January 8, 1887.] 
Ialso send you foliage of Azara microphylla, cut 
from the open walls at Temple Hill. In England I 
find the plant has to be kept under glass, or if in 
t 
ing such prr وو‎ in England. Baylor Hartland, 
pone Hill, Cor. 
Тнк Banp-Sranp IN Grasnevin BOTANIC GARDENS. 
Mr. W. J. Murphy, Clonmel, writes of these 
gardens :—“ At the time I allude to Dr. Moore, 
Ph Glasnevin, was our Professor of Botany 
and Vegetable Physiology, and through his in- 
n bad 
public girde. I see Бу the daily papers an influen- 
tial memorial has been forwarded to the Government 
in reference thereto 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER. 
— e 
SOLDANELLAS. 
E appear, in ies neighbourhood of London at 
least, to be a long way behind in our culture of these 
charming plants A the rocker 
Oowering. as th fi 
e Av 
, as LIC do sor 
шал way, while the severe 
of certainty, or in such 
as to last until all danger of frost is past, 
we must look about for some оска 
Е about a like result. 
own observation goes, the plants may be safely left 
eon: r when they begin to throw up their tiny 
ncurved flower-buds, this apparently being the time 
when the real harm is done, and Mi their flowering 
1s impeded ing frosts or col winds 
h the tender flower-stalks where the e 
the is much 
lighter, and the "Rovers in Cis upward ae are 
THE GARDENERS’ 
notification - to the 
no difficulty in raising it. The ге. should be 
grown on well-drained beds, so as to a all pos- 
sibility of stagnant moisture at their "iin D 
VINES, 
GRAFTING OR үй ийа VINES. 
Tue practice of splicing one Vine on to another 
kind with the view of i improving the fruit, or giving 
vigour to delicate or uncertain growers, has been in 
use for many years, and in many cases advan- 
tages have been decidedly visible and continuous. 
The — as to — is the best stock to graft 
on, arises not uncommo y. After practising in- 
arching E Mortem, noting results for more than 
burgh Vine 
renders it very suitable for the purpose nr inarching. 
Muscat of Alexandria is also a favourite with 
some for this purpose, and the kind for a stock which 
I have noticed as being marked by the least amount 
This season it 
Gros Colmar and Muscat 
Hamburgh, grafted on that kind, have been deficient 
in colour, while the same kinds on their own roots, 
and fruited in close proximity to bed, have coloured 
well, Muscat Hamburgh inarched on Black 
Hamburgh is larger and rounder in berry than those 
grown beside them on their own roots. The inarched 
ones have a very dense colour, and dk: set as freely 
as Hamburghs generally do. had Golden 
Hamburgh Чо remarkably walt inarched on 
Esperione (a kind of Hamburgh but less compact). 
The berries grew to a great size and assumed a fine 
golden appearance. They kept free from Жена 
last season till February. 
Grape is rarely met with, 
erratic habits. I have noticed 
e or four collections of Grapes that 
Buckland Sweetwater has exhibited {ог 
Golden Hamburgh. That Sweetwater is very inferior 
to-well cultivated Golden Hamburghs, and except in 
colour the fruits are not much alike. I have inarched 
Duke of Buccleuch on a small berried black Grape 
which we do not know, and the wood of the Duke on 
this kind is remarkably short-jointed, but it is yet 
premature to give a verdict of the result, but he 
that a deal could be done for this grand Grape by 
inarching Vines on a certain grower and sure fruiter 
like Black Hamburgh. Caledonian. 
SOCIETIES. 
eius CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
MEETING Of the General iam: tee of this 
r took ا‎ at — ** Old Fou 
ры Street, Е.С., on Monday нјн last, Мг. К. 
llantine, Vice-President, in the chair, i 
absence of the Pr t i 
R. Starli 
Mr. J. 1 handed in a sta nt 
behalf of the trustees а е змена 
that the sum of onsols, 
. 4d. was invested in 
and a further sum of £14 10. та. had Been yon 
the Secretary, Mr. W. Holmes, in accordance with a 
mpe tition 
еб candidates 
d 
ges 
appointed for the winter bow df Chrysanthemums 
at the Royal eie on а. 12th inst. Тһе annua 
Society was fixed for serm 
anuary 31. d vón of condolence with Mrs. Moore 
and family was pissed on the death h of Mr. Thomas 
Ja the меме of. 
for 1888 a 
CHRONICLE. 
° to well fork over the surface. 
55 
е: Society's Exhibition in 1887 Mons. 
Simon Delaux fils ainé, Toulouse, would offer a 
h 
will 
the finest. and best к a ese 
tinct ү 
C 
f ا‎ ng pompons, Peony 
rmediate kinds, distinet varieties —Ist ize, 
Silver “gilt Medal, уа alue £4, These 
S. elaux, whic n bruary 
next, and which won several special prizes ph pow) 
santhemum shows when exhibited as seedlings. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
нф 
SOIL PREPARATION AND SELECTION. 
Wirx the advent of the New dae the work 
this department begins afresh, "The nece 
requirements both as regards the nature and con- 
dition of the soil, its texture, fertility, and to secure 
asuitable situation By due attention beforehand to 
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тау beaverted, and in many instances a great saving of 
premi effected in vain attempts to put matters right 
rwards. As was stated in a former Calendar, it 
feet happens i in old gardens, that a repetition 
e same dressings of manure has been going on 
rca years, md consisting of a mixture of leaves 
and straw lit from the frame-ground. As a 
consequence заў soil becomes infested with insects, 
at the rate of 6 to 8 bushels to the acre, followed by — — 
another good one of soot, taking advanta of frosts 
(humus), and underlying the top spit is a subsoil of a 
more retentive nature; on bringing this to the sur- 
supply of vegetables must be provided, care ought to - 
' taken in the selection of sites for growing them. 
This is an important point, and requires considera- 
tion, for on it will depend the success or failure of 
the crop; especially is this necessary for the summer 
crops of all kinds of к» Spinach, Cauliflowers, — 
and Turnips. should given to dry — 
warm, sheltered ең for the 
and for succession a lower and cooler one, returning — — 
as autumn approaches, to sites recommended for ihe ——— 
earliest sowings. AUN 
SELECTING SEEDS. 
In doing this much will depend on the pede E 
circumstances of the place, a much larger quantity — 5 
"imd are grs ч request than others. For the 
penes meos saine d T 
асы Бе TR ss but new varieties o 
purposes encourage ment to  raisers. 
The fall нбни а seeds for the season is best 
obtained at an early date, and at one time; and 
on their arrival unpacked, assorted, dated, and 
; paced on shelves or in drawers in a ege. 
Soeur h in rotation ready for use. 
аы sowings ; xm 
штей where а con- mo 
