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ТНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Арві 16, 1887. 
Young trees should receive special attention in 
should be left, removing gross shoots; a 
an even balance of growth. E. Ward, Hewell Grange, 
Bromsgrove, 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
VINES—LONG SPURS. 
Tue disbudding, tying down, and ge of the 
3 ata Sn my of she beyond the bunches will 
attenti 
ow require ntion, as also will the 
шор of s кез ati bunches as soon as they 
appear. Vines ен long spurs which are vo 
to increase in length year after year not only become 
unsightly but also prevent the production of 
t circulate so 
nes thus treated are rendered 
thereby more vigorous and fruitful, 
MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE. 
A dry, warm, and somewhat airy atmosphere 
rede be barinier in тфу in which Grapes are 
beginning to colour, so as to give due flavour and 
finish to the fruit. The same Hie ро with a 
an in the case of shy-setting 
varieties, such as Muscat of Alexandria and Muscat 
will be advi sable to pass some light soft 
substance ov er the individual bunches about mid- 
day, until a good set is secured. Then, and until 
the berries begin to colour, the pathways, walls, and 
surface of the border should be well damped with 
applicable to Vines durin ng their progress from the 
opening of the leaves, to the bunches coming into 
flower. 
Grapes in the early or second-early house, as the 
case may be, which have completed the stoning 
and к سوت‎ second swelling, should 
have a night temperature of from xem 702—7. 
by day, with ri oig and 10? higher with sun- 
heat, and plenty of air, running the temperature up 
tem 
to 90? at closing time (about 3 o'clock in the after- 
noon) with the house well charged with moisture. 
The temperature of succession-houses should range 
at дЫ. from 60°—65° by the time the bunches are 
in when, in the case of Muscats (now in 
б) it should be raised to 709, 109—159 
higher by sun-heat, with a free кырен of fresh 
ight oe pare 
65°, 
and the Black e nt and other Wists iud 
range between 60? an 
RED-SPIDER AND MILDEW. 
Should red-spider attack the leaves, Be those so 
affected carefully with soft-soapy water; and if mil 
dew should put in an appearance, which it will do if 
a low, humid atmospheric her anit prevails, dust 
the leave es while damp with rs of sulphur, and 
aintain a warmer, drier, кайа airier epee a for a 
few days, and it will soon disappear. 
VENTILATION AND WATERING THE BORDERS. 
Open the ventilators a little in the morning when 
the thermometer registers 75° to 80° in houses in 
Ae are swelling their bunches, and at 
dn succession- -houses, and afterward: 
саат 
should be opened а little late in the evening, and 
closed first thing in the morning, except houses in 
which the Grapes are beginning to colour, or coming 
into flower, whieh should have more or less air on 
d night. Give sufficient cona of vium 
75° to 90°, 
roots and soil when considered necessary 
THE ОкАрк-коом. 
Bottles having the piece of wood attached to the 
iudividual bunches inserted in them should now be 
emptied, ee refilled with fresh water, and an чи 
or во of the earing the bunches should be 
off before ens placing it in the fresbly-filled dein 
removing at the same time any bad berries that may 
be in the bunches. H. W. Ward, Longford Castle, 
FORESTRY. 
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WOODLAND WORK. 
Ax early opportunity should t taken to clear hs 
woods and plantations, timber and faggots from 
e 
ss seeds, and this is easily performed by levelling 
twisted branches from the trees, and finish off every- 
thing within the woodland in a neat and tidy manner 
before leaving it for the season 
THINNING. 
Pine sigan esent may в 1 be thinned out, but 
sim Пу m hardwood trees ican 
be left till the мія, In thinning look m 
the ultimate value of "d crop than ss that of рин 
'This is of the utmost 
а rival leader, ungainly side branches, and - 
ing in such as are infringing too much on neighbour- 
g trees or fences. Remove all timber to the drives, 
ашы the wood for the purpose may be cited ^ 
where the kilns are to be erected. 
In allotti ting the timber for sale keep the various 
kinds and sizes together, that is, where cubical 
measurement is to be ta en, bu 
propwood that is of sevi spe 
per foot, if of good quality; and the others, sivi, 
indeed, Larch and Birch, are merely given away, so 
ow a What landowners must do is 
this, use more of their timber a a purposes than 
they have hitherto done. te joiner may say, 
р knotty 
solves 
the whole problem as to Bale so little of a proprie- 
tor’s timber is used on h 
Foreign logs are ready to use, and, of 
course, are far ерде for the builder than such аз 
are cut out of our own timber, I have sent in logs of 
the Douglas Fir, Corsican Pine, Abies grandis, and 
many others that could ^ i 
the is concerned, be distin im- 
ported timber, and yet it did not deni trouble 
tme required for seasoning, being too much h of 
time required seasoning, too much 
M ven. 
in considerable quantity, home-grown logs of large 
imensions into boards, planks, fencing-posts, gates, 
stiles, bridges, &c., and with results that are in every 
way satisfactory 
Immature trees should on no account be cut up for 
any but the most temporary uses, else a telling 
argument i is brought forward by the mL ien of 
the use in our own country of home-grown timber, 
e is а wide difference, as every one pus is 
acquainted with timber must know, between fully 
rigo Moin and, that felled in а sapling, or half- 
grown 
‚ Му dk to every proprietor, while the prices of 
& present, is, Convert 
as 
and you will be quite = with results as w 
effect a saving 39 so doing. A, D. Webster, Penrhyn 
Castle, North Wales 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
CHIONODOXA LUCILLE. 
a transformation in garden scenery! A 
Waive ago frost in severe form, uve snow of consi- 
ан depth, was the experience of most of us, but 
e have a glorious picture in this 
with it in the garden, it stands alone, a symbol o 
modest beauty and supreme loveliness, Our first 
flowers of Narcissus pallidus præcox оре) their 
lovely blossoms on the 25th ult. Alpina 
Тнк HAARLEM BULB GARDENS IN MARCH. 
Everything is м backward, owing to the cold 
Enos A few things flowered occasionally in pots 
i ground er glass in pit eco- 
white ; 
S. bifolia taurica, а 
but Scilla puschkinioides, very muc 
whieh flowered according to the plate in the 
Gartenflora (1881, t. 1051, fig. 1). A good plant, 
and worthy of being recommended if it should prove 
E for culture i pen ground, 
azureum, Fenzl, well figured in the Gartenflora 
(1885, pl. 1199 в). It has sky-blu T 
the Muscari lingula of Baker; we had specimens of 
both in flower at the same time. 
alanthus pue lutescens is very distinct, and is 
well р in the group of Snowdrops in the 
Garden, 1 an xxix, pl. 528). Crocus Korolkowi, 
Fenzl, is a golden-yellow variety, which must be 
before we can judge as to 
d is ata flowering Die 
gem is Bu m ruthenicum, with its ele- 
t lilac flowers, within which the eyes— 
yellow stamens—make a very good effect. If this 
plant proves amenable to cultivation in the open 
on а scale it will doubtless become а 
great favourite as a spring flower. 
A few evergreen terrestrial Orchids began to 
(de well with ote nal pi 0. 
