Jaxvaky 5, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE 
13 
within 18 inches of the surface. It is of great 
importance that the outfall drain has a good fall, 
The depth of soil for the beds in which Pelargoniums, 
Lobelias, Calceolarias, ne a onias, Hyacint hs, 2 
&c., should not be less than 18 i nches ; for a- 
All beds should be trenched 
of leaf-soil, sandy peat, and r hould 
be added to the staple, mie road- -grit to keep it open 
and workable if it be of a s in 
15 
5 hurricane ripped the 
climbing plan 
Ivies, Clematis, &c., 
n off and irre- 
be cut off near the 
, or the point of injury. Honey- 
suckles, Jasmines, and climbing R hould be 
W 0 trained-in fi their 
* Horny and — NN Lor ge: be well 
as it is, got damaged i ep 
advisable to afford them a liberal top-dressing of 
lon-b soil anå manure. Flowering shrubs 
which may have been 1 over should be placed 
secure as possible with three 
to injure the gentle swaying with a 
long pole bound ead the end with soft cloth is the 
best 
ay. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pork, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
ire a wheelbarr 
„if 5 well working it in 
will do much to 1 
may made secur, pruning 
all such trees ＋ be delayed for a 1 weeks. 
If trees have aon ecently received from 
replace the n t 
once, as, if this be neglected, they may be lost in the 
first i causing confusion and 
If nothing better be and, strips of 
ead, with n ý and rolled 
round a branch, answers perfectly, the corresponding 
— being entered in a book kept for the pur- 
or permanent labels both 5 Acme and the 
Berattord Im 1 e excel 
GOOSEBERRIES RRANTS should be 
pruned at ‘once, cutting away some of the crossing 
, the the pruner 
the centre of the trees mpi open, 
and to render the gathering of the 
applied w 
each, wi 
tting some old branches each year, very 
much finer fruit pee poet on young than onold 
. Cattings o above should be inserted 
re: ere stout and straight shoots, 
cutting off the tops to about 15 inches, taking out 
the beli cleanly, excepting three or four at the top 
[this applies to Gooseberries and ac eee 
and insert , in ro foot apart, 
l betwee e . cutting, 
pange the soil firmly, and pee, ee with a little 
fine soil as . Catti 
apart wa 
g in an outw 
rows, a foot 
hard to a bud pointin ard direction, 
which will give a suitable foundation to the future 
ane 3 on with the pruning * 
nailing trees w com eted, except n 
the case of Peaches e be left 
till next month. Trees infested with scale should 
of in- 
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syringe. 
made by . small quantity of soft-soaf iit 
hot water and adding petroleum in the propo apar = 
2 oz. to 1 gallon of water, * applying > at a 
perature e of 120°; car t be taken to keep “this 
well mixed while . * by . or foreibly 
churntud it up with the syringe. This will also destroy 
the eggs of any insects that may have been deposi 
he buds, or in the crevices of the bark, and 
the trees will be found to start into — much 
cleaner in consequence, 
vo PLANTATIONS may yet be made, 
ece of open, . sad trenching, 
working in plenty of 
refuse, If it be intended to 
stretched horizontally, * 2 2 feet apart in the rows, 
and 5 feet from row to row, affording a slight mulch- 
The canes should be 
ing of half-rotten 3 
s 2,—RASPBERRY TRAINING. 
cut down to a few inches from the ground the 
resulting growths will not be eee “Where 
only a few Raspberry plants are grown, or aining 
the plants to wires is not desirable, a simple C 
A 2 plant at 4 8 apart in the rows, bend the canes 
in the for ach pag. 
88 a series rol low een a stake being put in 
the middle to dy g. 2). 
placed yo 
fo take the piacan of a older branches. 
ot worth p than four or five year, 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. Sura, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
THE INMATES OF THE STOVE e present is 
ood time to get soils, , in es for potting 
the plant n eq l quantity of oe 4 
similar d of peat, well-decayed leaf-m d 
ling of charcoal and half-inch ~~ mixe 
week for several 
ound an ee e potting compos 
epr eginning of ae mth. If the 
soil be er at this season, tim in caved when at 
ate nearly PETA is Guais atten- 
me to have the stock of dirty 
— washed and — in their 
finemen d shade for a leng time, and 
easily — gated, the — è thrown 
away when beginning to have a shabby appearance, 
i e 
Palms e = year, and grow 
ae a good s stock of useful subj-cte in a few 
thrive; oppor- 
tunity of thoroughly overhauling ak 4 0 them. 
THE CONSERVATORY.—This structure should be 
rightened at this season of the year by introducing 
pho ero a leans Veitchii, 1 b. La of 
il 
the paths 8 
e. If greet or black-fly are 
m plants wit y R icharde’ 
fumigating ompound, a factory 
having no eas ee sible A. and shiek does not 
take the colour 775 the flowers as tobacco- paper or 
eloth is apt to temperature of the conser- 
vatory 3 de kept about 55° at night and 60° by 
day, with a small amount of air admitted on the top 
ventilators, 
OUSE.—Batches of crowns and 
ee nt ily of the Vailey should be put in bottom- 
h o and watered freely. This 
plant forces more easily into flower now than earlier, 
eous 
or onsic 
ably, A few Roses, 1 N Richard 
n as 
and eff. eetive plant for idem a or conserva- 
ry purpose 
PAL 1 é 1 early 
ceased to pioom, no time must be lost in taking 
eu of best v. e not pro 
as is n 
