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© ning house of Strawberries that are coming 
onto succeed the others, contained plants ow were 
full of promise, I noticed the plants were 
i i i the 
Where room can be given for the larger 
i o other plants were allowed in the 
q Straw BUM bones, the fruit-houses being devoted 
` entirely to fruit ален m excellent arrangement 
. where it can be carried o 
eee Vines were cronies to be full of promise, as 
were also the Peach-houses, where there is likely to 
b». а чад crop of fruit. Mr. Markham is an excellent 
` fruit-grower, and everything else throughout the 
| place seemed to be well cared for. Robert Smith, 
` Yauding. 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
سوم 
GLOXINIAS,‏ 
easily be raised by sowing seed in a‏ 
filled to the rim with finely-sifted‏ 
t‏ 
morning and afternoon on bright 
days, and giving water when considered neces- 
а 
вагу, 
Thus treated, the plants will flower in Sep- 
tember next, when t est-flowered tube d 
those having flowers of а d type should be 
kept, and the others thrown ay. nserting 
small pots filled to the rim with sandy soil, and then 
placed on a shelf in the stove, the stock of the best 
ed. By ne 
leaves will have d WE tubers, АЫЛ Hir. кр 
be pea Pus into small pots, a 
time this year A should к shifted "Mit 
бар роз, gee three parts of fibry loam and one 
of leaf-mould and pulverised horse-droppings, with 
well into this pus mad and the Tm begin to show, 
weak liquid manure may be giv When the em 
Fic, 117,—BERBERIS JAPONICA! BERRIES PURPLE, (SEE P. 609.) 
atmosphere than that previously given them should 
be afforded. Н, W. W. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 
This is best propagated —— — of € св 
and it may be done at this s Was soil 
from the roots as carefully as "fossil and pre 
rowns. 
cut off any of the shoots. Pot the pieces in small 
pots, and if possible plunge in à gentle —€— 
Both 
p nus and tenuissimus may be repli 
from — in May. Place them in the propa- 
gating bench or in pans and cover with a ice and 
keep close until new shoots push up from t 
Coma SEED. 
The seeds of Cobœa scandens are among the 
surest to germinate, nor is there need of any elaborate 
are in Moe а sive узе and a less humid 
— кос i seeds should be placed on edge, 
vered with some soil that will not pack, then, if 
ture of 75° to 85°, they will be 
first, because in that position there is less chance for 
the accumulation of superfluous m pa pet next, зн 
the st plantlet epe have less weight to 
while emerging. Like most other seeds they dodi 
be cov на to exclude light and retain moi oisture until 
the seeds germinate. American Florist, А 
TRACHELOSPERMUM (RHYNCHOSPERMUM) JASMINOIDES, 
This sweet-scented pretty greenhouse climbing 
plant still maintains its popularity with gardeners 
aried purposes to which it 
shiny green lanceolate leaves and white Jasmine- 
like flowers telling well as drapery to wall-pillars, or 
Grown in the last-named 
h in collections of 
ponte over wire in 
be pu 
ee and shaded for а few days from жерды 
roots have pushed into the soil, subse- 
i) hing into larger pots as they fill the pots 
using the peat and loam in a rougher 
state in proportion to the size of the pots into which 
they are potted. The plants should be syringed 
overhead morning and afternoon on bright days 
while they are growing, and until they come into 
flower, when the syringing should be discontinued, 
and the plants subjected to a drier and airier 
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