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THE GARDENERS’ 
deal, the hens being ayia A speckled or brown, and 
the cocks red or grey a long single comb.“ 
good old breed, 
t, t 
considerable attention devoted to the maintenance 
class of fowls, The page take great 
of a goo so 
3 in 3 roosters, as eding-cocks 
are commo veh and show ey prenia in 
88 a 3 e cottager with a 
pere hens will 3 as * 3 in the choice 
a rooster, as the owner of a pedigree herd in the 
er. of a new bull.“ 
If this really is so, there is hope of something 
better, and it mainly reata with the public, who should 
refuse to buy the coarse, big- boned, breastless stuff 
em, or when there 
is no sale for doubt some- 
thing better will be produced; in beer meanwhile, let all 
breed rst rear their own table fowls, and 
very best sali ty the finest quality, 
I shall now horse to describe the kind = fowls 
that I deem may be kept with profit, and with also 
much satisfaction. 
(To be continued.) 
THE WEEK’S W ORK. 
THE Aam GARDEN. 
By BAY WADDS, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York. 
GARDEN WALKS.—Walks — abe marek 
du in districts where pit- grave 8 
again by rakini and rolling, after Which o sarfeciog 
of new gravel op be added. If shingle or sea- 
vel is the only available material, do not turn the 
walks, but add frequent sprinklings of new gravel to 
A small quantity of 
ufficient, for, if too c used, 
it becomes very unpleasant to walk on, Roll it 
well during showery weather to make it firm. The 
an hoe should never be used on — walks, 
to keep them free bon weeds, a good dressing 
of Weed-killer in a liquid form ‘shen April will 
usual e for one 
a 
F oe 
sisting of broken 5 — and rough gra 
boiling tar — rer — this be dette during dry 
after -m application 
of about 1 ro of sea or other grave aa form 
sami absolutely proof ae against heavy ra 5 
S SOWING SEEDS, REARING THE SEEDLING, PRICK- 
IG- OFF D above conditions areamongt the 
of the gardener’s | 
of 
— Violas í in variety, Petunias, Nicotiana affinis, 
tuberous-rooted s, Mignonette in small pots 
for aii. plantio pg out, aad mra of Mi po 
, Golden Que 
ssions of Swee t Pens} in 5 
in outside bo icra ol wall planting out the early sown 
batch as soon 3 mn bst has departed, and the 
ground is becom mewhat warmed, protecting 
them well for a ‘chine with Spruce boughs, The 
frost, which was very eevere in North Y e. and 
be 
i aikan ‘of the he. plant level vih the sur 
Plan 
below zero at Birdsall, of shown by a 
~eached 
eached 6° oe Re 
regiatering thermometer, will have aused 
value. Seeds of Asters, 
perin 3 Marigolds, — Phloxes, Chrysanthe- 
1 wers, Nasturtiume, Canary Creepers, 
baa are v y quick in germinating, and may be left 
till the end ot March before sowing them ucces- 
sional sowings may be made of Lobelia ous 
single and double-flowered Dahlias, Hollyh 
annas, and Centaureas. In preparing — "ior 
sowing fine seed, th nothing better than 
light rich loam and good fresh Jeaf-soil — 
rotten atuff—sifted fine, and a good addition of silver 
or sea-sand, The s or a may have as 
draining material i 
the like, and a few erocks. 
sho 
red witha fine nm -pot as the ey 
require it, 8 poate as of small growth are 
3 to damping off if the ee is dry and 
the su ermination has. taken 
b 
a part, according to 
them out 2 or 3 inc kind, 
Some fresh soot Boi be sprinkled on the bed on 
which the boxes are to be placed, to keep s snails and 
slugs * ; and smear phosphorus-paste on slices of 
Potato these about to destroy ernie 
and wi ice, must be taken to keep m 
from eating the seeds of Asters, Mignonette, Wa 
— 
P 
Q 
It grows well treated in this hae and there is chen 
& great saving of seeds by so doi 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARD 
By W. Pore, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
RAWBERRY PLANTATIONS.— 
age 1 should ken in hand as 
with a trow 
little of their removal if it bec 
el, 2 at wi 
inches for each alley 
or the r convenience of — 8 the frat and 
securing it wit ti bir For 
varieties of small growths, 18 te apart will 
em and bong rows may a allowed to 
careful ke = Bove 
make the soil i hag erage 
rat Wi a eta he ake iis Gary me 
the first season, and the of fi -bi 
should be picked off. The sp I the bale 
may be utilised by growing those kinds of ear arly 
lants or great) 
exhaust the soil, viz., Lettuce, antumn-sown Onion, 
&e., taking care to clear them off in good ti i 
—Fig trees may be planted 
in warm sunny 4 5 and = walls having a 
south or south-we any places i in the 
* ; * border need not 
ewhat restricte - 
is best for e 171 fresh ee ae is e 
ood loam, to one 
of chalk — up rather finely, and 
3 or plenty of old ce nee on 
d - ashes will do as well as the chalk, The 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fepervary 16, 1895, 
site should be well drained, and when the 
trees are planted, the soil should be -m w fri 
nder and a 
2 
ree . and Brunswick, also of large 
size — fairly good quality. 
SHELTER FROM WIND.—Efficient shelter from 
wind is of great importance in the cultivation of 
hardy fruits in general, and when 
apart, rapidly form goo 
8 er 7 cutting-in well, and topping at any 
desired 
[ Win N to the south-west of a fruit 
plantation or orch epi are very desirable in most 
alnut, Sycamore, or Crab, at least 30 yards wide, 
much loss of fruit will be avoided in the autumn 
months, Ep | 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
aie W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, erer geij 
— into 
3 hpi up woe 
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Diseased parta should be off wit 
and burnt. If any plants ae _ ected sacrifice 
them at once, as there is no cu 
HRYSANTHEMUMS, — Any that have rooted 
A ecg be placed on a shelf near the glass. 
If they have been put singly into small pote, and 
e plants to get dry 
before ni ace is limited, and cuttings 
are struck five or six in a pot, they ld be 
gradually inured to the air for a few days, and after- 
wards potted singly into 3-inch potr, and kept close 
until ro 
AEONIES.—A bajei, of these lee be put 
temperatu of about 
of the plants, and give a top-dress 
and when root-action — commenced, affi 
waterings with liquid manure. Any plants that 
through over-flowering shoul 
in a greenhouse or frame 
May, w wbai they may be plunged outside in 8 
coal-ashes to E ripened, 
FORCED LILAC8S.—Imported pleut. vhiek pap 4 5 
finished Avastin should have the shoots C aati- 
to about three eyes, and be st in a 
house or vinery till they break. 
has commenced, * should — frequent 
ings with manure water. Give all the 
and air possible, and e siop 
Towards the middle of May they may be sto 
side in a sheltered corner, and a t the 
month be plante 
owth 
wien 
mitted, and t 
for late fateing the following year if 
