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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Юесемвев 14, 1895, 
PLANT NOTES. 
BURKHILL NEW WHITE MIGNONETTE. 
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few ot th these can be said to have had a very lengthened 
ce, We have greatly improved the primitive 
рди x the original neutral tint. 
white is pure white, with a truss of bloom that may 
old and sell It 
been most favourably im- 
— ith ite stop and refined fragrance, The 
purity of its colour will make it a most welcome 
addition to bordes wreaths, &c. D. T. 
CLERODENDRON FALLAX, 
We find the best way to succeed with this well- 
just going out of flower, оп which are a number of 
seeds that will ripen in due course. The plants 
stand on the a arot in an qm e 
As stated, the wn in the of March 
in shallow шы” pans fi 
compost, and as soon as the young plants are large 
Wed Чо h andle, they аге potted singly into 
thumbs in a mixture of two-parts loam to one of 
rotted leaf-soil, and when these pots fill with roots, 
ts are placed in 5-inch pots in a similar aoil, 
with the addition of a small quantity of sifted 
fowls-dung which has laid in a heap for some 
months. net. the 38 the plants are grown 
on-pit, but not too 
October 
eck det: — — 
brightness to any warm plant-house by their large 
scarlet panicles of blossom. Н, J. C. 
FRUIT REGISTER, 
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RASPBERRY BELLE DE FORTHE AY 
Tae fiae weather experienced during Septem 
and early October was Wer to autumn- fruiting 
mber having seen 
at that season, It is a variety that is excellent for 
autumu - fruiting, and is well worth cultivation if for 
that only, as its fraits come in usefally with the 
retarded red nts, It is somewhat tart in 
flavour, but not therefore disliked as a dessert fruit. 
ts requirements soil are similar to the summer- 
ng varieties, and it should be afforded an early 
and sunny situation, so that its fruits, particularly in 
late seasons, may ripen perfectly before frost sets in. 
nlike the s Кав 
should 
m to crop, and 
account be allowed to become 
crowded, but be kept well thinned out, so that they 
may gain as far as possible every benefit from the 
sua and air. For this reason it is not advisable to 
stake them ; and, indeed, it is unnecessary to do so, 
as they are sturdy enough to be self-supporting, and 
if thus left alone they naturally arch, and fully expose 
— шз and fruit. Thomas Coomber, 
бар Оске Prox. 
Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, It a seedling from 
Autumn Compote, and ripens trois the 10th to 20th 
of October. 
APPLE, NEwTON WONDER. 
This comparatively new introduction of Messrs. 
Pearson, of Chilwell, is spparently а cross between 
the Blenheim Orange Pippin and Wellington, having 
& resemblance to both these varieties. I havenot as yet 
grown it, but its good qualities are highly spoken of 
by Messrs. С. Bunyard, at whose nursery plece 
recently saw some heav i 
the trees bear earl » wy are T free T canker, 
hen we have in Newton Won a first-rate Apple, 
which can be D in pe жуу fok ип the month 
of May. It was exhibited by the raisers before the 
Royal Horticultural Society in 7 receiving a 
First-class Certificate. It i d to be Wore 
suited to cold soils and Айны, H, Mark 
Mereworth Castle, Kent, 
THE WEEK'S W ORK. 
THE OHOHID HOUSES. 
