DECEMBER 28, 1895.) 
TIE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
767 
weather. This, however, should px discourage an 
t , 
extensive use of such tre The purple berries of 
Mahonia  aquifolia are be ба during th 
ly winter, when they often resemble clusters 
of small black Grapes The plant is one of the most 
be 
large white p. is useful for planting in the back- 
ground and u the shade of other trees, It eri 
grow in any nit, at should be well dug about, a 
the suckers removed, or it will quickly overrun ite 
bounds. There are eautifal varieties of 
Hawthorn (Crategus 
кш during the early — and they have 
aud various colour 
evergreen Thorn, with its clusters of scarlet berries, 
is useful for planting against pillars, arbours and 
retty deciduous 
female plants a rough the 
winter with y 8 erries. The plant is Mete propa- 
gated by o ofits, Plant in the background, as it grows 
tall. Elders w heir various coloured foliage, and 
scarlet, ga o purple clusters of fruit are very beau- 
tiful when n bushes. 
pos varieties of Cotoneaster are ima good, as 
C. mierophylla, C. „Ши, C. marginata, and С, 
thymifolia. with 
berries 8 tree (Arbutus Unedo), 
with its fine foliage and scarlet fruit, grows beat in 
m and peat, hen there is Aucu 
japonice, and several varieties of Pernettyas, also 
many beautiful varieties of Hollier, all worth plan nting. 
2" Bilberry, Blueberry, 
s of bee me ed 
его Liter rs um) is in ore demand at this 
г decor MS ve purpose о propagate the 
чени — the seeds into cy inthe bark of Apple- 
treer, ru — Limer, and r Protect them by a 
until the plants grow. Ia districts 
where the tant | is abundant, the Misleto-thrush and 
other birds feed on the berries, and pass the seeds 
undigested on to the bark and between the branches 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
By W. Н. WEITE, Orchid Grower, Burford, Dorking. 
ANGRACUMS, ETC.— e East Iadian-house, 
of these insects be found, it is 
nevertheless рр to amiga the plants at 
e tbat are imper- 
e ence : 
nteresting Orchids now Pit n а 
(Vanda) Olarkei and А, Cathcarti. у appear 
to auccee when trained on upright Teak rafts 
ог eylinde е а distinctly — 
dulous habit w. certain amount of growth 
made, they er M" be —— tied in an = 
„ naturally. 
many iier species of Manda, the stem of re 
Plants should not be cut dow п they become 
devoid er lowermost Сел for if allowed D 
nf — growth, the su u 
flowering o of bot At 
they all 7 — 
n co soplou from the 
Anzræcum Scottianu — well under — 
treatment. It shonid а be fixed to a cylinder of Teak- 
ther and its ie atems Ма агајул to the rods, #0 
all roots ma: mething sub- 
ved to cling to, and hen d. adits growth it is 
very important to occasionally examine the plant, 
— tying the scandent growths in an upright 
BRASSAVOLAS,—B. grandiflora and В. 
being both in flower now, their delicious joris 
pervades the whole house, especially at night and 
early morning, 
positio 
CATTLEYA-HOUSE.— Plants of Сабет 
liana are now throwing their onu pie p ndn 
& little extra 2 at the root. Sho oid: 9 
e will well suit their requirements, 
ut in the event of severe frost а few degrees more 
Plants of Periateria elata 
Percival- 
ient water at the t to — shrivelling. 
Other obere лон atr * nd which require similar 
treatment a er px. are Chysis Chelsoni, 
— А C. Seden aurea, also suc 
Orchids as Lnddemannias, Acinetas, Gongoras, 
Stanhopeas, 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By JOHN LAMBERT, Powis Castle, Welshpool. 
