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CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 12, 1887. 
afford a display of flower ae the summer and 
n months, the large 
n 
other fine-leaved plants. 
from — and I do not 
u uras can be grown into 
effective plants with no more кадрі the treat- 
ment required еты the same in the matter of — 
ing seeds, ing, growing, hardening off, 
finally endi qti into rich soil in sheltered warm 
ituations. 
Apart from their blouses; Daturas, robustly grown, 
=ч a 
foliage. “The annual species ‘generally average about 
3 бен in height, but if permitted to become somewhat 
drawn in the early stages wil readily attain a foot 
more in height. The following are all well adapted 
Datura — GÀ plen : flow: 
coloured, moderate sized it | free, with foliage. D. 
ehlorantha sic т flowers double, yellow co- 
loured. D. fastuosa, both single and double varietie 
eolour shaded whfta and lilae. D. Wrightii : hike, 
large flowered, dwarf-habited, and a popular variety. 
William Earley. 
PLANT IMPROVEMENT. 
Amone the plant-improvers whose doings ача 
whose establishments we ie alluded to from tim 
to time pene Harrison & Sons, of Leicester, hold 
i ai 
ЛУТ n & Sons are the representatives 
=e a very old firm, dating back to the great-great- 
grandfather of the two brothers who own and direct 
present business 
„ The population of the town has increased in the 
last thirty years from 60,000 to 
tomers 
square a large additional number hold other allot- 
ments on land belonging to private owners, which is 
in great demand, even at a considerable distance from 
town. ot g 
who come into Leicester daily is greater than in any 
loading back with all kinds of necessaries. 
the market — who swell the large business of 
supply market i rs—that is, 
who do a little چا‎ garden 
with the business consists of a farm of 60 acres, used 
mainly as a trial-ground, and for the raising of 
“stock " seeds, “yo a nursery of us acres close to 
the town for frui tock of all kinds 
n the open or under „Паза. Thes von is light 
and d d well suited for its and the 
ment is as good as the Um e approved 
among plan case of important 
names of varieties possess а special 
зме therefore we may state that of Potato 
Le 
t P Impe rator, 
Vier ш узшш vt Osborn’ Pride; 
Vicar of Laleham, and Sea Beauty of Hebron. 
A number of women were busy pieking Peas on 
re day of our visit, and forty исе Жог were doing the 
The earliest 
ариу 
which had been already hand-picked in readiness for 
market. з is an introduction by Messrs, CU 
rison, having been selected by them from Mr. 
Laxton's Harbinger. Its haulm is light in colour, 
ively green, 
but it is hardier than that excellent variety, 
and earlier. Defiance is recommended as the earliest 
green Marrow Pea, and this " киз sort RM 
at home. It is hardy, may b in autum ow 
the pod being of firm Pon i it “ eed t М 
arket—that does no get crushed e 
bruised ; and that is a point of great consequence to 
those who grow Peas for picking green for market. 
The Peas are all grown under the personal super- 
vision of the firm by careful persons, who receive 
stock seed from the stores here. 
