NovzMBER 30, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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to any but those at tae. — of the bundle, If 
the pruning is performed early in the autumn, and 
the bushes are dressed 8 with soot and lime 
at 6 inches apart and the same in depth, t 
being 1 foot — for the better convenience of 
cleaning the gr 
- чө, a good call-bird can be 
taken in a т ог they ay be 
pres — with bird-lim 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gardener, Goodwood, Chichester. 
К IN GENERAL.—There should 
thoroughly. Allofthe Peach 
should pruned, and 
loosely in bun les to some o of ü ae Dm p cher. 
Then proceed to wash every part ofi the roof and trel- 
lis. When the shoots are thus drawn up together, 
he gardener is en se with expedition 
and safety som ed insecticides on th 
trees, besides thoroughly cleansing ,the rougher 
parts o k ems and branches. Fo 
scale I use E but clear water at 190? 
appli th a syringe on three or four successive 
ed 
days, and this, if the water be copiously used, never 
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being less easily destroyed, and it is neces- 
е ra wine-glassful 
soft-soap. n 
acrubbing-brus e application on three 
or four successive days. I do not advocate the coatin 
of the th clay, &c., and would caution gar- 
deners against the use of tar, ave known V 
во injured by this — that it has taken years 
em e roughly washing the Vines 
in v —.— state, and keeping 
ing to force for stray bugs is a те 
mode of destroying this, the worst of all Vine-pests we 
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ing the houses and Vine 
layer of stable-litter on the borders 
the evils of tra 
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rougher outer portion, which sho ,and 
th e by a sharp-pointed piece of hard wood 
or even ап ordinary plant-label, and as it is chiefly 
round the spurs that the M E collects, these pa! 
xn rg Lic 
given proportion is mixed, an 
intimately incorporated at 1309 of heat. 
THH FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Battery Wapps, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, Fork. 
THE SPRING GARDEN,—Daring mild weather the 
— of Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissus же 
er roots, — planting of which as been 
soil if the season is mild earlier in winter and spring 
than is good for them, and when is the case short 
man n t rnt 
them from frost, If them is suc 
it can remain on the beds without looking аңдый, 
and the bulbs grow through it, во 
keen look-out should be Lt di - mice, which 
destroy Crocus corms in the winter onths, 
especially at times when much snow lays long. 
PANSIES, WALLFLOWERS, PRIMROSES, rei 
ANTHUS, MYOSOTIS, DAISIES, AND 
The ie t of these иу subjects may 
be continued, weather perm rmitting, not forgetting to 
ted beds, and choosing dry 
J 
made Ys by pressing the soil to 
latte Rabbits end ha hares must be - from 
these Feet — if Popy Pom a 
and the bed , they will "nd M 
have the lights removed from off them 
and abundance T pce rafforded at nights ; her] the lighta 
эй a protection against heavy rain 
or ка. 
CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES іп frames should 
very afforded 
till days 
longer, and in fine weather the 
—— and day is needed. If the are not as yet 
plunged in fine seen or_cocoa-nut fibre A 
this should be don 
CALCEOLARIA, PENTSTEMON, ANTIRRHINUM — 
nts uire about the same 
the winter. The 
and —— any of — show rta as they will do 
when th shoots taken ere hard in texture, and bad to 
These уона p — not ot gh much water, still 
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urnt md — — ing- ca — when — the 
m Affo undance of — to all rooted 
cuttings, and — up well agai 
CUTTINGS OF HOLLIES AND OTHER VER- 
GREENS, and hardy deciduous shrubs, should — be 
lecting short well-ripened with a 
wood attach 
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japon nd female v ucu 
—— male and —— 8 Aer! have the 
shelter of ^» its or 
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Le than pet its — oy" this p be 8 to 
12 inches. Ia hard weather protect the bed with 
Fern or litter. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — The autumn - growing 
are plan beds or borders should be 
cut off near the ground, and in "a pee ee old 
stools with short man th 
— — Cuttings of each sort ort should be l kept in 
оба under the shelter of frames, or in a cool h 
e the winter 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. Surru, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
gardens until their removal to warmer quarters is 
necessitated hard weather. 
— and be turned round 
to the glass, and have plenty 
of air afforded the qm in mild weather. The 
common white slugs must be carefully sought for, as 
they soon gnaw and — 
fill h roots, во 
weak в may be 
onally, say a a N " Bedding 
plants in — ee at this season scarcely any 
ater at the r will чт Дал do во for the next 
two months; but should wate n , see that it 
is afforded early in the — п mild weather, 
ventilate freely at the top and bottom; and keep 
ir hom tee ecd the КА, sweet and ‘clean, and 
ree 
— ‘oneal if for a late display, 
should t = р anure- water, if the 
are filled with — — 
Яу has fen its арреага! 
will need to be kept 
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remain in one nente for longer than one week, bu’ 
turn them round wholly. Stop а "i бома: zan ur 
or five leaves are made, doing so at one time, or the 
—— will break irregular rly. elargoniums ‘bee 
— hti. — to еф should be fumigated 
once 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS.—These, if for pnr 
flowering, may be potted into large 60's 8" 
p close to 
the glass in & pit or 8 and 
when the roots have into the fresh soil, 
R 
EAST I — benefited by being 
p-dressed with santit of Clay's Fertiliser, 
— by having the pit-lights rawn entirely 
Som them may be ja - 
y to 45? by night. T oom early, and а 
Peach-house just started is a very suitable place for 
os them on into flower 
тоса E 3 ing in 
cold fram ater for the 
next two months Te 5 4 of oy day 7 night in 
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ing, it being а plant of dwarf ha 
of a pleasing bright colour. аот put into 
gentle heat at this season flower in Febru 
TREE P/EONIES IN POTS.—These are beautiful 
planta * фын ng for ҮҮТ and green- 
house aie U and if an em are in need of 
— ЖЫ nt is tt eh time to do it. 
'The pots u d be about two sizes lar 
those the plants are € and the potting-soil 
may consist loam, cow-manure in 
a vocal rem ion as will keep the 
soil in & for & or two. 
in state should have the old soil 
plan wth 
forced into bloom with heat, s 
ly, or the ower beds will fail to open ; 
strongest and best-rooted plants should be 
po 
Blanche Noisette, Madame 12 "ins Funes, lactea, 
Punicea, Beauty, Homer, and Јар 
