Aveust 24, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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8.—The earliest plants are now ready 
for chine. For this purpose procure hay- bands 
he mencing the job, 
ast around the 3 ^ 
t em 
г ei ens seeds thinly on & piece of 
ground, in an open p 
onions, — I e parts of the 2 — 
Onion crop is still i in full growth, but 
majority of the bulbs show signs of the —4 failing 
over, a man should go with a wo 
over the tops generally, and in 
or on 
t skin, gem im in a 
Keep the spring and & n-sown 
; in fact, i oem Неде юе 
іп пороге to their use at diffe 
seasons, a 
done at leis 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD qe Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
G.—The advantage of pruning the dif- 
ferent "inde of fruit — soon alter the crop is 
t should be. The pen de who prunes 
maturing, a very essential condition for good frait- 
Peach and Nectarine trees should have all 
of the weakly or unfruitfal wood cut out; and i 
necessary to cut b 
T fruit. nh d the earlier 
eating of direct corn In the ae 
Apple, whose shoots we 
as to compel the fruit-spurs to form da 
them, these will in the course of a 
crowded, and the foliage v 
ruit-spurs ought to be removed to 
enab.e id to penetrate the crown. 
FIG- TREES.—These will require but little mee 
at tne: сет on if they were pr oper: 
growth, still, it ma des 
shoote, but not the extremities of the main ones, as 
it i» on these that the earlieat fruits form. 
ING.— Water каране be — — 
to Pa E and Necta at the r 
" this season often causing г bud- dropping ata (sena 
ate. 
ма. —Сопё — the syringing of fruit 
&ud Vines twice daily during hot weather. — 
nas. possible, the roof-light may be taken off the 
— Plants that have been placed in 
Fiai канан» should not ce Me much water at 
tem ld 
чеге 8 ould be secured to a stout 
stake, and the side growth removed—-pulled out. 
Utilise any spare li during rainy weather, to keep 
the plaute dry. 
lanta needed to fill the bed t e It is always а good 
thing to we some alteration in the arra 
of the ea, во ws to i | 
во вв 
ng: та атон of ‘ese: 
aan 
, ccelestis, & pretty b 
DAHLIAS.—The various show, fancy, pompon 
Cactus, and the varieties uf single and decorative 
ahlias, might be — employed than at present in 
the beds in the flower garden proper. e possess 
in these кере Чий ful colours which are not 
to be found i her summer-flowering plants. 
ahlias, moreover, are plants “eng Ў conan: and 
stored when out of bloom. Tae double and single 
— of Cactus Dahlias being te thar attrac- 
tive, should be 
e kitchen garden for cutting purposes, Good 
varieties are H. e 
sham, Mr. A. W. Tait, M e, Rayon 
d'Or, Harry Freeman, Claxton Harlequin, Mrs, John 
Arnold, Matchless, Mrs. A. Peart (grand), and Dake 
PROPAGATION.—For some few weeks to come, 
struck in the early — flower more satisfactorily 
han those raised in the spring, and the cuttin ags 
vein freely out-of-doors ч up to the middle of t 
onth of Septemb 
CENTAUREA CANDIDISSIMA.—If side shoots be 
lants, they will strike freely when 
n 
m house апа shaded — а ipm v afford- 
ing etienne x is necessary to kee а plants in 
ts, and i lants are wot нсана агу, they 
Med рея of side shoots suitable for cuttings. 
ts for making panelling or edginge, 
тутй raised in February are the more suitable, 
AS. — Cuttings — the — which 
stand — — ry out-of-doors winter, vi iccar- 
toni, Meteor, Corallina, and (тиме be now be 
12 in slight bottom - ma under a hand-glaes or 
n pots. Fuchsia Riccartoni is a very useful plant 
in shrubberies wer ав сну plate on the turf, and 
in some districts it will stand our winters well and 
grow бо а great heig It can be increased by 
cffeets and division early i in the spring. 
