Jory 6, 1895.] 
TIE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
13 
THE FLOWER мечет rs ЕМ 
Ф BarLEy Wapps, Gardener, В diall. Gardens, Fork. 
AISING ROSES FROM iin D. — The cross- 
fertilisation of € Е not much un — or 
actised in this c ay By amateurs; it is, how- 
ev mappa s чае — p In our Pd reri 
climate, the plants operated. upon d either be 
wn under glass or in a shelte art. The 
e the stam 
— — c the — has become matur 
General Jacq not is a variety whieh should — 
fertilised, or a n used to fert ise others, in 
about four hours — — expandin eter- 
eal of % Hue is required, 
for if the pistils are not nearly matured. they will 
of ac 
"rubbi ing them with 
the rtilising Ver 
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— should be buried - — and sil — 
beginning ot the year, and t or 
— plami in gentle heat, lings appear 
eeks, and will require carefully potting 
a planting out dod all danger of frost is over. 
PLEASURE GROUNDS —Grass lawns that have 
become — by the recent dry weather should 
вот 
eed 
the cut grass may remain as it is sc 
the machine; it will then assist in keep 
en. If the lawn h m 
time owing to the drought, it will be well to mow 
it lightly over — м аһагр scythe before the lawn- 
mower is used о Grase- — should be 
kept uas by — with the ed -shears, and 
narrow verges of grass in dry situations require to be 
well watered during — weather 
SHRUBBERY BORDERS AND BEDS should be 
uently hoed and raked, give them a tidy 
ce. Gr avel walks and ытар which are 
to them, especially where large gravel i 
ring of trees and shrubs that were planted late in 
the season should be beide те. during dry weather. 
ROSEMARY (ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS).—Seed 
ling plants of this d eh ont untersh'ub 
g should be planted out 
walls or other 
the — exposed pla cold, wet soil. 
эур cuttings s struck і in gentle 
ricb, well-drained ‘soil. ere is a great demand in 
most gardens for this very valuable plant. 
LAVENDER (LAVANDULA SPICA). —This ica 
my 
wellrooted. Ita aboulà then be planted in 
rs in places where it с 
It yequives well-drained soil, and 
tricts shelter еч a 
flower-spikes a eu — the bottom p 
the spike begins to tu If they are long 
enough, they ый ыз, be чей tightly just below the 
M" en turn stalks, а 
; & protection * Мы Rovere: which will last 
much longer if tied in this way. 
UNDER GLASS. 
By BICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
‚ PINES.—As м init are cut from the plants, 
the old foliage may be shortened back to allow the 
suckers to 3 as much as possi С 
Toots in а moist condition, and syringe 
between the Р during bright weather, allowing а 
little manure о collect at the base of each 
foli being aged, plenty of light and a fair 
mount of ventilation being necessa о promote 
atu 0 n the meantime clean some 6. ine 
let it consist of good фиг! 
dung, e crushed charcoal, and sharp sand, mune 2 
e soil cover 
ensure a steady bottom heat of about 
Cayennes should be induced to mid up a few frait 
in succession from о as to keep up a 
regular supply during the autumn winter months, 
ommence to feed the planta as soon as there is the 
ее of fruit, M encourage growth by giving 
t and m oisture, Fruit in different 
i upright position, as the 
а good fruit is often destroyed by allowing 
the mates to grow on one aide. 
MELON ied uu — weather has caused these — 
ari in quickly; re successional Crops & 
ot following a 8 should be afforded to 
à changing colour, to retar em as much as 
possible, and as the flavour of the fruit improves by 
being ТА to become thoroughly ripened on 
the plant, it ы better to shade the roof-glass 
than to on the fruit before it is ripe and store a 
i rent stages of 
and well supplied witn 
pot ag kept regularly syringed in hot weat ther. 
may sti 11 sown to raise plants to ys pte x 
in 
due 
cleansed and fresh soil 238 or it is likely they 
— prove ie failure k of , 
the poo 
— ег 
вв of the soil that has produced 
WINTER TOMATOS. ке, were fonar potted 
into wir 60's and placed on ashes in a cold pit. 
