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June 15, 1895.] 
santhemums that have been planted out of — and 
2 should be frequently sprinkled with 
evening, and protected from sluge. 
THE HARDY FRUIr GARDEN. 
By W. Pope, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury, 
YOUNG FRUIT — — to gives 
ntion to all walls, sufficient 
suitable shoots "dos selected. — laid in to form 
to ensure perfect ripening of the wood, 
Should — shoots be growing m 
e rest, as sometimes happens in fan- trained trees, 
the points or depress them somewhat to 
sap, which will thus be diverted 
into other channels, and tend to equalise the growth 
upon the tree. Stop all laterals at the first leaf, and 
promptly suppress all ct 
ppearance, ous supplies te l be 
required, and mulchings of strawy manure to check 
evaporation. Py or bushes may have the side- 
shoots stopped at the fourth or fifth leaf, removing 
the weaker altogether all 
neoura nsion growth at base, so as to 
form a symmetrical ee tree. 
wth apex s 
the green aphis be troublesome on Hae, two 
three s gs uds i a, Prterme 
the sun is d will 
afforded some tem- 
tobacco-water. rees the infested tips 
should be pinched off and destroyed, 
FIG TREES KILLED BACK BY FROST.—Fig trees 
on walls have been injured severel 
wood and enable it to withstand 
ORCHID HOUSES. 
Grower, Burford, 
considered large enough to carry lovers may 
stale amount ol tain ani me av ted soon 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
maintained. As regards lean-to houses facing north 
or "north-east, no —— is experienced in presery- 
CATTLEYAS.—The condition m ae of 
Cattleya Mossi. C. 1 °C. n d C. 
intermedia, should now at those 
ich require m — ng attended to. 
If repotting be required, it — take place before 
growth has made much rees, or if top-dressing 
only be needed, this should not de delayed, or the 
—. e roots may suffer injury. These species, in 
n others, muet not be over-potted, 
t just sufficient space should be afforded as will 
suffice — Great care should be taken 
not to injure the roots, healthy plants being in a state 
of active In — A sg keep the plante 
slightly raised above the rim of the pot, and make 
use of a few stakes to hold them 
firmly in position, plenty of drainage 
material, and over it place a thin layer of sphagnum 
beat fibry peat, a small 
quantity of sphagnum moss, and plenty of crocks, 
After the operati , place the plante in 
a few weeks after- 
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ng a plump appearance, 
old roots, instead of extending, rapidly 
decay from excess of 
not causes the death of the plant. I would advise 
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the ren apana when watering Cattleyas recently 
repotted, to on — dry than on 
the . side, an compost, 
ater the eT around the edge va the pot till 
— time as each plant has become 
shoots, to prevent the 
wind. Afferd plenty of water at the 
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Young plants will require any 
E —— they may make —＋ “sd Saibot 
out. Keep the plants in a warm h in 
they may make as growth as 
possible during the months, P, rosea and 
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P. coccinea are good varieties for winter flowering, 
e 
—The old corme which —— been 
kept a —— should now be started. 
poor heed x leaves an afar thy planta one 
om regularly 
two or — um men a day, and oth — shaded, 
When, they have made af 
of the old soil, and rej 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By Rictanp PARKER, Gardener, 
MEAGURES TO TAKE TO DESTROY RED 
alter 
of the fruits approaching 
lation the moisture r up rapidly, The same 
should be afforded the Prach and 
ONS * CUCUMBERS —Afford copious 
syringing of the bine, together with a close hamid 
atmosphere. A fraittal cause of the appearance of 
red-spider on Melons, &c., is dryness at the H 
is is most felt by those plante whose root 
to small spaces. 
