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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
crock, or blocked and kept dry rather than wet at 
the roots, with just enough moisture to keep the 
t. h, no reproach c e laid the 
gardeners, but fact remains—it is unsatisfato 
always, and unsafe generally, to try and establish 
these plants at the fall of the year, when all Nature 
is in sperme or at rest. 
importers learn this, or growers protect 
iF 
с 
supply. Ist not spiri h to insist on а 
“close time " for €— Orchids when importation 
involves death? An Amate 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
— 
PEACHES. 
Тнк trees i in the early house should be damped over 
houses cleaned, and the borders top-dressed, as 
recommended at p. 559, last volume. 
Fics. 
on the trees treated as advised on p. ы 
now be swelling, therefore ex 
roots, 
while in this st: 
too little water, or ae imaia ent he 
turn yel and drop. Let the night 
range n 55° and 60°; and that by day, with 
fire-heat, den 65? {о 70°, and 80? by sun-heat, 
putting a chink of ‘air on, however, when the 
thermometer кеч rs 75° . Damp -Á trees, Lar 
PA See EN ing and aftern 
yielding a Mice ioa supply of fruit ne be 
dee forthwith, giving them temperatures 5° less 
all round t ose just ami aeui and the same 
treatment as regards puces moisture. H. W. 
ard, Longford Castle, Salisbu 
RUELLIA HERBSTII. 
ever-c -changing names of pr pes are 
is The subje 
present is esed i m the Botanical Magazine, 
t. 5156, under the name оё Dipteracanthus, 
and the genus чаш Tage дел. itself is now ге 
ferred to Ruellia. The whole order Acanthacex 
` js in a state of к RR and will probably 
rations to This 
remain so for gene come. 
must ^w ese, зы by the great Similarity ы of 
many 
thegenera. Under whatever name 
“decide to place the above subject, it will never 
from the handsome appearance presented by 
plant. ah altogether from its own intrinsic 
its. i 
Begonia-house at Kew. It is of sub- — habit, 
and if somewhat inclined to be leggy—a fault that 
applies e т н the order—a stock of young plants 
can alw. flowers are abundantly 
produced » isa elüstets terminating the stems, 
words, forming a leafy inflorescence. 
The ene is furnished with a long, slender, pale 
purple tube, above which it is abruptly bent, some- 
what widened and deeper in colour, terminated by a 
short reflexed white lamina. -— ether the flower 
nitas мере 
the attention of cultivators 
n quantity in light 
rich loam, after thé manner of тле or Ruellias, 
it could not fail to be of great service for stove or 
warm conservatory decorative purposes. J. F. 
NEW FLOWER HOLDERS. 
Turse useful little holders (fig. 10) for cut flowers, 
and especially Neap anthemums, at exhibitions, are 
the invention of Mr. Ben n Field, of Swan Place, 
Old Kent Road. The chief advantage is that the 
smaller of the two is intended to hold the flower, 
and slides tightly into the larger tube, кое із = 
water-holder, by which means the flower can be c 
with a long stalk and fixed at varying азы, sm 
Fic. 10.—FLOWER HOLDER. 
withal held steadily in position. The holders are 
made in three sizes and shapes to suit incurved and 
reflexed or Japanese varieties. 
HEATHS. 
i аре SOIL AND POTS. 
Тнк soil should be the best hard brown fibrous 
peat, oh sald be broken up fine by the hand, 
and have every particle of woody matter and Fern 
stems carefully picked out in the process of handling 
it. er this add a liberal allowance of sharp clean 
and mix it thoroughly by frequent turnings 
s E . When properly broken and. mixed it 
will present the appearance of being a very sandy 
mass, and there should not be 1 
than would pass easily through a half-inch riddle. 
The pene size of pot for beginners is that of 5 inches 
diameter; i "n: | take a 4-inch bell-glass within 
the ri ommodate many cuttings. bout 
an inch and a half of the bottom must be filled with 
rather — crocks, and protected by a 
thin layer of the compost.: The compost may then 
be led up to o within half an inch. of the level of 
| for the reception af he 
[Jasvanv 8, 1887. 
PREPARING AND INSERTING THE CUTTINGS, 
verything should be in readiness to receive the 
cuttings before ue are taken from the plant. They 
must on no account be allowed to lie exposed ба. 
draughts either Vile or after they are 
already said, small cuttings н relatively pref 
; those an intl in length are ‘better than 
nib of а quill pen is formed. "The ey & 
t. Befo 
centre of the circle, and arrange the 
around it closely and regularly, but wit soc 
ot 
sion made by the bell-glass ; 
with a fine-rose water-can to settle the sand firmly 
around each cutting, and when the foliage has some- 
pe for the exercise of skill and dexterity in 
manipulation’ and taste, and precision, even in the 
insertion of ел нитрат point should be done 
well. 
Tue Arrer-MANAGEMENT OF THE CUTTINGS. 
The time едг to strike root by hardwood 
Erica cuttings varies much with individual sorts, 
but t the ti will range how three months with 
kept and the position in which they 
regards epi ч allow strong Tight to fall 
them; T ort 
xm, Especially in the early stages, but sub- 
апей light is essential, and they should have all that 
is possible of that, especially during the dark. winter 
months during which eet they will be forming 
ughout the whole course the - 
а 
woul 3 
or twenty minutes, accordin 
state of the light during the morning, leaving 
off the shorter period when bright weather prevails, 
moved 
the ting show by their dense green colour 
" 
hem- 
mg a. a little more may be added | to the 
breathing time or period of exposure to the air air ir 
the morning; but let this be done by degrees and 
with caution. ; 
Damping off and mildew are the ein enemies that 
may be aie _The former be ды 
chiefly by timel | 
a рй r more ventilation in the кч 
rsistent the gla 
per 
be tilted а 
panty жы ә night also, or а ат the сазе 
appears to require it. Dusting the spots 
with finely powdered charcoal will often prove effec= 
tual in arresting damp when nothing else will. Mil- 
dew must be treated with sulphur, and if taken 
time will never prove troublesome. 
When the cutti baieie бим тыйса pal 
which tai ыбо 
