184. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
tive tunic, and some other “Rainn seem to me 
D pes: for specific separation 
C. natensis, of Boiss sits. I have but briefly 
referred D and have t doubt about its 
ue начана) distinct from C. nudiflo The 
о plants are geographically isolated, neither of 
i occurring in central Spain. Boissier (Voyage 
Botanique in ne) o чалу x meer the south 
затар рам аз C. nudiflorus, ust have after- 
d some rinde eon jiin as а reason 
for renaming i 
Qu, granatensis A with C. 
в being dorm and unde- 
veloped at the flowering time, and eut occurs in no 
other Spanish species. Geor ш, S. 
he figures 43 to 45, taken by permission from Mr, 
Aar 8 s Monograph, illustrate the variation 1 met with in 
ocus. Ep.] 
ROMULEA MACOWANI. 
Tuts plant, for an illustration ae which (fig. 42, p. 
180) we are indebted to the pencil of Mrs. Davidson of 
Wernoleu, near Ammanford, te a representative of a 
class of bulbous plants that is just now receiving the 
attention of our best cu Itivators, with a view to their 
protection of some kind, iken modes or rare 
have been tried, and a 
time to tim 
requirements become 
m more 
acceptable to those not in possession of glass struc- 
tures or other means of shelter. In 
case, 
оной а border in front of а south wall will be 
ure, don nur- 
bete Cape bulbs of various kinds are grown in low 
frames with deal covers in the place of 
пана for prote ems in severe кунй 
nged severity this wi 
rolon haps be found 
змовай, as 
8 all the light possi at that season 
Cape nees, an on the 
feet elevation. The lower or basal leay 
6—9 inches long, and 
A very "albis addition to 
first nam 
LIw T 
a Baker in the ye emm 
for 1876, р. 286. The hardier section. = Romuleas 
belonging to the СВ е ге 
worth 
8 hi the e early 
spring no collection of bulbs can be MI com- 
Lee without them. edi arr a tica 
— ramiflora 
h Mrs. Davidson ak good 
LR to e a perm plant. Ep.] 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
POTTING OPERATIONS. 
ANY plants will require repotting during the pre- 
sent and ensuing mon 
mpass E a 
larger Kenta 
mner and trans- 
The compost that suits them 
n 
d, and be well rammed. 
Clerodendron Balfouri, and the shrubby varicties, 
fallax and fragrans fl.-pl., require similar 
compost, аз does Cissus Жейт, 
DIPLADENIAS AND Ixoras. 
Dipladenias are weaker growers than the above 
at, well mixed 
eed thorough drainage and very 
careful Br antil free root-action ‘ake place, 
and at all ti аг 
atmospheric moisture. Sed r to make well-fur- 
nished young s E омы should be 
stopped soon after the теси begin to grow. 
i ANTHURIUMS AND ALOCAsIAS. 
Anthurium Scherzerianum and its varieties may 
either be potted now, or after their season of flower- 
ing. АП 
e employed id should be at 
least half filled with pius age. In 
carefully amongst and over the - 
dreanum, which is seldom out of blossom d 
Ferrierense should receive similar treatment. 'T 
uld e 
ornamental foliage kinds, iueluding such varieties as 
A. Veitchii, A. regale, A, crystallinum, A. magni- 
ficum, s and liberal 
alli 
a should, however, be potted 
it mixed with sand. 1 
the varieties require a moist high tempereture with 
liberal supplies of water during their season o 
growth, and their pots must be well drained. 
SEED SOWING. 
Seeds of the nerd named plants may now be rated 
in well drained pans placed in a stove tem 
tee а square of glass over н дез, which should 
moved as soon as the appear, when the 
piis Ийла be places ro tam tion to prevent 
[Fennvanr 5, 1887 
the plants becoming drawn. Pot he seedlin go 
early, and keep them near the glass onias im- 
tiens Sultani, Gloxinia, 
robusta,  Aphelan ndras, 
eds 
worthy sources, Thomas Coomber, nce Gardens, — 
iD lur I rgr 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN 
ARREARS OF PLANTING AND TRAINING 
DovnsrLEss through the bol of the weather 
through much of last month s 
planting of trees will remain to 
wall trees will re immediate 
в on east walls may ied safely left 
to be operated on latest of all, these being the latest 
to open their flower-buds. 
APRICOTS, 
o Ty be no longer delay in getting these 
ned and trained at once, so that the y 
symmetry ofthe trees. If means Б e are 
ot at hand no time should be lost in p: Е 
оте. Frig mo is to be one of the best a 
found 
coverings for wall trees, and will last several seasons 
with care; the other materials wanted are poles to 
keep the covering away from the wall, the trees, and 
wall, and should be drawn up 
during the day, Mie during very inclement weather 
when the t ез are in bloom; and moreover no 
covering should be put over the ire for protection 
till the dean expand generally. 
Fics. 
These should be pruned and trained at an early 
date, and where they are protected a portion only of 
the covering should be removed atat In this 
gardenthe Fig trees are not protected through the 
inter, but we a ph obtain good c fruit 
nevertheless; the use of covering, we thi only 
makes the wood and зы fruits more tender, and 
г тоге тағу odes to frosts in the spring 
mon In pruning Figs, t 
shoots, and not shorten them, as the fru 
Hd perly attended to through the early autumn 
stopping and терлы there will be but little in the 
way of pruning to do. Edward 
Bromsgrove. 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
NARCISSUS CYCLAMINEUS.* 
I mave this interesting Narcissus now in flower 
from bulbs collected by Mr. W. Tait m 
July and earl 
sight of for fully 200 y The 
ER 
as the exceptionally long эре iy tho 
i бае. some t vary in the depth of 
colour. George Maw, 
This name was pct by Haworth in his 
meration of the = € = a Daffodil 
ado udbeck o figured it 
described it as “ 4 the Vier is Spanish 
with a large cup and reflexed petals.” 
ый, ш 
an Herbet 
* Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, anno 1640. 
ean dn nor amlo calice, foliis vro No. 41, 
Roy, arcissus hispanicus minor, luteus 
calice "foliis нны plate 20, Theatrum Flore, anno 
Narcissus minor minor cyclamineus , Haworth, 
e gracilis, Rivina _ 
ined from trust. | 
take care to thin out the — 
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