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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 5, 1895, 
which terminated in three buds. We have before us 
one of the flowers developed from those buds; the 
other two will be open soon. the same raceme 
has borne flowers for eight consecutive months. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
A METHOD OF CULTIVATING RICHARDIA 
N the plants have done flowering, I begin to 
rest them by withholding water for a time, but not 
allowing the soil to get very dry, and when frosts 
are no longer dangerous they are stood out-of-doors. 
lay the pots on their sides, for w out- 
ttention in 
regard to egg tiny the soil till potting time, at the 
end of Jun hey are then turned out of the pots, 
and the crowns carefully shaken out and separated. 
Some single crowns are put in pots of 6 inches in 
diameter, and others four or five in an 8 or 9-inch 
ey are again put out-of-doors, and grown on 
ool hou I 
have a rae Me bust s display of spathes all through the 
winter and spring months, The soil used consists 
of equal parts loam, leaf-mould, sand, and spent 
mushroom-bed manure. 
method is, I think, preferable to planting out, and I 
am sure would prove more satisfactory to growers 
than planting out. Where, I think, the mistakes of 
planting out lie, is simply in placing manure imme- 
diately in tact with the roots; and then, worse 
than all, when raped time comes, a large number 
of the roots have to be sacrificed in getting them 
into pots of a As a result, there 
is long growth, and ; z 
less spathes, I am of nen that if the old practice 
of potting in June were tried by our growers of 
Richardias, finer and more spathes would be 
obtained, 4, Young, Marat 
THE WEEK’S W ORK. 
THE KITCHEN d EN. 
sá e prigaia Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 
E8 FOR EXHIBITION.—To exhibitors 
of . — the New Year brings with it more care, 
study, and atten attention to excel his past achievements 
than is the case with those gardeners who cultivat 
vegetables to supply the fabie of the Pana Bain with 
sor 
may 
soil, and sand, being use Having so 
the seeds, not too 1 — and pl 
a hotbed, the materials of which’ er 0 r, — 61 — 
from the glass, and covering with a test 
repotting into waited: 
_ ROTATION crops.—In general practice 
avoid growin g the same a of ble for two 
on same ground, A rough 
— should be drawn, and 
upon it for sake of reference, 
In large gardens where there is u al 
space, & regular succession of pig a may be carried 
out uel tee much difficulty where space i 
ree crops must E be taken in one 
year ead ee grt piece of ground, and & 1 of 
round i easily obtained. If the labour 
ee oie e, and Nane — the evils 
of successivo — may be more or less success- 
fully co ed ing the ki arden 
bastard trenched either in alternate years, or better 
* 
o seed-sowing t ire give 
trouble, 105 a small quantity of finely- sifted. raa 
in addition to the 99 ime, although where 
the soil is trenched a dresi 8 of . 
afforded yearly, little T atie ne be appre 
hended from this pest, or clubbing, — some other 
evils, arred ea and the remains of burn 
heaps of garden-refuse and trimmings, old iaia, 
fine charcoal, &c., where the land is heavy and wet, 
may be "gay greets used in both yes agaa * 
top spits. The weather being still open, pus 
ec all this kind of work a pi kly as pees but 
avoid on any consideration having it done when the 
soil i is sodden with rain 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RIcHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
PREPARATIONS FOR FORCING. — In some 
—— the forcing — ry de uit has commenced, 
ost it is not re the opening of the New 
a that the aay sean are kapas and forcing 
becomes general. Before commencing a 
however, on the result of which ge much depends, it 
~ 
out in a Sram dical manner. 
Without the — se of a certain degree of fore- 
e left to eee with the pro- 
given, and ther sary conveniences, a 
demand of this — is easily — by old eee 
—4 for the younger men w wn on thei 
resources for the first time, it k : oair of 
8 oment, as, however good the fruit may be 
they produce, e — is not 1 whan desired, 
it is of little at a late mo Moreover, the 
mishap — hve a — garden rather unpleasant 
consequen nowing . by time the differ- 
gardener the need of ea observation a 
the noting down of the time different kinds required 
ve at a usable condition. The no memo- 
rands, if followed through a course of years, would 
furnish a very interesting and 10 store of facts 
for future reference. The bitherto exceptionally 
forcing, and 
of bright 8 
te: 
ae ae forded or the 
nape 
VINES: EARLY ee cess 3 of the 
shoots may begin as 
which are carrying ihe fe bea 1 5 Bhs Tic * 
these shoots before they glass, care 
being doing so, as e brittle, 
pping and over-cròwding 
to satisfactory results 
DDr 
soft feathers drawn hey over the bunches will 
assist fertilisation. the day t 
ich should ire to 65° 
that the heat in the fermenting-beds about the 
Vines in pots does not 3 but add freah bir 
and Oak leaves as may be necessary. Water used at 
the roots should be about 10° higher — 
than that of the house. 
SECOND VINERY.—For supplying ripe Grapes 
towards the end of May and the following whee 
pes ‘Vines should be eared 4 ye: 1 ri the Vines 
ve been forced several year will n 
aay to bend the points of the rode dowel such 
i a generally breaking regularly for their entire 
leng ith young and vigorous — however, 
it is sp ades and these s — be so iss. 
the buds burst evenly all over, and a p few only 
which take the lead to the ee of the reat, If 
the roots are out-of- 
received some kin 
snow, which w 
warmth in it than would otherwise be present, and 
a conseque — the roots will be more easily 
excited. If this precaution has not bee „ a 
covering dopisi of stable litter and cred al 
preferably those of the Oak, 18 inches ‘thick, b 
laid o materials have been 
90°. Ifa bed of fermenting material which emits no 
rank vapours can 
placed in r vinery, the genial heat and moisture 
evolved, as e ammonia thrown off, will be 
veiy beneficial tothe Vines, Syringe the rods 
on fine days, and keep a temperature of eg during the 
night at first, with a rise of 8° or in the day 
with sun heat. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By BAILEY I Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York. 
1 pe right kind of embel- 
arden, of whatever 
dwelling to w 
the moi y: to ma for the summ! 
edders. e flower 1 
pis lati 
thre shaded by tall trees, walleye 
and evergreen 
should form the 3 shelter. 7 
i sh 
be furnished with limestone, millstone, grit on e 
rocks and stones placed in ] ne 
sufficient crevices, and pockets and 8 to ace’ A 
modate the plants, Her ing perent 
pies a place oneithe 
in th — kitchen-garde en itself, If a trellis- with 
5 feet high bound this border it 1 1 ‘planted wi 
Tea-roses, Honeysuckle, Clematis, America 1 
berries, Virginian Creepers, and other trailing o 7 
The drainage of the garden should be one of th 
ee to receive 1 especially if ope — t 
etentive na he drains in such £ inches 
— placed 12 t to 15 feet apart, and should lay 8 1 
down in the subsoil, and be covered with ru rubble 
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