Mar 18, 1888. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 619 
water, as it reduces the warmth of the border, giving these dozen plants were kept well on the dry side, design and intricate lines, which, showing well on 
a check to growth, and causing shanking of the 
and the remainder fairly samp throughout the winter paper, area ‘ailare on turf or gravel ; for a satisfactory 
berries. To render the texture of leaves 10 months. e +ffect of the change being that every display of colour there is nothing better than a design 
that it will bear bright sunshine without suffering, leaf became spotted, and the udobalba much pane te l rectan gures, triangles, 
and to gaard as much as possible against ite infes- shrivelled, and these plants, now that they have &, — pace between the beda, If the 
tation by red-epider, lateral growth should not be begun to grow, have «, Other garden ie foal a * 22 gon 28 best; 
allowed er or crowd the principal leaves, ts wintered in the East Indian-house, although 1 be Is Bors n 
preventing light and air reachi m. T ept rather dry at and green — . . In = use * well- proved 
object shou e encouragemen strong foliage, and they are now rooting and growing with plante with striking colours rather than a — 
and healthy texture in them, and with this end in vigour, These results prove conclusively that this variety, and y planting for effect to be 
view, ventilation should be early afforded on ware | species requires a good amount of heat and a m from a distance, If massing is in vogue, 
mornings, especially if the vineries are - è ospher 1 seasons. present time there is nothing more effective than large masses of 
and they run north and south, the sun at this season plante of D. Phalmoopsie have started to grow, and Pelargonium H, e Vesuvius, or West Brighton 
striking the east oe hotly by 6 AM., and if air in push numbers of young roots from the base of Gem, 5 old Tom Thumb, banded with Centaures 
small amount has ot been allowed all ni aht, some the same; uch progrese is poe candidiasi or Calceolaria, belted with 
of the leaves role score rtideial beat the plants, if they require it, ought to pinsi nE SE SASE E E gene a — 
must be so regulated that the te teperatar in "the afforded greater root-space. Small, well- a a edged with the silved-edged varieties; and in large 
various divisions shall range from about 70° at GS uu. shallow pane, with but a very 3 layer of atone peat wavy ribbon-borders, exch as we eee at Ciiveden and 
with a farther fall of 5° towards the morning (allow- and aphagnum-moes to root in, are the best. Keep other places, there is nothing that ie 
ing the warmth to be 5° higher for Muscat varieties). the plante warm and moist while growing, with rae than the broad bande of Cerasti 
In the morning the gine 15 be shut down par- foliage near to the roof, and in a part of house which Lobelia specioss, Iresine in variety, 
tially or rtd and t emperature regu- is but thinly shaded he new Dendrobium Jobn- views, Kt., with dot plante of Drachas indivisa, or 
r heat. Strawberry or gor (Macfarlanei) appears to require the same Yuccas, in the spaces, as a foil to the otherwise pre- 
other — il in ns vinerien, which are likely to kind of treatment. ther Dendrobes that require vailing uniformity of height of the plant. he 
red-spider should n e removed, and the 2 t this season in potting, send Tom mb Pelargonium ie still one of 
atmosphere — with — h en the new growth is a few inches high, are —— for filling Ye xe especially the plante th 
evening when the ventilators P the e tailsgrowing D. Dalhousieannm, D. more ifted in the autu ept the winter in 
the work of thinning me N oon in hand, fimbriatum, D. calceolus, D. clavatum, Ke. s pili. They should be planted thickly with 
fajten n be lightly fi rorked. f å N the à those . — 
oved, the er ae" htly forked over ower an lage are same as ohn 
without damaging the roots, A Sight t dressing of THE FLOWER GARDEN. Gibbons, the flowers smaller, but more profuse, and 
Vine-manure or bone-meal may be worked in at the eee ae Birdsall Gardens, York. they stand a wet season better than that variety. 
— S o The -Tr being Pager a after — YOUNG SEEDLING PLANTS.— Much care will * 3 
removal of the dung, will not a any water for be required to protect these from the ravages 
some * unless the very dry weather should a] “ahs Pansies, Mignonette, Pinke, Carnations, THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
continue. Do not crop the — with anything. Sweet Peas should all be dusted over when damp Porn, Gard mer Castie, Newbury. 
i minh quiskiisne and cont, ö 
the plants at on the rou t them, 5 ® reacuy dis- 
r E Oder — is always advisable . this after heavy rains, cerned which fruite are eet and which are not, thin- 
A s : which render previous dustings ineffective. ning where necessary may begin, the largest and 
„ UO. Diaan O uiy. TE WAND mio. Sanas valako Ves Jippiin, Bran "hae. 
