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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 2, 1887. 
out the whole of Burmah, down to Tavoy, Mergui, 
and I rak, south, in the Mergui Archipelago, and 
also in Java; occasiona ый in the hills, abounding in 
the е and flourishing luxuriantly іп the dense 
shade of the forest, snare it is protected from dry 
winds 
In 1870 the Bamboos in the jungle north of the 
— € been closed for years. The few scattered 
trees growing in the Bamboo jungle were Mango 
Тһе trunks of these very shady trees were 
vase pati with npe 
i, growing in the de 
ndi unm. ей. for many years 
d 
delight an ry orchidist. This was the solit itary 
Orchid found in this shady forest, and there is 
probably no other Orchid that would әсал with so 
little light an 
Most Orchi “a are found on the — a the 
forest, where there is plenty of light, o the tops 
of the The eller may go for nii in the 
shade of “the forest and never see an Orchid. It 
appears from these observations that to ya = 
plant to perfection, a very shady situation is nec 
or de а ноч 
non-deciduous опе found in the jungle being too soft 
to travel. 
A generous treatment best suits this plant in 
cultivation, € better flower-spikes are obtained by 
cutting back the old flower-stems just before the 
resting season. pes S. Berkeley. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
GRAFTING. 
Tae time has now arrived when this operation 
should be taken in hand before = trees begin to 
grow. If the trees were beheaded, as advised in a 
former C 7 аут will he now pre emit 
tated. e binek о be grafted should be с 
back to the venereal taking mes care sk 
to wound dc аі thet e eec he ye and 
prepare an any sc required, 
carefully DINER i Aali with sadip finally covering 
ge 
Glout Могсвап, , B. Bachelier, B 
de Capiaumont, Duchesse d'An e, piep saa 
mem. Betas Egg C nseiller de Cou 
1 kingdom : Lut its variety, 
ise d' uas is мезе hardie — arer, 
and ds to be preferred for trees in jo ope 
they yield—viz., Beurré eres and Beurré de 
l'Assomption. The finest varieties for west walls 
are Jargonelle, Marie Louise, Glout Morceau, Duron- 
deau, Winter Nelis, Beurré Rance (good in some 
years), Pitmaston Duchess; Chaumontelle, Josephine 
de Malines, and one tree of each of Doyenné d'Eté 
and Bon Chrétien for an early supply. Those for 
walls—Jargonelle, Fondante d'Automne, Marie 
Louise, Glout Morgeau, and General Todtleben. 
Knight’s Monarch is most suitable to grow as a 
standard tree. The varieties that are here enumer- 
ated will yield a supply of fruit which will extend 
over & long period of time. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
The recent gon weather has greatly retarded 
the flowering of Apricots, Pesca es, and Nectarines, 
and the longer the opening of the buds is delayed the 
greater the likelihood of a good set of fruit. Flower- 
to prevent loss from frost. 
and Nectarines should no longer be delay 
it may be finished before their blooms expan 
e nailing of Peaches 
red, so that 
nd. 
WALLS wirH BUTTRESSES. 
Such erections in a garden always afford fruit trees 
& great amount of prot we from cold. winds and 
frost, and when the fru 
and other Cherries, ars, Vines, an 
fruit excellently on them without any other means 
of protection. But where the walls are not built in 
this way the trees may be greatly uen by using 
1-їпсһ boards placed at intervals in an upright 
жойы, which will greatly break the т of ie 
winds, aud help to ward off fros 
not be removed tillthe fruit is "eim eaa 
om frost is over. Ё, Ward, Hewell Garden ^8, 
Жем, 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
WORK TO BE DONE. 
Pricktnc-our seedling plants of Pyrethrum and 
other plants should be attended to as soon as the seed- 
p arefit to handle These em succeed quite Miet in 
d pits or fra Secure bott 
couple of inches of fine soil ot a Жыр. nature, into 
Ageratums, Verbenas, and hosts of other 
0 
ings ma ing alpine and rare plants 
should now receive n. Som 
kept in in a moderately ens state by frequent syring- 
athe 
ings during bright w When the plants have 
made roots they may die removed from the shelter 
frames, and placed in their summer qu T 
rs. To 
grow alpines well, a knowledge of their native habi- 
which to grow them may be supplied. For general 
use a mixture of light sandy loam, bog-peat, leaf- 
mould, and чаатас із ess tial. There are, 
much water at present, although they must suffer 
from lack of it. 
Beppine Prawrs. 
there is a scarcity of pots it ales pix 
Where 
fruits | to secure a quantity of turf about 41 
ness, which may be cut into squares of about 5 inches 
n dia 
close кые in a ue an 
г, едаш 
of water prior to planting out, which is a matter of 
no small importance. Push forward the propagation 
as possible. 
grow freely the tops may b 
of the seeds will still be pec 
in а dormant state, therefore lift those which hav 
germinated from the seed-pans with a pointed me: 
but let the pans remain otherwise undisturbed, as 
many en will be sure to come up later. Keep all 
young stock as close to the glass as possible, venti- 
lating vid caution 
- GLADIOLI, 
If not кзы obtained, the stock of these — 
at once e be p ured. It is 
best flowers, deis 
ripened. se t all bed have black spots, as they 
аге certain меени unhealthy foliage. For early 
re forward corms may 
orm 
pit, rien them to start naturally. If the soil in 
he beds intended to be planted with Gladiolus 2 
the Gladiolus is а gross feeder 
much labour in watering. The 
planted a foot apart, the stronger or ones 4 inches and 
the medium 3 inches deep. ock of corms can 
be -— increased by sowing qe spawn or offsets 
found at the base of the bulbs. Place those in light 
soil out-of-doors, and they will bloom the following 
The e icc aa be from seed, and 
i ood as named 
varieties, W, M. Baillie, posd Hoo Gardens, 
“THE ee MAGAZINE.” 
(Continued from р. 38 
DILLENIUS.—A t the same (173 that 
ect cam end 
e pF of 
Dillenius's Hortus Ёйлай- 
п m n 
vidit. Эз» is-8 137 pages and 324 
а 1 
the beginning of the present ега in flower gardening. 
and an enduring monument to the botanical skill of 
its author and the zeal of his Sig Dr. J 
re in cultivating flowe е 
ham, in Kent, which farnished the. Suerte for’ 
Du ius's book, is characterised as by ‘far the richest 
* On the authority of — Сее. Historical and 
of the Botany in 
it, p. 182, in a —— it pin "hat — himself 
come of this work, one of which he presented 
to the Bodleian Бебе. 