By W. Н. WHITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking 
LOGYNE CRISTATA, ETC.—Plants of this 
winter-dowering Orchid are showing flower-spikes 
already, and where e several specimens, а 
ча Д succession of flowers r 
of them are place " in a slig warmer 
situation than the others. At this period the EE i- 
sprinkling the bloom- spikes, these being liable to rot 
away if moisture accumulate Jus 
before the flowers open, afford the 72 — 1 се баз 
iquid manure-water to assist their 
C. ocellata maxima and C. elata are 
also pushing up their flo ida and need to be 
copiously watered till the e owers fade; C. flaccida, 
C. Massangeana, and tomen are 2 rest, 
iring ve мер water at the root before 
эл ев appear n 
eer bloomed pommes as С. Rossians, C. Cum 
„C. gra ert чи d C. sulphurea, may be 
—— if — requi 
Lo ng E in те is the 
pretty Maxillaria lepidota, whose "tins #, although of 
small size, last a long owe n d 
plant here with over 1 d open is regarded as 
а very i feature аб See meon М, picta, not во 
showy as the first- named flower, also in flower, i is ав 
йөген, and on that account worth growing, as 
also for its delightful 3 Sach handsome 
and strong-growing species . grandiflora and 
M. venusta that have just poe out of flower 
Maxillarias require liberal root-watering and 
moist atmosphere when making growth; and it 
is important when 88 Pos to have the 
pota well drained, The compost should consist of 
moss, with plenty of small crocks intermixed. Pot 
somewhat firmly, and keep the 
little above the rim of the pot. It is no 
- —— the nan a heavy watering for a few weeks 
Б V ng the surface of the 
u 
moon, во 88 — keep um- moss, 
Whence w growths are ush OUT roots, 
the quan! tity of water may be e * 
light part of the cool - ho Pig s the proper place for 
these planta the bots e yea 
ONCIDIUM течвуцм, ET ir a ын Ad 
ка, 1 k 
compost as that 
axillarias, Both genera grow 
thoroughly well together, as they need an identical 
tme! acidium ornithorhyncum has also just 
out of flower, and may now be supplied 
material to root into. T is species 
n summer; but in 
bier tof it should be елер with Miltonia ers 
in 
passed 
with fresh 
8 —The majority of the Brazilian 
Miltonias, te M, spe М, Moreliana, М, 
candids, М. bicolor, М. aov ana, M, Clowes sii, M. 
cuneat», M. Rassellians, M. Regnellii, &c., will now 
skh 
be resting, th y shoul 
be kept — dry at the roots. Keep them 
in the coolest ee Б agp intermediate - house 
i i hey obtain " mue 
89 — ads, thes 
satisfactory ation 
n 
with the peat. 
watered very freely, ae during the growing season 
this is essential. water Ame quickly away, 
and the risk of dam ъд іп s or foliage, a - 
decay at the roota, is bet, avoided. Supp 
well above the rim. erjana, a rare and 
handsome species, is in full growth, and Soles be 
given the warm temperature of the East Indian- 
house during the pia nter months, 
bulbs are matured, it may be removed 5 the Cattleya 
or W to reat and flowe 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Gar Д wood, Chichester, 
TH те e being now 
closed "fot the fne d the s, great care will 
days, and this is 
тїрөпє Y3 an 
low as the lowest ана. враг, they may so remain 
till it is seen that every prominent bud has started. 
In our early vinery, the Vines are planted in а 
narrow учи, which received a thorough water- 
ing when the house was closed; and the canes 
will be kept T moist by syringing them 
regularly once wice daily, accordingly as 
the weather is dull. or ri ht; no more root- watering 
temperature may range 48? to 509. If th 
be covered at night with thick canvas or 
other — it will be an advantage. ege tem 
peratures n be secured in mild weather br. the 
ced 
in the 2 the apes -— of which greatly rpm 
the breaking : the 
8ECO NERY. а Vines should now be 
pruned, d the house got in 1 for a st 
being made at or about the ear, Oar Vi 
vigorous canes have been 
well-ripened rabies 
back very much ents n 8 to 10 feet of cane will be 
— from each of w 
ches n ма 
development of these yo ice canes, the Е 
spur! eld Vines will be sawed 
far up 2 ay allow Dido for 
the side shoots of t oung canes to grow. 
top parts of the old 8 will de cropped until 
ce, r — ) 
surface-soil will be lightly broken with в fork, and 
a dressing of Thomson’s Vine- manure applied. 
STRAWBERRIES.—For the earliest batch, make 
use of the a Vicomtesse Hericart De Thury 
in e ts, which cannot be beaten 
i oa? fralting, Prepare them by planging 
e to the ri tom-heat of 70 
758 p. ded by a bed of leaves, or leaves 
three quarters, and stable litter one quarter. 
This should b up in 8 pit, ied of being 
heated, if necessary. Bring the bed pret <r mt a 
the glass, and afford a top-heat of about 55°. By 
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