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perfect form ee retained. For shading the flowers 
bags of light-coloured muslin are the best, The 
Dahlis beds ven e 
nd manure -water aff 
223 and КЕЕ flowered planted in 
masses, may be left to grow unrestrained; provided 
the beds з аге ach red by them. "Traps must be set 
forthwith for earwigs, worin the insects daily. 
which were cut down to the 
ground in the spring have, in many instances, made 
very ee 22 and it will be prudent in exposed 
m to short stakes, with tarred twine 
or t E, Most of our dwarf Roses that were 
hard pruned, made shoots, which flowered 
well. Keep the Rose · bede tidy by bete spent 
flowers, cut away thin flowerless growths, and 
the shoots from injary by the ori but should not be 
tied too stiffly, a certain degr i 
favourable to growth. Proceed with the budding of 
Roses, and look to the fastenings of buds put i 
some time ago 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. Н. WutrE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking. 
CYPRIPEDIUMS.—Of late years по Cypripediums 
collection goe 
characteristics of ibis gection Host redominate 
of them become unhea 
close attention are required 
h material i in consequence of the ol 8 
decayed, should now have attention. As regards 
А а more often th 
is absolutel ts are v 
ry, beca th 
brittle in their nature, freqaently апаррїпр off when 
isturbed in the least degree ad of turning 
ipedi E pots, break 
the pot by gently tapping it, — pick out the rotten 
compost, and if this can e without disturbing 
the drainage materials, there will be still less fear of 
njaring the roots, Place the entire mass in a er 
ot, allow ej penty of space for filling up to two- 
thirds of its d 
rim of the pot, which should be filled up wi 
fibrous eely mix ther with the bita of 
The repotted plants may be placed light part of 
East Indian house, in scrim 
at all times. Allof t ve e er 
water in abundance at all times, especially 
when in full growth. С care ia ne to pre- 
vent water lodging in the centre of the growths or 
in the 1 ils, where it causes the — у of the 
leaves; and instead of affording water w , it 
ip them in a pai —— lowering 
them so as to just cover the —.— of the compost, 
and allowin ng them to remain in the water sufficiently 
long to ensure saturation. Thrips infest the young 
foliage ypripediums, and do шос 
to 
a AERIDES,—Any plants which from exhaustion f fol- 
some or all of their lower leaves, may now be lowered 
the pots, while those which have lost but a few 
may have additional drainage afforded, and the cone 
sphagnum-moss raised up lowe leaves. 
Any of long fleshy aérial roots may be 
on to the suri which in time 
they will root into, чт, e the plants to retain their 
leaves during the season at, It is necessary af 
disturbing the roots гч the plants rather 
heavily for a time, ои damping between the 
pota, ing very careful in affording water. The 
cool-growing Aérides japonicum and Angræcum fal- 
СЕ hould be kept in the least airy part of the 
e eee till the commencement of the 
win 
The pru bright blue Rhynchostylis (Saccola- 
bium) coelestis is a p t attracts attention 
чән эм exhibited, but it is one that is seldom see 
in а ishing con use of failure 
in most cases being gro n too 
h . The Cattleya-house would seem to 
be the best place for it the whole year. It is now 
sending up its flower-spikes aud sho uld be placed 
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PLANTS UNDHH GLASS. 
