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ТНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
the regalarity of the plan ag, а horse-hoe can be 
used 
between the lines of trees, aud, as a fact, it is 
constantly at work, keepiog а crumbly surface and 
killing — "This fine tilth preserves the moisture 
in the вой. 
A fine planta! Rosas, consisting of some 
10.000, was noted, whi s regards the Hybrid Per- 
petuals, passed + igh the winter without a plant 
being any the worse for the ha nd long frost. 
he Teas suffered severely, especially those budded 
n et 
ng largely where covered 
y new varieties of fruits from all 
parts are being grown for trial. Н, M. 
titti ANO SHRUBS, 
— JM MULTIJUGUM. 
Tuts t has naturally a loose straggling habit. 
The was леу т exceed 5 inches in length. The 
racemes ате erect, tabio; ; with fifteen to seventeen 
, generally fewer; each flower is about 
owars j 
inch long, violet or ro#y-llac, becoming blueish as it 
withers, The pod di 
vides into three or four, flattened, 
ments thickened at the margine, 
п prc jeetiona from the sutures, and 
aud wi 
from the centro of the valve of the carpel, We 
have now seen specimens from Messra. Barbier, of 
3 the Roya! Gaiden Kew, the Botanic 
&mbridge, all substantially alike, and in 
ode. with Regel's figure. 
COLONIAL . NOTES, 
THE GOLD d 
Wa learn from the Kew Bulletin that Mr. C. o^ 
experience in the tropical department at Kew 
om previously been with Мы Kelway & Bons | i 
е years, 
Laus Luca, 
Mr. J. C. WS есе eived the гуи of 
a, West 
NQ THE FRUITS. It will be 
We тайа are numerous to thin 
them, үа n good size and 8 Firat, 
those. which are mis-shapen from any cause sh 
— then all gems and Moni 
emove auper shoots, ao as to 3 
to the fruits, aid а to t the shoots for 
next year, t shoots should also 
m md ra panis growth mem с 
sufficient number Р | 
THE this 
stoc v p red, "The best bud 
се оп half-ripened shoots of middle dw. жойы 
ida, uch as will produce a shoot onl ^ 
being taken. Such bude are readily distingui ei 
T 0 i — мин elongated and 
to choose h free- 
growing shoots, and not to 3 than 
ed the stocks. 
if they have to be sent to a distance, » 
be up in damp moss or the 
nd when е they should be immersed 
ee be provided with a pall oriwa. 
a piace the shoots, standing butt- 
шык, 
protect t ittle, and is Use ft 
wherewith the bud-abieid may fl ма 
into place, Having cotton, soft rafia, or Russian bast, 
cut into suitable—say, of 14 feet—lengths, one or 
one, in readiness, inu a suitable 
© 
[>] 
ю 
slip о 
condition, will readily pya 1 и 
or pit bene the bu t be left, the bud is 
useless, Having made th fon prs a slit lengthwise 
in the of the stock about 1 inch in length, an 
at any desired height from the ground; make a cross- 
cut at the top of the alit, raise little on 
both sides with the knife-handle, insert the bud at 
the point where the cross-cut is made, and push it 
gently but imi 8 the bottom of the slit, cutting 
off any of t which may overlap t the cross- 
cut, and bindin the bud firmly with bast or budding- 
ure will require X be loosened in 
ock should not 
and in the following эре, when 
of growth have been m е, this snag may Se cut off 
close to the young ose 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
M H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
— These plants should now be afforded 
с m nnde ance, it being almost impossible to 
&fford too much if the pots are p with dpa. and 
the plants growing strongly. man yo 
applied twice & week, will 2 them goo 
much diluted кебу к п апа а agait will b 
found to keep the fronds of a ood ereen colour, 
— if applied to such not been 
year. When there is : Чен ‘all for 
the fronds of Adiantum с quem 
of the plants should be pla 
in, 
when 80 manipulated. ree 
Ferns should be examined occasionally for evar — 
the tees will soon be spoiled. Spong 
with weak tobacco-water is one of the ‘Nei ane 
effectual means of ridding p planta of this pet 
[Vaporising with XL All is likewise safe, an 
great saving of labour. Ep 
ORANGE TREES.— Those trees which have set 
their crop of f. may be freely ayringed overhead, 
afforded liquid-manure occasi ү, ventilated 
ly. rank shoots, and such as if left и 
tend to spoil the symmetry of the crown, may 
i with aphis should. be well 
and the leaves cleaned by sponging with 
wate ег; afterwards, occasional syringings will 
keep them clean, Scale is sometimes very Tw ring 
to the trees, and must ot rid of b hes 
Trees that vus not repotted or retubbed should be 
examined as regards the drainage, and top-dressed 
rich sandy loam after removing the old soil. 
