ктан нинин н hi i 
К 
E. 
E 
Aprit 2, 1887.] 
than by careful and judicious planting of tr 
as 
e 
E: 
ч 
Ф 
h expression 
of living grief rather than of love for the departed. 
MYROBELLA HEDGES. 
Now-a-days one frequently hears talk of the useful- 
ness of the M 
on makes a capital fence, 
that neither cattle nor sheep care to ithi 
reach of. In forming the fence stout stocky plants 
should be inserted at 6 inches apart, in previously 
prepared ground, these being well cut back just 
Fic. 88.—rRiTILLARIA SEWERZOWII VAR, BICOLOR. 
before growth commences, and the same repeated 
annually vns the hedge is of the desired height. 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 
—— 
THE GERARDIAS. 
im reply to M. Jean van Volxem, as to what plants 
е Gerardias of the United States of America are 
S virginica, and Gerardia itself" He says “it 
is — that they are not very particular, and 
П grow upon the roots d almost E 
а, should be pleased to forward the inquirer any of 
2 above-named plants if he бест wish them. 
* 4. De Mar, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. 
SLUGs IN EE AND ORANGE-PEEL. 
Ld ‘opin grower knows 
what nemies 
especially Orchids, and ims gar- 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
457 
dener does his best to get rid of them. А capital 
plan = catch a ae ` to get the rind 
cut it in pie d put the pieces abou 
the puit which "t are liable to attack; ты: 
them over morni 
ej uon ias that I have caught as many as six 
time. 2, Dobner, Orchid Grower, Villa 
Rothschild, Ms Y, prés s Genéve. 
NEW INVENTIONS. 
PATENT WALL FITTINGS AND SHREDS. 
i arious devices are intended to be used for 
Some of these useful fittings will be highly хана, 
especially by those who are desirous of avoiding the 
injuries to walls caused by the use of nails. 
(SEE р. 456.) 
may be trained with the greatest facility, the work 
tterns, sizes, and strength, can be neatly and closely 
adjusted to the wall,and are furnished with a kind 
of permanent studs or holdfasts; and the lightest 
WE rs kher 
аы to the oes sd windows. Hammond 4 Ward, 
112, Alan Road, Ipswi 
[These several эмине ons, as seen at our office 
the other day, seem to fulfil, in a cheap and prac- 
mann want long felt by all those who have 
ndoor or out, that m 
ti 
е do with plants 
alls. The various ideas (covered by 
astened | to wa 
all of them may not be оцы into general u use, 
those chosen to to bo nas ufactu кт will be 
cheap, we therefore, е to horticulturists, 
great and small. E 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
CR брге кына Ge OF AMARYLLIS.—About ten 
ree flow 8 
crimson-scarlet flowers, an a free gro uio 
and bloomer, besides having pe p A. vitta 
rubra 
and rer hy ; the third was A. reticulata. I crossed 
the two first-named with pollen of A, reticulata, and 
all 
vice versd ; these various plants bore seed that 
ripened ; the seed was sown in a pan of light soil, 
and placed in ben of 70° to 75°. From this seed I 
n ast had 
ing good loam and peat in equa proport ions , with 
а a little eres E added. After growing the ‘bulbs 
ioned for three years flowers appeared, 
were alike, all eris "4 in colour, 
vs flow , flowering 
ver videntis to vas dried 
since 
very he blooms after 
чын fertilised go on well ers re ми ик weeks, 
forming well-grown capsules, but seeds are all 
infertile. W. Smythe, The ar og mia ih diio 
ec ir sy THE eiel Tesia read 
your е M а 
ас Ap 
ossom buds are thickly 
studded oyer te Tasg К I am within the mark in 
ori 
aying tha e than two dozen buds are 
expanded. Tho glass ора which is used for pro- 
tection was not fixed until this day. Our situation 
is y a moist valley close lly а — T 
ye—and we usu experien 
et jA TE in autumn iid; epring, iet. ат ар 
from a geographical point o , ате not so favour- 
ably placed. e have an аи Peach-house, 
100 feet in length, — ста planted in the front 
and back, which eac is kept wide рү (їп 
ореп п те e to s I findi Mask, 
1883—2 time likely to be remembered by gardeners 
—on the 13th ad ost, which seriously 
thinned = сн, wi eaches and Nectarines, the 
greater number e blossoms then expanded being 
frozen, notwithstanding that, the glass 
th can On th 
, but there were 
we во low riage 
0 
the temperature was as low as 
5? F. on tats zen ? Ер.] 
VIOLET A.—Mr. Rusts commendato: 
notice of this Violet is nothing but the truth. — 
la 
were felt establi es 
twice € и of blooms that were gathered 
fr e Czar. Moreover, the flowers are larger. 
if they try again with this variety. 
— Some time ago 
I baf the pomi "of ote gendi by Mr. 
е through his vineries. 
cceed i 
The soil 
e written o system о 
adopted, there is no need of any further description, 
