November 23, 1895.] 
TIE GARDENERS’ 
surface made e good a again. In ts of the country 
in which ers is not cheaply erie е the roads 
ео or Macadam or sand; 
and grit o wn and p verges, to the 
A of the mowing-machin 
R-BEDS which will not ы planted till the 
spring should be deeply dug, and the surface left in 
а rough state 
САХИНА REFUSE.—On dry days, burn іп a 
smothered or open fire the prunings of trees and 
shrubs and other garden г 
as dressings for 
borders, Com- 
t of purposes may bə got 
together at this беки, throwing the materials into 
conical heaps, so that the 
or use, the rest being again 
thrown into a heap to decay still further. 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
W West Dean Park, Chichester. 
THE OUSE tches of Lilac, 
of the Valley, early varieties of 7 
dendrons, Hydran hortensie and H. paniculata, 
Staphylea colchica, Choisya ternata, Dielytra spec 
tabilis, and the ble-flowered variety of Prun 
sinensis, All pl in y of the Valley 
u 
more ac eoni iog to the weather, and e gir 
of the house maintained in a mois ч s of 
Roman Hyacinths ind other plants now Sen Bes 
flower shou remov nto а 
slightly leas warm-house, | for the purpose of — 
m to bear th 
establishments requiring gre at 
the Valley, Roman Hyacintha, as, and Helle- 
“cher niger should м planted і іп suitable boxes, with 
view to economising space in the for em opem. 
— — may still be lifted from the 
ground, and po in n an pat 
each-house just started is Tees: place for ane 
ев Rose, &c., which 
are plants that should be era ee forced us 
loom at this season. moperature of the 
ordinary forcing-house should be 60? at night, less in 
0? by day in Eire weather, 
Lily of Марау 
be forced i 
ta 
The watering-can must be carefully used, 
the no more root - moisture than suffices to keep 
* excessive leaf an 
e detriment of the 
appearance of the plants. i e обн start to grow 
n Azalea indica m Rhododendron, pinch them 
back or break them o 
TION SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON.— 
parts as 
Put — be reso 
four w week 
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j Lo if the plants can be plunged in Cocoa-nut fib 
y will scarcely ecd any water, It is safer 
to err in 3 too little эр too much water. 
place for the plants in the winter is a low 
pit to which artificial heat can be applied, and which 
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n three 
ted parts removed with the knife, 
the аел ван. чы grow out of it 
ARIS ——À —The 1 in 
dae should be ing up, апа copious root- 
watering, together witht the use of liquid-manuro occa- 
sionally, must be teehee z d kind of 
manure, I can of обаа if made 
weak ‚ for keeping the мам of а dee en colour, 
The house should be kept in a moist ug sor ique and 
be syringed twice or грод day. If the bed іп which 
the potfuls of bulbs a PA e ag Se т getting deficient 
easy matter to keep the air of th 
. it the blossoms come in at too early a date. 
THE HARDY FRUIT G N. 
By W. Рорк, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
PRUNING AND NAILING FRUIT TREES,—T he work 
of pruning and nailing, or other 
branches an shoots, 
following with Apple, small fruit buskes, and lastly, 
the Apr icot, Peach, and Nectarine, the nailing, &c., 
should be secured with rather large and ot tarred- 
23 with pintzel 9 allowed wellin covered 
vio n xa 
«d — of well twisted bast. The shoots of newly- 
ted — should not be shortened at this — 
jen peers astened to the w o stakes, во as 
not to ppke with the ан of the plant іп 
the soil of the border, Prune such plants in the 
spring before growth has 
G OUT-DOOR GRAPE 
as вооп ав 
w f in good 
“ bleed » excessively when the 
to the detriment of the Vi 
against bleeding,” it is advisable to drees all lar 
wounds with atyptic, or patent knotting, when the 
е celle, In ordinary 
ning, cut to a atout гайт ear the base of 
the lateral shoot, е para "not bein desirable i in 
In traini 
intervening pane ces e. 
width, and y= ten these Si with stout tarred-string 
or leather s &n increase of the stock of 
Vines be ibd for, dme e from 9 to 12 inches in 
ith a heel, — be chose en; 
to be inserted in 
Vi they may be put into а cutting-bed an 
e when just about to start into growth the 
uic 
pro 
A fte ving all qarda have 
heads nd а Ww of the leaves, afford the land & 
ressing of rich farmyard manure, 2 г б 
nd afterwards place stable-li 
it, m und the plants to a depth of not fed — 
8 inches, making this secure by —G а little soil 
over it, When the tops are quite decayed, remove 
them, and cover the remainder of the plant, in ve 
severe weather p. light litter, removing thia 
ет оп ae day * не 
p^ ARTICHOKE.— These should 
be left i in dd ground till буны the a of the year, 
the stems being cut off at 3 inch e the ground. 
Lay them wv Sony over the ‘il, which they will 
fro if that. be ht 
tubers of a fair size add = shape for 
— y sets, The white-tubered variety has 
the nicest бый shape, and it l. в good crop per as well as 
an improved variety, 
PEAS.—Where seed is not as sown out-of- 
doors, the matter should be: гб 
ould be drills; a covering of 
the de ер of 1 inch of — staple will be sufficient, 
making 1 а covering of about 2 inches in depth, 
Above eac -inch layer of fine coal-ashes 
may р deterrent to the slugs, The 
ice must 
rolled in а mixture of red- 
led and petroleum before sowing. 
BROAD BEANS.—A sowing of the Mazagan and 
Beck's D eart Green I varieties may now be made 
when the ground is n 
the rows stand apart being determ 
ined according to 
the purposes the „254 
to, 
etween ETE 
none at all, are 5 be ‘crown in і 
land, should ii “onde the drills 
per either on the top or at the sides of the same, 
as soon as young appear, afforded 
P be tion by drawing the soil up to them, and 
placing branches of the common Yew or Fir on either 
side of the rows. 
New PERFUME Oit.—Under the name of 
nto consumption. 
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other, enquiries 
various centres, and mixed. ogether, almost pre- 
eee from the hoots 
at irom 4 06 бон 
growing fo е year cal gardens of 
the i — dade is thought that in the parts of Ceylon 
where the climate is comparative 
trees would be a profitab 
objection from a planting P of view, is of course, 
the: long — ee зуб Wee wet the trees 
bjection was 
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дані years um ай ds ‘the a ae of Cinchona, 
