al torr ig of boilin 
some icing sugar, 
and mix it into a stiff paste wit 
at the same time Pea-flour, to take the place 
By W. POPE, Gardener, 
Mancu 2, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
267 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
Highclere Castle, Newbury, 
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OPERATIONS.—The pruning 
snd training of wall-fruit trees should be sse ned to about six buds, whic 
as ather w a central shoot or leader, and five laterals— a "e 
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Fig. 36.—RENOVATING OLD PEAR TREES BY GRAFTING OR TRAINING IN NEW BRANCHRS, 
Thar GRAFTING OLD PEAR TREES ON ae LS.— the summer; although the fruit spurs may occa- 
merit, trees, if fairly yond much sionally need to be thinned ont at the autumn or 
better ua be profitably utilised as . for winter prunin 
well 3 er honl now be cu 
If desi sadiness for grafting in 
* V THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
nate bann ting back, and grafting alter- g Barney WADDS, 2 Birdsall Gardens, York, 
next year ** and the remainder the our - OF- FERNERY.— Au ex- 
tame tree abhain varieties may be work the . of this “department should be made 
qual in the ng care to selec h out when the its, and before the growth is 
in fig, 96g eee growth and in habit. [We show made, all new arrangements and additions to 
rated, or method by which old trees Je- existing rockwork should be completed sag the 
a) of the brane laid-in, and at the same time planting, top-dressing with fresh soil, making 
N ches retained for several years. Ep.] about the plante, and removing dead foliage 3 
. Chan anten A8 PYRAMIDS AND BUSHES. mig the new growth is far advanced, are all of them 
O can be very amu ka E bok ne 0 ions which should receive attenti 
* eg it is suitable for small 5 The neglect to do this early in spring causes 
May be Wall space is limited i in extent. The trees injury to many things which is not seen till later in 
together own in vibe, r grou somewhat near the year. The fronds of ev: erns which may 
ad to ae that it is easy to net the fruit; have a browny appearance the effects of 
of 8 time some light . of frost, sh shouldbe lft onthe planta for the present, and 
should be made, that the fruit time afforded them to recover. I fear considerable 
2 ye 2 been done to Ferns of many species 
pla 3 ockeries which are placed in exposed 
situation 
PANSIES — Anutumn-atruck cattings of show, 
fancy, or bedding Pansies which have been stored 
i mes should now be fully ventilated, and 
when the weather becomes genial, the lights may be 
qui ov om the f If infested with 
se — or 3 them overhead with 
uassi > n which these Pansies are 
to be planted should i * vi manured and deeply 
dug; but i 
taken of dry da ays — planting, a 
amount of shade is good for the plants for a short 
time after planting, Tiri is a dificult matter to afford 
the ehade from the mi 
blown away. 
Sach contrivances are readily removed night and 
morning. dry, hot weather, liberal water- 
ings with clear soot-water, and frequent sprinklings 
with some artificia to encourage gro 
If large blooms are required, thin out the shoots on 
a nong] ran to three in number, and leave only one 
bloom on each. of ground is very bene- 
ficial to we of the Viola family, the plants often 
dying suddenly if grown on th 
May, and they w 
There are several good strai of geode choose 
from, viz., the large-flowering English show variety, 
large- flowering fancy Belgian, S. German, . 
t French, Fire King, Odier’s Blotched, Trima- 
deau, Cassier’s large ing; and j pur- 
poses there are the Cliveden varieties, purple, yellow, 
and white, lue King, black, gold — ae 
also 
Lord Beaconsfield, all of which come true from seed, 
frames during the summer and a 
VIOLAS OR TUFTED PANSIES are in great demand 
for spring and mer flowering, many of them 
being as fragrant as a Violet. These Violas come 
true from seeds sown, and tre in the e sit 
at 
as th The sweet-scented varietie 
acquisitions, and deserve n = largely cultivated, 
althou o large and show 
ntess Hopetoun, 
„H. M. Stanley, Glow, Max tn 
Princess Beatrica Rob Roy, Sunrise, Tory 
rue White 
Oliver, Violetta, Gage, Summer Clond, 
sl Lady, Blush 2 
3 in the — ia „ beds 
protected by the ave 3 
the recent severe ald: 
been preserv: 
2 
taken up and 
Sweet Violets will ser to have 
otherwise mad 
peda ‘of 5 idious ia clum se 
um 
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