Jese 1 1895.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE 685 
POTATOS.—Hoe and keep the ground clean twice or thrice before placing them outside at the country, My correspondent informe me be hes 
between the crop, and earth-up when the haulm is end of the month. These plante, and others liable treated the Bon ae recommended in a former 
dry. Show Potatos that were disbudded to two eyes to be infested with thrips, should be well eyringed calendar (Jane 22, 1894), with apparently favourable 
orn rem produce more oe than * which will beneath the foliage. reenlta, 
re to be v y taken hold of > 8- ove 2 — Orchid 
— pose 5 — and giving it a charp BEQONIAS.—If the pota are flied with roota, shift are in Bower, it may 3 m 
rbing the set. Weak growers always pa fom geal —— — 4 — — — — * d romain on she plants 
give the best result if one shoot only ie allowed to ali 
remain, or a couple oe ae but ayring- to determine the variety merely, leave jast one or two 
BEANS. These will requireto be stopped, ing them lightly twice daily. by Ao plante ina «bude; and when the variety bas been determined, cut 
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BROA 
except Beck's Dar! Green Gem, the only variety temperature of 65° by day, an 3 the spike immediately, and give the piante a resi 
this process, 
that is not improved b light shading over the glase in bright eanshine; aod afterwarde gradually starting them into growth. le 
at the shoots grow, stake them out, pinch off all the case of . 
sa SEEDS.—Where Onions and Leeks $ 4 
6 — w — . nad, oma a ape eee eee. voes to future health of the plante if the 
— —-—- — dha y to ensure regularity of shape. 3 allowed to remain voti) sbrivelling of 
deus, All the y shoots may be removed, and PELAROONIUMS.——Old plante which were rə- balbe Taie je applicable 
water well at the root if the present dry weather Potted will now have made considerable oond ap strong epiku; 
continues, An occasional syringing will asist Shoot, and will require to have these tiad out; place Sko to Oisategisum, oropan varieties, 
r rather thinly in a light airy bouse, These Zonale Piante of Cattle * — are not well 
ASPARAGUS —If seedlings appear from last — 2 — 4 rome wm 828 Sowers $00 ai a A — Aorides, Bacco- 
year's berries, which have unwisely been kept to deve- te being now in the open air will afford plenty lebiame, Angrmouma, Kt., frequently lose a number 
lope, and there are sufficient well-established roote of gpace for the cultivation of epecimen plante — of their lower leaves from the same cause, 
whether ttle, 
The weather bei very dry and rather cold, LILIUM AURATUM.— te which have made HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
A dressing of fish-manure very bene- at the base of the same, and may, therefore, be top- — ng from 
a soaking of water merces with a Ce pe . es mane of these may be stopped at the 
hose will help them. Where green tops are — oe per 7 fifth or sixth leaf, and any subsequent after 
preferred, I would not ent the grass more than "Ode. . 2 aur, ie first leaf, The growing shoow vf are 
i iach below the surface of the soil, for L am per- f ng easily broken off. Lilies mast now ften infested with aphides, which, by reducing the 
suaded that are more than we dream be page ee — 7 — and of the trees, ome foe frait by 
of by cutting down into and irjaring the crowns. * + adie — the case of pot- . 8 of . Bammer praning or stop- 
I prefer them snapped off. = rid 1 — Aare 3 etter Ping, if timel ey Ba e these pests to a great 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.—If these are ready, put ee 2 — — —— i — Hs extent, the in tope being baried in the ground, 
MMM: sa ing shoots on young tross soni net 
be pinched, bat should be dipped into diluted tobacco- 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. jalce insecticide, Ip air and eun- 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. By W. u. Warre, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking. light are admitted also to the in of the 
By W. H. Sutra, Gardener, Wert Dean Park, Chichester, PHaius.—Pilante of Phaiue tuberculosus now by thie « „and the siza and 6 of the fruit 
CONSERVATORY.—The ellmbers in thie fast pushing new growth will soon commence to are mac improved thereby, If extra fine fruit is 
ouse bei ow in con of rapid growth, will ‘mit new roots, d then those that require re- required for dessert or exhibition purposes, early 
require to be regulated at short intervals of time, potting should be attended to immediately. Being and ample thinning must be done, ag the 
strong, rooter, it requires plenty of surface 
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fine species being encouraged and allowed room, and large shallow pans are preferable to should h 
cl E e 2 Page a pote, These should be twothirds filled with drain- —— with scissors. Two or three good 
effective age, made secure with a ayer of cum tions of liquid-manure will be of great benefit if 
all the weak and blind, that is dowerless, shoots moss. I make awe of & compost œ of applied before the berries commence © ng 
. remo stroge dhenie 00. Soeur ar peat and sphagnum mos in about egaal pro- OOSEBERRIES—Lateral growths on those may 
loosely, as may seem desirable, and the border, tabs, portions, 2 few lempe of good Soross loam, be as advised above for Currants, Goose- 
| bee. top-dreesed with bone-meal snd a small qasatity and a surfacing of living sphagnum moss. For berries much in demand for dessert, it is 
of soot, scratching it in to the surface. Adora standing the plants, choose a moist, shady part of 000 
elimbing plants plenty of vater at the root; the warmest house, and low down on the stage, where der to secure berries of the best size and favour, 
if ap or th y they will get plenty of air. After repotting, the berries thus taken away being utilised for onli- 
of the creepers, doing this without loss of time. As just as much water as will keep the sphagnum alive, nary use, If red-epider prove troublesome, orriage 
aoon as Spiræas, Azaleas, Calceolarias, other affordiag more and more as root-action and the bushes two nights in succession with a 
all plan as t inmates increser, and on warm sunny days a slight dewing of been sod warm water, in the proportion of 
| begin to lose their beauty, remove them, filling their overhead. The chief reseon of failure to have thie © oz, of soap to each gallon of water. 
