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Précocité, wba Bedder, Percy’s Seedling, Rollin should find a place against a south wall, and the ventilation during the day as the thermometer rises 
Thatcher, i y, Scarlet Gem, White St. Crouts, leading shoots be kept well trained-in during the above 70°, . — ad stop the shoots on later 
aud Zen growing season, and the front shoots spurred-in in nit at the third or fourth leaf. Apply plenty of 
ol Thoas beautiful free-flowering winter or early spring. Loniceras should be well liquid manure - water at the root i 
plants are most useful for bedding, or for planting in m 
mixed borders in sheltered situations, They will and new beds should be made at this season of the paths moist., Avoid growing Strawberries or French 
and — — 92 but not one like the past Year of deciduous speci varieties, viz., L, sans in the same house, as thes dt increase 
has been, Seedling plants are very useful for mixed Early Dutch, L. Early White, L. fragrantissima, of red-spider, and to rd further against this pest, 
boitders wers luable for cutting L. ser na, L. Periclymenum, and L. Sullivantii. manure- may be used to -i p the paths, &c., 
parposes. varieties should be selected from For rustic work, plant the Mountain Bramble, at night when the house is close 
. nd propagate ted by means of cuttings (as Rubus fruticosus albens and R. f. roseus, and th — R 
Calceolarias) in pots and frames; and they should evergreen species L. flexuosa, L. Halleana, L. sem- PLANTS UNDOS& GLASS. 
have abundance of air and be protected from frosts E secede ago mare By W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
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and wet. They may be planted out in April. ail nom banh herd hack. aed soak GENERAL ct ae an THE STOVE, — Seedling 
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PRUNING ROSE8.—The piar. wall, and climb- shoots thinned out, the plants being made secure Begonias now ready should be pricked off into pots 
Roses should now have their shoots thinned by ties, &c. When very heavy the growth should er pans filled with sited soil of a light kind. The 
m i the remainder pruned well-in, and generally be cut right baoki The winter-fowering J. nudi-  *eedlings must be carefully lifted from the seed- 
i put in order for the season, The frost has don orum requires to have ite shoots well thinned With a sharp-pointed dibber, n disturbing others, 
rm to even such hardy varieties as Gloire de out, and — a strong grower, it looks better when * Nord lo . ere the 
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Dijon; and in this district H.P. s were mostly killed the shoots are ae few in number. Jasminum revo- ont re agg 4 planta ** stand about 
down to the snow-line, so that the pruning of these lutum, J. Wallichianum, with yellow flowers and 
will simply be a matter of cutting down to the sound bright green leaves, r require a warm sheltered stage 
wood, Where well mulched, and covered deeply tion and moderate pruning only. 
nished a small 
quantity of Ai 3 be sprinkled overthe top of it, 
— ded. The same kind of treatment is suited to 
FV Gloxinias, Streptocarpus, and many other very — 
UNDER seedling plants. The pans should be kept in 
l sound, and these will quickly move when warm 
weather s. The pruning of H. Ps in expose FRUITS GLASS. b a 
situations should be postponed to the middle of next By RICHARD Parker, 3 Goodwood, Chichester. Pe near, eaa 
month, Many standard Roses are killed, but where PEACHE D NECTARINES.—Th t bright IAS AN may no 
there are signs of life in standards, they s should be weather has brought fie Aaii fete on pe Gately ta the ont potted into small flower-pots, placed on a shelf c close 
left for a time. This last is the most unsatisfactory house, an r —— the glass, and shaded for a few days, Grevillea 
method of growing Roses, entailing, as it does, a This isa critical period with early-forced trees, but robe hers should be potted singly into small 
great amount of labour, ama often with no reiia if the roots are in a healthy condition and they pen and ns ee eee pye e the e akana 
ing e pruning of the pla receive ki f d yl perature oO ou phanotis 
is finished, the beds N ‘borders should be tently a riage OT PAPIS WMS BOW, A guar floribunda menced to and 
temperature be maintained in the house, there need 
hould have their shoots tied in, and be well syringed 
pricked over with a fo r s rotten be no fear of the fruit dropping. Fora ort 
ure as possible, and heavily mulching afterwards night or three weeks the fruit will cease to awell,and nig -A ndas, when pots 
with short dung d ed. during that time 60° at night will be sufficient en become filled with roots, will require top-dressings 
Peat- d for beddin tle makes hess K : : of Clay’s Fertiliser, or some ot oved 
moss, when used for g cat Bi a stoning is completed, if the border be mulched with 
? manure, The blinds on the stove should n b 
an excellent mulch, and it does not look u idy. cow-manure, and well watered, and extra heat ap- 
lied, th in dwell asidi ¢ 8 o the foli fixed in position, but they will not be required for 
ROSE STOCKS.—Do g rose stems for budding em ú 0 aay dirii b VAt We 82 ene a longer period than two hours in the middle of 
2 if taken from the he e Bei, should lat A 3 auy — ee digs gion — satay — ri bright sunny days. 
