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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 41 
as fine if dropped into holes made on the flat, partly 
filling up the holes when planting the Leeks with 
fine soil. Afford 
se 
p аз — Е оп by the hoeing that 
the land will rec in trenches will be 
moulded ie nde — үт winter 
PEAS.—The last sowing of dwarf late and early 
Peas 5 be made at this date; and then, if no 
early frosts come to cut them off, a few dishes of 
green Peas may be obtained at a very acceptable 
time. Afford ‘ine sowings a sheltered, warm 
situation. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Battey Wanns, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, Fork. 
_ FLOWER BEDS should be kept neat and clean by 
of Pelargoniums, &c. 
tosum, I 
Edgi ings of Cerastium tomen- 
1 be kept Sorongnly 
on Е as the drought continues ; and con 
siderable care will be required in watering, — 
се * tall - on * -tropical plants that are 
d as backgrounds to el . The show varieties 
of Dahlias should have the lateral shoots taken out 
and the pigs se 9 55 thoroughly secured to sticks. 
Mulch the beds ith manure, and give liberal 
supplies of igs a ery troublesome, 
d quickly deatroy the young growth and foliage if 
not carefully look © А pot with a bit of 
ry hay or moss i p for earwigs, 
and it should be examined every day. Bedding Dahlias 
should be pegged down as soon as they require it. 
—The layering of Carnations 
and Picotees тойа now be proceeded with, especially 
of varieties that are scarce, and where the 
hand-lights or canvas on 
tripods. rg ees and Pinks may now 
be taken and рар in, six in а 48-pot, чрн, СУТ 
іпа һеге some amount of bottom ben 
orthe cuttings 
us Pansies, Violas, and 
allflowers, =a also be struck in this manner. 
AL PELARGONIUMS. —Searce varieties к 
Place the c а on a sunny border. Mel well- 
rooted and not befor es them thickly i for 
under when t me comes б во 
Озера — September, 
ATHERING AND 
Viola, Arabis, Alyseum, A 
ided a 
hein. out of 
nemones, Альпен, апа Wallflowers, 
mes wil Ъз required fo i 
the spring garden. od annuals for spring 
_ flowering, viz., Silene pendula, E:choltzia, Myosotis, 
 &c., pricking the UNUM t as soon as they are 
large enough to be handled 
UI UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, 
AWBERRIES | of the chief 
3 connected with cni gei » pota is 
needs much саге in affording water, as the soil is 
apt to become sour before the season is over, and 
then the plant is sure to suffer in health. 
een so tr 
sort to the fruiting beds, it 
is desirable to asist po old stools with several 
„Из of manure-water, freeing the bed from 
growth. 
should be selected for 
The most promising runners 
layering, the pots being stood in each alternate space, 
Water hould be afforded with & rose watering-can 
ema ‘у ec sho 
mall quantity of —— being placed 
on the tops of — to prevent the ingress of worms. 
A compost of a retentive nature is best for the 
a very heavy — 
one- eighth of its bulk in spent Mushroom- bed dun 
ry, which, 
though small, is one of the richest-flavoured Stra w- 
rries grown. rosse forces well, and produces 
fine fruit, but the flavour is not first-class. Royal 
Sovereign, а new variety, is an excelent forcer, and 
will become a favourite E tim resident is 1 * 
grown to such an extent in po oe Ж s formerly—it i 
рие, а useful variety, * follow e earlier — 
Wher 
Britis un should be grown in 
brought on slowly produce as fine fruit of the richest 
first earlies growing on warm borders out of ч 
James Veitch я sare greats — —— 
which produce fruit of large п gro 
pots, if not forced too "in uu they pci bua 
of ventilation. 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
Ву W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
TABLE PLANTS.—Small plants of various species 
r the decoration of the — where this kind 
— — is largely car rried out,m glected 
at — to find 
suitable houses for them than at some other seasons, 
is also а suitable se for propagating 
an paring some of them for next winter. Palm 
deservedly — ч. = table plants, and some of the 
G р Weddel and 
Areca Verschaffelte These should be kept in pairs 
in pots of various d*2 pecially 60's, a do 
well in y n well-drained deepish pots, 
sandy 1 
Oben of telling байо нен colour may have the 
tips of well-coloured shoote cut off an ruck 
аб in small pots. Suckere of Pandanus Veitchii 
may be detached and potted in — men and рин, 
1 ted up, & 
u na боон, 
D. Guilfoylei, D. angustifolia, D. — and D. 
hybrida; Aralia Veitchi, A. V. gracillima, A. 
elegantissima, Casuarina | 0 1 
Sceaux, Gloire ганй John Hal, Winter Gem, 
and —  Gesneras in variety should not be 
forgo 
down early in Jane will bave now grown sufficiently 
for the gardener to 238 p of the shoots 
may be left, and which rubbe bout six shoots 
ff; а 
should b: erved; pot these last plants in 9 inch 
ts, and stand them on а bed of coal-ashes 
sunshine lan tended for the production of 
arge nd t stakes, o 
horizontally stretched lengths of wire placed a good 
distance rt. ts or iron rods are driven into 
his, and injury by the wind effectually 
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON pene ION.— 
The "young plants of this рн they were 
layered as advi — on p. 65: vr pum a will 
r potting yes 60 
will be — in separating the ей тв from the 
mother plants, or many of the roots will be broken 
off. Pot them — анну = " compost o 
peat, leaf soil, and sand, plac 
and keep rat ther slave and lightly shaded till they 
have pushed roots into the Ld Conti 
‚уч shoots as the plants aa lone 
as may be найи for mim on into large 
— for early work. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Porn, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
PEACHES AND NECTARINES.—The thinning of 
Peaches and Nectarines should now mple 
Continue to stop sub-lateral shoots at one leaf, and 
—— the young — by tying or nailing it as gro 
advances, so as to afford the fruit the full benefit 
of air "d sunshine, Syringé the trees frequently, to 
prevent red-spider finding a lodgment; an insect apt 
to be very troublesome under fixed gl оріпде, 
— if the trees do not get a sufficiency of water 
at the roots, Occasional soa sewage or 
other liquid-manure will be of great benefit now 
that the fruit is swelling, but it must not be applied 
too strong, nor yet in driblets, 
STRAWBERRY PLANTATIONS.—As soon as th 
uae is gathere 
— d0 should be loosened by wiry? and if a 
— rotten manure can be applied & 
it will be of benefit to the planta, in — 
ing and кар me the 
season, If 
may 
г ps of Broccoli, for which 
it is generally suitable without any special 
pre ion, Three years, or at m 
sufficiently long time to allow 9 мба 
be layered pots for n бн ынай — they 
should be — at once, or И т not convenient to do 
ping after 
watering, an shading for xà few days, they 
will soon ya cre eni and may be grad 
hardened off and plante ur required; such planta 
answer perfectly — e -seagon late forcing 
if taken in * h каи п 
received By post or 2 from a distance, they 
should be treated in the same manner, for if 2 80 
well-rooted they rarel 
ы ава 
out paration. Тау без Ме in. ; 
in the т ery beds ! the winter 
to root into the aoil between 'ake them up 
with a trowel in rows a foot 
apart, and 6 inches from plant to at. Water 
well, and shade slightly for а day or after 
planting. 
HEDYSARUM  MULTIJUGUM.—Namerous cor- 
respondents have written to confirm our doubt as to 
; Cam 
