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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 23, 1887, 
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colour, the branches or stems to which these corymbs 
are attached, being more crimson still; set off by 
ship foliage e, which in autumn assumes also 
ipening hue. To this may also be added 
almata, and the variegated-leaved S. 
ulmaria. William Earley. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS, 
lars is a eats green annee climbing plant of free 
wth, yieldin abundant supply of preys of 
beat ful grey- “lus dovere "E uring the d 
autumn is admirably mur 
pu pies а x ES or he training to a trellis 
as a ant, Cuttings taken now and inserted 
round the a of 3-inch pots, and placed in a 
acumber lon fra soon root. They 
should then g^ potted singly into properly drained 
3-inch pots, i compos sisting o e parts 
sandy loam and one of leaf-mould, put back in heat, 
watered, and shaded from bright sunshine for a few 
days until the roots have taken to the soil, As soon 
little plants, having several trusses of flowers 
will be secured by the end of August next, and which 
will then be found very effective for intermixing with 
Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Begonias, &c. 
CINERARIAS. 
“J. Н.” states at р. 490 that his plants of Cine- 
raria growing in 5-inch and 6-inch pots have heads 
of bloom from 6 to 64 aen round, which, if the heads 
are close, are v very pecimens of culture result- 
ing from the size of voté amete We 
goodly number of Cinerarias here, and which are 
now, as they have been for the last few weeks, in 
fine flower, and which are greatly admired by visitors 
The eaae are growing 
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а good sprinkling of drift 
sand added. They have compact heads of bloom 
measuring from 6} feet to 9 feet in лала 
Най the plants been pegged or tied out the measure- 
ments indicated would have been cnr 
increased, as we have had heads of bloom on plant 
so treated nearly 4 feet in 
to back n umbers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle would 
show, 
BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA. 
Although a saves с is classed in cata- 
ogues with t climbe 
ing 
of conserv: atory or greenhouse, 
= 12-inch pot in good fibrous pins loam, and trained 
oon or pyramid oval-shaped trellis i it is 
very telling. нално taken with a heel of the old 
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z б те the points out of the shoots once or 
iege them eri ran "s. апа subsequently train- 
e ung grov to trellis, neat A: 
tabie pus ма, ‘rain g decis ell furnished wit 
pale mauve flov or bracts and light green ien 
will гар undi in tei 
Hoya BELLA. 
Hd old favourite twining plant is not so ofte 
ith as its merits o be. Well ауы 
t produces freely he mer 
— — wax-like flowers, white, with a pink 
r-like centre, and delicately a 
beautiful p plant for a MA g bask stove 
uttings put in now, in pots filled n w vt ia peat, 
eis in heat, and watered, will root ud е B and if 
are then potted singly into 3-in , and 
e wn on i i his and stopped a few dus Ser will 
make nice little plants by the autumn, M. W. Ward. 
THOMAS BAILEY. 
orning of Sunday, April 17, Mr. Thomas 
Bailey died, in his eighty-first year, at the gardens, 
Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks. For nearly fifty 
years he very successfully managed these gardens for 
T. T. Drake, Esq., whose confidence and esteem he 
enjoyed to the last. 
siastic 
tributor ‘of plants, &c., 
provincial shows, and generally speaking his name 
was in those days to be found in the foremost place, 
The magnificent plants of both kinds of Pelar- 
eem erus he used to show will be remembered b 
y now as being wonderful examples of skilful 
сйн. ам likewise exhibited fruit, &c., some- 
times, which was also remarkably good ; and in the 
cultivation iti some kin have surpassed him 
particularly in Providence те е 'Тһезе, of great 
weight and size, es А ент а 
Petersen 
_ which he has discharged th е arduous duties ОЁ - ; 
, responsible positio 
and which has borne the test against others for the _ 
past thirty years at least. 
which he treated almost as pets. 
tions in this way comprise Bailey’s Superb Cabbage, 
Selected Bath Cos Lettuce, and Pearl Cauliflower, 
This most valuable kind was e introduced 
Мей. Vetteh; — 'Th 16. etho di cal way i 
ents were carried out in his kitchen garden was габ 
once observable to а practical hand, and with- _ 
out fear of contradiction it may safely be said that 
in the ordinary way of cultivation in this depart- - 
ment here it stands second to none in the kingdom, — 
G. T. Miles, Wycombe Abbey, E 20 1 
two years under the direction of Mr. Buckwell. On 
ae Ape cen he went to Althorpe Park under 
in lio 
: Leaving Althor rpe after some time he | 
became head gardener at Delapré Abbey, the seat of . 
ым Des КО, an Api seit where he remained _ 
In the ar 1838 he became 
данек at бнын ова, 
NELL. 
taken from a drawin 
NARCISSUS LITTLE 
Ovr illustration (fig. 107), 
made by Mr. Hart 
April 12 last. The 
ower will paiia render it a great 
Tt would be a great boon to those who have to fill : 
greenhouses and conservatories in early spring. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
INSECTS. j 
Tug foliage and buds of Peaches and Nectarines | 
are very liable to attacks of greenfly and red-spider q 
early in the season, and should therefore receive _ 
frequent and careful examination to see if any are 
present, when means must be taken immediately to 
eradicate them.  Insecticides are not very suitable | 
for this purpose in the early stages of growt th, as the | 
e mixture, 
она being rolled up; the leaves should be pressed 
between the finger and thumb, and so destroy it. 
WATERING. E 3 
Should the trees be protected by heavy copings, an 
а OU, adva э should be taken 
heav ell-rotted manure. Allowing 
pe Toots ч и to become too dry is а fruitful 
ropping and the trees not 
their 6-8, E Wand Hewell Grange, Bromsg 
PRESENTATION.—Mr. eran S. Bisset, — 
endi ja and Land te ard to 
MO ONCREIFFE, „ of Monario, Perth, NB, 
sons: been presented cai a handsom мив - yk 
n and a purse of sovereigns, by the 
of the Kilgraston and Moncreiffe. Curling Chad 
tenants on the Mo us 006 
iends, as a mark of the pus respect and esteem = 
which he has d during the iiy years 