SALVIA FULGENS AND S 8.—Cuttings 
will strike in a moist, warm frame if bee shaded 
2 - ia: Salvia р being 
be lifted and stored. away for the winter after it 
i P down by fr 
— The propagation of Semper- 
Mesembryanthemum mitem, Kleinia pony bed 
&c, should be now pushed o These cuttings 
soon сч made, but ti the cut 
surface allowed to become dry. Place cuttings үт а 
pit or frame s 5 soil, but afford no wa ra 
time, and no's 
US - ROOTED  BEGONIAS. — Cattings 
жатка, ‘tee eely in boxes or pots in an airy frame, 
ing them бе little water, and not depriving 
the ка of light and sir, their 5 generally 
being that of the zonal Pelargon 
MISCELLANEOUS. — Helictrope, sweet-scented 
Verbena and Cape Pelargoniums used in arcem 
‚ Hydrangea. Verbena, beddiog 
Modden are 
Keeaiga ogee stati 2 
variegated Alyssu 
more than it is. 
өч summer edg 
aske ts, but seldom 
variegated Fulagoniom, &nd the varieties of, Ana- 
gallis. crimson, blue, and wi:ite; Lobelia spe 
are zd required to be kept 
ich should ed 
it to a more dry frame 
BACEOUS BORDERS.—Seedling perennials 
and е raised last month should be trans- 
lanted from the seed-beds to the borders in places 
Dig in some rotten manure 
place а small stake sgainat 
each to save P from being trampled upon, and 
afford a watering. The present ia time to 
plant —— ly prepared offeete of various hardy 
herbace and perennial plants, y will be 
enabl vw — — et iie before the season of 
growth comes to an 
SOWING SEEDS.—The seeds of Sweet Pens, 
POT d Delphinium, Antirrhinum, Pentatemon, 
рру, Mign onette, &c., should now be gathered, 
ad dried in the ahade. Oar Sweet Peas, that were 
i ts and transplanted, have n very u- 
ieti i tess of qe 
Blues, and others 
By W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
NERINES (GUERNSEY  LILIES) i require 
z in every case, and M which have not 
exhibited signs of flowering will scarcely do so now. 
erines do not flower satisfac — if disturbed at 
the root; but if it is a ne тее to increase * 
the plants, ц potfuls that are much 
crowded with bulba may be shaken out, divided; n 
the bulbs re-potted ama бщ in od sof 3t 
44 inches in diameter. e compost employed i 
potting should consist of turfy loam, limi eg ud 
sand, and a small germ of тра tuokaa charcoal, 
The pots should be thoroughly well crocked. Very 
little water will saline for these nowy: potted bulbs, 
and a light syringing overhead w 
Bulbs that need no re-potting shoul ld be top-dressed 
with the above compost, or afforded а — — of Clay’ 8 
ertiliser in the — of a teaspoonful to each 
32-aized flower- pot 
FANCY PELARGONIUMS —Old plants will now 
be ready for being — hard-back to well-ripened 
ood the current ye ar. After 9 — — 
hem ina mon frame c en 
they commence break, shake the soil — — 
roots, turn the latter slightly, and repot them in 
е а ler re "ma the soil 
1 ; 
Tu CE * 
ng soca poor Ж uit - 
Taf all ith 
apace. i 
— now in al ы 
They заа per feet y throughout ће menta placed 
on а shelf close to ү glass in the stoy 
NKS:i—In case quantity of Carnations for 
apring eo a is limited, some of the 
older plants of the pe should be d up t- 
i me and keeping close 1 a few 
roots, and may 
varieties are Mrs. 
M»jesty, Мга, Lakin, and Mr. J. 
New Pencit.—The Blaisdell Paper Pencil 
Company, Philadelphie, U.S.A., has introduced a 
kind of pencil, the lead of which 4 юре, опе 
tion, to be covered ¥ à 
the paper near the les 
By gently pulling and i 
wards the: polat;a spiral 
can be 
it to be used at , ап 
is more certain in results than is cutting wiih а 
knife. The lead is excellent in quality, and keeps 
a good point. In appearance this pencil always 
resembles an ordinary cedar pencil, the “uncut” 
end of it being covered with red glazed paper, which 
increases the likeness, and is pleasant to handle. 
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