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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Janvary 15, 1887. 
grower, and, as said, .“‘a good doer.” It has made 
good bulbs with me, quite as long as the old— full 
6 ern е not so mene as the biggest is not quite 
3h in circumference. 
For or some shoe we Pate seen а E 
but in this weather its recent progress has been slow. 
The spike is strong, about 28 inches long; ue knots 
about 13 apart, and very prominent. It bears four 
. Dawsoni, ims first open- 
ing, PR a tendency to close up at night, and A - 
remain quite expanded till the flowér has got st 
The individual 
d basal portion of front кчы yellow, — 
with crimson-lake lines, and a few spots 
Williamsi, there are three parallel lines ot this o on 
whole 
plant is much more vigorous and entirely distinct in 
the shape and ы ‘of the bulbs from that variety, as 
figured, and far superior. 
I am informed that the plant named L. a. Schro- 
deriana, as flowered in the Percival стік last 
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Lelia anceps which had come under his notice," and 
that лү si чэй ыш; called it a “ very superior 
form of Schroderian 
Unluckily for 8 м no one of the plants 
into which Mr. Percival's divided is flowering 
this season, but I ийаш Tittle - bt my variety 
ist sr touch be equally 
fort n proving varieties {тош these importa- 
tions + ha fear we shall all have ient, for 
they are mostly difficult to establish, and take a long 
time to strong rend to fone 
rs Eus 
їп fot = he y to 
show the flowers to any one wh oe Ke ntly - 
ested in the matter. Аз» Amateur, 
dis ds, Geren IN 
‘Tr has n the e to condemn T spiry and 
the standard forms in the garden, but it would not 
be easy to find a reason for this ا‎ dictum, 
ite it be found in the fashion of following the 
lead given by horticulturists of note. Our illustra- 
Warren given in the 
es (figs. 15, 16, and v 
ments), will hear жой that under ce 
ditions — e are appropriate, while ride etras 
of ust be admitted that any plant form 
ofa decidedly. а п character of growth must be 
а suitable object amongst the dwarf and flat гана of 
our bed masses. The illustra- 
tion of the fine Ivy-leaf Pelargonium grown at 
Coombe Warren, repeated in fig. 16, is a case in point. 
Such pyramids are of Jenn: plants 
that had not been allowed to become 
purpose тед 
ey are pea the 
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; с-н leaf | and colour а ра | ‘tiene, vin, Abuti- 
- lons 
, ende growing "xc but best of all for 
ice and beautiful colour is PInm capensis. 
old-fashioned Pelargoniums like Rollisson's 
Some annuals of a scandent habit are not to be 
despised as trellis coverers, and are well adapted for 
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The seeds of ени — require 
to be sown early in April, and the plants grown o 
quickly, so as to be of a good size at йөк с time. 
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coloured Japanese Maples, variegated and golden Oaks 
might be used же good — es " peona "e pP 
hose last mentioned, a co 
penning would S to be dos Leon th iT 
, but when once the ight shape fa ean 
obtained, they ĉould be kept in order with the 
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The "di fferent varieties of Pyrus japonica, as P 
alba, P. princeps, and P. Maulei, can be made effec- 
tive solitary plants, when the ey acquire age, by being 
= or, still better, by pruning : ры the shears 
By this 
year aft yes flowering period is t 
latter ا‎ abit of the pla tb comes very 
dense, and uu nual growths short, and with t 
tioni со that the эа ha is in fu 
oots oe after summer pruning 
well ripened , the plants ети year by year 
more florifero 
The орти from which our illustrations are 
race were executed by Mr. Poole, photographer, 
MARKET PLANTS. 
POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. 
