
onr cai pretty thickly ‘together in sandy soil, and | sandy:s soil. If they are divisible, this can be done now ew Aad pd . ol ro ai id il cote ai. 
the pots ged to in agentle hotbed. If the with safety, if they have even fe ew or no roo ts at all. Thom Soy Be try or locality is indicated, the be aiden 
pe ee , i petter plan is to put eaċh ina ar pia rooted pay = bb Dara aoe in| belongs to thé Dore oi thé ee Alps or tho "Geman. 
5 Moun 
to aiie n a 
ere may be 
derangement of the plants when they are repotted. | frame, where no are er tom A a ah { 
Nothing roots more daniy than the Chrysanthemum, | northern situation will answer best. they may! pener ‘ numeration asg Heer _ not ta Meer divx td 
but ifrooted pieces of the old plants are taken instead Serpe wnt shed it is ony. necessary To, keep f fort | Plan ‘ f wn k e ss > 
of cuttings, propagation will go on without any trouble | and sunshine out, and they will not suffer if y | ee chill sean 1.34; wih eaiaichane Bias 
aall. It is generally thonght that the good properties remain Seron n for several morths quite covered pe _ L.A; eh grr ats Manach, T; A cate Ta, 
of plants are best preserved by cutt They will get well rooted before the return ERE he dy lo Tities ie a ng ‘all : iy? 
have the advantage of not sending up suckers, as rooted of § spr ring, Shae ie a are again es a into the DOON AAE Spat aie mee E rE 
open gro! e 
diegiant nonta be pive it is seg yt ha tal on gated t scbseadly t the beatiful Di Dhd "apis Wulf, 3, ap. 7-As nana, L., 3, p.; “A. promise ce") 1; 
and o of ci of Dianth a se tender kinds of a peso of these kinds—likes a more sunny 
bs nmi treatment _ of the Ch th Arm tgs usa Ma’ thio odecatheons, Drabas, 
after the eutti i Petrocalli Potentilla nevadensis,| Aconitum An thora, L., 1; gets only 2 feet high. 
of nutriment and moisture, and the iggi of er Primulas, Puta the eaeiushal species of jaisten A. chinevse. Sieb., China, 1; one of the dwarfestand 
stems which are to produce the flowers. In order to| &c.; and i eral a those kinds eae ne see not | most delicate of ‘the genus. A. eminens, Koch ; 
the) every advantage, they must never be welll rooted, jA rof w ich we possessed or | Lycoctonum, L., and varieties; A. Napellus, tis and 
att lowed to flag from drought: gan we therefore did gA Tike re rae 53 A. ochotense, pe won rag ac A. aan 
these evils are to be averted by frequent repottings risk o alton eninge winter were planted in pots | “iller, Cauca’ Į 3 2 
and constant attention to waterin The bloomin n hi ial way. naicum, L.; A. Stcerkianum, Rehb.; A. variegatum, 
pots should generally be 10 sues deep and 8 5 Cülture “Alpiee plants in pots.— Whenever | L-; A. ‘volubile, Pall., Siberia. The Aconites in 
diameter at the top, and between the thumb pots and a aion of aa “oi plants is to be plata 6 as | almost any kind o soil, and attain from 3 to shay m 
these final ones at least three shifts should take place, se tie sive an as possible— -whene ever r ib is sa are therefore fit for the background. 
the plants thus occupying five different pots in the | the object to include “dito the I denophora.—This pretty genus eee on the moun- 
course of their history. The shiftings 1d‘be-made| mountains, or from the Arctic agony it then will sling of Hungary, of S. Russia, and in Siberia. All 
before the roots get bound together, or when they | become Sc Sto grow part of the collection, | the following prees thrive ak of douradn gol ide 
pretty well cover the inner surface of ‘the Fresh | comprising all the kinds which are. difficult to keep propagation almost exclusively by seed; get n 1 to 
tich soil should be carefully made E fill up the spaces | alive out of, doors, in pots, only trusting suc these | 3 feet high. Adenophora coronata, DC. ; A. coronopifolia, 
formed by th The pot changes we have | out, of which a A apr of the same kind ech A .Gmelini, Fi meagre: edger 
iven in order to | remain in pots to 
rat bri of: the foliage;| No doubt the small pie often wer beautiful species | ticillata, 
rom the highest regions may b wn with reitor Ade sien stkfron, Cass., 2. This and th following 
xhibited, and isaféty in pots than in the open Eas the re: on is | kind ike a in ne Tog and shady let, 2 feof 
pots | evident: they are more ae our eyes, an igh. my A. hybrida, DC 
ven at ‘the final shift. ‘At some horticultural bette agape Seg they ca: ete es shifted to ) thor phylla, a ES p- 
th sikia it, an n be sheltered| thionema saxatile, R. Br., 3, a small pretty annual, 
number :of flowers upon. them. Mr. Broome with, z greater facility against a somito cone | loving a sunny situation ona rather stiff loamy soil. 
