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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arni 9, 1887. 
SHRUBBY VERONICAS. 
' The New Zealand psc еее s rm 
ef plants that are beco year 
popular amon oyy at m ы 
various species are being more widely distributed. 
owers. 
er, to ey from, varying widely in 
habit, shape, and colour of leaves, flowers, &c., to 
satisfy even the most eerie tastes, and as id 
an be grown with c tive ease in ordin 
dedu soil, they will readily recomm nend themselves 
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ed 
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as ha 
is that be fill the space allotted to them 
vik their bri ght green fresh-looking tufts summer 
over the aig à 
i bers their suit- 
than cold. In shady sheltered places we 
have had many killed, but in the open bed none have 
suffered in the least. hose  Stifmetitag are 
i off in 
ol frame. 
етеп, 
Vill v i 
V. elliptica, menie M ‘ 
Masti М сее enhn EM m of the bes 
FOREN эү Ен up many large аы 
Еа смсс 
іа a ved pretty 
n cataract, &c. D. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
ALLAMANDAS. 
are very wav, ok ww Е ina 
t of good sa 
унны old growing in rix abies pt avin 
drainage, and kept well rt with tepid liquid 
manure at the roots during the growing season, will 
cover a surprisingly large area of trellis with: well 
flowe oots. Cuttings taken this month inserted 
round the edge of 4-inch pots filled with sandy soil, 
d in by 
win months, when ak shoots t be 
spurred in à Rem The plants should be kept n 
ards the аө "à February, so a. 
the roots 
'to induce bem t to push into 
| PANICUM VARIEGATUM. 
This is a useful trailing stove grass, small pots of 
it stood on the edge of the staging, with the ribbon- 
grass-like foliage hanging over, being very effective 
forced for soll rer art and conservatory the custom, 
of thr on the r -heap when done 
put in the bottom of each pot, then rapt: with 
light mould, having a surfacing of sand, about a 
dozen cuttings inserted therein, and put in ao and 
watered, they will soon take root 
MIGNONETTE. 
Fill well-drained pots within an inch of the rim 
with a mixture of three parts of 
and one 
into heat after watering the soil. 
will appear in a few "weeks, & 
made about an inch ыз growth should be thinned 
out to three pawi in 
Moin being pric 
Top-dress the plants left in the pots with a 
little fine soil, and when they have made 4 or 5 
inches of ches ane them by four small sticks 
stuck round of each pot, and а couple of 
pice = nating twisted round them hese plants, 
wher sed in Se ptember last for sup- 
йш уй Romi, ҮШ, come in very useful for 
cutting from before any flowers can be had from 
plants out-of-doors, as well а as for house and conser- 
vatory furnishing, H. W. 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
тр 
Tue Crocuses, come wher they m ау, are always 
welcome in the garden, and this is more especially so 
in the case of the spring flowering varieties, as they 
air. Mr. Maw's sumptuous monograph, recently pub- 
these flowe 1 
enjoy. Тһе present season has been by no means а 
ood one for flo { a mo less i 
nature, as the Crocus; but notwithstanding its 
protracted severity, the displa: loo x- 
ceeded our io is now 
being worked up in private as ; well аз publie gardens, 
t ins of having autumn and spring seasons 
clearly defined, he , the introduction of 
y new species, diffusion of old types and 
utumn section body with 
йм. C. zonatus, and others, and as 
‚ Cam 
C. o &c., are the а 
ety ser no er Um ше largely grown 
оно were it n e great difliculty 
experienced in i Esel g them asin, for when grown 
near each other the seed o 8 
and unless partitions of some kind are employed the 
young corms are also a source of annoyance to the 
cultivator. The least troublesome means we have 
beauty of a mixed collection of these gems 
peeping from amongst the lanky grass must үз seen 
to be fully realised. In gardens where Crocuses are 
-central promenad 
they are planted in the woods or shrubberies sur- 
rounding the garden or house, where Е аце is 
add а ей beautiful 
ма аё feature to the Mab Estes The only 
ois that of planting, and the variety of colour 
dd can be got in this wa "d 
really аы, lasting two or 
spring, and a few ота kind into the summer. 
The large number of species flowering at Kew just 
fair idea of the resources this genus 
few differ very little in the markings, the general 
appearance, and time ua are : their yon varies 
somewhat in most of tl Among the yellows the 
old X of Gold, С. susianus, is a very po etty 
dwarf sort with deep orange flowers variously 
RAM with deep brown on the outer side, occa- 
sionally self-coloured, and often evenly suffused with 
, fully 
well want 
T 
parent of the old Dutch yellow, во com 
in our gardens—there are many ii at present 
in cultivation, among which may be me entioned 
gri s. pallidus, s. atratus, s. lacteus, &e., 
all of which шне value for decoration. C. Korol- 
kowi is Tur- 
flowers are orange, divisions 
suffused on the outside with brown. lans is 
a charming little species, orange suffused or entire 
coa on the outside with brown. C. Suterianus, 
C. ancyrensis, C. Olivieri, and C. gargaricus, are s 
worthy of menti The purple 
section, which includes vernus and its many 
varieties, bannaticus, па ns, С. minimus, 
C. versicolor < reticulatus, variousl rked with 
white and lilac, are ve bedding, &c., as 
well as pots for the conservatory ; C. biflorus 
many varieties, though 
var 
r 
itis very interesting. 
С. pepe озул Malyi, C. анна А 
C. Tommasinianus, and other 
C. nevadensis, 
CHIONODOXA SARDENSIS | 
is now in flower at Kew, and is noteworthy pees: 
dwarf habit and rich tee flowers, much deeper than 
the ordinary C. Lucili 
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COLONIAL NOTES. 
ое BOTANIC GARDENS. 
when 
f hard- 
foot, on either sid 
чы: rising to 16 fi n ‘iad 
width. Running ger whole length i is an aspha e 
puit 5 feet wide. 
16 to 25 feet. This last is elliptical in form, 
end portion being 120 fect lo 
octago: + 60 feet in a € 60 
ing with a point, with a 
Rad ^ the octagon H a Т d 20 
extending to 36 feet i in some parts ; 
in 
supply the jets eme the fountain illar 
ilt o of rongh тов in whorls abont 2 feet 6 inches 
on thé © centre, built up with square e bluestone 
а TE A 
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