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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
THE ROSARY. 
IN THE ROSE GARDEN. 
Iw spite of insect foes which have been more pre- 
valent than usual this season, pe the lack of mois- 
Roses in this district are looking 
far better than was rennet sess by many of us a short 
throngh the last month, 
writing (June 8); but fortunately the dews have been 
re than usually heavy, and this has helped the 
is between those beds 
attention, and those where nothing has been done. 
has also been very busy 
t 
tially headed by the larvæ of the saw-fly. And how 
rapidly it does its work! boring prc and falling 
to the ground, where it passes into the pupa stage. 
Weevils, K have been a greater trouble here than 
for many seasons. Notwithstanding these and 
other o of which the Rose has many, I am poses 
plants, more especially when the trying winter is 
remembered. 
Both iia and dwarf Rose stocks are sadly in 
want of a heavy rainfall; in fact, a rather large 
percentage of the standard Briars have failed owing 
at 
planted-out Briar stocks have 
winter far better than those established the previous 
seaton ; indeed, by far the worst outlook here and in 
the places I have visited is among standard maidens, 
50 many of them breaking weakly, and large numbers 
being killed by the frost. It is in the more delicate- 
gtowing Teas and hybrid perpetuals that we are hard 
hit, but Madame Bérard and Gloire de Dijon, and’ 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, appr d’Elise We 
Niphetos, and many more of our most charm 
varieties will only linger on 2 a time when they 8 
Although the soil 
e stocks have a more 
* 1 ce than at t 
ven is iad puzzling that our unrooted 
Nandard sto 775 5 should look so much better than the 
majority of standards, pp one might reasonably have 
thought that the former would have felt the exposure 
more, seeing they were so recently removed from 
the shelter of woods and hedges, 
The sticking and tying of maidens, ia standards 
and dwarfs, are operations that are well i 
hand, and the plants, if well pater as look strong 
and healthy; but, as I have before hinted, we have 
Many cases where the gg * Dm crippled 
the rosebuds. l all through 
e south, and the ee of ae Seren show 
nt inst. are better th 
Rose Society, and from what I have gleaned, we 
0 rge growers, who are 
zented cag almost all Rose meetings, will have a 
particularly busy time. 
Boxes, labels, wire, moss, and the other little 
eteeteras needed for exhibition, must be looked 
and prepared at once, Moss will be hard to procure 
in a nice condition around here; sen let the judge 
hat good moss 
a 
spared the wood. pite of frost, 
specimens of yellow Banksian gayer than they were 
this year at the latter part of May. Austrian Briars, 
d than usual. 
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but this me 
beautiful and particulary fragrant ere 
is 
R. rugosa; and n 
or winter, i it is always beautiful. 
I consider to be the least liable to be attacked by 
insects; and I do not call to mind having once seen 
the foliage injured by mildew, orange-fungus, or red- 
rus hen we take into consideration their 
beautiful foliage and long succession of ee not 
to mention their showy fruits, surely R. and 
its varieties are some of the best Santee W 
shrubs that we possess, Here and there a goo 
hybrid perpetual may be cut already, and we know 
how great a difference two or three weeks will make, 
a con- 
of — earlier garden Ros 
show of these delightfal . at Gloucester. 4. P., 
chfield, 
THE WEEK’s W ORK. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Joun Lambert, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool. 
CARROTS. — Thin out the s crop to about 
3 inches apart. Hoe and ta way all weeds, and 
afford 99 dustings of in dull weather, or 
t were sown in 
thinned out, mis d 
strongest plant, which should also be the one most 
centrally situated in each hole, 
oubles for any soil which has been we 
deeply worked retains more moisture than if not 80 
ted. 
PEAS.—If dry weather continues, mildew and 
thrips will = affect Those 
perly- 1 trenches will not suffer 
of the pods, leaving only t 
same attention should e. 85 to all kinds of 
culinary Beans, 
CELERY.—Maggot in the leaves of Celery may 
be kept in check by frequent dustings of soot 
when damp, and syringing the lenves with strong 
for early work will now be 
ing. Allow about 
, blanching w heads. Brown 
bands, about 6 inches N. are the — eee sed 
blanching for this p used of 
s 
well to remove the ‘old 5 
the blanching, putting on fresb, 
ime examining t lks for slu bes: and removin 
suckers, This will thio allow of the Celery expand- 
ing, but the operation must be quickly done, un- 
vering but one stick at a time, and 1 possible, 
— this in dull weather 
en arthing- u up ma e performed. Do no 
avin 
exhibition, makes 
smaller, and therefore ‘iad effect ive, the Taa 5 
THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
By BAILEY Wapps. Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
PAGATING PLANTS A 
FOR THE SPRING GARDEN 
e. 
mould is a very suitable compost for the 
and the drainage a the cutting-bed should be 
when obtainable, may be freely ¢ 
up out he r-bede, and temporarily 
should no proceeded with. If the stock of thew 
plants is extensive, pull them into sizeable 
planted them, shearer ne 
g 
ken up, cleaned of the soil, but not of the outer 
skin, and stowed away on cool dry shel 7 
fio si the beds of 9 
&c., will soon require attention if the e 
of the right size and in er condition ey planting 
2 October and Noven E 
rvensis, M. a. alba, and M. pals should be somt 
forthwith thinly i s g or broadcast and be = 
out to stand in the seed-bed till equi i 
planting. These Brit ish species are 
relied upon than foreign species, mec e. 
the posed situati 
summer bedding is done 1$ —_ pee: 
b early n r 22 ts 
planting of the s8 ring pair Sule 
a 
position of a flower garden e 
flowers and another to summer 
ehinning is 
— 
directly the Marigolds, 
Stocks, Asters, 
