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126 THE GARDENERS [Avavsr 3, 1895, 
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CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROPS—( Continued). 
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| | | NAME 
| | РЕАСНЕЗ | SMALL | STRAW- Ys 
C- PRICOTS. j . AND 
COUNTY. APPLES. | PEARS. PLUMS. | CHERRIES. aun) NE | А | FRUITS. | BERRIES m 
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CARE Hrs HL LR SORA iic d н АБЕ О а е +» ы — | 
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10, Ireland, S. | | | 7 ; Average R. Wilson, М 
OORE . wee Over | Over Over | Average | Under Under Over eset Od Mad E B a ба тез itchelstown Castly 
; Over ; ver alnuts under John ke, Bishop’ 
KILDARE аг Under Under Under | Under; good | Under Under Over ; good iol y й з Simile 9 - 
5 | ; , ; Over; very |. ..... rederic ford 
Average; good| Over; very |Average; good Over; good Ee good Under; good Me d ry оа — a, Statin 
: | | . | : Under ; bad Average; good E ws Ki 
KILKENNY. Over; good! Under; good Failure Average; good| „ Average; good si pap very| Under à : Garde a M Castle 
| P . $ ge;g міт t " 
KING'S COUNTY..........— Average; good| Under; bad Average; good Over; good Average; good Average; good| Over aoe ‘Parsons 4, Birr Castle 
; ; а Over; ver Overs very | | sci Thos. d С 
WATERFORD йд» Over very Average Average Under ; very p з Under | I^ E E " pe EN Curraghmor 
CHANNEL 
LANDS. 
Sg Over ; good Average ; good Under; good Average; very Under; good | Under; good | Over; very Ате, very Correspondent 
mI ood A 
|A ajc ts over, Average seeds X., St. Lawrence, Jersey 
Over; very Under; very | Uncer; good ares: very Average; y ge;g over, ge; very b : 
good d ооа very good; good 
z^ | T | А | Gooseberries 
| | nder, good 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
HUMO ROS е FROM THE HIGH- 
DS. 
Frowzss of Одоно crispum, to the number 
nt plants, have been sent 
um Some few have a decided sulphur- 
yellow hue, while others ost entirely of a 
lilac In all the varying shades 
of grou spotting ther bro or 
purple — and in two flowers the 
inner halves of the segments are thickly sprinkled 
The ear in 
ble, an they 
ill ien jai 
avi 
dontog'ossums. 
Possibly the оларса hard winter pare account for 
it. We grow ur plants on emt = k s stages 
Wr 
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A very remarkable TRUE Mendeli with з озе- 
purple almost as the lip is also sent. 
lí constant, it will be a — variety. 
PODIUM ANDERSONI, R. Br, 
This Orchid is a native of Vise and growa in 
open spaces fully exposed to the The fusiform 
| atems are some 2 to 3 feet in Beg; from which E 
| plaited leaves die ке jiener i 
plant flowers in sharpen May, from the base of ч 
duces а some З feet in 
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grown in wall — pots fiiled = et 
sable refuse, dried cow-dung, and broken g eee 
requires plenty of water in the growing season, 
— Trinidad Botanie Garden. 
Тнв Wee's Worx. 
about 1 inch of the stem. 
one of 6 inches s diameter, 
A suitable size of pot ia 
Thia size will be large 
enough for suckers, though very strong ones 
may € rather — pots, Dirty pots should 
never be inage should be good 
Place the к low pe in the pots, and make 
the soil very firm about them. The loam used 
ahould contain a fair 2 amount of sharp-sand or grit, 
Р Piun nge 
the pots up to the ri m in a bed of Oak-leaves or tan, 
having a bottom- heat of fro om 85? to 90°, and if the 
вй! or twice a day, and the air 
kept moist, the suckers will ere but e 
&ter before y have made 
dewing of the leaves on bright ане will 
assist the kers in forming roots. The house 
auc 
should be shaded in the middle hours of the day in 
sunny weather, but, as a rule, shading peer not be 
much afforded. The suckers will no е 
mu ventilated; atill, a 
е required by them on very hot days. h 
temperature at night may be kept at abou 
mo В e Queen variety intended 
for grae! in June, 1896, should now be in íu 
wth, and will require to be pa, эче ees drum 
water, — k a d m 
owtb. The planta should not v "x 
ant. Those 
е on which = s ее bat which mere 
п ripen, ma anure- water occa: 
mate and a brisk бара with a moist air 
afforded them 
STRA AWBERR —The recent rains — greatly 
assisted rooting т=з the алате, and when it is seen 
sufficient number are well 
fru 
rich turfy ng (iiid by a one-third addition of 
decayed stable manure; and the pots should be 
clean ones, with a fair amount of drainage material 
carefully laid.in and covered with а handful of the 
The potting shou 
fibry lumps of the loam ld be 
done firmly, using a rammer, 80 much 
soil into the pots as possible, but leaving sufficient 
space for water. Place them in a partially ah y place 
for а week, then remove them to one fully ex 
to sunshine, 
may 
time, affording them more 
crown of leaves grows, 
TOMATOS.—The batch of ЭЕ 
affording winter fruit should be кийи paca 1 or 
ut 
stand close together for а 
and more space as the 
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ted to ees, 
they may be planted out im ‘the et tide, abundant 
ventilation being a 
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FLOWER GARDEN. 
ADDS, Gardener, течи сеч York, 
ASIATICUB,— ng a late 
display in the — garden, the 
plan die flowers Kaina AA Жашы їз анон 
Mast them are and all are useful 
— cutting. The plants require a rich a and to 
be planted in sheltered situations. The double 
flowered French Turban varieties have large flowers 
of bright 8 and they are good growers Ne 
varieties are 
ello een, There 
are ‘alt the Double Persian, Double Szoteh, Double 
n or eia varieties in fine colours. f 
— T hese pm — 
in every 
Saitable 
volubilis, | 
LILY BULBS for * in bated or bordes | 
should now be ordered f the 
planting being "e — ке ‘species of Tila vió 
are һаг um aurantia acum, the 
are congesta, coccines, 
yellow and * 
a very satisfa actory when 
irs well-drained soil in & sheltered situation. 
IRIS, —The brilliant veio of English, 5 
8 Persian im, пее excellen 
; also Iris it 
rini are id i ee deserve а prominent place 
the bu аң даг e the Germ 
Japan ibaria 
whiek an are deserving of oS 
TIGRIDIAS should be grown 
gp» among other iré 
THE HERBACEOUS 
warmth Ix prevailing in this d 
rain since ) are — rapi 
kinds ^ plant, and where nu 
plante sake of an — d 
care wur * requi red to preserve 
rennials from inju <4 over-crowdin 
ih SU to weeding 
growing — perenn 
m d freed from 
RIETIES OF 
required to 
— to each mai 
ur in number, those flower- 
