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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[Fesnvanr 19, 1887, 
accused of another misrepresentation, because I 
racter. 
it was so called by Mr. Bennett, as I have not 
thé papers. by me, but he says I did, and that he 
never announced it at all. Well there is an old 
Latin adage, Quod facit per alium facit per se, and I 
must apply it iy Her in bred was enveloped in 
mystery. She e (was seen) and conquered,” 
‘gained the National Boss Society s Medal, and was 
considered a grand Rose. nts were exhibited, 
‘and some knowing ones thought they looked uncom- 
heard that she had been sold fo rge sum 
rm, he raiser had no plants to 
dispose of. Then we were told that an eminent 
a. firm had become the sole agents for it in 
п, d perpetual, "nas 
anari, а . Othe PEPEE Ан ide in course of tim 
‘followed from other firms, in which it was 
‘styled a hybrid perpetual, but the parentage 
was belie 
emen and not one of the Cheshunt Hybrid or 
e Henriette, or Lady Mary Fitzwilliam 
бр It €: thus appear that when two Roses 
een а Tea and a hybrid perpetual, the 
raiser will Pci one as а Tea and the other аза 
believes it to be—a cross between Canari and Mabel 
Morrison, I cannot help thinking that there has 
been some mistake here; either insects or the Rose 
itself have been beforehand апа hybridised it with 
some other pollen. If I had been told it was a cross 
between Mabel Morrison and Paul Néron, I should 
have thought it much more likely. + Ac ode ied 
of claiming Lady Mary Fi tzwilliam ea 
it was the issue of & Tea and ‘of a hybri 
whether Her Majesty, which is said to be also the 
result of a cross between а Tea and hybrid per- 
petual, is also a Tea. Happily the National Rose 
_ Society have ruled ne a with 
one bloom of Her Majesty, another of Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam, and me filled in | with such Roses as we 
all recognise as 
All this may seem seri the veriest trifling to some 
d rs clear, and this c 
never be done by concealing facts, although Е 
may be unpalatable. Wild Hose. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
LAWNS 
Should be well swept and rolled as often as time 
will Where turfing has still to be done no 
commencing the clearing of lawns of moss and top- 
dressing them. 
Tress, &c. 
Deciduous trees and shrubs should be planted 
forthwith: it is not safe to plant such after the sap 
flows. Evergreen trees may be р to a much 
= as the roots are rig Fig shut off 
Б See that all newly planted are 
rere rocked. deines The à taller 
trees may require five or six wires made fast to the 
stem about 10 or 12 feet from the ground, the other 
ends being made fast to pegs driven into the ground 
at a distance of 5 or 6 feet from the bole 
SOWING. 
A sowing of Sweet et arp ەا‎ be made in 
turfs, pots, or boxes, in termedia — 
‘to plant out-of-doors. When a couple of inches high, 
after being hardened off, another sowing should “be 
made out-of-doors. Rats, mice, and birds are gener- 
ally very troublesome when Peas are “chipping ” 
ound: I have found red-lead powder a capital 
deterrent. A sharp look-out should be kept roe 
these animals on Онг» nd Tulip beds. Canna 
should now besown. They come up very irregular] : 
some will germinate іп a few weeks, while others 
willlie dormant for months. good plan is to soak 
the seeds in tepid water for twenty -four hours 
i Aralias, 
et 
= 
sima, Acacia lophantha, Cham 
эзы, Pyrethrum, Verbena, 
be so 
pom should also 
CARNATIONS, AURICULAS, &c. 
arnations, он. Pinks, &c., should now re- 
should kept constantl ed to kee 
sweet, Every particle of decayed foliage should 
be remove n ce-dress f well- 
dried cow-dung rubbed through a i-inch riddle, 
mixed with double its bulk of good loam. 
AURICULAS 
should be эш treated, but the yi should 
have a little sand, and less loam. W. M. Baillie, 
Luton Hoo 
FORESTRY. 
س 
NURSERY WORK.‏ 
IMMEDIATELY that a border has become vacant it 
should be toned or dug deeply over, well manured 
either with nursery compost or thoroughly decom- 
posed farmyard e ng and again refilled with seed- 
ling plants, Where, however, there is nursery ground 
to spare the empty borders should be well manured 
and put under green crop fe , thus enriching 
the soil, clearing it of weeds, and leaving it in 
pes ie meris Mem seedling forest trees, 
Another advantage is he manure is not applied 
directly > de forest ini À the majority of which 
it is injurious. 
Seedling Rhododendrons, or other em of small 
stature, should not be lined fi he seed beds 
ен ge but left alone "m the dis nces of ae 
Frost, if at all severe, raises the you 
plants out of the ground, and injures the rootlets ta 
uch an extent that the plants эчен some time to 
recover. Give plenty of room to young growing 
plants when lining them out, ‘rea out their roots 
il 
around the stools being aperi eimi i 
digging and applying some free sandy loam, thus 
inducing the quick formation of оеш. The new 
plants should afterwards be planted out in rich, free 
soil for a year at least before disposed of finally 
RHODODENDRONS FROM,SEED. 
It is perhaps not generally known od 
ns are, amongst our commonly айына йз, 
about the easiest to raise from 
mposed of peat, and 
soil of incer qe is largely com 
» trie tandard Rhodode ndrons are planted yb it, 
t take place, it is 
advisable to get upa stock as ane эшене} 
The following method of raising seedlings is to 
merde d it being simple and inexpensive 
ae t, and i possible behind a high Redge 
of evergreens, erect a rough frame of deal boards-- 
say, 15 feet long by 4 feet wide; it should be 3 feet 
deep at the back, and sloping to a foot at the front 
prevent birds i thereto. Seedling 
plants will soon make their appearance, and gro 
rapidly. During dry weather they should be well 
handling they may be lined out in the nursery, the 
border in which they are to be planted. having been 
well prepared. 
PROTECTING SEED-BEDS, 
Young seed-beds frequently suffer ior: from 
the attacks of game and vermin ; and rabbits 
nip the plants, iei and mice diri seeds while 
be 5 feet long, 2 feet being sunk in the 
moles entering the 
maining length of 3 feet acts 
effectual check to the inroads of rats and 
sts, 3 feet in length, are next 
place ed at convenient distances apart all around the 
enclosure, and close to the slate fence, the tops 
those on opposite e ais joined xd d pieces 
of wood, and the 
meshed Mucius 
ound game, 
and if galvanised wire be used so 
It is a cheap method, and one which we have found 
to answer during ten years' experience, 4. D. 
Webster, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor. 
Trees DYING. 
perfect planting, for nobody w 
deaths than that, and if they did they would cme 
: a " 
If ninety-five plan 
not the other five as 
died, M not ‘the повне 
The percentages of deaths оё quoted аге, how- 
ever, the ie in so far as my experience goes; 
and 
treated in every way the same 
with this difference, that the 
and the — in 
the ground was trenched 
previously to the first нано a бан the 
& dry, stony nature, trees to 
of moisture. Another vraie versn 
vomething to do consisted of Larch and 
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