Fesrvaky 9, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
a i to each other, otherwise no fruit is 
xochorda grandiflora is a desirable 
i 
talia cerasiformis should b 
t of its sweet fragrance, it is an 
The Cornuses are beautiful always, in leaf, bloom, 
or colour of the 3 and should be found in every 
garden, and the following varieties especially, viz., 
C. elegantissima aurea, C. Späthii, C. variegata, and 
a guinea pur 
negundo 
gata; and Prunus Pissardi is 3 ee in 
such positions, Quercus gh 
erme 
¥en 5 it is 0 
. Aralia japonica, 
ome plant if placed 
casica ryphia pinnatiſolia 
warf ahrub, with leaves 
of a beautiful tint in the au 
a flore pleno is a choice 
free- flowering subject, tini for cutting and for orna 
ment. Hamamelis arbore a curious Witch Hazel, 
badly, H. May, Markii 
Casile Gardens, Shige. 
E 6 
E common 5 Soe ri is 5 remarkable for any 
el qualities as a horticultural plant, though it is 
urious, and nter the b . e less 
common var ted of the ies, however, 
lend itself 1 subjec „as seen by our 
illustration (fig. 25). 
e 
cuttings, and i in a cold fra 
ornish Money- 
and various other local names, all more or less 
3 to money. 
. 18’ COLUMN, 
DY FLOWERS FOR AM FOR AMATEURS AND VILLA 
8 
tender annuals we have the noble German Sto 
d Asters, Lobelias, —— of sorte, Phlo 
— Zinnia elegans, Golden Feather, Petu- 
ias, ms, Perila nankinensis, Antirrhinumr, 
double Helichrysums, and lossis. 
besides being valuable for the decoration z the 
Bomers aod ¢ most of them are useful 
owe 
nd the Everlastings, if they are cut ‘befor 
fy are quite expanded, and dried with their h alk 
ac hg make bright compact b for the 
winter. the hardy pee als may be sown in the 
open Borer where they ar y 
e sown on a bed — selves, and afterwards 
transplanted. But all fog ann — known as half- 
ardy succeed best w they receive the assistance 
ofa little artificial — to — them into growth, 
It is true that some few of our half-hardy annuals 
ma sown in the open border towards the end of 
April; the situation, however, = t b 
and even then they do not start into growth with 
much freedom The uestion then naturally arises 
with — villa gardener, how can half-hardy annuals 
be rai 
fsa to make a Hot bed,—The — and simplest 
plan is e a em d of — tree- 
oe stable litter, or leaves and litter mixed, 
o give a little — yen ete will give 
as muc i ung by 
is used, it should be prepared for ue purpos 
turning it over a time or two, to allow the rank nen 
anger 
the — 
FIG. 25,—SIBTHORPIA EUROPA VARIEGATA. 
size of the frame at command, and the eee of 
plants required. A bed 4 feet by 6 would ra suffi- 
cient 7 of era! plants to cay ii ned N 
garden not only beautiful, how gorgeously gay during 
the eber The Se made by building it — 
square, N 6 inches hive all Toini than the fram 
that is to be oram upon it. Th 
a N Lee , 10 or 12 inches deep at the t, and 
15 or 181 inches at the back, will be the gh ‘suitable 
and in it should be p 
about 6 inches of rich, fine sand i 
be levelled and preset tolerably firm, either with a 
rake or with the b n ordi 
glass, and the next best is stro canvas, oiled; but 
when these are not obtainable, then it may be covered 
with wooden shutters or atraw 
must be removed every mornin 
eee s, only the 
ta 
addition to the e Le of this plan, it aff 
the young plants the advantage of being 
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exposed n the sun and air on all favourable occasions 
and these agents p a luxuriant growth, which 
— forerunner of healthy plants and an 
abundance of flowe any amateurs and villa 
gardener possess small gree 
are allowed to remain till the batch of seed- 
lings become drawn and sickly, before time is found 
afford them more space and nourishment, e 
t pans, and the pnt 
are 2 en pn to handle, it is a goo 
prick t hem out on a temporary bed, which Bs 
ably 2 thelr eee ; and this might have 
a few stout sticks bent o 
common pos 
would afford prote 
frost. hose 
being traneplanted 
hotbed, or in an 
Carnations, 
ry little cost, which, during their 
season of bloom, sane make the villa- garden not only 
gay, but very beau 
By the middle — pe end of May, the danger 
from frost will be getting past, and the plants 
can p d where they are b . These 
must be 
s remark applies with equal 
Only once allow these 
endancy, and you will have 
no war ealthy plants foe brilliant Asai 
above 8 ood and careful 
culture. Stoc sters, Mari de, Phlox 
. and other bright-lomering plants, miy 
ted in clumps in t erbaceous border, and 
if the — — in pretty good 
the border. But to g Zinnias, 
ks to pi highest state of perfection, 
they should betreatedto rate beds. Thesoil should 
be deep and os 1 — the plants have fairly 
started into the ground should be mulched 
nie r — cane. or the prennas of a spent Mush- 
a the case of Zinnias we have always 
— it the safent plan to sow rer 
branches will overlap « each other during their season 
of bloom. B ese half- ot 
only ornaments in tae. — but the flowers 
are valuable for cutting purposes. R. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
DAHLIAS. 
Some of ra stag 4 Leeres are apt to die off 
to 
dry and partially ventilated. The time will soon arrive 
when the tubers must be put in boxes and placed in 
warmth to atart them into growth, 
Tue RANUNCULUS. 
This agp 7 floriste’ 8 shee — grown in 
and i pla naged 
certain point, but to get aer E 
sort of clayey loam is a better soi 
erate, Although the tubers are of 
small size, and the roots go got apparently travel 
æ 
