Jury 27, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 97 
COLCHICUMSB.—These bulbs should be largely 
еи іп clumps in the herbaceous border, as the 
plants flower early, and give brightness to the — 
just when it is required. arly varieties are 
Balbocodium persicum, B. robustum, ernum, 
and B. v, Plantii. The a n inter-flowering 
varieties are also very useful for borders or rockwork. 
CHIONODOXA.—Glory of the Snow is & Scilla- 
like plant that looks well if planted ia du with 
other spring-flowering bulbs. C. Lueiliæ, blue and 
white, and C. gigantea are good та. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
мое. Gardener, Goodwood, Chi 
АВО HOUSE.—The portable trees should 
be removed to a sunny place out-of-doors as soon as 
om them. 
must supplie ith clear water at the roots, 
and the foliage syringed at least once а day in 
bright weather, if the n be stood upon а bed 
A t 
—— — of Apples or 
pported by strips of matting or 
pieces of о open muslin or netting as they | approach 
maturit lied 
to the trees as the fruits approach m ripening stage, 
bet continue to syringe the foliage up to within & 
few days of pee the fruit, mé afford plenty of 
yentilation, so as to e proper flavour, I 
т ps are troubl all openings — 
be sarres with light tiffany or canv. In som 
cases it may be necessary to * suey of the foliage 
back — a the fruit to the 
ma he main crops of Tie in cool- akon- 
ii som maturity will 3 abundan e of 
— at the roots, and in th . 
pinch the growing shoots at pe. fourth or fifth leaf, 
reckoning from shoots, retaining 
ered, t 
be freely syringed, doing this less copious! if dam 
weather prevaile, and in that even chile wae mth 
may be maintained in the hea ting apparatus at 
night. Any Fig trees or Байы . — 
pots = — shifted during August, the r 
having ti — to the new soil before t the peu 
of the m 
the summer being required for the eee d 
of the canes; and unless this takes place the Vines 
will be usel r early . The ing should 
not be hurried but gradual, and the must n 
be deprived of the amount of water required for 
healthy development of the wood, They will not 
anurial 
iage of such Vines should be syringed once a 
day, more air afforded, and in bri er arti- 
ficial he be aes wi: turing 
the vines in this manner for a few weeks they will 
be in т 8 to be stood out of doors 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. Warre, Orchid Grower sn am — 
water the | 
or not. sa Orchids, namely, Cattleyas 
do not suffer even if they are 
for length 
as Cypripedium, “Cala es, 
у ova +L 1 9 
—— to those which аге де. is. pe be 
sufficient to wet every part, and to rush do get 
“tom-holes Species which. 0 92 
Pseudo-bulbs, viz. Phalenopsis, Aérides, 
Saccolabiums, and Vandas, should be watered often 
enough to keep the sphagnum on the surface fresh 
and green 
DENDROBIUMS.—Plants of Dendrobium finish- 
ing their growth should be watered with great care, 
for if too — be afforded, they will begin to 
again; but such late-growing specie fim- 
briatum, p: Rum cud D. Phal psis, D 
superbie taurinum, D. Dalhousieanum, D. 
Parishii, D. clavatum, D. calceolus, D. albo-san- 
guineum, and the evergreen section, D. . — 
D. densiflorum, suavissimum, D. chrysotoxu 
D. Farmeri, &c., should not be allowed ever to — 
dry till growth is complete 
r three times 
every week, whether they appear to be dry or not. 
aking the cool- house 
plants as a 2 * should be watered just often 
enough to keep the c 
Odontoglossum of the б 
kept іп a saturated condition, ог the ol 
2 а the new growths just starting get soft 
MASDEVALLIAS.—All the Chimæroi d Masde- 
frequently . 
d Veitchii sections should 
cially during the middle ЧАР of the day, when the 
inside temperature pl be allowed to get compara- 
tively dry, damping them down e orning and evening. 
The shading should bo ot now 
soon in the morni 
withdrawn earlier in the afternoon, in 
isi e the Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, 
and Mexican Orchids are placed. 
PLANTS ‘UNDER GLASS. ми 
By W. Н. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
POINSETTIA PULCHERRI IMA, —Those plants which 
mixture of ий e 
utilise а low pit into which 
weather that is dull or — —.— the pit close 
— the roots ubata penetrated th 
wth не vas before — them into 
heated alee or fra 
GLOXINIAS — ai SPECIOSA, — Youn 
plants may be re- putted into 48’s, or even larger pots if 
the tubers are large, keeping them i in a genial growing 
temperature, when, if well z oked after, they will 
mak: r the autumn, The 
increase 
the size of the bulbs, and es number of bloom next 
year. охїпїаз whic v flowering keep а 
little drier at the roots them in cold 
with Bey BB them to sirens 
— and when ^h leaves have died down place 
the pots on their sides under "n greenhouse or 
întermediate-house 
PRIMULA SINENSIS.—A seedlings now standing 
in 60's shot be repotted n and this time 
nto 48's and 32's, using good loam, leaf-mould, dry 
cow manure, with a moderate quantity of sand. 
p? saan фага а Кеер Е p Mee to 
e ат о e J „ 
— ane ‚ it so with three 
short Place close to glass in a cold 
frame, pow afford the plants light shading in sunny 
light 
weather, keeping close d а few days after potting, 
syringing the frame twice a day when the weather is 
FUCHSIAS prine sinek will require repotting, 
and the flowe pinched 1 them till — 
plants have a — А тау 
placed — i i n half-shade, — well syringed, 
— the — of the leaves, where thrips 
are apt to lur Fuchsias treated in this manner 
as useful subjects for the conservatory in 
mn. 
LOTHIAN INTERMEDIATE STOCKS.— 
spring, and place in a cold frame. A few of each 
variety may be brought into flower in the latter р 
of the vinkit by 2 forcing them, 
CARNA be potted, and secured 
to gr ted A E^ first that were potted 
will have become established, and may therefore be 
placed ere in the full sun, and stood upon, or 
sunk u the rims of the pots in coal-ashe 
Flower-spikes чары be removed as fast ав they make 
their a the syringe applied twice a day, 
d water carefull afforded, remembering that 
„ plants — much less water than those 
ее "tom 
Mii. 80 te e to disease as Souv 
maison, and the two should be kept ian, 
THE DY FRUIT GARDEN. 
wi ди Pops, Gardener, Highclere Castle, цан 
UMMER PRUNING OF FRUIT TREES.— 
Ru to ч pruning of fruit trees at thie season 
is of the first importance, not only as regards the 
development of the present ae of Е [it of the 
ts and fruit-spurs. Its orne in mind 
that the fruit-buds cannot mde fully developed 
without air and light; therefore, the diebudding and 
ing of the shoots shou e well carrie 
letting the points hang None] 
to the flow of sap e cause the e ui to 
breaking into growth, 
the le 
g the tap a kn 
. — po this ait up the trench with a aba of шу. 
1 n from the aides or such like 
fresh, erit ^ud а - a di warden refuse, 
This will encourage a fresh growth ets before 
he setting in of cold weather, the — gene dormi 
at the ordinary нане as usual, 
et 
y ng, and oors, For midseason, Pre- 
sident and Sir Joseph Paxton are well-tried and 
vari Е Waterloo 
good late ngst newer ones are 
al So should oe nt daria first place, 
Roy 
being of excellent flavour and nice се, and 
it is likely to be grown е xtensively; "Lord Lord Бойе, 
Gunton Park, and Em 20 of first- 
p merdei 
