т 
Marcu 19, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
well grown, withouta vestige of insect life. Here I 
also found my old friend Cantua dependens positively 
greeting me in its full loveliness out-of-doors against 
a wall. 
ra ao about the mansion, en is of 
semi-Elizabethan style, and situated on t 
al” protected, looking due east. 
асе yo an uninterrupted and Бай 
less view of the Pacific pee This is one of 
t the sun smiles upon 
is golden bath, situated as it is 
In es necessarily piu өзү upon this Puer cgit 
there v ny rare things I voee e, 
cir iig the ribns. tm of F whie еб» is 
here a superb collection. T, Smith, и Хеш 
Zealand, 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
HEAT AND MOISTURE. 
Ix the Orchid-houses just now we must guard 
against sudden falls of temperature by using more 
nin the heating apparatus, thus with the aid of 
occasional gleams of bright sunshine we can toa 
poni CS t lengthen the growing. part of the year 
for heat-loving 
better келеы of "eir growth. Many Dendrobes 
delight in a high degree 
cooler house, they having become starved by the heat 
through lack of moist ure. 
WATERING AND POTTING. 
When watering these always pigri ene to those 
that are most ex t. In th 
oots on the outside of the pot or b net Other 
plants that do not Seba potting should have the 
old sphagnum removed, and be top-dressed with 
freshly gathered | nen Place this on the pot, 
ightly mixing with it some clean crocks. After 
each plant has been dressed or potted сар surface of 
vs moss should be made damp with water from 
ose oo and this damping over pie be 
rk А often as the moss shows signs of being 
п 
n m ventilators only, but when the sun 
lines brightly close these and give air from the e top 
- Woolford, Downside, Leatherhead 
Ter a e ERE АЦЕ Ен 
E سس‎ 
FRUIT REGISTER. 
+ 
€: GOLDEN KNOB. 
ul kitehen Apple is reu sup- 
to be dim EM from Septem о October. 
fne Gr Poe of Gunnersbury H Rise some pa 
mc Van Mons’ Leon LE Crenc Pram. 
18 is а very wayward and capricious Pear, and 
by no means to be trusted either to yield well or to 
reach first quality. In two counti 
it very good, to wit, Norfolk a erset. A 
ect fruit, really well ripened, is deliciously buttery 
and flavoursome. In the middle of last January an 
ardent Lynn pomologist, Mr. C. W. Morriss, showed 
me some very good specimens, which he had kept 
until then, almost ey A Pear in season 
uary sounds very tempting; 
our r friend of the sesquipedalian name, 
only does that sort of thing once in a decade— —-perad- 
е, to show latent virtue. Vayabond 
MELA CARLA APPLE. 
“ Philomelon ” sings no longer in your columns, at 
жиз enough the east wind has 
taught this pampered hothouse favourite its duty to 
the owner of the soil, and it now bears freely enough. 
It would interesting to know how others have 
fared with this alien. Vaga abond, 
Beurré ROLAND. 
aert describes and figures in the February 
number of the Bulletin d' Arboriculture a new seedling 
Pear, raised by M. Roland. т; is described as n 
suitable for cordons, bein ng of moderate vigour. The 
edium size, ripeto y pyri айы; olive- 
йош eovered with russet; stalk short, eye in 
shallow basin; flesh melting, sugary, fragrant ; 
‘season, March, 
GARDENING FOR THE LITTLE 
ONES 
Ix their seed list, or “ Vade e Messrs. Jas. 
rter & Co. present their readers with an excellent 
DIRE of а Pea plant. و‎ a ed LL ven 
I carefully removed this plate from the чит and took 
it to the infant school at Feltham, and with the 
sanction of the head фй invited a large class of 
very little ones, chiefly from five to six years of age, 
i ing it. Of course in a 
questions 
market garden district like this, it was t 
that children, accustomed as so many of them a are to 
go into the field to assist their mothers to gather 
Peas, would know e about the plants, and = 
0 
their contents, habit, irent colour of flowers, d 
nature of ripe seed, all seemed to be pretty well 
known; but the tendrils in ee picture, so liberally 
depicted, seemed to puzzle the little ones somewhat, 
as these are generally less prominent in v динен 
thatlie on the ground. "Then it is а rare 
stance here—except in rdens—to sce het 
‘supported by sticks, as a!l such material is scarce 
and dear; hence it was not so easy to obtain answers 
to an erect habit of Still it was 
t seen 
uses. 3 
in our rüral districts drawings of similar dimensions, 
and as admirably presented a this o 
rs. Carter's of all the leading food-pro 
ns, What a 
ducing plants found in fields and garde 
wealth of useful information these would be the 
means of affording to children, and how 
readily would the oral mem of the 
comprehende Natural history is a somewhat 
favourite subject with infants, because peres ever 
but it is obvious 
birds, 
that elementary teaching in pida of sata ife, 
iall 
much more 
teachers be 
CHRONICLE. 
385 
establish ee M the soil. Largely in e 
and specially iu, еа d are no ot 
subjects one Seis import iis fa 
DU our workers exhibit inch és of elementary 
dern 
Gard ps does in time lead to a i, у oe 
ciation of its charms, but the great mass o 
pers plant illustra- 
food-producing plants especially, would 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
ASPARAGUS BEDS. 
ould С ө forked over, raked 
Тнеѕе sh down 
rds top-dressed with salt, 
fn 
and cleaned. bein 
fish 
E 
E 
2. 
26 
aS 
o be m 
nched aod libe urface soil 
vorted to a finely pulverised condition for кайчы 
1 ef 
This зи operation, месе wou t deferred 
for ime, and until the intended plants have 
suut into growt are abo inches in height 
Seedlin, ore not more than two years old are the 
best for the purpose, and give in the end much d 
resulta fan older plants. The distance allotted i 
a great me d on inii 
planting will in 
stê i 
во deep. that 
the зенай а ты rich sandy soil grows 
puse : ; 
any 
vereris with peri Pris and cultivation. 
Prantine-out Pras, &c. 
Thos ас к in pots ог on re Seeds purpose 
will now be ready. Shallo celi ng in 
shou 14 y thrown out, the soil erer eae on the 
exposed ; carefully tu out t thos Ar ~~ diners 
apart in the rows, and afte rwards give prote ection dy 
intermingling with stakes small Ae in ys or bra 
of Spruce urel. Broad Beans raised ae га 
similar pu Fonds quiu ж = planted out, and treated 
in much the same man 
EARLY LONDON AND OTHER VARIETIES OF 
CavLIFLOWER, 
жузу the store-frames or from pots, can also be plan 
and if coches or hand-lights e жи wali 
me rn nporary protection will be necessary, e 
еВ; at night, and until the drag haye ited 
freely into growth. 
UNDER Grass 
— should be given to the pricking out into 
ans, boxes, or frames, such things as Early Celery, 
Marrow 
grove. a i do" in 12-inch pots, an 
in a light, warm struc ture; these com ng 
quick kc at a time when anything i in t the | shape of 
the table is most MA rem and appre- 
ciated. ы Austen, Wiley Cou 
eere overhead 
0 beari 
LES.—A common fallacy exist 
due to the em n d 
f Vienn г» researche summarised in а 
recent number of the Pharmaceutical poe y Mr. 
lfred mate dori proves o dem е ораган 
that the boats id theory is hey untenable ; th 
real cause of irritation appears to b secretion of 
an albuminoid character, apad acts like a ferment 
ke К! we have got rid of an r, it does not appear 
e have чардай iind p present in the 
direction of truth 
