Juse 29, 1895.] 
m anywhere, and it is certain in its effect, Oae 
— N to light the material and insert it into the 
hole, immediately — — entrance or — 42 
with a sod. A good destroyer of wasps, and o 
um. [Av b 
used with great care. Ep.] It should be dissolved in 
hot water, using a rather wide-necked bottle, and 
enough water to cover the ¢ nide in its hard 
state; by in iece of cotton-wool in a 
cleft stick, and saturating it with the solu- 
tion, it can be inserte o the entrance 
to the nest, so as not to quite close it. Tais sub- 
stance should be used in the day time, when it will 
kill every watp which tries to enter the nest by 
passing = the pee In the evening 
ə dug out and destroyed om there 
being —5 — — to 7 person who doe 
8 G STRAWB rend PLANTATIONS, — As 
should be made for new 
land 
deeply dug, or bastard-trenched, heavy land beiug 
dresse fine coal- ortar bbish 
The situation for early varieties sho be a warm 
sunny one, a th border, banks sloping to the 
south answering admirably; others may be plac 
pro ; 
soon as well rooted, the runners may be planted, 
making the soil firm — them, and well watering 
them till established. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By JOHN LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool. 
Sonna ot dwarf and B 
same manaer. Whore Ranaer and dwarf Bidar, 
' rost, as is the ¢ i 
pi ie dr Ke 
e course to sow aga ain forthwith instead of 
7 — for the plants to recover. 
re men sowing of Endive of — 
bert a0" winter consumption should n 
be transplanting the seedlings before TEN 
becom — det! o beds. When planting finally, 
— the piece of ground be well énrighed and fully 
sun, so that the produce will be 
8 the texture of the leaves firm, and the soil 
such that it ky adhere as a good ball to the state 
lifting 
TURNIPS.—The present is a suitable time to 
N a large sowing of Turnips, sowing the seeds in 
rills. Before sowing, afford th —— a nes seas of 
Gas or soot; the latter is oy essing 
after the seeds have germinated, and it is one ** the 
best checks to the attacks of the black aphis. 
lants are now 
‘or an 
of salt being also afforded, but 
not — after applying an artificial manure. 
Manure may be used pisa excellent eff-ct, especially 
— plants growing i 
be removed, unless a few 
poses, cutting them off j — above the first 5 
that are free of berries. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood. Chichester, 
RENOVATING VINES.—Ié i is not always the wisest 
have become 
which have been planted 2 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ne at 80°. The house must 
o shaded, 
years is me gora in beyond the border pres 
pa ared for them into an ungenial soil; Vines, when 
mber with well-rip 
fruit is large a well-coloured, and the foliage very 
vigorous, In carrying out the work, the roof was well 
shaded, the van tfixtors ae and the e kept 
moist by syringing. A tren 
i ide of — border farthest from 
border will depend on _ length of the old roots to 
be layed in, and allowing a foot or two more. 
compost, which aan eae been got in une 
should be in a fairly moist condition, and t 
about every part o 
ede roots may be notched with a knife in places, 
ed with sand and wood- ashes, to induce 
the emission of roots. As a finish, a wall of turves 
should be built up at the front of the border. 
soil sho ald be put in evenly and made v very firm, 
with 6 inches of so f 
be allowed for A rsa to settle, 
thorough watering should be afforded, using this 
days should 
p 
and the foliage sy several times a 
day for about three Cki or until it is seen that 
root action has commenced, when ventilation aud 
gradu- 
tre: t pru uned t 
3 the following season, cannot fail with i 
treatment to make good returns. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Barter Wavp3, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
HARDY FERNERY AND ROCK GARDEN.— 
The various plants shou'd be frequently examined 
during the prevalence of the drought, watering those 
dend ing t intain the rock 
at need it 
unds in a moist genial condition. Itis only 
re this way that the plants can be induced to make 
thy progress. a do this thoroughly requires 
— use of the hose at times. 
AMERICAN PLANTS.—Any of these which may 
have been recently planted and have been mulched 
with short manure will need an 3 supply of 
gings, 
in the evening. The seed- -pods pre a — — 
rhb Nirah at: oe mae &c., before the seeds have time 
ARDY SHRUBS. — — Lilacs, | autz 8 ringas, 
da Roses, & e. . goer rb ~ £ 
in, or have the weak shoots thinned-out; and it 
assing on neighbouring — they may have 
some of the stronger b k to a con- 
venient point, preservi n "ieee time the 
r 
in the 2 should be See 
The com 
district os frosts, Bi a ig much dead w 
that needs removal, Mulch all eee kee ee 
2 
—Seldom have Roses been witnessed i 
— 5 perfection as at the York Gala pe the 19¢h, the 
CHRONICLE 795 
bright sunshine of the * few weeks having eee, 
out all the vari * rs and tints to a degree of 
pora not often e North of Sapas 
s need to — ierd the finest 
desirable degree of porosity, — 
manure, and the combings of the rubbish: heap, with 
abundant mulchings of nure (especially 
needful this season), and applications of weak liqaid- 
manure often afforded, sprinklings of freshly- -barnt 
wood-ashes being previously applied, or mixe 
the water. The foliage must be maintained in 
health, and free 3 mildew —— aphis. 
BUDDING,—The tims is — > — when the 
ma beg n 
heights required for 
plants, and later, disbudded of all shoots, excepting 
three. Choose ac oudy day for making a beginning, 
first see shoots of varieties to ba budded, 
ing these in water in watering-can or ball ready 
orsted, and a 
and it may b off inds. Having 
quickly made uta, 2 the thin handle 
ok the budding-knife up and down the incision, rais- 
ing the bark on either side; heh take the Roae-shoot.- 
n strip of ined . — with the bud, which: 
soft it will not part readily, and should bei 
the this, rie — 3 - a incision 
made on th of the 
knife, Héye of the ‘bad is 
directly in the line of the longitudinal cut, and 
p 
gently push it „ and let 
the other end u k the point 
where the incision ends. Carefully tie 1 
firmly, bat n 0 to bruise it. 
bud andr 
ground which has be scraped away to admit of the, 
ag age being do The budded atocks are headed 
ack i in the winter, vand at replanting | time the base of 
Beall the ground, and in time emits roots. 
eners have rarely any — for budding dwarfs, 
most Roses a just well from cuttings, pet 
then, in the of ree "killi ing that 2 f the 
plant that is * the ground, there a e atill the 
roota ts alive to furnish shoots to make E aa plant. 
he b e may be carried 
es of Aaa y ried on into ae 
DuRrRan’s PATENT DOUSLE-POINTED Nals.“ 
—Some few years ago we illustrated in the columns 
a doable-pointed nail, intended to displace 
ooden dowlsin joining together the edgea of — 
invisibly, The double-pointed nail had the dis- 
va that, unless the hammer-strokes were 
quite true, the point got injared in driving them into 
pee, Teia or brick-work. Iaa new so-called spur- 
y the same maker, the a stands askew, 
and therefore out of the way of the hammer. 10 l 
up 