ts may be obtained “ 1 in Will spring up again from seed every year, and ought 
otal and. bearing from 300 to 600 he so soil for pot culture may be the same as that | therefore to remain in the same place. A. coridifolium, 
bi ig of Pompenes a of the | ahi h we shall recommend further on for prix open | L., M. Lebanon, 2; and A. gracile, DC., 3, though both 
i down, to which aay may be | sponte culture, with the addition of mre Be re vege- of them lasting several years, may be treated. like A. 
subjected. But this. kind of culture would | table soil, to make it richer. The pots, selected accord- | saxatile. 
the plants, ought to be ef small, Alchemilla alpins; L., 6, prefers sunny situations Se 
to hint at its spent one of the laces; 
of fresh:air the ea must be afforded : all of Pig pode a.restrained amount of nourishm A. pubescens, gh A like alpina 
thorough drainage is is reqmred and shout Allium grandiflorum Lam., 2, Italy, France, a 
th attended to. drainage of chalk rubbish or stones, and rather s1 
ea with the sun oane sing spring when they come into abi the Alpine | locality ; A. Victoriale, L., 6. 
s, half-a-dozen waterings in a day wonld | plants in pots may be removed to a hälf- “sunny locality lsine aretioides, M. & K., 
pishi this, Caaan prenentiun must be studied | and plac aced on a a layer of sa nd or ashes: — they ver Alps of Tyrol; A. pence = N. i it 1; 
the pots apt to the freely hen ‘their seeds will | Walilbrg., 1; Air 
, Case, £ the most b 0, g00 d | be ripe and when - thei eir. season of rest App to com-}1; A. verna, Bartl 1. i “The. sae 
y will be be 2 rag Care must “then. be mence, ` Now ae, should ‘be kept. more shady, and raised fr om: seeds ; they like a. sunny lo 
orms-do to. the pots,-by placing | covere continual rain sets in, and get | mixed 
‘Lashes. To prevent the asto, kee dies from shrivel-| Alyssum rE SE W..& K.,.3; A gemonense, 
the: material below. the; pots, they lin ng. stewards the end of September it will be time to | L., 3; A. saxatile, _ Pretty as border plants in 
a ‘Liquid manure | remove them to the winter quarters, a-cold frame with | quite sunny, a E cae E a 
as the flower-buds | quite a northern aspect, where the sun is Sees Androsace carnea, Ly 1, pi; A-Chamajasme, Li, 1, €. ; 
b a-finer growth and | shut ont; the bott tl A. lactea, L., 1, Cx pa; As villosa L, 4, p. The Andro- 
_jndicions appli: | firm, with belong to the most - beautiful of Alpine plants ; 
of the a worms out. “Here e water is given ae more etar they succeed better: in..pots than in the open ground, 
stems. a paa TE EENS mesa aaa 
The- Chrysan 5 y for. the Botanic Gardens at 
Coe apatite Itt When raids ata aber Pm pla nice or seeds eee irene + 
one leading om which, af | Rete: weather se neta 1s to bodai up and | prices. Orders directed to Mr. es, Curator of the Botanie 
| produce a: bunch of flowers | | well covered with abutters, a a thick layer of leaves is Gardens at Zurich Grtterand, vi i be. prow atlengonae 
= "a a erson & Son, Weli ington n Nursery, a and the other 
Mevunterected by stopping | frost out but quite as much (or more so under the bead gpa nurseries, pin sp pear nrg 
luces a compact,shrubby | climate of Great Britain) to guard them against’ the | for Alpine plants from Zur 
