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Watering must be X А care, affording no 
water if a plant be not and always keep 
the leaves from ini ied when applying water, 
CARNATIONS AND PicorExs. 
ose who have to deal wit th a large protasi 
instance, I 
border Carnations planted 
September, and yet I T had splendid success from 
iddle of November. I 
r 
gan 
Carnations about the middle of November, and as 
write they look very promising. А little decayed 
the clumps are 2 fee 
centre of the знат 
planted out where they are to flower іп June or July, 
but this cannot alwa ы done, I plant them 
15 inches asunder, but the ground was not available 
this year; therefore the — were put out 74 inches 
asunder, and now, when the ground has been cleared, 
every alternate row is being removed, and the alter- 
nate plants in the rows, leaving th 
the re ion distance, and filling up the rest of the 
borders. They were removed carefully with a mass 
of roots, and do not seem to have suffered in the 
We have not yet finished м the potting of the 
arly ~ and one 
of the very best northern 
to say that he does not find his pann —— in the 
least when he can ar them potted be 
'This, of course, d depend & good Т on the 
season, for not uncommon in Decem- 
ber, and they may also мав уй - — it is well to 
know that layers may be potted up, and plants may 
be set out in November, "e pe su 3 Mad bly. 
The plants early potted - up in frames require to be 
carefully gone over, all dead and decaying leaves 
—MÀ green-fly brushed off, and the surface of the 
oil st ; weeds also will have appeared, and 
и Ъе Зд placing the plants on a freshly- 
stirred surface of ashes or сосоа- fibre 
In some districts spot is Беа, but if any 
plants show signs of being injured by it, they should 
be removed from the frames into the g 
where it is not so likely to sp: ru 
is termed, is not affected by atmospheric er dee 
and must not be played with, irs the aff leay 
eut off as soon as remarked, and the plants watched 
in case it might — a — is important 
in the frames, and greenfly must on no account be 
permitted to increase, p makes а sad mess of the 
utiful foliage, 
Рїнкз, 
The hardy garden Pink — all ni раа varieties, 
is a plant und in every garden, 
Many of the — k scent, 
dut the Pink never. I have most the late 
Rev. -— under the 
Jeans wrote upon the Pink 
of “Tota,” and he preferred the flower to 
arnation; and I once heard a tss florist 
declare at the ‘luncheon after the Birmingham Car- 
Peas е that the Pink was certainly to ‘he pre- 
erred to at we want is raisers of 
eye to 
We may intime get selfs of various colours, and if 
sach can Ъз obtained, codi will again become as 
as it once was as a garden — My large 
— are - well established in 5 and 
garden frames, For forcing, the laced 
THE 
varieties, deep crimson. 
GARDENERS’ 
be put into gentle heat forthwith, keeping them 
close to the roof-glass, and taking care that they do 
not lack water at the root. Plants in the borders 
should be made secure after frosts by 3 the 
soil firmly about them; and if any of the lea 
eaten by slugs, &c., hunt for the гей, апа 
kill them, Jas, Doug 
Ф 
TRR HoLLxHOCK. 
рану аге P Un erie the —€— ag n 
ane of impr 
2 date held i in died parts 8 a E 
summer and early autumn, at which florists’ flowers 
lay ап important part, I have seen the Hollyhock in 
better condition than usual, showing not only that 
it is better grown, but that there are better varieties, 
The disease which caused the loss of so many fine 
varieties is not now so virulent as in former years, 
giving confidence to raisers of new varieties, so there 
is hope of the 38 becoming a garden аа 
once more, п Walden, so long associated 
with the —— — W. Chenin, — Webb 
they have some of the 
which escaped entire айдай still under culti- 
vation, such as Alba superba, one of the best white 
variis Alfred Chater, clear rose; Amaranth, а 
new variety, of high quality, soft amaranth-pink, 
full, an — of the best form; Bijou, scar 
with buff; Carus Chater, crimeon-scarlet, — 
reddish- 
tinct in 
Golden Drop, а fine self, yellow; Primrose Gem, 
; Nymp 
THE 
h, white, tinted with d 
Walden King, one of к= best of the old 
It will thus ba seen that 
the choicer Seek N ollyhocks of jn present day 
exhibit a wide range of tint and combinations of 
colour. 