To ensure plenty of fruit ге 9 фасе winter, the 
ts must be grown well during the summer 
o 6 pots 
until established, S they will be stoo 
in a sunny position. By the end of the present 
nes they will — — for the fruiting-pots, whic 
p be 10-ine s, In the final ырма ing a 2 
wells. The eii hould d placed 
in a sheltered place, but опе open to th 
sun. All aide-sh m be kept pinched, 
-— each plant on the on — 
By September the plan 
will be from 4 to 6 feet Dh wita clusters of fruit i ^ 
different stages of growtb, the whole length of the 
stem. Avoid too rich а soil when pottin g as it is 
best to feed the nent alter the fruit isset, Kee 
with moisture, эр should 
& period o of w rainage 
is free, and ‘he pots should be stood ona qum of 
bricks. 
CUCUMBERS.— A. few plants 22 be raised now 
to supply fruit during autumn and early winter, and 
thus save to a great extent those plants intended to 
t fruit from December onwards, 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, pamen 2 Dorking. 
roof with their е about ап inch or two from 
the glass. The flowers appear , нә: Ibs get 
until the wth is fully made up 
abundant watering is required by the plants. After 
flowering is past, the plante в — =" xposed to 
A — and be A supplied wer water 
t the root till the new pseudo-bulbs are ripe and 
— —— * yrtopo Andersonii and C. 
wiil Gg mta — treatment, but these 
flower during the spring monthe, the spikes арреаг- 
ing in conjunction with the young break 
BROUGHTONIA, SANGUINEA, ETC. —А + ry strik- 
ing Orcbid now in bloom is this species, Aich is 
worth adding to any collection. The colour of its 
flowers is deep red, and these last for a long time in 
good condition, It succeeds when fastened on toa 
wooden raftor block, with alittlesphagnum-mossabont 
it, and suspended from the roof of the Mexi 
owering season is now over, an 
growths are on the move. pes planta that require 
fresh material or more space shou 
attended to, Baskets are preferable to pote for 
this plant, as when suspen acemes 
blossom are seen to better advantage. They should 
have a lig efully afforded 
t closing-time every day 
grown in the shade, less po at the roo t will be 
required, & ringing may seb wi 
Barkerias require exactly the same kind of treat- 
ent, that these plants , 
EPIDENDRUM RADICANS, which has been in flower 
for several months, should have the flower-spikes 
о isa 
ы r 5 
g +h } * 
Lnd a few neat eue гоа the young pinire 
ight. Throughout the growing 
season, it should kept moist at the r 
боси syringed overhead, E. radicans ma 
easily pr 
opagated by taki 
appear on the old growth ms, and 
— them thickly коша — edge of a flower- 
n well-drained sphagnum 
EPIDENDRUM 8TAMFORDIANUM is now starti ing 
new growths from the base of the current year ‘a 
spikes, It isa species d numerous culti- 
vators, and from the information which I have received 
M ayne, who for a lon, 
the splendid hibited at the 
recent, Temple show (see Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 687, 
i of failure appears 
heat and moisture. 
Mr. Payne’s care а 
little piece, with prad a few h 
put it into a small shallow pan, affording it plenty of 
drainage, elevating the БЕК well above the rim, and 
moist corn 
wateri 
began to ame gone and it bas continued 
bres allowed to become quite dry. proper 
time to re-pot Е, Sta 8 1а qus the time 
t grov n d 
have 
the MM : : id 
iial boasyinicezkiss 
ROSES.— 3656 Rose Nr were staged, as we 
learn from the secretary, competition at roe 
National Rose Society's a Mer TMi total 
above given does not include the Roses exhibited ini 
the section for garden Roses, and in the 5 
classes. With ur караа" of those at Birming- 
ham in 1890, and Chester n 1892, this was the 
largest онаа exhibition ба һав yet been held 
by the Society. 
