Остовев 26, 1895.) 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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the level of the rest 2 the border, and the trees be 
loosely secured to ал, T ыды mulch ү ө 
ground with M dod s 
K IN ie any open 
weather, run the hoe through the fruit-quarters, to 
off all small weeds that 
wberry plantations will be 
d of labour, Continue to make 
prepared soil at this season is & iin. gained. 
aoon аз the trees arrive from the nursery, unpack 
, and lay them in damp soil till 
the Ys - be done. Saitable permanent labels 
ege be iness for each tree, а es, 
&c., and 59 else is likely to be a у 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking 
VANDA TRICOLOR. at Orchida have a more 
stately appearance, in or out of flower, than Vandas 
of the tricolor section, but тиче c from wrong 
eaves d the growing season, & pecially 
after a hot dry summer. So mes this is caused 
ants y flowers, 
in win process manv growers think essential 
their f Give them fair, generous 
treatment, no difficulty need be experienced in 
growing and bloomingthe plan 
is an even intermediate temperature, a constantly 
moist atmosphere, accompanied by more light (but 
not direct hot sunshine), and more air than is 
generally o аа no proper inter- 
mediate-house is a mand, I would place 
the n: de rg the cooler end of the 
vision, og a * decidedly moist atmosphere 
about — and use the ventilators freely whenever 
the external air — е more than 50°, Oar 
— are now in a similar position, and the bottom 
is necessary, this is season 
the year pi the а as less — is — to be 
he operation done in the 
а тероййад, е ehr pick out all the 
use all the care possible 
rule, a er of living i will be found well 
up the stem, кы бе base stem may be cut o 
so far, that when he plant is transferred to the new 
pot the lowermost nds & level with the 
rim. From 2 to 3 — of — erocks in the 
ficient drainage. 
HET 
d 
be down on the surface of the 
oss ; these will in time root i moss, and help 
the u^ vigorously. Large healthy 
specimens, which bave sufficient r for further 
сен, will only need to be re-surfaced with 
living ami bat it if there be any suspicion of 
the mosslow down in the pot h — become decom- 
posed, it should be carefully picked out ir nd een 
the roots, „andre placed with fresh material. re- 
for several * — whieh give them a —— 
saturation. 
affording л quantities of water to the roots 
through th ompost. 
INTERMEDIATE ORCHIDS.—The nights are now 
sianum, Masdev 
Sehlimi, M. pearl — all those of the Chimera 
Poen ponies „L. monophylla, a 
amerii, байа bifrons, and Cryp 
essen бд Danus 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. Surrx, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
FORCINQ-HOUSE.— Where large quantities of cut 
the winter an 
always be available, 
а Melon-house is not ап unsuitable structure for this 
purpose, if strong bottom-heat be available. The 
bed should be filled with ‘ede n, fresh leaves of the 
Azalea indica may be 
Deutsche Perle, indica alba, and ашопа, 
same time, eep the plants in the 
daily, and afford plenty of moisture on the floors, &c. 
3 — These are ме кы дазы for house 
now making growt $6 dane should be lod in in 
dividing pre — SI I HET жа ев. 
А g 
the pieces, water them s until well rooted, 
when more oe ay ман may be afforded. The 
offsets which com e base of the plants, 
i off p^ 4 A i vis pots, and placed 
under hand-lights in a h 
A te 
55° E dad will be quite warm enough during the 
€ RETICULATA FOR EARLY FORCING.—This 
L ee major, and I, — in Krelag 
LBS FOR EARLY FOR CNG. Roman Hyacinths 
will: m have commenced to grow, and should be 
removed from the plunging material and placed in 
ld exposing to the lig 
MARKET. 
UITS РИЯ GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER dener, Goodwood, Chi Ў 
THE LATE — AM e vinery containing 
late - keeping 
dry, and 
or spiiled in the vinery, 
will continue to attain colour for some time yet, if a 
warm br perature 
NQ.— Peach and Nectarine trees may now 
we ot required 
ha requ 
for building up the trees, cut out before the leaves 
uiting shoots for the 
The object of the pou be the 
the crop of fruit suffers in consequence, When pruning 
апу tree which not been ie pd disbudded, 
good fruitful shoot should be saved п he base 
each main branch to form the alerte with which 
to cover the trellis as these become unfruitful, АП 
eak growths should be 
only aggrav 
8 
cause 
be tree in a year . а 
fruitful condition, In order that plenty of sun sunlight 
in with ordinary garden n-mou 
ramming it frm aly. 
not be left closer together than 4 inches. 
FIGS.—If the shoots were stopped at the points 
at different times during the past summer, growth 
will now ceased, and Figs be visible at the tipa 
of the sh st therefore not be ahortened, 
except in of weak sh » 
planted-out trees it may even be to b 
up a sucker from the base occasionally, to take the 
all 
place of о opis over old bare branches, [Grafting 
answers well in such a case, Ep.] 
[е ES are generally spurred-in during the 
growing season, but all leading shoots should be 
83 = extend to дА limits of the wall or trellis, 
Cherries may be managed successfully for years 
wit — the use of — knife. Severe pruning often 
produces gumming and other evils. 
PLUMS AND APRICOTS er, be — in 
same manner as Cherries, and in 
keep the base of the trees farnished with ui 
ts. 
8h00 
A New, COMPETITOR IN THE BUTTER | 
white Nar- 
ieties of ear Tulips 
La Neige, rtin, i 1 
General челе Baron Уап Tayll, Disraeli and 
Delicats, 
ut butter, which is 
€— calculated 
has been discovered in Cocoa-n 
produced from the. oil a =“ Cocoa-nut. 
It is 
that a company alrea ed in manufacturing 
Cocoa-nut butter is sending it out at the v 0 
Ib. daily, and will in a short time bre 
0,000 lb. per day 
output to *' Elabor: 1 
tions," says the same г, “аге rie made for 
ring to the foreign and domestic trade, and our 
en must suffer r Ап г ове for the 
neutral which they шак n the manufacture of 
Пей cheese, It is far superior to lard neutral, and 
much che beaides 
to emulsify with the skim-milk 
it is a dangerous competitor, and one to dema 
immediate consideration,” 
