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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 14, 1887, 
the care of small gardens only. The writer, who is an 
"ym Ie геа of all kinds of plants, 
d i n pecialist, treats of hardy trees, 
оны, ind flowers, inis their names where pos- 
sible in the vernacular. All old-fashioned plants, 
epecially the sweet-scented ones that were once so 
common, and will be so again, are touched upon. 
chapter is devoted to the kinds of trees and shrubs 
found best suited to seaside places, and the methods 
ere. The winter 
n is succinctly afforded, 
s with coloured foliage 
being treated of. Florists’ flowers have several chap- 
emselves, as have fruits under glass and in 
open ; vegetable culture in the garden, and vege- 
етн forcing, together with the management of the 
inmates of the greenhouse, intermediate, cool Or- 
chid, and stove houses. А calendar for the garden, 
and an ample index, complete the furnishing of the 
volume. 
We notice the American Blackberries are said to 
have a future before them, which we are inclined to 
doubt, seeing that no good results have been observed 
under the best treatment in even the warm South. 
It may likewise be the truth to say that where the 
Apple thrives the Pear will also succeed, but it is 
true only of the warmer parts of Britain, and not of 
any county north of the Humber, where the Pear, 
with а few exceptions, must be grown on walls. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
As the general improvement of Orchids greatly 
depends on their treatment during the next three or 
the intervening time. "There is no doubt that many 
of their having been starved prematurely from want 
of vind at the roots, and exposure to an atmosphere 
that was too d e section that requires heat 
should e encouraged to start early into growth, and 
it is bet MS use à 55 more fire-heat now than 
in B Plants ith very 
ap or no ape А will ary up quickly, and it will 
be the pte бтен ery dry ones in 
the evening. Masdevallias ontoglossums, and 
East Indian-house subjects. = not fresh potted) 
fore ing Any 
which have their season of flowering in May, when 
the sun’s heat is on the increase, will suffer much if 
itself being greatly exhausted if not replenished by 
moisture in the air, In houses where Cattleya 
Mossix, Lelia purpurata, or Odontoglossum vexil- 
Pleiones should be filling their pans with roots, and 
must be well supplied with water 
When potting Sobralias, it is best not to fill the 
pots to the rim, but space ought to be left, to allow 
of good soakings being afforded when n 
Weak manure water given once a week will greatly 
a ound about plants of 
Dendrobiums that may have roots extending over the 
. sides of pots and baskets. We find the syringe one of 
the most useful of implements for ping purposes 
during the hot weather; but it should not be use 
carelessly for syringing the Orchids themselves ; 
for while there are some species that seem to enjoy 
a fine shower from the syringe overhead, there ar 
others w their new growth, and 
such plants will uerum «iquat of increasing in size, 
Most of the East I ipediums are kept in 
c с the pots to become filled 
roots and then shifting them i 
апа tu ve discovered that C. Wallis docs bet 
bound. C. W 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
MAGNOLIA CAMPBELLII. 
Ir is much to be regretted that there should exist 
two serious impediments to the successful cultiva- 
tion of the above-named handsomest of all flowering 
Gi AS SVs 
FIG. 127.—NARCISSUS TRIANDRUS VAR, CERNUUS. 
(P. 640.) 
height) liable to be snapped in two by any violent 
frosts, or or a continuance of harsh easterly winds, as 
we have had this spring. I have recently been 
informed by Mr. Crawford that though his 
seine Ma ner I ul this spring ho ar tat 
none of them will open for the above stated reasons, 
W. E. Gumbleton. 
Tue HUNTINGDON WILLOW. 
The timber of this tree we value highly, not 
affected by accidental shocks, but tearing or wearing 
away gradually and evenly. Not only is the timber 
valuable for its resistance to knocks and blows, but 
t 
Huntingdon Willow is of the simplest culture, à 
bog or swamp, an unkindly loam, or a damp rilly 
i i of growth it 
must be admitted that during the first thirty years 
of its life few other trees can hold their own with it, 
eii ie ist 
bora = 18 inches into the u 
soi т arie! relieved of superabundant 
moisture, their gro will be rapid and strong. 
A. D. Webster, ыб Castle. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
TL B 
Trees bearing fruits that are ripe or nearly so 
should be ventilated freely during oe) weather, and 
drier atmosphere maintained, so as to ensure 
the энн of fruit is 
а good soaking of clear 
uld be hanes ws 
арй ed tepid water. Pine 
the den 
have gro 
formation of young fruit may be encouraged, an 
proper balance of growth mainta эн 
PEACHES. 
If it be — Peaches in the early house can be 
pushed on faster by closin z му house early in the 
afternoon of rig sun ny да , во as to run the tem- 
ture up to 90? or 95°, with ‘plenty of 'atmosphe eric 
s are sufliciently moist at 
e to give liquid manure at the 
roots until the card have stoned, b 
critical го is over it ma applied copiously in 
weak st when water is conside — 
with rena to the trees. H. W. Ward. 
Castle, 
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