It will do the trees no harm, but her good, i 
are atood o oors till the e f August. 
If they have been growing in ouses, it will 
houses 
le Mau put them at first in full sunshine, 
кА the y will be able to bear it after a week or 
{кезеги If these аге in 
ў 2 а grown Жел la wd 
be put out-of-doors, as as for instance, in the 
-tropical the pots in the beds or 
in the turf, but finer growths will be ong А ed 
are left indoors, require plent 
e root, and а top-dressing afford - 
night of Clay's Fertiliser and soot, Ba Teo 
good-sized — hen grown veg comparatively 
; but wanted, they 
must have good-si present is à 
Finch bo es and 
A few Lage M oona И мы ot eult 
B. arundinacea, B. mitis, В, striata f 16 are 
B. Simonis, and B. — B. violascens, 
SCENTED - 
plants are general bee and TNI ie 
very 
conse: and other Small 
may be potted into 48's i 32's and Most plana 
shoots by nipping «lf the Muss ata „нор tbe 
to give the plants 
CHRONICLE. 
[Jury 20, 1895, 
Є ези 
Y, SHOW PELARGONIUMS, &C.—Pat in ent. 
ы wi * e for the purpose shoots that are 
In the cutting- рои use sandy loam 
e them ina fram me eon 80 the 
flowers pinched off till w 
time that they are анса to flower 
THER ORCHID HOUSES, 
By W. Н. WHITE, Orchid jc Burford, Dorking. 
EYAS AND LALIAS—Ina representat 
Nan of Cattle;as iei Talias, there is кат 
which ы 
week in the whole year in е is not sume 
рда т hybrid in flow е present time 
the С. Eldorado in variety is attractive The + 
sheat ha co — ith the 0 
w growth, and 
endo-bulbs are — formed, Е 
out of the sheath. 
е a delicious аата a 
in a dry ieh atmosphere they will last in beauty for 
several weeks. hile e plant i " cp it needs 
careful watering, as too isture afforded at 
this time causes the fles ai. balf- mature Kapir 
and this not seldom ends in loss of the 
plant. On the other band, the plant — - be 
kept dry at the root, but should receive juat as 
water as wi тр the ene slightly 
ay much less ist when the blooms are cut, 
the new йат ы fally made u Eldo 
ia its varieties, splendens, crocata, an nd Wallisii 
often been imported, but artificial cultivation 
i no agree with them for many years together, 
For several years 1 our es have been grown 
the Leliar, зган = 
they began ча grow last 
mentall 
ma 4 DP 
wers fade. After repotting a 
water should be very sparingly ap plied, үе Ж 
to enco ourage the roots to gr preserve the 
old ones in h ealth. hen re — е gradual 
exposure to the sun's rays is necessary to mature the 
growth, and prepare M plants ба their long — 
> ы unless the м properly ripened prema 
wth may r 
ARPOPHYLLUM GIGANTEUM AND SPICATUM.— 
Among Orchids that are not generally cultivated 
ommodated in 8 
um- moss, if acc 
and sp 
Пен ра part об of. the va ge таса апа plentifally 
загийн —A charming miniature bota- 
nical species now flowering is Polycycnis Leh“ 
manni. Its flowers have some resemblance to т 
Swan-neck Orchid (Cyenoches), and its lip 
ted. At 
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p — 
— on An extremely 
