SEPTEMBER 
28, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
363 
well wash the . — so that as much light as pos- 
sible may reach the plants. Continue toventilate daily 
ns in- 
for the young stock. с rieties as smo 
Cayennes and C. Rothschild which swelling 
fruit, must given plenty of heat and moisture 
Utilise sun-hea ch as possible, and ventilate 
but little. Continue to feed the plants with guano, 
or other stimulant. If the suckers on these plants 
have become large, they may be e at once, 
potted into 6-inch po plu in a pue 
e 
te lage on the old plant, and 
allow them to grow on until spring. 
CUCUMBERS have improved Bestia ge since 
опен, 
е fruit is agr — required, Surface-dress 
the bordir. ^ii ightly & this 
keeps the roots Ae 
— and TE of the shoots must receive daily 
g should now be done on bright 
—— d again about 2 30 р.м, 
Ventilate — as the least . may give 
а serious check. e night temperature 
fall Кей 70°, ог mildew may appear. Keep а sharp 
look ou en-fly or thrip, and check either at 
once by fumigating. If the fi and bare spaces are 
d wn at ni h manure-water, it will 
assist in keeping the foliage free from these pests, 
THE FLOWER GARD 
By Barney Wanpps, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, Fork, 
гор 
NG PLANT8,— Preparatious should. 
r housing — which require to be pro- 
— dering winte October frosts * 
occur very suddenly, nd many varieties of beddi 
Роан 
ose-shaded pits 
they have — to — roots, Pe niums 
а rule аге now а better condition 
— bloeming tban they have been all through the 
esired; or t m be le 
some time yet, providing the weather con- 
tinues dry and fine, Dahlias ally keep well 
in the ground — November; if they 
* by frost before -— time, the 
ps should be t of 6 inches above ground, 
> 
D ilia Rising Bas is а splendid autumn Qv d and 
is now a blaze of colour. We have itround a border 
of mum e C. Des W 
is now a mass of bloom.  Autumn-flowering 
show. Crimson Queen about our of 
„Jacoby. Dahlia Rising Sun Я. the colour of 
John Gibbons. 
FALLING LEAVES will now give additional — 
Ee » notbing more untidy than accum 
f leaves up to the edgings of flower or s icem ape d 
They should be : 
а very vy 
Grass edgings of walks and gp ая y^ ге kept 
а. һу pe as long as the ues to 
w; and any which have оо peras and 
weed; may be edged with t edging- knife, 
which will give them a mart ДК эу De during the 
gravel on — sho a 
adding the gravel, give a good dres sing of — ч 
killer. Roll the walks and onde wel), and compen- 
sate for lack of flowers by extra neatness 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
p JOHN LAMBERT, Gardener, Powis Castle, Welshpool, 
GE.—It will soon be the pe — » 
piini Cabbages in the quarters. If the 
been grow ing. is 
and sturdy, ssing numerous roots. In ee 
garden Cabbages | usually follow an Onion cro 
ground being cleared of this crop at about the ri ht 
ays dig the land in 
of bone-m 
lo an 
plant, The drills 
ot — and the —.— stand 
t being 
he spring for the мио * which will 
sire the remainder at 2 feet a his planting 
should consist of early-hearting ctae, such 
Ellam's Early and similar ones, ffo: 
ts a good watering if the soil is dry. Cabbages 
carefully planted with a trowel soon make good 
plants, stand the winter well, and do not bolt readily. 
CAULIFLOWER.— The produce of the seed sown 
last month should now be of a 
pricking-out in nurse- beds. 
a enm d for keeping Cauliflower plants through the 
owers twice, 3 inches apar 
when, if they are еу — апа matured, — 
soon begin to grow. ext remove should be 
ғ cold frames і 
fr ames | they ho m d 2. 6 
apart. put under 
has уи may vary from five 
be number 
in small ones fo nine 
or heavy rains point to the necessity of putting the 
ights ov them, us 
all times when ere is he soil 
should not be so rich as to favour rank wth 
„are excellent for — with the 
test succession do well under hand- 
Cauliflower plants may yu — pricked out 
at the foot € gers walls, and if t 
ally severe, they will arg 
be provided "he "them , bending hoops over these to 
w 
2 8 8 
кее 
e 
place, planting —— E in x 
Those raised from spring sowings will p 
duce nice heads within & short time of eina which 
h wn 
plants; and late Broccoli fairly well b cides © over 
the gap — the season of the two kinds of plants, 
ope cd 
T. XOU Ak K gti ar сай эе һате pora planted 
о give а supply of frait in the autumn must t be 
pe pe protected from birds, and the truetes of 
oon as the fruit is gathered ; if kept on 
- long e: plants will eii y weak, and unable to 
tand a severe win 
AUTUMNAL айча RIES. — Autumn - fruiting 
rries are now ripening, and they require some 
pbe 
to protect them from birds and other enemies, 
ts 
birds being as troublesome 
The usefulness o 
in 
e autumn ів во great that the crop is worth con- 
siderable trouble to secure. When new canes are 
planted, do situation be chosen, 
and the soil trenched if possible, and liberally 
enriched th go manure. Planting 
should be done early, the can ei 
rather y manure, which is not so liable to 
e scratched over by birds as short mate he 
estab e canes must cut d annually 
close to t ‘ound as soon as the fruit is gathered. 
Та the spring, carefully select four or five of th 
strongest canes to eac 
e be ost pro 
Red, Large Monthly. and October Yellow. 
UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. SMITH, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester 
VIOLETS.—Frames should now be made 
ready for r planting winter-blooming Violets. I have 
wide extends for ошод 
; weather, t 
soil d a littl d the pl kept 
warmed a ttle, and the plants are growing 
and flowering. The plants should be brought up 
close to the glass when planted, and а 
of fresh loam and leaf-soil added to 
quanti 
to that in аде а 
the planting, and a heavy syringing a day in 
bright weather, The lights may be Line of night and 
day until signs of frost are noticed, when they may be 
placed o by the plants, but oe unless the frost is 
sharp, A number of plants be planted in cold 
frames, = although they та "a -- give muc 
through the winter, unless it be very mild, they "will 
flower freely in the spring, and prove уну, useful aa 
suc he earlier ones. A few of the best 
double varieties for early flowering are rie uise, 
Neapoli dy Hume Campbell, Comte de Brazza, 
or Swanley White; single are, ia (this is by 
far the best for winter work), Wellsiana, and The 
Czar. hardy ne тау for growing 
outside is Queen Vi hoa sorea 
flowers of very dark blue 3 e very fragrant. 
ques remet Ий any of these Hrs jani 
out, a batch o 
tings for flowering next spri 
may be "cy wm nes strike readily in s sandy 
glass, to prevent 
un ‘plenty of Glink toot, 
N BATTERSEA PARK. 
—Information reaches us pen the Superintendent 
of Battersea Park that the Chrysanthemum Show 
will be open to the public in the Frame Ground ia 
that park, near the Albert Bridge entrance, on and 
after Oct. 5, between the hours of 10 Ам. and dusk, 
