pO 30, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 583 
MONTE CARLO. 
To the plant- Мар accustomed to the vegetation 
r familiar only with Ae limited 
reproductions of tropical scenery а 
1 in our conservatories, a visit to ‘the ы а comes, as 
` jt were, аз an entrance to a new worl The rich 
t l'ile Australian Acacias 2; Eucalypts have 
into t 
arlo is perhap 
d ine еш alluded о the public “gardens here, 
- whose only fault is that they are too gardenesque ; 
and in the present issue (see supplementary sheet) 
s, and countless other plants of noble 
ET are алые, 
THE APIARY. 
GENERAL HINTS. 
| Ti Me which has passed, has been very un- 
E rable to bees. We hear of i losses Я 
ven w 00 
proves that only strong stocks in comfort- 
» hives and with plenty of food (their own pre- 
) сап relied on to pass sa 
natural pollen can be procured, fruit trees will 
shortly be i in full bloom, and then sufficient food will 
lose them up again warm, and all will be well ; 
tif the weet be nearly gone, give them either 
1р or honey at once. Some people keep a few 
frames of sealed Mu. and give them to the bees as 
gm e honey may be supposed to be 
t food for them, I cannot advise this 
ice. In the first place, it is mte е 
sufficient in the hive, in autu 
rames t е it to them now ; ifa in pike 
abo d of sugar. to half a 
te Mighty more) of atit. A pinch of salt and 
il of vinegar will further improve matters. 
HL be found to require much water from oe is 
bees i 
mons their hives, so that they can rolari 
u it without much trouble. There are various 
e Methods of doing this, and ve 
answer as well, or better than com- 
ea leaves from the tea- 
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pot put into a saucer, with a little water over them, 
will be easily discovered and eagerly used by the 
have always found our bees not inclined to be total 
abstainers, and a little “science and water" (alias 
the style of chicken ee NA Walter Pik. тд z 
BUDS ON ROOTS. 
Тнк occurrence of buds on roots is common 
matter for EP, H, up to this time, so few cases 
have bee that natural order. Professor 
FM eR t jose kindly Mene us some time 
since the specimen from which our illustration (fig. 
111) is taken, and es who е grown Diplazium 
mri pao tell us it is not uncommon to see such 
buds on the roots dede ch moreover would afford a 
ik means of prop agation. Professor Oudemanns 
can perhaps tell us whether the bud is an external 
formation, or developed from the inner tissues. We 
suspect it will eventually be found that buds and 
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Fig. lll.—DIPLAZIUM MALABARICUM: BUDS ON RODTS. 
sporangia of all kinds t€ wey be found to ke 
variants from one common type 
ROSES. 
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THE ROSE-HOUSE. 
has gone well, this house will now be in very 
attractive guise, most of the oceupants being in full 
splendour. In order to p the blooms in good 
condition, it will be nece 
net жу light, for when the sun shines there is 
more light. The atmosphere must t be kept ge d 
h 
saison "vine manure, an 
shoots when they have grown 
intended to d rafters. ery 
pretty effect may be errr p spur-budding 
Gloire de Dijons on pillars, with Tea Roses of various 
colours. Those flower the following year, an nd the 
flowers produced by this system on a vigorous Gloire 
de Dijon, are far finer in form and substance than 
those grown on the Brier or thit own roots. The 
tollowing kinds budded on the same тузе are very 
жы от; Falcot, Isabella 
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Go bait; Soave d'un Am 
Maréchal Niels two en "ago 
а flower. "Dv was ire ү a market grower of Rose 
that they would produce flowers of 
but the flowers have, how 
as any on their own roots, or on the Brier stock, 
SıckLY Roses. 
f the ees in the Rose ‘house are not doing 
satisfactor 
with a er remove as much of the soil from 
the roots as possible without uprooting the plants 
altogether; then dust the roots with Thomson’s Vine 
manure, and bri» in readiness a compost of nice 
l 
times a day. A little heat should be allowed on the 
der 
a during — m the plants are fairly unde: 
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SPRING Work AMONGST THE Ross. 
We may bei hope that the winter is now gone 
s. is a 
very dificult thing to generalise. about, because so 
"ues depends on soil and | situation as to the effect of 
Iros 
чүк d feet difference in "the elevation will make 
all the difference in the degree to which Roses will 
suffer by frost; and in the accounts which have 
reached me from many quarters I find that where the 
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that there gi ^um 
usual, East Anglia and the Midlands have suffered 
most. From Оид, however, there are no com- 
plaints, while in my e 
meter has never gone below 
their suffering dam: 
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vigorous as any hybrid perpetuals. 
In pruning it will be necessary to examine the 
wood carefully; it will be often found that € 
erac of a branch has begun to send out shoo 
hich appear to be all right, but on examining the 
bem ones it will be seen that the bark has а dis- 