ev n es, as ominy mauca, fruiting varieties like Jargonelle, on anee, 
C. veratrifolia, &c., should, now that they are will aleo require regalar cag ger where plants hav ite Ma botal de la Cour, Pitmaston Dachess, &c., 
their flowers especially, inspect them for the been recently put out, these places being usually it is quite sufficient to leave a single fruit on 
yell ps, green and yellow aphides, which ofi infested with sluge = v — cy 3 — cluster, ess the cl of 
est them, and in particular the flower-bads jast lime soot shou a — — pony homer thinly scattered over the tree, and these may 
at the time of opening, which, if neglected, soon for ite protection, and slices h — 1 . require still further reductions at a later > 
ruin the inflorescence, undoing a whole year’s labours, placed 2 about as — these E: — * Small varietion, 00 inter Nelis, Bergamotte 
If any of these insects are discovered, resort must —— 3 at al 3 eee d'E,peren, and other iodispensable late Pears, 
be had to fumigation without delay. Brown-ecale is rockeries, and they mast also trapped. 5 > shouid be thinned 8 if the set be a enr 
frequently the under sides of | OPERATIONS —Oid established one, or the fruit will be and deficient in flavour 
leaves, bat this pest can be kept under by repeated Ferns which are planted in places where not mach besides trees too much, one one very 
sponging. These species of Calanthe delight in rain falls, will require to be watered abundantly. heavy crop ofeen re in are the follow 
abundance of water at the time the spikes are Tae thinning-out, replanting, and 1 S ana iy lm 
pushing up, and an occasional application of Aubrietias, Ajaga, Alyssam, Aratis, Achillea, THINNING SHOOTS, ETC —Go over the Pear- 
N Nammularia, Cerastiame, Semperriramt trees aad reduce the number of the lateral shoote, 
If the plaots be kept clean, the flowers a esembryanthemum, ornamental a penae y removing all of the weaker, and the shoots bebiod 
considerable time. The proper — re Mosses should be performed as soon 2 ncbes, those that are left at the fifth 
t one month after the Howers R sixth leaf. * stopping must at this 
free-rooting plante, they all kinds should now be capable of fall exposure 27 — to ä — bade that would 
should have plenty of pot-room, from 3 to 4 inches during the day, and — night likewise n frost eventually develop into spurs wiil start to grow, 
them for drainage, and be made — not threaten, exercising much caution as being beneficial to a proper eee fe 
a layer of sphagnum- moss. Taey suc- latter till about the of the month. the fruit, 5 stopping is necessary for the encou- 
tarfy yellow loam of good quality, a small Water to plante standiog in exposed situations ragement of strong growth in the leaders where 
quantity of leaf- Id. some coarse „ oderate znould be afforded early i day, so that the space has yet to be filled up. Cate 
quantity of clea ixed the foliage may get before evening. A very thin troub! a on these, the best remedy for 
k 1l firm, and allow ms of space ering of canvas mats en of brown paper, will being to crash them when found rolled up in the 
ffording ! nen! of = te require & ward off suc 9 as we in 2 at g~ eee 4 leaves, or amongst the clusters of fowers and frui 
liberal supply when well rooted, m ar pause M VAO, SOPORE ETT” CHERRI WALLS: THINNING FRUIT.—Cher- 
DENDROBIUM PHALANOPSIS,—At one time this and other Begonias, Iresine, Alternanthera, a. (os ore 52 towering freely tbis T a, and as 
species was very rarely met with in collections, and such like, shouid be oe warm at night 7 ’ as onfficiently forward, the fruit should be 
have been imported by the Orchid- the present; and those who may be desirous o — using a pair of small scissora for the 
collecting firms, and it is now so plentiful that few making a start start with the — of the beds should 
without it. It is a fine acquisition; be * of = grt yey 3 ~ — 2 be -On nan 3 yd 
main fresh on the plants for a lon en the month of May year. Pelar a s 
poniga i i —— cut, which oT matter of — Calceolarias, Carysanthemams, Stocks, Mignonette, remaining fruit, Caoice aanw cannot well be too 
portance to those who grow the plant for decorative &c., are not hurt by a few degrees of frost if they 2 k ae, a e OE ie L. with a small 
uses. I have reason to believe that we have much have been well hardened off, but it is much better ag 3 á 
to learn about the best methods of cultivating this not to expose them to it. I well remember some STOPPING SHOOTS.— ater: — ohn ay be» — — 0 
species. For a limited time plants will have a thirty years ago when the tricolor 9 the sixth leaf, E growths being a 
certain amount of their native vigour left in them, Mrs, Pollock and Lady Cullam, were all the sete on 
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i abundant bloomers— former, which were to be the s 
ae al a TOLY: See This was done before May 29, the weather being 
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% have 555 a deteri on which begins „ an 
, the flowers and their quan- would not be any more frost, bat on the 20 n i 
tity not See the first year’s after impor- frosts set in, and e 2 rr several e — day Bape: on Seely 
between imported and hom in saccession, and despite Sprace branches a point shoots ) 
pene pasito h is very great. Daring the — other coverings, the poor Pelargoniam plante acids 4 1 ig amag 1 ne eee 
winter, I have experimented with plants of this suffered severely, Since that time my advice the applicatio: n after 1 ew © Sante * oy 
species in two different ways, the results of which I to men who want to plant tender things before the Oa dry porous benef 
ops will prove of use : i ings whilst the fruit ie swelling, first 
i to others, Being desirous of first week in Jane bas been—don't. The edging, copious waterings whilst N In 
oh m Tas io what conditions gy 3 manuring, and digging of the flower bede, and the loosening saaa, and afterwards mulching — 
best pass their resting-season, I placed tadozen planting of cove Mir subjects may be done. Simple soil with half rotten dung. An occasional waterin 
paratively the most effective, and with F will be N to the tiee 
bauer along ieh some. D Sots, 7 et „ ee than e e carrying fair eros. 