GENERAL WORK.—The- weather being too wet 
to work on the ground without doing harm, sundr 
other jobs may Pea-stakes and 
Bean-rods may be cut before the sap "e э they 
may be trimmed and put in sizes ready for use. Look 
over those saved from last 3 ы, pic i o ut the 
best to be eed pointed, Boxes 
and a regular 
each year, ена p ting the old ones. 
all pots, and put them away in a dry shed ready for 
use, keeping each 2 in its proper place, The 
seed-room may be overhauled, thor away all 
= fa 
Е Ф 
ge ied dd home-saved seeda y 
pu way eir respective (€ whic 
Would be асу labelled, so that they may be 
readily found in a busy time, DE up notes 
ropociing crops and сл. and pot as them i in order, 
for the 
new iste ving. 
n if empty, should | be thoroughly — 
and whitewashed, and left open 
Tools that were not put in order 
work last winter, should be sharpened and mended, 
he ice-house is not yet op dgings 
4 Ls leggy should be relaid, ав 
nothing g n 8 more untidy or neglected 
heri ic prem badiy-kept edgiugs to walks, I 
gravel be obtained о tate, a stock shoald 
now and put er for future use, The 
where th 
tile, stone, or brick edgings are used, they sho 
straightened and mended where necessary. 
ROOT.HOUSES should be given close bea 
tion. Potatos are, perhapz, the most im 
nt of these. Look over the tabers сагаа; 
- remove апу — ones gr well as 
tibia. 
atal "A can 
ke — Ta XR 100 Ье cleaned ea 
and put safe fro ring planting. 
8 — and att y receive similar 
attention. Take off all init мн if these are let 
grow, the тооба are not of good flavour. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By RICHARD PARKER, Chichester. 
order to жоя ripe fruits in April, 
week in the new 
D 
—In 
should be sown in the first in 
or slightly earlier. 
Tp E Md idw 
wo 
n 3-inch P" ata ерге fro 
deep, the soil being sifted loam and leaf- mould, the 
soil being 
advantage to grow the earliest 
Me lon-plante in pairs till they reach 1 foot 
height, owing to unavoidable losses by dam 
insects, &c. The pote 
house or pit in which the plants п, usi 
stable trien and leaves in this peii. à the firat 
may be one-third and the | latter two-thirds, which I 
have riari to have in r 
should have — — үке 
e bada. 
from 3 to 4 feet in width, and ‘built up pretty close to 
the trellis, sothat the plants — be -— 
ung plants occupy the hous 
o 
— 
killed by it; 
meanwhile in в bs stove or Pine-pit. When forming 
each, so аз not to let the roots get into the hot-bed 
materials, as чүч would result in very rank growth, 
sown for succession, the treatment 
of the seed and 5 being similar to that given. 
There must be caution used in matter of fire- 
hest to young Melon- plante, or 2 -spider will soon 
- the foliage, causing great injury to the 
lan 
` CUCUMBERS.— Plants which may be in fruit will 
receive every oe e keep them їп geom 
and remembering much moisture es the 
а, almost as espe to 1 — plants at се 
ness. The soil should be kept fairly elie and 
— more. A small T of Clay's Fertiliser, 
or bone-mea!, afforded once a week as a surface- 
dressing, will keep the ае їп a better condition 
than farmyard manure-water. careful in . 
larly removing spent foliage, male bloomr, and de- 
ow the p'ants to carry any 
elem , &nd these should 
be cut before they are fuily grown 
O8.— Young pan in smali p must be 
kept e near the glass in a fairly warm house, 
ventilation being given during mild weather, Тае 
s as required, Keep the 
growth sturdy — dull days, as plants rendered 
weak in any way seldom give good crops later on, 
Seed of an ice atia variety may be sown thinly 
in pans, and placed on a shelf in а warm house, 
at 2 inches apart, and Keeping them be enced Е 
25 1 Plante in baring п — wp et d 
es | aare ы die ra 
ria д Weak manure-wate 
— is also arenis a канор the fruit to 
wel: баайа entilate the house during mild 
venter: — А heat all the same, 
— — — ͤ ö 
SAND-HILL PLANTING.— Mr, Rrossra (Contrib. 
U, 8. National Herbarium, iii., 3, — А 1895), has 
of Nebraska, 
an eee pun on the 
T rasses whic E oti the sand 
ti 
ponderosa var, scopulorum. 