Ten t f Onion seed are sold yearly, one half 
of ohn Е "the White Stu for pulling green as 
salad. Among all the sorts in sel catalogue the 
Bedfordshire Champion may "ed most 
stock, 
seed, which ‘has, like all the specialties of seedsmen, 
a history attached to it, which, if we had space, 
would reveal the pains and patience which have cem 
We must still giv 
” 
It is always satisfactory to 
be able to state quantities, Antony replied, “'There’s 
beggary in the love that can be measured,” but in 
regard to kidney Beans the yearly sales here may be 
stated bee: accurately as 500 aaa ditto vou 
pin oO Cabbages, and Bru 
S; ns; Champion Cattle Cabbage, 
a ton ; other баре Cabbage, half a ton; Veitch's 
Autumn Giant Cauliflower, 11 ewt.; and one cus- 
tomer h pire enough to plant 150 acres of this 
Cauliflower for ате е gradually improved 
during y years i among the four or 
five dicc ipeo at the ашым Club. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
VINES: EARLY HOUSES, 
WHERE the early supply of Grapes is үа 
from pot Vines that were started in November 
properly attended to since, the ariii will be in ум 
second swelling by this time; therefore, a higher 
temperature, with abundant supplies of tepid liquid 
manure should 
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house until the 
This high pressure " stem 
of foreing would not be prudent t ly to per- 
manent Vines, and is given to these berum had are 
of no further use after eren fruited. Keep a night 
temperature of 70? ; day, with fire-heat, 75? ; and 109 
5 g time o 
house well charged with moisture at the ti Е Рег- 
Vines іп a similar stage of growth, if sus- 
pected of being not € moist at the roots, 
etras pes & thorough soaking of warm liquid 
e them а night temperature of from 
60° to 65°, 10° to 75° by day with fire-heat, running 
it up to 85? or 90? with sun-heat at closing time, 
when the surface of the border, paths, and walls 
should be damped over bie cm water Тт Siena 
& genial grey reb in the house. Keep th 
ating troughs of the pote vibes filled with liquid 
manure to ward off attacks of red-spider and to affor 
ammonia to the inspiring organs of the leaves, and 
create humidity. Air should be admitted when the 
temperature inside reaches 75? on bright sunshiny 
mornings, afterwards increasing the amount give 
мана the ا‎ reaches 85°, at which point it 
ould be maintained with sunshine until c 
stash half-past 2 o’clock in the afternoon 
SUCCESSION-HOUSES, 
Attend to the disbudding (see p. 219 curren 
volume), stopping, ж tying down s the shoots te 
the best formed НЕГЫЗ on each rod, 
The tying 
of the laterals in & horizontal position must be 
brought about by degrees 
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beyond the bunches, and remove all minor lateral 
shoots at the first joint. Those which may afterwards 
be produced should be pinched hard back ; the shoots 
showing on the main stem between the ground and 
educec or si 
stopped at the second joint, as should also any others 
that may spring from these. These directions hold 
good for all Vines, and should be observed from the 
eed ви canes are planted, so as to insure that 
should be kept at 60? at night, 65°—70° by day with 
fire-heat, and 10° 
little air when the thermometer өң icated а 
ture of 75°. he same rules regards pner 
p walls, D must be obse ved as in the early 
houses, When the bunches are in flower m м? 
peratures сэт be raised 5? all round, and а 
airier atmosphere be maintained in the house ‘until 
t 
ditions may be in 
эмм set the rods stati be tapped a few times a day 
n the bunches are in flower, to distribute the 
Saten, or else have some light, soft substance passed 
over them about mid-day with that object in view. 
GRAPE-ROOM. 
Look over the bunches of Grapes Ls v remove 
forthwith any bad berries that may be on m, other- 
ise the number of decayed berries hy in a be i 
short time او‎ the sound ones, H. W. , 
Longford C 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
ته 
DECORATIVE STOVE PLANTS.‏ 
Prawrs of Euphorbia jacquinizeflora ey: werê‏ 
shortened back after flowering should now be well‏ 
furnished with cuttings, and there should te no delay‏ 
in taking them off with a heel when they are about‏ 
lass, in a brisk stove temperature. Yo 
the perth ing ie: rosea pec likewise be pro- 
mee hey can be obtained ;—Pentas as carnes, 
aria а Mocciniana, 2 ciate carnea, Seri 
mum Andersoni, uec 
га. Tbe а 
leaf-soil and sand, suits them to grow in, 
which, for their final shift, some decomposed m 
ded. 
'TusEROSES AND GLADIOLUS. 
uberoses for su 
in 7-inch or 8-inch pots; а good portio 
should be left out of the compost шыг to the way 
higher with sun-heat, on a 3 
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flowering may be potted E 
now, single bulbs in ent or 6-inch Per deer a 
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