Арві 80, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. " MP 
from cold than from heat, and it is very probable 
e failures which growers of the gold- 
tha 
to disrooting, 
thus leaving the plants less capable of withstanding 
ard weather than would otherwise be the case 
Still farthe r, all Polyanthuses suffer ^ ke - ina 
close damp atmosphere, such as a frame gives when 
under snow for a considerable ы ста. the winter. 
d in the open ground, and 
nd 
That is hardly the case in a close 
frame, from which there can be no escape of damp. 
In spite of the fact that the soil here in the open 
oots, yet even bes Mdh Poh "gem remain a quit 
uninjured, and I am persuaded even the most 
tender kinds would hardly suffer it ‘similarly tested. 
William IV., one of the best re nds extant, and 
Barlow’s John Bright, planted out pe spring, stood 
the summer very well, and a considerable portion of 
e was — of air-space every piece 
ing their p ants in pots 
manner in which 
the plants rejoice free 
8 is evidenced by the fact that, when lifted 
recently for replanting outdoo e roots were found 
ve run out y. I confess I should be pleased 
i gree fanciers would construct a low s uroof- 
have ample reason to be de ighted with the bloom 
the summer, 
Cucambers, Tomatos ing 
er found aphis to be 
In an ated h I have 
troublesome with Polyanthuses “tt is very likely 
that even the choicest Auriculas would do well 
under similar treatment. In any case the plant 
woul r olyan s are concerned, disperse 
with troublesome r except n a few 
are needed for exhibiti er the show pe- 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
— —— 
GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 
ATTENTION must still be given to the earlier 
grafted nak to see that there are no cracks i in the 
is 
by removing the = i ad d applying fresh 
clay, or failure will re 
RM M are now ae e their fruits; Peaches 
d are in many cases set; Pears, Cher- 
wi 
has been very favourable to the blooming of fruit 
trees, All kinds of fruit trees are well studded with 
bloom-buds, and there is every prospect of a good 
crop of fruit in this district 
Matera ч MNA known as blister or curl make 
appear, n Peaches and Nectarines, which it 
idee fails to do early in the season, especially will 
it be the case should we experience cold rains and 
r 
remedy but to pick the ice "Y and burn Шет; 
and should it also ex the young wood, 
this must be cut away, pe ie next best situated 
shoot left to take its place, it being impossible for 
the trees to make any headway loaded with these 
monstrous growths, which seem to draw the very life 
from them. Should weeds put in an appearance o 
bush fruit quarters and borders, ply the Dutch hoe 
amongst them in dry weather, E, Ward, Hewell Gar- 
dens, Bromsgrove, 
Iz] 
THE WINTER GARDEN AT THE 
FIRS, LEE 
Tue residence of J. W. Larking, Esq., is situated 
in the little town of me south-east of London, on 
what may be said to e last spur of the Kentish 
Downs. The hill and dale charanter of the land- 
scape hereabouts many charms for the 
mari i gardener, d he be а man of taste, and 
n made the most of by the owners pac lessees 
of den pretty ы! in Lee, Blackheath, Lewis- 
ham, and further afield. The grounds at The Firs are 
just about as abruptly undulated as any that are to be 
found thereabout, and m afforded Mr. Larking and 
rs, scope for creating garden 
is only in passing, for there is in this parti 
toward season little to observe in flower, and our 
the unique * winter 
rul 
sons with idi that flower, or 
foliage. This one is built on the side of an c 
therefore the floor and the have 
On entering at the highest ecd 
much of the interior is seen at one glance, spread 
he observer. When in its summer 
sunk, if in pots, or planted out in proper савлан 
but-n not ^c of the Mod. between the specimens, 
Of noteworthy specimens observed we may mention 
Cibotium piden and C. aat tin underneath these 
ing а large clump of Hedych 
n. ian tha was employed to cover 
the rafters overhead in this 
it planted in the border; as did Philodendron 
pertusum (Monstera). A three-year-old оа 
gratiss s kates in the border, made & pre tty bu: 
5 fect i in are that had flowered well in the e 
autumn. Strelitzia regina, seldom "m doing wellin 
a pot, forms here a тан © f healthy strong 
BE up.  Habrothamnus Newelli g gave а elms 
glow of rich violet-crimson colour e 
west end of the building, and mec ps 
trained the shoots of Plumbago capensis and 
Maréchal Rose.  Bomareas are 
um Gardnerianum 
bed out, young and old ovii being still 
Lasi 
tall that it is about to push 
air, and will shortly make room for à specimen of 
its leader into the open. 
mung nobilis, to which it is intended to devote 
his part e the building. Ожай are no partitions 
«чл оев {һе рагйепег 
think d be will be oy e the intended 
Amherstia section. 
E 
PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
FERNS. 
Ps there is no class of plants more generally 
appreciated, and at the same time of more v 
treatment are pushing up and ex 
and it is essential to apis welfare "pe feared be pa 
plied with an adeq 
atmosphere and at the herey for the ers jeer 
a conside sible amount of water, and icing atid 
oon suffer in an arid atmosphere, the youn, 
of Blechnums and Lomarias being amongst the first 
to suffer from this cause. Shading is another matter 
that requires care, most of the kinds succeedin 
in a subdued light, and almost all getting quickly 
to bri 
also 
sou iu for; the best way to get rid 
resort to hand-picking late in the evening when == 
usually commence to feed. Adian 
cunea! illimum, rubellum, and шй, 
аге уегу liable to sitack. ia trapezi тулей А. 
Catharine, and othe 
to perfection. 
5 
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“ш, 
+ 
8 
i 
& 
iH 
but the D. polyantha, D. 
err section appear more бине еи wi under heavier 
Although visi as а rule ш in 
abundance of moisture, species readily 
injured ; iby being wetted overhead, the ‘Gymnogram- 
tions where the fronds can be kept dry, 0 otherwise the 
— is easy; and the best varieties may be 
used wi ied эзет xi - table decoration. Gle ichenia 
a dry position, but a cool tem- 
speluncee also 
rature The ү-н p^ plant of | this Bo ai I 
ever saw was growing in an Orchid-hou 
lossums and Masdevallias besote The fol- 
lowing Nephrolepis are distinct -— effective plants, 
partieularly w wn in —N. 
pere К. N. davallioides furcans, rupestris bipin- 
natifida. All who value choice Pinas should secure а 
ant of this last-nam: other good and distinct 
ris Mayi; ` this 
form o albo-linea а desirable 
b е 
pockets need water often In working amongst these 
great ould bserved to the 
ree аза к plant is gm i disfigured by care- 
le his way. The 
the "Marg kinds suitable foe rockeries, Aspleni 
divaricatum, A. vivi , Lastre Standish, E 
ceps, Microlepia hirta cristata, Pteris tremula, 
and Ne roles кши. Thomas Coomber, Hendre 
Gardens 
RHODODENDRON МІСТОВІАМОМ X — This 
variety, figured in the ep number of the Revue 
de l Horticulture е, is 
