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functions of the various organs, would at the same 
time deal with the practical payne vegetable 
physiology. He had t o Germany for such a 
book, and in Professor ae s elementary treatise 
he found what he desired. The anatomical structure 
detailed 
kept in mind, and th 
principles underlying culture in pots, transplantation j 
ovil effects of a badly- made Vine- border, for instance, 
are as much due to deficient aération as to any other 
cause. The consequences of i im proper ean are 
he 
also pointed out, as well t of all 
be in excess, or defect, or at the wrong 
not in accordance with the * a re 
ments of the plant and its conditions and environ- 
ment. oe and plant es under geta venti- 
f light, especially of the 
adequately dealt with in this volume, 
this deficiency, the book will be a valuable one to 
put into the hands of the teacher, and of those 
o have the advantage of access to a botani- 
ork out for them- 
i age 
horticultural pupila of the present day have good 
cause to be thankful to bel Weiss for his 
presentment of a most useful book. 
BELGIUM. 
_ ARISTOLOCHIA GIGAS VAR, STURTE- 
VANTI, 
figured in Seg columns 1891. vol. ii., tig. 75, has just 
bioomed for the fi 
in circumference, a whole pwee of me ne dower 
from the base to the tip of the tail was 34 fe 
THE WEEK’s Work. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By BatterWanps, Gardzner, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
DEN.—When the frost 
rhem a gcod enrichment of manure, m 
it * 2 $ * 
it well with the soil, digging the latter deeply, 
eee ee 
en, Lobelias, 
n 8 
ee 2 about 80°, The top-heat of a pro- 
agating- house at thia season shoul 
5 er N to 70° to 75° by da ay uld range from 65° 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
ground to ba 
—Th aration of the 
LAWTE, o PE should be pro 
sown for the formation of a lawn i 
ceeded with as pa weather oe me Por 
without much delay. I ound is low-lying 
„ drain it well ans tile Man Ae 
hes; and if the 
carried in fron m, taking a st 
It is an operation that requires to be carefully done, 
so that a i aa crop shall cover the soil; and aft 
sowing, it should be well raked over and rolle 
grass, h forms a part o 
should, with the Clovers, be sown first, and hac ked 
and bein — mer ely raked in with a wooden ake 
f a lawn, the turf m 
e fro 5 Plantain, Daisies, * 3 s en 
coarse species of grass, &c., an nd t 
frost has left us it is laid down the patia, it will = 
. th Bale then become eatablished before dry weathe r 
s, The turves should be neatly cut with a “racer’ 
auld lifted with a turfing-iron in pieces 3 feet by 1 foot, 
square, the first being rolled up for con- 
Saletan fat handling, and the latter kept flat. The 
turf shou more than 2 inches thick, and it 
re g 
€ 
laid with joints as close as 
ssible, ae: it level without too much beating 
till all or a good portion i it may 
made good progress, Old mossy or bare lawns may 
be improved b essings of new i 21 ort 
ung, brushing it well abou d- 
broa 
cast so wing of fresh lime is — bene if afforded 
in showery weather in the spri On large lawns, 
if the grass is required to be 12 * ed 8 the 
1 — box s worth in Ry lawn mower, 
llow s to rot on it. 11 will not be 
visible the day. — the wee ng if the weather - 
All lawns should be 
smr over the 
+ & wood rolle 
and 3 or 4 feet aag 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. POPE, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury, 
STRAWBERRY PLANTA ER 
have attention as TIONS. — These should 
or hay seeds that 
he rain and snow sike usually abound 
be 8 fe the r carry the manari 
l serve to kee 
a slight dressing Of 
ing | is applied, will 
rtion 
e. Mie clean, 
common salt be 
Serve to keep them in chee 
NUTS OR FILBERTS, — 
or tit all suckers and = ea should -be 
gS 
c+ 
w 
rae: 
5 of fertili lation a 
carce, boughs o 
= 
ake 
later. If catki 
f the common Hazel with — 
CHRONICLE 
[Fesrvary 2, 1895, 
the extension of etal 
t bac — close to t 
apring, an as a stock the mmon Hazel, 
MU This fru 1 more attention 
than va — ae frait being . —— to most persons 
when fully ear e ornamental in the park 
garden ulbe erry being uon when it is 
m the tree, the 
deaired to increase the stock, bo ~~ easily be done 
hould be inserted about 1 in a 
sheds situation, the portion oo 8 re 
above ground bein bound round with moss to 
keep the bark from drying unduly, azoni two or 
ft exposed. 
three saoe at the top which should b 
Akiniai very aor a= at any time ? 
slight ‘thinni of the weaker wood or crossing 
branches — quite ony pore 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS 
re, oe nn an’ f 
laced in heat, estr 
k ake off th whole of th 
tubers. Befor 
of the 
17 15 i 
for , the fine long le 
artis are jean ed bae advantare by r being 
raise this Wh rooted, pei, 
are ed if afforded weak nates water once 
twice a wee al 
A8.—Look closely after these 9 5 A 
oe. before any of the 
rature may now be kept a Tittle lower, vita th 
8 that the flowers will last in perfec 
longer paed 
stove and rier ‘conservatory du during the ear 
months, Ken fgg a cool one during July, 4 
and Sep r. A few t 
be n at ‘this date, first shaking t 
exhausted soil, which is an 7 nage 
required tog ys growth h 
* to A in aches h 
r 247, 8 to pan aske 
fi iled with Aai. are 1 
m the roof of a glass- house 
harð pushed their roots into rn 
may be ma off, ye — 
causing late: to “pus 
e of the piante, * not 
at 
A8.—A numbe er of these may be ati 
or the j 
—These are lovely p 4 
— 
FP 
e new 22 25 t of ae 