well root- d, t to th d 1 „ b 
length, pruned, and tho tops ext to in geen and put a ittle top ventilation on half an hour THE FERNERY.—Ferns pod ye gers. to grow 
convenient for working. The disbudding of Briar atte ee increasing it gradually as the sun warms must have plenty of water 4 var ed the — 
stocks should be gradually done, three strong shoots the 2 at the same time reducing the heat in the a a moist re meee s ined about t Aa w — 
only being retained near the top, 1 and these at about Pipe Wie the house occasionally on a mi best create ** any water a 8 hee 
equal distance from each othe night if green-fly appears, but see that the foliage pathe pote Sm sur 2 and syringing Poem * — i 
is dry, or it may ! — a P fg oe i 
PRUNING AND PLANTING OF HARDY CLIMBING tobacco. Pick off curled leaves, and dust affected bright light oe 
PLANTS.—Clematises of the patens and florida type parts with e syringe with soft-soap ripen Ferns 'at thie season. Aar Ferns that ae 
are papon subjects for warm walls and praleetes and W beg whic ich the blooms are e ony were not re potted a placed * 3 
situations, This type includes C. Sieboldi, C. be syringed, and t ee ere kept moist, eS, q 
calycina, &c., and the strong one-year-old wood extra heat m may be given at night, but not to exceed ual por eae 32 e weak manure- perewis piged Se 55 
should be trained in so far as it is thoroughly 60°. Close the ee early in the afternoon N with eis kind of fe ria fn aloe he afforded l 
ripened, beyond which it may be cut off, weaker and with plenty of moisture. Trees coming into flower at tatarak dled Hie iia aiee atl y 
straggling or over-crowded shoots being alone cut should be afforded all the air —— in fine weather, ieden Are 2 — * d ‘now be ‘fixed. in place, | 
away, Clematises of the lanuginosa type require closing the ventilators " — ede case of frost. se * r 1 
but a slight amount of pruning, and as the shoots will not be necessary now to fertilise the flowe bri es 1 direct eee eee a 
die back considerably, not much is needed; merely where bees abound, r borders should rec av show Id have plenty of light all the same, ae this helps 
remove unripened extremities, aud shoots not needed. a sire soaking once in ten days or a fortnight, ngthen the frond. A sharp look-out should be 
Clematis of viticella and Jackmani types flower on —The early Queens having thrown their * e for slags, whose tracke may readily — 
the summer wood, and require severe pruning to frait pag up, will sativa met water at the roots, and the slugs will be sure to be found if the plants are 
peony Rir Te young. shooes i ana cng haem io g e atmosphere of the house should be kept charged looked over the last thing at nigh thrips or 
March hd J avember, or, Hf lays bloom be required. ri moisture durin de time the fruit is green- light famiga wit 
and April are good months for pruning them swelling,’ A little < mitted at che top to 5 per S @ Richard . 
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nting these beautiful summer-flowering he house will be beneficial when the thermometer is by far the safest) will settle them. The Filmy 
— afford them some fresh light loam, 3 ts i 75°, closing early to raise the temperature * require but little oe a plenty of moisture ; 
8 of rotten manure, and a deeply worked soil; t0 85° with zun- heat, letting the night temperature doing best when grown un -glasses or in g 
Good Ich them in summer with rotten eee range about 70°, Syringe between the plants cases; they must always any re ept shaded. A tempe- 
the 1 of the last-named type E Wor several times a day, but not overhead, A slight ratare of 55° will be found most suitable for nearly 
caster, pa n family, Ascotensis, BOALT) OF OEE shade as midday will be necessary as the sun- all of the Filmies, Todea superba is a species thas 
>, Duchess of Edinburgh, rubra violacea, heat increases, and for this there is nothing does well if placed noe a north}wall outside during 
Rosamond, and Madame Baron Viellard, better than a Strawberry-net placed loosely over the hottest part of mmer, of course keeping it 
rl ot ui an demie, Ane, the roof glass. Young plants recently potted on in the case in whi it i is ae own, The plants should 
langin one ame van Houtte belonging to the should have a moist-growing atmosphere, and the never be watered overhead, but kept moist by aprink- 
aa are epe pehee eee ree? plants be dewed overhead on bright afternoons. ling the ashes on which the pans or pots stand three 
giniana, D be afforded four times a da with a rosé-can 
Sats a strong-growing, “hy 5 er pee also. As the roots take to the new soil, clear 3 M 
e sca e e taan i lied when the soil becomes „ 
Behn tn back to the wall or pillar after the Éran ary, bubi Bing ae Ades Nee enge i 3 „vern. 
makes 13 . 3 : — y ba some time before more moisture than is con- not included in the Flora of British In the 
tested fo ite an —— 5 d A. V itchii tained BS P O pee 7" Keep the economic value of this shrub as yielding | 
— its snppo: A. Veitchii an ei as possible at 80°, material 8 ral nget excellent 
rea, good 3 varieties, are very beau - 
for south or west walls; also A. * d ÉSAN th ed trees 
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vet tail to collect ebe M Satie ” 
i A aches maturity, a slightly dryer atmosphere 
The l y agii W oaia ae e ilah a be maintained, or mildew may develop at — Hunter-Westo vi 1890, by means of which the 
well, and is a v interestin lant, Aristo- eye of the fruit before it is ripe eno to r. collected in Baltist n ee „ 
lochia sipho does 2 against wall or on rock- Increase the ventilation op wang daye, and 4 a plant was peop et av 13585 82 ide, E~ 
work, and i green handsome foliage is very little on at night if be favourable. 8 ? al . 3 20. E valley a and more recently 
striking: For bright colour in the spring monthe Continue to regularly * he t roots with weak the Ditchell gine 8 The wood is very 
the species of Pyrus should be planted, viz, P. stimulants, or the later Gels ah ra, inthe Barzil valley, near Bangla. The tent bark. 
Jäponica, the 5 Quince; P. j. alba, P. j. Moer- springing wi ll be necessary to The check red-spider, bass hands feroa yg on @ Botanical Tour in 
Cosel, P, Ji P. Mauleii, P. M. superba ; also should be done early, night temperatu „ 
A rosea, P. ii, 5 
Wistaria sinensis and W. s. alba. These last may range from 60° to 65°, gradually affording Kashmir, 
