Fesrvary 2, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
139 
blooms. The following are the names of some of 
Firefly, gran 
Pink eter aad — tech alba, "Williameit car- 
iad e and Madame A. ray haffelt. 
PELARGONIUMS. —The ould now be 
reported into 44 and 6 inch pots, ‘forcing t — no 
or a few days afterwards, but kee them 
clone to g glass, If very large pla ae are 5 
oots o nter- flowering 
— Par and kee 
break, then 
aeen, 
display in the conservatory in summer- 
peas or m the lawn vif plunged in the turf or dropped 
LARGONIUM8.— Thes ese plants, pey start- 
in * 1 2 w, will require mauuri shoots 
should not be en, e this date, unless rotata 
wer late, plants repotted 
Soot-water of no great strength is a safe kind o 
manure for these plants. It is prudent practice to 
fumigate them once i bout three weeks, i 
will keep them always free from fly, one of their 
worst enemies, 
MIGNONETTE.—Seed may now be sown, using a 
rter-inch layer of the so Place in a 
warm frame close to the glass. 
LILIUM A range e e bulbs should be 
potted up when received at, and leaf-soil, 
with a few coarse bones 228 7 Soniy of sand, forming 
the ng compost, y examine all bulbs 
potting them, and if mouldiness be noticed 
anywhere, dust it with p The bulbs 
be potted singly, and n re- 
t into 12-inch 
coal- ashes, covering them quite, an 
cold frame wth 1 
covering, take out the pots a 
sage house Jangi the glass, being careful, in uncover- 
ing them o break t ts of the stems. 
Water sil ey affo rded k pe to all Lilies when 
removed! from the plunging be 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
U — Keep ee 
8 as eee and por the pots 
2.150 pel og filled moss to prevent the soil 
from drying so rapidly while — os a Pot off 
the earliest plants soon ey show the first 
p 
ro rough leaf, and krasi. coil the stem by the side of 
1 If two seeds were sown in each pot, 
pe plants should 
being removed when 
The earliest crop may be gr 
ng them out on hoss of fermenting material. 
If the latter i be used, see that the ho oes not 
come I de loJa with ammonia, or the delicate seed- 
lings will be injured. 
VINES. —Commence thinning in the early house 
are of the size of small Peas 
r them several times th an 
e many at the ai thinning; especially so 
with the vane as i gn edling and Buckland 
Sweetwater, which d 
early 
ta will require 
Avoid overcrowding, but at R. 
same time allow the foliage t far 
berries are swelling, 
apee be about 65°, unless 
he weather is very severe, when it may fall to 60°. 
Air should be admitted gradually during 2 day, 
70° and external 
conditions are favourable, closing e house eariy, 80 
o obtain about 80° or 85° with sun-heat. Vines in 
pots must be freely fed e li iquid manure, — the 
N soil dressed with rich material. he Vines 
hould be breaking N in the second vinery that 
was started about th he rods ay! z 
1 oh tor so that 
the canes during bright days, untilthe flowers appear. 
Any young Vines raised from eyes last spring should 
water pipes ‘in the second vinery, whic 
kept damp, dewing them over several times during the 
day. Vine eyes should be prepared from well- 
ripened wood, and inserted firmly in small pots, 
which should be plunged in a close frame, with a 
ttom-heat of 80°, Look o any Grapes still in 
bottles, pessaria ny bad berries, and filling up the 
bottles M4 with water as required, Keep the room 
and cool. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, a den 
TED ORCHIDS.—Continuing my remarks 
on this subject, it — be stated that Muidevallien 
often suffer 1 * rely in transit than other 
species, owing t not possessing prendobal Ibs, 
When the 1 9 ag rh gsc rs ved from r cool ape 
mountain habitats, the fleshy leaves are very liabl 
suffer from the heat of the agra ES through w which 
they must pass, so tha n this country 
most of the leaves are lost. If the right method be 
adopted when they are unpacked, but few will b 
lost. It is not sound practice to attempt to force 
these plants into growth zh by eet eo them to 
higher — that i ordinary 
stages 
et of 
Kade wr jaana 
greenhouse, them ae 
i Pi yik them vith water, ihe effe 
per being kg 33 * E. 
befo hey tely overed. 
