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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 1, 1887, 
Prawrs Іх Houses, 
The prolonged frost having necessitated the appli- 
cation of fire-heat, watering of bedding plants will 
be rendered necessary, but indiseriminate watering 
ar being 
are (dry) on ارا‎ over- 
topping others, it will be well to remove such as 
dry and water them on the floor, to prevent aie 
drainings from wetting those Tie cat 
PREPARATORY Work, 
Then the weather prevents work out-of-doors, 
rubbed clean; and put in 
The stock of boxes should also 
ага put on when dry; will make them last treble the 
time they would otherwise do. All the refuse soil 
from the P tables should now be sifted, and 
pu i or the time of need. "This will be 
found اک‎ for sowing, and pricking off cuttings, з 
b Qa is OPERATIONS, 
When the weather is open е ground in 
working order, the: laying. of tuf should be pushed 
forward as rapidly as possible, Turf for this purpose 
should be selected from а sheep-run, or where there 
an almost entire absence of the coarser sorts of 
grass seeds must be resorted to—the finersorts should 
be used. good mixture consists of Aira 
ceespitosa, Cyn nosurus cristatus, Festuca ovina, а and 
Lolium perenne, with an picis of Trifolium repens. 
The coarser varieti never make а fine 
sward. Preparatory io laying down fresh stretches 
of lawns or verges the "uA should be Ta T amm 
and ue hard to prevent subsidenc 
soil be ri bcn of sifted ashes or ps soil ua 
the depth, ү, from 1 to 14 inch spread under the turf 
will prevent a too luxuriant pris which is 
bet g and 
a due comes of atten- 
tion when the weather is open. W. M. Baillie. 
Gardens, Luton Hoo, 
, The 
PEARS. 
A SELECTED LIST OF ONE TENDERED 
VARIETIES OF PEARS. 
Tux following list comprises those found suitable 
for general cultivation in the а districts of the 
twenty, according 
to season of ripening. It may prove useful to those 
ieular r season, although. 
ing varies somewhat according to 
For example. Marie 
mes be found ripe from October 
) ты Beurré is "often ripe a 
Christmas. It may be noted here that this list, 
mires н астр only about the sixth part of the 
e found in fruit lists, includes almost 
every oriri Vasto worthy of Sitet ion 
JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 
1. Beacon.— Small, pretty; great cropper. 
2. Beurré Giffard. — Extremely handsome, of 
caman size, good quality ; indifferent сто "oe 
. July. 
.. 3. Beurré d'Amanl ; handsome, some- 
` what void favours s ird E one of the most 
x profitable so 
тч "Boisbunel sail ee pretty; sweet, 
Re . cropper. mber; : 
é de l'Assomption. — Large, ” 
second ке; flavour musky. Septem: 
8. Clapp’s Favourite. — Lar handsome, good 
quality; resembles highly ned Williams’ Bon 
Chrétien, —Septer mher, 
Jules Guyot.—Large, rather 
musky flav our, like Williams Bon Chrétien. 
tember. 
10. Doyenné d'Eté (fig. 7).—A pe чу little Pear; 
great cropper—the earliest Pear to 
11, Hessel.—Small,. second qua lity; ; enormous 
cropper—the great market Pear.—September 
12. Jargonelle.—Long, handsome; of excellent 
n 
handsom 
ca 
adame Treyve.— Large, handsome ; very rich 
and excellent— prolific; one of the best early Pears. 
— September. 
14. Roche.—Medium ; rather variable in quality ; 
good cropper. 
15. Souvenir de Congrés.— Large, handsome, good 
quality ; musky flavour, like Williams’ Bon Chrétien ; 
crops in ar. 
16. 5 d'Aremberg. — Rather too 
small; sweet and N resembles the old Beurré 
d "Атеш ег 
17. Triomphe de Vienne,—Large ; of moderately 
good quality, 
yson.—Medium, extremely pleasant flavour ; 
crops well ; a nice Pear, 
FIG. 7.—PEAR, DOYENNE D'ETÉ, 
19. Williams’ Bon Chrétien.—A well known sort 
=the leading Pear in its season 
. Windsor.—An old у wi large and handsome; 
poor in quality, but а great 
Note, — All the foregoing dum should be gathered 
а few days before becoming ripe, and placed in the 
fruit-room to ripen. If gathered suecessionally— 
that is, a few at a time—their season may be greatly 
prolonged, А. F. B. 
(To be continued.) 
VINES, 
وه 
VINE-GROWING AT MADRESFIELD COURT, 
RN, 
WHEN Mr. W. Crump took charge of the gardens 
at Madresfield Court a few years since he discovered 
that the Vines in the principal range of vineries, in 
- divisions, did not — quite so good G 
could | m bear, therefore he 
is 
‘ines were found to have very 
— е. on their being placed 
in a not over well drained border, consisting of a 
close, heavy loam, This fact led to the removal ofa 
large quantity of the sour ungenial soil, which had to 
be carefully worked out from among g the roots, and the 
placing on, i inits stead, a 
consisting of loam, w rood-ashes, lime-rubble, and half- 
inch 1 into which 
the roots afterw. ards pushed freely, adr а conse- 
quence, better fruit was ‘secured the next Ju чи 
the Vines. But, not prov 
ment in the condition and produce of the Vise аз 
resulting from the work undertaken, Mr. C 
Grape; and made up his mind to establish a fresh 
batch of Vines in each of the five spacious vineries. 
in this fine range, and in such a way, that the 
regular supply of ‘Grapes would not suffer, With this 
parts 
cut Ha thinly, d ridged up for a few months, 
and which turns to clay when the fibre has. 
decayed), one part burnt woodland refuse matter, 
and one part of old mortar-rubble, with a liberal 
admixture of half-inch bones and horn shavings—the - 
whole having been well mixed before forming the 
growing bp e are valuable additions to the com- _ 
position. of а e border. ‘There are two other 
vineries Peries those referred о above. The varieties: | 
grown a 
Grapes that May 1; succeeding the Black Ham- A 
and Muscat of Alexandria | 
burghs are Madresfields 
iy! destroyed, rder, about 
5 feet wide, will be removed, the drainage re-arrange,. 
and openings cut in the front wall of the various - 
vineries to allow the roots of the Vines planted 
inside 96 — to the new Bude which will bep | 
be made o 
In the aedium the ys will be cut clean away - 
from the bottom part of the old Vines as 
the young Vines, which are 
th 
intends doing ser with the old Vines 
three years hence, by w 
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