Arnil 27, 1895.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
523 
roots are in fall activity, the plants pone be kept well 
shaded from strong ry ine. Cattle tS ne 
i r the present or till — te. 
of t 
distinet C. Lawrenceana, a — 
different for teneb 
Llio- 'attleya Arnolds, L- C. Canhamiana, and 
the eaten, will require a little ‘more water at the 
root till such time as the flower-buda fully expand, 
ance of water at the being 
„ Mar- 
suspended near to the roof-glass of tie Mexic 
house, where they may receive almost uninterrupted 
sunlight throu zhout the growing-seaso 
LANTS UNDER GLASS 
By W. H. SMira, Gardener, West Dean Park, Ciichest er. 
0 HE E. — Maintai oist atmo 
sphere, and syringe the plants well uaderneath the 
foliage twice a day. his is done thoroughly it 
Palms, Aralias, &c., whose pots are fa ll of ‘enti ee 
raceive occasional waterings with a weak natural or 
a will be much 
healthy. 
climbers in pHo prest th, will Fogat plenty of water 
d a top-dressing with an artificial ee occa- 
sionally, ar ake should be 5 bin twice a 
ay, in o ke mealy - the 
plant i = already de eee give it a a pane with 
Gishuret Compound or a little paraffia and w 
as advised on i 74. ourse, this syringing should 
be done after the oa: a cut, 
„in large 60-pots. 
also mS leaf aik, plenty of sand, and some br oken 
c and th position in 
ayed 
g will E ben oficial, 
and i rieties, it is better r practice nos to syringe 
the ings, as . so causes blo ren 
ACHIMENES wing now, should 
be apee mia tho stove and * in a little 
temper w greenhou it 
cooler 
them well. X Give ‘Plenty of emer e and occasio) 
manure-water. these a wn 
chee Sew be langs tne —— pa shoots become 
long; a reqaired to flower until later in 
the eae "hey should be stopped one 
moved into a size larger pot, and be kept in the 
stove until fresh gromth has commenced, Ac hi- 
water, and bə turned round once a week to insure 
evenness of growth, When men to flower 
ey may be taken to the conservatory, which will 
considerably er their deck per 
FERNS w require abundance of water at 
the roots, 4 the syringe to be used well aisen 
the pots three or four times a day, and a light dewing 
leaty of water 
poise should be thinned out 3 hey 3 
owded. If thrip or green- fly ha mi- 
— the house lightly. Tan alen 2 
be neatly staked, care being taken each fron 
i other. — z at have 
filled the pots with roots should be given manure- 
water once a week, especially those that were not 
repotted. 
INDIAN AZALEAS.—As soon as pa plants cease 
flowering, the seed-vessels should be removed, and 
those which need larger pots, or aon drainage is 
baitered to be defective, should be repotted, | Ay 
some safe Kind of artificial manure in a mach ated 
growth, re r . has to 
gation of the plants in the evening and morning 
following. 5014 afte ecede their removal to t 
growing quarters 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pork. Gurdmer, Ve Castle, Newbury. 
AND NECTA —The protection of 
the trees from the winds chat tha from m the c colder 
e then readily infested by a 
Taerefore 22 the von. mn tobacco-juice diluted 
with six parts of so ; quassia extract, or 
other approved — 1 the fruits have 
set. If this be 
foothold, curling of the foliage will occur, when dis- 
lodgement is meok more dificult and the ee ncas 
more serious. If mildew be detected, if ever sos aaa 
affected parte with flowers-of-sulphu 
or ayringe the si tire tree with a mixture of soft s ous 
1 ib., flowers- 10 7250 ur 4 lb., 1 dissolved 
and mixed in 10 gallons of warm w r 
effective when 1 ied in ræ nalog: it is useful 
also ia keeping red-spider i k 
CATERPILLAR AND RED SPIDER ON GO 
BERRY- BUSHES —Keep a sharp look-out — — 
Gooseberry saw- fly c 3 and on the first appear 
bushes with freshly — 
the foliage being then damp with dew, or syringe 
he tha g solution of the Is is im 
portant that this should be in time, for if 
neglected the bushes will be quickly stripped of thei 
ves by successive swarms c 
not only will the present crop be lost, 
quantity of flowers -of-sulph 
water ae advantage. syring 
ionally during warm weat 
to tele a 3 healthy, aad free from insects. 
APHIDES ON CURRANT: BUSHES,—Red and White 
10⁰ NURE.—Where practicable, a good 
quanticy of daten — now be applied to 
here bush fruits and re grow - 
i the ground is moist, 
aad afterwards sti 
n of killing weeds and affording a Sa sur- 
hat will render era on opi 
aa should be weak at this eee the year, 
it may then be afforded frequently. 
TER TIONER GARDEN. 
Gardens, 
* sige — Some Sy the 
GES. 
most — plants — garden h 
he new hedge will come 
as to give 
and they should be planted at 8 inc part, 
well mu'ching the soil with sho anure or half- 
rotten leaves, affording water occasionally till the 
Yews get established. Th ' pruning of 
Laurels of all kinds, and of evergreen shrubs gene- 
rally, should be completed, e t hi 
are oa ase and these must we i 6 till Jaser. 
Soe gree perpetuals and 
now “er 8 and a thorough oo — alates the 
plants after mulching the soil over the roots, more 
particularly the newly-planted Roses of all kind 
„ HARDY AQUATIC PLANTS, ETC.—The replantirg 
14 *. 4 as ht. 6127641 
white variety, N. alba, is not placed too contiguous t 
as may stand in n f these operations. New 
plantation of Pam ass m e made by the 
Bi m 3 lakes rea water-courses, and in other situa- 
nin 
chen out next spring. 
ANNUAL SA 
Min l L c *. ut, for 
zes, and the seeds may now be sowa. on a border, 
which should be one that is sheltered kes thero 
n the herbaceo ers 
hen raised out-of-doors, are always more fac- 
tory than those which are raised under glass, All 
of the double and single nuial are 
excellent for decorative purposes in the autumn, aad 
re more suitable for 
ms. 
T SULTAN. 5 ads of these favourite sweet- 
ace ented “oven should be sown at once, ez e Papa 
use 
species o 
— De in tone: 
teat to sow Gypso 
that wi be required a at th 
the beginn 0 3 
tinual cnn tae to place them 
in the best positions, where will ‘gradually 
hardened-off, in tendine for planting out: 
North generally, the shelter of walls on tt 
or roughly-mad 
