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CHRONICLE. 
[Marca 23, 1895, 
sometimes called, has no equal among the others. 
C 
al g nd takes 
readily to almost any kind of soil if it be not of 
ld and retent thrives in 
loams that are moist, deep and rich—in fact, some of 
the strongest groups I ever saw were growing in sandy 
loam. In purely vegetable soils, or such as are 
largely made up of peat and leaf-soil, it is also at 
home. Pla wi na good oom of this * par- 
ticularly if moisture be abun and i shady 
dell, the plants will attain to ae rene, than 
in the ordinary herbaceous border. je ant has 
an mg effect when planted as see ng to 
an Rhododendrons, the soil, ee and 
e suiting it ee and in like manner some 
lar asses of it have a e appearance in the 
When once 3 and pc a 
. is im- 
8 9 
d the size of the flowers. Planted i 
deep soil it may be left alone for a dozen years, 
merely affording it a heavy mulch of rotten manure 
yearly. n -grown the plant attains a height 
of 20 inches, and the leaves 1 geh and handsome. 
half this height, There is a Vanity in nurseries 
T. g. præcox, on account of its early flowering, 
an excellent variety, the flowers being very large, 
f the purest white. 
is very similar in 
its requirements to the subject of this note, and 
makes a good companion to it. J. 
THE WEEK’s WORK. 
THE KITCHEN GARD : 
By Jonn Lampert, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 
Remove any large lumpy pieces 
f manure put on last — mn which have not broken 
in 
white or blanched sticks are preferr 
alleys, or from some other source, light soil, sufficient 
ts will be enough where it preferred to expose 
the 533 the sun. The exposed heads hay ve, to 
my idea the proper flavo i 
stimulan 
manure aroun 
adding soil as may be required ; 
formed s0 
4 y * t z A a a 
rake. Sow the the flat, giving 
1 get between the lings: 1 sena at 
that the rng ol 
any thinning. If for 
sizes for a oses will be obtained, and 
Oaions that will keep much better f * 
n’s Excelsior for large Onions, next to the 
show variet hat are a d be 
gro us this season has 
kept quite as well as * old Asrama y, Sainas TEA Kaspia. 
ONIONS UNDER GLASS.—The first and other 
batches of Onions sown ind 
of Leeks, will ready for pottin 
be done very ss es indeed, to avoid bruising 
them. Th n singly in pots may be Ate ie 
3 
bed of fermenting material of 
about 70°, close up to the * If heated by pipes so 
much the better, but avoid a dry te e Page 
damp them on bright ere and afford a top 
temperature of about 60°. In potting the Leeks, 
use soil a little lighter and richer than for Onions, 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Port, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
FIGS, REMOVING COVERS AND PRUNING. 
coverings may now be taken off the Fig trees, 
kept handy in case sharp _— nigate should occur. 
When pruning the Fig, rem 
shoots, unless there = pibo t space 
when some of them may 55 retained; but 
the preference should e Aik to shoots that are 
hagr: 55 old are likely to become dive 
geen the middle, and it is 2 to 
cut yas * a 
obtain young 25 — for laying - in. 
that will be produ 
be ed 
border eee imey 
“ae 80 9 the better. 
e existing pe borders gusur 
exhausted of their ap are much im * th if 
dressed heavily with olved — (su 
phate of lime), a at the Poss season, lightly — * 
it into the soil. 
E P8.—A sharp look - out should be kept 
for queen wasps, now, and during the next month, 
many wasps, especially partial to ae 
Gooseberry e 1 the Peach walls. 
REE ROOTS LOOSENED BY FROS TS, ETC. 
Fruit trees planted in the autumn should be eo 
e portly about 
the 22 treading it, and mulch 
with half-rotten rable du The quarton occupied 
7 trees and bus be benefited by being 
oed rather e his enteen the weeds 
and — the soil. 
roots thoroughly firm 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. Ware, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking. 
EVALLIAS.—I¢ is a good time to tp te up 
old Shite of the Chimera section 
Teak-wood 
and as their ringalar-looking flowers ba 
—.— “like those of Stanhopeas—in a downw 
direction—no crocks e yM r drainage. 
The compost should consist of two- thirds sphagnum 
mon to o y-peat, and if a moderate quant ity 
intermixed with it, the whole will 
be rendered meta fies a length of time, This section 
of the genus should now be placed in a cool shady 
position in t in the 0 ee but during th 
summer months a coo mperature tha this h 
affords is best for th The — aes: with 
M. to a Species that is well worth 
of attention, its pure white flowers, wh re pr 
Pegg ce 547 especially admired at 
sary. Th pots or 
clean croc 
ignea and other species now sending up their flower- 
— should have these guided — ahs 
— — 
leathery foliage, or = weight of the leg 
Such 1 
eripple them. dwarf-growing species 
Arminii, M. hieroglyphica, M. ee ~ 
Geleniana X, if cultivated in pots, and placed upon 
the stage, should be suspended close to the f- glass 
w their flower-spikes, where, bp the 
plants are in ea they will be covered i a few 
weeks with flower 
HABENARIAS.—Some cultivators of Orchids are 
under the impression that 1 „ se 5 terres. 
trial Orchids are difficult to man 
requirements of aria is masterad, they 
be rend ee ‘gabe effective, as was well exem- 
plified by the specimens ee 3 last year at the 
Royal Fe Society’s m g. ere are, 
at the least, — fine distinct e which are 
worth addin any collection, viz., the brilliant 
scarlet H. milit ris ea, which has large 
flowers of a delicate flesh- pink colour ea 
plant, and one or more tubers will be found cling- 
ing firmly to the sides of pots, or among the 
cks. These uld be gently detached, and re- 
potted singly in 1 thumbs, which allow of the 
employment a ater depth of drainage than 
88 1 ee . ich the new 
find their way. The — to be safer when 
esting period, 
down among the paki gre the r 
method, kori cul- 
than ost. By this 
canal 05 being favourable, 
freely. Supposing p 5 
0 9 Tables in le 
y po of 
is hig the air moist, th 
them Being e one as near the glass as 
the flower-spikes weak. 
ùs 
till the new growths mpar fairly pret the com 
ink a fine-rose 
mmer — ther, t 
affo dec them; a 
of the foliage thei seni of insect pe 
in 5 As regar 
0 ooler region ma the other 
cultivated in a 8 simi 
Cattleya-house 
a 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By BAILEY Wanps, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York. 
EARLY-FLOWERING CHRYSAN pa THEM e 
varieties are ve ery satisfactory pla 
purposes. Cutt ill now strike tea, — Ben 
ings 
lants that have 3 flowered in pots 8 
tee fr ntil the middle of 1 then 
severe weather has injured those left in T 
herbaceous borders, and pass cannot be dependet 
on to m 
Mada sadi 5 5 “Golden leo 8 
Desg 
Viellard. f Blushing Bride, 1 
ueen, olden Shah, He rmione, ian 
Jardin des Plantes, Mrs, Culli i 
