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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
with a sudden change in the adrial condition of * 
v 
ipe large sim, that a certain amount of moisture should 
* present in an 
kept in health to a great e 
absorbe 
is productive of red-spider, than which mrap — 
worse. in th 
air — the bunches come to the * point, 
b a time continue to dam paths and 
walls on bright days, and in cok he degree 
or t a n dull d wet days fford 
weak manure- ater to the py me nter- 
i 
i unt of moisture i off 
—— — transp by the foliage at “night, 
condense cause 
waich it allowed alloned avoid this a small amount of 
ventilation N itted at the top of the 
ery. Th mse may be entirely closed for a 
couple of hours in the afternoon during sunlight, so 
as to husband the sun’s heat, and render artificial 
heat at that ti unnecessary, the z ven- 
e sun 
a 
tilators being slightly opened again as 
0 Grapes 
the vinery. White 3 
nt f light to ri m properly, an 
pon 3 —.— colour; but the bunches must 
not exposed suddenly to bright sunshine b 
tying back the foliage that shades the bunches, or 
scalding of the berries will probably occur. If it is 
to hasten their naon , the leaves may 
d by this means a bright amber colour is 
— — 5 my Newer which is not always obtained 
when — bunches are shad y leaves. Black 
rapes, y aman nt have a better finished 
3 „ 
ri slowly, an t e 
fol indo r of this variety, 
ho may be finished, roon lose 
15 ripe, the border 
in calm weather, but avoid a rush of air thr 
i the cause of delicate white 
varieties being ru 
HOUSES,—Close attention must be paid 
4393 aa oa down the shoots, and 
—— the bunches, one of these on 
is 
foli nda ng of useless 
growth to be all of which 
is * avoided by „ inching * — 
he growths a è prope 
wholesale removal of foliage which — iii 
in the career o 
should mence as 500 e es t, when 
the work can be quickly done, and there is leas 
danger of causing injury to the berries with the 
points of the scissors. The varieties olmar 
HE KITCHEN GARDEN 
By JOHN LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool 
MINT.—Now w a good ti make h 
cuttings and planted out, but the first is least trouble 
and answers . as well, where plenty of stock is 
found to work fro 
— Where new plantations are required 
the work — d be taken in hand at once. To have 
Rhubarb of the best quality and to facilitate forcing 
free 1 stane! po 1 ps —. * 
or 
necessity or otherwise, select as far ible the 
outer crowns, as they may be more easily detached, 
and they ha he r of fibrous 
P n rows of about 5 nd 
quantity of manure may be tool when 
being planted in addition to . e E in. 
Some of the — t varieti ies ar arly, Johnston 's, 
Martin's, Kershaw's — y Royal Albert; Late, 
— s Victoria and Champagne. 
SET. — Make first sowing of the Tarnip- 
Oar variety outside, and give it a dressing of lime 
or soot, as a deterr rent to slugs, et ma 
often be worked in cg other crops, to be cleared 
aje about the same 
NIP8.—A oni of the Early Milan variety 
3 w be made on a warm sout The 
ground should not be over rich, and the seedlings 
should be well thinned out, as early-town N 
always have a tendency to run a good 
dreasin urnt refuse and lime at a ** of 
wing. 
TOMATOS.—Make sowings to supply _ id 
strong plants in 6 inch pots for planting out against 
all walls or ; besides which, in the 
south, they may be planted in posi in 
the and trained toa stake. The plants should 
be a flower at time ng. 
* ngs 
11 ing light, 
a — — leat oil. The mid 
quite soon enough to sow that — 
he longest. Hardy dwarf compact eer eties, well 
proven, should be — for thie late sowing. A 
hot-bed is a to raise N and if sown in 
xes, mae are easily moved a 
BEANS.—If fine weather, free f 
should be 
sandy err containing — 
** — will Me 
Pager —— d hich have 
been raised inside, providing they are thoroughly 
hardened off, may be pla outside. T on 
ust be done with care, staking them at same time, 
For the dwarf varieties, like Che Gem, worn- 
ut birch-beaoms will admirable pea sticks 
and a few Spruce-fir boughs shoald be at hand for 
protection in case of frosty nights, but these shoul 
removed during day. 
MUSHROOM GDS. Another et be 
put in the — honse, but avoid j E head on 
much as possible. Secure all droppings obtainable, 
and meen them under cover for outside bed 
£.—Cattings in bundi l 
rg — if boxes — n be i fort ＋ 1 
nga- “ail close 
together, working in amongst them some leaf. soil 
ace them 
2 — r 50° in any prey 
a 
p epo 
half an inch in AN a ts 
q 
y be removed — 
— A when, with a sharp knife, remove all the 
planted with a 
If the cutting be dro ped into such a hole, and 
cuttings are 5inches ong, the crown will be 2 inches 
[Mancu 30, 1895, 
below the surface, Seakale being fond 
atiff rich soil, the surface-soil i a net fine 2 
filling — these holes, and a man should | follow with a 
wheelbarrow of fine soil panas for the © purpose, 
When the shoots ts appear, t 
bro 
open ey wanted 2 7 „plan 
flat in lines 18 in apart, a ie 2 
2 plant, if en ie 3 Should db 
plant from seedlings once replanted, or fresh from 
following winter remove the By 
E the plants 2 be Soniy = "lifting rë 1 if 
n a suitable soil 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. Warre, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking, 
THE DECIDUOUS SECTION OF CALANTHES must 
be 28 as soon as the new growths are about 
4 h long, be ne i 
will pelt be injured. Turn the plants out of 
th shake them out of the old soil, cnt of 
the dead — to 1 inch, which will help to keep the 
he soil should 
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aa cow 
nely-chopped sphagnum 
good sprinkling of coarse goe and, th the pe | 
ng 
rab 
com i 
ho pinet for a few daya in a suitable place to get i 
th oloba may NN 
heck 
clean pots, in sizes according to to the requirements of 
the cultivator, bat 7 
convenient, as if lar 
t 
a little soil, so that t 
covered; this will leave about na an inch of space 
for a top-dress ing of turfy-loam when pla 
have . thorou ably established, After A 
ve those Oa'aathos 2 Py rol 
the ale hou en 4 — frome 
merely r round thon un e 
of advancement. rwards, 7 | 
> apr he the Age the roots soon obtain “tire | 
e pot, and when pom > 
22 — of water 
—— cultivatora 8 syringe the 
overhead, but I would 
nst the oe bar S to use 96 ever} 
ts application, especiall 
sprinklin he 
— to be e 
bagn 
Eomma 
th be re-potted as ae advised for 
eae take PLANTS. la 
sules should be stood in a sunny 
and ripen the seed. When th 
bursting, a piece of tissue - paper 
loosely around them to prevent 
not always advisable to cut off the 