The propagation of the Hollyhock is à work of 
much interest, and to all appearance is moat success- 
fully performed by those who make the culture of 
Messrs, Webb & Brand both in autumn and ad 
the autumn being the time most preferred, if good 
shoots are obtainable for the purpose, which is not 
always the case, especially when the plants are 
allowed to seed, the production of seed appearing to 
is done on to the roots of strong-growing кей. 
Badding may be successfully done during the summer 
months, much in the way that Roses are added п 
to the seedling Briar; but it is hardly satisfactory, 
t is found in experience that the budded shoots 
commence to flower so very low that they scarcely 
form a spike of any length. 
The autumn-grafted plants сар put into pots and 
placed in cold frames; they are kept close for a time 
until growth appears, then air is given, and in this 
way plants are obtained for sending out in the 
eeds of fine atrains of е have been 
somewhat scarce * р always in 
and, Some sow in Meer Tere and 
plants, if well ане for, gr on into size and 
planted out in пе ground, willa flower in the autumn, 
The strongest an — L atisfactory plants 
obtained when treated аз biennials, the seeds sown 
in July in the open in, € transplanted in 
the autumn to flower the followi mmer; suc 
plants always mm larger — and finer spikes, 
and are better fitted to sustain the 
disease than as — from the winter sowing. 
It may be added that seed taken from any one 
variety will frequently come quite true to character, 
Q. 
Ф 
CHRONICLE. 
(Novemsen 30, 1895, 
and if not fully representative of the y 
olour 
invariably of the same tint of c e 
Th 
eed trial 
Mesarr. Sutton & Sons, of Reading, Te a or 
put in deeply dug, well-manu und, and 
fully watered and mulched during hot dryj үт 
the plants grow strong, tall, and atate] i 
т 
not a difficult plant to grow, but it is 745 
have good culture in order to succeed, RI 
NURSERY NOTES, - 
FISHER, SON, & SIBRAY, HANDSWORIY, 
SHEFFIELD 
Ir was with feelings of relief that I left behind m 
smoky Sheffield, and journeyed out to the village 
of Handsworth. Though so rural, Handsworth ir 
within the city ae T is readily uet 
s, and i uld be a 
the nurseries ae main gate, the firat house panei 
into was on a large span-roof, which has been 
тойу кеб 1120 is now intended for a shom- 
us 
Orchids аге particularly good, several houes 
being devoted to kami culture, and Laliu 
bristling with sheaths, Dendrobiums, Cœlogynes, 
Cypripediums, aid — E - 
sented in all the best species varieties, There 
was а grand batch of Dane in 4-inch hm 
i ng growths; and 
ees from the roof of one of e rn | 
Nepenthes Hookeriana, N. Maatersia 
most of the best species and varii 1 
arranged on the stages beneath these ve ИШ 34 
ris, continental varieties of foliaged 
Amasonia punicea were all noticeable for their gi 
condition, as were such climbers 84 
Aristolochias, Dipladenias, and the 
floribunda (Handaworth variety). 
een 
of notice in the stov 
form :—Davallia — Peeris tricolor, 
rophyllam, 
одев 
T. pellucida, and gra 
Fern (Trichomanes radicans), together 
batch of the Venus Tho- tray (Dionses Mute, 
deserve special mention. А notable и ide И | 
large Palm-house, which c ontains all m 
species of Palms, ranging in ЕЛ pr E : 
Underneath these, so as to > 
large quantity of нА: pe | 
Kentias, and other Palms are raised 5 
the thousand, and when posit off from * 
and plunged in cocoa-nut fibre, with В 
they soon make plants of a suitable size 
decoration. A large double span-roofed 
tains Palms, Araucaria Napoleo 
dium Franklinii, Ke, 
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