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THE GARDENERS’ 
CARONICLE. 
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tree to the extremity is a cordon of healthy iier 
and highly-coloured for the early part of the seas 
The thinnings — e trees were sent to the — 
akers, sellin ‚ per cwt. in the middle of 
July, the 8 fruits being allowed бо remain, 
Peasgood’s Nonsucb, Golden Spire, Cox's Orange 
Pippin, American Mother, and many other varieties 
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were нөлдү sere hel these operations. Other 
rchards are fou he farm, but nothing that 
can ан, icem ns one in orb quality of the fruit, 
Grapes are largely under glass, and the 
Vines are marvels of — —— n years 
ago when I saw the huge crop of Muscat of Alex- 
andria in one of the houses, — the enormous erop 
Fie, 94.—ARUNDINARIA SIMONI. (SEE Р. 186.) 
gre wh yore Pate sates ahaa ADT & mistake 
made in plan 
The soil—a rn ^x iver ie 8585 on the old 
red sandstone, and gently slopes towards the valley 
of the Wye with a SSE ct. Plums, too, are 
cropped, Victoria being a great sh тә им 
Dar 
to distribute water, a good soaking of the land being 
afforded (about 1,000,000 gallons), besides a dressing 
of muriate of potash and superphosphate; the trees 
ni oe да іп 7 8 1 Jie tbat such 
would never agai these Vines, as 
it pet like Killing e x * laid the 
golden egg. 
Imagine my great astonishment the other day 
ee I called to find that the crop was much heavier 
fore, decidedly better, the bunches long, 
with heavy shoulder ; Жет very large, and taking 
a bright. amber colour, no signs of shanking, but 
the foliage rich dark green, very luxuriant and 
gross; evidently there was p! 'ant-food of the right 
character within reach of the roots. Doubtless, 
some of these bunches will give account of 
themselves on some exhibition boards at a later 
orth going 
to see, and they would dete weightier lessons than 
some of the technical education lectures that w 
expecting во much from in the future. 
capitalist with enterprise as well as the worker that 
is wanted. William Crump, Madresfield, 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE, 
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FOOD REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHRYSAN- 
THEMUM. 
Tux above subject was referred to by а correspon- 
dent in these pages on June 23, and continued July 7 
14, and 21, 1894, but as it is of 
ed the art 
mended, or have trials in all cases ended in failures, 
and are the results therefore withheld ? 
Being myself & prey red Nd some m T 1600 
, and hav 
its appe ce being 
only а short time before the final potting. Now, 
reliable and complete analyses lants as that 
Chrysanthemums, quoted at p. 778, Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, vol. xv., are of the greatest interest and 
value to éultivators, but, of course, they do not 
gure 
give exact fi ve got a complete 
lysis of the soil we are going to use at the same 
and ost cases difficult to get, 
always takes & er is r 
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auch Y considered it, and having in my mind earlier 
artificial manures in potting soil, 
I was on my — 
The soil used for the final potting consisted о 
poor 
derived mostly from the houses, ca 
(Т use firewood as 
(from horses and cows mixed). 
mixed and i „Йез анас, І 
rather poor, more во as I do not use very large р 
(6 to 8 inch), ii decided to add some artificial 
fertilizers, 
Juet at that time, Mr, Willis’ paper appeared (vol. 
xv., p. 778), but for the sake of convenience I used 
my own mixture, having the following ingredients at 
hand 
3 parts — (12 per cent. potash). 
3 Basic slag (16 to 17 per cent. phosphoric acid). 
— of ammonia (20 per - nitrogen). 
Phosphate of potash (26 potash, 36 per cent, 
phosphoric acid), 
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This mixture give the principal ingrediente in 2 
the n к Tn Mixture. ‘Tn Ash. 
Potash ee LLLI "e 16 
Phosphoric acid i 19 
Soda . т 12 10 
Chlorine 8 3 
Magnesia 15 10 
Nitrogen 4 0 
besides this, бын їз iidem lime and iron in the 
basic slag апа sulphurie acid in the kainit. Consider- 
ing that I had a good supply of nitrogen in the stable 
manure, and that шу. soit is паме п Н їп Wa 
I thought the mixture should be а good one. 
The rate in which I used it was one part of the 
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