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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
PLANT NOTES, 
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
SANDERSONIA AURANTIACA —This plant, the e only re- 
a native of Natal, is rarely seen in gardens, In its 
foliage and he rbaceous stems, it resembles 3 
and Littonia, but the flowers are distinct from thos 
species, They ate 1 N 
i he throat con- 
containing spurs. beauty of the plant is 
best shown by training it singly up ica in a 
hight position in an inte ermediate- hous ag 
like 0 Lee 
and during the resting period the plant shou uld 
re ceive the same kind of e 2 Fe shifting 
the plant into a cooler house when the flowers 
become visible, It is flowering in the succulent- 
h 
ANDIA MACULATA 
When well grown, this species is very floriferous. 
t in one ot the beds 
now carrying flowers, These 
sess long tubes ws — dark greenish-purple, which 
on the inner surface 
The plant forms a 
dichotomous branches and glabrous leaves, in the 
axils of which the flowers may 
re may be seen in the Botanical 
A fieu 
eee t. 4185. 
Evan A S. 
Thisplant, which eea — order Capparidaceæ, 
d is a native of tropical Africa, was introduced to 
two feet in height. — stem; the 
are in considera’ mbers at the 
apex, and Jast in areen: fora een length 
of The two upper petals are about 4 inches 
position, re- 
the two lower 
is at ian 
leaves are trifoliate. other species have been 
described, “ts a is the y only on one that i is — eultiva- 
tion, A 6 may be seen in the Botanical Maga - 
eine, y: 6578, and in Gardeners Chronicle, 1882, vol. 
vii. are 
3 to ee and flower this nn — 
A PRESIDENT 
r. Watson is of opinion 
that B. corallina is intended 5 the latter of the two 
Of an ere 
ending to 
autifully · re foliage for a angor 
od. A cee flower ring peered 
ment in the st 
ove a ea “high, and 
leaves on the main stem 11 randy * and 5 inches 
in breadth, The flowers, of a colour, 
a produced in very ape, e g n - the 
oung growths, these a long time - 
8 the maj i its ee 
gation easy, cuttings in a bottom-heat 
generic name of Arrhostoxylum, was ee, 
flowers of a feds ay Bega 
form 
attracti 
It ia of — tert , abundant light prod 
sturdy growth, Strack i in early spring from cuttings, 
— shag U — faring 2 
well pinched 
induce a shrubty habit, 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM PUGIONIFOR ME, 
This species is well adapted for growing as a 
basket plant, fe hag. and a a stems being allowed 
arge 8 
to hang over The showy yellow 
flowers are i griis instances 7 5 inches in 
diameter; the green leaves are three-angled, and 
bout 3 inches long. Like the rest of the genus, 
uc ter should not be affo it until well 
rooted, and exposure to full sunshine is necessary to 
have it in good condition. R. L. H. 
THE WEEK'S W ORK: 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
POT feag a Vines for early forcing next 
season wing freely and 
pots with oe shoal be ns d hee a 
a-day, in order to prevent the m suffering from 
want of water, which at this s ekee aoaia result in 
If close attention c 
thick, leaves a deposit on the surface of each appli- 
cation, which keeps the soil moist and encour 
between the 
light possible, bat suficie 
foliage and the 
tion of air is necessary. 
s one leaf, and syringe early on 
again a the 1 is closed, 
o should de given when the t 
ve 75°, but not sufficiently to cause a dry at mo- 
pe The night temperature may be about 70°, 
PINES.— Queens now swelling their er will 
require more shade, or the crown scalded, 
I 
of li t. Abundance of heat and 
Continue ba 
liquid-manure or othe 
ants, as each may require it, in preference to 
drenching — the plant, once a week, A few of the 
most promising plants o fogata Onis and Char- 
lotte Rothachila should be se 
ou 
as regards foot watering damping 2 them and 
shading, go pore as much as practicable 
to the sun 80 as tè induce pade foliage, but shade 
from direct se should be afforded from 10.30 
AM. unti 
OMA os Planta in all stages will require 
plenty of “entiation ~~ copious supplies of water 
at the roots. Remove the fruits as soon as the 
5 colour, and add fresh s0il—not too rich—to 
hee 
of-doors at once any not required indar 
k re pinch of aeed may be sown, p 
grown on in pots during the summer out-of-doors, to 
take the place of those now bearing fruits under r glass, 
THE 
By Barer ue, - 
—Those plante that 
ted will require 
* staking of 
3 to with- 
us species an 
oronicum. Pyrethrum, Plak. Helian- 
thus, Ke, mege age offsets — — taken off 
and planted in the cack r elsewhere ; 
afford them shade in “bright weather, pe see that 
they do not mier lack of water at the root, It is a 
re to afford a maich of short manure or 
peat-moss nts that have been 
removed, or indeed, to the jars border if the soil 
be light and shallow. ree: ly hand-weed the 
er, and, as a rule, do 
summer bedding — althongh Stocks, Asters, 
annual species of Chrysanthemum, and Sanflowers 
BACEOUS BOR a 
may be planted in it where there į 
without injuring the herbaceons 4 
require, even after flowering, 
ripen their growth for another 
GENERAL WORX.— The e continuatigg g 
ther, which in this district for the s 
h ill necessi a 
air aud g 
T season, 
also to man 
Peas should give 
manure about twice a wi 
ther of last year, In many gard 
felt, and additional sowings of Migne 
flowers, Pires sow a and other annuala ie 
he actus, and 105 
Dahlias should me largely N 
Primroses, Polyanthus, Auriculas, = Pa 
should be planted ont in beds and born: 
soil. 
WALLFLOWERS, ETC.—Make a 89 
at the beginning of June, to be followed by 
in about th 
Good varieties for sowing ar 
Garden Blood Red, Bedfont. Giant Yel 
from bright sunshin 
BEDDING OUT should now be pro 
fast as possible, putting out the hardi 
as Pelargoniums, 
&c., first. Li 
early flowering should b 
apart. Seedling plants of Cen 
for edgings should be put 12 inches ap 
lari ould be planted a to the 
the variety, but with the exception 1 Ci 
caulis, these are not to d on 
beds in man ricts, 
Water them thoronghly before Na 
after they are planted, and give fre 
with -rose can, and a li 
signs of flagging. C. ample: 
like the other varieties, and it may 
and ee make a satisfactory bed if 
apart; its tall spikes a sulphur-coloured 
useful for cutting purposes. 
pr 
and nas m * be 
rabbits. oleus, Iresin 
tuberous Begonias should be left until 
hey are the mos 
rich aoil; their cultivation 
increasing in the 
are very ~ ry. 
8 on the gro 
plant, possible, only when "hich 2 
Mulch beds planting, ma 
the — and lessen the need for 
— 
THE KITCHEN pai 
By Jonn Lamsxnt, Gardener, Powis of the 
sEEDS.— e another Lr. i 
f Broccoli, an 
late” Prag oy 8 x Savoye, 
an 
merican 
Turnips, Spinach, Lettuces, ts 
ERBS.—Many of these may yet be 
Bed 
"4 s will req 
done wa once a ben ; 
to induce it to 
premena sowings of Salsafy 
