Jury 20, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Orchid now in flower, is Paaius Занро. 
Although coming from Madagascar, 
ot alwa sa as satisfactorily under the 
treatment given ants from that country, 
most of which like ative трче This species, 
on the contrary, succeeds in a shady part of the 
Cattleya-house i fa growth, muc 
water should be afforded no overhead 
ringing or the young breaks —.— spotted, soon 
Ps ellow 
ped ‘much injury, and | being minute, are not readily 
seen 
wths occasionally, or place a planta in a house 
which is being vaporised. Some growers prefer to 
use tobacco- paper arin the destruction of thrips, but 
the tender leaves of the pla 
the ts into some safe insecticide, 
e to shade them from the sun’s rays for 
a few dx tar ER da. 
m 
THE FLOWER GARDEN 
By BAILEY WADDS, Gardener, Birdsall ран York, 
BULBS FOR THE 8PR N.—The time 
for ordering bulbs 
for bedding purposes. Good and crimsons of 
these are—Amy, La Reine des Jacinthes, Lord 
Macaulay, Veronica, and Robert Steige hi 
ing th 
s and Uncle To Y Fleur d'Or, 
Haroine, and Id Porcelain-blue: Czar Peter, 
arieties are Dac Van Thol 
fetes Brutus, orange-crimson ; 
yellows, —À and Chrysochlora ; “reds, 
n King, Cramoisie superbe and Duchesse 
бе, Parme, red and gold ; 
ine; 
White border; Gloria Solis, reddish-brown with 
yel уйш ма, scarlet aoe gold; Imperator 
rubrorum -crimson ; andeur, white 
milion ; „Premier Giadatone, 
ee ie "bl ood-red; Queen 
white flaked wi 
7011 ed; Rosa mundi, rose; 
OW, sweet-scented. ip Ge 
should be largely planted for mixed border 
ve aos In continuation of my list of last 
fowerig, now оса, а * of autumn, тш, and spring- 
ya, 
entera borders of herbaceous plants, 
ottiene they may stand 
gings of — 
edgi of 
L'Ua ello ; 
MAL — Yellow, Old Golden eee Cloth of 
кыр Belle Lisette, Lady Stanhope, Miss 
} m resident Grant, М» Plus Ultra, and Sir Walter 
- Other speci ев of Crocus ocus are vernus, 
striatus, катеа" Imperati, odorus, albiflorus, 
end of winter, and onwards to March 
and April. The gutumn-flowe ering species are 
sativus, scrotinus, Pallasii, nudiflorus, and speciosus, 
ALANTHUS NIVAL LIS AND ipe FL -PL., the 
d &nd 
e G. asicus, С. Elwesii, G. 
Pi "n latifolius — G. robustus, and 
G. plie 
Hi8 HYEMALIS.—The winter Aconite, the 
für: — earliest spring flower, is a useful plant 
edging to fl ў 
еа of lowly Сее that looks best when planted 
DAFFODILS.—No bulbous plants MU repay the 
care E N eE bestowed on it than Daffodils a nd 
Narcissu 
thorough, 
ot they will do no ES The land dahon be dee eply 
stirred, and in manuring it, the 14 
E Da enongh, not to " brought into contact with 
e bulbs; and bef e latte 
6 еге wis щы to 
size of bulbs. A few good trumpet odils are 
bicolor, Horafieldi, Empress, MW EC nas Herbert, 
cambricus, Colleen Bawn, Fre ore, Johnstoni, 
Madame de Graaf, princeps, ande- Mie (che 
Lent Lily), Shirley Hibberd, Iacomparabilis in 
numerous varieties, both single and double-flowered. 
Many other species n" varieties are to be found in 
the bulb — . list 
ONQUILS —If ae sweet-scented flowers are 
planted, it should be only in sheltered parts of the 
garden in beds of good rich soil, The best are the 
double and single 2 ered Olorus, Campernelli 
major and О. C. m 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
RICHARD Р. PON FUHR Md ppt 7 
USCAT VINES,— Vi 
will require to be v very —— 2 ventilated, oth 
the M may be affected by rust, a and this i is ‘likely 
to occur if they are cooled by air being allowed to 
circulate rapidly through the houses, If the t b orders 
watered, and covered afterwards with straw, the Vines 
will require no more water till the crop is cut, but 
the sd season 
would be well to examin 
rays. If but a few bunches re on the Vines, it 
will be advisable to cut these with үте inches of 
wood, an 
8 
8. E 
5 
u e the 
0 and wi a bordera, the former 
should ч Tightly forked over, and m 
re and water 
applie advised for the latter. ‘Afford pports 
to the shoulders of bank when necessary, using 
broad strips of matting for the purpose, and where 
necessary remove а мо or two to prevent a too 
great degree of com 
— | Vis Toe 8 Court Vines 
h ar, given no эе ble this season, fine 
vestir enabling us afford ample ventilation. 
