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this kind of treatment the plants make strong trained trees or of id 
growth, an d by bringing them on slowly the flowers them as aati 25 hes ча should be made, planting quite solid by t "d" Ve. or the latter alone, — 
trusses are strong and carried well up above the у treading them evenly all over. Before 
lisge. Ventilation must be afforded ' get rid of NING 8WEET CHERRIES AND PLUM — 
mA otherwise injury will be done; in fact M моз although differing much in Ан енш of ee е bed have — much, enough prepared 
achink may be left on always if there is any fear growth, require a somewhat similar treatment in the own as b 3 dt я rw "s шас and trodden 
that the temperature will ri ve int matter of pruning and training. The fruit being in aoil will not n = 3 6 = that the bed of 
recommended. The lights should be covered with both cases produced on spurs, the breastwood and ss. The com — for use im hót-b eap "^ the 
double mats on frosty nights, the plants being lateral gr n t ain branches should be that advised for Potatos in po * it tb i uot be 
exposed to the light early in the day, I prefer to shortened to a couple of buds, and the leading shoots of less depth than 8 inches r en th tha hus ч 
suríace-dress the plante when the fruit is a but i; laid in where required, care being taken to avoid warm, say 75°, which is about as wena рам, 
may be done when the plants are brought in crowding the shoots in any part. Pyramids or bushes the sets may be planted 
: should have all the lateral ahoota not required for sufficient r pne seta in boxes or small 
furnishing the trees, spurred back to near the main pots, covering them with leaf-mould, end set them 
| THE FLOWER GARDEN. branches, and the leading growths shortened more or i i 
(— By BAILEY Wanos, so Birdsall ores Fork, less according to seth in the case of side дына will bare м hors bit. of ord ү энш 
4 CUTTING EVERGR Ak the weather con. 0 an outside bud, or if very stout and sturdy, they roots, and will not be much checked in growth by 
tinues favourable, 10 should e. iisi обі un э үтүче I “Keep the” “removal, Plantin rows 2 fet apart, and from 9 to 
to thin out and prune Laurels, Box (but — clipping а — heads thin, so shat.light may * 10 inches apart in the row. Grow the plants quickly, 
the leaves of thie last), Hollies, and o Vivi the inner parts. Standards, especially of Plu but do not let them become drawn by tou much 
green shrubs. The prunings being in 3 at this кемге Teen, attention T in the matter “ot warmth, or the exclusion of light and air. Some 
season for decorative purposes, should be saved by кш, or ia s few Чече if this be neglected, the gardeners sow Radishes between the rows, but it 
inserting them in p soil. Together with these Mo oa ae parts of the tree will be fruitless. seldom pays to do во, asthe Radishes grow much 
may be associated in decoration Spruce Fir branch- oretlo Cherries form very pretty and profit- better by themselves, The following are excellent 
able pyramids or bushes if proper attention be forcing varieties, viz, Sharpe's Victor and Veitch’s 
lets and Ivy, all of which should bs secured and kept iven to the necessary pinching once or twice ^ ahort-top Ashlesf, 
in readiness for use, То many of us this season 
GM э Бр mer shan in the — of — - ы» puse aid mus е — с Р; — — 
aking for a меа y of purposes; and when thedays 2...) 
я у thinned by cutting out the weak and 
are fine, it is ood plan to gather in as mue badly-placcd ones. Аа regards wall trees of ‘the PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
: : uode : 
material as wil be required, it not being an agree- ONIS. m of the old wood may safely be By W. Н. Sirs, Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester. 
po» ж ans, pcs е 8 pu ua abr pono removed and replaced with young growth. An error FORCING HOUSE.—The plants which may be 
cutting decorations requires car а" or much Often made is to — the bearing-wood much too brought into the foreing- house, vineries, or peacheries, 
hi E dona di Ni eet it ik ag fna closely, for as a rule each fruiting-shoot ought to consist of Lilacs, Deutzias, Roses, Hoteia japonica, 
pun „ rough in be allowed from 4} to 6 inches space on each side, Azalea indica, A. mollis, Ghent varieties, and 
Weather if possible and in advance of the time. Spura should be thinned in number, those reta a Roman Hyacinths, and these being kinds that 
As E ге оси — OTE tet ae being close to the wall, and not allowed to extend require but a small degree of heat to bring them — 
Holly F ; henv 5 VIS ie themselves so as to form breastwood, flower, are the beat for the mid-winter season. 
