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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Aran 27, 8 
TUBEROS 
Where a good successional apii of white double 
flowers and delicious fragrance is required, batches 
of the Pearl Tuberose ahould be potted up as soon as 
the imported bulbs can hs obtained, and continued 
t intervals of a fortni or thr ree weeks until the 
8 ar fairly dry until 
growth begin hould be persistently 
frequent root waterings of weak liquid manure, 
H, Ward 
MUSAS FOR CONSUMPTION 
AND FOR SHOW. 
(Concluded from p. 458.) 
Or decorative species of Musa, M. Ensete is 
perhaps the most grown, and ge the 
used and treated as a decorative plant for the open 
air during the summer months, it is well deserving 
d the blade of 3 feet 
the plant produces no offshoots, and must be r 
from seed; when planted out, the leaves become 
more erect than in pots or tubs. One variety of Musa 
Ensete has green ee e but in the true form it is 
red, and this is the mo 
finest ampie o of it 
tem 
Anot ua ee arg is M. „ which 
nsete, growing to 
ep mid-rib, are 
from 5 to 8 feet long, and of a dark shade of green, 
This species, as well as M. Ensete, does well in a 
winter tem mperature of 55°, which is lower than suits 
any of the species grown for their fruit, 
Bae a. oo, a species less well known than 
attains a t 
tioned by Mr. J. H. Veitch in his er gaia 
in Japan, and was sent to this country a fi ears 
ago by Mr. Maries when collecting for the. Chelsea 
firm; in southern Europe it stands the whole year 
out-of-doors without injary. I have not tried it in 
the open air, but doubtless auch winters as the last 
would be too much for it, [We should think so, Ep.] 
This aek is one that increases by suckers, and is 
e value. In Japan the fibre obtained 
p heat, nutriment and moisture during the season 
gro are essential, The present season is 
si. suitable for 2 a start with Musas, 
such varieties as M. erb eee, J would advise 
the restricting z the roo 
and — only showy suckers, 
The season — plants ee the Pree: heat, li 
and moisture is from tober, The soil 
should be a good turfy —— ok bones or bone- 
meal and broken charcoal added, the drainage 
ample, and the liquid manure, fish manure, guano, or 
others of good strength afforded, If the plants are 
cultivated in a border, it is well to ict the roots 
pots placed on bottom-heat, Fruits may be 
obtained from plants grown in a space of 18 inches 
deep and 24 to 30 inches square, or from pots 18 or 
20 inches i in — the soil be rich, and manurial 
always desirable to get the 
as when the fruit bunches show in the winter, there 
is a difficulty in getting t them to grow well out from 
the foliage, and decay is then likely to follow. The 
day temperature during growth should be 70° to 80°, 
On the approach of winter, 
3 
plants m be 
readily done by lowering the warmth from 60° to 
by night, but it is not advi- 
1 become very dry. Should any 
full-grown plants produce suckers, remove them, as 
Pres rob ad fruits if left on the plants, 
M rest in the winter season, it is an easy 
. to ast them at this season, and it will er 
yt 
obs whey 
rmth and moisture should be afforded at that 
time, a rich mulch and liquid manure at every water- 
hese aids should not 
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required by them, but as the fruits take a long time 
to mature, there must be no lack of moisture. The 
plants having a_ deep channel over the midrib, 
syringing overhead is not to be free the water 
being conveyed to the centre of the plant; but it is 
well to syringe — ot ther parts with Wx pie and 
keep all surfaces in the house moist, Thrips and 
ghastly often Takni the leaves, — ‘they mia be 
well sought for and destroyed, G, Wythes, 
AMATEURS’ COLUMN. 
jesami FLOWERS FOR AMATEURS’ AND VILLA 
NS (continued from p. 432).— Having in pre- 
ahi N referred to hardy and — ss — 
and biennials, I now come to make a few remar 
hardy perennial plants suitable foe, the cottage and 
villa garden. hese must, for convenience, be 
divided into two classes, viz., the early spring 
flowers firat; and, secondly, those that bloo 
summer and autumn. I will take those firat “that 
bloom in early spring, and here we have some of the 
most charming treasures of the flower — — 
Spring flowers, — they are found in 
de cot gar r the —— — highly favoured 
positions of the vase; always find adm he 
modest Violet, nestling in on winery nook, 
e Primrose by the river's brim, the wild Hya- 
ciath or Bluebell amidst woody copse, 
the common Anemone, an ore spring 
visitors have each — charms, telling of days of 
gloom and darkness past, a 
r prominent early- bloom- 
ing plants each 1 to vie with one another as to 
rilliant 
which shall put on attire. Of 
ğ fri e —This is — of the sweetest and pret- 
vitae: owering plants in cultivation, Dari 
March, “a y, and June, i rd 
test i 
or the subur e 
puia „where there too much smoke; 
though its natural oe does not appear to the 
advantage in a smoky atmosphere, and amid 
surroundings, yet there are few 
— themselves with i- 
tions 30 oppo those of their natur 
homes, For sandie the Aubrietia is invalu- 
able, its even carpet-like rowth i 
to that kind of pti, being 
me of them 
other that iti is s difeal to di wel 
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the other species ; its p eain ar 
ig stoc of it. onably 
the finest of the ale e of a righting 
dish-crimson, foliage very neat an arf, flower 
abundant, 8 better known it will 
universal koisa 
better circulate d, n growin 
pap Po of 
is at home, 
yellow Alyssum saxatile, it ma 
exe for plant with the variegated Anin or 
d edged 
errs by cuttings in . bean pe fags. in summer, 
oc Oy, iv a m in au and winter. If, however, 
wish to work up w4 ood 2 and bare very 
few tna 5 4 start with, it ma be raised true to 
8 
sou he mA shallow pans, and place them on a gentle 
r under handlights i 
a fal ith ing, and at e from bright 
sunshine, and when the plants are ready to 
rick them out in the 
open 1 das rich light soil, 
and with attention to wane , and 
garden ornaments wil 
of carpeting A bordei. with splendid masses of 
it safe to 
flowers, 
twigs or short 
amongst them, R, 
(Io be continued.) 
THE CHINESE PRIMULA, 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
ood deal to do with 1 i 5 4 
a good deal to d judging ee | 
th 
sented, but in nearly every i 
to the 3 single-flowered varieties arè 
left to 
exhibited. At some places, notably at me 
both single xe sen are represented in the 7 
dule. The most popular of the double a 
the old pereen white, so well known as 4 
produce double fi s for market purposes. he a 
uble flower ra yest | 
ebria rater into prominence e 
or more ago by Mr, R, Gilbert, of Per 
Stamford, are seldom seen, but when they e 
more than 
Some flow 
lightly touched with sine, and some of them a 
pen air, Be 
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