ЕЕвкпАвү 19, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
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CHRONICLE. 
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ing i re,in à small kettle within a 
large one “filled with water. Add 5 gal. of hot water 
to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few 
wash as 
entrusted to entomb i and s more 
genu than that Badii бейнен Ж from lime 
alon 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
POTTING FERNS. 
various kinds of Ferns should be potted i in 
rotation as the specimens commence to grow, after 
which time any delay in the ópéiatión wil be 
a shaded а, 
especially whilst developing their fronds ; their p 
E be "uu drained, and fo appearance sake em 
| not be large in comparison with the size of the plants, 
E 79 "жа the watering be well attended to, even 
sri лтты er SG CER Ж PT EET HUS oa е УН 
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the most robust sorts, including the arboreal species 
be preserved in a healt € condition when grown 
Closely confined root spac 
pere GLEICHENIAS, Topzas, &c. 
Numerous varieties—such, for instance, as Adian- 
tum cuneatum, A. gracillimum, А. Farleyense, A. 
rhodophyllum, &c., and the Aspleniums, Davallias, 
Blechnums, Lomarias 
according to the size of the plants. 
_ best without loam; e.g., most of the emer 
пе 
ing these lies eai db 
ehoosin ng a suitable situation for their cases—a с 
rial placed over it, cas excellently, and they 
be either planted ow 
k, or kept in wet atit 
 Kiwps ror Baskets AND — roots; 
Me ENTUM Из орда онаа сок ОИ TE 
'fibry peat and sphagnum moss, 
porous 
baskets, possessing а pleasing appearance when 
judiciously mixed or grown separat 
f і 
purpose : — Adiant 
Davallia Mariesii, and its variety. cristata ; 
Mooreana, D. tenuifolia Veitchiana, Nephrolepis 
bero, N. exaltata, Goniophlebium subauricula- 
: c. Thè ba 
good condition for years without being rep d 
have here a large basket of Davallia аем іп 
perfect health that has not had any fresh compost 
. Platycerium 
are quaint subjects for 
.cultivating on blocks of wood.or stone placed against 
& shaded wall. The "a should ie padded with 
to which the plants 
may be secured, and by belit syringed daily the peat 
may be kept sufficiently moist to support the ‘plants, 
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SOWING FERN Spores, 
To be successful in raising plants from spores, the 
fronds must be gathered 
out and distributed upon the surface of soil prepared 
as follows:—Shallow pans should be thoroughly 
drained, and firmly filled with a mixture of fine peat, 
powdered brick, and silver-sand, which should be 
Fic, 56.—TURF-LIFTING MACHINE. 
soaked and drained before the seeds are sowed. The 
pans must be placed in a shaded, moist, and rather 
close situation. Thomas Coomber, The Hendre Gardens, 
arre epe AH DUNG 
Mz. Е. T. Dr weer Coton, “жшк Salop, 
the inventor бн new machine for the gardener 
—“ те is well known that for years gar- 
deners е Бей wishing for ижер to alleviate 
one of the most laborious duties they have in their 
profession. Every gard. 
to lift a piece of turf, what a time it takes to get 
through the preliminaries. 
the turf he has decided to cut, he has only cut the 
width. He must now cross them with 
laborious part of thie vo ing the turf." Mr. 
F. h his machine to cut 
the length of, lift the turf, rn get it ready to wheel 
away while the man is stretching his line pre- 
gie to lifting the turf by hand. 
ant advantage in the machine-cut turf 
= i hand-cut, is that the machine cuts its turf 
in every way, the ee width, and thickncss; 
fering the of ‘having come out of a 
mould. The machine was exhibited at the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s show, ee last year, 
where т at once won the good opinions of all 
who saw and examined it, and w was awarded the 
Society's 5 Coria of Merit." 
achine that will work easily, rapidly, and 
with secar, “will make turf laying a pleasant occu- 
pation, MM many a backache to gardeners present 
and future. Ep.] 
COLONIAL NOTES. 
MAURITIUS. 
Mz. Новхе, the Director of the Public Forests nd 
bariye of the island, has furnished an elaborate 
rt on the industries which it is desirable T ges) 
in ы present beme state of the ‘sugart K 
Horne does n oubt but that in the rein as in 
the past, the P undis of the Sugar-cane must be 
the prineipal occupation of the agriculturists of the 
island, but he points out that many other resources 
аге open to 
management. 
утны өг cultivation of Cocoa-nut Palms, Cacao, or 
Chocolate, Coffee, 'Теа, Dates, oil-nuts, Elais, Betel- 
nuts, and other Р 
circumstances be propitious, Cin- 
d. 
er 
chona does not prosper in the islan 
PANDANtS VEITCHII, 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle of December 25, under 
danus javanicus variegatus and of P. 
Hoe and both of these turn entirely green after 
a tim 
di wo P. Veitchii is by far the handsomest, 
but it varies considerably in different plants. In 
centre lea 
e known plants of this 
form remain about 18 inches NA for three 
ніз апі then start away in 
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6 to 8 feet Р. Veitchii loses most of its variegation ; 
b a int str i 
Y 
If planted where it has pan of space to develope, 
it grows in rm, increasing by man: 
shoots from the bottom, in width and height in about 
equal proportions; in plants of five or six years old 
ile diameter has a nc the best of it. We have 
mens of this age about 12 feet 
high and 15 feet in Жаш: 
stem being the weakest 
grea of 
young shoots, which are always beautifully varie- 
gated ; these in their turn grow strong, and become 
quite green. 
Our stock of decorative plants of these Pandanus 
(which we use freely) is always replenished by taking 
off а quantity of these young shoots, each of which 
is furnished with а number of roots, In cutting 
down our large plants the brauches, each опе being 
