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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 26, 1895, 
THE BULB GARDEN, 
A FEW corms of the early-flowering e es met 
ee the latter in fine coal- ashes 1 
ted in April in beds or borders, 
A good soil is 
the required porosity of th 
with a egy “gp the hole ‘ahoald contain below 
and above ood soil in a dryish 
condition I eek it desirable to gage N corms 
with hing of some kind. By thus planting 
early Gih arona dis care and l. e of 
varieties, the flowering period of the Gladiolus may 
be considerably extended. J. L. 
THE WEEK’S W ORK. 
THE ano HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, king. 
THE MANAGEMENT OF IMPORTED ORCHIDS,— 
To amateurs and others who may now be com- 
mencing to interest themselves i in the cultivation of 
management of im- 
not this coun 
numbers which arrive in excellent condition, greater 
ities exist (especially 17 their cost) for 
obtaining these plants than rmer sone , and they 
thus brought within 25 of. all w 
mistakes is gw 
their foliage before 
plant should be full nged all over, to 
it from dirt and insects, utting aw: 
decayed leaves, bulbs, an ts, laying i 
ma -= ee to. ASS to 
epiphital O such as Angrecu 
28 Scene. yee Phalæn 3 
or ten days of thet eae shoul, within a week 
wards in a shad: 
ir la 
in the ordinary manner, or — 
ieh should in all cases 
to the size of the plant; 
ter warmth. But little 
lectors ofttimes erience d 
plants at the Hebi season, and they are frequently go 
near the flowering period that when they are received 
s this the case with the genera above mentioned, but 
pedis flo pian g should always be cut off, nothing 
tending so m . the plants as earl 
flowering. The em 15 
may, with safety, be min’ ted in 
n 
species as C, Stonei, C. Lowii, C. philippinense, C, exul, 
C.lævigatum, C. Patishii, C. . C. Lind- 
leyanum, C. Sanderianum, C. caudatum one others 
of that section should be placed in the sm 
Earn of the foliage on og ane ith 
of 
e pot, filling up with ioni crocks only. 
diker substances being added when root-action 
imary obj the cultivator with 
those species of Cypripedium sh e to prevent 
ater from getting into t ths or lodging 
the axils of the leaves, they be a extremely ene 
to turn black and decay from this cause, Cattley 
nd of. fhe parparata and elegans type, 
should be placed in pots ju ge enough to h 
them for is erig the ‘pote bale nearly filled with 
drainage materi 
e plants are 0 8 
be very sparingly watered _ first, and a 
young are fairly ate, pest 
and sphagnum-moss in see parts, may be ed 
firmly around them in the ordinary ma Ra “Tt is 
bee ays to intermix large crocks with the com 
pos Newly. ee decay, and to improve 
ter 
hould be allowed to touch the ease or 
rhizomes ia fear of rotting them, 
FRUITS UNDER 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, 
e pot tr 
GLASS. 
Goodwood, Chichester. 
8 which were sta 
1 their receiving too 
any trees fail to crop 10 through fret 
the roots in a not sufficiently moist state. ? Kee gr 
atmosphere of the F. 
amount of ventilation whe 
pA n the warmth reaches 70°, 
t En war shoal * — 60°, but ma 
glen be removed, the others stopped at the fifth or 
join 
aly oa 
vated in oa stag of small TREES aro gener prs — 
the roots under complete contr an 
ha trees should be to g 
p-dressed in th 
the effect yy kee a mg: * ch m ep 
state than would £ trees in a m fruitfal 
i ore 
or r beste ex why . were the roots disturbed, 
No 
ing is o fores des too soo 8 d AR haan he 
roti e wil be 2 approaching a 20 
ie wut be littl 
n Wa e else needed for a 
ringe the trees on brine days, 
should ba Be, gd fall: below 0, 
3 th tob 0 
any 3 Which may harbour e the in kil 
TUTIiU „„ 
ST 1 —As fast as 1 Lape set their 
flowers they should be placed o upper shelyeg 
in the forcing- house, so that t will receive 
amount of ven slates from the 
andevery ray e su 
get dry before ot eae or mildew may manifest itself 
nokta ill-formed fruit and 
Birch 
ON CURRENT OPERA — The 
pruning of late — — e — — now 
be brought to end, he . — 
Renew, extend, or g e ste different border 
may appear necessary, ane’ 1 olean SA ker 
throughout the various house 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. z 
By W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
NTER - FLOWERING CARNATION 
should be ere fumigated to k 
3 in check, and on bright days syringed, 
kept moist, N red spider 
in num he first batch 
in, using loam, 
8 in a pot, and 
plunge them under hand-lights in the stove = propa- 
guise ban; S to the glass. When the lights 
become very moist, they should be rubbed — with a 
clo 1 to pre 8 A damp destroying the cuttings. = 
the cuttings are afforded sufficient water whe 
put in, to thoroughly moisten y 
need to be applied before the 
e of thə beat varieties, v 
Germany, Sir Henti Calcraft, 
ower and 
cutting their a an pae? and using the 
i apse: ne numerous 
ry c 
all well — together. Three y be 
into a 24-sized pot, ‘potting them rather “ If the 
plants are infested sy 
0 
hours, or it will cause disfigurement If t 
ting soil moist hon J used, no 
be proceeded with, enoug 
t potting m 1 55 
being afforded a day or two later to penetra ate the whole . 
. il. nte in the early Fig. 
twice daily. ripa — 
two or a — with tobacco- paper. 
water wil b 
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