THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Aran. 27, 1895, 
522 
ity of coarse sand, and powdered borders, and be regularly supplied with moisture. 2 feet wide between. Wher ound is : 
2 Cree quantity o ’ P Sudden chan — bb Ser + erature, too, should be however, the alleys may be mad of some ace ; 
About the end of the month of May the plants — against, and until it is seen that the fruit has width. ant one row down the middle of the bed,- 
1} foot from the glass, the frame being put to 
the north, the Primula being at all times ape 
of bright sunshine, Even in this position a light 
shading of ee will be necessary when the sun is 
cool ash bottom is beneficial, and 
r September—this time into 7 or 
this sort of culture, — Primula cuttings 
. The later 
The plan 
soft-wooded plants can do * so little, cop it must 
be applied with the utmost care for some time after 
each repotting. This,indeed, joie Secor se ofthe 
single-flowered varie 
liable to be injured by a little more water than they 
ought to have. The plants begin e- 
bouquets of all kinds, a when 
plants, they are very beautiful decorative 
objects, as are the plants also for the greenhouse or 
conservatory; but the gardener should not forget 
tal t 
that and mpe 0 
them. The old semi-donble white throws its flowers 
better above the jadh than the varieties 
named, and som prefer it, for if anything 
it is a more ot t should be remem- 
b 2 red h 
eters 
mrose can 3 pr pa from cuttings. Some 
even ae the single varieties produce seed so sparingly 
that it is e i to grow them from cuttings in 
keeping up a stoc them; and, of course, nd is only 
in that way t 1 ise variety can be depended upon 
to come quite tru e very best single sation are 
reproduced from cies near r to fix the strain 
them, the white, rose, and red varieties are always 
true enough to their selected colours, and they are 
also sufficiently good as regards form. J, Douglas. 
THE WEEK’s W ork. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester, 
FIG-HOUSE, — Plenty of ventilation must be 
ape day and night in favourable weather, in order 
to obtain well-ripened, good-flavoured fruits, and, 
and atmospheric moisture should 
the crop is gath Gaur aevanted 
the soil will be 
in keeping th 
day, with 
with 
á r growin Wale 
and the past week of bright weather has proved xy, 
e 
koning from the base of 
a shoot; and by attending to this oN daily, 
the n necessary pruning may be done with the thumb 
Ss. ae eyi 
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—.— The nine cae propensity of the Fig 
at this season, sometimes causes anxiety to the gar- 
the — to carry more fruit than they can bring to 
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ing period sa fely. To o guard ‘agains at t 
eyil, the roote ehould 15 peace control in n 
one on either side of this, at 181 inches 8 ap < 
e outside rows are not less than 10 in, cheg from, 
835 verge of the bed, and abou $ * inches in the li 
If very dry hot weather ensue, water N mo 
and afford a mulching of litter or cow-dung E 
SCORZONERA.—Early sowings often anii 
but a sowin made at this time, and half of 
sr bed left for sowing — about the second ; 
n May. Scorzonera likes a light, moist, fairly rich 
— * which has {been well trenche e? Sow in drilla 
not ee: than 1 foot apart, and 1 inch deep. 5 
a piece of pi light bat i 
wanes an, which was he trenched and broken y 
au en liar on 
menced to swell after flowering, the tem mperature 
of the house should rang e from 0 
after which time, if t 
the fruit will swell ey quickly. 
brought on slowly with plenty of Le ace ee seldom 
drop their fruit, because they are not subject to 
sudden changes of ee [sive it is infre- 
eee in late-forced Figs. Ep] 
RRIES.— Plants whose fruits are acquir- 
ing hins shoati ba looked over a 
Came bright 3 to see that the 
e dry, or the frui 1 wil receive a * that 
will affect both its Pca and size. 
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o not pra gees it, as 
h favour and ness. 
sirm shelves 15 stand 
onth, 
1 foot or a e more between the rows. 