They —— firat — reda 12 all — Ai — pistă 
in the smallest pots possible, using nothing but clean 
crocks them firmly with; and these crocks 
should be watered sparingly at first with the spout 
of the watering-pot, only ** being afforded to 
replac — that which may 
Place the plants in the cool 008686 lossum-hou 
keeping them shaded sep strong — till some 
amount of recovery is set up e plants make 
ry 7 after this, ‘and aii form quickly and 
ing of fresh fibrous pe: 
equal quantities, with cro 
coarse — * should be e 
i 0 a 
o much injury to Masdevallias 
by gnawing the young growths, and should be 
ps a a Sahel for. 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS.,—When well grown, few 
Orchids are more beantifal than Odontoglossum 
crispum, and few more popular or which can be cul- 
tivated at less eee unless it be the hardy species 
of Orchids. For many y ast these charmi 
dean species h arrived a * con- 
dition owing in grea e and intel- 
t part to 
ligence of the collectors, and nes rapidity of transit. 
To those abo 
ivation of 
eS ae a few hints as to treat 
of servi en a lar, mber of these : Plants 
is 9 immediately after their arrival i 
ee a stage in coolest house should 
apart 
sists 2 open wood 
or slates, upon which place a layer of 
sphagnum mose. The plants Sa 3 Fe 
pam decayed portions, and laid. on the sphagnum 
without touching each otber, Odontoglosszums 
imported in early spri do n eed syringing 
0 —— — moisture arising from e damped 
cient, too much 93 3 setting up 
In due time the n wth and roots will 
Pot 
n 
n some points, scarcely 
s being exactly alike. The pots 
n conveniently be used, and be 
rim with drainage materials, 
n layer 
compost consisting of equal parts of 
i ith a 
but light eligi t at "npg great wet gr — 
not to fo 
grow, an “the new ca si | aie 8 
water more 3 oa liberally afforded. 
In treating of imported plants, space does not permi 
of all ‘the genera of Orchids, 
1 hors kind of treatment best suited to the plants. 
t be too atr ongly eee upon tyros at 
of the 
natural conditions under ‘whi ch the plants live that a 
good knowledge of their requirements can be gained. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN 
By Joun LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool.’ 
Oe a, If the weather be suitable, a 
a sowing 
may early south border. Sow in 
arills, hrc one er apart, and if the soil be — wet 
80W na ttle dry t, and 
Sow the 
in the drill firs 
over seed K similar material, 
need fairly. thick at this» 
80 ~ early P. 
— to the Peas, ie frequen 
down, and I would 
— 
wn, 
and sid way by side for 
ral years, I find it is ms: n Winter or 
pet ceeded thanders Spinac 
Y.—Take na er of the firat oppor- 
cáit on 75 some Parsley sown in shallow drills 
9 inches asunder, and cover the seeds with fine dry 
earth to about a quarter of an inch in depth. The seed 
unless Oe! — quit 
is a go . ~ work om f of soot into the 
ground . Parsley is to be s 
Y.—Sowa pea 3 ‘ot seed ina6-inch 
pot for pt use or for early exhib C ith 
which should be plurged to the rim in a hot-bed or 
a se of stove temperature tch seed- 
linga . ape they do not get drawn, and 
s as soon as they are well up above 
mäi: Sallim Prize Pink, 5 Clark’, Wright's 
Giant White, are ne early vari 
8.— The ay now be sown liberally outside 
on a warm pari acing or close under a wali. Chelsea 
Gem and American Wonder in dwarfs and D:ckeon’s 
First and Best, and Veitch’s Extra Early Teepa, 
taller N will be foun able f Aoi 
‘sowing; the two first-named varieties hocli wok 
own nearer 1 ach other in rows than 16 t to inches 
and the taller ones a to 4 feet 
he garden with vermin, coat seed 
with red-lead, or, better still, use wire 1 
tectors h ill last y years. if proper 
care is given them when not in use. These pro- 
tection e up but little room, and are very 
effect 
fabian ea 
GREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM.—Among the j piati 
iesued by the Yokohama Nursery Company in their 
catalogue is one representing & Chrysanthemum of a 
pale ane colour, It is called Green Emerald, a 
has the florets flat, 3 incurved, aad it is about 
half a foot in diamete 
