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far, yet they succeed the best in a deeply-worked soil, 
and with a — of manure 15 to 18 inches below 
the surface. e of the most successful eee ne 
the Ranunculus beds, and it has 
in all the gardening P raioh I have had to 
perform. If we do not begin we ell, we certainly 
cannot end w ell. 
About the middle of February is the best time to 
plant out the tubers ; and let me ald here, that great 
7 is ere to rg them at an l 11 
also at a ain depth. The 
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the rows, A cable day must be chosen to plant, 
and it may be necessary, failing any dry crumb, to 
cover in the tubers with fine dry waste soil from the 
potting-shed. 
BELGIUM, 
ORCHIDS AT L’HORTICULTURE INTER- 
NAT 
Ar my last visit to this well-managed establish- 
ment we saw a house half full of imported plants of 
Olontoglossum cirrosum, noticeable for the 2 of 
their flowers, and some ‘of these by the han ime 
à e of ade 
in bloom; the 
wide standarde, three-fourths pure white; 
is flowering abundantly an ely; 
ee is a boantifa 1 pi pe Cataset 
pier as unusual as it was well ie ered; 
ewe, with . large flowers, of a kasnih, 
fat eee 
We would farther mention a splendid specimen in 
bloom of Dendrobium Ainsworthii, a very fine 
variety of Lelia Pec Ballantiniana, and the rare 
ia anceps Hyeana. n some fia 
mentioned an spaini variety ot Cattl 
alba. There is one house entirely filled with 
importations of a Cattleya, a dried flower of which 
I have seen; it a 
en 
re tw so flowers, I 
p a Ferns of great 
— which I hope to again pt of. Ch, D. B. 
Tus Wee's W ork. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES 
på 05 WHITE, Or Grower, Burford, Dorking, 
RATURES. — Whilst the present severe 
byt 
weather parii every effort must be made 
should bear in 
n excessively high te emperature, main- 
tained soleiy*by artificial means, will sooner i 
anse a grea 
THE GARDENERS 
e as follows: “en Indian-house, 60° to 65°; 
Cattleya-house, 55° to 60°; the Me xicanchouse, a 
w degrees : Gade e Baus se, 45° to 50°, 
fe es less; A 
the higher figures being permissible only 8 e 
ir is mild, and the lower ones should rule 
s may 
afte moderate damp 
abba eee of the floor under the hotwater 
ipes, After doing this, little 
in such houses 
act in some . the dryness 
e warm vis By keepin 
. Cattleya, e ad 
ately cool, very little damping 
will be necessary m aer till the plants begin 
generally to grow. As r s the Odontoglossum 
or cool-house, the o atendepherie ‘condition should be 
N in accordance with the and fall of the 
outside temperature. The day t ene — be 
maintained ae to the higher figure 8, 80 o far as fire eat 
is concerned th 
sun's rays the better, provided of course there is 
much air and moisture afforded as will balance it 
ONCIDIUM LANCEANUM — This . is very 
handsome and distinct, but it must be ced in 
the category of those that are ero 5 3 
18 although large numbers of plants have been 
mp rom time to time, a eee healthy 
specimaen is rarely to be met with. The chief diffi- 
3 le: a ep the foliage free 
0 
Wha causes the large fine- 
sp woe leaves of this beautiful 0 neidium to“ spot, 
ie, It 
ould attacked „spot, although the 
rhizome, if 5 Id appear to be perfectly 
` e. will check the progress of the 
os om the plant wihoat k spot being noticed u 
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experience goes, one a 
— cause dden downward fluctuations in 
e temperature chilling them, especially at a time 
when t a moist state; a rding too 
which seem to indicate continued vigour. One is grow- 
ag in a hata pot, with crocks and sphagnum 
8 oar ot in; e others are fastened to Teak- 
a sma mung of 
under the rhizom A* A ran potim 8 
he va “ef . 
are on i 2 
5 Lak are suspended with the tips of thei 
roo 
house. 
the st stage in n 
weeks 1 78750 thene pl 
i ood 
drang or for r 2 ee 
— 
ve Highclere Castle, New 
oe fone 
should — atte Diores ~ Thi his 
favoura ntion as soon e weather is 
ble. Assuming that they . — loose ned 
CHRONIC. 
[FrsRuaRY 9, 1995, 
carefully over them 
bu without wood extension the 7 
be cee ine she production of fruit, If the wood 
rou 
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be | 
thin, point ted shape; but mn tee | 
phere „there is often only one woo 
rees have been too 
heavily cr 
des escription, an nd if lai 
tree, rubbing off an 
shoots, and Pinchin g ea not requir 
leaves, uning is com 
h 
should be — with 
tion, but other covering will not be needed 
uda show signs of bursting into flower. a 
PROTECTION AGAINST RABBITS, ETC.—Thebett 
pee — fruit-trees er rabbits is vini : 
ing, of no 14 inch, which to oe 
effective should stand 24 — high. It must be 
to the . nd a few inches, turning up the 3 T 
edge t w of 6 inches of wire laying | 
will prevent the e abb 
soot, l to the consistency of thin mortan, i 
laid on with an old white-washing bras: 
scratching their way 2 For tem po 
tection, the stems, or any portions noar HAE 4 
may be daubed with a mixture of fresh condung a 
h, 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. ur 
By W.H. — Gardener, West Dean Park, pa Ei 
GARDENIAS.—If the flower-buds are feet 
mencing % swell, the plants sh e be 
fed with ma anure - water, or to 
post of loam, peat, 5 a. 
—— of ay's Fertilise 5 
A 11 into . it will ‘materiai bap 45 8 
a — flowering period. T the 
} ntly, and : 
the paths walks eye 2 already wea 
i 
with petroleum an 
advised pr week for Stephani 
e 
water given to e e 
stock, and cuttings can be spag a 5 
s 
venient , they should be taken and inser™ f 90, 
i 3 plunged in a erben ead gal 
This s will allow of a long season on of grok winter. 
result in fine plants for dowering a sionally l. 
pr yey of plants is propagate i ; 
ply of flowers may be considerably gol 
ila hly cleanse the 
—— es 42 saii 25 
ow be in good condita for rae 
ting-ahed be some distance & way; 2 