Take advantage of the 
u — — ita wat 5 — to finish the dá digging Fig ak wy 
. quarters not yet complete as s as the 
enough y sg roots keg penetrato 2 turves suffi becomes- ifie ciently friable the Farts aho 
Tarves are sometimes place 
ciently d y benefit to the plants, 
and it is onlf the — yos turves ln which NN F a a growing crops should be 
can be of any us ants. The best method “PP free from wee requent use of the hoe, 
also encouraging the young seedlings 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking, 
uring 
— The flowering season of the 
e day, 
of heat, and be afford dia id manure ak soot- numerous forms of C. Tria: æi is now over, and the 
water, but on the first signs of ripening, clear tepid last-made pseudobulbe, with the increase of 
water only should be used, affording t nts more and heat, are pushing ma T and thereby giving 
promise of a robust grow rowths will soon 
that the sun’s rays do not as direct on the a 
or the roof-glass may be ded at a potted forthwith, the young roots at this season soon 
short time, The fruit ee be gathered pA in getting h e new compo: 
the morning, especially if it has to cked and nly is required, it should not be delayed, as it is 
sent to a In p — the “berries” use difficult to remove decayed material without doing 
plenty of the soft foliage of the plant or Lime-tree injury to the rocts if the latter have grown 
ves and avoid cotton wool yas, in common wi 
and tiss r for packing. Less heat will be Orchids, should in no case be over-potted, nor 
required to bring later batches on, a cold house jected to the disturbance at 
or pit will bring them on quite fast enough at panies 3 oftener than it is required. 
this season. We have several hund r Grosse when re- potting Wolle ed 15 it k 
Sucrés which have just gone out of flower, and these well not to disturb or injure the old roots, b 
l 
have received no forcing beyond what is aoli in 
d 
losing the house early in th ternoon after rim, and taking the pieces 
syringing the plants. The flower-trusses w few inches from the bottom i 
remely strong, a y flower set without assist- should not be removed if the roots ae cling 
nce. Later batches should be supplied with manure- it, and by this means preserve the drai 
r, and if in pits or frames, the lights should be Piace the whole maes into a pot of one sine 2 
drawn off durin da repl at night i 
case of frost. Plants from which the it has been sufficient stakes to hold the plant firmly in its pi 
gathered should be gradually hardened off, if required ake use of plenty of drainage material—in 
to form new plantations; and to economise room one cannot well err in this respect—and o 
ay be turned out of their pots and placed 4 thin la nu 
lose together in a cold frame, and be kept well which should consist of the best fibry peat and li 
supplied with water until required, phagn oss in equal proportions, freely 
— — with it some thick croc Many 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN species, if not already started, will soon do 80, 
By Joun Lampert, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool. as the young breaks Pay “sd ot 
required very carly for special and show 
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purposes, 
thumb-pots 
le I; ry necessary that those wa 
c 55 Stake K is very 
as s00n ag ithe soil has settled down, and give bem . inexperienced in Orchid 8 — fees 
io eet 2 oo mir Ur other — oat iwed irection well in min attleya 
i ig juncture 
bal an Any ee in, the crop will be e ea watering 0, Wen 
wp uld be reserved 17 filling up end all beginners to study their requirem 
rt 
any bine het mi occur. —— — co at 
— is — i rs 5 . T 
experience, to afford the pee potte 
permanent beds, the young pla now pir h h ring whenever the compost 
icely into growth, Ifthe soil be wet, raise the bed dry on the surface, an act whi l 
well, or the mounds if planted singly. Spread out cause the old roots decay, and reduce 
roots fla a and evenly as p e, and e back pseudobulbs to a s led 
ere with soil if obtainable, the ground Until each plant is thoroughly es 
ving 3 e trenche d manured as practice is low no water to touch 
i Ifthe we 1 damp the roots and soil or rhizomes of any Orchid, bat to si 
ittle when planting to keep the former fresh, For compost around t = edge of the pot, 
single plante the rows may t, and the as it were, the roots to lengthen out an 
in the fe ing every — selves to and w 
ere Ber iia e lines for alleys, If beds occurred the amount of moisture may be 
ormed, a suitable size is 5 feet of width, with allege increased, Until growth is well 1 and 
