Janvary 19, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
75 
the fruit has done swelling may be placed close to- 
ge dur. in some house or pit where is sufficient 
nis ae so that the house 
ned, and the plunging 
not be neces- 
nging material, 
added to 
the plu 
but sufficient fresh tan or leaves dapra be 
ensure a s ttom-heat o 5°. 
those plants which have thick stem: 
dress with turfy lo 
of the ball may be injured. 
he temperature rising, do not ram the material 
mperature of the house should range from 65° at 
night to 70° by day, allowing 80° 1. sur, and 
slight ventilation at mid-day. tmosphere 
should be kept moist. The young . of plants 
in the succession-house ust ept free from 
any excitement from heat o oisture, h 
might cause them to thr p prematurely, or 
rally wea d suckers in small pots, however, 
— be watched that they do not suffer for want of 
‘OMATOS.—Keep the house quite dry, and 
gente warmth in the spe, with a little venti 
at all times, Anything approaching a close atmo- 
sphere must be guarded t. Continue to fer- 
tilise the flowers as th en, thin out useless 
necessary. Ano may 
thinly, and vier ca prick the 3 cat 88 
they become drawn 
THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
By BAILEY pes CoE Birdsall — York, 
Rose-beds ‘and 5 are eee in the bare 
spring-time, advantage 
on with the various kin l 
therewith. The t hing of the soil sh 
finished as pua as 80 A ~ t delay be 
caused when the tim: rrives, The planting 
of hybrid taan should | = complé eted 1 the en 
next month. ta may be 
planted ou tat any seaso 
plant — before March is ee In se 
3 for a rosary, regard m 
from cons - nd east, a req ‘lacing i it far from 
soc nging or high 
de Dijon and ‘ther hardy Roser, formed by ome 
rustic fences, may be arranged 
these aford . shelter 
e kind of shelter i 
a ht ae N 
Rose- 
although Rosé like strong soil it must be 
to moisture. If the 2 is piaren, 22 it well, 
after draining, and mix with it ashee, barnt 
earth, lime rubbish, a Nn N but if it be light 
and i andy, afford plenty of strong loam with some 
stan ces with the staple, When pl lanting H. P. dwar 
set sles at 24 to 3 feet apart, according to the able 
and vigour ot th 
the bed, and strong pl 
it, — out the root the bottom o of the se 
which should first ad firm by treading the 
2 coveri i resh loam. Dwarf 
h 1 
Briar, &c., should be 
planted at at such a depth that the point of psig is 
Covered about spread ou roo 
place a a short, stake against them, Mulch the —.— 
ofar * with half-rotten manure. Pruning 
bs M take ace soon after planting, Sent the 
the autum 8 better 
Short — Tron A a very 
loft t til the spring. without breaking 
without 
suitable for Roses, as they cut 
the shoots, and the work 
than with the knife 
es, on the con- 
e rene bud, 
pert is usually the best month for prun { 
but „Bourbon, China, Moss, and —— "climbing 
and pillar Roses should be pruned at different times 
to insure a 
in beds should have the shòots carefully thinned 
out, the s bei rwards pricked over with a 
digging-fork, and the shoots pegged down near to the 
soil, i shoots do not get damaged 
malt-combin d short 
pplies of manure-water during dry wea 
and also after new plantationa have been 3 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pore, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
RING FRUIT QUARTERS — Take 
advantage of aoe d weather to wheel manure on to 
omposed 
e 
or the middle of the spaces between th 
the case of Raspberri 
upon the surface. Ric e gee material will 
be the most oe for them. A yee gio of 
uld be likewise applied t 
wn in row 
a 
warm 
open eee is requisite for the American species 
to best 2 E hea | of Black- 
ae: 3 of oun g am l ek ie 
1 our or too 
be tied 2 the trollie at their fall length ; 
ved ble (Rubus laciniatus) is 
one of the best for all purposes, 
PRUNING APPLE AND PEAR TREES.— In pruning, 
if should be borne in mind that — sorts of Apples 
i m, and fruit on 
the terminal points of the last year’s lobi; and it is 
advisable in thèse cases to 
p 
but by somewhat 3 . the truss f 
os r trengthened, abd 
given a weather — will not fail to set a 
rop of fruit 
RICOTS.—These trees should have been —— 
in che autumn at b fall of the leaf, but if this 
neglected at that season, no time should now be loat 
1 cutting away any o itless pita and very long 
weak spurs, if these are at all c 
owded, the aim 8 
Sie pruner being to keep denies as close to the 
wa venient to enable reap 
advantage o of Iter and 5 the wall affords. 
as soon pruned, train the y with the 
sumption of milder „ ie 2 will swell 
rapid! ; keepas outlook foe bene, shoot- 
ing or trapping them on their appearance, for in 
a few hours, if left to themselver, they will some- 
Gills s ruin a crop o of Apricots or Plums. They may 
be easily satani in a trap · cage at at this season, if a good 
call- bird is 
PLUMS AND CHERRIES should also be pruned 
and nailed as early as the work can be pushed on 
with. Any shoots vd. ghoise for layiog-in may 
shortened to about nch of their base, round 
quit- will us is 
further extension, the balag growths must not be 
shortened 4 sufficiently vigorous, and otherwise in 
good con a 
5 — 
of last year 
i oots to secure plenty 
of young growth this year tor — ng-in all over the 
ree, as n is on these that the best fiuit is produced. 
Foreright shoots, unless quite short, should be 
a ts the ipple 
erpecialiy — sweet e ee Apricots, and 
Plum i 
e by gar Bok 
may receive liberal to 
fruit-tree dender, ev 
be of great service to the trees, You ung trees 2 
H ith it abl 
may be badly furnish hould 
cut back and allowed to form "toe shoots. 80 ch 
trees will generally e sted hy and the poy e 
nd b laced sho 
a 
well, they will form fruit-buds along the entire 
length 
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