Junge 8, 1895 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 713 
eek after removal water the plants r 
— if kept well n water at the 
the 
a position where ona be m 
tenth, In addition 2 ‘the We shading, a 
n is either to paint the roof-glass imme- 
diately over them or to nail on some thin Anha 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS —Small stuf which was cu 
down to the soil may outside, but 
were 1 1 2 in are be if 
plants that 
— tem rey hes. pe me 
r Ptn ng growth. Small 
Boon. ould be re-potted 
coming — 32's; or they may be planted out in a 
gaat bed in a sunny — and the soil kept 
CELOSIAS.— Those 3 were — in their 
flowering pots may be removed from the 771 
rap are filled with roote, * them in a house or 
— in addition to the usual 8 be 7 — 
verhead 
uF 
n 
n crocks oaly, and placed i East 
India-house, copiously watering them overhead 
every day. Then as growth and roots ar add 
early enough to allow the sun 
to raise jae Lean re to between 80° and at 
2 damping the floors, covers 
ally ender the hot-water pipes, also the stages, and 
between t Afford the Dendrobiums a ya 
syringing well up under the leaves, to keep t 
red- and 
foliage free other —— 
Slightly = the majority ai the Cypripediums 
overhead, not so that 
may 
ensue, There are many r species of Orchide 
which delight in having their foliage sprayed over 
ge 
mperature should gradually 
fall during the ev — and in the early morning 
the thermometer — * about 7 
as the glass commences to rise houses may agsia 
be well dar and fresh air g 
THE MEXICAN —This 
be freely V v th hottest hours of the 
day, and very thin shading is necessary 
for them. The blinds should 12 drawn — soon after 
3 Pm., and the house closed so as 
— to rise bet 
me time give the plants a good vine over- 
hook, and when finishing up for the hice 88 the 
lower Pipi toe and a slight ee A, air may be 
put on at the to allow any surplus of moisture to 
escape. mperature should fall to 65° by 
morning 
* — T 
Cattleya and i 1 should now have 
plenty of fresh 3 r afforded them. When damping, 
the ventilators ought only to be partially closed, as 
Cattleyas are injared by a hot stifling atmosphere. 
The shading should be removed every afternoon 
immediately the zun commences to decline in 
strength, . 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. SMITH, oy West Dean Park, Chichester. 
M8.—These will now be ready 
to be put into pees 35 e potting 
compost should consist of rich fibrous loam, leaf- 
mould, some half-inch bones, with as much sand as 
will keep the soil open. After repotting, the plants 
t- of 
-doors on a floor of coal-ashes, 
which are intended to be cultivated 
and affording a stout stake to each plant to prevent 
and kept in d frames for a 8 
till the eg new 
roots, es air shoal | 4 freely admitted. 
be repotted 
A pinch of seed may be sown, and the 
Bae naa treated as previously advised, 
BOUVARDIAS.—These that were started and have 
made an inch or so of growth should now be shaken 
, keeping them close and shaded for 
a time, evringing three or ** times a day. pan 
plants should be to 48-sized pots, and 
72 an, a cold 3 
tion, a frame M 
heated, so that during cold dake wen 
be applied in moderate 
ading over 
ves 
li or potting; and after 
potting them place * a pary 75 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Barter Wapps, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
ROSES — Liberal waterings of weak liquid- 
should be frequently given during dry weather, and 
additional benefit will enne * the beds are firat 
mulched with short manu hen 38 
to be 1 during d ry weather, and encou raged 
to push strong 1 previous to the oe 
operation, which should be com 
as the stocks are 
y Roses, may now be struck in pite or 
frames in Geek G Gouperstare of about 70° can be 
tained may be made from one 
faced a layer sand, 
pricked oat iuto 6 or 8 inch pots and pl nisin A 
frame should be e kept close, 8 the glass ame 
om — ad: the rooting a these cuttings — 
e iN BORDERS will require to be neste: 
staked and tied against winds and my rains. 
i e placed — 
Generally Liliums, 
omm, siso 55 —— are not wind 
A . e and planted in 
rile» goo quantity of peat and 
hould be given them 
HERBACEOUS BORDERS —Constant attention 
should be given to staking and securing the various 
plants againet wind and rain. Many plants have 
grown very fast of late, and if ——— ee 
, mach damage may be done, 
CLIMBING PLANTS.—The training-in of young 
shoots of Clematis, Jasmine, Ampelopsis, Berberie, 
neee — — 
Lonicera, Bignonia, and other bardy plants, will 
now require attention ; and any that have been lately 
of Fie 4 ee fh * + kin ia P3 8 
o t * 
good re, 
BEDDING.—-Tropaolame, Petunias, Heliotropes, 
Verde — ar should be 1 pegged down as 
them from blows 
y *, 
plante, — — 
Sma 
ring — it 
large flowers are wiehed, thin the 
Marigolde of the African or French — shou 
have the side-shoots taken off, and about — shoots 
allowed to each plant, if large rere e 
waterings of weak liquid-manare 
enable them to make strong flowe 
aut lana shed far nen rH 2 
nn t use, not 
thick when 
FRENCH OR DWARF 
fortnightly sowings of — da 
open part of the garden Oina — 
best at this season, Tain out to 9 inches apart, and 
earth up previous sowings. 
CELERY TRENCHES intended for the main 
should be made ready on the 
the soil may improve and aweeten 
I prefer not to Plant more than tw 
trench of from 20 to — inchen 
thick, it does 
The fret batch sown op w be for trans- 
ee bi ingle plants ei fruit trees, ander 
walls, warm spaces, prove the most useful 
being dwarf and 
ve quen t applications of soot and 
water yi ‘bs given, 111 the weather 
very 
ns. — Bede made up as pre- 
viously 1 pwm now be quite ready. 
Thie may soon be tested by thrusting a stick 
into the bed in the prc way. The tempera- 
ture should be of about . 2 as that of newly 
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