NovEMBER 16, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
583 
planting of wall or other choice fruit ин, N wee 
can iven to the tree is so potent 
duction of roots as maiden loam ; and if it be desirable 
plaster and mortar-rubble will be very beneficial if 
&dded to the soil in which stone-fruits are 
grown. Ifthe trees were ordered in m 
с and laid-in singly, never in bundles, 
till they “ә be planted. If th 
not prepared for dum. lose no 
them in rea — for the г 
trees. Di have been 
Calendars in — to p 
lanting, во ' 
кз пее = to be said here on this — 
h W. 
planted bushes may e — nar 
years, without detriment to — fruit-bushes 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. H. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, . 
ON TREATMENT. -Novem 
н! у 
considered the period at which the а Po tet 
of Orch 
ater in 
aths, &c., and thus moderate the 
air of PR houses, It is also 
frost to cover the 
d be made secure in some manner, and 
when wet or frozen, they should be thoroughly dried 
temperature of 
ediate-house, about 
to 
very cold and pierc 
maintained by derben should range between “and 
up the higher figures indicated; and on light, 
bright days, as much higher as the sun-heat will 
raise it, with W rs 2 some extent. 
i е! houses cold weather, the 
of the en should be opened 
will suffice for the C | 
ediate-houses, merely sprinkling the floors in these 
houses in the afternoon. In the eni oem. where 
little or no fi is at present used, except, 
perhaps, at night, one good damping-down in the 
ce for dull days, but sprinkling the 
paths after a sunny day. At this time т year it is 
very n that each house should become dry 
about noon, and the ure to insist t on thie simple 
precaution is sure M E. 2m by ill-matured 
growths, “ spot,” and other maladies 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. Н. 8мїтн, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester 
THE — — .—The present is a good — 
to prune m — and thoroughly cleanse — 
Any 
fac ry сомен should have 
their roots examined, and if the soi e impoverished 
= rye еса — ho pricked out carefull 
laced with — 
En it, and — *. у= 
Any required tin, 
t plante may be po 
selecting for thia purpose either home-grown or n 
sery plan Whether worked or own-root Roses, no 
harm will be done by shortening back s ome of phe 4 
be "hi use rough manure and a little coarse sand, 
£ Осина Foe M quus fresh алы 
Vima e into flower, and remove stale ones во 
that the ed may be kept right- looking. 17 the 
house ure, plants 
Poinsettia rrima ma used to brighten it, 
also some Roman Н. acinths, Mipata октан, 
resin a d potent, Primulas. and t 
winter- John Heal and Gloire de 
— K a e Атаа бна, Casuarina 
ericoides, &c. “The mperature ouse of this 
kind should now be at 2605 by day, anà 55° by night, 
both * and entilation in 
The floors sh ам be kept dry, 
and spilled чай от that vag! a from the pots, 
should be mopped up early in the day. 
Chry 
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et 
Ф 
-—— — these N be in demand 
мде end of Decem mber, agr may n laced 
& warmer , if fro : m appearances 3 E 
* that the * — ower 
vinery or Peach Арим just started affords е 
hastening the ame of the pattes d 
2 th 
for 
roots — 1 
liberal A of manure- — and — 
— md to xil aphis. 
—The hot 2 was 
1 — of these plants, and they are 
wel ied to ts — admirably, Whilst they 
continue in bloom the air of the house should be 
kept rather dry; and as a means to 
desirable dryness, a slight am 
be used, and fresh air admitted at th 
bottom of the house. The necessary watering oi th 
plants should take place in the morning, and if the 
= are in full A ees clear water only should be 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By Joun LAMBERT, ‚ Powis Castle, Welshpool. 
CHICORY.—Keep up a supply of ри useful дет 
for salad Place the roots а in large pota 
еш у 
mpty pot over them, * over 
— a piece of Frigi Domo to wishes all light from 
them, 
DANDELION,—The we. * leaved e this 
h , make n оо{в for Ч 
ady for use through the winter, and are a nice 
wholesome addition to a salad. be 
treated in precisely the same way as Chicory ; or if 
preferred es a green state, any warm greenhouse 
will suit t 
MUSTARD AND CRES8.—Make sowings of this 
regularly every week, so that a supply of nice young, 
tender growths may be —— at hand. Cutting- 
boxes are e ites for urpose, and can be 
easil pone fey onina 2 оше if N 4 not 
to — at all tim 
DISHES.—Sowings of these may be made from 
now onwards, to follow on alter th 
MINT AND TARRAGON —Get up a supply for s 
A pot them, or 
5 
50 
Ы 
— 
tting-boxes 
7 pa . =, will 
of weather. 
about 55°, ‘but near the e roof- glass, so that Жер shall 
not get drawn u up w — 
RHUBARB. оне Apples нэ — - 
— o Ae 
change. You fee А. рагей оп "Pur pose 
forcing, and * have attained their fourth 
year, will be of a nice size, and may be 
from now onwards end introduced to the Mushroom 
or forcing-house, for very early work lifting and 
very severe weather. Ik a few roots are introduced 
about ev e weeks, a continuous supply may be 
obtained ; but hus N 
vided, various means may be adop 
same en its fill хонай warm 
shallow pits dug in the ground and fille 
во that 
to attain t e 
n but th 
on the outside temperature to а great extent, and 
annot be relied on to come in to а certain date at 
d plan of covering this with p 
ü d and — ec паге 
уед | yet grow is more suitable for la 
batches; but this is best grown in some out-of- 
might of the garden, and near to the manure- 
тта Johnston's v — Kershaw's Paragon, 
Royal Albert, and Myatt's Linnsus, are all good 
m bcn for this air i 
Ma. WiLLIAM COOM —We are informal 
that the Council of the ‘Royal Botanic Society 
h ed dispense with the services of & 
garden superintendent of their gardens in Regent's 
Park; and Mr. Coomsper, who has filled the 
post for зна years, will therefore be open to a 
re-engagemen 
