Fesnvanv 12, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
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ness from 24 to 3 feet it would 
do well for planting 
in a bed of Delphiniums, as it would be ready to take 
os place of the former when ee were done flower- 
. W. M. Baillie, Luton Hoo 
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HOME CORRESP 
ONDENCE. 
Fig, 51,—РЕАЕ WINTER NELIS. 
the North, and the ег in the South. 
of Loc 
the air is full, so to 
Home Rul d tles 
Now that 
al Government and 
in Scotl nd 
ome under their notice through families of 
~ hardship со 
‘little children havin ng been left helpless 
Eu eath of their bread-winn 
own 
ners 
and reading man: 
occurs to me that а home for the 
ho do 
of pensions = disabled or = 
be on 
ibly 
do so ripe rs 
from 
start i in the battle of life who 
society axe looking about 
e of memorialising 1 REA Jubilee 
deners is very badly wanted in чя country. Alm 
every other craft has some similar benevolent inti 
"€ 
orking garden 
wn in very h на. M life, piain: their children 
totally x iake ide for, it see e that some such 
M ven should be set on foo y^ hearty united 
ort pier be made by all if this is to be effected, 
No difference of o) € either religious or ст ise, 
must be suffered to on 
opinion e d land 
y 
2s. now, joven gc the eremi as Jom yearl 
scription. If a the frat 
my i کی ی دد‎ Т T shall be happy » ‘fall in with their 
views, bu e matter may have due con- 
sideration. С, edge Sandringham. 
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ТНЕ pass win z dicen ti — А. long cold wave 
of very wintry w as just passed over us in the 
north of Yorkshire, anit not without leaving its mark 
Fic. 52.—PEAR BERGAMOTTE CADETTE, 
здан fe in the дийеп» here, Shrubs in general have 
not su some past 
winters, but many of the fine old Hollies about the 
place have suffered te terribly. T 
frost ; appears to 
degree of cold we have had this 
en the g 
ft uch from the p of we 
inhabitants of the kitchen garden, too, had their share 
of suffering, especially among the spring Broccoli 
Some of the sorts have gone al ther ; ч 
doubt, would be Parade d the weight E к mew: 
and then followed b о of 
that has come out scot-free is Veitch’s Model Broe- 
coli, and this sort I 
all and cottagers in our cold, wet 
; the sturdy habit of this Broccoli saves 
it, it grows so close to the arh be the ا‎ 
of snow does not break the leaves d We suffer 
of their leaves, an al nches die out, yet in 
the course of years, if left alone, these ` trees 
recover themselves. The winter of 1 l was 
too mu of them—w rtf Саф 
ruggling from the effects taf that 
ariile ырай pr Culveruell, Thorpe Per 
OOD.—As a means of putting money into 
others the supplyin, 
unworthy onsideration, i 
manufactured from timber ign growth, the 
price for which has gone mainly into the pocket of 
the foreign dealer, a portion on having remained 
th the importer ship is wood, espe- 
cially in winter, h poor or scarcely any com- 
bustible qualities, a а ll who 
mercial value. The be в are Larch, h, 
hestnut, Hazel, Hornbeam, and Ash, and if firewood 
in bundles of convenient length say, 8 inches, and 
sufficient in quantity to light two 1 fire. one 
large one were supplied to the shops that now under- 
take t le, the townspeople would soon 
r 
materia], "The retail price in London 
а гш per bundle, аз унай 
hundr 
rewood is 
less per 
IRISH DAFFODILS.—A_ box of pm of a ше 
rich golden-coloured — Daffodil has come 
Ме. М. 
һап Baylo r Hartland, of Patri d 
Street, Cork. which for vielen , earliness 
and brig SS canno rol equals e 
December 20, and February 10 it ony be prod 
by thousands in the It i ly Irish 
variety, eus to have been in cultivation for 1500 
years, an — as Yellow King, the Irish 
vernacnlar, © ^ Ard- Its cake A result 
in its becoming extensively cultivated. It belongs 
to the magni-coronati section. R. D, 
FEBRUARY FLOWERING hear meee 
m: in a season hostile in many respects to the 
te-blooming " — late 
secure a group 
meeting with чыдау 
Mr. William 
free, an M 
od of treating these varieties is ex 
bini rape one, that nde lover ofthe Ко. 
Cut are put in about the middle of of 
Ар, ‘izes and four round a large 60-sized 
commence to 
tops are pinched out, mr 0 
h 
growt shifted into 48-sized pots, k 
e al a into When zed pots, Keeping 