Continue to keep Жуу warmth i = the — during 
the night, with а little ventilation p-lights. 
LATE VINERIES.—The fruit of Tady —.— and 
has to be the 
Gros Colmar which 
ter should be freely many gardens 
the first- variety will be at that stage when 
ding is apt to take р ‚1 have not seen 
a trace of it yet; but N vinery is freely ventilated 
3 the day, and n de use of in the 
after 3 P. u., at чч time the borders ат 
walle ave бро syringed. slight circulation is 
in the pipes during the night, while at the 
e a fair amount of top-ventilation 1s 
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afforded, which " moisture from settling оп 
the berries, Keep all lateral growths esent: back, 
and treat the en as advised for 
L WORK.—A!l Teig ve which 
the ntes "We been Simard should beth 
and the ro of-lights re 
the foliage copiou 
that the roots are well supplied with. moisture, 
THE KITCHEN GARDE 
By Јонх Lampert, Gardener, Powis Cattle, Los 
GHERKINS, VEGETABLE MARROW W3, A 
Tue soil between ths plants should be 
as the bine grows, ша the latter 
out whenever it becomes crowded, 
Gots and Pumpkins should have a piece of slate 
— under the rite зо that they may be kept 
clean, Remo ve e leaves shading the fruits of 
forked up 
— be thinned 
applications of 
manure- water occasionally when the fruit is swelling. 
RDOONS should not be planted in exposed 
мо ons, or the wind will break and injure the 
tall leaf-atalke. "The plant will now require a abund- 
ance of water at the roots, and syringings in the 
evening. 
SALADS.—The seeds of e. must be sown 
at . of —.— or ten days, and batches of 
plants pricked o eekly, The land poe for the 
crops at this — honid. be such as does not get the 
whole day's sun, an ich is in goo 4 
Radishes, Endive, and Mustard and Cress should be 
sown at short intervals, 
will g 
are be taken — t 0 80 it м — ing 
the young pikat together, 
PARSLEY.—Continue to t Parsley when- 
eyer the weather is —— for the job, remem- 
bering that one can hardly hav 
Inter ; 
шай Parsley is, I think, better for withstanding 
fros ansplanted. inches 
е p in some "T — wisis it may 
be бв; covered in case 
СЕВ —If a bed of idi stocky plantas be 
ау a about this date, they will afford heads for 
€ autumn Ln. The planting should consist 
early-hearting, compact-growing r and it 
should be frequently hoed to keep e surface, 
and afforded copious watering: 1 4 ae weather, 
Towards the end of the n тоне the first 
owing of seeds red Cabbage may be made 
broadcast in beds thinly, or in lines 1 foot apar 
thinning the W * 2 imes, во as to obtain 
stocky short-stemmed p 
EAKALE.—T he beds be occasionally dressed 
with M UON A salt, pe s it Шапи just before 
in. Do t flower-heads 2 lop, but cut them 
off at the т -level when obse 
3 8.— Clear off the remains of « ex- 
ec ор о f all kinds. thua preserving à 
—— the M ire and 2 1а 
ийним hi impoveri er tim 
of it being done, — ‘and pe — manured and 
ug in readiness for croppin 
GROWING AQUATICS.—Oace — э time the 
writer of this paragraph was invi а nursery 
celebrated for its large fs in connection with 
the growing o of water-plants, or, 
ter, can 
or any vessels that will hold 
buried partly in the earth, filled with water, and 
come sown ; or youn, 
he 
kinds of (m can be — n this way with- 
oa аца difficulty. The vessels ne - be 
water ctighh: я «t Mechan's Month) ” for July. 
ts planted in mud placed 
arme: Many -of the smaller 
