Арат, 23, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
553 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
STOVE FOLIAGE PLANTS. 
cold m —— with bright sun- 
great care necessary in ihe stove, 
injury n em. During the prevalence of tl 
kind of weather no more artificial heat should be 
be corrected by the admission o s soon 
as the weather becomes genial a high and moist 
temperature maintained to cause quic ck 
3 roto hy 
that are subject tothrips, will require great attention, 
Fic. 107.—NARCISSUS LITTLE NELL : 
y the 
fresh soil close attention to 
pes romias, 
Aralias Rex e, young plants of 
: &c., sh 8, Aphelandras, Жш, Rhopalas, Pandanus, 
: ould be shifted into larger pots as fast as they 
k now, will push young 
чен Which will ера root if taken off as soon 
qn, пае become firm, and inserted in small pots 
fled with fine light | soil ; thy should be placed 
& а whe e young leaves of 
S:GMENTs ÀND CUP PURE WHITE, 
under a bell-glass in a brisk temperature. The 
young plants are impatient of chills, and must be 
very gradually accustomed when well rooted to the 
atmosphere of the house. 
POINSETTIAS. 
Cuttings of these n be taken off with a heel 
when a few inches in length, and placed singly in 
small pots filled with dav sandy soil, with a surface 
watered without being allowed to flag, placed i 
peas frame, and gradually TUE to air e 
oted. Thomas Coomber, rj c Gardens 
STROBILANTHES ATTENUATUS. 
A Himalayan shrub, with stalked ovate-acuminate 
with a curved funnel-shaped tube, and a recurved 
et x limb, the lobes rounded. It is suitable 
(sEE Р. 552.) 
stoye culture, like the Ruellias, and — in‏ وین 
mmer. Figured in Gartenflora for Marc h las‏ 
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THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
SHADING AND THE POSITION OF THE 
PLANTS. 
owers of varied collections of Orchids who m 
not p^ convenienee of many subdivisions, will fi 
sary to vary the conditions in such h 
ading on one part, and s 
Many race del will grow 
Indi an- e т 
south side to а 
ES ing of many te ae foliaged Orchids requiring 
considerable heat ; therefore it is best when. trying 
to alter the conditions in one house to have the thin 
of Dendrobium grow 
osum Ainsworthi, D. 
кон orn "i seme D. rhodostoma, D. 
. Har ,now flowering—a very pretty 
a distinct poesia ; : this and D. Dearei do very well 
at all seasons in the warmest house, The two latter 
and D. im я eyanum endure а little more shade 
during s 
Plants. of Cattleya gigas that have been fully ex- 
posed to the sun 
shading to prevent the foliage from ваа {оо 
yellow, and if vi plants be strong, in order 
flowering 1g, keep n very short of water antil the 
growths Заз e open their a after which give 
liberal treatment. If Cyrtopodium punctatum has 
been fully exposed to the sun it a: ld now be send- 
ing up flower-s spikes from the nev 'ths 
Orchids that have been taken i fiin cool to warmer 
houses for the winter should now be placed in their 
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ent, C, Woolford, аце Leatherhead, 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
TERING FRUIT TREES AGAINST 
Hia to the small атое x of rain which ta pem 
during the last onths, Peach, Nectarine, 
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the present stage of gr 
sleet, hail, &c. ? Ep. | егерь the surface of the 
soil about the individual trees should be pricked over 
i iving them a 
stems t ees, 
season continue rainless, will yield better results 
than others not mulched. Last week all the Peach, 
Apricot, Cherry, Green Gage, Plum, and all youn 
trees, which were ed last autumn їп this 
garden, were n watered a € roots, &c 
Had I not per o, I believe the ultimate thinness 
of the crop, as well as the possibly үка ы look 
of the trees, would have daily remir me that 
something had b eft undone in the hardy fruit 
department th eo кн ug av 
орек» e, in the hope that those 
Het this no 
f your readers who may a 0 
kait e matter o see to it while there is yet time. 
Н. @ 
W. War 
GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT INS 
TION AND THE JUBILEE.—I venture to think, pte? 
prc juges sms o Ee neraly will тс upport the laud- 
able endeav of the committee of the Institution 
ble the s pensioners as wer) as the unsuccessful 
candidates at the "— election to share in the general 
0 ya sent t к £5 
rejoicing he o each Lo 
should the result Hi the special collection 
n this to be apes The kobis ps 
set bv a true friend of the institution, who promises 
30 guineas, followed by another with the promise o 
10 guineas, will surely induce every true h 
f much more 
ay be the result 
GARDENERS THAN GARDENS.—Having 
carefully afia over the ac - ice of your correspondent 
‚ 490 I should like nake a few remarks in 
ence to the дену а ^bei ing ora d with 
——ÀÀX 
