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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
{Apri 30, 1887. 
coloured and generally unhappy look; the knife 
must be applied below this, and the wood cut 
away to some sound spot; again, if in pruning 
the pith is at e Sie ged, * is a sure sign 
that frost bee n the knife 
maet be applied MT n us “pith has been 
cul away. 
ie it too late now, at the end чє April, to plant 
Roses? Asan ordinary rule it is so, especially if 
the plants have come A а эщ when I think 
the risk would be too great; but I think where Teas 
ntly done in the 
may be mes [hai ud to their 
vacancies now be filled up, and the beds having been 
ссе е litter, and slightly forked over, they may 
now for a while. Where, however, persons 
are exhibitors, asd will rather like the mulching to 
remai 
but ES tuc каза t grow for exhibition its 
removal will be над to add much to the 
neatness of the garden. 
Early in May, when the shoots begin to lengthen, 
the only way is to hand pick and squeeze him, Wild 
08e. 
CONTINENTAL NOVELTIES, 1887. 
BELIA CAVANILLESI (Haage & Schmidt, fig. 113). 
—This is a reintroduction from Mexico. It is a 
very pretty species, that was first introduced about 
fifty years ago, and, being erroneously supposed to 
. require stove trea’ ery lost to gardens, 
It is & ced cultivated in th or i 
can be had in bloom in the beginning of 
the йй of of August, and d seed ripens in the 
whi 
, which is seldo the case ch species 
as L. fulgens, L. cardinalis, and others, Plants tha 
have been kept over the winter are much earlier and 
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plant is well ‘dated for pots, for market purposes, 
and for groups or beds. 
SENECIO ELEGANS POMPONICUS (Haage & Schmidt, 
fig. 112).—A pretty dwarf pompon-flowered variety, 
which excels the other dwarf Senecios by its stiff and 
habit and small, very full, short-petalled 
d nely imbricated blossoms, which resemble those 
of the prettiest = TERN pom um. 
The variety is and produces T finely- 
formed double Ping ys seed. A bed of this 
novelty presents a beautiful effect, and for ac 
carpet-beds, or groups it is not to be excelled. 
purple-crims 
colour is a pure bright on. 
FOREIGN AWARD TO AN ENGLISH NURSERY- 
MAN.—We understand that Mr. B. S. Williams, of 
Victoria em Nurseries, Upper Holloway, 
Medal 
N., has been awarded a large Gold 
fora collection of Orchids, hyllums, Ama- 
ryllis, and i 
the 24 to the 
HoME CORRESPONDENCE. 
GARDENERS' INSTITU- 
ROYAL AR ce 
—AÀs mber of the 
above Institution, I gladly wise the пс of а 
collecting card for the purpose of raising a fund for 
the special object of presenting to the nsioners of 
€ pe 
the stitution, еу А the unsuccessful candidates at 
жи p si res a sum of money to enable them 
I trust w 
g as horticulturists throughout the United 
ingdom in res ponding g heartily to the appeal of the 
commie ee, by рм ing at their disposal the amount 
ow our devote 
he 
er 
y, performed their h 
their abilities in the promotion of менан! 
pursuits. W. Fox, Holker Gardens. 
THE SEASON AT HEATHERBANK, WEYBRIDGE 
EATH.—The unusually dry weather—three weeks 
of April without rain—has aff 
All the Da ffodil 
nearly enoug ITy, 
pendula. I had never рет. of it till Mr. Bunyard, о 
Maid stone, advised me it. 
pa hang most gracefully, George Р, Wilso 
ELARGONIUM HENRI mt —I was pleas 
to see the notice of Mr. Wadds on p. 554 concerning 
d handsome kind of el TN et 
this use ninm 
addition to the uses previously recommended I would 
y to those who have never used it for bedding that 
they should give rial. have employed the 
variety, and it cannot be su y an 
other, the size of trus ing good & ts shade of 
а n—peculiar to itself, and it is 
in the winter months as a cut flower. 
William Smith, Springfield, 
PRIMULA LONGIBARDA 23ке " exhibited кед 
аге stout and well formed, = answer to the florist’ 8 1 
succeed in making it fertile is perhaps open 
doubt. R. D. 
WONDERFUL PLANTS.—Perhaps some of your | 
eylon 
vis Rit in piece dated Feb. 9, 1674, 
bilis destillatoria. ” I have always considered t that he 
reyn 
Why is this persistently in recent years incorrec ctly а 
spelled disti llatoria? N. Vowels are con- 
Ер. 1 
fessedly interchangeable. 
GA IAS ON A WALL.—I have grown these 1 
successi planted out in a compost “т [E and | 
clea e silver-sand added, the position being 1 
aw aE at the foot of the back wall i A ntheplant | 3 
tove,the plants ngt E 
to the wall. From these plants we gathered during . 
last [ene i Bayi quantity of very fin 
e earn E 
or Camellia blooms. — 
nd this чрйи successful method of growing the 3 
Gardenia, but it is енй that the roots should _ 
+ FLOWERS PURPLE. 
dark 94 me т, has hr 
insects attack de foliage. E. Ward, Hewell Card 
ipa. bi 
SON.—The rip coed en the first to 
burs iste buds here, кч и o-day, which 
than my reco cannery Pir Аче. 
ick ا‎ years. es Hill, Kensington; 
PRIMULA AURICULA.—I have a few quite disting ci 
forms of this species—seminal Malev of cours 
and they are very interesting. One icular, 
Rev. 
me omae ar by the Rev. A. Raws on from Wind lerme 
WE Нага f Cork, bro ht y 
variety of Ни s "Dusty Miller "to South Kensingt 
is taking the 
m solve the dis should, 
isolate ». Auricula from an chance of 
