Jury 6, 1895.) THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 9 
with a rustic seat —À d wie. your leisure. 
Not far from this Willow miniature rock- 
work, smooth stones adr азбы, as they 
attract and retain the sun в heat-rays to a destructive 
degree, in the centre of which is an vert rare ma 
grandiflorum from Asia Minor or the ant, & 
nestling underneath this is the modest барсада 
itself, refused to grow in «рабаз ; and also the Ivy- 
leaved Cyclamen, an autumnal-flowering variety ; 
and that ые е plant to all rockwork, Ceras- 
requires abundance of water. With the exception ofa 
few minor subjects, all have been noted that are in 
е п out of twelve th 
positively pine away and die, The prevailing colour 
is whi te, asi n Cl ematis indivisa, 3 s sepium, 
Sane after the way of Ja aponica, * with whorls 
of pure white flowers ; Plagianthus Lyalli, one of the 
dwarf че en with clusters of lovely white 
means, let them for a moment imagine themselves in 
an immense area of densely-wooded country, con- 
sisting of yel trees, shrubs and Ferns of all 
sizes and ме , Many square miles in extent, an 
away from any human habitation, the prostrate 
trunks of trees in all directions rotted with age, the 
stems and branches of climbing plants impeding 
progress at every step, Mosses and Lichens hanging 
2 or 3 feet long in their silvery girb, fit fully lighting 
v 
up the g dd t he oppressive, dan 
atmosphere, You shout (or cooey) lp, but 
the soun ems mockingly re-echoed 
you feel what the words * impenetrable " and 
" despair really mean, and what it is to be lost in a 
bush or forest. Yet there is ап inexplicable 
in the perilous position, ` 
THE ARTICHOKE. 
Tuts plant is of Greek origin, and the ancient 
origin; yet we find the later Greeks praising the 
Artichokes of Sicily for their special good quality, 
and this is true of them at the present time, That 
bee- attracting, gigantic, handscme flowers which 
spring from the delicious bud attracted also the 
ancients, whose only trouble was the numerous 
2 which are sought for in vain in the best 
of to-day. 
ani, — — 
. 3.—HEDTSARUx MULT JUGUM: M BLUE. 
celebrated, The Spanish Artichokes аге a 
purple—almost black; and the i 
growD, in rainy, foggy climates, the sen ion 
disappears, oan is replaced with green or grey- 
reen, The Spanish. Mp eee are, like 'the Car- 
d 0 з of the leven of fleshy со псу 
in t 78 2800 oon, Pliny extolled the Carthagin 
1 з for their great — * thok of Mauri- 
tania for their excellent flavour. 
In the present age, the Artichokes of Naples and 
the Campania, in size, tenderness, good flavour and 
the plant, and we are told that large quantities of 
manure and diligent stirring of the soil were required 
the ready means of transit found in most 
cou mk there would be no difficulty in үт the 
produce ‚ е ancients increase е plant 
by means yr the side-shoots or suckers, which the 
root freely produ 
In the spring, the surface of th 
баьд 
n Italy the plant rests Sia July and August, 
aneate the land to be inter-cropped with some 
quick- growing quee When the heat of the summer 
is past, and the aut — rains begin to fall, the plant 
commences to grow anew ; tbis is the best time to re- 
move the 2 4 — (sucke тв), -— transplant them. 
These shonin soon push roots into the soil, mi — 
grow fast, and may be e чые upon to p 
heads mus coming year. In November, the plant being 
in full growth, is well dressed with manure, To 
this, the leaves are 
are 
neighbouring leaf before the purple flowers expand, 
and tied in bundles for the market, Some special 
varieties are of & child's head, and some 
have & spiny calyx, these being the . 
e plant is of use an and animals from the 
roof upwards, and the ms vsed for 
dried stems are 
fuel. Extract from Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung. 
VEGETABLES, 
PEA CANNELL'S ENGLISH WONDER. 
эое che —4 R gardens of where 
, 88 Ae сазе with 
ices 4 rn district, a - "p this is a M4 бао. 
Та height it ia about 1 d requires but 15 
apace f. 
роне imply astounding: тупе bic 
American Wonder is the excellent way 
the poda all. I have before me two wo pods, а fair sample 
" 1 th. 
