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THE GARDENERS’ 
is constantly sow Pet though the normal un- 
orm is not я0, the аро, gamy — thus corre- 
lated with the — a point to our mind o 
p er vecti The folly of diiirn: the эы 
of * ieties” to many of our abno! 
this connection, since Ds 
while, in point of fact, it was found wi 
purely a natural product, i.e., as independent of 
human cultural influences as the common normal 
form. 
Another point is, that the crested male Fern 
has been found as widely differing and altogether 
dent sports in various parts of the British 
afforded examples. We ourselves 
form of L. f.-m. E т near Kilmarnock, and а 
-m, crista Kilrush n Ireland 
w it is here that the Fern specialist 
should йо eat in hand with such investigators 2s 
Da Bary, in which case we should eyed know, 88 
we now do not, whether apogamy is always corre- 
lated in this species, i. e., in all three ub. divisions 
it is Seah that within this single 
section of the various crested male Ferns, there are 
ample possibilities of further light being thrown 
upon apogamic reproduction, since though we have 
no reason to assume apogamy is a bar to variation 
any more than other bud-forming phenomena, yet 
the reputed crosses point distinctly to exceptions 
which D» Bary failed to find. 
Our British Fern varieties, we are convinced, are 
ibi 
to any one who cares to | ‚апа 
it would be strange indeed were iii diversity all 
skin-deep 
search which we suggest, 
: Reverting to hin sacs prothallus mentioned 
: iu cea two 
sites, or 17 
ed in the indentation of the 2 Eac 
Fern shows three fronds, one developed; and bearlig 
пэ lese than ten pairs of pinnate pinnæ, zr rs of 
m primary ‘ond. 
| of very slow growth. One very curiov 
is that the horns bearing these Pis and 
гете at firat Ыы pet pointed, are now in 
only, leaving nothing for that deeper re- be 
ашаа һе put 
: | р into а he 
x : ар an nd turned 
PLANT NOTES. 
STOCK PRINCESS ALICE AS A BEDDING 
LANT. 
Tuts comparatively new owed of Stock i 
decided advance and improveme n older vi iai, 
-— T me a pst A beantifal uvis the bedding pur 
t is of snowy whiteness, perfect habit, — 
a ина жой bloomer. Raised in heat in March, 
be planted out early in May, it blooms from June 
e beds have been 
"d 
E 
having а b 
imos Verbena, and the effect is charm 
ms а to be more powerfully fragrant than 
pes me W. Н. Aggett, Bermondsey, 
THE APIARY. 
THE TREATMENT OF ROBBER BEES. 
Іт is easy to prevent bees robbing each other's 
hives, if the hive of the robbers can be ascertained. 
Search should be made for it, and when found fumi- 
gated with musk or camphor, so as to give the bees 
living in it a strong smell, by which the bees in 
other hives will know, and be warned against бв: 
wo 
chaff, sawdust, &c.; and to 
to face in another JOPO or place them elsewhere. 
Placing the hive of th ers in а cool, dark 
cellar may also be иа If the bees then 
acquire better юрете, they will bave forgotten 
their robber habits, If the robbers are the property 
of a neighbour, he К be requested to put these 
regulations in Mitos; 
THE WEEKk's WORK. 
eed FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. ard:ner, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
e e THE CROWNS OF ORCHARD TREES, 
ETC.—Now ıs ч. excellent ti the 
tops of orchar 
superfluous 
wood, and so маа а Tittle sunlight and 
the interior. It is necessary to proce 
0 
necessary, a few yea y 
tically “orcher мон 1 кул. eon fairly 
it. It 
ndi D 
m , will 
— а to 
PLANTING. — Those who 
to any extent should ihe а 
fruit nursery at this 
quired to be sent as 
ma the lant. It wi i 
too, to ag pia un А onee, if che тезе 
man е der or quarter i 
the ground should be t Shed at legs yr 
iig ma ing sure that the nage is good; and if 
a heap of 3 
which may consist road- ac а ee ndi ee 
ve 1 men qu ме the юз which 
two or three 
are to be planted, the 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avcvsr 24 1895. 
77 
stations may be prepared by trenching and Spe 
but the holes should not be left open. It is well t 
—— plaster, &c, for mized а 
e fruits аге to be planted, a 
well as for wiring an round the 1088 of existing 
trees which may require if. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, 9 
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. —At t 
the . should be overated, E 
into order for the winter season, Tbe boi 
water, but te 
boilers have man or openings that are larg 
enough for ise 
his will enable the Dollie to 
do its work more efficiently, and sa material 
of the boiler trom being destroyed sy pr сш 
Тһе hk (ses fire-lump, 
ov-r the boilers, and ash-pit doors 
should receive attention. The bant тоша z - winter 
р — teverely tested the heating c ca 
of others, „and nor 
is ps time to make provision for another winter, 
n apparatus that 
houses, the pl 
persons are under the и that зо long as the 
n be that is ае: but it 
* quick whe | 
ave to be ain fiercely hot on purpose to van 
etter to furnish more 
species which oce 
the performance of the work any of the planta арр 
ay be afforded it 
о suffer from dryness, water ш 
about one-half the usual quantity. 
CATASETUMBS, ES, ETC. — Particuli 
attention shouid be given to plante of Catastumé | 
noches, which having bloomel, | 
e 
receiving any moisture at t S» soon ke 
leaves turn of a yellow ier: the water вар ж, 
gradually ме эш ‚ апа they drop, d 
tinued entirely. If the pseudo-bulbs keep heri 
oking no more water will Moran cm 
plants begin again to break. Cyrto к 
sochilus, Cyrtopera, Thunia, Bietia, and tne dei 
атор as may be similarly treate A 
f these species, it ie certain that the дайн 
afforded deos rest is as important as that 
their gro . 
T тонын C — „ 
By JoHN LAMBERT, Garden m thee 
BOX каг ў, 
ings immed; : ааб м ай o siete | 
and other — but little covert, tbe ight 
the — in width at the bottom, and 1 
top. When Box is 
growth has time to mature, and is, 
browned by frost, which is the case wi although 
i 
ould be kept to about, 2 inches Y at the | 
plants. x, t 
line whether curved or 8 
at m ауы and s 
урка ОЕ SEEDS. FE 
Bo "бт Таг 
damp with rain or dew t 
MS and in about & {ог д oat 
tady to be tbreshed ОГ я L 
rainy weather and curing bhe nig ay | 
to be placed under cover. Open wr 
vineries are pin places for “drying vet 
