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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
491 
E ORCHID 5 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Gro 
PLATYCLINIS riLIFORMIG.—This a bf. 
red spider sional syringe of the foliage 
with tepid at ages e will help to keep it in check. 
TASETUM, MORMODES, CYCNOCHES.— Many 
a 
ped sphagnum moss, with 
of pare: crocks mixed with it, 
and when the roots have obtained a firm hold of the 
ive abundance. The followin were ge, 
ing in a general collection of 
m — C. b. . C. 
— ium, C. scurra, C. tabulare, C. Bungerothi and 
several beaut tifally os forms, oe the 
varieties C. B. mirabile 
Imperiale (figured in Gardeners — 2 329), 
rmodes lu * M. I. eburneum, M apai 
M. buccinator, d M. pardinum, Cyen versi- 
color, C. chlor 5 C. Eger Lee te 
peruvian 
worK.—Immediately such species as 
rto 
sunny pormo n with the Mexican Lælias, the nearer 
they are to the roof-glass — — Such plants as 
, A, uniflora, and A. 
been a general favourite, owing to its vigorous con- 
stitutio easy culture, thriving well in almost 
any house where an intermedi te tu 
excess d a rh but 
until th 
be applied carefully, To prevent — of | the 
0 it i m an occa- 
the planta should be well shaded from strong sun 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Jonn Lampert, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpoo: 
8ALAD8.—A small bed of Radishes 501 be 
and as the weather gets 
d and C 
week out- of- 3 nig for the present a frame is to vhs 
preferred, Lettuces in cold frames and under hand- 
lights, as well as — raised from penser made in 
warmth and transplanted into boxes, should be 
Those that have stood through 
y- Lee’s reen is a variety 
of Gabb age Lettuce that stands the winter well, and 
hearts quickly in the spring. 
Y should be cleared out of the trenches, 
m her 
Celery for early showing must be allowed to get 
pot-bound, and should be grown in a b warmth, 
if sticks of large siz3 b for; at the same 
ime i nd 
readiness. 
and if the soil is bad, remo 
aun, 5 s0 Pipe 
ther o longer bit, and the one have 
— rope — they may be plante: 
8.— These roots may be dug up and laid in 
eater a — all. Leeks and 3 for showing 
that are growing in pots on hotbeds will soon 
require hardening off, — res planting =. 
out in the open garden d be don 
towards the end of this month, On fine days the 
d entirely, and the plants 
occasionally damped er, during the day, and always 
when closing the fram 
UITS UNDER ore 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodw: 
deer er in pots started lage 
fford ripe fruit. Continue to supply 
clear tepid paar to the roots as required, for should 
j 
they ecome dry, the ndee will lose their fresh- 
ouse ma aa much cooler, but a 
little — should be deren e t night to maintain a 
temperature o entilators at the top of 
during 
as e TTF t un 
by plenty of foliage, = ight shad 
adhe will be bene as k 
and — Court, as these quickly 
ee apr Presi whet r to bright oe 
The bunches in later houses will require daily at 
tion in regard to thinning, the best time being carly 
morning. Do not touc e bunches with the 
hand, or rub t in ast, ure 
t bit of stick with several notches 
cu it towards the end, as t ty 
of the berries is easily destroyed, Lar, e 
matting, so that the ties may be removed easily wh 
th ripe without injury to the bloom. 
K the scissors clean and sharp, or the foot- 
stalks may be bruise Most eties that set 
and stone freely may be thinned ee at the 
first operation, but such varieties uscat of Alex- 
andria, Alnwick Seedling g, an M rs, Pince, where 
there is danger of loss when stoning, will require to 
be thinned much less, merely cleaning the b es 
in the first instance of ed flowers, &c., the fina 
thinning being delayed until it can be s which 
berries have ned panit ter the bunches 
are thinned the surface of the border should be 
loosened, mulched with ure, and well wai i 
re the —— c i isture, — . 
mu 
gene nt of the different houses 
regulated with careful regard to 
LATE VINES will require dis- 
budding, and the shoots to be moppie and tied to me 
wires a8 t creases, pping 
shoots, am pees J least should, e left beyond 
the bunch, and a greater 1 y be allowe 
where there is sufficient s ; e foliage r= 
develop. Long f ag iein be tied 
ly above the the ht 
unch, 2 
day until it is in the right 
If this be done mahay, the 8 575 
gro may sna icularly those of Black 
Alicante. Ene young pot Vi nes to p or 
by affording — plenty of heat and moistu 
EGS AND NECTARINES.—Late — 
receive close attention as the trees advance in growth, 
and the roots should be ner, ae 1 z 
intervals o 
wasteful expense, and is dangerous to fruit and 
foliage if done carelessly. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By BAILEY WADDS, ee. Birdsall 12 885 York. 
HERBACEOUS BORD — any attention 
should now 5 given to 
5 — mild weather ee such 
Look bier the 
r nudicaule and 
. ters, Anemone 
iniu me, Fonkias, Radbeckias, Spiræas, 
vie 
inds 
n lasten and other may be 
m up and replanted, and Dielptra neee 
may be divided and increased. Some plants 
of Sweet Briar and Rubus sa a rosea, Ci alba, 
also a few specime i should be planted 
o give ie d sweetness; nor should the old 
Southern be j for er 
the aticas should be 
last-named require copious wat — dry 
weather, 5 short rich should be 
placed a Hyacinths, Tulips, &c., from 
pots should be planted abont in herbaceous or other 
s space for them. If they 
without — 
urbing the roots and before the foliage is yellow, 
che bulbs ‘will ripen and give some useful flowers 
pring. 
SWEET PEAS.—The early-planted batch should 
be well 1 with neat spraying branches of Beech 
nte are more satisfactory, and 
lines than 
bói pat to o keep off fro * 
IGNONETTE PLANTS which have been grown in 
fra 
degrees of frost wha Uat, but 
ff slugs. sowing of seeds of good ee 8 
be * in drills 1 foot apart, and covered with 
fine rich soil, and on pianin shania, bo ell thinned 
out when a few ine 
INUM: 
pry * and pli sould be planted ont. 
as possible on rich g u ro a good 
sap ty of 2 Seeger n seedlings should be 
pric eed into b or frames to become strong 
before planting pens , 
BOR ee eo PI 
which were eown in January, should _ 
lanted out at once, Seeds may sti” 
— n bones or of fine rich oil, and p : 
in a frame or pit, Shade Fone 1 ne, 
into boxes as 
— 5 ee lants from this 2 should atand 
the 
WINDOW- Kes AND Y VASES should be filled 
with plants ts to make an early display outside as 
soon as the — poin frost has gone. 
