January 26, 1895 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 105 
caution is needed, and the temperatures * in cold 
weather begin 3 45° to 50° as a minimum, 
increasing them it is seen that the ror are 
breaking ere ove ines. Oae unfor- 
tunate reault of too rapid forcing is, that the Vini 
. irregularly, especially upon the lengths of a 
ard or more of young wood. 
9 the forcing of other plants, the same principles 
opel. and the atmospheric conditions must also be 
to account. A good old-fashioned plan was 
to build a hotbed in the vinery, and the heat from 
this not only gave a genial, moist atmosphere, but 
plants, bulbs, Roses, and flowering shrubs of various 
kinds placed over the fermenting manure, started 
more strongly than they will do without this artificial 
to maintai 
sprinkling any water about—at least, in the early 
stages. 
Strawherries,—The forcing of Strawberries is an 
but no 
r or 
uch can be done u a good founda- 
tion kas been he previous season by growing 
sturdy, clean, well-grown plants, the pots being 
packed full with roo ut are the plants 
according to the Wr for it is g that an 
artificial temperat of 45° may be obtained i 
winter withou ona use of the heating apparatus, iii 
er times it may be necessary to have the hot- 
water pipes quite warm to get it up to this tempera- 
ture, and here it is that the disastrous effects of 
recommending high temperatures is felt ; better allow 
a fall of 5° or more than over-heat the pipes to get 
upa certain temperature, It is wasting fuel to do 
Beans.—The for . = dwarf Kidney Beans is an 
important branch of vegetable culture under glass. 
In the case of these 2 it is improper $o 
seed 
sown in the pots wherein the plants are to re- 
main until they reach the stage when the pots are 
fully developed, or they may be sown thickly in 
boxes to be planted out in the pots. In either 
way there is no need for a low temperature to begin 
with, nor is it necessary in the case of any plants 
intended to be forced from seed, the seed should 
not be started in less warmth than 60°, 
Flowers.—The forcing of Roses, plants and flowers, 
can best be accomplished by ering to the rules 
laid down for forcing fruits. 
better treatment for Roses intended to be forced early 
the wood well ripened by the end of 
Keep the plants comparatively dry at 
the roots previous to forcing them. Prune them 
in good time, and when the time comes to force 
containing the Roses on the beds; do not plunge 
them inthe manure, It is quite possible that even 
if the temperature is not so high as to kill the 
water evaporated from the 
ore steady, throwing off a fairly uniform 
degree of moisture night a nd day. nd other 
shrubs start strongly and po over these ferment- 
ing beds, and as soon as t piante develop their 
ting, Rose-leaf beaded 
round with tiny d drops of — is very beautiful, 
a panding Rose-buds are delightful in 
xture. A night temperature of 55° is sufficient 
all through the growth of the Rose, and the nearer 
the plants can be placed to the roof-glass the better. 
Roses should not be planted out. They must be 
rown in flower- pots = the year round, and should 
be repotted once a year; and the success or a 
of the early-forced isle will depend to a certain 
styptic if forcing has to tak 
Lilacs force well with Roses. 
Deutzias are charming shrubs to force, 
a 
and sh anner. 
of 1 blooms of distinet colours are found in 
the Azalea mollis, and the soft delicate green leaves 
cover them. 
right treatment — cannot be expected to flower 
ey ore r-buds must be formed the 
"Ail deciduous shrubs are better 
Lily of the Valley, and other 
character are a forced, but they should all 
d out the open garden in cocoa- 
fibre refuse or some similar Le to make 
some growth first, and it is better to pioa them in 
a greenhouse for a week or so after removing them 
= the eee material, They will do admirably 
in a temperature of 50° n with, and they 
should not suffer from lack of * at the roots. 
J. Douglas. 
TREES AND SHRUBS, 
KETELEERIA FORTUNEI. 
Or this singular and very interesting tree we 
spoken on N occasions (see ere ners’ enen, 
April 3, 1886, p. 429). We may now note that Messrs, 
Rovelli, of rale Italy, were fortunate enough to 
obtaia seed from the fine specimen in their nursery 
last year, The cones are 10 to 12 cent. long; the 
sealed are of chestnut-brown colour. At one time 
there was a doubt as to the validity of the genus, 
but it is now generally recognised as distinct from 
Abies, 
SEED POTATOS. 
A itp winter commonly presents many obstacles 
to the due keeping in a restful condition 4 seed - 
Potatos. Those large growers who still preserve 
en seed stocks in clamps or pits invariably find 
months’ immurings in such 
o 
B 
HE 
wonder is it if seed-tubers s0 
more than one-half the produce that seed will 
clearly, they would erect in sheltered, dry 
clay or concrete sheda, with span-roofs, mar, 
thatched, through which no frost would penetra’ 
or where but very little covering in severe vraie 
would sufice to keep the tubers safe, In such sheds 
and on open shelves might be laid many tons of 
seed-tubers, which would be perfectly preserved, and 
in = spring be in the most admirable ee for 
plan ing. There would always be the gre 
hi 
preserving to the full all their progenitive ad pares 
Such sheds standing for many years would so 
cover their first cost in the greater Potato crope 
resulting. 
tubers in them can be turned or picked over in all 
weathers, 
n a lesser way, especially where proper Potato 
stores are not to be had, there is no better method 
of winter-storing seed tubers than in shallow boxes. 
Happily there is no room = 4 ~ erd * 
of these. e by me, and fro 
the roughest — ee rid enen with a 
the autumn have the particular advantage of 
enabling these to be placed in any advantageous 
aving to 
ranging from half pecks to pecks, I made numerous 
boxes from stout cheap material, Egg- 
boxes from the grocer’s were purchased cheaply, and 
with some stouter boardings from the timber-yard I 
found that for material and labour a box 13 inches 
by 15 inches inside measurement, very strong. and 
capable of enduring fully six years with ordinary 
care ; cost six Each — 
will enable a peck of t 
The ends rise 2 inches hetan the sides, and being of 
let 1 
some 13 inches square only, With ample floor room, 
hundreds of pecks could be thus stored. use 
of the lower sides, there is ample circulation o 
In seed case it is ble 
and spring growth, 
however, be 
always their condition if kept in an store, and 
thinly in shallow boxes or on shelves, The practice 
ly adopted, 
of thinning out eyes is not very common 
le, but it a 
and disbudding is with them, as 
practice. I have often in the past performed labour 
of this description from proper boxes, when growth 
bas started, sitting by the fire on late winter evenings. 
A, 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
SEEDLING DELPHINIUMS. 
nted out 
WHERE phe ear ve pla 
n the spring of last year, they 
carrying out the 
planting in o borders and beds before the heights 
and colours are fully ascertained. 