E tone of . the ; a а ur flowers will endure a much longer time if the йо 
ps at screens or wal v; ы MANURING THE FRUIT iti Аары are brought into a less warm house or pit when these 
поа Spruce Fir, Box x, — 5m p when the should be taken of frosty weather to wheel manure are about to expand, At this date Lily of the 
y is well. berried, large branches may be cut to the Gooseberry and — quarters, lightly Valley crowns a flowering capitally well, owing 
Care i trees growing in оп at-of-the- Wa ay places. fesking it into the ground, so as to jast put it out of to their being thoroughly matured. The pots 
je necessary in fixing Holly branches in 8 sight. Raspberry жүрөр if tae planted, ro containing the crowns, if they are forced in this 
i bre i" ould not be placed so low that ios scan have a heavy dressing of farm-yard manure applied aa manner, and not in boxes, should be p'unged in the 
li ah against them, ordamage may be o the а mulch. New plantations ma not require móre re part of the bed, and «fforded plenty of warm 
k ee хи е LE or ES Y rpets ur Es than wiil ma -= а of me. ха а dista 
. For bri en foliage i е, serve 
н Laurel is ВЕ о boate. g сосет гасы aiie atthe sam rr CHRYSANTHEMUMB.—Most of the Chryssnthe- 
ie ring open weather, liqui should be mum plants will s be out of flower; and it will 
dou iuste " piece еј ар to the roots of old orchard or established require in most places a good deal of forethought and 
Mick or light lath cut a little longer than the parcel fruit-trees elsewhere, such as wall-trees which are j— € рэсы s 
red M +” a weakly, or fail to finish their eroe satisfactorily, the conservatory, and to supply flowers elsewhere 
ы ы -om h Y "x D Bafore IHE dung to these last, the soil shouid during the next two e Tae following kinds 
paper, then lay the ever down io the iui бей, and ОЁ bulbs, viz, Narcissus, Tulip, Scillas, Iris, and 
— greens в, Misleto, Holly, Fern, or even flowers, їп the 
x far rmyard drainage-water in quantity afforded; the à 
Е A 3 ver- soil should then be returned over them, and the forced into flower, and these, like others, are the 
Outer Er x: ais — а ан ath Ча top-dressing put on; than thsi of the iore boule, ч ар ! their bios- 
soms, clumps o ristmas Rose en up 
ized by townsfolk at this festive season may be and placed in a 2 5 greenhouse, * will qaickl 
t by post for little cost, and there are no boxes THs athe "P come into flower; and the pure white vis is 
Ann Carine, mn always much ne, and useful in a variety of 
ELLEBORUS NIGER AND OTHER SPECIES.— EARLY POTATOS.—Where the earliest batch of ways. 
Del. “glasses, hand- lights, or garden-frames should new Potatos is obtained from plants gro Е Im POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. — The strovger 
de placed over the roots of the first named growing pote, арми or a start may воо wes plante, whose heads have been removed, should 
| : ia the borders, so as to protect the blooms from The pots should not be less than 9 or more than 10 always be saved for increase of stock, aud they may 
ч inches in diameter, They should be well washed 
undivided . Mey geste IN ps inest out, and the bottom covered mith a a Ir -inch lay a of 3 pte ika pner ae гаи "The 
house ; the best variety for this purpose is H. angus- crocks, and these covered with som the coarser дара o o filled nd 
tifolius—a fine раге white-flowering variety in mach portions of the leaf-mould. As а в potting-compost, diee ch baro ‘been suitably ао ia dm 
“Tequest at ihi denuo It can, with а little heat, the now mellow loam that formed the beds on which — — 
be quickly brought into flower. There are several elons were grown will be cie suitable, E e small 
fine varieties worthy of a place in the herbaceous EN of leaf-mould or Mushroom-bed manure be RICHARDIAS.— All the well-rooted plants should 
4nd mixed border which are easy to cultivate if the ded, together with charred earthy, No., filling. the receive plenty of mauure-water, and any which аг 
toil be well drained and ric . They are readily he pots to ents of their depth. Placethe thro wid g up spathes may be in a warme 
dereazed by divisions and a or flowering set. —preferably au uncat one—an inch деер іа the house than that they now occupy. Famigate the 
ng t * nter and early spring they should be middle. A Pea ch-house or и өнүү, started to force plants once in three weeks to destroy aphis, which, 
Planted in situations ilem А from the north and will be suitable for or аера Ift A ре soil is mois йон if unmolested, soon spoil the s spathes, 
es sati A uir aets * auis 
east, Valuable varieties are Н, maximus, Н. M. тота ар e a M 9 5 "^ secre pis place dil din GENERAL ‘HIN HINTS. Ма ed Hys cá tb, late —. j 
dleciniatus, Н. niger Mme. Fourcade, H. guttatus, Н. 
Sympicus, II. orievtalis, Н. D- Moore, H. palli- 
чы E. . p. alba, The more shru bby mire Sy gelo 
„H. 'cotidus and Н. trifolia», have beautifu h watering of the soil with merced to grow at the top and ha ve ый 
foliage, uo дешн Sta place. о advantage of should be removed to cold frames or th 
eee = i i d inured м. degrees бо sunlight. Italian Нуе 
forcing the Potato in flower-pots, is that they canbe ап 
ча: н UI ARDEN. ted in places which would scarcely be occu- — succee variety, and the "— are 
pom — 1 wbury, „ plants and I have seen some fairly useful material for light decorative purposes, Keep 
FRUI d hou'd 2nd r om m the following method. Violets in frames ч free from darte ayed laren an and it at 
| corp que gi ong vag sm rige The method pursued is to plant in pits capable of the plante show aigna of damping, паб t em wi! 
ER sieht nt br. the, intending paint oi ing on hot charcoal-powder, ard draw off the — in 
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co , f being heated, or W A frames standing | ! 
An quickly into bearing and generally ford the beds си dang and leaves, and for re Кац о a aan mer an a = ar place litter T 
nest frai ey sh al a the heated pit is preteriti. Pits an mes shou 
aner fruit, but they d be commonly loyed %% ЖМ. жама. fie омы. loam, ра 
cn — yen — в — эва е оа mi pee: in that of the latter, and — егу other moss, бое &о., А 4 
‘uch. spaces aoei suitable orba, either of then filled with well prepared hot-bed materials, viz., | 
