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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
[Apart 6, 1895, 
season should not be given later than August; 
of this they sir be plunged 
in coal-ashes out-of-doors, under a sheltered frame or 
wall. In many ps ces C. pyramidalis is quite hardy, 
but it is best to guard them against severe frost and 
exc2ssive wet. the plants are well grown most of 
—.— when 
Early in = following i 
into —.— will give a lustrous pas to the foliage. 
To keep up a succession of 8 a iei 
seeds must 50 85 — y be pur 
0 er packet from most —— — An 
improved peel — of this Campan s been 
out essrs. J. h & Sons, called Campanula 
pyramidalis compacta, — It has a more dwarf a: 
deep blue or mauve. Is isa very free and er 
variety. It received an Award of Merit from the 
Horticultural 3 in 1892. 
most ; showy o k the Campanaulas for the open 
n and C. M. alba. We have now many 
colours amongst these, from pure w 
various shades of b 
spring in a frame or on 
soon ~i the seedlings are ready 
for pricking out, transplan in rows abou 
inches apart, an wie plant them in their bloom- 
ing quarters ing the a 
or 7-inch pots, 
Eg nies the plants in to 
nd placed in the greenhouse in January, they will 
bloom some iriak earlier than those taken from the 
open ground, R: 
k, 
so “SUGGESTIONS FOR SMALL VILLA 
ensure its success, that even 
neatly kept, it will present 
a per fhe uninteresting appearance if not supervised and 
care 3 
that a good effect is necessarily costly, the mos in- 
the own n to enst 
ban val E and n 
upon having e e e apt but atte 
rieties of trees an 
viih one “specimen of each singly, * res 
ould be much more effec 
again should be planted in grou 
sparingly. A vil 
kgrouad, or if the boundary of the 
garden is a york Fe agg which shrubs should never 
be planted to hide it, it should be ae with 
iieri which would answer the same purpose as a 
mae hipe n the draa w which should hive a 
margin = at least 1} feet between them and the 
gravel-wa If the house requires a carriage-drive, 
and is — 5 a short way off the main road, a semi- 
circular approach is the best plan, with two entrance 
gates w. which sho uld not be too abana and heavy. 
is economises space, as it pre s the eee 
of turning the carriage round, add 1 g in at on 
gato and out a Too much valuable sis 
often give * the carriage-drive, making the 
pees: too important looking for the size of the 
metimes very effective, 
ficial rock work should be avoided. Albis shanks look 
ground of Box and other dark evergreens look well. 
h is always a great addition to 
a small kousi, should if possible be entered from the 
garden and one of the sitting-rooms, and should be 
tious looking as possible, 
plants to be grown on a hou 
at others, Forsythia 
Grape-vines 8 the beauty of their foliage, — 
many oth H. 
SYON GARDENS, BRENTFORD, 
IN SPRING. 
Syon is always an interesting place to visit— 
8 alike to the rae ical eee and the 
practical gardener. It is in ind of minor 
Kew ; the large Palm-house Waites one a the public 
gardens on the other side of the Thames, while the 
delightful grounds recall some of the pleasantest 
ab 
features the visitor fiads in the national establish- 
ment. Mr. Wythes has carried out several 
improvements : under-growth of Laurel 
&e., has been largely cleared away, and an up- 
i place, Open- 
ing out charming vistas. 
Syon is famous for its early fruit, — and 
flowers; early production is indispe e. The 
eee winter retarded early forci vn hak moat 
well forward. ie whberries are largely 
— ka and Vicomtesse H. de Thury leads 
sorts, it will 
follows, succeed. y 
Seedling, Auguste Nicaise, w 
— at Gunt ton Park 
Jane, 
e last to flower and the firat to 
gather.” Two years ago, when the spring was dry and 
fine, the first ga zhering was made on April 17. 
Forced vegetables are a leading feature, Ia fram 
Potatos—a favourite early one being Sharpe’s Victor, 
Early Gia Carrots, the Purple-top Milan Tarnip, 
and others are thoroughly well advanced; Chelsea 
Gem and Str tratagem Peas, raised under glass, and 
transplanted to warm sunny borders, are making 
— 
good progress, 8 gro fo and still farther 
protected on the east by mean sprays of Cypres, 
Longpod Bat are o d s'z) in 
utmost activity pre- 
0 
1 te in coming into me, 
Winter Spinach has shown the most successful 
resistance to the hard weather 
In the eae forced e are numerous 
and good. clam di 
ty compacta is to be 
strongly recommended—a type that multiplies itself 
rapidly, and consequently flo vers all the year round— 
the apathes, white, and the spadix, primrose col 
acharis shows how finely the 
plants are grown at Spe 
Syon maintains its old reputation for high-class 
gardening, it is not likely to forfeit any of ite 
renow under the superintendence of Mr, G. 
Wythe g 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
ARCIS8U8 IN POTS.—The u of big 5 
oolford, 
Reading Show, The 
species and varietie 
Telamonius 
N. Bicolor H feldi ince N. 
28 nag ico n orsefieldii princep perry 
the Telamonius, the double 88 Daffodil. It is 
nha necessa i that these Narcissus should not 
be subjected to much heat, or the foliage will be 
— — oat the “cui weak and fugacious. E. 
ZALEA MOLLIS IN POTS.—All forms of hare 
and ‘Ghent Azaleas are — a * 
bloom in pots during the mont —— 2 
the mollis type is the more suitable, 0 
the more compact habit of growth, “although 
loses r point in the want of p — 
the o A 
that g : 
Mr. Turton at the late 1 „ 3 not 
= sely bloome growth 
5 2 size, bat pae u 7 5 ut ee the 
show. E. M. 
stewed we 
LISH AMARYLLIS AT HAARLEM. In your 
report of the Haarlem e — 
been that only member nt babili i 
toc nonpa he would in al! pro 
the Dutchmen at home. When speski 
D ri Narcissus, Tezebta 
he Ta ; 
grown in pots. I do not think I have r 
I counted many of the bulbs in the 20 
tion that h blooms on a 
conspicua, Emperor, G 
blooms of Orang e Phæni 
they were certainly grown very strong, 
and of course the collection 
mens of Madame de Graaff, Gloire 
the Trumpet, Bicolor, and Ine 17 . | 