G the dull months of December and January 
the Poinsettias are among the most valuable plants 
for decorative purposes. At any season of the year 
their bright-coloured bracts would be found service- 
able, but they seem to defy all attempts to induce 
them to depart from their natural season of flower- 
ing; however, as thisis at а time when so few bright- 
coloured flowers are to be had, we ought not to com- 
plain on that account. Unfortunately they are 
easily damaged by exposure to the cold. It is 
perhaps on this account that they are not more 
oo ee grown, for considering the time it takes 
w them, e realise а oe i 
will Ан fetch from peces 
those that 
will come in for cuttings cien good head: bracts 
being worth from 4s, to 8s, per dozen. 
CULTURE, , 
In growing Poinsettias for market purposes, the 
main aim should be to keep the plants as dwarf as 
possible, with clean healthy foliage down to the base, 
and to finish them off with broad heads of well deve- 
oped bracts ; to this end the first thing is, to look 
after the stock plants ; these should be selected from 
plants with well ripened wood, ored away in a 
position where they can be kept quite dry, and w 
the temperature uw not fall too low, say not cte 
45° or 50°, І like to keep them dormant as late in 
the spring as possible, but a$ soon as they show signs 
of starting into growth, they should be brought for- 
ward and given every encouragement to start into 
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point towards success, 4 
PROPAGATING. { 
Cuttings struck in July or August will make good 
plants for flowering the following winter, but as the 
old plants cannot be depended upon for giving good 
cuttings so late i 
as soon 
early struck plants can be topped ; if this и done so 
as to leave three or four eyes, the plants w 
out and produce two or more heads of bat In 
taking the cuttings off some quite dry sand should be 
at hand to put the ends of the cuttings in as soon as 
taken off, to prevent bleeding, and also to prevent 
plenty of osi аны. the cuttings should be put in 
of w 
be ut the roots ‘and the heads, 
nothing, and in any case would be rem oved 
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` The market practice of remo 
only just deep enough to keep them firm, and no 
water should be given the first day. They should be 
be in a few days if plunged where 
there is a good brisk bottom-heat As soon as they 
are sufficiently rooted they should be ually 
exposed, and by the time they are hardened off they 
will be ready for potting. 
Роттіхо. 
Various kinds of э жс are used for growing 
Poinsettias in. I hav them grown in pure 
loam, and also in HUE 6 dec largely of 
peat, the result being узы satisfactory in eac 
case. The compost I prefer, however, consists of — 
fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and a little well-rotted — | 
stable-manure, with a sprinkle of sand or the addi- 
tion of a little horn-shavings is very beneficial, and 
has a more lasting effect than most manures, 
GENERAL TREATMENT. ДЕ 
The plants at all times should be kept as close to —— 
the glass as possible, and they require but little or 
по shading. Watering must be carefully looked to, —— : 
as the leaves burn very quickly if allowe ; 
withered. ; 
e After P are w a pmo pea 
of ventilation should b The 
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with liquid m 
occasionally is a capital stimulant. А, 
GoosEBERRIES. 
Market growers of bushes for trade sale display 
somewhat crude ne S planting, а evidenced _ 
the other day wh a big breadth of some 
thousands of yearlings ds planted adis an ordi- 
nary dibble. e ground had been deeply ploughed, 
then lined out Sed prem drills about 15 inches 
d into these the plants were dibbled. 
enable this dibbling to be. rmed effectually — 
the жыр "pud being 1 lifted 
the han men trimmers, who cut : 
^x is pleaded that 
if apparently destructive — 
root-power, on the other hand promotes the forma- 
tion of a cluster of roots close home ; and at. the end 
of the second year, when the bushes are as a rule 
found fit for disposal, and are so disposed of tothe 
that market growers are most 
early fruiting, and which this cluster rooting promotes 
and probably in | 
often spreading top-growth, 
ing 1 to form big bushes, is less favourable 40 T - 
the market grower. Then the latter has to to produce his 
that two years culture an 
been expended upon them. Certainly the cuttings cost 
old bushes in the ordinary course of 
possibility that a dry season combined with @ е 
fruit crop may tend to reduce the strength of 
and thus give poor cutting wood 
ving so much’ 
