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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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of the way part of the greenhouse. Poinsettias may 
be cut back to within about 1 foot of the soil, — laid 
on their sides underneath the stage in the stove. 
1 Jacquineflora may be served in the same 
bloom, after being very 
— dryed off. 
CYCLAMEN.—These plants now nicely in flower 
sit: be watered twice a week with weak liquid 
a or a aspoonful of Clay's Fertiliser 
N over the surface will be he 
careful when watering tty to wet the flower-buds, or 
they will be apt to damp-off. Put a label or peg to 
the best varieties, 20 that when hal bave finished 
flowering they may — picked out from the rest, and 
saved for another year. Any 8 fine variety 
that m r be pera for reed — be plac 
close to the glass in m greenhoute, bags it 
pos rg be fertilised with em by m 
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ooked 
which, if not destroyed, soon cripple the young leaves. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN 
By JOHN LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool. 
arm - situated and sheltered 
be on. sown, doi 
liberally ve pears 
e thickness of alanine This covering may 
ing- ae refuse, or other dryish 
of long s traw, or 
Here, aaa wie ＋ becomes very useful, — is a 
great saving of t and labour, as the e 
mate rial is kept pot of the Siste and . es 
it to be readily removed in mild weather, The 
in March. A sowing may be bei 3 io 
onwards at intervals of three 3 at the furthest, 
if a succession has to be kept ardeners 
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er; Extra Early forcing scarlet 
Tarnip and white ditto ; the French Breakfast in red, 
white, and part: arti-coloured, and Wood’s Early Frame, 
which is a long sort, are all good 
For the later crop, white an 
still best. U 
weeks, in order to keep up a 
ix the varieties, but sow the seeds of each 
separately. 
CAULIFLOWERS,— Look well to these plants in 
open weather, seria frames and hand-glasses. Cauli- 
flowers have been i 
o early, that the old plan of keeping 
Cauliflower r plants thro 
RHUBARB.—Apples for the Tannen. being scarce, 
keep up a good supply of Rhubarb, to assist in making 
the Apples last out. Those are ä who have a 
good supply of the A a varieties at hand. 
Not being so blessed, I fi old late varieties 
1 * strong stout sticks now Aen! pro 
n e la — chee erat do not 
faloa so well when taken up aH 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Battty Wapps, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York. 
EOLARIAS.—Plants which are 
being wintered in oa frames will need, if they * 
some time ot fro * 2 
the bot 
of ae — of which the stock is sma 
needs of the garden, the tops that are taken o 
f sandy loa d leaf-soi of sea or 
other kind of clean sand on the top, oa dibble the 
cuttings at inches apart o he bed if 
pace can be spared, they will then not —— to b 
ee eee before they are place 
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eds; water the cuttings, and shade — sunshine. 
floribunda, Crimson re and Were kler. 
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been stored away for the winter in soil, and it the 
latter 
enter on a wooden shelf or floor, or in boxes, without 
any soil being put amongst them. Excepting varieties 
which need to be iner creased by cuttings, there is n 
° 
bare cuttings may be pulled o 
e sown 
nothing He od oar for an autumn 
2 à bar pots of the beautiful show varieties ; and 
th raing an 
than any Pothier flowers that we very 
dae agp their long flower-stalks for 
urposes also those of the Cactus and single- 
1 es 
A TUBERS should be examined, and those 
of which the stock is scarce placed in heat. 
cuttings may 5 treate 
anna seeds should be 
in stron p heat, covering them with about half-an- 
inch of the 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS yee it is wished to in 
crease by propagation should aced in heat, and 
when they have made a little growth the cuttings ae 
a taken in the same way as the Dahlia. Do not 
a shade — laa and a sheet of tissue-paper u 
seedlin general — — ‘of 
pen n “a — 5 rest for another month. 
HOLLYHOCKS.—Plants that have been wintered 
e gr 
th a heel, when they are a few inches long, may be 
placed — in small pots od strain of 
Hollyhock m sown at once in m-house ; 
they soon — strong plants for putting in the beds. 
GENERAL HINTS.—Daring mild weather trees and 
2 may be planted, and at other times leaf-heaps 
be removed to the store-ground, and other 
accumulations removed to a place for rotting or 
charr as seem d od space 
shea = iey in a hidden situation if possible near 
the flower garden and janr grounds, where refuse 
of all kinds 5 can be barnt as they are 
collected, the ashes Nenn hich being sifted of 
atone , when, owing to frost, the men cannot 
eng her * labour. These s and 
age 
charred soil will be good materials for top-dressing 
beds and borders. An effort should now be made to 
get all the Dahlia, Hollyhock, and other flower- 
atakes looked d afresh, and tied up in 
labels, not forgetting those cheap ones 
r. Fletcher in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
March 3, 1894 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pore, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
EWLY-PLANTED TREES. — Trees which were 
side bud, so as id i 
the tree. If the main branches on pyram r bush 
have been left closer than is desirable, those likely 
to crowd centre shoul ir r 
Apples of an upright habit of growth, auc 
Northern Green h the outside branches 
into the ground, till such time as t 0 
they will then remain in position without such 
assistance. ut hard back 
to a series of e shoots being 
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banken ths remainder being rubbed off whilst 
ORMING Ronam maiden trees will 
ee ly have been planted ; 
to be horizontally trained, ‘at t bac 
about one-third of their length “ ireokening from the 
nion of scion tock), sele cting two suitable 
shoots if for double cordons; for gle, one 
is required. All growths below the shoots should 
be cut off. i achs, the 
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ting old or wor 
of the bra adioa i is 8 2 for the Pear an 
e planted —— brick 
walls and hae o aiden 
should 12 ene to about 1 foot ar the graft, 
and the strongest and best-placed growths resulting 
from this amputation of the stem should be take 
Arat; the tw pio ower ones, which should be as nearly 
opposite to ible, wi 
2 e pair of 1 the central one being re- 
tained as the ſuture leader, and when this has attained 
the length of 1 foot if growing vigoro 1 * point 
should be pinched out. Side shoots wilt bg n be pro- 
mmer, from which two gi be 
ping of t 
left to mature its growth unchecked, and winter - 
pruning resorte r fan-trained trees shorten 
to about the same length, selecting three well-placed 
shoots to form the foundation of the tree, cutting off 
all remaining growths. Pinch all lateral growths 
one leaf, and proceed as before, excepting 
shoots at their point of origin may be closer together. 
STRAWBERRIES. RI agg vi 5 
r date, the ground should 
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rki lenty ag 8 well - rotted 
manure, gente should be well mixed with the staple, 
leaving the top-s spit as rough as possible. 
ED dos should be proceeded w 
as Nad is is dry en e ough, bat 1 still to ne ph for 
a week or two longer fet trample on the land w 
it is in a wet condition. 