Ву W. Н. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
AND OTHER BULBS FOR EARLY 
FORCING.—It л time that bulbs for forcing, if not 
—— planting out-of-doors, should be obtained from 
e dealers, 8 ng that those who send early 
5 often the best served. I 
forgotten. be Aud are potted early, and consist o 
bulbs cultivated in pots snd b 
is a friable turfy loam (passed through ^ half-inch 
sieve), two-thirds ; leaf-mould, three-sixths; and 
dried cow- dung, dnb etis, with cp silver-sand 
to make the whole porous. Тае siftin 
loam ma Ы келу аз а і 
se of Freesias, Lilies, * 
Ixias, and similar — bulbs, peat may take t 
place of ar Mg dung. Balb pots should be Ls 
than they а 
CHRY8ANTHEMUMS. — The plants must hav 
daily attention, lookiag out for Ka 25 which ia 
prevalent this year, dusting the shoo h 
tobacco-powder at 
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whose roota fille pots, may 
soot- water, ога light dressing of Clay’s or some other 
fertiliser, but it is not Puree aga to feed them over- 
much € the E buda set, 
CINERARIA8,— Continue to ee as the soil fills 
with ro — 52. and 24's rondes useful sizes in pota in 
which to flower them; but if plants larger than 
sm shifted, - eventually coming iato 16's. If 
green-fly infest them, fumigation should be ee 
to, or tobaceo- powder be dusted on the lower sides 
of the lea 
wentacrous ТОЕ —At this date 
n, keeping = —€— — 
zd — a till og wade have germ 
first sown cape of seedlings should —— rhe нард 
boxes as soon as large enough to be 
handled, Sacia them close to the glass in a cold 
frame, affording a slight amount of shade in sunny 
weather. 
ULAS. — Pricked- ig ane may be 
Lise iie large 60's, usin богун. а: 
manure, and sand, Place Mud а oal-ashe 
sadi plenty of water at nes iit when established, 
ringing them frequently * ny weather. os 
flower, if of “exceptionally good quality, 
aced by: or seeding purposes, 
the presen 
is a good time for 
repairs сс In fact, it is g practice 
to empty them and c ean old and new — of 
sedimentary feret odo, well washing them ou 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Jon LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Cattle, cosi 
CELERY.— Where the space at command 
permit of it being done, some rows Pa the dwarf — 
raga varieties sowa in May or even later may 
. moss at the 
be planted, Sach Celery,if not earthed-up much 
before the eee will frequently go through the 
winter withou oss, turning in most usefally 
late in the — - 
TRIPOLI ONIONS.—The ground for this crop may 
now be prepared, preference being give 
it a heavy coat of зч эз апа 
an ordinary winter, a 
as the Tripoli varieties, 
iant Lemon Rocca, are useful Tripoli 
ek; sow Lettuce seeds and tie up 
sach Cos . been р as may need it. u an 
Cress, also d Cress seeds should be sown, not 
forgetting a pra of that of Dandelion, 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pops, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
G FRUIT APRICOTS AND PEACH 
IPENI — 
Trees with ripening fruits should be daily examined, 
n i а part freely 
ool room on 
show the ~~. 
plac waddi some 
w ool per оп which 
these fruits lai garde trees 
will have be covered with muslin or hexa- 
gon netting when the t begins et ripe, 
g 
fastening it e the „ара, во as to — wasps and 
flies. If an should 
be devised Hori their — belio this date, 
They ma у be apped by smearing the insides of a 
few am „and laying 
about in 3 baunts. These should be examined 
rters, or they may be destroy 
by watering the nests with a fairly strong solation 
f potas and petroleum, 
UTDOOR GRAPE VINES.—Grape Vines on мш 
MA now have all the superflaous shoots remo 
entirely, the lateral оти being pinched at 
points as may be necessury to ensure plenty of 
being admitted а the prin cipal shoots. The уча 
should be place e to the wall, and if 
inten = for йш the berries should Syr thinned 
more or less according to the setting. For wine- 
rer thinning the berries will not be necessary, 
As a раа st be 
protect m the birds and wasps; t r are 
especially puoi to the ripening fruit. Bags 
ade muslin, wn over the 
bunches, will save them. 2 
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VVT е dry 
Loic gredi ри with a boiled а ог 
similar bait 1 the moss; these baits 
being day, and uently re- 
newed. Kee * sharp iH) Tool а for mildew, and on 
-the first die of it, dust the Vine with flowers of 
OPEN mr QUARTERS.— Keep the hoe at work 
in the fru arg whenever the weather is dry, 
сб жей апа а һев апа 
ot rrying ай crops of fruit should be 
ed w with copious doses of liquid man 
slight mulching of strong manure be applied 
hand it will prevent the soil des ni washed away from 
the roots that are near the 
