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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
the plants being about 2 feet apart; they are, as are 
the Cucumbers, trained up a: = roof on wires. 
Melons and Cucumbers sometim n the 
same house, getting almost ынсы кн тмн 
There are just now, perhaps, thirty or more varieties 
of Melons being grown. All have good, even-sized, 
handsomely-netted fruits ; none are big, or ungainly, 
orsmall, Every one is presentable, and they harg 
thickly, The largest crop of any one variety is 
Eclipse, а green-flesh, of great — A and of high 
avour, 
Tomatos of all the best sorts are grown, both as 
erect or upright plants, and trained to wires under 
the gla A. fine new 100-feet house, having plants 
put out in rows of four on each side, and 3 feet apart, 
seems 8 pee as admirable a atructure for the 
well be conceived. The sorts are 
Qon My “>; Perfection, Mitchell's Hybrid, 
А 1, Ham Gr 
are no unduly large 
fruits. A ooth, medium-sized sample, firm 
and richly anid, is most esteemed, This house 
ry 
M 
the Drill Hall and elsewhere fully show that he is a 
first-class cultivator. 4. Р, 
| CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
PROPAGATION OF RESTIO SUBVERTI- 
CILLATUS. 
THe pa of this rare Ws plant, I believe, 
has hitherto effe IN the division of the 
roots and sp ул ау d the triala 
have often been attended by fiue Lately, roots 
were noticed about the nodes of the stem, apparently 
springing from the base of the young growths, but 
only upon stems of not less than two or piper оты 
old. Several stems were taken o t up, 
leaving about а couple of inches of old м with 
— са in the centre; these were put into thumb 
placed in a handlight where rend were 
shed inen the sun in an intermediate tem rature 
Here a 
small state would be useful 2s a decorative plant on 
account of its long feathery plume-like stems, it 
should soon become 
forme 
a very large plant if encouraged, and for planting in 
large structures ia vem pretty and attractive, 
THE WEEkK’s Work. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Jogs LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welsh Marsus 
ма ON WORK IN GENERAL.—Owi е 
drought, gardeners in most parts of the coun wiil 
be heavily handicapped in this de ty 
inning shou 
— Other crops, such. as Saleaf: 
Tarnips, Beetroot, late Oni 
Aig e iat a^ tervala time. 
cting eads by breakin ion f 
or two over them. F. "oM “Caaf Br эй 
ы 
AX This of 
= examination of the head cag removing the tie, 
Another, but more costly way, is to use two pee 
close, keep out damp, апа 
во many badly-col 
оп exhibition tables, e be 
grown heads is to stand 
а cool, rather dark shed or cellar, with the roots in 
damp soil. If the 
roots are plunged in — as is sometime 
the curd soon open e over-desirous of 
size in Cau at oe ‘ot 886 or lift them when the 
curd is firm and wh 
BROCCOLI. aret prick out ue best plants 
from the seed-beds when large enoag andle, the 
plants being more easily тобад ку ч vibes small 
il we get rain than when planted in the 
I do not advise july EL de = p oil 
ose ^s very rich. not be a to 
ethod of най y ith Broccoli in 
a disastrous year f 
or 3? below zero. 
at June 13. The 
ws lg of the plants put out “Wars of the June 
sowing. Thes aaa were planted direct from the 
ds. 
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Of mee s Protecting . 135 were planted, 35 died. 
з Есі р: х 29 „ 
Salphur or Portsmouth 4 180 T 60 ,, 
Backhouse's Winter White 13. . 
Perfection Late White.. 230 % 07 v 
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. 408 ” 63 ” 
LI 610 ” 56 ” 
—The main crop * Celery баа now 
be p reat абан the plants опе good watering to 
settle the soil. Damp them overhead after hot days. 
THE SOWING OF SEEDS OF COLEWORTS.—A 
HERBS.—The cutting of herbs for haves a. should 
take place as soon as any kind shows flower, if later 
led there is a great saving 
of green Parsley for favouring purposes effected, 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W.H. жеше шы West Dean Ja Chichester. 
PLAN М FRAMES,—By this time of year 
Freesia bulb should or tho oroughly ripened, and ma 
be shaken of the soil, the -flowering ones 
economise = бе, may, when the 
suitable time for ана ives, ba planted in 
The Bride Vereine "Colvillei) and other 
varieties of Gladiolus eultiva 
manure-water 
occasionally to agian hex the growth begins to die 
own, when clear water only may be afforded, and 
then very sparin а. 
NERINES sem be examined, removing decayed 
leaves, and dien the plants gen учее ee 
which ar на for flower should be s 
from 1 5 and the soil aff 
Bor 
ys, for no sooner is a N 
visible dl the plant needs water at the r 
e 
inging the i e dail 
and affording plenty of water аб the root wi A 
with t 
ю 
i5 
ONETTE. ie large pots of me a 
ыңа їп the early winter months, seed shou 
now be sown, three or four seed being placed i 
many Mey — i 
demand. The ould be filled with loam, leat- 
soil, and „„ old mortar. — cen 
very firm before sowing, and fne us овен to the 
depth of a quarter of an inch, M же. — sto 
out-of-doors on the north side of А, wall. 
CHRONICLE. 
{Jory 6, 1895. 
succeeds if kept partially shaded during the summer, 
aud t d t few of 
later and ke pots; the habit of the 
plant is very dwarf and bushy. 
BACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. кзы the seed 
in а pans filled with sifted loam and leaf-soil, 
previously — thoroughly, scattering it thinly 
cover the seeds at & , but 
> 
appear, when more light and air should be gradually 
afforded, 
ALLOTA PURPUREA. —This pens. as soon as 
the e e push up, requi abundance of 
water at the sag о and а slight a е of Clay's 
or вош К other fertiliser. Sickly bue should be 
shaken out of th <n oil, the bulbs washed i 
and reported i in turfy loam, * 
or coal in the amen . De shovelful to 
one youre of soil. Ram er-spikes from all 
weakly bulbs. 6 slants ‘should. v lightly shaded 
till they are firmly наим. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pop,. Gard mer, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
FURNISHING BLANK ES 
TREES.—It sometimes happens that е, leah 
d ed trees, owi 
er 
sh the 
portions of the ега branches. The method of 
operation is muc in = їп 
88) g, but т station a in cut 
Transverse 
be made ach end of the sine 
slit in i. bark, pes should. be on a clean 
then t & thin slice o nd wood from the 
young on the side to be joined to the stock, 
and place the growth thus prepared under the bark, 
soft matting, re buddi è e union 
is 1 , under "obtu conditions, will 
be in the diano га а h e young branch 
pry be h 
half cut through cow the junction, and 
after a further interval of a few weeks, it may be 
severed entirely. 
REMOVING 8NAGS FROM ус — Look 
ood 
snage, in addition to being unsightly, form harbours 
for insects later on, and are otherwise injurious. 
eu fixing the plants, 
i bons by 1 a light framework of 
wood auffictontly high to allow room to walk under, 
then stretching nets ov urface iie rs 
have been removed, and only sufficient for next year’ 8 
requirements have been reserved, this will admit 
more light and air to the crop of fruit now maturing, : 
and it wil gthen the growth of those 27 
for future fruiting. If it esired f 
eds from surplus suckers, these may be stopped at a 
b 
po z fear во аз not to interfere with per rmanent - 
garden-e 
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