p with Coleus, Ke. If 68 — ge give two or Caren good Tae a 
| Grevilleas, Japanese Maples, such like greatest enem may be picked hand, sheet 
foliage plants are mixed with the flowering ones, have got a footing low down in the young „ it = 2 4 under the bushes, and the bushes 
they should be taken oat occasionally, laid on their ie almost an impossibility to . Ae ee Fog after which the fallen caterpillars can be 
sides, and thoroughly syringed with — gs In — as ragt ae thas ye —— — — : 
southern parts of the country, man omates unkolad, exam It N STARAWGERRIEO -Ae soon ae strong 
of the conservatory, — en Myrtles, Camellias, larking agis at being resorted to at once ja s 
are noticed. 
Oranges, Lemons, Azalea indica, Polygala, Ro- if anf 
phala, Aralia Sieboldii, A. papyrifera, Eagenia, THUNIAS.—At the present time the following ne $ 
Acacia, many whose growth is in great varieties are in bloom at Barford: T, Marshalli, dest layered into 60-sized pote, using rich, rather 
part wholly or entirely made, may be stood out-of- T. Bensonie. T. Brymeriana, T. candidiesima, T. go 0, pressed firmly into the pote. The runners 
doors in Jane, choosing places for them th 
reserve garden or in the grounds where they will be All of them are most handsome plante when they 4 moderately-sized stone on each, or by means of a 
sheltered from winds, and where they will enjoy the are grown strong. As the plante pass out of flower, short peg. Pinch or cut off the point beyond the 
aun for at the least half the day. If in the reserve- place them in a cool airy house, where they will young plant at the time of layering. 5 pieces 
nk in beds of conl-ashes receive uninterrupted sunlight. The leaves may of turf about 3 inches square may be used instead of 
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or gravel, and in the pleasure-grounde they should become infested with red-epider, but it ie easily kept if preferred. Piante obtained in euch manner, 
ieces of alate; or, if tabs,on bricks in check by occasionally laying the plante dern on and secured early, are by far the best for permanent 
under them, protecting the pote, Kr., 1 soft- beds; the earliest and finest fruit being, as 
sunshine with strips of bark. Tall plants, soapy water. Af: water as long se the leaves produced on them. Frequent waterings will be 
sunk in beds aire stout stakes to keep green, but when they commence to change required to keep the soil moist till roots bave been 
; heavy plants ot no great height will colour it should be gradually witvheld, and the freely emitted, when they should be detached from 
be safficiently safe with three short stumps driven plants placed in a dry position where the tempera- the parent plants, and stood somewhat closely 
into pot when standing ture does not fall below 55°. Any Thunias that together, for the better convenience of watering 
on the surface. for three months have failed to flower and which are still growing E If time ot space cannot 
b much saving of labour in watering and should do treated similarly to those that have bloomed, be spared for the ng now, or planting later in 
; the plante keep cleaner than in the CCELOGYNE GANDERIANA. — This beantifa permanent beds at the proper season, the u- 
houses, gete „and there is no species is now commencing to send up ite flower- way be allowed to root into the soil round 5 
4 and thus spikes from the present year's owths, and should plante These, if taken up carefully when wi 
the f be given abundant supplies of water until the rooted, and planted 9 inches or a foot aparè wer- 
eyringing of the plants in the evening is advisable in gowers expand. After blooming, liberal and fre- way, into pursery beds, into which . ; 
hot quent waterings mast follow until growth is com- 4 yod leaves have been worked, w 15 
plants well up to the roof glass plants for putting into beds the wing 
. AZALEA INDICA,—Piants that were * ay pleted. Keep the — 
Aton -bads apparen * * 
— de aint ti Sobel boned, iki be famigated I believe, about to fower for the fret time in thie little check would be felt. 
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